Tag: Flight

Forget your in-flight peanuts and stale airline movies — “Crew” serves up a full-course comedy buffet with a dash of girl power and a sprinkle of outrageous situations. We’re talking about three fabulous flight attendants, played by the stunning Kareena Kapoor Khan, the ever-...

1. Setting My Coordinates with Personal Goals  My journey began with a map of personal goals. I envisioned myself wandering through the streets of Berlin, engaging in effortless banter with locals, and delving into German literature. These vivid images served as my North Star, guiding me thr...

On the 5th of July 1970, an Air Canada DC-8 plunged burning from the sky over Brampton, Ontario, leaving behind little more than a smoking crater in a field. The crash claimed the lives of 109 people, a toll which remains the worst in Air Canada’s history, even after more than 50 years. The se...

I consider myself an environmentalist. I have a job in sustainability in which I manage a team of eight in a small sustainability consulting agency — we advice small SME’s as well as multinationals on their sustainability strategy, I go to demonstrations, I volunteer in an urban garden, ...

If you haven’t watched the Blue Zones documentary on Netflix, do it. It’s worth your time. I loved it. But also considered it a bit absurd at times. I’ll tell you why, as we discuss the merits of taking what people do in the Blue Zones and making these behaviors part of their...

October 25th, 1945. Nearly two months after the Japanese surrender, the island of Taiwan was placed under the rule of the Republic of China (ROC). This handover would end 50 years of Japanese colonisation and put the people of Taiwan under a government it had not known before — the N...

On the 7th of July 2017, Air Canada flight 759 lined up to land on the taxiway instead of the runway at San Francisco International Airport, in the process coming just seconds away from causing what might have been one of the worst aviation disasters in history. This article examines the sequence of...

Looks like it’s starting to rain, I thought as I felt drops land on my shoulders and backpack while waiting for the 8 tram on a stop by the Tiber. I was not paying close attention. My brain was throbbing after two and half hours of Italian class, and I was indulging my ears with a podcast...

Looks like it’s starting to rain, I thought as I felt drops land on my shoulders and backpack while waiting for the 8 tram on a stop by the Tiber. I was not paying close attention. My brain was throbbing after two and half hours of Italian class, and I was indulging my ears with a podcast...