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Tuesday, May 24
Posted at 10:01 am by SmartAl
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Monday, May 23
It was around nine, a young very pretty,highly intelligent, witty, smart,cute,adorable,twenty-something, girl just finished her prayers. A smart-ass-kinda 15yr old comes up to her.
Princess(the 15 yr old): Have u finished praying?
the very pretty, highly intelligent, witty, smart,cute,adorable,twenty-something (me):yeah why?
P:i got the star wars theme music on ur mobile
Me: thnx.
the very pretty ,,,,,(yeah u know what i mean), goes to "sounds", but she couldnt find any ringtone called,"star wars" or anything close so she goes off to the princess.
Me: Your Highness, I cant find it.
P: Dont fret, just hand over the mobile.
The Princess takes the mobile,starts clicking till she finds "recording2",she then plays the recording.
In her own sweet voice she had recorded, ta da tadata ta da (SW theme music).
Big smiles all around.
Now everytime the Princess calls the phone goes,"ta da tadata ta da tada ta....
Cheers
Al :)
Posted at 08:51 am by SmartAl
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Saturday, May 21
When the weather gets hot.... things just get hotter!!!
Welcome to Dubai. Dubai a city that is currently boosting thanks to tourism.
Here in Dubai we have two seasons.. Hot and Hotter.
From Mid-Nov to end- Feb, the city enjoys the Hot weather.Some ppl refer to this time of the year as the "winter", but they are so mistaken... some of the schools even call it "winter-break". You may find it hysterical now but if you live in this country during the "hotter" season u will appreciate the breeze that sometimes blows in the so called winter.
Dubai sometimes witnesses "rain" during "winter" and it is welcomed by the residents here. This is the time when the DPD and the Insurance make their money. During the "winter", u can never reach anywhere on time as atleast two accidents are guarnteed on every road. Shk Zayed being the favorite.
May, this is the time of the year that the hotter season starts. As it is May we are already experiencing this gifted weather. Whereas the europeans pray for sunlight in December we pray for a cloud in May, and it gets hotter by the minute.
Things to do in the "hotter" season when u are stuck in Dubai.
go to any airconditioned malls of the city
go to a mall
go to a mall
go to a mall
yeah thats what i have got... suggestions are welcome...
you could cruise around in ur airconditioned car .....and get stuck in traffic.
May is also the time when u get to see so many idiots in one place.
Yesterday I was at Costas at City Centre (yes that girl laughing her head off was me)
Arrive early to get good place.... got a mini-booth near the railing, enjoyed 5 cups of coffee , 2 cakes, a chicken sandwhich and one bottle of water during my 3 hr stay there. The servers there are very quick to clear ur table as if to push u out, but unfortunate for them i am a stubborn b*&* h and i wasnt gonna move till i wanted to,,, ok so they made a few bucks out of me ....n no i didnt want to watch STAR WARS so dont even go there and it is fun observing ppl walk by. I made a few friends ... ok i am a bit loud when voicing my comments but hey the guy at the next table thought the same thing.
Welcome Summer, welcome long weekends at the mall.
Cheers
Al :)
Posted at 04:05 pm by SmartAl
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Wednesday, May 18
All those of u who drive on Shk Zayed Rd...
The speed limit on the road is 120kmph.
The left-most lane is the "FAST" lane and u drive 120KMPH or faster in this lane taking care to slow down when approaching the radars so as not to get "clicked"
The yellow lay-by is not a lane on its own. It is there so if an accident occurs (which is haey so common) or a car breaks down it can pull over there.
If u want to cruise at 60Kmph , PLEASE move over to the SLOW lane which is on the right.
If u want to drive real slow please stay behind a 16wheeler or a BUS and save the rest of the us the annoyance of tying to overtake u from the slow lanes.
The lady, behind me who was in such a hurry and almost crashed , GURL u deserved it.
I m planning to take one of the wrecked cars from my uncle's garagae,along wiht a 26+ friend and bang all these drivers ,,,so NEXT time they stay where they belong... IN THE SLOW LANE!!!!!!
This guy at work, I dont even talk to (from a diff dep.) got me a present... WEIRD.
Funny incident with a guy in the elevator this morn..
Silly guy: hey
al: morning
SG: u work in this building
al (wanted to say): no i just hop in commercial buildings, coz i like the sound the elevators make early in the morn.
al (said): yeah
SG: which company?
al: *company name*
SG: oh i work for*company name* , we are neighbours hehehehhe
al (smile)
SG: u are local?
al: no , somali
SG: oh, i thought u were local, u are very white for somali
al: no there are white somalis too
SG: oh, bye
i wanted to add, i was adopted by a local family and therefore inherited their color due to evolution and customizing oneself to the environment around..survival of the fittest..but then again i was being nice.
Its only 8 in the morn,,,, thank God for weekends!!!!
cheers
al:)
Posted at 08:58 am by SmartAl
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Tuesday, May 17
Everyone is looking for someone.
when u are three- ur mom
when u are six- how to get away from ur mom
when u are thirteen- that cute guy with the funny hairdo
when u are sixteen - still the cute guy
when u are twenty- a reliable boyfriend
when u are twenty- six- a Husband
when u are thirty - ur three-yr old who got lost.
There are no traffic jams in the second mile.
Cheers
al:)
Posted at 10:10 am by SmartAl
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Monday, May 16
It all started with M gone missing.M is our office boy, he is the man who goes 14 floors down and up when we forget something in the car.He is the man who makes perfect coffee and knows exactly how everyone likes their coffee... He is a genius short of a brain cell.He usually goes "missing".We call it "M missing in Action";we really dont know what is that he does to go missing but highly suspect it being him yaking to his wife on the phone.
E was looking for M and he couldnt find him,M was missing in Action again.This was not good,we normally try to do all to keep the CEO from getting heated up.Being 66 it comes easy to him and at a time like this everyone tries to keep their distant from him.one can never be too far from the CEO unless u intend to get FIRED.
Al comes in picture and dumb ass that she is she actually asks him what he wants.(music in the background... ta da da daaaaaaa.. thats the piano btw).
E just wanted something out of his car, Al offers to run the errand.
We no longer have the basement parking.Everyone parks their car in a yard beside the building..in the SAND.
Al goes in the crouching heat opens the car and sits in it.Ha the leather interior is just so good.She only had to take a file back but instead she starts the car.Starts the music (Texan 60yr olds DO NOT HAVE good taste in music),she opts for the radio.The freaking car actually talks back to u, it says "Hello E".It adjusts your seating with a click of a button.Everytime someone changes the settings just press VALET and then it readjusts to ur setting.
I prolly was in the car for like half an hour till my sis called and asked me where I was.It was then I realised what my errand was.humbug.I locked the car and went back to the office.
When I handed the file to E,he asked me what took me so long.I muterred some nonsense.He smiled at me,"I know the feeling, its just so great sitting there yeah."
Any guesses what car I am talking abt?
Cheers
Al :)
Posted at 10:43 am by SmartAl
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Sunday, May 15
Its nice to see everyone hit their brakes and the brake lights come up.. in an order one following the other... NEAT... things u can experience only in a city life.  Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built. cheers al 
Posted at 09:05 am by SmartAl
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Saturday, May 14
7:30 : standing in queue that was 50 ppl wide and i cant recall how long... 8 something we finally get in after all the chking and detection for ammunitions ,,, nah ,, they were chking for cameras... didnt want any PIRACY going on in Dubai now do we?? well one of the reasons we got in earlier was coz the ppl ahead of us started going off FAST..y?? coz they had "camera-phones" n this was one of the"HARAM" things on the list.  Panic ticked off in the group of 5 girls that i was in ...we were not going back to deposit our phones and loose our Place..so  al has an idea. all the phones get stuffed in her lil bag n when she reaches the point where there were gonna interogate her , lil al takes over the  that she is, puts on this real nice smile and says,"I havent got any camera".  NEXT!! That is what it took to get inside the arena... whoowf... there were kuwaiti guys in front on us, and kuwaiti girls behind us... (I know coz i made sure by asking!!) It started off with Darine,,,whom no body seemed interested in...DC came in ...loved it .. till Michelle started singing something n i was like," WHAT??" coz she was singing abt being strong and all , this lil kid next to me goes like," oh it is one of her solos ... B-O-R-I-N-G" (oh yeah n she was kuwaiti too!!! hte kid that is) the part that there were like 4-5 guys hitting on me was so so cool coz we all know,AL LOVES ATTENTION... but the sad fact of life ... these guys were like 19 and younger...  , i was so in love with Yacoub's frnd. Who is yacoob?? the guy in the ponytail... I know coz Yacoub's frnd kept calling him, and he was the guy!! (yacoub's frnd that is). but i m not really sure if Yacoub's frnd even saw me..  So over all : Lots of Kuwaitis - Fell in love DC was cool Saw kids who didnt have hips wearing real low jeans (dont there parents chk them??) nice cars... n my sis (who didnt go) was saying that the roads of Dubai were empty after 8  Cheers Al 
Posted at 01:09 pm by SmartAl
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Wednesday, May 11
If u keep visiting for the next couple of hours u might be  or  or  coz i m trying a few things .... this blog is just so boring..........unless i come up with somethng i like ppl bear with me  cheers al  PS this a test to chk smilies ,,,,I might just be simile-enabled,,,, ant that exciting.!!!! 
Posted at 09:41 am by SmartAl
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Symbolsssssssssssssssssss
I just love this gurl.... she is ADORABLE.. :)
*I have realized i like a lot of ppl after i started reading blogs.
nyways Symbols wants to know...
1. Why is the world round?
2. Can i take over the world with you?! PLEASE?!
The world is round so when i take over it easier for me to move "around"...
no u cannot take the world over with me...to start with u are too sweet with all those bands around ur wrist u prolly be supporting some organization which is anti-al-rules-the -world. Things just dont work that way ,, dont feel down ,, remember u are in "like" ....
Cheers
Al :)
Posted at 09:33 am by SmartAl
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