Category: World News
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9/11 – My recollection of New York City
I sometimes look back at 9/11 and wonder if my memory of it has altered and if the reality was different than I recall. It was such a long… Continue reading "9/11 – My recollection of New York City" -
MWC 2011 Observations
Following are some of my high level observations from Mobile World Congress 2011 Overall, the conference was incredibly large. I have not been for 2 years, but this year it… Continue reading "MWC 2011 Observations" -
FGM
Girl(fairly senior in an NGO here): FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is very common around these countries because there are a lot of Muslims here. Me: ? What does Muslim have to… Continue reading "FGM" -
Oscar drama – my 2 cents
Last night, we got ready for our Oscar party – just like home – except it’s a day late, being re-broadcast on the Dubai channel at 7pm our time (it… Continue reading "Oscar drama – my 2 cents" -
burgernomics
previously i wrote about the cost of living and metrics in other cities recently, i’ve been seeing other articles about it and it got me thinking about other indexes and… Continue reading "burgernomics" -
Cost of Living
man – i just took a look at a recent Mercer report about the cost of living across of the world. http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm Toronto is about 20% cheaper than NYC and… Continue reading "Cost of Living" -
BA is gonna kick ACs butt…
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=3967dfee-6ca4-40c3-83ac-55f3ffa70c79&k=85878 Hopefully this means that the overall quality of flights will increase as well. I’ve flown BA between London and Toronto and also between London and San Francisco (and other… Continue reading "BA is gonna kick ACs butt…" -
An Inconvenient Truth
so i had to post this. the idea that Al Gore had put together a movie which is basically just clips of him travelling the world giving powerpoint presentations about… Continue reading "An Inconvenient Truth" -
Liar, liar pants on fire…
This is too funny.. some company in the UK claims that that Brits are a bunch of liars… explains why everything is so difficult over there. Everyone knows that everyone… Continue reading "Liar, liar pants on fire…"