Now that I could see it via Google Earth: flat, insignificant among millions of similar rooftops. My home. We left it in a very hurry. 2 minutes max. Without goodbyes. Without looking-back. Just leave. NOW. Bang! never to return, to have what they call closure. The body might have been relocated, but the brain locked…

The Net is neutral. In theory and for now. As long as the First Amendment is upheld via judgment of the Court or taste of our producers. While connection (high-speed) is democratized, content (highbrow) is not. Originally conceived to work around an ICBM strike, distributed architecture turns a deaf-ear to filler after filler to monetize…

On Wake Island, our “Ellis Island”, we were given an A-number (A for Alien). Little did we know, it’s a life-time worth of chain documents, both analog and digital authentication and verification. America, land of the free – often times, a mixed bag (from iron to plastic i.e. credit-card shackles to undocumented “alien”. Somehow, from…

Not good enough! There were a 19 and 17 years gap between my siblings and I. At times, I wanted to scream: ” So you just want me to measure up and end up in the grave with you?” Not a death wish or ill will, but the logic held. I could never “win”. Not…

Per David Hume Kennerly, TIME White House Photographer, the high-fived high-power Cabinet were heading toward the ” Old Executive Office Building where Kissinger will give a press conference announcing the successful conclusion of the helicopter evacuation of the last Americans from Saigon. Unfortunately he was a bit hasty in his proclamation, because after his press…

We too should get some. Per Rob Reiner’s mom:” I’ll have what she is having”. As a gentle people, we were “herded” to pre-approved regions, an uprooted version of the Phoenix program. Our carry on: Black/White photos and sobbing tales:” Uncle Ban took 18 bullets for the team, Cousin Khe split his salary for fellow…

Since 80 % of communication are non-verbal, we are better off “listen” with our eyes (Ailes’ “it’s a visual medium. Turn around”). In films, establishing shots set the context (where), music (when), and close-ups reveal emotions (who) more (when a couple gets intimate over candle-lit dinner – two shot – we know they are going…