wikked thoughts by Waqas Ahmed

My mom sent this along. It was too good not to share.

Posted on April 6th, 2006 under Life. Comments: None

In the last month I’ve looked for a home in Seattle, found one, placed a bid on it, closed on it and finally moved into it. Long process, but worth it in the end. The experience was complete with the obligatory period of having to eat and sleep on the floor while waiting for furniture [...]

Posted on August 2nd, 2004 under Life. Comments: None

Tried out a new local place for lunch today: Malay Satay Hut. Its biggest selling point, in my opinion, was the online menu, avec les images. All menus, online or offline should have pictures. There needs to be a law about it already.

I tried the spicy chicken with peanuts. Not spicy enough, but still a [...]

Posted on July 22nd, 2004 under Life. Comments: None

Attended the first lecture of a three part series on “Van Gogh to Mondrian” at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) last night. Extremely eye opening. My favorite painting in the many shown during the lecture was this one:

Wheat fields with crows (1890) by Vincent Van Gogh
I’m really looking forward to the other two lectures now.

Posted on July 13th, 2004 under Life. Comments: None

Searching for the famed Dahlia Bakery on 4th Avenue, I came across an entry about it on the Seattle Bon Vivant blog.

Posted on July 6th, 2004 under Life. Comments: None

“A helicopter is close enough to be brought down with small arms fire when you can no longer completely cover it with your thumb held at arm’s length. — Vietnamese Rule of Thumb”

Posted on July 2nd, 2004 under Life. Comments: None

PBS has a very interesting documentary on Einstein’s wife, Mileva Maric Einstein. It seems she was deliberately erased from his life story. She may have also had a hand in collaborating on his work, yet being an object of his contempt and abuse.

“Albert has a new lover, his cousin, Elsa Löwenthal. On his 34th birthday, [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2004 under Life. Comments: 1

One of my friends has started his own blog - Nuskha-hai Wafa at bilalrafi.com. Good to see that he’s another Movable Type user.

Posted on April 23rd, 2004 under Life. Comments: None