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Ammar's Blog
Oh Batelco.... When is it going to end?
If you haven't read my last post, Batelco disconnected my home phone line because they had issues with burnt cables, then gave me a different number by accident. So far, it's been 11 days without internet or my original phone number (read last post for the frustrating details).
I'm getting really annoyed now; i've probably called their 'report faults' line a good 30 times already this week, to which the answer to my query about when the line is going to...
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Seriously you Batelco guys, go take that telecommunications license you have and burn it, or stuff it up your ass. You guys are a bunch of useless pricks.
Picture this, a week ago, my internet connection suddenly stops working. Fair enough, Batelco have a knack for doing this anyway. But it turns out that it's not just my connection, my actual telephone line is disconnected. Hmm.. There's no dial tone when I pick up the phone, and even when I dial my number from another phone, it gives me a...
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My friend just got back from Dubai last night, and was telling me about a freak thunderstorm in Dubai. Not a very long one, but one that mysteriously appeared on a very hot, dry and sunny afternoon. The weather cooled down considerably and some rain fell. A few minutes later, it was all gone and things were back to normal.
When you see something like this, you know the world is coming to an end; Why was it raining in May? And thunderstorms? This was a first for Dubai...
Well, that was...
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...one that's been used over and over again especially in this region, and it was one that helped build our countries really fast. How does it work?
You start off without much in hand, financially, to build anything. But you have an idea.
You work on the idea; after all, thinking is free. You morph it and shape it into something that will attract people to invest in it. You build up on it, polish up the rough edges and make it look all nice and shiny,
You then sell the idea.
People buy,...
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I love stories of idiots; they always brighten up my day.
Let's say you're dating a girl, and you decide to steal a blank cheque from her mom. Now let's say you forge the signatures and all to try and get some money out of her bank account, what sort of amount would you write down?
$100?
$1,000?
Nope. This dude decides to push the limit to see how much he can get:
A man has been accused of attempting to pass a $360 billion check, which he claims was given to him by his girlfriend’s...
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Here's to our MP's and everyone else trying to ban Haifa Wahbi thinking THAT will solve all our morality issues. A big slap in the face for you, Manama has been ranked as the NUMBER EIGHT sin city in the world.
Yup, that's just a few spots after Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Pattaya. Now, try telling me whether or not we should have issues with erotic dancers.
TOP 10 SIN CITIES IN THE WORLD
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I wasn't even going to go into the whole Haifa Wahbi issue, since I believed the whole fuss raised about her was, to say the least, ludicrous. But when I posted "feels like a war zone" and just mentioned the fact that I thought our MP's were being really, very silly by trying to ban the concert, I get our dear Mr. Anon arguing at how he didn't like what I said.
Well, the truth is, the are unfortunately a number of people who are with our MP's on this, and who believe banning a singer was the...
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From the previous post.
Just some photo randomness:
Not that pretty is she? I don't see
what the fuss is all about...
Armored Police cars everywhere
Helicopters surveying the area
I saw this smog appearing and got the hell outta there...
Any idea what it was?
Police blocking off the roads
People getting pissed off
(after waiting for like 20 minutes in one place)
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This is getting ridiculous. Tonight is concert night, Haifa Wahbi and Fadel Shaker are to perform on stage. There's been a HUGE opposition to this party, firstly by our SuperIslamic parliament, and secondly by some of our sheep-citizens, who have been influenced to believe that having Haifa in our country is nothing less than the work of the devil himself.
If you don't already know her, Haifa Wahbi is an Arab musician, and a pretty sensual one at that. We had a huge fuss last time Nancy Ajram...
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He drove on as the afternoon sun shined with a beautiful orange hue, and he put down his car windows as he went. Sure, everyone else sat in their air conditioned cocoons in the vehicles around, but he wanted to immerse himself the warm, slightly dusty atmosphere of the desert around him.
He drove on as the hot breeze snuck into the car, blowing in faster as he sped up. The radio played an old track he used to listen to during his school days, and all of a sudden he was there; back outside the...
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