Hari Kotrotsios | Helping organisations tell their stories
  • About
  • Portfolio
  • Projects
  • Blog

The fear of grammar

29/2/2012

15 Comments

 
“I get scared writing to you…”
I have that effect on people; some get an involuntary muscle spasm in their eye, while others apologise in their opening email sentence: “I know there are probably spelling mistakes in the attached document.”
And then, there are those who are incorrigible: “I know, I know! Blatant use of Capital Letters.”

Read More
15 Comments

Surviving the pub-irty years

22/2/2012

2 Comments

 
“Eeeeew. Stop it! That's disgusting.”
Jen always objected to her parents’ public show of affection, even if it was only at the dinner table.
Nick, on the other hand, was an astute observer of the world around him. “Are you two tongue kissing?”

Read More
2 Comments

When the officer ran away with my passport

15/2/2012

10 Comments

 
The immigration officer stares at my passport.
He looks at me wild-eyed as he realizes it’s a foreign one. 
He stares back at my passport, looks at me once more and then runs away - with my passport.
It’s midnight. I’m on a train, somewhere between the Ukraine and Russian borders. It's June 1994.

Read More
10 Comments

Many happy years to me

8/2/2012

4 Comments

 
“What - more sweets?” I groan at the sight of the three white boxes in the middle of the desk. 
“Who’s name day is it today?” 
“Ours,” respond the three Marias at our Athens-based office.  Custom dictates they bring a box each.
I just can’t keep up and neither can my waistline. Really, some months feature an endless procession of name day celebrations and obligatory eating of syrup sweets. 

Read More
4 Comments

What part of 'no' don't you understand?

1/2/2012

2 Comments

 
“How about an evening frolic down on the beach?”
“Err, no thanks,” I replied.
“If you’re worried about leaving your friend on her own,” he said with all sincerity, “she's welcome to join us.”
While initial amorous advances are flattering, continuous entreaties for a late-night rendezvous are irritating, especially when the enamored young man follows you home. It’s considered stalking in some cultures.

Read More
2 Comments
    Picture
    Portuguese Camino 2019
    Picture
    Yukon, Canada 2018
    Picture
    Tibet 2007
    Picture
    Athens 2004 Olympics
    Picture
    Machu Picchu, Peru 2003
    Travel blogs
    New Zealand 2008
    Tibet 2007
    New Zealand 2006
    Melbourne 2006
    United Kingdom 2004
    Athens Olympics 2004
    Peru 2003
    Beijing to Athens 1994
    Nepal 1991 ​

    Guest blog post
    3 Unmissable Storytelling Tips to Captivate Your Readers

    Categories

    All
    Bushwalking
    Community
    Culture Shock
    Food
    Greece
    Health
    Identity
    Japan
    Language
    Life Direction
    New Zealand
    Olympics
    Peru
    Technology
    The Babysitter Chronicles
    Tibet
    Trains Planes & Automobiles


    Archives

    December 2019
    November 2019
    February 2018
    January 2018
    July 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011

    © 2011-2019
    Hari Kotrotsios

CONNECT