The Artsaypunk

This weekend, a friend of mine told me that she had decided that I really wasn’t that funny, it’s just that funny things seem to happen to me. I wasn’t at all sure how to take that. But… ouch. Oh well, at least I’m still funny looking.

This Morning’s Billboard of the Day: Gold’s Coconut Candy Now With Coconut!

Here are a few things I don’t care for.  I don’t hate them, I just don’t like them: Coloured Toilet Paper I’m not a fan of coloured toilet paper.  For some reason, there’s a lot of coloured toilet paper in Pakistan: pink, blue, it’s all about the pastels.  I don’t know why that is.  Why [...]

It’s amazing just how much snack foods in this country amuse me. Although, I suppose that it’s more so the advertising campaigns that crack me. Anyway, the latest one to catch my eye is a billboard I drive by most days advertising “F-16 Ice Cream.” It’s a product of Igloo Ice Cream, Pakistan and I [...]

Can you tell me why my Shampoo bottle contains 250 ml, whereas my conditioner only contains 200 ml? They’re the same brand. They are supposed to go hand in hand. But inevitably I end up with a quarter bottle of shampoo left when my conditioner runs out. Then I’m not very well going to make [...]

At some point or another (whether it be at a party, in conversation, or as a comment on the blog), someone always asks me “The Question.” Why are you in Pakistan? Why are you here? Well, I’ve finally decided to tackle the question and satisfy all queries in one fell swoop (which, personally, is my [...]

I’ve always felt sorry for Michael Collins, “the other guy” on the Apollo 11 Moon Mission, because I always tell myself to remember his name but I just can’t do it. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and um, the other guy. If I were him, I’d be kind of pissed. “Ok, yeah, sure, you guys go [...]

For your consideration: The following advertisement was stitched into the leather on the back of the seat cover in a Karachi Metro Cab I took yesterday: Toyota Genuine Lubricants… Makes Me Smile! I’m so easily amused.

Yesterday I got a haircut. I’m really lazy about haircuts, so it had been a while, and I wanted to clean up around the ears and down around the back of the neck etc. My usual dude was not working, my barber from Bahrain, so I was assigned a guy at random. I’m always a [...]

Last week I was at a get together, or maybe it was a post-party, or maybe it was post-party-get-together, I have no idea. Anyway, someone called my name and I turned to find a girl I had first met many, many months ago and hadn’t really seen since. She does some modeling and is quite [...]