Dear All,
Its new years eve, the biggest party night of the year, and i will be going out in a few hours but not too party, as i dont really go out anymore, no im going to meet my friends for a civilised meal, and just to hang out and chat and chill out, and to be honest i prefer it alot more! It could be because I have Shamina, and so I dont have that need to go out, or the fact I dont listen to much music anymore, or no where near as much as I used to, however its jus not for me anymore.
Well in the last posts i wrote about the first 7 months of the year, the pre-blog days, i will give a very brief overview of the remaining months as you can read my past blogs for more information.
Aug 06- Witnessed me enter my first communist state on my own(i had previously been in russia when very young!) It was a inspiring experience, one which .brought me to near death and also brought me to the world of blogging.
Sept 06- Was definetly going to Qatar, after my Cancer scare, and so i left mid-sept, not sure exactly when I will be back, and with a lot of questions and not many answers..it was a tough time, being in that enviorment and with people who I would not normally hang out with.
Oct 06- My family came to Qatar for eid+i started to enjoy myself properly now in Qatar and begin to love it, though i did get into a few car accidents. It was mine and Shams bday, and our first ones apart, this was probably one of the hardest things of during my whole year, as I value birthdays so highly so it was hard for me to accept this.
Nov 06- Saw me move apartments in Doha, and come back to the UK for some training, and meant i could see my family and Shamina again, which was awesome!i started to spend alot of time in the evenings with the local people in my area, smoking, playing backgamon, and watchin football, and it was nice to be making new friends and not some of the abnoxious people that i had met so far.
Dec 06- Move apartments again, hopefully for the last time as it was a night mare moving!i came back to the UK, and i got a new flat mate that masallah I get on well with iA it continues... I also went to Brussles with Shamina, and it was so lovely, very french though, but the amount of choclate on offer was unbeliveable, and the waffles, how people arent fat over there amazes me!
Now over the last year, as you can tell quite a lot of things have happened to me, im not sure if its more than others or less, i guess its all relative, however for me the situations i have been and the consequences of these situations has not only changed my outlook but i feel has made me grow.
There is so much more to life than money, and i think you only realise that when your earning good money ironically, and i realise by being away from ym family and Shamina, that once iA everything is ok on the marriage front I would like to bring everything together.
I have tried to beocme more relgious, however as ssoon as i come back to the UK i become less relgious which is quite annoying but hopefully again once i have a better structure in my life, than it wont be the case.
I have become more concious of my spending and my future, though i still spend like a bitch, i do try to conserve and forward plan alot more but unlike in the pas where i would pan out the next 10 years of my life to the minute detail, now i plan for the next 2 years at a max, and even less at times, but that is so i can develop a understanding of what Im looking for in my life, and focus my life better, obviously with all plans, their there to fail, but that is why i always had flexibility, theres a strong relationship where u have to plan for the future whilst enjoying today, i dont know if i have mastered it myself, but i think once i do then i will become a lot more happier!
Overall this year, has taught me what it means to be in love, i mean i know its going to sound cheesy, but its true, i have been with Shamina for over 2 and a half years now, and we have spent almost every wakin minute in some sort of contact with each in that time, we have lasted the thousand of miles between us, we have found ways for our relationship to adapt, and though its not been plain sailing, (what is?) I have to say that i would not change a minute of it, I have thought in the past I knew what love was, but I was clearly mistaken, as this year has shown otherwise, and it means that I can go into this new year full of hope and promise that this year my relationship with Shamina will be lawful in the eyes of Allah and my family and friends...iA...
Take care and have a happy new year
Asif
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
2006 End of Year Review(part 1): The Non-Blog Months
Dear All,
its the final entry of the year, and the one many of you have been waiting for....
Well lets get straight into it(the first 6 months is quite hazzy but ill do my best to remember the important stuff)
Jan 06- Well the start of 2006,was fairly uneventful, I had a quiet new years, the first one in the last 5 years as i didnt go out. I had plenty of coursework on, and was starting to plan my dissertation.
Feb 06- Valentines day is always a big one for the couples of this world,and me and Shamina did our usual gift swapping, I got a Ralph Lauren Romance Silver aftershave and the bottle was engraved, it was a really nice present, i wont go into what i got her as it wud jus been bragging and wud make her feel bad cuz my presents always kick ass!! Apart from Valentines day and University not much else going on in my life.
Mar 06 - Decisions regarding my carear after uni, were starting to become more of a weekly occurance.I was unsure of what job to take or where to go in my careaar and was going all over the country to interviews, pursuading and being pursaded about which company to join. I was also conducting the interviews for my dissertation.
Apr 06- My sisters bday so i spent time back in Knutsford with the family and i needed out of london as it was all driving me crazy, the jobs, dissertation, projects and the up-coming exams.
May 06- Handed in all my work, including disseration and project. I also completed all my final year exams, it was a high-pressued month, that towards the end saw me completely burn out. One of the last days of May was the UCL ball, and for me it was awesome, Shamina came with me, which is quite rare, as we dont go out that much at night together so it felt really special and i wore a Tux for the first time in my life,it was jus a nice night and added with the fact some of my cloest friends were with me, it was memorable.
Jun 06- I found out my results and was so relived to find out i got a 2.1 and was estatic to find out i got a 1st in my dissertation. I celebrated my 2 year anniversary with Shamina, where I recieved the top that Manchester United was wearing in the 1968 Euro Final (the 1st European Cup won by a English side(i know celtic won it earlier so thats why i said English not British), we had a wonderful anniversary, and i stayed in Halls for a extra 10 days to sort out lose ends around uni and spend time with Shamina. Shortly after leaving halls, I went on holiday with my mum intially to Dubai where we met my dad, and i kept to my promise that i wud began dialougue with my parents about Shamina. However this was the first of many disagreements with them and my sisters.
Jul 06- Saw me go to Bahrain and Kuwait with my family, and spend time at my dads house in Kuwait. Realised all the gulf countries are very similar and they all contain wide roads and loads of shopping malls, attractive women hidden behind a veil and fat men in bright white walking around...I couldnt wait to come back to the UK! however they did have something truly wonderful, KFC all u can eat! if u know me u know how much i loved it..it was jus something that dreamz are made of.....
Thats it for the first part, and iA the second part will be coming once i'm back in the UK (which is tonight!CANT WAIT!)
Take care of yourseleves
Asif
its the final entry of the year, and the one many of you have been waiting for....
Well lets get straight into it(the first 6 months is quite hazzy but ill do my best to remember the important stuff)
Jan 06- Well the start of 2006,was fairly uneventful, I had a quiet new years, the first one in the last 5 years as i didnt go out. I had plenty of coursework on, and was starting to plan my dissertation.
Feb 06- Valentines day is always a big one for the couples of this world,and me and Shamina did our usual gift swapping, I got a Ralph Lauren Romance Silver aftershave and the bottle was engraved, it was a really nice present, i wont go into what i got her as it wud jus been bragging and wud make her feel bad cuz my presents always kick ass!! Apart from Valentines day and University not much else going on in my life.
Mar 06 - Decisions regarding my carear after uni, were starting to become more of a weekly occurance.I was unsure of what job to take or where to go in my careaar and was going all over the country to interviews, pursuading and being pursaded about which company to join. I was also conducting the interviews for my dissertation.
Apr 06- My sisters bday so i spent time back in Knutsford with the family and i needed out of london as it was all driving me crazy, the jobs, dissertation, projects and the up-coming exams.
May 06- Handed in all my work, including disseration and project. I also completed all my final year exams, it was a high-pressued month, that towards the end saw me completely burn out. One of the last days of May was the UCL ball, and for me it was awesome, Shamina came with me, which is quite rare, as we dont go out that much at night together so it felt really special and i wore a Tux for the first time in my life,it was jus a nice night and added with the fact some of my cloest friends were with me, it was memorable.
Jun 06- I found out my results and was so relived to find out i got a 2.1 and was estatic to find out i got a 1st in my dissertation. I celebrated my 2 year anniversary with Shamina, where I recieved the top that Manchester United was wearing in the 1968 Euro Final (the 1st European Cup won by a English side(i know celtic won it earlier so thats why i said English not British), we had a wonderful anniversary, and i stayed in Halls for a extra 10 days to sort out lose ends around uni and spend time with Shamina. Shortly after leaving halls, I went on holiday with my mum intially to Dubai where we met my dad, and i kept to my promise that i wud began dialougue with my parents about Shamina. However this was the first of many disagreements with them and my sisters.
Jul 06- Saw me go to Bahrain and Kuwait with my family, and spend time at my dads house in Kuwait. Realised all the gulf countries are very similar and they all contain wide roads and loads of shopping malls, attractive women hidden behind a veil and fat men in bright white walking around...I couldnt wait to come back to the UK! however they did have something truly wonderful, KFC all u can eat! if u know me u know how much i loved it..it was jus something that dreamz are made of.....
Thats it for the first part, and iA the second part will be coming once i'm back in the UK (which is tonight!CANT WAIT!)
Take care of yourseleves
Asif
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Now thats What I call Qatar 30 : Asia Games
Dear All,
The asia games has come and gone, and it has supposedly spurred Qatar to bid for the 2016 Olympics. So something must have gone right, well though the stadiums were never full (expect the ceremonies and the football final (and Khabadi events) the facilities on offer were very impressive!
After spending a whole day at the sports city for the asia games. I have to say its one of the best sporting events I have been to in my life! I saw wrestling,boxing,badminton(from a far), cycling(BORING), long jump,high jump, javelin and other athletics, and the best sport of all was Gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics to be precise it was jus awesome. Now I don't know if my admiration is coming from my dsypraxia roots but it was amazing!!
With regards to the media coverage, I was very disappointed/annoyed that the BBC barely covered it, I mean its trying to portray itself as a world leader in News, compete with CNN/Al Jerzaera (now)/Sky News(in Europe@least) however I witnessed much more coverage on those three channels than there was on the BBC, it was only because Iraq made it to the final that towards the end their was a little bit of coverage. Normally imp very passionate and proud of the BBC and believe the TV license is one of the best value Taxes that u have to pay in the UK(I know its not classified as a Tax as such but it really is as majority of people do have TVs so I kinda classify it as one!) however with this instance I was severely disappointed with them.
The tickets for the event were cheap though, which allowed almost everyone in Qatar to enjoy the events which was nice and when i mean cheap i really mean, it most events were between 5-20 riyals (so like less than 1GPB to 4GPB), and like i said the facilities were very impressive in the stadiums and generally the infrusctutre has had a massive uplift!
One of the funniest things is seein as it was the asia games, some ofthe events you could mistakenly think you were watching the Afrian games, as majority of the gulf countires all had african atheltes representing for them, its unbeliveable, i suppose its not too different to like the way college is in the US, in that it hires people to play for them, by like offering free education and stuff!
I met a another northerner there he was volunteering,was suprised when i heard by accent, which for some reason led me to become more northern in my accent, and then he became more northern yet neither of us ever acknolegdged the other was northern! But there were far too many volutnerrs and it led to chaos at times withpeople thinking they were more important than they were!
I saw another thing that disappointed me greatly, was in the football final the organisation was terrible people were cutting cues, pushing each other and was close to chaos. However one particular incident annoyed me so much, there was a Indian guy, who was in the queue and everyone was pushing and being pushed by the crown he happened to be near a fat African-American women (whom spoke Arabic) and was married to a white American guy, anyway, she accused the Indian guy of elbowing her, when it was clear that in that crowd no one could control their hand movements. And she told the police, the police subsequently arrested him and then her husband came and I thought common sense would pre-vail however the jackass goes if it wasn't for my wife and child here I would beat you up, or something ridiculous along those lines, which I couldn't believe, it really pissed me off, so I went to the police after the bitch and her knob of a husband left, and told them that the guy was innocent however the fcukin Arab police wouldn't listen to a Asian guy, and jus continued to hold the guy. It was so infuriating and made it hard to enjoy the match, I hope that guy is ok because he certainly didn't deserve to be in that situation.
Well though that soured the match and quality of football on show wasn't great the atmosphere was very impressive. I was sitting with the Iraqis and they made more noise despite being outnumbered 10 to 1 to the Qatari's. Overall though it was a fitting and fairly tale end to the Asia games.
The asia games has come and gone, and it has supposedly spurred Qatar to bid for the 2016 Olympics. So something must have gone right, well though the stadiums were never full (expect the ceremonies and the football final (and Khabadi events) the facilities on offer were very impressive!
After spending a whole day at the sports city for the asia games. I have to say its one of the best sporting events I have been to in my life! I saw wrestling,boxing,badminton(from a far), cycling(BORING), long jump,high jump, javelin and other athletics, and the best sport of all was Gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics to be precise it was jus awesome. Now I don't know if my admiration is coming from my dsypraxia roots but it was amazing!!
With regards to the media coverage, I was very disappointed/annoyed that the BBC barely covered it, I mean its trying to portray itself as a world leader in News, compete with CNN/Al Jerzaera (now)/Sky News(in Europe@least) however I witnessed much more coverage on those three channels than there was on the BBC, it was only because Iraq made it to the final that towards the end their was a little bit of coverage. Normally imp very passionate and proud of the BBC and believe the TV license is one of the best value Taxes that u have to pay in the UK(I know its not classified as a Tax as such but it really is as majority of people do have TVs so I kinda classify it as one!) however with this instance I was severely disappointed with them.
The tickets for the event were cheap though, which allowed almost everyone in Qatar to enjoy the events which was nice and when i mean cheap i really mean, it most events were between 5-20 riyals (so like less than 1GPB to 4GPB), and like i said the facilities were very impressive in the stadiums and generally the infrusctutre has had a massive uplift!
One of the funniest things is seein as it was the asia games, some ofthe events you could mistakenly think you were watching the Afrian games, as majority of the gulf countires all had african atheltes representing for them, its unbeliveable, i suppose its not too different to like the way college is in the US, in that it hires people to play for them, by like offering free education and stuff!
I met a another northerner there he was volunteering,was suprised when i heard by accent, which for some reason led me to become more northern in my accent, and then he became more northern yet neither of us ever acknolegdged the other was northern! But there were far too many volutnerrs and it led to chaos at times withpeople thinking they were more important than they were!
I saw another thing that disappointed me greatly, was in the football final the organisation was terrible people were cutting cues, pushing each other and was close to chaos. However one particular incident annoyed me so much, there was a Indian guy, who was in the queue and everyone was pushing and being pushed by the crown he happened to be near a fat African-American women (whom spoke Arabic) and was married to a white American guy, anyway, she accused the Indian guy of elbowing her, when it was clear that in that crowd no one could control their hand movements. And she told the police, the police subsequently arrested him and then her husband came and I thought common sense would pre-vail however the jackass goes if it wasn't for my wife and child here I would beat you up, or something ridiculous along those lines, which I couldn't believe, it really pissed me off, so I went to the police after the bitch and her knob of a husband left, and told them that the guy was innocent however the fcukin Arab police wouldn't listen to a Asian guy, and jus continued to hold the guy. It was so infuriating and made it hard to enjoy the match, I hope that guy is ok because he certainly didn't deserve to be in that situation.
Well though that soured the match and quality of football on show wasn't great the atmosphere was very impressive. I was sitting with the Iraqis and they made more noise despite being outnumbered 10 to 1 to the Qatari's. Overall though it was a fitting and fairly tale end to the Asia games.
Now thats What I call Qatar 29: Europe the Neo-Cons nightmare?
Dear All,
I am writing this like a true journalist at a costa coffee, looking onto fairly busy traffic infront of a desert, oh how wonderful is Qatar!, the only thing i think im missing is the cigarette!!
Well i had a busy few days, work is killing me at the moment, im getting alot more responsibility, and given a shorter time to learn and do things, but its ok, im slowly getting there..i think.
At the weekends, i like to lie in a bit, as during the week i have to get up at 6am Qatar time(3am UK time) so at the weekends i like to sleep till like 10am-11am, Qatar time, then on Fridays I have to go to Friday prayer which begins around 11.15am and ends an hour later. This morning i was going to sleep a bit longer, but then the construction work next door woke me up at 6am, and though i managed to get back to sleep decided to awake at 10am and go for my weekend walks, this time taking me to HSBC, which is like X-pat central, ull find everyone with a UK accent da,well majority and the rest with a US one, at least at the weekends anyway!
I been reading a interesting article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6189793.stm) the end of the Neo-Con dream, which I foolishy used to mistake as a zionist themed organisation, however over the last few months I have started reading alot more into it, and its not exactly the case though the two certainly over-lap...(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism)
The influence of neoconservatism in the Bush administration appeared to have found its purpose in the shift from the threat of Communism to the threat of Islamic terrorism. The administration undertook an invasion of Afghanistan shortly after the September 11 attacks, to remove the al-Qaeda-supporting Taliban from power. The administration also began planning and obtaining political and diplomatic support for an invasion of Iraq, citing Iraq's dictatorial government, support for terrorism, purported links to al-Qaeda, work on chemical and nuclear weapons, and refusal to abide by U.N. resolutions regarding inspection of weapons programs.
Neoconservative identification with the State of Israel's struggle against terrorism was furthered by the September 11 attacks, which served to create a perceived parallel between the United States and Israel as democratic nations under the threat of terrorist attack. Moreover, some neoconservatives have long advocated that the United States should emulate Israel's tactics of pre-emptive attacks, especially Israel's strikes in the 1980s on nuclear facilities in Libya and Osirak, Iraq.
However I dont c Islam itself as the enemy, and like the above article states, its more people were looking for a enemy after the cold war, and they found it in the form of 'Islamic terrorism' (like there is any other??). I think its fine personally the philopshpy of trying to exert ur influence onto other countries, especialy if u have a good idea, and i do feel democracy is good, and because i of it i have lived a relatively safe life for the last 23 years, however what I dont agree with is the means.
For example In China when I went in the Summer, its a prosperous country, and it is enhancing the lives for all of its citizens, and though the free speech there is rather limited, I feel that they are doing a hell of a better job than India and USA at improving the lives of its citizens, Yet people in the USA wanted a confortation into the means by which China freespeach and human rights records. (again wikipedia)
Thus, neoconservative thinkers were eager to implement a new foreign policy with the change in Administrations from Clinton to George W. Bush. Despite this, the Bush campaign and then the early Bush Administration did not appear to exhibit strong support for neoconservative principles, as candidate Bush stated his opposition to the idea of "nation-building" and an early foreign policy confrontation with China was handled without the vociferous confrontation suggested by some neoconservative thinkers. Also early in the Administration, some neoconservatives criticized Bush's Administration as insufficiently supportive of the State of Israel, and suggested Bush's foreign policies were not substantially different from those of President Clinton.
I by no means am a supporter of the state of China, and I do think its a oppressive Goverment and I have seen first hand how they treat the minorites, be it Chritistian , Muslim, Mongalian, its not that different from the regimes in charge of the arab countries, where there are tiers in society, and people cant practice faith or carry out acts as they wish, I know for Muslims in China, though there are thousands of Mosques throughout China, what the muslim leaders can talk about it severly limited, and with all media controlled by the Goverment, any knowledge the muslims in China have about the struggles other muslims are having in other parts of the world such as Somalia, Palestine, Iraq, Chechnaya, all go unnoticed, and they assume the muslims to around the world dont know about their plight that they have. The same goes for the Christians I met, they cant practice their faith the way they want, and all sermons need to go through the goverment, they too have little knowledge about the Christian sufferings though the middle east, like again in Palestine, and throughout the middle east (read http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6205299.stm). and I think this lack of knowledge only fuels the anger and hatred within the those communities towards the goverment.
So that is why I think rather than the supposedly liberalised soceity of the US and the strict society impossed by the goverment of China and the Gulf countries, the UK and Europe in general has found the right balance. No-one country will ever be perfect or suit everybody however I feel that it has the best it can, and though i have plenty of compliants about it, I definiely would stay there in Europe of any other country in the world. Europe is similar in its idea of demoracy however for me the fundamental difference between them and the Neo-cons is the means it wants to exert its influence, the EU doesnt need a strong mililary presense, and that is what I admire and that I feel is what some of the Neo-cons are starting to realise and maybe fear that the way forward, is to practice what you preach....
Thats all for todays sorry if I got any of my information wrong and feel free to correct me.
Take care
Asif
I am writing this like a true journalist at a costa coffee, looking onto fairly busy traffic infront of a desert, oh how wonderful is Qatar!, the only thing i think im missing is the cigarette!!
Well i had a busy few days, work is killing me at the moment, im getting alot more responsibility, and given a shorter time to learn and do things, but its ok, im slowly getting there..i think.
At the weekends, i like to lie in a bit, as during the week i have to get up at 6am Qatar time(3am UK time) so at the weekends i like to sleep till like 10am-11am, Qatar time, then on Fridays I have to go to Friday prayer which begins around 11.15am and ends an hour later. This morning i was going to sleep a bit longer, but then the construction work next door woke me up at 6am, and though i managed to get back to sleep decided to awake at 10am and go for my weekend walks, this time taking me to HSBC, which is like X-pat central, ull find everyone with a UK accent da,well majority and the rest with a US one, at least at the weekends anyway!
I been reading a interesting article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6189793.stm) the end of the Neo-Con dream, which I foolishy used to mistake as a zionist themed organisation, however over the last few months I have started reading alot more into it, and its not exactly the case though the two certainly over-lap...(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism)
The influence of neoconservatism in the Bush administration appeared to have found its purpose in the shift from the threat of Communism to the threat of Islamic terrorism. The administration undertook an invasion of Afghanistan shortly after the September 11 attacks, to remove the al-Qaeda-supporting Taliban from power. The administration also began planning and obtaining political and diplomatic support for an invasion of Iraq, citing Iraq's dictatorial government, support for terrorism, purported links to al-Qaeda, work on chemical and nuclear weapons, and refusal to abide by U.N. resolutions regarding inspection of weapons programs.
Neoconservative identification with the State of Israel's struggle against terrorism was furthered by the September 11 attacks, which served to create a perceived parallel between the United States and Israel as democratic nations under the threat of terrorist attack. Moreover, some neoconservatives have long advocated that the United States should emulate Israel's tactics of pre-emptive attacks, especially Israel's strikes in the 1980s on nuclear facilities in Libya and Osirak, Iraq.
However I dont c Islam itself as the enemy, and like the above article states, its more people were looking for a enemy after the cold war, and they found it in the form of 'Islamic terrorism' (like there is any other??). I think its fine personally the philopshpy of trying to exert ur influence onto other countries, especialy if u have a good idea, and i do feel democracy is good, and because i of it i have lived a relatively safe life for the last 23 years, however what I dont agree with is the means.
For example In China when I went in the Summer, its a prosperous country, and it is enhancing the lives for all of its citizens, and though the free speech there is rather limited, I feel that they are doing a hell of a better job than India and USA at improving the lives of its citizens, Yet people in the USA wanted a confortation into the means by which China freespeach and human rights records. (again wikipedia)
Thus, neoconservative thinkers were eager to implement a new foreign policy with the change in Administrations from Clinton to George W. Bush. Despite this, the Bush campaign and then the early Bush Administration did not appear to exhibit strong support for neoconservative principles, as candidate Bush stated his opposition to the idea of "nation-building" and an early foreign policy confrontation with China was handled without the vociferous confrontation suggested by some neoconservative thinkers. Also early in the Administration, some neoconservatives criticized Bush's Administration as insufficiently supportive of the State of Israel, and suggested Bush's foreign policies were not substantially different from those of President Clinton.
I by no means am a supporter of the state of China, and I do think its a oppressive Goverment and I have seen first hand how they treat the minorites, be it Chritistian , Muslim, Mongalian, its not that different from the regimes in charge of the arab countries, where there are tiers in society, and people cant practice faith or carry out acts as they wish, I know for Muslims in China, though there are thousands of Mosques throughout China, what the muslim leaders can talk about it severly limited, and with all media controlled by the Goverment, any knowledge the muslims in China have about the struggles other muslims are having in other parts of the world such as Somalia, Palestine, Iraq, Chechnaya, all go unnoticed, and they assume the muslims to around the world dont know about their plight that they have. The same goes for the Christians I met, they cant practice their faith the way they want, and all sermons need to go through the goverment, they too have little knowledge about the Christian sufferings though the middle east, like again in Palestine, and throughout the middle east (read http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6205299.stm). and I think this lack of knowledge only fuels the anger and hatred within the those communities towards the goverment.
So that is why I think rather than the supposedly liberalised soceity of the US and the strict society impossed by the goverment of China and the Gulf countries, the UK and Europe in general has found the right balance. No-one country will ever be perfect or suit everybody however I feel that it has the best it can, and though i have plenty of compliants about it, I definiely would stay there in Europe of any other country in the world. Europe is similar in its idea of demoracy however for me the fundamental difference between them and the Neo-cons is the means it wants to exert its influence, the EU doesnt need a strong mililary presense, and that is what I admire and that I feel is what some of the Neo-cons are starting to realise and maybe fear that the way forward, is to practice what you preach....
Thats all for todays sorry if I got any of my information wrong and feel free to correct me.
Take care
Asif
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Now thats What I call Qatar 28: Charlton TV????
Dear All,
Its been a while, well I moved into my new flat in a area called Al-Saad, living on my own but will c how long that lasts!
Its a nice new flat, and its quite cool in that it has a fairly large TV, but as with many things in the Gulf, the list of problems with the flat are endless, and means constant ringing up and getting people to change and fix things, well hopefully things will get better soon in that respect!
I cooked for the first time whilst I been here, it wasn't much, to be honest many people wouldn't even call it cooking, I fried some chips and some chicken dippers, and heated some rice (and when I say heated I mean in the microwave not boil lol!) however I haven't lived in a place I feel comfortable to cook for about 8 months, and even then I was working too much to cook. In my first yr of Project Mgt for Construction, I cooked loads, it was partly wit the fact that I had a nice flat, along with the fact I had a lot of free time, and the people I was living with,also liked to cook,so that kind of helped. Also I met Sham after that, and she is a great chef, so I didn't need/have to cook much after that apart from special occasions such as making the worlds greatest cake for Shaminas 22nd bday!
Apart from cooking I haven't done that much around the flat, I mean I moved in at the weekend and spent all weekend moving stuff in, and then on Saturday getting to know the area, I also purchased a smartcard for the satellite dish which means I can watch premiership football!However like I said with all things here, something went wrong, and now its already back in the shop, but whilst going through the channels I found the most bizarre channel, Charlton TV, based on Charlton football team, I mean who the hell would want to see that? and who the hell especially would want to see it here in the middle east. I have Real Madrid TV which is completely understandable, but Charlton, that's jus pure and utter nonsense!
I have been writing a entry to do on the Asia games and will hopefully post it this weekend and for those of you on facebook, I have the pictures of the Asia games on their along with other amazing pictures that I took over the last couple of months! I really feel my photography is really coming along though many of you may disagree, and even call me pervy for some of the shots I took during the Gymnastics, however I can for once say in a positive way, I saw the women as objects similar to a bowl of fruit and not in a sexual way, so therefore deemed the photos to be more artistic than anything else.
I will be back in the UK in jus over a week and can not freakin wait, I really need2get out of ere as its driving me crazy, when I was at uni I was looking forward to work in a way that it wud bring much needed structure into my life, as well as much needed money,however I negleted to factor the pressures of working,(away from home in this case)and it makes it all the more tough. It also makes u question if you are ready for this life you have chosen, the life that everyone around you seems perfectly fine to do, the life that your parents/uncles+aunties have been doing for the last 20 years, one bad day in the office and it knocks your self-confidence so much so that you begin to question even the point of working at all. But then what drives those around you/your parents/uncle+aunties is responsiblity, they cant afford to even think about giving up, they must succed, and its this life and death mentality that causes most people to succed so I need this motivation for me to succeed...I think! I know working in the UK suxs majorly financially but I know at one point like I said in the last entry its my home and I will want go back, and so I need to decide my future plans over the forthcoming months and decide where the short+long term future takes me...
Aneway its taking me to a meeting now!
Takecare
Asif
Its been a while, well I moved into my new flat in a area called Al-Saad, living on my own but will c how long that lasts!
Its a nice new flat, and its quite cool in that it has a fairly large TV, but as with many things in the Gulf, the list of problems with the flat are endless, and means constant ringing up and getting people to change and fix things, well hopefully things will get better soon in that respect!
I cooked for the first time whilst I been here, it wasn't much, to be honest many people wouldn't even call it cooking, I fried some chips and some chicken dippers, and heated some rice (and when I say heated I mean in the microwave not boil lol!) however I haven't lived in a place I feel comfortable to cook for about 8 months, and even then I was working too much to cook. In my first yr of Project Mgt for Construction, I cooked loads, it was partly wit the fact that I had a nice flat, along with the fact I had a lot of free time, and the people I was living with,also liked to cook,so that kind of helped. Also I met Sham after that, and she is a great chef, so I didn't need/have to cook much after that apart from special occasions such as making the worlds greatest cake for Shaminas 22nd bday!
Apart from cooking I haven't done that much around the flat, I mean I moved in at the weekend and spent all weekend moving stuff in, and then on Saturday getting to know the area, I also purchased a smartcard for the satellite dish which means I can watch premiership football!However like I said with all things here, something went wrong, and now its already back in the shop, but whilst going through the channels I found the most bizarre channel, Charlton TV, based on Charlton football team, I mean who the hell would want to see that? and who the hell especially would want to see it here in the middle east. I have Real Madrid TV which is completely understandable, but Charlton, that's jus pure and utter nonsense!
I have been writing a entry to do on the Asia games and will hopefully post it this weekend and for those of you on facebook, I have the pictures of the Asia games on their along with other amazing pictures that I took over the last couple of months! I really feel my photography is really coming along though many of you may disagree, and even call me pervy for some of the shots I took during the Gymnastics, however I can for once say in a positive way, I saw the women as objects similar to a bowl of fruit and not in a sexual way, so therefore deemed the photos to be more artistic than anything else.
I will be back in the UK in jus over a week and can not freakin wait, I really need2get out of ere as its driving me crazy, when I was at uni I was looking forward to work in a way that it wud bring much needed structure into my life, as well as much needed money,however I negleted to factor the pressures of working,(away from home in this case)and it makes it all the more tough. It also makes u question if you are ready for this life you have chosen, the life that everyone around you seems perfectly fine to do, the life that your parents/uncles+aunties have been doing for the last 20 years, one bad day in the office and it knocks your self-confidence so much so that you begin to question even the point of working at all. But then what drives those around you/your parents/uncle+aunties is responsiblity, they cant afford to even think about giving up, they must succed, and its this life and death mentality that causes most people to succed so I need this motivation for me to succeed...I think! I know working in the UK suxs majorly financially but I know at one point like I said in the last entry its my home and I will want go back, and so I need to decide my future plans over the forthcoming months and decide where the short+long term future takes me...
Aneway its taking me to a meeting now!
Takecare
Asif
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Now thats what I call Qatar 27: Metrosexualism
Dear All,
I have bee run off my feet lately not so much with work but with worry and stress, I am being evicted of mi casa, as all employees in Bechtel are being forced out, due to some Syrian bloke taking the money from Bechtel and other companies and running off with it (supposedly to UAE) meaning that we employees are caught in the middle and have to move to a new place which is quite far from my current place and really far from work so it really sucks, only plus side is I heard its got a wicked TV!
I'm so tired at the moment, its hard to sleep when you have so much going on, the only time u manage to sleep is when your body tells u ur going2sleep,it can b anytime, anywhere but my body justs shuts down fora minute or two, im sure that's not healthy but wot is for me?I live such a unhealthy style its quite sicking to be honest and shameful, its not only I need to eat healthy, or the fact I do no exercise its the shisha...its killing me...I been going to a shisha cafe bout 4 times a week, its really cheap like 1.50GBP for shisha,mint tea and water. So why the hell not, well maybe cuz of my lungs, because I get out of breath at the slightest thing, im accelerating my descent into old-age and the worst thing is I only have myself to blame.....
Well talking about blame, often people ask me how do I feel leaving Shamina alone in the UK whilst I go swanning off in another country 'living the life' (I have no idea where people get that from because as you can tell from these entries its far from it) ...the thing not many people realise is, though there are many commercial benefits to being out here, and I can imagine if you been working all day and your stuck on a packed tube after walking 5 minutes in the freezing wet weather , this place must seem like a dream however the social side here makes u really re-evaluate what you hold important to yourself. I mean though I have friends here, and I know some of them will be reading this, I don't mean it as a diss, but its just sometimes not the same as in England, its not that im homesick, because I got over that a long time ago, its more im realising just how English I am, and how proud I am to be, and that really is where my home is.
Its not the case im lonely, as I actually really like time on my own or with small groups (im not a big group kinda person unless I know EVERY1 or at least 90% of the people) and that's the case here, but its the people that matter the people I have grown with, who are absent from this part of my life, who don't see this part of my growth, and I know im growing and becoming more accountable for myself, but the ones that matter to me aren't seeing it, which upsets me. I know if Shamina or my family or friends came, I would crave time alone, and that's just Human nature, to wan something you don't have, so that's not what Im saying exactly, what I want is people to who know me and understand to 'live da life' with me. Its like travelling on your own, though I love being able to do as I please and when I please, the fact u cant share those moments is always something that makes me re-think travelling on my own and so this new year I wont be going anywhere on my own but travelling back to the UK and whilst im there im going to Amsterdam and Brussels with Shamina, so though im not going anywhere exotic im going with someone I can share the experience and to me right now that means more...
Ok I know this edition as seemed rather metro-sexual in parts and im going to put it down to moving stress and fatigue, rather than any personal character trait....
Anyway take care
Asif 'Metrosexual' Mahmood
I have bee run off my feet lately not so much with work but with worry and stress, I am being evicted of mi casa, as all employees in Bechtel are being forced out, due to some Syrian bloke taking the money from Bechtel and other companies and running off with it (supposedly to UAE) meaning that we employees are caught in the middle and have to move to a new place which is quite far from my current place and really far from work so it really sucks, only plus side is I heard its got a wicked TV!
I'm so tired at the moment, its hard to sleep when you have so much going on, the only time u manage to sleep is when your body tells u ur going2sleep,it can b anytime, anywhere but my body justs shuts down fora minute or two, im sure that's not healthy but wot is for me?I live such a unhealthy style its quite sicking to be honest and shameful, its not only I need to eat healthy, or the fact I do no exercise its the shisha...its killing me...I been going to a shisha cafe bout 4 times a week, its really cheap like 1.50GBP for shisha,mint tea and water. So why the hell not, well maybe cuz of my lungs, because I get out of breath at the slightest thing, im accelerating my descent into old-age and the worst thing is I only have myself to blame.....
Well talking about blame, often people ask me how do I feel leaving Shamina alone in the UK whilst I go swanning off in another country 'living the life' (I have no idea where people get that from because as you can tell from these entries its far from it) ...the thing not many people realise is, though there are many commercial benefits to being out here, and I can imagine if you been working all day and your stuck on a packed tube after walking 5 minutes in the freezing wet weather , this place must seem like a dream however the social side here makes u really re-evaluate what you hold important to yourself. I mean though I have friends here, and I know some of them will be reading this, I don't mean it as a diss, but its just sometimes not the same as in England, its not that im homesick, because I got over that a long time ago, its more im realising just how English I am, and how proud I am to be, and that really is where my home is.
Its not the case im lonely, as I actually really like time on my own or with small groups (im not a big group kinda person unless I know EVERY1 or at least 90% of the people) and that's the case here, but its the people that matter the people I have grown with, who are absent from this part of my life, who don't see this part of my growth, and I know im growing and becoming more accountable for myself, but the ones that matter to me aren't seeing it, which upsets me. I know if Shamina or my family or friends came, I would crave time alone, and that's just Human nature, to wan something you don't have, so that's not what Im saying exactly, what I want is people to who know me and understand to 'live da life' with me. Its like travelling on your own, though I love being able to do as I please and when I please, the fact u cant share those moments is always something that makes me re-think travelling on my own and so this new year I wont be going anywhere on my own but travelling back to the UK and whilst im there im going to Amsterdam and Brussels with Shamina, so though im not going anywhere exotic im going with someone I can share the experience and to me right now that means more...
Ok I know this edition as seemed rather metro-sexual in parts and im going to put it down to moving stress and fatigue, rather than any personal character trait....
Anyway take care
Asif 'Metrosexual' Mahmood
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Now thats what I call Qatar 26 : Back from the wilderness...
Dear All,
It feels like I have been in the abyss for the last few days, away from civilastion has i have been screwed so hard it hurts all over...
I have barely stopped working for the last 4 days non-stop, including in the evenings as I had a deadline for 1pm today, which i JUST made, thanks alot to the help of the managers PA, thank God for palestinian-jordans, there hardworkers, and if it wasnt for her i would have been screwed!
Talking of Jordan, as the asia games has begun here(dont know how big it is in the rest of the world, but the opening cermony compares very favourably with those of sydney and athens), aneway i watched Uzbexistan(sp?) vs Jordon, and that compares very favourably to a sunday league game of football, however it was fun, and the chances of me watching either team again are slim2say da least! The final score was 3-1 to the Uzbexs,and the stadium was near empty(so much so that there was no seat allocation jus go sit wherever u want!) it was an experience! Uzbexs are odd people though, and if ur reading this from there i appoligize for the generalisation, however theres some who look chincky, some who look mafia russian. some which look arab, jus a random bunch and with a random mix of russian/english/arabic language, and even thuogh i had some photos with them(coming on to facebook shortly!) there a unpleasant bunch!
So im sure many of u are wonding how my team is doing in champ, well ur reading the words of the manager of the year 07-08, thats two years in a row, and why well because im premiership champions 2 years in a row(lets hope jus like reality), and thanks to them amazing success i have had, the FA have appointed me as manager of England. I feel though its time to end it at Manchester United and give England my attention, at least till the next world cup in 2010. I will inform you all of any developments regarding my managerial carrear...
However my football sucess doesnt end there, in Fantasy football, I am still topping all the leagues I am in, including top of Qatar, which has to be one of my claims to fame, and may, jus maybe make my CV if it remains at the end of the year, or I cud jus put 'was top manager in Qatar during 2006' if i lose my spot, cuz its a bloody honour i tell u! I have a big night tonight in the premiership, as 5 of my players are playing tonight! Some people have questioned my squad, but the key to me is I try to learn from my mistakes, last year I didnt do well in fantasy football, I know that may come to a shock for many of you, but its true I made some rookie mistakes, and this year Im not and thats the difference, its not so much my team but me, theres small errors that will cost you points every week, but if u can correct it, then u can make the difference, however Im not dumb, we all know theres a element of luck, and jus so happens i can be quite lucky, especially in love!!
Tonight is the big game of Manchester United vs Benefica, (ok i know my Entries have been quite football related of late, but thats because its a very busy/important time of the year plus not much else in my life on) man utd need a result, otherwise man utd will be out, and from last year we all know benefia can be knobs(we jus do shit against the portguese(remeber porto when jose cockface mourino was in charge, and benefica last year) but were at the theatre of dreams, so hopefully a postive result! Ill be hopefully watching it at a shisha bar, however every1 it seems supports chelsea, and mainly because of the hench negro Didlier Nigroba, so they all want to watch chelsea or local footbal. However last time i managed to watch united play, thanks largely to a old egyptian man(potentiall egypitan mafia if there is such a thing), who kinda wouldnt allow anyone to change the channel, and kept the commentry to english, even though i was the only guy who understood in the whole place! Aneway to counter the whole love for Nigroba I been trying to convince em Man utd are the team to follow as Saha is black too, but they jus dont seem to accept him as one of their own...
Aneway i Best go but take care of yourselves
Asif
It feels like I have been in the abyss for the last few days, away from civilastion has i have been screwed so hard it hurts all over...
I have barely stopped working for the last 4 days non-stop, including in the evenings as I had a deadline for 1pm today, which i JUST made, thanks alot to the help of the managers PA, thank God for palestinian-jordans, there hardworkers, and if it wasnt for her i would have been screwed!
Talking of Jordan, as the asia games has begun here(dont know how big it is in the rest of the world, but the opening cermony compares very favourably with those of sydney and athens), aneway i watched Uzbexistan(sp?) vs Jordon, and that compares very favourably to a sunday league game of football, however it was fun, and the chances of me watching either team again are slim2say da least! The final score was 3-1 to the Uzbexs,and the stadium was near empty(so much so that there was no seat allocation jus go sit wherever u want!) it was an experience! Uzbexs are odd people though, and if ur reading this from there i appoligize for the generalisation, however theres some who look chincky, some who look mafia russian. some which look arab, jus a random bunch and with a random mix of russian/english/arabic language, and even thuogh i had some photos with them(coming on to facebook shortly!) there a unpleasant bunch!
So im sure many of u are wonding how my team is doing in champ, well ur reading the words of the manager of the year 07-08, thats two years in a row, and why well because im premiership champions 2 years in a row(lets hope jus like reality), and thanks to them amazing success i have had, the FA have appointed me as manager of England. I feel though its time to end it at Manchester United and give England my attention, at least till the next world cup in 2010. I will inform you all of any developments regarding my managerial carrear...
However my football sucess doesnt end there, in Fantasy football, I am still topping all the leagues I am in, including top of Qatar, which has to be one of my claims to fame, and may, jus maybe make my CV if it remains at the end of the year, or I cud jus put 'was top manager in Qatar during 2006' if i lose my spot, cuz its a bloody honour i tell u! I have a big night tonight in the premiership, as 5 of my players are playing tonight! Some people have questioned my squad, but the key to me is I try to learn from my mistakes, last year I didnt do well in fantasy football, I know that may come to a shock for many of you, but its true I made some rookie mistakes, and this year Im not and thats the difference, its not so much my team but me, theres small errors that will cost you points every week, but if u can correct it, then u can make the difference, however Im not dumb, we all know theres a element of luck, and jus so happens i can be quite lucky, especially in love!!
Tonight is the big game of Manchester United vs Benefica, (ok i know my Entries have been quite football related of late, but thats because its a very busy/important time of the year plus not much else in my life on) man utd need a result, otherwise man utd will be out, and from last year we all know benefia can be knobs(we jus do shit against the portguese(remeber porto when jose cockface mourino was in charge, and benefica last year) but were at the theatre of dreams, so hopefully a postive result! Ill be hopefully watching it at a shisha bar, however every1 it seems supports chelsea, and mainly because of the hench negro Didlier Nigroba, so they all want to watch chelsea or local footbal. However last time i managed to watch united play, thanks largely to a old egyptian man(potentiall egypitan mafia if there is such a thing), who kinda wouldnt allow anyone to change the channel, and kept the commentry to english, even though i was the only guy who understood in the whole place! Aneway to counter the whole love for Nigroba I been trying to convince em Man utd are the team to follow as Saha is black too, but they jus dont seem to accept him as one of their own...
Aneway i Best go but take care of yourselves
Asif
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Now thats what I call Qatar 25 : Manager of the Year 06-07
Dear all,
You are reading the words of the Manager of the Year 2006-07 after guiding Manchester United to a HISTORIC victory, by one point over their fierece rivals Liverpool. With some shrewd signings at the start of the year (Frank Ribery(15million structured over 18 months) and Shaun Wright Philips (20.5million structured over 24 months) and Javier Savoila (10millions) and Cambiasso (for 11million who was a inspired signing and did amazingly with Carrick in the centre) and then in January signed Khaled Brouzgelu (the chelsea defender however u spell it for 8.5 million) so as u can c i have been splashing the cash, but after getting 40 million for Rio Ferdinand, i was able to bring in 5 top quality players in return which provide the strenght in depth that was needed. Going in to the last game of the season, i was 1 point ahead of liverpool and i was playing reading at home, easy-peasy right?well no, i lost it 2-1 however my old mate, Mark Hughes at blackburn beat liverpool to give me the title.
I lost in the champions league in the quater-final stage thanks to a David Villa hatrick (Valencia), and i put weak teams in the domestic cup competetions that saw me lose in both! aneway its close season now, i made some signings during the year that will occur now, like bringing in Johnathan Woodgate, now i know people will be likely he is a liability,however he is a sold player, and i luv having home nation players in my team, i belive that a team shud consist of a spine of that nations players,
Im firmly behind Fifas plans to introduce Qutoas, and though arsen the knob wenger has a point in that its descrimination and where they come from shudnt matter, a club has a duty to its community and the country it is in, to help provide and give a place where people can succed. If we in england constantly got african or eastern euro players instead of english players, there wud no future englsih team, i mean will always have the one offs (like wayne rooney and stevie gerrad) however ask George Wear if one many can change a team...answer if u dont know who im talking about it no!
Well i know for alot of you u wud have finsihed reading way up there but for those still reading this, i thank u for taking an intrest into my days at Manachester United, and though i have a sneaking feeling that the glazers have a anti-muslim policy may i continue to bring success to the club and then get someone else to take over instead of those dirty bastards!
Talking of dirty bastards...the policy makers in the usa and isreal and the gulf countires have come to ingengious conclusion that they cant wipe out palestine/stand by and do nothin. Palestines population growth is much greater than isreals, therefore soon they will have no choice but to accept their existance and the fact that they need a soverign country.Also with the added fact that its inhumane what is occuring at the moment, and that with each murder means the perpertual motion for violence continues 4 fold. Im not saying palestine is without fault, as all they can do is bicker amongst each other, which isnt going to help anyone. However i sincerly hope all those involved and responbile will start some sort of dialouge but i think we all know WW3 is only around the corner...and this conflict in my opinion will be the source of it...
Aneway enuff for now, take care of yourselves..
Asif
You are reading the words of the Manager of the Year 2006-07 after guiding Manchester United to a HISTORIC victory, by one point over their fierece rivals Liverpool. With some shrewd signings at the start of the year (Frank Ribery(15million structured over 18 months) and Shaun Wright Philips (20.5million structured over 24 months) and Javier Savoila (10millions) and Cambiasso (for 11million who was a inspired signing and did amazingly with Carrick in the centre) and then in January signed Khaled Brouzgelu (the chelsea defender however u spell it for 8.5 million) so as u can c i have been splashing the cash, but after getting 40 million for Rio Ferdinand, i was able to bring in 5 top quality players in return which provide the strenght in depth that was needed. Going in to the last game of the season, i was 1 point ahead of liverpool and i was playing reading at home, easy-peasy right?well no, i lost it 2-1 however my old mate, Mark Hughes at blackburn beat liverpool to give me the title.
I lost in the champions league in the quater-final stage thanks to a David Villa hatrick (Valencia), and i put weak teams in the domestic cup competetions that saw me lose in both! aneway its close season now, i made some signings during the year that will occur now, like bringing in Johnathan Woodgate, now i know people will be likely he is a liability,however he is a sold player, and i luv having home nation players in my team, i belive that a team shud consist of a spine of that nations players,
Im firmly behind Fifas plans to introduce Qutoas, and though arsen the knob wenger has a point in that its descrimination and where they come from shudnt matter, a club has a duty to its community and the country it is in, to help provide and give a place where people can succed. If we in england constantly got african or eastern euro players instead of english players, there wud no future englsih team, i mean will always have the one offs (like wayne rooney and stevie gerrad) however ask George Wear if one many can change a team...answer if u dont know who im talking about it no!
Well i know for alot of you u wud have finsihed reading way up there but for those still reading this, i thank u for taking an intrest into my days at Manachester United, and though i have a sneaking feeling that the glazers have a anti-muslim policy may i continue to bring success to the club and then get someone else to take over instead of those dirty bastards!
Talking of dirty bastards...the policy makers in the usa and isreal and the gulf countires have come to ingengious conclusion that they cant wipe out palestine/stand by and do nothin. Palestines population growth is much greater than isreals, therefore soon they will have no choice but to accept their existance and the fact that they need a soverign country.Also with the added fact that its inhumane what is occuring at the moment, and that with each murder means the perpertual motion for violence continues 4 fold. Im not saying palestine is without fault, as all they can do is bicker amongst each other, which isnt going to help anyone. However i sincerly hope all those involved and responbile will start some sort of dialouge but i think we all know WW3 is only around the corner...and this conflict in my opinion will be the source of it...
Aneway enuff for now, take care of yourselves..
Asif
Friday, December 01, 2006
Now thats What I call Qatar 24: Football Manager 2007
Dear All,
its the first of december, i final 31 days before we see the close of the year ( via the greogrian calender) and oh my this year has gone by ever so quickly..i iA intend to do a review of this year and what has happened and for those that only know me through this blog, what happened between Janurary til August 2006.
Firstly I would like to point out that my precious pearls have obviously spread and i quote "The divisions which exist among Christians are a scandal to the world," the Pope said after the meeting. Just a few days after my email about divisions in world relgion, i dont think its jus a conincedence!
LAst night I watched the Man utd vs Everton game, was a ok game, man utd had a much younger team out there and their inexperience showed at times, however it was a solid victory, which along with Chelseas win, puts both teams firmly in front of the rest of the league. And on matters close to home, fantasty football im jus storming it at the moment, and hopefully will continue, it all depends on the big man Kevin Doyle... Though im quiet annoyed that im third in Qatar at the moment, as I was first(well joint) but i gone down, btu hopefully will go better int eh coming weeks!
The internet cafe im in every1 has disappeared and the lights are off, im kinda shitting it, im going to leave and continue it later on take car!
Im back, and having started football manager 2007 im in complete football mode, before i give my inital views of football man2k7, Fernando, has give me a article to read that i think is a great article on chelsea and why exactly they will never be Man utd or liverpool etc http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/11/28/sfnhen28.xml
Aneway footy manager, well the interface is fairly similar to 2006, exacept alot easier to use which is good as usually with the new versions it gets more complicated each year. Transfers are usually a easy process,though im having trouble signing any1. I sold Rio Ferdinand to Chelsea for 40 million, straight away, and wit the money brought Saviola (9million) and Cambiasso (11million) and im trying to get a defender maybe another argentine, like Walter Samuel, or Miah Richards but so far been unsuccesful. I won my first 2 games on the premiership, against bolton and charlton and jus drew 0-0 with arsenal at home, i dominated the game but sadly came away with nothing. Well im gonig to go back and play very shortly!
I love skype, without my and Shamina would barely talk and if we ddi talk like the current levels i wud be spending half of my wage on it! I found out Ebay own skype, and Google owns Blooger(the company that produces my blog) its amazing how these 2 companies are slowly dominating the internet, i admire both companies but google mroe, and think its fantastic how it has grown, and i cant stand people who hate on it, it stands for the same beliefs i have like the freedom of information that in turn will lead to a better informed society, meaning the ignorance that exists in the world wud in my opinion be diluted.
Aneway thats enuff from me
Adios
Asif
its the first of december, i final 31 days before we see the close of the year ( via the greogrian calender) and oh my this year has gone by ever so quickly..i iA intend to do a review of this year and what has happened and for those that only know me through this blog, what happened between Janurary til August 2006.
Firstly I would like to point out that my precious pearls have obviously spread and i quote "The divisions which exist among Christians are a scandal to the world," the Pope said after the meeting. Just a few days after my email about divisions in world relgion, i dont think its jus a conincedence!
LAst night I watched the Man utd vs Everton game, was a ok game, man utd had a much younger team out there and their inexperience showed at times, however it was a solid victory, which along with Chelseas win, puts both teams firmly in front of the rest of the league. And on matters close to home, fantasty football im jus storming it at the moment, and hopefully will continue, it all depends on the big man Kevin Doyle... Though im quiet annoyed that im third in Qatar at the moment, as I was first(well joint) but i gone down, btu hopefully will go better int eh coming weeks!
The internet cafe im in every1 has disappeared and the lights are off, im kinda shitting it, im going to leave and continue it later on take car!
Im back, and having started football manager 2007 im in complete football mode, before i give my inital views of football man2k7, Fernando, has give me a article to read that i think is a great article on chelsea and why exactly they will never be Man utd or liverpool etc http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/11/28/sfnhen28.xml
Aneway footy manager, well the interface is fairly similar to 2006, exacept alot easier to use which is good as usually with the new versions it gets more complicated each year. Transfers are usually a easy process,though im having trouble signing any1. I sold Rio Ferdinand to Chelsea for 40 million, straight away, and wit the money brought Saviola (9million) and Cambiasso (11million) and im trying to get a defender maybe another argentine, like Walter Samuel, or Miah Richards but so far been unsuccesful. I won my first 2 games on the premiership, against bolton and charlton and jus drew 0-0 with arsenal at home, i dominated the game but sadly came away with nothing. Well im gonig to go back and play very shortly!
I love skype, without my and Shamina would barely talk and if we ddi talk like the current levels i wud be spending half of my wage on it! I found out Ebay own skype, and Google owns Blooger(the company that produces my blog) its amazing how these 2 companies are slowly dominating the internet, i admire both companies but google mroe, and think its fantastic how it has grown, and i cant stand people who hate on it, it stands for the same beliefs i have like the freedom of information that in turn will lead to a better informed society, meaning the ignorance that exists in the world wud in my opinion be diluted.
Aneway thats enuff from me
Adios
Asif
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