Raise or abuse?

A woman will always want to one day to get married and have her own children, but when her dream is not fullfilled, as the man with the "Mr" title didn't knock on her door and propose, her dream of having her own kids fades it. Other option is to raise other then her own, by taking one of the kids in the family or adopt one.

Some people willing to do it but depending on their true entention, they may raise or abuse the child, I know women who are abused and still abusing the kids, but infront of people they are inocent and the victums of years of raising the ungreatfull child, which they spend alot of money on clothing, education and vications. The child won't know the difference until the damege is done.

A woman is planning to raise a child, she abuses kids and thinks she can gain their inocent forgivness with one hug and next day abuse them again. I feel pitty for the child, as her childhood will be ripped off to be a puppet of selfish woman.

I just want to say, "The Haven can not be bought by money."

The greatest Test

God (Allah) [has been | is] testing and going to test us our faith in him in different levels, as he wants to see how will we react and remember his esistence, his unlimited power, etc.

We all decended of Adam & Hawah (Eve), but he categorised us by nationality, religion, cast, color, political status, tribe, etc, you name it what ever pops in your mind. God had reminded us that we are all equal in front of him, as he is our creator, but by him categorising us he wanted to test us if we still remember who is God? Will we follow him or not?

He sent allot of prophets and messengers with different status and merical powers to pass his message, some were continueing other's work. Prophet Mohammed ASWA was his last messenger to spread God's words and wizdoms to the world.

Our parents first choose our faith, when we grow up, and become wo(man), it becomes our responsibilty to continue on the same faith or we change it.

What I wanted to say that God testing us how will we treat others, he defined the map for us, he
told us via his holy book how to handle others depending on the categories.

That's the true and hardest test from him.

Lost with movies

I have some bits and bytes to share it with you'll thanks to different sources I refer too.

Movies watched in theatres January - February 2009

• Asif Ala Alezaaj (Arabic)
• The Tale of Despereaux (English)
• Seven Pounds (English)
• Slumdog Millionaire (English)
• Billu (Indian)

I lost interest in watching movies as I get board quickly or the events are too slow. It’s not catchy despite the script and performance is good/ outstanding. I feel I could do more things then sitting for 1hr 30mins to 3hrs 30min in front of the screen.

New Drugs
Drug addicts in Iran fiund a new drug, which is less costly comparing to opium, heroin and hashish, the new drug are Toads.

Why Toads are cheep? They say, they can raise them at home and most of the addicts are jobless.


Teddy Stoddard
Today, I found an email been dropped off by my friend titled 'Nice Story', its about Teddy Stoddard who was a troubled boy and the teacher who turned his life around and became DR. Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.

It turned out, Teddy Stoddard or DR. Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D. is fictional character, but the story is wide-spread in different languages thanks to the internet revolution.


Train Ride
Three year old kid dorve the train for half an hour in NewYork and passed 7 stations before he was stopped.


Who's Birthday today?
Times of Oman, an Omani English newspaper celebrates its 34th birthday, the other side, UAE national blogger Osama celebrates his 5th year of bloggering his Osama.ae.


'SmartRoamer'
Qatar Telecom launches 'SmartRoamer' for Nawras customers as well as other Qtel Group customers. The 1st phase within the five AGCC states (excluding Bahrain) single rate to call back home and discounts in other services.


New blogs
I came acroess several Arabic and English blogs, from Oman and arround the world. I will post some of them when I get time.

They deserve such treatment

I never had a slitest thought I would say that, as someone had said someting to me in sercastic way, I brushed it off and continued with I was doing, I recalled the incident and I started feeling hurt, I never tried to harm them, what I did wrong to get such attidude?

I shock my head and said they desearve how certain person treats them with no respect despite been their own kids age & they don't daire correct the person or say a word.

Someone told me once, "you will see how they will turn against you, even if you were right or didn't do anything wrong", its true.

A stranger's smile

Just few mins ago, while I am waiting for my sibling to get off from work, one of the ladies who works at her organization was headed towords her car at the parking lot.

While I was twitting, I looked up and so her walking passed my car, she looked at me with a smile, I smiled back as I always do. She did an unusual gesture, she waved at me, and I waved back. I founded strange because we don't know each other at all plus she comes from one of the well known busniess houses in Oman. I know some of them who are down to earth people and some who are snobish, because they are their parents are so and so. I just found it nice from her.

Oman will always be red

On 17th Jan 2009, Oman have embrossed its name at the Arabian Gulf 19, as it won the cup. It clearly pinned its position in the world map. Oman now is more known internationally because of that, plus other factors too

I always been proud of been Omani, despite other or some countries condam or look down on Omanis in general as a poor state and that its cetizens take up any job with pride, as long it not against the religion or culture.

I love Oman that it embrassed diffrent cultures & religions, as long No One harms the other.

That's Omn

Randoms/ Locals

Some rondom thoughts, and news to share it with you.

Racist Comment
I have received several junk mail from several people in different times about Tommy Hilfiger’s racist comments against state that blacks and Asians shouldn't wear his clothes.

It turned out its not true. Most of us don’t check or verify if the news is true or not, we are too emotional.

Walls have ears too
When someone wants to talk to someone privately over the phone, he automatically tends to look for a private space/ room so no one can hear the conversation.

Allot of people don’t realise that the walls are not sound proof and it may not be as thick as they think, as the sound still goes through it and anyone who is close by at the other side of wall can hear from 10% to 75% of the conversation.

Local Web Sites

• For bicycle fan in Oman, Frans Kohler has launched 'Oman Bicycle', a showroom in Al Khuwayr providing world-class sports cycles as well as after-sales servicing and spare parts. For More information, go to OManbiCycle.com.
• From Sultanate of Oman, Information Technology Authority (ITA), in association with the Ministry of Social Development, launched an official online donations portal OnlineDonations.org.om.

Oman Slammed For Name Distortion

An interesting article,

15 January 2009
Iran's Physical Education Organization sent letters to Foreign Ministry officials protesting distortion of the name of the Persian Gulf by Oman.

Organizers of the ongoing 19th football cup of the Persian Gulf littoral states in Oman used a fake name for the Persian Gulf for the matches that started in the sultanate on Jan. 7, IRNA reported.

Sending separate letters to the ministry's Persian Gulf director as well as its Press and Information office, they called for following up the case by "immediate diplomatic measures."

It was stressed in the letters that the "Persian Gulf would remain Persian Gulf forever as attested by history". In mid December, a British archaeologist said that the name "Persian Gulf" has historic roots and any attempt at changing it is irrelevant.

"All historical texts have cited 'Persian Gulf' by the same name and world's reputed academic circles recognize it by the same title," Lloyd Weeks said during Iran's 10th International Archaeology Conference.

Weeks said that he has never heard "Persian Gulf" to be mentioned by any other name during his scientific career.

The latest distortion comes as the United Nations secretariat on many occasions has requested its staff to use only the full name of 'Persian Gulf' as the standard geographical designation. The world body also issued two editorial directives in 1994 and 1999, mentioning that only the term 'Persian Gulf' should be used in UN documents.

© Iran Daily 2009

"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"

People try to be like 'The three wise monkeys', even when they see or hear evilness. Are they also evil?

Slavery

How world you feel if you see someone close to you treat their domestic workers as slaves? How will you react?

The domestic worker work long hours, nearly 16 to 20 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no weekend off; low pay; bully them; wake them up at anytime; and above all less sleep as minimum as 4 hours.

That’s the civilised slavery, as long as you pay them, they need the job, you can treat them as you wish, it‘s work every biza/ penny you spent on (the visa, medical, ticket, mobile phone and sim card (as per new regulation), and 24 months of low salary).

They forgot what Islam and other religions thought us: "treat people the way you want to be treated", and they them self, use Islam to cover up their sins. 

Where are the human rights?

Gain Thawab

Umrah or Ummrah is a minor pilgrimage performed by the Muslims who follow Islam as religion. Muslim may perform it unlimitedly and anytime.

I personally know people go to perform it every year, it’s their choice, they may want to gain more Thawab (Reward for good deeds) and pray to Allah (God) to wipe out their Ithims (sins).

I believe if one already performed Umrah, and wants to perform again, he can gain more Thawab by sponsoring the below categories to go to Umrah:

• An elderly person, who can not afford,
• An orphanage (allot who were not adopted),
• Poor individual/ family,

or

• sponsoring someone to perform Haj.

Think about it, you may gain double or triple or countless Thawab (only God knows how much he will reward you) as if you had performed Umrah. But that is all depends on your true intention, and no one knows it except you and God in addition to the Mala’ikah (Angles) on your left or right who write your deeds, if your intention was good, the right Angle will write it as good deed, and vice verse.

Click here for Glossary of Islamic terms in Arabic.

Bits and Bytes

• Medal For Courage will be geven to Muntadhar al-Zaidi by Aicha, daughter of Lybian leader Muammar Gaddafi because of his courage to throw his shoes towards the forty-third President of the United States.

Muslim Nigerian with 86 wives

Mohammed Bello Abubakar , a Muslim Nigerian who is married to 86 wives which is against the Islam as per Quran, the holy book of Islamic Religion that Muslim follow. Islam is not against Polygamy as long as a man has maximum of four wives as long as the man treat them equally.

Mohammed Bello is known as former teacher and Muslim scholar. He claims that God (Allah) speaks directly to him, ordered him to marry 86 wives and gave him strength to control them. He may have miss interpreted the Quran or have lost some of his memory due age (maybe).

He did committed a sin.

The 2008 Sequels

This summer I watch The Dark Knight, which is the latest Batman Sequels; and The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

The Dark Knight

I will rate 'A+' for 'The Dark' Knight for best script, characters and production, it was outstanding. Specially the Joker character which was played by the late Australian actor Heath Ledger who died on January 22, 2008 the cast too.

Christopher Nolan, the Director of Batman Batman Begins (in 2005) and it's Sequel The Dark Knight (in 2008) had made marvellous job in delivering the story in the best way. His contribution in The Dark Knight was not only limited to as a Director, but he also was a one of the story writers ) a Screenwriter) and a Producer.

Batman started as TV series 1966–1968  then movie sequels from 1989:

• Batman (1989)
  
• Batman Returns (1992)
• Batman  Forever (1995)
• Batman & Robin (1997)
• Batman Begins  (1998)
• The Dark Knight (2008)

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

As for ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’, I will rate it as 'C'. Because of the script wasn’t reflecting The X-Files TV series nor anything near it. The movie was more like a homicide or in another word, more criminal act then unnatural event.

It was written by Chris C. Carter (who is also the Director) and Frank Spotnitz as Screenwriters and both of them are also Producers. They also have contributed in The X-Files (1998) movie.

The first Sequel The X-Files released in 1998 i.e. 10 years ago, had a good script and was reflecting The X-Files TV series.

The Sickness Disease

On 6th of Aug 2008, I came across an intresting article in Arabic titiled 'مرض التمارض' (The Sickness Disease) by Aqeel Abdulkhaliq Al Lawati (عقيل عبدالخالق اللواتي). It is about how people pretend to be sick.

The writer talks about how thouse people take the advantage of pretending to be sick, how ,they abuse the system, how the doctors profit out of it, how this disease became like a virus that infects our society.

The writer also mentioned that such disease derives from lack of self esteem and skills as well as low performance.

My opinion, its a way to escape from reality.

For Arabic readers, please click here to read the article.

Qusai - Don Legend the Kamelion

Recently, my sister bought an Music CD of Qusai a Saudi Rapper aka Don Legend the Kamelion.

At first I felt odd listening to an Arab rapper, specially from the KSA; but he rocked with 'The Wedding' (Saudi Wedding rap song) by Qusai and Jeddah Legend, a mix of Arabic & English lyrics.

His website is DonLegend.com.

I hope you enjoy the music video.

Marriage/fan ...

What is Marriage?

Based on Britannica as follows:

Marriage a legally and socially sanctioned union, usually between a man and a woman, that is regulated by laws, rules, customs, beliefs, and attitudes that prescribe the rights and duties of the partners and accords status to their offspring (if any). The universality of marriage within different societies and cultures is attributed to the many basic social and personal functions for which it provides structure, such as sexual gratification and regulation, division of labour between the sexes, economic production and consumption, and satisfaction of personal needs for affection, status, and companionship; perhaps its strongest function concerns procreation, the care of children and their education and socialization, and regulation of lines of descent. Through the ages marriages have taken a great number of forms.

I came across a married couple and by end of the year they are expecting their first new child. They haven’t agreed on naming the child if it is a boy.

They both don’t want to name him by their father’s name but the man wants to name him on his wife father’s name. their reasons are the same (repeated name in the family). He’s response “I am the one who will register the name in the birth certificate and you just carry the baby for nine months.” he repeated the same sentence several times and I was shocked to hear that. I tried to convince him that they should agree together on one name but he refused.

I realised that he was ignorant and didn’t respect his wife at all. He also didn’t understand what is marriage all about. He’s understanding is sex, have kids and bully her; and the history is repeating.



I don't know them..
Another incident of the same man, he took his childhood photo off the family frame, he didn’t want his in-laws to see it, he is either embarrassed about the photo.

My conclusion, he is embarrassed from his family and him self too. He is in confidence.



A fan of Abdullah Al Amadi
I have recently became addicted to articles written by Abdullah Al Amadi, a Qatari article writer in Al Watan, an Arabic Omani newspaper, he inspired me allot.

Egypt says ‘No for Shia’

The Egyptian internal affairs has called the Al Azhar scholars specialized in Shia Islam to educate people of the dengar of Shia Islam in Egypt .

Egypt as a Muslim state, it follows Sunni Islam and it’s not accepting Muslims to follow Shia Islam as a faith and accepting other religions to practice their faiths such as Christianity & Judaism as well as Druze faith. Egypt doesn’t want the Shia Muslim to have their own Masjid to perform their prayers and doesn’t want to recognise their existence in Egypt despite it‘s existence in most Arab and non-Arab countries.

I want to know is Egypt going to be the next Turkey?

Two day weekend for Omani banks (rumours)

Rumours about Omani banks having Two day weekend plus shifting to Friday-Saturday weekend becoming spicy, as it has been circulating in several banks, but nothing is officially confirmed yet. It is been said it will start from July 2008.

It may be a good news for allot of people, and if it is implemented, I believe the government will shift to Friday-Saturday weekend by beginning of the schools 2008-2009.

If the banks shift to Friday-Saturday weekend and the government doesn’t, it will create conflict of interest.

Best wishes.

Notes of life

Greetings,
It’s been a while, away from the visual life, the Second Life. All of things been going on, engagements, weddings, death, ups and downs, challenges, teamwork, etc.

Oman in ‘Second Life’ Map
About the Second Life, Sultanate of Oman government is planning to promote it self as a country in Internet-based virtual world ‘Second Life’ for tourism purposes; its just an idea, hope it will pay.

Engagements and weddings
last week Big Moe has finally tied the knot for second time alhamdulillah, and the wedding reception will be after one week from now.

End of life
As birth is the start of life so Death is the end of the life, that’s the cycle of life no one knows how it ends, it can end in many forms including predation, disease, habitat destruction, senescence, malnutrition and accidents or physical injury; only God ‘Allah’ knows how it happens and what the reason behind it.

Why am I talking about death? It’s been one week since the death of my colleague who worked at the same building for some times but it was the first time I spoke to him was the day before he passed away to next life. He ended his journey on earth and he is now living in his new home ‘the grave’ and started the next journey of life until the judgment day, if Allah will his last journey will be in the Haven, and I believe he will be, he may already have beautiful castles because of been devoted Muslim and his support to the people in need in form of donations etc with out boosting or telling to anyone.

When I saw him, I seen a glow in his face, happiness and that made me believe he is a devoted Muslim.


Ups and downs/ challenges/ teamwork, etc.
I was feeling stressed for sometime because of work and studies, etc; I got tied up with allot of stuff at the same time, that messed me up for nearly three months. Thank God ‘Allah’ that I managed to sort some of things out and got through it.

It was a challenge for me and I managed to be my self, with out God and everyone who have supported me, I wouldn’t have managed to get through it. Teamwork and motivation makes a difference.

Addicted to ‘Owned’
I got addicted to ‘Owned’ (Own Your Friends! Give Human Gifts! Put yourself on the market and find out how much you’re worth!) by posting some photos, buying other people artistic photos, etc. I now worth over one million.

That’s all for now, time to go to bed, think of getting up to catch up with my studies.

Homosexuality

As for as I know most of the religions and cultures condemns homosexuality and consider it as one of the biggest sins as in it effect the person’s health who practice homosexuality and society as it can spread vary fast; some of the religion which stated to outcast the homosexuals from the society.

I met a man who is open about his homosexuality, I saw his face looked dark and he was hitting on every men, that made them feel uncomfortable until he left the party, the worst he left with anther man.

His friend is a woman who close to him, consider it normal, but I believe if she accepts him, that means she accepts homosexual women too.

Migraine impostors

Three people have been suffering of migraine, one who suffered from it and the other two pretending been suffering from it.

The person who was really had migraine attack couldn’t get up, started vomiting and didn’t bear the light at all.

The second person, said that she has a migraine attack but was eating Twix chocolate cookie bar.

The third person, managed to drive to the hospital the same day she had the migraine attack as well as entertain people for lunch and dinner the next day, the reason she had the attack she was out late.

The second and the third persons were faking it and 60% of the people believed that they are really suffering from Migraine, they didn't want to go to work that
s why they did it.

And gess what, everyone always accuse the first person for acting to be sick.