Sanj's Blog

Are you proud of who you are?

2008-04-27T23:28:52Z

I am a British Chinese Muslim. However, I do not know if I can say I am proud to be any of these at the moment. If I don't speak I can get away with not being British (my Mancunian accent would give me away), but if you were to judge me from my ...

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Is competition healthy?

2008-04-27T22:50:20Z

When you were a kid, did your parents ever compare you to your cousin, your sibling (if you are a twin), the next door neighbour, if you were of similiar age and sex? My mum used to always say that so and so (a relative in London) was bigger than...

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Can Wii really lose weight from playing games?

2008-04-27T22:38:39Z

We just got a new Wii Fit, its a balance board for the Nintendo Wii which has fun games as well as yoga, aerobics and muscle workouts. After setting up our profiles and entering our heights and ages, the wii board told me that my weight and BMI w...

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To vote or not to vote....

2008-04-27T22:33:49Z

The local elections (for council seats) are to take place in May (only a few days away) and up crops the dilema of whether to vote or not. There are those from the Islamic school of thought, that we should not take part in the electoral process, ...

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