The trip to China was a real eye opener, this is coming from a lowly individual who hasn't traveled the whole world; I still have to go to various continents and many more countries to really make up my mind on the sort of comparisons people like me would love to see. Also not being a great shopper as I am, however I like to buy little bits and pieces for friends and family, and always want a comfortable bed and good clean food. So to me a trip is not complete unless the three components above are met. Others may add other stuff to this list so shall we keep it at that for the time being.
Where does china fit into my categories? Let us see!
We arrived in the morning, not knowing that there are taxis outside, we took a ride with a person standing at the exit gate, who punched 280 on his little calculator! We thought we were smart so snapped 200 at him! He agreed, took us to the hotel and when we reached we asked the concierge if the fare was reasonable! He said that we had paid double. On our way back to the ferry the taxi meter clicked 32! So what we paid on the first day was 6 times more. Lesson one: check and don't be in a hurry, you could save a fortune.
The month of July is usually a month full of rain or monsoon, being Gulfians living in a non-rain country for umpteen years one forgets the little things in life! Yes we were wet and soaked! And that too in one of the most beautiful themes parks we had laid our eyes on. On top of that my shoes even though a sports walking shoes, it was not the most comfortable of shoes in the world. So lesson number 2: invest in an umbrella and a good pair of walking shoes.
I love food, being limited to Halal and non-scavenger, non-slimy sea food, the choice were limited really and forget about diet, the food here is great and authentic, since you are having lesser varieties you will be stuffing yourself with chow mein, chow moon and chow maan (rice and noodles with names that I dreamed up). But one great restaurant on top of a mountain that we went to had anything that we can eat in a fantastic ambiance as well as authenticity. The first time I have Chinese food without the Indian influence that we normally eat in the Gulf. Lesson number 3: check the area for your type of food! A country with 1.3 billion is bound to have something that will suit all tastes.
Remember that you will be walking for a long time as every block has its own style! I feel that every block is a country as more than a million live in each building and if you have been to Abu Dhabi for instance you will know that every block has more than 20 buildings! So you could be walking for miles to see things or buy things! One thing will strike you is the cleanliness; I am sure you all know how Singapore has a law against chewing gum! Well, china must have a law about all rubbish as the roads resemble a corridor in your home, very clean! And are they bragging? No! Very humble people are the Chinese. I think us the tourists are the ones that stain the countries we visit! Few blogs away I compared London to Portugal! Less tourist, cleaner, so the correlation could be detected by researchers in posh universities who have never seen a place but can provide us with astute accuracy statistical formulation about anything and everything in a country including its stock exchange. Lesson number 4: keep your trash in your bag, and threw it in a dust bin.
Buying from malls vs Buying from markets and haggling was another thing I learnt from a country like China. The first day I went shopping I paid far too much for goods that I found later for a fraction of the price in the market. I guess shopping malls are created to lure us into thinking that the stuff is brands, and worth paying the earth for! Even in the markets one should slash the price by half at least, for instance my son paid 320 for an 800 gigs toy covered USB, I bought the same one for 80; I am not good in haggling, but it seems that my son is worse than me, I am sure if my daughter was with us she would have got these USB’s for 40, or maybe three of them for 80. Lesson number 5: haggle like there is no tomorrow.
Take your water with you, as you may not find close by shops that sell water bottles, and you should not drink tap water of course, so lesson number 6: drink lots of water.
The day we were leaving two things happened to us that should never had happened if we planned our trip properly. First we couldn’t get ferry tickets easily, so we had to buy first class tickets, and when we reached the airport, we found that we were placed one in Amman and another in Oman (as the Arabic saying goes), the woman at the counter said that we should have booked our seats earlier if we wanted to be together. Lesson number 7: book your seats and buy your tickets early.
The last thing I wanted to mention is the policy of one child family. It is so strange that a whole country listens to its leaders and never has more than a child? I would love to know what that leader does to ensure a one child family? Would he/she provide contraceptives? Or have a watchman in the bedrooms? Are people in China scared of their leaders? Or is there a fine? Not sure what the answer would be. However the results of this policy are incredible. First the parents and grandparents love the children so much; the children are responsible as they must do well in life, or else they would fail their families, and that is not something to be sneezed at in China, family is everything. Then the family ensures that the there is so much wealth to be inherited by the son or the daughter. And the sons or daughters will be great students as this is expected of them? Maybe at the end of the day it was a wise thing to do (limiting the families to one child), maybe the Arabs should think of this, rather than just thinking of increasing their family size either by marrying more women, or having more children and letting them loose in the streets. Sorry Arabs, it is clear that I don’t like us isn’t it?
My last point is about Splendid china theme park. It is similar to Madoradam, the miniature town in Holland. However this one is far grander than that, it is built in such a way that is breathtaking. The trees, shrubs and waterfalls are everywhere. And all the cultural and ancient places that one would want to see in China are located in this theme park, but in life sizes. The best one is the life size Buddha and all his followers, and the terracotta soldiers. I was kidding my son and told him that these are Yaajuj and Maajuj, the ones covered with boiling iron by Alexander the great. Now that they are out, the whole of china is exposed, to us of course and to all those who want to see a new please.
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Friday, 29 July 2011
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Businesses I encountered in the past few days
Few networking events took place over the past few weeks and I had gone to all of them, I am actually in China for networking with companies that are similar to us. I belong to at least 10 different groups in the UAE that regularly hold sessions and opportunities for business people to meet and discuss the situation in the business world; however, I go to all of them if time permits.
What surprises me is the variety of business ideas that are emerging these days; it is not traditional businesses that are sprouting, instead we find that many have come up with unique offerings and they are really doing well too. For example one company really attracted my attention, a woman started a business renting out secretaries. Well, what could be the reason for someone to hire a part time secretary? is it because good secretaries are hard to find? or because those good ones are prohibitively expensive that no one can afford them. The other business was with this PHD/master person who teaches Chinese culture. His course is a month long, he talks about art, history, language and other stuff; So far so good, nothing out of the ordinary. He also teaches interesting Chinese cultural stuff, like horoscope, Feng Shui, herbal and acupuncture medicine. Thus far that too is not our of the ordinary. What was extraordinary was his price! guess how much he charges for a day's work and the day is only 6 hours and includes four breaks? 10000 dollars? and his programme is a month long. Which means that he earns $300000 per month! other than the likes of Clinton, Bill Gates and Donald Trump, I haven't seen anyone that earns from a job so much money. Of course this is his money, so if you want to hire him, and ask him to run a course for your organization, you will need to double that amount to cover for the other costs involved in training. So let us say that you did a week's workshop, 5 days x 10000= 50000 dollars, this goes to him, and a similar amount goes to you. And if you get 15 persons to join the course (not sure if people are willing to pay or attend a programme that can or cannot show them the light after the dark tunnel)then each one would pay almost 7000 dollars. There you go, why not do something like this if you like! he also provide consultation for a better energy flow in your house or office for 500 dollars per square meters. I wouldn't like to see the face of the person who lives in a 10,000 meters house after he finds out that he has to pay the equivalent to his house value in order to better feel the energy? well call me skeptic, but i cannot squander the money i earn the hard way like this. This story doesn't end like this of course. This person doesn't speak another language, even though he is interesting to look at but you cannot pay so much money and no be able to understand what he says? unless of course he has borrowed that wand from Harry and would say wingardium leviosa and put a spell on you. Thus we need to add the cost of hiring an interpreter to translate what this Master would say. would you be able to find one though?
The other company with the funny name, education intelligently, is another example of creating value by making up a good catchy name. This business teaches computer skills and language programmes,so there is nothing so intelligent about their business; but the name makes them receive 1000's of students every year, and this makes them very successful.
So, what I am trying to say here is that, any one of us can either create something new or be an accessory to help those that create something new. Can we start focusing to create those new business that will attract people to buy into them?
Lets.
What surprises me is the variety of business ideas that are emerging these days; it is not traditional businesses that are sprouting, instead we find that many have come up with unique offerings and they are really doing well too. For example one company really attracted my attention, a woman started a business renting out secretaries. Well, what could be the reason for someone to hire a part time secretary? is it because good secretaries are hard to find? or because those good ones are prohibitively expensive that no one can afford them. The other business was with this PHD/master person who teaches Chinese culture. His course is a month long, he talks about art, history, language and other stuff; So far so good, nothing out of the ordinary. He also teaches interesting Chinese cultural stuff, like horoscope, Feng Shui, herbal and acupuncture medicine. Thus far that too is not our of the ordinary. What was extraordinary was his price! guess how much he charges for a day's work and the day is only 6 hours and includes four breaks? 10000 dollars? and his programme is a month long. Which means that he earns $300000 per month! other than the likes of Clinton, Bill Gates and Donald Trump, I haven't seen anyone that earns from a job so much money. Of course this is his money, so if you want to hire him, and ask him to run a course for your organization, you will need to double that amount to cover for the other costs involved in training. So let us say that you did a week's workshop, 5 days x 10000= 50000 dollars, this goes to him, and a similar amount goes to you. And if you get 15 persons to join the course (not sure if people are willing to pay or attend a programme that can or cannot show them the light after the dark tunnel)then each one would pay almost 7000 dollars. There you go, why not do something like this if you like! he also provide consultation for a better energy flow in your house or office for 500 dollars per square meters. I wouldn't like to see the face of the person who lives in a 10,000 meters house after he finds out that he has to pay the equivalent to his house value in order to better feel the energy? well call me skeptic, but i cannot squander the money i earn the hard way like this. This story doesn't end like this of course. This person doesn't speak another language, even though he is interesting to look at but you cannot pay so much money and no be able to understand what he says? unless of course he has borrowed that wand from Harry and would say wingardium leviosa and put a spell on you. Thus we need to add the cost of hiring an interpreter to translate what this Master would say. would you be able to find one though?
The other company with the funny name, education intelligently, is another example of creating value by making up a good catchy name. This business teaches computer skills and language programmes,so there is nothing so intelligent about their business; but the name makes them receive 1000's of students every year, and this makes them very successful.
So, what I am trying to say here is that, any one of us can either create something new or be an accessory to help those that create something new. Can we start focusing to create those new business that will attract people to buy into them?
Lets.
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
China, again?
I know! You are going to say that I have this fixation on China, and you will remember that I had written about that great country few blogs ago. At last I came here to see for myself, unfortunately it is not a leisure trip, it is business where we are going to meet universities and agents to seek future partnership, however, what I saw baffled me. Same as I mentioned about Portugal, the country is ripe for tourists. It has all the things a tourist wants to see; Food, shops, malls, good hotels, cleanliness, smiley faces, safety, and last but not least great culture. The prices are similar to those in Dubai, so it is not as cheap as people may think it is, but in terms of value for money, the country has a lot to offer. I went for a massage already, and had Thai food, in a good restaurant based in a nice mall called Coastal mall in Shenzhen.
My son, who is more excited than me, and I wish my daughter was able to join too but she didn’t get her visa on time, will be upset if I do not talk about the stuff we saw in less than 24 hours. We landed in Hong Kong airport, and after few escalators down and up, and a nice ride on the airport train (these seems to be popular these days as I had rides in airport trains in Miami, Spain and New York) we reached the main airport, waited for the Ferry tickets kiosk to open to be transferred to mainland China. While waiting for the Ferry, we had breakfast at the airport, and did some emails (of course), and then we did some duty free shopping. The best was the massage oils available at the airport, sold by authentic Chinese women. iI am going to open one of the jars and rub myself before I go to sleep (oops, its already 2:38 am).
Prior to going on the ferry, there was another ferry train, this time it was hilarious, as the train was so fast, we thought that part of Walt Disney had started at the airport, the railway was well lit and turns right and left, then stops then starts again, in a speed similar to those bullet trains. Lovely though, I haven’t been on a roller coaster since I was 17, so this was a good reminder. My son and I both thought at the same time, that airports should have fun stuff like this so people do not get bored; as it is so boring just to see perfumes, creams and chocolates. One wants to see things that are not there in other places. But, who am I to complain, I have my imaginations of course with thoughts about crazy stuff lingering in my mind till the journey ends.
The Ferry was also nice, I didn’t get see sick this time; there were many little islands on the way, one of them had something like a mosque on top of the mountain, Jihad and I were thinking of going to the top to be able to take a good photo of it, we realized later that the ferry was fully indoors, so I went to sleep instead, oh, did I mention that the plane trip was terrible, we were both squeezed so much to the extent that we couldn’t sleep, the guy in front of me had his chair fully reclined and he laterally slept on my lap the whole night. Terrible I must say that they still build airplanes like this! As every time I got up to get something from my bag, I would touch his forehead or pull his hair (by mistake of course)and he would wake up and gives me that mean look, scary!!
We Googled and read few stuff about Shenzhen prior to leaving Dubai, we were told that we should wear face masks, and never rinse our mouths with the tap water? I felt that I will go to a place that is not so clean? But once we started the drive to the hotel, all our bad thoughts were sent as a curse to those silly writers. I hate the media, it tells the wrong story, and makes people wary from visiting new places. Seeing is believing is my new motto. I am calling myself world traveler (i filled one of those online forms, that asked me to choose a profile, it had few descriptions and one of them was world traveler which I liked, so this is going to be stuck on me like Johnson's plaster, and you will have to put up with me while I describe to you my real thoughts while traveling!
Ok, everything is over sized here, of course so the 1.3 billion people are fed and sheltered; one of the buildings was so huge, I thought that the whole of Dubai people can fit in it, which will be nice, so at least we will know our neighbors for a change. The malls also are huge, and the variety of stuff sold is amazing. I just returned from a trip to London and Portugal, I didn’t see half the international shops that have their stuff on display, which brings me back to my question, why are the Arabs stuck in London?
Think and give me an answer please.
My son, who is more excited than me, and I wish my daughter was able to join too but she didn’t get her visa on time, will be upset if I do not talk about the stuff we saw in less than 24 hours. We landed in Hong Kong airport, and after few escalators down and up, and a nice ride on the airport train (these seems to be popular these days as I had rides in airport trains in Miami, Spain and New York) we reached the main airport, waited for the Ferry tickets kiosk to open to be transferred to mainland China. While waiting for the Ferry, we had breakfast at the airport, and did some emails (of course), and then we did some duty free shopping. The best was the massage oils available at the airport, sold by authentic Chinese women. iI am going to open one of the jars and rub myself before I go to sleep (oops, its already 2:38 am).
Prior to going on the ferry, there was another ferry train, this time it was hilarious, as the train was so fast, we thought that part of Walt Disney had started at the airport, the railway was well lit and turns right and left, then stops then starts again, in a speed similar to those bullet trains. Lovely though, I haven’t been on a roller coaster since I was 17, so this was a good reminder. My son and I both thought at the same time, that airports should have fun stuff like this so people do not get bored; as it is so boring just to see perfumes, creams and chocolates. One wants to see things that are not there in other places. But, who am I to complain, I have my imaginations of course with thoughts about crazy stuff lingering in my mind till the journey ends.
The Ferry was also nice, I didn’t get see sick this time; there were many little islands on the way, one of them had something like a mosque on top of the mountain, Jihad and I were thinking of going to the top to be able to take a good photo of it, we realized later that the ferry was fully indoors, so I went to sleep instead, oh, did I mention that the plane trip was terrible, we were both squeezed so much to the extent that we couldn’t sleep, the guy in front of me had his chair fully reclined and he laterally slept on my lap the whole night. Terrible I must say that they still build airplanes like this! As every time I got up to get something from my bag, I would touch his forehead or pull his hair (by mistake of course)and he would wake up and gives me that mean look, scary!!
We Googled and read few stuff about Shenzhen prior to leaving Dubai, we were told that we should wear face masks, and never rinse our mouths with the tap water? I felt that I will go to a place that is not so clean? But once we started the drive to the hotel, all our bad thoughts were sent as a curse to those silly writers. I hate the media, it tells the wrong story, and makes people wary from visiting new places. Seeing is believing is my new motto. I am calling myself world traveler (i filled one of those online forms, that asked me to choose a profile, it had few descriptions and one of them was world traveler which I liked, so this is going to be stuck on me like Johnson's plaster, and you will have to put up with me while I describe to you my real thoughts while traveling!
Ok, everything is over sized here, of course so the 1.3 billion people are fed and sheltered; one of the buildings was so huge, I thought that the whole of Dubai people can fit in it, which will be nice, so at least we will know our neighbors for a change. The malls also are huge, and the variety of stuff sold is amazing. I just returned from a trip to London and Portugal, I didn’t see half the international shops that have their stuff on display, which brings me back to my question, why are the Arabs stuck in London?
Think and give me an answer please.
Feeling frustrated
Sometimes life is not perfect, you work your ass off, and think to the maximum, talk on the phones, do your links, design your new books, do your presentations, meet the clients, and nothing seems to work. You turn everywhere to find new ways or new paths but those too are closed off. As there are changes in the whole world, there are changes on all the roads and streets, those that you normally use would be blocked; of course you know that I am talking metaphorically, not literally. The negative energy that circulates around you at times creates sensitivities, illnesses, trouble everywhere and blocked paths. If we ever want to clear those blockages we must first find a way to remove the negative energy from the surrounding and clear the people that put that negative energy in front of you and then only you can see a clear road ahead, once the negativity evaporates and the clouds fades away, the good energy will circulate around you.
The question is, how do we do that? How do we remove negative people, or negative surroundings from our lives. At times the negative people are those that are there for a reason, and you must have them; so what do you do? Pressure, pressure !
I found a way, and this is called treatment by the book. There are sayings, clauses, articles, and certain gemstones that can be used to put you back on path. Lets take the stones first, if you have an aget in your pocket or in a ring around your fingers, it works on the circulation and removes carbon dioxide from your surroundings. The other important stone to have which is also affordable is the turquoise. Get a good one that have not been polished, and keep it also in a ring on your fingers, or in your pocket and purse. Many more stones to talk about, but not many we all can afford, for example a carate of diamond is also great in helping to recede negativity, of course not all of us have that much money to own that rock, so why not have a crystal instead; these are not that expensive, and any one can afford it. However a good crystal needs to be placed in the correct position at home, or in a necklace around your neck. That way one is assured of puffing away all negativity.
Let us go to the sayings, many I got from Quran, and some I got from those people that were friends to the prophet and the prophet himself of course. So if you say regularly the aya that goes like this: those who are angst-ridden from God will be provided an enlightened path and will be provided a way to make multiply their money. And the other one goes like this: We answered his prayors and removed the agony from his path and so we do for those that ask. Of course there are many jewels in Quran that provides methods of enlightenment and for those that are optimistic there will be more health, wealth and happiness.
As for the Prophet (PBUH) I like this saying, of course I am not an expert in translation however I will attempt it but I will also keep you the Arabic text just as a teaser so you can search yourself for more: اللهم إني عبدك وابن عبدك وابن امتك ناصيتي بيدك ، ماض في حكمك ، عدل في قضاؤك، اسألك بكل اسم هو لك
سميت به نفسك ، اوانزلته في كتابك ، اوعلمته احدا من خلـــــــقك، اواستأثرت به في علم الغيب عندك ، ان تجعل القران ربيع قلبي ، ونور صدري ، وجلاء حزني ، وذهاب همي )
this means that we ask for the jewels of Quran stays as spring to my life, a light in my soul, a way to remove my sadness, and as a method that extracts my predicament.
Why am I beating around the bush? Yes I do revert to theses measures all the time as I don’t feel that life is going as per plan. I plan for everything, and try my best for those plans to work out in the same manner that I dream of them, yes I dream of my plans! did this surprise you?. In fact, I haven’t had dreams for a long time, and now I am dreaming again, so maybe this is a sign, that all will be good soon? Not sure really.
Please send me your good thoughts, I need those soon.
The question is, how do we do that? How do we remove negative people, or negative surroundings from our lives. At times the negative people are those that are there for a reason, and you must have them; so what do you do? Pressure, pressure !
I found a way, and this is called treatment by the book. There are sayings, clauses, articles, and certain gemstones that can be used to put you back on path. Lets take the stones first, if you have an aget in your pocket or in a ring around your fingers, it works on the circulation and removes carbon dioxide from your surroundings. The other important stone to have which is also affordable is the turquoise. Get a good one that have not been polished, and keep it also in a ring on your fingers, or in your pocket and purse. Many more stones to talk about, but not many we all can afford, for example a carate of diamond is also great in helping to recede negativity, of course not all of us have that much money to own that rock, so why not have a crystal instead; these are not that expensive, and any one can afford it. However a good crystal needs to be placed in the correct position at home, or in a necklace around your neck. That way one is assured of puffing away all negativity.
Let us go to the sayings, many I got from Quran, and some I got from those people that were friends to the prophet and the prophet himself of course. So if you say regularly the aya that goes like this: those who are angst-ridden from God will be provided an enlightened path and will be provided a way to make multiply their money. And the other one goes like this: We answered his prayors and removed the agony from his path and so we do for those that ask. Of course there are many jewels in Quran that provides methods of enlightenment and for those that are optimistic there will be more health, wealth and happiness.
As for the Prophet (PBUH) I like this saying, of course I am not an expert in translation however I will attempt it but I will also keep you the Arabic text just as a teaser so you can search yourself for more: اللهم إني عبدك وابن عبدك وابن امتك ناصيتي بيدك ، ماض في حكمك ، عدل في قضاؤك، اسألك بكل اسم هو لك
سميت به نفسك ، اوانزلته في كتابك ، اوعلمته احدا من خلـــــــقك، اواستأثرت به في علم الغيب عندك ، ان تجعل القران ربيع قلبي ، ونور صدري ، وجلاء حزني ، وذهاب همي )
this means that we ask for the jewels of Quran stays as spring to my life, a light in my soul, a way to remove my sadness, and as a method that extracts my predicament.
Why am I beating around the bush? Yes I do revert to theses measures all the time as I don’t feel that life is going as per plan. I plan for everything, and try my best for those plans to work out in the same manner that I dream of them, yes I dream of my plans! did this surprise you?. In fact, I haven’t had dreams for a long time, and now I am dreaming again, so maybe this is a sign, that all will be good soon? Not sure really.
Please send me your good thoughts, I need those soon.
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Virgin Atlantic- please do not think that this is a paid advertorial!!!!!
That was certainly an experience worth noting, from the check in to the lounge all the way to my destination Virgin had proved to be one of my new favorite airlines. i have been using Emirates since its start, but for the last few times things happened that made me rethink my loyalty, for example, my luggage, wither the suitcase is damaged or lost, and no regrets from their side either. Thus I ventured out into new airlines. Tap was lousy, British airways is worst, so Virgin was the next carrier to try.
They have their own passport control!! Their own huge club house! That has a deli, a restaurant, a play area for children, a Spa, and of course a huge business centre. The internet was fast and the staff were lovely; I must add that this was my first experience with this flight, I don't think it will be my last one.
Once we rode into the plane I sensed the difference straight away; to begin with, the seats were not placed in the regular positions, and the night pack was made of cloth, they gave us a Pyjama each and asked us if we would like dinner or not! I asked for my hot chocolate (when it came it had marshmallows and few little bars of chocolates with it) the best I had after that tremendous cup of hot chocolate I tried with my daughter at Harrods few years ago. She insisted to go their for the hot chocolate only, so we went after we completed Madame Tussauds tour, I was stunned how it was her first time at that store and she knew the ins and outs of it! I love you kids of this day and age.
I did some emails, read a chapter from my novel and went to wash my face prior to sleeping. After changing into my new pyjamas I came to find my bed was done! Lovely, I thought, so I put the lights off and wore that eye mask. When I woke up it was already time to have a quick Breakfast and go home. I made sure to take the New Pyjamas with me to show and tell with my daughter! Something else to brag about before the euphoria of this short and strange holiday ebbed away.
On my way home now to shower, change and go to work, I feel that the past few days were different but lovely. I will let you know about my day with the coffee cups tomorrow
They have their own passport control!! Their own huge club house! That has a deli, a restaurant, a play area for children, a Spa, and of course a huge business centre. The internet was fast and the staff were lovely; I must add that this was my first experience with this flight, I don't think it will be my last one.
Once we rode into the plane I sensed the difference straight away; to begin with, the seats were not placed in the regular positions, and the night pack was made of cloth, they gave us a Pyjama each and asked us if we would like dinner or not! I asked for my hot chocolate (when it came it had marshmallows and few little bars of chocolates with it) the best I had after that tremendous cup of hot chocolate I tried with my daughter at Harrods few years ago. She insisted to go their for the hot chocolate only, so we went after we completed Madame Tussauds tour, I was stunned how it was her first time at that store and she knew the ins and outs of it! I love you kids of this day and age.
I did some emails, read a chapter from my novel and went to wash my face prior to sleeping. After changing into my new pyjamas I came to find my bed was done! Lovely, I thought, so I put the lights off and wore that eye mask. When I woke up it was already time to have a quick Breakfast and go home. I made sure to take the New Pyjamas with me to show and tell with my daughter! Something else to brag about before the euphoria of this short and strange holiday ebbed away.
On my way home now to shower, change and go to work, I feel that the past few days were different but lovely. I will let you know about my day with the coffee cups tomorrow
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Harry Potter
I didn't get the time to go to HP last movie as work piles up on me when in Dubai. So I used the bit of time that I had in London to see it; And since I had cleared my mind, and was waiting to see this more than anticipated movie, I saw every thing in it. The graphics, the clothing, the castle, the students and how they grew older since the year 2001 when the first one was released. Also how the teachers became older, lord V and his killer instincts, the snake, and watched the people moving in those wall hung pictures, Amazing work of art, and to say that all of this had come out from this woman's brain, it makes the amazement more amplified. I was not happy, as I didn't want HP to perish, and seriously wanted his wand to be his protector; did you know that I never watch horror and thriller movies? Maximum is Scifi's and action like conspiracy theory and lethal weapon series; my kids say that I need to go to those ones as one need to have some adrenaline pumped up to the blood, however I prefer to have my adrenaline pumping up while watching a check flick, or a drama movie, and weep like a person who is mourning. So they asked me why I liked to watch to watch Harry potter? In actual fact I don't know why I like to watch it? Was it the magic? Or the imagination? Or because I liked and admired the writer? I followed the trailer of her new website until it opened. Have you actually seen that trailer till the website was opened? Truly and amazingly amusing, the spiders, the owls and the movements, I know that you will all say that this is simple stuff and like a screen saver, agreed? But have you seen anyone doing a website with a screen saver like this? Dont think so, on hindsight everything is possible. So there you go, JKR have done it again, and when the new website was opened, her video shows a transferred woman, one that was writing the first book in a teeny weeny cafe to keep warm, to a person wearing designer clothing, living in a mansion.
I tell you fellow bloggers, this woman had toppled it, if any one had won the jackpot, she has. All the books, and all the movies had been a real delight, and I will treasure them all the time. try this trick for me, go to google search, and type the first letter of your name! Nothing happens, you google may wait for you to type something or it would right some not relevant at all, but, type H and straight away Harry Potter will show up. There you go.
Funny thing is, I have always taken the kids with me (them and their cousins or friends) this time I went with a friend, why? Because they had all grown out of it, and jumped into the world craft games or other stuff that are more interesting to that generation. The movie house that I went to was a 2D one, was relative.y empty, but the 3D was apparently full and many didn't get seats.
I will leave you to wonder why I didn't go to the 3D show.
I tell you fellow bloggers, this woman had toppled it, if any one had won the jackpot, she has. All the books, and all the movies had been a real delight, and I will treasure them all the time. try this trick for me, go to google search, and type the first letter of your name! Nothing happens, you google may wait for you to type something or it would right some not relevant at all, but, type H and straight away Harry Potter will show up. There you go.
Funny thing is, I have always taken the kids with me (them and their cousins or friends) this time I went with a friend, why? Because they had all grown out of it, and jumped into the world craft games or other stuff that are more interesting to that generation. The movie house that I went to was a 2D one, was relative.y empty, but the 3D was apparently full and many didn't get seats.
I will leave you to wonder why I didn't go to the 3D show.
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