My friend ‘wiki’ defines gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness as a positive emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. After having lived in the US for years being expected to say ‘thank you’ at every turn, experiencing the celebration of the commercialized Mother’s day, Father’s day, and Valentine’s [...]
Published by September 2nd, 2008 in Advice and Social.Archive for the 'Social' Category
Ochre is a deep golden yellow color and is one off my favorite colors. Banana Republic is famous for using it on many apparels. The new thing for world travelers is Namibia — an oxymoron of old Africa vs globalization and modernization of post colonial Africa. I read an article last week on the New [...]
Published by August 29th, 2008 in African, Social and Thoughts.The title is my own disambiguation of the more popular “Six Degrees of Separation” — influenced by an email conversation I had with a reader. It’s such a small world aydel? If I had a cent for every time I heard that one! I would still be poor; even so I have heard so much [...]
Published by August 21st, 2008 in Social and Thoughts.Michael Phelps after the swimming section of the Beijing Olympics now holds 16 Olympics Medals. He has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He was favored to win 8 and he won 8. Big deal, good job! Yes [...]
Published by August 18th, 2008 in Current Issues and Social.If you drink coke you probably have seen the new promotion for the Beijing Olympics. Coca Cola as always is an official summer Olympic sponsor continuing its profitable tradition and promoting its product around the world; with consumers in more than 200 countries. My little brother has been saving the Amharic Coke cans – part [...]
Published by August 12th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Social.
