Out till SUNDAY

A business trip, till Sunday.

See you by then.

Book to read : "Wild at Heart"

From time to time I will put a reccomendation of a book that I enjoyed reading.

This time its "Wild at Heart" a book that explains the masculine side of a man and how it evolved over time.

It has the best explanation on why a man watches tough sports, look for challenges, and need to be a man. And why a female can never understand why a man does those things.

Please note that this book was written with a lot of references from Christianity. Nevertheless, it remains unique and worth reading for all.

Kuwaiti businessman involved in SEC case found dead

Here is the link

I knew him personally.

Please do not make any assumptions. It is not easy for his family to say he committed suicide.

Neither it is easy to point fingers to some one else.

How many times ??

How many times we did something like this and never realized it ??

It can only happen in EGYPT

Really original and funny.

I cannot stop laughing.

It can only happen in Egypt.

Forgot to THINK

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Wont we all sometimes do something silly like this.

Best Steak challenge

Due to my hectic business travel during the past three years. It started getting really boring.

Me and my work colleges started a steak challenge. That would try a steak in every country that we visit and share the experience.

I usually like tenderloin and have it medium well

Here are some selected feedbacks so far :
- Rib Eye Steak House - Crown Plaza - Kuwait (4/5)
- Terrace Grill - J W Marriott - Kuwait (4/5)
- The Grill - Four Seasons - Riyadh (5/5)
- Gaucho Grill - Palms Hotel - Kuwait (3/5)
- El Sakya - Grand Hayat - Cairo (4.5/5)

The best so far was the one I had at The Grill - Four Seasons - Riyadh.

I will continue to share with you any new experiencing I have. Please share with me your own.

Converting my VHS library

I don't remember when was the last time I played a tape on my VHS player.

Really needed to transfer everything to mpg files.

Few days ago, I received the "Pinnacle Video Transfer Pc/mac Less Video Transfer Device". Its easy, convenient, and connects directly between rout External HD, Flash disk, or IPOD and the video device, camcorder ..etc. It also has s-video.

So far, I'm happy with the results I'm getting out of this device.

Harry Potter on IMAX next week on 360 mall

Also saw an IMAX poster of Harry Potter movie.

Asked them and they said, it will run Next week.

Bowling at 360 mall OPEN next week

While walking at the 360 mall. saw a group from the Bowling staff.

Asked them when is the opening and they said it will open on 28/7.

5 Months without a Credit Card and loving it

Have canceled All my credit cards 5 months ago.

Initially, I felt something was wrong and was terrified.

On the contrary, I feel super and have more control over my budget than ever.

More and more people are doing it.

Read "The total Money Makeover" of Dave Ramsey and you will do the same.

How People Make Money Today

Nowadays People are making money in 4 ways :

1. Unethical , illegal :

• Examples : See the news papers, the accidents page.
  
• % (I think) : %30
• Comment : More and more people are doing it.
  

2. Unethical , legal :

• Examples : See the rest of the news paper.
  
• % (I think) : %60
• Comments : I think this is their Era.

3. ethical , illegal :

• Examples : Vigilantes
• % (I think) : %0
• Comments : Coming soon. They will come once the Unethical , legal reach a threshold.
  

4. ethical , legal :

• Examples : The real ones usually won't reach the news papers.
  
• % (I think) : %10
• Comments : Dont they all look so.

How do you score them yourself ??

Obama calls on UN to cancel Iraq's $25bn debt to Kuwait

The Iraqi's have been very focused on this. Until they got what they wanted.

This required more effort from our government and parliament tgether lobbying on this.

Which clearly we didn't do.

I am really disgust of any parliament member who comes now and blames someone.

It just like when you loose a soccer game and blame the referee or the rain.

Too late, you just missed the priorities and shown a great deal of lack of capabilities, and you are not worth being a parliament member.

The full story is here Link

"Generation G": The Gulf War Generation

I don't mean people who were born during the Gulf War, but People who just graduated from college that year (1990).

Ulness you have a better suggestion, I will call them "Generation G".

Generation G:
1. Had a significant active role during the invasion, and the rebuilding efforts afterwards.
2. After Liberation : Student studied 2 years in 1. Employees got 7 months salaries, and their loans paid. Merchants got compensations. They got none.
3. Were not fortunate to get a job until months after liberation.
4. Until reaching 35, Literally were hunted to go for Military service "Tajneed".
5. Many private sector companies refused to employ them until they finish thier military service.
6. The government had no plan for housing for them. They either got hefty loans to buy a house or are still living in aprtments.
7. They reached the same ages as thier bosses when they took thier managment posts. And thier bosses (now 60+ of age) are still there.
8. They can only retire when they reach 55.
9. And more......

After Kuwait had Oil, I don't think there is a generation that was unfortunate as much as this generation.

And today, many of them are simply DEPRESSED.