Extra, Extra!

This country has perfected the art of making you want to leave it. The insane drivers, the snarly service, having to balance a piece of cloth on your head, not being allowed to go swimming in a lake... the list goes on and on.

It will be hard, however, to add to my collection of fantastically funny front pages when I leave. This one is my favourite so far.

Move over Aamir Khan...

... here come Mahmoud and Rashid.

Don't these guys have star quality? They are SO ready for their close-ups!!

When they make it big in Bollywood remember, you read it here first!

More hijab hijinks

My friend told me a story about how she went to see the gynecologist here. She, of course, was asked to strip from the waist down and wear a gown. But she was requested to keep her head scarf on!

Another friend told me about an elderly tourist who arrived at the airport only to discover she had packed her scarf in her luggage. When she reached the passport control desk they stopped her and after explaining her story, they resorted to covering her head with a plastic bag!

Big cheese

I've always believed in having a Plan B -- a little dream you can put into action when all else fails. Just when I was reaching a low point with my work and a high point in frustration with this country, it seems I might have stumbled on an answer.

I can be an intern! (Albeit a 34-year old intern with a Masters degree.)

But this is not just any internship... this is in the Artisanal cheese caves!

It may seem an unusual dream, but it's one I've had for more than a year... to learn about cheese with the idea of one day having a small seaside cheese shop of my own, carrying selective, delicious cheeses.

Cheese! How can anyone not be excited by it! I feel like singing "Climb every mountain"!