I am very tempted ...

... to do the same:

Dear J.
Thanks so much for meeting me this morning. I know your time is precious so just a quick note to clarify my position. Sadly (and I think you know what's coming), I've decided not to take up your offer of more money and a new Peugeot. Actually, I'd rather like to spit on your offer of more money and a new Peugeot. You've got balls; I'll give you that. But what's the point of having big balls if you've only got a weenie bat (Janet told the whole office). What sort of idiot do you think I am to even consider accepting your trifling gesture, this pittance, this worst of kind of tokenism?
Anyway, take this as written notice. I'm off; outta here, following my yellow brick road (in a Mercedes Convertible) to pastures new and greener. I'm going to a bigger agency (don't ask me where - I don't need a reference) who are paying me even more money and who are kindly providing me with a whopper of an expenses account. Job satisfaction? Who needs it? Haven't you read The Bonfire of the Vanities? They're giving me a clothes allowance, a season ticket for Stamford Bridge and free corporate gym membership. Salubrious stuff I'm sure you'll agree.
And so, at last, I must bid you a fond adieu. I'll miss your long-winded internal memos intensely although I'll never forgive you for sending me so few of them. Finally, I would certainly recommend a deodorant to you but I don't care enough. I wish you all the best for the future.
Kind Regards

Why did you resign?
I was offered another job with a better car than my boss's

What are you going to do next?
Going to work for a competitor who is going to double my salary

Find more hilarious resignation letters and advise on http://www.i-resign.com/uk/home/

CONGRATULATION ALLAH HAS CHOOSE YOU TO HELP THE POOR

From: Habib Mohammed [habib_mohamedchambers@yahoo.com]
To: me and probably shit loads of other people
Subject: CONGRATULATION ALLAH HAS CHOOSE YOU TO HELP THE POOR

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER
HABIB MOHAMMED LAW CHAMBERS
LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE
LAW 15 JALAN TELUK DATAI
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
PHONE +60132642260

ASSALAMUALAIKUM ,

Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by my law firm, HABIB MOHAMMED Law Chambers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
My name is HABIB MOHAMMED MAHMUUD (Esq.) A personal attorney to our late client Mr. ABDUL SAAZ who worked with an oil firm in Malaysia, Mr. ABDUL SAAZ a well known Philanthropist, before he died, he made a Will in our law firm stating that $7M (Seven million U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice outside Malaysia (Overseas.)
The beneficiary of the Will as stated by our late client is deceased. Paragraph 3, page 7 of the Will had a clause in the Will which give us the express right to appoint a beneficiary by way of a balloting system ,we conducted a random draw which was supervised by the ministry of justice and the bank that holds the money, and your e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will.
I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing my chamber to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks which happens to be you or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.

Upon taking custody of the funds, it is compulsory that you donate 60% of the total Estate value to charity. This is clearly stated in the Will by our late client while you retain 40% for yourself.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. You are required to contact me immediately to start the process of transferring this money to any of your designated official account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit please contact me urgently.
CONGRATULATIONS,
Regards,
BARRISTER, HABIB MOHAMMED MAHMUUD Esq.
ENDEAVOR TO USE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED

One more email from the Barrister guys... wonder how much money they actually make with these bullshit emails! I bet you they life quite good from the stupidness of others!!
Anyways ... by not responding to this email my money would go to the government treasury... so herewith i give aaaaaallll that money to Malaysia! have fun spending it! :)

Speechless ...

Boston.com The Big Picture
November 28, 2008

Mumbai under attack
Late Wednesday night, Mumbai, India found itself the target of a ferocious terrorist attack, and the situation remains unresolved even now, three days later. According to reports, upwards of 60 young men entered Mumbai in small inflatable boats on Wednesday night, carrying bags filled with weapons and ammunition, and spread out to nine locations to begin their attacks. Lobbing grenades and firing their weapons, they entered hotels, a railway station and several other buildings, killing scores and wounding even more. As of this moment, the identity of the attackers has yet to be definitively determined, though there are reports indicating some of the gunmen were Pakistani - at least nine of them have been killed, nine more arrested. As of this writing, there were a reported 151 people killed from 11 different countries - though nearly 100 were Indian. More than 300 injuries have also been reported - those numbers may yet rise as several hostage situations still exist in the city. (35 photos total)

More links and information
Indian Forces Battle Pockets of Militants - NYTimes.com 11/28
Virginia man, daughter among Mumbai terror victims - Boston.com 11/28
Mumbai Attack Sites - NYTimes.com graphic
November 2008 Mumbai attacks - up-to-date current event Wikipedia entry

Wish me luck ...

... tomorrow from 9am onwards! Let's try this intercessory prayer thingy that ktdp was talking about!
Going for an interview that could make my worklife in Kuwait interesting and fun again!
I can't stand my current Job any longer... I feel like puking on my bosses desk every day!
I never worked for someone with such low moral and dignity! He is the Kuwaiti that all expats like to discribe if we want to portrait a bad picture of Kuwait...
I am sooooo looking forward to turn in my resignation!! And especially the reasons that I will put in there! :)

I feel like I am naked ...

... without it!

I left my home without it this morning when going to work and can't get it back till this afternoon. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!

What a stupid typo I had in the posts name ...

Farewell Z!

My good friend Z will leave Kuwait tonight.
I wish her all the best in her new life in the US with her soon to be husband.
May she find as many friends like she found over here and never lose her smile!
I'll miss you but I am happy for you that you finally made your wish come true to leave Kuwait and to be with your love!

One more in Kuwait ...

... already here! Wiesmann MF4 ...

So sad...

RESPECTED SIR,
THIS IS ATUL ***** ******, BROTHER OF BABALU ****** WHO IS WORKING IN YOUR COMPANY. I AM A SOFTWARE ENGINEER IN IFFCO FOUNDATION.BEFORE TWO DAYS I WAS COMMUNICATE WITH MY BROTHER,HE WAS TELLING ME THAT DUE TO MARKET BAD CONDITION,YOU ARE RETURNING ALL THE EMPL0YEES. SIR, I AM REQUESTING YOU TO PLEASE CARE TO MY BROTHER, HE HAS NOT DONE ANY THING FOR HIS OWN, HE SPENT ALL THE MONEY FOR MY STUDY. SINCE BEFORE FIVE MONTHS I HAVE JOINED IN IFFCO FOUNDATION, DUE TO THIS I CAN'T CALL IN MY COMPANY, BUT AFTER SOME TIME I WILL CALL HIM, BEFORE THIS PLEASE STAY MY BROTHER IN YOUR COMPANY. SIR, THERE IS NO ONE WHO UNDERSTAND MY PROBLEM, PLEASE CARE TO MY PITIABLE CONDITION, TRY TO STAY MY BROTHER IN YOUR COMPANY.I WILL EVER PRAY FOR YOU FOR THIS WORK. SINCE MY BROTHER ALWAYS PRAISE YOU AND HE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BUT DUE TO LACK OF ENGLISH, HE DOESN'T COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.AT LAST, I AM AGAIN REQUESTING YOU, PLEASE GIVE SOME TIME TO STAY MY BROTHER IN YOUR COMPANY, I WILL EVER PRAY FOR YOU FOR THIS WORK.
THANKS & REGARDS
ATUL ***** ******
SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Ok ... here is the deal. My company is effected big time by the worlds financial crisis. Prices for our product dropped by over 60%. So in order to keep the company running we had to stop working in two shifts and therefore had to send quite a lot of people back to India... These are the kind of letters you are getting asking you to keep them or their family members employed.

IF I COULD DO SOMETHING, I WOULD !!!

I owe you ...

... some pictures of my latest family member. So here they are:


If anyone has an idea what breed this might be ... please tell me!! :)

Soon in Kuwait ...

IF ... someone wants to have it! It's a Wiesmann MF5 ... 0-100km/h in 3.9 seconds without doing anything to it. Driven by a BMW M5 engine... Would love to see it participating in the next Gulf Run!

Let me know and I'll give you a price.

Call of Duty: World at War

I was waiting for the release of Call of Duty: World at War (or CoD5) for quite a long time .... Finally it's here!
I bought the PS3 version on Wednesday and I was thru with the game on Thursday afternoon...
I played it in 'Veteran' difficulty just to see what the game is like and to unlock the levels.
It is GREAT! I was hoping for a much longer single player game but then again it has some very very pretty graphics. It is using the same engine that CoD4 was using with different textures of course and much much better maps. Your are playing the story of two soldiers.
A Russian that is fighting the Germans that are portrayed really evil and bad in this game (and some of them were in reality as well). You are accompanied by some Russian commander who's pushing his soldiers to be just as bad as the Germans are. In one scene he is asking you to shoot 3 German soldiers who surrendered. I refused to do it so he threw a Molotov Cocktail (one of the available weapons being a Russian) on them!
The other soldier is a US Marine that is fighting the Japanese. They are also shown as real savages and attack you several times with banzai (suicide) attacks. Traps are waiting for your comrades laid by the Japanese and they are very deadly. The US Marines are behaving 'good' in the story, meaning they do not kill POW's or other ridiculous stuff. BUT... they are putting a really gruesome weapon to use ... the flame thrower!

They throw some actual film footage from both fronts into the game in between the levels. Very graphic ones as well... German officers being executed ... burned Japanese soldiers ...

It's definitely nothing you should let your kids play though since it's very graphic when it comes to injuries and killing people. Specially with a flamethrower, grenade or a heavy machine gun. No wonder it is rated 18+ !!! But I guess that's what makes it even more interesting for the kids...

I am looking forward to play it on the PC in my favourite "Game Center" since there is a new 4 player coop mode! You are going thru the same story as in the single player mode... just with your friends by your side. Also the multi player maps seem to be quite cool! They are big and have real nice graphics. Vehicles are back in the game! So you can take control of a tank with your buddy mounting the MG in the turret.

Call me a weirdo ... but I like Ego Shooters that are as real as possible ... and CoD: World at War is!!

BTW...

Two of the screenshots are NOT from some video scene!

They were made during game play !!!

For all you tech Guru's out there!

I would need your help on this one ...

How can I combine serveral (at the moment two) Internet connections in ONE gateway!?

What I am trying to do is to get my Windows 2003 SBS to use two Zain Ego Routers for connecting to the Internet...

Any ideas?!?!

Time to use your Nokia Barcode Reader ...

Still too slow .... Need more speed!

Too slow!!! ... need speed!!!

WTF?? Any ideas why?? Got the same problem??
(Test taken close to Shaab entertainment Park, Maidan Hawally)

Quantum of Solace: James Bond 007

It's the 22nd James Bond movie... and it ain't bad at all!

Besides the fact that the theater her in Kuwait cut at least 10 scenes! In the opening trailer there were cuts already! OK OK ... there must be half naked girls winding and grinding in it... but is that a legit reason to cut it??? The last James Bond (Casino Royal), I also watched in the theater and I didn't get the story because I didn't understand whats going on between James and Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). Had noooooo clue until I watched the DVD. This time I at least got the plot and story right! :)

On the bright side ... we've seen it before the audience in the US and Europe!

He's driving an Aston Martin DBS in the first few minutes and is chased by some Alfa Romeo's... poor Aston gets quite smashed but (of course) survives, unlike the Alfas. The rest of the movie is hybrid Fords! A Focus and I think an Explorer ... nice touch ... :)

Story is OK and could theoretically happen (not as fancy as Moonraker or some other movies out of the James Bond series). He's is still going after the dudes that killed Vesper Lynd in Casino Royal and on the way is stopping some pseudo environmentalist from taking over the water supply of Bolivia.

The new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko playing Camile is quite alright but by far not the best looking Bond girl... maybe because all the good scenes were all cut! GRRRR !!! Much hotter is the Embassy staff girl that is picking James up in Bolivia! Her name: Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton)!

More facts and a alot of pics here!

Barack Hussain Obama

Maybe in Kuwait in 8 years?!?

And again I become a millionair!

ATTENTION.......... "YOUR NAME"

From: Barrister Fariz Mustafa [fariz_fhc01@rocketmail.com]

Fariz Halim & Co Law Firm
No 36A, Parcel 36.01,
Level 36 Menara Citibank,
165 Jalan Ampang,
Kuala Lumpur 50450,
WP Malaysia.

Attn: "YOUR NAME",
Bearing in mind the nature of the ontent of this letter coming from a person without any referral, I apologize for any inconvenience, but please read and objectively consider if we can work together.
I am Barrister Fariz Mustafa, a legal law firm, an attorney at law Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. This involves a foreign client of mine by name Mr Razak "YOUR FAMILY NAME", Who here in after shall be referred to as my client, died as a result of heart-related condition on the 11th November, 2004. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html> I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at 7.5million dollars is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated. My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage.
All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response. Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Barrister Fariz Mustafa Esq (Principal Attorney).

Now this one is good!! It used my office email and this guy knows my name!! It's a personalised scam email!! Don't fall for shit like this!! And again the name used is Barrister!!
Other posts to the same topic:
- http://lifeinthespeedylane.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-can-retire-again.html
- http://lifeinthespeedylane.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-can-retire.html

Response to your message to Obama for America

Dear N****** (Evil Knievel),
Thank you for contacting Senator Obama and Obama for America. Barack greatly appreciates the outpouring of messages he is receiving from across the country and from Americans around the world. He is deeply honored by the confidence the American people have placed in him and in Senator Biden.
Senators Obama and Biden are hopeful about the opportunities and clear-eyed about the challenges our nation faces. They look forward to working with all Americans, regardless of who they voted for, in the great project of American renewal. Enlisting the energy and ingenuity of the American people is the only way we will create the changes that so many people want to see, so we hope you’ll be involved.
You have just contacted Obama for America, the Obama/Biden campaign organization. A new organization is being formed to facilitate communication with the Obama/Biden Administration that will take office on January 20, 2009. If you have questions, suggestions, or comments about the federal government, policy, or the coming Obama/Biden Administration, please stay tuned for more information and a new website coming soon that will tell you how to get involved.
If you’re contacting us because you’ve been energized by your participation in our grassroots movement, we hope you will remain active in your community and involved in national policy debates. Please continue to visit www.BarackObama.com regularly. We’ve built one of the most comprehensive nationwide organizing networks in history, and our victory on November 4th is only the beginning of the work we will do together.
If you have other thoughts or business with the campaign, you can continue to reach us toll free at 866-675-2008. Due to the extremely high number of messages we are currently receiving, we may be unable to respond to your message individually, but we do appreciate hearing from you and hope you’ll work with us as we build America’s future together.
Thank you again for contacting us.
Sincerely,
Obama for America
-----------------------
Paid for by Obama for America

I DON'T THINK HE'S TAKING ME SERIOUS!!!

My email to Sen. Barack Obama

Dear Sen. Barack Obama!

First of all I would like to congratulate you for this landslide win in the US elections! It was time for a change and it came thanks to YOU!
But I would like to make you aware that according to the votes casted on my blog the results turned out to be a bit different! In this vote is was me who won with 5 votes. You only came second with 3 votes and Mr. McCain came third with 0 votes.
So looking at this I would like to meet you in person to discuss on how we could probably share the office. Since you are much more aware of how things are handled in the government, I would accept if you become the acting President of the United States of America and I take a smaller role as a Presidential Advisor for example.
You can contact me on my cell phone (00965 669*****) or via email (nr*****@**-****.net).

I am looking forward to hear from you.
Best regards and good luck!
Yours,
N****** R***** (Evil Knievel)

Sent November 5th, 2008 at 11:15 AM Kuwait time

UPDATE Nov 5th, 4:00 PM:
No response yet. I guess he is still celebrating and didn't read the email yet...

THANK YOU !!

The elections in the U.S. are done ... so is the one on my blog.

I would like to thank all my supporters who gave me a landslide win over Sen. Barack Obama! I will keep in mind where I came from and who supported me! Together we'll make this world a better place!

I will discuss with Sen. Barack Obama on how we could probably share office... I will keep you updated!

Yours truly,

Evil Knievel

President of the United States of America

Sexy idea on how to get men to ...

wash their hands after doing their business. A question that got many people thinking. I know that some bathroom doors in Japanese factories dealing with food don't open unless you use the tap at the sink! Great idea ... but would it work for the masses??
Here is another approach ...


Before you ask me... Noooooo idea where this bathroom is!!! I SWEAR !!!

Rainbow !

Yesterday at around 5pm in Kuwait...

U.S. Presidential elections 2008

The U.S. Presidential elections 2008 are very close now with Obama in favour to win against McCain. Never the less, a surprise candidate just entered the race 2 days before elections! Due to the short notice, millions of ballots are now outdated and would need to be reprinted and redistributed. With only 2 days to elections, this is an impossible task to do, even for FedEx / UPS / DHL and all daily newspapers working hand in hand. The solution, the first ever Internet voting, was approved yesterday night at 3:15 am by congress.
And something else came as a surprise for U.S. citizens when they opened the newspaper today to read about the new election method and the new candidate.
For the first time ever, all human mankind can participate in the U.S. Presidential elections! This announcement came after several international groups claimed that the election process was unfair and rigged.
The new candidate has no funding, no expensive campaign, no media coverage and no known supporters so far but he comes with a simple plan to win:
"Vote for me and I'll make this world a better place!" are his simple words in this complicated time. "I don't care if you are white, black, yellow, brown, red, khaki or purple... there is good and bad among all of us!" is what he had to say about the rising racism among the US citizens.
With theses simple but important messages he deserves all the support we can provide him!

So please come and vote! The online voting for the U.S. Presidential elections 2008 can be found right here (see the poll on the right side? It's linked to the U.S. ballot system...) !!

UPDATE:
Go and vote for real!!
There is a website collecting votes from all over the planet! Here is the link: http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/

GHOSTS !!

Are you one of the people who believe in ghosts??? Or have you even seen one??? You think he lives with you in the same house???
You are in good company! The majority of people do believe in ghosts and who can blame them?? For every evidence 'believers' bring, some 'non believers' come up with a new reason why this evidence is false or not correct. So you either believe or you don't!

Feel like providing new evidence for the existence of ghosts?!?

Go here and get your gear!

Light up some Hemp!

Light up some Hemp for 0.500 KD only! :)

And see the lable from Sultan Center... "INSENSE KITSCH" ... LOOOOL