http://www.retrospection.org Look back and take pleasure in the life you've lived. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:27:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aki has been with us for 6 months now, seems like yesterday when I had to go pick him up from the airport. I was so worried about having a 2 month old puppy go through a 6+ hour connecting flight from Budapest, stopping in Paris then finally Riyadh. I kept ... http://www.retrospection.org/life/aki-update/ By just reading the title,  I'm sure everyone must have had a different reaction or opinion on what it implies. No, it's not as sappy as it seems to be! So many people link a broken heart with a failed romance, but that's not always the case. I think we can ... http://www.retrospection.org/uncategorized/welcome-to-heartbreak/ Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to present the newest and furriest member to the family...Aki. Aki is 12 weeks old and comes from a native Japanese breed called Akita Inu. The Akita Inu is a large breed dog originating from the Akita prefecture in Japan; and was originally bred for hunting ... http://www.retrospection.org/life/aki/ I know many people would feel that we should work on human rights or other more urgent matters in Saudi Arabia first, but many of us fail to understand that even if we still need to sort out other major issues;  it doesn't mean we should disregard everything else. We ... http://www.retrospection.org/local-issues/animal-rights-in-saudi-arabia/ [gallery link="file"] Photographer: Talal Alamri Last night a Taiko ("drum" in Japanese) performance was hosted by the Embassy of Japan at the King Fahad Cultural Center in Riyadh, and it was an open invitation. the group performing was made up of three members; with the famous percussionist and composer  Joji Hirota being ... http://www.retrospection.org/performances-and-concerts/taiko-show-in-riyadh/ Though I do my fair share of junking and eating out quite often, I am a big food lover at heart and I happen to like many kinds of food that happen to be healthy. The number one reason I eat them is cause I really enjoy the taste and ... http://www.retrospection.org/food-and-health/my-top-10-favorite-healthy-foods/ Farewell 2008. You weren't very pleasant, but you're still precious nonetheless...like all the years before and all the years to come. I hope for better times to come, and for everyone to be well. May you all achieve your goals, and may your lives be full of special moments with the ... http://www.retrospection.org/life/happy-new-year/ I've heard about this animated film during my last visit to London in October. My sister and my friend watched it on DVD and were really blown away by it, and after they told me what it was all about; I too felt like it was not to be missed. Well, ... http://www.retrospection.org/cinema/presepolis/ Okay, so we all are a bit skeptical about the whole issue of ghosts and spirits being real or not. Some people might feel believing in the supernatural in general is naive and childish. Maybe because during our childhood our world consisted of not only ghosts and haunted places, but ... http://www.retrospection.org/paranormal/ghosts-and-spirits-are-not-the-same/ We all heard about Saudi rock and metal bands emerging recently, and the latest one we've heard about was even a female rock band called the Accolade. It seems like metal/rock is the most genre of music we've seen Saudi musicians do thus far. This shows us that the music scene ... http://www.retrospection.org/creativity/independent-saudi-musicians/