by liz scully | Jul 27, 2014 | Guest post, India, Signs
Please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday, Aurelia Zoss. This is the third of four posts from Aurelia. There are a few things every good Hindu must do once in their life. Pilgrimages to all four of the holiest temples in Puri, Rameswaram, Dwarka, and...
by liz scully | Jul 20, 2014 | India, Signs
Please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday, Aurelia Zoss. This is the second of four posts from Aurelia. I like my neighbors, probably because I hardly hear or see them. One of them is actually really friendly. She gifted me sweets for Divali (the Hindu...
by liz scully | Jul 18, 2014 | 1 minute holiday, India, Video
It’s back! It’s been on vacation for a few months (see what I did there?), but finally our 1 minute holiday series is back. And we’re kicking off the new season with a taste of Indian village life – in this case in Karnataka. I’m often...
by liz scully | Jul 16, 2014 | Canada, Cultural Differences, India
Since I left India, I’ve had pretty severe culture shock. Reverse culture shock. It’s mostly worn off now, but for a good few months there, I was finding myself having a little difficulty re-adjusting to Western cultural norms. Girls in really short skirts in the...
by liz scully | Jul 13, 2014 | India, Signs
Something new – please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday Aurelia Zoss. This is the first of four posts from Aurelia. Back home, people started having a plastic phobia a couple of years ago. The plasticizers that enter the liquid content of plastic...
by liz scully | Jun 29, 2014 | Canada, India, Signs
This week’s Signage Sunday is in honour of World Pride in Toronto. Which is of course a fabulous celebration of gay life. So what better way to do that than to share a company name that stopped me dead in my tracks in the lovely fancy area I’m staying in...