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Sri Lankan Mask

Sri Lankan Mask, originally uploaded by malyousif. This one is supposed to bring you good luck, at least that’s what I remember the guy said at the stall in Colombo, while on a quick one night stop-over ferrying refugees from Iraq during the Iraq/Kuwait war. I lived on a Boeing 767-300ER as a resident engineer …

Woohoo, Wu Hao released!

After 5 months of incarceration in a Chinese jail – and we all know the reason those premises got their 5-star rating – he has been released. The reason he was their guest for so long? Being a blogger and speaking his mind! I’m really glad that this doesn’t happen in Bahrain (any more) especially …

100 Days

Let’s assume that we actually do have only 100 days left to elect a new parliament in Bahrain; yes, I know that as the talk at the moment is toward the combined session of the Shura Council (appointed) and Chamber of Representatives (elected) around the end of the month might be a signal that the …

13

Arif astride a Harley Davidson motorcycle, originally uploaded by malyousif. Blink! And they’ve left the house! Arif, our youngest, has turned 13 today. So we officially have THREE teenagers in the house! How the hell did that happen? It was only yesterday that we were changing their nappies, and today we have three teenagers? Time …