Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Back again, latest updates

well guys, am back in the scene again after being quite for ages. just a note, this will be the most random disorganized post of all. Reason being, the only thing that took my time and was a hassle for me is organizing my ideas.

To start with, after 3lo G called me an opportunist due to my "Thinking like a Jew" post, my feelings were hurt and I never used the Internet since, and after some psychiatric help I regained my confidence. and Id be so surprised if you guys believe this ;)

The truth is, or rather let me answer 3lo G first then the truth will come. Mr 3alo, taking the right opportunity is the way to go, otherwise you ll never be successful in life. The issue here is wither the way you did it was moral or immoral and as I mentioned in my "thinking like a Jew" post we should not over do it, rather use the ethical and legal aspect of their mindsets. so 3li, please ...

anyways, back to the topic, the truth is I was so busy with MECOM which ended up being a great experience. Etisalat was filled with cheap babes that never got any attention, in fact those ladies were peeking on our stand to know what all the fuss was about. the TRA got some nice sophisticated local ladies from ZU, but they were too typical (insane make up, flirtish, etc etc.). As for our stand, it was all locals and sadly no ladies but we surly got all the attention.

I might release some pics that I took of the stand, in fact, in my next post ill link a free testing version of the UAE developed mobile phone software for you guys to play with (spoiler: it contains an advanced MSN/Yahoo/Gtalk/ICQ all in one mobile messenger).

see you laterz ;)

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Thinking like a Jew

In a society where money is priceless, where people go from zero to millionaires if they got the proper wa96a, where the hard working Emiraty is put down just because what he is doing aint gonna profit any important person, its best to abuse those who got the free ticket to the high class and forgot the real price of money. People who are not far sighted, people who consider buying a 2 Rolls Rice and 1 Bugatti while their family just live in a small bait sha3by not worth half the price of one of the cars.

Those shortsighted people have populated the U.A.E to the point that it seems like god is testing whether there is a chance for a farsighted U.A.E local to appear in the scene and become a "smart local", and In fact many smart locals have made it to the millionaire level by just "thinking smart". But sad thing, most of us end up feeling jealous and base our lives on becoming as shortsighted and arrogant as them, in other words, an exact copy.

So how do you think smart? think like a Jew ! Jews mentality is that of making money and taking opportunity by using tricks and techniques to cut good deals and take advantage of people, though Jews in most cases take it too far to the point that they feel no remorse to any wrong doing as long as it makes them money.

I thought twice before talking about this, but I believe that any person that is not as short sighted as a "typical local" is well worth of this advice. you might think that I myself is going to far, but my advice is to use the "legal & ethical" aspect of the Jew mentality. so am not really asking you to convert to a Jew, nor am I asking you to have no feelings and abuse everyone.

Its only that in our society, I believe its totally "ethical" to use techniques in buying cheap and selling high to people who are willing to buy high, people spoiled by money, even if high is double what the market offers for similar products. For example, what would you do if you were cutting a deal with an Ignorant typical and was caught up in the following argument.

Smart You: (I bought it for 200 dhs) Hey, Ive got Shakira Concert tickets, their sold out are you willing to buy for 1500 dhs ?
Ignorant Local: (hmmmm, *opens Dior wallet* i got the money) afaa 3aleek, tammm ! (OK DEAL !)
Smart You: (I was thinking he was going to bargain.. interesting) ok, since you seem to be a nice person, here 1200 dhs and its all yours.
Ignorant Local: why cheap ya5y? I want to buy for 1500, or you not telling me its bad quality?
Smart You: No man, I just love you, 1000 DHS same quality and its all yours !!
Ignorant Local: laaaa ya rayaaal ! I don't want, bye....

Not that it had every happened to me, Its just a hypothetical scenario. Why be Mr all nice? sell high, to someone who will pay high !

Another case that I have seen around just walking with CLOSE FRIENDS. We go in a store:

Friend: how much is this?
babu: 500 Dhs
Friend: ok deal.. *pays & leaves*
Me: ok dude, this guy was ready to bargain 100% i can see it in his eye, plus its cheaper in the market.
Friend: ya555y sultan, maaa anazil karaaamty we mostaway, 3eeeb ! (translation: I don't go that low and bargain)
Me: well believe it or not, that guy in the store is laughing behind your back to how much of an idiot you were.

And did I go that low when I was 12 years old and went from store to store playing the "your friend nearby is offering it cheap" trick to get a mere 5 DHS discount? I call that being smart....

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Are you ebdiwee?

I had an interesting conversation with one of my relatives on MSN that day. Dunno how the subject surfaced, but I remember talking bout girls wearing 9irwaals being a turn off. Anyways, I belive that I accused him of being ebdiwee and appearently he said that he is "proud to be one", then I accused him of being an ebdiwee wannabe.

His arguments were as follow:
- arent your parents badow?
(me: in the past they were, now te7a'6iro)
- badow are respected people. Feehom il karam
(me: but we are not badow anymore, though we still hold our beduin traditions)

My arguments were as follow:
- the origin of the word ebdiwee comes from the word الباديه which sort of means the desert. We are born in the city so we are not badow.
- We have elictricity, Satelite TV, AC, Cars, etc etc. Are we badow?
-as a matter of fact, what type of ebdiwee are you that can chat on MSN and use the computer, an advanced one?

P.S: dont consider ureslf an ebdiwee if you drive a Nissan/Land Cruiser , have long hair, and talk with a broken arabic accent that is so far from bedouin.

as a matter of fact, have you guys seen the new 3ai'6a video clip? he has a fuckin pony tail !! what a disgrace..

Sunday, March 4, 2007

The Voice Tweakers !

Our U.A.E flirting community have had their spacial way of talking to each other over the phone. As much as you try to figure out whether the girl your talking to is tweaking her voice to sound cute or not you end being told with a Micky Mouse voice "that's our real voice", piss her off and you get her real voice.

I don't blame them, in the end girls are supposed to be cute and it seems that their doing their best. but the issue here that the exact voice tweaking is spreading to guys too !!!

Take the example of the manly typical local guy who emphasizes his masculinity with his strong voice tone and great use of words. The moment he says "shush guys my girl is calling!" you can sit there in amusement as his inner girl personality surfaces with a tweaked girlish voice tone and lame kiss ass comments as if he is saying "Oh ! mighty princess am your slave!"

The poor soul usually takes a corner in the room just like a shy baby, lowers his head and smiles like a wuss.
Last time I checked, girls shouldn't be into those type of wuss bags. whats wrong with our society?

Monday, February 26, 2007

If Chat Rooms Were Real, God Forbid !

Its totally true and completely funny, I hope it freaks you out enough not to go to public chat rooms.


18+ Content ! due to language so watch at your own risk !




Raise your hands if you pretended to be younger ! Leave this blog if you pretended to be the other sex ...

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Valentine in the Land of Spices

Valentine has always been my unlucky day. You may just call me the valentine's bachelor if you wish. I was smacked on the face with a business trip to the land of spices, India. Not too happy about it, I landed in Mumbai on the 12Th, stayed one night with some of my colleagues, moved to Pune where we had to have some training in one of the IT subsidiaries of the company.


And the Evil Day comes...
Yes, It was the day of the 14Th, not too enthusiastic was I. I had far more important things to do that day. A day earlier we were introduced to two of our colleagues from India Sachin and Ravi and today they were at the hotel to escort us to the offices.

On our way to the offices we pass by an ice cream stand, one of those cheap ones. They called it a Kulfi stand and basically Kulfi was the name of the cheap homemade (more like street made) ice cream they did. Sachin insisted on us trying this Indian speciality ice cream and assured us that the cheaper it gets the tastier it is. and in fact that was true !

The offices were crammed, no AC, but allot of tea to drink. I believe that was the energy drink they all used to work. A couple of hours of discussion, checking email, MSN, and some blogs we were done for the day. By then it was 7pm, the smell of valentine has spread, you cant see a single guy or girl walking by the street. Yet, Ravi and Sachin sacrificed their valentine to tour us around Pune. Big thanks to Sachin for sacrificing his date with his wife, I really felt sorry for him, but according to what he told me Ravi "is too desperate to have a date".


Still not that enthusiastic, we were deciding on were to go for dinner, and how. Then suddenly the idea of experiencing India using the Indian's common ways of transportation pops in both Sachin and Ravi's minds. So we were asked to wait for a couple of minutes so that they come with their vehicles to pick us up. While they went to get their vehicles me and a colleague decided to ride a nearby Auto Rikshaw (those 3 wheeled motorcycle taxis) and have a quick experience. Never Had I thought that today would be one amazing day ! The Auto Rikshaw adventure was only part of the fun we experienced that day.


Suddenly we hear some engine roars of what it seems to be a motorcycle. Sachin and Ravi arrived, with a motorcycle each. Picked us up for one of the most amazing tours we had on the roads of India, the craziest roads I have ever been on. For 30 minutes we were just driving through the crowds, taking rights and lefts, taking pictures until we finally reached a restaurant. To our disappointment it was packed with daters. Finally we ended up in a low profile restaurant filled with losers like us.

Still not forgetting bout the online date, I arrived back at the hotel at 1am, ran to my laptop, switched it on to realize that the hotel Internet servers were down and told they'd be up tomorrow.

Yet, even though I didn't experience valentine as how it is supposed to be experienced, I had my greatest fun.

So how was your valentine?

Sunday, February 11, 2007

adpolice.gov.ae: your privacy may be at risk!

AD police have done us a great favor by making it possible to check out our speeding tickets online. In fact they were nice enough to upload your cars picture on their website. You only had to input some information that identifies you as the owner, usually found on your Vehicle License and your in.

You might think now everything is safe, the website asks for information that nobody can fake. Well that's true, but the truth is that EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO YOUR SPEEDING RADAR PICTURE.

here is a demonstration of random cars I just came across

Car Number 1\Car Number 2\Car Number 3\Car Number 4\ Car Number 5

surprised? well things are just starting. A 10 year old can easily maneuver around the weak even nonexistent security barriers that SHOULD stop a random net surfer from accessing those pictures.

The people who are in charge of this website and its databases need some simple common sense put into them. What they fail to do is make this picture part of your Vehicle License number that you have to input to check on your tickets, sadly their attempt was only to provide a link to your car's picture which they normally uploaded on their website so a simple change done on the URL of the picture can link you to the whole radar pictures database.

Even though our Government attempt in joining the world wide web was fruitful. Their system needs some security improvements. Or did they think that we locals are idiot enough to figure this Out?

I say go get some good programmers....