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Twitter handle:@movie_mafia What does your bio say?"My ideas and ideals are not ideas and ideals I'm supposed to hold as a girl from a certain part of the world. This might offend you. Oh, snap!" Why is your Twitter handle @movie_mafia?Well, originally it was 'movie mania'. It was actually @eddydubai who recommended I go with … Continue reading #DxbTweepSpeak 1: @movie_mafia
It's that time of the year again. When younglings (no I haven't been watching Star Wars lately, although I should) head off to greener, often colder shores (this cold bit applies if you're living in the Middle East) to pursue their education. I remember all too well how it was for me two years ago - … Continue reading Going abroad to study? – Part 1
I got a tweet at midnight from @TwBirthday saying:"@DevinaDivecha Happy 2nd TwBirthday! You've been around since 24 July 2009! http://twbirthday.com/DevinaDivecha/". I clicked on the link and couldn't stop laughing because it said Hisham (@HishamWyne) is my godfather. I chuckled as I remembered him being the first person I followed on Twitter. Memories flooded as I … Continue reading It’s my second Twirthday! And @HishamWyne is my godfather.
The UAE Scrabble Club has been around for 21 years now, having been founded in 1990 (incidentally the year I moved to the UAE I think). Surprising then, that I hadn't heard of it until I joined Twitter and realized a man in front of whom I regularly had epiphanies, belonged to such a fine … Continue reading An evening with @gulfscrabble
Right off the bat, let me tell you I'm not a techie person, but someone interested in technology. These are my opinions based on using Google+. I like Google. I loved Gmail when it came out. I'm probably one of the few people who absolutely adored Wave, and mourned a little when it was declared … Continue reading Running in circles with Google+
Picture also posted on my food blog on the RAW Coffee post While regular readers of my blogs might wonder why I'm talking about coffee here (shouldn't I be discussing it on FooDee?), it's quite simple. I'm talking about young journalism students making tea and coffee in a newsroom while on work experience. When I … Continue reading A cuppa Joe
When I moved back to Dubai from the UK, I was presented with a practical problem. I was bringing back everything from my flat in London to Dubai and I needed to make space for it all. So began the weekend-long cleanup of my room. I found so many things I hadn't used in years … Continue reading How your junk can help the community
I like the Metro. If it was closer to where I live, I'd use it frequently. As it stands, I hardly do. When I was in the UK though, public transport was all I used. And let me tell you one thing, getting onto the Northern line at 6pm on a weekday equals to being … Continue reading People who shouldn’t get on the Dubai Metro
A few days back, I read a post by SeaBee, which tracked back to Sarah's post - both on the subject of Twitter. While I've already done a post on Twitter and journalism, this one is inspired by the contents of these two posts. Both these posts constitute what I see as for and against … Continue reading Back to the Twitter shebang
Let me start with showing you an image. The following photograph is of the most awesome Spock poster I found at Forbidden Planet (the best sci-fi store I have ever come across. EVER.) a month ago and is now carefully tacked up on the wall behind my bed. In case you can't figure it out, Spock's … Continue reading My relationship with sci-fi
Devina Divecha's Journals 