Hey,
So i spent the last 2 days in san fran, and i gota say i love the city! its by far been my favourite city in the usa...come to think of it im not the biggest fan of the cities in the usa to be honest, the people are quite friendly dont get me wrong but the cities arent the best for tourists and the tipping culture and the added tax in different states makes it feel like your getting ripped off time and time again...
The family im staying with here reminds me of a dell-boy style situation but much more sophisticated. Like he has all these routers and cables in his computer room, and i was told as he runs those calling cards thru his house, so u know when u buy calling cards to call a certain country well they are routed through people like his set ups, pretty random i know! Also he put solar panels on his roof, and he sells back electricty to the electrical grid, lol, its just shows how at every situation someone people see an opportunity!
It goes on to make me thing about the usa and the mentality of the people, how hard working they are and how they focus on the green, and not the kind u think im talking bout but the dollar green! They are really hardowrking and i guess doesnt surproise me how for so long that the japanese and the usa were the largest economies if there people are so hardworking and focused on earnin and living to work, rather than the enjoying life, or maybe thats their enjoyment, earning alot of money and buying materialistic things or saving it jus cause they can!
Aneway today i went to Alcatrez its more developed than robben island and it feels more like a prison where as robben island was different because of the racial elements to it if u know what i mean... and i went on a tour of the city and like i said the most beautiful city i been by far in the usa!
anyway i better go but will try to write again inshallah
take care
Stormy
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Monday, October 04, 2010
Do I take door number 1, 2 or 3??
Hey
So I'm on my wAy to Frisco right now in a car with some distant relative kinda family friend, he really helped me out alot! aH
So now I been left with 3 options regarding what to do with my friend but I dont know which one to do!
1) my friends goes to the embassy on monday and sort it out asap and then come
either out here or if hes not got time then head to new york and il fly
out there and il meet him there.
2) i come to london via doha, this would be the earliest i would get
to u is wednesday and it will probably cost me around 700-800 pounds.
3) i come to london straight from here, i would get there for monday
night or tuesday morning probably, i probably would have to forsake my
ticket back to doha, and therefore would cost around 1000 pounds to
get back to doha at least...
as you can see, i have no clue what to do, and each element has its pros and cons, i was thinking of comin back to Europe but not anymore i am thinking of using the time and spend it here, for a few reasons mainly because its not like i have something to come back to England for, like apart from my family, if u know what i mean so i think i might as well make the most of it and spend time here unless things change i feel theres no purpose to go back jus yet...
Life is quite chilled in California definitely comparing to Texas and to my trip to the east coast! I don't like the whole taxation and the lack of community care and attitudes they got in the USA. also the lack of halal meat available is really difficult, I do get why so many yanks don't eat halal as it wud drive me nuts but maybe da r halal and I jus don't kno them or there in certain areas and it's the problem but like in sydeny for example u can get halal subway at the airport!
Well, i got a bit of time now to write, as its the evening now and we have driven to Frisco and are now at someones house i never met, my friend, his wife, his sister in law, their kids, and his mum all came with us and are staying at this familys house in the suburbs of San Fransisco in a place called heywood or something, aneway these trips remind me of the old days when i was growing up and we would go to like birmingham or London or somewhere and spend the weekend visiting another family and stay with them, eating proper indian/bengali food, and jus the way things are, kids running about, adults talking late in the night with the men in one room or side of the room and the women on the other, it brings back alot of memories these trips and though its a far cry from what i imagined this usa trip was going to be like i still think im seeing the usa in a way that i wouldnt have in the past, with the people who live here in the suburban environment. I still got to c the golden gate bridge and i am booked into alcateraz tour , so i think the main thing thats different from this trip than the one i wud havbe if i was on y own, is the nightlife, but i will come back and do the nightlife later on in the week!
ANYWAY i better go but inshallah will write soon!
So I'm on my wAy to Frisco right now in a car with some distant relative kinda family friend, he really helped me out alot! aH
So now I been left with 3 options regarding what to do with my friend but I dont know which one to do!
1) my friends goes to the embassy on monday and sort it out asap and then come
either out here or if hes not got time then head to new york and il fly
out there and il meet him there.
2) i come to london via doha, this would be the earliest i would get
to u is wednesday and it will probably cost me around 700-800 pounds.
3) i come to london straight from here, i would get there for monday
night or tuesday morning probably, i probably would have to forsake my
ticket back to doha, and therefore would cost around 1000 pounds to
get back to doha at least...
as you can see, i have no clue what to do, and each element has its pros and cons, i was thinking of comin back to Europe but not anymore i am thinking of using the time and spend it here, for a few reasons mainly because its not like i have something to come back to England for, like apart from my family, if u know what i mean so i think i might as well make the most of it and spend time here unless things change i feel theres no purpose to go back jus yet...
Life is quite chilled in California definitely comparing to Texas and to my trip to the east coast! I don't like the whole taxation and the lack of community care and attitudes they got in the USA. also the lack of halal meat available is really difficult, I do get why so many yanks don't eat halal as it wud drive me nuts but maybe da r halal and I jus don't kno them or there in certain areas and it's the problem but like in sydeny for example u can get halal subway at the airport!
Well, i got a bit of time now to write, as its the evening now and we have driven to Frisco and are now at someones house i never met, my friend, his wife, his sister in law, their kids, and his mum all came with us and are staying at this familys house in the suburbs of San Fransisco in a place called heywood or something, aneway these trips remind me of the old days when i was growing up and we would go to like birmingham or London or somewhere and spend the weekend visiting another family and stay with them, eating proper indian/bengali food, and jus the way things are, kids running about, adults talking late in the night with the men in one room or side of the room and the women on the other, it brings back alot of memories these trips and though its a far cry from what i imagined this usa trip was going to be like i still think im seeing the usa in a way that i wouldnt have in the past, with the people who live here in the suburban environment. I still got to c the golden gate bridge and i am booked into alcateraz tour , so i think the main thing thats different from this trip than the one i wud havbe if i was on y own, is the nightlife, but i will come back and do the nightlife later on in the week!
ANYWAY i better go but inshallah will write soon!
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Houston we have a problem...
ok so i been thinking for a while to try to write a bit more, again probably as more of an outlet to me thoughts, ideas and just to get things off my chest , regardless of how feverlious they are...
well im currently in H-town as the locals say, which is Houston for those not in the know.
You hear its a vast city, and it is but i guess as i havent got a car its hard to exactly gather just how large it is.....
i was ready to write a lengthy piece but just got told by my friend whos supposed to be coming out that he cant as homeland security wont let him, im not sure why, he claimed he got the visa and the pass and everything, so i do not know what happened or why there was a problem but im really upset there was, its lucky for him in a way as we made limited number of bookings so he hasnt lost much money, however he has my driving license and so it screws things up a bit...also the other thing is i budgeted in such a way that things would be shared so its jus foooked alot of stuff up tbh,but aH in all situations, i guess its for the best!
so now i need to decide what ill do, and how to do it, lol well will c how rthings plans out inshallah all will work out well!
not really in the mood to write much more inshallah i will feel better and more int he mood tomorrow!
well im currently in H-town as the locals say, which is Houston for those not in the know.
You hear its a vast city, and it is but i guess as i havent got a car its hard to exactly gather just how large it is.....
i was ready to write a lengthy piece but just got told by my friend whos supposed to be coming out that he cant as homeland security wont let him, im not sure why, he claimed he got the visa and the pass and everything, so i do not know what happened or why there was a problem but im really upset there was, its lucky for him in a way as we made limited number of bookings so he hasnt lost much money, however he has my driving license and so it screws things up a bit...also the other thing is i budgeted in such a way that things would be shared so its jus foooked alot of stuff up tbh,but aH in all situations, i guess its for the best!
so now i need to decide what ill do, and how to do it, lol well will c how rthings plans out inshallah all will work out well!
not really in the mood to write much more inshallah i will feel better and more int he mood tomorrow!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
UN United...
Hey,
So my days down under are coming to an end this week, i am writing this as i watch Man Utd press Fulham for a second goal, i havent spoken about football yet which must be a record for me. I guess its because I been away from the UN Knights and Man Utd a bit and been missing them both.
I been thinking of starting a UN Knights blog, and probably will do considering how the momentum for the team has grown considerably for UN Knights, we have our own kits now and have started to feel a real bond with each other, its a great spirit and season so far, we have had our tough times but we also had great times and that ended with us beating our rivals Bechtel (my employers 3-2).
Well United ended up winning 3-0 and the seasons final 8 games is going to be uber close, so i cant wait for how its going to go and with the champions league draw next week its going to hot up alot im so excited. The final this year is in madrid and i am very templed to head down there as i think i should be able to get the time off iA!
Talking about my work life balance, as usual i get so many comments about me traveling, never working etc but the thing is i do work and when i work i work hard and long hours, i have the mentality of a kinda play hard work hard but with a significant focus on effectivnesses... i think its so important to be efficent and effective and so i like to utalise my time as much as i can...
So i try to plan and see where and when i can do things and try to live to a certain order, that is why i can get leave and make it appear im away so frequent as i tey to remain as efficent as possible.
Anyway its proper late and im off the the set of Neighbours in the morning so will speak write more another time i guess.
Taje care
Stormy
So my days down under are coming to an end this week, i am writing this as i watch Man Utd press Fulham for a second goal, i havent spoken about football yet which must be a record for me. I guess its because I been away from the UN Knights and Man Utd a bit and been missing them both.
I been thinking of starting a UN Knights blog, and probably will do considering how the momentum for the team has grown considerably for UN Knights, we have our own kits now and have started to feel a real bond with each other, its a great spirit and season so far, we have had our tough times but we also had great times and that ended with us beating our rivals Bechtel (my employers 3-2).
Well United ended up winning 3-0 and the seasons final 8 games is going to be uber close, so i cant wait for how its going to go and with the champions league draw next week its going to hot up alot im so excited. The final this year is in madrid and i am very templed to head down there as i think i should be able to get the time off iA!
Talking about my work life balance, as usual i get so many comments about me traveling, never working etc but the thing is i do work and when i work i work hard and long hours, i have the mentality of a kinda play hard work hard but with a significant focus on effectivnesses... i think its so important to be efficent and effective and so i like to utalise my time as much as i can...
So i try to plan and see where and when i can do things and try to live to a certain order, that is why i can get leave and make it appear im away so frequent as i tey to remain as efficent as possible.
Anyway its proper late and im off the the set of Neighbours in the morning so will speak write more another time i guess.
Taje care
Stormy
Friday, March 12, 2010
Middle Class Lands...
Hey,
So after spending some time in both Australia and New Zealand, i haven't seen that much extragrent riches nor that much extreme poorness. Yep you have the homeless in both countries but thats not an indiciment of the countries wealth rather a few individuals who have fallen on hard times.
I was on a boat cruise in Sydney and the thing the tour person kept on pointing out was like well on the right you have like Russle Crowe's flat which cost like 10 million dollars, or here is Rupert Murdochs (owner of News International) or Nicole Kidman, basically every rich or famous Australian but if you look at the places i mean some are nice but there not like grand homes most of them,alot are penthouse apartments on the harbour front, anyway if you were walking by you wouldnt be able to tell its someone famous or rich really, like well off yes but not billionaire or anything standard which they are.
That may have to do with the culture of the aussies and new zealanders as they dont appear to be that ostentatious as i have only seen one ferrari whilst i have been out here, a friend told me that was due to the high foregin car taxes as alot of cars here are locally made and are therefore considerably cheaper.
At the other end of the scale there are people who dont have like amazing jobs but manage to live very comfortably, like for example a friends extended family work in a department store here like say Debenhams in the UK or like bloomindales or something in the US, anyway both parents worked in the store since they moved to Oz, and from working there they have a nice house in the suburbs, 2 cars, managed to send their 2 kids to University, all from that job, and i think there is few countries you could do that but because everyone is looked after for in the society with beneficial employment terms it means more people can live comfortably.
For me i think the relatively low crime rate is a result of this social balance that they try to achieve, if you manage to wipe out discontent/poverty then crime as a result will fall and that is what i have seen here, its not completely eradicated by any means but say walkiing around a big city at night, i feel alot safer in Sydney, Auckland or Melbourne than say i would in Paris, New York or London.
Anyway i will leave with with something quite cool i found about the society's mindset is that the money here is waterproof, its made of like plastic material and so if you get into the water it wont be damaged.
Thanks
Stormy
So after spending some time in both Australia and New Zealand, i haven't seen that much extragrent riches nor that much extreme poorness. Yep you have the homeless in both countries but thats not an indiciment of the countries wealth rather a few individuals who have fallen on hard times.
I was on a boat cruise in Sydney and the thing the tour person kept on pointing out was like well on the right you have like Russle Crowe's flat which cost like 10 million dollars, or here is Rupert Murdochs (owner of News International) or Nicole Kidman, basically every rich or famous Australian but if you look at the places i mean some are nice but there not like grand homes most of them,alot are penthouse apartments on the harbour front, anyway if you were walking by you wouldnt be able to tell its someone famous or rich really, like well off yes but not billionaire or anything standard which they are.
That may have to do with the culture of the aussies and new zealanders as they dont appear to be that ostentatious as i have only seen one ferrari whilst i have been out here, a friend told me that was due to the high foregin car taxes as alot of cars here are locally made and are therefore considerably cheaper.
At the other end of the scale there are people who dont have like amazing jobs but manage to live very comfortably, like for example a friends extended family work in a department store here like say Debenhams in the UK or like bloomindales or something in the US, anyway both parents worked in the store since they moved to Oz, and from working there they have a nice house in the suburbs, 2 cars, managed to send their 2 kids to University, all from that job, and i think there is few countries you could do that but because everyone is looked after for in the society with beneficial employment terms it means more people can live comfortably.
For me i think the relatively low crime rate is a result of this social balance that they try to achieve, if you manage to wipe out discontent/poverty then crime as a result will fall and that is what i have seen here, its not completely eradicated by any means but say walkiing around a big city at night, i feel alot safer in Sydney, Auckland or Melbourne than say i would in Paris, New York or London.
Anyway i will leave with with something quite cool i found about the society's mindset is that the money here is waterproof, its made of like plastic material and so if you get into the water it wont be damaged.
Thanks
Stormy
The Great Whiite Land of Oz
Hey,
So i am starting to getting back into my blog-mode ways and i may try to continue though will be a little hard when i am back in Doha as its usually the same routine, however will see how i feel when i get back to the gulf.
So last night i went to a Wu Tang concert of sorts where one old member, Raewokon (accuse the spelling) was performing, and what surprised me most was the demographic of the crowd, around 70 percent white, like 15 percent Oriental and 15% Indian or Black. If you were in the UK or USA i would be pretty much sure that it would be almost 100% in the latter category at least in the UK for sure.
Even Raewokan made a comment asking where all his 'niggars were at?' saying how he only sees like 6 black faces though there was maybe double that number (triple if you include his 'crew' in the crowd of around 150 and you could tell her was not used to performing to such a demographic. So where the heck are the black people in Oz?
Well when you walk around alot of Oz, I have been to Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney you will notice there are very few black people. The country is very white, though when you look into the society a bit more its not just white European, but like South Africans and Kiwis as well (though they are essentially originally white Europeans) and Middle Eastern, who with their skin complexion tend to look Mediterranean and so you cannot tell if there white European and pacific islanders who look a bit darker but nothing too different than an extremely tanned white European.
So there is a bit of diversity if you look into it and not to mention the LARGE number of Chinese and Indians there in Austraila and New Zeland for that matter. Its little wonder they have the largest populations in the world they seem to be everywhere.
But still why so few black people in Australia? I would have thought for Africans trying to escape persecution rather than seeking refugee status in Europe or USA it would make sense to go to Australia considering the climate and the easier immigration rules there than Europe. Its puzzling to me that it is this way though i think countries like Australia and Canada which have such low population density will in the future swell due to climate effect. Where populations in countries like Mauritius and Bangladesh will need to migrate due to the severe flooding in the land and there will be a need to relocate these people.
Anyway thats me for today...will hope to get another two out whilst im out here!
Take care
Stormy
So i am starting to getting back into my blog-mode ways and i may try to continue though will be a little hard when i am back in Doha as its usually the same routine, however will see how i feel when i get back to the gulf.
So last night i went to a Wu Tang concert of sorts where one old member, Raewokon (accuse the spelling) was performing, and what surprised me most was the demographic of the crowd, around 70 percent white, like 15 percent Oriental and 15% Indian or Black. If you were in the UK or USA i would be pretty much sure that it would be almost 100% in the latter category at least in the UK for sure.
Even Raewokan made a comment asking where all his 'niggars were at?' saying how he only sees like 6 black faces though there was maybe double that number (triple if you include his 'crew' in the crowd of around 150 and you could tell her was not used to performing to such a demographic. So where the heck are the black people in Oz?
Well when you walk around alot of Oz, I have been to Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney you will notice there are very few black people. The country is very white, though when you look into the society a bit more its not just white European, but like South Africans and Kiwis as well (though they are essentially originally white Europeans) and Middle Eastern, who with their skin complexion tend to look Mediterranean and so you cannot tell if there white European and pacific islanders who look a bit darker but nothing too different than an extremely tanned white European.
So there is a bit of diversity if you look into it and not to mention the LARGE number of Chinese and Indians there in Austraila and New Zeland for that matter. Its little wonder they have the largest populations in the world they seem to be everywhere.
But still why so few black people in Australia? I would have thought for Africans trying to escape persecution rather than seeking refugee status in Europe or USA it would make sense to go to Australia considering the climate and the easier immigration rules there than Europe. Its puzzling to me that it is this way though i think countries like Australia and Canada which have such low population density will in the future swell due to climate effect. Where populations in countries like Mauritius and Bangladesh will need to migrate due to the severe flooding in the land and there will be a need to relocate these people.
Anyway thats me for today...will hope to get another two out whilst im out here!
Take care
Stormy
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A very random year passes by...
Hola all,
Its been close to a year since i last updated this, and i have had a lot go on..
I went traveling all over to such places as Japan, S.Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Philipines,Italy, Swiss,Greece,Turkey as well as UK and around the GCC as usual so i have done the enviorment no favours especially considering im traveling around Austraila and New Zealand.
People often are like WTF but im still relatively young and there is so much of this world that I want to travel and see, and now i have the physical health, the financial security and the desire to explore so for me its a perfect time. I have kinda got the travel bug quite badly, and have been trying something new during the second part of my trip,i been hosteling it, getting quite grimey.
For those that know me well will be shocked by that revelation, as i used to only stick to 5 star hotels, but despite the comforts and everything it sometimes felt a bit lonesome and odd whereas in a hostel your meeting new people all the time and your meeting people who have most likely been where u been or gone where your going and so can offer advice and share experiences, that human contact has been quite cool though i cant hostel it forever and would need to do it like off and on as i need my comforts.
Right now im writing this from Christchurch on the southern island of New Zealand. There is alot i want to see in New Zealand and it is an expensive things i want to do, so i need to save alot of money before my next visit here which God willing i will be able to do...
I have been amazed by some of the things i have seen whilst being out here and of my previous trips and in my next entry may compile a list of some of the most favourite or memorable things but for now will leave you with this place i went to see today which is just mindblowing...http://www.sanctuary.org.nz/
Anyway take care and will write soon!
Stormy
Its been close to a year since i last updated this, and i have had a lot go on..
I went traveling all over to such places as Japan, S.Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Philipines,Italy, Swiss,Greece,Turkey as well as UK and around the GCC as usual so i have done the enviorment no favours especially considering im traveling around Austraila and New Zealand.
People often are like WTF but im still relatively young and there is so much of this world that I want to travel and see, and now i have the physical health, the financial security and the desire to explore so for me its a perfect time. I have kinda got the travel bug quite badly, and have been trying something new during the second part of my trip,i been hosteling it, getting quite grimey.
For those that know me well will be shocked by that revelation, as i used to only stick to 5 star hotels, but despite the comforts and everything it sometimes felt a bit lonesome and odd whereas in a hostel your meeting new people all the time and your meeting people who have most likely been where u been or gone where your going and so can offer advice and share experiences, that human contact has been quite cool though i cant hostel it forever and would need to do it like off and on as i need my comforts.
Right now im writing this from Christchurch on the southern island of New Zealand. There is alot i want to see in New Zealand and it is an expensive things i want to do, so i need to save alot of money before my next visit here which God willing i will be able to do...
I have been amazed by some of the things i have seen whilst being out here and of my previous trips and in my next entry may compile a list of some of the most favourite or memorable things but for now will leave you with this place i went to see today which is just mindblowing...http://www.sanctuary.org.nz/
Anyway take care and will write soon!
Stormy
Thursday, April 02, 2009
G20- the Path to God
All,
So right now about 5000 miles away the world leaders are meeting to decide the future of billions of people in the world, its weird how essentially 20 people can really influence the lives of 6 billion people, some people say one man can make the difference (usually said in reference of Obama) however i think thats far too simplistic to state the world rests on his soldier, even saying it rests on 20 peoples shoulders is rather simplistic but its a good starting point for what I want to talk about..
Now i been watching alot of prision break and for those that watch know all about the 'company' those that dont it is about a 'company' that basically controls the world and does good and bad things in the world but from where i am in the series has the good intentions for the world even if it means people have to die on the way...
So where is the link with the 'company', the G20 , the UN, CIA etc ..... well the world we live in whatever polticial theory you follow esentially it is a group of people that controls the world, that pull its strings. When i start thinking of that i think what the freak is the point in making decisions if my opportunities are already determined ..then it came to me isnt this what i and many others feel when they think of God and the thought of pre-destination, and that is whats always at the back of my mind...
Howmuch of this life do we control and how much of this life is control, its a question i will never know the answer until possibly the day of judgement and even then i may never know, so im leaving these unaswered questions that used to bog me down all too frequently as i know my brain wil never be able to grasph the vastness of the answers. It is said that for those that believe in the big bang and the law that all of this came by chance, that takes as much belief as the belief in God and when im all alone thats who i turn to, my natural state is to turn to God so i believe thats the right state for me...If that means a few questions will go unasnwered then so be it!
Now about the G20 and the Company etc, well these guys think they are controlling things but they dont realise in that external source, the same source that brought about the economic crisis, the tsunami, etc is the force that dicates the world and not their money or political power. If history has taught has anything it is that something just cant be explained, like how did the Afganis beat the might soviet, yeh u might say US and the arabs helped the afgans but still for that country to win required somethign else, and im not jus saying it cuz there muslims, the same thing for the isrealis to beat the arabs in the 67 war (i think) it required something out of the ordinary to beat them, and i think God helped them. So to some its not making sense, now im saying the help the must have come from God and helped the JEws, but why does a muslim guy say this, well God rewards people and punishes others and in that instance i belive he was punishing the Muslims and rewarding the Jews after the tough times they occured in Europe in the 40's-50;s, God doesnt just help one relgion otherwise everyone would become that one fatih but instead tests us all, and it is up to us to decide which path we take to reach him...
So right now about 5000 miles away the world leaders are meeting to decide the future of billions of people in the world, its weird how essentially 20 people can really influence the lives of 6 billion people, some people say one man can make the difference (usually said in reference of Obama) however i think thats far too simplistic to state the world rests on his soldier, even saying it rests on 20 peoples shoulders is rather simplistic but its a good starting point for what I want to talk about..
Now i been watching alot of prision break and for those that watch know all about the 'company' those that dont it is about a 'company' that basically controls the world and does good and bad things in the world but from where i am in the series has the good intentions for the world even if it means people have to die on the way...
So where is the link with the 'company', the G20 , the UN, CIA etc ..... well the world we live in whatever polticial theory you follow esentially it is a group of people that controls the world, that pull its strings. When i start thinking of that i think what the freak is the point in making decisions if my opportunities are already determined ..then it came to me isnt this what i and many others feel when they think of God and the thought of pre-destination, and that is whats always at the back of my mind...
Howmuch of this life do we control and how much of this life is control, its a question i will never know the answer until possibly the day of judgement and even then i may never know, so im leaving these unaswered questions that used to bog me down all too frequently as i know my brain wil never be able to grasph the vastness of the answers. It is said that for those that believe in the big bang and the law that all of this came by chance, that takes as much belief as the belief in God and when im all alone thats who i turn to, my natural state is to turn to God so i believe thats the right state for me...If that means a few questions will go unasnwered then so be it!
Now about the G20 and the Company etc, well these guys think they are controlling things but they dont realise in that external source, the same source that brought about the economic crisis, the tsunami, etc is the force that dicates the world and not their money or political power. If history has taught has anything it is that something just cant be explained, like how did the Afganis beat the might soviet, yeh u might say US and the arabs helped the afgans but still for that country to win required somethign else, and im not jus saying it cuz there muslims, the same thing for the isrealis to beat the arabs in the 67 war (i think) it required something out of the ordinary to beat them, and i think God helped them. So to some its not making sense, now im saying the help the must have come from God and helped the JEws, but why does a muslim guy say this, well God rewards people and punishes others and in that instance i belive he was punishing the Muslims and rewarding the Jews after the tough times they occured in Europe in the 40's-50;s, God doesnt just help one relgion otherwise everyone would become that one fatih but instead tests us all, and it is up to us to decide which path we take to reach him...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Stormy's Knights
Hey all,
Well its been a while, a number of times i have started writing and it
just ended pear shaped so this time im making a determined effort to
start it again...
So quite a bit has been going on in my life since my worldwind travel
tour, and I have not actually been away much since, only really a 11 day
trip to the uk so nothing really exciting to report on that front...
My football team UN Knights have had a mixed season, we havent got the
best record when you hear it you will be like WTF? Basically we played
13 games won 4 drawn 1 lost 8 which sounds quite poor but if you put it
into perspective this is our first season and its been tough getting a
team together which is essentially a group of strangers and getting them
to commit to a team and play week in and week out and dedicate a large
amount of their time to this team, a number of the players have
committed and become good friends of mine as I admire their desire and
commitment whilst others I have lost respect for because I have seen a
side of them that I don't like or don't respect. Football on the surface
is so superficial a group of guys kicking a ball about but its so much
more than that...What people don't see is the off the ball running,
making space for your team mates by making runs, covering for your
teammates if they make a mistake, building up your team mates morale
when it is down, there is a lot more to football than meets the eye and
when you get sucked in its so hard to pull out...
Man Utd are currently going thru a disastrous time in the league and
inshallah things will pick up but it's a truly testing time with our
arch-rivals Liverpool excelling its putting a lot of pressure on the
team and fans to excel, inshallah they will, but its really nervous
times ahead and im sure ill be commenting a lot more bout it inshallah
as the season reaches that infamous squeaky bum time~!
I also recently met someone that im getting to know and will see where
that leads but as usual with me there are a few complications but
masallah im really happy and she makes me really happy at least for the
time being...so will c how that goes...i will elaborate more again as
inshallah the blogs restart..
Aneway that's enough for now inshallah you will hear from me sooon...
Stormy
Well its been a while, a number of times i have started writing and it
just ended pear shaped so this time im making a determined effort to
start it again...
So quite a bit has been going on in my life since my worldwind travel
tour, and I have not actually been away much since, only really a 11 day
trip to the uk so nothing really exciting to report on that front...
My football team UN Knights have had a mixed season, we havent got the
best record when you hear it you will be like WTF? Basically we played
13 games won 4 drawn 1 lost 8 which sounds quite poor but if you put it
into perspective this is our first season and its been tough getting a
team together which is essentially a group of strangers and getting them
to commit to a team and play week in and week out and dedicate a large
amount of their time to this team, a number of the players have
committed and become good friends of mine as I admire their desire and
commitment whilst others I have lost respect for because I have seen a
side of them that I don't like or don't respect. Football on the surface
is so superficial a group of guys kicking a ball about but its so much
more than that...What people don't see is the off the ball running,
making space for your team mates by making runs, covering for your
teammates if they make a mistake, building up your team mates morale
when it is down, there is a lot more to football than meets the eye and
when you get sucked in its so hard to pull out...
Man Utd are currently going thru a disastrous time in the league and
inshallah things will pick up but it's a truly testing time with our
arch-rivals Liverpool excelling its putting a lot of pressure on the
team and fans to excel, inshallah they will, but its really nervous
times ahead and im sure ill be commenting a lot more bout it inshallah
as the season reaches that infamous squeaky bum time~!
I also recently met someone that im getting to know and will see where
that leads but as usual with me there are a few complications but
masallah im really happy and she makes me really happy at least for the
time being...so will c how that goes...i will elaborate more again as
inshallah the blogs restart..
Aneway that's enough for now inshallah you will hear from me sooon...
Stormy
Saturday, January 03, 2009
The Moment of Singapore
hey hey
im writing this at like 4am local time in singapore, i havent been sleeping at the conventional hours as i want to stick to doha time otherwise ill be screwed when i go back to work.
Im watching this show called 'the moment of truth' its the most immoral show i have ever seen, its some american show where this person answers 50 questions and is polygraphed to make sure their telling the truth, aneway they then are asked on tv 21 of those questions and could win 500,000 dollars. There really personal questions like one of the questions was 'have u ever thought about having sex with another man whilst u were married to ur husband' and she answered yes, man it prides its self on the potential to break up marriages, what the hell, i cant believe a show like that exists, i mean its fairly intresting but to break peoples lives like that is jus
disgusting!
Aneway so let me tell u about my expeiences in malaysia, well u know the saying 'Malaysia truly asia' in all those adverts, well it certainly is, its like a microcosm of asia, as u have the indians, the chinese, the arabs and the malay which pretty much sums up most of asian regions and it seems they all really get on quite well, though not sure if the arabs fit in but the rest of them proper do. I met
loads of indians who call themselves malaysian, and im like but u look indian and they say how their grandparents came here and so basically their 2nd generation and made me think would my children(iA) consider them brits as in proper and not asian-british i doubt it but u never know if the people of malaysia are to go by then i think britain could learn a thing or two about integration!
Im not sure if its jus me and the places i go to or the people i attract but it seems like everywhere i go the sleezy people follow, again taxi drivers trying to offer 'good time' lol its so weird though i think if they see a single guy whos from the west or think im some dirty arab coming for sleeze its jus really shocking for a muslim country to be like this, i met alot of good muslims so dont get me wrong about the malaysian muslims but im jus saying their is a lot of other schenigans going on! Oh this book story going on at the moment was on new years eve this sex party was busted at some hotel and their was loads of drugs and alcohol and crazy stuff going on, aneway 2 of those arrested were like famous one a tv presenter and one a movie star or something and so its made it in all the papers, and they have
a relgious/morale police in malaysia and they busted them, and it turned out the drug dealer was a 20 year old student lol some crazy stuff if u read up on it jus bizare and makes ur mind wonder there hell this world is headed!
So about singapore, well its tiny, i think it must like the size of qatar maybe even smaller but its got 4 million people so pretty dense(2nd most dense country in the world after monaco supposedly though i think gaza and westbank might be as well so not sure if they were counted in the magazine i was reading) and the flag of singapore has the cresent on it which is a common sign associated with Islam and
supposedly singapore has 64 mosques so it has a fair few muslims, but didnt think it was enough for a cresent to be on the flag but yet there is one! Also like in malaysia integration is quite strong in singapore, i went to a shisha bar and there was alot of groups of indo-chinese mix however what i noticed was that the indians would like speak more amongst each other and the same with the chinese people so though they might all be friends i dont think its as integrated as malaysia is probably because the majority of the population (75percent) are chinese where as the majority is less in malaysia.
Oh one thing im impressed so far with singapore, is that they have like sin tax, where alchol and cigs are taxed heavyily to try and discourage it, and it seems quite a moralistic society aH which is quite good in this day and age, i mean yeh u have debaunchery and other things going on but where dont u, but at least its trying to do something bout it which is admirable in todays immoral world!
Aneway its like 5am now so i best sleep but take care and will inshallah write again soon!
Stormy
im writing this at like 4am local time in singapore, i havent been sleeping at the conventional hours as i want to stick to doha time otherwise ill be screwed when i go back to work.
Im watching this show called 'the moment of truth' its the most immoral show i have ever seen, its some american show where this person answers 50 questions and is polygraphed to make sure their telling the truth, aneway they then are asked on tv 21 of those questions and could win 500,000 dollars. There really personal questions like one of the questions was 'have u ever thought about having sex with another man whilst u were married to ur husband' and she answered yes, man it prides its self on the potential to break up marriages, what the hell, i cant believe a show like that exists, i mean its fairly intresting but to break peoples lives like that is jus
disgusting!
Aneway so let me tell u about my expeiences in malaysia, well u know the saying 'Malaysia truly asia' in all those adverts, well it certainly is, its like a microcosm of asia, as u have the indians, the chinese, the arabs and the malay which pretty much sums up most of asian regions and it seems they all really get on quite well, though not sure if the arabs fit in but the rest of them proper do. I met
loads of indians who call themselves malaysian, and im like but u look indian and they say how their grandparents came here and so basically their 2nd generation and made me think would my children(iA) consider them brits as in proper and not asian-british i doubt it but u never know if the people of malaysia are to go by then i think britain could learn a thing or two about integration!
Im not sure if its jus me and the places i go to or the people i attract but it seems like everywhere i go the sleezy people follow, again taxi drivers trying to offer 'good time' lol its so weird though i think if they see a single guy whos from the west or think im some dirty arab coming for sleeze its jus really shocking for a muslim country to be like this, i met alot of good muslims so dont get me wrong about the malaysian muslims but im jus saying their is a lot of other schenigans going on! Oh this book story going on at the moment was on new years eve this sex party was busted at some hotel and their was loads of drugs and alcohol and crazy stuff going on, aneway 2 of those arrested were like famous one a tv presenter and one a movie star or something and so its made it in all the papers, and they have
a relgious/morale police in malaysia and they busted them, and it turned out the drug dealer was a 20 year old student lol some crazy stuff if u read up on it jus bizare and makes ur mind wonder there hell this world is headed!
So about singapore, well its tiny, i think it must like the size of qatar maybe even smaller but its got 4 million people so pretty dense(2nd most dense country in the world after monaco supposedly though i think gaza and westbank might be as well so not sure if they were counted in the magazine i was reading) and the flag of singapore has the cresent on it which is a common sign associated with Islam and
supposedly singapore has 64 mosques so it has a fair few muslims, but didnt think it was enough for a cresent to be on the flag but yet there is one! Also like in malaysia integration is quite strong in singapore, i went to a shisha bar and there was alot of groups of indo-chinese mix however what i noticed was that the indians would like speak more amongst each other and the same with the chinese people so though they might all be friends i dont think its as integrated as malaysia is probably because the majority of the population (75percent) are chinese where as the majority is less in malaysia.
Oh one thing im impressed so far with singapore, is that they have like sin tax, where alchol and cigs are taxed heavyily to try and discourage it, and it seems quite a moralistic society aH which is quite good in this day and age, i mean yeh u have debaunchery and other things going on but where dont u, but at least its trying to do something bout it which is admirable in todays immoral world!
Aneway its like 5am now so i best sleep but take care and will inshallah write again soon!
Stormy
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