Been a very hectic and stressful past couple of months and I feel like I’ve reached my limit and some time away is extremely necessary if I am to hang on to whatever sanity I have left. Whether its problems at work, friends, life, obligations, responsibilities, the weather, and so on, its come to a [...]
Everyone knows Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital and I still remember the days when people used to think it was the best in the country where people were actually properly treated by real doctors. Past few weeks, been hearing a lot of stories about this hospital that make you go WTF?!?! The worst hospital in [...]
It’s been two weeks since the last time I posted. I got back from Lebanon last Saturday night, on the 12th, but have not checked my blog since, except for replying to two comments. Otherwise, haven’t been checking it. I did this morning and found that Zack and DLC were wondering where [...]
Leaving in a few hours to Lebanon to attend the funerals of Tbone and Alec. Will be back Saturday.
Day before yesterday, two old friends of mine whom I have known for 10 years now died in a car accident. They were on their way to the movies in Tbone’s wrangler when one of the tires blew up forcing them into the sidewalk and the car flipping 5 times. They were both [...]
This may be the smartest or the dumbest question. A few days, I got a few IBM - Lenovo systems with 19″ LCD screens. My dad, being an engineer, looks at them and say “there is no way those are 19 inches wide”. After a short debate, I got a ruler and [...]
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Read an article in Al Watan Daily which motivated me to write this post. There are around 15,000 drug addicts in Kuwait. Even though security is tight and almost everyday we read in the papers about drug dealers being caught, the amount of drugs in the country is rising and their [...]
This site brought back a lot of memories. They sell pretty much all Lebanese-made products you can think from sweets, chocolates, coffees, nuts, water pipes (argeeleh), artisanat, canned food, music, books, and other stuff. Any orders will be shipped and delivered to you within 5 days via DHL. The name is Al Doukan which is [...]
So you work your ass off and take measures to control your expenses and all is going great as you see your bank account growing month after month leaving a certain amount in your savings account. Damn, it feels good watching that number grow!! But then, out of nowhere, you face something that must [...]
Summer is kicking in and people are already leaving for a nice long vacation away from the sun and heat; a lot of people I know are already out of town for at least a month or so. Still monthly visitors remained almost the same at 28,000 this month. Comments however have shrunk [...]
