The weekend was quite smooth and relaxing 🙂

The highlight was actually today when I met a guy called Antonio. Pure Italian! He was only two years old. Not even two I reckon. I was in my own world at work when he suddenly ran into me! So happy. So real. Full of joy and energy. He was just running around in the store, laughing and not giving shit to his surroundings. Not even to his own parents who were quite embarrassed by his behavior and were trying so hard to grab him. They finally did but it only took Antonio 5 minutes to run into me again; with his beautiful big smile and his cute Italian accent. This time he was even happier. He just wanted to stay there and was simply ignoring his poor parents! They finally left. He didn’t want to but he didn’t have any other choice rather than waving at me and shouting CIAO CIAO.

It’s amazing how universe shows you the signs. The positive ones when you ask for them. What a darling little boy!

Ciao 🙂

I realised today that it’s not only back home where people went absolutely nuts in the Fairs over brochures, catalogues and silly give-a-ways. They could have easily killed themselves or others to get the stuff without having a clue about them.

At the Checkpoint event this morning, some people acted as if they haven’t seen a pen or a notebook in their whole life. There was a gentleman who took a hand full of pens and asked for extra name badges for his kids! God knows how a six-year-old kid would get excited for badges! Well, no matter what, people (including most of us) just love FREE stuff.

I’m now off to watch the Apprentice Finale!

LaterZZZ

It just doesn’t make sense for an American guy to own a distinctly British establishment like Man U.

Wouldn’t you say so?!

Have you ever paid any attention to “The Way I see It” messages on your Starbucks cups?

Today on my way to work, I got my usual Venti Earl Gray tea and for the first time I realised there is a message on my cup under a section called “The way I see it”. Here is the message:

“The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe. — Deepak Chopra – Author/Philosopher“

I read it at the right time (when I needed to read it) and enjoyed my tea even more 🙂

The Cisco event went just fine. The location was not the best one though. It was too far; right beside the Pearson Airport. Anyways, on the way back, I was reading the iQ magazine, which I got in the event. There is an interview with Eileen Tichane, the CEO of PowerPrint-ColorWays. Quite an interesting interview:

“What was your first job after graduate school? I had my choice of two jobs. Xerox offered me a good position, but so did a small startup. I called my dad and he gave me a good piece of advice. He said, “You have the rest of your life to find the profession and the job of your wishes. If you take the job at the startup, you’ll be involved in everything. You’ll get much more hands-on experience than you’ll ever get an established company.” And, boy, was he right.”

I think he was right too. The startup is a better choice as long as you can live with your postdated or even bounced cheques!

Read the whole interview HERE.

Once again, I’m not pointing my fingers at anyone in particular here, but people are strange these days. They are indeed.

They put others down to elevate themselves; they are talking behind their backs; they don’t approve them in anything. All of a sudden, they put on a big smile in front of them and then guess what? YOU are the one who will be the victim and will be completely FORGOTTEN. “YOU” who always listened to them, talked to them and tried to proof them wrong. That’s sad and it makes me sick but apparently, that’s how it goes these days. So the questions are, why should you really care? Why would you kill yourself over nothing? Do they really deserve you? I still don’t know. All I know is that the next day you wake up and they don’t even remember your name.

I’ve been a victim. Watch out so you won’t be the next one.

Nite.

Even more Kiarostami and Iranian cinema. Seems UK goes gaga over him.

“Poetry is in Iran’s bloodstream. Even illiterate villagers quote the writings of Khayaam, Ha’fez and Sadi, in everyday conversations. The pioneering filmmakers do so as much as anyone. This is crucial, this is what makes them seem like magicians today.” – Mark Cousins

Read the interview with Marjaneh Satrapi in today’s Star.

“In your life you have to experience things; you have to see things. What is the interest of life if you’re always scared and you don’t see anyone and don’t go anywhere?” Says Marjaneh Satrapi about security fears.

Sarah is hitting the ACC in 10 days.

“When you look up Afterglow in the dictionary, it is defined as ‘the glow or light that remains once the sun is gone’. You’re used to this bright, shiny beautiful glow but the moment the sun disappears, all of a sudden you have to readjust everything. It’s a very transitional moment. A lot of these songs are about transition…the turning over of the rock, what’s underneath, the murky, shadowy uncertainty where everything looks very different.”- Sarah McLachlan

Check out the “Top 50 Bargains” @ Chapters and Indigo.

The best of the best is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery for only $3.99!

I hate it when I get this message from ticketmaster:

“There were no tickets available that matched your request”

I’m going to miss the Coldplay gig big time. Not good!

I was reading the 2005-2006 TSO manual on my way back home. There are tons of great shows coming up in 2006. However, what really grabbed my attention was the “Frequent Questions” section on the first page for the ones who are new to the TSO. Guess what? One of the main questions was: “What if I need to cough?”. That is actually a clever question as I had the same problem a couple of years ago in one of the TSO shows and my coughs embarrassed the hell out of me. The answer in the manual is to take some cough medicine in advance, bring unwrapped lozenges with you, try to “bury” your cough in a loud passage of music, blah blah blah.

My advice would be to either sell your ticket or offer it to a nice friend of yours, stay at home, in your bed, switch on your CD Player or MP3 Player or iPod or whatever and enjoy listening to your favorite.

To find out more about upcoming shows at the TSO click HERE