Posted in Current Affairs, Social Issues, tagged dreams, human, Pangea Day, TED on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Imagine a world without borders, injustice and prejudice. Imagine a world where we live together as one human race, without “us” and “them”. It can happen. It happened today through film. I’m a huge supporter of TED and participating in one of their event surely open minds and sharing of ideas is inspiring, to put [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, Social Issues, tagged dubliners, internationalist, Irish, the irish rover on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night I had the pleasure of meeting a few interesting people most of whom identified themselves as Internationalist, an individual of international community. It was good to meet same minds. It’s not often I meet people who are well traveled or look upon the universe as one world. At least not in Georgia.
I’ve a [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, Social Issues, tagged Atlanta, BP, camellia, city workers, gas price, politicians, Shell on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m back on coffee this week. I hadn’t brewed coffee for so long at home, I forgot the measurement, or how I like it, to be more exact. My third try was a charm. It’s Wednesday night, or rather early Thursday morning, and I’m far behind at work. It’s going to be a working weekend.
I [...]
Posted in Random Thoughts, Social Issues, tagged basmati, economy, food shortage, jasmine, rice, war on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
I just visited a Middle Eastern store to get a CD for an associate who is leaving the US. I took Azi’s advice and got him an Arabic CD. The owner of the store informed me she is out of basmati rice. By out, I mean there is a shortage of rice supply in the [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, Social Issues, tagged Christianity, Jesus (pbuh), missionaries, religion on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
I strongly believe people have the right to choose their own religion or faith, even if that means they have none. Or, as they call themselves: atheist or agnostic. In Singapore we call them “free thinkers”. I don’t have problems with any groups, no matter what they choose. However, I do have problems with “missionaries” [...]
Posted in Politics, Social Issues, tagged Politics, Social Issues on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Monique and I disagree when I claim I’m apolitical. I’m passionate about humanity and everything that is associated with humans. She would argue that is precisely the definition of politics. Both Monique and I have strong opinions and neither of us budge from our point of views. We end by agreeing to disagree. A friend [...]
Posted in Hijab/Headscarf, Social Issues, tagged ABC, Department of Education, head scarf, headscarf, Hijab, injustice, OCR, what would you do? on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
The other day I watched the episode “What would you do?” on ABC News. It was a refreshing change to see a mainstream television media highlight an issue that is of serious concern to Muslim women who wear head scarves. Many of them face discrimination on a daily basis.
I was very disturbed by the offensive [...]
Posted in Social Issues, tagged Gaza, Palestinians, Security Council, US on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m living in an age of innovation, technology, science. This is the age when voyage to the space is no longer a wonder but an expensive adventure. Connecting to a fellow individual on the other side of the world is a mere micro-second away. We claim we are a civilized society. Yet, I fail to [...]
Posted in Social Issues on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr King was a champion of Civil Rights movement. He united a divided nation with his “I Have a Dream” speech. Since then this speech has been quoted numerous times as a beacon of hope in times of civil unrest. Ironically though, 45 years later it is still [...]
