Sony Alpha

Sony Alpha, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

The fact that I paid for a camera more than my laptop is annoying me. This is one reason, am thinking to uprgade my laptop sometime very soon. Yes, I've got the new Sony Alpha (DSLR-A100) and it's a beauty, luckily am going to Turkey on the 21 of August so I'll be taking loads of pictures.

Since, I got the camera yesterday and I've been practicing all the functionality and modes. Upon buying I got two lenses the ordinary lens and another one with 300mm zoom. I enjoyed using both of them,

Climbing wall

Yesterday, I experienced something new, I went for wall climbing with my brother's. it was an extremely hard thing to do, it's not as easy as it looks.

Well, you definitely can go up once or twice. but, then you break down It requires a very strong grip. The new place is equipped with the best tools and it has 4 different levels to climb. You start with number one as easiest and then go to 4th which is kind a of impossible to do.

I've recoded some videos climbing the third level as you see below




After three attempts, I was taking a breath before going again here is another video I posted on youtube ( second video )


( you can see all the photos on my flickr set)

Finally, you can go check it out by yourself it is near the Marina Mall and will cost you 4KD per hour. As far as I understood there is also membership programs that you can take advantage of.

Kwtmac.com, Extreme makeover

Kwtmac.com, Extreme makeover, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

We have been running votes and opening up discussions about the upgrades will take place on Kuwait Mac. The team members were devoted and worked in sync to bring out the best quality.

First, I would want to take the opportunity to thank each and every one for their dedication and constant contribution.

The process of installing the new vBulletin went smoothly without any failures. Although, immigrating the data from the old phpbb2 into vBulletin triggered some problems.


The URL location also has changed to
http://vbulletin.kwtmac.com/

As for now, I hope the new changes will be easy to adapt. And the users won't face problems navigating through the site,

Yet, If you have any comments or suggestion do not hesitate to post them up,

Urood.com

Urood.com, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

This is something we can be proud of, urood the new site will exceed your expectation. It was designed professionally to fit the requirement of local users in Kuwait with listings of all areas and complete category of classified.

You can sign up for an account or even press the post to urood link and start posting without needing to register.

Enjoy the experience!

Sun Solaris workshop

That's me with Amer (Instructor), originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

For the past couple weeks I've been busy attending the Sun Solaris workshop. It was quite boring in the beginning but, I managed to entertain myself, the information I gained is mostly what I enjoyed. It was also a chance to break out the shift routine, and best of all I got an opportunity to meet up with fresh minds from different departments in the organization.

The class was given by Amer Saleh which came on special request from Egypt. Amer working for Oracle egypt and he plays a major role as Unix consultant.

Mainly, we covered issues related to Unix Administrator level one and two. There was extra one day we spent getting some shell programming done, basics as well for the advanced level. Yet, we finished a one month books in almost 8 days!

On the last day, I had my camera with me, i've taken nice pictures and uploaded the good ones on special set at flickr click here to list all the pictures.

As for now, I'll be getting back to the old me...

Old taxi driver, buckle up!

Old taxi driver, buckle up!, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

I remembered this story from when I was in Malaysia.. We got with an old chinese man (taxi), there was something funny going on though. When we got in the taxi and asked him to drop us at the hotel. He drove us to the back street of the hotel so then he stopped the car and asked us to continue from here:))

And really you cannot argue with an old man, you just get out.

Living stone

Yes!! Living stone.. I was amazed when I first heard about it.

The living stone grows in Malaysia, I don't know if there is else where.. but, this kind of stone actually grows!.. just like a tree.. In Malaysia you will find special shops selling this kind of stones.. it requires water and light to live and grow bigger.. the amazing part is, it grows really fast and you can see the difference, the colors keep on changing and a crystal will start shaping around it.

Smoking lounges

The only reason I would stop smoking is because am running out of places to smoke in!!.... and even when if there is a smoking lounge in the area it's will be just horrible, smells bad, crowded with people and there is no place to sit.

Danat AlBahrain

I and Reda went to this restaurant in Hawalli. It seem really creepy from the picture but there is more in there than what you see. They make the best grills in Kuwait
Well, not the best. But they come in the top ten…
You probably can spot their contact number from the picture, give them a call and they will help you out with directions…

the temperature is 37 degrees at 12 midnight

I went out to grab snacks from the near by supermarket and believe it or not. It was after midnight and the temperature almost 37 degrees. I guess, the weather here is very hard to get used too there is no such thing called season. The only thing we experience is 8 months of unbelievable heat and 4 months of unbelievable cold.

free hugs

It's the one thing you will never expect to see in the street. Juan Mann is a young guy who decided to carry a sign which says "FREE HUGS" and wonder the streets for stranger to hug!

Started some where in the United State and spread around europe to reach London, Romania among other countries. Well, you can read more about it in their organization site

http://www.freehugscampaign.org/

First cinema projector in Kuwait

DSC00373.JPG, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

After they took down the old Salmyah Cinema this what they left behind. Actually, they managed to move the oldest cinema projector they had on show there to Sharq cinema. Here the sign says the projector was running from 1954 till 1959 which is impressive!!!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mughrabi/tags/kncc/
(Those are some pictures I took at the Sharqia theater)

Dusty week

DSC00358.JPG, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

The weather turning from bad to worst; above picture I took on the first day when the weather started being dusty. The vision was about 4 to 7 meters, horrifying to drive around Hamdullah though I made it home.

Paypal in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia NOW!

I just found out that paypal is now accepting users from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. I just signed up for an account myself yet not all the options are enabled and functioning. Once you finish the process you are required to put on a Credit Card for verification purposes. Off course, this mean eBay will be the new hangout now...

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Kuwait Mac (2nd Gathering)

DSC00318.JPG, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

After lunching Kwtmac.com I was not expecting the growth to reach this amount in such a short period. Even the forums users arranged for some sort of a gathering where we got to meet each other and discuss issues related to Mac.

Last Tuesday (8th of May, 2007), I attended the first gathering at SECOND CUP café near BORSA market. Well, in the beginning we got enough time to introduce ourselves and know each other. There was some Q&A corner…

Yeah and there was a give away DVD – Software collection – special thanks goes to BigMac for his outstanding effort.

Eventually, we shot a group picture using terrible phone camera – MINE – which ended up to be quite fine.

Regards,

BigMac also wrote about the same topic on his blog; follow the link
http://www.ahmad.tv/2007/05/11/2nd-mac-user-group/

Award ceremony (Hamdullah)

DSC01672, originally uploaded by mo_mughrabi.

Last year was quite tough, there were times I had to spend hours after duty and attend on my off days. I guess eventually hard work pay off (Hamdullah)!

Thanks to my team mate who supported me and helped me in learning all the basics.

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,