Hey,
II have been in london for almost a week now, and feels good to be here, but it doesnt feel like home, andi dont know if Qatar feels like home or even knutsford anymore, i dont know if i have a 'home' in the tradiational sense, at least not just yet!
Anyway, let me tell u wot i been up2, I saw one of the most ridiculous things the other day, on a shopping street in London, (pretty much the main one, OXford Street) there wasa shop that described it-self as a shop of Luxury Toilets, where women can pay 1GBP and go to the toilet whilst shopping in a luxury toilet and refresh themselves, however i mean to dedicate a entire store to that was unbeliveable, i mean how the hell did the bank agree to give someone money for that? I jus dont get people nowdays!!
I had my class reunion for uni on Friday night, and it was really good, got to meet up with most of my friends who I hadnt seen for bout 6months, when we were studying we were constantly being told we were the future of the construction industry, and that basically alot of us would go on to become important in the construction industry, and with that thinkin I was thinkin we should always form a strong networking circle, where we can all help each other, and be friends and its good to hvae friends in others companies in ur industry and finally its always good to luk back on some of the best days in ur life with nostaligia and friends from dat time, so we need to continue meeting up, and i was thinkin of making it like once every 6months or so cuz i think that allows us to have enuff time to build up more stories so we dont have awarked silences as well as the fact that i live half way across the world and dont have time to always come back and others are also very busy with their own lives.
I went to the UCL Bangla show on saturday, i been looking forward to it alot cuz last year it was really good however this year it was good in parts there was something really lacking, their was no flow, and was a really mismatched performance, as some people were doing classical music, some hip hop dancing, some awful acting, some good singers, some bad singers, and just far too varied and way off the fusion vibe that man student asian productions try to go for, i still think the organisors did a good job and got alot of people
Ireland was awesome, i mean its everything u expect, full of friendly but passionate people sprinkled with the odd nutter, (one guy started shouting on how he hated england and to kill em all!!), the buildings reminded me of camrbdige as they looked like the colleges their, The shopping was really good and as its EU it meant shops like Zara which are european based were considerbly cheaper their than here in England. One the way their and on the plane back we were delayed and it really sucked as it meant less time in dublin and shamina getting in trouble with her family for getting back so late! I saw so many rats on the way back in the tube at night from heathrow, it was really disgusting and jus makes u think of that horrible statistic that for every human in the uk their is a rat, especially in london, its such a filth ridden city.
And on that note, ill leave you...
Take care
Asif
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
3 hours in&the bitchin begins....
Dear All,
I'm back in the UK, it feels good though in the time i been here about 3 hours now i got more stressed than in 3months in Qatar! Firstly the MISSION between the plane and and the passport control, nothing like that in Qatar you walk off the plane and within 2 mins ur at passport control, then at passport control their was a huge queue,though its not the worst passport control queue i seen (that honour goes to Moroccon airport, Marakechs one where me and Shamina waited for about 2 hours or something ridiculous in a no-airconditioned building at 1am) it was still very tiresome. Following that the baggage carrosel had some techinical difficulties so had to go to 2 different carrosels, and then my bad was one of the last ones out, and FINALLY buying the ticket for the tube took fcukin time, and people wonder why so many brits move abroad..can u seriously blame them? U dont needto deal with this kinda bullshit in the middle east, if it wasnt for family and friends and Shamina i dont know how much i would come back, i mean it is my home, but days like these make me think how much easier life is over in qatar and how stressful life in london is. Manchester and more so knutsford to me has the good mix of things to do, and beautiful scenary and yet stress-free. I spend 40 quid on travel card+toppin up my oyster, that wud service me to drive like up and down qatar on that! Aneway i shud stop hating, lets c how the rest of the week goes.
Im supposed to be going to London fashion show opening day, but shamina is running late, so not sure, but oh well, i guess in london iz becum more stressed as there are other people i depend on and if those people dont fit to my timetable, i become stressed!
Aneway i best go take care
I'm back in the UK, it feels good though in the time i been here about 3 hours now i got more stressed than in 3months in Qatar! Firstly the MISSION between the plane and and the passport control, nothing like that in Qatar you walk off the plane and within 2 mins ur at passport control, then at passport control their was a huge queue,though its not the worst passport control queue i seen (that honour goes to Moroccon airport, Marakechs one where me and Shamina waited for about 2 hours or something ridiculous in a no-airconditioned building at 1am) it was still very tiresome. Following that the baggage carrosel had some techinical difficulties so had to go to 2 different carrosels, and then my bad was one of the last ones out, and FINALLY buying the ticket for the tube took fcukin time, and people wonder why so many brits move abroad..can u seriously blame them? U dont needto deal with this kinda bullshit in the middle east, if it wasnt for family and friends and Shamina i dont know how much i would come back, i mean it is my home, but days like these make me think how much easier life is over in qatar and how stressful life in london is. Manchester and more so knutsford to me has the good mix of things to do, and beautiful scenary and yet stress-free. I spend 40 quid on travel card+toppin up my oyster, that wud service me to drive like up and down qatar on that! Aneway i shud stop hating, lets c how the rest of the week goes.
Im supposed to be going to London fashion show opening day, but shamina is running late, so not sure, but oh well, i guess in london iz becum more stressed as there are other people i depend on and if those people dont fit to my timetable, i become stressed!
Aneway i best go take care
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Now that What I call Qatar 45: The Underdog
Well tonight I leave for Londres man im PUMPED! its goin to be sooooo tight, i cant wait, filled with bare addrenlin for thie worldwind trip, and it does feel like a worldwind trip, i mean im back for 10 days which seems alot, however when you have alot of places to go, alot of people to c and a lot of things to do, its nothing and though its called R+R (rest and relaxation) its going to be far from it....that at least until i reach the great northern town of Knutsford, where one can truly relax whilst basking in the northern sun and sipping the finest water after zamzam...(for those who dont know what Zamzam its the name of the famous spring in Islam that provided water for Maryam(Mary), Isa (Jesus's) mother whilst they were walking in the desert between two mountains when all of a sudden a sprin was found and that same spring provides all the water to those that come to Mecca. So basically its Holy water.)
I watched the man utd game last night, after smoking some shisha at this place called Ras - Al- Nassar, its kinda da place to be for shisa smokers, and for qatar its expensvie like 3-4 quid for a shisa, lol! considering the cheapest place in the uk is a 5 and for equivalent venues in the uk its more like 15quid im laughin! Aneway i was so concked out after the shisha, it felt like they had put next things in it, seriously i was so messed up, hadnt felt like thati n a while, however continued to watch the man utd game, and the other champions league games, and i am glad i did, as the Real vs Bayen game was a fantastic display of two giants of European football going at it, all the spanish teams left have tough fixtures coem to think about it, Valencia are playing my beloved Inter, and Barcelona are playing that scum that damages the great north-west name, Liverpool.
Man utd were there usual cheecky-selves, reminding me of the gloary days with displays like that, where everyone jus begins to hate them, the thing is i have a a tendancy to support the underdog, even when im playing football myself, i always( well not always as if the other team containts pricks I would b even more up for it) want the losing team to close the deficit, maybe not win but close it to make it more intreting and boast the other teams morale. So though Man utd have not won much for the last two years, i have been ok with it, and i really hope we win the league because Chelsea are jus a team full of pricks, but regarding the other compentations I want man utd to win but much prefer when their paying bastards like chelsea or real...
There have been reports that Christano Ronaldo wants to leave, unlike alot of utd fans, who i feel are in denial i think their true, i mean hes a sun-lover, yeh im sure he does like manchester(who wouldnt) but he has his heart set on espania and its so clear, if man utd lose him, they will be in trouble, because we dont have any other good wingers(giggs is not much of a winger now days as he plays centrally alot more) and others are squad players not the kinda players to play in a world XI like C.ronaldo is, they would need to re-invest that money they sell and buy about 2 very good quality players one ofr each wing and players who are the kind to command a spot in the team like Rooney, Scholes, Rio, g Nevile and VDS. Its weird how passionate people get about football, im one of them, howeveri draw the line at violence as i think that stupid, banter is fine but not fisty-cuffs! I can talk about football all day and night, and at time i do lose intrest however their is nothing like going to a game and feelin the energy of a encapsulating game with end to end football, its worth all the ticket price! (and not many games are now days!)
I know this entry has been a rather lackluster one, however i will try to improve next time, still feelin quite jadded from all that smoke!
Aneway i will post again hopefully iA tomrow.
Asif
I watched the man utd game last night, after smoking some shisha at this place called Ras - Al- Nassar, its kinda da place to be for shisa smokers, and for qatar its expensvie like 3-4 quid for a shisa, lol! considering the cheapest place in the uk is a 5 and for equivalent venues in the uk its more like 15quid im laughin! Aneway i was so concked out after the shisha, it felt like they had put next things in it, seriously i was so messed up, hadnt felt like thati n a while, however continued to watch the man utd game, and the other champions league games, and i am glad i did, as the Real vs Bayen game was a fantastic display of two giants of European football going at it, all the spanish teams left have tough fixtures coem to think about it, Valencia are playing my beloved Inter, and Barcelona are playing that scum that damages the great north-west name, Liverpool.
Man utd were there usual cheecky-selves, reminding me of the gloary days with displays like that, where everyone jus begins to hate them, the thing is i have a a tendancy to support the underdog, even when im playing football myself, i always( well not always as if the other team containts pricks I would b even more up for it) want the losing team to close the deficit, maybe not win but close it to make it more intreting and boast the other teams morale. So though Man utd have not won much for the last two years, i have been ok with it, and i really hope we win the league because Chelsea are jus a team full of pricks, but regarding the other compentations I want man utd to win but much prefer when their paying bastards like chelsea or real...
There have been reports that Christano Ronaldo wants to leave, unlike alot of utd fans, who i feel are in denial i think their true, i mean hes a sun-lover, yeh im sure he does like manchester(who wouldnt) but he has his heart set on espania and its so clear, if man utd lose him, they will be in trouble, because we dont have any other good wingers(giggs is not much of a winger now days as he plays centrally alot more) and others are squad players not the kinda players to play in a world XI like C.ronaldo is, they would need to re-invest that money they sell and buy about 2 very good quality players one ofr each wing and players who are the kind to command a spot in the team like Rooney, Scholes, Rio, g Nevile and VDS. Its weird how passionate people get about football, im one of them, howeveri draw the line at violence as i think that stupid, banter is fine but not fisty-cuffs! I can talk about football all day and night, and at time i do lose intrest however their is nothing like going to a game and feelin the energy of a encapsulating game with end to end football, its worth all the ticket price! (and not many games are now days!)
I know this entry has been a rather lackluster one, however i will try to improve next time, still feelin quite jadded from all that smoke!
Aneway i will post again hopefully iA tomrow.
Asif
Monday, February 19, 2007
Now thats what I call Qatar 44: Cultured Europeans
To my readers..
I hope this entry finds you well, I am only 4 days from being back in the UK and I CANT WAIT!!!im so excited!!
I been pretty darn busy since my last entry, and where I left last time was with the big game against Canada. Well we won it 3-1, and it was a hard fought victory against a team that we should have beaten alot more convincingly! I started off as a subsitute and came on with a third of the first half to play in a left midfield postion, I did very little and hardly affected the game. So i started the second half as a sub again, however a third into the second half, I was brought on as it was 1-1 and was told to go in attack to form a 3-4-3 formation as apposed to our usual 4-4-2, I was on the left side of the 3 in attack, however this formation allowed me to have more time on the ball and give me more passing options, I got involved in the game so much so that I won a penatly, I was asked to take it but at 1-1 and we had already missed a penalty I politley declined, the person who did take it missed though, and missed a sitter of a rebound, nevertheless we continued to pound away and my performance generated rave reviews, and really boosted my confidence as well as my reputation within the company. Its weird but like doing well in something completely un-releated to work really does have a profound effect on my work life, such as people being nicer, friendly, more accomadating. I have always said the 3 key ways to be populour is, to be physically strong(people always love someone to protect them from harm, hench people are always populour), good looking (people who are good looking always have friends around them as people like to feel attractive and so hang around people who are good looking trying to boast their own confidence, when ironcially i think it works the other way. in that people are going to compare the two people and will actually make them look worse!) and finally the most obvious reason why people are populour, Money!(everyone loves rich people, goes with two above, in that they feel their part of the power,goodlooks, and wealth if they associate with people of that nature) The above 3 causes for popularity are more applicable to school or uni, however it can also be applied to work. And using that reasoning, I feel that for me I need to understand this is the way people are and with that u handle work or uni life, in that you need to be aware of why people tend to be nicer to other people than others, and learn to accept it.
Theres some beef going on between some of my friends whom are living together, and its a clash of personalities where some of them dont know who they really are, people say when you travel you learn who u are, or when your at uni you learn who u are, the thing is u never stop learning who u r, i agree u learn more about yourself, and your likes and dislikes alot more when your traveling or at uni. You learn at uni what kinda people you can live with, tolerate with, wot kinda friends are really your type of friends, and i dont think its no conincidience that the people who are having the clash are American. Purely because they dont travel as much as Europeans, they dont experience other cultures or what they like and dont like except in a American context, as a European im aware of many other european countries customs and attitudes which vary vastly and because of imigration within europe, people are aware of the customs and attitudes of manya african and asian countries regardless of their own origins. You ask Americans if they have the same global understanding and i can gurantee that they would be no where near as aware of other cultures...This means that for large multinational companies like Bechtel, they will have problems with some of the american staff abroad whoc cant adjust with people from other cultures....
Saying that though, I went last weekend to a managers house for dinner who was American . And I felt like a old man, it was the arch-typical dinner that you would see in the movies except having a brown face on the dinner table as well as the black face(brown in this instance) serving the food. some people may think too much colour in the room, however i was completetly accepted by all and it was a really good experience and I had a really good time. I found out that Sake is like japanese alchol(rice wine or something) and accidently had some in a sauce in the starters. But the food at the dinner was like WOW, i mean there were clams and mussles for starters, and then roast beef and lamb and jacket potatoes with sour cream, it was really good, one of the best meals i had in a long time and i dont eat red meat! some wicked desert that I didnt know what it was, however i was wondering if somethin containted alchol but was burned off does that still make it have alchol?I need to find out for sure however I was thinkin it wouldnt be as alcohol is flamable so if you burn it then it disappears right? or is that wishful thinkin?
Aneway back to the dinner, it was jus a really good night, got to know alot of people alot better, and learnt about this place in Bangkok called the Banana hotel, and I was informed its basically a whore house that has been serving the expat community since the 70's, and just made me laugh so much, because I know exactly the type of people who would go and it turns out they are there right now!! Also found out some unexpected people are regulars, and its a shame that Bangkok has sucha bad reputation yet its one of the greatest cities in the world, for its diversity and the fact that KFC is halal there...
Aneway i got to go but take care and expect to hear from me soon!!
I hope this entry finds you well, I am only 4 days from being back in the UK and I CANT WAIT!!!im so excited!!
I been pretty darn busy since my last entry, and where I left last time was with the big game against Canada. Well we won it 3-1, and it was a hard fought victory against a team that we should have beaten alot more convincingly! I started off as a subsitute and came on with a third of the first half to play in a left midfield postion, I did very little and hardly affected the game. So i started the second half as a sub again, however a third into the second half, I was brought on as it was 1-1 and was told to go in attack to form a 3-4-3 formation as apposed to our usual 4-4-2, I was on the left side of the 3 in attack, however this formation allowed me to have more time on the ball and give me more passing options, I got involved in the game so much so that I won a penatly, I was asked to take it but at 1-1 and we had already missed a penalty I politley declined, the person who did take it missed though, and missed a sitter of a rebound, nevertheless we continued to pound away and my performance generated rave reviews, and really boosted my confidence as well as my reputation within the company. Its weird but like doing well in something completely un-releated to work really does have a profound effect on my work life, such as people being nicer, friendly, more accomadating. I have always said the 3 key ways to be populour is, to be physically strong(people always love someone to protect them from harm, hench people are always populour), good looking (people who are good looking always have friends around them as people like to feel attractive and so hang around people who are good looking trying to boast their own confidence, when ironcially i think it works the other way. in that people are going to compare the two people and will actually make them look worse!) and finally the most obvious reason why people are populour, Money!(everyone loves rich people, goes with two above, in that they feel their part of the power,goodlooks, and wealth if they associate with people of that nature) The above 3 causes for popularity are more applicable to school or uni, however it can also be applied to work. And using that reasoning, I feel that for me I need to understand this is the way people are and with that u handle work or uni life, in that you need to be aware of why people tend to be nicer to other people than others, and learn to accept it.
Theres some beef going on between some of my friends whom are living together, and its a clash of personalities where some of them dont know who they really are, people say when you travel you learn who u are, or when your at uni you learn who u are, the thing is u never stop learning who u r, i agree u learn more about yourself, and your likes and dislikes alot more when your traveling or at uni. You learn at uni what kinda people you can live with, tolerate with, wot kinda friends are really your type of friends, and i dont think its no conincidience that the people who are having the clash are American. Purely because they dont travel as much as Europeans, they dont experience other cultures or what they like and dont like except in a American context, as a European im aware of many other european countries customs and attitudes which vary vastly and because of imigration within europe, people are aware of the customs and attitudes of manya african and asian countries regardless of their own origins. You ask Americans if they have the same global understanding and i can gurantee that they would be no where near as aware of other cultures...This means that for large multinational companies like Bechtel, they will have problems with some of the american staff abroad whoc cant adjust with people from other cultures....
Saying that though, I went last weekend to a managers house for dinner who was American . And I felt like a old man, it was the arch-typical dinner that you would see in the movies except having a brown face on the dinner table as well as the black face(brown in this instance) serving the food. some people may think too much colour in the room, however i was completetly accepted by all and it was a really good experience and I had a really good time. I found out that Sake is like japanese alchol(rice wine or something) and accidently had some in a sauce in the starters. But the food at the dinner was like WOW, i mean there were clams and mussles for starters, and then roast beef and lamb and jacket potatoes with sour cream, it was really good, one of the best meals i had in a long time and i dont eat red meat! some wicked desert that I didnt know what it was, however i was wondering if somethin containted alchol but was burned off does that still make it have alchol?I need to find out for sure however I was thinkin it wouldnt be as alcohol is flamable so if you burn it then it disappears right? or is that wishful thinkin?
Aneway back to the dinner, it was jus a really good night, got to know alot of people alot better, and learnt about this place in Bangkok called the Banana hotel, and I was informed its basically a whore house that has been serving the expat community since the 70's, and just made me laugh so much, because I know exactly the type of people who would go and it turns out they are there right now!! Also found out some unexpected people are regulars, and its a shame that Bangkok has sucha bad reputation yet its one of the greatest cities in the world, for its diversity and the fact that KFC is halal there...
Aneway i got to go but take care and expect to hear from me soon!!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Now thats What I Call Qatar 43: A Mormons Valentines
Happy Valentines Day my readers...
Tonight is my big match, were playing Canada and it shud be a good match as our side is weakened and we all know that Canadians like their North American cuzzins sux@footy! Below is the league table for my footy and the fixtures coming up so u can predict which blog entries will be about football!
Standings
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Points
InterContinental
2
2
0
0
8
1
7
6
England
3
2
1
0
9
2
7
6
Scotland
3
2
1
0
7
3
4
6
Bechtel
2
1
1
0
6
5
1
3
CNA-Q
3
1
2
0
3
14
-11
3
Shell
3
0
3
0
3
11
-8
0
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Home Team
Guest Home
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Date
Kickoff
Shell (0)
Scotland (4)
CNA-Q
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
7:00:00 PM
England (7)
CNA-Q (0)
Scotland
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
8:15:00 PM
Bechtel (2)
Scotland (3)
Shell
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
7:00:00 PM
CNA-Q (3)
Shell (1)
Bechtel
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
8:15:00 PM
Bechtel (4)
Shell (2)
England
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
7:00:00 PM
InterContinental (2)
England (1)
Shell
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
8:15:00 PM
England (1)
Scotland (0)
InterContinental
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
7:00:00 PM
CNA-Q (0)
InterContinental (6)
Scotland
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
8:15:00 PM
Shell
England
Bechtel
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
7:00:00 PM
CNA-Q
Bechtel
England
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8:15:00 PM
I been scolling through the news and my emials and here is a intresting email a friend sent me, (thanks Bukhari) and there is a article from the guardian from it...
Step 1. Bomb a country with oil, use any and many excuses.
Step 2. Install a puppet government, too dumb or docile to disagree with you.
Step 3. Rebuild what you destroyed, but only allow companies you have
links with to do the rebuilding at many times the normal cost.
Step 4. Pay these companies with Oil money you have been 'holding' for
the country.
Step 5. Tell your grandchildren, that David Copperfield may have made
the statue of liberty dissappear, But you robbed an entire country in
broad daylight.
Below is a phase in step 4.
Flooding the country with so much money you start refering to it by
weight not amount, so people start handing it out like nothing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2008189,00.html
Its mind bogling the kind of figures that are bein mentioned and where the hell has it gone, its tiehr to insurgents or american corps, either one isnt great really as the people of america and iraq are the ones who are getting screwed, however regarding the american citizens i found this poll quite intresting today check this question about the US election...
WOULD YOU VOTE FOR...
A woman? 88% say "Yes"
A black? 94% say "Yes"
A Mormon? 72% say "Yes"
Source: USA Today/Gallup poll, Feb 2007
Who says the world isnt prejudiced? purely by asking the question and giving those possible answers, its ridiculous. I would want to know how many of the people who were asked, responsed by asking the people asking the questions depends on who the candidate was. As I dont see how someone can make a good or bad president on being a women or being black. A Mormon is slightly different, as his faith could influence the decisions that they make, however saying that i still dont think a persons religious denomination without taking into account the character of that person is correct way of voting for a president!
Last night i watched WWE, it went thru a shite phase however now its gon back2bein awesome, the big PPV is on this weekend, i would love to watch it but i dont have the PPV channel and the timing will be when im at work, but this is nothing to the PPV in April the 1st! Wrestlemania, its like the Champs League final, or the superbowl of the wrestling calender. I cant wait, and with my favourite wrestler, John Cena champion it promises to be a sick event. Also randomly Donald Trump will be on the show at wrestlemania, im trying to get my head around why one of the richaest and famous guys in the US would want to be involved in WWE, whatever the reason its going to be great and i would recommend everyone to somehow see it!
SO the Sunni vs Shia beef, well you hear about it alot here, and in most countries in the Islamic world the shias are a minortiy, and so has never really been a issue. The countries where Shias either equal or dominate the population is Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanaon, India (has the 2nd largest shia population after Iran), and parts of the East Cost of Africa. Im sure there are others however their the ones that come to my mind. Now the Shias in the first 4 of those countries listed are taking control of the country and influencing the way the country goes forward, this has led Sunni countries like Saudi, Jordon, Qatar and Egypt to assess the situation and beef up their own security as they feel intimated by a stronger shia precense in the middle east. I know sunni muslims who ddont like Shias, however I am not one of them, I dont really believe as such in demoninations, i mean their are some forms of Islam that i think are completely distorted (i wont go into it incase i offend anyone) however I think Shias and Sunnis have so much in common that the differences between the two are minor and in my opinon isnt enough if God were to condem one to Hell and the other to Heaven on those beliefs.
So anyway regardless of my thoughts or beliefts the insurangants in Iraq and Lebanon see otherwise, and belive that there are two clear lines and your either sunni or shia (or druzze or christian in lebonanons case). I dont know whos fault it is, and find it incredible how there can be so much hatred, the US finds itself in such a difficult postion, however its a position they put themselves in, you have the Mehdi Army, which is one of the largest Shia armies in the world, and Hezzbolla, both strong Shia armies, then you have Al-Queda on the other side, who are numerous in numbers, has so many sister organisations (eg Islamists in Somalia) funding and represents Sunni Islam, the two sides are sworn enemies, however stuck in the middle of the two is the US and UK army in Baghdad. So it would be logical if someone in the army sugguest let the two destroy each other and then will come in when the winner is weakened and destroy them... and i feel thats what they will do. However their are grey areas, where picking sides is not stright forward, you have Hamas, which is a Sunni organisation and yet is closely linked to Hezbolla which is Shia, and you have Syria which is a Sunni country and it has extremly close ties to Iran(which is Shia) so trying to understand the whole political and socialical process that occurs in this small yet powerful region is the key to finding peace in the world, and yet noone is capatable enough to understand the reasoning why such alliances have formed and why the situation that has arisen has arised. For years people in the middle east has lived in peace, they built beautiful buildings, created wonderful civilasations, however now, despite all the naturl riches that the middle east has, it has so many man made horrors that could ultimetly be the end of it in my humble opinon.
Thats all from me , have a good night, and lets hope your with the ones u love...
Tonight is my big match, were playing Canada and it shud be a good match as our side is weakened and we all know that Canadians like their North American cuzzins sux@footy! Below is the league table for my footy and the fixtures coming up so u can predict which blog entries will be about football!
Standings
Team
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Points
InterContinental
2
2
0
0
8
1
7
6
England
3
2
1
0
9
2
7
6
Scotland
3
2
1
0
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3
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I been scolling through the news and my emials and here is a intresting email a friend sent me, (thanks Bukhari) and there is a article from the guardian from it...
Step 1. Bomb a country with oil, use any and many excuses.
Step 2. Install a puppet government, too dumb or docile to disagree with you.
Step 3. Rebuild what you destroyed, but only allow companies you have
links with to do the rebuilding at many times the normal cost.
Step 4. Pay these companies with Oil money you have been 'holding' for
the country.
Step 5. Tell your grandchildren, that David Copperfield may have made
the statue of liberty dissappear, But you robbed an entire country in
broad daylight.
Below is a phase in step 4.
Flooding the country with so much money you start refering to it by
weight not amount, so people start handing it out like nothing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2008189,00.html
Its mind bogling the kind of figures that are bein mentioned and where the hell has it gone, its tiehr to insurgents or american corps, either one isnt great really as the people of america and iraq are the ones who are getting screwed, however regarding the american citizens i found this poll quite intresting today check this question about the US election...
WOULD YOU VOTE FOR...
A woman? 88% say "Yes"
A black? 94% say "Yes"
A Mormon? 72% say "Yes"
Source: USA Today/Gallup poll, Feb 2007
Who says the world isnt prejudiced? purely by asking the question and giving those possible answers, its ridiculous. I would want to know how many of the people who were asked, responsed by asking the people asking the questions depends on who the candidate was. As I dont see how someone can make a good or bad president on being a women or being black. A Mormon is slightly different, as his faith could influence the decisions that they make, however saying that i still dont think a persons religious denomination without taking into account the character of that person is correct way of voting for a president!
Last night i watched WWE, it went thru a shite phase however now its gon back2bein awesome, the big PPV is on this weekend, i would love to watch it but i dont have the PPV channel and the timing will be when im at work, but this is nothing to the PPV in April the 1st! Wrestlemania, its like the Champs League final, or the superbowl of the wrestling calender. I cant wait, and with my favourite wrestler, John Cena champion it promises to be a sick event. Also randomly Donald Trump will be on the show at wrestlemania, im trying to get my head around why one of the richaest and famous guys in the US would want to be involved in WWE, whatever the reason its going to be great and i would recommend everyone to somehow see it!
SO the Sunni vs Shia beef, well you hear about it alot here, and in most countries in the Islamic world the shias are a minortiy, and so has never really been a issue. The countries where Shias either equal or dominate the population is Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanaon, India (has the 2nd largest shia population after Iran), and parts of the East Cost of Africa. Im sure there are others however their the ones that come to my mind. Now the Shias in the first 4 of those countries listed are taking control of the country and influencing the way the country goes forward, this has led Sunni countries like Saudi, Jordon, Qatar and Egypt to assess the situation and beef up their own security as they feel intimated by a stronger shia precense in the middle east. I know sunni muslims who ddont like Shias, however I am not one of them, I dont really believe as such in demoninations, i mean their are some forms of Islam that i think are completely distorted (i wont go into it incase i offend anyone) however I think Shias and Sunnis have so much in common that the differences between the two are minor and in my opinon isnt enough if God were to condem one to Hell and the other to Heaven on those beliefs.
So anyway regardless of my thoughts or beliefts the insurangants in Iraq and Lebanon see otherwise, and belive that there are two clear lines and your either sunni or shia (or druzze or christian in lebonanons case). I dont know whos fault it is, and find it incredible how there can be so much hatred, the US finds itself in such a difficult postion, however its a position they put themselves in, you have the Mehdi Army, which is one of the largest Shia armies in the world, and Hezzbolla, both strong Shia armies, then you have Al-Queda on the other side, who are numerous in numbers, has so many sister organisations (eg Islamists in Somalia) funding and represents Sunni Islam, the two sides are sworn enemies, however stuck in the middle of the two is the US and UK army in Baghdad. So it would be logical if someone in the army sugguest let the two destroy each other and then will come in when the winner is weakened and destroy them... and i feel thats what they will do. However their are grey areas, where picking sides is not stright forward, you have Hamas, which is a Sunni organisation and yet is closely linked to Hezbolla which is Shia, and you have Syria which is a Sunni country and it has extremly close ties to Iran(which is Shia) so trying to understand the whole political and socialical process that occurs in this small yet powerful region is the key to finding peace in the world, and yet noone is capatable enough to understand the reasoning why such alliances have formed and why the situation that has arisen has arised. For years people in the middle east has lived in peace, they built beautiful buildings, created wonderful civilasations, however now, despite all the naturl riches that the middle east has, it has so many man made horrors that could ultimetly be the end of it in my humble opinon.
Thats all from me , have a good night, and lets hope your with the ones u love...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Now Thats What I Call Qatar 42: Too much internet!
Hello there,
Been under so much stress recently,Work is starting to really annoy me. I had my annual review and i did ok, was told some good things and some things that need improving,however overall i was consdiered to be performing to my grade, and its weird as I have a set of people who are for me, and a set who are against me with some sitting in the middle and some not having a clue whats going on, I have been told i go on the internet too much, i dont c why internet has become such a huge issue but it has, and its ridiculous, they pay me to do a job if i do that job then whats the problem, if i do the job quicker than others am i not entitled to relax for the remaining time, no i must continue to seek more work. I am not like that you see, I mean i want to do well and i am ambitious there is no denying that, however im not a slave and i refuse to be. If i were i would be in banking where at least the slaves are well paid.
Talking of money, I was thinking about the future and when or if I will return to the UK to work, I mean I sometimes dont c the point, i mean yes family there buts its not like they cant come out here to visit or I go and visit them, there are no taxes here in the middle east, lower crime rate, MUCH higher standard of living, and basically ill be working double the hours (incl. commuting time) in the UK yet earning half the money than I would in the Gulf. That does not add up to me, i mean we work so we can further our lives however I dont c how me going back to UK would make me further my earning growth.
I have so many decisions and dilemas coming up about work and u, its really consuming me. My mother is planning to come in Mid march to stay with me for a few weeks, and I am aiming to speak to her about Shamina, so theres another thing thats on my mind!
Aneway tommorrow i have a another football match and its lookin like ill have to play a key role as there are not many people in, so my fitness and my anxiety will really be put to the test!!
Also its valentines day i cant give too much away however i got a little bit of stuff planned even though im miles away, however i think will celebrate it when were back together next week! Though valentines is a commerical/Christian holiday,
I think like Christmas the message of the holiday is worth celebrating, (for valentines this is shows your loved one how your feel and celebrate the love you have) and (for Christmas i think the whole family getting together for at least one time in the year is a great idea) so taking away any relgigious significance i feel everyone should celebrate it!!
So i was going to talk about sunnis and shias however i dont have time so i cant but i promise at some point in Feb i will!!
for now Adios...
Asif
Been under so much stress recently,Work is starting to really annoy me. I had my annual review and i did ok, was told some good things and some things that need improving,however overall i was consdiered to be performing to my grade, and its weird as I have a set of people who are for me, and a set who are against me with some sitting in the middle and some not having a clue whats going on, I have been told i go on the internet too much, i dont c why internet has become such a huge issue but it has, and its ridiculous, they pay me to do a job if i do that job then whats the problem, if i do the job quicker than others am i not entitled to relax for the remaining time, no i must continue to seek more work. I am not like that you see, I mean i want to do well and i am ambitious there is no denying that, however im not a slave and i refuse to be. If i were i would be in banking where at least the slaves are well paid.
Talking of money, I was thinking about the future and when or if I will return to the UK to work, I mean I sometimes dont c the point, i mean yes family there buts its not like they cant come out here to visit or I go and visit them, there are no taxes here in the middle east, lower crime rate, MUCH higher standard of living, and basically ill be working double the hours (incl. commuting time) in the UK yet earning half the money than I would in the Gulf. That does not add up to me, i mean we work so we can further our lives however I dont c how me going back to UK would make me further my earning growth.
I have so many decisions and dilemas coming up about work and u, its really consuming me. My mother is planning to come in Mid march to stay with me for a few weeks, and I am aiming to speak to her about Shamina, so theres another thing thats on my mind!
Aneway tommorrow i have a another football match and its lookin like ill have to play a key role as there are not many people in, so my fitness and my anxiety will really be put to the test!!
Also its valentines day i cant give too much away however i got a little bit of stuff planned even though im miles away, however i think will celebrate it when were back together next week! Though valentines is a commerical/Christian holiday,
I think like Christmas the message of the holiday is worth celebrating, (for valentines this is shows your loved one how your feel and celebrate the love you have) and (for Christmas i think the whole family getting together for at least one time in the year is a great idea) so taking away any relgigious significance i feel everyone should celebrate it!!
So i was going to talk about sunnis and shias however i dont have time so i cant but i promise at some point in Feb i will!!
for now Adios...
Asif
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Now that's What I call Qatar 41: Hypocritical Asif...
Dear All,
how goes things?
I been pretty busy with work, I have decided to start taking a more active role at work, and have been given 2 roles, so therefore have almost double the workload, but its a good sign as they think I can handle it. On top of that, I am participating in Six Sigma tasks, which is looking at ways to make the company more efficient in its process, and on top of that I am part of this competition called Merit, where teams all over the world compete to run a virtual construction company. Its a awesome, idea, and really cool, its hard work as is all the other things but means im alot more busier and therefore I appreciate my time off a lot more. Along with all this work, is my new football, table tennis and gym routine and to make it the tri-factor,I am trying to become more religious. Doing all this makes me feel really good about myself, and I am happy with the way my life is going. It makes me thing of how meaningless life was at uni, I mean it was great sleeping til 2pm going to sleep at 5am every night, doing what the hell I wanted when I wanted, there was no real constraints, however now there is and though at times I think about my student days, to be honest im glad its over. Especially during exam time, it was so hard, so much pressure, I mean theres pressure at work but that feeling of walking into a exam and knowing that if u fcuk up ur future cud be over...arrrr jus thinkin of the feeeling shits me!
My flatmate moved out of the apartments last week,into a villa wit a couple of the other boyz(women+men not married or related can not live together so theres no co-ed houses in Qatar!) its pretty nice apartment, and the accommodation here though expensive is really spacious especially compared to London.So now im living alone, well not alone,I obviously have my spiritual friend, Dr Jinn..its fcuked seriously, so much crazy stuff happens, wouldn't surprise if like the scene out of the Exorcist with the girl occurs one night, well messed up situation. I bet they probably built it on some burial ground the damn Arabs.
Talking of Aaaarabs, they been generally pissin me off lately, its mainly to do with their driving, but im weird as when someone else pisses em off I get the feeling there being racist bastardos but when I do im bein fair, its so hypricitical of me I know, but feels like im not cuz im muslim and allowed to diss em, its very ironic and I dont feel im the only one, as many people I know find it approiate to make critisms of things but if someone else says something then they are quick to dismiss it and maybe even become hostile to it, and I guess im like of those hypocritical knobs...
Aneway back to my hating of arabs, well it sometimes complexes me, I mean to be honest I have such a negative view of them and their manners and common sense,however once in a while you meet a well manaered logical thinkin Arab that makes u think they aint all dat bad, then after meeting one within 2 mins ull meet one of the knobs who drive like a mad-man and who have no respect for those around them.
It makes me think wot wud Bangladesh be like if they had the oil reserves of the gulf, would they show more humility or less, would they be more generous or less, its always quick to show faults in the gulf countries but makes u think that if another country were put in Saudis shoes how wud they behave.
The fact that Saudi has its huge oil reserve in a weird way has always made me belive in Islam more, I mean Mecca and Medina would never be as nice or as large as they are if Saudi couldnt afford it, they wouldnt have the infrastructure in place to accommodate millions of pilgrims every year without oil money, I know its a rather lame reason so base your faith on, however to me I think natural resources are placed by God for specific reasons in specific places,and we dont always know, however I know without being the no.1 oil producer in the world Islam under Saudis governance wouldnt be as big as it is now. Im not the biggest fan of Saudi to be honest and I will be writing a piece soon on the shia vs sunni beef that is engulfing the region and soon to be world but I have to give credit where credit is due and appreciate what Saudi has done for Islam...(again even though I dont agree with alot of it!)
Aneway thats enuff from my
Ziffa ( my nickname given to me by my french teacher back in high school)
how goes things?
I been pretty busy with work, I have decided to start taking a more active role at work, and have been given 2 roles, so therefore have almost double the workload, but its a good sign as they think I can handle it. On top of that, I am participating in Six Sigma tasks, which is looking at ways to make the company more efficient in its process, and on top of that I am part of this competition called Merit, where teams all over the world compete to run a virtual construction company. Its a awesome, idea, and really cool, its hard work as is all the other things but means im alot more busier and therefore I appreciate my time off a lot more. Along with all this work, is my new football, table tennis and gym routine and to make it the tri-factor,I am trying to become more religious. Doing all this makes me feel really good about myself, and I am happy with the way my life is going. It makes me thing of how meaningless life was at uni, I mean it was great sleeping til 2pm going to sleep at 5am every night, doing what the hell I wanted when I wanted, there was no real constraints, however now there is and though at times I think about my student days, to be honest im glad its over. Especially during exam time, it was so hard, so much pressure, I mean theres pressure at work but that feeling of walking into a exam and knowing that if u fcuk up ur future cud be over...arrrr jus thinkin of the feeeling shits me!
My flatmate moved out of the apartments last week,into a villa wit a couple of the other boyz(women+men not married or related can not live together so theres no co-ed houses in Qatar!) its pretty nice apartment, and the accommodation here though expensive is really spacious especially compared to London.So now im living alone, well not alone,I obviously have my spiritual friend, Dr Jinn..its fcuked seriously, so much crazy stuff happens, wouldn't surprise if like the scene out of the Exorcist with the girl occurs one night, well messed up situation. I bet they probably built it on some burial ground the damn Arabs.
Talking of Aaaarabs, they been generally pissin me off lately, its mainly to do with their driving, but im weird as when someone else pisses em off I get the feeling there being racist bastardos but when I do im bein fair, its so hypricitical of me I know, but feels like im not cuz im muslim and allowed to diss em, its very ironic and I dont feel im the only one, as many people I know find it approiate to make critisms of things but if someone else says something then they are quick to dismiss it and maybe even become hostile to it, and I guess im like of those hypocritical knobs...
Aneway back to my hating of arabs, well it sometimes complexes me, I mean to be honest I have such a negative view of them and their manners and common sense,however once in a while you meet a well manaered logical thinkin Arab that makes u think they aint all dat bad, then after meeting one within 2 mins ull meet one of the knobs who drive like a mad-man and who have no respect for those around them.
It makes me think wot wud Bangladesh be like if they had the oil reserves of the gulf, would they show more humility or less, would they be more generous or less, its always quick to show faults in the gulf countries but makes u think that if another country were put in Saudis shoes how wud they behave.
The fact that Saudi has its huge oil reserve in a weird way has always made me belive in Islam more, I mean Mecca and Medina would never be as nice or as large as they are if Saudi couldnt afford it, they wouldnt have the infrastructure in place to accommodate millions of pilgrims every year without oil money, I know its a rather lame reason so base your faith on, however to me I think natural resources are placed by God for specific reasons in specific places,and we dont always know, however I know without being the no.1 oil producer in the world Islam under Saudis governance wouldnt be as big as it is now. Im not the biggest fan of Saudi to be honest and I will be writing a piece soon on the shia vs sunni beef that is engulfing the region and soon to be world but I have to give credit where credit is due and appreciate what Saudi has done for Islam...(again even though I dont agree with alot of it!)
Aneway thats enuff from my
Ziffa ( my nickname given to me by my french teacher back in high school)
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Now thats What I call Qatar 40: Beef with Bob?
Dear All,
My time is slowly becoming very limited,to complete nine entries to my blog a month is a challenging target however I will continue to perserve.
Well after writing my last blog and getting much needed encouragement from Shamina, I played football on Thursday, and i played one of the best games I have played for as long as I remeber and in the process winning back respect from my team-mates. I was named Man of theMatch, and scored over half of my team goals as well setting up about a quarter of the teams goals, I was energised, however the thing was I was playing 5-a side, and not 11-a-side like on Wednesday night, and i think that was the difference, I have become the urban player, the kinda footballer who likes to play one touch football,quick fast paced and tough football, 11-a-side is much more slower,and more thought-provoking, where as 5-a-side is a instinct kinda game and after all i have deadly instincts so im a natural!
Quite a few new people moved into my apartment block this weekend, I invited one of them to come and watch the liverpool vs everton game yesterday, and i shit u not, his name was Bob, always wanted a friend called Bob, aneway so this 40-50year old geeza and I was chillin and watchin the game, and speaking about past traveling experiences, and he told me him and his wife used to live in Jedda, so I said to him, oh well you were close to Mecca and Medina, but you werent allowed in, and he replies that "who would want to go there" in a degrotray manner, i laughed it off only to tell him later when he asked where i have been in the gulf, that I been to Mecca and Medina, and it clicked and he appoligized, and i was like its fine, and i was trying to play it cool, as Islam already has the repuatation of being a hard ass religion, and i wanted to to give the imperssion that muslims can take offense and accept mistakes,which it was and he appologized so i had no reason to continue the beef!
I have developed a sterling new exercise and life plan, where i have split my spare time outwise of work to 20 different sections and i fill the sections up with things ranging from gym,football,pool, swimming, cinema, religious learning,reading watching wrestling,etc, and i been trying to keep to it, its got to be flexible though as i might be really stressed or tired from work and unable to do anything, however so far its working, and supposedly the more exerise u do ironically the more energy u have, so hopefully i will become less and less tired with my new plan!
Tonight im playing football,and i cant wait, though im pretty sure im close to dropping dead and so if u dont hear from me again this week then u know why!
Aneway thats it for todays guys...
In a bit
My time is slowly becoming very limited,to complete nine entries to my blog a month is a challenging target however I will continue to perserve.
Well after writing my last blog and getting much needed encouragement from Shamina, I played football on Thursday, and i played one of the best games I have played for as long as I remeber and in the process winning back respect from my team-mates. I was named Man of theMatch, and scored over half of my team goals as well setting up about a quarter of the teams goals, I was energised, however the thing was I was playing 5-a side, and not 11-a-side like on Wednesday night, and i think that was the difference, I have become the urban player, the kinda footballer who likes to play one touch football,quick fast paced and tough football, 11-a-side is much more slower,and more thought-provoking, where as 5-a-side is a instinct kinda game and after all i have deadly instincts so im a natural!
Quite a few new people moved into my apartment block this weekend, I invited one of them to come and watch the liverpool vs everton game yesterday, and i shit u not, his name was Bob, always wanted a friend called Bob, aneway so this 40-50year old geeza and I was chillin and watchin the game, and speaking about past traveling experiences, and he told me him and his wife used to live in Jedda, so I said to him, oh well you were close to Mecca and Medina, but you werent allowed in, and he replies that "who would want to go there" in a degrotray manner, i laughed it off only to tell him later when he asked where i have been in the gulf, that I been to Mecca and Medina, and it clicked and he appoligized, and i was like its fine, and i was trying to play it cool, as Islam already has the repuatation of being a hard ass religion, and i wanted to to give the imperssion that muslims can take offense and accept mistakes,which it was and he appologized so i had no reason to continue the beef!
I have developed a sterling new exercise and life plan, where i have split my spare time outwise of work to 20 different sections and i fill the sections up with things ranging from gym,football,pool, swimming, cinema, religious learning,reading watching wrestling,etc, and i been trying to keep to it, its got to be flexible though as i might be really stressed or tired from work and unable to do anything, however so far its working, and supposedly the more exerise u do ironically the more energy u have, so hopefully i will become less and less tired with my new plan!
Tonight im playing football,and i cant wait, though im pretty sure im close to dropping dead and so if u dont hear from me again this week then u know why!
Aneway thats it for todays guys...
In a bit
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Now that's what I call Qatar 39: Shell Sham
Yo yo yo...
Well had my second game for team Bechtel, and we won 4-2 against Shell. So as a team it was a good game and a good result, however my personally, i had a game i would rather forget about, I came on as a sub at half time, and while i was sitting out, it made me think about professionals and how, when you see your not a starting and ur sitting on the pitch, obviously u want to win, however you also want to prove to people that u r good enough to be in the starting XI so u dont wanna see a perfect display whilst ur not on, unless ur confident of ur place on the team, i know its quite selfish but i think its partial human instinct, or more likely my own selfish nature!! However when i did come on, i wish i hadnt, i was put in at left back, and i thought midfield you need stamina,bloody hell, a wing back, needs bags of it! Also Im not left footed and found it really hard to be playing with a right foot on the left hand side, as my natural instinct would be to go towards the centre, and therefore lots of balls that went to the left of me, would go past me, after playing 3/4 or so of the second half I was subbed, to end my nightmare and any possiblity of me getting a starting XI place next week.
Well i havent really spoken much about my relationship with Shamina for a long time, well things between us r ok, when i went back we had a awesome time, and was just like I was back at uni except we had money to burn! We did so much in jus over a week it felt like a month, however now its been almost a month, and its felt like a year since I saw her...Distance really plays on a relationship, i have spoken bout it before, and even though i will be back soon, its jus hard, especially when that person u depend on. Its odd because when im actually da in the UK i dont realise how much I need her, or my friends or family, but when im gone i realise, and its hard to take, as its such a difference. However saying that, when im there, because of my argumentative nature, I will argue even more than normal with Shamina and my family jus to make up for lost time!lol
My parents are starting to really put their feet in, and im really starting to push for the marriage, as I want to be engaged this summer, it means ill be engaged at the age of 23, which for most people is considered to be too young, however I dont think it is, and i think its much dependant on the type of person you are, and if your ready for that kind of commitment. By coming here people thought maybe me and Shamina wouldnt last, it would break, however for me, its made me realise that when im alone, there is so much i want to share with her, its like the whole traveling alone thing i have touched on in the past, and hows its not fun on ur own, and u need to share it with someone, this has made me more commiteed to the cause, however my new found commitment means, my parents have become even more resilant to the idea...
Its not getting any easier, and im certainly in it for the long-haul, however jus how long it will continue I dont know, and neither does my family or Shamina. I was thinking about it recently from my parents point of view, they dont want something for their son, and will try to influence their choice by saying no, and I put myself into their shoes and see what would i do, would I be like cuz i said no, or would I try to explain to my son, and if he still didnt agree would i accept his decision. I dont know if i would to be honest, i mean im quite pig-stubborn, however I do think also im quite a logical fella, and think that if i couldnt persude my parents then there must be a reason why they feel so strongly and if they are of the right age, then accept their choice and give my blessings. Now what is the right age, well is it 16 o 18 like English law, or is it 21 or when you graduate? it is 5 years after u started working, i dont know if there is a right age, if my 23 year old son wanted to get married, I would accept it but if i disagreed with his choice, i would only agree to partly fund the wedding, if my parents gave me that option i would jump at it, but maybe thats just wishful thinkin!!
Aneway expect a monthy or at the very least once every 2 months a update on me and Sham...after all after Relgion there is only love that matters to me(and money$$$$)
take care
Asif
Well had my second game for team Bechtel, and we won 4-2 against Shell. So as a team it was a good game and a good result, however my personally, i had a game i would rather forget about, I came on as a sub at half time, and while i was sitting out, it made me think about professionals and how, when you see your not a starting and ur sitting on the pitch, obviously u want to win, however you also want to prove to people that u r good enough to be in the starting XI so u dont wanna see a perfect display whilst ur not on, unless ur confident of ur place on the team, i know its quite selfish but i think its partial human instinct, or more likely my own selfish nature!! However when i did come on, i wish i hadnt, i was put in at left back, and i thought midfield you need stamina,bloody hell, a wing back, needs bags of it! Also Im not left footed and found it really hard to be playing with a right foot on the left hand side, as my natural instinct would be to go towards the centre, and therefore lots of balls that went to the left of me, would go past me, after playing 3/4 or so of the second half I was subbed, to end my nightmare and any possiblity of me getting a starting XI place next week.
Well i havent really spoken much about my relationship with Shamina for a long time, well things between us r ok, when i went back we had a awesome time, and was just like I was back at uni except we had money to burn! We did so much in jus over a week it felt like a month, however now its been almost a month, and its felt like a year since I saw her...Distance really plays on a relationship, i have spoken bout it before, and even though i will be back soon, its jus hard, especially when that person u depend on. Its odd because when im actually da in the UK i dont realise how much I need her, or my friends or family, but when im gone i realise, and its hard to take, as its such a difference. However saying that, when im there, because of my argumentative nature, I will argue even more than normal with Shamina and my family jus to make up for lost time!lol
My parents are starting to really put their feet in, and im really starting to push for the marriage, as I want to be engaged this summer, it means ill be engaged at the age of 23, which for most people is considered to be too young, however I dont think it is, and i think its much dependant on the type of person you are, and if your ready for that kind of commitment. By coming here people thought maybe me and Shamina wouldnt last, it would break, however for me, its made me realise that when im alone, there is so much i want to share with her, its like the whole traveling alone thing i have touched on in the past, and hows its not fun on ur own, and u need to share it with someone, this has made me more commiteed to the cause, however my new found commitment means, my parents have become even more resilant to the idea...
Its not getting any easier, and im certainly in it for the long-haul, however jus how long it will continue I dont know, and neither does my family or Shamina. I was thinking about it recently from my parents point of view, they dont want something for their son, and will try to influence their choice by saying no, and I put myself into their shoes and see what would i do, would I be like cuz i said no, or would I try to explain to my son, and if he still didnt agree would i accept his decision. I dont know if i would to be honest, i mean im quite pig-stubborn, however I do think also im quite a logical fella, and think that if i couldnt persude my parents then there must be a reason why they feel so strongly and if they are of the right age, then accept their choice and give my blessings. Now what is the right age, well is it 16 o 18 like English law, or is it 21 or when you graduate? it is 5 years after u started working, i dont know if there is a right age, if my 23 year old son wanted to get married, I would accept it but if i disagreed with his choice, i would only agree to partly fund the wedding, if my parents gave me that option i would jump at it, but maybe thats just wishful thinkin!!
Aneway expect a monthy or at the very least once every 2 months a update on me and Sham...after all after Relgion there is only love that matters to me(and money$$$$)
take care
Asif
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