Operation Resurrection

Operation Resurrection
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

So here I am again, working on my pet project, final color scheme to my HD, silk black, matted black accessories, tuff boy dsign. Will keep you posted on the progress

Hellraiser

Hellraiser
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Operation resurrection, I have spent last week in Shuwaikh, locating a powder coating shop to give my bike a matt make over instead of the shiny chrome, which i grew to hate over the course of last year, as i spent an hour polishing my chrome before going on a ride. i have started with the exhaust and the light nacel and extend light rings. the matt look will be carried omn my spare body work, no more fancy paint, its time for some serious riding and aggressive look to go with my engine mods pumping 105HP. Wooohha

King Kong 2005

King Kong 2005
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

King Kong is back. In 2005, starring Jack Black, Adrien Brody and Naomi Watts writer/director Peter Jackson, the man responsible for "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy, will direct a new, large-scale remake featuring a monstrous computer generated ape to be created by Jackson's special effects company, WETA. Trailer

Dog Curbing

Dog Curbing
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Whats the difference between Europe and third world countries, well in Europe they have signs for bicycles, pedestrians and dog curbing, yes dog curbing! In a country where crossing the street is ahalf hazarded affair, our European counterpart can fine you up 300 Euro if you do not stop for pedestrians, where on the otherhand people in this part of the world take the pleasure at aiming and speeding towards pedestrians.
Why cause pedestrians are deemed poor therefore who cares. It pays to be a dog in Europe, at least you have better privileges :)

Metallica Bible

Metallica Bible
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Funny that religious books are getting hip & trendy to attract teens as per the below description: Plain and simple, and totally unexpected--this small, plain text, NLT metal cover Bible is about giving teens something totally unique without directly saying it's for them.
This Bible has the hippest exterior ever! With a metallic matte finish on the outside and the complete NLT translation on the inside, the Bible will be a favorite among students of all ages.
Style-conscious teens will find this lightweight, compact edition of the Scriptures irresistible. Due to the metal cover, these Bibles cannot be imprinted.
What next Feng Shuei Bibles?

Is your Bed Pointed the Right Way For Love?

feng shui
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

The direction your bed is pointed affects your love life. According to the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui, we all have four positive sleeping directions and four negative directions based on our year of birth and gender.

You are an EAST GROUP person if your best directions are N, S, E and SE. You are a WEST GROUP person if your best directions are W, NW, SW and NE. Couples with the same best sleeping directions are more compatible because they can both sleep in a positive direction together.

Couples with opposite best directions will have challenges resulting from one partner sleeping in a negative direction. To lessen those challenges, the partner with the most financial impact on the household should sleep in one of their positive directions, which is their partner's least worst direction.

Geez, my love life has never suffered in the last 23 years of our marriage, I must have been Feng Shuing in the right direction I guess. I picked up this article on Feng Shui Times

Dubai Souk

Dubai Souk
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Last month I published a blog titled "Arab Union Not", todays blog is similar in context. Does anyone knows whats the obsession behind the word Arsa in the Arabic world?

The Jacket

I just finished watching the Jacket, although slow paced the movie keeps you glued to the screen if you like this genre of film. I give it 7/10 and I do recommend that you spend the time watching, just go with the flow you will have a good time. Link

The Misery of “Fixation”

“Fixation” is an irregular mental state, where the mind concentrates on a single subject, disregarding others, had they been connected to the subject or otherwise. In case one has to deal with any, it would be from a single angle and pursues a single subject. Fixation could be in the form of Financial, Material, Political, Nationalism, Sexual, Work, Religious, Surfing, Blogging and in some extreme cases Corporate fixation. We tend to loose track of whom we are and where we come from and what is our ultimate purpose in life and where we will be 10 years from today. I just wanted to raise this critical point and give you a piece of advice, don't get fixated on things that will allienate you from real life surroundings and in the process costing you frienship and ultimately your real purpose of beeing.

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

At times you might stumble on a website where the concept remains engraved in your memory. 5 years ago I was browsing the web and fell on a movie site that captured my imagination and intrigued me. I never got to see the movie, yesterday I dreamt about it, but the title kept slipping. I got a total recall this afternoon, imagine forgetting "for a dream" and remembering Requiem "funeral hymn". Got the website link, still intriguing not very impressive by today design standards, however the movie has a rating of 8.5/10 on IMDB. Good news I found it on Amazon.com too. Has any Blogger seen it? Link

Art Revealed

Art Revealed
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

While in Toulouse, I passed by this statue, we always try to guess what went into the mind of the artist, such as why is the lady staring ghastly at the woman, what was the artist trying to portray.

Well the result someone revealed the mistery, by placing a bin on her head now I know why she is disturbed.

Google Earth

Google Earth
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

WOW!!! I have found our house with Pin Point Accuracy, using google earth, I could still zoom more, however with some distortion. Hopefully technology will make things more sophisticated with better quality, see through walls features, off course real time viewing, who needs cable after that!

Downtown Beirut

Downtown Beirut
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

In my opinion still one of the most vibrant cities in the world, its cafes, shops and atmosphere is unparalleled. This shot was taken around 12:30 am, the city is buzzing with life, where other cities including Paris have gone into slumber.

Swimsuit Calendar

Swimsuit Calendar
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

It is not a habit for me to upload sexual content and dont expect more explicit content on this site, however this shot I could not disregard or resist not to upload it, what the heck I received by mail and I think its somehow contradictory... What do you think?

Dijon Ville Cathedral

Dijon Ville Church
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

OK nothing to do with Amytiville horror, although the shot is inspiring for a horror movie poster. Dijon the city known for its mustard has a rich history.
Dijon began as a Roman settlement called Castrum Divionense, located on the road from Lyon to Mainz. The city is also well known for its crème de cassis, or blackcurrant liqueur, used in the drink known as "Kir".
Dijon is one of the best-preserved cities in France: 60% of the buildings are over 200 years old, the Gothic cathedral's crypt dates from 1000 years ago, and the city centre has many fine houses dating from the 15th through 17th centuries.
BTW Dijon is also birthplace of Gustave Eiffel the dude who designed the Eiffel Tower for the Paris Exhibition of 1889.

Biker Dating Site

Biker Dating Site
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Now that the bomb threat is over. lets look at the lighter side, I received this in my junk mail today.
Biker Singles? Motorcycle enthusiast? Looking sexy biker girls and hot biker boys? Join us for Free!! Only two simple steps to register! Now can you believe that people are so naive to fall for this!!! Yeah I bet Peter Fonda is somewhere on this site under Born to be Wild.

Salhiya Bomb Threat

Now if you think Kuwait lacks excitement in Summer, think again, today at 13:00, around 6 police officers from the Ministry of Interior, showed up into our offices in Al-Sahab Tower and ordered us to vacate the premises, once outside we were surrounded by 7 police cars, yellow tape around the building, bomb squad, sniffer dogs you name it. And I thought this would be a calm summer, no place is safe anymore on earth, from your favorite vacation spot to your daily work desk. I hope this is an isolated case. Update 16:26 it was a false alarm as expected, good thing too... Link

Soap Heaven

Soap Heaven
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Now if you are into soap this must be the place, in one of our stops in France we landed on this shop, soap with Scents such as Caliptus, Vetiver, Lagon, Amandine, Mure, Chocolate, Ginger, Acacia, Honey, Tilleul, Mimosa, Muguet, Peach, Strawberry, Coco and a dozen more, looks tempting don't you think?

Book of Shadows (BWP2)

Book of Shadows (BWP2)
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Proof that the sequel is better than the original posted by Fadibou, this foto is taken in front of a Castle in Tours, where we spent the night at, clearly shows that ghosts exist.

Hitler vs The Ring

Hitler vs The Ring
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

While visiting Besancon, I went to the Resistance Museum, although the entrance sign says children under 10 years old will be traumatised by the displayed fotos, Tayma my 6 year old still believes that The Ring is a much scarier experience tahn the 3rd Reich and that Adolf is a lamb compared to the girl coming out of the well!!! I tend to agree Hitler is a Woos 15 armed people to execute a poor soul, a moving picture nevertheless, you got to admire the guts of the victim, facing death with a smile.

Tour Evil

Evil Tower
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Dubbed by my daughter after arriving there at 7:30 PM on the 7th of July. The fun part was that we took the metro from Opera to the Place des Invalides, once we went up the steps, the tower prevails its monumental self, breathtaking, I hear a WOW from Rawan my youngest twin, I told her amazing right and she answered yeap naked people! Huh where? look at the statues she said they are all naked :) Kids they notice things we adult never do. So going back to the Evil Tower it was 8 degrees in July at the top, and Rawan as usual commented that how can someone built something that make people freeze hence Mr.Evil was born...

Sunset over Beirut

Sunset over Beirut
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Capturing sunsets is a weakness I always had. I believe it is a soothing experience, this one was captured from the Movenpick at 6:30 in the evening.

Vacation Trip Log - Short version

Vacation Trip Log Short version
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

OK I am open for business again, with some useful tips about traveling all over France and covering 3450 km in the process, with 2 kids in the back seat over a period of 17 days. I will skip the part about Beirut, although I had and I hate to say it, a great trip great trip to Baalbeck with Fadibou, probably its the Arak that went to my head.

We left Beirut to Geneva one night stay, got the car and headed to Eurodisney 500KM, 3 nights and 4 days in Disney, great to experience through our children. Off to Paris, quick mention here,never book a hotel online we spent 3 hours finding the darn thing. One night in Paris quick trip to Eiffel dubbed Evil by Rawan, my yougest twin. Next stop Tours a night in a castle, off to Limoges boring continued to Toulouse, lovely city, down to Narbonne ugly traffic jams on motorway and nationals, biggest mistake to head south in July as everyone else is, Narbonne was a boring destination proceeded to Sete, lovely beaches, at last the kids are gonna have a blast, however someone forgot to tell me that the Mediterrenean is 18 degrees on this side, damn that was a freezing experience. By Now traffic was getting irretating, cancelled booking in Nice, swerved over to Avignon, not a single square meter to park or sleep, pushed north towards Lyon lunch then Valence spent the night and continued to Besancon further to Pont Arlier. Next stop was Neuchatel then Lausanne, Montreux then Evian. Next we continued to Annecy and back to Geneva. Overall great trip 3450 KM covered, i skipped castle visits, boat trips, hiking, bird feeding and over 850 pictures snapped along the way some good some bad some ugly enough to keep my blog alive for some times :) Cheers

My Blog is on Vacation!!!

My Blog is on Vacation!!!
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

It is official, my blog is on vacation till the 19th of July. No Internet No GPRS, No email, No Wi-Fi, No Blue Tooth, only me the Family and my Digital Cams (3 to be precise) a French Car and the roads of Europe. Yupekaye!!!! See you soon .

Dukes of Hazard

Hazardous Work
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

I passed by this building in Hawalli last wednesday, the scene was much more dramatic, as the crane worker was about to flee the scene once the building tipped, unfortunately I did not have a cam at the time, I decided to come back on Monday to take a shot of the Demolition Progess. My worries was the little Dragon Chineese retaurant you see at the right hand corner, its practically glued to the building, ie any bad vibes would send the Woks flying out of the window! I cant believe that the municipality can't take the necessary precautions or is it that Wasta prevails yet again, in the State of Kuwait!

Burj Al Hamam

Burj Al Hamam
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Tonight we went out to Burj Al Hamam to bid farewell to one of our colleagues. Although I prefer eating at Feyrouz in Shaab, Burj Al Hamam have a wider variety of food and cosier settings for the exeption of an irritating singer who was trying her best in hitting the right notes at the wrong time, causing tremors in my inner ear drum. Apart from that the evening was quite enjoyable.

Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Webster Definition "An exhibition or display of optical effects and illusions". In reality Phantasmagoria is the third album by this wonderful, and often underrated British prog rock band "Curved Air". This was also the final album with the original lineup of vocalist Sonja Kristina, keyboardist Francis Monkman, violinist Darryl Way, and drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa. The year was 1973, my brother was studying in the UK and brought the Phantasmagoria album with, I was 10 years old at the time, and was dazzled by the sound track Marie Antoinette, Yes! 'Marie Antoinette'! Boy do I love that song, an epic to be heard by everybody. a romantic tale of the poor French queen.

Dream House

Deam House
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

The house you see in the background, is located on Khaleej Road, with wonderful green surroudings and a great seaview. It is build with white stones like the ones found on old Lebanese houses. It has been abandonned for the last 5 years as the owner passed away, what a waste.

Kuwait Biker Ladies

Kuwait Biker Ladies
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Here you have it, yes we do have Harley Ladies driving real Harleys and Kuwaitis too, and no this is not a mirage this is Abdali.

Mer de Glace

Mer de Glace
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

The Mer de Glace, originates at an elevation of 3,900 m, and descends down to 1,400 m.in the Chamonix Valley, it is the largest glacier in France, 7kms long and 200m deep. We got there at 14:00 after a paying a fee of 106 euro, we were keen on having lunch. To our nasty surprise, le Resto was closed between 14.00 - 18.00, and they call this tourism, those bloody French!!!

Vesuvius

Allright you

Vesuvius
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

4x4 buffs!! the all new Supercharged Range Rover Sport, with an available 390-hp supercharged V8. The authentic capability you expect from a Range Rover, with remarkably responsive handling and a new, muscular prowess. Personally I could not care less about the car, what is really interesting is the website, check it out.

Click here to feel the rush!.

My Foot!

My Foot
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Probably you are wondering why I am blogging my foot? While at a convention in New Orleans we had to walk for miles on end, the sole of my feet were killing me, as I was not equipped with the right shoes. I walked into a Foot Locker store to find to my amazement, that the only color they carry is RED & Black, upon further investigation, I discovered that colored people love red!! Amazingly enough I got comments while walking on the street "Cool Shoes Dude", goes to show that Nike did their marketing homework. I still have the shoes although I never wear them!

Hooters New Oleans

Hooters New Oleans
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

A couple of years ago a colleague of mine kept nagging about chicken wings at Hooters. The best ever most tasty dazzling chickens wings. The wings were boring, however the hostesses were a sight for sore eyes, dont you agree?

Retirement Plan

Retirement Plan
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

My sincere wish is to retire in wonderful place such this one. Location Alsace France, "Pont du Diable" "Legend has it that, to help in the difficult construction of the bridge, Lucifer asked for the soul of the first one to cross the bridge after it was completed. The devil must have given a sickly smile - the first one to cross was a mangy dog! Since then the bridge has been called "The Devil's Bridge" The photo is not of the actual bridge. However I thought that was a cool picture to post.

Arab Union NOT!!!

Arab Union NOT!!!
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

My last visit to Marakesh, taught me a new lesson in cultural and language differences. The sign you see, uses an arabic word that you can be killed for using, in this region of the Arab World. The word "Arsat" in Morrocan means area, so next time you meet a Morocan that ask you from which "Area" are you from? Don't go for his throat!!

Harley on Top

Harley on Top
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

was sifting through a series of pictures from my last year visit to Lebanon, when I stumbled on this gem. I have been driving bikes for the last 27 years of my life and I got to say that was one heck of an experience, I drove with the Saudi & Lebanese HOG club to the Cedars, as I was the designated road captain, I went scouting all the way up at 3000 meters above sea level with a temperature of 6 degrees, that was a shot to remember���

Apocalyse

Apocalyse
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Someone told me today that the radio forecasted 65 degrees yes 65 degrees centigrades of heat on July 1st, is global warming knocking our doors or is it Apocalypse? Either wayI will be on vacation in Lebanon at that time, and I will think of you while sipping margueritas on the rocks, NOT!:)

Kuwait by Night

Kuwait by Night
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Today we spent the afternoon at a friends place in Shaab, I took this shot around 8 pm, to highlight the liveliness of Kuwait city at night. Mind you I have taken the same shot at 4pm with a totally different outcome summarized as LAME, thank god for darkness, which sometimes bring up the best and worst in things.

Kempenski

Kempenski
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Today we spent a family day at kempenski, great family fun, I had my fist Jet Ski ride call me old fashioned, I still prefer my Harley, even my daughters who were behind me shared the same feeling this thing is a loan mower on steriods! Kempenski is a breath of fresh air, for family and friends outing if they do show up, Right Fadi!!

Dead Stuff!!

Dead Stuff!!
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Hmmmm! never thought that my wife pot pourri could look nice in a macro shot, well here you go, proof that dead things can turn out to be appealing!

European vacation "Are we there yet?"

European vacation "Are we there yet?"
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Seems these days can't take my mind of our upcoming family summer vacation. Alhough it is a remake of our 2002 escapade, in Europe, the kids will be adding a twist to this adventure. At 7 my twin daughters will be discovering the wonders of the Alps, Disney, and off course the French Riviera. With 2 weeks to go everyone is chattering about this and that, however beeing a seasoned traveller I know that most of the excitement will wear off with the first 50KM, and the kids will say this is lame, God Bless Nintendo!!!! We have 3000km of driving ahead...

Cruising Khaleej

Cruising Khaleej
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

HD "Wisconsin, U.S.-based manufacturer of cult motorcycles, leather, studs and a rush of adrenaline. As the slogan says "Live to Ride & Ride to Live" the localised version of this slogan would be endangered species!!!!

Haughtiness

Haughtiness
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

The act or habit of arrogating (PMSing), or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank. Why am I saying that?Well mainly, cause I met a similar idiot like the one portrayed here today, who was about to force me to slap him across the face, to tell him how I really felt about him...

Hellraiser

Hellraiser
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Gosh!! I wish winter was back again to enjoy some cool rides. I never looked forward to October in my life, except in Kuwait that is!!! Seems time turns counter clock wise around here :)

Acquaintances are Great!!!!

I bumped into an acquaintance in Souk Al Shark today. While chit chatting about life, the weather and ultimately our plans for a summer vacation, I was more than happy to disclose our destination beeing the South of France, and Zepow!!!!, he said hey I bought a house in Antibes why don't you guys tell me when you are going so i can give you the keys. Isn't this a great blog to celebrate Acquaintances?

Tooth Fairy day off!

Tooth Fairy day off!
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

A couple of days ago, my younger daughter pulled out her front tooth and came proudly forth and said, this is for the tooth fairy. Next day in the morning, my daughter came in our bedroom with a long face and said the tooth fairy did not show up. Obviously as mum over slept she did not manage to make the switch in time. My wife looked at her and said sorry honey th Tooth fairy was off yesterday, I am sure she will come back tomorrow. PHEW that one worked :)

Awesome!

Awesome!
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

As I was driving ot of my house today near Rawda, this yellow beauty pulled out. My six year old daughter from the back seat, working her game boy, commented smoothly, WOW what an awesome car, and went back to her Barbie game, while DAD behind the wheel was drooling like a six year old and muttering yeah Awesome!!!

Orange Juice

Orange Juice
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

Marrakesh June 2005, Sahat Jame3 El FNA, I got to say that Morocans are resourceful in a charming way, if you ever want to go to some exotic location Moroco is your destination, better brush up on your French Though!!

My first Blog

OK, I am new to this blogging thing, a friend from work told me its relaxing to share your experiences and thoughts fine. So as I gather this is a form of eMemoire, so bear with me if my blogs are not uptodate I will try my best to entertain you.

Peace at Last?!

Oman
Originally uploaded by Wandermo.

January 2005, 1st day of the new year an adventure in the making 5000KM From Kuwait through Dubai - Abu Dhabi - Khorfakan and Oman, in this serene backdrop settings, some wise a** customer called me from Kuwait and brought me back to reality that I am not alone in the world! .