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H1N1 takes away Muscat Festival

because of the H1N1 virus been spreading fast in Oman for over 1000+ been effected and 13+ death, the govt decided to cancel Muscat Festival for the year 2010.

Now Oman will be dead after taking the happiness from it and the turisum will decline too.

What to say, better be safe then sorry.

Oman Air gets silky with Technology

The year 2009, Oman Air is giving a multiple gifts to its loyal and prospective clients, as soon Oman Air makes travel hassle-free via web check-in and mobile check-in.

Its clients now will able to check-in via four ways:

• using mobile phone,
• using Internet,
• using airport kiosks, and
• at the airport where customer service agents are equipped with mobile check-in technology.

The facility will start later this month January 2009. The four new and innovative check-in options at will be at Muscat and other key airports.

Above all, Oman Air will first in the Middle East region to offer such multi-facility.

Bits and Bytes

• Today, January 5, Royal Oman Police (ROP) celebrates Police Day.
• Oman3D started the year by changing it's name to “Republic of Code”, and started a 'Republic of Code Logo Competition'.
• Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz the new CEO of Bank Sohar.
• I have heard rumours that hundreds of expatriates in Oman been laid off in major local companies and more soon to follow, is it true?

Happy new year

I wish you'll happy new year 1430 Hijri and 2009.

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 .

Spam attack

My journal been Spammed by an Anonymous who has left 6 new comments on 6 different posts, advertising his two Arabic Tunisian blogs.

(Click here to view the image source.)

It seems that the person is craving for attention for his blogs, needs to increase the number of traffic (who doesn‘t), as a result I have activated the word verification for comments.

Bits and Bytes

• Mark Ruffalo brother died, and a Saudi woman was arrested then released as it was rulled out his death as homicide. As per Al Arabiya newspaper, she is a Business woman, while the other newspapers refer her as a Saudi princess. So is who is Shaha Mishaal Adham?
• Condoleezza Rice admits USA's popularity decreased since George W Bush became the precident of USA.
• Rumours about 'killer perfume' in UAE and the police denies it.
• A Turkish shoe factory had to employee 100 individuals in order to fill in the 370 thousand pair of Muntadhar al-Zaidi shoes, as it turned out to be a Turkish made.

(The post been Edited on 24 Dec 2008 20:59 PM. GMT 4+).

Sorry for been offline

After thorough thought, I have decided to purchase a domain name Shula-B.com for my journal/ blog and its done through Go Daddy; I don’t know if it was a right decision or not to purchase from such internet domain registrar and web hosting company; I didn’t do my homework right, I just picked what was in font of me.

Now I am having a problem of redirecting my journal from Blogger.com to Go Shula-B.com; that’s is why my journal was offline, it may take a while, but it worth a shot.

Any tips or advice? will be appreciated.


My Eid
Eid celebrations went well, busy with family and relatives, the holidays went pretty fast and tomorrow back to work for all the government, semi-government, semi-private and banking sectors in Oman.


Tagged
I have been Tagged by Blue-Chi; despite I am not a fan of Tags, as I don't like reveals allot of my self, but I won't disappoint my friend.

List down five things people probably do not know about me:

1. I am addicted to 'Daim' candy.
2. I love to eat fresh green chilli with my meal when I am starving for a long time.
3. I was too moody.
4. I watch Indian (Hindi) movies.
5. I olny drink decaffeinated coffee.

Who tag naw??? Amjad and Dubai Guy.

Trip to Thailand got cencelled

Unfortunately my Trip to Thailand got cancelled after one hour and twenty four minutes from the time I announced my journey to Far East.

Maybe this journey was not meant to be.

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.

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The Family Mentor

At my previous post I talked about my new project of creating a family journal & I'm in the process of getting the approval.

Today, I finally got it after sharing my idea to my aunt. She fully supporting me with the project & oversees the outcomes that will be a big advantage for everyone.

After finaly reached to an agreement, she mansioned something about me, that she has seen a big change in my personalily, that I became more confident in what I do & taking more responsibilites. On my side I feel I am more matured mentaly that I'm ready to take risks.

Another good news I have recieved that my teenaged cousins for the first time in there lives have enjoyed the family because we the elders made them feel that they are mature enough to let them sit with us & participate in different topics and now they are excited for the next monthly family gatherings.

I am happy with the outcome & that what I was expecting. My advice is always keep your family first, as you can't replace them.

I wish you!

Today 23 November 2007, I'm celebrating my 29th birthday. I actually celebrated it few hours ago and it was good.

Mentor

Mentor

I have past through a lot of barriers past my path that made me fail several times along the way, but thank god I always find the way to get back on track after taking alternative decisions and came up with solutions that helped me pass through my difficulties.

I thank first God for giving me the faith and power to get over it and pick up what left in me to pursue my career; I thank my parents and members of my family as well as my lectures who have guided me and believed in me; and the most people I thank are those who have criticized me since my childhood up to now.

A person who I thought and looked up to her as my mentor tried to bring me down several times by destroying my motivation, 1st by saying that my major in IT won't be useful in my career wise, 2^nd that the family doesn't expect me to pass as they know and used to it that I am after all a failure and they are actually are hypocrites in front of me. I carried allot when she said about the family but God's mercy, I forgot about it and I didn't keep any grudge against them, After two years I recalled the incident and that the family really supported me that they were paying for my education, I realised that what she was saying was all a lie because she envied me and did not want me to be successful person and add value in the society and she wanted me to look like an idiot that I don't have a goal or a purpose in life, and I thank God she didn't succeed.

recently I had spoken to several people and unfortunately found out that the same woman tried to destroy others people's lives too in different levels, some of them got effected badly as the incident has happened when they were in their teens and some managed to get over it by other people helping them and guiding them at the right path. Allot of them are trying to help each other to get over it and the red alert is on and destruction recovery plan is been implemented.

I like to share my knowledge and experience with people on one hand in order to increase their knowledge and productivity and in their other hand to minimize their mistakes. I have seen the limitation of guidance I have been exposed and I do not want anyone to mess up their lives and career.

I love doing researches via the internet, my sister calls me 'Wikiphedia Geek' as I refer to it most of the time for a quick answers, I call it the sandwich encyclopaedia as a fast resource for me, I do not 100% depend on it when I do my assignments/projects, I go through other websites too, when I use it I go through the references too.

When it came a debate if Wikiphedia is really reliable source as anyone can add and edit it as long as they can support with references and some school teachers as well as universities and colleges assign their students to add and edit papers in Wikiphedia, an idea came into my mind that what if I use the same concept with my family members who are in their primary and elementary school, they have to write an article based on what they have read or studied that interest them, it has two be written in Arabic and English language, the objectives of this method are:

Strengthen the grammar and vocabulary.

Develop writing skills.

Develop their interests.

Use the internet resources in an assertive manner.

Develop their social and career techniques.

Add value.

Based on above my next project is to a mentor for my younger generations to prepare them to be a future successful entrepreneurs.

My first steps to achieve it

Talk to my aunts about my idea.

Create an online journal

Add the candidates

The first articles will be posted by the end of every week starting from summer 2008.

In school days, one article every month.

The journal will be viewed by the parents to see the progress of their children.

Pray for me it works out.

Ramadhan Greetings

I wish every person in this universe for the Holy month of Ramadhan.

Its a month of fasting, a month that has a spiritual and peaceful feeling from with in your self. A test for your faith in God in different levels, for honesty and believe in him; to be assertive to your self, God and everyone around you.

A short announcement

On May 20, 2007, I posted ‘Moving all my blog into one’ topic that I’ll be moving all my posts from my various blogs into one blog irevere.blogspot.com, but today I deleted all my blog and did not move any post as I did not have the time and decided to start fresh.

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.

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.

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.

The Unplug blog

Many blogger have suddenly unplugged their blog/journals without perior notice to their loyal visitors for some reason or another. I did it once and got an email from one of the bloggers unplugging it.

Read BEYOND NORMAL: شوطة المدوّنين!!! ـ a post in Arabic that shows the reflection of other people about it.

Do we have a right to unplug our journals or not?