tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:11:33 +0000http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)Blogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-113137029197293658Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:31:00 +00002005-11-07T17:31:32.026+04:00Is it possible to state whether the US or Europe is more racist or less tolerant to difference races? I've lived in both worlds...not for very long but long enough to have a say. Experiences are different for everyone, bottom line is to think about your decisions and accept the consequences. A non-African, non-Muslim, non-Arab, non-Asian, non-third world country citizen has a better chance to http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/11/racism-usa-vs-europe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-113092474597926566Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:45:00 +00002005-11-02T13:45:45.986+04:00Boohoo! we are definitely living in a crazy world, an unbelievable culture that thrives and lives on gossip. I bet I could be a very successful woman opening up my own business called gossip.com and all the members would be ..... need not say really. Two words: Shut up! It seems like gossip nowadays is something men cant escape. It used to be 'this woman .. that woman' and now it's 'this guy,.http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/11/human-metamorphosis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112845123681653364Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:40:00 +00002005-10-04T22:40:39.600+04:00Feed me oh taunting gods the fruit which i have tasted only in my dreams so vividly that these plump ripened cherries stain my tongue for weeks weighing it down as i try to speak of anything mundane. Didnt we learn from Hume that all of our complex ideas must ultimately be composed of simple ideas, that any idea that we have is ultimately derived from sense experience. So where are you my http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/10/romantic-empiricism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112796875779897389Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:39:00 +00002005-09-29T08:39:17.843+04:00I went to get my phone fixed. The model only came out 6 months ago (which means it's still under warranty) and when I went in to give in my details and what the problem was, they never asked for a warranty (logically one wouldn't need to when they're the agents for these models). Anyhow, they tell me it will be ready after 2 days. I go there after three days and there's this arrogant Indian who http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/09/height-of-rudeness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112793146859990501Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:17:00 +00002005-09-28T22:19:29.430+04:00There are so many characteristics that can define a GOOD friend. I'm not talking about someone who will grant you some favors here n there..i.e. pick you up if you need a ride, lend you a couple rials when you need it, etc...I mean someone who willl drop everything they have to be with you when you need them, talk to you for hours when your blue... LISTEN to your problems and give you advice...http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/09/current-mood-pessimistic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112436920002981856Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:46:00 +00002005-08-18T16:46:40.046+04:00Rule One for a writer, as far as I'm concerned, is that There Are No Rules. And Rule Two (since Rule One was made to be broken) is that There Are No Excuses for Bad Art. Painters, writers, singers, actors, dancers, film-makers, musicians - they are meant to fly, to push at the frontiers, to worry the edges of the human imagination, to conjure beauty from the most unexpected things, to find magichttp://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/08/to-artists-of-all-kind-good-piece-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112432991251043079Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:31:00 +00002005-08-18T05:55:37.636+04:00I wanted to watch this movie because I heard a little about the best selling novel from a friend so I thought I'd give this movie a shot because I can't be bothered to spend too much time reading a depressing novel.Yep, this was a very depressing movie, however, an insight to what clinically depressed people go through. It was heart-breaking in many ways. Besides that, Christina Ricci's acting http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/08/prozac-nation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112345936250193846Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:30:00 +00002005-08-08T04:05:06.746+04:00Art prankster Banksy or secretive "guerrilla" artist has decorated Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side.go to:http://www.banksy.co.uk/news/index.htmlBrilliant and Chilling!http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/08/banksy-in-palestine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112337679199318565Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:06:00 +00002005-08-07T05:36:50.000+04:00A bizarre movie...Memories and regrets... Excellent cinematography and I just loved the music soundtrack!I liked how the movie made me think of things..."Sometimes you meet the right person but it's either too late or too soon"....In the 60's, secrets were about "climbing up a mountain, finding a tree, carving a hole in it, whisper a secret into it, covering it up with mud so that nobody learns http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/08/2046.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112330131232173229Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:08:00 +00002005-08-06T08:09:52.126+04:00Clearly, it's not just a personal electronic journal. Many crave for responses, for communication with the unknowns. I myself at times crave for it. I certainly do for the thought of this blog. What is the essence of a blog?Right now: I feel figuratively painted into a corner with a fear that the paint I don’t want to ruin will never dry. Stuck in a rut.Is writing just our outlet? to express http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-do-people-have-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112251748766537044Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:24:00 +00002005-07-28T06:24:47.690+04:00Just wondering. Been in one only once and didn't see anything good come out of it except emotions of nostalgia, frustration and sometimes even anger because of time and space keeping me away from the loved one. How do people manage it? how can it ever be made successful? people can be patient at the start of a relationship but once they have established their needs, then what? how can they be http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/are-long-distance-relationships-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112234442595051181Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:20:00 +00002005-07-26T06:20:25.970+04:00It's just one of those days when I can't help but think and think and think. In the East, Israel constructing a wall which is over 300 miles long to seperate itself from the land that is controlled by Palestinians, capturing Saddam Hussain may lead in the rebuilding of Babylon, Sharam ElSheikh gets hit again with close to a 100 dead... in the west, people fighting for equal rights and at the samehttp://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/what-has-our-world-come-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112195098016366615Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:03:00 +00002005-07-21T17:05:52.103+04:00Morgan Spurluck (the guy who did "SuperSize Me") is someone I really admire. He has started a series of documentaries and this one was about being a muslim for a month. He got Dave Stacy to experience this; a religious Christian in my opinion but always thought a Muslim meant a man with a gun in his hand.Of course, the experience was not easy for Dave. There were a lot of arguements, confusion, http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/muslim-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112188775628601793Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:29:00 +00002005-07-20T23:29:19.296+04:00Shell have recently rebranded their Recruitment Toolkit and would like to test their new service with a cross section of fresh graduates. They are looking to get an opinion from their target audience globally and specifically, from 40 Omani graduates (0-3 years work experience), both male and female and from any discipline. As a reward for the time taken, Shell will give every applicant who http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/omani-students-needed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112169229248805461Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:11:00 +00002005-07-18T17:15:27.600+04:00What's the deal with cheap people? how does one deal with them? Lately, my way has been to simply avoid them but still, I get this strong urge to tell them what I really think of them and that they need to change their crappy ways.This acquaintance I know bought a fake designer's handbag and when we went out for a group dinner, she was making an announcement that she bought this handbag from http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/mega-cheap-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112117685764075794Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:00:00 +00002005-07-12T18:25:30.280+04:00Ten Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.:Heart Disease: 699,697;Cancer: 553,251;Stroke: 163,601;Respiratory Disease: 123,974;Accidents: 97,707;Diabetes: 71,252;Pneumonia/Influenza: 62,123;Alzheimer's Disease: 53,679;Nephritis and Nephrosis (kidney disease): 39,661;Septicemia (blood poisoning): 32,275; andAssault or Homicide (including terrorism at 14th): 16,775, including 9-11.Terrorism alone http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/statistics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112110555136607257Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:12:00 +00002005-07-11T22:15:39.666+04:00Has anyone ever heard of a group called the Tharwa Project?This is their website: http://www.tharwaproject.com/In brief, from the website itself:The Tharwa Project is an independent initiative that seeks to provide a free platform for the discussion and dissemination of ideas that can contribute to raising the standards of civic awareness in the Broader Middle East and North Africa Region. Due tohttp://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/tharwa-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112085998568291042Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:21:00 +00002005-07-09T02:06:36.403+04:00IRAQ's Diaries -- May 2005By Wafaa' Al-NatheemaIn the bottom of the diaries, there is a list of three incidents describing the American involvement in car explosions and in the killing of Iraqis, yet Washington’s politicians and the media portray most of the car bombs as events by Iraqi or (foreign) Moslem terrorists. Please forward the list to as many national and international media outlets.---http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/iraqs-diaries.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-112059420092945262Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:39:00 +00002005-07-06T00:13:06.556+04:00I see I've been book-tagged by Muscati so here goes:How many books do you own?If it's just novels, then I'd say about 80-100. If it includes painting, photography, home-improvement, cook books, self-improvement (believe it or not), bibles, comics, sciences, business, health, literature, Political, Philosophy etc.. then I'd say about 300.What's the last book you bought?The Five People You Meet in http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/07/book-tagged.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-111984840968716764Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:00:00 +00002005-06-27T09:01:32.576+04:00Crappy plotPoor actingAnnoying scenesA couple of funny scenes (I think I tried very hard to laugh) to feel the worth of my moneyI love Sandra Bullock and this one would have been an absolute disaster without her.Lastly, they should have hired me to direct it!http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/06/ms-congeniality-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-111946734938616258Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:09:00 +00002005-06-22T23:09:09.403+04:00The chains of gossip is just beyond me. As a matter of fact, it agitates every cell in my body. It's shallow and quite alarming at times. Yes, this is a rant for those who yap away: do something more useful with your time.http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/06/he-said-she-said-that-he-said-what-he.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-111886593651427277Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:05:00 +00002005-06-16T00:08:25.356+04:00Is there a divorce fever in Oman?It's been on the rise in the last 5 years.Is this going to change? get worse? or will people's appreciation for marriage simply diminish?Many who get married don't last for more than 2 years and if they do, they break off by the 5th year.Is it just that the new generation have low tolerance and threshold to put up with the reality of marriage? or is it our fault (http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/06/divorces-on-rise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-111816545991156914Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:30:00 +00002005-06-07T21:32:22.236+04:00Quite a disturbing movie I must say.Maria - this young 17 year old Columbian girl out on a life-threatening situation.It points out oppression and lack of opportunity. The details of risks, determination, emotion by emotion, suspense and so on is incredibly saddening.This film is not just a movie, it's factual (it's more of a documentary). One of the actors in there has actually dealt with the http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/06/maria-full-of-grace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-111582602571262557Wed, 11 May 2005 15:40:00 +00002005-05-11T19:44:13.010+04:00A career advancement? or actually, at least a career stability?...would a move to Dubai be the right thing to do? ...the current economic bubble being experienced in Dubai, would it burst soon?I guess the thing that is exciting about Dubai is the challenge of trying to build up a business, it's one of those rare experiences that you do get of being asked to build up a business, it's an experiencehttp://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/05/move-to-dubai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10419032.post-111573497865860466Mon, 09 May 2005 14:22:00 +00002005-05-11T20:01:26.966+04:00Evidently, the media in the West is controlled by large corporations and governments. When the news is filtered down to an ordinary person; he/she is only fed with nonsense. Yes, there are alternative news sources that cover a fairly good spectrum of dimensions from a religious ideology, environmental ideology, political ideology, social justice ideology and so on, however, that again is biased http://masquerader1977.blogspot.com/2005/05/power-of-western-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Masquerader)1