wikked thoughts by Waqas Ahmed » Life

The life of an airline pilot

Waqas — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:39:42 +0000

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

Home pictures

Waqas — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:11:32 +0000

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 to be delivered.

Here are some pictures of my condo in Queen Anne. The interior pictures were taken by the previous owner.

Malay Satay Hut

Waqas — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:44:07 +0000

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 good alternative to everyday cafeteria food. At least it had flavor.

Van Gogh lecture series

Waqas — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:24:19 +0000

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.

Seattle Bon Vivant

Waqas — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:08:44 +0000

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

Rule of thumb

Waqas — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 23:07:31 +0000

“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”

Einstein’s Wife

Waqas — Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:28:48 +0000

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, he gets a card from Elsa. That evening, Mileva is absent from a party. The next day, worried friends call on Mileva. Her face is bruised and swollen.”

Shout out

Waqas — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:43:32 +0000

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.

Con man conned out of $600,000

Waqas — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:26:50 +0000

Harvard professor scams $600,000, then hands it to 419ers. Article on The Register.

Xu would not, however, admit that he had himself been played like a cheap violin by the Nigerians. “The scammer’s been scammed,” said detective Blair. “He wouldn’t acknowledge he’d been scammed. I tried to tell him he’d been scammed, but he never caught on.”