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A home-made flu cure and now incense too

The OB Van — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:13:34 +0000

I must be one of the most flu / disease susceptible people in the world. looking back on my childhood, i cant seem to remember any stretch of time in which i wasnt suffering from contagion or another. though as as suketu mehta points out, in the heavily polluted cities of south asia – various [...] Related posts:

Beauty and the Bento Box a a whirlwind tour through japanese design sensibilites

The OB Van — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:33:50 +0000

This post on Japanese aesthtics really reminded me of my backpacking trip through Japan. I dont think there is a more facinating country in the world. It also reminded me of all the things i’d stuffed into my head before I left for that trip, in praise of shadows : The essay consists of 16 sections [...] Related posts:

Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man

The OB Van — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:43:38 +0000

I love great advertisers (and i mean the REALLY) great ones for being able to step back for a moment and re-think the ordinary, the obvious, just like brilliant photographers who make the mundane extra-ordinary. An interesting message, and one that should be for keeps. enjoy Related posts:the purest form of artYeh daagh daagh ujaala -What makes [...] Related posts:

Borges and the garden of forking paths

The OB Van — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:42:45 +0000

I remembered too that night which is at the middle of the Thousand and One Nights when Scheherazade (through a magical oversight of the copyist) begins to relate word for word the story of the Thousand and One Nights, establishing the risk of coming once again to the night when she must repeat it, and [...] Related posts:

The ultimate investment banking tonic: what should have fueled the credit boom – mate or tea?

The OB Van — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:26:38 +0000

The credit boom was of course (and dont listen to what they say in the news) fueled by one key ingredient: (no no, not booze) caffeine. Coffee and Coke is what made investment banking analysts click away at computer screens despite the (in)famous 110 hour working weeks. And apparently, in London (no only place i’ve personally [...] Related posts:

fantastic black and white photo

The OB Van — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:45:50 +0000

http://www.dzinepress.com/2009/10/80-famous-photos-which-belong-to-20th-century/09-3/ Related posts:Basant in Lahore: Dr jeeKarachi RainRome Related posts:

What will expired sencha japanese tea do to you?

The OB Van — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:37:39 +0000

fate stared me in the face. will a strange, poisonous fungus that has a taste only for sencha lead to horrific internal injury? back in 2007, (and this, is so far back that back then doing LBO analysis was still in vogue..sheesh) i bought this here packet of unspecified japanese loose leaf sencha (its obviously [...] Related posts:

Today’s unknown Chinese tea – puerh perhaps?

The OB Van — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:49:17 +0000

so here is another tea i received the other day – again, straight out of china. no further information as such, although it was bought in Guangzhou (which help, im sure :). getting brewing tonight – lets see how it turns out! There is Champagne, France; Tequila, Mexico; and Parma, Italy — all places turned trade names known [...] Related posts:

The stylestripped.com controvesy

The OB Van — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:45:30 +0000

Have more on this, put to lazy to post – for the moment this should suffice re. stylestripped.com. archiving here because these sites are going down by the minute. (both the stylestripped.com blog and the twitter a/c are down) So here goes: The web site STYLE STRIPPED is operated by Zahir Rahimtoola of LABELS KARACHI and his [...] Related posts:

Khaled – Hiya Ansadou

The OB Van — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:12:34 +0000

I have no idea what he’s saying, but this is currently on repeat! Khaled – Hiya Ansadou – Free listening at Last.fm. Related posts:Quotes: Joseph Goebbelsthe purest form of artwho framed jeff buckley Related posts:

Rangi Saari Gulabi (Dadra) – Shobha Gurtu

The OB Van — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:34:05 +0000

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Dasht-e-tanhai mein ae jaan-e-jahan (Iqbal Bano)

The OB Van — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:25:28 +0000

YouTube – Dasht-e-tanhai mein ae jaan-e-jahan (Iqbal Bano). Related posts:Saab takht giraye jayeingayChund gharianTo quote Iqbal Related posts:

Steve Job’s moment of Zen. I like this picture.

The OB Van — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:21:07 +0000

I couldnt pass this up, tea (in what looks like an authentic japanese tea cup), and a seriously zen feel. STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” [...] Related posts:

London Cycle Hire scheme its coming next year!

The OB Van — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:01:14 +0000

any years behind Paris, but no matter – its finally coming to london! i dont want to be cynical but i have a feeling its not going to be as cheap as my dear velib Cycle Hire scheme | Transport for London. Related posts:Today’s random action: a hunt for london’s cheapest bicycleKarachi RainThe ultimate investment banking tonic: what [...] Related posts:

BALLAKÉ SISSOKO, DRISS EL MALOUMI & RAJERY – 3MA

The OB Van — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:56:07 +0000

Get this album if you can. its pretty fantastic, as charlie explains in the guardian: Given the choice of listening for the first time to new albums by two unknown artists, one instrumental, the other vocal, I instinctively opt for the one with words. Days or weeks later, finally succumbing to the silent reproach of the [...] Related posts:

Today’s random action: a hunt for london’s cheapest bicycle

The OB Van — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:44:18 +0000

so, today, I decided to hunt for the cheapest cycle in london. easily done. and clearly, there comes in a time in every mal-aadjusted adolesents’ life when the illicit temptations of this particularly depraved course of action overpower your senses of decency, of uprightedness.. where was i? so i hunted down the place where london’s ever [...] Related posts:

Ten of the best UK coffee shops – this weeks todo

The OB Van — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:33:37 +0000

I might not get to the ones outside London, but for the others – I think a weekend espresso crawl is in order: The list as it stands today: dose yet another antipodian coffee store (after flat white, sacred – there must be others etc) tinawesaluteyou this made me laugh, b/c the tina-boys show up in the video [...] Related posts:

cafe girl, paris?

The OB Van — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:26:35 +0000

apparently, found here: mylifeintodolists.blogspot.com Related posts:wekhstreetside kebabgoogling in pakistan Related posts:

Abdus Salam The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979

The OB Van — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:35 +0000

This in effect is, the faith of all physicists; the deeper we seek, the more is our wonder excited, the more is the dazzlement for our gaze. I am saying this, not only to remind those here tonight of this, but also for those in the Third World, who feel they have lost out in the [...] Related posts:

Mindlessness of the day.

The OB Van — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:32:01 +0000

mildly amusing: Related posts:The age of kaali Related posts:

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