birthday thoughts

Slightly reminiscent of the same time 3 years ago in 2007, a category 4 storm hit Oman on the eve of my birthday. Back then, it was Gonu who wreaked devastation afterwards, and… Read More →

oman won!

  and i got to watch part of the finals from the office. i dont know much about the whole technicalities of the sport but the sudden death was truly curse-inducing! (for my… Read More →

football in oman

 …is CRAZY. And that’s about the only thing I’m pretty much sure about the sport here. Gulf Cup 2009 is hosted by the Sutanate and since it started a couple of weeks back,… Read More →

on leave

well i was, for one month. and now im back to business. almost a month has also passed before i feel like writing here again. i guess its true, what one of my… Read More →

nightlife

Fancy a drink? Wanna go dancing? Hotel bars are the only places to do these here. And you would have to take a chance what kind of crowd you get into. Plus it… Read More →

the holidays

thursday night : kicked off the holidays at the flat with red wine and vodka, courtesy of michelle, my flatmate. cheers! friday: woke up just early enough, thankfully minus the hangover,  to catch… Read More →

solitude

i’m having a lot of that here.  sometimes  welcome, other times not.  and when it’s not, it triggers a lot of emotions that’s making me think twice, thrice of what i am really… Read More →

Qantab, Salalah and Indian food!

I finally got to visit qantab beach.  It shares coastlines with the bar al jissah resort of shang-rila.  We were supposed to drop by there too just for coffee but they don’t allow… Read More →

3 months!

this day marks my 3rd month here in muscat, can you believe it?  sometimes i feel it has been the longest 3 months of my life and at times i feel like time… Read More →

shisha

finally got to try the arabic version of yosi! as you can see, it’s kinda big to be dangling between two fingers… hehehe.. so just to prepare myself, as i’ve been warned that… Read More →