Everything 2

Last day of a one week holiday. I actually miss the kids (not all - definitely not the grade 3's and 4's) and my usual..."healthy" routine. I didn't enjoy this break to its fullest sadly. I got sick and everything just clashed with each other. It's true when 'they' say what ever you plan doesn't go as planned.

I went into a reading frenzy from Thursday till Monday (will explain what happened Monday) to the point that I'm reading two books at the same time. The two books that have been occupying my eyes are 'The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown' and 'Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Al Sanea'. I have my light read, the latter (even though somethings have gotten on my nerves badly), and the thrill of the first. So it's somewhat a good balance.
N.B. I think I will start reviewing books.

Come Monday, I stole Sarz's PSP for the rest of my break because I've been having these major urge's to game. I miss it badly and I especially miss my PS2 (which is with my bros in NZ) and all my favorite games (Prince of Persia, Fatal Frame, Resident Evil...). I also really really miss playing Left 4 Dead with my Uni mates and World of Warcraft with friends. So right now, I've got the PSP occupying me and yet again playing two games at the same time. Silent Hill: Origins (Horror) and Final Fantasy: Crisis Core (Adventure). I'd spend hours on this thing! I'm not even done yet.

Everything 2, eh?! Went to B+F today. Fantastic place for lunch or dinner. The atmosphere at night is amazing...leans towards the romantic side actually. Their burgers are pretty fantastic and what separates their burgers from any other place is their juicy-ness. Those burgers are just juicy, YUM! I went for 'Up in Smoke' SS (again, everything 2) while my friend went for the Philly something. Ordered salad, cheese fries and coke/dew. They have strong burgers but everything else is a bit of a let down, especially their DRINKS! Nothing beats Chilies Strawberry Lemonade *craving it*. Oh! Chilies is my favorite place so far. I try to go almost once every week. Crazy I know, but their food is DAMN GOOD!
N.B. Maybe should start restaurant reviews.

I've finally come to enjoy driving here. I actually enjoy it a lot, more than I did in New Zealand. The roads are enjoyable if you pick the right times to go out lol...but honestly, there will always and forever be some jerk (male OR female) that may cause you to curse or honk. It's true when 'they' say stupidity is infinite...something like that anyways. Oh! Here's my ride (not the actual car in the picture):
Black Kia Soul. Weird design, but that's what attracted me to it. Sadly, I had THE moment with a VW GTI *Edit: removed some gibberish here, obviously I don't know much about cars lol*; you know when you get in the car, sit and your bottom fits perfectly, put your hand on the steering and you get that feeling. Yeah! Well that's what I had with the GTI. It was a mean machine but way out of the budget I put (since there is no way I'm letting dad pay for it) for a first car. I went back to the Soul. So if you see a black Soul (tee-hee) with a Palestinian theme interior (tee-hee) then you just spotted G-chan!

With the Soul you get to choose whether you want a vinyl (car sticker) or not which is pretty cool (thought they were illegal though), but I didn't want it. If I'm to add a vinyl to my Soul then it'd be custom made either by yours truly or Sarz, small in size and symbol too. Now I understand why Amarant wouldn't add a vinyl to his Roxy lol. I would love to add some mods to Soul and first on the list is black tints, maybe black rims and get rid of the yellow head lights and replace them with white ones. I don't know, need an experts touch (wish my bros where here T-T). But one thing at a time, eh?!

Back to school on Saturday where something new is added to my schedule. A few weeks ago, Ahmed (grade 8) came up to me and asked if I could start a Computing Club. Now, honestly, that was just awesome getting a request like that. I ended up telling him if he can gather up to 10 students (yes 10 would be great!) to join the club then I'd ask permission from the principle. He replied that everyone will join so I should just start the club. That made me even more happier but I insisted that he gather some names first. He gathered 45 students (from grades 8,9 and 10) in under 2 days. Hence, the En-Tekk (TM) club has been initiated every Saturday from 4pm to 5pm. It's going to be a very diverse topic club and everyone is pretty excited about it so I hope the students won't be let down!
N.B. Will update on the club every Saturday insha'Allah!

I will leave you with this piece from Final Fantasy: Crisis Core OST. Oh! The whole OST is fantastic.

[What's This?] Indicate much?

....I don't think so!

So I'd like to know, what is the indicator function in cars used for here? Do you know what for? Absolutely NOTHING! Shocked much? I don't think so!

Seriously, I don't know why they're built in the cars here since they're not used for their only, sole purpose. I hate it and the people that don't use indicators when turning left or right I call them "Retard" or "Freak on a leash" or "Stupid Idiot"! I mean what the hell?! What annoys me more is some are already too lazy to just flick their finger to work the indicator so imagine someone with a phone in one hand and the other on the steering at an intersection or a roundabout. Oh oh! The hand that's holding the phone is the left which is the one you need to use the indicator...

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I think one of the toughest areas on the roads of Oman are the roundabouts. Exclude the fact that one is supposed to slow down, and check for on coming traffic but here it's full on speed into the roundabout. If there's on coming traffic they're supposed to stop (which I don't understand for your information). Then there's me. I'm waiting for those cars to pass by with their full on speed thinking that they're going forward (passing in front of me since they didn't indicate that they'll turn and the speed they're traveling in gives you the impression there's going to be no turning!) but instead and sometimes last minute, they turn! WHY? Why did you not use the indicators? Why did you waste my time? People here drive as if they own the roads or that there's no one else on the road except for themselves. Or they expect you to read their mind or something. This is where people really need to think about others.

*sighs* One should give it a small thought really. Like what's it going to do if you indicated when you're turning? What's it going to do to the person(s) you indicated to? I know what! You won't be sworn at (in cases like me) and the other person's time will not be wasted and heck you might be praised even if you might not be able to hear it!

I don't want to generalize but so far I've only seen two people using the indicator so don't blame me.

Guys, Cars and looks

Inzain (OK) so what is it with Guys, their cool cars, and looking cool/cold/mean (expressions)?!?! lool.

So I noticed this when I went out with mama to town the other day....a hardcore modified station wagon passed by us, with 2 really young guys (I give them an age range of 15-17) sitting wearing dark shades, lips sealed and not moving a single muscle on their face. They weren't even talking to each other. They had their windows rolled down so we can hear the bass system in their car. They looked funny but for some reason the whole cool/cold look with shades and a hardcore modified car seem to go together very well.

So today I went out for a ride in my bro's new car and I noticed the same thing about him that I noticed with those 2 guys in town xD I looked so un-cool sitting next to him because I was doing everything all wrong. He had the cool shades on, sealed lips as if he looks like a cool/mean person while I on the other hand...I had my medical glasses on, and was smiling like an idiot because I was enjoying the music that was on and how SUPER BASS-Y (very loud also) it was O.O lol...I so did not suit with the car xD....I will be prepared next time (6) Hahaha xD (so messed up)

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Starting Uni tomorrow -_______-
So not looking forward to it. I've become so used to being lazy and not doing anything that the idea of going back to study and working is freaking me out xD....=S

Anyways papers for this semester are:

- COMP442 Web Search: Technical and Social Issues =D
- COMP451 Model-Based Testing -____-
- COMP462 Grace Hopper Topics in Computer Science O.O

I have 2 lectures tomorrow. First one starts at 9am -___- (how am I supposed to wake up xD) and the second one at 3pm -___-

Will see how it goes O.O

Night!!

High speed car chase!

Yea...finally something exciting happened in Hamilton! XD

It was around 11:40pm or 11:50pm...we were all about to go to sleep, road was dead empty. I was in my mom's room chatting to her when suddenly we hear an engine roar hard out past our house...my bro went running out of his room...opened the side door of the house...and started shouting:

Bro: "HOLY SH!T....HOLY SH!T...IT'S A CHASE!!"

I went running to the living room to see through the windows what's going on and truly saw a chase. A really dark colored car ahead and 2 police cars chasing it. They were so FAST!

The "escapee" suddenly took a sharp left into a really dark neighborhood. Then we saw like 5 more police cars from the opposite direction (hello...no wonder they went left) coming towards the turn that the "escapee" took. Then my bro's shouts of "Holy SH!T" started again XD The "escapee" took a few more turns and they all disappeared...couldn't be seen because they went deeper into the neighborhoods. Me and my bro looked at each other...this was pretty awesome and crazy! XD

On a serious note...crime in NZ is dramatically increasing, which is very bad. So who knows what's gonna happen next =S

Lesson learned:
- Always check your doors before you leave the house and before you sleep.
- Car chases may look cool but everyone knows they only lead to bad endings.

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