Lazy to write

I want to share with you'll allot of things, but too lazy to type. I'll push my self to write what been happening arround me since last Feb 2009.

Ok, let me start about one of my weekends dated back to the midnight of 20th Feb, my phone alarm rang, I woke up (jumbed out of my skin) and picked up the phone, a reminder showed up 'Baba's birthday' I vividly smiled and read Surat Alfatihah for his soul and went back to sleep. At the evening, my sister and I were driving down town and we started recalling my late dad's gesture and his unforgettable sentences. God bless his Soul.


On 24th of Feb, the next weekend, I went with my sister, cousin and her niece who is one and half years of age, to one of international Pizza franchise, the girl who was trying to imitate her Aunt my eating with fork but couldn't pick up the salads with it, ends up removing the napkin from arround her nack, stating rebalient against aticate (she is a kid), but she made my day with her smile.


My last weekend was on 5th of March, my cousin got married, as the Aqd or religious marriage ceremony was at the Masjid been held by the men. I cried when I got the message from her brother that its over she became offically 'Mrs' and ended the lifecylce of 'Miss'. I called and wished her then met her at the saloon with the rest of the female members.

Wedding reception took place in the evening and everyone looked outstanding specially my sister and I. The brideamaids looks good too and managed well despite one day rehearsals or in the correct words few hours only.


I was planning to get the BB Bold, but the it was out of stock in all the stores of my mobile operator. I've changed my plans to get one until the 2nd half of the year, as I need to spend my money on something more importent.


One day, I drove to an offsite ATM machine, my sister got down and when she came back, she was laughing, she said "Also the mutawa flirt with Nasheed," it turned out a religious man who had long beard was flirting in a religious way.


Friendi Mobile will soon be on air in Oman, now the booking for numbers for free is available via friendimobile.om and various locations since 09-Mar-09, but the site booking has been a problem for too many visitors. I tried several times since 09-Mar-09 to book for one, but no luck, too many technical problems.

However, the CEO of Friendi Mobile been communicating with people via the local forums, such as English Sabla and Omanforum, I thank Muscati and arun for informing me about it via Twitter.


UAE may follow to ban YouTube after Pakistan in February 2008 and Bangladesh 1st week of March 2009.


The world Celebrating Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (ASW), which occurs in Rabi' al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar, and defer from one country to another depending on the visibility of moon and when the new Islamic calander started.


That's all for now.

I'll try to keep updating you'll as soon as I am free to type.

'Ana Muwaaten' is over

Some of AGCC has pumped their own cetizens to the extreem that they are nationals 'Ana Muwaaten', and they are privilaged and above all, as a result some of them not all became too boosted and managed to treate their naibours like trash.

but year 2009, the tables has turned against them. With the financial crises, UAE, KUWAIT & BAHRAIN nationals been kicked off from work because of that. Some UAE nationals been informed by ahmmm a BRITISH national, which made the situation even worst.

All I can say, the AGCC is becoming western Countries.

It's getting hot

We are in wenter season but it's hot for Gulf Cup fans, speacialy now in Oman, the host.

While I am typing, the people (girls arround me) enjoying & screaming with joy the way the Omani team playing, the game is heating & the all covered with red, the symbol of Oman.

The predictions are Oman may win the cup 2-0 or 2-1; others or ruomers say the guy who predicted GONU in June 2007, predicted KSA might win. God knows the truth, he is the one who wrote the faith of the two teams.

Enjoy the ganme.

And the winner is..

Bahrain Vs Iraq by 3-1.

Khaliji 19 fever

As the 19th Gulf Cup series (Khaliji 19) have started, and the fever has hit the AGCC population, specially Oman, as it’s the host.

As for this national event, I've subscribed to Koorah+, to get updated despite I am not a fan of football. Oman got even with Kuwait with no score as 0-0, while Bahrain lead Iraq by 1-0 at halftime, which was scored by Abdullah Ismael (God knows who he is) in the 28th minute, and the match is continuing.

Fever
About 'fever', I have been suffering from fever since 29th of December 2008. What a bad ending and starting a year with a sickness, couldn't attend a friend's wedding, and my cousin had his first newborn son.

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During AGCC 2008 summit

News from Times of Oman:

ROP puts curbs on parking of vehicles during AGCC summit
Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:29:35 AM Oman Time

MUSCAT — The Directorate of Public Relations, Royal Oman Police, has prohibited parking of vehicles on the service roads parallel to the following roads on account of the AGCC summit, which will be held here on December 29 and 30.

The prohibition will be effective from 8pm tomorrow (Sunday) to 11pm on Tuesday.

l Sultan Qaboos Road from Assahwa Tower Roundabout to Al Bustan Palace Hotel Roundabout through Muttrah Corniche, Muscat town and Sidab.

l Sultan Qaboos Road from Assahwa Tower Roundabout to Al Bustan Palace Hotel Roundabout through Al Qurum-Darsait-Al Wadi Al Kabir.

l The road will be closed as scheduled below to traffic on both sides from Assahwa Tower Roundabout to Al Bustan Palace Hotel Roundabout via Al Qurum-Darsait-Al Wadi Al Kabir. Instead, the traffic will be directed to alternative routes.

a. Monday (December 29) from 10am to 3pm

b. Tuesday (December 30) from 3pm to 8 pm.

l Heavy vehicles and trucks will not be allowed on Sultan Qaboos Road from Assahwa Tower Roundabout to Al Bustan Palace Hotel Roundabout. They will be directed to alternative routes as from 8am to 5pm on Monday (December 29) and from 12 noon to 11pm on Tuesday (December 30).

All motorists are requested to comply with the above and cooperate with the Royal Oman Police personnel.

News from Alwatan:

أثناء انعقاد مؤتمر قمة دول مجلس التعاون
شرطة عمان السلطانية تحدد الطرق البديلة للقادمين إلى مسقط
كتب ـ وليد محمود :حددت شرطة عمان السلطانية الطرق البديلة التي يجب على القادمين إلى محافظة مسقط ارتيادها بديلا عن شارع السلطان قابوس والذي سيكون مشغولا باستقبال قادة دول مجلس التعاون حيث سيتم إغلاق شارع السلطان قابوس بداية من دوار برج الصحوة حتى دوار فندق قصر البستان مرورا بجسر القرم دارسيت والوادي الكبير كما أوضحت شرطة عمان السلطانية أنه سيتم تحويل السير كليا قبل وصول ومغادرة أصحاب الجلالة والسمو قادة دول مجلس التعاون من دوار برج الصحوة إلى دوار فندق قصر البستان مرورا بجسر القرم ـ دارسيت والوادي الكبير والعكس إلى مسارات بديلة وذلك يوم الإثنين 29/12/2008م بداية من الساعة العاشرة صباحا وحتى الساعة الثالثة مساء ويوم الثلاثاء الموافق 30/12/2008م بداية من الساعة الثالثة مساء وحتى الساعة الثامنة مساء حيث يمكن للقادمين من منطقة الباطنة والمتجهين إلى محافظة مسقط والعكس سلوك شارع 18 نوفمبر بداية من جسر الموالح مرورا بالعذيبة الشمالية والغبرة الشمالية والخوير الشمالية .
أما بالنسبة للقادمين من الشرقية والداخلية إلى محافظة مسقط والعكس عليهم سلوك طريق مرتفعات المطار بداية من معسكر المرتفعة حتى دوار المستشفى السلطاني ومجمع السلطان قابوس الرياضي والخوير الجنوبية حتى مدينة الإعلام أو مرورا بطريق الأنصب شارع الأنصب ـ الجفنين ـ والرسيل إلى دوار مستشفى القوات المسلحة.
من ناحية أخرى سيتم تحويل سير الشاحنات الكبيرة كليا من شارع السلطان قابوس بداية من دوار فندق قصر البستان والعكس إلى مسارات أخرى وذلك بين الساعة الثامنة صباحا وحتى الساعة الخامسة مساء يوم الإثنين الموافق 29/12/2008م ومن الساعة 12 ظهرا حتى الساعة 11 مساء يوم الثلاثاء الموافق 30 ديسمبر .
كما تنوه شرطة عمان السلطانية إلى أنه سوف يمنع وقوف المركبات على جانبي شارع السلطان قابوس ـ جسر القرم ـ حتى فندق قصر البستان وشارع السلطان قابوس من دوار برج الصحوة حتى دوار فندق قصر البستان مرورا بالشارع البحري ـ دارسيت فمطرح فسداب .

Finally!!!

My personal journal, irevere.blogspot.com is finally redirected to http://www.shula-b.com, but the url address http://shula-b.com is not redirecting to www.Shula-B.com for unknown reason.

I chose Shula-B.com as it’s my nickname and its symbolic to me, my label.






Bits and Bytes

• A Saudi citizen offers to pay USD 10 millions for Muntadhar al-Zaidi shoe, which was thrown towards the forty-third President of the United States.


• Mazoon Mobile may ink with Oman Mobile as a reseller for mobile services in the Sultanate beside Renna and FRiENDi. Now who will ink with Nawras? Both Injaz International, and Kalam Telecommunications (No sign of their brand yet)? or one of them? or none of them?

• AGCC summit to discuss five-year cap on unskilled expatriate employees in the Gulf.
• Help for overseas Indians just a free phone call away soon via toll free number. (When will Oman or an Arab country do the same?)
• Four emirates commit to 2009 Earth Hour (When will Oman join?)

Are you Lipton Chai Latte fan?

I have received a forwarding mail about Lipton Chai Latte containing trace of melamine.

The whole fear because of the milk scandal in China which contained melamine that coursed death and sickness for babies.

The question, is Lipton Chai Latte milk powder, which are sold in Oman & AGCC made in China?

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Oman gets criticised over Charismas

For the first time I hear Sultanate of Oman government get criticised by the West because of ruining the tourist’s Charismas in Oman.

Read more from news:

• Sultanate takes over Oman hotels over Christmas
• Sultan ruins Christmas in Oman
• Oman holiday plans wrecked by Sultan

And here more from Bloggers arround the world:

• Spoilt Oman Christmas Holiday
• Oman holiday plans wrecked by Sultan
• Sultanate takes over Oman hotels over Christmas
• Story of a tragedy : Christmas 2008 in Oman
• British tourists up in arms over Christmas holiday let-down in Oman
• Diwan and Ministry of Tourism manage to get bad press for His Majesty in the UK
• Sultan ruins Christmas in Oman
• Beware the harshness!
• Sultan Billed as Grinch by Telegraph

Oman Nightlife from Facebook to Global

Who ever joined Facebook and wanted a snap shot of the nightlife in Oman, he/she would have joinned 'Oman Nightlife' group to get the latest all kind of events and activities that take place in town.

Now Oman Nightlife is going to offer for the rest of the world its services by lunching it's website via http://www.omannightlife.com/. At the moment the Oman Nightlife team working on making it work smoothly. The offical launch has not been set yet, but keep your eyes open.

Bits and Bytes
Two Omani youths jailed for rash driving.

3 days & 2 Nights in Dubai

My outcome of my trip to GITEX in Dubai and staying at The Palace - The Old Town are:

• Leant about new products and services related to personal and corporate levels.
• I tripped and fell on my left side of my face ended uo with a broken tooth.
• Lost two mobile phones, one is been found and trying to get it back.

I attended the following at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK 2008:

• Business Solutions
• GULCOMMS
• Global Conference

Bits and Bytes

• Can we (in Oman) convert our land to parking lot? Do people do it? read Amjad's post -'Turn your land into a parking lot...'.
• To married couple, a note for your future, if you are going to break up with your spouse and you have a Facebook account, please don't change your status from 'married' to 'single', give your self time until the Divorce is finalized or you'll be dead like Emma who was killed by her hubby Wayne Forrester, who's known to be the first 'Facebook killer'. Read Rami's post in Arabic and this is his source.

Bait Al Zubair on Aljazeera.net

I came across an article about Bait Al Zubair museum while browsing Aljazeera.net written by Tariq Ashqar in Arabic. Bait Al Zubair is the only ‘private museum’ in Sultanate of Oman beside other government owned museums.

As per Omanet.om, Museums in Oman:

Has a vast collection of ancient household equipment, costumes and weapons. Most of the exhibits have come from the owner's private collection. Outside, there is a falaj running through a full-scale Omani village and souq.

Oman Idol

Who ever watched American Idol, an American reality-competition show that is aimed in for Search for a Superstar, Sultanate of Oman is finally ready to join Part of the Idol franchise as the first Arab country joins as a national Idol franchise, is now ready to lunch it's own Superstars in few months time.


The Omani name of Idol franchise will be Oman Idol. This show will be carried out at Studios of Radio Sultanate of Oman & Al Sawadi Beach Resort.

The first Idol show started in UK as Pop Idol on October 5, 2001. There are national and regional Idol franchises. The Arabian version of Pop Idol is known as Super Star, and its part of the regional Idol franchises. The contestants from multiple Arab countries and the winners of 5 seasons are mainly from Jordan, Libya, KSA, Tunisia & Lebanon.

Oman Ministry of Tourism is trying to boost Oman tourism by lunching this show.

Qusai - Don Legend the Kamelion

Recently, my sister bought an Music CD of Qusai a Saudi Rapper aka Don Legend the Kamelion.

At first I felt odd listening to an Arab rapper, specially from the KSA; but he rocked with 'The Wedding' (Saudi Wedding rap song) by Qusai and Jeddah Legend, a mix of Arabic & English lyrics.

His website is DonLegend.com.

I hope you enjoy the music video.

Oman Legal Zone

Oman Legal Zone the first offical legal website in Oman and Middle East. It's the brainchild of Rozalin Al Bulushi, an Omani legal advisor at Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

This is quoted from Oman Legal Zone official website.

Oman Legal Zone is one of the first legal websites in Oman which provides legal services via the internet. It is our belief that the law is the foundation upon which modern society is built. Thus it is your right as an individual, a company, and a member of society to have access to the best legal services wherever and whenever you are.


It is for this reason that Oman Legal Zone’s mission is to provide the best legal services to everyone, in the shortest possible time, and at reasonable and affordable rates.


Oman Legal Zone has a team of highly qualified legal counselors and lawyers and we are proud to be associated with the most prestigious legal firms in the Sultanate. Your time is valuable to us and that is why The Oman Legal Zone Team assures you of the highest quality services, in the shortest possible time.

Mr. Blue-Chi has mentioned about the website and the founder in his journal under the title 'New Website Alert: Oman Legal Zone'.

Do you want to makeover? Go to Bahrain

Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has finally approved cosmetic surgery loans in Bahrain and the Beirut-based Credit Libanais a new Lebanese bank is the fast cater such service. Some are with and other are against such service.

Hooray , Two day weekend for Omani banks

Congratulations to all the Banks in Sultanate of Oman, the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has announced by issuing a circular to the banking sector for adopting two day Friday-Saturday weekend like the other AGCC countries.

MUSCAT — The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has issued a circular to the banking sector, approving a request from the commercial banks to change their working days and weekend holidays. All the banks will operate from Sunday to Thursday, effective from July and will be closed on Friday and Saturday.

Hamood bin Sangour Al Zedjali, executive president of the CBO, said the approval granted in response to a request from the commercial banks was aimed at streamlining the banking activities in line with the international practice as most of the international markets and banking establishments operate on Thursdays.

This change would provide the Sultanate’s banks an opportunity to conduct businesses with their counterparts worldwide, he added. The board of governors of the CBO would, in collaboration with the Council of Ministers, hold a meeting in mid-June to endorse the said decision, which would be enforced from July, he added.

The government hasn’t announced its shift to Friday-Saturday instead of the current Thursday-Friday weekend.

Source: New bank holidays

Two day weekend for Omani banks (rumours)

Rumours about Omani banks having Two day weekend plus shifting to Friday-Saturday weekend becoming spicy, as it has been circulating in several banks, but nothing is officially confirmed yet. It is been said it will start from July 2008.

It may be a good news for allot of people, and if it is implemented, I believe the government will shift to Friday-Saturday weekend by beginning of the schools 2008-2009.

If the banks shift to Friday-Saturday weekend and the government doesn’t, it will create conflict of interest.

Best wishes.

Celebrity Conner

On February 22, 2008 Mr & Mrs Marc Anthony welcomed their first newborns son Max
and daughter Emme to the world.

With mama Jennifer Lopez been freaked out like every insecure celebrity worried that her new born babies to be kidnapped, she kept her babies under round-the-clock guard since their birth with two bodyguards for every 8 hour shift, which cost them a allot, but the Anthony’s aren’t worried about their financials, as they will be exclusively selling the newborns photos to People Weekly magazine in order to cover up their expenses and financially secure the newborns future.


Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, and the ruler of Dubai vision is sharpening, giving a chance for the his off-springs to become the future Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates by announcing on 1st February 2008, the crown prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the deputy ruler of Dubai Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum along side his 2nd elder brother Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

After the storm

It’s been a while I haven’t posted anything, when ever I login the internet, I feel drained and not in a mood for to write nor surf the net; allot of news I want to talk about, I hope it may interest you’ll.

First I give high five for the Sultanate of Oman leader, the government and it’s citizens as well as the expatriates for making Muscat Festival 2008 work and go through after six months of ‘the Guno cyclone’ hit Oman and everyone got on their feet making it happen.

Dish TV is a satellite broadcasting service available to users in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and parts of South East Asia, which is now been sold off in the Arabian Gulf Counties - Middle East through the Indian expatriates who work in the satellite distribution companies or get it by them selves from India, I was told about by my colleague.

When you buy a dishtv connection you get - Hardware / Equipment:

• Dish with LNB
• Digibox and cable
• Viewing Card (VC)

It will cost from USD122.21 to USD162.70 for one year with the above Hardware / Equipments, then it will only cost from USD 51.1 to USD91.59, it’s vary cheep. It seems it’s illegal in Oman but it is still sold.

Is it humanely to give one hour notice for dismissing your employee to pack his stuff and sending back home? I don’t believe so.

The first spy camera was found in female toilet in a government building in Dubai - UAE; the man was captured after 48 hours from the time it was found.

Dubai-based Almulla Hospitality is planning to develop a hotel chain that complies with Islamic law, including a ban on alcohol.