Moving Soon

I'm moving to my own domain as soon as I get the reply from the web hosting company. It has been two days already. It seems they don't work on weekends (Saturday and Sunday!).

At the most they should reply by tomorrow. If not, I'll have to make a few phone calls.

Hmmm.

Signed,
Transparently, News Updates.

Need more HEROES?

As my current addiction to HEROES keeps growing, I thought I'd share some of the wonderful websites that I have stumbled upon related to this wonderful TV series.

Heroes Animated Novels - Sideline stories from NBC
Link: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/novels_library.shtml

Heroes TV News - News about the series.
Link: http://www.heroestheseries.com/

Heroes TV - Another News website (One aint enough..)
Link: http://www.heroes-tv.com/modules/news/


Heroes Wiki - Wondeful Wiki with great information. Also contains information regarding published spoilers and what not!
Link: http://heroeswiki.com/

Heroes 360 Experience - Real life Heroes experience (e-mails from the heroes, phone numbers to call, websites to visit, and much more!)
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_360_experience

9th Wonders - The Official Unofficial Fan-site for Heroes. By the creator of Heroes!
Link: http://www.9thwonders.com/

Countdown to Heroes - Official Heroes MySpace profile.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/heroesofficial


Obsession? Unlikely.

Chopin

We just got back from the wonderful presentation at Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiya. There was a brief long introduction of Chopin's music and life followed by a Musical Concert with some of his music. It was beautiful.

Rant:
I don't understand why some people don't listen. If the presenter says shut your mobiles, then shut them off, or put them on silent. If you are waiting for an emergency call, set it on vibrate!

It turns out Dar have events every monday! We got a copy of their schedule, it seems we'll be visiting them again :)

Search for a Song with Your Voice

From Midomi.com:

Search for music by singing or humming part of a song. All you need is a microphone.

midomi.com makes it fun and easy to find and discover music and people. For the first time, you can use your voice to instantly connect to your favorite music, and to a community of people that share your musical interests. Listen to voices, see pictures, rate singers, send messages, buy music, and more.

I haven't tried it, but after seeing the results from my little baby, I'm not surprised this it out already.

Generation 1976-1984

What happened? I was having a conversation with my cousin the other day talking about our generation and what seemed so odd about it. Have you felt it too? I know quite a few people who were born between 1976 and 1984 who feel alienated. There seems to be a common effect on us, was it the invasion in 1990? Or the sudden technology boom? Have we been affected that much?

We seem disconnected from the generations before, and the ones after. I also talk in terms of society and what we experienced while growing up. The shows we watched on TV in our childhood are different from what they see now. The activities were much different. Video games were/are different. There is such a gap that it seems we're so old.. we're not old, it just feels that way.. very much so! Do you feel the same way..

Transparent: Political Schedule Conflict

So do I go see When The People Spoke 2 at 7:30pm at AUK or should I go to the Article 36 meet up at 7:00pm..

Why did they have to be on the same day.. :/

p.s. btw I don't like the title of this post.. each word is a negative for me..

A Traditional Lunch

The men and women gather in separate rooms (2 living rooms). Sometimes there are servants who present juice or water before the lunch starts. When lunch is ready, the men head there first and eat while the women wait a while. If there is a buffet, the men help themselves then sit on tables or on the ground where a long stretch of carpet is covered with a light plastic sheet. The women soon join in, or wait a while until some of the men have finished.

There is a lot of social activity during eating, a lot of people talk, make jokes and have seconds as well. Usually after the person is done, they thank the hosts for their kindness and wish them well, and proceed to wash up and head back to the living room. Sometimes the women eat alone, and them men alone, or sometimes they eat together but in the end they go back to their designated living rooms.

Usually sweets, desert, coffee and tea are served. Sometimes even, someone passes around offering a perfume; 3oud, mai ward (rose water), and even incense.

Office Place Advice

Put decaf in the coffee maker for three weeks.

Once everyone has withdrawn from caffeine addiction, switch to espresso.

Imaginary

She stood in the rain next to the lamp post looking at the empty bench. She tipped her umbrella back a little, and looked up at the raindrops rushing past the lamp post. A drop fell on her cheek.. she blinked. She lowered her face and brushed the drop off her cheek. She glanced at the bench, wondering how things have changed so much in only a few months. She felt warm inside, with a smile, she started walking.. where? She didn't quite know, but knew as time passed, she was getting closer to him..

Geekly Transparent

With respect to my Geekly influence, I have started a new blog by the title of Geekly Transparent. It is extremely technical and not recommended for the faint hearted. If you're interested in following my latest quirks sign up for the Geekly Transparent Post RSS feed. :)

Say Ha'llo to Ma Li'le Friend!

I fell inlove with my w850i as soon as I bought it. However, when I discovered the power of TrackID I felt the connection get stronger. This little baby can name any song thrown at it in less than 1 minute! The usage, the battery power, the Walkman feature, typing on it all is much better than any phone I've had before - and all the phones I had before were Nokia. Ericsson should consider a switch campaign I'm sure they'd get a big piece of the market.

Here's my new favorite song.. Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro :)
Lyrics - http://www.abmusica.com/ctp.htm

A Change of Mind

When I first got engaged, I had a good idea about what changes I would go through. The most important was the change of mind I'd have when seeing, noticing, and deciding things. Now it seems I'm more home oriented than I've been. If I see an advertisement of a sale, I always ignored them, now I see how that sale would benefit us. Is there something we can get from this store. If I hear about a product, something like a cooking appliance, a home appliance or similar stuff, I would usually ignore it but now, I actually think about her and would it benefit both of us.

I do believe I'm embarking on a very different life. I'm actually more excited than anything else. I suppose the main reason is how wonderful she is.

A day in the life of..

I watched it flip in the air a couple of times. I reached out, only my thumb hit the edge making it reverse and wobble towards my fingers. I missed and was only able to flick it. It swirled in the air, further until I finally lunged at it and thrust my hand grabbing it firmly. I saved my mom's china.

I was never too good with mingling at family gatherings. The main problem was socialising in Arabic rather than English. I always get stuck with the "big" words, and the annoying thing is, I know for a fact they would not understand the English word, let alone me being able to translate it.

After dinner, I did manage to get to talk to my fiance next to the chocolate fountain. We talked, quite a bit, while dipping fruits in yummy melted chocolate - Heavenly I tell ya. I think I might have OD'd on the chocolate because later that night, I was head bangin in my room to Metallica's King Nothing. If you'd like to listen to the song, click below. If not, move along.. no chocolate for you.

One Night Only

Stuff about me

Good Morning all :) It is the weekend, and may your weekends be full of spirit, happiness, safe driving, good food, and great people!

I have been tagged by NonaWz.

Write 10 things that are wierd or little known about yourself.

1. I can perfectly imitate the sound of a water drop.
2. My favorite cake is a super special orange/pineaple cake.
3. I never broke a limb (el7emdellah!)
4. In bed, I have a timed sequence of sleeping position patterns.
5. I own a 71 inch black samurai sword, for display purposes only :p
6. I love action movies, arabic b/w movies, classical music, super heavy metal.
7. I'm rather friendly and normal, once you get to talk to me :p
8. I love to indulge and talk about taboo and extremely intellectual subjects.
9. I've been wearing glasses since I was 8, I started hating lenses recently.
10. Strange is different, different is unique, unique is good.


Who shall I tag?
I don't usually tag ppl, but everyone who's willing to answer this topic is tagged :) Yes, that means all of you.

Type B+

Because of Red Blooded Woman's comment on my last post, I decided to take a tiny personality test. This is what I got,

You Have A Type B+ Personality

You're a pro at going with the flow
You love to kick back and take in everything life has to offer
A total joy to be around, people crave your stability.

While you're totally laid back, you can have bouts of hyperactivity.
Get into a project you love, and you won't stop until it's done
You're passionate - just selective about your passions

Try it out, Do You Have a Type A Personality?

P.S. Funny how my Blood type is also B+ :p

Eavesdropping

Note: I don't like huge announcements, so you may find news in this post worth an announcement but I still like to leave things subtle. Yes, its been a couple of weeks now, if you were wondering :)

I don't eavesdrop, I try as much as I can to filter whatever sounds and voices I hear and concentrate on the ones in my head, or those of my friends' :p However, a few days ago I sat at the coffee shop enjoying my french coffee and a certain word caught my attention: Honeymoon.

A couple of guys sitting behind me were talking about this subject. One already married and the other recently married and planning for a honeymoon. I thought it was the best opportunity to take notes. I took my mobile out and started noting down places and ideas. Intrusive, it may seem.. none the less, it helped a great deal, what do you think? Was it wrong to listen in for tips? Even though I'm engaged, and not married yet, so far, planning for the honeymoon is one of the most critical task, particularly that needs a lot of resources to plan it well.