Unless you set your priorities straight and thoroughly think about where your life is headed, you will end up regretting the following 10 things 10 years from now: Not working towards leaving the job you hate Not getting rid...
Unless you set your priorities...
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Disclaimer: This is not your typical lovey dovey, 100% positive blogiversary post. There will be some serious bomb dropping below. Dear reader, if you are a Lebanese colleague and you can't handle it, I advise you not to scroll down. I'm writing this as I sip...
Disclaimer: This is not your t...
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Today Google remembers the late Assia Djebar (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015) with a doodle. Born Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, the berber-speaking Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, whose father is a French teacher, chose Assia Djebar as her pen name for fear of her father's disapproval. In 1957, she published her...
Today Google remembers the lat...
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The below joke made my day :D "Le français est une langue magnifique" J'ai passé un coup de fil à un ami, et je lui ai demandé ce qu'il faisait. Il m'a répondu qu'il travaillait sur: Le traitement aqua-thermique des céramiques, du verre, de l'aluminium et de l'acier sous...
The below joke made my day :D ...
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The world is divided into 2 kinds of people: coffee people, and everyone else. To me, there's nothing quite like the smell of a freshly brewed cup of coffee first thing in the morning, and although I am what everyone considers a morning person (and I...
The world is divided into 2 ki...
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I know I've been quite quiet lately (yes, I wrote that on purpose. Quite...
I know I've been quite quiet l...
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Award winning Arab architect Zaha Hadid, who died last year of a heart attack at the age of 65, is being honored in today's Google doodle. May 31 marks the anniversary of the day she won the Pritzker Architecture Award, becoming the first woman to do so....
Award winning Arab architect Z...
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My brother sent me this story via Whatsapp a few days ago and I found it pretty interesting so I had to share it: During a robbery in Guangzhou, China, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank: "Don't move. The money belongs to the...
My brother sent me this story ...
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Talk about being passionate about your job! Sign language interpreter Holly Maniatty completely outstaged Snoop Dogg at his own concert in New Orleans with her impeccable skills and groovy performance. The 1 minute clip of Snoop Dogg performing "P.I.M.P." was shared on Facebook by The Good Life...
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The only time when "A Bunny holding Eggs" doesn't look like a mistranslation to us. Happy Easter!...
The only time when "A Bunny ho...
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One of my LinkedIn contacts once shared the following story and it really resonated with me, as I do a lot of interpretation work while I hold a BA in Translation. Interpreting in the United States is quite different from what it is here in Lebanon....
One of my LinkedIn contacts on...
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This month was a pretty rough one to say the least. My dad was hospitalized a couple of weeks ago, and my baby Andy was hospitalized last week (on Mother's Day). However, every cloud has a silver lining, and I believe tough situations bring families...
This month was a pretty rough ...
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When I was young, I used to be a trouble maker (I still am), a wild child (yep, still am), and I was quite the handful (this is pretty much still the case). I gave my mom a hard time, and she really struggled during...
When I was young, I used to be...
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March 8 is International Women's Day. It is a day to celebrate women empowerment. I have many wishes for Lebanese women that I shared last year. Get a dose of inspiration from the below list of women empowerment songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U Beyoncé - Run the World (Girls) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgmx7z49OEk Jennifer Lopez - Ain't...
March 8 is International Women...
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I recently joined a Facebook group for Middle Eastern business women, and one of the very successful ladies voiced her opinion regarding being greeted as "beautiful lady" as opposed to addressing her as smart and successful. It immediately made me feel sad. Someone doesn't know us, and...
I recently joined a Facebook g...
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