Time & Money

I have always been puzzled by these two concepts: time & money. I mean how mutually exclusive they are if any. The famous universal adage says that "time is money" and I add to it "if you see the money, don't waste any time".
Recently, I have been asking my friends, and even random people I barely know, of what's more important to them and which would they chose to have more of, if they are given the choice, time or money??

I, for one, want more time. Additional 6 hours a day will be AMAZING! There are so many things I want to do; going back to my scrapbook, augment my orchids collection, clean my bookshelves, watch more of Al-jazeera, or even return the books I borrowed from public libraries long time ago.
But then again, if I had more money, many of those tasks I've been dreaming of accomplishing would have been completed quicker and better (shopping for orchids online or paying my sibling, GENEROUSLY, to return the books for me).

For the majority of people, the best formula would be T + M = 1. Meaning, the less money you have the more you need to utilize your time, and conversely the less time you have, the more you need to employ your dinero. Imagine the worst scenario though, having less of either and squandering the other.

Note to self : Take control of my time! Take control of my time!

I'm back, I'm back!

Last time I made an entry here was more than a year ago! Time flies huh? I still remember struggling to understand this whole blogging phenomenon and trying to adjust the links, the images and all the rest.

Anyhow, I thought it is a must that I write something on this cyber wall and vow to come back later!
Goodness, i should have been out of my house 7 minutes ago....


lata!

Them and US

US pilots unsuccessfully crossing the river in a competition in Abu-Dhabi, whereas the Russian pilots did a great stunt in China (that is not a reflection, its two jets)

Ambien invasion

being so sick for 10 days now with the storm of flu that invaded NYC lately, I am finally back a little feeble but nonetheless back.

Andy Borowitz, one of my fav comedians was able to co-relate results of a recent study on Ambien with the War on Iraq

peruse his analysis here

Cute kitten...Awwww...

I love this picture so much. Not only for the bright colours of the sheets on the couches (it was an outdoor seating of a cafe) but also for the way the lil' kitten yawned...Wow, so cute...Awwwwwwwww.....

Subway dancing kids!

As I was changing trains on NYC subway, I saw this bunch of kids freestyling and twisting and turning with those amazing moves. Although I was running late, I decided to check them out, and sad thing I did that! as one of them was twisting on his head with his legs asunder he hit the bag where they collect the donations, and the whole thing shot at me (the only thing I remember is that blurry thing flying at me) and indeed it hit my head.

What I found most galling is that one of them actually came up to me later and insisted I should pay. I told him I want a compensation for that bag missile! I also didn't have the guts to take pictures of them after that...


INSOLENCE!

Not only Finn-shed but also Czech-ed out!

didn't get to get to the semifinals, and now failed to get the bronze. the Czechs beat us and got the broze, left Torino empty-handed

I am so disappointed with the Russian ice hockey team. Don't know what to blame? coaching? morale?

My speculation is that in Toronto 2010, Russians will have a better younger and more experienced players.

Indigo is on strike

My little Beta fish, Indigo, is on strike I guess. He is eating too little and hardly swims. This state of inertia he confined himself too caused him to put on some weight. I got him a filter today, and changed his diet to brine shrimp. I hope he gets better. I really feel gloomy when he is depressed...:-(

Russia Finn-ished

I lost my voice, I lost my hope, coz Russia lost today in its ice hockey game in the semifinals to the Fins:(

despite my sincere cheering and rooting, my home team lost!!!

two of the players were penalized, third one had a fractured finger, and the rest malnutritioned (or so they looked to me) how could we possibly win? on the other hand, the Fins had a great defensive tactic.

I'll wear brighter colors tomorrow hoping we will beat the Czechs

Zodiac signs

don't know about you fellows, but I do believe in zodiac signs. Its not that I read them religiously, but I think people born under one signs share common traits.

Cancers are moody
Libras are stubborn
Virgo are tidy and skillful
and the list can go on and on

But I think I am getting obsessed trying to know the sign of everyone I encounter. "Hi, what's your sign?"

Waste of time?

Growing up in the Arab World (different parts), with the little technology availble there and then, I tried my level best to get information from wherever. But the language was the barrier; so little was available in Arabic, even in terms of magazines and books, forget internet since the dial-up connection was more torturous than pulling teeth. But even then, we, from that part of the world, knew more than alot of the new world folks did. However, our tidbits were generic and not up-to-date.

Chattin with a friend I grew up with not too long, I was shell-shocked, when he told our years in the Arab world were a waste of time (he is in Europe now). His argument was that we did not learn any foreign language to a perfection, we were isolated in terms of information (its dissemination is very slow).

What to do? I guess we do need to catch up with the supersonic speed of the rest of the world; put more emphasis on teaching foreign languages, have high-speed internet (for self-learning purposes). I know for a fact if I had to browse with dial-up again, I'd spare my nerves the agony.

Joining the Cyber World

Yuri Gagarin declared "Poeykhali" which is "let's go" in Russian .
Graham Bell said "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."
Armstrong announced, as he was making his first step: "That's one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind."

I was wondering what should my first words be to the outer world, and there the bulb flickered. SALAM ALL! Today's world is full of antagonism, war, conflicts on all levels, and what is needed is Salam, peace for all. Too utopian I agree, but could be achievable.