Lions on a green land

Lions In California?, originally uploaded by Matt Roe.

I came across this breath-taking picture. Seems from the description that it was taken at a zoo in California.

Move break (300): Tonight, we dine in hell!

The 300 Spartan, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

It's almost a week of waiting to the movie to be released. I was SHOCKED!

I found out that the story behind the 300 Spartans are not limited to this particular movie. In 1962 a British movie was released with the same exact story (The 300 Spartans).

Technology in movies production has moved ages since then. The current 300 movie going in theaters now, is completely different from any other historical movie I have seen.

The story is about the battle of Thermopylae an amazing incident. When the King of Spartan Leonidas led an army of 300 men to a battle against the Persian army. It was a battle of glory, "Spartans taught never to retrieve, never to surrounded. Taught the death in a battle field is the greatest glory he could achieve", Those are the words of Leonidas.

No body slept enough

DSC00118.JPG, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

Here comes the frustration of having to go through formal paper work. It tooks us forever to get toegether on the same day and get this done. but, eventually it's done now and we can move on in our lifes.. naah, picture was taken on the way back home!!

Salamat buddy, enjoy the one month sick leave..

Retha and the broken arm, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

I guess after this experience Retha will try finding ways of breaking his other arm. Am definitely sure it is all about the sick leave now, or what you think budd? naah, what the hell?, Salamat ya man

Cheers,

Flying from happiness

Motion stop, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

I don't know how am supposed to blog about something without giving clues. Although, one person might be able to understand what am talking about, today I started up way too fresh. Well, let's say good things are happening – and I hope it keeps on happening – until then.... Wish me luck!

Underwater picture

Scuba diving, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

I was really expecting a better result (hehe) turned out the camera I was using is hardly functioning. 10% of the roll was noised - as the one above - the rest were miserable. The fact of going underwater is not reasonable for human brain to process, just like when aircrafts were invented. But, when my goggles started sinking under water, I found out there is much under there to see. The underwater-life is extremely beautiful, and not just the life! The rhythm all these creatures make is just amazing.

Eventually, I realized that beneath the surface is the most exciting part of all.

Harley Davidson - Kuwait

Harley Davidson - Kuwait, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

The fishing harbor visit was a complete success. After such long walk and awesome roll of picture you definitely need a coffee. so, when we got to StarBucks on the Marina side (Sharq) there were Harley Davidson festival going on. A lot of people came from all over the GCC on their rides, press and other fans.

The crowd was reasonable and gave me a good chance to roll another 13 picture. The bikes were from new models and from all colors and shapes, including Choppers. I had to document all this on photos.. You can check them out on my flickr set..

Fisherman Diary

Fisherman skill, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

Just came back from awesome day spent at the fishing harbor down by Souq Sharq. I also got a chance to click up few pictures with the fishermen working their routine. Also my favorite part was taking pictures of the Daw fishing boats, It is a complete reflection of Kuwait's culture.

I uploaded 20 pictures to my flickr click here to check them out.

Have a great day every one,

Movie break: Ghost Rider

Two weeks back I went to theater for Ghost Rider. Before I go ahead and niggle in the details, I always believed that movies only worth going to theater when the direction is extremely good. And by extremely good, maybe a wild imagination that was put so good even your eyes won’t believe!

Fiction or non-fiction it’s not important as long as cameras are detailed, graphic are stunning and off course sound track that takes you to another dimension.

Moving on to where we were, the movie was quite a shock to me. I never seen Nicolas Cage in such a role, I thought he was really getting old for that kind of stunt. Although, most the movie a graphical designed character was playing the role.

Off course with SonyPictures producing the movie you will obviously notice the amazing and very detailed editing.

Above picture for the biker Ghost rider getting help from Ranger Ghost rider on a horse, it’s quite an image they draw.

Jordan from my brother's

Tallal -TJ - just came back from awesome trip to Jordan. He went by himself and met with some old friends in Amman, As far as I remember he visited some other places near by. I think he said something about, Jarash "If am not mistaken" and took some stunning pictures over there.

I couldn't let go! I had to flickr, such a nice collection. I will also arrange with Tallal maybe he could write something about Jordan some tips for instant.

Tallal posted some comments on flickr gallery just follow the link

My cousin driving a scooter

Malaysia and Thailand from my lens

Last time I blogged was in the Airport on my way to start a vacation, and as far as I remember I said something about maintaining my blog on a daily basis. Well, that did not happen :)

Things were shaky plus I wasted too much energy every day seeing new things and doing as well. By the end of the day I was desperate for a sleeping marathon.

The trip to Malaysia:
It was extremely gorgeous – the country – from the moment we arrived to Kuala Lumpur airport things was going great. The airport is really massive equipped with cutting edge technology; we even had to take a train to travel from a terminal to another. So, you can imagine what sort of airports am talking about.

We spent in Kuala Lumpur two nights. There is nothing much in Kuala Lumpur for tourist. Accept seeing a modern, clean, organized city. What really amazed me is, the harmony Malaysians has, living together! I mean, a community built on different races.

Off course one the best things we came across in Malaysia. The next day we woke up looking for a decent coffee house to have breakfast and wake-up doses – coffee – and the next thing we see, Mahathir Mohammed the former prime minister of Malaysia.












Malaysians are such friendly people, welcoming and it’s a totally safe to go for a walk any time. Hotels were a bit expensive but it is what I expect from such a city, although food is delicious and cheap. You can hoop to any local restaurant, close your eyes and point something from the menu! Somehow it turns out to be delicious. They use a lot of spice on their menus. Off course you can always go for the fast food and there is plenty of other choices Italian, Mexican, etc.





Genting Highlands:
A taxi from Kuala Lumpur to Genting Highland will charge 80 Ringgit, which is quite good for one hour drive. The taxi will not actually drop you to Genting Highlands itself, it’s a cable car station then you can continue with 5 Ringgit, the trip will take another 30 minutes.

Its totally different weather, the city is built on mountings and has a beautiful forest covering everything around you. The concept of Genting Highland is a typical entertainment city. Every kind of video games you can find there, plus roller costar which by the way rated as one of the best riders in the world.

Hotels are way too cheap, the one recommendation I would give. If you want to visit Genting Highland just make sure it's not foggy before you go!







Malaysia Pictures




Thailand (Pattaya):
OK, this was not planned at all. Suddenly we decided to go Thailand the main reason off course because it's so much cheaper over there. Within one hour and 45 minutes by plane we were at Bangkok airport, off course we had to return to Kuala Lumpur to arrange the ticketing and everything else. The moment we got there we hired a Taxi to Pattaya, took 2 hours to get there and charged 1,500 Baht.

Thailand – Pattaya – is a totally different from what you see in Malaysia. The country is a mess! Very poor and every thing is cheap. What I really enjoyed about Thailand, that you literally can do any thing you want. It's loaded with activities and most of it is very cheap.

The beach is extremely gorgeous, and has plenty of places to set and chill. You can rent bikes to go around since the roads are quite small and it's much better going through on a bike or a scooter.

My favorite's activity was going to this Island by boat; you will find plenty of boats waiting to pick up customers. It will cost 1,800 to rent the boat for you, will take you to three Islands the first one you can do under water walking and its quite fun. Then to another you can rent guns to shoot on targets which we didn't do, then to another Island which has the most beautiful beach I ever seen. The water was crystal pure and the sight is a breath-taking. There is a nice restaurant there, will serve fresh sea food (shrimps, hamoor, craps).






Another favorite is taking a scuba diving. It's incredibly cheap, with 4,000 Baht they will take you for three dives and they will give you the lesson on the boat going to the Islands. Off course, the place is gorgeous, crystal pure water. The staff from different countries (UK, Brazil) and were really friendly. The under water life is way too beautiful to describe, off course I was in a total mess not knowing how to use all the equipment on my back but once you start going down. Let's say, you just stop thinking about anything else :) I took some under water pictures I just didn't get the film done yet.





Thailand Pictures


That's all for now,
Have a great day everyone,

Trip to Malaysia (Day 1): Kuwait Airport Drama

We are here in Pizza express after all the check-in process was over with Emirate airways. It went smooth accept for the fact that me and my cousin has the same first and last name. So, check-in officers were a bit confused signing two people with the same name on board...

I will try to maintain my blog daily with pictures from Malaysia and what ever is there to share with every body with a small story If possible.

Paya Village, Tioman

Paya Village, Tioman, originally uploaded by EricKwan.

You could never ask for a better place, am again with my abstract. After a year of working constantly with a real hectic schedule, It can gets very frustrating when you are arriving back home on mid night and flipping channels in hope of something good might come up.

I have decided to pull off couple of weeks, for a complete brain shut down procedure. So, am very much expecting lost of data during the process, but what the heck

I was hoping to spend this vacation with my cousin since we can get along quite good. After a long discussion about the destination, we finally settled for Malaysia. I'm planning to keep a daily entry when am on board – will attach couple of pictures as well – but this is the plan! Actual could be a complete different situation.

Above picture is taken in the Islands of Tioman in Malaysia, it is a must visit Islands.

Reunion Dinner - 10 Jan 07

College reunion - 10 Jan 07, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

January 10th, 2007

After 2 years from graduation the same guys from the same class - accept who is on board - went on a reunion dinner. It was fantastic seeing everybody again specially Abo Mohammed, and as far as I know we will be doing this often.



Related post click here

Update: photos from college reunion can be viewed from this link

Good luck all,

Dina getting used to me

DSC00069.JPG, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

She actually fall asleep for sometime!

Eid Mubarak & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DSC00033.JPG, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

This year 2006 is quite a year, in my life there was so many things going on - Good stuff - but around the world. News kept popping up with awful incident happening from everywhere. Accept Australia! You never hear anything bad happen in Australia!

That’s one reason why I want to move to Australia. They don't even have natural disaster.

Let's get back to where we were. I realized something! the more you dig into news and websites! you are just brain washed by the media. Which controlled by rich people and big governments, as far as it seems.

A child can get killed in front of a camera lens and that’s fine, but when a soldier with dozen of tools carried on his shoulder on his way to kill someone – in the name of making peace and order – and gets scratched. This is big; there is absolutely no way to explain anything any more.

So, I came up with one conclusion, instead of focusing on news to see who won today or what’s going on in the world. I decided to do the same with my everyday life activities,

Head line “Mo watching a movie with friends tonight”, the details you can live it, at least you know it’s true :)

Off course, I loved about last year is getting the chance to explore some other cities my first destination was Greece (Athens). On May 2006 I spent there 8 fantastic days, a whole different culture and people! you die for. Its like they got born with a logo of simplicity attached to their foreheads. The ancient history has scrolled every part of the city making it a peace of art!

Then for few times visited Dubai for first time on 2006. It became my frequent destination with all the modern and advanced life, Dubai a city should be proud of. Emirates made Dubai the ultimate city :)

Then my 6 hours (plan switch in Bahrain) I like to this about this 6 hours as if never happened :)

In 2007, my plans is to see more as possible as it says, “the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” by Saint Augustine.

Am also planning to making the best out of this year, books I have tagged to be read, courses – within IT field – to be taken, etc.

May God make 2007 a new start for better life style, career, joy and happiness

Mo,

Abdurahman's, new car :)

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Originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

Finally after he got his previous car into several heart attacks he decided to buy a new one. Its quite nice so far, and suites his character, the thing i love about this Toyota that you can run MP3 files from a burned CD within its original player!! FANTASTIC!

Mabrook for the new car buddy ;)

Mo

Again with the huge tree

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Originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

Does it really look like a plam? many got fooled with it. actually its not, this thing is a GSM tower for mobile. awesome isn't it?

Flickr test drive

DSC00025A
Originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

Am testing this flickr thing. It looks really amazing, I just got few pictures uploaded and am linking them directly to my blog! seems like it will defentily work out for me :)


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Cheers,