SOME contrast

Posted By: Yousef

one of the hardest things I face for being a student abroad and a thing I’m yet to get accustomed to, is FOOD!

Since I don’t like to spend hours preparing and cooking just to have a nice meal that lasts less than 20 minutes! I submitted to a greater power and been ordering food like crazy for the past 3 years. and since I have to keep eating something different everyday just to keep myself interested in life! I found myself wasting much much time on this daily annoying issue of thinking about what to eat!

today for example.. I have to study, so I have to get the food issue out of my mind and schedule. I ended up asking my friend what to eat. Hardee’s and KFC are no longer an option for me, atleast for 2-3 days to come. major overload.

would it be so bad if I got someone to cook for me! actually I don’t need anyone to cook for me, I just want someone I can boss around, someone I can send to do my grocery, cut the veggies, boil the water, heat the oil, prepare the dishes, clean the meats, prepare the ma3booch, pick up the dirty dishes AND washes them. thats all!

is this too much?

PS I just ordered from BK.

Posted By: Yousef

and I intend to miss the next class as well. I have an exam tomorrow.. got to study.

you know the feeling of missing a class? you know when there is something you’re not supposed to do, and you end up doing it anyway? I love that feeling! but I hate it when the night comes and I start to think “I missed a class today!”. oh well, I’m gonna enjoy it for now, coz at night I’m going to be busy studying for tomorrow’s exam.

Posted By: Yousef

Online Banking is not available from 12:00 to 3:00

How convenient.

Posted By Yousef

Is there anyone left who haven’t had a problem with Aramex? I assure you, there are NONE! Every person with the slightest interest in having their packages arrive on time, as promised, must’ve had a problem with this company. Either because of their below zift customer service or their nonexistent sense of time!

just 2 days ago, I received an email from them telling me they’re going to raise their rates here in the emirates too. First Kuwait now the emirates. I’ve never ever seen a company that thrives with bad feedbacks! And now they think they’re entitled for a raise??

Anyway, I was reading their email and one thing just made me real mad. Our goal at SHOP&SHIP is to provide the highest level of quality & customer service while offering the best shipping options available.

One thing led to another, and I ended up replying to them with the following:

your goal is not to provide the highest level of quality and customer service. the only thing you aspire to is to do a mediocre job and cash in on your temporary novelty!

I based my negative opinion because of the following:

1-You never delivered a package without calling me and taking my whole address all over again. each time there is a package, your guys call me and let me instruct them and give every detail about where I live. (you’d think they’d refer to their past delivery details. but I guess thats “Good enough” service for you).

2-Whenever there is a problem, I either wait a very long time on hold & transfers between your personnel, or there is absolutely no one in the shop and ship department.

3-One time you lost my package, I’ve waited a very long time for it to arrive with NO luck, finally I complained, and they told me to bring something to prove my purchase, and so I did. they compensated me eventually… then… around 3 months later, my lost package magically arrived!

4-And after all this, you email me saying you’re gonna raise your rates???? and you actually wrote in the email that your goal is highest quality and customer service?!?REALITY CHECK ASAP!!!

Posted By: Yousef

The new Mac OS ‘Leopard’ will be officially released within less than an hour. some pre-orders have been already shipped and some even got it and installed it. everybody is praising it at the moment.

we’ve been hearing and reading about it for a long time now, we can’t wait to get our copy and install it. some of the best features that I personally can’t wait to experience and enjoy are:

-Time Machine.
-Spaces.
-Quick Look.
-Stacks.
-and ofcourse the overall feeling of having the most advanced OS in our hands!

Posted By Mishary.

As i mentioned in Yousef’s last post that my car was hit by stranger ((7esbeyalah 3alaih !)). So today i was in the police station to get the requested paper to fix the company car legally.

The story begins here .. the police man ((elthab6)) send me to the ((elkhabeer el faney)) so he can analise the accident if it is done by some body else or me, the normal way is: that person must come to my car which was parked in front of the police station and examine the it. I stopped at his door and asked him to come with me to see my car (( i repeat again this is the NORMAL procedure )) what he asks me to do is to go to my car and take a picture with my mobile and send it to his mobile via bluetooth then he WILL DECIDE ! We were 3 at his office and every one of us went to his car and captured his car and came back again. kel hatha 3ayaaaaaaaaaaaaaz !!! wala 3aib.

Posted By: Yousef.

I had subway for dinner today. I ate 3 different 6″! chicken teriyaki, steak & cheese AND B.M.T. which stands for Best meat tatse! thats one hell of a misleading name for a sandwich, it was awful! after that I took my the last antibiotic capsule I have left…does this mean I should be feeling good and cured by now? not necessarily!

anyway, I had a very strong craving for some dessert right afterward! now the one thing that is known about my eating habits, is that I don’t like/care for dessert that much. but this time it was a bit weird! I was looking all around for some chocolates!

and look what I’ve found in the fridge!

and its finally the WEEKEND!! I must be in heaven!

Posted By Mishary.

• Blue LEDs in the handle indicate when rain or snow is expected
• Receives weather data for 150 U.S. locations from Accuweather.com <– Here is the Tech. point !!
• Top quality “gust buster” canopy design
• Network signal and low battery indicator lights
• Takes a single “C” size battery (not included)
• Dimensions: 41 1/2″ L x 58″ Diameter (it is a large umbrella)

Price : $99.99

Posted By Mishary

Simply Dubai.

Posted By: Yousef

Blip..blip..blip..

Where is that sound coming from?!

after much searching and looking around I finally found the source of that annoying sound! the bathroom is leaking. and not any kind of leak, it was leaking from the ceiling! but wait there is more, the water is actually coming from the light bulb in the bathroom’s ceiling!

I called the doorman/janitor and told him about it. he said it must be coming from the A/C’s machine, which is located right above that ceiling. he told me he’s going to call the A/C’s company and that they’re going to be here first thing in the morning.