There’s something a little bit soul destroying about Time Square in Manhattan, a colourful and cheery hell hole that is famous for its gigantic advertising billboards and exists nowadays as a Mecca for tourists from around the world. I was one of them! I couldn’t resist the allure of standing there and having my photo taken beneath those bright lights. ...
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Youtube Friday: The Next Xbox Is Unveiled
The successor to the Xbox 360 was unveiled this week from Microsoft. Microsoft’s Dom Mattrick announced the Xbox One, which is expected to be released later this year. In a slightly unexpected move, the conference focused less on games and more on the system’s ability to multitask and switch from gaming to tv without changing the channel. This tv-watching capability ...
Read More »Crif Dogs
For New York’s finest hot dogs, you must go to Crif Dogs in the East Village. We found out about the Crif Dogs when Anthony Bourdain talked them up on his travel show The Layover. You might well wonder just how good you can get a hot dog to taste? Well, Crif Dogs pushes that envelope pretty damn far. These ...
Read More »Blogs From America – The New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden
New York Knicks vs Brooklyn Nets If you ever have a holiday in America and you have even a passing interest in sports, its worth getting along to a game at one of their four major sporting leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL). They offer an opportunity to watch a sport that is typically played in few other countries and ...
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And it can't get up
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No Khan Do
Read More »Youtube Friday: Eurovision 2013 – Euphoria – Loreen
It’s Eurovision this weekend! I’ve stayed spoiler-free on the semis so that I can watch the delayed Australian coverage tonight. But seeing the occasional excitable comment from Angela on Facebook has got me pumped for this year’s installment. Let’s see if anything can top the singing, baking grannies or the Turkish manboat from last year. Have a good weekend everyone!
Read More »The Art of Buying A Car
A long overdue milestone. My first car! Jen and I picked up a Hyundai i30 2013 Elite today. I don’t know if that means anything to you but basically its a run-of-the-mill four door hatchback. Just look how super sensible and nondescript it looks. I foresee myself losing this car in a busy shopping center car park for sure. Honestly ...
Read More »TV Show Round Up: Survivor: Caramoan Finale, Arrested Development Season 4, Under The Dome
Survivor: Caramoan “Show me your teeth!” I don’t quite know how it came to this but here we are at the final tribal council and there is a contestant badgering Dawn, an elderly Mormon mother of six, to take out her false teeth so she can reveal her insecurities on national television as penance for voting someone off. That’s reality ...
Read More »Space Oddity: The First Music Video Filmed In Space
Performed by International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. Such a badass dude. 🙂
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