Dec 31, 2021Intentional LivingThis year has been a tough year for me on so many levels, a year of loss, losing my sister and my grandmother just three months apart. The photo above, taken just a few months ago, is of Helen, my grandmother, and Heyam, my little sister. Both are now resting…New Year Reflections4 min read
Jan 6, 2021Society Unmasked, a reflection on 2020Last January, I wrote my new year reflections while trying to recover from a terrible flu with three weeks of constant high fever and a really bad persistent cough. So bad that I self-checked into a hospital and tried in vain to convince the doctors that this was not a…Covid 194 min read
Jan 5, 2021The Need for Courage, my 2019 reflectionsThis year, I’m a little late to write my new year’s reflection because I had high fever, my temperature wouldn’t go below 39 (102 f) for two weeks straight. What’s worst, I had to fly from Dubai to Sydney with high temperature, worst experience of my entire life, maybe with…New Years Resolutions3 min read
Jan 1, 2019I’m sitting on front of my house in the little oasis that is my university campus.I’m sitting on front of my house in the little oasis that is my university campus. I’m watching a wonderful sunset in it’s full glow, birds are chirruping, announcing the end of the first day of 2019, I’m in the UAE so it’s a pleasant winter day, and if you…Writing Prompts3 min read
Jan 2, 2018The Year of the DonkeyNew Year Reflections 2018 I’m excited! I think 2018 will be something, something big. We are at the cusp of a major tectonic movement and I’m not talking about a movement in the earth tectonic plates. I’m talking world affairs, currency control, United Nations charter, US politics, the Palestinian cause…Artificial Intelligence4 min read
May 23, 2017Che and MeSo I’m turning 40 today. What’s the big deal, I say to myself, nothing much has changed between today and yesterday. All is good. Then myself shoots back “hang on a minute, that’s an easy way out, lots has changed between your 21st birthday and now”. …Politics3 min read
May 23, 2017Letter To My Daughter VOn The Self — There was a movie in the seventies about aliens watching earth from the sky, they finally draw the conclusions that earth is run by cars, and that each car has a slave or two that drive it around, clean it, fix it, and feed it when hungry. We are always…Love1 min read
May 23, 2017A Letter to My Daughter VIOn The Spirit — It was 4 am, I had worked 21 hours non-stop and was on my way home, I was too tired to sleep any time soon so I made a detour and went to Bondi beach. No one was there, just me, the waves and a half moon reflecting on the…Love1 min read
May 23, 2017A Letter to my Daughter VIIOn Nature — There is a very large tree in Glebe, in Sydney that I love and always go to when feeling sad. We have a connection. Now I’m not a tree huger, nor do I take drugs and see trees talking but when I sit on the root of that tree —…Love1 min read
May 23, 2017A Letter to My Daughter IVOn The Universe — There was once a homeless man named Hermano. Hermano lived on the streets of Sacramento (California) and that’s where I met him, outside a house down town Sacramento. I had been invited to this random party and I just got out for fresh air, Hermano asked me to get him…Life2 min read
