Neoka's Song

Cellphone Therapy?

2007-11-24T14:52:00.001-05:00

So I was reading this article: http://www.webmd.com/news/20061023/do-cell-phones-affect-sperm-quality

and it dawned on me just how serious this issue could actually become... If there is a proven link, imagine the ethical debate on cellphone usage as a method of population control! This is straight out of Children of Men people!

This then led me to start thinking about WHY it affects sperm count. Is it because of the radiation levels emitted by the device? Or is it because of the low tone frequency (more on frequency transmission therapy) that is being lodged straight into our brains. Or perhaps its a mixture of BOTH, since its known that radiation has perverse effects on various frequencies and vibrations. It could act as a conductor for the vibrations thats entering our brains.

Then it got me thinking, if science has already been able to create vibration therapy machines (see here and here) imagine if this technology was built into our cellphones.

The cellphone would emit just enough radiation to increase the conduit of vibration entering the brain (all scientists know thus far is that it would wreak havo c on the physiology of the body), coupled with a programmed vibration that is undetectable to the human ear or eye, but controlled from a central location. Moods could be altered, aggression could be subdued, ADD could become more of a norm than ever, and worse, complex bodily functions including our ability to heal ourselves, react to immunities, etc could be greatly altered.

The upside was that if harvested this could prove a cancer fighting mechanism, and a way to replace pill poppers. The downside, is a reality far worse than Huxley's a Brave New World. (thinking about the SOMAcell).

Of course my mutterings are extreme muses of a technology not even yet thought of. (Or has it? This site claims that cellphones were created by the Department of Defense!)

With the rapid expanse of technology throughout the world, why isn't anyone stopping and saying "Hey, could this be harmful?" Or are we too busy giving charity to ICTs that will change the lives of urban peasants in the worlds poorest countries? I hate Catch 22's.

Either way, be mindful of what consumers are shoving down your throat. (Mp3 Cellphones = hours and hours of radiation exposure!) And support research in this field! It is our right to know if we are screwing over our future!

The information I have linked to is more than enough information to scare me. I hope it scares you too.

A Pakistani Ambivalence

2007-11-18T02:35:00.000-05:00

It always strikes me as interesting how two sides of a debate can become so polarized that the issues seem, in retrospect, to slip through the tracks of defending positions.

A black ribbon or a green ribbon? Do you oppose Musharef? Or do you support emergency rule? Fence riding has long been seen as the easy way out from taking a stand, but in light of current situations, either side you choose, you lose.

I oppose Musharef, not because he called emergency rule, but because Pakistan is in this situation in the first place. Musharef has failed to create a democratic environment for transition, failed civil society, failed the rule of law, and failed to establish stability in a country marred with ethnic, tribal and religious oppositions. So by all rights, he should go right? - Wrong.

Musharef cannot simply pack his bags and leave, the country, its nuclear programme, its whole advancement of institutional frameworks would undoubtedly fall into the wrong hands and Pakistan would see far more violence then we see right now with martial law enacted for protection of the constitution. In the short term, the country needs Musharef, and needs him to act quickly to deliver on his promises. In the long term however, Musharef must go, he must leave and allow the people to come to power. Don’t be fooled, Musharef will not usher in a democratic transition, he has been unable to do so for the past 9 years.

Here falls the double edged sword. Musharef is single handedly tearing down all the institutions he so proudly fought to put in place since his coup in 1999. So either way, the country has some tough times ahead of it in order to rebuild.

My advice to Mushy is to deliver on what he promises – return stability in the north and help stamp out extremism from the source, and release the political opposition. It is really all that he can do for the country now. As for the biased judiciary, in a western nation, they would be upheld as defenders of the law (which IS there job) by denying Musharef his custom constitutional powers, however the responsibility faulters when the country is in a state of turmoil as it is.

As for the people of Pakistan? This whole situation is a blessing in disguise, if the people want Pakistan to return to them, then it is them that must fight. By the looks of things, apathy is slowly breaking away and people are waking up to the situation in their country. Benny Bhutto will not lead this country to better days. The corruption of her past opportunistic approach to the restoration of democracy is has far too many holes. The first of which being her desire to get a constitutional acceptance to run for a 3^rd term, when the constitution states she may only run twice. Secondly, her purging of legalities facing her past corruption charges. If she wants to restore democracy so bad, then she should give up her position as lifelong chair of the PPP, and stand for trial for her sins. Let the institution she so badly wants to establish be the deciding factor of her fate.

Now is the time for the Unseen Hero's to emerge: those men and women taking to the streets, raising awarness through Cyber-protests, and organizing the masses, for what they believe is a Pakistan with a future. Yes it is you, Unseen Hero that must now stand and take back this country. You are its only hope.

If.

2007-08-06T02:52:00.000-04:00

If - by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

by Rudyard Kipling

uncomfortable

2007-08-03T06:40:00.000-04:00

Peace of mind is lacking these days,

There was a time when thoughts would invade my head, charging out of reflective waters of my past. Mellowing my soul and ebbing the tides of woe.

With the brightening dawn, I would cleanse my mind and body
with trident hot waters showering upon me. Locking away any rays of light,
the darkness trapped my thoughts inside. As the beads trumpeted down,
Stabbing my fears away. A thick lather would do the rest. One wipe away.

These days, however, the tides do not come to bay. The light lurches in uninvited, unlocking my fears to bare amok. The beads trickle like shy school children sheepishly venturing out, fear-stricken. The trumpets sound of leaky pipes, clogged with despair. My soul knows not where to rest, for it has been abandoned, imprisoned with doubt. The lather is temporary, for the world outside my swiss-bubble invites a dreaded heat. The only beads are formed of my own odors, they too seek refuge.

My nights are spent searching for sanctuary, a modest peace. A temporary hum of laughter or pleasure. My soul is nowhere to be found, hidden, and coy from the consequential woes endemic to my world. I hope to create. But hope is dim these days. Can't even count to anything, my vision is near sighted. Spectacles purchased of second-hand black market. Unreliable and still.

Response to: Designing a new Religion

2007-07-11T12:03:00.000-04:00

Im going to start my own religion too

Virtuism.. oh wait someone already did.. well ill turn it into an ORGANIZED religion!

thats right, we pray to the God of the Agenda, the organizer, we believe in the pillars of cleanliness, punctuality, priorities and to do lists.

Stephen Covey is our prophet.

we bring leather bound agendas to every meeting in ritual.

We turn off our cell phones while in meetings, not do so is a SIN and punishable

Sins are repented by attending personal effectiveness and life goal setting seminars established at our various stationary shops.

To not repent is to welcome the sin of randomness and destruction into ones life. To be unorganized is to be unreliable, unclean, not-punctual and narrow minded (shortsighted in some scholarly works). These are the 4 cardinal sins of this organized religion.

We host regular charity events where the community gathers all their recycled paper and we make new agendas out of them. Its great, and the kids love it because we serve lemonade.

oh yes, and no organized religion is complete without a creation story!

It all began with the birth of a Man,Hilroy, who lookethed upon his mother-dear's sweat beaded face, then over at his father who took a small stone and marked a dashmark before hurtling the newborn into a pile of other babies playing and googoo ga-ing.

That monumental moment filled the baby Hilroy with joy and so he grew up to know his identify because his father had kept track of all the babies he had. Such organization inspired the boy so much that he set out to give purpose and meaning to all things, so he set out on a journey all over the world counting animals, stones, and organizing them on a piece of parchment. Then on the 365th day he landed where he began his journey and decided to call it a year. Thus time was born.

the rest is history!

(NB. there has been some recent evidence indicating that the first born man was in fact a women named Hilary, however this is still in speculation)

End.

Designing a new religion

2007-07-11T11:56:00.000-04:00

From Edward De Bono: Designing a new religion

We analyse a situation and identify standard elements. We then understand
the situation and also know what to do about it.

Although individuals might practise it, the Western culture of thinking is
lacking in design. Architects, graphic designers and fashion designers might
practise design, but it is not part of general education. This is a very
serious fault in education.

My latest book is called 'H+ A New Religion?' (published by Vermilion Press
in London, part of Random House). This is a religion in the sense that
Buddhism is a religion. There is no new god-system or other-world structure.

H+ can be used in conjunction with any existing religion or belief system:
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, etc.

Many religions are about 'sins' and the things you should not do. Today that
aspect is adequately taken care of, both by the law and existing religious
systems.

So H+ is about 'positive action'. So instead of 'sins' there are 'pons'
(derived from 'positive sins'). These are small acts to help others or to
help the world.

Each person sets a small agenda of pons to carry out each day, etc.

H+ stands for Humour, Happiness, Health, Help, Hope and Human.

It all started with a realisation that no existing religion emphasises
humour as such. Yet humour is a key lubricant of life. Humour illustrates
the possibility of switching perceptions and seeing things in a different
way, etc, etc.

Traditionally new religions are revealed to suitable people in some mystical
process. This is very different from design.

The parameters of design might be: simple to understand; simple to operate;
satisfying; leading to increased self-esteem; leading to achievement;
helpful to the world; helpful to other people; easy to spread.

You can sit in a corner with the right attitudes, committing no sins, and
you will get to heaven. In itself that does not help the world very much.
There is usually not enough focus on action

Google humour

2007-01-12T08:55:00.000-05:00

Google humour... heh

Guess Sen. Johnson has a lot to say...

Life is a Reason Published!

2007-01-12T04:48:00.000-05:00

My good friend Ahmed has published his first book, Life is a Reason!

Book Description
Matthew, like many other 9 year old boys is full of questions, but with no one to answer them. His life is completely changed when his older brother James dies after attmepting to rescue their sister from being raped. Now with no role model or life guide, he is left to find his own answers.

This is the synopsys found on Amazon

Can't wait to get my signed copy ;)

didnt think id find time for this...

2006-12-30T06:30:00.000-05:00

For some reason I did not think I would have had time to reflect on my new years resolutions.
But today I got a 'blast from the past' as they say.

It all came flowing back to me when a friend wanted some advice on running a DAMU screening.

The realization hit that I have been living in a mirage of responsibility.
I have been living what I shoul dbe doing. Not what I want to be doing.

I want to be meeting diverse change agents
I want to be standing in front of audiences sharing my stories
I want to build my NGOs foundation
I want to learn about other initiatives and build networks and contacts
I want to write
I want to read
I want to listen to passionate people telling me what they believe they can achieve
I want to love again
I want to capture art and beautiful things
I want to climb a mountain
I want to meditate
I want to see the smile on a face of someone lit on fire with the passion to make change
I want to be feel like I am being a good person

This is what I want in 2007. It may not be lined with ambitous goals like going to the gym, or taking up a new hobby. No. For me, the details will happen, its the experiences and the character I want to become in 2007 that pushes me.

Happy New Years World,

May 2007 challenge you,
may it drive you to the limits of your potential,
and may it remind you why you walk the path you chose to walk.

Flipsyde - Happy Birthday

2006-12-28T00:07:00.000-05:00

This song is dedicated to all the voices of hope that never got to speak...

Happy Birthday
So make a wish

Verse 1:
Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been.
Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes.
I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
choosing our life over your life meant your death.
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes,
sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life.
Would you have been a little genius? In love with math?
Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapper like your poppa The Piper?
Would you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters?
I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose,
and the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you for whoever you would've been.
Happy Birthday

Chorus:

What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
happy birthday
What I thought was a dream
make a wish
Was as real as it seem
I made a mistake

Verse 2:
I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say I wouldn't have
I was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad.
The fear of being my father has never disappeared,
I ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer.
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create, I made a mistake.
But now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you.
Maybe you really forgave us knowing we was confused.
Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly
knowing that your father's doing the right thing now.
I'll never tell a woman what to do with her body,
but if she don't love children, then we can't party.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you for whoever you would've been.
Happy birthday

Chorus (2X)

Bridge:
And from the Heavens to the womb to the Heavens again.
From the ending to the ending, never got to begin.
Maybe one day we can meet face to face,
in a place without time and space.
Happy birthday.

Chorus

Welcome to Pakistan

2006-12-17T03:35:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Pakistan.

As they say... time's are a changing... I think one has to experience this culture to understand the bold statement this makes.

I came back from India last week and after a month of being away from Karachi, I can tell you that WOW do things move fast, change is so rapid here. The opportunity is perfect for any entrepreneur.

Am lovin it here... :)

Reflective Empathy

2006-11-01T10:09:00.000-05:00

Ever see a song through a mirrors reflection?
sometimes... I wonder
Will I "gain the world and lose [my] soul?" BobMarley

The beats of this song are amazing!

No Ordinary Morning - Chicane

If there was nothing that I could say
Turned your back and you just walked away
Leaves me numb inside I think of you
Together is all I knew

We moved too fast but I had no sign
I would try to turn the hands of time
Then look to you for the reason why
The love we had passed me by

And as the sun would set you would rise
Fall from the sky into paradise
Is there no light in your heart for me?
You've closed your eyes, you no longer see

There were no lies between me and you
You said nothing of what you knew
But there was still something in your eyes
Left me helpless and paralyzed

You could give a million reasons,
change the world and change the times,
Could not give me the secrets of your heart
and of your mind
In the darkness that surrounds me now
there is no peace of mind
Your careless words undo me,
leave the thought of us behind
You could give a million reasons,
change the world and change the times
Could not give me the secrets of your heart
and of your mind
In the darkness that surrounds me now
there is no peace of mind
Your careless words undo me,
leave the thought of us behind

Getting out: A Guide to leaving America

2006-10-29T01:32:00.000-05:00

Ok, now I know i've been posting up quit a few post that arnt to american-friendly, but I had to post this one as it is too funny and ironic. I guess the American Dream truly is no more.

Getting out: A Guide to Leaving America:
http://processmediainc.com/press/mini_sites/getting_out/

Maybe we can start a new dream. How does this sound: The South Asian Dream: Come to the land of a 1000 cultures (Asian Sub-continent)! Sure there's already too many people here, but we'll find space for you anyway!

Or maybe this one: The Arctic Dream: Global Warming too hot to handle? Come to the last place on earth where fresh water is still drinkable. Canada has more than enough space to accomodate a few... million more people :)

Virtu

2006-10-28T09:14:00.000-04:00

virtu \vuhr-TOO; vir-\, noun:
1. love of or taste for fine objects of art.
2. Productions of art (especially fine antiques).
3. Artistic quality.

Virtu comes from Italian virtù "virtue, excellence," from Latin virtus, "excellence, worth, goodness, virtue."

Source

Social Development DAMU!

2006-10-28T03:53:00.000-04:00

So I re-launched this blog a little bit ago, and there are some neat thigns popping up on it!
The concept is simple. Raising awareness about the social development movement!
So it goes from reviewing websites, to people, to projects. It goes through peoples experiences in social development and looks at theory and practice of social development in action!

Be sure to drop by, if you are passionate about the issue and feel you can contribute to its content, let me know, im accepting new applicants now.

here is the link: damu.nomadlife.org

Eid Mubarak!

2006-10-28T03:41:00.000-04:00

I recently wrote this home ot my family, and decided to share it here aswell! I was comparing Eid to Christmas:

They do celebrate christmas here, although its not official. Oddly enough the founder of the nation Quaid-e -Azzam Ali Jinnah's birthday falls on the 25th of december, so its a holiday.
There is a fairly strong christian/catholic community here, and many people partake in the festivities.

Eid just passed, which to me was like Christmas.
Muslims here go by the lunar calendar. So at the break of the October moon being spotted, everyone begins to fast during daylight hours. It was a lil tough at times because everything was closed during the day... :p But thats not what made it really special. Every night at Iftar, around 6:15pm (everynight it changed by about :30 seconds) the community would get together and everyone would eat together. Families would all be together, people giving food to the poor. Its those moments that are special when you see everyone together, reminded me of family dinners, sept they would do it every night to break their fast. The nights were filled with lights, and shops are open really late (since they are closed during the day, they need to make their money somehow). The the night of Chaand Raat (Moon light) comes, it signals the end of Ramadan and the begining of a 3 day celebration, where ppl no longer fast and instead they eat and eat and eat like 4 or 5 times a day!

I was lucky enough to be invited by a friend to his house for Eid, where we met his family, and family friends, laughed and joked and.. ATE! We even collected what is called Eidi (Eid Bonus) a small token of money that the elders give to the youth. The youth here run around afterwards gloating about who got the most Eidi.

All in all it was a great experience, but made me miss home!

I got published!

2006-10-28T03:36:00.000-04:00

A good friend of mine I worked with in University got in touch with me about writing for this magazine he was putting out. I thought heck why not? I have a lot of things to say about my experieces here, and if I can't share them with others, then how will perceptions ever truly change? So check out my two articles here as well as the others that are coming togteher to build a voice for the muslim youth in dialogue in Canada. Cheers!

http://www.newcrescent.org/

The moods are shifting...

2006-10-26T10:23:00.000-04:00

My fellow Americans, it’s official now: We live in a fascist nation.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/callahan/callahan160.html

People like Callahan are reduced to boldly going where very few have the courage to go. I just hope we can turn this around before we end up regretting our apathy later.

I wish people could see what I see everyday, to see how people here live. To see how people interact. To see the Beauty of this place that so many believe is wrought with terrorists and violent dogs...

The state of the world today does not look promising, for anyone. Including the poor Aussies and their vegemite row.

I liked the US better when they were Democratic

2006-10-21T15:05:00.000-04:00

Habeas Corpus is the final straw. If the world does not wake up, if the American people do not wake up, then tomorrow you nor I may ever again, wake up.

The Monopoly Micro-cosm

2006-10-14T10:32:00.000-04:00

The state of the world, played out like junior monopoly figures...

So last night we got out the cheap knock off black-market version of Monopoly and set out to begin playing. 4 players. 4 perspectives.

The game began slow as usual, property being bought up left, right and centre, small arrangements were being made between water-works and utilities (both players made a deal to not charge each other rent if they land on each others spaces.
As the game moved on, luck as it would have it, started out a slight imbalance between the players, those who landed on the right spots, got to buy them up, others continuously landed on community chest, or take a chance... or worse even.. TAX!

Then it happened, the whole stablility of the game got thrown off and out of control by one player who landed on the jackpot known as 'Free Parking'. In a quick scramble to try and restabilize power, a quick 3 person coalition was formed with the mission to re-balance power, and help develop the weakest players land rights through interest free loans on land purchases.
It worked well, the game played on, and every so often a coalition member would land on a Hotel owned land, and had to pay up the big bucks. Together we pooled our resources and saved each other from this impending doom. Finally the coalition came through and the power situation shifted, the hotels down graded to 2 house. However, before one could rejoice, a second power emerged! - Immediatly breaking the coalition this player charged an unprepared member rent on a property that used to be freezone... a few moves later and a new hegemony had emerged twice as powerful as the one before.

The friend becomes the foe, and the foe becomes the friend as a new coalition emerges...
This coalition strengthened beyond all means by pooling all resources into one entity, controled by the weakest player from before. Forced into some unique property trading and flipping of houses, we managed to keep afloat for a good hour, until luck turned against us and we landed on new foes hotels....

its now 3:30 am and we are ending this game because the 2 for 1 zinger deal is on...

A vision for the future...

2006-10-14T09:14:00.000-04:00

"My fondest dream is th some day our next generations, our children and grandchildren, will go to the museums to see what poverty was like because there will no longer be any on this planet. And they will accuse us, their forefathers, for letting it continue until the 21st century -because there is no good reason why it should have continued. I believe that day will come. I believe we can create a poverty -free world. I am sure many of you do, and many of you who do not believe now will soon believe in it. And together, we'll create a poverty-free world. "

- Muhammad Yunus, Nobeal Peace Prize Winner 2006.

See his whole moving speech here:

http://www.grameen-info.org/mcredit/timeline.html

more inconvenient truths

2006-10-07T02:29:00.000-04:00

So sparking the global warming debate all over again, Al Gore has successful put the issue on the tongues of those interested. Another thing that sparked is the opposition movement. Its a funny thing, even truth has an opposition.

Regardless of my views i'll leave you to your own conculsions.

The following is a website launched by sourcewatch which aims to dig up the truth behind media and ads. This particular review looks at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a neo-liberal think tank that drives free-market policy. Sourcewatch accuses CEI of lying to the public in order to drive big business profits. One of its biggest campaigns is to confuse consumers about the global warming debate by trying to convince us that CO2 is a good thing, and that in fact the ice caps are getting thicker. ???.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Competitive_Enterprise_Institute

What kind of democracy do we live in that the elite continues to exploit and twist information like a dictator to push their own greedy interests? You cannot have a successful democracy or true free market without truth!

An Inconvenient Truth

2006-09-26T14:54:00.000-04:00


The newest commercial for An Inconvenient Truth! This is a must watch film, and its an even bigger must -call to action- event.

Chavez' Speech

2006-09-24T16:50:00.000-04:00

Probably a highlight of this years UN summit. Mr. Chavez speaks quite boldly about his opinions of the world, and specifically of the leaders he believes is responsible for its inbalance.

I share this not because it is Anti-American, but because it is one of those times in History where the world changes from this point on, and everyone on either side of the American Debate should read this. Everyday more and more leaders are adding their voice, this is a powerful moment in history, I just hope it doesn't end up adding to the violence that already exists.

http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=11971#

my profile on the MC Blog

2006-09-17T12:57:00.000-04:00

Name: Kurt

Nickname(s): Neoka, Beto, Flirt, Kurtacious, King Kurt, the Gora,

Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, French, basic Italian, German, soon to be Urdu.

Countries Visited Because of AIESEC: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Kenya, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, UAE, Pakistan, Poland

Favorite colour and why: Green, green is the colour or my eyes, of the vegetables that are healthy, of the forests that let us breathe, of the grass that is left, of the label that means 'organic', and of course... Pakola!

What you wanted to BE when you were a Child: I wanted to be a doctor, my dad brought me home a doctor kit when i ws 5. I worshiped that kit more than anything!

Now, what do you want to do when you grow up: I want to help people, to help them see their potential in anything and everything they want to do in life.

Favorite Book: Ishmael, The Prophet, Warriors of The Light, Alchemist, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , Execution, The Map of Love, Grapes of Wrath, The Giver, The Hobbit, The teachings of Don Juan, Finger Prints of the Gods, 1984, Brave New World, The End of Poverty, How to Change the World, Race Against Time...

Favorite Movie: Kingdom of Heaven, Crash, Last Samurai, the corporation, House of Flying Daggers, Rang de Basanti, Kal ho Naa ho, V for vendetta, beyond borders, constant gardner, Davinci Code, Disney and Pixar movies!

What song is stuck in your head right now: Ven bailalo, Hoja Blanco, Let the Music Play

Why I joined AIESEC: I joined AIESEC to go on many short term internships to get more international experience so I will be more employable in the future... I have yet to go on those short term internships, and im more employable than ever!

Passions: I am very passionate about youth leadership and activating individual actions that can change the world. I love reading or watching stories of history, and ancient folklore, and most of all I am passionate about finding the hidden truth in all things.

Kurt 2010: I am back in Pakistan, Islamabad actually, its end of February and I am with my team for our second reunion. This night is different, we are all dressed in traditional clothing and we are welcoming delegates from all over the world to opening ceremony of International Presidents Meeting 2010.
This year has been huge for me, ive launched my youth dialogue campaign in 110 countries now. My second large feature documentary is staged to be released in March. I have been working for various projects for the past couple years, and now have my own foundation. Its a small start up, but it provides smart microcredit to rural women. I have a strong balance in my life, relationship, spiritual and physical-self. On weekends I spend time at a community farm, and some evenings I do crisis counseling for teens. I still travel a lot, which I still enjoy, especially since there is so much in this world to see.