My Dad and I

May 31st, 2008

Back to the normal “guys” life.  Just dropped off my mom at the airport, on her way back to Lebanon.  She has been here almost 4 months and I came to realize how much of a difference it is to have a woman’s touch at home.  Though my dad and I keep everything clean and [...]

Mouse in Carrefour Frozen Food Fridge

May 29th, 2008

A mouse was spotted in the frozen food fridge in Carrefour. Kids are going crazy, and some employee is trying to block the camera! Not good at all!

Note: Not sure if this is in Kuwait or Ajman, as Mark pointed out with his excessive research skills.

Dentist Recommendation

May 29th, 2008

 
Exactly one year ago, I had a tooth pulled out cos of some dumbass dentist in Beirut who accidently forgot the tip of a needle inside my tooth…. weird, I know! Though I was supposed to get an implant two months later, I didn’t till recently.  But I had to change the dentist cos of [...]

Salloumi DOT Com

May 28th, 2008

Came across this YouTube look-alike site last week and didn’t spend much time browsing through it.  I think its been around for a while, but this was the first time I see it.  Anyway, i wasn’t too impressed by it but gotta admit, they have nice videos up there.  The presentation is very much like [...]

Dubai Metro System Being Tested

May 28th, 2008

I was in Dubai two weeks ago and I posted about how impressed I was with how fast they were constructing the new metro system. Well, they are in the testing phase now!! The Dubai Metro is the world’s first driverless metro system, constructed over 75km at a cost of 15 billion dirhams [...]

Your Boss is on Facebook!

May 27th, 2008

This actually happened to me not long ago! I was pretty nervous when I got the friend request, but luckily I got a very cool boss so no problem. But what if he wasn’t cool??? This is a pretty cool video that tells you what to do in this situation:

More Facebook videos

Power Cuts Coming Soon!

May 27th, 2008

This past week witnessed some extreme sudden rise in temperatures reaching as high as 48 degrees a little after noon. Consequently, power consumption rose drastically and since the country is not yet prepared as power plants scheduled for completetion this summer are facing delays, power cuts are imminent, as stated by MOE. The [...]

Third Kuwaiti Airlines: Wataniya Airways

May 27th, 2008

A new Kuwaiti airlines will start operations during 2009.  The new carrier will be called “Wataniya Airways” and will start off with two Airbus A320 aircrafts flying to areas in the Gulf and the Middle East.  Wataniya airways plans initially to fly to the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Jeddah; Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, [...]

Is Competition Healthy?

May 26th, 2008

Is competition healthy? Personally, I think it is. So does FKU, as he said during a heated debate last night. When feeling threatened by a competing colleague, you tend to work harder and do your best to beat the competition. That goes without saying. Be it in school, university, or at [...]

We Have a President!! - Michel Suleiman

May 25th, 2008