my company is about to launch a new professional workflow engine but they're still clueless about the name... the following was my suggestion, what do you think?

It was getting more and more chock-a-block at the Maharlika. A somewhat popular band from the Philippines, D'Baywalk Bodies, has come for a live performance at one of Dubai's most celebrated filipino night clubs.

i'm starting to post some geeky stuff on my workspace at http://www.livejournal.com/~bytedodger
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This is a VANITY FAIR questionnaire. I tag Stellar, No One, GraYFoX, Sam (Still unlinkable, not for so long I hope) and Dina.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Conquering fear.

What is your greatest fear?
Losing any member of my family.

it's a 'dubai english' thing now to use 'too much' instead of 'very' and 'a lot of', it's becoming official

syrian girls? i don't even remember what they look like!

it has been exactly two years for me now in dubai. when i ask myself the question: why on earth did i, an accountant, embark on a career in the IT business, i

haven't updated in ages. i bet the only one reading me now is a search engine.
happy new year to each and every one of you. may all your wishes come true. please take a look back at your 2005 and see what wrong you've done, try not to do them again, and see what you've achieved and try to know how you've achieved it.
dubai wasn't exciting enough when the clock ticked but there were some car stunt parades across the city.
i spent the eve with my sweet love maricel.

there's always something intriguing about ikea. yesterday i've been to the newly open ikea in festival city to get myself a wardrobe. i couldn't help falling in love not just with the new collection but again with the whole culture.

my car was full of stuff there was no place for the monitor so i put it on the boot and drove carefully...

bookcrossing n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.

i've finally moved out of the grimy community called hamriya. not to be confused with the hamriya that is near al mamzar, this hamriya falls in between banks street and al sif road.

dexter fletcher is struggling to do an american accent too!!

it felt good contributing to the spanish version of http://www.salam.sy/ but i wonder where all this peace initiative is going to..

http://www.mr-jones.org/katazukue/index.html#vidimg

and i thought spandex was man's

to make old damascus an enjoyable experience..

... i was thinking we might do the following:
* pedestrianise the whole lot of those narrow streets and alleys, pave them with stones and make some shapes (flowers, fezzes, words, etc.) with colour stones.
* keep few (say less than ten) major streets with several pedestrian crossings guarded with traffic lights.
* maintain quaint-looking lampposts in the streets with nice looking dustbins attached to some of them
* install indicative maps at reasonable distances to guide the way to major attractions and hot spots (mosques, churches, libraries, historic houses, restaurants, bars, etc.)
* publish a rich printed guide in several languages with a listing of all activities and venues in the old town.
* install some vending machines of water, soft drinks, chocolate, etc.
* introduce small service cars to work on pedestrianised areas at specific timings (collect garbage and other similar services).
* try to plant as many trees as possible along the alleys (jasmine or any other tree that is popular in damascus).
* secure parking spaces and build multi-storey car parks on the outskirts of the old city.
* provide small nice looking trolleys with noiseless wheels so that visitors can cart their belongings while they walk the long miles.

Quoting secretdubai.blogspot.com:
This year's resolution - learn Arabic - is not getting off to a great start, despite starting a week early.

i was so depressed last night i got mad at one of my sketchbooks and i tore it down into hundreds of smouldering pieces...
later on, i felt regret, i pick

imagine being so detached from real life to the extent you put the kettle on next to your pc for some noodles and then wait for the autorun window to pop up on your screen.

i seriously like the new look of syrian tv..