What we talking about? This is NAS. Nasty, Recollect.

Posted by Gaurav On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 0 comments
from dreamstime.com It’s not often you hear a song that just completely clicks with you. I recently had this experience with Loco-Motive from Nas’ new album, Life is Good, and so I wanted to share some thoughts on why I think this is a track good enough to write a 1000 something words about - and how it teaches an unexpected but valuable life lesson. So here’s a breakdown of what makes this track so special......

Go and Grow - opportunities to travel for cheap

Posted by Gaurav On Tuesday, November 1, 2011 0 comments
WARNING: Before we get into the meat of today's post (which begins 3 paragraphs down for those who want to skip ahead), I thought my return to blogging after a long hiatus needs some explanation, so I wrote the following intro. When I was younger I used to be a big fan of the WWF. Yes, I loved baby pandas and still do, but the other WWF(E), was where the real entertainment was. The storylines, the personalities, and the struggle they all went through...

Top 10 Pictures from Benin: #9

Posted by Gaurav On Monday, August 1, 2011 3 comments
9 EDIT: Both these posts are late, late late... but I’m too lazy to change the main text to reflect it, so lets live in a bit of nostalgia: So! I know this was supposed to be a ten day thing, 1 post per day, but each time I head to the cyber I’ve just been so occupied that I forget to put up the #10 post I wrote earlier this week. So now I’m going to release numbers 9 and 10 today since I’m getting a little short on time before my trip comes...

Top 10 Pictures from Benin: #10

Posted by Gaurav On Sunday, July 31, 2011 2 comments
10 And so it begins… the beginning of the end. I thought of this new feature, “Top 10 Pictures” while keeping in mind that my time in Benin is slowly drawing to a close. For the next 10 days, I will (do my best to) post the countdown from #10 to #1 of what I believe are the top 10 pictures from my time here in Benin. By the end of this series, my time in Benin will pretty much have come to an end.  I have taken more than 3600 photos during...

Lokossa and Possotomè

Posted by Gaurav On Monday, July 18, 2011 4 comments
                Although I did spend the majority of my time being sick last weekend, I did also get a chance to head out to the city of Lokossa and Lake Possotomè on a day trip with my host dad, Melissa, and Aristotle. It was surprisingly fun despite not feeling so well. On our way to Lokossa, we stopped by Comè to visit a friend of my host father who works for the government....