If you think that the country with the biggest oil reserves would have no need to worry about renewable energy sources, think again. Abu Dhabi has inaugurated the world’s largest solar power plant — the massive Shams 1.

Everyone wants to be a Miley Cyrus, a Selena Gomez or a Justin Bieber. The craze for teen superstars these days surpasses their adult counterparts. Kids want to look like them, walk and even talk like them. But the idols themselves seem to be doing all they can to shed their teen idol image and join the “big” league. No one seems to want to portray themselves as young, fun, innocent kids anymore. Mature, independent, rebellious, nonchalant – that’s the image they want and their fans are only too eager to follow in their footsteps.

All over the media we have people complaining about inflation and the toll that it’s taking on them — the things they can’t afford anymore, the hole that it’s burning in their pockets. The working man feels the pinch every time he pulls into a petrol pump to re-fuel. Rickshaw and taxi drivers strike every so often to make it known that they are not earning enough. Mothers hope against hope every time they go grocery shopping — that the prices of onions and tomatoes will have suddenly fallen.

When was the last time a project that required research made you nervous because you just didn’t know where to begin?

I had my music player on shuffle today, and it decided to throw up the most random songs on my play list. So here I am singing along to Ricky Martin’s She Bangs when I realise jut how ridiculous the lyrics sound. ‘Cause she looks like a flower but she stings like a bee.’ Wow, I listen to weird music. Then there was Objection by Shakira,