Jeddah, I had Enough !

Jeddah.. I had enough...

Things are really getting bad around here... First it started last year with all the digging and construction of the new sewage system.. though I am surprised how a country in 2006 is without a sewage system... anyways roads were turned upside down, detours made, you felt like a lab rat trying to get to the cheese! But we said its ok, we can tolerate this... this is all for the better good and so people's Shitt can find somewhere to go instead of the Shitt lake which you can see clearly through Google Earth!

And I wish they even do a good job.. streets have become 2 colored because they do a part and leave the other... they are not even leveled the same, and some unmajor streets stayed for WEEKS dug up with no work going on, causing people to park several meters from their homes... Plus bringing mosquitoes around which is a major problem with the Dank fever going on... And the funny part, the job is so poorly done that sometimes the street just collapses again and/or water starts leaking to the surface and they have to do the job all over again... Want a tip? Find a better construction company that isn’t ripping you off!!

Now Ramadan started, and construction is still going on, turning major streets from 3 laners to 2 laners, causing MAJOR traffic jams in Palestine Street, Ameer Sultan Street, and others... Yeah and add to that the genius plan of making private companies, government, schools AND colleges all start and finish at the same time!! I wana know what genius came up with this scheme... the least u can do is finish all the constructions going on BEFORE Ramadan! But this happened last Ramadan and caused the same mess, and now it’s happening again... I guess parrots learn faster than this... But what do you people care when you can stop a whole street just so you can pass by?

Last but not least, the water problem... I guess some of you living in posh districts have barely suffered from this.. cause according to the Human Rights office, water reached some posh districts while it was cut off the middle-class and poorer districts... Some districts have had no water for up to 10 days and relied only on water brought in by the water tanker trucks, which its management offices turned into a mush pit and a black market where people (men and women!) waited in line for over 2 hours and a tanker's price reached 3 or 4 times its original price! And when you get your water, you have to enjoy the sweet smell of sewage and fungus cause of the untreated inner walls of the tankers... The sea is right next to us, and in Riyadh where it is smack in the middle of no where they have no water problems.. quite funny huh? And now the people are suing the Ministry for this.. Yeah right, let’s see what happens, this should be interesting!

If all this happened somewhere else, people would have gone through the streets in riots and demonstrations, demanding the Mayor or the Ameen or whatever you call him be removed.. But things are staying the same, the mayor and the amin are not goin anywhere... and all the people can do is hang their heads down between their arms in disbelief and agony.. and its so ironic how plans have started in building the enormous plan of King Abdullah Economic City, while you can’t finish a decent sewage system and pump enough water to people in their homes... All I can do is smile and turn the other cheek, and hope it gets better... Jeddah 3'eer... Wallah 3'eer!

I'm done here... cheers...

Ramadan and stuff...

First of all, Ramadan Kareem to all of you people! May Allah accept our fasting and bless us and forgive our sins... I bet most of us had alot of sins this past year, lets make this Ramadan a fresh start and try to improve our relationship with Allah almighty...

Now whats the deal with Ramadan and grocery shopping?? The Papers wrote that families in Saudi Arabia spend 20-25% more in Ramadan! With Ramadan being the month of fasting, and ur meals are cut to 2 instead of three (sahoor and iftar) I cant understand why are people buying more food! Plus the ATMs went berzerk cause of the load and buying anything ANYWHERE using your ATM card or Credit Card was impossible! Oh well...

Remember when I said 2 people left our company? Well our VP held a secret meeting and met with the heads of departments (including myself) to see what we need and try to solve our problems... it turns out he is not such a bad guy as our GM was putting him up to be, seems it was just a scheme so that we feel scared to even approach the VP and feel like he is one of the "untouchables" or somethin... anyway the meeting ended that the 2 employees got raises and I got a small promotion+more authority to run things more smoothly! As for the 2 ladies that left, they didnt come back.. proves more that its harder to please a woman, lool...

I bought a new laptop last week... I have been saving to get me a slim one cause I really hate bulky heavy laptops! So I got this LG laptop with 2.0 MGHZ Dual Core Centrino Processor, 1 GB RAM, 100 GB hard disk, bluetooth, wireless, fingerprint encription (so Mission Impossible like huh? lool), DVD writer, the works! I am really enjoying it but I am getting the evil eye from the Mrs. who has a bulky Dell laptop she got last year.. Sorry hun, but this baby is a keeper! LoL...

Politics wise, Saddam got kicked out of court for the second time in a week! I guess he and the new judge arent clicking much, lool... Najad is a hero in my eyes for still standing against the USA who are trying to stop their nuclear research while letting Israel play with nukes freely... At last someone with balls in this world! I dont even think the US has the balls to go to war with Iran, beleive me it will turn into another Vietnam for them...

Remember Roseanne? At the time her show was airing, every person was always making fun of her and her weight... Jay Leno, Dave Lettermen, the press... Well now it seems Islam has become this year's Roseanne, with the Danish papers, the Pope, Bush, and now some French journalist... What I think from my humble opinion, is that this is just like a hot famous celebrity... people and press trash him/her and wait for every mistake to write about it, mostly to feed people's envy towards this celebrity by seeing him/her fail or fall... its the same case, Islam has become the fastest growing religion in the world and its spreading in every country rapidly.. More and more followers are choosing Islam and Mohammed (peace be upon him) by pure beleife... and this is making the West pretty uncomfortable and uneasy... And it is said in the Quraan that this will NEVER stop, they will never stop till we colapse and follow their own ways and religion... Sorry wont happen...

My car has officially become a serial killer... it has killed/injured its 5th cat since I bought it! No I dont drive over them! I love cats! But they like high cars, and my Prado has a nice fan compartment that seems like a room in the Ritz for them.... I knock on the hood, I honk the horn, but they just keep napping... then I turn on the engine thinking they are gone, and I hear BLONK SPLAT BANG MEOW! Ooops.... Thank God the fan is made out of plastic and not metal, or it would have torn them to shreds! Cat sushi, lool.. yuck... 4 out of the 5 times they came out running (one of them had a broken leg *sniff* ) but one of them died inside the compartment... Seems I have to Actually OPEN the damn hood every time I wana drive away! Or get a dog and tie it next to the car, lool...

I need a haircut... BAD! LooL, see ya guys...

The Mistress

Yes its true.. someone new has entered my life... I have been longing after her for a very long time... and at last she has fallen in my arms... it cost me alot, God she is realy high maintanence, but she deserves every penny! Yes.. its true... I finally got it... I got the Nikon D70s!!!!

And I am so glad that I waited, cause when I passed by the shop I found that they had an even better offer than before! Instead of paying 4300 Riyals (US$ 1140) for just the D70 and the basic lense, for the same price I got the cam, the basic lense, 70-300 Nikkor zoom lense, 1 GB memory, 2 UV protection filters for each lense, and a carry bag worth 60$ !

I felt like a kid who got a new toy, remember when you get a new action figure or somethin? u wana take it next to u in bed, u wana take it in the car when u go out, thats how i felt like, lol

Oh and by the way, happy 18th birthday sis! Till now I still remember that day when she was born... Actually I still remember that I was there when my mom's water broke, lool.... we didnt go with them to the hospital but dad came to the house around 6 PM and told us we had a new baby sister!

We called her "Thoraya" which is the name of my grandmother... Thoraya is an Arabic name meaning "Chandlier" and also means "a large group of stars"... So happy 18th birthday sis... hope all ur dreams come true, and I wish u the best of luck in DAH college and in the major u love: Graphic Design!

The Sale!

Everyone loves sales... You save money, you get new stuff which you originally couldn't afford... But believe it or not, I hate sales! (yeah yeah, shoot me if you like!) To me a shop which has sales is like a battlefield... or judgement day... people coming and going (some are running!) as if they are hurrying to find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... Long lines at the counters, shouting, even a fight breaking up here and there, and don't get me started on how the stuff is thrown around in a hap-hazard matter! Its like going through the rubbles of a bombed building or a fallen plane! But at the end of the day, sales is like women, you cant live with them and you cant live without them, and you smile as you walk out of the battlefield with your prize in hand, plus a few bruises and maybe a police ticket for double parking...

Shit.. another guy just left our agency... that makes 3 employees in just 2 months, in addition to 2 female staff who left their positions in our mother company (maybe cause our vice president is a playboy, God knows!) Is God giving me signs? Should I leave too? (And not cause our vice president is a playboy, no I dont go that way) Well anyway I AM tired of the tourism field, and I wish to seek a position in my dream career: advertising!

Now my friend wrote a very interesting journal making fun of the theory of how masturbation causes blindness , which made me remember a funny pic I had saved somewhere on my PC... He asked me to include it in my next issue blog, so here it is pal, just for you ...

Health wise this has been a sucky week for me, I didn't loose any weight (even though I feel more fit!) and don't give me that you substituted fat for muscle crap... plus I fractured 2 fingers while playing soccer as a goal keeper with my friends last Thursday... So now I cant swim or do any weight lifting for like 10 days, doctors orders! Now if you excuse me, its time for my "jerk shot" and I have to show half my ass to a male Filipino nurse so he can poke me with a needle... see ya in my next issue... OUCH!