Monday, April 23, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Still Voyaging Away
Just a quick post to let you all know that I still out here and apologise for the lack of substance on the site lately.Have a look at SHOP which has been keeping me tied up.
Regular posts should start again with in the next few weeks.
Look forward to review of The Tiger and The Snow and other ramblings.
Ciao
Regular posts should start again with in the next few weeks.
Look forward to review of The Tiger and The Snow and other ramblings.
Ciao
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
The Value of a Women in islam
This couldnt be said more beautifully....
Be careful if you make a woman cry,because Allah counts her tears
A woman came out of a man's rib,not from his feet to be walked on,
not from his head to be superior over, but from his side to be equal
Under the arm to be protected and next to the heart to be loved.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Daks Evolution
Please note all future posting's for Daks Evolution will be found at it's blog.
P.S: Clicking on Daks Evolution will take you there
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Daks Evolution
The journey has started.Keep a watch for more posts.God willing store will open on 1st March 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Blood Diamond
Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.I watched this last week and have to say it a brilliant movie.Fair enough it may seem bleeding heart, propaganda etc but it serves as an eye opener.On top of that it is put together very nicely with some brilliant performances by the two male leads.Djimon shows how a father and husband treats, portects and cares for his family.His intensity and passion is heart warming and lesson for all.
The movie had some memaroable one liners:
Danny Archer: In America, it's bling bling. But out here it's bling bang.
Danny Archer: I like to get kissed before I get fucked.
Danny Archer: Sometimes I wonder if God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other... Danny Archer: Than I look around and I realize... God left this place a long time ago.
That's it for me.Anyone out there who has not watched this movie should go out and watch now.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Daks Evolution
This is where we stand at the moment.Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated......
Monday, January 15, 2007
The Holiday
Watched this over the weekend.It was the first movie I watched with my wife(still getting used to saying that) and have to say it was a great choice.Funny, sexy and warm.Just the type of movie that you want to watch with the someone special in your life.
As per the formula not all of the movie is plausible but still makes for a great show.Have to admit that after seeing the two home's available for house-swap I dwelled on the idea.But doubt that would ever be the case in reality.
Have to admit that the two lil girls in the movie are most definitely the cutest most adorable kids I have seen on celluloid in ages.Makes you want your own like crazy till you get brought down to reality by some pellet gun toting brat.
Both the female and male leads are refreshing and a pleasure to watch.Enjoyed Jack Black's performance off the caring good guy with bad women luck.
So if you stuck for a movie to take the wife to or trying to score some points with a new date this a sure bet.
A few memorable quotes as per the norm:
Arthur Abbott: I like this Hugo Boss, he cuts a nice suit!
Iris: I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of Chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. and how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.
Miles: Well f**k, you need this more then I do.
Iris: Because you're hoping you're wrong. And every time she does something that tells you she's no good, you ignore it. And every time she comes through and surprises you, she wins you over, and you lose that argument with yourself, that she's not for you.
Miles: Exactly, and on top of that there's the old standby, I can't believe a girl like that would actually be with a guy like me.
Graham: Long distance relationships can work, you know.
Amanda: Really? I can't make one work when I live in the same house with someone.
Going to call it quits for now.Hope to be back in blog land soon.
As per the formula not all of the movie is plausible but still makes for a great show.Have to admit that after seeing the two home's available for house-swap I dwelled on the idea.But doubt that would ever be the case in reality.
Have to admit that the two lil girls in the movie are most definitely the cutest most adorable kids I have seen on celluloid in ages.Makes you want your own like crazy till you get brought down to reality by some pellet gun toting brat.
Both the female and male leads are refreshing and a pleasure to watch.Enjoyed Jack Black's performance off the caring good guy with bad women luck.
So if you stuck for a movie to take the wife to or trying to score some points with a new date this a sure bet.
A few memorable quotes as per the norm:
Arthur Abbott: I like this Hugo Boss, he cuts a nice suit!
Iris: I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of Chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. and how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.
Miles: Well f**k, you need this more then I do.
Iris: Because you're hoping you're wrong. And every time she does something that tells you she's no good, you ignore it. And every time she comes through and surprises you, she wins you over, and you lose that argument with yourself, that she's not for you.
Miles: Exactly, and on top of that there's the old standby, I can't believe a girl like that would actually be with a guy like me.
Graham: Long distance relationships can work, you know.
Amanda: Really? I can't make one work when I live in the same house with someone.
Going to call it quits for now.Hope to be back in blog land soon.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Scary
East London has been terribly hot these last few days much like the rest of the country.Starting to think that those global warming stories have some real merit.But will leave that for another time.
So here I am sitting at my desk slogging away like a good minion.Figure I would get something to help me cool off.Schweppes Dry Lemon comes to mind so I dispatch one of my minions to grab a cold can.Eventually it pitches up.So here I am sitting drinking my Dry Lemon and as per habit I start reading the can.Contains quinine 30mg/l catches my eye.So I Google quinine thinking lets see what this good for.Boy was I shocked.
Every referance to quinine is attached to the words "can cause a rare but severe form of an unpredictable and potentially fatal condition known as thrombocytopenia."
Turns out that quinine has been banned by the FDA and a host of other bodies.Apparently it can cause havoc with one's body.
By the way thrombocytopenia is as scary as it sounds.Thrombocytopenia is any disorder in which there are not enough platelets. For those of you that don't know platelets are cells in the blood that help blood to clot. So any one with pressure or heart problems is putting themselves at great risk drinking this stuff.
Fair enough the quantity may not be potent enough but I think that at the least the can should carry a warning or something.
Any thoughts or opinions most welcomed...........................
So here I am sitting at my desk slogging away like a good minion.Figure I would get something to help me cool off.Schweppes Dry Lemon comes to mind so I dispatch one of my minions to grab a cold can.Eventually it pitches up.So here I am sitting drinking my Dry Lemon and as per habit I start reading the can.Contains quinine 30mg/l catches my eye.So I Google quinine thinking lets see what this good for.Boy was I shocked.
Every referance to quinine is attached to the words "can cause a rare but severe form of an unpredictable and potentially fatal condition known as thrombocytopenia."
Turns out that quinine has been banned by the FDA and a host of other bodies.Apparently it can cause havoc with one's body.
By the way thrombocytopenia is as scary as it sounds.Thrombocytopenia is any disorder in which there are not enough platelets. For those of you that don't know platelets are cells in the blood that help blood to clot. So any one with pressure or heart problems is putting themselves at great risk drinking this stuff.
Fair enough the quantity may not be potent enough but I think that at the least the can should carry a warning or something.
Any thoughts or opinions most welcomed...........................
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Liars
Marriage is a bed of rose's,marriage is heaven on earth,marriage is bliss,marriage is heaven on earth...........that's what they all said.Well now that I am married, I know that they have all been lying.
It's all that and a whole lot more.It is beyond words.They sold it short.My advice would be till you taste the fruits of marriage you will never understand it or appreciate it.
Here's to a long and happy marriage.Life now has meaning and direction.
It's all that and a whole lot more.It is beyond words.They sold it short.My advice would be till you taste the fruits of marriage you will never understand it or appreciate it.
Here's to a long and happy marriage.Life now has meaning and direction.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
Pearls of Wisdom
Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, Master?”
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
— Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
— Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
In Memory of Ponky Papa and Aunty Yasmin
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?
Khalil Gibran
Feel's like just yesterday that we spoke.We were suppose to meet on Saturday.To catch and to chat.When I heard that you had been in an accident the first thought was "oh no, not again", you being the one with the accident thing monopolised.And then came the "we have heard the Ebu and auntie Yasmin have passed away".A chill came over me.You cant be dead I willed myself to believe.And then came the second call.Confirmation of my worst fear.I have not shed a tear yet.Not that i don't want to but if I don't maybe this will all be a bad dream.You were not suppose to have gone so soon.Parents are not suppose to bury their children.
May you be granted Janaat ul Firdous and insha Allah your children gain the strentgh and sabr to overcome this great agony........................................
Khalil Gibran
Feel's like just yesterday that we spoke.We were suppose to meet on Saturday.To catch and to chat.When I heard that you had been in an accident the first thought was "oh no, not again", you being the one with the accident thing monopolised.And then came the "we have heard the Ebu and auntie Yasmin have passed away".A chill came over me.You cant be dead I willed myself to believe.And then came the second call.Confirmation of my worst fear.I have not shed a tear yet.Not that i don't want to but if I don't maybe this will all be a bad dream.You were not suppose to have gone so soon.Parents are not suppose to bury their children.
May you be granted Janaat ul Firdous and insha Allah your children gain the strentgh and sabr to overcome this great agony........................................
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