Lifestyle
Happy Canada Day!
I feel great pride in saying I am Canadian. I feel comfort and pride when I see the Canadian flag, and having travelled around the world, I call Canada, “my home”. Canada is among just a few places on earth where many different cultures are blending as never before, with almost no violence to show [...]
Read More >>HST
Below are few common questions and answers on the new HST. Hope you find it useful. What is HST? The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is the harmonized value-added tax that will replace GST AND PST on July 1, 2010. The HST will apply at a rate of 13% in Ontario to taxable property and services. [...]
Read More >>Earth Hour
Over 125 countries will take part in Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a global initiative created by the WWF in which participants turn off their lights in support of taking action against climate change. This year, Earth Hour will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2010. To participate turn [...]
Read More >>Dull stupid fatuous…
Taking a look around us, it is easy to spot dull stupid fatuous people. They are better known as jerks, and are like roaches — there is never just one. He or she is an intrusive, backstabbing, interrupting, monopolizing, bragging, paranoid, two-faced, intimidating, and SARCASTIC. Everyone is given a jerk just like a guardian angel. [...]
Read More >>First Impressions
No matter how much we might think that we are non-judgmental every one of us is ‘guilty’ of making first impressions about people. It can take as little as 3 seconds for us to make an initial first impression about somebody we meet for the very first time and this is whether we do that [...]
Read More >>Iberostar Laguna Azul
Merry Christmas. We just came back from this wonderful resort in Varadero, Cuba. It’s a stunningly beautiful place, and the staff are the friendliest! The resort is brand new, located right on the beach. The food unlike other places in Cuba that I’ve been to, was great. All in all – I got exactly what [...]
Read More >>Happy Holidays
Christmas? Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? Whatever holiday you celebrate, or even if you don’t, may peace, love and prosperity follow you always and forever my friend! Happy holidays. (I’m off to the Caribbeans … blog with you in a week or so. Enjoy. Oh, and I hope you like the new design. All ready for 2010.)
Read More >>Life goes on …
(Apologies for being absent, I’m still in a course … exam tomorrow … wish me luck! :-) A year ago today I became very sick. I was out of commission for several months. I was seeing my family Physician more than my wife :-). Several visits to the Specialist … procedure at the Hospital … [...]
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