Apparently, October 1st is International Coffee Day. Launched in Milan by the International Coffee Organization, the first took place in 2015. In celebration of this heavenly brew of productivity and joy, I will share some personal stories involving coffee. As a kid, coffee held the mystique of an “adult drink”, even more so than beer. …
A couple of days ago, I received an email from HSBC India (an @hsbc.co.in email address) on behalf of HSBC Canada’s Fraud Monitoring team: Even though the majority of these types of emails are phishing attempts, I still briefly scan them, especially if they manage to avoid the junk filters. This one addressed me by …
I like to say that I’m not terribly interested in status items, which is true for the most part. I prefer plain black V neck shirts over a polo with a green crocodile. If I were to buy a car, a late model Civic would be just fine. That said, I’ve always been a huge …
Trip confirmed! As previously mentioned, I wanted to book at least one more behemoth trip before Aeroplan reduced the number of stopovers from two to one. Over the course of a month, I scribbled objectives on a notebook until I eventually arrived at the following: Leisurely explore Portugal and Spain. Warm weather, good food, cheap …