Posted on 22 February, 2008 by charafantah
Here are some pictures i took while am here in KSA, with my comments at the bottom
Main two buildings in Riyadh, Al Mamlaka (at the back) and Al Faisalyah (the one we got robbed at )
There are no other high buildings, most buildings are less than 5 floors.
Al Saraya Turkish restaurant [...]
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Posted on 14 February, 2008 by charafantah
It’s been a few days since my last blog, a few things happened, but i was so busy to blog (specially that i have no laptop now, so the only chance to blog is from the office, which as you might notice, i would be SO busy, so i can get out of here as [...]
Filed under: Me, Work | Tagged: bad, dentist, disasters, Egypt, embassy, good, harrasment, homosexual, ksa, luck, passport, riyadh, saudi arabia, tooth | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 11 February, 2008 by charafantah
I had many people speak to me, saying that i am not so unlucky and there is no such thing as disasters magnet and that it’s all just a coincidence and that probably me putting all these thoughts in my mind is what causing it.
So i thought to myself, and i was like “Yea, it could be true, [...]
Filed under: Bull Shit, Me, Work | Tagged: bad luck, disaster, elevator, locked, luck, riyadh, saudi arabia, مصعد, أسانسير, الفيصلية, الرياض | 2 Comments »
Posted on 9 February, 2008 by charafantah
I am not in the ***** (insert a curse word here +ing) mood
I dont know why…
maybe because:
I broke another tooth? (YES! ANOTHER F(*&!@# tooth, so its 2 now broken in this shitty country) i cant eat on both sides of the mouth now.
Work sucks….not that it always does..but this time it sucks so [...]
Filed under: Me, Work | Tagged: angry, dentist, hate, ksa, riyadh, saudi arabia, teeth, tooth, upset, Work | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 7 February, 2008 by charafantah
أشرف إبن الكاشف…أتسرق يا منزز
First of all, i would like to HATE all the people who did not help us, who ignored us, who robbed us and to the most majority of the Saudi People (i cant say all the saudi people)
It was a wednesday, the end of the week in Saudi Arabia, we finished [...]
Filed under: Bull Shit, Me, Work | Tagged: hate, laptop, mall, passport, police, riyadh, rob, robber, saudi arabia, steal, الرياض, بوليس, حرامى, سرقة | 2 Comments »
Posted on 6 February, 2008 by charafantah
This is the saudi version of my 2 cents.
I will just pinpoint a few things i noticed during my few days stay here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
Fun means: Drive in the car, go to “tahleya” st. and drink a coffee or coke
Entertainment consists of ONLY the following two items: “eating” and “shopping”
Being cool means: doing [...]
Filed under: Me, Work | Tagged: 2 cents, boring, censoring, ksa, life, saudi arabia, الرياض, السعودية | 3 Comments »
Posted on 4 February, 2008 by charafantah
People always think that i am exaggerating when i say that i am so unlucky…
Here are a few things that happened to me during the past 2 days while am in Riyadh (Saudi Arabi) on a business trip:
Weather turns to be extremely cold
Leased line between the client (where am supposed to work) and the data [...]
Filed under: Bull Shit, Me, Technology, Work | Tagged: bad luck, broken, keyboard, laptop, luck, notebook, suicide, usb, windows | 7 Comments »
Posted on 3 February, 2008 by charafantah
I am currently in Riyah….
No fun there at all….so boring…internet access in unbelielvably slow (I guess its a common problem and thats not always the case)
But anyway, i don’t have much time to blog now…but i will, later on….wish me luck…and pray for me to finish soon to come back home
Filed under: Me, Work | Tagged: ksa, riyadh, saudi arabia, الرياض, السعودية | 3 Comments »
Posted on 6 January, 2008 by charafantah
So i was complaining a while ago about not having anything to do blah blah.
my wish turned against me
I have a million thing to do now:
*A LOT* of work
I got 4 new books that i want to read (2 technical – Threat Modeling & Breaking Software- and 2 non technical – Whatever [...]
Filed under: Egypt, Me, Security, Work | Tagged: book, clock, diy, galal amin, harddisk, opv, reading, Security, software testing, Work | 1 Comment »