January 13, 2009
Yesterday was one of those days. I opened the huge bag and took out everything and set them on the couch; piles of clothes. I don’t buy many, but there sure was quite a heap. Most of the clothes are memorable, how I got them, where and when even though that isn’t quite a normal thing (is it?) with guys.
Since I’ve been married I have been clearing out some of my old stuff. “Yes men,” you’ll have to get rid of some stuff you own and that is not even an option. I’m not saying its a bad thing, it isn’t, not really. The best advice I can offer the men, is, “don’t panic”. Seriously, I’m sure you will be able to retain and keep some of your values possessions regardless of its vague and powerful attachment that women don’t understand. “Its a guy thing,” surprisingly sometimes works but not all the time.
I’m accepting to change, which I’m hopeful for. This way I can look forward to good new stuff, like better clothes (that fit better.. you’d be surprised, heck, even I was!) and even more memorable moments of acquiring such [new] clothes and other accessories and appliances.
Lets just say, yesterday was one day and one bag cleared. Tomorrow, who knows? I’m just sure it is worth it, even now, and in the future.
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December 30, 2008
I found searching using Google very annoying after they started using a local domain. All the results were always in Arabic. I usually had to go to google.com then click on “English” to allow the search default language to be in English.
Not only that, but it quickly goes back to being in Arabic again after a while, and it just got too annoying for my taste.
I found that adding “&hl=en” to the end of the URL automatically changed the current search query into English!
For example if the URL was as follows:
http://www.google.com.kw/search?hl=ar&q=sandbox&lr=&aq=f&oq=
Would turn into:
http://www.google.com.kw/search?hl=ar&q=sandbox&lr=&aq=f&oq=&hl=en
That’s it!
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December 23, 2008
I have been recently asking myself the scary question, “What do I do when I reach my goals?” Usually you’d naturally think that reaching one’s goals is the main objective of life. We set goals – and we strive to reach them. So, what happens when we do actually reach them? Is there nothing at the end? Are we left empty? goal-less?
Personally, I think it would be best to create new goals. But, what if the thing you managed to achieve, doesn’t feel the way you thought it would? What if with little time, the thing you achieved loses that special effect that it had on you when you first achieved it?
Thinking about this more, it seems that this is normal, but to what extent should it be normal? We await the moment to buy something special for ourselves, for example; a car. When we get it we become excited for quite a while and with time, it doesn’t feel so special anymore.
The issue becomes more serious when it is a much bigger goal, education for example or another life changing event. For me, I love to revisit my goals, especially those important to me, because usually I really go through a lot to reach these special goals.
What about you? Do you have goals? Have you achieved some? All?
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December 21, 2008
Ever since Bojacob got that damn Chinese cat, or shall I say, “Fu!” and “Fu!” it is indeed! It sits idle on his desk, its hand waving back and forth, calling or pushing back the luck in this place. Disaster has struck since we placed a battery in it! I’m not one to believe in such stuff, but it seems that it has become the conversation of the departments.
People walk around trying to sabotage this so called good-luck clay cat charm. So far, no attempt has been successful. Damn Chinese cat indeed.
On a lighter note, I have successfully moved the VMWare image from my desktop to my laptop and can successfully blog using Windows Live Writer as I please. This is seriously the only reason I have Windows at the moment.
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December 17, 2008
I have been waiting for an excuse to write something here but I still don’t have one. My excuse not to write was the unavailability of a great blogging client such as Windows Live Writer on Mac or Linux. Oh, and I wouldn’t bother visiting the link on your Mac, it will take you to the Mactopia Microsoft website – bleh.
Another excuse why I haven’t written is lack of content to write about. I’ve been quite busy with my wife and work. Most events that happen aren’t worth blogging about (or are, but I simply wouldn’t like to get that stuff on here.)
I thought about posting a branch of what I get done at work (and off work) mainly related to Linux tricks, JavaScript and Perl snippets and even strategies on getting things done with your Linux machine. Sadly, that type of content is too niche for my style, though I do get a kick out of doing that at time.
I’m not planning on quitting or leaving anytime soon. This is, after all, my home online. I’ve created a bond with my blog, with my domain, and the essence that exists here.
Hmm, what I need is a jump start – anyone have jumper cables? I’m hoping time will do its thing and get me up and running again.
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October 15, 2008
Here are some things you can do with 10KD:
- 2 or 3 trips to the gas station.
- A full meal at Fridays, Applebees, Chili’s.. etc.
- Half, or even less than half of a pair of jeans, a shirt, or accessory.
- A small fraction of a phone bill (average is around 50KD a month I’m assuming)
- 3 trips to the cinema alone, or one trip including popcorn and drinks with a snack.
- Half or two thirds the price of a DVD movie.
Here are some other things you can do with 10KD:
- Buy some (minimal) groceries.
- Buy lots and lots of small sandwiches.
- Buy lots and lots of bread.
- Buy lots and lots of drinking water.
- Buy (mostly) lots and lots of sweets.
The price and usefulness of each item varies. You can buy a lot of stuff with that amount of money. You can do something even greater with only 10KD, something much bigger, better, and more effective. You can make a difference in someone’s life. You can help someone live, learn, eat, and give them shelter.. with only 10KD.
What you can do is, sponsor a child. Bait Alzakat will give you the opportunity to sponsor a child (Kafalat yateem) for only 10KD a month. Imagine the difference you will make in someone’s life with such a small expense.
The issue of poverty is a never ending issue. There will always be people who are in poverty, and we who do not have a chance to extend a helping hand.
Today’s Blog Action Day topic is Poverty. Find out what other people are saying about poverty around the world by going to http://blogactionday.org/.
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October 8, 2008
I was looking for the Aramex main building online when I stumbled upon the Barcelona football stadium, as well as the Manchester football stadium all in A’ardiyah. If you want to drive around for fun, how about “Happiness Street“.
P.S. Arabic language required to read the actual names.
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October 6, 2008
Female fan’s kiss ends music concert in Kuwait
Sun Oct 5, 9:51 AM ET
KUWAIT CITY – A Kuwaiti official says authorities abruptly ended a music concert by an Egyptian singer in this conservative Muslim country when a young female fan jumped on stage, hugged the male singer and gave him a kiss.
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Qanas al-Adwani, who heads the government department that monitors public entertainment, says the girl’s behavior at Friday’s concert “defied the conservative traditions” of Kuwait.
Al-Adwani also said Sunday that the fan’s behavior broke controls on public entertainment, which were imposed by influential Muslim fundamentalists after they failed in 1997 to ban concerts altogether. Concerts have to be licensed by the government, and monitors from the Information Ministry watch the crowd to make sure nobody stands up to dance.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_en_mu/ml_kuwait_concert_kiss
There you go folks, the latest news in Kuwait around the internet.
It bothers me how this is the type of news that makes it around. I’m sure people will voice their hate and calls for “freedom” and “democracy” in the unjust religious country of Kuwait after seeing something like this. I mean come on, there are ethics of behavior still, and norms. This news article sort of just makes it worse.
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October 6, 2008
I have installed twitter tools by Alex King. This will enable me to post more, when I post a tweet on twitter it will be posted here, and when I post an entry on my blog here, it will be linked on my twitter page. And no this will not cause the world to end as Alex King’s FAQ says,
What happens if I have both my tweets posting to my blog as posts and my posts sent to Twitter? Will it cause the world to end in a spinning fireball of death?
Actually, Twitter Tools has taken this into account and you can safely enable both creating posts from your tweets and tweets from your posts without duplicating them in either place.
Also, I apologize for the river of tweets recently in the feed. Those have been taken care of.
Twitter is a micro-blogging social network website.
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October 1, 2008
In exactly two weeks, on October 15th, you can make a difference. A huge one. The opportunity is here, all you have to do is post and entry on your blog on that day!
What I’m talking about is BlogActionDay. On this day, thousands of people will post on their blogs about a certain topic. Last year, we talked about the environment, and this year, the topic is poverty.
The biggest question you may have is: How will I make a difference by posting an entry on my blog? Let me tell you how.
- You can influence people.
- You can motivate people.
- You can motivate yourself, giving yourself an initiative.
- You can make people aware.
- You can spread the word.
Ever heard of the butterfly effect? As you may have heard this in a movie, or somewhere else; the butterfly effect is when a small action, can start a whole range of chain reactions that create huge change in the world.
Look at inventions for example. The discovery of oil was an important catalyst in leading people to travel using jet planes. Every action in this world usually has an effect that further affects the world we live in today. We can influence these actions. We cannot guarantee the effect, but we can try to act, and hope that it does create a positive influence in the world.
We act based upon what we know and what we hope to achieve right? If we do not act, things don’t usually happen on their own.
This is your chance to act, to spread the word, to make a difference. Speak up, and let yourselves be heard.
For more information please visit the Blog Action Day website, where you can submit your blog URL and sign up for the cause. [http://blogactionday.org/]
Day of Action: October 15th.
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