Monthly Archives: February 2009

Choosing to travel

By steph | Published: February 25, 2009
Quite often, when I tell my colleagues or friends of where I’m headed, or where I’ve just been back from, they would exclaim something along the lines of “You’re lucky to get to travel!” and throw me a look that’s a mix of tease and envy. For a long while, I would shrug in [...]
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Close of the International Year of Languages 2008

By steph | Published: February 22, 2009
Yesterday was the 10th International Mother Language Day, which also marked the close of the International Year of Languages 2008. From Wikipedia: The Year is intended to address issues of linguistic diversity (in the context of cultural diversity), respect for all languages, and multilingualism. The resolution also discussed language issues in the United Nations itself. The list of [...]
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L’oeil de Sainte-Lucie

By steph | Published: February 18, 2009
When I had the chance to stay for a few days in Corsica, I spent my first jetlagged afternoon in Calvi ducking in and out amongst the jewellery stores and the artisan shops on Rue Clemenceau, the sort quite obviously targeted at the wayward-but-common tourist. It’s always fascinating to know what is thought of “tourist-while” fare. [...]
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Prelude without a fugue

By steph | Published: February 17, 2009
About a year ago, I was attending a panel at a conference where the panelists were discussing moving towards “green” offices, initiating recycling programs at your work place, strategies to adopt for lowering waste and consumption, and so forth. It wasn’t particularly enlightening — if being green is something you care about, all these [...]
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