Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

I've been a TED fan for so many years now and this is one of my favorite talks by Sir Ken Robinson about education titled by: Do schools kill creativity?

Sadly I think yes..

Women that never age

Lately I've been fascinated by observing (sometimes staring) at every single woman I come across and look beyond the make up, concealer, fringes and layered hair and see how "age" is showing on them, or in some cases not. I started to notice how almost every woman from a certain social background have not a single line or in ounce of sagging skin regardless of the age of her children or the number of grandchildren she has. But after I notice the presence or absence of lines I almost always noticed one thing. U can't fake youth. You can hide lines, cover age spots, have plump lips & tight skin but you can almost never fake youth. So whats the point? Why do we put ourselves in alllll the pain of sticking needles in our faces and lips when at the end we can only cure the symptoms but still remain"sick"

The problem is that you're faced with this "option" at a much more younger age than you used to in the past!! As young as in you're mid to late twenties which is not right on ANY level.

I came across a statement by the ever beautiful and radiant Jennifer Aniston who has sworn off Botox after a bad experience with the wrinkle-erasing drug.

"I tried Botox once and it was really not good for me," she tells Elle magazine. "I felt like I had a weight on my head."

She added: "I think it makes women look older. Harder. The warmth in their face goes away.

"You see women and you know they’re not young, but you can’t tell how old they are. That’s what stopped me.

I'm a believer in never saying never but until now I'll keep on betting on the excellent genes I was given by my mother and father and attempt to (cliche coming up) age gracefully.. Coz.. what's the point anyways?!

Gmaash

Another new venture I'm so excited about is Gmaash. A fashion label designed by my very good friend Moza Al Mazrou who graduated from the very famous Esmond Fashion School and was selected one of four Emerging talents at Dubai Fashion Week 2010. The brand could be describes as a mix of modern silhouettes and traditional Emaraty embroidery.

Her fashion show was spectacular, classy and elegant..

I don't have words to describe how proud I am of her..

Follow her on twitter: http://twitter.com/Gmaash

or

her blog: http://gmaash.blogspot.com/

Small Business Talks

I was asked to go to the Shelter on Wednesday to join Lenovo Small Business Talks in order to discuss my soon to be launched business (Sepia Vintage). It was supposed to be an informal round table discussion with other entrepreneurs and people from Mohd Bin Rashid Establishment for Young Business Leaders. What I was surprised to find out minutes before the event started was that I was the 2nd speaker after Mohd Al Awadhi from the very successful Wild Peeta brothers then followed by Khadija from SME!! I didn't even have time to panic or more importantly prepare!!

Mohd Al Awadhi gave an excellent speech as expected followed by a very intensive and informative Q&A session. After that I got up to face the 20 something crowd without having any idea what the next sentence coming out of my mouth would be, but I did it anyway and boy was I pleased with the feedback I got from everyone.

What most got me excited was the fact that this was the very first time I publicly spoke about Sepia.. I did not know what to expect but was extremely happy to hear all the positive feedback & useful advice from everyone.

Thank you Amouni for inviting me to this event and most importantly thank you Lena & Dana for being part of the birth of Sepia.

I completely forgot!!

Well .. Believe it or not.. I've actually forgotten entirely about this blog!! I've been wrapped up with allot of things lately that I completely forgot it even existed until I received a comment on one of the previous posts that I remembered about it.. Yes thats how much I've forgotten..

The past few months finally witnessed my decision to start an online vintage and vintage-inspired boutique that I've been wanting to do since forever with my 2 sisters. We named it Sepia (www.sepiavitage.com) I'm so excited about this project & I can't wait until it's gets launched in the next few weeks. Wish me luck

I've also been going through a business ideas phase. My mind is constantly bursting with business ideas about all sorts of businesses.. I want to do them all then I think to myself calm down and finish the one you've already started and then think of other business ventures.

So for now I'll focus alllllllll my energy on Sepia Vintage and lets see what happens..

Oh and if there is anyone out there reading this lame excuse of a blog please follow @sepiavintage on twitter www.twitter.com/SepiaVintage

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