Tag: New York

• Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist (TED)

  

  A beautifully told story and an inspiring testament to the power of human empathy: She looked at me with the weary eyes of someone who had experienced enough dogmatism to last a lifetime, and said, “I’m tired of hating people.”  

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  November 29, 2014

  Life, Love, Personalities, Self, Talks

  1993, bigotry, bombing, bullying, character, comedian, dogmatism, El Sayyid Nosair, empathy, Experience, extremism, father, father figure, FBI, gay, hatred, homosexuality, identity, ideology, inspiration, intolerance, Islam, Islamism, Jewish, Jon Stewart, Judaism, judgment, kindness, Life, New York, race, religion, stereotype, story, suffering, synagogue, TED, terrorism, terrorist, The Daily Show, tolerance, UN, victim, violence, World Trade Center, worldview, Zac Ebrahim

• Third Time Lucky?

  12 Years a Slave (2013) did not disappoint. A feat of cinematic brilliance. Stellar acting and cinematography. Hans Zimmer also delivers, yet again. I do believe it’s still showing. And if you like this kind of movie (it’s not everyone’s cup of tea), I strongly urge you to go see it. Oh, and having seen this,…

  valsaksornchai

  February 4, 2014

  Movie

  12 Years A Slave, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Georgia, Hans Zimmer, justice, kidnapping, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael Fassbender, New Orleans, New York, racism, slavery, Solomon Northup, Steve McQueen

• American Hustle (2013)

  I went to see American Hustle for 2 reasons: 1) David O. Russell and 2) Jennifer Lawrence. And I am extremely sad to say I was thoroughly disappointed with the movie. 😦 Thank Movie God though for Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, who were thoroughly brilliant and almost made it worth the money. To be fair,…

  valsaksornchai

  January 22, 2014

  Movie

  Abscam, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, cast, Christian Bale, con, David O. Russell, fake, FBI, gangster, hustler, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, mafia, mob, Movie, New York

• Do you like HIMYM?

  I do. And I’m not ashamed of it! HIMYM (How I Met Your Mother) is a funny thing. It was super famous, and then it faded into obscurity. Maybe not obscurity, but it certainly got outshone by other series of a variety of genres. It’s like the show had run out of steam. I’ve always…

  valsaksornchai

  December 19, 2013

  Curiosities, Love, Music, TV

  awesomeness, Barney Stinson, finale, Friends, Friendship, HIMYM, How I Met Your Mother, Legendary, Lily Aldrin, Marshall Eriksson, New York, NPH, NY, Robin, Robin Scherbatsky, Season, season 9, series, Ted Mosby, the mother, wedding

• Why Living Time?

  It has been exactly a week that you’ve known me (and me some of you). And the time has come for me to explain the title of this blog: Living Time. I hate naming things. It’s like buying shoes. You know when you’ve got the right pair the second you slide your foot in one.…

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  December 6, 2013

  Writing

  Annie Dillard, Instagram, Maria Popova, New York, Writers Resources, Writing

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477302/ Delicate, humane, and touching – a gem of a movie. A beautiful depiction of 9/11. Now I have to go read the book. So many wonderful things to do and see! *happy sigh*

  valsaksornchai

  December 2, 2013

  Movie

  Movie, New York, NineEleven, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Daldry, Tom Hanks