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The second best job in the world…

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Jawwad

There is no job that I enjoy more than dropping my kids off to school every day. First thing in the morning we bundle up Amin, Salwa and Taha and we are off. Eleven miles and thirty five minutes of music, Winnie the Pooh stories, reactions to passing buses, colors, traffic and Taha breaking out…

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Great job kiddos…

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Jawwad

It sounds odd for a 40 year old to call upon 26 years old as kids. But I have been doing just that for the last 10 days and getting away with it. Today the 26 year old kiddos did me proud. Between all 47 students and a slightly balding, totally out of shape, at…

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The man who….

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Jawwad

The Script – New Music – More Music Videos Going Back to the corner where I first saw you Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I’m not gonna move Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand Saying, “If you see this girl can you tell her where I am?” Some try…

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Kualitatem’s youtube add

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Jawwad
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Rain

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Jawwad

First dreams, then rains, I wish Fawzia and the kids were here with me.

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Dreamers in Dubai

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Jawwad

Kumar, the soft spoken driver from Kerala, has been picking me up from home and dropping me back for the last seven days. On Wednesday night he finally asked if I was working the hours I was working by choice. Starting the day at 8 am and landing on Villa 16, Cluster 35 at 11pm…

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Denim Production

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Jawwad

Who do you think is the world’s leading (number one) producer of Denim Fabric right now. There are four countries in the top four (wow). In 2007, we used to be number four. Guess where we are now? According to an industry insider and investor in production terms as of now we are competing neck…

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From Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to Reboot – revisited

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Jawwad

The original BSOD manuscript took a page out of the Memento playbook. Rather than starting off at the beginning like normal authors do, the book started at the end. Memento style. Kris, our editor, convinced me to switch to the normal world. Her other big suggestion was to bring Alchemy into the story. Failure is…

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From Blue Screen of Death to Reboot; evolution of a presentation

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Jawwad

Ashburn Farms is a quite planned neighborhood. The type of town you are likely to hide in after a heartbreak or earth shattering failure or both. Small, private and not at all commercial; hospitable but not invasive; alive in a suburban sense, but not quite there if you are looking to feed off the high…

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iMac Case Study – Mohtashim defects to the Apple camp

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Jawwad
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