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Here are some pictures i took while am here in KSA, with my comments at the bottom

Main two buildings in Riyadh, Al Mamlaka (at the back) and Al Faisalyah (the one we got robbed at )
There are no other high buildings, most buildings are less than 5 floors.

Al Saraya Turkish restaurant in Talatiny Al Olaya St. ثلاثين العليا
No comment many countries would get offended if i commented on that one

On my first days in Riyadh, i thought that tamwenat is a brand name for a chain of super markets….
Then i discovered that a supermarket is caled tamwenat here
Its very common here, they are eveywhere.

El 7′eyata el regaleya IT IS EVERYWHERE this is where they make the galabeyas and the shema3′
هنا بيفصلوا الجلاليب و الشماغ و الحاجات دى……مع أن الجلاليب كلها بيضاء…بس فى 100 نوع قماش و 100 نوع ياقة و 100 نوع جيب و زراير و حركات.
بس فى الأخربرضو, كله جلاليب

The worlds largest Plasma TV Panasonic 103 inch (HOLY CRAP!!! CAN YOU IMAGE THAT!)
And the price tag says: 270,000SR (yes, thats almost 72,000USD and 400,000EGP)
أكبر تليفزيون فى العالم ب 400,000 ألف جنيه بس,,,يا بلاش!!!! كنت حجيب 2, بس للأسف مفيش مكان فى الشنطة

Al Tahleya St. something like gam3et el dowal st in egypt its where all the youth gather and go out, a lot of shops etc…..except you don’t see anyone walking in the streets (that’s how it is in KSA) and you don’t see any females (damn it! i haven’t seen a girl for LOOOONGGG time now)

Me and Osama in Dr. Cafe, few minutes after this picture, we were thrown out, because prayer time came and they had to close.

The only thing you can do in Saudi Arabia, EATTTTTTT
i think i gained like 6-7 more kilo during my stay here. the pic was taken at Chilli’s

It was a slaughter, thats what remains from the chocolate fudge with ice cream (yummmmyyyyyyy)

Me and Rami, stuck in the elevator

At the Faisaleyah mall, it says Single men are not allowed. You can’t enter the mall on weekends if you’re a single man, families only!!!!!! (holy crap)!!
ممنوع دخول العزاب!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Juice center!!! no comment
مركز عصير!!!! و كمان ماما نوره؟

أبح!!! كان فى حاجات تانية مش لذيذة,,بس قولت بلاش فضايح عالنت

It’s been a few days since my last blog, a few things happened, but i was so busy to blog (specially that i have no laptop now, so the only chance to blog is from the office, which as you might notice, i would be SO busy, so i can get out of here as soon as possible)

A few good things happened too, i can’t deny that finally things at work began to move a little bit and i made some progress.

Regarding the disasters, nothing really major, except that my tooth was hurting me really bad, dentist said it would cost 800SR just to fix it….it’s much better now, the pain is gone, i hope it’ll stay that way until am back to Egypt.

Apart from that, nothing really serious, just minor stuff, like we go to eat, we all order grilled chicken sandwich, and i am the only one who gets his sandwich with all the salad and topping but without the chicken (it’s ok, i returned it back to the restaurant)

Maybe also that once, where i was waiting for someone in front of the mall, and that weird dude in his car came and tried to “give me a ride”…it was so disturbing

But hell!!! life is much better now (compared to what it was a few days ago, it’s very relative…… moving from -100 to -20 is a great improvement, but you’re still in the minus )

Regarding the passports, we still have to complete some more papers before we could get new passports, we’ll see how it goes, police here is so bad (worse than egypt, can you imagine that?) and the Egyptian embassy is as bad as..ehmm i dunno,, as an Egyptian embassy

I am not in the ***** (insert a curse word here +ing) mood

I dont know why…

maybe because:

• I broke another tooth? (YES! ANOTHER F(*&!@# tooth, so its 2 now broken in this shitty country) i cant eat on both sides of the mouth now.
• Work sucks….not that it always does..but this time it sucks so bad…SUPER BAD
• I am SERIOUSLY bored
• Emotionally unstable

I don’t know why, seriously, all i can say is that YOU ARE LUCKY, not to be around me now….i could stab you in the face if did\said ANY thing wrong

you know “العفاريت بتنطط قدام وشى؟ and مش طاق حد يدوسلى على طرف؟ and also روحى بقت فى مناخيرى”

This is the saudi version of my 2 cents.

I will just pinpoint a few things i noticed during my few days stay here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:

• Fun means: Drive in the car, go to “tahleya” st. and drink a coffee or coke
• Entertainment consists of ONLY the following two items: “eating” and “shopping”
• Being cool means: doing crazy acts with your car, driving a quad(a.k.a Beach buggy) or having a distinguished license plate
• Petrol is cheaper than water
• It is not gay to: have long silky hair under your “shema3′ “, holding hands (with other male) and chewing gums 
• Its very acceptable to sit bare feet at work, restaurants and public places
• It is also acceptable to touch your feets in public, and maybe even eat and shake hands
• Traffic is very organized, or so i thought until the traffic light was not working….let me tell you, it’s far worse than traffic in Cairo…HUGE mess
• Single men cannot go to the mall
• All restaurants have 2 sections, one for singles and one for families, you cant go to families section if you’re single, even if the single section is full.
• You cannot eat/shop or do anything during prayer times.
• If you’re already eating, you either go wait outside, or get locked inside.
• Internet is censored and monitored, many websites are blocked
• It is normal to get random messages on your mobile from bluetooth if you’re in a public place
• There are 2 types of photo shops…. “Women photoshop – مركز تصوير نسائى” and “Male photoshop – مركز تصوير رجالى”
• Even beggars have cars, its ok to find someone asking for money from his Hyundai Accent car
• There is actually a difference between “لبن” and “حليب”
• Its okay to be rude (am still not sure if thats the way they speak, or they actually mean it)

I am currently in Riyah….

No fun there at all….so boring…internet access in unbelielvably slow (I guess its a common problem and thats not always the case)

But anyway, i don’t have much time to blog now…but i will, later on….wish me luck…and pray for me to finish soon to come back home