Ever since I was young I was told that I had a way with words. When my mother noticed my affinity towards reading, a birthday never passed without her gift being a book. Like every young boy, I grew up reading The Hardy Boys, Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators and the like. Believe it or not I even read my sister's romance novels like Sweet Dreams, always looking out for my favorite author.

But by far,I lived for reading any book written by the English writer Enid Blyton. Bless her for taking a young boy through enchanted forests and magic faraway trees.

I still love to read, and up until a few years ago, I had not read a full novel until circumstance led me to pick up a book called The Choice by Og Mandino. I remember clearly that day as I was taking my train to work. That morning re-awakened my passion for words, and especially my passion to write. For those of you who haven't read it yet I won't say more, except that it moved me so much that I couldn't concentrate on my work. I actually made up an excuse to leave early that morning! Ah, the power of the written word as only through the pen of those blessed with a special gift.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Trivia

My parents always told me ...

Aim for the stars and you are bound to shoot over the treetops

My childhood ambition ...

To be famous

My favorite memory ...

When under the computer desk at home fixing something and my son who was four at the time, wanted to see what I was doing and crawled in front of me and put his head directly in front of my face so he could see too. He was oblivious to the fact that all I could see was his big head!

Why I write ...

To inspire people with the power of words

My first job ...

Believe it or not, teaching Management Accounting at a business school

My best moment ...

When I won a writing contest in our local paper

My inspiration ...

The imagination and writing style of author Og Mandino

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Every weekend I have the same routine: I first go down to my favorite meat store to buy you know what, and then I walk up a few blocks and stop by the vegetable shop, and then take the bus to go home. All this time I have never really thought of agriculture except on the occasions when it surprised my wallet, but even on those occasions they were just little pinches. Of late though, feel like I'm being bitten.

The rising food prices across the board have certainly brought agriculture to the fore. The price of oil today has re-ignited the debate on seeking alternative fuels, thrusting the...

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