I’ve gotten out of school and now there is the pressure to make some money, and even spend it, and more spending. It quickly reminds me of a discussion I was involved in explaining that more money wasn’t equal more satisfaction when some teen complained about how little she made at her job. Here is [...]
Changes, constantly
July 23rd, 2010 § 0
“For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. The life would begin began. At last it dawned on [...]
thinking Childly
July 21st, 2010 § 0
Theses days I watch with curiosity our kids are forced into early adulthood. I think I understated; some kids don’t even know there exists such a thing as childhood: those days when stupidity was the order of the day and everyone roamed so freely, learning as freely, even those times when we’d be too free [...]
the Broken Window Paradigm
July 17th, 2010 § 0
I may not have consciously thought of broken windows, at least not as deeply until after reading The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. The authors explained that you should never leave any ‘broken window’ in your [written] computer programs because, though that ‘window’ might seem insignificant now but it only lays a [...]
in a Dog Country
July 15th, 2010 § 0
Shortly after I wrote “saying A Prayer”, my [virtual] friend Tunde Shaba wrote a piece about the plight of African nations (in this case nigeria) that I found brilliant. The poem used the George Orwell style of awakening (in Animal Farm) to point the corruption that the country’s leaders are wreaking to the nation. And, [...]
bottled Messages
July 12th, 2010 § 0
I was resting at the a bus station in Boston when I came across a bottle that had the tag “Read Me”, at first I was paranoid and wondering if someone was up to some prank, luckily, curiosity prevailed–I read the message. The message was supposed to randomly cheer whoever who reads it up. Mine [...]
if Only like a Child
July 10th, 2010 § 0
A while ago I wrote about the pleasure of being a kid. Regularly, I keep returning to the thought of the ‘bondage’ of being grown-up. The pressure of thinking and acting like an adult, the many attachment with being ‘civilized’ and ‘mature’. Don’t you oft times miss being free to be stupid, or not being [...]
facing Krishna
July 9th, 2010 § 0
On Tuesday (6th July, 2010) I attended an Hindu program that mainly featured [spiritual] dances and a get-to-know of the religion (Kirtan Yoga) and while the performance was overall interesting and creative, somethings bothered me. After the show, I wanted to understand if these practitioners (who are mainly high school to college aged) really believe [...]
the July 4th Photo-awakening
July 7th, 2010 § 0
It’s been a long while since I touched my camera (busy with school and all) luckily, the festive Boston Pops Annual Fireworks got me seeing if my photography is still on par. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “119552688081585″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src [...]
musically Nigerian
July 6th, 2010 § 2
Musically, I’ve not got around sharing the joy of the African (Nigeria) tradition; you might want to call it ‘just’ music. In Nigeria, music is a culture and this is an attempt I made to re-create the culture in this African dance performance at my school, University of Massachusetts Boston in its annual African Night. [...]