The Commonwealth is like a family party... There's the UK, the old Grandma sat down in her chair the whole time, letting her children get on with their lives, no matter how bad it gets. Some adore her, but some don't like what she did when they were young. Then there's Australia, the drunk Uncle in a Hawaiian shirt, but everyone respects him really. Canada's there as well, the smartly dressed man who has never done anything wrong, most people joke about him, but respects him. There's India as we…

A British man once wished to visit Australia A Englishman from London decided he needed a vacation, and chose Sydney, Australia, but soon realized that he could never afford such a trip. So, he finally came to the decision to stop buying tea, and use all the money he saved from not buying tea to fund his new dream. After a couple years, he had accumulated plenty and took 2 weeks off work to take his trip over the Summer. As his plane was flying over the Australian outback, about 2 hours out from…

How to get found when lost on an Island ? Rajesh and Mona are flying to Australia to celebrate their anniversary when suddenly, over the PA system, the Pilot announces, ""Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds are that we may never be rescued as it is a totally unknown island. So we may have t…

A young boy uncovers a dark secret... (Disclaimer: Long, but very much worth the read.) There was a little boy who lived in a far away land. Close to the boy's home, there was a tall mountain, always covered in snow at the top. Also at the top of the mountain, there was an ancient monastery where ancient monks lived. Sometimes, the little boy, as he was riding his tricycle around his yard, would look up at the monastery on the tall mountain and wonder what it was like up there. One day, when the…