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2009-04-27T08:12:00.001+03:00

Recent in-activity

2009-04-26T08:58:00.003+03:00

Yo,
Whats up fellers?

Yeah i've been yet again off the grid.

Too much has been going on, and either I don't have time to scratch my head, or maly 5olg nafsy :/

let's see. so i've seen the fancy pants digi-cams, yes appealing, very appealing.
so, should I? that's the question. I know it will definitely reinvigorate my blogging organs.
but should I really be pouring energy that way?
Why wouldn't I?

Well I've been stitching up a ragtag studying schedule for the GRE.
bleh, couldn't they just take my word for it? :P

alrighty. thats about what i wanna say for now, even though that theres a slew of trivial crap that i wanna rant about. oh well :P

lates boys and gals

aham shay

2009-04-15T09:15:00.002+03:00

wa7ed katib 3ala sayarta:

دواس الظلمة

.....

Am I missing something here?
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
a bad english translation of SHADOW STEP ... OOoooOOoOoOh
or what is it?! why do people write idiotic stuff on their cars anyway?

ayam senat el hadama, or ya3ny ayam elly awal ma balasht bil internet like '95 or '94 (yes I'm ancient). habbow el shibeeba eb hal sowalef, elly katib el nick name mal el IRC welly katib sowalef methil "do you love me?" ya3ny it goes without saying it was extremely lame.

Every once in a while, I see fan-type stickers, ya3ny some kind of soccer club
or diving or the like. yeah thats fine.

bas mo walla a7e6 3ala sayarty DEMEEERA uuuuuuuuuuuh!

thats just stupid.

I think I will join Spillsters crusade against idiot drivers. to make Kuwait a happy place again.

:P

Percision.

2009-04-14T08:19:00.002+03:00

What up dudes?

Your favorite dude has a bunch of things on his mind!!

#1
Digi cam

I miss taking quick snaps of crazy stuff that come my way and posting about it. i used to
get em on my old phone. but that phone was rubbish and is replaced soo.... need a cam!
something light and quick just for snappin away

#2
Workin out

Been doin a good deal of that lately, now that my home gym dilly is installed in the basement, its buffin up away. Next month ill get a punchin bag, abs bench thing (i dunno the name), and possibly leg and hand weights

#3
Japanese universities

What the hell is their system?! none of the universities websites I've visited have admissions requirements. only that u gotta apply and submit your info and hope. ow 7est 7oosat el denya 3ala ma 6ala3t email address agdar adeza 7aghom.. la ow legeeta mokan 7a6eena bil ghala6 e`6aher ... jeez man its almost like they dont want students or something

#4
Idiot drivers

I hate you. I hate your guts. I swear if they re-examine all drivers without any WAS6AT involved more than 50% would have their liscense revoked. I personally know some dude
at work who examined what.... 5 times? ow ma3a6oo ella bil was6a, and he drives like a lunatic
(go figure).

#5
Marriage

Man, just this week weld 3ami and my youngest uncle emlachow. alla etamem 3aleehom inshalla!

#6
Welcome back

Big Pearls!

Temptations

2009-04-13T09:26:00.002+03:00

Hey dudes/ettes

Haven't posted in a bit ( as usual ), been all over the place recently.

Anyways, I'll admit to being the criminal in ruining someone's diet by using cupcakes from dessert.
I guess I'm kinda adamant about the body type I prefer :P

Again with the whole weight ordeal.

Recently i've been going on a campaign with myself to reduce weight and body sculpting.

So what I'm doing basically consists of thinking about eating Healthy whenever possible, but not really going on a strict diet or anything.
In addition to my situp and pushup routene everymorning and night, I do body weights and a whole lotta stretching.

So that's on that front.

And on another,

A kid at work showed up for his session, at some point I said jokingly that I would give him a shot.

The kid looked at me, then said

my dad has a gun.

wtf?! ya3ny this kid is like 5 and he's threatening me with a gun lol.
I laughed really loud when I heard that, the father noticed and asked whats going on,
when I told him what happened he told the child:

Ya3ny ebtethba7 el doktoor?

and thats all he said.
mo egool 3eeb ow shay...

nothing.

sigh.
what the hell is going on?!

Ok, let's talk about this

2009-04-07T08:33:00.003+03:00

Yo!

Whats goin on folks? I'm doin much better this week!

Today, I shall write about a sensitive topic.
It's been mulling about in the back of my head for a while, and its time
i let the sucker out.

I can't say I'm SUPER serious about it. But I know many of you are, and
you are entitled to your opinion as am I

I'm going to be a tiny bit methodical about this, so I'm sorry if I remind you
of your social studies professor. I guess if your way in over your head with school then skip reading todays post

Now that the disclaimers are out of the way....

Weight.

More specifically, ladies and weight.

Its over-rated. big time. and in a ridiculous fashion.
And I'll tell you why I say that:

Let's review some obvious information:

Let's say I meet some girl, and I tell her: "Wow, you are fat!"
what would happen?

I guess I would be lucky to get away with my arms intact.
But why is that?

well "fat" is considered to be something like an extreme insult, its probably worse than implying a persons mother is a prostitute!

Even though the word "fat", like many others, is very much relative.
that is: it means different things to different people

Let us consider the following case:

Might you consider the model on the right fat?
Might you consider the model on the left hot?
Might you consider the model in the middle perfect?

Opinions will vary, not just from a person to another.
But also from gender to gender.

I'll remind you here that: In this post I'm only exploring the topic of weight with ladies, even though some of these points might apply to guys as well

In the end of course it boils down to preference.

so far so good.
up until this point I got no beef with nobody.

Up one level however, and things change.
And that is when some feel that they are obligated to fit a certain category else
they become worthless sacks of trash.

Even more worse is when cruella-deville type mommies criticize, insult, ridicule, and hurt their daughters feelings to no end, because they envision them in a certain way.
to show them off to their witch friends, or under the impression they will catch some dudes
eye quickly so they can be married and off with them.

I'm NOT saying that EVERYONE fits this category, but we can't deny their existence either.

So what do you guys think about this issue?

P.S. note that I'm not saying that one is better than the other, its that last part that ticks me off.

P.P.S Can you guess which type i prefer? ;)

PMS

2009-04-05T09:16:00.003+03:00

thats all i have to say.

Slavery.

2009-03-31T08:36:00.003+03:00

Holy bejeebus.
Ladies and Gents. The dude yesterday was so freakin furious that he almost
did i dont freakin know what!!!!
and no it's not about some a-hole driver!

its time that i let some steam out about work.

alright, here's the deal:

so i've been employed at the bloody ministry (only temporary!!) for exactly a year now, since march last year.

let me be frank here, the only reason i'm even working here is that because supposedly after 2 years of "excellent" evaluation they will offer you a scholarship.

of course when I arrived here, it took them over 4 months to give me my own room to work in, and that had only a bunch of chairs and a table.
At any other job this would be fine i guess, but for my job I need bloody materials to work with...
certain kinds of toys, flash cards, prints, and even devices which until now I don't have.

not to mention the hideous carpet, which looked like someone spewed ink on it or something. just disgusting.

Of course me being all excited, and wanting to be productive, bought out of my own money chairs, another table, 2 cabinets, a printer, and a whole bunch of toys.
That was all great, I used all of my stuff, the kids loved it, I was being productive.

And I take pride in saying that through out my work 3omry maga9art with either parents or colleagues. (ok that sounds like a resume line lol)

PLUS every week I have 2 days which i work 12 hour shifts.

yeah, I did all for a year.

so now I have 1 more year to go for the scholarship, right? .... RIGHT?!

well guess what. the freakin ministry was gonna pull a fast one on me.
yesterday the evaluations came out, and I didn't have an evaluation!

wtf? what do you mean I cannot have an evaluation? i've been here for a bloody year havent I? from march to march!!
I called them up (the evaluation department or whatever crap they are called) and I gave them
my civil number.

me: salam edarat el taqyeem?
cruella deville: ee n3m.
me: bagheet astafser 3n el taqyeem maly
cruella deville: rqm el b6aqa.
me: #########numbernumbernumber
.
.
.
.
cruella: inta malik taqyeem.
me: huh? leesh?
cruella: enta emota metwa`6ef?
me: march
cruella: el taqyeem min january le january
me: ok bas ana el7een 9arly min march to march!
cruella: el taqyeem ye6la3 fe january.
.
.
me: ya3ny 3ashan ana ma twa`6aft fe january, ma ten7isib-ley el sena elly eshtaghalt-ha?
cruella: taqreeban.

...CLICK-SLAM-DEATH

i flipped out! what the hell! it means that I'd have to work for 2 MORE YEARS to get the bloody scholarship! what a freakin joke! and after all the effort I put into this place! I got screwed over like this!
Laa ow kanow yaboon emashoon 3alay salfat enna ashte`3il overtime b3d! THE @#(*&#@S WANTED ME TO WORK MORE!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes my friends, the dude was FURIOUS, my co-workers stayed way the hell away from me. because my toleration just hit rock bottom yesterday.

Well thankfully, my boss wrote some kind of letter to see if that department would do something about it.

but omg... can you believe this shit?

ya3ny serving your country is one thing
and SLAVERY IS ANOTHER!!!!

Crazyness

2009-03-30T08:28:00.002+03:00

Buenos Dias my lovelies.

yes yes i know it's been a while since i posted, i've had little time to blog because of work
and social developments and such.

Recently i've been sending out tons of e-mails to get the ball rolling with my graduate studies
and i've found a bunch of places that might fit the bill. so thats good.

the other option i had was that i'd hold off for sometime and go for an MBA while i work, but i'm kinda not really enthusiastic so much about that, not because i dont think i can do it, but when I ask myself am I the business type? and the answer is not really.

Anyways, it looks like I'm gonna be ordering some GRE books and materials and get ready to kick
the living hell out of that exam.

hmmm lets see what else has been goin on.

did a bunch of shopping for a home gym set, I figured in the long run its better to just have the
damn thing right at my home rather than pay to be around a bunch of smelly dudes (lol),
since i basically know how to train myself and all i need is the space and gear to do it.

so, after around 2 months of body conditioning, then i'll jump back into technique improvement
for karate (or whatever). plus i guess thats just around the time summer is gettin
ready to be all fired up, so its good to be extra fit for that.

-----------------------

ok time to vent a little:

the lady driving the purple or whatever raye7 lonha mitsu colt.
i hate you, you despicable woman, i want to destroy you and whoever
gave you the right to drive that garbage can.

ok thats all, im not THAT hateful u know :P

Plans plans plans

2009-03-22T08:35:00.002+03:00

Buenos Dias my lovelies.

Don't you just hate waking up at 6 a.m. on a sunday? I know I do.
Still can't get used to it, but its a necessary evil I suppose.

Do I want to be stuck here forever? nope. I got till march next year then this dude is outta here,
Where? I dunno probably U.S. somewhere or Canada.

Well thats in the long run.

On the short term goal:

Hmmm well I'd love to continue my karate training, except the style that I do
isnt around in Kuwait, its mostly shotokan or kyukushin. and I dont dig either.

Man do I miss that stuff :(

Now I'm here at the office figuering out salfat flan ow 3elan, providing therapy for peeps.

Ok i love my job, but i'm not ready to douse the flames
..... not yet!

Brink reaching

2009-03-16T07:38:00.002+03:00

Monsieur, Madame ... Bonjour

Ok, dont get any ideas, I'm not at all frenchy but i gotta admit they got some good stuff in their name, like... fries, toast... and kissing i suppose. if your into that sort of thing.

anyways:

Recently i've been wondering, a lot, about bahrain. Why is it that I got so relaxed when I got there?
it seemed more laid back, more open, more inviting, more fun. Foreign people, lots of business.
F1, malls....

but, is that it? did I just size up the whole place in a day? i must be missing more stuff.

anyways, why is it that I don't get the same feel from around here?

hmmmh... i don't know whats goin on here, but I guess I should stay away from dubai lol :P

Ridiclous people.

2009-03-15T08:03:00.003+03:00

Whats up guys!

Well this past weekend a lot of things happened in a short amount of time, so ill just mention one silly incident:

- So i was traveling to bahrain, for the first time in like 10 years to attend a family event.
Naturally i was kinda excited.

Getting on the plane, me & my pops took the left 3 seats somewhere at the middle, and some old geezer and his... daughter i guess? were on the right.

The plane just started moving to get out of the slot... and then the following happened
Daughter: shfeek?
Geezer: haa.. walla madry shloon chenna do5a
Daughter: Wee!!! nogaf? nanzel?! shfeek?!
Geezer: walla... chenna do5a do5a madry walla
Daughter:Wee! Wee! laykoon fe shay! 5al nogaf yalla yalla nanzel!

and they made a fuss telling the crew to stop the plane and all that.
anyways, the geezer stopped an air-hostess and asked for a sprite. then, suddenly:
BUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

me: wtf?

after 2 mins.
Daughter: lel7een doo5a? shino et7es feeh?
Geezer: La el7een zeen, bas kan shway hawa
Daughter: shino?
Geezer: laa ee bas kan shway hawa el7een zeen

...
.....
......
........

is this guy for real?
We could've easily been delayed for hours because he had to FREAKING BURP

ok other than that i must say that i loved bahrain, even though it was just an extremely short visit (1 day to attend the family event), and i cant wait go back and check out the scene!

Assassination attempt

2009-03-12T20:50:00.002+03:00

Whats up guys!

well its a day old, but i couldnt post yesterday due to being busy
stuffing mu face with dewaniya food and other activities.

anyways heres the deal:

how do u feel if ur driving idly then suddenly a tree falls infront of ur car?
well thankfully i wasnt the recipient of this highly un pleasant surprise but it happened not too far ahead of me while i was driving near work wed mornin.
too bad this phone cant take quick pics or i wouldve showed ya! appearantly near sabah hospital the .... gardening crew chose the time of day which people go to their jibs to start chopping up trees ... not only that, i guess they are instructed to drop them on unsuspecting ministry employees.

well we are facing an economic crisis after all!

Phew~

2009-03-11T08:25:00.003+03:00

Hello friends!

good news, chenny 6ela3t min salfat el overtime!!!! kent 7ady down 3ala el salfa.
and there's a rumor that el 5afara will be replaced by this 'currently optional' overtime
system so when that goes down i'll just deny both and i'll just work from 7:30 to 1:30 and
then im doneeeeeeeeee.

Its been kinda hetctic recently so i've been short on bloggin-time, but since i got some
space in the early mornings i guess i'll just do my bloggin durin that time.

you know since 8 am is too early for the kiddies to show up, and the adults metwahgeen bil za7ma :P

I gotta make it to the bloody universities expo today after my shift ends at 6:45
see if i can score something local at the evening times.

well thats all for now folks!

Quick update

2009-03-06T11:38:00.002+03:00

Whats up you guys?

Alright since I'm pressed for time (even on a friday mornin) i'll just give you
the headlines

- Work is now proposing i work from 7:30 am to FRAKING 8:30 pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats on my long shift days, and on the regular days till 4:30!
WITH NO BREAKS!

yeah well i wasnt about to let that bullshit go down, ya3ny i got a freakin life of my own i'm not the peoples property FFS.

well i refused but i went along with only the long shift day thing. its a killer but they SAID i could stop it after a month... so what the hell.

- Been working on a massive project on the side, jeebus i don't even know the full size of it but it seems like this new monkey business with the government and the parliment might screw it up
*****sigh.... stupid political circus

- So what about this 10k cash deal eh? i've been getting delusions of upgrading my car big time, i feel guilty about it since i'm so attached to the damn thing

- Er....and yeah..... feeny 7arej since 2 days, lol

miss u all you lovely crazy people!

2009-03-03T07:55:00.002+03:00

hello my pretties
i know ive been gone since what feels like forever
im currently buried with work and related social bullshitness

i hope ur all doing well! ill try to make a post about soon

WHAT THE...

2009-02-23T10:58:00.003+03:00

Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!

Balla 3aleekom hathy salfa? did they run out of crap to write about!
that last part spurred plenty of jokes around the office.

jeez. oh well back to bloody work!

Zombified

2009-02-22T08:23:00.003+03:00

What up dudes

whats goin on? well i had an interesting weekend.
apart from being sick for about a day and a half, i was out and about until the dust invasion came on about.

I evaded assassination by bad drivers a couple times, so thank god for that. and i also had the pleasure/displeasure of eating a burger from fudds el jabriya, i say that because i cant really decide if i liked it, or it just was an exercise for my jaw muscles and increasing my weight. probably from 95 to .......95.5 or something

i dunno whats up with me and burgers these days! i think i saw a blog or something about burger reviews and i went on this mini craze about it.

So my mom did some event at the basement in the house, and since everyone was busy i was charged with goin to bring food. walla met7asif enny i didnt take a picture, 46 K.D worth of kabab were sitting next to me in my 2 seater car..

ya3ny all of the leg space was full and it was piled up to the headrest. i was debating if i should wrap the seat belt around the stuff so that i wont have a dashboard lined with kabab. of course i had to open the window despite the dusty weather or i would be smelling like kabab for a week.

now im at work with a 12 hour shift and 4 hours of sleep.

hooray.

Ugh...

2009-02-18T18:17:00.002+03:00

Sick with stomach flu, eating 3eesh mash5ol & yogurt. drinking tea..

being bored @ home.................well actually there are a couple things that are keeping me occupied:

- Spider solitare
- messing around with my phone
- watching tv
- downloading stuff

and other activities which require me to be stationary, I.E. parking my butt on my bed for long
periods of time.

oh well, back to messing around and tinkering!

Randomality of the day

2009-02-17T10:10:00.003+03:00

i just love it

Please press START

2009-02-15T17:58:00.002+03:00

Alright well there's no denying that videogames are a good source
of entertainment.

Some of us think that they are a bunch of time wasting tools
Some of us think that only "nerds" play it
Some of us think that its a kids thing

Well then... i can write an extremely long rant on how the above mentioned line of
thinking can be considered contradictory and idiot, but i'll refrain from doing that and say
that those people are simply entitled to their own opinion.

I suppose that back in the day I could be considered a "gamer", although these days i'm too pre
occupied with work and other activities. I still get some play time here and there if i can be
bothered to install something interesting, but still i cant get into it like i used to.

sigh, well there are still some franchises that i just cant get myself to pass up
(final fantasy for example), you get to be such a fan of the series and
dont wanna fall behind... u know the drill.

Most that i come across these days are kind of trash... well not trash, just
not so gripping and enticing like they used to... i don't know if its my age or
just the quality got watered down...

the dude requires entertainment!

Grumpy duderino

2009-02-15T08:47:00.003+03:00

So here we are with the tag! Thanks to dearest: zaboo6a

the rules be:

Put a picture of any grumpy person.
3 things that are just abnormal.
2 things that irritate you.
1 trigger to your anger.
3 people you can’t live without.
2 of people you don’t want to see.1 of your favorite foods.
3 of your favorite songs.
Tag only 5 people.

Ichi: Grumpy Dude

Ni: Abnormal stuff x3

- Back in college ( like a bazillion years ago ) i used to lightly strum the guitar while on the bed
to mask the sound of the gay couple living above me.

p.s. dont ask!

- I could live on red meat. no really, i dont mind eating that stuff 3 meals a day.
Yes i'm a carnivore.

- Shopping for me is a rigorous process sometimes, when it came to buying a car, laptop, cellphone... any of that stuff I become extremely picky and gotta tear up the thing in and out looking for pluses and minuses..... i even exhaust myself sometimes!

San: Things that irritate me x2

- Taxi drivers that slam the brakes in your face in the sight of a human on the sidewalk. and when you miraculously evade certain death and look at the idiot, they lift their hand say "salam" and
give you a friendly indian shake of the head.
irritation = 75%

- Politics. and the monkeys in the political circus.
screw them, and may they gag on the nuts they love so much.

Si: Things that anger me x1

People who think that being: racist, pompus, materialistic, and shallow
is normal, and everyone else is below them.

Being classy is one thing, but people with that rotten attitude....

go: People can't live without x3

- The Fam
- My sweetheart
- Ze frendz

Roku: People don't wanna see x2, fav food x1

- Jim hubert, aka satan ( my economics college professor )
- Some useless person

- Steak of course!

Sichi: Favorite Songs x3

well thats always confusing. so i'll stick to the ones i'm currently listening to all the time

- Starstruck
- Beat of the rising sun
- L.A. Rider

Kyu: Tag 5 people

well all of the people i'd tag already did it so..... MEH!

there u have it! :D

Whole sort of general mishmash

2009-02-10T10:32:00.002+03:00

Yo.

well then, me seated at my glorious wizara plain white desk while being stared down by some 2 year old got me thinking...

it wasn't necessarily productive thinking, that has its time and place. and most certainly it wasnt at this white desk. not right now anyway.

nay, it was infact quite nonsensical thinking, things like why do i have to chase after patients who are enjoying themselves chasing desert rats (jarabee3) at their camps.
I'm sure its improving their general morale, as well as painting a smile on their faces.

other things happen to cross my mind, in the department my office is like a RSS hub or something, every 2 minutes some one shows up says a rather useless thing like "i'm loose in the avenues", or "I hate my life", or "what am i doing here"... etc etc. oh and add "ali let's promote tourism in kuwait" what do i look like? a bloody stripper?

well it does alleviate the monotomy.... but man is it cumbersome.

oh vell ciao!

Nameless post!

2009-02-10T07:49:00.003+03:00

Whats up folks.

first things first:
scrabble

its not clear but A:197 B:175
not the crushing defeat i was hoping for, but still im kind of satisfied.

of course my baby didn't take this very well.. and soon she brought out her secret weapon

and i was beaten like 3 times in a row or something. i even felt she was trying to help me win!

under other circumstances, i would by then have had my vision painted red and a thundering voice in my head pounding "BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD"

but i took it calmly, and since it was clear that i could never win on her field, i took out my frustration elsewhere:

and i ate half of her sandwich too.... :/

anyways, this time around when i went a bunch of kiddies from the nearby school were slouchin around the place. very noisy, havin fun i suppose. actually when we arrived we were hesitant to go in because the place is small and it seemed kind of crowded. for a flash i felt that my age is showin, but my baby quelled that real fast :O

An interesting thing which i found out through the waiter, is that the kiddies were excited because over the past 2 days there was a bomb threat in their school. and someone apperantly placed a taped up video camera with wires coming out of it which people mistook for a bomb.

i don't know about you, but that doesnt count as exciting in my book

bloody children!

peaches and scrabble

2009-02-09T07:36:00.003+03:00

buenos dias my loved ones, how r u :*

well i checked out that cafe and i kinda liked it.
well, its very small.... ya3ny check this out

thats the distance from one wall to the next, and displaying the total number of tables in the place.
so yeah its tiny, and well hidden.... probably the only people who know about it are the kids from the nearby school and a small number of dedicated customers.

in anycase the dude working there had an expression of astonishment/immense joy at the sight of his new customers (yeah right), i had a peach ice-t and my baby had some tea. and we played scrabble.

well my winning streak ended (for like the past month or something) , because i made a stupid bet with myself.
here be the score

as you can see, my booty was tossed by a margin of 6.
the reason for this is kinda stupid :( since i had a Q U I Z that i was rooting to use and get major points to annihilate my sweetheart early, turned into salfat 3naad because i held on to those 4 letters and was left with only 3 amashy 7aly feehom...
and this is what i ended up with

What am i supposed to do with that? well im not a sore loser, i admitted defeat and then proceeded to have italian with my baby
(although i secretly vowed cold heartless revenge in the form of scrabble tiles later! :P jk jk)

ok thats it for now, more later! :D

Aaaargh!!!

2009-02-08T17:58:00.002+03:00

The bloody long shift day is almost over!!!
cant wait for my baby to get here then we off to the mysterious cafe :P

and here's what my mood is like atm

The saturday hoopla

2009-02-07T16:16:00.002+03:00

what up gang!
I'm happy that i found some hidden away cafe in Hawalli
and no im not talk about some gahwat 93ayda. its a proper cool, hip, sophisticated
cozy, friendly hang-out place.

well I hope it is... actually i'm gonna visit it today, and hope that i find the place again in less than 2
bloody hours. their website decribes it as a hole in the wall, and let me tell ya... i aint lyin
i would've found it faster if their neon sign wasnt hidden behind huge trees and the only other
indicator that ANYTHING is there wasnt a spray painted word with the name of the place.

yes i'm suspiciously holding out on telling you what this place is until i go check it out myself and take some pics 2 post :P

other than that i've been having a fantastic time with my sweety, she's currently distracted with something. so i'm stealing this opportunity to post :D we bought some useless foods and ate them happily while we conversed about the events of the past week.

alright thats all for now, ill update u guys later!

Yo!

2009-02-06T17:28:00.002+03:00

Whats goin on people?

After trying out wordpress for a while i decided it was way too formal and i opted to come back here.
so after a lot of hardwork and LOTS of help from my good friends Smarties and Valentina
and many frustrating hours messing with HTML code and widgets, I was able to modify this great skin (thanks to Darkdegree, the designer) to more or less suit my needs (if a lot of the bloody
widgets i wanted wouldnt work for god-knows what reason). well i hope it works alright anyway lol.

Alright, well i'm happy that i'm through with the whole html editing ordeal and now i'll be off reading YOUR blogs :P!

Dedicated to...

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me!

its kind of old bas.... i had to! Shagool, sha5aly!

2008-12-10T10:10:00.000+03:00

Ya3ny the mere fact ena he's basically a human trumpet (as disgusting as that sounds) should be enough. I swear he could give the current generation of nameless/topless singers a few lessons on singing. koko wala soso wala didi madry shino, wtf!!

lazy vs stupid

2008-12-09T20:03:00.000+03:00

which?

The skills you need to leave for work in a hurry

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How was your eid?

2008-12-09T10:03:00.000+03:00

A dedication

2008-12-07T08:05:00.001+03:00

For my beloved, 1:40+

Video

Also Eid mubarak muqadaman!

tagged

2008-12-01T13:51:00.000+03:00

Arghhh!!!

Verywell then.

Meemz, I choose YOU!

Meemz to put it simply, I like your energy and crazyness and all
You give me the feeling that your a little pirate princess or something lol

Indeed Meemzy, this is YOU!

And that's all i gotta say about this subject. i just got back home from work and now its time to sleep!

Recent activites

2008-11-29T11:30:00.000+03:00

Hey guys!

Recent things have caught the Dude's eye and I thought i might share with you

first:
Oh jeaaaah :P

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After that wonderful time out, i went with my co-worker to the... book expo? fair? whatever ma3ra`6 el kitab. it's been years and years since i've been to one and i thought i'd take a look around.

Since I went kind of late I had to rush around to find things I could use at work for the kids I couldn't take a look at all the booths.
But I've seen that there are a bunch of good stuff which could be used to teach kids, so I implore the portion of you which are interested in the education of the children in your homely vicinity to buy kids stories, cards, and other educational items.

Just avoid stuff like this:

Additionally, the place was littered with stuff that upon initial inspection I can't say that I recommend:

Continued assasination attempts

2008-11-27T09:31:00.000+03:00

Today by a flying box of bedyan

The lady from a couple days ago must be pissed!

Save yourself a trip to the dude's office

2008-11-26T11:03:00.000+03:00

By paying attention to the language development of the kids in your family.

if the kid reachers 1.5 - 2 years and didnt start saying any words... then get that checked.

if the kid starts scratching their ear and is crying about it... get it checked.

if the kid is about 3 and doesnt use 3-4 word phrases... then get it checked.

Go to your areas mostaw9af, and talk to the doctor about it. they should refer you to the appropriate place.

Don't wait on this stuff, and as much as you can encourage the kids around you to learn and stop playing bloody PSP for the love of god.

this has been a public service announcement by the dude.

This time of year + side note

2008-11-25T07:21:00.000+03:00

I guess its the best time to be in Kuwait is now... because yesterday it was AWESOME.

For me its not cold, just chilly, actually yesterday i was wearing shorts and sitting outside bil gahwa. the only thing im looking forward to in addition to this, is..... heavy rain... but im not expecting much lol

Naturally, this called for a big dinner and a semi-sound sleep.

Now the side note part.

I woke up i did my exercises, took a shower, got dressed, and left at a good time to work to avoid most of the traffic.

close to my work, i was at the 2nd far right lane driving normally as i wasnt in a very big hurry.
This abominable WOMAN, cut through the lanes from the left to the right without any signal whatsoever.

basically, ladies and gents. I ALMOST DIED THIS MORNING.

So my message to the lady who ruined my current streak of happy events, and became the puncture in my pressurized stress container:

I hope you die in a bloody fire you bloody imbecile, learn how to drive!!!

Well... the moment you've been waiting for...

2008-11-20T23:58:00.000+03:00

Friends, Ladies, Gents..

I know enny emga9er wyakom wayed hal fatra elly 6afat.... bas things have been crazy in my life..

in anycase, el7imdilla things turned out great.

So, what HAS been happening?

well, simply, I'd like everyone to wish me a:

---

Thats right!, and thanks in advance :P

Yours truly has found his match, and I did a real kick ass job of it too.. According to my uncle:

Bravo 3aleek, 9edt bint el 9ayad!
(yeah, her dad is a big-game hunter)

So in light of these new events, I'm probably gonna be even more busy, but i'll try the best I can to keep in touch with you guys!

Oooookay then

2008-11-10T07:47:00.000+03:00

It's been a while

2008-11-06T08:58:00.000+03:00

Hello friends,

It's been a while since I haven't written anything,
mainly because I didn't have anything to say...

or so I thought. But..... ...... ..........................................................

In anycase the other reason is that I've been busy physically at times and mentally at others with life changing events.... so wish me luck with that.

I missed u guys!

Right now im thinkin....

2008-10-21T11:02:00.000+03:00

Why do this...

When I can do this?!

Recently.....

2008-10-19T13:09:00.000+03:00

Needless to say.... disgusting!!! it kind of looks like some dinosaur fossil lol

Apparently batman had a pirate sword AND A WHISTLE

I've heard about fighting poverty these days.... we got problems on another level.

Why does "Keek" remind me of meemz?!

=====

Yeah so i've been swamped with life events these days.
The dude is planning something big....... !!!!!

anyways, those were some of the causes of WTF moments in my life recently.

A few dedications

2008-10-09T09:20:00.000+03:00

Palomino

Rubywoo

CeCe

3anooda

Margooo

Atoona

Charmbracelet

Smarties

Ghadoor

dandoon

Meti~

Big pearls

q8Honey

Ella

Sh7afana
Zaboo6a
Meemz

Shwaish
Amu

SpicyBaby

Missy D
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*** updated.
There we go!

The Magic Lamp

2008-10-08T08:28:00.000+03:00

You have 3 wishes...shibek lubek 3abdik ben edek!!!

All standard non-lame wish rules apply, including multiple lamps and extra wishes!

Back on track

2008-10-05T09:15:00.000+03:00

Back to the office, my breakfast of champions, and familiar settings.
Can't say i missed it all that much... bas el 9ara7a the holiday did feel long...
Of course I think i should share some of my findings during the wonderful occasion of Eid.
Actually aside from the insane traffic, mediocre weather, and much shopping little has taken place out of the ordinary.

Ok ya3ny 9arly 9 years barra and this is my 1st eid in kuwait min forever... so what does the family want the dude to do?

Wear dishdasha...... + `3etra...

the dishdasha part, easy. ya3ny for godssake its just a body sized dress.
the `3etra....

NARFEZATNI WAYED.... i mean i know that its a matter of getting used to, my dad and bro were all like "yah yah shal sakba" and "zgert", ooohs and aaahs....
bas 5al tet7arak shway.... 45mins ow ana a3adel feeha.
W T F.

anyways I found the root of the problem. el ga7fiya tazlig.... meaning, it slips backwards.
alright, so i tried different things and nothing worked.
The thing is I know the bloody thing looks great on me, I just can't seem to get it right.

work calls... more later!

Belated happy eid

2008-10-03T16:47:00.000+03:00

Hello friends!
i hope all of u crazy bloggers are doin well :P

sorry for being MIA for the past week, too many things happening (including my mobile-internet dilly being broke).
i got a ton of things going on, but!

ill be back in action soon with pics, stories, and just general jolliness once things
settle down.

so happy eid, happy blogging, and stuff!

Trix are 4 kids

2008-09-24T12:09:00.000+03:00

i <3 u all

Addiction tag~

2008-09-20T20:41:00.000+03:00

Hey guys,

I know i havent been around commenting and such.
these days my life's takin a big turn of events...or something ;P
Anyways, Tagged by Zaboo6a, so....
here we go!!!

My current 5 addictions:

1. Initial D.
It's an extremely popular anime in japan, basically its about the racing art of drifting
The hero of the story drives a '86 corolla, (the white one), which is basically is just
an extremely mundane car that you could find anywhere (in kuwait you'll notice many
cars with a similar shape, they are honda accords), and of course such a car is
basically Underpowered when put next to sport cars, however racing on the downhill
of a mountain is a setting where technique and driving skill is the key to winning.

As you can see in the second picture, Initial D is so popular in japan that they actually
made live car figures so you can experience the feel of being in the driver seat.

2. Turkish Coffee & Shisha

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So it's become my daily ritual since ramadan started, atfa6ar ow ba3deen if i dont
got to work that day, i immediately go to elgahwa, hook up my laptop and hooka it up
and blog or play a game... the turkish coffee i order is always without sugar (sada), the
bitter taste of it is just wonderful and the rush after is even better.

3. STEAK

Lyrics
Do i need to explain more?

4. My Car

Mazda - MX-5.
Guinness world book record (link)
I just simply love it, small, light weight, 50/50 weight distribution, manual transmission, and no excessive power. I spent a freakish amount of time looking at different cars (we're talking months here lol) jeeps, sedans, sport cars. so after lots of soul searching, and spending long hours watching the setting sun I decided to get it and el7imdilla its everything i wanted it to be.

4. Japanese culture

Too many reasons, probably stem from the constant exposure that i've been to
to their style. For many of us who have watched Sanshiro, captain majid, Grendizer, and
many other translated japanese cartoons in our child hood had some kind of exposure
to the style of drawing, animation, storyline, and execution this kind of stuff is not
so alien and unfamiliar. I was drawn (heavily) into martial arts, goju-ryu karate in particular and that led itself into more exploration.

Slowly I started to identify and know many japanese words, and thats basically why to
the surprise of many people I listen to japanese music.

So there u go!!

I tag Missy D, and Jouja (after she gets a new laptop :P)

Last night.

2008-09-17T09:53:00.000+03:00

The Setup

Before

During

After

Finish

The lucky winner of this phenomenal free dinner: my bloody cousin.

And to all of you who recommended this place,

YOU ARE:

I miss...

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The lovely city view...

The rainy weather and the fresh breeze from the water side next to the market place..

Rooting for the underdog!

Going to china town, eating kick ass sushi and teriyaki, and then buying groceries from my favorite japanese supermarket.

Chilling at a cafe, and drinking the best coffee in the world

Starting my shopping at westlake during christmas/new years time.

Going to barnes and spending an hour looking at interesting stuff

and so many things more......

SEATTLE... I MISS YOU!

:( :( :( :( :(

oh yeah one more

2008-09-12T14:35:00.000+03:00

LOL

You may not love animals....

2008-09-12T14:30:00.000+03:00

But COME ON!

The search for the good steak ----- dont hate!

2008-09-10T10:56:00.000+03:00

Alright. at work, 10:39am, my patient is skipping out ---> AGAIN. so what do i think about?

Meat.

so I know that there are some of you out there who just can't deny that the taste of juicy red
meat is just something quite possibly at this moment capable of sending me into a frenzy
of instinctual primordial red-meat lust............................ or something similar to that anyway.

Basically I'm trying to find something like this in Kuwait:

So, so far i've been to the following places (in no specific order):

-Al boom
-Fridays
-Chilis
-Ruby tuesday
-Kei
-Buffalos
-Apple bees

So far the best i've had was at Al-boom....

I've heard about Gaucho's or whatever its called a lot. and I keep sayin i wanna go there but i never end up goin..
So, WHO WANTS TO GO WITH ME?

If you can recommend someplace with steak quality as good as the above (well close to it anyway), i'll pay for your dinner!!!!!

how can it get better than that?!

The Dude is Now 3 Times the Fun!!

2008-09-09T09:27:00.000+03:00

Alright people, once upon a time on the

   9th day of the 9th month of year '81something great happened.

I was Born! (and you should be extremely happy about that)

              and then in the year '99 i turned 18!

and as of today, 9/9/'08 i have turned 27!!

so a recount!

AGE   -    Year

0       -    81
9       -    90
18     -    99
27     -    08

Ladies and gentlemen, the mathmatical genius in me hereby declares that i am 3x the fun! so horray!

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P.S. I can sing better than her, sorry all you hardcore fans, but holycow thats a big cake!

So, what if......

2008-09-08T10:16:00.000+03:00

You had 2 days 3 nights of NO STRINGS ATTACHED vacation, starting TOMORROW... where would you go and what would you do?

Me?
Place: Florida
Doing: Having tons of fun in DisneyWorld !!

New stuff

2008-09-07T12:53:00.000+03:00

Okay so eftar rasy wana trying to get these layouts and widgets and stuff to work...
maybe lesh eny 9ayem or im just too impatient!

anyways, how do u guys like this scheme in general? good or change?

Blog makeover?

2008-09-06T14:31:00.000+03:00

Hey folks!

alright, so big news. I did my first pro photoshoot evar!!! well, semi-pro i guess.
I did feel a little silly posing (well maybe really silly). But I got through it, and my buddy is
gonna give me the stuff tomorrow.

Right, good...... so what?

well here's the dilly, I've been impressed with with a bunch of you being creative on your
blogs and I decided that thats one bandwagon I kinda wanna hop on....

again... so?

Since some of you have been blogging since the sun was born (ok don't feel bad i still like u :P),
I want ur suggestions for cool blogger widgets, gadgets, and knicknacks (or whatever lol)

plus please do share any tricks u guys got to make your favorite dude's blog become sexy
like Sean Connery 15 yrs ago!

What im thinking about is

2008-09-03T12:11:00.000+03:00

Here's what ---> i <--- want right now!

Fish.

Meat

Chicken

Pasta

rice

Dessert

Radio show

2008-09-01T20:29:00.000+03:00

A close friend of mine from my highschool days is gettin his radio comedy show on the air soon
so since he's my buddy and all I thought I might get you guys to listen to it and let me know what you think!

Name: `3anima wel theeb
Station: 89.5
Time: 4:00 pm

so give it a shot folks!

Ramadan mubarak

2008-08-31T17:52:00.000+03:00

I wish you all Ramadan mubarak all!!!!

alla yetqabal 9yamkom inshalla!

Hmmm cars!

2008-08-29T13:15:00.000+03:00

Okay, so yeah lots of us love them,

sporty types, luxury types, off-road types..

However i've noticed that some people take it like a sign of status, instead of actual interest... well sort of.

The Story:

while i was in the states, there came a point where i needed a car badly so I asked my pops if i could have like
$2500 to buy some used vehicle to get around.... i didnt really care what it was, it had 4 wheels, and it takes you from
A to B...

Apparently I committed a serious error because i got yelled at: "ANA WELDE ESOOG HAL SAYARAT....." bla bla bla bla
so eventually i bought a new toyota yaris... at that time it JUST came out, totally new toyota car model.. etc etc.
of course the official reason from my pops was that its better to get a new car because it has warranty..... of course this statement does have merit... to some point. anyways so i ended up getting a toyota yaris '07 for $16000.

Actually I was really proud of it, it ran great, excellant gas-mileage, simple, small, and sweet.
here's a pic (it's not very clear)

Even the kitties loved it.... (yes im using this as an excuse to show of my babies)

Did i mention that my cats are awesome? alright im getting back on topic sheesh :P

So, after lots of fun & happy memories with my wonderful Toyota Yaris.... I decided that once i get back to Kuwait
the only thing I'm getting, is of course a '08 Yaris...

then when i returned i was SHOCKED...... my beautiful Yaris.... was a Taxi?! I even saw it as a delivery car for Pizza-Hut

I must say it was a dirty feeling............yet my stubborn heart tried to deny it and play blind... and I said to myself
"Shako bil nas ana, 3ajbatny!" .... well after i saw what i saw i didnt whole heartedly believe that, but i tried.

Anyways my resistance didn't last since basically my family and friends revolted on me and all described me like was some lunatic saying stuff like:

- "Ya 7abeby ur in kuwait 6eglik BM wella "Legzes" "
- "Yam3awad shino ya3ny betwafer banzeen, e`7ethlik range shino ya3ny"
- "La la ya wleedi e`7ethlik sayara rez feeha nafsik kash`7a"
bla bla bla

So for about 6 months i shopped and i shopped and compared and all of that.... in the end i decided to go against the flow and buy a convertable coupe with a manual transmission (im planning on taking pics, so ill post them later)..

the point:
Why are cars such a sign of status????

did our ancestors gain status based on how good their horse/camel was? i'm suspecting that might be the case (jk)

I want to hear you guys's opinions about this issue

Ramadan TV shows

2008-08-29T12:01:00.000+03:00

Alright experts, wanna let me know whats supposed to be hot when it comes to TV shows in ramadan?
I caught a few glimpses of 6ash ma 6ash while in the states, usually the times the shows run aren't very convenient and they tend to be played either really late or really early.... so any good recurrent shows i should be lookin up to seein?

Ramadan hangout spots

2008-08-27T12:19:00.000+03:00

Alright people, ramadan is coming. it's gonna be my 1st time in 8 years doin ramadan in kuwait.

The dude is in search of popular hangout spots to have fun durin the night time... cause durin the day time ill be either working, messing around the blogs, or of course sleepin.

The perfect infiltrator

2008-08-26T09:41:00.000+03:00

Mission impossible?
James bong? er bond?

No sir.

infiltrating a double steel 15cm thick doors and multi-layerd walls
into a sound proof room by passing all security measures
is clearly no easy feat... but only one thing can do it..

THE KUWAITY BRE39i!

Kuwaiti kid

2008-08-24T11:39:00.000+03:00

Alright, so part of my job is to provide therapy for kids with delayed language.
no i don't feel like giving a lecture about what is "language" :P but for the purposes of this post
i'll mention that a part of language is knowing "prepositions".... ya3ny: da`7el, barra, fog, ta7at... etc

This 4 year old kid i was just working with, we were playing with a 'jack in the box' type of game, so basically
we were like: weeena? da`7el! weena? barra!

anyways, at some point we asked the child,, weeen ra7???
the 4 year old child said:

RA7 EL-CHALET

Lesson: teach your kids useful words ffs!

Thanks guys

2008-08-23T10:17:00.000+03:00

For givin me all kinds of huggins, lovins, good food and lethal foods!

So here's a clip from one of my most favorite movies, The Big Lebowski. if you haven't seen this, then you should.
immediately. if you don't. then i will haunt your dreams, eat your cookies, and write funny things on your forehead while you sleep!!!

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The dude is sick

2008-08-20T22:35:00.000+03:00

And feelin really crappy.
so send me your good wishes, hugs, and make me lots of tasty sandwiches.

Thanks <3 <3

Dude's story time

2008-08-18T15:54:00.000+03:00

Alright boys and gals,
I decided to share with you a true story,
it's been a while since i posted anything, so I'm writing a longish story for you to enjoy! (actually its REALLY long)
Alright then! grab your popcorn, chips, banak, and your favorite non-intoxicating drink and read on!

So the events occured right after the 2008 new years, during that time I was in florida with my family
and since my pops decided that I'm gonna be driving from florida to newyork with no stops because
family time is awesome (or because its cheaper....)
I was having a hell of a peachy time since after driving for over 20 smthin hours i was going to take an 8 hour flight from NY to Seattle and of course by the time I got there I have to take a 9 hour bus ride to my college town because it was gonna be too late for flights.

Now you might say "Oooh! exciting!" or "I would've planned my trip better!"
yes yes all of that is noted, but actually that's not the exciting part of my story. It was just to put you in the picture of my
physical state when I finally got on that bloody bus.

I was miraculously moving my body going on 30+ hours without sleep on the bus when we reached the mountain pass (Snoqualmie pass) in the middle of Washington state. Here are some pictures to show you how fun it is over there

As you can see, it might not be the spot where you'd find the abominable snowman, but you just might see his tiny cousins.

Anyways, moving on.

So, me being extremely lucky, I had to travel on the day that the worst blizzard (snow storm) in 20 years happened. Being on the bus, and wanting to get home in any shape or form. I basically gave this 1.5s of thought and then my body resumed its zombified state. Why didn't i just pass the F!*@ out you might say? because the old geezer sittin next to me made me THAT uncomfortable.

So.
As some of you might know, driving in heavy snow requires extra traction. Meaning your tires need help to stay on the bloody road. And to solve this problem, a very smart, albiet cheap person discovered that you can use iron chains (salasel) to get extra traction on the tires.
Smart idea, pain in the butt to accomplish. since you got to put the chains over and around the tires, which is very hard to do on dry land, not to mention in deep snow AND in a blizzard.

Why do i bother with this you might ask? well it so happened to be that our bus driver DOESNT KNOW HOW TO PUT CHAINS ON THE TIRES so therefore, when we reached the top of the mountain pass, and were stuck in the snow.
Well, it wasnt so bad on my end because I wasn't movin my darn ass anywhere.
A bunch of the other people and the driver spent about 1.5 hours putting the chain on, and eventually the bus started moving again.

After a little while, i started to notice that there's a strange sound kind of like a rope grinding on wood kind of sound. A couple minutes pass by, then a strange smell was fillin up to place.. not too soon after people started screaming in the back FIRE FIRE!!!

The bus driver pulled over, and we were all runnin out in the snow to figuer out what the hell is goin on. Of course I didnt dress for the occasion, all i had on was a thin polyster jacket, a long sleeve shirt, sweatpants and running shoes.
it is NOT the way to dress if your going out in a bloody blizzard with tempratures in the NEGATIVE.

Anyways, so we look around the bus to see whats up, and this tendril of smoke starts to come up from the back tire. Apperantly the people didnt put the chain on correctly and the friction caused a rubber fire in the rear tires.
This wouldnt have been a huge issue, if the driver DIDNT FORGET TO BRING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. so, naturally, it was a big deal... you know?

So we were far away from the bus, and the bus driver was hard to see but I could tell that he was trying to put out the fire by shoveling snow with his hands.... it looked really funny actually. And the fire got bigger and bigger until...

Ok so these are like just random pics from the net, but you get the idea about what happened.

The bus exploded, we were stranded on the mountain in the middle of a blizzard watching our stuff burn for about 3 HOURS. since it was in such a heavy storm the fire trucks had a hard time getting to us. so basically we were all huddled up for warmth until an 18 wheeler pulled over and gave us shelter in the storage container.

of course by this time i was reaching the 40ish hour mark of going on without sleep, so all of this happened like it was some kind of blurry dream, it was difficult to think, not to mention stand up.
so i decided to do something....

6ab3an dageet 3ala el walid.

me: yoba.
dad: haa 7imdila 3al salama
me: enfijar el ba9
dad: .......
dad: eee emota we9alt?
me:... enfijar el ba9
dad: sheno ya3ny enfijar el ba9?
me: .......el ba9 enfijar
(a few seconds pass by, then i hear my dad in the background "Shoofy weldich madry sheno ga3ed e5arbe6")

Mom: Weshfeek!!
me: el ba9.....enfijar
Mom: weee!!! laykoon 9ar feek shay!
me: la zeen. bardan wayed.
Mom: wel jnaa6?!
me: uhh......
(actually i didnt think about it, then i paniced for a sec.... then i realized that i had my laptop with me and everything was cool)
me: bas thyabi e7targow
Mom: Yoooooooo!!! `3amee`6a!
me: ........... ee...
Mom: Weenek bil fendiq?
me: la....eb sha7ina
Mom: Sheno tsawy hnak?!
me: .....a6eg e9be3
(the network disconnected).

Alright im tired of typing.
lol

In the end the fools compensated me a stupid amount of money, and they took me home the next day.

Lesson: dont go over mountains in a freaking bus.

A tired mans' ramblings

2008-08-13T10:46:00.000+03:00

Alright, so im sleep deprived and i probably should take the day off work. but you know the kind and ethical person in me refuses to let the children miss their therapy sessions on the account of my physical and mental health

So ba7e6 7arity ehnee!!!

Alright, so my failed attempt at finding an interesting activity is kind of a downer, but im too bloody stubborn sometimes :P so i've been getting evil thoughts about checking out various theme parks (cause you know we got so many in kuwait) and taking observational notes about what life forms roam there, I want to know their faces, behaviors, and how do they communicate with each other.

Prior to leaving to the states 8 years ago I've stumbled upon such lands, and though I was but a young cub at the time I couldnt help but notice things that left a lasting impression on me, possibly scarring my soul for all of eternity....

Kuwait entertainment city, involved an ongoing tactical war game of chess between the white pieces (dishadeesh) and black pieces (barage3). of course, as with a game of chess, it can provide some entertainment for a while, however it all becomes too predictable and boring.... not to mention stupid? Sorry bas there's something about wa7ed labis 3gal fog el ga7fiya in a very non-chalant manner chasing a small crowd of 3abayat possibly half his height.... is...well..... kind of gross i guess

7adeeqat al she3ib, at the time it was kind of new so it had a little freshness here and there. indeed the chess army was slowly invading the outskirts, but it was otherwise not that contaminated. I have this distinct memory of one day that me and my cousins went there... which 3 brain shattering events happened in rapid succession cause me to possibly lose a piece of my sanity.
First it was the dude attempting to impress a bunch of chicks by doin the moonwalker thing while we were in line and he slipped and hit his head.
Then a chick in that line that insisted that all men were monkeys and was very public about her opinion until some older lady basically told her to stfu.
Lastly, the same older lady incited the group of guys to sit at a table with her, and she was introducing them to HER daughter.

alright maybe im being a little too speculative and harsh. but thats what you get for being tired and cranky.

Music Tag Thingy! tagged by mar8adoosh

2008-08-12T08:56:00.000+03:00

Music tag thing

Well I'm usually not a guy elly follows fads, but what the hell!
Shuffle my ipod eh? just remember

lol you asked for it!!!!!

1. Put Your iTunes/ music player / iPod on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!!! After you've answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they've been tagged to do them themselves.

1.IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Love 2 Love - by Janet Jackson
(damn it awalha chethee!!!)

2.WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Save a horse ride a cowboy - by big and rich
(LOL now thats more like it)

3.WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The best is yet to come - by frank sinatra
(interesting)

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Red, red wine - by UB40
(I think i would be in trouble if i felt like that at work lol)

5.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Me & U - by Cassie
(Oh jeah~~)

6.WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Twin Cannon -by Frank Klepachi
(LOL~~~ not even the half of it)

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Automatic -by Utada Hikaru
(er.... what the hell lol)

8.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Mo Money, Mo Problems -by B.i.G
(lol not all the time :P)

9.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Tourniquet -by evanescence
(Er.....no :P)

10.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Get this party started -by pink
(hell yes!)

11.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Fu-Gee-La -by The fugees
(lol I can't make up my mind on this one)

12.WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Golden Desert Part 2 -by Dj tieso
(I guess I just wanna party that bad lol~)

13.WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Margaritaville -by Jimmy Buffett
(HAHAHAH i'd be in real trouble if that was the case!!!)

14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
We Be Burning -by Sean Paul
(LOL i don't think so!)

15.WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Tokyo Drift (The Fast & furious)
(I REAAAAAAALLY dont hope that happens)

16.WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
The End of Heartache -by killswitch engage
(how the hell did this thing get in my ipod anyway lol)

17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Around the world -by daft punk
(What can I say, I'm an experienced man, LOL)

18.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Dudu -by Tarkan
(er, sure :P)

19. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Whine Up -by Kat Deluna
(Oh yeah baby, I'm dancin half naked all over the place in my office right now....
I think that might distract one or two people lol)

20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?
HAHAHHAHAHAHAH ubelievable....... I swear to god... the answer to this last one is:
Whatta Man -by Salt-n-pepa

That totally made my day, thankies mar8adoosh !

Er... tagged?

2008-08-09T08:55:00.000+03:00

Ok so I'm like totally new to this tag business...so if i mess up...

PALOMINO I BLAME U!!!!!

Name: Ali
My friends called me: Bu 7seen
My Nickname(s): braver

Career: Speech-Language Pathology

Favs.

Boys name: Ameer

Girls name: Manal, Sameera

Perfume: YSL, summer frag.

Fruit: Pomegranate

Veggie: Radish

Fast food place: Er. subway?

Favorite cartoon character: Takumi - Initial D

Animal: Panther

Ice Cream: parline and cream

Have u ever ?!

Bungee jumped: nein

Used someone: not intentionally!

Had bloody nose: oh yea

Played truth or dare: yes

Put your tongue on a frozen pole: there are a few things i put my tongue on and poles arent one of them!

Been in a physical fight: mhmm

Knocked on wood: on several occasions

Broken a bone: nein

Broken the law: i spit on the sidewalk once...............................

Last Time

Laughed and why? mmm i was probably messing around

Cried and why? funeral

Hugged someone and whom ? funeral, uncle

Recieved a Call and from whom ? dad

Used a Pen and what did you write ? Progress notes for my client

Lied and whats the truth ? no idea

Recieved a message and from whom ? nothing interesting

Took a Shower: yesterday

Put Make-up On: er, hell no?

Ride a bike: like, 9 years ago lol

What does it mean to you ?

Your family: flesh & blood
Your home: place I'm connected to
Your friends:love em
Yourself:old friend
Your birthday: I try not to get too excited
Your bedroom: Operations room!
Your car: oooooooooooooooh baby!
Your mobile: txt msg ho!
Your PC/laptop: oh yeah~~~~~mhmmmmmm!
Blogging: new hobby
Money: Necessary evil, bloody hate it

Right Now

Eating: nein

Thinking: how long is this thing

Smelling: my smelling sense is shot

Watching: initial d

Listening to: japanese music

Wearing: boxers

Waiting for: breakfast

Hating: boredom + the freaking heat outside

Missing: someone

Loving: the fact im taking a vacation in.......... 4 months

Worried about: vacation planning

Planning: disneyworld

Annoyed with: longass tag!

Mention two things that...

.......... ok sorry palomino but i cant take it anymore its too long lol

Things to do in kuwait...

2008-08-05T09:23:00.000+03:00

Hey guys,

I seriously... need your help.

So it's been like 8 months since i came back to q8. and since the culture here is...well... weird to me i guess i just can't find interesting shit to do.

ok so things that i've already done (way too many times i might add):

- goin to a hooka cafe
- eatin out
- goin to the movies
- bowling
- going to the gym
- window shopping
- counting how many palm trees are on gulf street
- trying to puzzle out what the hell is up with the pyramid/spiky hear-do
- Avoiding getting killed by crazy drivers in hawalli
- er.. oh yeah and going to work.

:( help?

The way of the booger....

2008-08-03T20:06:00.000+03:00

Well my co-worker found this one while shopping for some toys (I guess), so I'm not taking any credit for finding it.

The instant I saw it, I was semi-shocked, and at the same time enlightened...
enlightened to reason why a lot of kids that i see at work instinctively attempt to scratch their brain.... to think? or to assault me with gross objects..

Now I'm considering wearing a gas mask to protect myself!

Target: Locked On!

2008-07-30T09:13:00.000+03:00

Well, let me make it clear that i incredibly, furiously, and instinctively hate politics....................

However a picture of a dude flying 1.5 ft above the ground in some kind of aerial rock pose while wearing neatly pressed jeans , and apparently trying to throw what i assume to be a harmful object at someone while having his entire face wrapped up..

is just too much for me to ignore!!!!!

Desperate measures.

2008-07-28T12:40:00.000+03:00

When's its 50 over... everything goes!

the ultimate power.

2008-07-26T16:57:00.000+03:00

i know some people have bad english...
but give me a freakin break!

Public saftey

2008-07-24T09:55:00.000+03:00

Another spectacular experience in k-town.
my car is pretty low set, so when i was driving next to this thing i had the eminent feeling that... well.. there's gotta be a law or something against this stuff.

blarg.

2008-07-23T12:49:00.000+03:00

Hi peoples!

well i've been pretty busy lately, family crapola.

Anyways, i saw a picture that .... just may be the reason that we have some angry and rude kids on the street these days.

if you dont know whats wrong with this picture.

you got issues.

Krikey.....

2008-07-19T09:08:00.000+03:00

Alright,
first off I'd like to apologize for not replying earlier to people who commented on my thing. im basically new to this blogging ordeal so i just didnt know!
now thats taken care of..
so off to the new topic!!!

So, since I've been away in the states for 8 years total, and didnt visit kuwait in 5 or 6... naturally many things changed... i mean i was in a state of constant shock for 2 weeks JUST trying to take stuff in.

And then while I was in LaLa land trying to absorb all the changes and greatness... something... Yellow... started to ascend to the sky... from the ground...

it went into my eyes..
I cried.
it went into my nose..
I sneezed.
it went into my mouth..
I gagged.

Ah yes, el6oz , my friend of old has come to greet me in the unfriendly bloody manner which he is custom to... chennik towek makil steak ow baked potato a7la ma eykoon ow na6er the small baskin robins pralines and cream scoop to wash it off...
.............
faj2a edar3em 3aleek refeejik min el thanawiya, you know the kind of guy you wanna say hi to but you dont wanna spend more than 1 second with than necessary, ow yakil el icecream ow yatres 7aljik trab ow yamshi. la wegoolik: haaa tabeeny wala taby el 7arara 50?!

talk about a rude awakening lol

Hey guys!

2008-07-14T10:33:00.000+03:00

Hey people,

I'm Ali, a Kuwaiti SLP graduated from Washington State University, and currently working here in Kuwait as an SLP.

So....do you like stuff?