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Archive | January, 2010

My Interview with Krazy Kevin! (How To Set Goals)

For those of you who don’t know him, Krazy Kevin is a Bahrain celebrity Radio DJ.  To be honest in the past I’ve not been that fond of him.  I don’t mean personally (as I’ve never met him), I just didn’t like his silly antics on the radio.  He does things likes sing songs, tell [...] [...more]

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Dipping My Toe In The Pool of Madness (Diary Of a Very Sick Night)

It’s funny how things can come back and bite you in the backside.  This year I resolved not to get sick at all.  I’m very proud of being very healthy, last year I only got sick three days.  This year I thought I’d break this record, yeah right! The funny feeling started yesterday morning.  I set [...] [...more]

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I Finally Got The Keys To My Riffa Villas House!

I Finally Got The Keys To My Riffa Villas House!

I FINALLY received the keys yesterday to my new Riffa Views villa yesterday!  After only about a year or so delay! They called me last week to set up a time to collect the keys.  We agreed for Monday (today).  I then got a call a few hours later asking if I can come on Sunday [...] [...more]

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The Amazon.com Package Arrived

The Amazon.com Package Arrived

I get so excited when Amazon packages arrive!  Today two books arrived.  The first is entitled Inside the Mind of Sexual Offenders: Predatory Rapists, Pedophiles, and Criminal Profiles by Dr.  Dennis Stevens, and the second is The Checklist Manifesto by Dr. Atul Gawande, which was recommended on Dr. Joe Vitale’s blog. Both books represent topics of [...] [...more]

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It’s hard work being a single mother!

A couple of days ago my brother in law asked me teasingly, “So, what’s it like being a single mother?”  “Hard work!” I replied.  The wife is in India with a friend, leaving me with the kids.   I’ve done it before of course, but this is the first time since baby Tameem arrived.  I’ve got [...] [...more]

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“Boy You’ve Got A Chip On Your Shoulders Suhail!”

It’s Thursday evening, and a group of us are hanging out at a friend’s house.  We don’t do it often enough, but when we get together we really enjoy it.  We’ve been friends since high school.  We have very different backgrounds and careers, but we share a strong love for one another. One of the guys [...] [...more]

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Persuasion and Manipulation Secrets of The Masters : How to Get Anyone to Do What You Want

Persuasion and Manipulation Secrets of The Masters : How to Get Anyone to Do What You Want

When I say “manipulation” I don’t mean it in a bad way.  The concepts I’m about to share with you in and of themselves are neither good or bad, it depends on the user and his or her objectives.  Of course, I’d only want you the use the techniques I’m about to share with you [...] [...more]

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The Remarkable Importance of Systems

The Remarkable Importance of Systems

I’m fanatical about systems.  I wrote about this topic on another blog post, and today I want to give this important topic some more attention.  I recently returned from a trip to Rochester (Mn)in the US, where I was visiting my father in the Mayo Clinic.  I have to say this is one well-run organisation!  [...] [...more]

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More Synchronicity

More Synchronicity

I’m going through a period where a lot of synchronistic events are happening to me.  See the last blog post about this here.  This week I had another synchronistic thing happen to me.  For the last few days Surah Al-Sharh has been on my mind ( ألم نشرح لك صدرك).  Specifically the Ayah (فإن مع [...] [...more]

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The Zen-Do New Year’s Morning Workout

The Zen-Do New Year’s Morning Workout

There’s a new(ish) tradition at Zen-Do [, the New Year’s morning workout!  You can see last year’s story here.  I’m sorry to say I missed it this year as I had just returned the night before from my US trip.  I arrived New Year’s eve after a 30 hour + trip! The brave attendees were: Sultan Mashood Ebrahim [...] [...more]

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