The Artsaypunk

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

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 [...]

Hello my confused, hot and sweaty Caucasian brothers and sisters. I know that if you’ve been in this part of the world for any amount of time, you have probably been invited to a Pakistani wedding. This can be a confusing time for you. The cross cultural mish-mash of Islamic and Hindi celebrations that make [...]

Alright, I’m getting suspicious. At first, I said to myself, “Ok, the ground is shaking, there’s an earthquake.” The next time I thought, “Hmmm, that’s strange, more earthquakes.” But this last time, I’m thinking, “All, right, what in the hell is going on here?” It seems like every two weeks in Karachi lately the ground [...]

As most of you know, I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep since about late 1995. I’m not exactly sure why this is the case. I’m not one of those stress bag insomniac people, in fact I’m about as chilled out as mango sorbet (and twice as tasty). It’s not that I haven’t had decent [...]

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 [...]

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.

As I mentioned before, the Sunday Magazine of the Pakistan Daily Times has been publishing certain of my blog posts as a “Globe Trotter” column. Unfortunately, my communication with the editors of said publication has been limited, due mostly to my own lethargy. The result being that I have no idea which post they have [...]

A few weeks ago, a friend called me that I hadn’t heard from for a while and asked, “Did you open a music store?” I was pretty sure I had not, so I said, “Not that I know of.” This seemed to satisfy, so he said, “Ok, thought so, talk to you later.” I had [...]

Well, since I seem to be writing a lot about junk food lately, I might as well keep it up. There’s a new snack food on the market here in Karachi that’s being heavily marketed on sign boards, billboards, the works. Every single time I see the huge billboard on the way to work I [...]