I can't stop thinking about the israeli invasion in Gaza. It breaks my heart to see the whole world, and specially the arab world, turn its back on an entire nation.

So it's ok to believe that all Israel wants is to save private-whatever-his-name-is. And cut off electricity and water plants and destroy a bridge and bring in war tanks into a neighbouring country. Some 30 years ago, a group of Brazilian students kidnapped the american ambassador in Brazil. I don't recall America destroying Brazil in search for the Ambassador.

What really saddens me is to watch BBC World or Euro News and see how the information is being delivered to the world. It's referred to as " rescue mission".

We're such selfish selfish people. It's not the first time: we turned our backs on Rwanda, we turned our backs on Niger, we choose to believe that America is freeing Iraq, and if even the UN refused to call the Jenin Massacre a massacre ( they called it a tragedy), why should we care about the palestinians?

In the last 48 hours, over 20 civilians have been killed in Gaza. That's like, almost one every 2 hours.

Today I saw a weather specialist ( I don't know how to spell metereologist...is this it?) on tv, and he was talking about solstices and equinoxes and how the official dates for the beginning of seasons like summer and winter are actually the peak of that season. He didn't explain why calendars lie to us though.

Since I moved to the Arabian Gulf, I know one thing for certain: I know Summer is here because no matter what water tap I open at home, the water will come out hot hot hot. I know that the swimming pool in my building will be hot hot hot after 10am. So what if I get home all sweaty, longing for a cold shower?

This is what you do when you want to have a cold shower during Summer: keep the water heating system switched off. Then when you want a cold shower, or cold water from the tap, open the hot water faucet. Cold water will come out of it . ( Alternatively, if you wish for hot water, open the cold water faucet. )

But be quick. Once you empty the "hot" water container, hot water will flow out, this time, real hot water, water that is supposed to be cold but has been heat up by the sun. So enjoy those 10 minutes of cold water while they last. Things should go back to normal by November.