…Calmly observing the changing world

Towering over the desert-city landscape in Dubai, you can now find the world’s tallest building . At more than 1000 feet taller than its nearest rival, “Dubai Tower” as it was thought to be named before today, represents – well… it depends who  you ask. A little known secret is that if you build it, [...]

Just Say No – To Minarets The Swiss people have passed a ban on all minaret (a Moslem tower from which prayers are sung) construction within the country – despite the Swiss government’s active campaign against the ban. Unsurprisingly, worldwide criticism quickly flooded European media outlets. Presumably, tolerance should be extended to everyone – except [...]

Last night we made our second attempt at signing loan documents – we barely made it as we finished up at 11:58PM. The long, grueling battle was triggered when we embarked on a course called an “e-signing”. Instead of physically signing documents, we could just click a button with a notary present. As with most [...]