you're beautiful

i was listening to mbc fm the other day in my car .. i usually listen to my ipod when i drive but i had left it at my desk .. anyway .. so this ad comes on for this beauty center .. and it starts out with some ladies saying alf salat w salam 3alaik ya nabi Allah muhammaaaaad and some zaghareet .. you know like they do at weddings .. and then these two women start a conversation that goes like eh ya um ahmad kul il banat tjawazu ila bintik .. aish asawi ya um whatever hatha naseeb .. mind you it's all in saudi dialect .. so anyway she's like laish ma ta5theeha 3ala markaz (i refuse to give them any publicity by mentioning their name) 3ashan yi3tanu bi basharit-ha w yzabtulha snanha .. seriously she says that .. so basically the message they are sending is do you feel ugly and unattractive .. are all your friends hotter than you .. then come to our center so we can make you feel better about yourself .. it's like they're attaching a stigma with visiting their facility .. i just found it to be very stupid and unwise .. they should fire the agency who did that ad for them because it's just awful ..

modern day prayer

before we eat this blessed meal .. we want to thank God for this food .. also let's all take a moment to take a picture of it so we can post it online .. amen

harley carla

while driving home for lunch today .. suddenly i felt the very loud very powerful sound of a harley davidson roaring .. and i looked around me to see where is this beast making all this noise .. only to realize it was my car .. as it turned out there was something wrong with my exhaust system .. no biggie .. got it fixed on the same day only cost 150 riyals .. but for a short time today .. my car kind of sounded like this ..

nice try

reviews

i finished two things this weekend .. the first was shaq's autobiography .. shaq uncut .. i bought it when i went to dubai last month .. i read most of it on the plane .. i only had a few chapters left but you know after i got back i just couldn't be bothered anymore .. but i finally finished it .. it's actually a decent book .. although it's written by shaq so it's not exactly deep or profound .. no disrespect but he's an athlete not a writer .. so you know .. but despite the lack of any real insight it's still interesting when shaq dishes about the drama that went on between him and kobe or later on between him and pat riley .. needless to say if you are not an nba fan then you should not read this book .. you might appreciate the earlier parts in the book when he talks about his upbringing and family and such .. but once he gets to the nba part you will be completely lost .. simply because you will not get any of the references .. but all in all it was a nice light read .. i think any true nba fan would appreciate it .. regardless whether they are a fan of shaq or not ..

the other thing i finished was assassin's creed revelations .. the fourth installment in the series .. and apparently not the last one .. enough already ubisoft .. make a final one already .. so you are ezio once again .. although every now and then you have a flashback as altair .. a very old altair .. who cannot run or jump .. in fact he can barely walk .. anyway .. they made a few minor changes as they always do .. took a few things out .. put a few things in .. but overall the game remains the same .. the setting is turkey this time by the way .. so you run around and jump and leap and kill and climb and purchase shops and all that stuff we have come to be familiar with .. once again the story makes zero sense with all its animus templar mumbo jumbo but the gameplay is wonderful .. looking forward to the next one ..

song of the day

slice of life

a little context before telling the story .. in saudi, residential buildings are either singles or family .. that is either singles live in it .. OR .. families live in it .. but not both .. it is one of the many ridiculous things that go on in this otherwise wonderful country .. so i live in a family building .. what's that i hear you say .. but jundi you're single .. yes well the owner of my building happens to be the brother of the guy who owns the company i work for .. and there is your explanation .. anyway .. a new sexy building was just erected next to mine .. it is almost done but they are still doing the wiring for the electricity .. that's all that remains .. so i was considering moving to that building .. anyway today i passed by in my car and there was this guy outside smoking .. so i parked and went to talk to him .. here is the conversation that took place ..

- assalamu 3alaikum
- wa 3alaikum assalam
- inta ilmas2ool 3an il3amara
- na3am
- tayeb ana saken bil 3amara ili janbkum .. su2ali ino mata 7atkoon il 3amara jahze .. 3ashan 7abib ashoof sha2a feeha
- wallahi il3ilm 3ind Allah hiye jahze bas ba2i ilkahraba
- ya3ni ma 3indak fikra aimta mumkin tijhaz
- il3ilm 3ind Allah
- mmm tayeb w 3adi law 3azzabi
- shoo
- 3azzabi
- la 3azzabi ma fee
- abadan
- abadan
- ya3ni ansa ilmawdoo3
- insa ilmawdoo3
- tayeb shukran