Well, nearly time for me to head to the airport for an early morning flight.
The blog's been neglected the last few weeks because I've been snowed with work, which, I guess, is a good thing!
I'll be back in a couple of weeks and will start blogging again!
Did everyone notice that Burger King finally put their signage up at the Oman Oil with a View on Qurum Heights Road?
Driving along the Muttrah Corniche tonight, at 2.30am, I was pleased to see that the ROP had setup a road block and appeared to be stopping every car and checking to see if they were drunk. Some real policing - great job!
Back soon!
le fin
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Al Fair, Beach Party, and other things
First up, something I'm following up on when I first blogged about it here. Al Fair, and the pork products in their pork rooms. Recently I was visiting the CCC branch of Al Fair - and I was at first pleased to see a clear policy regarding fresh pork products stuck onto the wall in the little room for non-muslims.
Here's three pictures covering it all (it was a pretty comprehensive policy I must say).
Great, right? Wrong. Take a look at this piece of meat, it's blue. Why is it so hard for these people to understand that selling rotten meat is not going to do them any favours. I can think of more than a few countries around the world where there would be pretty stiff fines levied against the owners of this shop. Having a policy is all well and great, but you've got to actually follow it, just sticking it on the wall is not good enough!
Moving on now. During Eid, and as I had mentioned in a previous post, the wife and I went for a stroll on Qantab Beach, and just because it's such a nice place, I thought I'd share a picture of it with you all:
And to continue the picture theme, here's one overlooking the fantastic Bandar Kiran links area between Yiti and Seifa.
It's times like these when I'm happy that I live here - people pay big bucks to vacation in places like this, and for us, it's just a short drive on the weekend!
This Thursday, there is a Red Bull hosted party called Sunset Chill Vol. 2 at the Oman Dive Center just down the road from the Shang. It starts at 1 PM and runs until 1 AM Friday morning. For more Info & Reservation Please Call: 95119499, 24824240 - Tickets are RO 10.000 per person and include a free drink.
Muscat RFC are playing the Royal Navy's HMS Kent at the MRFC grounds tomorrow night at 18:30 - so come on down for an evening of rugby and drinking with the Navy lads.
le fin
Here's three pictures covering it all (it was a pretty comprehensive policy I must say).
Great, right? Wrong. Take a look at this piece of meat, it's blue. Why is it so hard for these people to understand that selling rotten meat is not going to do them any favours. I can think of more than a few countries around the world where there would be pretty stiff fines levied against the owners of this shop. Having a policy is all well and great, but you've got to actually follow it, just sticking it on the wall is not good enough!
Moving on now. During Eid, and as I had mentioned in a previous post, the wife and I went for a stroll on Qantab Beach, and just because it's such a nice place, I thought I'd share a picture of it with you all:
And to continue the picture theme, here's one overlooking the fantastic Bandar Kiran links area between Yiti and Seifa.
It's times like these when I'm happy that I live here - people pay big bucks to vacation in places like this, and for us, it's just a short drive on the weekend!
This Thursday, there is a Red Bull hosted party called Sunset Chill Vol. 2 at the Oman Dive Center just down the road from the Shang. It starts at 1 PM and runs until 1 AM Friday morning. For more Info & Reservation Please Call: 95119499, 24824240 - Tickets are RO 10.000 per person and include a free drink.
Muscat RFC are playing the Royal Navy's HMS Kent at the MRFC grounds tomorrow night at 18:30 - so come on down for an evening of rugby and drinking with the Navy lads.
le fin
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Education Ministry studying impact of short school term
Is it just me, or does the title of this blog post just strike you as.... incredibly stupid? You mean the Education Ministry is studying the impact of a shortened school term? Really? They have to study it?
Is this a case of a vast wedge of kids not knowing their ABC's and how that's going to affect them? I can see it now in 13 years time, when these kids graduate - "Oh yeah man, I was part of the class of '09-10, we never learned the alphabet because we were at home because of the swine flu".
Really. Come on guys. You need to study the impact of a shortened term? Is it not painfully obvious? Modules don't get taught, key core learning areas are not achieved, kids remain uneducated. It's not rocket science, and takes about, oh, I don't know, maybe a 2 hour meeting to hash out all the possible outcomes of not teaching kids various items in their syllabus?
Another 3 people have "officially" died from H1N1 in Oman in the last 10 days, I guess that brings the official count to 21. The World Health Organization issued its latest weekly bulletin on Friday, wherein it said the disease had killed at least 3,917 people in 191 countries since it emerged in April. 3,917 people have lost their lives - which is terrible - but I think more people died in that same time frame from a whole raft of causes - starvation, aids, cancer, traffic and so on. Is it really sensible to keep the schools closed? I have said it before and I'll say it again - if you are going to cancel the Muscat Festival, and keep the schools closed, then you should also ban gatherings at Mosques, close the Malls and cancel all football matches. Hypocrisy.
Speaking of footie, the HM cup started on Friday, and Muscat won their first game against Jalaan in Nizwa 3-0. Good for them :)
Hopefully everyone had a nice time during Eid, and in response to some comments in previous blog posts... no, I had a "Staycation" this Eid. The highlight of my Eid is a toss-up between:
1. A friends misfortune as he totally wrecked his front axle on his Hummer H3 trying to get up the hill from Bandar Kiran. 5 hours of towing finally got him up the hill.... and onto a flat-bed truck. The poor bugger, I hope the repair bill isn't too bad. I suspect it will be though :(
2. Visiting Bahrain. Those crazy Saudi's really do drive like maniacs. It was cooler there than it was here in Muscat.
3. Managing to sleep until 2pm on one day. It reminded me of days at university when I used to feel a sense of achievement at having gotten out of bed in time to watch Neighbours at 1:30 in the afternoon :)
Thats all for today.
le fin
Is this a case of a vast wedge of kids not knowing their ABC's and how that's going to affect them? I can see it now in 13 years time, when these kids graduate - "Oh yeah man, I was part of the class of '09-10, we never learned the alphabet because we were at home because of the swine flu".
Really. Come on guys. You need to study the impact of a shortened term? Is it not painfully obvious? Modules don't get taught, key core learning areas are not achieved, kids remain uneducated. It's not rocket science, and takes about, oh, I don't know, maybe a 2 hour meeting to hash out all the possible outcomes of not teaching kids various items in their syllabus?
Another 3 people have "officially" died from H1N1 in Oman in the last 10 days, I guess that brings the official count to 21. The World Health Organization issued its latest weekly bulletin on Friday, wherein it said the disease had killed at least 3,917 people in 191 countries since it emerged in April. 3,917 people have lost their lives - which is terrible - but I think more people died in that same time frame from a whole raft of causes - starvation, aids, cancer, traffic and so on. Is it really sensible to keep the schools closed? I have said it before and I'll say it again - if you are going to cancel the Muscat Festival, and keep the schools closed, then you should also ban gatherings at Mosques, close the Malls and cancel all football matches. Hypocrisy.
Speaking of footie, the HM cup started on Friday, and Muscat won their first game against Jalaan in Nizwa 3-0. Good for them :)
Hopefully everyone had a nice time during Eid, and in response to some comments in previous blog posts... no, I had a "Staycation" this Eid. The highlight of my Eid is a toss-up between:
1. A friends misfortune as he totally wrecked his front axle on his Hummer H3 trying to get up the hill from Bandar Kiran. 5 hours of towing finally got him up the hill.... and onto a flat-bed truck. The poor bugger, I hope the repair bill isn't too bad. I suspect it will be though :(
2. Visiting Bahrain. Those crazy Saudi's really do drive like maniacs. It was cooler there than it was here in Muscat.
3. Managing to sleep until 2pm on one day. It reminded me of days at university when I used to feel a sense of achievement at having gotten out of bed in time to watch Neighbours at 1:30 in the afternoon :)
Thats all for today.
le fin
Monday, 21 September 2009
Eid Mubarak
1 day later than everyone else!
I was a bit surprised to note the lack of a Doodle on Google to celebrate Eid. Google.com had nothing, google.ca has something to do with HG Well's War of the Worlds, Google.co.uk had nothing, as did google.ae and google.com.om
Have a great day everyone!
le fin
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Moon not sighted, Eid to be on Monday.
So Eid wont start until Monday.
Conveniently, the MRFC bar will be open on Monday evening at 6pm :)
I guess that the water will be turned off between Thursday and Saturday this week.
le fin
Conveniently, the MRFC bar will be open on Monday evening at 6pm :)
I guess that the water will be turned off between Thursday and Saturday this week.
le fin
Eid manoeuvres.
So what's going on during Eid?
Firstly, reading the Oman Observer today, apparently the boys that look at the moon reckon they are not going to sight the new moon tonight, which means that if they sight it tomorrow, then Eid will start on Tuesday, not Monday. But time will tell I guess.
So now that we are sufficiently confused about when Eid will be, everyone have a great week off.
Additionally -
City Cinema - Ruwi to re-open on first day of Eid. (source)
The much-awaited and Oman’s most preferred City Cinema, Ruwi, will reopen on the first day of Eid, adorning a grand new look in a brand new style!
The City Cinema, Ruwi, part of Oman Arab Cinema, is truly a grand feast for all the senses packed with loads of excitement ahead.
Oman’s favourite Bollywood haunt in Muscat, now in an exclusive new décor, fully refurbished and renovated that boasts some of the plushest of features. Complete, from corner-to-corner, the City Cinema, Ruwi now puts some of the most exclusive features in place that make a perfect entertainment statement.
With brand new interiors, exclusive new platinum class area, separate utility for platinum class, appetising variety in beverages and snacks and multiple ticketing counters and more, City Cinema, Ruwi, is all poised to make a super hit.
Come Eid and the people of Muscat can actually be there to feel the difference! City Cinema, Ruwi, introduces a new and revised price structure over three different ticket categories, viz. Silver Class for RO1.200, Gold Class for RO2.000 and Platinum for RO2.500, which would be effective from the day the City Cinema, Ruwi reopens. The brand new ergonomic seating coupled with enough leg room, will enhance the viewing pleasure.
So the cinema will be open again on Monday or Tuesday... :)
le fin
Firstly, reading the Oman Observer today, apparently the boys that look at the moon reckon they are not going to sight the new moon tonight, which means that if they sight it tomorrow, then Eid will start on Tuesday, not Monday. But time will tell I guess.
So now that we are sufficiently confused about when Eid will be, everyone have a great week off.
Additionally -
City Cinema - Ruwi to re-open on first day of Eid. (source)
The much-awaited and Oman’s most preferred City Cinema, Ruwi, will reopen on the first day of Eid, adorning a grand new look in a brand new style!
The City Cinema, Ruwi, part of Oman Arab Cinema, is truly a grand feast for all the senses packed with loads of excitement ahead.
Oman’s favourite Bollywood haunt in Muscat, now in an exclusive new décor, fully refurbished and renovated that boasts some of the plushest of features. Complete, from corner-to-corner, the City Cinema, Ruwi now puts some of the most exclusive features in place that make a perfect entertainment statement.
With brand new interiors, exclusive new platinum class area, separate utility for platinum class, appetising variety in beverages and snacks and multiple ticketing counters and more, City Cinema, Ruwi, is all poised to make a super hit.
Come Eid and the people of Muscat can actually be there to feel the difference! City Cinema, Ruwi, introduces a new and revised price structure over three different ticket categories, viz. Silver Class for RO1.200, Gold Class for RO2.000 and Platinum for RO2.500, which would be effective from the day the City Cinema, Ruwi reopens. The brand new ergonomic seating coupled with enough leg room, will enhance the viewing pleasure.
So the cinema will be open again on Monday or Tuesday... :)
le fin
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Muscat RFC v Dubai Dragons
Friday, at 15:30 hours down at the Muscat Rugby Club, the local lads take on the Dubai Dragons in the second game of the season, first home game.
If you have 90 minutes or so to spare tomorrow afternoon, then please come on down and watch our guys sweat it out with guys from Dubai.
Here is a link to the location of the Rugby Club grounds.
Also, when the bar opens up again after Ramadan, it will be open 7 days a week.
If you have 90 minutes or so to spare tomorrow afternoon, then please come on down and watch our guys sweat it out with guys from Dubai.
Here is a link to the location of the Rugby Club grounds.
Also, when the bar opens up again after Ramadan, it will be open 7 days a week.
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