How happy you are is influenced by your social links to people you’ve never heard of and never met.
That’s the conclusion of a US study looking at the spread of happiness and depression across social networks.
Happy people cluster together, the research suggests. And the opposite also seems to be true — so if you are [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Movie Review: The Bucket List
29Jun08Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman are cancer patients who share the same hospital room (ironically owned by Nickolson). They soon become friends and together co-write a list of things they want to do before they “kick the bucket” (hence the movie’s name).
The movie is a must-see for all ages, simply because it talks about the [...]
On waking up
27Jun08It’s not as easy for everyone
eXPAND
25Jun08eXPAND is Faridon Abida’s latest photography exhibition which started on the 16th of this month and will continue till the 26th (you have only two days left so hurry up!). I’ve been to Faridon’s previous exhibition and from an admirer’s point of view, I must say that I was a bit disappointed this time. [...]
Who the hell need Fatwa for this? Seriously, if someone is going to give up his home or land, no Fatwa will hold him back.
And I don’t even need to be Muslim to figure that Gaza siege should end. This sort of things should not be Islamized like that, for one, who’s to say we’re [...]
Zade Dirani’s One Night in Amman
20Jun08The age of innocence
19Jun08is gone
Noor will keep us alive
18Jun08I would like to thank the cast of the Turkish TV series Noor and all it’s fans in Jordan for delaying the closing time of my dorm from 10-11 PM every single day of the week. It has saved us, me and my room-mate (and best friend) Yasmine from a once certain death by hunger [...]
There’s a time and place for this kind of talk, right?” Eddie Vedder said to the tens of thousands watching Pearl Jam perform their scintillating headlining set Saturday. “It is welded into the Constitution that people have not only the right, but the responsibility to make change. It can’t get any worse. We’re right here [...]
Jordan’s Creative Community
15Jun08JOCR8 is a new online initiative to support art and connect creative people in Jordan.
Anyone can build a portfolio on Jocr8. Among creative Jordanians who have portfolios on the Website are Ala’a Dadan , Faridon Abida and Rami Al-Ramahi.
JoCr8 is a portal to connect visual communicators in Jordan. This includes everyone who practices any of [...]
Hazel, Mayur, Savanah, Clyde, tessa [...]
Nas, Secret Window
Shaden, Hamzeh N.
Dave
Suzy, Waleed, ma7joob, sam, Iman [...]