3rd Semester over, Transcript tomorrow!

As my years of studying are almost over, I have already finished 3 semesters and I will be starting the 4th in 2 weeks time, anyhow, my exams are done for the 3rd semester...but there is a bit of a problem here.

Yes, you may already know what the problem is....I detest South African professors, tutors or doctors (be that as it may!), many of their students fail their courses, and I think I am on the verge of failing Marketing or Accounting, may god bless me with those grades tomorrow at 11 AM. It's ridiculous how hard they make the subjects, that is what I mean.

So we wrote a couple of letters to the dean in case he might take them into account and deal with those Africans ASAP, otherwise, It will get harder and harder for me to co-op with them as the subject gets more complicated.

About the grades, be expecting a tweet from me tomorrow afternoon ...

God's bless upon you all!

E as in Exceptional, a Nokia E52 Review

February 1st is the day I had about 1,100 SR since last summer, so I decided to cut down on Xbox 360 games and go check out some new phones, especially for someone who has a deceased phone like myself (Nokia 7610).

I wanted something that is all-purpose, compact, has Wi-Fi and not more than 1,100 SR. A couple of choices came up for me, the Blackberry Curve 8520, Nokia E52 and Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic, so lets put it this way... the BB is overly priced for its features though I could have bought it if I had 1,200 SR to spend on it just for the BB messenger and for its popularity (I get into stuff that's popular, unfortunately), the Nokia 5800 has about the same features of the E52 but a slower processor and a lower resolution rate but is 100 SR cheaper.

Finally, it came down to the E52, I grabbed this phone with relief..spent most of my budget, completely satisfied, so here comes the review ( for features, you can look up GSMarena.com, or the official Nokia website) :

Pros:

- Fast and enhanced processor.
- Long battery life.
- Wi-Fi, with a good range.
- Superb sound quality.
- No finger-magnet battery cover.
- Easy-to-use keypad.
- An option for editing Office documents.
- 3.2 MP camera with LED flash.
- Compact size
- FM radio with RDS support.
- 3G support.
- Quad-band GSM.
- N-Gage gaming support.
- Slim design.

Cons:

- Disappointing camera quality and video recording.
- The phone doesn't have a good feel when its in hand.
- the edges of the keypad lights in the dark between the buttons making it feel like the LED is missed up.
- doesn't charge off of USB cable.

A sample of E52's camera performance

Conclusion: This phone is a must have for all people who want a fast and reliable piece of artwork, and for those who don't use their cameras as much. Internet browser is ideal just if you want to browse through something quickly or check your inbox, its also available in 3 different colors: Black, Silver, White and Gold. I have the black one if you ask. so this is it for this review, feel free to contact me for more details.

My Zune 8GB Arrives: Review

As some of you might know what I am talking about, Microsoft's infamous MP3 player "Zune" which is a counterpart to Apple's iPod. I ordered my Zune 8GB 3 weeks ago from Amazon and it arrived 12 hours ago, Red color, 8GB HDD.

Box components? well, USB cable, genuine Zune earphones, 3 pairs of colored snares, Warranty card, and Owner's Manual...nothing much, right?...So, there is no charger, it's because Microsoft thought that to cut down on prices, they won't ship any Zune product with a charger, and instead you can use the USB cable to charge it.

Is it any good? YES! and HELL YES!...It can sit on top of the iPod Nano (4th Generation) in many aspects, and I am going to emphasize all of them here (from my 12 hour experience) :


1) Glossy finish which Nano (4th Generation)  lacks.
2) Scratch Resistant screen.
3) Wi-Fi embedded.
4) FM Radio (with the ability to save songs from the radio.)
5) Zune Marketplace from your Zune...download directly without a PC.
6) Only $99.99


Thats what I can think of right now, maybe that include all of the things the Nano misses. This phone is good on some aspects as it is bad on some other aspects...and here they are, starting with the advantages:

Advantages:

1) Wi-Fi
2) FM radio with song saving feature.
3) Relatively cheap compared to other counterparts.
4) Shiny finish.
5) Scratch resistant screen.
6) Ear blowing, crystal-clear sound.
7) The earphones can be attached together by a magnet eliminating them to get tangled together.
8) Plays Podcasts that can be downloaded from the Zune Marketplace for FREE!
9) Zune community, in which you can connect Zune-to-Zune, share and send songs, and add Zune friends using your Windows Live ID.
10) there is no more "bang for the buck" other than this MP3 player.


Disadvantages:

1) Unresponsive clickwheel, so its advisable you just touch scroll with it...clicking it is a hassle.
2) Dull dashboard.
3) shippes with an actual 6.6 GB of space...so it takes a whopping 1.4 GB for system storage.
4) Small screen.
5) we have seen slimmer players.
6) not that many variety of colors to choose from.

What does "Kahraman" mean?

  Many people have wondered would does this word mean, and why I am using it as a display name on Windows Live Messenger or in my Chess,com account...This is a reply to all people who have been questioning me.

  Simply put, Kahraman is Turkish for "Hero" , the reason why I changed all my usernames into that is because it sounds good and there has been deja-vu going on with me as of where I have heard it before... I came across a local debate in Istanbul that had a cool slogan which is "Benim Kahraman" which means "I am a hero"...So, you can say I picked it up from there.

  I also suspect that the etymology of "Kahraman" is from the old Arabic language script...maybe?!

Game Review: Halo 3 ODST

  The self wonders "Is there life after Master Chief?" indeed there is with this new stand-alone expansion of the #1 best-selling game for the Xbox 360, read on for the big blast...

  Released on September 22, it features a 2 disc set, one for the campaign mode and the other for the ultimate Halo 3 Multiplayer experience featuring all the maps from Halo 3 plus all the map packs that have been released until now, on top of that a fresh 3 maps designed only for ODST. This released features Firefight mode, which is like Horde in Gears of War 2, you play online with friends "up to 4 friends" and battle your way through waves of covenants until you reach round 4, you also get to choose what difficulty you want to play this with.

  Lets talk about the campaign mode, although it has a relatively short story, you will live up to it...lots of action, lots of blood, lots of violence that you didn't see in the original halo 3. This time you don't get to play with Master Chief, instead you play with a nameless hero trooper called "The Rookie", he kicks ass in terms of personality and appearance, and is well presented.

  Should you buy this game or not? its up to you to judge, I am gonna help you decide by stating the pros and cons:

Pros:

- Relatively cheap for a 2 disc set.
- Firefight mode is tight and addictive if you have a friend who plays it online.
- Campaign mode is intense in the city of Mombasa.
- The soundtrack simply sinks to your heart.
- With the multiplyaer disc, you experience the original Halo 3 multiplayer with all add-ons and map packs (eliminating the need to purchase them).

Cons:

- Unlike Halo 3, you don't get to hold 2 Plasma rifles with both hands, and likewise with one-handed weapons.
- Multiplayer is an exact copy of Halo 3, no ODST community multiplayer.
- Campaign is short.
- If you've got no friends having ODST, then Firefight mode is useless.

Rating: 4.5 / 5 (Breath-Taking)
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Forgotten...

  Now that I arrived in Jeddah on the 12th of September, there seems to be alot of things that I miss about Istanbul and its people, and regrets are always by my side, that means that I was a bit oblivious about what going on there, and didn't care much for what will happen when I go back to Crapsville.

  So to clarify things I am gonna write a list of things I should have brought back with me, including souvenirs, pictures, and other miscellaneous.

- Penguin Comic Newspapers

  They are not actually newspapers, but those mini-newspaper like magazines that has drawings similar to that of the pages of comic books, those Penguin Newspapers usually give bad reviews of Turkish government and also portray Recep Erdogan.

  You might be wondering what I want of these, it might not be the fun of it, but mostly for me...not forgetting my Turkish and keep on reading.

- My iPod

  I am dying to know who stole my iPod, its priceless for containing tracks I don't even have on my PC...though there are many conclusions as to who or where it got stolen, those may include: class, Mosque, or pick-pocket masters on istiklal street...most probably being in the Mosque.

- Dating

  Now you know that I am not the type of guy who dates...I never did actually, and who doesn't get around with chicks alot, but before going there, I was hoping to get a chance from a good spot and from an interesting occasion (not from some random night club, hitch hikers or something shit).

  All in all, I enjoyed a hangout in a silent night that sees no moonlight with a girl named Pelin to Ortakoy and had some fried potatoe, playing chess with and American classmate and licking my own wounds.

- The Pamukcu Family

  My beloved Turkish neighbors, it was too sad for me meeting them at a late time and that is just 4 days before I went back, I really loved every family member and that was for there decency and there invitations to Iftar in my last day.

  Mustafa, being the root of all connections in the family, was the most religious teenager I came across in my stay, 24 years old, Chinese-speaking, was a good practice for my Turkish for the reason that he was unable to speak English, his brother's dream is to go for Hajj before he dies.

- Unfinished Business

  Nothing is more challenging than a game of chess with Fatih Ozcelik, ex room-mate and tourist guide, this guy is about my level in chess, our games go down to 30-40 minutes per game just to show how tight we play against each other... end score for all our combined games was 9-3 for my advantage.

  Fatih was also the center of fun in the first days of my arrival, until he got dismissed for some reason related to his tourism agency.

- Hacioglu & Taksim Lades

  Ever heard of Lahmmacun? it was my favorite dish of Turkish traditional food from Hacioglu fast food restaurants, cheap yet delicious...for Arabs reading this, it kind of resembles Safeeha...meat spread on a dough.

  Taksim Lades, the most restaurant I have visited in Istanbul...I had Iftar there every single day after being welcomed by the Turkish waiter who had a Cockney English-accent and later told me that he goes every winter to Nottingham *bending his head to his right*.

  These conclude all of the things I miss in Istanbul or the things I want them to be beside me now, I just hope to go there next summer.

Top 5 Achievement Hunting Games

  This is interesting to talk about, have you ever wanted to boost up that Gamerscore of yours, how does 400G or 500G for a game feel like?

  Well, it's as easy as a walk in a park, but there are certain games you should get your hands on...let me guide you and guide you and get started (note that these games are based on my own experience and point of view):

5) Halo 3

  Being one of the first games I bought on the 360, I started out with no hopes of getting any achievements, but indeed and without knowing, it contains a total of 1750G, one third of which are easy to achieve , it is with no doubt the #1 game in terms of achievement points.

  Whenever you complete one level from the campaign you get 20-40G. its a piece of cake, and you can do it on any difficulty as well, finish the game and you get 125G, however, it is not only limited to offline play achievements, there are also multiplayer achievements for online play.

  This is a must-have for achievement hunters out there, if you play this online you won't regret it


4) Prince of Persia

  When you first start this game, it gives you 10G like that, for "beginning your adventure" I kid you not, you also get achievements with a minimum of 10G for collecting light seeds, helping Elika more often,and speed killing enemies ontop of 20G for defeating every boss in the game, which you will eventually have to reach in the end., one of the reasons why this game is full of easy achievments is because it has a long campaign, and too many bosses.

  To make this easy on you, you have to get used to killing enemies before they spawn, collecting as much light seeds as you can, and not depending on Elika to save you, throwing enemies off cliffs, using the environment to finish them off, and using multiple combos when attacking...and the result is...achievements pouring into your account.


3) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

  If your not a fan of FPS games then CoD 4 is not for you, if you want all the worthy achievements you have to play on Veteran difficulty which has the slogan "You Will Not Survive" and indeed you will NOT survive, if you managed to break the rusty locks and be up to Veteran difficulty, then you will get every possible achievement in this game, for completing one mission on Veteran difficulty you get 40G, and if you've never played the game before and started off with Veteran difficulty then I salute you because you will be getting 60G per mission completion.

  Other Achievements include breaking some TVs that has Al-Asad's images, collecting Intel info, completing the first mock-up in seconds, and rescuing a squad mate in some level, and as such the list continues, all achievements are easy to earn except the ones that require the Veteran difficulty setting, but that's good for us, so that we can be up to the online multiplayer level.


2) X-Men Origins: Wolverine

  My point of view, the best hack n' slash game of the year no doubt, Achievements are infested in this game, really easy to get, and fun to do, these include combos, killing 1000 enemies, throwing off cliffs and edges, and using feral senses to strike.

   I think whomever wants a good start for achievement hunting should pick X-men up, and play at normal or hard difficulty, on top of that, you also get achievements for finding easter eggs in the game, and thats all about it...if you want to do so, you should look up a video in youtube. As a start, you would easily accumulate 500G in your first game finish, play it again and see what you have missed by reading walkthroughs.


1) Bioshock

  Although being stupid long, achievements are worthy to earn but not hard, upgrade your weapons, kill bosses, buy tonic slots, and fully research enemies, this will do the trick.


  Out of all the games I played, I earned the most achievements in this game, more than 50% I guess, the game is long but you won't feel how long it is, just play and enjoy those points.

  The only thing I don't understand however is the achievements that say "Fully research the..." , but regardless of that, this will definitly be the #1 on my list of Achievement Hunting.
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And this concludes my list for this post, I hope you like it, and I promise to come back with more interesting stuff in the near future.

The End of The Road

Today, as some of you might know, was the last day of my Turkish language course, to be honest, I have learned alot in 4 weeks to the point that I can communicate in restaurants or shopping centers, it was also entertaining...didn't feel bored at all, my classmates were friendly (more than I expected) ...
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And here I will list each and everyone of them and a glimpse of their personalities (just for the fun of it) :

1) Senim (Germany) : a talkative girl who flirts alot with us guys, aged 16 and the youngest of all.

2) Selim (France) : a non-English speaking guy who flirts with Senim at times, considered to be funny by his idiocy, was once kicked out after having an issue with a substitute tutor, aged 17, currently resides in Paris.

3) Han-na (South Korea) : Super-Friendly, Super-Generous, seems to have a problem controlling her voice's volume, I rely on her to send me our pictures and that is because she has a 999999 mega-pixel camera, those ones with a big scope. Aged 25, currently resides in Istanbul for 2 years of University.

4) Kemal-Jan (China) : a peaceful guy who has audio Koran in his mobile and likes to listen to the azaan although he is a non-Muslim, aged 21, resides in Istanbul for University.

5) Ishak (China) : Kemal-Jan's close friend, and his sister's boyfriend, an entertaining guy in all means, I had a good time exchanging my Saudi Riyals with Chinese Yuan, aged 23, currently resides in his country.

6) Maria (Russia) : a mysterious girl who doesn't like to get along with us, provided she didn't attend the last day which was the big and final uniting of us all, aged ?? , she resides in Moscow.

7) Luda (Ukraine) : being from Ukraine, she gets along with Maria pretty easily, likes to shre her opinions with us, has 9 cats , one of which is 7 kg (according to her). Aged 39, and is the eldest amongst us all, Resides in her country.

8) Kimberly (USA) : Outgoing, Clumsy, she is the only native English speaker in class, aged 20, currently on exchange, but lives in San Francisco.

9) Nadya (Ukraine) : with no doubt, she is the most fluent Turkish speaker amongst us all, I dont know why she attends the Level 1 course, preparing for her marriage soon, aged 28, resides in her country.

10) Deniz (Germany) : an English speaker, the funniest person you will ever come across, I enjoyed hanging out with him along with Kimberly, aged 27, studies photography in Bochum, Germany, and resides there.

11) Zahra (Iran) : I don't know much about this girl, she attended only for a week, she disappeared under unknown circumstances, nobody knows anything about her, and nothing has been heard of her since then, age is unknown, residence unknown.

12) Myself : Being the only Arab, and Muslim in class, felt weird fasting among the others, but everybody acknowledged my case, usually acting as the human dictionary for Deniz.

Our Teacher...

Ms. Elif (Turkey) : a bright, young woman, speaking English and Russian, very outgoing, aged 24, lives on the Asian side of Istanbul.

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On the last day, we all had this unification party before everybody goes his own way, was alot of fun... I also had the pleasure to write there names in Arabic after I was forced to by them, I will sure miss these guys alot.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Since a week or so, I was left alone in my studio apartment since my roommate left, although I have a lonely personality, I can't just bare being alone, touring the city alone with myself...getting ripped-off from merchants and not getting any attention from the people who invited me to this glorious city of theirs, not that of a hospitality I received ... anyway, I thought I would just list these events of mine, here we go:

1) Yesterday, I mysteriously lost my iPod (also believed to be stolen), this iPod of mine is priceless, although its a 2nd generation 8GB iPod Nano, it has about 5GBs of songs, 1 GB which is Koran, and 3 GBs which I DO NOT have on my PC, so I guess it all went like that. (note: this iPod was a gift from my brother about 2 years ago when he bought the 3rd generation Nano and gave me the 2nd generation one.) ... I MISS MY DEF LEPPARD!

2) Water was out for about 25 hours, that meant, smelly Mohammad going to class, Oily-faced Mohammad. Ironically, on that I turned on the faucet and went out shopping, I then returned and foudn the faucet as is, not a drop of water...I called the owner of this apartment, she told me to go check the pipes in the basement...I went to the basement, and words cannot describe how dirty and spider-infested it is, so I searched for my apartment's pipe, tried to play with it a bit, and there it was...water was coming down the faucet I turned on...I am still curious who had turned off my pipe?!

3) Nothing will feel more annoying than being alone, not knowing anyone in a foreign country...things changed dramatically since my roommate left.

4) To top up all the other things, I don't know why people consider themselves Muslims, not being able to do the simplest thing in Islam...FASTING!

5) Having a really good Turkish accent and reading, I am still forced by my agent to read Turkish bedtime stories...but no thanks Hanim...I read my textbook and do my homeword. (this happened after she saw me reading an English novel.)

This is what I can remember for now... and thanks for reading chaps!

In The Land of Dreams

My my my...its been ages since I last wrote my last post, since my birthday that is...you might say I was just losing taste in writing apart from that there is much on my shoulders nowadays.

I am finally here in my favorite country, enjoying my time and learning the language (not that hard, its learn-able.) . I live approximately 2 km away from the widely-known Istiklal street which literally has everything when it comes to clothing shops or restaurants and hit a whopping 3,000,000 visitors a day, that means its crowded 24/7 and you must walk while holding tight on your pockets...we are talking professional thievery here.

However, Its a complete cultural shock for me to see that no one fasts Ramadan here (except those from the poor neighborhoods), and it seems like any other day, my teacher is eating, my tourist guide, my Muslim classmates...nearly everyone, So I felt weird, and went by my own way...

Now, its been half way through my journey and I will be returning in 2 weeks, so its also 2 weeks left for my Turkish course...words cannot describe how cheap Istanbul is compared to other cities of Europe...I kid you not!

No pictures yet, sorry that I still couldn't upload them as my memory card reader failed.

Warmest Regards, and Happy Ramadan!

19 years old!

So, as you know, the day comes...and I am 19, still haven't got a beard (and I don't want one thanks God.) , feeling a little old for doing some things I love..some of you might know what I am referring to...dirty-minded ideas are rejected anyways.

It feels normal, nothing has changed, except that I wish I would return back to the days of middle school and try to alter the future a bit by doing the things I was supposed and not supposed to do, but anyway, life goes on and we learn...some good future oppurtunities come and go, but are most fundamental at a young age, regardless of that, I am approaching 2 decades of age...and it all melts down to the benefitial experience I gained and the lessons life has taught me.

Right now, I am in total darkness in my room as I am typing this with the dim monitor light right in front of my face...you should already be aware that I sometimes like to sit alone as I have a lonely personality (yes, not a good thing, but I don't always do it.), listening to Deff Leppard songs which remind me of my website and my dream car...a Corvette...and oh yes, Kicking ass on chess.com.

I thank all of those who wished me a happy birthday and may God bless you all!

Over and Out!

FC Barcelona: UEFA Champions League Winner

0-2 (0:1)

Without any doubt, the most exciting match I have seen this year, and words cannot describe how glad I am that Barcelona won against The Red Devils.

I am not going to be biased on this or anything, we all agree that Man utd. didn't play as expected, though we did see some wonder jobs from unexcpected players...these can either be outstanding or unsatisfactory, for example look at Victor Valdes, since when did he "once in a blue moon" last the 90 minutes without any blunders? or goals shall I say?...on the other hand we have the magnificent Ryan Giggs...Senile...didn't appear and his performance lately shows that he must retire ASAP...and the list goes on for the unexcpected Man utd. performance....such as the aggresive style of playing and excessive fouls received (typical English football) .

So that said it... 2-0 is like a dagger to the heart for whomever reads this blog who supports The Red Devils...and my congrats to all Barca fans...I raise my hat to you!

P.S. Ignore the "Click me" icon in the picture...don't get excited about it :-p

"Thank You" note

After 6 months of trying hard enough for my website to work, it actually didn't sell well enough, not mentioning the fact that I achieved a net revenue...but didn't have the required experience for keeping ahold of my spending and money...and this is a small fraction of my failure.

I thought I would have to write this to thank you all for supporting me either by words, resources or advices, and remember that I would stand by your side one day the same way you stood by my side while I was still in prosperity at the beginning of last December.Many factors affected my plan, and one was poor management, spending alot and not keeping a record for that, and nothing special that would appeal to a customer or in other words...no website content that would repute it.

However, This was a fundamental experience that I will always remember...and most importantly, remember from my mistakes to be able to pass over them in the next phase of my life, I shall also apologize for the way I was force-promoting this website among you and making it a big deal from its start...as this isn't the appropriate way to market a website.

In the end, I say failing does give more awareness for the self to know what went wrong with him, and that it sure taught me alot, being very happy that at least I tried to do something by myself at a young age...Thank you, Thank you...and Thank you for your warm words of complements and advices that you gave me at the start.

P.S.  The site will stay available until January 2010.

Good Night...

Book Review of The Month: "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup

You obviously heard the title of this novel somewhere...oh,yes...in a movie of the same name, a movie that won Oscar awards and received thousands of positive reviews.

Originally published as "Q&A", it was later changed to "Slumdog Millionaire" after the movie has been released, which means that it was published earlier than the movie (like all novels) back in 2005. Written by Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat who is presently serving in South Africa.

I am not cocking about any of this review, this book was an actual blockbuster that was translated into 34 different languages, It consists of 318 breathtaking pages that will never be enough for you, making you wishing it was longer.

For those of you who watched the movie; you know the story already although there are little changes in the novel such as Jamal's name and other scenarios...

So here is a brief summary of the novel:
Ram Mohammad Thomas, an orphan born in Mumbai, India applies to the "Who will Win a Billion?" quiz show in which later he gets questioned 13 questions...getting each one right and winning 1,000,000,000 Indian Rupees. After doing so, police authorities suspect that Ram has been cheating and conclude that there is no way that an orphan who has never read a book or held a newspaper or even gone to school could have answered his way to a billion Rupees. As the story unfolds, Ram explains to his lawyer how he knew the answer to each question by telling him a chapter of his amazing life, from the day he was salvaged from a dustbin to his meeting with an Australian security-crazed army colonel while performing as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. Stunning a television audience of millions, Ram draws on a store of street wisdom and accidental encounters that provides him the key to answering the quiz show questions.

I am curious to prove that the novel is way much better than the movie itself IF and only IF you read it and understood the storyline correctly, and as I said it features many differences to character names, the actual age of Ram, and the plots and events that take place throughout the novel. So how does this sum up? well, story is not only perfect, but gives you the courage to learn more in your real life to gain more life experience like Ram...so, its inspiring. Not very long, or very short...318 pages makes it readable for some. Unlike "The Kite Runner" which I reviewed last month, this has a fast paced storyline that sucks you into the book and drags you through sleepless night, I finished this book in 2 weeks without not hastle. Characters are lively and act as real humans in real life making it somehow realistic and very dramatic.

So what about the cons?...I actually didn't notice any major con...seriously, I didn't...but it might be from the countless number of events taking place that you can't recall what happened in a particular chapter and the open-ending which I dislike in any book I read since I was a child...so you never know whether he reclaims the billion Rupees or not at the end.

I am going to give this book 9/10 which makes it close to the fun I had for "The Kite Runner" having 2 minor cons I mentioned above other than that, its pure class.

In the end, I tell you go grab this book from your nearest bookstore or library, take it as a word of mouth and you won't regret it...I didn't like it...I LOVED IT!

A School of Fish

As the days go by, my addiction about canned sardines grows and grows countless number of times, now you may already know that, and you may also go YUCK!...who cares? nothing more nutritious than fish I think.

It started back in March of last year, hungry, nothing ready to eat noting that I favor canned food from my childhood. I went up to the storage room, picked up a can of Moroccan style sardines, clunked it open with a possibility of my index finger getting scratched and bleeding, poured it in on a plate and there you go, yummy yummy!

Although smelly when opened, it doesn't have that odor that sticks to you and your clothes, unlike the fish you buy from the market and cook yourself, some might be very spicy containing a small piece of chili pepper inside of it...that changes the color of the soy oil into red sometimes.

I tried many brands from many countries, the most common being Morocco ofcourse, Philippines, The UK, and French... I must say the best from my experience in sardines was the Filipino way...these guys are fantastic in cooking seafood, not only them but far Asia as a whole. French comes in 2nd place, very clean, no smell at all, comes in a variety of flavors (tomatoe sauce, spiced, soy sauce, sunflower oil, etc.), Moroccan and British sardines are the same...no major difference, both cooked in vegetable oil.

I currently have 7 cans of sardines in the kitchen stacked above one another, my average serving size is a can per day...this has actually been going on since January, god bless my mom for buying me this ridiculous number of cans a week, though one reason I love sardines is because it is ready to be eaten straight out of the can...and I am the type of guy who gets lazy preparing a sandwich or cooking something even if I am starving to death.

It doesn't actually matter, I sometimes have it as a breakfast, Lunch, or dinner, but most usually dinner...but you should remember the fact that whatever happens...don't induce 2 cans of sardines at once...it will leave you bolted for at least 2 months not eating seafood.

God bless you all!

Axing an Accountant

After 2 months of struggling with a South African accountant, We (his students) decided to ax him by writing (in the form of an article to be delivered to the dean) all the crude treatments and piss-offs we received from him.

First of all, I don't know how you are supposed to get scared of expressing your true raw idea about your mentor, like if you did really say the truth that he is bad, he is gonna know and disqualify you (the mentality of chickens) as if their is no system in the college and the professor has the free will to do whatever he wants (go get a life newbie chickens). So out of about 35 students, I compiled of what seems to be like 14 until now and interviewed them for the sake of getting some notes on this professor and why he needs to get axed, and the results were astonishing, even I myself had a good weapon to point at him and that was something he didn't become aware of.

So we had a midterm today, and I am not ranting about, it was stupid long, but anyway, this isn't what I will talk about here, it's the unforgivable mistake that he did with me and my colleague. After handing out the question papers, which then followed by handing out 2 answer sheets, I realized something fishy just then...when I looked at the student next to me, I noticed that he had 4 papers and I had 2 only, that also has happened with a friend of mine when given 3 papers instead of 4. However, there were 2 ways to notice, either by spending most of your time solving the 2 answer sheets I was given that would take 1/3 of the exam's time... or by trying to cheat from your classmate to notice that he had 4 and my friend had 3, which ended in him not realizing until coming up to the last question that needed the 4th sheet (that was 15 minutes before the end of the exam, the exam was 1.5 hours), that means the time was insufficient which literally made his day for walking out mental to strongly recommend the petition to be written and signed.

We were advised by the dean to write the petition and hand it out to him on one condition for him to not show our names to the doctor in case he didn't get dismissed, and so the list goes on for his awful deeds of 7 more points other than the one listed on top. (unfairly disqualifying people, coming late to class then blaming other people on coming 5 minutes late after him as if he wasn't late himself, inability to summarize or write explanations on the board briefly, etc.)

You should already know that I am one of the top students in the accounting class and I am also on my professor's good side, but that doesn't make him any good for me or for the others... and I finally hope I can get this successful without any trouble or risk.

"Top 10 List of The Month" : The Hardest Video Games I've Ever Played

Well, I decided to add a little twist to my blog by redesigning the upper picture a bit and putting in a more formal title and description, and this will top it up a bit...it's the first top ten list from my own opinion about things that I experienced.

First of all, the following is about the hardest video games I've ever played, these however, are from my own opinion, I will not tolerate any this and that about misreporting or the unfairness of the rank (Read the footer of this blog), and you should already know that I don't own a PS3, or any Xbox or Nintendo, I am a PS/PS2 type of guy. Through the years I have played many video games and most are sure to be ultimately hard, so here we go...This shall be one heck of a ride!



10) Galerians (PS)

I first got this game as a present from my elder brother Ribal, this however was without doubt one of the hardest games I played, it is slow-paced and merciless in the way enemies are deployed throughout the game, the gameplay resembles the one in Resident Evil.

It tells the story of a boy with psychic powers who gets imprisoned in an asylum to take advantage of his powers, you start with playing with him trying to break your way out of the asylum, your weapons are telekinesis and pyrokineses, which eventually deplete by time and are recovered by taking pills. The game is so complicated and full of events that it leaves you giving up for the game, it contains 3 CDs which means that the game is brutally long, this will forever stay up to my memory as one of the hardest games I have ever played in my entire life.

9) Parasite Eve II (PS)

One of my favorite games on the PS platform, unlike Galerians, this was beatable...but not any gamer can actually beat this game, it is hard in the way of its intelligence, you need to be observant and also smart enough to dodge the enemies attacks for example, and wasn't hard in a complicated way like Galerians, and the worst thing is that this game is only available in Japanese, so you can't read any files you get...bottom line, you and your sensations alone.

You start off with a cute looking girl trying to solve cases and fight her way through NEC (Neo Mitochondrial Creatures) infested areas, through out the game you will be introduced to merciless bosses such as genetically treated humans which are referred to as"Supersoldiers" trying to mock you for your abilities, you have 2 weapons, your fire and wind powers, and a rifle or a gun or whatever your holding. You encounter dark areas and mostly have a low stamina gauge. However, this was one good challenging game.

8) Resident Evil (Sega Saturn)

So, Resident Evil arrives on #8. I played this game on the deceased Sega Saturn, It was kind of hard at certain occasions during the game, I had no problems beating the game with Jill Valentine, but when you try to beat it with Chris Redfield...we are talking about a challenging nightmare.

First thing, you start off by yourself in the mansion, you are holding a combat knife and carry no pistol, you can carry 6 items in your inventory which is annoying all the time. Chris cannot unlock doors (which require a small key that takes up one space in his inventory), and cannot play musical notes, he also is less likely to be helped by other teammates, and the likeliness to easily getting decapitated from a Hunter. So, from Chris' part of the game...This will be an ultimatum.

No matter how long I live, I will always remember this game for the countless number of times I beat it with Jill and the ONLY time I ever managed to beat it with Chris which costed guts.

7) Doom 3 (PC)

There is no doubt about it, I would say about 60% of the world suffered from this game if you play on "Hurt Me Plenty" difficulty, the things that make this game hard is the lack of resources you have, you will learn to be conservative of ammo as much as possible.

The flashlight you have in handy can only be switched on to for use as a melee weapon, so you cannot hold a flashlight and another weapon at the same time, its either this or that...MY GOD!!...and 30% of this game are dark places...so good luck buddy.

This leaves it off for #7 for the fact of having low resources and useless companions as well as the choice between a flashlight and a weapon, and the stupid long playing time.

6) Resident Evil: Outbreak (PS2)

One of the Hardest RE releases I ever played, this has a different type of gameplay than any other Resident Evil. The game is divided into 5 levels, in each level you initially start with a T-virus infection, which starts at 0.0% and when it reaches 100% in case you haven't finished the level...you are dead meat.

The bugging thing in this game is the pause menu...well, there is no pause in this game, I don't mean no pause but I mean when you are going to select from your inventory, it doesn't pause, so you don't have time looking through the inventory...but that doesn't matter anyway, because you only have 4 slots in your inventory, which is annoying all the time, except if you choose this girl that carries eight but is weaker than the others, apart from this is the mocking fact that melee weapons tend to break by extensive use so sometimes you have to run around dodging zombies if your weapon breaks, provided that it has the hardest bosses among other REs.

This game leaves you strangled in anger from its difficulty though it isn't the best RE ever made.

5) Silent Hill 4: The Room (PS2)

I am speechless...seriously, This game will raise your blood pressure, I am not saying that it sucks, you should already know by now that I am in love with the Silent Hill Series.

Ok, I am going to give it to you straight, this game is ultimate in it's preset difficulty, I haven't seen anyone I know that actually beat this game except myself, you will be walking with a girl that you have to protect and she cannot attack at the beginning, you will also be introduced to monsters (I am not talking bosses but normal monsters) that never die...so you will end up trying to run away from them which leaves no option for resources that can be collected, you have a low life gauge, so you get easily hurt and die. Most weapons in this game are hard to use, and aiming at the monster or the opponent is sometimes inaccurate, most of the ones you killed you think they are dead but some have the ability to revive.

This game however is the hardest among all 5 SHs I played so far, It is IMPOSSIBLE to beat it in a good-ending, I always end up getting a Bad or a Normal Ending.


4) The Suffering (PS2)

I feel that this game was designed in an intention to keep the player from giving up on beating it.

I beat it under the difficulty of "Easy" and yet it was supernatural, so how does the hard difficulty feel like?...anyway, the thing that makes it hard however is 3 things, first is the number of monsters that are about the number of cells in your body, So damn many, you will go like "give me a break man!" when you play it, monsters also don't die easily, not a single one that dies easily... also the complicated scenario adds to it.

This game features tricky stuff, such as companions who come to aid you then end up double-crossing you...so its about trusting them or not, and some really take out a chunk of the life gauge. You also have to be extremely observant from monsters on the ceiling that suck you in.

3) Call of Duty: Finest Hour (PS2)

From what I remember, this game has a preset difficulty, which seems to be like experiencing the real WWII yourself in the battlefield.

I include this as 3rd place because of the fact that enemies are superbly accurate with their shots, 75% of the shots they shoot go into you, controls are complicated which leaves you pressing a button instead of another, it's fast-paced which if you don't act quickly you will be announced officially killed in action.

Apart from the sharp shooters in this game, they are also good with grenades, and the lack of checkpoints make it impossible to beat. The weapon (no matter what it is) is hard to lock on an enemy with except if you choose the auto-aim option but still, no weapon in this game is THAT accurate.

This game will be ranked as the hardest First Person Shooter I have ever played and the hardest CoD ever.

2) The X-Files: Resist or Serve (PS2)

Let me bulge in straight, this game is unbearable, seriously, you just keep on getting sick from trying, you should already know that it has few save points throughout, when you go to a new level and respawn again, you lose all of your weapons and end up having to recollect them again, Weapons empty easily, creatures you fight are extremely fast and hard to kill, too many bosses in the game, too many monsters as well, complicated settings making it difficult to find special objects and you will end up missing stuff like shotguns and rifles.

Take my word for this, it is so hard from my side that I left it licking it's own wounds, you know what I am talking about, it was such a tempering game that will make you commit suicide from trying to break through it more and more...leaving it for second place.

AND THE NUMBER ONE IS...

1)The Suffering: Ties That Bind (PS2)

If you are currently playing this game or want to play it in the near future, take it as a word of mouth and give up, this game has psychological effects on you and is the second release of the original one which I mentioned earlier.

No matter how many times I recall the memories of this game...what memories they were, you start off with a melee weapon and you will need to kill countless monsters with it until you get a handgun, actually I have a long wide list of hard features in this terrifying game:

1) You are lucky enough if you survived a chapter of this game.
2) You run out of bullets easily, no matter how conservative you are.
3) at a part of the game, your weapons are confiscated from you and you end up having to recollect them again.
4) Barely any checkpoints.
5) 20% of the monsters in this game are invincible, so you end up having to run away from them.
6) battle gun fatsos are effective that means it will be a bad day if you encountered one.
7) Enemies sometimes attack you surprisingly from the back.
8) The final boss in this game is invincible and the technique you have to kill him with requires good timing, I am talking about split-second timing, making it the hardest boss of any game.
9) barely any recovery items.
10) your health depletes quickly.

So this is it for this game, I am not messing about, you won't beat this game what so ever... making it The Hardest Game of All Time.

So, after a breath taking 2 hours on this post, I am glad I finished it at last...again I say, they are just opinions of my own...I am glad if you share yours with me just for fun, and I hope you had fun :-).

Egyptian Gaming Rampage

My friend's brother "Mustafa Fareed" has started building his own online gaming community website, It is indeed one of the most fantastic ideas to even see a 16 year old build such a community, the site is now under construction and is expected to open soon enough.

After being inspired by www.esl.eu , he decided to get a move on for himself and 2 of his friends, the description of the website is simple, it will include a typical VBulletin forum which is an interaction system for registered members and a place to discuss their gaming topics such as Cheats, Easter eggs, Glitches, Upcoming tournaments and events etc.

I recommend this however to anyone who is a gaming enthusiast despite the website's name being dedicated to Egyptians, but no, it's not only for Egyptians. I wish him the best of luck with his journey with all my heart. For more information about his website, you can reach him at mustafaronaldinho@gmail.com or his website's group can be alternatively be found on Facebook.

A Day @ The Dentist (R-rated!)

Probably one of the most feared moments in my childhood was going to a dentist, I remember my mom taking me their for getting rid of a cavity, I used to cry alot while my mom sits with me to confront me regardless that I was toothless until I turned 8.

Anyway, recently I was being told by my personal dentist that I have Dental Caries (ouch!) for those of you who don't know what is Dental Caries, it is simply when the cavity eats all the surface of the tooth(and if possible a bit from the side) reaching down to the root bursting into the nerve which results in a small surgery to pull in the nerve ending, this though happened weirdly, I had a filling in that same spot and unexpectedly the bacteria punctures the filling down (can the bacteria do that), now I don't know how exactly but my molar was wide open from the top.

The known effect of caries are pain, tooth loss, foul breath and in rare and severe cases, death.

Three appointments was the dagger-to-the-heart reply from my dentist telling me the brief explanation of each appointment's procedure...First appointment, drilling the whole tooth down until the gum appears and removing all the cavity with a scalpel that has a bent hook at the end so called "Dental Explorer". Before all of this I requested that I get a shot of an anesthetic in my mouth which indeed I got and god it hurts when injected, you feel your chin lingers in static electricity, Then he takes a metal pin like thingy with no sharp pointed end and drills the gum down to take small chunks of cavity, as for the 3rd, I still haven't taken it yet and was placed a white temporary filling which is half broken and seems to have been made in China.

Being in the dentist today for another tooth was another case, it was badly drilled down in the middle with a small crack on the side, I feared that it would be another dental caries, the doc didn't say a word, instead he bulged into starting the operation the usual way with the idea of an amalgam to be put at the end, it took 30 minutes and with some new technology put on some white ceramic paste into the drilled hole which then he brought a laser like gun into my mouth, he pulled the trigger which I noticed my mouth starts illuminating in blue color, I then knew that amalgams are ancient history, and the purpose of this gun was to make the ceramic filling the same color as my tooth which therefore doesn't show that I have a filling, weird technologies!

Anyway, I went back home while still on anesthesia that I can't feel my right hand side of my face, every time I tried to pop up my jaw, the damn thing reaches down my neck and hurts my throat like **** (I don't know if it was an overdosage, but I like my dentist anyway), I am actually still under the effect while I am speaking here now since 7:00 pm.

The Go of My 2nd Blog

Yesterday, I decided to put my thoughts on paper and create my new blog related to such paranormal activities and phenomena, some of you might not believe in such things, well, it doesn't mean that I believe in them either you know? it is simply of what I think of such things and the effort of trying to dig out as much proof as possible for hoaxes.

The blog will be updated every 2 or 3 days as I have many thoughts and things to write about in mind, so if you are the kind of person who doesn't give a damn about these this kind of topic then it's not for you, if you believe or don't believe and/or seeking evidence on such encounters that are believed to be hoaxes then it's definitely down your alley.

P.S. This blog is not to be viewed for people younger than the age of 18.