January 2008
24 posts
Eighty East has dropped their first single - Hum...
Walk Down Memory Lane
As some of you know I lived in Cyprus (an island in the Mediterranean Sea) from 1995 to 1999. I attended the fantastic Eastern Mediterranean University and left in July 1999 with my undergraduate degree.
Today I spoke with one of my friends from those years who happens to be visiting family in the Philadelphia area. We have been in contact occasionally over the years and today is the first time...
Camera
I need to buy a new digital camera. Any suggestions? Email me…..
“To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
:) - If only we would listen....
A man and a woman are driving down the same road in the opposite directions at the same time. As they pass each other the woman leans out the window, points and yells, “PIG! ” The man immediately leans out his window, shakes his fist and shouts back, “BITCH!” They each continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he slams into a pig that had wandered into the middle of the...
“Identify a player girl and move on, for a legit girl move strong.”
– Dating strategy from my friend in Manhattan.
A Female Friend's Perspective
Her: I am going on a date tonight.
Me: Who is the guy?
Her: I met him a year ago...I ran into him at TGIF's..he literally never gave up on me.
Me: Ok
Her: When i mean never i mean never...i never called or emailed him back and he always continued to email and call.
Me: I see - he dint take no for an answer.
Her: Nope and I like that.
Me: I think he loves you.
Her: The guy that doesn't give up is the one that'll win in the end with me...
What happened on 1/22?!
It began yesterday, when international stock markets plunged due to the global lack of confidence in the US economy. Investors worry that the imminent recession in the US will drag down growth in the rest of the world. So they sold off their stocks.
The Japanese market dropped 5.7%
The Australian market dropped 7.1%
The Shanghai market lost 7.2%
The Hong Kong market dropped 8.7%
The US...
“Sometimes we’ve got that thing in our heads that says we cannot do...”
– Barack Obama - at a MLK banquet in Nevada on 1/18/2008.
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.”
– John Maynard Keynes, British Economist (1883 - 1946)
One Year Ago
this week I lost something very dear to me. As many things in life, this event happened without any warning and it baffled me - I was upset, disappointed, sad and angry. One year later I still do not understand why or how it all went down. However, life goes on and I am more appreciative of everything I still have. I doubt I will ever forget the lessons learnt in 2007.
Deja Vu
So guess what? I am sick - since Monday evening I have a terrible cold, sore throat, runny nose, general malaise etc. etc. I can’t believe this cuz it was just last week that I got over the entire cough situation. Funny enough, since mid-December I have been eating healthy and regularly and going to the gym and so on but I haven’t had the best health either. I hate having a cold - I...
“Every relationship is going to come up against some obstacles. They’ll...”
– Anonymous
News article comparing today’s U.S. financial... →
“When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set...”
– Sir Donald Bradman
2008 So far.....
It has been a few days since my last blog here. Work has picked up after the holiday season and today I made my first trip to Manhattan for a business meeting. The weather was an unusual 60+F in the city, which was great for walking around. The gym has been keeping me focused as well - it is a struggle to get back to where I was before I jumped the bandwagon but one must move ahead…..I might...
“I have a good idea for a great idea.”
– Charles Forman
Oil hits record $100 a barrel!
Yes that day has finally arrived - read about it more by clicking here.
Update - This was a rally on this particular day - the price in the following days have been below the $100 mark. As you would imagine, Oil’s jump to more than $100 per barrel has helped boost shares of ethanol companies as interest swells in the U.S. domestic source of motor fuel.
