Sporting Creativity

You know, am a sports addict, and I don't just mean watching it, but also playin it. I've seen so many different people performing in different ways, some regimental, some for fun and some, just for the sake of it. What am trying to get at is the following: I've seen this ad a while ago and it's just pure genius, it portrays sports performance in a classic way. It's titled "Indian Yoga vs. Irish Yoga". Enjoy :).

Future planning is depressing

It had been a while since I last had a proper post on the blog. This was due to me having loads of decisions to make . Big decisions are always quite difficult to make due to them being related to the future "any decision related to the future is always something scary" :X GOD growing up is NOT easy ! :P

I was having a huge dilemma whether to pump more money into the stock exchange or get a student loan and realize my life long dream of gaining an MBA from Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Me being me wanted to have them both but my closest mates were having a go at me saying that "I can't have my cake and eat it !"

So this was basically making me a bit blue but don't worry nothing too major ! I had to buckle down and start budgeting (BORING) :D. And now I raise from under all the papers, receipts and the likes with the following conclusion:

YES, I get to do both ! weeeew saying this really made me feel good, the major plus as well is that I will continue with my standard of living (quite high) :P B)

Now, I have to do all the administrative paper work for both projects, sooooooooooo bring on the mugs of coffee ! :D Anybody fancy helping ? My handwritting is quite bad ! :P ;)

Hazardous Material!!!

Well, I don't want to sound sexist, but this is not only true, but it sure hell is funny. I could provide more evidence upon request to support this arguement. Well enjoy :)!!!

Happiness is a puzzling thing

These days I can't help but wonder what happiness really is, the concept of happiness differs from one to another, everyone of us has his/her own perception of happiness, for example lets say that A guy called Mohammed won the lottery. A cool BD 25 million ! He appeared to be a good man with a good character. Of the many types of people who might have won, his friends were happy it was Mohammed. But two years later he was arrested for drink driving, resisting arrest and having drugs in his car. The arrests continued over the next few years. The excitement of winning did not grow into a lifelong happiness.

While Ali, a successful businessman, who had no friends, worked long hours, saving and reinvesting most of his money. He was disliked for his independence and envied for his wealth. Yet his life was full of contentment and happiness. Why does wealth bring happiness to some and misery to others? This thought really got me confused :O

If wealth is not a shortcut to happiness, what is ? One might count sacrificing for others as a ticket to happiness ! OK then, lets say that Mona is a volunteer in an elderly care center, she works there 6 days /week, 52 weeks a year, but hates it, hates her life, and has grown especially bitter towards the people she serves.

Yasmeen, an engineer, never does volunteer work. If she gives to charity, she does so very selectively. Acquaintances envious of her success call her selfish. Yet Yasmeen is very happy.

There are many people who we think should be happy but are not. (Mohammed the "lucky" lottery winner and Mona the "serious" volunteer.)

There are many people who we think should be miserable but are not. (Ali the "loner" businessman and Yasmeen the "selfish" engineer.)

Some people who seem to have nothing are very happy. Some people who seem to have everything are not. Yet some jet-setters seem happy while some moral crusaders have become miserable old grouches. I can't help but think that happiness seems very unpredictable, inconsistent, irrational. I yearn for the simpler times I had as a kid, when a toy or a kick of a ball would make me happy, sadly this is not the case anymore ! Don't miss understand me, I am very happy and I enjoy every minute of my life.

To me being successful is happiness, this is what keeps me going, this is what makes me wake up everyday ! Will this change within time ? God only knows, but for now this is the main ingredient in my life (Success = Happiness). So what is happiness to you? A penny for your thoughts people ! ;)

Farewell party

Just got of the phone with my mate Yousif, just reminiscing about last night farewell party which we had for some friends (Laura, Max and Naseem). Usually I would not sit foot at the Blue Elephant (I hate Thai food) but yesterday was a different story, it was actually the first time I had fun in that overrated place. We were a huge group (11) but still it was fun; the staff had to basically kick us out at the end of the night ! B) :P

Anyway bon voyage guys and hope to see you soon :)

PS : Vuk I still hate Thai food, so stop trying to convince me that it's gods gift :P

This is soooooo true

Hello all, it seems that my brain wouldn't come up with new topics this week but fear not my friends, because here comes some equations (Don't worry, it's not maths) :P

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime


GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.

To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Footie is back

I can't stress enough how football mad I've became, ever since going to the UK for my studies 7 years ago. I keep claiming that my addiction is not as bad as others and it's merely a man thing to watch sports thus always getting ticked off ! MAN ! it's only two days a week ! Can't a guy have some peace ? :P I am not exactly too keen on all the European leagues but there will always be two leagues close to my heart (English and Scottish) and ofcourse the Champs league. Any hooow with the footie season kicking of again this afternoon, here is this joke I've stumbled upon:

Out on her royal yacht the queen was enjoying the sea air when she spied a man in the water off the port bow - clearly being menaced by a very large shark.

Through her binoculars she could see it was Christiano Ronaldo, struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 20 foot shark!

The queen ordered the captain to change course to try and save the poor man, but she knew the yachts top speed would never get them there in time. At that exact moment a speedboat containing three men wearing white England tops sped into view. One of the men took aim at the shark and fired a harpoon into its ribs, immobilizing it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled Ronaldo from the water and, using long clubs, beat the shark to death.

They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious Ronaldo into the speedboat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic calling ...... It was the Queen calling them to the yacht. On reaching the yacht the Queen went into raptures about the rescue and said, "I'll give you a knighthood for your brave actions. I thought the England team would hate Ronaldo after the world cup. But I see that the England team are true heroes and should serve as a model for sportsmanship to other countries." She knighted them and sailed away.

As she departed Rooney asked the others, "Who was that?!"

"That," Gerrard answered, "was our Queen. She rules the Commonwealth and knows everything about our country."

"Well," Rooney replied, "she knows fuck all about shark fishing. How's the bait holding up?"

Come on you reds ! 2-0 my prediction ! for Chelsea that is :P (Kidding) :D

US Diary 1: The Big Apple

Everything in this city is audacious and unrepressed, wherever you go, everything is "in your face". With a world class culture, roaring traffic, pulsating architecture and sky-kissing skyscrapers, it somewhat manages to encompass such a remorseless stream of newness and freshness with perfection.



This city is a haven for immigrants. From Little Italy to Chinatown, wherever you go, wherever you look, you see them strolling the alleys and walkways, bringing with them inspirations, innovations and that extra lewdness. From the Empire State Building to Central Park to Times Square, whether its day or night, the clock is always ticking, the options are infinite and boredom is a word that isn't in the dictionary. The only source of limitation is oneself.



After September 11, that extra vulnerability flows through the air. Whether it's joggers in the parks, sellers in the market or people jammed in the subway, everything looks falsely connect but yet, there's a sense of unity. Whether you see it or not, it's lying down under, ready to erupt at any instant!!!


Man, I already miss it a lot!!!

Busy week, but I've survived !

OK, so it had been a whole week since my last post, the past week was quite hectic ! My Laptop got nackared yet again – yup ! nothing new there I guess, eh ? :x This wasn't totally bad, at least with my laptop out of myway, I finally got a chance to register my car :P, WOW (nerd alert) :D This gotta be bad, need to sort out my addiction to computers ! :x And as if having my PC nakared wasn't bad enough, my mom managed to fall during one of those trips to Saudi - which I dread - causing her elbow to dislocate ! :( Thank god it wasn't as bad as it sounded (cast is off now). Now with my mum being injured I turned (gladly of course) ;) :P into her shoufer, dropping her here and there and running errands of course (OK a bit of exaggeration here "incase she reads this") :P

Turning into the shoufer meant that I had to take my sister to the airport as well – went to Qatar for a distant relative marriage, she didn't like it (Qatar) and kept moaning of how boring and empty the country was and how they treated women as sub-species over there. Finally one argument I won over her (Funny how sooooo pro Qatar she was before she went).

While to the contrast, Mum went on a short hol to Dubai as a recuperation trip and enjoyed staying in the Al-salam Place, she kept going on and on and on about how they were pampered there ! Will go there someday, yeah right ! not at the rate I spend my money at :P

Khalid finally made it back from the US, still having this dilemma of working abroad or here, he tried to bribe me with a speaker system for my iPod and a silk tie (claims that they were presents ;), Yeah right !;) What an ungrateful git I've became :P), K YOU NEED TO POST OR YOU'RE OUT ! :x :) presents or no presents, I don't care ! :P

Was meant to post something about Mr. Galloway but the whole post was lost due to my lovely laptop being such a pain ! Will have to rewrite the whole thing again; now that I've lost everything ! I have a bad habit of doing my posts offline prior to postin them on the blog. I am full of bad habbits ! :D:P ok gotta stop blabbing or I'd never manage to post something this week ! :)

I am still here !

Well, it had been a very long time since my last post, I was just very busy ! So people get ready for a verrrryyy long post ! watch this spot ! :P A post is due tis afternoon :D I promise ;)

Podcasts

Podcasts became an integral part of my day to day life, having audio programs matching your interests downloaded to your desktop is a luxury I got used to.

Imagine having a Radio Channel specially tailored to your own needs. No more bloated boring programs used to fill in gaps, no more cheesy DJs hogging mics (thinking they're gods gift), no more adverts etc. you get the flow ? I could go on for ages !

You can avoid all the ridiculously boring channels by just subscribing to the show of your liking (just a mouse click), go grab yourself a cuppa something while it downloads and uploads to your portable music player !

I used to enjoy listening to shows like the Breakfast with Chris Moyles show (BBC Radio 1) and 606 (Live BBC5) in my student years and now thanks to podcasting I continue to do so.

Whether driving or doing an out doors (even indoors) activities I am spoiled for choice and do not need to listen to Radio Bahrain anymore (Gulfs number 1? yeah right !).

Just to help you get started here are a couple of links:

Apple podcasts

YAHOO! Podcasts

Wish I can think like that !

Ok, so we are off to a very slow start today. just before you start reading this post, I'd like to mention that I am not a sexist ! :P Anyway enough with me blabing, hope you enjoy this ! ;)

One morning a woman's husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book. Along comes a game warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning Ma'am. What are you doing?"

"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, "Isn't that obvious?")

"You're in a restricted fishing area," he informs her.

"I'm sorry officer, but I'm not fishing, I'm reading."

"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up."

"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault," says the woman.

"But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden.

"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment."

"Have a nice day ma'am", and he left.

MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely that she can also think.

Ok, this goes right into my little notebook ! :D

Innovative Banking

An article was sent to me today which I thought I'd share with you all !! It seems that Yemen (believe it or not) is becoming a leader of innovation in the Arab world (Banking wise; that is). :O A bank in San'aa (Yemen Commercial Bank) came up with the weirdest idea; A travelling cash machine ! Yes, this is not a fragment of your imagenation ! Basically, all what you have to do is call your branch and the bank will send the cash machine to you no matter where you are ! WOW, say bbye to the "benefit network charges". :D Apparently, the idea came to the CEO while having a Qaat "some type of drug which Yemenis love" session :D

My hate to travel to Saudi

One of the things that I hate doing is going to Saudi Arabia. Whether for a family function or shopping, you name the activity, I just can't get into grips with the whole idea ! :) Don't get me wrong I have nothing against the Saudis nor their country, I just can't understand those people (Bahrainis) who enjoy going there ! Women (Believe it or not) :D are the biggest fans of this, for example I have a couple of mates who are constantly harassed by their fiancées to take them on shopping sprees over there. :o And when asked what's so special about shopping in Saudi, I always get the same reaction, a shrug of the shoulders and a small grunt ! :D My Family, falls in the same category, they like to go there every now and then (mainly shopping) which causes me to have debates with them on whether it's beneficial to shop there or not.

I am more confused now than ever with the whole thing and will never understand the point of travelling there, getting into the boring looooooong queues on the causeway and hope that I would never fall into this, NEVER EVER ! But my mum keeps giving my dad a small cheeky smile ;) with her saying to him "wait till he gets engaged !" :-x :P

So people (if you enjoy Saudi Arabia) please tell me what's so SPECIAL about it ?