It's been a very busy, enjoyable last couple of days but the result is that I'm exhausted. I shall update you guys on some of the publishable exploits tomorrow. But I'm running on four hours of sleep and for me that is horrendous.

Peace

Hah, is that not the most awesome subject line you've read in a long time?

Well, happenings continue to occur.  There is a car that I am taking a very close look at, but as I do not want to curse it I shan't give out details yet.  But I am very excited about it, and as I seem to actually have a job now, my dad is willing to take steps toward ( Read more... )

Hey folks, I hope you all had a great New Year and that this one brings more global peace and love than the one that just passed. Any interesting resolutions to share ( Read more... )

Hey folks, Well it's been a really long while since I last posted on here, but I have been very busy. To start with, the trip to Sudan went by fairly well. The entire family was understandably much more accepting of this death than last years with Ismet. It's simply unnatural for a father or mother to outlive their child and I'm sure irrational ( Read more... )

I shall be leaving for a brief trip to Sudan tomorrow afternoon. We arrive there at 6 pm and will return to Dubai on Thursday around midnight. After much discussion it was decided that our whole family will make the trip to Khartoum; it was originally thought that as the eldest son I would be the one to represent the family while Zak and mom stay ( Read more... )

Things can change quickly. I was originally going to post on my night out yesterday but received news today that made this more irrelevant that it already was. My grandfather, my dad’s father, died. I can’t say that I had the chance to talk with him a lot because of a language barrier (which I’m working toward eliminating), but he was an ( Read more... )

For those of you not in the know, that is French for the car.

My father and I went looking at cars today and I have decided to go ahead and get one despite still not knowing for sure if I will get a job with the BBC.  The reason for this is two fold; one - I'm impatient and excitable, two - we found a really good deal on a car that I like.  It will ( Read more... )

The meeting with the producer went well I think.  He asked some background info on me, I got a bunch on the show, and we talked shop in general.  He visibly loosened up in during the second half of the pseudo interview which I think is a positive sign.  Essentially, the only negatives were that I can not read an Arabic newspaper yet and they want ( Read more... )

I will most likely find out tomorrow whether or not I get the BBC gig. I must confess if I don't get it I will be rather devastated. That's British understatement for annihilated. Today, because my dad advises me to have as many irons in the fire as possible, I answered an ad for the next big Arab TV presenter. I was pretty sure the add implied ( Read more... )

Hey peoples

Well things have been going well here in Dubai.  Several things to report.

First of all, I have a meeting with the BBC producer on this upcoming Sunday.  Hopefully all will go well, and if so a gig will follow shortly thereafter.  We’ve arranged to have coffee in the afternoon.  I don’t like coffee.

Continuing to go to weight room ( Read more... )