The Abaya Clad Hypnotist

After the hara kiri of the Tsunami, comes a weirder news that there is a Jordanian woman in Oman who steals from people using the art of hypnotism. I actually got this news through an email forward, and it kind of surprised me first, and then considering all the dirty rumours spreading around Oman, and the art of "Email Forwards - or rather CHAIN MAILS", it hit me that this is just another rumour that is cleverly planted to spread like wildfire. But what puzzles me, is that, on the wanted poster, it clearly has the Omani police seal, and even the numbers of the investigating police officers is listed. So then what do you make of it? Below is the actual published article: (Notice that the date of the last "action" is outdated)

Dear friends here is the picture of alleged suspect wanted by the Omani police for committing theft by mean of black magic. She is Jordanian national, has dark thick black hair, round face and eyes, fair skin and her front tooth is broken in shape ( ^ ) . Please do not make eye contact with her and don’t listen to her these are the means she hypnotizes people. She was last spotted in action in Aziaba on 12/ 4/2007. Please do forward this.

In case you saw her or have any information about her contact the following police officers:

1- Hilal / 99883556

2- Darwish/ 99880885

3- Fahad/ 99319002

My BlogFans / My BlogDudes

There seems to be a sly, yet fulfilling practise going around of naming the "most wanted" criminals who frequently visit a blog, steal the bloggers heart with beautiful and sincere comments, and then keep reminding you to update you daily written crap, and yet have patience to wait for that golden post where they can find an opportunity to leave behind their stamp of genuine quality.

Yes folks, I am going to name and shame my dudes, fans, online friends, bloggers who have wasted their much valued time on the maniac's site. Here is a toast of cheers to them, and ofcourse keep making me smile!

In no particular order, the culprits are:

1. Nasra (http://iamnasra.blogspot.com/) - Bless her. I think (i hope im right) she was the first ever reader of my blog, and it started with poems on my blog. She frquently appreciated my poems and kept encouraging me. I keep visitin her blogs from time to time, and I like the wide array of poems she has on her blog. Plus she always supports a foundation which is very close to her heart, so it's definitely encouraging to read her thoughts on it, and the way she works hard at it, considering she hardly has any time. Keep it up, and never let anyone put your head down. Chin up!

2. Arabian Prince (http://arabian-prince.blogspot.com/) - This dude was a great analyser of my posts and always visited my blog and he always made sure to leave a comment. His comments were definitely encouraging, and I attribute my stay here so far to him. If it wasnt for his comments, I would have left this boring blogging a long time ago. His blog is super cool, since there are so many witty subjects he touches. Too bad, he's been bored of it all, or so it seems, and he's nowhere to be seen on the blogging world. Well let's hope he comes back soon.

3. Nella (http://a-sense-of-wonder.blogspot.com/) - She's been a recent frequent to the maniac blog, and I truly from the bottom of my heart wish to thank her for her constant encouragement while I was down and out. Sometime I would pass by the blog just like that, and her comments in my shoutbox would light up the smile on my face. What can I do without you girl? Keep rocking and dont ever stop writing your comments on my blog, no matter what! Her blog is a sweet one fellows...She likes to write about her childhood, cartoons, books and all those cute nothings! Whenever I visit her blog, I feel like im dreaming of my innocent childhood. Every word of her takes me wayyyy back. Keep writing man, and keep impressing me!

4. Invisible & Invincible (http://invisible128.blogspot.com/) - I cant remember how we got to know each other, but as far as memory takes me back, she usually commented on my blog when she was a frequent visitor to her own blog. Those were the days when she actually loved visiting her own blog and wrote beautiful poetry. Yes guys/girls, she writes amazing poetry! Being a poet myself, im always attracted to her blog simply coz of the wide variety of poems written by her and they all capture my soul. Too bad, she's too busy to write some more, and even busier to visit my blog now:-(

5. Elagante (http://elagante.blogspot.com/) - Another recent fan of my blog, who, god knows where she turned up from, certainly made a huge impact on my comeback. Had she not clicked pictures of her weird hands, I would not have commented on her blog, and in turn I would not have come back to writing on my blogs. So girl give yourself a pat on your sexy back. She's too flirty, so guys who are single and looking, just post pics of your eyes, and you wont be disappointed hahahahahah. jokes apart, her blog is the symbol of a carefree happy life. She writes cute sweet nothings, and even has pictures to show off. I love her blog coz it's so beautiful. Keep it up girl, and keep flirting hehehe.

6. Sensation (http://essensation.blogspot.com/) - My babes, my one and only love. His highness Sensation. The duffer has already started cheating on me with Red Dragon, but wait till you eat your food in the toilet! Hehe, jokes apart, this is another recent fan of my blog who seems to have suddenly disappeared off the radar on the pretext of not being in the mood to blog. I say comeback you idioti! We miss you wherever u are. There is no single word to describe the variety of subjects in his blog, so all I can say is he writes with a lot of thought. Check it out yourself!

7. Amjad (http://amjad248.blogspot.com/) - Another recent to my blog. Again I dont know where he dropped from, or which sky he fell from to my maniax world, but boy aint I glad he came, saw and conquered. He reads every single post of mine like as if it were Shakespeare, and then takes all the pain to answer everything neatly and accordingly. Dude you rock, and keep coming back, this blog needs ya! Oh and his blog should be an award winner by now, or atleast should be felicitated by the Omani society of bloggers. I say this because his blog has so much of depthful information on Oman, Sudan and ofcourse the daily nit bits, that you just wanna read and not stop! Keep it rocking man, and see ya around on your blog.

8. Red Dragon (http://thoughtswonder.blogspot.com/) - I call him the RISK MASTER. His ability to take risks, come scathed, and yet have all the time to flirt, snatch away my girlfriends and boyfriends, and still remain cool! I dont know how he does it? His blog is one picture of risks. If you wanna know how to burn your hands and feel good about it, or drive 200 KMPH and still stay alive or Jump from a cliff and hurt your ribs and not know about it, or try to commit suicide from every other angle, then Red Dragon's Blog is the informative one. Keep rocking bro.

ok and the oscar goes to ------ Myself. hehe hope i didnt forget anyone, cheers all!

Tsunami in Oman - Coming Soon.

Well, hold your breath fellows, for here is a breaking news that is bound to set your pulse racing, and it's right here on the blog of a maniac.

Rumours doing the usual rounds in Oman is that this Indian fellow has had a prophetic dream about a Tsunami like wave that will hit Oman very soon. In fact it's a dreadful soooooon. Check this out, in the dream, the Tsunami will hit Qurum Beach (Shatti Area) at exactly 04:00am on Wednesday Morning on the 9th of May 2007. (Mark these in your diary)

The chap thinks the dream is so real, that he went to warn people about it, and has now ended up in a police cell for spreading gossip. (Typical of Oman Police)

Either ways, I hope this is a warning to everyone to stay off that side (If this dream does come true) and that lets warn others of this, no matter how stupid it seems.

Inshallah Khair, no matter what happens, Allah Knows best.

Random Thoughts - (The Comeback)

1. The disappearing act - Well by now most of my loyal readers will have understood and made sense of the fact that I had done a little disappearing act right in the midst of a heavy depression period. I had to. There comes a time in everyone's lives when they have to go through something so horrible, that it breaks their very meaning of existence. I went through hell, and I pray no one goes through the same inshallah. God bless, Im back and thanks everyone for their support and encouragement. I assure you Nella, Talal, Sensation et al that your good wishes did not go to waste.

2. Oman's first Online Garage Sale! (Click Here) - Yup yup, and moi is the one who created it and I really do hope that it's the first of its kind here in Oman. The idea is simple, we're moving houses and there is so much useful stuff that we dont need, yet others could make use of. So I decided to sell them (after all nothing in life comes free). What better way to do that than the medium of the internet? So we've got furniture, electronics, accessories, dvds etc that's on sale and very cheap! So far I've got quite a few buyers buying stuff, and we've made good money hamdullilah. The best thing about this is that it has acted like a mini business for me, as people can even advertise their used items on the website! Adverts for the site can be found in the times of oman Daily Guide. Do check out the site and let me know what you think.

3. Absolute Web Creations (Click Here) - My first ever business company is up and running and ready to do some serious business (?). This idea came up to me when I was in university and I thought to myself, hell why not, I can surely start my own business and work hard at it to make it successful. It took a little research into the Omani market about the same type of companies, the customers available, and above all, the demand for such a business. It all added up when I realised there was a potential for something here. Thus here is AWC with the website officially opened up on 1st of May 2007. If you need quality web desiging, Video Editing, Flyers, Logos or even Web Consultation, do ring in and let us know about your troubles. We'll blow them away!

4. OMAN FM - The one and only super duper boring radio channel of the world. Hell even the Indian radio channels with their Bhajans are a treat to the ears rather than our so called bullshit called a humiliating 90.4 FM, your one and only! Now that I've had enough of their boring song plays, djing, news (read from timesofoman), and crappy call ins, I decided to try the quiz section and see if I would win anything.

So then the cricket world cup final is going on, and the hostess (Laxmi) is asking a question on cricket. Being a simple answer, I call in and it goes something like this:

Abs: Hi, this is Oman FM right?
Laxmi: Yes, how are you?
Abs: Very good thanks and good evening.
Laxmi: Good evening.
Abs: Can I answer your question for the quiz?
Laxmi: Yes sure, what's your name please?
Abs: Abs
Laxmi: Is that your real name?
Abs: No, my real name is Abbas, but everyone calls me Abs.
Laxmi: Ok Abbas, what is your phone number?
Abbas: 92******
Laxmi: right shoot.

So I answer the question and wait to see if I had won anything. After two songs, Laxmi comes back in on the wave and goes like this:

"My my my, everyone seems to be getting this answer wrong, except for one lucky caller. The 13th caller, oh my isnt 13 a lucky number for most of you? (Sarcastically) Well Abbas or rather he prefers to call himself (With a weird voice) Abs gave the correct answer and he has won the latest David Beckham Cologne from *Store name*.

And that was it! She just moved on to the next question. She didnt even say that the FM would call me back or make any effort to say how I should go collect my prize! The Oman FM never called back and that was that. The bastards actually forgot about me loooool. Well atleast that confirms they suck. Anyone with me here?

5. Tariq (Imposter) Hilal Al Barwani - Yeah, the so called IT wanker who thinks he's the biggest IT expert in Oman. Lol, that copycat who reads most of his stuff from the montly IT magazine to answer people's queries should actually look around and approve of actual IT experts with BSc's and PHD's, rather than put up a wannabe accent on the Oman FM.

Well, the other day I was listening to his show on Oman FM (Yeah I had nothing better to do while driving), when I realised I could play a trick or two on him. There was this question and answer session going on, and people were calling in with their IT questions. They were giving him some really simple IT questions. So I called in and asked him a simple question (My sister is doing this in her 12th grade) about

*What is a digital divide, and name atleast three types*?

Loool, guess what happened next? Before I could even finish my sentence, he cut the phone and went on to say to his listeners that he had lost the line and could not connect, even though I could hear every single word of his on the phone!

The moral: "The moron did not know the answer to the question, so the best thing was to cut off the line and make an excuse that the line was lost."

Word of advice: Tariq you need to go back to Australia or Canada whichever it was, and try to pass your Bachelors without googling for answers and copying/pasting them in your thesis report.


Ok ok ok enough of my Random rants. I hope I've not bored you this, and the simple reason was to entertain you, my favourite reader. Hope to see you around.