Living in a dirty city!
Generally I try not to park my car outside on the street. Thankfully we have an underground garage, which is quite handy considering the maxed out number of cars driving and parking everywhere on the streets of Tirana. However, this past week, I decided to leave the car parked outside for a quick movement in [...]
Finances and the importance of early education
In early September 2012, I realized that I needed to become a better manager of funds. The fact is that I’ve never excelled at financial management, which has been a weak point most of my life. Even during my MBA studies the hardest course I took was “accounting & finance”. However many things have changed [...]
A coffee before a full day’s work!
It can be hard to start your day fully motivated especially when you are thinking of what all you need to do that day! This morning, I found myself dragging my feet a bit, mostly due to the previous late working night. But then I thought why not go for a coffee first! Well, here [...]
Computer technology: I hope to be around by then!
You all know I am a technophile (I love technology). So, just this morning as I was waiting to start my normal work day I read an article on Technology Review (one of my favorite technology news sources) which talked about the end of Moore’s Law, which says that roughly every 18 months the amount [...]
Taking on a new responsibility!
This month I’ve officially taken on a new online responsibility working as the webmaster for a major newspaper’s website serving news to a growing audience of readers both locally and abroad. The audience numbers for this website are ten times larger than those for the Albanian House of Books (400 thousand/month) but the maintenance and [...]
Traveling: A quick visit to Burrel
My wife and I had anticipated visiting the city of Burrel for several years. However, that day came and went in March, though not as we would have wanted it! Her grandmother’s passing away (which helped raise her for several years during childhood) turned our trip there into a family obligation. Though the timing was [...]
Is learning another language necessary in a new technological era?
As an Albanian, I come from a small country whose language, though very unique, is not spoken anywhere else. So for an Albanian it is very logical and advantageous to learn other languages so as to communicate freely and easily with other people in a language we both understand. Moreover, personally I have realized that [...]
What will happen economically with Albania in 2013?
This past weekend I meet with a close friend of mine to talk about stuff. It started out as a casual chat over a cool beer, but it got serious once we started considering how the country would fare economically this upcoming elections year. He was reasonably concerned over the economic stability of the country [...]