sydney

Aug 26 10:16

Heyy Babyy Sydney premier

Heyy Babyy the soon-to-be-released Bollywood flick starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani was shot entirely in Sydney: http://www.sunherald.com.au/parties/g

Aug 22 00:24

Exquisite pain

Since I've been in Sydney, its been mostly heads down working (not the very productive kind either).

Jul 13 23:46

Correspondent's diary: Australia

I discovered I had access to a 'subscriber feature' of The

Jun 27 11:56

Sydney's Mao and More

Yesterday Cameron Diaz was apologizing for toting a Maoist slogan printed bag.

May 21 14:37

SMH blogger weighing in for immigrant cabbies

Originally found at Adrian's cablog, here's a popular Sydney Morning Herald blogger weighing in for immigrant cabb

May 13 19:55

Literature-inspiring cities

Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire, Vijay Mishra

I had difficulty t

May 02 11:54

Picking an Australian city based on your fauna preferences

I think the following information regarding the following fauna preferences for Australian cities would definitely have influenced my decision as to which city to head to first.

May 01 13:56

Sydney Crystal Car Washers

I’m fascinated by the Crystal Car Wash promoters I usually see at the corner of Old South Head and Blair. They look like bored-out-of-their-gourd Indian students. But there must be a catch (cash?) because there is a never ending supply of them, and they feature all over Sydney.

Some brave the summer sun bareheaded, some sport sombreros, some prop up the closest traffic light, and some text one-handed while waving an oversized white foam hand with the other.

Any thoughts on how they could liven up their (must be?) tedious jobs? Compile clips of bad Sydney drivers for a Youtube montage? Punking drivers waiting for the redlight? I’m tapped out …

Apr 30 20:28

My Sydney cabbie from Bombay, via Tehran and London

I can't believe I postponed putting this down for so long, its already fuzzy at the edges ...