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I was thinking about something to do for my father and then I stumbled accross this song. I like it.

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Mr. Dooooonut.

I just had to mention this. Someone by the name of “Mudeer” posted on the iLoveQatar.net forums and I just had to bring this to the Qatari blogging community. See original post here.

The Kuwaiti blog is actually run by a couple Mark and Nat. Two Lebanese expats living in Kuwait. 2:48AM (I wonder what the history behind the name is) is quite a fun blog to read. It’s well written and (like this blog), aims at being fair and well balanced.

Let’s cut to the chase shall we? Mark visited a brand new restaurant that opened up in Kuwait called Benihana (a popular international franchise). They’re quite famous for doing fancy tricks while cooking the food in front of you. Here’s a video posted by Mark that shows you the experience:

I actually laughed when I watched this! He’s just banging his fork on the table. That’s not entertaining… that’s called ‘giving someone a headache!’.

Now the company that runs Benihana has dug themselves a deep hole (the irony being that the owner must be another form of a ‘hole’ to have done that). Who wants to go to a restaurant that’s publicly saying, “Eat our crap and like it!”. They even went as far posting ‘positive’ comments on this guys blog AND they deleted all comments posted on their facebook page. It looks like all they want to do is silence the public…

This case is going to set precedence in the GCC not only in Kuwait. As we all know, it only takes one GCC country to do something and the rest follow suit…

Good luck 248AM!

Some snaps

Original thread here Clouds Descending on Westbay

To many people this is incredibly obvious, but alas, I’m always reminded of someone’s profile that I once read that said ‘Qatar – the land that logic forgot’.

It’s incredibly important to show some love back to the sponsors of events. If you’re an events organizer, showing them that they are important enough to be recognized, means that you’ve got a sponsor that will come back to you. If you’re someone who’s enjoying an event, recognizing the sponsor (or even using that sponsors services/products) means that they can afford to sponsor more events.

But who’s job is it to support sponsors of events? It’s everyones! Let’s say that Qatar Airways decided to go ahead and sponsor an event happening in New Year. Website’s (and magazines) that list the event, should ensure that sponsors logos are on materials (I’ve seen some places CUT OUT sponsor logos!). A lot of people complain that there aren’t enough events happening in Qatar (I’m sure that twitter.com/qatarevents would disagree), but rememember, if sponsors stop.. sponsoring.. events, then there’ll be less events. Less events means less content to cover. I mean, an events guide isn’t really useful when there’s nothing to cover right?

A twitter user (sorry can’t remember off the top of my head now) said it best.

Harrods – Check
Miramax – Check
Chelsea Baracks – Check
Canary Wharf – Check
Barcelona FC – Check
Porche – Check

So what did YOU think would come next? Well a PLANET of course! The Qatar Foundation funded research  and teamed up with various universities in the US and the UK and discovered a new planet! It’s called Qatar-1b.

Beat that Dubai… actually come to think of that… no please don’t beat that… you’ll probably end up sending a million labourers to space to build a bigger one or something….

More info here: Qatar discovers a new planet – Qatar 1b

There’s no doubt that Moh’d Kamal is one of the funniest Qataris around. I’m so very proud that he’s doing what he loves and not only that, he’s now an iLoveQatar.net ambassador too! I definately encourage all Qataris to break out of the mould and to be creative. It’s not always about being a manager or a doctor, (As Mohd explains himself in one of his skits).

Don’t forget to check out his national day videos at http://www.nationalday2010.com

His brand new YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/mohammedcomedy

His Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/mohammed.comedy (Please join it and like it to show support!)

His Twitter http://www.twitter.com/moeka4

Now this guy won the Ahmed Ahmed (from Axis of Evil) standup competition, was at the Amman Comedy Festival, performed with Erik Griffin and Edwin San Juan, and he’s only just started! He’s also not only supported by iLoveQatar.net, but also bythe Doha Film Institute too!

Did you know that besides being a comedian he’s also doing great stuff for the community? I’ll leave him to tell you what he’s been up to in the comments below.

Keep it up Moh’d! Way to go!

Photo by Daisy from ILQ Forums

I decided to ask a question on Twitter and Facebook. A simple request. Tell me ONE thing that you love, anything random. (It’s fun to read people’s responses! Go ahead and leave your own response in the comments section below!)

Let’s see what people in Qatar said!

Twitter:

@ExpatCookie I love ‘Family’

@Halawala I love airplane spotting and seeing construction of airports and infrastructure

Well, that was fast! Some people are starting to get evicted. It’s a very polite letter of course. It says that the property will be compensated for and that people have until the 1st of January 2011 to vacate the premises. (This is in Gharaffa).

I know that people get compensated greatly, but I can’t help but think about tenants. I mean… is 3 weeks enough time to get people to move out of a property….?