Earth Hour. And although I would like to look at the brighter side of things — pun intended — I find it increasingly difficult to appreciate a cause that revolves around hype. I am not here to say Earth Hour is nothing but a social movement; on the contrary, I[...]

I won’t be discussing politics here but what caught my attention while reading this article on the Washington Post is that a few good men have pledged to marry the women who have been recently raped (the point of who is the rapist is not my point of discussion). “It[...]

I remember in 97 when I was in NYC, often I was asked if I would like to have tap water or bottled water. Even when watching shows, I see people filling in water from the tap, and often wondered why the hell would someone do that. Then again when[...]

Scammers have come a long way since Nigerian business lords or headless limbless orphans looking for that $1 donation by Microsoft. They’ve now hit the Facebook Marketplace! Here is the listing: As you can see it’s too good to be true. And indeed, it is. They’ve hit the consumer’s soft[...]

I just got this from my friend. If you’re in the UAE it would be great to join: Subject: help package 50,000 basic school kits and 50,000 hygiene kits for the Children of Gaza Dubai Cares is joining a united front of UAE-based relief and charitable organizations to pledge humanitarian[...]