Sunday- I woke up from my bed at 8 am in New York City with just 2 hours of sleep to get a cab to the airport and flew in to the Montreal, Canada. The Immigration officer asked me with a firm face "What is the purpose of your visit? " I said to perform Stand Up Comedy. He simpered and looked at me with little surprise and asked "Where?" . I don't ( Read more... )

Friday- Today is India's 61st Birthday. Yes India got her Independence on August,15, 1947. It reminded me of the book I've been reading for awhile called "The Discovery of India" written by first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He wrote this book when he was incarcerated in prison by British while fighting for India's Freedom. The amazing ( Read more... )

Wednesday- I finished the American Supreme Court book I was reading and went to bed at 6 am but Debbie woke me up at 9 am . Debbie got in to "Bread Loaf Writers Conference" ("The Oldest and Prestigious in the country- New Yorker Magazine) and leaving today to Vermont for eleven days. Even though I am happy for her I was never away from her so long ( Read more... )

Saturday-  John Edwards confessed his extramarital affair. Edwards is the latest American politician in a big list  who marred his family life, political career, respect in society......for a forbidden passion. Why do men who especially worked all their life to climb to these heights in life risk a crashing fall for a forbidden passion? If they ( Read more... )

 Thursday- Debbie and I took the trip to New Haven, CT to celebrate Lynnea's birthday. We stayed in the New Haven Hotel. When we were leaving the house Debbie gave me three bags. Why would someone need 3 bags for a 24-hour round trip? I was perplexed with the logistics logic of her. My mind drifted to the book I have read very recently "Alexander ( Read more... )

 Tuesday--After a long days of struggle with my home airconditioner allergy I finally made it to the appointment with complete teetotalism from Benadryll. :-) The allergist marked 10 points and wrote (+ sign  and - sign) close to the wrist and started pricking my lower arm with different pins dipped in different allergy causing solutions (Allergens ( Read more... )

Sunday-For the past few days in CNN they have been repeatedly running the documentary called "Black in America." According to CNN herself this show is been receiving phenomenal feedbacks from many parts of the country. I seldom watch TV except for some good documentaries or live political debates. This lured me. The documentary potrays life of ( Read more... )

Friday- One of the students in class brought a DVD of the film " Sex and the City" with wonderful quality from her trip back from China. I noticed the DVD cover and it was written in Chinese with American faces. I immediately noticed that all the four girls (4 main characters of the movie) were made to look like snow white. Chinese have digitally ( Read more... )

 Tuesday. I went to watch Mongol. Obviously Debbie doesn't watch action movies at all. unlike other guys I don't like to watch just hollywood blowing up bridges or splashing blood either. But I love to watch movies which has enthusiasm (spirit) and struggle. It gives me immense pleasure in watching a character struggle but overcome the obstacles. I ( Read more... )

 Thursday. I was half asleep from the dulcet lecture of my tiny professor of Development Economics. Brusquely she brought me to my senses fully by saying this:

"Jeffrey Sachs (the economist) supports sending medications to Africa and my counter-argument is Africans with diseases like AIDS are spreading the diseases more to other people ( Read more... )