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Saturday, October 08, 2005 I have some pics that have been laying around in my phone, and since I can't think of anything else to post, I thought hey wouldn't it be a great idea to post them with some smart-ass comments, and make it all look like I really had something to post about? I am a genius! My new car, a 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser =D  Drove to Bahrain in my new car, and had to go through Al-Ahsa (in Saudi Arabia) on the way. I was in the middle of the city, yet the GPS system was showing that I was in the middle no where. Notice the red circle showing my car's location on the blank screen. Normally the screen would be filled with all kinds of roads/lines.  Omani pomegranate, the best I have EVER tasted. This year and the one before this Omani friend of my father sent the family some of their finest pomegranate. Omani's rule. I hope he reads this and sends even more!  Remember my smoking friend who left ashes all over my table (link), now I cought him on camera sleeping in the computer lab at school. We're far from even, but I'm getting there, one embarrassing picture at a time!   How to destroy 30,000 QR ($8000+) in 5 seconds =(    Where I spent most of my weekend: blasting, painting and inspecting pipes I'm working on for my graduation project. Exciting huh? *sighs* Btw, I appear in none of the pics above. See you guys in the next real post =p
posted by Mbarak at 11:44 PM Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Whoa, long time eh?No specific reason why I haven't posted for long. Honestly, I just didn't feel like it. I guess I was a little blogged-off, I even stopped visiting any other blogs. Now, a new month, new scheduele, new habits (fasting...etc), so I thought it was a good time to re-visit my blog. I honestly have no idea how far away is my next break, but let's hope it's like really really far. So, what happened on my off time? After the UAE experience, I just chilled at home. For real, I didn't do much. I didn't even read ANY book of the stack I bought from Dubai, and now that Ramadan is here, that should take that reading break at least til after the Eid. God do I love talking about myself. Anyway, back to school now, and it should be very busy. If anyone remembers the post about my graduation project advisor Dr. Hussain Rahmat-Allah, he didn't get well enough to come back to work. So the guys and I are left with ourselves and his assistant (who is being very helpful) to complete the project in a record time, may Allah help us. There are also a ton of projects, reports and whatnot in some other classes, not mentioning the preparations for my wedding in January (YAY!!). So I'm a little crammed up during this semester, and hopefully this blog will be like a place to vent all my frustration, anger, stress, and hardships that are coming on the way. It should be exciting. ;) So Ramadan is here.... I can't believe the year went so fast! Ramadan is great, but all the school work just ruins it for real. It's not like I'd spend the whole day praying and reciting Quran, but come on, it's like there is no time for anything. Clocks seem like they double the speed, you can barely scratch your head and the day is already about to close. Once iftar is done, time runs even faster, and before you know it it's 11 pm and you can barely have a few hours of sleep before waking up for Suhoor. Ramadan is a stressful time school-wise during a regular semester, but this time it's even worse with all the extra work. Things should really get exciting here. Beard Dilemma Keeping true to the laid back life I've had during the summer, I let my beard grow. I think it looks cool, but I want to get my nice looking trimmed look. Now, if I trim it now, then by the time Eid comes, it'll grow again. It won't grow to knee length, but you'll get those messy hairs. Instead of the nice clean parallel-looking hairs, you'll get those irregular, uneven looking ones, that are too big not to be noticed, and too small to be calmed. Then I'll have to get another trim right before Eid, and it is much harder to trim those little hair devils than with a long beard. Those messy hairs really test a barber. I could let my beard grow, and get a nice trim right before Eid. I love having drastic changes and seeing the reaction on people's faces. However, a brother got to look good. I mean, I visit people, and well, I rather look pimpin'. Life is hard, you know. =p Moon sighting issue The same debate EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Gosh people, give it a rest already. I am so tempted to write a very long post detailing my position on the issue, but seriously, what for? just so we have the SAME debate again next year? I'm done for now. Oh, wait... Is it just me, or is my chatbox gone?
posted by Mbarak at 11:56 PM Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Finally an excuse for a new post. Thanks Sam. =)Last book you read: Khaled Hosseini's Kite Runner. Good but "meh" at many parts. Last phone number you called: Mohammad, our driver. Last show you watched on TV: I seriously do not remember, but lately I've been trying to catch MBC's reality show Starting Over (Min Jadeed). Last thing you had to drink: Al-Marai's Laban. The fat-full one. Last thing you ate: Dates. Last time you cried: I'm not trying to act tough or anything, but I honestly do not remember. Last time you smiled: A few minutes ago. I was listening to to Ebert and Roper's review of the movie Wedding Date and I was glad Roper agrees with me that it was horrible. Last person you hugged: Probably my mother, or father. I hug them occasionally but not often enough to remember the last time it happened. Last person you talked to on the phone: My brother Abdallah, he was asking me if I wanted to come have lunch with the family. Last thing you smelled: Myself. Last CD that you bought: Within Temptation's The Silent Force. Last song you sang: Megadeth's Rust in Peace...Polaris. Last thing you laughed at: This guy in the movie Wedding Date, it was his wedding day and right before the beginning of the ceremony, he went to his bride-to-be with his hands covering his eyes to avoid bad luck associated with the known superstition. What's in your cd player: I stopped using CD players after I got my iPod. What time did you wake up today: 11 am. Current favorite article of clothing: This is such a girly quiz. I can tell you my least favorite one: sandals. Favorite place to be: Bed. Least favorite place: Out of bed. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes. In Heaven or Hell: Yes. How tall are you: 5'6" Current favorite word: I only have a least favorite one: Whatevah! Favorite Book: 100 Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez. Random lyric: Don't look now to Israel, it might be in your homelands. If I could be doing anything right now, i would be: Resuming reading the book that I...erm...stopped reading. Are you a daredevil? Can't say I am. I kind of used to be, which I think now was stupid. Yes, I'm getting old. Have you ever told a secret you swore you'd never tell?: LOL everybody has. Right? :/ Do looks matter? Yes. How do you release your anger? Usually say Astaghfer Allah over and over, then spill my guts out to a friend. Poor poor friends. My second home is: Those are some weird ass question. I don't think I have one. One thing i have that i wish i didn't is: Myopia (short sightedness) All you need is: love. Cliche I know, sue me. :p Something i want but i don't really need is: Better music on the radio. Something I need but i don't really want is: University degree, job. *do you...* drink?: No. have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: I'm engaged. have a dream that keeps coming back? Never. believe there is life on other planets? Possible. read the newspaper? Yes, quickly and painfully. consider yourself tolerant of others? I'm tolerant now to people I would never stand years ago. consider police a friend or foe? Stupid foes with authority advantage. Tagging: Cat, CrazyRed, E-Sensation, Z, W, Raed, and NaBHaN.
posted by Mbarak at 8:06 PM Monday, August 08, 2005 The movie is set in what seemed to be a world ruled by Microsoft. Expectantly, it's full of errors. Everything was pretty much fine and dandy until one plot hole after another started to appear. I understand it is difficult to construct a believable view of the future, specially such an outstretched one, so I usually allow a certain amount of mishaps, but sometimes they are so many that they are really difficult to ignore.
posted by Mbarak at 9:36 PM Wednesday, August 03, 2005 Let's recap what happened in the past few days:
posted by Mbarak at 3:33 PM Saturday, July 23, 2005 يقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم "لو أن أهل السماء وأهل الارض اشتركوا في دم مؤمن لاكبهم الله في النار".
ويقول صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو يطوف بالكعبة "ما أطيبك وما أطيب ريحك ما أعظمك وما أعظم حرمتك والذي نفس محمد بيده لحرمة المؤمن عند الله أعظم حرمة منك ماله ودمه وأن تظن به الا خيرا". ويقول صلى الله عليه وسلم "لزوال الدنيا أهون على الله من قتل رجل مسلم"ـ
posted by Mbarak at 8:30 AM Thursday, July 21, 2005 Peaches are the best type of fruit in the world. The qualities that make peaches the queens of all eatables go beyond mere shape, color or taste. These are but few of the things that would make peach (not the princess in Mario) miss world-fruit, if there was such a contest:- Easy to cut: There may not be any other fruit as easy to cut as peach. All it takes is a little push of the knife and you've already reached the core, a run around it and in mere seconds it is cut perfectly into two halves. - Hasshle-free seed: Lots of fruits are evil, having two kinds, one with seed and another seedless, many times you have to guess, and sometimes you guess wrong. A very painful and sometimes embarassing experience would be to reach for your favorite fruit, and enthusiastically bite into it just to feel your teeth almost shatter as they collide against the evil invisible seed(s), and the criminals are countless: watermelons, oranges, grapes, and the list goes on. Peaches, on the other hand, are honest. They always have a seed, and it is always one (unline cantaloupes which have like infinite!) It is easily visible, and even more easily detachable! Not only that, but when detached the seed takes almost nothing from the fruit itself. Try that with plums, or mango!  Before  After Look at it, it almost begs to be eaten. - I'm not allergic to it, otherwise bananas would win the contest, or strawberries maybe. - Peeled or not, same great taste: For me at least. I eat my peaches unpeeled, but I have eaten peeled ones and they taste as heavenly. The trick is that, unlike oranges or oh God watermelon, the skin is so thin and tender you can barely feel it. - Juicy but not messy: The secret lies in the texture. For instance, with oranges, you have this thin seethrough skin that although allows the slice to bend against your teeth as you bite in, the teeth don't go through it for a while until suddenly and with no prior warning you feel yourself dashed into the mess, with a string of juice shooting towards your eye burning it. For watermelon it's another issue. In (good) watermelon, there is so much juice that while eating it starts dripping down your chin making you look like a 1 year old. Peaches save you all that hassle, the texture is hard enough to take the shape of a peach, but soft enough to carry lots of juice that when you bite in, your teeth smoothly sink in, and juices run with a perfect amount and pace inside your mouth that not only let's you sip it in comfortably but also allows you to enjoy the taste of the hard part of the fruit, the peach itself at the same rate. - Perfect size: If it weren't for the size issue, apricots would also be up there with peaches. With peaches, one can be enough, it's size is perfect for a light snack. Grapes (seedless ones) are evil, they come in such a small size that you keep eating, and every time you think you're done, you think, you know, seems there is still room for one more grape, and before you know it, you ate so many grapes that your belly starts turning green (or black.) Peaches are straight with you, you eat one, you're good, but you also can make a pretty good estimate whether your stomach can take another one or not. Peaches are stomach-friendly. What peach haters may say: - Skin is hard to peel: It's not as easy as bananas sure, but have you ever peeled or even watched someone peel a peach? It's an experience on its own. The care that must be taken to take the peel off a slice of peach in one take is not only admirable, but enjoyable. It's as if it is your baby and you're peeling...erm, wrong analogy. OK, it's almost like rubbing the dust off a newly discovered relic , you do it with so much care not only to prevent hurting the piece, but also to take your time as you enjoy unveiling the treasure within. - They go bad quickly: Not half as quick as strawberries. Plus, you suck. - The seed doesn't come out as easy as you mentioned: Well, that's because you suck at it. I admit it took me years of training to perfect my seed-removing technique, but that's partly because I had to do it all on my own. I can teach it to you in a few minutes, it's as easy as 1-2-3. I'd have shown it now with step-by-step picstures but I already ate the last peach I have (the one in the above pics.) Mainly, you put your forefinger right behind the upper end of the seed and your thumb a little above the lower end. Then as you push inward with your thumb, you pull outward with your forefinger and watch the seed peel nicely off and your peach is ready to be enjoyably eaten.
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