World Affairs And Beyond

Away from city life,  far and deep into the woods,  some nights you listen you try hard to hear voices;

I believe that we see our own reflection in other people. The way people react toward you, after they meet you, is actually the way they have been reacted towards since the very beginning or for a very long time. They are kinda used to the reaction and it has become their custom. So the next time somebody is mean to you, you should know the world has not been very kind to them. Those who are kind to you, are the lucky ones, who are satisfied with their lives and content with whatever nature has offered them. You can actually be kind to the mean ones, as they need to know what kindness is. :-) Who knows, maybe it will change their lives for good.

Met a couple (Heather & Chris) here at Inn Victoria in Chester, Vermont this morning. They got married here five years ago.

On the 17th of May 2011, I attended Tatyana's Art Exhibition at the Vermont Arts Exchange. Tatyana is a student of the Bennington College Vermont. "More than a number" was how Tatyana tells the world about the sufferings of the families contaminated with Arsenic and Lead, in the industriales neighbourhood of Arica, Chile; through her camera lens. Tatyana Schmid - A very bright and wonderful young girl Vermont Arts Exchange

I will begin with quoting my long distance mommy Andrea Klouman Coppola. She said, " Sobia, You are allowed to feel sorrow, as we all do, that young lives were taken for no other reason than hate. It is senseless. …But do not feel regret that you are here ‘having ice cream”, because your mission is honorable. You are her e learning about the US culture and bringing your world into ours. You have opened my eyes to a nation, (I regretfully say) that all I ever heard about was through the voices of the media. You have brought humanity into my house and I truly appreciate. You deserve all the “ice cream” that you can eat."

Circus Clockwork Show A wonderful performance by the students of the New England Center For Circus Arts (NECCA). Flash photography was not allowed as it could distract the performers, so I had to use night mode. I was standing at the back on a very shaky stool, but glad I could take some snapshots nomatter how technically poor they may be; they still talk. :-)  New England Center For Circus Arts

Vermont's Grand Canyon

  The New England Maple Museum is a sincere effort to offer an educational and fun tour of the maple industry.

A really funny and sweet note I found at an Italian restaurant in New York !

With him thought to have died on the 13th of December 2001, he dies yet again ! The man seems to have nine lives, like a cat. He just won't stop. I wonder if this was the last time he died !

Tried to capture the world famous quotable quotes on a rikshaw :-P

I really do not know the reason why the Pearl Continental Hotel administration ran the Pakistani flag upside down, but I sure did got blamed for taking a photograph with an upside down flag. Being an optimistic person, I tend to think positive and do not like to find faults with everything. It could have been the lack of awareness and Flag etiquette that this flag was run upside down, or it could have been a distress call.