Analli ba3oni

the version i remember was in a boxing ring but this will do

The big sushi scam

Richest 50

I always assumed Al-Waleed bin Talal is on top of that list, I guess I was wrong.

Check out this list of the richest 50 Arab families.

Sorry my non-arab readers, I couldn't find it in English.


Updated: Link to English list (Thanks to Sene)

Shakira

Date: 23rd of March 2007
Venue: Dubai Autodrome
Dress type: Casual
The show starts at 9 pm

Ticket Prices :

PlayStation®3 Cage (Standing): AED 995
Cybershot Pit (Standing): AED 295 SOLD OUT
Walkman (Standing) : AED 225
Bravia Centre (Seating) : AED 495 SOLD OUT
PSP Flank (Seating) : AED 395

I have 2 "Cybershot Pit" tickets for sale if anyone's interested.

MILF

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Boss panic button

u know that weird reflex of minimizing your browser window at work, the second you hear someone (especially your boss) coming towards your office ?

i found a cool - fun rather than practical - alternative way of dealing with such sudden (inconsiderate) intruders. it's called a boss panic button. for fun i added one to this blog; so if u hear footsteps coming your way, all u have to do is click the red button on the top right side and u're home free ;)

KUNT

This has to be the funniest published Ad. ever.

Arab Times newspaper have to seriously look into hiring an editor that graduated high school.

Cool Commercial

I bet most of you have already seen it on TV, I just though is was uber cool.

Is it worth it

one of the reactions after a conflict between 2 people, is to use the silent treatment. the thing about it is that the longer you go without talking to each other, the harder it gets to reconcile. and no matter how much we say that pride shouldn't come between 2 good friends or 2 people in a relationship / marriage, it's always there.

the whole thing becomes a vicious chain of negative emotions: anger turns into pride, which turns into stubbornness, which eventually turns into contempt. and once u've reached that stage, the chances are that the connection which once existed between the 2 of u is lost for ever.

before u start giving someone the silent treatment always ask yourself, is it worth losing this friendhsip / relationship over ? Though the answer is sometimes yes, most of the time u'll find that it's no ;)

Divorce mania

taking equal property distribution too literally... Divorcing man saws house in half

Tabeekh

I was just reading Fonz 's post on Home Cooking and realized that most of us don't appreciate home cooked meals like we should, specially arabic TABEEKH.

For my fellow non-arabic speaking readers: Tabeekh means home cooked meals in arabic

My favorite Tabkhat cooked and prepared by my lovely mother:

1. Wara2 Enab (Grape Leaves)
2. Mulokhieh (Meat not chicken)
3. Mughrabieh (also known as Maftool)
4. Ma2loobeh (with Cauliflower not Eggplant)
5. Mashawy (Kabab, Tika, Shish Taouk and the works)
6. Mansaf (Jordan's national dish)
7. Msakhan (Palestine's national dish)
8. Kusa with Bandoura (Zucchini in tomato sauce)

My least favorite Tabkhat:

1. Bamyeh (no need to explain why)
2. Labanimo (a yougurt with rice dish)
3. Faware3' (Stuffed intestines)
4. Anything with fool (Beans)
5. Anything with eggplants

I got flicked off

yesterday i was driving in the left lane of a highway, hovering around the speed limit (because of the law-abiding driver in front of me, whom i respect). then i looked at my sideview-mirror to see a big white 4-wheeler behind me; he was so close to my car that the slightest brake would've surely gotten my rear bumper a white dent. since i couldn't move any faster, i ignored the s.o.b and kept rocking to my newly made old school CD.

but the bastard behind me wouldn't leave it at that: the 1st chance he got, he went to the next lane, sped ahead, cut me off (almost hitting the guy who was in front of me). i honked. he flicked me off. then he went to the extreme right and took an exit.

kudos to whoever raised this guy.

Jordanian humor

Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions are the funniest (sometimes political) cartoonists out there.

Sometimes you have to be familiar with Jordan to understand the humor in things, but not all the time.

Check out the site, they have interesting stuff.

And 3 years later...

i wanted to go see a movie last night so i checked cinescape to see what was playing... nothing interesting except for the holiday which i'd already seen.

anyways, i was surprised to see that wicker park was playing



why is there a 3 year-old film in the movie theaters ? i mean i understand if there are movies from 2006 because of release date issues, but this one's from 2004 !

needless to say the movie outing was replaced by coffee...

Rose Milk??

I've been seeing these billboards all over the place...I personally love KDD, but this has to be the worst product ever made.

Although I didn't try it, I can taste it in my mouth... Nye3

Who's the genius that thought this one up?

Remember the Banana Lolly, it brings back childhood memories, I still buy boxes of it.

Alshaya's upcoming competition ?

or maybe this is the sexy starbucks branding mark was referring to :)

3 things

3 places i'd like to visit this year:
1. greek islands (never been)
2. spain
3. sharm (never been)

3 places i will likely visit this year:
1. london
2. beirut
3. dubai

Tonight

If it's not past your bedtime you can witness a full Lunar Eclipse tonight. Should start right after midnight and will end around 4:30am.

BBC article.

If you're up and you see it, let me know what you guys think, it's pretty cool.

Bullshit

In society, there are many products and ideas that we buy in to. Some of these products, services or ideas are just plain bullshit. Well known magicians: Penn and Teller are here to knock some sense into people in a humourous and informal way and to explain why some things in life are just plain... Bullshit!

I've seen season 1 & 2, thought they were great.

Visual test

i don't usually like these internet tests but this one's kind of interesting, it's more visual..

http://dna.imagini.net/friends/

a summary of what i got (without the descriptions):