So today I woke up at 8am which is damn early for a Sunday. I forgot about the time change. Spring forward and fall back peeps. Lean back… lean back… (hip hop reference). I did laundry, cleaned the kitchen and cooked and fell over in glee when I looked at clock on the PC (that wasn’t meant to rhyme). Could it be that I have superhuman domestic powers? Thank God the PC changes the time for you or else I would have been clueless today.

So will this change promote further productivity and personal growth? It’s too hard to tell at this point. All signs lead to 50-50. It will be easier to wake up earlier because it’s really later. Whether or not it will promote my morning energies enough to cross into the morning workout regime is still very low in probability. The only way the morning workout will ever happen is if a friend (*cough* … ZZ) will meet me. I still haven’t renewed my gym membership. *sigh*

So there’s an interesting event I’m organizing. I am student Chair of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) and we’re working with IEEE to have a distinguished lecturer come in. He’s pretty crazy impressive. Dr. Michael Neuman has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and went through Medicine. His talk is entitled “Miniature Biomedical Sensors: An Emergent Technology for Biomedical Research”. The event is Monday, Nov. 6th evening. For more details please see EMBS Student Website

Here is the poster Mohammad made for us.

I’m not sure how much publicity this fictitious documentary has received. I don’t watch as much TV as I used to. I do know the film isn’t playing in the State side yet. I realized the topic and imagery has a few Americans pissed. The film goes through in detail the assassination of George W. Bush in the year 2007 and the subsequent investigation that follows afterwards. The movie is boring but surreal edgy at the same time. Documentaries aren’t known for their spice but I think viewers will find the film interesting because of how real it all seems. There’s this one scene where Cheney is giving the eulogy which I can’t quite get out of my head. I know the filmmakers remixed tapes and images but they did a hauntingly good job. The actors who played reporters, political aids, forensic scientists and suspects did a convincing job as well.

After watching the film I felt sad. I don’t like turmoil. It doesn’t suit me. I feel like the world has unraveled some. Watching the film made me very uncomfortable because I know if something like this were to happen Muslims would be screwed.

4/5

I very nearly screwed up Eid this year. The night before I was up until 4:30am working on an assignment. I somehow managed to get up and go for Eid prayer at the new Masjid on Waverly in the morning. Afterwards we went to one house to eat. Tipu stayed to hang out some more but I had to go to University to see a prof, TA and hand in the assignment. By the time I got out of University it was 7pm.  So in the evening is when my Eid really began. We were able to hit a few more houses. Hopefully my next Eid will be all fun.

336 Broadway

I really like Thai food. Aside from the heavy coconut milk stuff I think it’s wonderfully flavourful and healthy. If I worked in downtown I would love going there for lunch every once in a while for a treat. The decor is food court with culture. You have a wonderful view for people watching as well. I ate something with veggies and chicken but I forgot what it was called. Tipu had shrimp and chicken with veggies. Both dishes came with rice and salad. It was really filling and satisfying. I wish I could have eaten more but I was full. The dishes we chose were spicy but we asked for it to be prepared that way. I’m not sure if it’s usually that spicy or not.

5/5

I’m a fan of Robin Williams. His funny movies, not his creepy movies. This movie was pretty good. The jokes from it are recycled. I’ve atleast heard him use them before. The plot has some weak points. The movie is about how a comedian with his own political talk show runs for president and wins because of a computing error. The computer error arises because instead of having a normal ballot system with pencils and paper the government tries out an automated system. The automated system leaves no paper trail, which is highly unlikely, and only one lone employee realizes the error but the company that designed the software basicly tries to kill her. I forget who “her” is. The actress that plays the employee isn’t bad. However the character is beyond annoying. She’s so hesitant and daft. The algorithmic error she finds in the software is highly improbable as well. So Robin Williams and his band of comedic handlers are enjoyable to watch but the surrounding conspiratorial plot is a little retarded.

3/5