My life is a mess these days. I am getting ready to go back home for a couple of weeks and at the same time I am packing my stuff cause I am moving out of my apartment on the 31st but I am travelling before that. Lots of liquor boxes (I didn’t want to […]
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Beginners Luck..
Published by July 23rd, 2006 in Fun, America, Friends, Me, Life, Wanasa and Charlotte. 5 CommentsOne of my American roommates is literally a professional poker player. He doesn’t have a job, his income comes through poker. He plays online poker at least? 4 days a week, sometimes he stays there for over 12 hours on the computer, playing 3-4 games at the same time. He uses both hands, one hand […]
What an amazing display we saw last night in the uptown (just a fancy name for downtown) Charlotte. It lasted for about 50 minutes, which is a long time for a fireworks display. The whole uptown was very organized. We went around a few places to see the display in different parts of the area.
There […]
My First Classical Music Concert
Published by June 19th, 2006 in Music, Fun, School, Life and Charlotte. 7 CommentsAs part of my music class, actually it was for extra credit, I attended my first classical music concert last night. It was not your ordinary classical music concert, this one was held in a park. I didnt expect it to be the way it was. The audience was mostly families, bringing their kids, having […]
Intense Storm!
Published by June 13th, 2006 in Wanasa, Video, Weather, Life and Charlotte. 4 CommentsLast night, as well as every night since Saturday, we have been getting thunderstorms every night here in Charlotte.
Last night’s storm was an exemption. It was really intense. Really, really strong winds shook the whole building, I thought it was a tornado or something. My American roommate said that he has never seen something like […]
In response to a comment on? Reflections on Living in America, I have decided to dedicate a full post about what I call “Forced Friendships.”
Well I have arrived in America knowing only one student who I only contacted by email two or three teams, he is a new student too. Now we are very good […]
Lurpak Back In Town?!
Published by May 24th, 2006 in Arabs, Interesting, Charlotte, Politics and Funny. 3 CommentsI have been informed by a source in Kuwait (u know who u are) that Lurpack (butter)? is back in town. That’s actually quite funny cause the Arabic Supermarket near where I live still has this laundry basket inside a frig with all Danish products thrown inside it with a sign over it saying that […]
Its been a while since the guys and I have cooked something. The other day we decided to give machboos another try, the first try? wasnt very good. The other guys were not excited this time, so I had to chip in to do more work. The result of the 70% yazeez machboos were stunning […]
Charlotte’s Nascar Fever….sucks….
Published by May 20th, 2006 in Me, Movies, Cars, Life and Charlotte. 1 Comment200,000 race car fans are in Charlotte this week. The streets are full, the restaurants are full, the malls are full. The street right in front of my complex, which is only 5 miles away from Lowe’s motor speedway, is packed all day long. Lots of rednecks these days.
Charlotte turned out to be the “mecca” […]
Self-Parking Cars? Whats Next?
Published by April 6th, 2006 in Interesting, Tech, Cars, Charlotte and Funny. 0 Comments?
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Parallel parking will no longer be such a pain. Toyota will be introducing a parking assistant option for $700 on their new hybrid cars. The driver only needs to control the brakes.
These cars were already released in Britain, coming soon to the US.
Here is a link with a video of the car […]
