It is official, my blog is on vacation till the 19th of July. No Internet No GPRS, No email, No Wi-Fi, No Blue Tooth, only me the Family and my Digital Cams (3 to be precise) a French Car and the roads of Europe. Yupekaye!!!! See you soon .
6/28/2005
Dukes of Hazard
I passed by this building in Hawalli last wednesday, the scene was much more dramatic, as the crane worker was about to flee the scene once the building tipped, unfortunately I did not have a cam at the time, I decided to come back on Monday to take a shot of the Demolition Progess. My worries was the little Dragon Chineese retaurant you see at the right hand corner, its practically glued to the building, ie any bad vibes would send the Woks flying out of the window! I cant believe that the municipality can't take the necessary precautions or is it that Wasta prevails yet again, in the State of Kuwait!
6/26/2005
Burj Al Hamam
Tonight we went out to Burj Al Hamam to bid farewell to one of our colleagues. Although I prefer eating at Feyrouz in Shaab, Burj Al Hamam have a wider variety of food and cosier settings for the exeption of an irritating singer who was trying her best in hitting the right notes at the wrong time, causing tremors in my inner ear drum. Apart from that the evening was quite enjoyable.
6/25/2005
Phantasmagoria
Webster Definition "An exhibition or display of optical effects and illusions". In reality Phantasmagoria is the third album by this wonderful, and often underrated British prog rock band "Curved Air". This was also the final album with the original lineup of vocalist Sonja Kristina, keyboardist Francis Monkman, violinist Darryl Way, and drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa. The year was 1973, my brother was studying in the UK and brought the Phantasmagoria album with, I was 10 years old at the time, and was dazzled by the sound track Marie Antoinette, Yes! 'Marie Antoinette'! Boy do I love that song, an epic to be heard by everybody. a romantic tale of the poor French queen.
6/24/2005
Dream House
The house you see in the background, is located on Khaleej Road, with wonderful green surroudings and a great seaview. It is build with white stones like the ones found on old Lebanese houses. It has been abandonned for the last 5 years as the owner passed away, what a waste.
6/23/2005
Kuwait Biker Ladies
Here you have it, yes we do have Harley Ladies driving real Harleys and Kuwaitis too, and no this is not a mirage this is Abdali.
Mer de Glace
The Mer de Glace, originates at an elevation of 3,900 m, and descends down to 1,400 m.in the Chamonix Valley, it is the largest glacier in France, 7kms long and 200m deep. We got there at 14:00 after a paying a fee of 106 euro, we were keen on having lunch. To our nasty surprise, le Resto was closed between 14.00 - 18.00, and they call this tourism, those bloody French!!!
6/22/2005
Vesuvius
Allright you 4x4 buffs!! the all new Supercharged Range Rover Sport, with an available 390-hp supercharged V8. The authentic capability you expect from a Range Rover, with remarkably responsive handling and a new, muscular prowess. Personally I could not care less about the car, what is really interesting is the website, check it out.
Click here to feel the rush!.
Click here to feel the rush!.
My Foot!
Probably you are wondering why I am blogging my foot? While at a convention in New Orleans we had to walk for miles on end, the sole of my feet were killing me, as I was not equipped with the right shoes. I walked into a Foot Locker store to find to my amazement, that the only color they carry is RED & Black, upon further investigation, I discovered that colored people love red!! Amazingly enough I got comments while walking on the street "Cool Shoes Dude", goes to show that Nike did their marketing homework. I still have the shoes although I never wear them!
6/21/2005
Hooters New Oleans
A couple of years ago a colleague of mine kept nagging about chicken wings at Hooters. The best ever most tasty dazzling chickens wings. The wings were boring, however the hostesses were a sight for sore eyes, dont you agree?
Retirement Plan
My sincere wish is to retire in wonderful place such this one. Location Alsace France, "Pont du Diable" "Legend has it that, to help in the difficult construction of the bridge, Lucifer asked for the soul of the first one to cross the bridge after it was completed. The devil must have given a sickly smile - the first one to cross was a mangy dog! Since then the bridge has been called "The Devil's Bridge" The photo is not of the actual bridge. However I thought that was a cool picture to post.
6/19/2005
Arab Union NOT!!!
My last visit to Marakesh, taught me a new lesson in cultural and language differences. The sign you see, uses an arabic word that you can be killed for using, in this region of the Arab World. The word "Arsat" in Morrocan means area, so next time you meet a Morocan that ask you from which "Area" are you from? Don't go for his throat!!
6/18/2005
Harley on Top
was sifting through a series of pictures from my last year visit to Lebanon, when I stumbled on this gem. I have been driving bikes for the last 27 years of my life and I got to say that was one heck of an experience, I drove with the Saudi & Lebanese HOG club to the Cedars, as I was the designated road captain, I went scouting all the way up at 3000 meters above sea level with a temperature of 6 degrees, that was a shot to remember���
Apocalyse
Someone told me today that the radio forecasted 65 degrees yes 65 degrees centigrades of heat on July 1st, is global warming knocking our doors or is it Apocalypse? Either wayI will be on vacation in Lebanon at that time, and I will think of you while sipping margueritas on the rocks, NOT!:)
6/17/2005
Kuwait by Night
Today we spent the afternoon at a friends place in Shaab, I took this shot around 8 pm, to highlight the liveliness of Kuwait city at night. Mind you I have taken the same shot at 4pm with a totally different outcome summarized as LAME, thank god for darkness, which sometimes bring up the best and worst in things.
6/16/2005
Kempenski
Today we spent a family day at kempenski, great family fun, I had my fist Jet Ski ride call me old fashioned, I still prefer my Harley, even my daughters who were behind me shared the same feeling this thing is a loan mower on steriods! Kempenski is a breath of fresh air, for family and friends outing if they do show up, Right Fadi!!
6/15/2005
Dead Stuff!!
Hmmmm! never thought that my wife pot pourri could look nice in a macro shot, well here you go, proof that dead things can turn out to be appealing!
6/14/2005
European vacation "Are we there yet?"
Seems these days can't take my mind of our upcoming family summer vacation. Alhough it is a remake of our 2002 escapade, in Europe, the kids will be adding a twist to this adventure. At 7 my twin daughters will be discovering the wonders of the Alps, Disney, and off course the French Riviera. With 2 weeks to go everyone is chattering about this and that, however beeing a seasoned traveller I know that most of the excitement will wear off with the first 50KM, and the kids will say this is lame, God Bless Nintendo!!!! We have 3000km of driving ahead...
6/12/2005
Cruising Khaleej
HD "Wisconsin, U.S.-based manufacturer of cult motorcycles, leather, studs and a rush of adrenaline. As the slogan says "Live to Ride & Ride to Live" the localised version of this slogan would be endangered species!!!!
Haughtiness
The act or habit of arrogating (PMSing), or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank. Why am I saying that?Well mainly, cause I met a similar idiot like the one portrayed here today, who was about to force me to slap him across the face, to tell him how I really felt about him...
6/11/2005
Hellraiser
Gosh!! I wish winter was back again to enjoy some cool rides. I never looked forward to October in my life, except in Kuwait that is!!! Seems time turns counter clock wise around here :)
Acquaintances are Great!!!!
I bumped into an acquaintance in Souk Al Shark today. While chit chatting about life, the weather and ultimately our plans for a summer vacation, I was more than happy to disclose our destination beeing the South of France, and Zepow!!!!, he said hey I bought a house in Antibes why don't you guys tell me when you are going so i can give you the keys. Isn't this a great blog to celebrate Acquaintances?
6/10/2005
Tooth Fairy day off!
A couple of days ago, my younger daughter pulled out her front tooth and came proudly forth and said, this is for the tooth fairy. Next day in the morning, my daughter came in our bedroom with a long face and said the tooth fairy did not show up. Obviously as mum over slept she did not manage to make the switch in time. My wife looked at her and said sorry honey th Tooth fairy was off yesterday, I am sure she will come back tomorrow. PHEW that one worked :)
Awesome!
As I was driving ot of my house today near Rawda, this yellow beauty pulled out. My six year old daughter from the back seat, working her game boy, commented smoothly, WOW what an awesome car, and went back to her Barbie game, while DAD behind the wheel was drooling like a six year old and muttering yeah Awesome!!!
6/09/2005
Orange Juice
Marrakesh June 2005, Sahat Jame3 El FNA, I got to say that Morocans are resourceful in a charming way, if you ever want to go to some exotic location Moroco is your destination, better brush up on your French Though!!
My first Blog
OK, I am new to this blogging thing, a friend from work told me its relaxing to share your experiences and thoughts fine. So as I gather this is a form of eMemoire, so bear with me if my blogs are not uptodate I will try my best to entertain you.
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