aliansary @ August 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
It’s been a while since I had an opportunity to write some thoughts out as I have been adjusting back into school mode. Aside from learning how to take exams again and making new friends, the added stress of tuition seems to be the biggest impact on the pockets of many students, including mine. So [...]
aliansary @ February 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Today you can almost get a free education (minus the degree) by podcasting or webcasting some of the best lectures from MIT, Berkeley and Harvard. However, without prior knowledge, it can be difficult to watch/listen to a lecture and understand what is going on at these high level academic institutions. The Khan Academy is a [...]
aliansary @ February 11, 2010 # No Comment Yet
What is the longest road trip you have ever taken? LA to SF? LA to Denver? Chicago? NYC? How about London to Rome? Cairo? Darfur? Nairobi? Cape Town? This is just a brief outline of an incredible road trip a friend of mine, Ryan Sanderson-Smith, a fellow classmate from Cambridge and South African native, is [...]
aliansary @ April 14, 2009 # 3 Comments
It has been more than 72 hours since I have landed in what I have come to call this city as DubaiLand. Construction is non-stop and it can be seen clearly that Arab wealth, European design, and Indian hands have built this city. The city does not sleep and as of tonight I have accepted [...]
aliansary @ February 11, 2009 # 2 Comments
As Saturday comes, some will be celebrating old friendships over dinner, some may be celebrating a birthday or anniversary but many will be with their loved one. The beauty of relationships is its ability to be translated into any language, including economics. I was introduced to Tim Harford by a professor here at Cambridge. Harford [...]
aliansary @ September 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Great Mosque of Paris was build in the early 1920’s and was known during WWII as one safe haven for Jews as they were safely hidden in the basement and women’s section of the mosque. I thought I get deep this week. For many people Ramadan, beginning September 1 or 2nd for some, marks [...]
aliansary @ September 3, 2008 # 2 Comments
Alright, tonight I am going to do it a little different. Music. As long as I can remember, I have always been listening to music. My interest in music comes most likely from the fact that I can always remember my dad listening to great music. Everything from flamenco guitar, to classical Indian music, to [...]
aliansary @ August 12, 2008 # One Comment
I went to a park on Sunday that is still in developments and won’t be complete anytime soon. However, what has been done thus far is mind blowing and what is coming in the up coming years will define a 21st century park. On an old marine base on the boarder of Irvine and El [...]
aliansary @ July 1, 2008 # One Comment
In 1949 George Orwell presented to the world Nineteen Eighty-Four , a book that would impact the way we perceive our own government and the manipulation through different controlling processes over its citizenry. However, four years earlier his book Animal Farm would give us a preview of not only Nineteen Eighty-Four , but also a [...]
aliansary @ May 14, 2008 # 3 Comments
We have all been exposed to the cliche saying “it is better to give than to receive.” Well in today’s society we are seeing this giving done in very astute ways. Let me start with a couple examples. The first classic example is the Fruit Stripe chewing gum, with lavish colorful stripes and temporary tattoos [...]
aliansary @ May 12, 2008 # 2 Comments
Well, it has taken me a very long time to finally get a blog up. However, now that it is up I can express all my inner thoughts, perspectives, or just ramble. I initially wanted to try to set this blog up a couple weeks ago when I spoke to a friend of mine on [...]