Thursday, February 22, 2007

Two Faucets are Better than One


I was wondering what to write and thought I would come up with something on my business trip to Manchester, UK. On my transit in Heathrow I stumbled on my subject. As I went to wash my hands in the BA lounge I found that there two faucets in one basin. One for the hot and one for the cold, no mixer. How the hell do you use that. I filled my hands with the cold water then mixed it with the hot. I was perplexed and baffled as to how to use this because the right hand is freezing like Antarctica and the left is boiling like a volcano filled with lava. This is definitely the most unergonomic (your SAT word of the day) invention ever. I asked my family in my Grandma's house to see if they had the answer to this puzzle, thinking the best minds in Kuwait can figure this out. I few things were thrown in the air but what I found to be the most interesting way to use it was to fill the basin with water. DISGUSTING! This was the most confident answer but I still think there is a better way. Imagine, just imagine washing your hands after eating Immawash Imrabian with your hands, you'd flood the basin with rice and shrimpy bits, Yugh! If any one has an answer to how this absurd thing is used please fill me in.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Average Mo.


I noticed this phenomenon when I went to Omra in Mecca. I found the Saudis calling the Indian servers at Tazej Mohammed. Any Indian they saw they called Mohammed. The problem was that all these servers had name tags. When I came back I noticed the Kuwaities doing the same thing. How absurd! why Mohammed, out of all names for Indians why Mohammed. I have never met one Indian named Mohammed, not one. The closest thing I got to an Indian named Mohammed is a Pakistani I know named Mohammed. Most Indians I have met are named Kumar, Raju, Ashok, Thomas, Krishna, or the evermore famous Babu. These guys didn't even say Baisab [Brother], but preffered Mohammed. This thing ticked me off so much I had to find out the reason, why these people use this name. The best answer I got was that Mohammed is good name. I agree Mohammed is great Muslim name, it is the name of our Prophet Mohammed. The thing that's even worse is... is that no one gets a response from the name. Indians don't resposnd to this name because that isn't their name. So if you ever have the urge to shout out Mohammed, just remember that Kumar, Raju, Ashok, Thomas, Krishna, or Babu will get you served much faster.

Friday, February 9, 2007

First thing's First

It's been about a year and a half since I got back from the States after completing my studies to get my B.S. I used to read this cartoon from university called Sanity Not Included which made fun of life on campus and how crappy the college town is. When I got back, I noticed so many things that are crappy here and I thought about starting this blog. You see one thing you don't know about me is that I'm the laziest organism on this planet; it took me more than a year to start this blog.