Archive for: June, 2009

Location: Outside Kinokuniya, The Dubai Mall. Time: Now (give or take 5 minutes)

Jun 25 2009 Published by Moos under Thinking out loud, YouTube, daily stuff, family, out with friends

I’m sitting outside Kinokuniya, on the couches there… using the mall’s free wifi.

I arrived in Dubai this morning… I’m staying at a hotel called Copthrone… It’s an isalmic hotel, where women at the reception wear veils and it has no alcohol or anything… My father chose that one. Why? No idea. It’s probably because of my 2 sisters, he wants to make sure they are safe. But I have nothing against the hotel… It’s just I never thought it existed…

Ok. the guy that sat next to me when I started writing this just moved to another couch, I think he was reading what I was writing… he sat normally and when I started writing he leaned back… like really back, and I felt that his breath became nearer… anyways, the hotel is ok I mean… who am I to complain, right? I’m staying here for 4 days for free…

I think I spent 1 hour and a half in Kinokuniya… I got 3 books… 2 for me, 1 for a friend… I wanted to get more but I left my money at the hotel’s room… because I knew I was gonna go berserk here… which I am tomorrow or the day after…

My sisters went to something called “The Dragon Mall”? where they sell cheap chinese slaves… Not! they have all kind of cheap stuff… like really cheap… like beyond cheapness… anyways…

I’m meeting a facebook friend in an hour or so… chat over coffee… we never met before… and she’s paying for it! that was my condition because I’m here for free right? but I’m gonna pay for my coffee and her’s… I don’t pretend to be a gentleman because I am one!
My other Emarati friends are all busy today and I’ll probably meet some of them on Saturday… Tomorrow I’m taking my sister’s to the ice-thingy-thingy in The Mall of Emirates and then have lunch and not go for shopping with them!

My iPod shuffled to “The Christmas Wish” John Denver and The Muppets… nice song…

What I like about being in Dubai, and I probably said that before is that I lose my identity here… people don’t have an idea where am I from… for them I’m just someone who can speak english and that’s it… In Kuwait whenever you go somewhere you are treated as a Kuwaiti… not that’s a good or a bad thing…  They just know you are from Kuwait and treat you with a certain judgment in mind, again it could be positive or negative… I haven’t traveled a lot really so it might be a normal feeling whenever I go anywhere… cuz I think I look international baybay!!

Yesterday was the last day of shooting the tv ad… I finally slept 13 hours… after sleeping a total of 6 hours in 4 days… it was hectic but I’m glad it went really good… I already miss it… got used to seeing everyone 14 hours a day for 10 days… hopefully you’ll see the commercial in Ramadhan… I’ll post it here if it gets on youtube or something…

Anyone wants anything from here? other than those who already asked for things? : – )

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My little sister got 97.1% at school and got me locked in a 3 minutes hug… I’m gonna get her something really nice from here…

I was watching the last episode of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” a few weeks ago… I teared towards the end… Do you think that’s too much dedication to comedy? hmmm……

I’m growing my beard again, did I say that before?

When I go back to Kuwait, I’m gonna lose 10 Kgs. … not on the same day! but gonna work on it…

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This goes to my lovely white rose…

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I’m 26 now, but I won’t be for long…

Jun 21 2009 Published by Moos under Thinking out loud, daily stuff

A long long time ago, in a hospital far far away… I was born…

It’s my 26th birthday today… yay for me! I made it! *wink wink nudge nudge*

For the first time in my life I’m 26… woow!!

Let’s see what’s on for today… hmmm, I wonder what am I doing from 2:30 A.M. till 5 P.M? partying? sleeping? studying? hanging out with my friends? hmmmm, NO!! I’m working! yaaaay! *a very tired wink wink nudge nudge*

Well, what can one do? specially if you happen to be a sex-slave… NOT!

Well anyway, my friends are organizing a small gathering at 7:30… somewhere in K-land… not sure yet… I like to thank them in advanced… I hope they don’t bring any expensive gifts… I don’t like expensive gifts… but I’m not gonna reject them of course… another group of friends are organizing something at around 10:30 … wow, right? I have so many things to attend on my birthday… including my birthday!!

What was I doing when the clock ticked 00:00? I was on the phone *a very cute wink wink nudge nudge*

I don’t have a birthday wish… I have a birthday plan…

Life has been very good to me… more than I could ever dream of… the most accomplished that I’ve ever been, if I may say… looking forward to more of good life… looking forward to more fun… looking forward to more laughs…

I think the funniest thing to say after someone says “happy birthday” is “Thanks, to you too!” … whaevaaa!

Little Moos

Those were the days people… those were the days…

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Catching up and down, and movin all around

Jun 13 2009 Published by Moos under TV, Theatre, Thinking out loud, YouTube, blog, daily stuff, family

This has been the busiest month of my life! and it’s gonna get more busy and busy soon!

what have I been up to? hmmm, what haven’t I been up to!

Was part of 2 plays by BAIA, Annie: The Musical and Oliver: The musical… they were only 1 week apart… a lot of rehearsals and hard work, on stage and backstage also…  Also was writing a lot, some stuff for a future tv project… haven’t you people had enough of the stupid comedy shows they put on tv here? I shouldn’t have said comedies really… I mean sillies… that’s what I’d like to call them, sillies!! but yeah, hopefully it’ll turn out fine and it gets picked up by some tv channel, an be funny enough… or silly enough… who cares? woohhoo!!

And I’m currently working as a production manager for 2 big tv commercials, we’re doing a lot of pre-production stuff… I’m working with an american producer, and really learning a lot from him… he calls me “hippie” ; – )

I’m also working as an assistant director for a tv show for Ramadan, a 3D animation show *wink wink* a friend of mine likes to think that I’m an AssDirector *another wink wink* … it’s a really nice experience to work with voice acting and editing it then move to animate it rather than what I’m used to in shooting on video… and it does pay well *a big wink wink* and who said I’m only doing it for the money since I’m unemployed? *a really big exaggerated wink wink*

No no, I really enjoy working on such stuff… what else?

I’ve been listening a lot to stand-up comedy by Rodney Dangerfield… “What a crowd! what a crowd!”

I’m going to Dubai on the 25th with 2 of my sisters, this “ma7ram” thing  is getting really cool… an all paid trip to Dubai with pocket money… and they think unemployement doesn’t pay!

I haven’t been reading any blogs and have to catch up with you people, that’s if you were writing yourself! but yeah…

My hair is the longest it’s ever been, didn’t even trim it in 4 months… from behind it looks like a very dissapointing afro!

I’ll be writing more soon… the wheel is back in motion…

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This song makes wanna have a daughter to sing it to! When I have a daughter I have to find a karaoke version of this song… unless I learn to play guitar at some point in my life…

This is Paul Simon’s “Father and Daughter” … just listen, don’t watch the video, it’ll ruin it for you…

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