And if I were a poet I would have said: ” I am two in one like a sparrow’s wings when spring is late content with bearing the good omen.” He loves a land then departs from it. (Is the impossible far?) He loves departure to anything. In free travel between cultures, the researchers of human essence might find enough seats for everyone. Here is a periphery advancing. Or a center receding. The East is not completely East and the West is not completely West. Because identity is open to plurality, it isn’t a citadel or a trench. — Mahmoud Darwish, Counterpoint for Edward SaidTumblr (3.0; @asianvintage)http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8001c5c7fcac965a48f1dc6484b0038c/tumblr_mn01344TOe1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First page on The Shadow World by Andrew Feinstein. Prince Bandar of the Saudi is pretty nasty uh. He has role in Washington and London, bagman for covert CIA operations and arms dealer, that made himself very wealthy in the process. The £1vb money paid to the Prince from al-Yamamah deal between the UK and Saudi Arabia had inadvertently flowed from the account Prince’s wife to 2 of the 15 Saudis 9/11hijackers. Talk ing about evil when evil is rooted within the “ummah” itself. LOL . 😒💣</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/50730856954http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/50730856954Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47:27 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a5748697f5bff11b9b608d6893c3ad21/tumblr_mn012xBRaj1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the second thickiest book i’ve read 😉#bookworm #globalarmstrade #politics</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/50730850128http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/50730850128Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47:20 +0800globalarmstradebookwormpolitics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/412d8fe0fd0a571e1eccada27827330e/tumblr_mlg6di6xUW1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The birds may perhaps listen - Combining stupidity with wisdom rather than the opposite - Where we look for the arrow of discovery - A vindication of trial and error - Be a Risk-Taker, be Anti-Fragile , be a Black Swan 😏 my current “brainfood” — Anti Fragile, Nassim Taleb</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/48270490746http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/48270490746Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:56:06 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bdfd7b3c385cf017477440f7e249db05/tumblr_mlbx62v07h1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dare to hate the “zionist”? Then you need to get to know them. Especially if you’re using Facebook, Google and oh yes, Intel . Adding to that, technologies companies and global investors are beating a path to Israel and finding unique combinations of audacity, creativity and drive everywhere they look. which may explain why in addition to boasting the high density of start ups in the world ( out of 3859 start up companies, every 1844 Israelis), more Israelis companies are listed in Nasdaq exchange. In 2008, per capita venture capital investments in Israel were 2.5 times greater than the US, more than 30 times greater than Europe, 80 times greater than China and 350 times greater than India (and now imagine Israel in 2013). Comparing Israel a country of total population 7.1million attracted $2billion in venture capital as much as flowed to the UK 61million citizens or 145million people in Germany and France. We Muslim? Still fighting over trivial matters , what kind of hijab is proper or not. I’m not trying to articulate this issue is not important, but we are too lagging behind if we continuously struggles over “identity” above intellectual and progressiveness, it takes from bottom to up, from people to politician. Otherwise, cheap talk for Palestinian cause is not going anywhere without a significant progress among people. I’m a day dreamer, I guess . Go far, stay long, see deep.</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/48097736297http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/48097736297Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:46:49 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbe1ba8f4b9647d99b4fc3d8f44537a6/tumblr_mkei4w3C3D1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m quite slow reading Black Swan because each of its page makes you think.. there’s a strong reflection from each pages. If you think you’re smart enuff, read this book first xxxxx 😏 (at KLIA Departures Hall)</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/46559942958http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/46559942958Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:41:20 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/81205d9c5bf492bdbfc0dd829611f654/tumblr_mjzkie7e4h1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is<br/> long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. Don’t let the darkness and the pity sitting in your mind. Stop blaming others, look at yourself, and do it right now.<br/> #motivation #quote</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45878633922http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45878633922Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:08:38 +0800quotemotivation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aef753ba2c92f94eefa1a3a058e81fed/tumblr_mjspn4zpZX1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>doing homework at the airport. this is not fun at all. 5,000 words in one week time 😭 #Talibanization</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45570997029http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45570997029Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:16:16 +0800talibanization<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1dbb31d6b87206d66d93164fed9359f/tumblr_mjspm2TnjH1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>dear 2,000 words, thank you for ruining my weekend and my sleep. now you’re just somebody that I used to know💔🔫 #currently doing a paper on #pakistan and #afghanistan</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45570976571http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45570976571Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:15:38 +0800pakistancurrentlyafghanistan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e6b1ee7eb90b9ed4fcfc5f944c15dc6/tumblr_mjfkic9IgP1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“I absolutely refuse, and will refuse to my grave, to let myself be labeled of boxed in. I cannot accept the notion that politics or ideology are geometric. To me, right and left are relative terms.”— Chavez.. Sounds like a “typical” politician speech. I’ve read this book last year and as for the reminiscence of Chavez, RIP. Oh and yeah, Please read this page because its fairly important to see what he portrays as being “inclusive”. Yawnnnnnnn.</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45004070976http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/45004070976Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:56:35 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d50816c9ea9c2bcafe289bc7d8ce8b6e/tumblr_miqggdB2BX1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>midnite reading on CIA Secret Power by Peter Dale Scott. How the secret powers conferred by National Security Act 1947 have been used to develop terrorist enemies such as alQaeda #politics</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43899174623http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43899174623Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:29:01 +0800politics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/831882848a97df178fe75a7f2d4335ed/tumblr_mimmgwDOP31qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sitting at the back of a book shelf and hiding.. reading Good Muslim Bad Muslim by Mahmood Mamdani, a good kick start in understanding the high point of Afghan War pre-Soviet, Cultural Talk of Huttington and Christian fundamentalist vs Muslim fundamentalist 👍</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43723794573http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43723794573Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:48:32 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/683ba6e402e4d50927dcda6df5a70222/tumblr_midevmZr0h1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Of course he is not my boyfriend. I met him on Conference 9/11 Revisited Talk last year at PWTC, KL.On this vid he talks about Ayman Al Zawhiri; Know your Terrorist from #theCorbettReport.</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43313748447http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43313748447Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:26:10 +0800thecorbettreport<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/511e908813a668d165376f0cae82aaf1/tumblr_mi8scfDcIX1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Answer anyone ? (at The Royale Chulan Hotel)</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43123591533http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/43123591533Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:29:03 +0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c26e96a6412f268216b14fa373502159/tumblr_mhnp9vGuo91qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gaddafi’s reintegration into the West followed by his murderous of jihadist returning from Afghan in 1990s and extended to tortured en masse towards the Salafist and Muslim Brother, a 1000 Islamists were slaughtered during Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison. CIA established regular contact with him soon after. and Gaddafi was a leading ally of the US in the war on terror. #gaddafi #politics #TheObamaSyndrome</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/42201773887http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/42201773887Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:13:06 +0800politicstheobamasyndromegaddafimachistado: Protip: Never fully trust someone who tells you your face is beautiful more often than...http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/42195542714http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/42195542714Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:49:37 +0800Many young Americans liberals rushed out into the streets to celebrate Osama’s assassination. At...http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/42195095781http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/42195095781Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:43:32 +0800drone war9/11OsamaObamaTariq Alibook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/986c12793431b1e8f71c74b7a881ddd0/tumblr_mgxhvxVWxy1qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>😏 #coffee #view</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/41010710178http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/41010710178Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:35:55 +0800coffeeview Drones, Empire and Racism: mujnoon: Sounds like the title of an academic paper doesn’t it. Well...http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/40687948614http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/40687948614Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:52:01 +0800drones<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86bf180ebfc89d0c4026b8c411940a3f/tumblr_mgi1uuvNo31qge5sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>using 2 laptops.. watching documentry on Afghanistan, read and write an essay.. I heart my weekend 👸</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/40319183257http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/40319183257Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:25:42 +0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa0e2cd573e420cddc168ac331b2b145/tumblr_mggn93km6N1qazj2jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>indeed</p>http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/40250199050http://asianvintage.tumblr.com/post/40250199050Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:23:33 +0800