Memoirs of Geisha

Last night I went to the movies. It’s been a while since I been to the movies. There were many movies to choose; from King Kong to Syrianna. Since I was a companied by a lovely lady, I had to be careful not to choose a boring movie that may spoil the spirit of the night. We decided to settle for Memoirs of Geisha. It’s a story based on a fictional novel that was written by Arthur Golden. I have never read the novel. The movie is a story about hurdles in life, betrayal, success and secret lovers. This is a story about women who will never be able to achieve their happiness. It is a story set in early Japanese society of Geisha’s life. Young girls are sold to the sprawling Geisha lifestyle in Japanese city.


A young girl will be sold to a Geisha household that was investing in woman’s looks. The young girl whom the story revolves around is confused about what Geisha lifestyle is all about not knowing that it is the Geisha lifestyle that will save her life! The young girl will attempt to run away to join her sister who also was working as a Geisha in one of the neighboring Geisha houses. When the escape plan fails the young girl will be demoted to a slave. All her hopes of becoming a Geisha will collapse. One day while she was in her depressed feelings she happens to meet a man who treated her to a sweat. This man will become her secret lover and above all her encouragement to be a Geisha!



The young girl will be taken by another Geisha who promised to transform her and make her one of the most celebrated Geisha of the city. Under the direction of this new Geisha, she is being trained and taught the rules of the Geisha game. She happens to catch the attention of a rich industrialist who happens to have a great dislike for Geisha! Her name will be changed to Sayuri. She will now become the object of competition between the men of the city. Every man wants to be the highest bidder. The war comes and ends her lifestyle of being a Geisha. Americans will arrive with their naïve conception of foreign culture. Sayuri and her friend Pumpkin another Geisha will try one more time if they can become a Geisha once again. This will lead to reunion of the secret lovers and revenge from Pumpkin loses of Geisha to Sayuri during the pre-war era.

Good movie.....

Stinky Fridge!

This morning there is a stench in our brightly lighted work place. The stench is coming from one of the fridges we have in our laboratory. We do have two fridges that we use for our daily activities. We use one fridge to store all the lab samples while we use the other fridge to store our personnel belongings like food and drinks. There has never been a smell like the one evolving from our fridge. It seems that the fridge was bad for almost two days and no one knew it. Never have I smelled a horrible smell like this one. It smells like a broken sewer line. I am sickened by the stench (uuff). My co-worker has called the repair crew; they promised to be here in few minutes.I wish you could see the somber mood in my workplace this morning.These stench is smelling like its from the fetid brain of African dictators and warlords.

Ex-girlfreind

A mirror is shattered in my life this morning. Today I am supposed to meet my former ex-girlfriend; am a little an easy about the whole thing. We broke up about three years ago after being together for almost one year. She is a one of the few good looking Somali girls I have ever met. She is a very beautiful Somali woman. Her femininity could overwhelm men at their strongest moment. She was as delicate as that snowflake in a beautiful winter. Her soul-stealing smile hid her purest of pure virtues. She was the first girl I have ever fall in love with.
The reason we broke up is still misery. No one knows what initiated the break up. All I remember is that our lives were heading in different directions. I was going to college in far away land while she wanted to get a job and start a new life. Things were great at first when we started our relationship. We both conformed to the Islamic rules of not touching and kissing opposite sex .Our relationship was so secretive that no one knew it except close friends. We were both cool with the Islamic rules since we were Muslims(still we are Muslims). Our innocent love was an unconditional love of the will and the mind. After we broke up we lost contacts.
One day while I was walking aimlessly in the local Somali community shopping mall; I happened to see her there. Its been three years since the last time I saw her. We were both glad of seeing each other .You could tell that lost and found was our gentle grace. We exchanged numbers and promised to call each other when we get home. The same night I picked up the phone and called her. I felt like a rose once wilted and now full of flowers. Just talking to her brought some of our old innocent feelings vividly. We had a long conversation on how life was treating us. Somewhere along the conversation our break up came up! She started complaining on how I never made the effort to look for her. Chocked by emotions, I did understand all the broken dreams, all the broken hearts and all the disappointment she was going through. There is nothing quite like when you discover the reality of love.
We talked about our love lives .I was honest to her that I have pursued few girls after she spurned my love. I have kissed and played pillow game while in college(college life, can’t blame it!).She was a little surprised but she kept quite and paid tentative ear. She later told me about her dating life too. We decided to keep in touch. We have been occasionally calling each other for the last nine months. We decided to meet after I was done with my final exams. Today is the day we set up for the get together but this morning I am not in the mood of seeing her. I don’t know why I am freaking out or why I am scared of the girl? Am I scared that I will make a fool of myself? I see myself running away from this girl. Even though my body is pleading for me to stop running; I am still running away. If I stop running away from her I feel like I am looking weak.

Industrial Hygiene

Yesterday was my last day of final exams.This morning for the first time in three months I waked up not murmuring facts to myself .This was one of the toughest semester.No more will I carp and carp on how awful my industrial hygiene class was or how I had to turn a forty pages risk assessment paper in two weeks.Despite the late night calculations of how the employees get overexposed; I still didn’t enjoy the class.The class wasn’t that challenging but when you have an instructor who thinks his students must know things without an instructor making it clear; it sure would be a difficult one.I don’t see myself as being an engineer calculating employee overexposure in some manufacturing plant someday.I must admit though there is something i learned that is ineffaceable;I did learn a lot of engineering control teachniques that will be helpful in my life someday(if I happen to own a plant).


Industrial hygiene is the art and science of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of environmental hazards.If you look around your job areas; there must be atleast one hazard on your way.This hazard may be an immediate dangerous to life and health .Industrial hygiene wants you to anticipate the hazard that may harm you as an employee/employer.Lets assume you are a trained industrial expert, could you recognize the hazard as a threat?.Is there any chances that the computer key board you are typing on is infected with a bacteria? Do you ever take the chance to wipe your keyboard after someone else used it? It is simple stuff like this that may help you avoid the trip to the doctors office; don’t forget the countless doctors visit fees you have to cough.Your life is an inestimable value.One of the things I learned in this class was noise.Everyday we are exposed to noise whether we are driving in the interstate or watching television.Exposure to a loud noise can cause permanent hearing damage.The rule of thumb is that if you could not hear your partner who is two feets away then you are most definately deafening.Do not despair; you can take an action today and reduce the noise level in your environ.This is where engineering comes handy; you need to apply some engineering control.You can make some physical changes or by even modifying your habits;for example you can reduce the car radio volume.According to NIOSH(National Institute of safety and Health) 48% of US adults have suffered some hearing loss including 35 % of that number being people in the age range of 18-29 years.It feels good when you are cruising on the freeway with a noise attenuation greater than the normal healthy level.This intermittent or continuos noise exposure would one day kill your hair cells in the ear drum.Asymetrical noise induced from sirens and gunshots also do contribute to hearing loss.

Have a Noise free day !