To my friend
Congrats on the happy news , its fantastic that i knew of happy news to you from the wife of another of my friends , make me wonder what type of friendship is that
also you didn’t replay to the SMS
Not to mention the other stuff
but for today a little haiku …
Congrats my friend on the good news
Why ignore me its not a TV interview
neither is dewaniya The TV show the view
If it wasn’t Haram i would drink me some brew
Kuwait ordeal continues for Sydney family
I first read on Alaan news Site
While i don’t like Kuwaiti policemen I’ll have to side with them on them , full of falsity in the family telling of the story
And here are some of it
The family was on its first holiday in a decade and had already visited the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Syria when they arrived in Kuwait.
I’m sorry , i don’t believe anyone spend vacation in Kuwait , you went to the UAE first which is Kuwait + Alcohol with extra sand action
At this point her six brothers became involved and the family was soon surrounded by 35 police and airport guards
35 Guards ? are there even 20 policemen at the whole Kuwait Airport ? and also mention soon ?
even if there were 35 policemen there is no way you can gather 10 in less than an hour …
“(A guard) threw her passport on the ground and he stepped on it and he goes, ‘Who’s going to help you now? The emu or the kangaroo?'” she said.
Right , a Kuwaiti Policeman and he knows Emu , not believable
What i think happened which is mostly the logical thing
from the family name they have just got the Australian nationality and think they are Uber and no one can talk them ( seen many people with Canadian or American passport do that ) and they step the line , the Policeman call them on it ( because hey they look Arab from the picture ) they shout at him , thinking they have immunity , the policemen use the legal means they have
The mother start cussing left and right like a drunken sailor ( saw a Canadian nationality do that and she was from Syria ) and the second or third insult is always something about Kuwait and its Emir .
So yeah , i hope she rot in Jail , enjoy the Vacation , and let this be a lesson , if you got another country passport , you don’t need to come and try and flash it here
So its 2009 , wow its still hard to change the habit of writing 2008 all of a sudden
too many things changed for me in 2008 , back on the job
nearly done with most books i got from last book fair
I didn’t update the blog as much as i wished , maybe it would change this year , depending on workload
on another note
Stuff to do in 2009 ( aka buy )
– New Mobile ( last one here ) ,
– New Laptop ( i use a laptop for dewaniya viewing , the Eepc isn’t good for that because it has no S-video )
any advice on mobiles ?
Just found this on Exzombie blog
its a rumor box in one of the newspapers that says
“There is an attempt for agreement between over than 50 blogs to put up the next Ministerial formation of 15 ministers”
it saddens me to say this
i wasn’t part of this elite 50 bloggers
It does seem bloggers have become so big in Kuwait that we become the next shadow government
It’s been a while since I wrote anything, two things make me less motivated to write
First thing work, I work in the government, and it’s getting depressing more and more lately,
between mistakes left and right , everyone trying to throw blame at others , work that delayed for some reason since 2007 and no one touched it ( and I’m suddenly supposed to do it now ) ..Etc
I did write couple of posts but didn’t post them, some may seem outdated and some maybe posted later
These are some of the posts titles
– Transparency protects us!
– Shia Bloggers, should we care?
– Elitist concerns part Four, Kuwait Stamps
– Rulers Sainthood
The other thing that making me less motivated to write is Kuwait , not the weather but the people , the more you read or interact with people the more you feel this country is like a bus driving to the cliff
And you can’t ignore them, if you don’t’ go to Dewaniya or read paper you will see them in blogs, switching off your TV wouldn’t work, you will see more idiots on your way to work, or at work
People you thought were rational speaking irrational stuff, people talking stupid
Stuff people say that I think is totally stupid
– If we remove National Assembly Kuwait will be back as the Perl of The Gulf
Wrong, 1986 – 1990 is a good proof, it was stable government with many veterans yet it failed to do anything
– We don’t need a Forth Refinery, we have Three
Wrong , we need it badly , the count of Refinery is Three , doesn’t mean they work as normal three , one of them is WAY outdated , and is slated to close at 2010 ( which was pushed back 3 times ) one keep on breaking , and the newest one isn’t in a better shape either
Not only we don’t’ have the capacity to produce Gas for Electricity (right now we are burning Crude for that) but they are having real problems fulfilling local needs right now
(Not to mention they do not meet environmental standard, if you are into that kind of stuff)
Where I know that? Friends working in the refinery, I don’t get news from newspapers, they are bad in Kuwait as I have said many times
– Dubai is brilliant they made everything without depending on oil
No , they didn’t , first they have oil ( abet limited but still ) also they depend on Abu Dhabi oil revenues as well ( and right now they will depend more on them for a bailout , read latest Newsweek )
I think a bit of Venting is good for the soul, I may vent more next week 🙂