The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,300 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]
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1433: Welcome to the New Year…This gotta be a GOOD LIFE!
Posted: November 27, 2011 in mi vida loca, Our WorldA new day, a new year, a new beginning. Will it truly be a new beginning for you (all of you out there) and me? Or will it be like any other day? For me at least! It’s time to reflect on your life, it’s time for change … but I have to admit that [...]
What I recall about mom, back when she’s of the same age as me today. Year: Summer of 1985 (if I calculated correctly, back then I was quite an ace in mathematics) Place: Most probably living out of suitcase at the Beach Hotel, Tripoli, Libya A diplomat’s wife having just arrived in a very foreign [...]
What do I miss? My alma mater or my lecturers or my courses or the friends I made? Actually, I miss all the fun things we did together! How young and “innocent” we were then! I remember vividly the day we first met, all innocent, cleaned up and raring to start a new chapter in [...]
Hijab or veil, whatever it’s called all over the world, it denotes the same meaning, a modest dress, which includes the covering of the head. My decision to wear the hijab was not an easy feat! Yes, I am a Muslim (born and bred of a multiracial heritage), but that does not mean that ALL [...]
TripAdvisor™ TripWow ★ Globetrottingrien’s Trip Around The World (?!) Slideshow ★ to Giza, Tokyo and Shibuya by Shrzad Sulaiman. Stunning free travel slideshows on TripAdvisor via Globetrottingrien’s Trip Around The World (?!) Slideshow.
Our journey begins just after midnight, clear skies and twinkling stars accompanied us all the way to Sagil, a little village not far from the legendary mountain, Gunung Ledang. Along the way, we decided to make a pit stop, you know to stretch our legs, empty our bladder and bowels…ehehe, or catch a cup or [...]
Sitting here, with only the sounds from the TV in the background accompanying me, my thoughts and my heart seem to be working over-time, incessantly telling me to go back to blogging. This forgotten or maybe neglected hobby of mine was once my passion, a place to pour out my feelings, a diary or a [...]
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to [...]
Living in a concrete jungle surrounded by “civilized” beings at times can be a torture. So, where do you escape from the dog eat dog world out there? Well, it’s back to nature in search for tranquility & fresh air. If you feel the need to do some soul searching, I’m sure you’d be surprised [...]
