Archive for September, 2007

On This And That - Ramadhan Edition

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

You know how these days Christians have to give up something they like for the 40 day period of lent? Well for the past couple of years, I’ve been doing something similar for Ramadhan. I’ve done music and oversleeping. Those seem kind of silly and very trivial. So I’ve decided that in addition to those, [...]

Keep Buying Your Toys

Friday, September 7th, 2007

“What are they thinking? They’re thinking we’re running out. We’re running out and ninety percent of what’s left is in the Middle East. So if you look at the whole progression from Versailles, through Suez, 1973, Gulf War One, Gulf War II, it’s really shaping up as a fight to the death. So what they’re [...]

7oby o Taqdeeri Laha!

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

I FOUND IT!! Well actually, I found the right person to request it from. NiceQ8i is famous for having all the old school stuff we used to watch as kids in Kuwait. And a day later he sends me a message saying that he has it up! Check it out!
I also made an mp3 file.
7oby [...]

Wanted

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

This song:
حبي وتقديري لها لكويت احيها
بالحب اصبحها انا وبالخير امسيها

In either audio or video. Please please please.

Wayne Rooney - The Most Amusing Footballer

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

There’s something about Wayne Rooney that makes his TV ads, commercials and promos the best out of similar ones with other players. Football skills aside, he comes off looking like he is hilarious. That is thanks to the directors and writers of course, because it’s obvious that he’s not trying to be funny. He just [...]

The Beatles

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

I’m taking a two hour Music of the Beatles class that meets twice a week this semester and this first week was great. In yesterday’s class (Thursday), I got a little emotional because the proffessor played a song written by Paul in 1984 for the Everly Brothers who had just then reunited. I had never [...]