Some Inspiration!

Unfortunately the easy way exists no more...we are born into a mind-blogging interconnected hub of dreams, fears, hope, commitment and challenges...

But then again, if everything was easy then easy for you would be easy for all and life would be too easy and not much fun... :)

New Music: This is War!

New music is like fulfilling an addiction. I've been listening to this song over and over again. Its from 30 Seconds to Mars's new album (This is War) which was released a few days ago. I haven't got the album yet but this was a single released back in October.

I love Chrome!

Chrome Beta for Mac has finally arrived!!! I missed using it on windows since I've moved to mac.
If you haven't tried it, download it NOW! :)

Chronicles of the Newbie Expat - part III: (Round About)

My first semester at Rutgers is coming to an end. I hope it ends successfully as it has been a tough one. There's two weeks left...

It's been a semester I'll remember for a long time to come. Its my first experience at becoming the Newbie Expat :). I've met new people, made new friends, learned new things, traveled around, been places, ...etc (the list goes on). Simply put, its been a wonderful NEW experience - ahL.

I just want to leave you with a photo essay of where I've been to in the last few months.

Lets start off with....

WAIT A MINUTE ... ITS SNOWING!!!!! :D
Its been YEARS since I last saw snow!

Anywayz I'll deal with the snow later...where was I.

The pictures (click to enlarge) are in the following order:
1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Boston

Unfortunately I didn't take my camera with me to Princeton (it was magnificent)...

Fire of Astoria! Egypt vs. Algeria 2-0

Egypt needed a two goal difference to earn a rematch against Algeria. If they win the rematch, hopefully, they will for the first time in a bloody long time qualify to world cup 2010 in South Africa! Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best :D.

I leave you with some images of a place called Astoria in New York city as the match comes to a victorious end. Egypt took one side of the street and Algeria stood ground on the other. Police kept people off the asphalt in between. It was a crazy day!

Remember, this is in New York city...

End of The World

I stumbled upon a webpage totally and utterly by accident today. I typed in "goo" and hit enter before I could finish typing google :S.

A page popped up. It was a wikipedia page with the title: "Grey goo". It didn't seem interesting at all. It seemed like one of those useless entries you ignore. Out of curiosity I read the first sentence. It caught my attention!. It read: Grey goo "is a hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all matter on Earth while building more of themselves — a scenario known as ecophagy ("eating the environment")" :S What the ****!!!??? Visions from the movie, "The Day the Earth Stood Still", started flowing through my mind...

So its a term coined by Eric Drexler in his 1986 book Engines of Creation in which he talks about tiny atom-size machines and the uses of such machines in our lives. Interesting stuff...

Rutgers University

I'm studying at Rutgers University currently. Rutgers is sometimes known as a "public ivy" school as its one of the old colonial era universities. It is the eighth oldest university in the US and a great school.

It's divided over three campuses in the state of New Jersey. The three are (1) New Brunswick and Piscataway, (2) Newark and (3) Camden. The largest student body is in New Brunswick/Piscataway. This is where I am studying.



New Jersey is known as the Garden State and is full of greenery and wildlife. I have seen skunks, beavers, rabbits, birds of all sorts, funny looking bugs, bugs that make weird sounds ... etc. Most of this wildlife I've seen on my bike rides and long walks.

The New Brunwick/Piscataway campus of Rutgers is divided into four smaller campuses: Cook/Douglass, Busch, Livingston and the main one College Avenue. Between them are lush forests and vegetation. It's quite picturesque. There is also the Raritan river which flows between New Brunswick and Piscataway.

New Brunswick is in a central location halfway between NYC and Philadelphia. I'll upload some pictures of the place once I fix my camera so stay tuned :D.