Status: At Work

After two years of freelancing and working from home, I finally started working at a stable job, in an office, with people, a monthly salary, and someone to boss me around. It's really fun for a change. The working hours is the only thing I'm stressing since I get off work at 5:30, which means, the rest of the day is almost over for me.
Everything seems mellow for the meantime. Some of my colleagues just took off to grab some lunch and run a couple of errands. I'm probably not going to do such thing until a few months pass, or maybe a week. Depends on how things go in here. For now, I'm going to have my snack and watch some of my favorite shows.
For all the unemployed people maybe sleeping until this hour, or just having their breakfast, or doing whatever they want to do, trust me, you're not missing anything.

Xposé

For a year now, I've been a member of Facebook©. It's really fun finding some old friends and schoolmates, and keeping in touch. It actually eased the way for some people to contact me in case they've lost my number, or their phone ran out of battery. Or in other cases, students in computer lab classes find the best way to pass a couple of hours of boredom. I thought that Facebook has been taken seriously by people all around unlike Hi5, but unfortunately I ran into some people with the silliest nicknames on earth just like "Kuwaiti Cool" or "Banoota 7laiwa". Lack of self-confidence probably drove those people to choose such nicknames. I decided to open up a fake account in order to see the OTHER SIDE of Facebook, and the things I've seen are just plain shocking.
Using my fake account, I started adding people randomly, and then when I've been noticed, people have started adding me. Regardless of the silly names that are on my list, the pictures that are there are really offensive, and sick. Girls are posing in the sluttiest ways and guys are proud to show off their favorite alcoholic drinks, or their so-called "six pack abs".
Facebook is being misused by a lot of people now. It has 2 most important rules that some people don't abide by.
1. Celebrity names, nicknames, or other fake names are not allowed and will not be approved
2. upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.

Definition of Facebook: "a social utility that connects you with the people around you." Don't abuse it.


source: Facebook

Stop Tormenting!

Of course the word is out in Kuwait now that the iPhone is unlocked for both Wataniya and MTC (aka ZAIN). This beautiful gadget has been on my wish list about a month ago, hoping that I'd be getting it soon. Fortunately, my wish came true and I'll be getting it during the coming week from the US.
I know I could've gotten it in here, but for a ridiculous price like KD400. I got it from the US for not more than KD125.
I saw a listing in the FaceBook market in the Kuwait network, of the iphone, selling it for about KD250. We got some bright business minds in Kuwait, but they're forgetting that everyone else has the Internet and could be doing the same thing. I didn't get bothered by the price as much as I was shocked just looking at the picture that was attached to the listing! As you see above, it's the iPhone with a Windows XP system. Why torment a genuine device by mac with a system that would catch viruses in a blink? If people need phones that read their e-mails and expect a Windows OS, they should get blackberry's or I-Mates. Don't ruin iPhone with windows. This device has been solely made for Mac.

When Drama Gets Out of Hand

Seems like the dose of violence has increased in Arabic sitcoms. This year, a Kuwaiti/Gulf Drama series that air on a couple of channels really cracked me up. It's far away from being realistic. Excessive violence has been added to it, probably, because of the director's request, thinking that it would attract a larger audience. I think that lots of money has been spent on the sets, ridiculous costumes, and tacky furniture. Even if the characters and stories were fictional, they should at least be realistic. One of the actresses on that show cries most of the time on each episode. I guess by the end of taping everyday, she has to use som eye drops. Professional tv reviewers and critics should approve of such shows before being aired, for the sake of the poeple fasting, and the Holy month of Ramadan. I'm glad I got my own shows to watch, including the hilarious Tash ma Tash, Freej, and Bo Qutada o Bo Nabeel.