Tanned and Toned

The Pearl Lounge at the Marriott................still got a tan......

What a good night we had at the Pearl on Wednesday, and it was a school night, lol, Ill drink to that. Does anyone still wear a hat. All I can say is "have you seen how dirty my shoes are in the pic above. You can tell alot by the appearnce of ones shoes, these are my cowboy boots bought for me by my dear old friend in Lebanon in 2002, next article: Have Cowboy Boots Made a Come Back.

Dolce & Gabanna... I love you

This look is amazing. I love these new looks by Dolce & Gabanna. I want the Te-shirt on the right. But I want it in black, cant wait to get to selfridges, or Salah could you please take notice, I need it in small.

The new open collar, no neck shirts are amazing, especially if you building you chest up.............Check out the new Dolce & Gabanna collection, it is amazing.

Great Car

Mohammed, this picture makes me laugh, you look so calm and cool. It reminds me of this summer when you were in my brother's car, and I was driving, the Audi tt, (manual) and I was driving like a lunatic, because I dont drive manual. The roof was down and your hair was everywhere, and you thought you were going to die, do you also remember what happened near knightsridge, LOL.

People with Manual Cars: WHY O WHY
I cant understand why people buy cars with manual transmission, all that work, effort and concentration. Jesus, how do you manage to text....oopppppppss

Get yourself a car like above, the Bentley C. I am sure Mohammed will give you discount, heheheheheheheh

Open Minds......

Sal, I just want to say a big welcome to Qatar.....................you and Gav are great. I have had a blast hanging out with you guys. It is very rare to meet people who are so open to different cultures, reliogions and societies, and what I have seen from the both of you, is a will to try and understand and integrate into what must be a very big shock Culturally. I have seen you mix with the workers, the tea boys, the labourers and basically anyone, regardless of their background, colour, job or nationality. I like the way you always ask me questions about Islam, about womans rights in Islam, about the food and the culture. Your eagerness to know and undertsand is refreshing. I think you and Gav are a great pair. I am always here if you ever need anything...............Tea was good at the Ritz yesterday, shame Gav couldnt come.......

Bye Bye Von Dutch

Forget Von Dutch, that was last year, this year we have the amazing designs of Ed Hardy, these caps are amazing being worn by Madonna, Tom, Paris Hilton, and Van Deisiel to name a few. Check them out at Selfridges. I picked one up in Paris a few montsh ago, the black special edition with the Dragaon. Looks best when you wear a simple black te-shirt .

Punk .................you what

Is Punk back. Well in the last couple of years and seasons even, we have had the whole Hippy, Grunge, Funk, Glamour, Retro and now it seems some how that Punk is coming back. Doing the whole club circuit while I was in London this summer, I noticed that tight jeans, ripped te-shirts and bold colours are back in again. I was at Tramps and China Whites and found that the DJ's were punk, man woman who knows, they were really expressive individuals who have a statment to make, bold fashion at its best. Fashion is often used as a persons outlook, on how they feel, or see themselfs, it alsways makes a statement. Converse, who would of thought that they could make a coome back, well they are in a big way. I managed to get my hands on a pair of special edition army style ones.

I couldnt belive my eyes when I would walk around and see these guys wearing skin tight jeans and shirts. Has fashion gone to far, should we just leave it to the girls. I guess we have really gone full circle now, I mean punk was about 10 years ago.

Anyway, do you have a pair of converse, No, well go and get a pair, they are well hip. Forget about the tight jeans, you got to have the right body to get away with them.......................heheheh

Chanel

I am not sure what it is that I love about this watch. But many of the people who know me will tell you that for the past two years I have been talking about this watch. I absolutely love this Chanel J12 watch for some reason. I have come so close to buying it, and have bought many watches since seeing this one; however I have never actually made the purchase. I have been to the store, even tried it on, and also located the cheapest version, but just never bought it, deciding to just keep it on my wish list for a while.

What do I love about it, well it kind of goes against all time piece rules? I mean the material for a start is porcelain, which has never been used before, it is also white which is weird, I mean when have ever seen a white watch. It’s beautiful in every form. I love everything about it, it’s so graceful and yet humble in the same time. Get a tan, get a J12 and let the two just mould together. I think the plain ones look better than the ones with Diamonds. Anyway what do you love? and why..................................

Happiness

What are you looking for, an idealism, a place to fit in, happiness- well in the world we live in today, these concepts are hard to define, what is happiness, is it a state of mind, how long can it last for. We have so many emotions and so many options, that we probably no longer know what we want, it keeps changing, and as soon as you think you know what it is you want, your bombarded with another set of options, that all come with their own obstacles,. What am I on about? Well recently my close cousin asked me if this was it, was this what life had to offer. Now let me explain a little about her. She is this funky, fun living urban girl, who to some may have a lot, she is good looking (that will get me some brownie points), she is smart, has a good job, a nice car, and a great family that love her to bits. But, and here is the But… she’s looking for more. More of what, well we don’t know, but what we do know is that their must be more, more fun, more excitement, more experiences.

We are the same, we are constantly looking for the next high, to be honest we are lucky in the sense that we both have the ability to make friends easier than most, we both have been lucky in the sense that we have traveled a lot and seen many great sights, we were privileged in that we were brought up in London where we both completed our studies. But we still are not satisfied. We are ambitious, but as soon as we reach our goals, we suddenly don’t care for it anymore. We try to tell ourselves, Ilhamduillah, but we still always want more, and sometimes seep into this sorrow state of feeling sorry for ourselves. We understand that there are wars going on around the world, and that there are children without food, but none the less we feel sad, and wish we had done more with our life.

If you look for Happiness, you will never find it. That has been said many times over. Does happiness come when you’re a father, mother or grandparent? I can’t wait that long. I want it now. I want instant happiness. And it does happen, Ill be driving and thinking about all that I have. I am not rich, but I have most things and more, I don’t live in an amazing villa, but I have a bed and nice things surrounding me, I don’t have a rolls Royce, but I have a nice car that works, and takes me to nice places, and I say to myself, wow- I am lucky, Why would I want more, is it human nature to want more all the time.

I want to tell my cousin to just take it easy, to relax and let life unfold on its own, as it always does; Allah protects and guides us in every way. He never presents a situation that we are unable to deal with. Allah always knows what is best, and if it is supposed to be- then it will be.

The nicest and most meaningful things my cousin ever said to me was a very wise and passionate little tale. I was sad about someone close to me leaving, and she said to me, you know Omar, every person that comes into your life, is their for a reason, to teach you, to show you, to make you realize something, and you for them, they are their for a certain reason, for a certain time, and when they go, you shouldn’t feel sad, or pain, or cheated, or even angry, even if it was a relationship or a short term affair, that situation has happened for a reason, and people go and come all the time, into one anothers life.

This is a lot to take on board, but its true when they say you can’t plan love, or friendships, they just happen, and suddenly bring you happiness and vice versa, pain. We need pain, otherwise how would we appreciate happiness, or joy. The sweet is never as sweet unless you have tasted the sour.

To my dear cousin, your great, don’t be sad, you have so many great things coming your way, always live with hope, what’s around the corner, we will never know, but it could change everything.

Miss you so much. By the way I am far to tired to do a spell check so please ignore the mistakes.

Crazy or Sane...................

“One person's crazyness is another person's reality”

Am I crazy, ok- just a little bit.

I have noticed that recently, yeah I am a little different from the rest. I have what would be considered weird out looks on certain subjects, I have very outspoken views on many topics. I have unconventional methods of dealing with certain situations, and of course I blurt out whatever is in my head, (withoud thinking first). I am self critical. I know I have many downfalls. But I also think that my crazyness is a nice feature. I do things out of the ordinary, and I get excited at the smallest things in life.

Mohammed said to me recently "Your Crazy", and I said really, and he said "Shiwayaa" meaning a little. It got me thinking. Yes I am, but dont we all have a little crazyness inside us. We all do and say things that maybe the other wouldnt.

I love being spontaneous and courageous and seeing things and views from the other side, it puts a spin on what can somties be a very boring subject, situation or task.

Haveing a little bit of weirdness creates interest, it also creates dialogue, which is always good. next time you are having a converstion or argument or even an internal though, just reverse it, think the opposite, or just be on the other side, see where it takes you. Be a little risky sometimes, take the risk, you may fail, but I am sure you will get a quick high...............

Shoo, if your ready, your crazy............in a good way..............well just a little..........

Whats It All About

How old am I, keep getting asked for ID everywhere I go. Its annoying and frustrating, but also a compliment. I like looking younger than I am, except from 8 - 3pm on a weekday, when I am at work, holding meetings, or attending conferences. I hate the weird looks, as if to say why are you not at school.

I am loosing my hair, thats a good give away sign. As you will notice, I am wearing hats a lot more often. People keep saying, dont wear them, its bad for your hair, it can not breath, how much of this is true. Can some one pplease do some reserach and give me the facts. They say dont use gel, it makes your hair fall out, yeah right.

When I had a few spots, people would say dont drink coca cola, stop eating chocolate, how much of this is balloney. I hate when peopel try to give you advice that is not factual and more over, just old wifes tales as they say in the UK.

I may look young, but I am old enough to know when you guys are chatting rubbish.

Chill out dude, I only asked you for your ID. hehehehehehe

LONDON -2006-

Totaly having fun,

London, summer 2006.

I had such a blast with the guys. We were out all the time, one particuluar night that stands out was the night at Tramps where I met up with the man from Dubai, Mohammed Habtoor who is currently still having a cool time in london, shopping, clubing and dining. Mohammed if your reading this, I want to tell you how jealouse I am that you are having an affair with my city.

Khalifa, I have got more pics, will send them to you later. Have fun at the madonna concert.........

My point is, I realy miss london, normally I am happy to get back to good old Doha, but on this trip I wanted to stay, and now I am back, I feel the same way. London is just so busy and full of everything, crazy people, smart people, trendy people.

When I was in London, me and Mohammed went for dinner, and met these three great and very funny ladies, who were visiting London. They took a few pics, and If your reading this, please send them to us. You have our email addresses.