Category Archives: Thoughts

Bandar

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

I was sitting at Bandar in my car and trying to peace out the restlessness — the type of grey brain-fuzz that results from too much TV and not enough purpose — that had been bugging me all day, when … Continue reading →

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Doha Blues

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Over the past month, I haven’t been very good at maintaining this blog, especially since I left France and moved back to the Middle East. Here’s what I’ve been doing instead: 1. Playing iTouch games like an addict. 2. Reading. … Continue reading →

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Doha, Doha

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Après mes quatre mois en France, il y a quelque chose forte étrange à vivre encore en Qatar. Une voile jaune est tombée sur mon monde; tout a une teinte abricotée : la lumière, les murs, la poussière dans le … Continue reading →

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Studying Blues (Word of the Day!)

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Oh Lord, I really don’t want to study for final exams. Anyway, want a nifty bit of trivia I picked up while procrastinating? Did you know that the term “Deadline” was coined during the American Civil War, where lines were … Continue reading →

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Just Write.

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

This seems to be my biggest difficulty with writing. The ability to stop thinking, stop getting distracted, stop overanalyzing, and just write! Sometimes I’m simply too restless. Sometimes I have nothing to say, even though I might really want to. … Continue reading →

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The Exercise Dilemma.

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Every day on my way home from classes, I have the overpowering urge to go running. But somehow my super-motivational pep talks and plans to get in shape always seem to fall through the moment I step through the door. Two months ago, … Continue reading →

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On the Conquest of Happiness.

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

My favorite quote of the day: “The conditions of happiness are realized in the life of the man of science. He has an activity which utilizes his abilities to the full and he achieves results which appear important not only … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Sugar Daddy!

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Urban Dictionary’s no. 1 definition of Sugar Daddy: Like a genie — he may be a little old, but if a girl rubs his lamp, he’ll grant her wishes. I still can’t stop laughing. See the link here.

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Word of the Day: Enterprise!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Enterprise = Entreprise (fr) Entreprise = [Entre] + [Prise] = [3rd person, present tense of verb Entrer (to Enter)] + [noun form of verb Prendre (to Take)] = to enter an undertaking. I love the way words are created! It’s … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Normandy

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Normandy = Normand = Nordman = Man from the north = Vikings. (Following water routes, the Vikings (who were invading much of Europe at the time) landed in France from the northwest in 9th century AD. They posed a particularly … Continue reading →

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