School scares me !

It's that time of the year again, where the leaves start to die and fall to their eventual rebirth, and the heat of the summer sun begins to invade the southern reaches of the world (Thank Goodness :), No... I'm not talking about winter, well... yet anyways, I'm talking about something so fearful and dreadful that even the mere mentioning of the word sends shivers down my spine : ''School''.

At this point, you'll probably feel disappointed, ''Ah , Dude ! It's just school ! Get Over It ! '' would be the typical comment I'd hear, but it's not just any other school year, it's the year I take my *coughs* IGCSE exams.

Now, to all those who have no clue what that is, It's an exam where every student, once they reach Grade 10, have to do in order to go to University (besides A-levels). Basically, it's the exam which potentially decides what you'll be doing for the rest of your life, so no pressure ! :D

While going through all my school memories, I keep one little sentence in mind at the end of each year :

''This is the End I reached before, What new adventures lie in Store ? ''

P.S. Sorry for the Delay, School's such a Burden on a Lad's Soul.

AFK: Away From Keyboard

I haven't been updating my blog over the past 2 weeks, I've gotten so lazy, with Ramadan, endless slumber.. and annoying cousins in my midst.. it's no wonder I don't even have a regular view at it, If it was a real human, I could basically hear 'her' nag :P

I type this blog now about a very dire matter at hand, As you all might know, the country of Pakistan has experienced its worst flooding in its HISTORY !! Hundreds are dead, Millions displaced...homeless... starving... I just couldn't forget it, I'll probably never will... the dire..horrifying pictures of the unfortunate victims...

May God Help them all

But you can do something to help them.. DONATE !! Donate to the unfortunate people of this horrific disaster, You might save a life. Every time you eat or drink lavishly, just remember there are Poor people who have nothing of the sort in Palestine, Pakistan, Haiti , Darfur ....  

Why do we start these pointless wars and grudges ? 

Why can't we all just Get along ?

My Condolences to the victims and relatives of the Floods of Pakistan and to others who are starving , wishing for a better, honest, blessed life.

To Facebook or not to ?

Almost everyone nowadays uses Social networking sites, be it Facebook, Myspace, Twitter  etc.. But is it really worth it ?  Sure.. with facebook (for example) you can keep up to date with your relatives and friends, play a couple of games and upload some videos or pictures of your day.

Facebook has impacted my school so much that, if you Don't have more than a 100 friends of facebook, you are considered a loser ( Lame Stereotype !! ), I myself, am a periodic user of facebook, as in just checking and looking at the news, Speaking of news = Facebook is also one of the new frontiers in Internet Journalism, for stories can be reported here that have otherwise been missed by CNN, BBC, Reuters etc..

In other words, Facebook and the Following Social Networking Sites are leading a new revolution into the world, A new Technological and Social Revolution which could possibly lead us to  lose our personal touch and just makes us  more dependent on Computers then we've EVER been on anything since the First Millennium B.C. !!

Rebels pay the Penalty !

The saying goes , ' One man's Terrorist is another man's Freedom Fighter' , Although that doesn't seem to be the case in the French Camp back at the world cup. To all those who need a refresh a memory, let me enlighten you. During the World Cup of 2010, The French team were playing very, VERY badly ( they got a draw and two losses I think). Before France's Last Match, Anelka ( a talented French Striker ) apparently criticized the coach and insulted him ( He was sent back to France for his behavior ), But the trouble wasn't finished for the French Coach as other star players on the team supported Anelka, such as the likes of Ribery and Patrice Evra.

In the end.. France lost in what was their worst EVER world Cup Performance and as to what happened to Anelka and his little Revolt ?

Ans : As of August 17, 2010, Anelka was handed a Record 18 Match Ban !! Ribery was also handed an 8 match ban, Evra ( who was Captain of France , at the time) was given a mere 3 match ban.

From my point of view, it was very silly, it's entertaining to see a bit of drama in the world of Football, but I still think the Zidane head-Butt incident was MUCH MORE thrilling ! :P

False Alarm -.-

I've just finished browsing through the internet, as always, so I thought I'd look at Wikipedia, on the front page, the sentence read boldly '' WHO declares the Swine Flu PANDEMIC to be over''  .  And that brought back some memories , I remembered back in September 2009 , when the first signs of Swine Flu emerged in the schools and malls of the Island of Bahrain, entire schools, both government and private, (including mine ) were closed for up to a month  !! So We thought that it would be a bit fun, ''no school for another month '' slogan was in out heads the entire time. It was only, when we went back to school, that we felt the backlash of it.

The School decided that it had to cancel the Winter Holidays to make up for time lost in the unexpected break, and new Online assignments were given to us ( we weren't used to them :S). All of this made us outraged, but would could we have done ? We were just mere students in the eyes of the Ministry and the Principal,  Perhaps it was the right thing to do , but I still think that the actions were too harsh. ( It also resulted in frequent annoying H1N1 Check ups :S).

When we look at it from this view, the flu did not have a huge impact on the world, a recent research conducted by the WHO ( World Health Organisation) show that the virus killed 18,000 people world wide ( which might sound like a lot) but when compared to other figures that show how many people die of the normal flu, it represented a mere 4 % of all Flu-related deaths out of 250,000 to 500,000 deaths.

Now scientists say that the Flu has disappeared, Did it really disappear ? Was it a hoax ? or was it something more sinister ?

Funny Memories of the World Cup

While I was switching through some channels today at around 4 p.m. I've stumbled upon a documentary about this year's FIFA World Cup 2010 , which, BTW, Spain won. ( Uruguay played better :P). The world Cup, I admit, was a bit dull... besides my country not being there, as well as England & Argentina being eliminated, I've just got to say that the most exciting match that I've seen during the world cup, wasn't the Final, It was the 3rd Place match ! It's kinda ironic how Uruguay and Germany were playing for the third place, It should've been the opposite, but eh...

Anywayz, while I was watching the documentary in a slow, sleepy way , it reminded me of a *Zindane* Incident :P . During the World Cup Final between Spain and the Netherlands, the match was very gruesome , probably the only world cup final to have more than 5 yellow cards sanctioned :S . So anyways, I remembered this one time, where a Dutch player apparently kung fu Kicked Xabi Alonso in the chest (I've got a PICTURE :P)

<-- See, talk about a tribute to Zidane :

Xabi Alonso getting Kung Fu Kicked by De Jong :)

A fine start

Alright, the first day of Ramadan has ended, It was a very fun day ( you'd be shocked considering I haven't eaten nor drunk something since dawn). Though you might think fasting is a daunting task, its not really that hard, In fact, fasting can be very healthy for you (the soul) and for your body, I've read something a recent article by Top Bahraini Nutritionist Alia Almoayed about Detoxification that occurs in the body during Fasting which is supposedly good for you, though it was all Greek to me so I didn't understand much, but I'll learn one step at a time :).
One thing I've got to 'type' here is that During Ramadan, its a time for spiritual enlightenment, Ask Allah for Forgiveness, for things that will help you in your life ( in my case, I just want good marks :), its a time to give up your worldly pleasures such as food and water and worship Allah, read the Holy Qur'an and Help the Poor , Because Ramadan is THE holiest month of the Islamic Calender and my favorite month ( EVER !!). For all those who are new to fasting in Ramadan, Don't worry, its very simple and you wouldn't even feel a tad bit hungry.

Have a Happy, Spiritual And Blessed Ramadan.

Ramadan Kareem