Archive for October, 2005

October 30, 2005 | In: Food

Man eats shark

So lately I've acquired a taste for the frighful critter of ze deep. Forget about shark fin soup and all that gourmet crap. I know it is considered some kind of exotic food in the rest of the world, and that in some parts of the world it is...

October 25, 2005 | In: Internet, Travel, Video

Video blogging

Comrade blogger Mike put me on to YouTube.com, basically its kind of like Flickr for video. Pretty cool. So I am trying it out with posting a video of myself displaying my amazing foot dribbling skills on the beach in Muscat, Oman, from last March. (I...

October 25, 2005 | In: Art, Design, Family

Art by Sara

My sister studies art at the School of Fine Arts of Helwan University. And every once in a while she shows me some stuff that blows my mind. I mean, I can be "artistic" all I want using Photoshop, but this is real talent. Check this one...

With the icy coolness and steel-nerved agility of a seasoned Cairene urban warrior, Mike dodges a close call with death as he demonstrates the proper way to kill yourself cross a main street in downtown Cairo... Check out Mike's illustrated...

October 17, 2005 | In: Cairo, Friends

A day at the Pyramids

I can't even remember when was the last time I've been to the Pyramids. But they never fail to make me go "W-O-W...how the $%#& did they do it?!" Lynn of AUP, my office comrade Miral and yours truely with the Great Pyramid in the...

October 3, 2005 | In: Internet

Flickr backup utility

This will definately come in handy for people like me, who tend to suffer a fatal HD crash like, every couple of...

October 1, 2005 | In: Travel

Travel tally

The question might appear to be simple enough: What is the criteria for a "countable" visit to a country? Or, when can you rightfully claim to having been to any given country? The answer turned out to be highly debatable though. Some argue that you...

October 1, 2005 | In: Travel

The hellish flight home

The flight from Casablanca to Cairo was my worst ever. Four hours before heading to the airport, I felt a slight pain in my stomache, which quickly developed to excruciating pain. The culprit: A couple of shawerma sandwitches I had for lunch earlier...

October 1, 2005 | In: Africa, Travel

Casablanca

My second time in Casablanca. I take the train from the airport to downtown, then a taxi to my hotel. Taxi driver: "I'll take you to better hotel, oui?" (speaking in a mix of Moroccan Arabic and French) Me: "No thank you, I already have a...

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