Posts Tagged ‘Bahrain’
Michael Jackson is Nice
31 Jul 2006A colleague and I were talking about a news article in National Geographic channel about a lobster which was caught is "half-cooked". I was saying that it’s much like humans having different skin colors due to a gene fault or skin disease like Michael Jackson (by the way, it is reported that Mike [...]
Of Spellings
28 Jul 2006One thing about the Gulf region is that people here are not too concerned about word spellings. Sometimes you see different spellings of the same word and you get confused as to what the real spelling really is. Like for instance, sometimes it is shawarma, other times shawerma; kebab-kabab. So I searched the web and [...]
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- Tags: Bahrain, Gulf Region, kabab, kabob, kebab, Mavis, Mayis, passport, Qatar, shawarma, shawerma, Spellings in the gulf
To Bahrain and Back
In: Bahrain
11 Oct 2005Yesterday was a really busy day for me. I was scheduled to have my ADSL connected in the morning so I had to wake up early as the guys who do the installation can come anytime. I called Qtel just to ask them if they knew what time their technicians would be coming but was [...]
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Xiane’s Birthday
19 Jun 2005It was Xiane’s Bday last Friday. As planed, we took her to the Seef Mall as they have a play area for the kids. She rode the teacup ride, the Flying carpet, a horse, a camel and went jumping on an inflated play area. She enjoyed it! Mavis also tried driving a car while I [...]
