Arab Memes !

This has got to be the best meme ever invented since the dawn of the Internet !

Epic, no ?

It basically started off as a Facebook group "Arab Memes" a few days ago and now it grew to almost 5,000 members and has a Tumblr blog ! (Also, a Twitter account is reported to be in the making, so stay tuned!).

Well, I guess this is a continuation of the last post !
(Let it be stated that these are not mine!)

This...is... PRECIOUS!

Story of my life...

BLASPHEMY!

There's even space for politics!

Oh Saudis...

Me...HOW DID THEY KNOW ?!

The word means swings.

He says "give me", other guy says "what ? the chips?". He replies "No, the table!" (for non-Arabic speakers out there!)

As I said before, if you're a fan of this and if you got a Facebook account (or haven't deactivated it yet!) then I implore you, you simply must check this out ! :P

MythBusters, Football and I Need New Books

Another day, Another time where I can blog.

As a child, I was an avid viewer of the Discovery Channel. I didn't know why, it was always surprising and very informative whenever I keep watching it. I suppose I had a weird sense of entertainment then :)

With the knowledge I got from shows like MythBusters and How Its Made, I remember going around the household telling about all sorts of facts and stuff. I remember how irritated my brother was, he had only wanted a decent game of football (on the PS2 of course!). Ah, how I enjoyed the MythBusters. They were so enthusiastic about their job, and they made it look like its a heck-load of fun. And also, made Science look like its fun. And it actually is!! :)

Which reminds me of one important thing. Whenever a guy says "Lets play some football", you'd think he'd mean the actual game. But to my dismay, he was referring to playing it on the old PS3. O,O

I mean, I see this as a new trend, now people seem to quit the physical game and simply go play it virtually. What has happened to this beautiful game ? Well, aside from the recent FIFA scandal, it seems that people are becoming more couch-potato-ish than ever before. Some say blame fast food, others say they are just being lazy. God knows how this problem could be solved! :(

My first Famous Five Book. I need more!

Now, drifting from the above topic, I'm glad to say that I've finally finished reading my first ever Scholarly History Book!!! Yes, I managed to finish the 600 paged A History of the Modern Middle East , by the late William Cleveland. It was absolutely brilliant, I have to say. That comes from me, A teen that loves History :)
It has taught me so much on my Middle Eastern Heritage.

Which also leaves me pondering, I need new books. And since I'm in the mood for some fiction, perhaps I should finally get some Famous Five books ?

What? I absolutely liked those books during my younger years. They helped portray the image of young and energetic youths. If only Bahrain had the moors and hills, the rivers and fens of the British :(

Well, I'll try to get some new Famous Five books :)

 You can never outgrow the classics, like Mr. Bean and such :D

Thanks for reading, and goodbye for now.

Having Some Fun With Google

Admit it ! Come on, Google is a recognized symbol of the Internet. It is etched into our brains now, whenever we face doubts. We don't turn to books or libraries anymore. We simply " Google it " :)

Admittingly, I have to say it does make us somewhat lazy , now that we no longer go through the books manually but yet we expect the answers to be readily available and spoon feed ourselves with it.

But, don't get me wrong. Google is a brilliant piece of work. Not simply because of its role as a search engine but the fact that it has other roles to it, other services. A vintage example is the Google Translate tab. Fantastic tool whenever I feel like translating between languages (Although I'm waiting for Latin ! Come on, I wanna sounds like Ezio :).

A feature that I most definitely like about Google, is the fact that you can go search through the news archives. Yes I know, what sorta lad would waste his breath searching through old newspaper articles ?
Well, I'm a lad that likes his history :)

I go search about how the olden times were, especially in Bahrain. In fact, according to Google, Bahrain was only mentioned in Western Newspapers in 1935 (Something to do with a football derby, I think :P ).

Which makes me wonder... Was life in the olden days better ? Well, I'd know my mates wouldn't like a place where there's no PC or any PS3 within sight. They'd go ballistic!

This flower was pink , two days ago! But still, my photography

But I guess asking myself this is because I don't like Change. Of course, sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. I don't like it when good things disappear, such is the case when you lose a loved one. But change is inevitable, and the only thing that would never change in the universe, is Change (that and the coldness of space!).

But in the words of Obama , "Change we Can", so it looks like I need to change this summer. Hmm... I wonder if the library is open...

Ah well, enjoy this shot I took yesterday. Come on, this flower was pink two days ago!!!

Meh.. I'm out :D

Update: Another reason to love Google. They make pretty fun doodles. Like the Guitar one! (Click Here if you want to play it again!)

A New Word and How to Have Fun

Sulking... a word that not many people may recognize but would probably have used it on more than occasion in their lives.

While in Bahrain, we rarely use English words to describe ourselves (except for the occasional English word in a whole Arabic sentence!), we do have a word for it. To brush up your memory, here is what it means (as the all-knowing Websters Dictionary says)-

Be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment

Fair to say we've all done that at one point in our lives, from moments when you get into trouble with your friends or parents, you'd probably retreat back towards the act of sulking. The silent treatment as it is sometimes termed. Quite effective but can also backfire too!


Honestly, I've no clue why I started this post with the above topic, maybe because I was that bored. But anyways, Summer is here once again. The birds are chirping and the trees are blooming. Bahrain technically doesn't have a Spring season (or so my Geography book said) because its too darn hot. But Summer is the best time for plants here to grow, Maximum sunlight and water.... Ok, forget about the water part :)

You'd think with Summer being here and all, that it would be fun. I do admit, it is fun but only if you know how to have fun. In whatever ways you like, sure go read that book if you think its fun. Yes, go swim through the lagoons of Amwaj if you think is fun. My point is, do what you like and think is fun. Heck, if you think swimming from Muharraq to Hawar is fun, go do it! (I want photographic evidence!!! XD )

If you want to go to the Museum for whatever reason, then go. Don't listen to critics who say its boring. To them , it is dull. To you, it may seem fun. Just have fun the way You want it. But, for God's sake, don't get into trouble in the process!

K THX BYE :)

And... I guess that sums up for today, I'll leave you guys with a funny internet picture. Just for Laughs :P


Oh come on! You know I love LOLCATS!! :D