my cousin Tani

It’s in days like this when you wish you never left home. This is the second bad news I have received since I have decided to live abroad. Today my parents told me that my first cousin Tani died. He was very young, energetic, hard working, funny, good looking guy. When I was a kid [...]

The greed game

this is a great video by BBC on how the financial crises in the US started. From the decrease in the interest rates by the Federal Reserve in 2001 to the cheap loans to hedge and private equity funds, morgages, and loans to subprime lenders. A model fueled by greed to have more and live the [...]

when i think about the Lord
how He saved me, how He raised me
how He filled me with the Holy Ghost
how He healed me to the uttermost
when i think about the Lord
how he picked me up
turned me around
how He set my feet
on solid ground
it makes me want to shout
hallelujah! thank you, Jesus!
Lord, you’re worthy
of all the [...]

Situation worsening for Horn of Africa’s children, warns UN agency

 
Source: UN News Centre
5 September 2008 – Almost three million children across the Horn of Africa are at risk of death, disease and malnutrition due to a combination of drought, rising food prices and conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today.
The children are among the more than 14 million people in [...]

Children’s day

Today is Children’s day in Albania. This was the most anticipated day for us, albanian kids. I think maybe we are the only country that has this date for celebrating childhood. Anyways, the symbol of this celebration in Albania are cherries. Lot’s of yummy deep red cherries. We used to hang cherries in our ears that looked [...]

Albania to build a Nuclear Power grid

This news has shocked a lot of Albanians. Nuclear Power grids are not uncommon however considering Albania’s area (29,000 km2) which is over populated, the latest explosions as well as lack of skilled labor force that could deal with this new technology people are very sceptical and scared that it might harm them in some way. [...]

Story repeats again: Over 2.6 million Somalis could go hungry, UN agency warns

Soaring food prices and drought have left many in need of assistance
Source: UN News Centre
19 May 2008 –
More than 2.6 million Somalis – comprising 35 per cent of the Horn of Africa nation’s population – need food assistance due because of the deteriorating humanitarian situation triggered by skyrocketing food prices, the weak currency and [...]

Albania in the news again….This time is kind of funny:)

Cat and mouse blamed for blackouts

Albania’s grid is in a poor shape

Albanians may have found a new villain to blame for the frequent power cuts that have been blighting their lives.The country’s main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour blackout in parts of the capital, Tirana.
The animals ran into an [...]

Ken lee tulibu dibu dachoo (can’t live without you!)

This video has been such a cheer up for a lot of my friends and me this semester so I had to post it. When we were kids, and didn’t know a word in Engish we used to make up our own words: for example for the Ace of Base song (all that she wants) we used [...]

UN appeals for $187 million to aid Myanmar cyclone victims

Survivors of Cyclone Nargis in the aftermath of the disaster

9 May 2008 – The United Nations today appealed for $187 million to help provide humanitarian relief to some 1.5 million people severely affected by the recent cyclone in Myanmar for the next six months.Launching the Flash Appeal in New York on behalf of 10 UN [...]