So, I just read this article in a newspaper the other day about microblogging. According to Wikipedia: Micro-blogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer) or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or…
“But guys like me get involved in things sometimes because nobody else will… Because it’s not in the rule book, or it’s politically inconvenient, or it’s too weird, or — or simply because nobody else cares. The government, the big corporations, the money guys… they all have plenty of people willing to put it all…
[For some reason, Astrocenter assessment on my professional aspirations is a bit off. I wonder why (duh).] Early in life, in his social and familial setting, YOGA probably learned the value of being financially independent and self-sufficient. In declaring his financial independence, he may have criticized and challenged his family’s relationship to wealth and material…
It’s the day of the year again, October 15, the Blog Action Day. The topic for this year’s event is Poverty. So, I’m writing briefly on Islam’s religious duty to combat poverty and how a new paradigm of managing religious alms may do it more effectively. In Islam, we have the five pillars of religion….
It’s been a week since I had my three-day-long hiatus post-Eid celebration. It’s been a while since I went out of town, much less for a vacation. I think three days were not enough. It should’ve been at least five days. But that’s what I have, and I better make use of them while they’re…
Yesterday was the joyous Eid celebration, the culmination of a month-long struggle for control over personal desires, behavior, and excess. I want to thank all my friends, relatives, acquaintances, coworkers, and clients for their warm wishes on this festive day. The following are several of them (sent to me via SMS), which I put here…