Isn’t the world supposed to come to an end in three years or something? Why am I still in medical school? Shouldn’t I go and take in all the great things life has to offer before the earth’s expiration date?

With things like minimum wage going up ($7.25/hr) and the housing market showing promise, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally pushed above the 9,000 point mark for the first time since early January. In addition, my investment in Ford also reached a milestone by breaking the $7/share mark (first time since May ’08). Needless to […]

For the first time, the Communist nation of North Korea has openly admitted its active uranium enrichment program and intent to weaponize the remaining reserves to use against any nation that gets in its way. Coupled with the controversial results of the Iranian election, this past week has been just great for the world.

If you’ve ever watched a semi-controversial YouTube video and read through the text comments, I’m sure you’ve seen users get into pointless arguments employing their vast curse-word ridden vocabulary of four letter words. What baffles me is how these cowards actually think what they’re saying has any clout. It’s relatively easy to hide behind a computer […]

As the spring semester draws to a conclusion, a lot of seniors are looking forward to the “Senior Awards” at Honors Convocation. As an alumnus who was privileged to receive the title of Mr. HBU last year, I began to wonder who should rightfully be bestowed the honor this year. One name in particular came […]

Many of my friends are partaking in this season of “fasting” where Christians give up facets up their life which they’ve deemed addictive. As a non-Christian, I can only wonder how many revert back to their old lifestyle as soon as the forty day Lent period is over, but for those who manage to continue […]

We often hear people speaking about the powerful, non-verbal communication inherent to body language. A person’s preoccupation with their hands, face, and other body parts during conversation reveals a lot about what he or she is really thinking. Now let me talk about a specific application of body language – courtship.

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to speak on behalf of Alpha Epsilon Delta along with some of my peers from HBU at Citizen Schools’ Career Day. We spoke at two middle schools near HBU about our organization, college life, etc. After thoroughly enjoying my volunteer experiences at elementary schools during undergrad, I was […]

People are constantly amazed by how adament I am about not visiting my mother country of India. Why? Heh, too many reasons. For example, I’ve previously blogged about how Indian entertainment is shameful, but now I’ve read something which put me over the edge. Here’s the article from the Times Online website:

We’re all familiar with the snooze button on our alarms. You know… that button which grants us the opportunity to ignore the world for increments of 10 minutes at a time. The button we’ve all “accidentally” pressed and consequently arrived late to school or work. And in my case, the button which is totally ignored. […]