VACATION SENSATIONS

It's just true that when you are waiting for something eagerly, time slows down and crawls in a much slower momentum until you feel that a year have passed and these few days yet havent. Thats fine if all things are kept equal i.e when you reach what you were waiting for to happen, then time keeps its slow momentum. On the contrary, it rushes in a sense that you come back to your previuos status and environment as if nothing happened. Well yes, maybe its true that happy times vanish quickly while routine one's dont.

Anyways, 7 days still have to pass until I ride the plane back to my homeland. A short stay which I am not ready for yet since with all the traffic in my schedules, I feel I will end up of nothing from the whole thing. Among seeing my family, my friends, and my village; splitting the residence between Beirut and the mountain; finish my long shopping list; meeting my 20+ friends, hanging up with them, and some social activites all seem appealing to me, but I think I will not have the other choice of doing them all. Come one, can any one do all in a few days stay?? Here comes my decision to priortize those activites which is a safe road map at least to finish my short vacatio feeling that I did something, not time went and I didnt do even something of everything.

I am cheering for it, whatever it will be eventhough security fears are leveling up in Lebanon. I will be there in the most critical period in the Lebanese history. But who cares, I want to enjoy it and disable my policized part of my brain. At the end if anything is to happen, everyone is doomed to his fate.

So, wish me a nice stay.

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WHY BE COMPLICATED?

When we look around, after going back to nature, we realize the unbearable harmony that exists; We sight a great simplicity thats surrounds the whole place, even though from beneath and inbetween the cliffs and bushes, there lies the most complicated life chain that we can imagine. But who cares, since we entertain our senses with that breath-taking beauty that reliefs the soul from the inside and strips away all real-life burdons. This is the healing natural process. But when we go back to our cement bunkers, to our tall scruptures, to our partitioned offices, we regain the stressful moments that can be simple just if we all agree to make them so. All technology created, computers and databases, printers and faxes, cars and planes, telephones and mobiles, msn and facebook, were meant to simplify the way we live our lives; but some do just the opposite... they abuse those tools and complicate them until we become really the most tortuous creatures who complicate things just to complicate and thats it, and here I want to specify the Lebanese expatriates who are living and working in Dudai. When a Lebanese travels, he bring all the lebanese society complications with him/her. Instead of releafing his/her soul from what they know it is complicated, they carry all the compliqué, sauvage, cliche's they have and export them to the new society and new country. And this will never change. If we go back to Lebanon, I knew something that stunned me yesterday. For those ladies who will read this note, if you plan to visit the Lebanese beach resorts, please abide by the following in order to be considered INN. If you miss a step, you will be out-fashioned and vulger. So, when you lady decides to visit the beach, make sure to do ALL of the following:

1- put a Hayfa-style full makeup on you face, eyes, cheeks, and neck.

2- do your hair. Dye it well, dry it, iron it, and make it extra smooth in order to make it reach your waist.

3- Use the most expensive perfume u have. Cine'ma, Nina Ricci, Burberry, Channel ...etc because this will elevate your social standing and first-beach impressions.

4- wear a 2-piece swim suit. A Bikini ya3ni. NEVER use the one-piece suit.

5- wear the 10 + cm shoes. less than that you are OUT.

6- do ur nails, manicure and pedicure not one of them. DO BOTH.

7- bring your expensive new mobile phone. A Vertu will do the job.

8- carry your CK or Versace hand bag. Dont forget the showl and the branded towel, it is important since it will be your unipole on the beach.

9- walk like a model, dont give any slight attentions to others. just walk with your nose touching the clouds, and your $500+ sunglasses ON.

10- choose the best location on the stands and if you call the guy and be rude to him to seat you in the best position, that will be extra great since your rudeness will dominate and will attract the attentions of others.

11- dont sit silly, every second take your mobile from your sac and check for calls. If no one is calling, then call whoever. Appear busy and demanded.

So, ladies, feel safe by following the above directions and avoid being a subject for those complicated sitting waiting for a victim to talk about.

When I heard some of that, I felt that we may be in a very peacefull country, where the economy is experiencing a never-ending growth, job vacancies are in thousands and security have never been better. Ouh My GOD.

On the contrary, from an incident I knew last year, an American lady wanted to go to our beach resorts near Jbeil. She went with all her American innocence to the beach without noticing that her end will be there. She wear the one-piece swim suit; that was the first big-mistake; she took her casual towel with her where some hair-dye spots from several previous usages, and her hair was wrapped behind. After she reached there, she started to witness the weird gazes arrowing towards her, she melted and sinked in the sands praying, plz plz dont look at me. Her fault was that she went spontanuous and simple, she didnt complicate it.

So guys and girls, stay simple, behave naturally, avoid verbose and unnecessary dialogues, hide your properties, and express who you really are. Why be complicated when you can be simple and relief yourselves from the stressful burdun. Remeber, social integration doesnot happen solely by being materialistic.

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To Lebanon August 2, 2007

I am still counting the days. When will Thursday August 2, 2007 finally come. Usually time passes quickly; but one a person is eager for something, time snails. I was thinking about it yesterday. I know the feeling of riding the plane and heading to Beirut, but I started thinking of the coming-back feeling. I know it will not be that easy. It will be a trip from heaven to hell although I love Dubai. Being surrounded with your family and friends, with your villagers and relatives, with cool fresh air and green fruitful trees is definiltly different from the artificial Dubai and its sands.

Anyways, I will make use of the time and have fun and will leave the thinking of the comming back till it comes.

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SONY TZ

It was the SONY VAIO day to launch the 2 new products in UAE. The VAIO TZ business-oriented notebook and the fashion-oriented VAIO CR. The Event took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel at Dubai Media City at 11:00 am.

I represented ART at the event. Everything was just in place when I arrived; I felt the SONY rays emitting all over the place and I expected something special to appear just when the host declared ceremony start.

A well designed stage with a HUGE VAIO print. A giant projection screen and 2 stand to the right and left of the audince, sound effects, and spot lights. The Japanese joury were sitting, they appeared SONY branded, and the media filled the hall. Every one in place and ready to welcome the new born SONY VAIO TZ & CR.

After a presentation from the Marketing and Communication MAnager and the GULF office representative, the babies appeared on the stage carried by the well-suited models. The TZ was just a professional creation, small and carbon-fiber coated and light weight not exceeding a 1.2 kg. Small and elegant but armed with all the weapons a business wo/man needs.

The turn came for the CR. The same models changed their dressings into funky-elegant fashions, each carrying a certain-color VAIO CR comlementing their fabrics colors and accessories. At this time the stand were uncovered and the real trial session started. I didnt miss the opportunity ti try the TZ. I carried it, touched it, and felt its carbonated material. Its 1mm screen with embedded camera was the innovation by itself, since no one can imagine how can these Japanese embedd a 1.8 mp camera in the 1mm or so screen frame. They are really people from another planet and belong to a different time.

I will not forget to mention the 1 GB memory stick that I received as a souvenir. I was really planning to buy one, but why not have one for free??

In a 5 minute chat with the Japanese Marketing Manager Sunao Sakata, I tried to inquire about the functionality difference between the 2 models. Before the launch, I read th whole booklet and founf just hardware differences that are not a big deal between the two. I knew that the main difference lies in the design, material, and Windows Vista version. In a word its practicality that differs and not functionality in addition to the price for sure. The TZ retails at 7990 Dhs while the CR retalis at 3890 Dhs roughly speaking.

Its convincing to me, but since I gave my baby Canon EOS 400D my word, I will postpone the TZ for now. My Toshiba Satellite is soo huge man. Its soo huge. It doesnt appeal to me anymore.

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Intentional Rudeness

When a person abides by the usual life standards and rules of decent communication in everyday life, at least he should expect the same in return; that was the case and still with a break that happened yesterday. I may have forgotten that when it comes to rudeness, I am the master of it. But my calmness is always dominating my behavior because it’s my personality first and second I am not a trouble seeker. I always try to do my job calmly, professionally, and without any outer intervention since those interventors that may assist are not my type of people especially after a battle of smoking-nonsmoking issues and when I really concluded that a wall is a wall no matter what approach you use with him.

I feel like writing today; I will not dig into the incident but rather I am glad it happened. This had arisen in me the same feeling that I once had regarding recalculating all decisions I have made and I am thinking to make. But this time I am sure that any decision I will undertake will come without mercy, and definitely without any regret.

Things are back under control. I was obliged to take away my usual calmness and mask up the rudeness that I know how to use. I didn’t need explanations and apologies that came from the responsible person, but rather I needed to show that when it comes to messing things up, I am the wrong one to mess with. I rarely be like that and don't like to be, but sometimes with piling conscious and unconscious conceptions, all will flood in a moment, and with me they flooded but I controlled the amount. I think that was sufficient for this first time, but the coming one, if it took place or dared to happen, I am sure, I am very sure, the flood will be devastating this time.

It will appear vague, I know, to the readers and they will ask what the hell he is talking about, and I know that some curious people will stay digging until they know what exactly happened. I say clearly that no one is allowed to ask since no answers will be given. So, please save your time; although I know that I may disseminate some tips to some.

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COLD

Its the first Cold flew I catch in Dubai. It's not a wonderful thing to wite about, but I found myself archiving it. I feel soo terrible today; dizzy, down, tired, sleepy, and misconcentrating. Its a terrible feeling to have as I usually remeber the sleepless nights of fever and headaches.

Few more days to come and then it will be over, but the definite thing is that it ruined my up-comming weekend.

I HATE COLDS.

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