Monika’s Pensieve

I just read this article, which recounts some of the best Bushisms. I laughed so hard that I was in tears, coughing and spluttering.

The first physicist to use mathematics to describe and prove what he had discovered was a man called al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham, who was born in what is now Iraq, over a 1000 years ago. Many key European scientists (like Newton and Copernicus) developed ideas that originated with al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham.
In fact, amongst many things, he [...]

You can check some star sounds out here. They’re pretty peculiar.

I reckon it’s going be quite some time before Al Jazeera takes its Street Food series to Afghanistan ;-P So for the time being, this BBC report will have to do ;) I really hope that one day Kabul will be as safe as any other major city I’ve been to *sigh* (and I hope [...]

I’m not sure how I missed such a beautiful gaffe when it first happened (Gordon Brown is the author), but if you did too then you can check it out ;)

Apparently in Bhutan divorce carries no stigma unlike in its neighbouring countries.

I think this report is badly done comparing to many of the others I’ve posted (I found it quite chaotic), but the city is fascinating :)

The 103 year old lady is amazing :)