Writer. Content/editorial director. Curious person. Mixed-race Khmer-Canadian from Toronto. Slow traveller (mostly long term stays, these days).
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When you tell @AirCanada before taking off that your bag is not onboard and they say “too bad” — ftr, I’ve been on hundreds of flights with airlines from around the world and the only one that’s ever lost my bag (on more than one occasion) is #aircanada #aircanadafail
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Italian taxi driver: “your bag is little, but very heavy. What do you have in there?”
Me: “ok so, compression sacks…”
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One of the best things about southern Europe is you can be at a burger joint and still get a pretty darn good glass (or bottle) of wine.
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Hilarious that the logo has changed to X, but so many other elements of this app still refer to Twitter #rebrandfail
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Fascinating piece on how DNA travels
Lukis Anderson, a homeless alcoholic, was charged with murder based on the presence of his DNA on the victim's fingernails, a person he had never even met. (From 2018) wired.trib.al/k2KEjYY
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Fun new airline incompetence experience: @Aeromexico sent me an email saying my flight was delayed, showed as delayed on the airport screens — where I’d already been waiting for 2 hours — never *posted* the boarding gate … and then took off without me. #aeromexico
We knew Tory was going to win again, but the fact that it was basically over by the time the polls closed is just extra depressing #TOpoli
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Why do we think it's ok for news publications to endorse political candidates? #TOpoli
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Got an appt for a brain MRI that I need and it's...4:55 AM in Markham (I'm in Toronto), 5 weeks from now. Our #healthcare system is so stretched they're working in the middle of the night.
And if I opted for an appt in the city, I'd be waiting at least 3 months. #onpoli
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Oh no, think of all the poor guest rooms being sacrificed at the altar of millennials selfishly wanting *a place to live*
architecturaldigest.com/stor…
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Done a fair amount of air #travel since COVID became part of our lives, and Canada is def the only place I’ve been lately that still enforces on-flight masking — it’s a reassuring thing to come home to.
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...just learned the queen died...because I've deleted all social media off my phone and it's clearly not a topic of conversation here in Tunisia
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I deleted some apps from my phone, including Twitter, because I have some scary health issues exacerbated (or caused?) by stress. So now I check TW on desktop like every third day and otherwise do not miss it in. the. least.
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“The Cambodian government says those stone relics, depicting the heads of gods and demons, match a set that was looted years ago from one of the nation’s sacred sites.” #colonialism
washingtonpost.com/business/…
Most of us can’t even fathom what a true assault on freedom looks like (looking at you, anti-mask ghouls)
theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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I enjoy that the equivalent of “no problem” or “you’re welcome” in Italian seems to be “figurati?” Which is adorable and translates to “forget about it” — (obvi I’m saying that in a Boston Italian accent in my head)
p.s. I’m living in Sicily for a month so if anyone has recos..
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Just flew with Air Canada and didn’t buy my travel insurance until a few hours before my flight, half expecting it to be cancelled.
Air Canada under fire for denying passengers compensation for flights cancelled because of staff shortages financialpost.com/transporta…