It’s nice when things click. Sometimes they click after studied planning, and some times through sheer serendipity.  When we launched the “I Love UAE” competition we thought it would be good way to get multi-media and film fans involved in shooting short videos in tribute to the UAE’s 40th anniversary.  Little did we know that the interest would grow and grow…to a lively discussion on ways to nurture art among young people…. to incredible alliances with other entities, and now…to an invitation by Abu Dhabi TV to showcase some of the videos on their channels!

It’s funny how life always seems to hit us with a series of events. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. But they just keep on coming. We end up thinking, “Is this ever going to end?” even though deep down inside we know it isn’t. People respond to these incidents in different ways.

“Teenager”, the word carries an overwhelmingly negative connotation, doesn’t it? It’s as though it carries a probably unintended but nonetheless pernicious assumption that teenagers are “stupid”. In all probability, the word also forms an image in the back of your head.

Chad does, meet Chad, sleep by day, DJ all night.  Hailing from Harlow, Essex, this young lad started out DJ’ing as a passionate hobby which fortunately he has managed to turn into his profession over the last 5 years. The path to his successful career didn’t start out effortlessly.

By Dr. DMS- A Doc from the Bronx

You tell me where your skeleton’s hiding

Tell me all and I’ll tell you…”

Answers, Goldfinger

AKA: Songs that increased the number of pervs I know

By Rohith Bhat

Crass songs: Those with bad words, racial slurs and themes about women so bad that our grandmothers would surely have washed our mouths out with soap and antiseptic for humming them under our breath. This is a list dedicated to the songs we hide in our iPods ; listen to when no one’s around, yet publicly condemn (like the good little hypocrites we are).

Photography is a passion, and a science. Here we share some of the photo submissions to Tempo, and take you through the mechanics of each shot. PHOTOGRAPHER: Aamir Akhtar (insurance