Archive for February, 2008

Review: Desert Flower

By Surya ⋅ February 17, 2008 ⋅ One comment

As they say, everyone has one story to write about - their own. But when you have a story like that of Waris Dirie, it will make a book truly worth reading.
Last weekend while I was browsing at the local bookstore, I picked up Desert Flower. Waris Dirie grew up as a nomad in Somalia, [...]

Holiday list 2008

By Surya ⋅ February 11, 2008 ⋅ 11 comments

Every year, I make a list of places I would like to go to. And then end up going to completely different places. But that never stops me from making the list. So today I decided to make a list of destinations I would love to visit over the coming year. Let’s see how [...]

Young, upwardly mobile and professional - how to avoid the common pitfalls

By Surya ⋅ February 3, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Young, ambitious, upwardly mobile and professional - without giving in to the marketing definitions of yuppies and yumps and what have you - we still can admit that this is a socially defined association often stronger than cultural, racial, gender or geographic affiliations. Life stages are often so much more uniting than we give them [...]

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