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Thursday, October 05, 2006
the almost-last box - 06:50 PM
(filed under 'bahrain')
as i've been wandering around the house today doing what i usually do (which is mostly keeping tabs on smiley), i've been thinking of what remains to be packed aside from the things which i can't pack until the last day (such as computer, towels, pillow, cleaning stuff, etc).
.. & i've come to the conclusion that it might be time for the box full of totally unrelated items & other things which i've forgotten about or accidentally left out of the box of similar things. most boxes have things in them which can be summed up in a few words, like "toys & vaccuum cleaner" or "framed pictures & blankets" (the blankets to help cushion the frames, of course).
this almost-last box, however, will have things like a pair of cross trainers, a few books, the carpet sweeper & my cow mug. those are only a few things i can recall off the top of my head.
as i've been packing, i've been keeping a fairly comprehensive list of the items in each box to assist with locating said items at a later stage when i desperately need just one thing from a box but would be forced to open every single box & rummage through the contents if i hadn't made a very good list .. but with this box i'll be making sure i list every single thing. at least when a box contains only one or two types of items, or perhaps items from one room in the house, you can vaguely guess as to which box you'll need to look into, but with a haphazard collection of items such as what will be in this almost-last box, it's going to be a big mish-mash of things from everywhere & anywhere.
coke celebrates ramadan - 01:22 PM
(filed under 'bahrain')
it's currently ramadan in bahrain. ramadan is defined here as "A Muslim period of daytime fasting and contemplation which lasts for a lunar month of about 28 days. It commemorates the transmission of the Qur'an by the archangel Gabriel to Muhammad."
even coke gets into the act:
considering ramadan is all about fasting, it doesn't seem right to me that coke is saying, "happy ramadan" .. also considering that they're an evil, money-grubbing, addiction-feeding, diabetes-causing, multi-national conglomerate that has nothing at all to do with spiritual goodness & religion.
does it make you respect me more or less when i tell you that when my dad & i both went to bible college many years ago, when they installed a coke vending machine at the church, in front of the other bible college students, we got down on our knees & prostrated ourselves to it?
we were the trouble-makers of the class. lol!! 
ten - 12:14 PM
(filed under 'bahrain')
that's ten boxes. maybe there really are only two more to go now? there'll definitely be one or two boxes for my computer. i'll leave that until the last day, of course .. or if they're coming really early on the day we leave, perhaps the night before.
smiley's a .. - 09:18 AM
(filed under 'smiley')
shroom's started a thing recently with smiley where he says, "smiley's a frog," or at times some other animal like an elephant, or a crocodile. smiley's vehemently denies it with a "no!" & eventually slaps the table with his hand & demands, "stop that, daddy!"
it's pretty funny.
stupid definition - 08:03 AM
(filed under 'general')
an absolutely ridiculous definition of a word i was looking up:
Definitions of pugilistic on the Web:
of or relating to pugilism or pugilists; "a pugilistic career"
i know i can look up pugilism now, but i so hate it when i get a definition like that. argh!!
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