Vietnam – A Country on Two Wheels
Thought you might enjoy some of the pictures I took last month of motorbikes zipping through the streets of Saigon, Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, Halong Bay, and Ha Noi.
Read More Vietnam – A Country on Two WheelsA random walk through a universe of loosely interconnected topics
Thought you might enjoy some of the pictures I took last month of motorbikes zipping through the streets of Saigon, Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, Halong Bay, and Ha Noi.
Read More Vietnam – A Country on Two WheelsToday’s teens really value what they see on social media. What a person posts offers a glimpse into the life they live, what they have, and inevitably their happiness. But sometimes the reality couldn’t be further from that.
Read More ‘Like, Like’ Goes the DynamiteDo you watch television? Do you pay for channels you don’t watch? Are there too many commercial interruptions? Do you record shows so that you can watch them later? Is your Internet connection 5 mbps or greater? If you answered yes to all of the above, then it’s time you consider cutting the cord!
Read More Apple TV: It’s Time You Cut The CordLights. Camera. Action. In the media, we are constantly seeing abnormally thin women with flawless complexions that look like they are living the ideal lives. When many people look at an advertisement they often question what they could do to be more like the models. Will this product make me prettier? Will this product make me skinnier? One would not think that every ad you see is a lie; every image is retouched. This is a strategy used to make the women look more desirable.
Read More Beautiful Pressures: The Influence and Impact of Beauty on Society“Around The World In Eighty Missions”, by Jacques Tocatlian is available as a PDF download and an book online.
Read More Where to read Around The World in Eighty MissionsThis Book is not an autobiography. It is rather the product of an interaction between imagination, experience, fiction, reminiscence and fantasy. A cocktail mixed in the environment of Unesco – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – and tempered by a sprinkling of light humor.
Read More Around The World In Eighty Missions: IntroductionAt my recent farewell party at the Unesco Headquarters, in Paris, the Assistant Director-General had said in his speech, “After thirty years of service, our friend Jacques Dupont is retiring. Lucky man ! He will be free at last. He will rest. He will rediscover the joys of life. He will do exactly what he always dreamt to do. Jacques Dupont will finally be his own master.”
Read More Does Life Start At Sixty?I was in New York on one of my missions to the United Nations to represent Unesco at a meeting. I had been to the UN on several occasions before. In fact, I had established, over the years, a fairly good reputation as a dependable, serious and resourceful international civil servant. But, after what had happened during this last visit, I no longer knew how I stood in the eyes of my colleagues. I was not quite sure whether to laugh or cry.
Read More My Mission With Maurice ChevalierI remember when I got off the plane I found Heathrow airport crowded. The sky was blue, but everyone had an umbrella. I guess, in England you just do not trust the weather forecast.
Read More London With SpaghettiniThe meeting in Morocco had been scheduled to last three days. It was a restricted, semi-formal consultation, at the invitation of the Government of Morocco, to help finalize an important project for international assistance on the theme of: ‘A national strategy for the protection of the rural environment.’
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