by Benard Makaa | Dec 26, 2019 | Culture
Orpheus in the Underworld – Overture. Salieri’s March Turned Into Non Piu Andrai. Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, 1st Movement (Excerpt.) Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah (Audio) Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 12, 2019 | Learning, What I have learned
One of the noblest of occupations in the world is teaching. Few activities can be equalled to the joy that one has when passing knowledge and skills to others. I started teaching immediately after completing my high school studies. Before I joined the university to...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 10, 2019 | Culture, Learning
In my reading of biographies, autobiographies, and history, I have come across many illustrious figures who were in one way or another orphaned at an early age. I am not the first to notice this trend and correlation. The clinical psychologist Meg Jay has noted that...
by Benard Makaa | Nov 17, 2019 | Learning
Remarks by Jeff Bezos, as delivered to the Princeton University, Class of 2010 As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon,...
by Benard Makaa | Nov 17, 2019 | Poems
Say what you will after this, Here is my way to joy and bliss, How I achieve stillness and calm, And still shall till kingdom come. Not arranged in any order nor aim, But only to have some rhyme, As you may have guessed, if you know me, Reading comes second, you’ll...
