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the other day we went to IKEA in alkhobar to buy some stuff for the apartment and believe it or not, they didn’t mark the champagne part with black marker!

For 2 year I wanted to get my scuba diving open water certificate after diving with few friends and on trips but that didn’t happen because I ruptured my ear drum, but now finally that my ear is back to normal I can do the course and I will be starting it today! I hope that in a matter of 2 weeks or so I will be certified diver.

I will be taking the course with a private instructor here in Bahrain who has a pool in the house so timing is pretty flexible and convenient for me as my working hours different than most of the people out there. after that we will be arrangning for 2 open water dives before i receive my certificate.

I will post more about the course ones I’m done with it.

I think these are the coolest cufflinks  I have ever seen. True that you can find some funky stuff in the market when you look for them, but a custom made cufflinks that costs $50 are unbeatable I think. check them out, create your own, have them made and delivered in three weeks.

Link: Shapeways

that’s pretty cool.. anything that involves drifting is always cool, this time it’s environment friendly! :P

After being hooked on 24 and finishing season 4 in 3 sittings I went online to look up things that they sell from the show. and I found Jack Bauer’s Messenger Bag which is being sold for $25. the bag has:

• Enormous main compartment
• Inside zipper pouch
• Two outside and two insidee pockets
• Brass hardware
• 2″ wide adjustable shoulder strap
• Dimensions: 15″ x 11″ x 16″

That means i’m ordering it as I can use a messenger back for traveling. it’s cooler than the Cocoon bag i posted about few days ago in my opinion, solely because it’s Jack Bauer’s bag :P

BIBF (Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance) is one of the known banking education centers in the region, what’s really sad is how credible this institute seems to be.

I have taken no less than 3-4 courses with them; both in-house and at their facility, I have to say that they fail miserably in achieving their objective.

Things I don’t like about them includes the fact that some of their instructors are not qualified to teach what ever courses they are teaching (I don’t want to be in a course where I correct the instructors on simple topics)

Another thing that I don’t understand is why do they give us (in most cases) the questions (and the answers) prior to the exam day? Isn’t the point to see if you actually understand what happened during the course?

Many other things about this institute needs to be improved, it has a great potential if the effort is put in it.

Let’s hope BIBF improves as I don’t look forward to sitting in more courses that I leave without any value added.

Ferrari has announced that it will auction a special Ferrari F430 and donate the proceeds to help relief the aftermath of the earthquake in Italy. Another sick looking F430. the color scheme is just blowing my mind.

Hilarious !