February 2012
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Where is Sana ?
Currently I have my very tired feet up in Delhi, India at my brothers. It’s nice to not have to worry about finding a place to stay, eating out etc etc. Its so nice to have a home with a kitchen and not have to think much about these things. Yet my mind is running constantly on where to go next and what is next for me.
I have been feeling tired the past few weeks of all the travel even...
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Camera
Many people have asked me what camera I use at the moment. It is a simple yet very sturdy and functional Canon G11.
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January 2012
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Thank you for the movies!
It is a wrap! Thank you Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2011. But most of all thank you to all the amazing filmmakers who keep doing what they believe in. Without you I would not have a job and would never get to watch some of the most beautiful films that open my eyes to so much and more. Thank you!
My list of movies to check out this year:
Almost In Love Asma’a Bobby Fisher Against the World Buck...
Another film festival gone by....
Wow! I don’t know where to begin. I am absolutely exhausted. Mentally and physically I am very tired. Its been an intense 10 days but one of the most rewarding. Finally got to meet all the filmmakers of the films I was handling this year and what an absolute honor and privilege it has been. This is one of the biggest reasons why I love this job- the chance to meet the filmmakers who put...
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“Just living is not enough” said the butterfly,one must have...”
– Hans Christian Anderson
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September 2011
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How do you choose to see it?
I watched Revolutionary Road for the second time last night and there is this part in the film where DiCaprio asks Winslet if she wants out and she replies no I want in. I want into life and to live again.
This is just exactly what I told my manager in September 2009 when I quit my amazing job in NYC. I told him how much I loved my work and city and that I didn’t want out from it all but I...
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Quality vs. Quantity
When I quit my job two years ago, I decided to travel the world and live as far away as possible from the corporate system. I wanted to travel to as many places and see as much as I could.
But then I realized it is not about the number of stamps on my passporte but more about the time I spent in each place to feel a part of the local life and its movement. It stopped to become a race to see as...
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So Sana, what do you do?
Most of the time during a conversation I get asked , “So, what do you do?” And I respond “I travel.” It is normally followed by a quizzical look and I get asked again ” Yes, ok you travel but what do you do?”
And then I think…since when has the action of doing become related to a job? Why does it have to be something about work or a way you make money?...
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It's not only about Luck!
I am constantly being told how lucky I am that I travel so much and live the life I live. Of course I am lucky but it is not only about luck but more about a choice. Jeff Bezos of Amazon said we are what we choose and this rings true for all.
Friends are always saying to me oh I wish I could do what you are doing- and I say yes you can but it’s all about a choice. For example if you choose not...
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“…….. traveling is the great true love of my life. I have always...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)
Embrace your inner Essence! →
Beautiful talk by Thandie Newton at TEDTalks.
“Man is a Universe within himself.”
– Bob Marley
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August 2011
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Thank you.
Dear World
Thank you for the abundance. Thank you for everything. I love you with all my heart. Sana
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STRANGENESS
(sunset view from the office)
I am back in Abu Dhabi. Back at the film festival. Back at a desk.
This period - the 11 weeks of work every year is what lets me travel for the rest of the year.
But it also ends up being a very strange period of my life to transition into. A period that makes me question everything about myself. Have I become more strange than I was before? Have I become more...
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