• Vancouver Diaries

    A Day of Disaster at UBC

    It all started in the early morning. I woke up earlier than usual, wondering – why is it so damn cold? Did I forget to turn on the heater the other night? I looked at my table clock to see the time. It was dark and the display screen was empty. What the hell – I told myself and got up from the bed. I realized that my night lamp was off too. It did not take me more time to realize that the power was out and it was pitch dark in my room. This is a first – I told myself. I opened the curtains to let the…

  • Vancouver Diaries

    Ladies and Gentlemen, forget what you know about 007 – lets start afresh!!

    “The name’s Bond, James Bond!” Nop! We don’t get to hear this familiar cliché until we reach the very last scene; welcome to the new 007 movie Casino Royale. We see a much less experienced, agile and athletic yet not the kind of Bond we have become used to in the past few years during the Pierce Brosnan era. The Bond we come to know is new in his profession, slightly naive but warm at heart (recall “How can you do like this? How can you be so cold?” – Goldeneye). He does not delve himself into some vendetta but falls in love, wishes to quit his profession for a…