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    July 31

    A Trip to the Philippines pt1

     

    So 2 day ago i arrive to Manilla. Don't ask about the flight. I mean we all know how airlines are. The only thing that developed over the last 20 years in air travel is security. that means more security , smaller seats smaller everything. Even flight attendants are getting smaller. If i had a choice i would travel by submarine next time.

    So we arrive, went to a couple of places that  i hope to blog about later. but for now , i need to get some sleep.

    Oh yah , I will be posting my Philippines pictures here:

     http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelunatech/sets/72157606456059790/

    July 12

    On the West Coast pt. 2 (Yanbu)

     

    I just came back from Yanbu. Man! What a town.  

    Yanbu is a little city by the sea.  its one of those diverse towns. You got the ol' fashion mid size city on the north . And on the south is the new modern design city. And on the south of that is the factories and stuff.

    Anyways, if I start talking about this town I won't stop talking.  I spent three days and I really love it. Hope to move to it one day.

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    July 09

    On the West Coast pt.1


    Summer vacation started. I cant say I'm so enthusiastic about it. You see its never exciting until it comes after long hard work. I just finished a one month sick-leave, and I cant see I was ever a hard worker. So here I am trying to figure out what to do with it.

    Last Saturday I left town. I'm in Madinah now. In case you don't know its a holy city with a holy mosque . I got to tell you I've seen a lot of architecture wonders. But every time I come here I wonder if any one can top this one off. Starting from the vast decorated marble yards , to the inscriptions all over the interior. Unfortunately I have to have a special permit to take pictures from the interior which would normally take time. So I took some sloppy ones with my cellphone.

    Anyways , I'll try my best to make a clear picture. However if you just head to Flickr.Com and do a search for the word “ Madinah” you'll have pretty good results.

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    December 24

    Just came back from Kuwait

     

    Hello everybody,

    I'm back home. I had to cut this vacation short due to bad weather. I called a friend and he told me he just came from west east coast and its freezing there.

    Anyways, I'm gonna talk about what I got to see there in Kuwait. The city is nice and well organized. The seafront is fantastic. It’s a place you can spend a couple of days (when it's not too cold or too warm). Salmyyah is where you want to go. To my knowledge, that's the place meant for tourist. You'll find a lot of attractions there.

    Some Pictures from there

    I tried to make the best of the time there seeing that I can't be outdoors. I went to visit the Scientific Center. There were 3 main attractions there. First was the Aquarium (that’s the fish zoo in layman's terms). I got to check out the fishes in the tanks and I also checked out the instructors there. I liked both , but the instructions are not to feed both . I got to tell you it’s a nice place.

    The other attraction was A gadget thing. Where they try to make education fun. I still think the only way to make education fun is to higher better teachers. And I mean by better, " Kate Hudson " better. Any ways it was fun , we got to try all the gadget things. The third attraction in there was a 3D dinosaur cinema. I seriously never get these 3D things , they don’t really look 3D they just make your eyes hurt. But dig this , while people are trying hard to understand what the fu** is happening , check out their faces , now that’s your money-worth right there.

    Went to some shopping malls, caught a movie ...bla bla bla

    Thank God we took these GPSs , they made the trip real easy.

    PS: I can't tell you what's bad about the place. Someone on my MSN contact list might kill me.

    December 23

    On the road

     

    So , I decided to try the FJ on the road. Phoned my buddy Ahmad told him I was going out tomorrow Friday but I'm not sure where I'm going. The best thing about Ahmad is that he's always on board. I packed and Friday came. I had three places in mind. The ruins up in Ola , a place 800 km from where I live. Second was Kuwait (about 600 from where I live) . Third was the coast. Anyways , we settled on Kuwait.

    When I got there , I thought I would find a nice weather. Too cold .. seriously its . I spent one day and I'm thinking of leaving to the east coast.

    Will blog about it tomorrow.

    September 12

    Top 10 things I hate about the UK

     

     

    1.      Attitude

     

    You probably heard a lot about Saudis and I would say a lot of it is true. However , being unfriendly with strangers is not one of them. Seriously, being hostile with strangers is an English trend. That’s why I like Asia. Note: this rule doesn’t apply to opposite sex , sexy ones that is.

     

                                                                                                            

    2.      Metal currency

     

    When I first sow the UK pound , I went what the fuc*.. honestly , I shit you not. It was a shock to me. It was the biggest coin I've ever seen. You don’t need to chain a brick to a body to sink it in the river you just need exactly 2 pounds and 23 p's . And you should see the look on my face when they told me there's no paper substitute for that.

     

    Hey I got an idea, why don’t we get little leather baggies and put our change in it and play Pirates of the Caribbean . it would really look cool to carry a little bag of money around. And you stop at a bar ( or pub as they call it ) " ohoooy matie , a beer and lass harr harr haarrr "  

     

    Seriously, we know how much you English people like your traditions. And you hate to change anything; but for God sake lose the metal currency it’s a burden.

     

     

    3.      Food

     

    Ok , I got to tell you. I didn’t say this , I've heard it from English people over and over again. The number one dish in the country is curry (Indian curry) which is good if you don’t mind the gas. I don’t mind the gas. its my defense mechanism.

     

    Just stop by any food stand and ask for chips. Lord ! the chips there are bigger than the potato it self. I mean its really nasty to call them chips. They're potato lumps. Back there its people that make the chips fat over that side of the world.

     

     

    4.      Keys

     

    Don’t get me started on the keys. When the host-family father handed me the keys , I really had a hard time holding it in. I don’t know what they call them , its these kinds of keys you see in an old pinkpanther cartoon. Yah pretty old. I believe they call them the mortice lock ( its hard to find a name for these , I call them pinkpanther keys)  

    Come on guys , they're easy to pick , hard to carry around  and too blunt to clean your ear with.

    I', not asking for finger print or eye sensor keys , just Yale. God! It been more than 20 years since I've seen one. Repeat after me , its ok to let go , its ok to let go.

     

     

    5.      Old stuff

     

    Taxies, busses, houses.. and the list goes on. The UK is a live museum.

     

    6.      Left Side Driving

     

    I'm not saying the Germans invented the first car. And they do left. I'm not saying that most of the world countries drive on the left. And I'm not saying that most of the countries that drove on the other side used to be English colonies. I'm not saying that.

     

    I'm only saying that I HATE IT AND IT WRONG , WORNG I TELL YOU! WORNG! ..

     Red means Good , Blue means Bad.

     

    7.      Rubbish Day

     

     Rubbish is garbage or trash in case you did not know. I think it a really Demeaning

    word even for garbage.

     

    Anyway regarding the origin of the two words the word rubbish of an unknown origin. It means some guy decided to look down at his garbage and came u pwith this word. Nose up , closed eyes, and a lot of stress on the word " Rubbbisshhhh ".  

     

    By the way. Everyday is rubbish day here , you cant leave garbage more than on day. Helloooo , the smell …

     

    garbage

    1422, originally "giblets of a fowl, waste parts of an animal," later confused with garble in its sense of "siftings, refuse." Many M.E. cookery terms came from Anglo-Fr., so perhaps it is related to O.Fr. jarbage "a bundle of sheaves, entrails," from P.Gmc. *garba-, from PIE *ghrebh- "a handful, a grasp." Sense of "refuse" is first attested 1583. Garbology "study of waste as a social science" is from 1976.

     

    rubbish

    c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. rubouses (1392), of unknown origin. Apparently somehow related to rubble. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang.

     

     

     

    8.      Too much wood in houses:

    The only wood in my house is my morning wood , and currently its not of use to anyone.

     

    Actually , I hate squeaky sounds specially when you're trying to take dump in the middle of the night. You don’t want to wake everybody up. I'm used to 20 cm of concrete between floors and thick layer of marble  on top of that. Wood is meant to be

    In pants.

     

    Its ok to use wood , as long as there no squeaking.

     

    9.      Saluting

     

    The attitude again. You're walking on the sidewalk , you pass , do your self a favor , DO NOT SAY "HI" I REPEAT DO NOT SAY "HI" . He'll shoot you with a look of disgust or fear or some kind of constipated feeling he's not able to put in words.

     

    Sorry , I'm used to Saluting strangers back home. Its considered a sign of good-will and humanity. Rrriiight , we're not completely human.  

     

    10.  Double taps (faucets):

     

    You go to wash your face, you find two separate taps , one for cold and one for hot. To rationalize this , English people would say , you plug the cork in, fill the sink and wash your face. Niiiiice , then how do you explain these in public toilets. Yah put the cork in oooh wait there's spit in the sink..

     

    Two words for you " mixer taps " or as we call them TAPS .

     

     

     

     

     Change is good , its not bad , its not too late to catch up.

    I swear to God, if it was up to the English , we'd be still using the square wheels.    

    August 30

    Top 10 things I like about the UK

     
     

    Hi,

    I got a new X-box 360 and I've been too busy to write anything here. So I'll make it short

    Top 10 things I like about the UK:

    1-      Scotland:

    In short: Scotland is the better part of the UK (to me the UK is only Scotland and the rest of the guys all over).

    Man, what a country! It is so beautiful I could beat to it. The cities , the people , nature and many things. It's not fair to write about it with other things. I'm gonna blog about it later.

    2-      The Rail System:

    Accuracy , flexibility and reliability. I fell in love with it. It is fun and convenient. I've been delayed once , but hey , no one is perfect. The best thing about it , is the flexibility of the ticket conductors (I don’t know what they call them there, they seem to have a different name for everything). But I had trouble with a lot o female conductors ; they're nasty. However, I often get into trouble with any woman in uniform. (it’s a guy thing :p)

    3-      The Weather:

    I hear English people complaining about the weather change. Try Saudi Arabia in spring time. Lord, dust storms , rain in the same time with a 25 degrees temperature shift during the day. A little rain is good and some cold breeze is heaven to me. So please, stop bitching about it. You have nice weather in general.

    4-      ( I.C.V.) International Chick Variation:

    Ok so perhaps you're not into English. Try Spanish , Italian , Asian , black, white and a whole lot of  multinational selection. Where do you find them  ? mainly at the local college , but my advice it wait until it gets a little dark. Hunting is easier in the local Pub ( That's what they call bars there ). And mind you , standards drop law when people travel (AND with 3 beers).

    5-      Scotland (again):

    I can't help it man , the people there are really nice and … Well , we'll talk about it later.

    6-      Intellectual Level:

    I Like having meaningful conversations. Things that have a point. So for an English man, if he's not talking about beer and women , he's probably talking about something worth listening to.

    PS: That is if you EVER get an English man to talk. With all due respects to my English friends I do consider English men hostile and really unfriendly. I mean , loosen up people!  Get that stick out of your asses. God ! Do I have to have a set of boobs to initiate a conversation with you guys. It's called "being a man" , look it up.

    Damn, I always get stuck with lists. I can't finish this..

    I'm gonna go x-box for a while. I might remember something.

    Bye

    Comming next Top 10 things I HATE about the UK (Lord! its gonna be a long Blog)

     

    August 27

    Back from the Underworld

    Well ,

     

    I'm back from  the world of the dead. Yup , left the UK Saturday morning. I have a couple of things I didn’t post in yet about the UK. And loads of pictures.

     

    Will do that later.

     

    Cheers  

      

    August 14

    Up in Rye

     

    I just went to a nearby town here. It supposed to be famous for something. I think it should be more English that the other towns. Well it turned out to be true. It was like any other town but with older houses. There was a Harley Davidson shop and an Indian food restaurant there. Which really did not fit there. I mean if you really want to be English , for god sake switch to Triumph shops at least. You can keep the Indian restaurant though, cuz I don't hate it that much. But seriously , Harlies no good , Baaaad Harley , Baaaaaaaaaaaaad.

     

    I got to tell you though I was expecting some stranger rituals. You know , at least some weird-looking butt-naked people dancing around. No wait; that was the gay festival in Brighton.

     

    Speaking of gays , I got nothing against a guy wanting to shove whatever in whatever. Its his life after all. Just don't tell me he got it from his parents. Next thing you know , We'll have the bestiality genes , the drug addict genes , and pedophilia genes ( aka Michel Jackson syndrome).

     

    PS: they'll tell you should have scone and cream tea. Scone is cake , put crearm and jam on it , and its still cake , so you're not missing much.

     

    Home-Stay

     

    So , I'm staying at with family in what they call home-stay program. That means you stay at a home with a family to practice the language, which is actually pointless when you're going to southern England.  Mainly because people here are not that chatty , specially when you're not English. I don’t know. I just think people up north are more friendly. It could be me , and I might be wrong..  yah right , like I've ever been wrong in my whole life! Heh..

     

    Anyways , I got nothing against the guy. On the contrary , He is very generous and a really nice cook. Unfortunately , he's not a man of many words. But he's a really good man, 'nough said !

      

    Me in the UK , Me talk about UK.

     

    Well , I'm gonna start talking about my trip to the UK in a really haphazardly manner (wow , didn’t know I could use a word like that). You should take into consideration the following:

     

    1. I will be using all the comical styles (exaggeration , contradiction , sarcasm … etc) just to make it fun , in many cases it might not be true.
    2. Pay attention when I mix my imagination and my inner ego into stories.
    3. I'm out of things to point out.
    4. why are you even reading this.

     

    Gotta zippp

     

    Bye.

      

    August 05

    In Hastings

     

    Hey everyone, 

    nothing much happening here. England is a bit too cold for me. I can tell because my balls climbed 3 inch's above the ground. A lot of you guys are asking me about the girls. And the rest of you people are asking about the weather. We already answered the weather question , so I think most of my blog would be about BBOOOOTTTYYY. (I think thats what kids call it these days) 

    Well , sorry guys , you'll have to wait until I'm almost out of here. so that I don't get any hassle with anyone when I narrate my fantasies about some certain mid-aged women here. Wink

     Oh look my balls climbed one more inch .. I can take my third shoe off now.

    Cheeer Maaaytes ( thats the way they say it here , yah I know , but ,umm well , you know the English)

    June 30

    Riding

     

    Well , nothing much going on here , the summer vacation starts and they had to put it at summer when it hits 53 C degrees. It really sucks. Aaaanywhooo, that won't stop me from going out.  2 hours till sunset , its 43 C degrees outside , and bit windy , perfect conditions for riding. I called my cousin and we went riding , we stopped at a nomad-settlers village. It's one of these towns with one grocery stores that sells everything. Being hot we had to stop and drink something. Its when some of the locals started asking about the bikes and what bring us here ( I mean there , when we're there it's "here" ; you know what I mean).

    Don't get me wrong , I like to be the center of attraction , especially when there's women around. The things too much questions are too much. And when someone asks if "this thing go fast " , it won't do any good to say " speed is a relative matter" . they usually think it’s a dare. So we had to get out of there as fast as we could. Specially with these pickup's "racing us" , and we got back home a little bit faster.  

    March 15

    A Lone Bikers Diary Part II & III & .... etc (who cares)

    So I went back home that night , had a nice dinner with the family. And went out with guys after that or I was talking to someone online . I don’t really remember. The thing is I went to bed late.

     So, I get up all moody, and started my day with a cup of coffee from an overnight coffee pot. Tried to start my car didn’t work so I had to borrow my brother's pickup truck. I said to my self "this looks like a promising day ! "

     Went to work sneaked out after 30 min , and  drove the 80 KM in a Toyota Desel pickup truck. If the sound doesn’t kill you , the jumping and shaking will be suffice to leave you with a 2 pound hemorrhoid (I don’t know if this is medically correct , but trust me you don’t want to try it ). First thing is first , I got to the police station which was fortified

    -- Oh my God , I can't finish this --

     I'll cut it short, I went there the next day, I ran paper work for 4 hours. That included getting finger printed , mug shots , background check , full health check , you name it. I'm sure they got their bike license procedure from NASA. But the attitude is clearly medieval.

     Dmmiittt , I'm to pissed and depressed to write anything ..  

     I wrote this 3 weeks ago and it was to gloomy to continue.  Let just say that I almost got detained for three days. My ass still from all the driving  , and I've been paying for stuff I don't know what the hell for.

    Note: if you are going to break the law in Saudi Arabia , punishment is the least you should fear. Its paper work you should worry about.

    I'm outta here.

    February 26

    A Lone Bikers Diary : part I

     

    Yah , before I start I noticed that the title sounds like a porno , but you have to know that someone almost got screwed in the storyline ( again metaphorically speaking , damn it ! stop fantasizing about it ) …

    I was planning on starting writing my scrip yesterday, when one of the guys called and asked if I took my bike for a ride lately. Apparently, the police managed to know the source of all the criminal activities; its bikes. These include drugs , rape , fraud , global warming , terrorism , you name it . So, what they do is check for license  and registration . you know you're ok if you're a registered drug dealer.

    Anyway, I should do this sooner or late so I thought the sooner the better.  I went to the evening shift at local traffic department and they told me they don’t do bikes. I had to drive 80 km to a town I did not like for two main reasons: all the streets there end up with a curve , I shit you not. for  some reason they don’t do straight streets , and a street that points exactly to the directions ( N, W , E , S ) is out of the question. And the second reason is mainly because the people there symbolize the modern materialistic human being (that’s a fancy way of saying they're all a bunch of assholes). I tell you, you walk in, you stay for one hour you see more assholes than a public toilet seat in Heathrow airport. I'm not stereotyping anybody here. But, all the people there are assholes with no exception. Enough said.

    I went there , spoke to the so called " officer in charge " he asked me back , " do bikes have license ? " . Things like that leave you speechless with the additional urge of pointing your finger at the silly fuck. Anyways after so many attempts to convince him that its not like horse registration in the good ol' days, the guy told me to come back tomorrow morning ..

     

    --- 2 B c0ntinued ---

     

    September 22

    East Coast: Day One (yesterday)

     

    I'm here in Dammam, I've been running all day long here and there. Reminds me when I first discovered masturbation. I can't quit until I'm really tired. Next Saturday is a the national day holiday , so we got a lot of people here. Anyway, I just got into this really nice hotel. All the rooms were booked, but we managed to get a suite..

    Wow , I'm too tired to write anything more. I'm even going to post this tomorrow.

     

    zzzzzzzzzzz

    September 18

    Its a start

    So , I tried blogging before , but it didn’t work out well ..

     The problem wasn’t the material , I mean there was a lot of good stuff there.

    The problem was I realized what a nut job I was , seriously , I discovered I was mental case. Hell , I even gave myself a number " Mental Case 773H " .

    Anyway I'll try not to publish that crazy stuff here , I'll try to keep it as civil as possible ( I don’t guarantee anything ) . It's a little something for my friends to know what the hell am I doing , and where in the world I'm fooling around.

    I'm going on a trip to the east coast tomorrow.

    So , here's  to a new start.