To Tweet or Not To Tweet
Every morning as soon as I get up and on the way to the office I update my status on my mobile Twitter with words on the lines of ‘good morning people’ or ‘on my way to the office, traffic not so bad...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Happiness
Happiness, they say, is a state of mind. It is not what you have and it is not what you do. It is how you feel as you are going through the motion of living. But then, it is not like emotions...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Multitasking
I could barely remember the days when life was not all about multitasking. When one did things one at a time and if you wanted to do a lot of things, then it was a matter of doing things faster, more...
View ArticleAn Examined Life
I am reading the speech made by Socrates when he was tried by the Athenians with charges of ‘corrupting the youths’ and for which he was condemned to death by drinking the poison hemlock and I find it...
View ArticleFather's Day
Today is Father’s Day, so I guess this is a good time to remember my late father from whose loins I emanated when I decided to incarnate upon this earth almost five decades ago. He passed away...
View ArticleLetting Go
One of the hardest things in life that we must do is to say goodbye and to let go, whether to people, situation or even things. When we’re happy, the happiness is often tinged with sadness because we...
View ArticleWho Am I?
In a recent discussion someone asked why should we bother over things such as trying to know ourselves better? In turn he was asked, what is more important in life than attaining self-knowledge,...
View ArticleIt's in the Neurons
I often wonder what makes some people espouse strong beliefs more than others or what it is that makes an individual, a group or a society attached to a particular belief system. More importantly,...
View ArticleMight Is Not Right
When I was little, every time I got into a verbal argument with my older sister there would be a point when I came up with a cutting remark that I knew she wouldn’t be able to retort to, as in those...
View ArticleA Kodak Moment
It’s sad to hear Kodak filing for bankruptcy. And I’m sure a lot of people give a little sigh of regret with a tinge of nostalgia at hearing the news. Though in a way, it’s well overdue. I mean, who...
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