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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bob’
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 »
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 [...]
Hey! I live on a tropical island!
Posted in Work Abroad, tagged Bob, Expat, Goals, Mauritius on Monday, February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
And I work on one, as well. It’s this working bit that is proving to be, by far, the most interesting and challenging experience here. Since I arrived on this island in the Indian Ocean, I’ve acquired a great tan; but I fear that I may have also picked up the ‘I haven’t a clue’ attitude [...]