Archive for November 2008
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Another Weekend in Beirut
Waiting waiting waiting - Patience patience patience. This is my new mantra, and I’m not very good at it. Waiting to see what will happen at the Daily Star with my proposal, waiting for other people to make decisions about various other business ventures, waiting waiting waiting.
This weekend I spent Saturday morning finishing Robert Fisk’s [...]
The First Big Day - Exhausted, un-Turkey-ed, but Accomplished!
I’ve written and re-written the intro to this post half a dozen times. How does one sum up the feeling of being 9000 miles from home on Thanksgiving? It’s not exactly a good feeling - Actually it’s not much of a feeling at all - More of a sort of nagging non-feeling. I think that [...]
Checking In
I have not been good about staying in touch (besides the excitement of TWO stories published on international news wires in two weeks…) - I am really awaiting the return of my all important laptop computer from the Apple store so that I can upload my pictures from the past two weeks. I have some [...]
AUB debate on differences between Bush and Obama pits Daily Star regulars
From the Daily Star, November 25th, 2008, by Yours Truly:
Click here for the Original Article from the Daily Star, Published November 26th, 2008
BEIRUT: Agreements, not controversy, dominated a discussion at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Tuesday between Rami Khouri and Michael Young, the former a regular contributor to The Daily Star’s Opinion section [...]
Thanksgiving in Lebanon: A Day to Remember…
This time of year can be a little awkward for me, history being what it is. More to the point, given that I’m all the way on the other side of the world, to be fair it’s more than just a little strange this year…! But luckily yesterday gave me lots of reasons to smile!
Yesterday [...]
My First Article for the Daily Star: When will the Internet get up to speed in Lebanon?
From the Daily Star, written by yours truly:
Click here for the Original Article from the Daily Star, Published November 24th, 2008
BEIRUT: Amid rave reviews and the glow of high-definition television screens as far as the eye could see, the 13th edition of the Levant’s Information Technology Exhibition at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure center [...]
Pictures from Moving Day
Hey hey hey - so I moved today from Hamra in West Beirut to Gemayze in East Beirut. I’ll try to find a good map to show where I’m living, given the Newspaper’s office and Nick’s house.
Here’s a photo gallery with the trip today across town, plus pics of my new home and my old [...]
A New Home in Beirut
Today I paid for my new room for the next month, so thankfully I will no longer be sleeping on Nick’s couch…! I’ll be sharing a room in a flat owned by a hostel owner, near the Daily Star’s office Gemayze in East Beirut - It’s small, but decent, with a balcony that has a [...]
Is it a crime to love one’s job… I’d be in jail after day one…
I’m sitting here at work, crafting a document which represents the future of the Daily Star’s website, which will be submitted to several of the decisions makers here a the newspaper. I’ve just finished building a mockup for the new “Latest News” section, and I’m jamming out to Linkin Park in Beirut, Lebanon.
“Travel Sickness”
In Jordan I was a victim of what Middle Eastern doctors apparently like to call “travel sickeness.” Whatever it is, I’m sure I only exaserbate the problem with my habit of not eating properly or staying well hydrated whenever I travel. Whatever the case, I am now emerging from several days of sleep and feeling [...]
