Neil and I were sitting there comparing how little we've slept in anticipation for this. I've never been so nervous and I do this when I'm nervous, I just realized.

But we here in Pakistan sit doodling our fingers in jittery anticipation.

In my very last example I do a lot of my work using speech recognition software, and you have to be kind of quiet because the software is nervous.

I mean, I'm wearing a tie, first. And then secondly, I'm a little bit nervous because I'm speaking in a foreign language, and I want to apologize in advance, for any mistakes I might make.

The situation was presently very tense in the village of Silwan, south west of Jerusalem, and bordering Al Aqsa mosque, where, citing an alleged old colonial law, Israeli authorities decided to demolish 100 houses.

And those who didn't die lived often very tethered to the ground, could not experience pleasure, could not trust, because when you're vigilant, worried, anxious, and insecure, you can't lift your head to go and take off in space and be playful and safe and imaginative.

A crucial European Union summit aimed at securing a deal on the EU budget for 2014 2020, the so called multi annual financial framework (MFF), will take place later this week, and the mood music surrounding it has been intense, to say the least.

It gave us the opportunity to meet up with non observant friends on the first day (which is usually the official one declared by Bahrain), then have lunch at one family house on the second and lunch in another house on the third! The problem actually happens when everyone observes Eid on the first day and you have to cram a million and one visits in the short span of a day .. and then make time to see friends and relax in a non stress environment.