Mister Ian's Weblog

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  • On Leave

    Well, tonight I’m outta here. Back to Calgary to pack up house and family and all return to Kuwait together in January.

  • Dig to the other side of the world

    Use this site to see where you end up! Though it seems to jam up for Calgary and seems to end up in Antartica.

    And it this wasn’t fun try this optical illusion.

    Check this out too, it shakes windows.

  • Daryl Hanna to expose human trafficing

    Daryl Hannah the star of the movie Roxanne, which was filmed in Nelson in 1987, shows commitment for what she’s cares about! Interesting. The Scotland Daily Record seems to be the source of the information.
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  • Vitamin W – Don’t go to the Middle East Without It

    Vitamin W, the W being Wasta.

    What is it?

    It is, as the Kuwait Times says, having the right man in the right place. Connections. Basically the paper is saying that there are unqualified officials in their positions due to their connections not due to merit.

    Isam Bayazidi’s Blog says it well:

    To start with, there is a special type of corruption, that is Wasta (English: a mean, mechanism, medium), and sometimes we even give it a nickname Vitamin Wow ( as it gives power and so). Wasta for those who are unfamiliar with the term is about having someone in a power position do something (legal or illegal) for you (a favor) that couldn’t be done without a wasta. The funny thing is that we don’t usually hide our acts when we use Wasta, but we brag about it, and offer providing the same wasta to people around us to help them out

    dancersHe also mentions in his blog the World Culture Forum which just took place in Jordan. Interesting. I think Jordan is on the vacation list. It is cheap to get to from here and there is even SCUBA.

  • Technical Difficulties

    Updated! New posts below. The problem is from the room I stay in I can’t get at this blog properly to update it. Strange. I’m in Starbucks now doing the updates of saved stuff.

    I was at the beach in the Hilton Club this afternoon and the water looks clear. So maybe Thursday’s dive will be awesome. I can hardly wait!

    I’m having some issues getting at the site to post and upload images.

    But, stay tuned. This weekend there should be a spate of new postings! I’ll backdate them to when they should have been posted if the Internet cooperated.

    I was even on the phone to the web provider last night, and they say all is OK based on trace-routing etc. by me.

    And there’s a big dive planned for Thursday!

  • Hello is anyone there?


    Click here for a full size image.
    A phone booth in Salmiya area near the Indian Community School.