Dec 30, 2005

Voting for OBA2005 haas just started

The voting of the OBA2005 has just started, so please feel free to vote (don't forget to vote for me) @ Vote For The Best Omani Blogs! the last day to vote is 15 of Jan 2006.

'We live here. This is our living space'

"With the living room, it was the most direct way of saying 'We live here. This is our living space.'"
said the children's author and traffic campaigner, Ted Dewan who has been working on implementing his traffic campaigner by setting a living room as a stop sign in an residential area to force the drivers to lower their speed in residential area for safety and peace for the drivers, passengers and the residence.

Read more about it here and I thank Abdullah for posting it in Arabic were I got the topic from.

Dec 28, 2005

Updates

Harry Potter
The fourth series of Harry Potter is out in the Middle East on 28 December 2005 while it was out worldwide on 18 November 2005 and planning to watch it soon.

Hi5.com
I logged on to Hi5 network and had a shocking moment to know that some people whom they come from restricted religious family background are been hyper in the world of parties.

My career
Work is good; checking, analyzing and writing my observations.

The OBA 2005
Soon the polls will start, the clock is clicking.

The Week
Checking out the news round the corner.

Day dreams
Hot shower
Chinese food
Deserts
A good deep sleep

Best weekend
Went to the movie and watched ‘Chicken Little’, then went shopping and then dinner and a white hot chocolate from second cup.

Best white hot chocolate
Second cup

Best frozen yorgat with strobaey topping
Glacier cafe

Best lime & mint juice
Kargeen Caffe

Best salt and pepper squid
China Town restaurant

Best place to relax
The beach

E-waste

I was looking for information about ‘recycling facts’ and I came across ‘e-waste’ and I want to share it with you’ll about it. I posted some related articles at TITAJ & here are some refrences.

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

"Time Gets Better With Age"

I learned that I like my teacher because she cries
when we sing "Silent Night". Age 5

I learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either. Age 7

I learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back. Age 9

I learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again. Age 12

I learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up. Age 14

I learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me. Age 15

I learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice. Age 24

I learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures. Age 26

I learned that wherever I go, the world's worst drivers have followed me there. Age29

I learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it. Age 30

I learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it. Age 42

I learned that you can make some one's day by simply sending them a little note. Age 44

I learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others. Age 46

I learned that children and grandparents are natural
allies. Age 47

I learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Age 48

I learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours. Age 49

I learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone. Age 50

I learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Age 51

I learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills. Age 52

I learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die. Age 53

I learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. Age 58

I learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage. Age 61

I learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. Age 62

I learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands.You need to be able to throw something back. Age 64

I learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you. Age 65

I learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision. Age 66

I learned that everyone can use a prayer. Age 72

I learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. Age 82

I learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch-holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Age 90

I learned that I still have a lot to learn. Age 92

Dec 12, 2005

Abu Sinan

Abu Sinan is a Western man who converted to Islam and his posts are intresting.

I read his article about finding the right spouse based on his experience after he converted to Islam and the characters that he has pointed out that she had to have.

I give the blog rate five stars.

Dec 10, 2005

The I Revere Summary Traffic 2 of Yr 2005

After reviewing the 1st The I Revere Summary Traffic in september 2005, here the update of the traffic of I Revere:

Total Upto date
Page Loads 3,881
Unique Visitors 2,042
First Time Visitors 1,950
Returning Visitors 92


Total Fo Year 2004
Page Loads 649
Unique Visitors 264
First Time Visitors 262
Returning Visitors 2


Total For Year 2005 (upto date)
Page Loads 3,232
Unique Visitors 1,778
First Time Visitors 1,688
Returning Visitors 90

I want to thanks all the visitors and readers of the journals for making it work.

Dec 6, 2005

The annual Gulf News Fun Drive

The annual Gulf News Fun Drive is going to have an early start this year, to celebrating it 25th anniversary. Usually it starts around the month of February, this year it started on 13 December 2005.

I went on February 2005 & I've enjoyed it, now all the people (I know) who wanted to join from Oman can't make it as the timing is not convenience for them. Everyone was prepared for the February 2006 event and a large number of people were to join.

I came across..

I came across Blog-Communities I want to share with you'll beside the omani blog community:
Egyptian Blogs
Saudi Blogs

Nov 27, 2005

What’s new?

What’s new?

I’ve added AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation service that enable the user to translate from English to several languages and vise verse. So my dear visitors, who don’t know how to read English, enjoy my journal/blog in your own language.


Blog traffic exchange
I’ve added my journal to Blog traffic exchange Blog Explosion & Blog Clicker to gain more visitors to my blog.
Click to gain traffic too from around the world & I'm your referrer.

http://www.blogexplosion.com/index.php?ref=irevere

http://blogclicker.com/?username=irevere

A new face, a new smile & a new character.

Read ‘Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul’ and learn some famous writer’s journal about how they became writers from a hobby to professions and how their works became bestsellers.


I was riding the auto rickshaw, listening to one of Yanni’s piece of his work, I remembered the day I landed in Bangalore and going around looking for a hotel it reminded me of Zanzibar.

While I was writing about Bangalore, I had flash of memory about Kenya, the memories of over 23 years old.

Time is running and the weather is beautiful and winter is starting.


My job is testing me allot.

Nov 21, 2005

A note

I get iterated when I hear the way people pranouce the word wronglly without taking care of their gramatical error. I know that I do mistakes and I try my best to correct my self and accept other people's advices, it's hurts when you see your own people who speake your mother language make mistakes and they are aweare of the gramatical rules.

It feels good when I get appriciated by my colleagues after I helped them with their project, I knew they are busy as I am with work, I just gave them the blueprint and they maaged to complete their work. Best wishes to everyone.

When you make a disicion, what ever it is right or wrong, good or bad, you have to go ahead and move on”; that what my lecturer told me & my classmates, and I agree with her.

Don’t be in a hurry to meet the deadline, take as much time as you can to learn to build the right bases.

Love is a biutifull feeling, if you let your mind or heart take over each other, you are doomed and you’ll be safe if you let each of them share the cotrol. (I don’t know what I’m saying, it just an observation from the lovebirds.)

Nov 20, 2005

Out of stock

I've been several music stores in my neighborhood and other places for two albums the 'WAMA band' & 'Cheb Khalid' which I was disappointed that they were out of stock in all of them.

blogclicker.com

Click @ and become a member to promote your blogs & increase the traffic @ your blog/journal.

Submit Your Blog @ OBA 2005

The OBA 2005 has finally openned a post to submit the Omani blogs @ 'Submit Your Blog'.

A long brake

I know I haven't written for a long time, because of various reasons, the latest thing happened to me is that I moved to anther organization to work, a bank.

I have various reasons that made me move out from my old job I won't reveal my reasons to anyone, I need my privacy.

I've been going through allot of emotional changes for over a year and I finally learnt how to get over it by writing it down and read it everyday for a whole week then destroyed it for ever.

What will you do if you gave someone a chance to be part of your life and he/she didn't take it and choose someone else instead and when the other person comes rejects him/her and finally after long time he/she tries to come back to you , will you accept that or not? Is he/she worth it or not?

I'd like to thank people who have been visiting my journals/blogs.

Oct 30, 2005

Shooting stars

While I was gazing at the scenery on the beach looking towards the city's main attraction of lights, I saw a shooting star, I didn't relialize it at first, then N who was facing me shouted "A shooting star", G told us to make a wish and we did. After an hour or so, while I was gazing at the scenery again and enjoying my self in my own world, I saw it again, I wished again.

I was thinking about the electronic gadgets I want to own one day, such as an mobile music system such as an MP3 player or iPod; I realized what a west of money, the technology is rapidly developing, in few years what I bought will worth nothing, what fit with other format of music, etc. In the Arab world, I never seen an advertisement that says "Second Hand music stereo or music walkman or play station or iPod needed", only Mobile/cellular phones are been treaded or sold as a 2nd hand gadget in the Arab world.

Oct 27, 2005

SMS Charity

Nawras has enbaled their clients to donate towords charity by SMS, I wish OmanMobile offers the same.

Visa Electron

While I was reading OceanDream's post 'Did you know ......' about using Visa Electron cards in gas or petrol stations is been enabled now, put not all the stations you are able to do that, I went to one of Almaha stations accepted but Shell stations didn't as they have an BankMuscat ATM facility in their station's supermarket.

It was anoying that I had to draw the money and come back to pay, they don't make it esair for them in that way.

Oct 26, 2005

Q #0015

Which country did they rule?

  • Khalifah ibn Salman Al-Khalifa
  • Sámuel Aba
  • Kidin-Hutran III
  • Negasso Gidada

Q #0014

In which country the follwing vilige/town/city located?

  • Nokia.
  • Andover.
  • Gaillac.
  • Bhamo.
  • Bokoro.

Oct 25, 2005

Digital Fortress

Digital Fortress is a novel written by Dan Brown, an Amarican writter and published in 1998, its a good book discussing about the world of encryption; decryption in National Security Agency (NSA), the bettel that NSA been through within the organization (between cryptographers, SYS-SECs, Internal security analyst
& the directors) etc. & outside the organization with the The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

The struggle between the cryptographers about the loyalty of and for NSA.

Worth reading.

Oct 24, 2005

Overview

Overviwung other people's mistakes inlightens my mistakes, trying to see the other side of other people thoughts about it. Talking to me made me realize all of things, it may never made any sence to me before, but now it's clear to me.

Oct 17, 2005

Knowledge Game Zone

Knowledge Game Zone has been updated.

Q #0013

Which Friends TV-series Main character continued his/her own show after the end of Friends final season?

Q #0012

List two people who are listed in 100 Greatest Britons list & 100 Worst Britons list?

Q #0011

Who decides the following Nobel Prizes?

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Q #0010

What is the pure form of a glass?

Q #0009

List three acronym for 'PAD' with refrences?

Q #0008

What is the cat's powerful cleaning agent?

Q #0007

A hat is what we wear on our head to cover it, etc.

What are the parts of a hat?

(Hint 5 parts).

Oct 16, 2005

Another panic attack

I neally had another panic attack few minites ago before writing this post, I'm out of the countriy at the moment, emailed my classmate my assignment to be submitted tomorrow, she sms's me that she couldn't open the zip file.

Finally she managed to open it and the whole tention I had for neally 10 mins. God help us.

I feel like drained.

UAE blocks Google Blog Search.


UAE internet service provider has blocked Google Blog Search search.blogger.com.

Oct 8, 2005

Hands

Intresting photo liked to share with you'll. I got it from a visitor of my journal solsticiodjules.blogspot.com and the title of the post is 'Me das una mano?'

WordPress is killing me

I mean what I just said, WordPress is really killing me with its category feature. I can't take it anymore, I just downloaded it and I'll find out its features.

Want to know more about WordPress goto http://wordpress.org.

Oct 7, 2005

Vote For Me @ The BOBs

The BOBs - BEST OF THE BLOGS - Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards 2005

I would appreciate if you vote for me @ The BOBs - BEST OF THE BLOGS - Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards 2005.

Starting date:
24 October 2005.

Suggested Categories:
  • BEST WEBLOG.
  • BEST JOURNALISTIC BLOG - ENGLISH.

Thank you for the thought.

Ramadhan Gifts

I want to thank the Contributors of 'Ramadhan Reading' journal for creating such a wondaerfull web log for everyone to read.

They mainly forcasing on the events such as fasting and reading Quraan during the holy month of Ramadhan, but you can take the advanrage of it in aplying in all year.

Ramadhan Kareem

Ramadhan Kareem to everyone, sorry for not writing for so long, I somehow niglactied my journal.

Fasting is a test from God to purify your body and soal from nogative elements in what ever form it is.

I admir the attempt of non-Muslims in trying to fast or who have managed to fast.

The tyipical way of fasting is not to drink nor eat any thing from the Fajar prayer to the Magreb prayer.

Sep 21, 2005

You've been tagged

The Tag fever has spread though the blog world vary fast, I believe it's a way to get to know about a person slowly.

Beware of such trap.

Sep 20, 2005

The I Revere Summary Traffic

Since the birth of 'I Revere' journal, the traffic of the journal has been grawing, I'd like to represent the summary of all traffic recorded to date:
Total Upto date
Page Loads 3,013
Unique Visitors 1,392
First Time Visitors 1,325
Returning Visitors 67

Average Upto date
Page Loads 1,507
Unique Visitors 696
First Time Visitors 663
Returning Visitors 34

Total Fo Year 2004
Page Loads 649
Unique Visitors 264
First Time Visitors 262
Returning Visitors 2

Total For Year 2005 (upto date)
Page Loads 2,364
Unique Visitors 1,128
First Time Visitors 1,063
Returning Visitors 65
I want to thanks all the visitors and readers of the journals for making it work.

Sep 12, 2005

A Fan Club

An interesting idea I came a cross while talking to someone about having a fan club in Oman, since I’m a Harry Potter fan. I thought it was a stupid idea, but come to think of it, it’s great idea.

I know allot of people are Star Wars, Batman, James bond, Spider Man, etc … fans, but will it really work in the Middle East.

After all, it’s just a thought out of the blue.

Sep 7, 2005

AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN

Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a helicopter--ten men and one
woman. The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they
decided that one had to leave, because otherwise they were all going to
fall. They weren't able to name that person, until the woman gave a
very touching speech. She said that she would voluntarily let go of the
rope, because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her
husband and kids, or for men in general, and was used to always making
sacrifices with little in return. As soon as she finished her speech,
all the men started clapping their hands.....

Cheating Husband

A woman goes to the drugstore and asks for arsenic.

"What do you want that for?" the pharmacist asks.

"I want to kill my husband," she replies. "He's having an affair with another woman."

"I can't sell you arsenic to kill your husband," says the pharmacist, "even if he is cheating."

The woman pulls out a picture of her husband with the pharmacist's wife. The pharmacist turns pale and replies, "Oh, I didn't realize you had a prescription!"

A great story!

Age is mind over matter; if you don't mind getting older it doesn't
matter!!


The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose.

I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?"

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze.

"Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.

She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids..."
"No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went.
She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet.

I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, "I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know."

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.

There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even ! know it!

There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."

She concluded her speech by courageously singing "The Rose."

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

"Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there."

"We are only passing through this world to get to a better place.
Please take the time to help someone along the way."

Aug 30, 2005

Tagged #2

Last book you read: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
Last phone number you called: A cousin
Last show you watched on TV: I can’t recall.
Last thing you had to drink: Rani float – Natural Orange Drink
Last thing you ate: Sussege roll
Last time you cried: arround 2 weeks ago
Last time you smiled: Now
Last person you hugged: a cousin
Last person you talked to on the phone: A cousin
Last thing you smelled: orange
Last CD that you bought: Kazim Assaher
Last song you sang: Law Radeet
Last thing you laughed at: something I remembered
What's in your cd player/changer: nothing
What time did you wake up today: 6:47am
Current favorite article of clothing: coat
Favorite place to be: beatch
Least favorite place: a room
Do you believe in an afterlife? yes
In Heaven or Hell: Heaven
How tall are you: don’t know
Current favorite word: tough
Favorite Book: Harry Potter books
Random lyric: “ ”
If I could be doing anything right now, i would be: Go to the beatch
Are you a daredevil? No
Have you ever told a secret you swore you'd never tell? No
Do looks matter? No
How do you release your anger? By shouting
My second home is: Abu Dhabi
One thing i have that i wish i didn't is: God only knows what I wished.
All you need is: peace
SomethingI want but I don't really need is:
Something I need but I don't really want is:

*do you...*

drink? No
have a boyfriend/girlfriend? I have friends
have a dream that keeps coming back? yes
believe there is life on other planets? God only knows.
read the newspaper? Yes
consider yourself tolerant of others? I think so
consider police a friend or foe? A friend.

Back to blogging

Chulupu Quick Reviews is now back to updated.
muscati.blogspot.com is back from a short holiday and started updating pirodicaly.
kazablanka.blogspot.com is also back from long vication.

Aug 29, 2005

While I was reading an article

While I was reading an article regarding the new law Joy Alukkas the managing director of Joy Alukkas group has imposed on his staff around the world to remove/shave their mustache, I came across World Beard and Moustache Championships , and found out that Beard and Moustache are been Categorized and their many clubs/associations around the world except the middle east.

Hair Ultimatum
Monday, 22 August 2005
A leading jeweller is demanding that hundreds of its male employees in the UAE shave off their facial hair. Fearing job losses, about 100 employees working at Alukkas Jewellery - mainly from Kerala, in south India - have already abandoned their moustaches.

Hundreds more are debating whether to comply with the company - part of the Joy Alukkas group which employs around 2,500 workers across the GCC. When contacted, Joy Alukkas, Group MD would not comment on the issue, though he is understood to have shaved off his moustache to set an example.

But senior management sources said the move to ask employees to shave was on a trial basis before the group extended it to other divisions of the company. No clear reason for the decision was forthcoming.

“All 400 employees of Alukkas Jewellery are asked to remove their beard as early as possible. Apparently it is part of the top management decision but we don’t know the rationale of such a utopian idea,” said one employee who added that he values his moustache as a symbol of personal taste and dignity.

Staff say they were told of the new policy by fax. “It is my privilege to grow a beard or moustache. Forcing me to remove that for the sake of the company’s policy is unacceptable,” said another who insisted that he would not accept the decision at any cost.

“Even the general managers and marketing chiefs are not spared from the decision,” added an employee. Alukkas Jewellery has around 38 outlets spread across the Gulf - including in Dubai’s Gold Souk in Deira - in the Middle East and Kerala in India. The Group says it is the world's leading “22 karat jewellery retailer”.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

I'm currently reading Harry Potter latest book 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'.

I've read some reviews about the book, I fully agree that the first half of the book is kind of slow, as if the author was draging/ forcing her self to write, slow motions I believe.

At the moment that event started to pick up, and I'm enjoying it.

Allot of questions arrasied in my mind,

What happened to Albus Dumbledore's hand?
Is Draco Malfoy a Death Eater?
Will Dumbledore find out that Severus Snape is a double agent?

To douse who haven’t read 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', don't search for any information at Wikipedia, it has all the information from the first book until the last of everything, even the character's information up to date.

Aug 28, 2005

Goal

You always have to set your aims/goals, have to select the right path/source to proceed to your aim, you may have difficult situations in your way up, you may make wrong decisions, but at the end of the day you'll gain experience.

Aug 23, 2005

The BOBs Are Back!

The BOBs (The Best of the Blog ) award contest will begain o Sept 2005, so fellow bloggers get ready to post your blogs/journals :)


DW-WORLD.DE, the Deutsche Welle's online portal, is back on the prowl fort he world's best Weblogs.

The Best of the Blog -- a.k.a. TheBOBs -- will crown Weblog champions in 13 different categories: Best Weblog, Best Multimedia Weblog, Best Podcasting Site, Best Journalistic Weblog and a special jury prize from Reporters Without Borders . Honors for Best Journalistic Weblogs will be awarded in each of the nine contest languages.

Weblogs from anywhere in the world can take part as long as they are published in German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese Persian or Arabic.

We're calling on all bloggers, readers and enthusiasts to suggest their favorite Weblogs and podcasts to the contest and later on vote on which ones should take home the User Prizes. Have a look at the Road Map to get all the details about the contest's stages.

Of course there is more than just bragging rights. All the Jury Award winners will take home some attractive prizes. One prize will be raffled off among the voters who register and participate in the contest's voting stage.

Again this year theBOBs will be graced by top-notch jury members and numerous sponsors and media partners. For the first time theBOBs jury members will all be blogging at theBOBs.com throughout the contest.

What your Birth month means !!!.

JANUARY:
Ambitious and serious
Loves to teach and be taught
Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses
Likes to criticize
Hardworking and productive
Smart, neat and organised
Sensitive and has deep thoughts
Knows how to make others happy
Quiet unless excited or tensed
Rather reserved
Highly attentive
Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds
Romantic but has difficulties expressing love
Loves children
Homely person
Loyal
Needs to improve social abilities
Easily jealous

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts
Loves reality and abstract
Intelligent and clever
Changing personality
Temperamental
Quiet, shy and humble
Low self esteem
Honest and loyal
Determined to reach goals
Loves freedom
Rebellious when restricted
Loves aggressiveness
Too sensitive and easily hurt
Showing anger easily
Dislike unnecessary things
Loves making friends but rarely shows it
Daring and stubborn
Ambitious
Realising dreams and hopes
Sharp
Loves entertainment and leisure
Romantic on the inside not outside
Supersticious and ludicrous
Spendthrift
Learns to show emotions

MARCH:
Attractive personality
Affectionate
Shy and reserved
Secretive
Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic
Loves peace and serenity
Sensitive to others
Loves to serve others
Not easily angered
Trustworthy
Appreciative and returns kindness
Observant and assess others
Revengeful
Loves to dream and fantasize
Loves travelling
Loves attention
Hasty decisions in choosing partners
Loves home decors
Musically talented
Loves special things
Moody

APRIL:
Active and dynamic
Decisive and hasteful but tends to regret
Attractive and affectionate to oneself
Strong mentality
Loves attention
Diplomatic
Consoling
Friendly and solves people's problems
Brave and fearless
Adventurous
Loving and caring
Suave and generous
Emotional
Revengeful
Agressive
Hasty
Good memory
Moving
Motivate oneself and the others
Sickness usually of the head and chest
Easily get too jealous

MAY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted
Strong-willed and highly motivated
Sharp thoughts
Easily angered
Attracts others and loves attention
Deep feelings
Beautiful physically and mentally
Firm standpoint
Easily influenced
Needs no motivation
Easily consoled
Systematic (left brain)
Loves to dream
Strong clairvoyance
Understanding
Sickness usually in the ear and neck
Good imagination
Good debating skills
Good physical
Weak breathing
Loves literature and the arts
Loves travelling
Dislike being at home
Restless
Hardworking
High spirited
Spendthrift

JUNE:
Thinks far with vision
Easily influenced by kindness
Polite and soft-spoken
Having lots of ideas
Sensitive
Active mind
Hesitating
Tends to delay
Choosy and always wants the best
Temperamental
Funny and humorous
Loves to joke
Good debating skills
Talkative
Daydreamer
Friendly
Knows how to make friends
Abiding
Able to show character
Easily hurt
Prone to getting colds
Loves to dress up
Easily bored
Fussy
Seldom show emotions
Takes time to recover when hurt
Brand conscious
Executive
Stubborn
Those who loves me are enemies
Those who hates me are friends

JULY:
Fun to be with
Secretive
Difficult to fathom and to be understood
Quiet unless excited or tensed
Takes pride in oneself
Has reputation
Easily consoled
Honest
Concern about people's feelings
Tactful
Friendly
Approachable
Very emotional
Tempramental and unpredictable
Moody and easily hurt
Witty and sarky
Sentimental
Not revengeful
Forgiving but never forgets
Dislike nonsensical and unnecessary things
Guides others physically and mentally
Sensitive and forms impressions carefully
Caring and loving
Treats others equally
Strong sense of sympathy
Wary and sharp
Judge people through observations
Hardworking
No difficulties in studying
Loves to be alone!
Always broods about the past and the old friends
Likes to be quiet
Homely! person
Waits for friends
Never looks for friends
Not aggressive unless provoked
Prone to having stomach and dieting problems
Loves to be loved
Easily hurt but takes long to recover
Overly concerned
Puts in effort in work

AUGUST:
Loves to joke
Attractive
Suave and caring
Brave and fearless
Firm and has leadership qualities
Knows how to console others
Too generous and egoistic
Taked high pride of oneself
Thirsty for praises
Extraodinary spirit
Easily angered
Angry when provoked
Easily jealous
Observant
Careful and cautious
Thinks quickly
Independent thoughts
Loves to lead and to be led
Loves to dream
Talented in the arts, music and defence
Sensitive but not petty
Poor resistance against illnesses
Learns to relax
Hasty and rushy
Romantic
Loving and caring
Loves to make friends

SEPTEMBER:
Suave and compromising
Careful, cautious and organised
Likes to point out people's mistakes
Likes to criticize
Quiet but able to talk well
Calm and cool
Kind and sympathetic
Concerned and detailed
Trustworthy, loyal and honest
Does work well
Sensitive
Thinking
Good memory
Clever and knowledgeable
Loves to look for information
Must control oneself when criticising
Able to motivate oneself
Understanding
Secretive
Loves sports, leisure and travelling
Hardly shows emotions
Tends to bottle up feelings
Choosy especially in relationships
Loves wide things
Systematic

OCTOBER:
Loves to chat
Loves those who loves him
Loves to takes things at the centre
Attractive and suave
Inner and physical beauty
Does not lie or pretend
Sympathetic
Treats friends importantly
Always making friends
Easily hurt but recovers easily
Bad tempered
Selfish
Seldom helps unless asked
Daydreamer
Very opinionated
Does not care of what others think
Emotional
Decisive
Strong clairvoyance
Loves to travel, the arts and literature
Soft-spoken, loving and caring
Romantic
Touchy and easily jealous
Concerned
Loves outdoors
Just and fair
Spendthrift and easily influenced
Easily lose confidence

NOVEMBER:
Has a lot of ideas
Difficult to fathom
Thinks forward
Unique and brilliant
Extraodinary ideas
Sharp thinking
Fine and strong clairvoyance
Can become good doctors
Careful and cautious
Dynamic in personality
Secretive
Inquisitive
Knows how to dig secrets
Always thinking
Less talkative but amiable
Brave and generous
Patient
Stubborn and hard-hearted
If there is a will, there is a way
Determined
Never give up
Hardly become angry unless provoked
Loves to be alone
Thinks differently from others
Sharp-minded
Motivates oneself
Does not appreciates praises
High-spirited
Well-built and tough
Deep love and emotions
Romantic
U! ncertain in relationships
Homely
Hardworking
High abilities
Trustworhty
Honest and keeps secrets
Not ! able to control emotions
Unpredictable

DECEMBER:
Loyal and generous
Patriotic
Active in games and interactions
Impatient and hasty
Ambitious
Influential in organisations
Fun to be with
Loves to socialise
Loves praises
Loves attention
Loves to be loved
Honest and trustworthy
Not pretending
Short tempered
Changing personality
Not egoistic
Takes high pride in oneself
Hates restrictions
Loves to joke
Good sense of humor
Logical

‘Good morning Bloggers’

Well I’m a bit inspired by ‘Good Morning America’, that I felt saying “Good morning Bloggers”, it feels so good.

Today’s news about the my latest post regarding ‘the Omani Blog Awards 2005’ has been catching up vary well, I’ve started advertising in several English Omani forums, all of pleasant responses.

The following forums:

In addition to three weblog been advertising up to now beside my weblog and hey are the sponsors:
Law & Music and Devilish


Omans Bloggers Blogsphere the Omani blog directory is working to promote us and badges/butons are under desgin to be added in websites & weblogs for promotion perpose.

At the moment we are reciving suggetions from everyone to finalise the rules and regulation of the award event.

Aug 22, 2005

Is He or not?

While I was browsing blogs, I cam a cross an article posted by Batloot at kamakazy.blogspot.com.

The topic called '

The Omani Blog Awards 2005

An idea of Blue Chi & Devilish, a new weblog is born 'The Omani Blog Awards 2005' for the Omani community.

Thanks to them.

Aug 19, 2005

My weekend

I Watched Wedding Crashers on Wed. & Bewitched on Thu.

My Rating for Wedding Crashers is 5/5 & Bewitched is 3/5.

Wedding Crashers had more sense of comedy.

I was told to watch an Indian drama movie called 'The Rising (Mangal Pandey)' which Starring: Aamir Khan & Rani Mukherje; Yahoo users Critics B+ and my cousin said that it is a good movie, English/indian accent.

Aug 16, 2005

Arcade games

I was watching a kid playing an arcade game on playstation 2 called Crash Bandicoot Twinsanity I saw a character of a man in a gril figar. It supports gay.

Aug 15, 2005

Bloggers we are been spammed

I've noticed in several blogs/journals including mine the followling comment been posted:



Hot News From The Automotive Lending Industry!!

+++++++++Current Profile+++++++++
InterFinancial Holdings, Corp (IFLH)
Current Price $0.036
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


This posts been created by bloggers with different names.

Another comments been postted:
='Brand New News From The Timber Industry!!'=

========Latest Profile==========
Energy & Asset Technology, Inc. (EGTY)
Current Price $0.15
================================


How to fight it?

Here the profiles of the spammers from blogger.com:
http://www.blogger.com/profile/11596029
http://www.blogger.com/profile/11625042

Read Dzervit's Den blog regading the "Blog spam!! WTF?!"

Here another crying laud from Nabs in his post "Blog Spam"

Aug 14, 2005

the Dumb Network!

http://www.thedumb.com/

Use of Honey

Honey for Burns

Apply freely over burns. It cools, removes pain and aids fast healing without scarring. Apart from being a salve and antibiotic, bacteria cannot live in honey.

Bed Wetting

A teaspoon of honey before bed, aids water retention and calms fears in children.

Sleeplessness

A dessert spoon of honey in a mug of hot milk aids sleep and works wonders!

Hyperactivity

Honey is a mild sedative with minerals, vitamins, amino acids etc. Replace all white sugar with honey. White sugar is highly stimulating with no food qualities!

Nasal Congestion

Place a dessertspoon of honey in a basin of hot water and inhale fumes after covering your head with a towel over the basin. Very effective.

Wounds or Grazes

Cover wound with honey and a bandage. Excellent healer.

For Fatigue

Dissolve a dessertspoon of honey in warm water or quarter honey balance of water in a jug and keep in the fridge. Honey is primarily fructose and glucose and so it is quickly absorbed by the digestive system. (Honey is a unique natural stabilizer - ancient Greek athletes took honey for stamina before competing and as a reviver after competition.)

Facial Deep Cleanser

Mix honey with oatmeal approx. 50/50 till thick and apply as a face-pack. Leave on for half an hour then wash off. Great as a deep cleanser for acne etc.

Poor Digestion

Mix honey with apple cider vinegar approx. 50/50 and dilute to taste with water - aids digestion. (Also reputed to be wonderful for the joints.


Hair Conditioner

Mix honey with equal quantity of Olive Oil and cover head with a warm towel for half and hour then shampoo off. Feeds hair and scalp. Hair will never look or feel better!

Sore Throats

Let a teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the throat. Eases inflamed raw tissues.

For Stress

Honey in water is a stabilizer - calms highs and raises lows. Use approx. 25 percent honey to water.

Anaemia

Honey is the best blood enricher by raising corpuscle content. The darker the honey the more minerals it contains.

Food Preservative

Cakes with honey replacing sugar stay fresher longer due to natural antibiotics. Reduce liquids by approx. one-fifth to allow for moisture in honey.

Heart patients

These people are well advised to replace white sugar (sucrose) with honey, natural fructose and glucose.

Hayfever

Chewing the tops of comb honey stimulates the immune system due to minute amounts of pollen. During the season chew for 20 minutes a teaspoon of bee cappings (tops) five to six times per day. Highly effective and useful for asthma suffers as well.

Baby's Bottle

Four teaspoons of honey to a baby's bottle of water is an excellent pacifier and multivitamin additive. If baby's motions are too liquid then reduce by half a teaspoon; if too solid increase by half a teaspoon.

Teething
Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative and anaesthetic.

Osteoporosis

English research has shown that a teaspoon of honey per day aids calcium utilisation and prevents osteoporosis. Essential from age 50 onwards.

Long Life

One common fact worldwide is that the most long-lived people are regular users of honey. An interesting fact yet to be explained is that beekeepers suffer less from cancer and arthritis than any other occupational group worldwide.

Migraine

Use a dessertspoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water. Sip at start of attack. If necessary repeat in 20 minutes. Always effective (so tip goes) as migraine is stress related.

Conjunctivitis (pus in the eye)

Honey dissolved in equal quantity of warm water. Apply when cooled as lotion or eye bath.


COUGH MIXTURE
6 ozs liquid honey
2 ozs glycerine
Juice of 2 lemons
Mix well. Bottle and cork firmly. Use as required

Keep honey in first aid cupboard for emergency burns etc and another in the kitchen cupboard.

Those interested in a more scientific explanation can refer to Kaye M. Russell's 1983 MSc thesis, Waikato University, "Antibiotic qualities of NZ honeys" - a NZ explanation of knowledge long-buried and available through the public library on request.

Guess what?

I've got 786 unread messages in my Inbox and all of them are Spam mails.

Updates

Omans Bloggers Blogsphere owner annouced that the blog will be updated in Aug. 2005.

I'm updating my journals slowly.

I Revere: High time to unplug it

An update of the post 'High time to unplug it', I've unplugged 'Morse Code Knowledge Game' blog few days ago.

a note

you may find/search for the answers online or any source.

Please answer the questions.

Aug 13, 2005

Message from bloglinker.com

Based on my previous post 'No pay No service' , regarding the bloglinker.com here the details why the service is/was temprorarrelly down.


IMPORTANT UPDATE: 9 August 2005 9pm GMT

Dear all, please read this important message about why the site is not working...

Over the past couple of years blogLinker has become very popular, thanks to all of you except the porn spammers and their kind. So popular in fact, that the site started causing data traffic server problems. The hosting company offered to upgrade the server. I accepted their offer, but they basically *completely* fudged the move to the new server.

I won't bore you with the details, but the low-down is this: I have decided to part ways with the current hosting provider and I am currently half way through moving hosting companies. This will hopefully not take more than a couple of days but it explains why the database is down and the service is crappy.

The bad news is that the hosting company deleted the database without informing me or backing up. Clever, I know. Luckily I had taken a backup, although this is 9 days old, but this will have to do for now. I also have the emails of all - even the most recent - members. So those that joined within the last 9 days, will be contacted and asked to re-join..

The good news is that I will be working out a self-policing system to finally get rid of these porn spammers once and for all. Basically, if more than say 20 people hide links to a member, I will automatically suspend that member, simple as that. So members will be forced to think twice before linking to other unrelated members.

I can make the threshold more or less; just let me know your thoughts. Also, if you want a forum/messageboard, I can sort that out as well. Basically, just let me know what you want and I'll try and make it happen.

In the meantime, what can I say - thanks for your patience.

Signing off from sunny Cambridge, UK

Zaeem

Aug 10, 2005

It's the maid's domain now

I've came a cross an intresting article in the GulfNews about maids setting out rules for who they want to be employed by specifing the nationality of the employer.

I don't cretisise their motives, but it comes with experiance of how they have been treated. At end of the day, they are humans like rest.



Maids turn the tables on prospective employers


By Sunita Menon and Daniel Bardsley, Staff Reporters


Dubai: We have all seen job adverts for employers who are after staff of one nationality or another.


Maybe the company is looking for an Indian driver, a Filipino office manager, an Arab public relations executive or a European construction manager.

However, the tables are now being turned and instead it is employees who are starting to specify the nationality of their employer.


Daniel Bardsley/Gulf News
Many job-seekers stick or place advertisements at public places, shopping centres, supermarkets or on walls although it is against municipality rules.


Many housemaids are now expressing a preference for one nationality or another in personal adverts that are on display in some of Dubai's shops.

For example, there is the "experienced maid" who is seeking "immediate employment with accommodation from a European family".

Another Sri Lankan maid who claims 12 years' experience in looking after children is looking for "full-time employment with an American or British family with sponsorship".

When asked why she was advertising for an American or a European family, Francesca, a 37-year-old Filipina, said it was "just the Filipino way".

"Some of the families from other countries pay you less salary but make you work harder," she said.

Francesca, who is currently in the UAE on a visit visa, said she would also happily work for a Chinese family, having spent 16 years employed by one in the past.

Radhika, 45, a Sri Lankan maid, said she preferred working with British, European and even Indian families because they treated maids well.

"I have experience working with these nationalities and it is quite good. I worked for three years for a British family in Dubai before they moved to Qatar.

"They treated me quite well. I was paid Dh1,400 a month. I used to get weekly days off and gifts for Christmas," she said.

Radhika said she ironed, cleaned and babysat for the British family and the working hours were not excessive.

She said a couple of Indian families had telephoned her and made enquiries about her work experience, family background and the salary she expects.

"I don't mind working for an Indian family. I have to get a job soon as my visit visa will expire in a few days," she said.

Lisa, 32, a Filipina maid who is in the UAE on a visit visa, said friends had advised her to try to find an employer from the United Kingdom or another European country.

A Dubai Municipality official said sticking or placing any adverts in a public place, shopping centre, supermarket or on walls is prohibited.

The Waste Service Section at the Environment Department of the Municipality had also issued a circular in January 2004 to shopping centres and supermarkets to remove any advertising material pasted in their premises. But the practice continues.

With additonal inputs from Ashfaq Ahmed.

Music Vedio clips I came across

Nicole Saba has amaized with her song 'بحبك قوي' 'I love you so much' for advertising 'No racisum'

Circumcision

I never knew that the Gulf countries practice female circumcision, no one want to talk about it, too babaric.

The latest news about circumcision among MEN minimizes the risk of transmiting AIDS.

Coconut Juice

Since last week I've been addictted to cannned Coconut Juice although I prefer the fresh.

I'm in a mood to try out fresh sugurcane Juice.

I was too moody with chocolates, I had one bar & it was too sweet, the other bar desapiared this moring, I think I know who ate it.

Oddly enough that some people paint their body with real chocolate, they ave no respect to the food.

Want to smell chocolate all the time goto http://www.chocolateshirt.com, read more details about at 'ready-to-wear chocolate scent'.

Backward Technology

I was a bit shocked when several of my friends were disappointed that the new NOKIA mobile (cellular) phones doesn't have Infrared transmitter technology. I thought it was an oddly thinking that they prefer it over Bluetooth technology. They prefered the "Backward Technology".

Aug 9, 2005

Tea of Jokes

1-
Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop
And I cried out "Hey, little bird
Will you stop, stop, stop?"
So off the little bird flew
So high, high, high
And he dropped a little present
In my eye, eye, eye.



2-
At crazy hospital a doctor wanted to examine the crazies men to discover who will cure.So as to do this step ,he drew a door in a roof,then he asked them to open the door.Every on tried to open the door except one,the doctor thought that this crazy man who did not go to open the door he cured.In order to make sure,the doctor asked him:"why you did not go to open the door with your friends?"crazy man said:"because I have the key."



3-
"How can I do now?" A young man who is going to get married complains to one of his friend, "I've changed my girl friend for many times, but no matter which one I took home, my mother just doesn't like her."
"Uh, that's easy." said his friend, "You just find someone like your mother, and that would be O.K.."
"Yes, I tried. But," said the young man, "it turned to be my father who doesn't like her then."


4-
A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for
several months..
yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day.One day, when he came to,
he motioned for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears :
"You know what? You have been with me through all the bad times.
When I got fired, you were there to support me.
When my business failed, you were there ..When I got shot,
you were by my side. ..When we lost the house, you stayed right here.
When my health started failing, you were still by my side...
You know what?" "What dear?",
she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.
"I think you're bad luck."


5-
After drinking a sip of coffee in a coffee shop, a man felt that the coffee is terrible. So he called a waiter and asked:
- What kind of coffee is it?
+ Blended, answered the waiter.
- What do you mean by blended?, the man asked.
+ Last week's and this week's.

Always be happy

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, when we are able to go on a nice vacation or when we retire. The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with ... and remember that time waits for no one.


So, stop waiting ...
Until your car or home is paid off
Until you get a new car or home
Until your kids leave the house
Until you go back to school
Until you finish school
Until you lose 10 lbs
Until you gain 10 lbs
Until you get married
Until you get a divorce
Until you have kids
Until you retire
Until summer
Until spring
Until winter
Until fall.
Until you die.

There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt,
and, dance like no one's watching.

No pay No service

I'm getting an error in my journal sidebar that my lists aren't showing, I found out that bloglinker.com may have not paid for their hosting service or some problems with the HTML files (pages).

I have to find a new service for my links or manually add my list.

Aug 8, 2005

Money Tag

I’ve been tagged by my fellow Blogger Devilish.


1. How much money is in your wallet right now?
R.O.10 .


2. How much money would you need in the bank to feel secure? Rich?
Money never make you feel secure nor Rich.


3. If someone gave you 100 rials, no strings attached, what would you do with it?
Don't know, it depend on the time.


4. If someone gave you 1 Million rials, no strings attached, what would you do with it?
Pay debts, pay Zakah, Go to Haj, pay for my siblengs amd my education, build a house for my self and family; and invest the rest.


5. How much does something have to cost before it starts counting as "real" money, as a purchase to be considered and evaluated, but below which you'll buy without really thinking about it?
If it going to be wearth and usefull to me, it will have a value.


I'm tagging Blue Chi.

Aug 7, 2005

I'm in a ZzZz mood

Thanks for the visistors while I was away.

Latest news is the death of King Fahad on 1st of Aug 2005.

Another relative's death.

Had a good evening with my cousins.

Went to watch Madagascar & had walnut brownie at Starbucks.

Jul 27, 2005

What Language Should I Learn?

I Should Learn Spanish

For me, learning a language is about career advancement and communication.
Knowing Spanish will bring me tons of possiblities for jobs and travel. Bárbaro!

How Weird Am I?

I'm 50% Weird

Normal enough to know that I am weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it!

Jul 20, 2005

Book-Tagged

I've been book-tagged by Blue Chi on Thursday, July 14, 2005.

How many books do you own?
Between 20 to 25books.

What's the last book you bought?
Assabr & Attadhawuq by Omru Khaled.

Last book you read?
Can't remember the name but it was about the christianity & popes.

Currently reading?
Non, but planning to read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Whom would you like to book tag?
I'd like to book tag R as other bloggers are already been tagged.

Blue Chi, thanks for tagging me.

Jul 19, 2005

Loyal Customers

Several of my family members have became loyal customers to Arabian Computers Company for its variety of products that serves all its customers and best services.

I introduced several friends to the store and they are all satisfied.

Contact: mailto:arabcom@omantel.net.om

I Revere @ BBA

I submitted my blog/journal for Best Blogger Award at BBA through Blogshares.

Here is the feedback.

Jul 18, 2005

The birth of Knowledge Game Zone

Knowledge Game Zone journal was lunched by me on Sunday, July 17, 2005.

Six questions are been posted waiting for your answers and feedbacks.


http://kgz.blogspot.com

Jul 17, 2005

Q #0006

Element

What is the ISO currency code of Gold?

Q #0005

Science

What are the human & non-human senses?

Q #0004

Scientific/biological classification

In every plant it has Scientific/biological classification as following:

  • Kingdom
  • Subkingdom
  • Division
  • Class
  • Subclass
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species

based on the above, what is the Family of the tomato?

Q #0003

Fictional Character.

What is Lord Voldemort real name? And what was he known as by the wizard community?

Q #0002

In Computing.

What does RAM stand for?

Describe RAM?

State types of RAM?

Q #0001

Who is he?
  • He was born on December 24, 1957,
  • He won the Presidential Elections in year 2004.
  • He was one of the starts in award-winning documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11.
  • Some reported that he was a consultant for oil company Unocal.

Knowledge Game Zone

[96:1-5] Read! In the name of your Lord who created - Created the human from something which clings. Read! And your Lord is Most Bountiful - He who taught (the use of) the Pen, Taught the human that which he knew not.



I've started the first post of this journal with the description of Knowledge in the Qur'an (The Islamic holy book).

The Craft


NaBHaN has amazed me with a true craft 'The Craft' @
nabhan.deviantart.com.

This is the 1st time for me to see NaBHaN's playing arround with a photo to create a true art.

Visit NaBHaN at his personal journal art4nabs.blogspot.com & enjoy his skills.

His a true artist.

I've been tagged

I've been tagged by Blue Chi, wait for the updates.

I can't breath


I had to hold my breath the moment I saw this photo at oman3d.com, I clicked at it and pass through the origonal site http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/19982636/.

check it out and feel what I felt about it.

Jul 13, 2005

Harry Potter around the corner

Dear Harry Potter's Fan,

JKRowling the auther of Harry Potter novel for the following books:
  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Will release the 6th Harry Potter novel

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

I've read the children additions and never knew that the adult addition is released too.

Yes I'm officially Harry Potter's Fan.

Jul 12, 2005

The free gmail inviter

While I was brawsing the favorate blog tech2click I came a cross" دعوات بريد قوقل مجانية" The free gmail inviter topic, a link for who those need a free Gmail account http://www.bytetest.com.

The questions raised:

Is it legal or not?

Is a a trap or not?

Is Google aware of it or not (while it exists in its search engine)?

Jul 9, 2005

From here & there

I broke my oath, my auth was that I wouldn’t download nor install any piracy software or music in to my pc or any other PC's.

I came a cross an article that mentioned that a messy bed reduces moist.

Jul 7, 2005

That made my day

Yesterday morning I was extremely lazy to get up to go to work, my cousin started to sing a song that irritates me allot, she was very fresh and charming, she told me “get up, go to work and you’ll have a nice day; you’ll enjoy your work and you’ll hear a good news today”.

While I was at work, we had late breakfasts (usually we have it in my department every Wednesday, end of the working week), I noticed other departments joined us for the breakfasts, it turned out that one of our colleague had his first born child after years of marriage, when I heard the news, I remembered my cousin and smiled, that made my day.

Link me and I’ll link you

I noticed that some people were tring to add this blogs/journals links to my blog/journal through
bloglinker.com which I added in my blog.

The only way for you to add your link throgh that is to me a member of bloglinker.com.

Other way to link your blog is to add your blog at this post & I’ll add you in my list.

And who ever wants to add his blog to my journal has to add my blog first in his list.

Have a nice day.

Jul 2, 2005

Help with template coding.

Anyone willing to help me out with the coding for my blog, I want to add a sidebar for this template Volutpat Venenatis
» Get the code
» Get the files (.zip - 300 Ko).

Thank you.

Jun 30, 2005

Comparative Religion

I always hear/see debates between Islam and Christianity such of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, I was wandering if their are any debates between Islam and Jewish religion or not? If the answer is yes, may anyone provide me links if it exists on the WWW or books.

If the answer is No, why their aren't? Are people afirend to create conflict with the Jews?

Diffinition of Comparative_religion.


Some Sites regarding comparative or the world main religions:
Comparative Religion: religions of the world
World Religions: Comparative Analysis

Jun 29, 2005

Are you money conscious?

I've been wanting to post this topic since 26 Feb. 2005 based on Lil pink submarine: Miser or money conscious? post, read here below post:
This was an initial shock to me since I never considered money to be an issue. I don’t really care who pays for bills or if I end up paying more than someone else’s share of a bill.

We were at a lil chocolate Shoppe’ where we were selecting items to munch on later. I picked a few things and my friend picked other thing, but when we came to the cash register we both placed our items together. As the women on the counter started adding my friends’ items first she quickly separated her items from mine and made sure that none of my items were added onto her bill. I was shocked, since I would have gladly paid for the simple items together.

I then realized something that there are others that are very stringent with their money and can calculate shares to the biaza (cent), which never crossed my mind since I never considered money as an issue.

To me money is there to be used be it for oneself or with others, it’s a non lasting ‘value’ that does not matter or should not be a divide among people.

Seeds of thought



A person must value his money from the start (LOOK WHOSE TALKING!!) to enable to save when the money is needed more like in buying a house, car, someting valuable.

Generally people spend this money unessary without thinking about the future, people who haven't got the sense of money tend to not over look the future. The current/present circumstances is not the same at the future.

Jun 25, 2005

Ops

My journal have codings is in a mess, allot of coding desapired, need to resotore all the codings and scripts, I'll do it when I'm free.

Jun 18, 2005

Hotel room Key Cards

I don't know how true it is, did'nt do any research before posting it, when I do, I'll lett you know my reasult.

Petite For Life / Shahad.


You know how when you check out of a hotel that uses the credit-card-type room key, the clerk often will ask if you have your key(s) to turn in...or there is a box or slot on the Reception counter in which to put them? It's good for the hotel because they save money by re-using those cards. But, it's not good for you, as revealed below.


From the Colorado Bureau of Investigation: "Southern California law enforcement professionals assigned to detect new threats to personal security issues, recently discovered what type of information is embedded in the credit card type hotel room keys used throughout the industry. Although room keys differ from hotel to hotel, a key obtained from the "Double Tree" chain that was being used for a regional Identity Theft Presentation was found to contain the following the information:
a.. Customers (your) name
b.. Customers partial home address
c.. Hotel room number
d.. Check in date and check out date
e.. Customer's (your) credit card number andexpiration date!


When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner. An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your expense. Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an employee re-issues the card to the next hotel guest. At that time, the new guest's information is electronically "overwritten" on the card and the previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process. But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!!!!


The bottom line is: Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them. NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket, and NEVER turn them in to the front desk when you check out of a room. They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device card reader. For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport trash basket. Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the electronic information strip!


Information courtesy of: Sergeant K. Jorge,
Detective Sergeant,
Pasadena Police Department

Out of experience!

My wife dresses to kill. She also cooks the same way.
-Henny Youngman
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My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
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A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
-Milton Berle
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I bought my wife a new car. She called and said, "There was water in the carburetor."
I asked her, "Where's the car?"
She replied,^T In the lake."
-Henny Youngman
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The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
-Henny Youngman
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After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you."
The husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice."
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
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I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months - I don't like to interrupt her.
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My girlfriend told me I should be more affectionate. So I got myself two girlfriends.
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A man said his credit card was stolen but he decided not to report it since the thief was spending much less than his wife did.
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Man is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.
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A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?"
The father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying."
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Young Son: Is it true, Dad, that in some parts of Africa, a Man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?
Dad: That happens in every country, son.
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Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; then it was too late.
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A man placed an ad in the classifieds: "Wife wanted."
The next day he received a hundred letters.
They all said the same: "You can have mine."
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A woman was telling her friend, "I made my husband a millionaire." "And what was he before you married him?" asked the friend. "A billionaire." she replied,
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Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
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It's not true that married men live longer than single men. It only seems longer.
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Losing a wife can be very hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.
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Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life Thinking they had no faults at all.
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A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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A man meets a genie. The genie tells him he can ask for whatever he wants, but his mother-in-law gets double of what he gets. The man thinks for a moment and says,^T Okay, give me a million dollars and beat me till I'm half dead."
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Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage.
They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
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The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

Jun 17, 2005

Visual stock exchange

I came across a visual stock exchange for people who want to learn how the stock exchange works, by buying and selling stock shares.

I've always wanted to know how people trade stocks shares in real life and the world of WWW is helping me to understand the concept.

For who are interested to learn it go to blogshares.com or Hollywood Stock Exchange a visual game of stock exchange.

Jun 8, 2005

High time to unplug it

Everything has a srart (a birth) what ever form or source and it has an end too, that's it's life cycle, it has a perpose to exist in this world and it's time to die.

My blog the 'Morse Code Knowledge Game' (Expand your Knowledge through Morse Code Knowledge Game) is going to be deleted for good as I did'nt have time to develop it and serve it perpose in the world of WWW & blog.

If anyone willing to contribute to this blog, post here or it will be deleted on ... I haven't decided the date.

Enjoy your weekend & best wishes.

I Revere in blog directories

Just to update you'll that I've listed my journal into the flowing blog directories:


and I found out that an enormous has listed my journal at ArabO Oman Omani Blogs as well as other Omani Blog/journal.

Update

I'd like you'll to rate my journal & write a review/comment about it.

Categories in blogger

I was thinking for a while to categorise my blogs into category, I decided to have one master blog "I Revere" for English blog & "AlQalam Wa AlWaraq" for Arabic blog. I passed through "My Stuff: [My Stuff - Code] categories in blogger III" that will help me to do it.

The perpose of it to give my blog a mix flavor.

Wish me the best, as it won't be an easy task, need to be one day free too do it as allot of editing of coding will be involved and disabling allot of functions in all the blogs.

An Update:

I was inspired about categorazing my posts from arablog.net & serdal.com.

Jun 7, 2005

Wedding season (my view)

I don’t really know when the wedding season period is at all, as I don’t really attend wedding, but I believe that now is a wedding season for some but not for all, three or four weddings took place in less then a week, some prefer doing it in summer because most of the relatives are around.

I’m starting to fill up my schedules for the month of June & the coming months, I usually plan my weekends, like a day for night girls out, cousins day, movie day, proper dinner day, etc. I usually plan a month ahead so no any clashes with other plans, family gatherings are been planned ahead of time.

Once every month or two, I go for a dinner, a proper dinner, need a break from all the junk and home food.

Jun 5, 2005

Artistic background

While I was watching the guests dancing and greeting each other in my cousin's wedding, I was looking arround the tent and enjoying the biuty, I wished I had a vedio camera that movies arround the tent and take the beutiful view from diffrent angles, I stated ti imagene in my mind, I realised that I have an artistic gift I have hiden it I never descovered it before, I've been doing it several times in several weddings.

I do come from Artistic family background, several members of my family are in to paintings, I love music, some intrested in multimedia.

Post # 1 of June 2005

I haven't been posting for a while, was busy at work and at home my cousin got married at the weekend as I was extrimly busy with the wedding preparations, booking, etc.

This wedding was an exseptional wedding via the location and avenue in Oman, it was in a tent, and had a homey feeling, everyone enjoied it.

May 26, 2005

Salaam

I'm been having constent headachs for the past three days after my finals which was in 23rd of May, trying to relax & enjoy my weekend.

I want to watch the Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, it was sad and expected movie.

May 25, 2005

Alert your holy book has been Desecrated

A cry out from Muslims around the world after their Holy book the has been flushed down the toilet in USA.

Allot of TV soups and shows took it a joke for the Muslims reaction.

A big Q to thoughs who are laughing and criticizing the Muslims reaction, what will you do if your holy book is been flushed down the toilet?

a) Burn down the temple (the holy place of that religion).
b) Kill the person who did it, his family, society.
c) Chill out.

The only thing I can say that the person(s) who have done it don't respect his/her religion at all, if he/she did, he won't accept anyone to do the same, or maybe the person not a beliver to God or not folloing any religion.

Read some of the other bloggers thoughts about it:

JoWhaRaS ChAMbeR: desecrated our Quran

May 18, 2005

The Weekend

After long week of over loaded with tasks, the my weekend is finally started, having headachs for a while & just had a panadol to reduce it, I think it's because I don't drink much fluides.

At the moment while I'm writing this article I'm finally downloading FireFox browser, I hate IE browser & I've been using the Avant browser for over a year now.

Nothing much to say.

Oh, this week I heard a good news, my couligue got engaged and today we celebrated my other couligue's birthday.

I'm planning to update my journals after 23rd of May inshallah.

I won't be posting until after 23rd of May, so don't stop visiting, read my previous posts of my current and other journals too, even my favorate journals too.

Best wishes to everyone.

I...

I don't know what to say to you all today, I forgot what was I was thinking about, I had a good thought, I should write it down some where next time, I'm becoming forgetfull this days, its just a faize.

enjoy your day & have a nice weekend.

May 15, 2005

Who Do You Think?

Who do you think is the most powerful woman in the world up to date?

Nando's

I hate eating at Nando's because:

99% of the food is CHICKEN & no varity.

while I was going through..

while I was going through other journals/blogs, I had allot of thughts flashing in my mind, I haven't decided on thought to write about, it was like a hug traffic jam then the road is free from all the cars, trucks & noises, just emptiness..

I've neglecting to visit other journals/blogs for the last few days, busy.

"Blog Spotting" from the week has created allot of spotlights to the Omani Bloggers, I'm happy I wasn't interviewed at all, publitizing my blog for more attention will lead to allot of crtatizime that I don't want to open any of the doors.

Chulupu

Salim Al-harthy known as Neo the manager of Omanforum.com became more famous after his journal/Blog
Chulupu Quick Reviews been published in The Week with his photograph. He really got used to the spotlight since he lunched Omanforum.com then sold it then became the manager/administrator.

What does Chulupu means?

May 14, 2005

mmm

I'm busy & tired today, had a very long day from 4 am until now didn't have a 5 min. for my self. Well posting here is kind a relif for me, trying download all the preure from my mind, need a hot shower, panadol and my cozy bed.

Today mind my spelling mistakes, not really in a mood to check it as I am over loaded my brain today.

Enjoy your day everyone where erver you are, think of something made you smile, (I'm trying to do this exresise for a long time).

May 12, 2005

AlQalam Wa AlWaraq - القلم والورق

AlQalam Wa AlWaraq - القلم والورق is my latest Arabic journal that I want to express my self and develop my Arabic language, I've been neglecting it for a long time and it's time to protect our ancestors and the Quraan language. "AlQalam Wa AlWaraq" means "Pen & Paper".

http://alqalam-wa-alwaraq.blogspot.com/

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Update: I am no longer the owner of the blog. 30-Nov-2010.

May 11, 2005

Sorry my blog was spamed

I know most of you my dearest readers were suprised to see an invitation in several of my journals today.


You now have 1 friend that has invited you to their mobile friends network at SMS.ac, the most popular mobile community in the world!

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Click the link below to see your friend(s) photos and accept their invitations.

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Don?t recognize the name(s) above? Click the link above to learn more about the friend(s) who invited you or to block future invitations.

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My email was sending spam mails to all who were in my contact address. Read Beware of SMS.ac & I'll try to get more information about the spam.

The Update:

More information:
Beware of SMS.ac invites
I recently received an invite to join SMS.ac from a friend in Peru. I totally disregarded it. A few days later I received another invite to my (previously) spam-free account, so I checked out the site. SMS.ac supposedly offers free ringtones and text messages via the web. This immediately sounded fishy, so I did a quick Google search. Several results also returned the phrases "stay away", "rip off" and "internet scam to the extreme". So if you get any of these invites, don't say I didn't warn you.

May 9, 2005

Thuoght in my mind

Things I want to share with you all when I get time
  • Career advsory.
  • Dubai today.

Technology in Arabic

I'm happy that I finely found out Arabic Journals/blogs that interest me (in IT field).

No discrimination against the man!!

"لا للتمييز ضد الرجل!!" or No discrimination against the man!! Is an interesting article about how womon right organizations sometmes miss leed women in general.

Men & Beauty Saloon

What do men really do in a beauty Saloon beside cutting and shaving their hair and beard?

Some men told me that they go for Hammam Maghribi (Morocon bath), which I found it wiard.

Beauty saloon

Who spends more time in beauty saloons, Men or Women?

Read this article "العرب الذكور أكثر مراجعي مراكز التجميل ..أرضاءً للمرأة " a study about the Arab men are the go more frequently to beauty saloons then women.

Feedback is recommended.

General Knowledge 2

While I was watching TV yesterday that the plants prefer to be covered with stones keeps roots more healthy by preventing the soil to be directly hit by hot sun raise that end up the water to evaporate.

Why dont you comment???

First Quote:
by the way, why dont you visit my blog??????????????????


second Quote:
why dont you comment??? How do I know you really visit if you don't comment??????? :faints:


The above quotes of Kazablanka posted as a comment in How well do you know me? at M-Pac: Oman & Beyond blog, she wasn't aware that M-Pac reads her blog, how many of us aren't aware of that too?

The only way to know is to put a statistical counter that shows the referral links.


Updated:
Here an article about research for the readers who post comment.

15% of blog readers ever leave a comment by ZDNet's Alex Moskalyuk -- 40% of US consumers have read a political blog and more than 25% read them once a month or more, according to Harris Interactive. There are more adults reading the blogs of political pundits and prognosticators than there are people posting comments on them. Out of 2,630 online adults, less than 10% had ever posted [...]