It’s another cloudy morning on the island. Where is all that bright sunshine that we had last year at this same time?
Tonight, I’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving by teaching my yoga class. I’ve decided to instruct on a sequence that includes all of my least favorite poses with emphasis on trying to find comfort while in the pose [...]
Archive for the ‘Mauritius’ Category
It breaks my heart
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Culture, Expat, Mauritius, Home, Holidays, America, Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Golf Glove Fantasies
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Pool Guy, Bob, Expat, Mauritius, China, Holidays, Golf, Vacation, Resort, Tourism on Monday, November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boy, did we try.
Saturday and Sunday saw us participate in what has become one of our weekend rituals – playing the sport of golf. Playing may or may not be the most accurate verb to describe what we do/did, but we did find ourselves on the golf course with clubs in hand.
Things always start out [...]
The puzzling rub of the rupee
Posted in Mauritius, Work Abroad, World News, tagged Women, Bob, Culture, India, Expat, Mauritius, Business, Rupee, Bribe, Work Abroad on Friday, November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 2007 an anti-corruption group in India developed a rather creative way to help people ‘just say no’ to corruption.
The ‘5th Pillar’ as the group is known printed some 25,000 rupee notes that had the official Mahatma Gandhi and design on the face of the note and a mission statement about anti-corruption on the other side.
The [...]
Rock, paper, scissor those thighs
Posted in Mauritius, tagged French, Women, Cyclone, Culture, Expat, Mauritius, Home, Yoga, Gym, Fitness, Wisdom, Cooking on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I joined a gym at one of the nearby resorts. It’s not really an open gym that advertises for members, but more the type where you have to know someone to know about it.
I decided to join because I have a bit more free time than I’m used to having. To [...]
Pick a Language
Posted in Mauritius, Work Abroad, tagged Business, China, Creole, Culture, Electricity, English, Expat, French, India, Language, Mauritius, Power, School on Monday, November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week it seemed as if I almost killed a guy in my, what is now, weekly yoga class. It was hardly my fault due to the fact that I think the major problem was the fact that he couldn’t understand me.
There seem to be many people here on the island that can’t speak English [...]