I’ve always loved horror movies.

Chills, nail biting and a lot of screaming were always a fun thing to do every time I had the opportunity to see one of the genre in a theatre with a 70mm screen and surround sound.

Quite naturally our younger readers will giggle because they watch everything they want on their home entertainment systems.

This week has seen an army of enlightened men and women participate at the Festival of Thinkers joined equally by scores of young Emirati men and women who were encouraged and inspired to think proactively and to design their own futures and the future of this nation.

For those who did not have the time or the privilege to join this august gathering of successful Nobel laureates, scientists, writers, actors and corporate leaders and listen to them, you too can be creative and successful.

You can follow a course in learning how to think and there are a few.

A stressed-out life is becoming a common complaint with the hardworking denizens of our fair city.

No time for family, friends or recreational activities has left many of us following a vicious pattern of labour, eat and sleep and this according to city doctors is leading to illnesses of our neurological systems.

The pressure to succeed, make a million in record time or even to buy that fancy Ferrari is slowly making all of us social climbers prone to high blood pressure which in turn transforms itself as foul tempers, road rage, impatience and finally an embolism of the brain.

It is hot news in every medium. People with a steady life partner are happier than those who live alone.

New research in Britain and the USA states that living in union with your partner will not only be beneficial to your health but will also benefit the health and well-being of your spouse and children.

Divorced, widowed or single people, it is believed, are a lot less happy, suffer from lower self-esteem and overall ill health.