Finally! It’s been 20 days, but I had been going through a lot regarding a death in the family and getting ready to come back to AUB. So I apologize for the long absence. But now… I’M BACK! A quick summary of what I was planning on blogging about but never got the chance to [...]
Archive for the ‘The Good’ Category
Tom is Back!
Posted: 01/10/2010 by Tom in A Bit of Basketball, Keep an Ear Out for This, Lebanese Shenanigans, The Good, Video Killed the Radio Star1
Lebanese Advertisment Evokes Memories
Posted: 30/08/2010 by TK in Lebanese Shenanigans, The GoodTags: advertisment, American University of Beirut, Bank Audi, Beirut, card, Lebanon, Leo Burnett, Lira, memories, Middle East, success
I don’t know if you’ve managed to see this yet but the Lebanese advertisement world finally has a fantastic final product airing on the local TV stations, and it comes in the form of an ad for Bank Audi’s Loubani Card, which and taking into consideration my limited knowledge in the banking world, is a [...]
FIBA World Championships 2010: Day 1: Lebanon Kicks Canada’s Ass, France Shocks Spain, USA Delivers in Style
Posted: 29/08/2010 by Tom in A Bit of Basketball, Lebanese Shenanigans, The GoodTags: Canada, Chauncey Billups, Fadi El Khatib, FIBA World Championship, Juan Carlos Navarro, Kevin Durant, Lebanon, Russell Westbrook
The FIBA World Championships in Turkey began with all 24 teams playing their first game, some were very close games, other were blowouts, and some even included impressive comebacks. At 6:30 PM, Lebanon played its first game against Canada, with the Lebanese jumping to an early lead and finishing the first quarter strong, yet the middle was [...]
FIBA World Championships 2010: Team Preview: Lebanon
Posted: 28/08/2010 by Tom in A Bit of Basketball, Lebanese Shenanigans, The GoodTags: FIBA World Championships 2010, Lebanon
Less than 6 hours before tip-off, Lebanon will play its first game in its third consecutive appearance at the FIBA World Championships against Canada. This will be the second time these teams play each other after Canada smashed Lebanon in the position games in the 2002 Worlds. However, things are different this time, as Canada [...]
Vote for Mind Soup for Bloggers Choice Awards ’10
Posted: 19/07/2010 by Tom in Entertainment, Lebanese Shenanigans, Mindless Thoughts, The Good(For our dear friend Moudz, who was a major force in helping us start. Here you go buddy ) From Moudz: I am very excited to announce that Mind Soup was nominated for Bloggers Choice Awards ’10. Mind Soup has been nominated for three categories: Best Blog Of All Time, Best Blog About Stuff, and Best [...]
Lebanese National Basketball Team : Our Pride in Sports
Posted: 17/07/2010 by Tom in A Bit of Basketball, Lebanese Shenanigans, The GoodTags: 2010, A Bit of Basketball, Fadi El Khatib, FIBA, France, Jackson Vroman, Lebanon, Matt Frieje, Rony Fahed, Turkey, Venezuela, World Championship, World Cup
For the past 6 years, Lebanese have been known to be divisive because of politics. Many villages have constant feuds over a bunch of supposed politicians and you got brothers not talking to each other because two politicians can only get along under the table but not show it publicly, keeping the country in unrest. [...]
