This is weird, and pretty stupid as well, an Indian man decided to spend 1,000 USD$ on renting an entire cinema to prove that he can watch a horror movie alone! Arabian Business reports that Pavin Ponanna, a 30-year-old Indian advertising professional, decided to challenge the Indian director Ram Gopal Verma who claimed that no one can watch his new movie horror movie “Phoonk” alone without getting scared.
The guy asked the cinema staff to have a doctor on call just in case, but according to him he never felt scared, not even for a moment. Well I guess people should think twice before declaring any challenge!
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These mouth-shaped urinals are available at some restaurant in Germany, personally I found them weird and stupid, I don’t know what’s the idea behind them, I guess if I was there I might get scared to do it there, it feels like it’s gonna eat me. Found it on the Arabian Business.
Being a freelancer means that you will enjoy lots of things, and of course suffer from bad things, among the benefits is that you get to meet new people all the time, and work on new stuff. This week I had, or should I say almost had, the funniest job meeting/interview in a while.
Last week I applied for a freelance copywriter job opening at a certain company, they called me at 9:20 am last Sunday telling me that I have an interview at 10, I was in the middle of something, I looked like a zombie that time so I needed to shave my face and head, take a shower, check if there is something ready to wear and eventually fly to them.
Sunday 9:20 am
Girl: You have an interview at 10 am
Samer: Can we please make it tomorrow, I can’t make it within 40 minutes and I have 2 meetings today
Gilr: No we can’t
Samer: Ok, thanx
Girl: Anyway let me check and get back to you
Tuesday 9:45 am:
Girl: Hello Samer, where were you yesterday, you were supposed to be here at 11:30 am for the interview
Samer: ha?
Girl: Yes, I called you later on Sunday and informed you about the new date, and you said yes I’ll be there
Samer: ha? Are you sure
Girl: Yes, positive
Samer (saying bad words in his mind): I didn’t get any call from you
Girl: Seems you were sleeping when I called you, anyway you have an interview today at 10:30 am
Samer: Ok I’ll be there
Tuesday 3:30 pm:
Girl: You are late, you were supposed to be here at 3
Samer: No, we agreed on 3:30, and I’m so sure about it
Girl: No, my colleague left a note here saying you are supposed to be here at 3 pm
Samer (smiling): Ok thanx, bye
Tuesday 3:40 pm:
Girl: Samer can you please get back here, the boss is back
Samer: No I can’t, thank you!
So the guy had to go out for lunch and will be 10 minutes late because of the traffic, it’s ok, I can wait a little bit, no need for all this, or it’s because they are an events company they wanted to maintain the image of people who value time.
August 7th, 2008
4:25 pm
Jazar
This is supposed to be interesting, The Roads & Transport Authority in Dubai and Department of Municipal Affairs in Abu Dhabi have tapped into the social media world with the launch of channels on YouTube and Facebook.
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipal Affairs, which joined YouTube last May, has launched three videos about the Emirate, the latest video that has been launched was titled “What is Abu Dhabi” where they questioned many people about what they love in Abu Dhabi, what places they’ve visited, the life in the city, what could be better and some more interesting questions.
The Roads & Transport Authority in Dubai joined YouTube earlier last month and added videos about their activities, same thing was in Facebook’s group.
It’s really interesting to see governmental authorities adopting new media for their communications.
August 2nd, 2008
8:34 pm
Jazar
Among all tennis players that I admire, Roger Federer is the best player in the history of the game, I always thought that Pete Sampras was the best, but personally I believe that Federer has better skills, but of course Pete Sampras is a great a player and he was my favorite in the past. Other players that I cheered for where Steffi Graff, Martina Hingis, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic and Andre Agassi. But of course on top of them is Federer.
If you watch Federer playing, you will definitely notice how smart he is, I’ve never seen someone playing like him, the way he puts the ball on the line, the incredible back-hand shot that drives the opponent outside the field, not to mention the great aces. One can tell that his skills, his mind, and his amazing attitude are the reason that he ruled tennis for more than 4 years, being number one for 4 consecutive years is something that no one could achieve more than half of it.
Out of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, Federer failed just like Sampras to win the Roland Garros, my personal favorite championship, when he announced that he hired a coach that specializes in clay fields I though it could be a good idea but I was afraid that he loses his outstanding performance on the rest of fields, and I’m not sure if this is what happened.
Unfortunately all good thing will eventually come to an end, this year wasn’t quite the good year for the this glittering star, throughout 2008 he couldn’t win any major title, not the Australian Open, nor the Roland Garros or Wimbledon, which I took for granted.
Tennis is all about concentration, if you lost it for a microsecond you lose the ball, and I guess this is what is happening to Federer, he is not focusing on the game, and so his results were really disappointing this year, but the good part is that he still got it, he still has his magic, he still shoots great shots, but he can’t focus, and so he isn’t able to win.
Now he is losing the number one ranking, which he kept for 4 years in row, to the player that I really hate, Nadal, I don’t know why but I really hate him, he looks so mean, he plays a lot of mind games, and what is worse is that he kills the game, the more the ball remains in play the better, the best part to of a tennis match is the rally, but then Nadal wastes like 15 seconds before he serves, I don’t really care if that’s legal, but it shouldn’t be more than 4 seconds, let the game be more vibrant, faster, more continues.
At the end, Federer will remain the best, even if he lost, and I don’t think I will enjoy tennis knowing that Nadal is number one, I just can’t. And the question remains, will Federer end up like Hingis? I hope no.
Gulf-based airline companies went shopping for airplanes with billions and billions of dollars in their pockets, yesterday 4 airline carriers revealed news about agreements that aims at enforcing their fleets with various new aircrafts.
The biggest deal was made by Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based airline, as they announced earlier yesterday a deal ordering 55 Airbus aircrafts, later the same day Etihad announced that they increased number of aircrafts to 205 brand new Airbus aircrafts, the total value of the deal is 43 billion USD$. This deal is the biggest in the history of commercial aviation.
FlyDubai, the new low-cost airline carrier in Dubai, announced a deal that is considered to be the biggest deal made by a Gulf-based low-cost airline, the value of the deal is 4 billion USD$, the total price of 54 Boeing aircrafts.
Saudi Arabian airlines, which ordered 22 Airbus aircrafts back at the end of 2007, signed a new deal to buy-out 8 Airbus aircrafts. Qatar Airways announced a deal to acquire 4 new Airbus aircrafts, the value of the last two agreements wasn’t revealed yet.
Expectations were talking about a decline in the number of air travelers due to craziness in fuel prices, which will lead to expensive traveling prices, but seems like those airline companies are really optimistic about the future of traveling.
