The Seven Books That Changed My Life – Part 3 of 7
How To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie I love this book! It’s a really old classic written in the 1930′s. Dale Carnegie...
A Quick Canary Update
It seems the name “Shikoba” was a bit difficult for the kids to remember, so I’ve renamed the bird Cookie! A lot easier to remember,...
The New Canary!
“Sensei I have a gift for you.” It’s Monday evening around 6:15 pm when Zen-Do student, and part-time Instructor Extraordinaire Hussain Al-Fardan walks up to...
The Spanish Police, Child Pornography and Lessons in Child Safety
One of the subjects I’m very passionate about is child safety. You could say it’s one of my obsessions. I researched this topic quite intensely...
HAPPY EID!
Dear friend, May I take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a glorious and very blessed Eid. Eid Mubarak and have a...
Stupid Transformer!
It’s Saturday morning. I’m dragging my feet to the living room, after another non-restful night. (Ramadan is having it’s toll on me. It’s not that...
The Dead Canary
It’s 3:07 pm and we just got back from a burial. It was Maryam’s funeral. Maryam was our yellow-fronted canary. The maid found her dead...
The Seven Books That Changed My Life – Part 2 of 7
Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill This is a great book and a must read for anyone who wants to take themselves to the...
How Clarity Helped A Swiss Man Choose a Phone For His Girlfriend
It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m standing in the Nokia shop in GOSI, wondering whether I should buy the new Nokia E71. You see I lost...
The Bike Ride
My brothers and I went on a motorbike ride Thursday evening. We’ve been trying to do it all week but our schedules kept conflicting. Anyway,...