Public Utilities in Sudan

On Wednesday here in Khartoum, after having the breaking fast dinner with my malay colleagues, it just surprised me that the water was not coming from the tap in the kitchen. We just left the plates there. Normally will sit down to chit chat while the food digest in my stomach.
Went to my room to listen to some music and then proceeded to my daily devotion. Therafter, a played a movie entitled Poseidon to pass time. And went to sleep with just 4 full 1 litre mineral bottles to clean up. Next morning, still no water!!!! Use another 3 bottles to wash up & brush teeth. Plenty of bottles in my toilet.

So, on Thursday, after a quick dinner, went for my nice bath to clean up 2 days of dirt ...... hahaha. That's not all. Thursday night - a night without electricity. But thank God that our house has an ever ready generator to start up the house electricity again. In Sudan, it's a necessity to have a generator for every house and office. And we must be fully stock up with enough diesel to run the generator too for as long as there is no electricity. Otherwise, back to square one.
Tags: Journal, Diary, Life, Public Utility, Water, Electricity

Begging Monks Are Conmen

Beware of 'monks' who beg for money at any time of the day – they are conmen out to fleece the public. Penang Thai Buddhist Temple Chief Monk Reverend Phra Khru Panyasasananurak said local monks are not allowed to beg for money.

Monks are only allowed to beg for food and not cash. Genuine monks in Penang do not go out to beg for alms as the temples they are attached to see to all their needs. So, next time you see a monk begging for money, you don't need to give as the money given would be used for other purposes instead of what you were thinking about. (source: 13 Oct, Star)
Tags: Monks, Conmen, Beg, Thai Buddhist Temple, Penang

Stick It - movie review

Stick It – starring Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies & Jeff Bridges. A notorious/rebellious teenager lady was again impeded for her unwarranted behaviour. In the court, she was sentenced to a strict gymnastic academy. It seems that she was a former national gymnast but her character got the better of herself. Initially, she thought her assigned coach was purposely tough on her due to her background. Her team mates didn’t look up to her as her attitude was always pissing people off. As time passed by, she put efforts into her training and was chosen to represent her academy in a competition. A team mate who didn’t like her sabotaged her strategy and got 2 other team mates to go against her. Devastated, she left the competition.

Few years ago, she was remembered as the gymnast who ditched her performance that caused the national team to lose their medal hopes. Subsequently, at another national championship, she found friends due to her strong stand against the panel of judges who were not consistent with their method of awarding points. All the competitors bonded together and I had a good laugh at the judges’ reactions. Though the movie was without any big stars, it’s still worth your time. It showed us determination can get us anywhere and a failure is not a loser until he/she gives up totally.
Tags: Movie, Review, Cinema, Stick It, Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Gymnastic

The Price of Growing Old

AN elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house. After the meal, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. One of the men turned to his friend and said: “Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.”

“What is the name of the restaurant?”

The man thought hard and finally said: “What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know ... the one that’s red and has thorns.”

“Do you mean a rose?”

“Yes, that’s the one.” He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, “Rose dear, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last night?”
Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Old Folks

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties - movie review

Garfied: A Tail of Two Kitties – starring Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt & Bill Murray. Need to get some humour while in Sudan so this show was just nice. An animated Garfied with Odie being a real life dog. Jon was on a trip to meet his long time girlfriend in another city to propose to her. Somehow, both Garfield and Odie got into his luggage and travelled along. Weird event happened where Garfield was mistaken (due to similar look to Garfield) to be a rich princess’ (who died and left a huge inheritance for the cat) cat. At the mansion, Garfield with his wisdom overcame a relative’s scheme that tried to kill the actual cat. The scheme has to succeed as he’s next in line for the will after the cat. You would be mad too if you knew that you ranked no. 2 after a cat in a will of a multi-millionaire.

Meantime, the real rich cat was found by Jon. Not to beat around the bush, the 3 of them ended up at the mansion too with Jon’s girlfriend being a guest at the mansion too. The evil scheme has to come to an end but how? Just laugh along. You need to as this will relieve you of some tensions built up in your work or daily routine.
Tags: Movie, Review, Cinema, Garfield, Cat, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Comedy

Plane Crash on New York Building - 11/10??

No more 911 but 1110.
On Wednesday, a private airplane with 2 passengers crashed into the 30th and 31st floors of a condominium in Manhattan, New York. It triggered panic to many people as they thought of a repeat of another 911 incident. Casualties: so far only the 2 passengers onboard. 1 of them was Cory Lidle, the pitcher for the New York Yankees baseball team.

The aviation authorities was baffled/not clear as to how the plane managed to penetrate airspace over one of the most densely packed sections of New York City. (source: Associated Press)
Tags: 911, September 11, Manhattan, New York, Cory Lidle, New York Yankees, Baseball, Tragedy

Accountant, a Lawyer & a Cowboy

In the men's bathroom, an accountant, a lawyer and a cowboy were standing side-by-side using the urinal.

The accountant finished, zipped up and started washing and literally scrubbing his hands...clear up to his elbows....he used 20 paper towels before he finished. He turned to the other two men and commented, "I graduated from the University of Michigan and they taught us to be clean."

The lawyer finished, zipped up and quickly wet the tips of his fingers, grabbed one paper towel and commented, "I graduated from the University of California and they taught us to be environmentally conscious."

The cowboy zipped up and as he was walking out the door said, "I graduated from Texas Tech University and they taught us not to piss on our hands.

Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Accountant, Lawyer, Cowboy, Urine