thoughts of an average kuwaiti joe

Megavideo blocked by Fasttelco

2009-03-23T15:09:00.007+03:00

any other video hosting services next?, the 3 other than youtube locally popular ones that shall remain nameless?,another censorship attempt by the MOC now that the 6eeraan banging "peope's representatives" are off the scene?,does it even make sense to block services that don't even advocate what is deemed to be blockable by the dear ol' ministry of communications,is it even fair that they

i love you AFL!

2008-12-26T10:21:00.006+03:00

yet another bunch of great people that make me still have hope in this forsaken piece of landif only my parents weren't the oldskool kuwaiti parent kind of type, i woulda had me a cute lil cuddly kitty and probably a puppy too =(i have to respect my parents' "NO FREAKIN PETS SETTING FOOT EVER IN THIS HOUSE DOUCHEBAG" kind of ideology and settle for an adoption when i'm happily hitched and have my

thank you, mister sailor guy

2008-12-26T10:02:00.002+03:00

thanks to you, i've been living in 56k dial-up hell for the past week, you and your anchor made my 1MB line drop down to it's knees and cry for a mercy shot.2000 freakin' pings aren't much fun when you're an online gaming addict, not to be able to watch online video doesn't strike me for having any use for my friggin' mac box either.to me a computer without (usable) internet is just a hunk of

one of the best animes i've seen

2008-11-06T11:34:00.002+03:00

Fullmetal Alchemist=THE BOMB!!i just got done watching the whole series, fantastic story and awesome background.took me 4 to 5 days to wrap it up and it was absolutely worth it!i also did the whole 3 seasons of Avatar a couple of weeks ago, for an american made anime it turned out to be beautiful, definitely added to my best seen anime list!, took me about a week of 5 episodes every other day,

i just thought of deleting my blog

2008-11-06T11:19:00.002+03:00

all the memories from tracing my old entries.., feels awkward, reminds me of interesting people i met and lost track of, i wonder what happened to them how are they doing now are they happy are they well are they choked up in life's ultimate charadei wish a happy fulfilling life to them and theirsused this little web thingie mostly as my personal open diary, i actually enjoyed the fact that

the mini update

2008-10-29T23:49:00.005+03:00

just got off work an hour early today to catch up to bin khaldon street, i really wonder why they close up so early compared to other variety stores around kuwait, some close at 9:30 while others do last minute merches around 10.lucky for me i have a friend that i've been counting on to feed my nerd doses and i called him early to hook me up with an external dvd drive.now for the ripoff

it's me again

2008-10-29T03:30:00.003+03:00

yesterday morning i picked up my mac mini from iCity, what used to be Mac City..me thinksbought this little beauty over a year ago at a whopping tag of 320 KDs, the now mini that they offer which are out of stock atm and they offer it for 280, the difference is huge performance wise and the repair cost for my little baby is HALF THE FREAKIN PRICE of the NEW ONElet me explain further, 30 kds for

fallen angel..

2007-02-06T19:05:00.000+03:00

You scored as Fallen Angel. You are a Fallen Angel empath. You have not found your place in this world yet and wander as a lost soul. Your wings have been clipped but you know deep inside they will grow back. You need to fly free and proud. Fallen Angels are spiritual beings who were trapped by flesh, and are now seeking to spread their wings again. (from the Book of Storms at http://

ow..my..gawd..

2006-10-31T18:26:00.000+03:00

what the hell :|i know that japanese people can be so quirky sometimes but damn.from what i understood this was from the 1980s hehe, can you say WEIRD?

random thoughts

2006-10-30T12:12:00.000+03:00

amused, bored.. pissed off, frustrated..angrysick of the constant routine, that's not my style, what i feel liek doing, i'm a laid back person i have a huge amount of patience i do things with ease, doing repeative things over and over again every day, counting months at a time instead of days..too long. patience ends grouchness flows frustration juggles in my mind i hate i dread those feelings,

flu sucks!

2006-10-20T03:35:00.000+03:00

You Are 80% WeirdYou're more than quirky, you're downright strange.But you're also strangely compelling, like a cult leader.How Weird Are You?Your Quirk Factor: 63%You're so quirky, it's hard for you to tell the difference between quirky and normal.No doubt about it, there's little about you that's "normal" or "average."How Quirky Are You?You Are a Life Blogger!Your blog is the story of your life

am i back?, i'm back.., or am i?

2006-09-13T00:20:00.000+03:00

should i..shouldn't i should i, if you think of it, i haven't been gone.. or was i.sneaking around for a couple of secs every once in a while(*cough*month*cough*) checking here and there(creepy isn't?).. and probably everywhere (blogsphere), sneaking in the shadows checking on everyone, care i?, caren't i?(<--made up word)..should i revamp the blog?, should i stop supressing myself and blast away

oh yeah, by the way..

2006-04-22T17:32:00.000+03:00

my birthday was 10 days ago, happy birthday to me.

this is me, this is who i am

2006-04-19T22:50:00.000+03:00

i felt coldness, coldness i didn't expectcoldness that i sensed was thrown right back at me as in eye for an eye, or was it?i admit i got myself in solitude involving, dwelling myself in some sort of addictive thing to keep myself busy single tasking my brain and drafting away from my social life unintentionally, i don't know why i do that but i tend to do it for long periods, distanced of course

50 cent special and my net upgrade..

2005-11-15T17:06:00.000+03:00

the thing is goin' down right now on marina fm and seriously, americano rapper promoting his movie on a kuwaiti radio show?!, my god way to go marina fm!, even though the show is like a top # countdown or whatever and they're shoving some random songs between the intervew but damn, the DJ sounds like he ain't no rookie ya3ni, suttle americano accent and all with some professional questions, if

crack down

2005-11-14T14:19:00.000+03:00

[Listening to: Lenny Kravitz - Believe In Me]i didn't know that busting into heavy traffic and circling for 30+ minutes in a crowded parking lot still get on my nerves.., totally cranky at the moment and i hate it.i wore the long sleeved cotton shirt that i always liked and the jeans that i couldn't fit in before for the first time in like.., a year and a half?, probably more, it felt great, not

funny game console rumor

2005-11-08T07:08:00.000+03:00

Xbox 360 To Win Next-Gen War?if it is true, then i'll have to start thinking of how would i ditch my current xbox ALREADY!.oh btw need i mention that i hate playstations for the fact that they're so vastly overpopulated (yes, you guessed it, '7alef to3raf/uniquenes is heavenly) like the oh-so-fationable ipod, but uh well.., have to admit that i kinda like the new "The iPod" regardless of the

interesting survey..

2005-11-07T08:04:00.000+03:00

1 in 4 US teenage girls between 15-17 keep their own blogsjust check out the responses on that piece, makes one wonders how people think of the concept of a "personal" blog.kinda agree with this and this is an interesting theory.i think of mine as an unique individual one in a local community of some sort, unity of people who express their interests and/or thoughts around and share around,

to be tagged..

2005-10-29T17:00:00.000+03:00

Sou's tag:Delve into your blog archives.Find your 23rd postFind the fifth sentencePost the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions:Ponder it for meaning, subtexts or hidden agendas.Tag 5 peopleone of the main reasons i smoke is soothing my temper and it workswell.., self explanatory!i tag:youyou tooand youoh and you tooum.., okay, you ba3adi know..

a mini-itx pc

2005-10-28T02:42:00.000+03:00

you think that ordering mini-itx parts is too much for a linux based box?, i've been thinking about it for a long while, it's on my need-to-get-for-personal-satisfaction list right below the ibook g4.a few links to familiarize with mini PCs:mini-itx.comShuttle InciDOTpcCappuccinoPCVIA Embeddedand the ASUS S-presso which is a total beaute but i doubt that any of my fave linux distros would like

bad memory, the consequence

2005-10-17T19:33:00.000+03:00

if you use firefox and you're trying to comment in a blogger blog's popup comment window, watch out when you try to copy a person's name.., you click on it by mistake and it goes to their god forsaken profile page and you can't go back no matter what you try to do (alt+left arrow/backspace, mako faida, probably a security design thing), happened to me just a while ago and it devastated me cause i

my new internet device thingie

2005-10-16T05:00:00.000+03:00

The WAG354G Wireless-G ADSL Home Gatewayi got this baby off bin khaldon a couple of days ago and i'm in love! :D *ditches the crappy old OEM isp one away*it's got wifi (family and their laptops, ugh! :P) in addition to the regular local network, a RICH with configuration options web interface, built in (real) firewall and the ability to expose *ALL* ports to a certain local ip address, so no more

simple.., yet powerful meanings

2005-10-16T04:07:00.000+03:00

MOO!W.M.Tيوم الحسم....هل نستعجلكi'm exhausted.., addiction fighting back the will to fast.., thoughts and wills altered to please the addict within..weakened and frustrated by restrictions, my addiction is acting out with a will of it's own.my personal privacy's being censored, i'm being questioned indirectly, getting hints/nudges (na'3zat) from the close and around..you get the point, i'm

end the boring lameness

2005-10-16T01:38:00.000+03:00

my props to Bo Jaij and Mahmood and (lots of!) others for their efforts to boycott such trashy comic shows which i got disgusted off watching a couple since the begining of ramadan, what Bo Jaij said in his blog entry is more than enough so there isn't any need for me to say anything about it, gotta love it when you find people who agree with you on certain things that you'd think that you're

ramadanish accents

2005-10-05T20:51:00.000+03:00

embarak 3alekom elshaharkel 3am wentaw eb'7eerramadan kareemkol sana wento 6ayebeenhappy ramadan..(blank) *ick!*3asakom men 3owadah! :Dhave a smooth, acheless, headachless ramadan!

happenings

2005-10-01T09:32:00.000+03:00

made a pesky amateur 2.4mb website using frontpage and burned it in a 50mb business cd for the "final" assignment (FUCKING HOPEFULLY, i hate that god damn class!)my car's tail lights' bulbs are burnt (both of them!) and i had to rely on my fog light for the last couple of night outs, i'm not in the mood to get it to the dealership's main and only garage that is in business for 4 damn different

open source

2005-09-30T09:15:00.000+03:00

i like open source software cause people (like you and me) can empliment and modify them to their general needs, as in no corporate sucking up to the others and fitting it to their needs, it's in people's control and corporates are begining to respond to that positively to the extent that their use of open source software is starting to grow after seeing the governments' (another source to suck

their loss, not mine.., the closing lines

2005-09-30T08:25:00.000+03:00

(on a personal note)oh, on a personal note?, i'm not gonna lay out the bad (lots) in you and then would probably blurt out the good (almost seldom) in you, i'm not gonna mention you acting like an 8 year old brat who thinks that the world circles around them. who keeps ranting and whining while i listen like an idiot while thinking of a simple meaning thing that you would comprehend (oh well, i

their loss, not mine..

2005-09-30T00:15:00.000+03:00

people are differentsome alienate themselves while others try to communicatei try to embrace life, be nice to people and treat them equally, no prejudice or racism, i admit i do have them in me, planted in me actually, affected by the community and raised with them, but thank god i hide them off and try to forget that evil, lame and elitist crapi would want to talk about how men and women don't

once a loner, ALWAYS a loner

2005-09-24T16:58:00.000+03:00

i skipped lunch and felt like going to the beach today.., i needed some fresh air,instead i just opened my room's window with the A/C on (YEAH 3ala hal7ar) but surprisingly there wasn't much sun and the warm air mixed really well with the freezey A/C breeze.., it felt like ramadan walla, funny and weird at the same time, probably cause i have an empty stomach and the weather in ramadan's usually

HP iPAQ H6300 (H6315) and Linux

2005-09-23T18:50:00.000+03:00

H6300 Booti SO wanna do that.., i just lack the MMC card-reader part.. *UGH!*i'm so bored of windows mobile cause i think that 99.9% of damn software designed for it cost a fortune EACH and every single one of them!i only use my baby pda to listen to comedy streams and play useless mini swap puzzle games nowadays :P heheMMC Card/Reader added to the wish list, man it's getting too crammed up -.-

neutral

2005-09-20T20:28:00.000+03:00

not rich, not poor not smart, not dumb not religious, not an athiest not hyper, not a bum not social, not a loner not addicted, not clean not angry, not pleased not sad, not happy i'm always in the in middle..Main Entry: neutralPart of Speech: adjective 1Definition: impartialSynonyms:aloof, bystanding, calm, clinical, collected, cool, detached, disengaged,disinterested,

it does concern..

2005-09-18T22:15:00.000+03:00

i totally support 's post about the US-SLASH-Kuwaiti citizen chicks cause it stopped being a "personal" issue when they were labeled as "slash" kuwaiti, the dual citizenship thing is the main issue here cause they are damn US citizen first then comes the dual citizenship thing which was stuck to it cause of the name and race of for sure (media frenzy) and that just plain pisses me off, believe me

moblog test!

2005-09-15T23:17:00.000+03:00

It's not really about "switching"

2005-09-15T16:25:00.000+03:00

i've been crawling on the net as usual and i was checking on firefox extensions, 19 inch lcds, 300+ gig sata hds at the time then started looking for interesting utilities like a decent windows explorer alternative then it hit me that i tried replacing that boring plain notepad.exe a while back with a more feature enriched one called notepad2 (yah, not an original name but it's straight forward

when i get angry..

2005-09-14T10:05:00.000+03:00

my body heats up, my head gets this awkward pressurey pain.., i feel like screaming and cussing it up but i don't (mostly), i start chain smoking one ciggie after another. one of the main reasons i smoke is soothing my temper and it works, i frown with a sad face, innocent in denial look.., i stop after smoking 3 or 4 cigs depending on how big an issue it is, i cool down to the level of saneness

MP3 HD Car Players et Peugeot Models

2005-09-11T07:30:00.000+03:00

i'm sick of my old sony car cd player, i had it with me since the old car and it was the only good type of in-dash cd player that i can afford, i always wanted an mp3 car player, and later i've been thinking about a (yeah, even better and more practical) "Hard Drive Car Based MP3 Player" like this one, the SSI Neo-35 MP3 Player (me likes!), done some googling here and there, not much of them

short stuff to say

2005-09-11T05:30:00.000+03:00

blogging is NOT a trend the ipod is more like a fashion statement (or trend):that's what i see in many people but not Symbsy Blasha or Mark, how i tracked their interest in their ipod thingies is that smybs takes it as a great way of listening to her favorite music, blash is more like me, a "huncher" ya3ni she sees something that she likes, it means that it's gonna be a practical toy to

cause, effect and aftermath

2005-08-27T23:33:00.000+03:00

i was feeling sad and gloomy, i woke up at 9 pm after a tiresome day sleepless day and slept at 2 ish all tired and cranky cause i was up all night and i knew that i can't catch up some sleep time and it was too late anyway so i went on with half opened eyes.that and feeling bad for a dear friend that is going through an emotional rough time. (sadness explained, something else too but i don't

i still don't believe in that crap

2005-08-24T19:42:00.000+03:00

Your Birthdate: April 12Being born on the 12th day of the month (3 energy) is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life.The energy of 3 allows you bounce back rapidly from setbacks, physical or mental.There is a restlessness in your nature, but you seem to be able to portray an easygoing, sometimes "couldn't care less" attitude.You have a natural ability to express yourself in public, and

feelings?, emotions?, who cares!

2005-08-12T08:21:00.000+03:00

lots of feelings, emotions at the same time leading to thoughts busting into this blank mind of mine at the moment,it feels strange, i was in such a similar situation but this one is different, it's stronger and whiping/taking over my 'usually in a thinking mode' mind.i usually keep myself busy most the time by multitasking it, from watching tv to checking out the web (10+ pages open 24/7) to

in simple words..

2005-08-11T06:19:00.000+03:00

there i was waking up at 1 am and sitting on my couch in front of my pc and tv on the left, i sat there with a blank mind for a couple of hours trying to think of something to do, tv was boring as most the time so i practically didn't notice it, at the third hour i glare at the monitor with no one around on my im list (as always) and nothing to keep up with so i started to cruise around some

lots of things to rant about

2005-08-09T15:17:00.000+03:00

lack of useful pocket pc softwarewonder of rss blogs in mail client & freepops webmail to pop3 proxy (opensource cross platform mark, i recommend it)poor little superfast vulnerable processor that couldn't survive 14 hours of indoors heat thanks to my room's crappy old air conditioner (plus the fact that the A/C generator itself is on the roof taking all the punches off our sweet local weather)3

pocket pc heaven

2005-08-04T17:24:00.000+03:00

at last, i'm yet another pocket pc owner!, it's an HP iPAQ h6315 and i'm in love ;Di've been playing with this beauty for HOURS right after i spent an hour out my house door by having a pleasant conversation with a dear friend that i know for almost 5 years and just met!, the poor guy was giving me a quick usage tutorial after i gave him my appreciation gift which is an Ubuntu cd cover with a

bummed out

2005-07-31T22:20:00.000+03:00

i went to the kout compound the other day (i think it was wednesday) we hung out for a few hours till that movie we reserved for is on (we were there sinse 9-ish pm, movie's at 1 am)..the movie's called The Longest Yard starring adam sandler and chris rock (chris dies in the middle and that sucks! :|), i had a great laugh, the movie's a remake of a 1974 one, i loved how nelly made his part show

i have a vision.., and i see me with an iBook G4 in it!

2005-07-26T21:09:00.000+03:00

i passed by an Apple Mac dealer at Muthana with a friend of mine this afternoon and they rock!, their prices are kinda fair compared to others of dealerships that i heard of,i stayed for a whole hour chatting with the guy about macs and their specs and prices here and it was funny how they didn't expect me to have some sort of knowledge of computers and macs in general :P, it was funny really

my blogging personality

2005-07-21T07:47:00.000+03:00

i was checking out purg's triangular blog and passed by this post by shosho and i loved the idea! thanks shosho :D, though i was disappointed when i checked that the questions were few and short :P lol, i went ahead and did it and it was fun!Your Blogging Type is Pensive and PhilosophicalYou blog like no one else is reading...You tend to use your blog to explore ideas - often in long winded

i thought being tagged was fun..

2005-07-21T07:00:00.000+03:00

but i was wrong :P, note to self: READ the questions before whining about being tagged or not, specially to SwAir :P hehe (lol j/k, thanks hun ;D)here we go:1. What does 'love' mean to you?if i ever try to describe it it'll take a whole day cause i've been there.., it's an indescribable feeling..2. What does 'marriage' mean to you?commitment to one another, being there for each other in happiness

omg.. i live in hell on earth

2005-07-13T14:04:00.000+03:00

my god when i got in my car to head back home off the institute my car's heat-o-meter (aka temp thingie on the orange screen) read a blurry 52?°C!, i was like OW MY GOD MY CAR IS MELTING AAAH! LOL, i have this cute little silver (HELL YEAH :D) 2003 Peugeot 3o7 (ookeey.., i just checked it's website thingie and the new 2005 one looks ugly -.-) with blackinteriorr but believe me this little thing

wow bloboz, that is so cool!, great idea!

2005-07-04T14:07:00.000+03:00

wow, why haven't i thought of That whenever me and a friend had some time!, it looks so cool and urban that i wished i tagged along with DentO so it'd be a cool experience to remember!,ahh i remember the old days when i used to hop on the public bus (no air conditioning at that time, thank you very much :P) every day at 6pm and sit and wait till it reaches Alrehab complex in hawalli and i buy a

what a nice summer day

2005-07-03T16:26:00.000+03:00

i woke up late today missing my "ms outlook" class (yay, like i need to learn how to use yet another bloated email client..) *bites on whopper jr burger* missed yummy home made lunch and i felt the summer vacation frenzy, as in i felt the need to travel..i get that a lot of times around the year but this one's special cause i can feel it on other people everywhere i go too, no one answers their

The LIVE 8 List, end poverty in africa by SIGNING IN YOUR NAME NOW!

2005-07-02T18:42:00.000+03:00

end poverty in africa by signing your name at The LIVE 8 List website!Every single day, 30,000 children die, needlessly, of extreme poverty.On July 6th, we finally have the opportunity to stop that shameful statistic.8 world leaders, gathered in Scotland for the G8 summit, will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make the trade laws fair. If these 8 men agree, then

xbox is heaven sent

2005-06-24T11:58:00.000+03:00

i love my xbox, but i've been too bored to even turn that thing on and play, i usually play on it to temporarily escape my boredom and get excited over adventure story driven games and finishing them one at a time, i'm trying to get over with Red Ninja (cute deadly chick with a REALLY short kimono) for now but it's soo frustrating cause i'm stuck at a level (oh hi symb!) with shaky grounds that i

UNLEASH the geek within

2005-06-20T09:08:00.000+03:00

mister b-sides Mark, this post is dedicated to you(aka your advice is greatly needingly appreciated LOL :P)i want a mac!!, and i want it portable cause i haven't got both yet, i want a mac cause it's something i haven't practically tried yet, and i want a laptop cause i wanna be in some outdoursy near the beach "browsing the web".. hah as if!, that's too average for me, i try operating systems (

gotta love it when i'm right..

2005-06-17T06:28:00.000+03:00

quote:"R&B clearly has its origins in the secular folk music of the American black musician - the Blues. For me, the Blues is essentially about emotional expression and is predominantly a vocal medium - although there are many examples of blues instrumentals to refute this assertion, it is the singer who expresses the feelings of the blues; and there are a number of vocal techniques which are

dear q80 bloggies..

2005-06-10T08:19:00.000+03:00

WARNING!: too complicated to be read if passing you're just passing byHELP!, i've been really wanting to write about stuff regular interesting fe'6awa or even bitch about anything that pisses me off,but i'm afraid.. afraid of what you ask?, of being not interesting enough to dem peepz (believe me i've been tying to be),if you'd ever take a look at my previous posts you'd notice that i've thought

At last! watch out people, Xit is here!

2005-04-17T10:05:00.000+03:00

yep, i managed to drag a dear friend of mine (yes you are Xit, but don't expect any more compliments :p hehe) to the blogging community, he goes by the name Xit, well i tell you it's better than discussing the local politics on instant messaging, him and i could go at it for hours, i'll be trying nag him about posting some of his photography shots too but that'll take me months again, make sure

Weird Dream

2005-03-01T05:10:00.000+03:00

i don't know about you but i hate dreams, i don't care if it's good. bad or scary, cause they're all weird, at least the ones i get (oh lucky me..),it starts when i fell asleep a couple of days ago,i dreamt about me knowing this "girl of my dreams" and of course glazy look that doesn't show the face, i was in the car with her and she tells me that her "family" doesn't approve of me (the sole

Confused, Concerned

2005-02-03T18:24:00.000+03:00

I hate it when it happens to me.., i get tensed while driving my car and feel like i'm driving for the first time in my life, it's caused by a feeling i get once in a while, i get a bit worried about my current condition and/or about my future, i also think that most people i front with are weird, or acting weird, when i'm in a situation like this it's mostly cause i'm worried about a future

YAWNER!

2004-12-30T14:43:00.000+03:00

i am really BORED at the moment, killing time by glazing at my tv and trying to figure out something to do or play with on my crappy old pc, and ofcourse killing my self with ciggies (cigarettes) that rips off minutes or hours of my life "as if i care about that fact..", guzzling on my kind of beer (coca-cola) and filling my nicotine and caffeine needs.., i can assure you that people my age

Spread Firefox

2004-12-29T10:28:00.000+03:00

Use Firefox!, man what can i say, aren't you sick of what the bug magnet "IE" is getting you after waiting for the whole damn pages to load?, like viruses, spyware, worms etc/ela'7 ela'7.. give firefox a try, it's a lightweight (exandable with PLUGINS!), fast (yes, cause it loads the CODE first!, multitabbed (more than one web page in a single window), SAFER!, that means no bloated activex code

another boring day

2004-12-28T20:00:00.000+03:00

well, like what the title says, another boring day in my avarage life. i'm going to take an MOS course (Microsoft Office Specialist or something like that), another try that's hopefully gonna get me a job in the end, being self dependable and all, that's my goal nowadays.. so, let's see if this blogging thing is gonna be my next style of bitching at life, getting used to write what think of and