Fresh start

I apologize for not updating my blog for a while, I wanna assure you there were no technical problems. I honestly just couldn't be bothered with blogging over the last week feeling extremely lazy. Seriously didn't feel like it.

Yesterday I went to vote early in the morning to avoid traffic, I believed the results didn't matter that much so I voted for Barrack Obama, j/k
My vote ended up being based on who I have access to, connection in other words. I just couldn't c a real differentiating value among the candidates when it comes to issues.

Anyways the results some were surprising results like Salih Almullah being the only liberal in the 3rd district who ran as an independent surprisingly. So its an interesting mix we have now.
I have drafted a letter to the mp's going to try and send it to as many of them. It is written in English, because it is more convenient for me. I would like your feedback concerning this letter please to improve it

Update: Thanks to No3ik and some events the letter is updated. The news papers report a law suit against Ahmad Almuleify with regards to allegations he made against the Prime Minister. So free speech rights are even affecting the mp's hopefully this'll show them how important it is to act.
Also the student council in Kuwait University has demanded improvements to education and the economy, so these letters and anyway to contact your mp's are valuable to make sure they hear these concerns from multiple sources.
updates to the letter is gray.
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We congratulate the winners and our representatives. May god help and guide your actions in the freshly elected parliament.
This election cycle has demonstrated increased awareness from the people regarding the issues, proved by the high turnout in the 2008 elections.
After giving you our votes, hence giving you our trust to watch over our society, as voters we will hold you accountable for the well being and progress in our country. We expect our representatives to focus on the significant issues that make a difference to our progress rather than waste time on minor issues and personal gain.

Some of the neglected but significant issues that we will focus on:

1- Promoting natural rights and watching out for hindering them by any authority. Our representatives have to set the tone by defending our rights to free speech and rights to privacy. Keeping a close eye on government activities and regulations that attempt to hinder them or violate them as in the case of the arrested bloggers. The mp’s are to take initiatives to expand our rights and oppose any attempts to limit us whether its by the government or fellow mp’s. Already we have seen multiple law suits concerning the publication laws some of which affect teh mp's. That is a clear example of what happens when free speech rights are violated.

2- The economy:
a. Transparency: Globalization is a fact and there is a lot of discussion focusing on making Kuwait a financial center in the gulf. We face a lack of transparency generally in Kuwait in both the public sector and the private sector including the Kuwaiti stock market. A critical part to fighting corruption is promoting freedom of information similar to the freedom of information act in the US.
b. Prohibition of monopoly/ anti trust: There have been a lot of advances during the last few years opening the field to competition, however more needs to be done and this issues needs to be tackled accordingly.
c. Easing of burecracy procedures.

3- Infrastructure Projects:
a. Education and human resources: We want to see more serious actions taken to improve this area since it’s the main driver of a country’s progress. Education has been neglected for a long time, we would like to more education reform with a clear strategy that is goal focused on improving education. More resources should be devoted to human resources and education.
b. Transportation: Increased public transportation is essential for the upcoming period of our country. This will affect all areas of our lives including the economy.
c. Housing: a scientific study should be conducted to project the future needs of the future generations and expanding by promoting projects to build new cities to accommodate the increased demand in housing.

4- Public Health: Public health is a priority for teh advancements of societies. Many problems face the public health sector and we urge the mp's to listen to the experts in the field to help improve our standards of living.

5- Women issues: Many issues concerning women are arising especially the rights of the Kuwaiti woman's children if she was married to a non-Kuwaiiti. The mp's who take intiative tackling these issues will be able to differentiate themselves to a big voter base by the next elections.

These are samples of important issues that we expect our representatives to tackle. With the elections system changing to a 5 district system, the need to expand your voter base will change; and differentiating yourself based on issues and showing results based on the trust that the people gave you will prove more important. The people will be able to point out the inactive members and / or the members who are in it for pure personal gain whom will be filtered constantly every four years.

Weekend H E L L E C T I O N S

alwatan newspaper reported on May 7th (link in arabic) a move in the government to limit government employees from publishing their criticisims for different reasons among them that they may not be objective. Its interesting in this day and age when everyone should be striving to expand speech rights and transparency, more of the limit everything attitude being displayed.
There should be natural rights awareness around this place. But fear not it only affects government employees. ofcourse considering that public sector employees make up 95% of the kuwaiti workforce.

So anywho, anyone out there got hear from the candidates? I've been slacking off.
Any of them has human rights in their agenda? I read an article the other day about how the candidates who r fighting for their seats back are coming up w/ all these serious issues and insider information and passion for fighting the current problems and the author asked, well why haven't you been fighting for these issues when YOU WERE in the pariliament? Instead the issues we had to deal w/ were cancelling the debts, the seperation and mixing of genders in schools, and public gatherings. (dewaween and tajammo3at)

I honestly doubt this deep in the race there will be that much positive change in the cultrue of the parilament but, one thing we need to do. Voters we must hold our reps accountable. deal?

Now, the word verification thing. Is it really that annoying? some spam is filtered that way. So it has benefit. Lets get a serious debate going regarding the word verification and as usual w/ weekend posts.

Have your best weekend ever.

Dream of mirrors

(image source http://www.officesnapshots.com/ )

Have you ever had an un-concluded dream? you wake up but you were into the dream soo much... that you had to go back to it again?

How many times did you wake up, go get ready to go where ever your supposed to go, only to find out that you were dreaming you were getting ready. and it feels realistic.

How many times did you wake up on time for your boring routine shi* ... but just thought no, no, no, NOT worth it

the real question fellow bloggers and blogerettes is, how much control do you have over your dreams? And how r they a part of your life?

C? its called abstract for a reason, to confuse the hell out of you.

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I was thinking about an apropriate song few came to mind (lazy by deep purple) (dream of mirrors by Iron Maiden) But here are the lyrics of Judas Priest in their rare track living bad dreams --- source lyrics mode

I'm hypnotised And helpless Beneath the pale Full moon

My body is your sacrifice You spirit's coming soon

I stare up at a Squalid night It's been so cold And smooth

Turns tender kisses Into bites As you begin to move

You look so weak And fragile You seem to drip And sway

But you swept me up into Your arms And carried me away

I'm living bad dreams

I can't run from you

I'm living bad dreams

This nightmare's Coming true

You led me to temptation Delivered me to pain

I walked upon you Hallowed ground My soul is yours to gain

Your passion drains My energy Fear starts running deep

I'm falling in Slow motion Into eternal sleep

I'm living bad dreams

I can't run from you

I'm living bad dreams

This nightmare's Coming true

Your passion drains My energy

Fear starts running deep

I'm falling in Slow motion

Into eternal sleep

I'm living bad dreams

I can't run from you

I'm living bad dreams

This nightmare's Coming true

I'm living bad dreams

I can't run from you

I'm living bad dreams

This nightmare's Coming true

I'm living bad dreams

Ohh ohhI don't want bad dreams

Living bad dreams

Special Request

Damn I look out the window its DUSTY. The sky is orange.
So Shoush and navyooo, among several others requested a recorded sample of me playing the guitar.
Well I have crappy recording hardware, I recorded something on the classical guitar the other day, but it has an annoying noise. I will do another take w/ proper equipment, I'll have to rely on friends for that. Ok now you literally can't c anything outside.
Anyways Here's the recording in mp3 format and in zip format
Don't use headphones, in fact don't listen at all, I will submit a better recording soon. Its only for teh curious if you wanna hear it right NOW. If anyone has any experience w/ recording and knows how to get rid of the noise let me know.
Infact if someone is oferring recording equipments/expertise let me know.
I've been told b4 that when someone listens to me play they think its coming from the radio. The noise ain't doing it justice :(

Shoush's tag

I haven't been regular last week, infact I was absent last week. I think am due for a break.

Seven things I plan to do:

1- Get a fender american deluxe P bass guitar
2- Get a 1960B Cab to complement my Marshall half stack w/ a 1960A Cab
....translation: I have a 100 watt amplifier w/ one speaker and am planing to get a 2nd speaker. Going for loud
3- Taking a good break, going to somewhere nice. (no specifics)
4- change my training schedule at the gym, trying to get a better cut rather than growth.
5- Chill a lot and have fun
6- Explore different options for expanding my income
7- Find the one.

Seven things I can do

1- I can hold the guitar and improvise for hours, all would sound musically correct.
2- Genuinely be careless about surroundings.
3- See the big picture
4- Keep my thoughts and any secrets to myself
5- Play for hours on the minor scale and its derivatives (sad sounding)
6- Depending on my mood change the mood in the room accordingly
7- Fake interest in a conversation

Seven things I can't do
Hard to think of these

1- Can't handle (mojamalat and rasmmyyaat) for too long
2- listen for too long w/o drifting away.
3- Play major scale based melodies and feel them. (major scale is happy scale)
4- Enjoy staying w/ a group of people for long (one setting)
5- Can't do something really well if am not motivated or believe in it
6- Can't do something just b/c am supposed to do it, I have to be convinced its the thing to be done
7- Handle criticism well, especially when it comes from someone I don't trust.

Seven things I say the most:

1- Ay shay
2- 7adda
3- Fuckin assholes/ wtf man?
4- Yistiree7oon
5- off 3ajeeb
6- mmm (agreeing but not paying attention, not intentional, just drifted)
7- oh well

Seven Bloggers I tag:
Tag yourself, Shoush has tagged the list I would've tagged anyways

Weekend Finally!!!

Weekend here, enjoy every moment of it. We gonna have more dust or is it gonna start oven heat?

They say the good that men do; is often burried w/ their bones, but the evil that men do... Lives ON!!!
Iron maiden, The Evil That Men Do (source, darklyrics)

Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with
The slaughter of innocence
But will pray for her.
I will call her name out loud.
I would bleed for her.
If only I could see her now.

Living on a razors edge.
Balancing on a ledge.
Living on a razors edge.

The evil that men do lives on and on....

Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me
But I will pray for you
And some day I may return
Don't you cry for me
Beyond is where I learn.

Here r the rock legends, From Here to Eternity



Have a good weekend

Breaking NewZZZ!!!

Just when I was going to rant about lack of inspiration, isn't SlashDot the greatest site ever?
SlashDot reports that the 2 ships that cut the internet cables by dropping anchors in the wrong place were captured by satellite images. We discussed the story previously here
Google is following the developments of the story

ps manutd: I like your idea, I'll tell you something, I like to have fun. Some times the will is lacking though. In need of a catalyst.