http://www.emirattig.com/blog When no one wants to listen... Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:42:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We tried acid, pumping, a plumber and even Turkish curses, but our bathroom sink remained stubbornly blocked for days. But then came along our own Mr Muscle and part-time flatmate, Laurent, saving the day by going where no plumber has gone before and fishing the "Thing". And here is the picture ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/11/29/the-thing-that-lurked-in-the-sink/ My first major trip after taking up the job is for The Hague, a lovely medium sized town in Holland, best known for the international tribunal (the one where Miloseviczwas tried). I am not sure how long I’ll stay here, but it looks likely it could be till the end ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/09/16/impromptu-paris-trip/ The job market that is. Amazingly, for the second time running, I managed to find a job while I was still in University. I’ve just accepted an offer at an American firm: Charles River Development. Essentially, they sell IT solutions to fund managers (my old job), and they took me ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/05/12/back-in-the-market/ The party was absolutely EPIC. More than 60 people turned up to celebrate what is probably the first ever ten thousand’s day party in human history. Our crowd completely took over the VIP section of the “Freedom Bar”, and even overflowed it at one point. Mixing and mingling was at ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/02/20/10k-day-party/ Just did a revealing little test. Apparently I am a 100% modernist, which is defined as: "Modernism represents the thought that science and reason are all we need to carry on. Religion is unnecessary and any sort of spirituality halts progress. You believe everything has a rational explanation" Anyone surprised? ;-) Modernist100%Materialist100%Existentialist81%Cultural Creative50%Postmodernist25%Fundamentalist13%Romanticist0%Idealist0% Oh... ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/02/04/my-world-view/ A combination of sudden poverty and being restricted to overcrowded and overpriced school holidays resulted in this being one of those rare seasons I won't go skiing. As a form of consolation I dug up a clip of a couple of years ago of which I am particularly proud of, ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/02/02/nostalgic-ski-clip/ As a good number of you know by now, I will soon be reaching the venerable age of ten thousand days. But more importantly I'll probably be the first human ever to throw a party for the occasion!!! Invitations have been sent, and from the responses I received, it ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2006/01/24/10k-day-celebration-announced/ nuff said... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2005/10/12/university-toilet-prank/ One of the untold benefits to going back to university is being provided with an excuse to buy a new laptop. In a drive of eccentricity, and thanks to Elvan who lent me hers for a couple of weeks, I opted for a Tablet Pc. The great thing about these ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2005/10/11/my-tablet-and-i/ I am now well into my second week of university life. Clearly it is less of a shock than my first time over 10 years ago across the Atlantic. The City University campus is conveniently located across the street from where I live. It is great to be actually able to ... http://www.emirattig.com/blog/2005/10/06/uni-first-impressions/