Dec 17th is quite contentious in Bahrain, on one side it has been recently declared as Accession Day celebrating His Majesty’s accession to the throne, while on the other activists chose it to celebrate and commemorate the tens of martyrs who dearly laid down their lives in order to demand parliamentary life and democracy in …
Day: December 17, 2006
The Lake in front of our house, originally uploaded by malyousif. You want to know what it means when it rains in Bahrain? Well, this picture sums it up, the streets get submerged and the municipality doesn’t come around to suck that water away, it normally is left to fester until God decides to stop …
In the spirit of National Day and bountiful makramahs, can Your Majesty put some pressure on Batelco and get them to suck just a little less blood from us technophiles who cannot live without the Internet? I implore you to do something about this Your Exalted Majesty, as no one of us could do anything …
But is this the worst to come? We don’t know. The Met office’s next 5 day forecast1 suggests that the temperature will continue to be cold, the minimum is a freezing 10℃ while the max is around 16℃. It is COLD out there! Those of you who are interested in history and records, can refer …
What do you do on a rainy day other than stay in (if you can) cuddle up to your computer and hope to the Internet Gods that it will continue to run and will not be disconnected because of the floods and lakes outside? Well, I’m doing just that, so although my posts will be …