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MIND SOUP : So today, October 15, is Blog Action Day 2010 . The theme this year is water . As I live in a country where water is theoretically abundant, I, as many other Lebanese, may not feel the urge to conserve water or use it wisely. But as I watch TV and read bloggers posts from other countries, I have become more aware of the critical water situation the world is facing. After enrolling as a blogger against hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme and engaging more into the world blogosphere, I was shocked to know that around 4.500 children die daily from water related diseases and that a almost a billion people on Earth don't have access to clean and safe drinking water ! Since then I realized that there are so many things with our water consumption in Lebanon. We take hour-long showers, flood our houses to get them cleaned, stare at the open faucet while brushing our teeth, and use excessive amounts of water to irrigate our flowers and plants. But the most un...

At the risk of looking obsessive and repetitive about Outlook, I had to post this hilarious photo that was posted by @ schazzenan . I'm just hoping that the next time I pick up Outlook, it wouldn't have turned to a playboy/playgirl sort of publication! (although that idea isn't really impossible, considering where the newspaper is headed). No offense to Gino ! :D P.S. I'm using the same citing technique as they use in Outlook. #latche Photo from Facebook

Who needs a Monday?     © Mind Soup Apart from the fact that they still kept much of the (pretty ugly) layout from last year, the new staff of Outlook seemed to have been asleep back in Kindergarten when they were taught the days of the week.

View of Club's Stands next to West Hall Today has been a very long day indeed, a long fruitful day. AUB's Online Collaborative had its debut today during Clubs day where cabinets and active members of clubs and societies gather around West Hall to recruit members. After struggling with the board for around an hour, we were set to go. The collage of social networking logos attracted many students who came closer to ask questions or take a flyer. Other students had surprised or even disgusted looks when they saw our stand. They don't know how important and crucial our work is. Many thought that we are a group of people addicted to facebook and trying to recruit facebook addicts into one group. Our humble board Boy, they are so wrong. What they don't know is how the whole world has its eyes fixated now on digital media, especially social media. News outlets are leaning more and more towards online media. Many politicians, organizations or event planners ...

This actually made my day today. I'm so glad that Outlook has been aiming up to its full potential lately.

.. . and I am back! @ jrsaba (left) and @ JimRamK (right) If you have noticed that I haven't posted much during the past few weeks, I was taking a little break due to lots other engagements. But now I'm back and I'm hoping to post regularly again. L-R: @ Loulouhilal @ mhijazi @ Haythamelzein @ Sarahilal000 @ jrsaba Yesterday (Tuesday), there was a tweet up gathering in Copper - Gemayzeh. I (@ mhijazi ) went with a close friend of mine @ jrsaba [ blog ]. @ loulouhilal and @ sarahilal000 [ blog ] generously picked us up with @ haythamelzein from Hamra and we headed to Gemayzeh. It was a little weird at first, but we started mingling and meeting people we have only @-replied before. People who I already knew personally include: @ JumRamK [ tumblr ], @ GinoRaidy [ blog ], @ YasmineHajjar [ blog ] and @ BMaks88 . But I got to meet really awesome people who I have been in contact with online. Below are a few examples: I was really looking forward ...

I was in Baalback this past weekend with the AUB Ambassadors and the new students showing them around Bekaa and AUB's farm (AREC). What caught my attention is that everywhere I looked, there was a guy or a stand of Hezbollah T-shirts. What's worse is the look on the seller's face when you decline to buy a shirt from him. Seriously, I don't want to buy a shirt from you! I wouldn't even take it if you offered it to me, even if it was covered with gold! Is this how Hezbollah is now funding its illegal weapons now? (By the way, rumors are that these shirts are Made in Iran...) © Mind Soup © Mind Soup

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