Archive for May, 2007
The Bedouins in my “memories”
3 Comments Published by hasan May 29th, 2007 in Middle East, memories.I was watching a segment on television today about Bedouins in the Hijaz region in Saudi Arabia. Even though Bahrain - where I come from - does not have a Bedouin identity, there is this untouchable something about this identity that I can strongly identify with; shedding light on a collective (and possibly more noble) […]
Things that make you go hmm: Japanese Minister Commits Suicide Today
2 Comments Published by hasan May 29th, 2007 in Japan.Scandal-Riddled Minister of Agriculture Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide earlier today (click here for more info). From what I understand, he was to be grilled over his involvement over mismanaging pension premiums; pension funds are one of those things you do not want to mess with in an aging society such as Japan. This is the […]
In less than a week, my midterms begin.
I’m supposed to be brushing up on the Nash Equilibrium and Pareto Optimality for my Microeconomics exam, but instead, I find myself more interested in reflecting on the history of the Visigoths and Professor Alexander Demandt’s Der Falls Rom (1984) (An essay in which 210 theories behind […]
Okra is a type of fruit & other tales
7 Comments Published by hasan May 24th, 2007 in Failed Attempt At Cooking, Embarrassment, bizarre.Yes, when I read this I was shocked. I suddenly rediscovered the poetry of Rumi while discussing the recipe of Okra Stew (Or as I’ve always known it to be as KORESHT BAAIEH) with someone earlier today. Later this evening, while I tried cooking it for the first time in my life (yes, the shame), […]
مشهد يتكرر كل صباح: معظم الناس حولي على ما يبدو يركضون الى المحطة كي لا يتأخرون عن سير حياتهم . لا نتأخر في طريقنا لأن لا باعة الفطائر يزرعون الشارع بكمائن شهية ولا ازدحام مروري يشل دم حركتنا بل يبدو أن هذا الاحتياج للعجلة ناتج عن عدم . أقول هذا وأنا أتخيل الفضاء في […]
On Next-Door-Noises, Retired Sumo Wrestlers, Disappointing Novels, Dolphin-Man and SAVING THE CORAL REEFS
4 Comments Published by hasan May 20th, 2007 in dorm, daily life, Sumo Wrestling, Bahrain, NOT art.The Noise Next Door:
I’ve discovered that my next-door neighbour has the ugliest laugh in the world - I found this out after being startled out of my sleep a few mornings ago while she was either on the phone or using some online net-to-phone service talking to what seemed to be her family back in […]
A few nights ago, I panicked.
I guess I had it coming. I had an assignment due the next day and I couldn’t - for the life of me - understand a single question being asked (and the fact that the questions were written in technical Japanese did not make it any easier). I actually attempted […]
trying to get through a small case of “blogger’s block”..
1 Comment Published by hasan May 13th, 2007 in daily life, Insomnia, Oud, Marcel Khalife, Spring of Culture.It’s not that I have lost interest in blogging at a steady pace; I just don’t know what to blog about. I reckon this happens to many bloggers (just as writers go through writer’s block at times). Probably has a lot to do with my out-of-whack sleeping pattern (or lack thereof). At any rate; things […]
those obnoxious morning birds are at again (aka: anti-thesis of the ‘f’ word)
2 Comments Published by hasan May 9th, 2007 in Insomnia, Haruki Murakami, 1stepforward2stepsbackwards.When I saw the sunrise at 4.30am this morning, I wondered how many other people in Tokyo were witnessing the same view. “Not many, probably. All the buildings in this city seem to obscure any hint of a horizon. I guess I’m lucky to be living on the Western outskirts of the city, just out […]
Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes When…
4 Comments Published by hasan May 7th, 2007 in bizarre, memories... you spend a total of 16 hours in less than a 48-hour time period, working on a seemingly endless assignment that you initially thought you could finish in a ‘couple of hours’ .
Here is one of the things I saw flashing before my eyes while writing today’s particular long assignment:
A six-and-a-half year old […]