If you are looking for some inspiration and are out of resources, subscribing to Hugh Macleod’s Gaping Void cartoons is a good place to start again. His cartoons, more often than not, hit hard the spots they need to hit. His J.K.Rowling type of story definitely inspires, as do his daily thought-cartoons (above) and his [...]
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Incredible Times
Posted in Inspirational, life, Uncategorized, tagged cartoons, gaping void, hughmacleod, inspiration on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tantalizing India
Posted in blogging, Inspirational, life, travel on June 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So I haven’t written in almost 4 months. Disgraceful, I know. No good excuse really. Anyway, I was sent something recently that did make me want to take the effort to write; perhaps posting this information nugget will spur the desire to shake awake this blog again…I dunno. Anyhoo. 3 Indian boys have decided to [...]
Update and thought for the day
Posted in Inspirational, life, quotes, random, thoughts on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m not doing very well with my resolution to write more on here. Oh well. Just got back from a lovely holiday in Japan and Taiwan. Went to visit two of my close friends who showed me the best time. I’m really lucky to have some awesome friends. Hopefully some posts should come out of [...]
Richard and his song
Posted in Inspirational, life, personal, thoughts, tagged acoustic, friend, guitar, music, passion, singing on February 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is a story that reiterates a fact that we often forget: persistence and passion certainly pays. I’ve known Richard for over 10 years now; we went to university together. He was a big-talker, and not a good singer (sorry Rich, but this line is key to the story). I remember listening to him sing [...]
Movie review: MJ’s This Is It
Posted in Events, Inspirational, life, tagged concert, film, last, Michael Jackson, MJ, movie, premier, this is it on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I went to the premiere of MJ’s This Is It with child like eagerness. This was really it. His last days on the planet were spent practising for his final world tour, one that he had no idea he wouldn’t be on. The elation and the glory behind all of it reeked through the screen [...]
Overwhelmed by TEDxDubai
Posted in Events, Inspirational, life, thoughts, tagged dubai, event, global, local, speakers, TED, TEDxDubai, UAE on October 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
TED is the best thing that has happened to the planet. When TED went online about 2 years ago, it became the best thing that the internet has given the world. TED reminds us that we all have the power to change the world, and gives us the inspiration to do something with that thought. [...]