http://somecontrast.com Like a valley next to a mountain, like the sunshine after the rain; life is much more with some contrasts. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Posted By Yousef Carrie, A girl born to a freakishly religious mother, never felt normal or accepted by her mother nor her peers. She was the butt of every joke, she came to expect a foot to be shot out at any moment to trip her and then another foot to ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/20/carrie-by-stephen-king/ Posted By Yousef About 2 weeks ago, when I was in france, I found out that we were having ummawash o hasho rebyan for dinner. I wasn't really surprised, coz that day it was cloudy and raining, and Kuwaitis can't be Kuwaitis if they do not eat ummawash or m3addas when ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/20/ummawash-hasho-rebyan/ Posted By Yousef When I was studying there I couldn't spend enough time in Borders, it always was a rush whenever I'm there; friends waiting outside, late for the movies or a restaurant.. etc. But this time, I was able spend all the time I wanted in Borders, and it felt ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/19/magrudys-borders-dubai/ Posted By Yousef We went to the chalet today and saw this on the side of the road leading to Alkhiran/Alzour area. The camel was dead and the car was very badly damaged. I took many pictures but when I saw them on the laptop's screen they were very graphic. Poor ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/19/camel-and-car-accident/ Posted By Mishary We stayed in Crown Plaza when we were in Dubai last weekend, it's in Festival City and connected through an indoor path to the Mall which was a really great idea, no need for a taxi to get you there, Actually it was connected to the Intercontinental Hotel ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/19/crowne-plaza-dubai-festival-city/ Posted By Mishary These are the new numbers effective on october. From the picture it shows that Zain numbers will begin with a 9, Wataniya with a 6, 2 for the landlines and Commercial lines will begin with 1. Thanks Abdullah http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/18/find-your-new-number/ Posted By Yousef fire-without-matches-or-lighter Got this in an e-mail from INM. http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/18/fire-without-matches-or-lighters/ Posted By Yousef We were having some technical difficulties all day today. The site wasn't showing up for some people, and for others, including me, it was frustratingly slow. Turned out the hosting company had some server overload and they promised to have it fixed by now. Thanks 9K2HN for the help. ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/18/server-issues/ Posted By Yousef We just got an email with a picture confirming a post Mishary did weeks ago about Sephora opening soon in Kuwait. The location is Avenues phase II right in front of Caribou's Cafe. The place is under construction now but will open soon. Thanks a lot Om MiMi. http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/17/confirmed-sephora-in-avenues-phase-ii/ Posted By Yousef The conveyor belt at the suitcases' X ray machine before the check in cunter, Dubai Airport: One by one, the bags started to rise and fall over each other, the place was getting crowded, lots of people in one place trying hard to find and pick their bags, thats ... http://somecontrast.com/2008/08/17/the-one-with-the-incident-at-dubai-airport/