It’s been a pretty busy week this week. First with the passing away of Farrah Fawcett after she had succumbed to the wrath of cancer, and now today, just hours earlier, the death of Michael Jackson, the best selling male artist in history, selling more than 750 million albums worldwide. It was a rather surprising news for most people as the news of his death came out of the blue. He had apparently suffered...

To conclude photography month here in Toronto, TVO aired a documentary on Edward Burtinsky and his tales on what he encountered as he captured the world with a different perspective. His notion of manufactured landscape deals with how we as human beings live in a life that we have literally manufactured. With ever growing cities, our land is constantly transforming into urban manufacturing industries. The sheer...

On occasion during my travels I make it a point to go to the local music store and see what the locals listen to. It’s a great way to find new artists and those that I would not necessarily have known otherwise. While in Hong Kong, I did just that. Dropping into the HMV in Causeway Bay, I perused the aisle hoping to find that one artist that I would enjoy listening to. And that’s just what I did....

So I just finished watching this show on TV called Departures. A show where two Canadians, Justin and Scott - and their trusty cameraman - travel to various countries and experience all that the country has to offer. This episode just happened to be Japan, so I just had to see what these two were up to. From glimpses of Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Roppongi, to singing in a karaoke box and hanging out in bars and...

After a long absence from my blog, I am happy to say that I have returned. Coming back from a recent trip to Thailand, Hong Kong, and Macau, I had a blast as I travelled to far off places, ate food that my stomach didn’t agree with, attended my brother’s wedding, and did a myriad of other memorable things. I hope to blog a little more regularly, but we all know how that turned out the last time I...