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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

In another world...

I arrived in Dubai 5 days ago. To be honest, it's not what I expected it to be... IT'S EVEN FUCKING BETTER! The skyscrapers, the restaurants, the people, the malls, Burj al Arab and Burj Khalifa, the nightlife, my hotel, the metro, the burgers, the innovation, the pools, the airconditioned bus stops, the Iranian restaurants, the Hindu restaurants... Such a beautiful place. But, lemme tell you something, Dubai is a fast-evolving city, during the world economy crisis, which is also expanding. Dubai lives thanks to the many people that work in it, without them, the city would still be in the same condition as it was 30 years ago, a desert. All of that requires money, so the city is safe and comforting for visitors. The money is gained by tourism, but since less and less people have money to visit Dubai, smaller amounts of money will come in. So, where does Dubai stand now? Probably one step from it's biggest glory, but also 20-30 years from its downfall. Laters.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

What is Oman?

Oman? Oman is a medium-sized country, located in the far south-east part of the Arabian peninsula, also known as 'the Capital of Islam'. The capital of Oman is Muscat, not such a big city, but very beautiful and peaceful. And no, whatever you've seen in Battlefield 2 makes no sense at all, because Gulf of Oman doesn't exist, you can now call it 'the Persian Gulf'. Oman is like the USA, but for Asians. It's a place where people respect you like their they respect their sultan. It is also the only country in the world that is ruled and owned by a sultan (called Qaboos). It's a place where badass jeeps and Ford Mustangs are average cars, where people are allowed to drive 120 kmph (100 mph), but the police doesn't mind even if you drive 140 kmph... A place where there are more tourists from Great Britain and West Europe, Hindus, Afghanis, Pakistanis than all people from Oman, a place where the hardest workers are Hindus, Afghanis, Pakistanis, a place where people die in monstrous car crashes, a place where having 4 wives is legal (most of the Omanians have 1 wife which is very polite and mature), a place where you can bang as soon as you're 15, a place where you can get married as soon as you're 15, place where you can wear white robes and still look badass, where you can wear a hat and look like a bellboy, where there are more children than adults, a place where Abraham Lincoln reincarnations are everywhere, a country in which everyone wants to know where you are from, a country with parking lots on the side of the motorway (you can literally stop anywhere on an expressway on the side and go for a walk), a country where there's more money than sand in the Neffuds combined, a country where there is an equality between men and women (in case you didn't know, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates have tons of restrictions for women, while Oman barely has any), a country where people like kids more than money, where you can buy a PS4 for exactly 400 euro, where on the retail box for CoD: WaW there's a picture of Captain Price, where you can eat Lebanese, Egyptian, American, Iranian, Turkish, Greek and Tunisian food under one roof, a place where villas and mansions with golden doors are on the both sides of the road, where mosques are lit up with bright colours, a country in which you need a permission to view porn sites, where pictures of the sultan in 4k resolution are everywhere, where everyone has a big-ass Samsung smartphone (no HTC, bitch), where every building looks like it was taken out of an Alaadin cartoon, a place where instead of models on billboards, there are women in robes, a place where on the airport there are no white guys, a place where I got starred at for being a white-ass European, a place where pedestrians have the right to cross the road at any time (all they have to do is to move their hand towards your car for you to stop... MAY THE FORCE BE WITH THEM), a place where American merch is in every hypermarket and supermarket, where in the city centre I feel like I'm in Las Vegas, where GTA V is always in stock, a place where PS4 is always in stock, a place where the beach is the only way for a tourist to get hurt, where there are separate beaches for Arabs and Europeans, where the milk is yellow, where the yoghurt is hard, where you can drop litter so someone else can clean it up for you, where the Sultan lives in a palace that is bigger and better than the Buckingham palace, where malls are on every corner, where the capital city is almost the same as my hometown, but has double more stuff, the place where I bought me a new headset, a place where people wear white robes on mourning days, where alcohol doesn't exist, where water is always warm, where Brits are everywhere, where people serve you like an emperor because you are white, where Phillipenese and Thai work at all the restaurants, where hot West European girls come, where the sultans yacht is in a public place, where you never know where the sultan is, where people are educated, where every kid has a gaming console, where I met some awesome people, and also, it is a place where I met my good friend, Mouhammad. That is why I love this country, it's beautiful and filled with excitement. BTW, if you scrolled down just to see the ending, you might wanna scroll a bit up, because I think you will enjoy the description. With this text, my intention was not to harm someone's feelings. My intention was to say what I love about the country, by describing. Basically, as you may see, I there's nothing about Oman that I don't find great, because even though i get starred at for being a white guy, I still don't mind :D. Anyways, my flight to Dubai is tomorrow morning, gonna be staying there for 13 days, and then I'm coming back on the 28th August. Maybe I write something like this about the Emirates :) Laters!

Thursday, August 7, 2014

New headset!

Just bought these Razer Krakens, they're pretty sick. Also, good thing i actually have time for a bit  of gaming here. The mic works flawlessly, and there won't be any more breathing into the mic during the YouTube videos. Here are some pics. Laters!