August 2010
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So tomorrow is the start of Ramadhan
Which means that mass text messages, Blackberry messenger broadcast messages, and Facebook pictures are being sent and tagged, in order to beg the forgiveness of practically everyone in your address book or friends list. In my opinion, by doing this people practically throw away the sincerity of the message thus beating the purpose. And for some reason most of the people who do this are those that...
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Today at the International Conference on Business...
I presented my paper.
A Japanese man told me that he was impressed with my english, my speaking speed (which I don’t think is necessarily a good thing since I have a problem with that), and even that he was intimidated by me because he can’t speak english very well. He then gave me his snack box. No joke.
A middle-eastern looking man called me “sister” and urged me to...
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Tomorrow (or technically, today) is my ICBMR presentation where I’ll be presenting my measly research paper to an international assortment of researchers. I am scared to death of messing up as well as of any questions they’ll throw at me. Even if nothing like that happens, I will, no doubt, imagine their inner monologues as saying something along the lines of “What is this...
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Oh Matilda
When I was younger, I was a little nerd. I loved to read, and didn’t have many friends. I went to the school library so much that I was the favorite of the librarian ladies, and they often dispensed me free goodies like bookmarks and scratch n smell stickers. Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl were my favorite authors. So when I finally read Matilda, I instantly identified with the character. And...
