In my last issue, (the article below) It seems that everybody have focused on discussing the issue of marriage without looking at the bigger picture. Thanks for all the comments, specially the supportive ones (kudos to 3lo G)
Though, the bigger picture here is that parents are willing to set you up with a girl that you have no idea about. And once you ask them to introduce her to you over the simplest not even 3eeb method which is the "MSN" they consider it a taboo and insist that you have to get engaged first then "allah kareem". And as everybody know, In our culture an engagement is a strong commitment that you cannot cancel without causing a war between the two families.
In the last issue (the article below) I asked for her MSN and things really paused from there. When I insisted that id have to get her MSN before committing myself to her and getting engaged the following happened:
They turned defensive and gave me the weirdest excuses to avoid us communicating over MSN (is this a warning that she is totally not my type and my parents are afraid that they will be caught red handed?)
Recap from last article:
Me: whats her MSN?
the room turns silent .....
Episode 2:
Me: Well, I ain't committing myself to a total stranger without really knowing her.
Mom: Huh? flirt .. ya go flirt with her ba3ad !
(no comments)
Sister: ya f'6eee7a (what a shame), what if you talked to her then canceled the marriage, that's a big insult to her dignity.
Me: that would be a far bigger insult to me for setting me up with a girl that I might spend all my life hating.
Mom: What will her parents say once they hear that you want to talk to their daughter?
Me: Look, I am not talking to her, we are "chatting" .. C-H-A-T-T-I-N-G .. and you don't really need to go forward and ask her parents for her MSN E-mail. My Sister will get it, isn't that right?
Mom (and here is the $1M excuse): well... mmm... she might not ... mmm.. know how to use MSN.
Me: well then that's a very good indicator that she isn't educated enough to be my type.
I think I should even raise my standards to the following: types fast, has a good blog, and read romantic novels. But for now, the simplest could work if my parents comply with my demand (give me her MSN now !)
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
The Merchandise...
Every now and then the topic pops up. As much as I try to turn it into a joke to avoid anything serious I end up upsetting my parents. Its the Merchandise ... i mean the girl that your parents think is your type.
Mom&Dad: son, we find you a girl.... (what a surprise !)
Me: well, tell me bout her
Mom&Dad: She is gorgeous and she fills part of your specifications ...
Me: which part? the blond or brunette?
Mom&Dad: be serious sultan, you aint gonna find yourself a blond or brunette
(be serious mom & dad, am not that big of a looser :D )
Me: OK, educated?
Mom&Dad: yes she thought of starting a business, so yes she could work with you.
(what a turn on)
Me: Personality?
Mom&Dad: good !
Me: whats her MSN?
the room turns silent .....
Mom&Dad: son, we find you a girl.... (what a surprise !)
Me: well, tell me bout her
Mom&Dad: She is gorgeous and she fills part of your specifications ...
Me: which part? the blond or brunette?
Mom&Dad: be serious sultan, you aint gonna find yourself a blond or brunette
(be serious mom & dad, am not that big of a looser :D )
Me: OK, educated?
Mom&Dad: yes she thought of starting a business, so yes she could work with you.
(what a turn on)
Me: Personality?
Mom&Dad: good !
Me: whats her MSN?
the room turns silent .....
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Etisalat GPRS and the ongoing fraud
Since the creation of humanity, God created locals to be careless about their spending, though it didn't apply to a selected few ... very few . Then, God brought up Etisalat to test to which extent our carelessness can reach.
Today's Issue maybe of no importance to many of you, since it is said that only 3% of the UAE uses GPRS. 3% of those careless people. Even though we know that those people deserve to lose all their money for their carelessness, and Etisalat is doing a good job at teaching them a lesson. I think its time for us to have a fairly priced GPRS service that does not hide certian fraudulent pricing schemes that you are charged for without any knowledge.
THE GPRS USAGE:
I have recently been working in the IT and Telecommunication sector with no past experience or degree. I am not a technical person, but I was able to unfold the truth about one of Etisalats frauds. In my work, we have created a system which once installed on your mobile counts your KB usage over the mobile net. Etisalat now can no longer hide behind the untraceable KB usage.
ETISALAT PRICING SCHEME
Etisalat pricing scheme was 2 free MB for a 30DHS monthly subscription and 1 fills per each 1KB afterwards (making it 10DHS per 1 MB extra). But to make sure I contacted Etisalat customer service. To be sure I contacted 4 employees, I gave each a name, and grouped similar answers:
Employee 1 (The Smart ass): no no, there is a difference between Kilobits, and Kilobyte .. we charge 1 fils per Kilobyte and 1 MB is 100 kilobyte so its 1 DHS per MB
our statistics prove that wrong, so does the rest of the 3 Etisalat Employees
Employee 2,3,4 (Goodgenes): 1MB has 1000kbs so yes, its 10DHS per MB
THE FRAUD:
now here is the most interesting part. so far we know that each 1kb is 1 fils which gives Etisalat rank 1 as the most expensive GPRS subscription service provider compared to lets say India or other European countries for example that gives you free KB/MB usage for a monthly price cheaper than 30DHS. but that's not the fraud, Etisalat is abusing us, we know about it, nothing secret here, we deserve it.
Lets take an example of the typical Mr Stockbroker who connects over Etisalat's GPRS to check his falling stocks. The whole logging and checking lets say will cost him 10kbs of download. What will he pay given that 1 fills = 1kb? 10 fills .. bravo !! NOT .....
My dear friends, he is charged 30 fills .... what would the normal person say? "but they promised its 1fills per 1kb", yes they did, but without your knowledge they took an advanced payment of 30fills. Whether you use all the 30kbs or not, you still pay, if you connect for 1 second and spend 1 kb and disconnect, you still pay and the counter resets forcing you to pay another 30 fills for further usage.
Now who cares about a 30fills payment in advance? the selected few God created to take good care of their money.
In the case of the stockbroker, if he checks his stock 20 times a day, and each checking was followed by a total disconnect and reconnect. it will be 20 x 10kbs .. 200kbs usage estimated 2 DHS but in fact he is paying 20 x 30kbs which is equivalent of 6 DHS
now my dear friends, make proper use of the math they taught you at school and tell me how much will he spend per month.. and per year? or never mind .. do not because I cannot take it anymore....
Today's Issue maybe of no importance to many of you, since it is said that only 3% of the UAE uses GPRS. 3% of those careless people. Even though we know that those people deserve to lose all their money for their carelessness, and Etisalat is doing a good job at teaching them a lesson. I think its time for us to have a fairly priced GPRS service that does not hide certian fraudulent pricing schemes that you are charged for without any knowledge.
THE GPRS USAGE:
I have recently been working in the IT and Telecommunication sector with no past experience or degree. I am not a technical person, but I was able to unfold the truth about one of Etisalats frauds. In my work, we have created a system which once installed on your mobile counts your KB usage over the mobile net. Etisalat now can no longer hide behind the untraceable KB usage.
ETISALAT PRICING SCHEME
Etisalat pricing scheme was 2 free MB for a 30DHS monthly subscription and 1 fills per each 1KB afterwards (making it 10DHS per 1 MB extra). But to make sure I contacted Etisalat customer service. To be sure I contacted 4 employees, I gave each a name, and grouped similar answers:
Employee 1 (The Smart ass): no no, there is a difference between Kilobits, and Kilobyte .. we charge 1 fils per Kilobyte and 1 MB is 100 kilobyte so its 1 DHS per MB
our statistics prove that wrong, so does the rest of the 3 Etisalat Employees
Employee 2,3,4 (Goodgenes): 1MB has 1000kbs so yes, its 10DHS per MB
THE FRAUD:
now here is the most interesting part. so far we know that each 1kb is 1 fils which gives Etisalat rank 1 as the most expensive GPRS subscription service provider compared to lets say India or other European countries for example that gives you free KB/MB usage for a monthly price cheaper than 30DHS. but that's not the fraud, Etisalat is abusing us, we know about it, nothing secret here, we deserve it.
Lets take an example of the typical Mr Stockbroker who connects over Etisalat's GPRS to check his falling stocks. The whole logging and checking lets say will cost him 10kbs of download. What will he pay given that 1 fills = 1kb? 10 fills .. bravo !! NOT .....
My dear friends, he is charged 30 fills .... what would the normal person say? "but they promised its 1fills per 1kb", yes they did, but without your knowledge they took an advanced payment of 30fills. Whether you use all the 30kbs or not, you still pay, if you connect for 1 second and spend 1 kb and disconnect, you still pay and the counter resets forcing you to pay another 30 fills for further usage.
Now who cares about a 30fills payment in advance? the selected few God created to take good care of their money.
In the case of the stockbroker, if he checks his stock 20 times a day, and each checking was followed by a total disconnect and reconnect. it will be 20 x 10kbs .. 200kbs usage estimated 2 DHS but in fact he is paying 20 x 30kbs which is equivalent of 6 DHS
now my dear friends, make proper use of the math they taught you at school and tell me how much will he spend per month.. and per year? or never mind .. do not because I cannot take it anymore....
Monday, January 22, 2007
Never Been a fan of the crowd
Yah, going with the crowd, have been a very big issue to me. As much as I try to stay away from them, it seems that its affecting everybody around me, best friends, family, brothers, and the list continues. So what are the crowd doing these days you may ask? the typical, kandooorah khatim, headsets in the ears 24/7, Bluetooth, and most important the Land Cruiser / Nissan craze.
ok, lets talk about them 1 by 1:
the Khatim:
OK guys, it might be the trend these days, il moo'6ah. But you guys are taking this moo'6ah to the next level. I see my brother and his kandoorah is like a cardboard, and when he walks, is that a train passing by? Id have to admit, I myself have made a Khatim once, but now am thinking of Ebaying it.
Headsets:
it surely became an accessory, not only girls can now look better by wearing accessories, guys do. with their Nokia headsets attached to their ears, damn how manly it makes them look like (NOT).
Bluetooth:
when did man become less manly? when bluetooth came to existance. Even though the good old days of shouting your number to a girl or droping a peice of paper was still considered retarted. Id have to say, this is worst. Now a combinition of both a Headset in the ears and a bluetooth enabled device, you can send your number to any girl pretending your talking through that headset. Stealthy aint it? give up, be Men !
the Land Cruiser/Nissan Craze:
the most interesting of them all. Now a person can say he is a beduin by driving one of these cars. misguided identity? since when beduins drove a 2006 Land Cruiser ? infact since when beduins had cars? my friends, you are Beduin wannabes with a lack of identity. Beduins were men, and respectable. Do you call yourself a beduin by flirting and sleeping with girls in the backseat of your Land Crusier? what a disgrace.
Eventhough the crowd have been a disgrace to our local community. They do have some potential in changing. Though for now, their fun to watch, please do the following for educational purposes, and I repeat EDUCATIONAL purposes: go to the malls and just point out those typical locals with your friends. and have a laugh.
More to come...
ok, lets talk about them 1 by 1:
the Khatim:
OK guys, it might be the trend these days, il moo'6ah. But you guys are taking this moo'6ah to the next level. I see my brother and his kandoorah is like a cardboard, and when he walks, is that a train passing by? Id have to admit, I myself have made a Khatim once, but now am thinking of Ebaying it.
Headsets:
it surely became an accessory, not only girls can now look better by wearing accessories, guys do. with their Nokia headsets attached to their ears, damn how manly it makes them look like (NOT).
Bluetooth:
when did man become less manly? when bluetooth came to existance. Even though the good old days of shouting your number to a girl or droping a peice of paper was still considered retarted. Id have to say, this is worst. Now a combinition of both a Headset in the ears and a bluetooth enabled device, you can send your number to any girl pretending your talking through that headset. Stealthy aint it? give up, be Men !
the Land Cruiser/Nissan Craze:
the most interesting of them all. Now a person can say he is a beduin by driving one of these cars. misguided identity? since when beduins drove a 2006 Land Cruiser ? infact since when beduins had cars? my friends, you are Beduin wannabes with a lack of identity. Beduins were men, and respectable. Do you call yourself a beduin by flirting and sleeping with girls in the backseat of your Land Crusier? what a disgrace.
Eventhough the crowd have been a disgrace to our local community. They do have some potential in changing. Though for now, their fun to watch, please do the following for educational purposes, and I repeat EDUCATIONAL purposes: go to the malls and just point out those typical locals with your friends. and have a laugh.
More to come...
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