Having "Me" Time

One day, I'll turn off all my gadgets, disconnect from the online world and just disappear.  I've had this on my mind awhile now, but its easier said than done.  If I'm not on the phone checking my email, updating my facebook, writing out a "To Do" list, making notes on thoughts that cross my mind, checking the news or messaging a friend; I find myself on the computer or in front of the television.   I'm perpetually connected.  You can find me easily just like that.  Send me a message or an email. With my first advent into the world of connectivity with first the symbian Nokia E71 and now the iPhone, I have become addicted to this world of "accessibility."  Everything is available at the touch of my fingertips, whether it's checking out the latest news, my portable notepad, my emails, photographs and of course facebook.  Whenever I get tired or distracted, I end up picking up the phone and go through the motions of checking my emails, mes...

Many articles have been written about 9/11 in the last few days especially running up to its 9th anniversary.   It's definitely a day to remember not only for Americans but for everyone around the world.   Lots of my closest friends were working in the area and some even lived a few blocks down from the World Trade Center.  I'm sure that in one way or another, we all know someone who was there. I remember the day clearly like it was yesterday.  Living in Thailand, I was no where near the events yet it touched me in so many other ways. I had friends and family who worked there, lived around there, or may have been doing business there.  It was an area I've been to before and could relate to, watching the view from atop the tower, shopping at the Century 21 store just across the street, or buying broadway show tickets at the ticket counter there. The World Trade Center was a symbol of modernization.  You would see it as ...