This is the Return... of the Space Cowboy

United Tramps of America

2007-01-02T10:21:00.000Z

The greyhound from Washington to Boston stopped at New York’s Port Authority Bus Station in the middle of the night……. This place is massive about a hundred times bigger than London’s Victoria! What I didn’t realise was that in the middle of the night the place is a homeless shelter! I don’t think I have ever seen so many tramps!

All the seating areas were taken up, and loadsa ppl were strewn across the floor enjoying some kip. In addition, there were loadsa smelly tramps doing laps inside the station routinely checking the refreshments machines and fone booths for loose change!

I remember us approaching the seating area and thinking shit, why did that damn coach arrive an hour and a half early…. Then we saw some NY coppers who shouted out to the seated ppl……. ‘Right, we’re going to come round and check your bus tickets, if you don’t have one then you’ll have to leave!’ The next scene we witnessed was comical to say the least. One by one the tramps slowly got up and started leaving hahhaha! We quickly sat down on the vacant seats. Behind us there were some tramps pretending to be asleep and refusing to get up. But they soon had to leave too…

We had seen a few days before when on the streets of NY, that tramps were all over the show! We’d see garbage bins (not rubbish, GARBAGE!) being routinely rummaged around to see if any of the trash (not rubbish, TRASH!) contained something tramp-useful. Crazy place.

Whilst queuing up for the coach – the queue started about an hour or so early! – some Mr Nutcase was walking in circles near us talking to himself. It was hilarious! Just like a scene from a movie, mentioning how he’s got out jail, how the world was wrong against him and how he was going to do right. All fighting talk, probably all drugged up too… Well it seemed as though he was just loitering coz he checked the vending machine behind me and went mental over it… but he got on our bus. My idiot mate left his seat vacant next to me as he got up to go the toilet. Mr Nutcase (who has just boarded the bus) sees the vacant seat and thinks its his lucky day. I quickly put my arm out and tiredly said, ‘I’m sorry this seats taken…’ Poor me had just taken my contact lenses out so I couldn’t tell it was him… as I put my arm out I touched him to which he quickly sprung up and yelled ‘Don’t touch me man! I don’t give a fuck!’ I thought shit its Mr Nutcase and said I’m sorry to him and the now captive bus audience… and he left. Needless to say I was not pleased with my mate when he returned from the bus bog, he didn’t have a clue what had happened.

Boston was a lot more tramp free, but they existed nonetheless. This place was a lot more cleaner but I do remember making a call once from a fone booth in the theatre area; as soon as I put the fone down and looked briefly away, some tramp came and checked the booth for some change and then walked away as though he’d done summat normal! I think any normal person would’ve stopped him and hurled abuse at him but me I just stood there and laughed my head off !!!!!!!!!

One thing I learnt then I suppose, America just would not be the same without tramps.

Happy New Year and belated Eid Mubarak

2007-01-02T09:49:00.000Z

I wish all you bloggers a Happy New Year and a belated Eid Mubarak

What is this rubbish being celebrated on different days? Ours was on Sunday which I wasn’t happy about. Hajj commenced on Friday. No ifs or buts. Eid ul Adha starts the day after, no ifs or buts. So whats the problem?

Have you all got your new years resolutions? Mine is to start eating breakfast, keep my mind active like playing sudoku (or whateva its called) and find myself a wifey!

Been really stressed as of late, it seems to be getting worse... Mid-20s crisis I suppose…

Washington DC

2006-12-13T15:22:00.000Z

America was full of tramps on every corner of the inner city streets. In NY I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many bin-rummagers!

Part way through my trip I went to visit Washington DC for a day… so went to catch the Greyhound from NY’s Port Authority Bus Station on 42nd Street. The station was massive, and built on several floors like a car park. And inside it was really scummy… The tickets were a bargain too… only $30 return from the internet - that’s like £16-17 return from Preston to London!

We set off at around 9.30am and arrived in DC for about 1.30pm. The ride was boring if I’m honest… not much to look at apart from the different police (badge, cars and uniforms) when you pass from state to state, eg Baltimore, New Jersey, etc. Oh the other thing is that on some stretches of the motorway, normal cars had their own separate dual carriageway from the coaches and heavy goods lorries. Also, the motorways had weigh-in areas for heavy vehicles (like ours) when entering a new state. Anyways, my first impression of Washington greyhound station was wot a dump! It was a lot smaller than NY’s. Walked it to Union Street and from here I could see Capitol Hill. Quickly jumped on a tour bus here and drove past all the boring monuments and memorials that DC is full of… But one thing I noticed: Constitution Avenue has been copied by the Pakis! Islamabad’s Zero Point area where the government buildings are is exactly the same! Long, wide area of road leading to important buildings etc! Crazy fools! Also went to Georgetown, an expensive area of the city, and saw all the embassies. It was interesting to see how all the buildings had been personalised by each country – Finland’s was my fave! Also saw a ridiculously small house there which I was told was still expensive!

After the bus tour, I went to check out the White House which is more or less in the city centre. I think that day Donald Rumsfeld had resigned so Mr Bush was under a lot of pressure from anti-war protestors outside – it was funny to see! And then we caught the subway to the Pentagon, which is across the waters in Virginia. The subway was much cleaner than NY’s and much ‘friendlier’… At the Pentagon, no photos are allowed so we had to be careful but I still managed some snaps hehe…I strayed into a restricted area and straightaway a security with a massive rifle set upon us… well me being the talker explained I was just a tourist and started walking away but the guy pushed his hand out and yelled ‘hold it right there! Blahdee blahdee blah….!’ I was like wtf!

In Washington thy have got a more confusing grid system than NY’s. So I asked someone where the Hard Rock Café was… which is sited next to the place where Lincoln was assassinated. Friendly guy, him and his strong Washington accent (they sound a lot like from the southern states!). Turned out he was a tramp! Homeless! But ex-military? It didn’t make sense… but still I managed to get him to record me some lines from Menace 2 Society – Samuel L Jackson and his infamous shooting scene, ‘Ain’t it about time you gave me my money?!’ hahahahaha! We rewarded him with a drink at the Hard Rock Café which he finished in one gulp…. Funny guy hahahaha

Later, we got lost again, so I asked another passer-by… another tramp! And then another one comes up to help him as well no where! And suddenly they’re both arguing over who should show me the way hehehehe

Overall a bit of a dumpy place… Not the Washington I expected. Too many tramps… which I incidentally noticed all looked like stubbled up Samuel L Jacksons lol! I left around 10pm for an overnight 8-10 hour journey to Boston…

Girls girls girls...

2006-12-12T13:36:00.000Z

At the age where you want to get married and settled down?
Are you ambitious, want to travel the world, and feel as though you have a void in your life for a special someone?
Do you have a pleasant personality, are cheerful and exclude the word depressed from your vocab?
And do you believe in the powers of the Almighty (saw), and Islam?

If you have answered yes to all these questions, then get in touch!

The list could’ve gone on… but its official: Seabrook Crisps is looking for a she.

The past two weeks I’ve received fone numbers and emails of some girls, and have found myself on msn chatting away trying to find my princess. In case you didn’t know I’m divorced from a silly week-old marriage and because of that some girls have jus turned their back. But I find it rather amazing that some still choose to chat to me – I think it gives a glowing impression of their open mindedness *pat on the back to them…

But yeh basically been overawed by the response… even the radio woman is interested hahaha !

I’m sorry about the absence of blogs, I guess this explains it.
And btw, Blogger Beta is a load of shite.

Fat Joe

2006-11-17T13:02:00.000Z

Once through security at Chicago, guess who I met?

Fat Joe and the Terror Squad! They were on our plane to NY!
The girls were going crazy over his Luis Vuitton bag.

Overhyped Security

2006-11-16T16:02:00.000Z

What a place phew! I’m back! I got back yesterday from this coffee obsessed nation.

OK I’ll write up my experience in pieces, because there is so much!

OK well my flight to New York was via Chicago. I travelled with my mate who is a Sikh (who does not have a beard who wear a turban) and we joked about how we could get harassed at the airport by the authorities. As soon as we stepped off the flight we had to show our passports to three homeland police security staff. We went to the male security guy. My mate was fine they let him go. Then my turn… He looks at my passport and then straightaway asks me for my visa waiver form. As soon as he gets it he says ‘ Come follow me please’ without even looking at the form. When he realised I was with my mate he asked him to join us. I looked behind and saw the other two women officers following: one each assigned to us watching our body language like hawks. Well this was so blatant that this was planned by looking at the passenger list; they were after me.

They took us through a back door to a quieter part of the airport straight to a passport terminal desk to check the passports. Along the way so many questions….. directed at me may I add. ‘What do youdo? When I replied electrical engineer, the response was ‘how many volts?’ lmao big time hahahhaaha I went what do you mean how many volts how long is a piece of string I’m in consultancy hahahaha!!!!!!! ‘Who you visiting, how do you know her how long for when did you ring her last etc etc. At the passport desk more questions….. and here I noticed he was scribbling my answers on the back of my visa form in bright red ink. Where do you live, who do you live with, how long you here for blah blah blah… And then they accompanied us to the luggage retrieval area and waited for us to reclaim our bags. It took ages and all the time they were there like hawks – eyes fixed on us…….. me being me was laughing big time lol! I hadn’t seen anything like it!

When we got our luggage we got taken to a less busy area of the airport where or baggage was searched. I noticed that my mate’s bag was hardly searched, whilst mine was searched with a fine toothcomb – every single item, even my underwear! On hindsight I think they only questioned my mate to project an image of them not racial profiling against muslims.

And then the bombshell. The guy flicks through my passport and finds I have been to Pakistan 3 times in less than two years. I knew I was in for it then. Oh dearrrrrrrrrr.
Lets just say I had a hard time justifying why I had been. They wanted to know where I was born, who is in pakistan, where my parents are from where they live where were they born etc etc etc arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh! Then he says go take a seat I’ll be with you shortly…. And to give an indication of timescales, tells us where the toilets - sorry I meant restrooms - are.

We waited ages. Occasionally we’d see him appear, talk to some staff see him looking edgy and disappear again. Within 10 minutes he came to return my mate’s passport. ‘You’re OK,’ he says to him. ‘I’m still waiting on a fone call for you,’ he says to me. And promptly disappears after reminding me about the restroom AGAIN!

Woah did he make me sit tight….. he would make an appearance now and again…. I’d see him shaking his head with my precious passport in his hand. And at this point it hit me: these guys aren’t gna let me in. I haven’t done ought. Why? I don’t wanna go work tmw! Damn. Bastards. ARgggggggggggggggggggggggggggh!!!!!!!!!!

It was after about half an hour that he returned and gave me back my passport. ‘You’re free to go,’ he calmly announced. Have a good holiday. Again, me being me, I asked him for the red inked paper as a souvenir. He just laughed it off.

I didn’t really know what to make of all that. I’m pretty sure they were expecting me because I’ve never seen homeland security police as you walk off the plane before! I was just grateful I had been allowed for my holiday to continue otherwise I would’ve been one AAAAAAAAAAAnGGrYYY person.

Incidentally, on my return boarding to the UK flight, no one was asked until the very end when one cheeky airport steard staff who wasn’t even security was swiping our passports and stamping our bording tickets as part of the exiting procedure. She swipes my mate’s and its kool. She swipes mine and its horror. Did you pack your bags yourself? I was like eh? She repeated the question a lot more sterner to get my obvious answer and then asks if I am carrying any sharp objects in my hand luggage. NO! You silly woman just stamp my ticket and let me on the plane, I was so pi$$ed off at her – teri himmat!!!!!!!!!!

The Cold Snap

2006-11-01T14:03:00.000Z

Ramadhan has finished, and it has been over a week since Eid was celebrated. And now the clocks have gone back too, damn! Rozay would’ve been much easier under daylight saving hours!

Now its time to seriously control that flab, I managed to get rid of loads during fasting… but now that I have quit smoking (for good!) the tendency is there for me to try and eat more.

Oh yeh the weather’s freeeeeeeezing I think the cold snapped in today, this morning called for heated seats in the car. Just as well I’m jetting off next week on holiday to NY where I’m kidding myself its gna be warmer, yeh rite!

And the bechari radio presenter was off sick for this morning’s show. Almost pee’d myself watching the first half of Lage Raho Munna Bhai earlier this week, where Sanjay Dutt likes hearing the voice of his local DJ too!

Oh and did you know? I’m going New York on Monday. I keep saying that at work too, doing everyone’s nut in by doing so lol!

Eid Mubarak!!!!!

2006-10-25T09:03:00.000Z

Mine was on Tuesday...

Travelling

2006-10-13T15:14:00.000Z

How’s rozay everyone?

The past couple of days I’ve been somewhat intrigued by the notion of travelling. I want to go on an extended holiday for a few months and just travel… see the world whilst I’m single.

So I looked on the web and did a sort of draft route… dictated by low cost airlines. Hong Kong is cheap to get to using Oasis on a direct flight. And then from there you can tip toe through South East Asia on budget airlines to Darwin, in northern Australia. And I stopped there. I thought lets just check out the visas needed.

Hong Kong – no visa needed
Thailand – no visa needed
Malaysia – no visa needed
Singapore – no visa needed
Australia – need a visa

Curious, I looked for the requirements needed to get a visa for Australia. I was so surprised. It’s easy! You can go and work in Australia for 12 months if you’ve got a British passport on a working holiday visa.

Might do it… looking into it now… I think I’m allowed a 6 month sabbatical from work.

Anyone want to join me?

‘Muslim’ Headlines in Ramadhan

2006-10-06T09:36:00.000Z

This week has been crazy for muslims appearing in the headlines……. Its quite worrying actually, I for one was shocked and appalled, especially with it being Ramadhan *snuff snuff* cold is almost gone - now some idiot’s fault at work !

Muslim Scarves
Jack Straw blurted out yesterday that he asks women to remove their veil when they come to see him. Then this morning he says they should remove it in society to propnote openness. Now I’ve got a few friends in this guy’s constituency. He enjoys loadsa support from some 30,000 there Asians but I can see this dwindling… at the last election all the Indians voted for a new Gujarati Conservative candidate whilst the Pakistanis stuck to Straw.

Anyways I think his initial comment wasn’t too bad – he ASKS them not demands.
But his follow up was a bit close to the bone – it’s a free society so let it be, but at the same we should also be able to make sensible decisions ourselves on how to act in society.

Muslim officer
Argggggggggggggggggh I really don’t see the big deal with this story! I would’ve done the same! If I had family living in Lebanon and they were being bombed by the Israelis, I would never in a million years guard their embassy! Stupid hyped up media!

The Pope
Do I really need to cover this? He apologised but this week some Turk hijacked a plane to Italy in protest (though it turned out he was Christian with a different agenda). To be frank, the Pope should know better. Simple as.

Riots in Preston
During the evening Tarawih prayers, white youths started pelting the cars of worshippers outside. Why? This is very worrying, I’ve been in mosque and left my Paro outside, if anyone touched her I would be sOOOOO angry… Luckily the police came and broke it all up but this kind of thing is likely to re-occur.

Mosque fire in Basingstoke
Some nutter sets the local mosque roof on fire! How dare he? !

Medina dairy in Windsor
Three nights of violence against a dairy owned by muslims… They want to expand the place and add on an Islamic religious centre and i reckon maybe that’s why people aren’t happy? But this is a bit stupid isn’t it, and hey we’re talking about Windsor here… Isn’t this supposed to be a posh wosh place were people are supposed to be proud of their Royal heritage and wanted to change from Slough postcode a while back?

Officer accused of defacing Quran
The ultimate disgrace… How dare the muppet… This guy found his Quran daubed with insults by his warden. And what did he hope to achieve by this? What’s it got to do with him what someone reads and doesn’t, does it really make a difference to his life? No. This guy better lose his job or else…

Ramadhan Mubarak (belated)

2006-09-26T16:55:00.000Z

OK first of all just want to say that the M66 sucks big time, last week (think it was the Thursday, do you blame me for forgetting?lol!) I spent not one not two but THREE whole hours trying to get home from work instead of a 40 minute journey because the damn motorway had been closed! It was a standstill and I ended up lying down on the grass verge just cursing the imbecilic behaviour of the madman that caused the crash. Arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh!

OK second rant….. hands up who fasted on Saturday, and who on Sunday… and if applicable who on Monday… Come on mosque hierarchy get a grip and make decisions collectively, we see this every year ! Our mosque declared the first roza on Sunday but then us lot watching the news on the Friday heard that the moon had been sighted. So I fasted on Saturday – even though we turned out to be the only people in our town fast a day early.

And final rant - who designed plastic engine undertrays with screws and push in clips? My bechari Paro had hers scraping the ground all the way to Coventry yesterday and I jus couldn’t get to it to clip in… and on the way back had to go Brum and get it sorted out there….. Oh well still got to see the Ramadhan rush on Pakistan’s Alum Rock Road – as if there’s any joy in that lol!

Regardless of that – Ramadhan Mubarak everyone!

Its doing wonders for my quit smoking campaign. I had cut down to five a day….. now I’m on two a day. By the end of rozay inshallah I’ll be clean.

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2006-09-20T08:08:00.000Z

Where has everybody disappeared to? Vaapas AAooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New York

2006-09-13T08:39:00.000Z

I LOVE NEW YORK

(repeat 3 times)

There isn't another like it.

No matter where you go.

And nobody can compare it.

It's win and place and show.

New York is special.

New York is diff'rent' cause there's no place else

on earth quite like New York and that's why

I LOVE NEW YORK.

(repeat 3 times)

Yep you've guessed it ....... i'm going New York in Novemberrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(if immigration let me in)

Radio check

2006-09-06T12:44:00.000Z

I am feeling so bloated after having this massive tuna mayo cheese beans spud *burrrrrrrrrrrrrp* lol

Well yesterday on my way to work I decided to ring up and enter this competition on the radio. Its an asian station (and I got the answer right btw) and the presenter was a young sounding female northerner. I rang off air, but as soon as I spoke to her, her penetrating voice started sounding really familiar and it wasn’t long before I realised it was almost identical to one of my mates from years ago.

Anyways it wasn’t my mate but we had a funny conversation:

Her: ‘Acchaaaa so that’s your answer? *Chuckles* So whats your name?’
Me: ‘ &”%%^’
Her: ‘Where are you calling from?’
Me: ‘From a traffic jam on the M**’
Her: ‘*chuckling away* nahin not the motorway, where you from?’
Me: ‘£$$$$$$$’
Her: ‘And how old are you, &”%%^’
Me: ‘And why would you wanna know that for?’ (in a very surprised manner)
Her: ‘Because I want to marry you, why else you muppet?!’

Ok, she was asking my age for statistical purposes but funnily enough she managed to guess my new age… but she still ended getting my name slightly wrong on air.

Then this morning I decided to ring her again seeing as she’d put me in such a chirpy mood yesterday. And she’d also been discussing her encounter with a spider the night before…

Her: ‘Hi, who’s calling’
Me: ‘It’s &”%%^’
Her: ‘And how old are you &”%%^
Me: ‘What, you asking me again? You forgotten? *chuckles*
Her: ‘Oh its you ! You said your birthday was this week… *chuckles*

Her: ‘ ‘Oh &”%%^ you wouldn’t believe that tarantula I saw yesterday it was f**king massive!’

As she began chatting away I began to wonder… does this girl not have a show to present? Not that I wasn’t enjoying taking the mick out of her encounter (I told her she shud’ve killed the tarantula with a fish slice or her chappal and framed its remains to warn off any others in the future!)

And then she said ‘hold on’, I heard the song on the radio being played and then she introduced me on air! I wasn’t hanging around, and quickly hung up!

Before I got into work I did ring her back and said ‘unlucky’. She said she’d get me back next time… Pagal kuri… that’s why I want to meet to meet a chirpy cheerful girl, someone who doesn’t fret.

OK time for my third fag of the day! (Aren’t I good?)

Quittttttttttttttttts

2006-09-05T08:21:00.000Z

I has decided that i is quitting fags for goooood. It is makig me well unhealthy, seeeeeeeen!

A new member

2006-09-01T22:34:00.000Z

Welcome to a new member of the singles family - me. I remember how BBCD used to talk about her difficulties in finding someone suitable for her. And today i find myself in teh same boat.

People are not always what they seem.

I'm Groovy,Yaah

2006-08-29T08:28:00.000Z

I was watching a wedding programme at the weekend on Pakistan’s Prime TV. It briefly profiled actor Ayyaz Ahmed’s (sorry if I got the name wrong!) marriage. In it, his wife mentioned that do not marry just because you love the person because love is temporary,’ in one of those groovy wannabe American accents.

Do you agree with that statement? I thought love was a big reason…

I believe in God

2006-08-22T13:17:00.000Z

If I had any doubt in the existence of the Almighty beforehand, it has all vanished.
The past few months have contained an emotional and tireless baggage that I have had to so needlessly drag… And now I can see light at the end of the tunnel. Though the ‘stuff’ has not yet ended, the drain has suddenly eased and it seems I may now be able to carry on with my life as before.

What a feeling. Allah certainly works in mysterious ways. A very heartwarming thank you to you for all your duas (you all know who you are).

And thank you Allah.

BA

2006-08-15T13:20:00.000Z

Bastards

2006-08-11T10:39:00.000Z

Made the mistake of going to Manchester Airport yesterday. In the wake of all these terror arrests, the airport commanded a heavy police presence… Well at the approach to a roundabout a police officer stopped me and asked me to park at a layby off the roundabout. There were tons of officers at the layby, and all the time I’m thinkin shit they think I’m a terrorist, fuck!

The good news was they didn’t think I was a terrorist.

The bad news was they got me for my number plate. I got a private number plate on my Paro that by tweaking the letter ‘T’ spells my name. Even tho I had a legal set of plates ready to go on in my boot, they still gave me a fine.

Barstards.

3 Things

2006-08-10T09:48:00.000Z

I’ve been tagged by Frank !

OK, here goes…

Three things I would wish for if I had 3 wishes:

Happiness

A dream house and a dream car and a dream gyal

Eradication of all arguments, ie world peace

Three things I can never forget:

My 4th birthday

my graduation

my first love

Three things (materialistic) I can't live without:

Mobile

Car (my Paro!)

The internet

Three people I talk to everyday:

Me

My mates

The new receptionist (lol!)

Gal Sun

2006-07-23T22:24:00.000Z

I love this tune..... its called Gal Sun by Jinx... its really touching. You can watch it on utube here. i wish my Gal had been Sun'ed a bit of time ago... oh well... life.

Feeling a bit sentimental today. I jus feel like sitting down head in hands and crying... yeh i know a lad crying funny i know... Well i have been like this for the past weeks or so... Its funny how in life you have aspirations and you make plans for how you want your life to pan out... When you're small you think yep im gna do this do that and be like this by the time i'm 25. Well nothing goes to plan. A lot of it due to third parties sticking their nose in ... oh well.... i suppose life just wouldn't be life without problems. Its about making the best out of your sticky situations by finding solutions and ways around them.

And the war gets worse. There is a real possibility of Syria getting involved soon... and then Iran backing them up; just what USA wants.

Oh and a new hottie has started at work... asian. Good news seeing as our office is dead and full of us boring males!

Stop!

2006-07-18T12:16:00.000Z

For the sake of two captured soldiers, a whole country is being torn apart. Over 200 people have now been killed in Lebanon…

The picture shows a fireman doing his job on two corpses at Beirut’s port. Both were killed by an Israeli attack whilst they were merely doing their job at the port. One was a 32-year old father of five from the north of the country, and had nothing to do with Hezbollah.

The world will be torn apart if Syria and Iran get involved.

This conflict needs to be STOPPED!

Lethal Israelis

2006-07-13T08:01:00.000Z

On 25 June this year, Palestinian freedom fighters killed two and captured one Israeli soldier from Kerem Shalom - near the Egypt-Gaza border. Israel has responded by ruthlessly attacking Gaza. Whilst the freedom fighters have promised not to hurt the soldier, Israel has in return murdered over 60 people in return, and still continues... The latest story is that the Israeli military bombed a house killing 9 members of a family - SEVEN of them children.

A neighbour said, "When I left my house I found small pieces of flesh everywhere. There were no bodies left intact. I saw parts of bodies in the orchard behind the house."

Another neighbour, Hussein Raoul, 60, says: "My legs are still wobbly from the blast. If this is how the adults are you can imagine how the children must be suffering." Seven of the victims of the air strike were the parents and siblings of Mr Raoul's daughter-in-law. "She just had a baby last week," he says. "She can't say anything now."

So in return for the 2 killings and 1 abduction, the Israelis have killed over 60 people and brought extreme despair and poverty to the vast majority of Palestinian Gazans. I'm surprised the freedom fighters haven't killed the capturd soldier yet.

And then there’s Lebanon. Hezbollah freedom fighters for Shebaa Farms area captured two soldiers on Wednesday. Because Hezbollah are quite popular in Lebanon and have a huge influence in government the Israelis have practically gone to war and blocked Lebanese sea access and bombed their international airport in Beirut.

For the sake of two soldiers (alive), 27 Lebanese people have been murdered by the Israeli military – 10 from the same family. One Israeli has been murdered too by a Hezbollah rocket via the Lebanon-Israel border. Incidentally Hezbollah is Iranian backed. Can you see where this is heading?

Two words: Israeli terrorism. And what does the world do? Just look on without any actions.

Mumbai: Horrific tragedy with regards to the train bombings there. India has already inadvertently pointed the finger of blame at Kashmiri freedom fighters. I don’t think it’s them, because they’ve actually condemned the attacks… Hope this doesn’t escalate too… Just imagine if the attacks had taken place in Israel? They’d have used nuclear warfare by now! Astagfirallah.

May Allah rid this world of evil and warfare, and replace it with everlasting peace… Ameen.

Diamonds are Forever

2006-07-12T08:59:00.000Z

This Saudi Prince Waleed's 38th car - diamond studded!

Apparently he's in the top 10 richest people in teh world.

What happened?

2006-07-11T11:10:00.000Z

Zinedine Zidane lost his rag after Marco Materazzi called him the "son of a terrorist whore" during a tirade of racist abuse, the player's family claimed last night.

The French captain lashed out at the Italian defender with a disgraceful headbutt when allegedly goaded about his mother Malika and his Muslim religion during Sunday's World Cup final.

His cousin Rabah Zidane claimed Materazzi chose "the most vicious insult he could muster" in order to get his opponent sent off.

The claim was one of many flying around as to why Zidane, whose parents are Algerian, floored Materazzi as extra time drew to a close, bringing his glorious career to a shameful end.
One Italian website even printed what it said was a lip-reading expert's transcript of the bust-up.

It began when Materazzi tugged at French-born Zidane's shirt.

ZIDANE: (in Italian) Stop pulling my shirt.

MATERAZZI: Shut up f****r, you only get what you deserve.

ZIDANE: Yeah, sure...

MATERAZZI: All of you deserve that, f*****g Muslims, terrorist b******s.

Sources within the French camp also claim the Italian made a sick remark about Zidane's first coach Jean Ferrade, who died of cancer just before the World Cup. Other reports claim Materazzi called the midfielder's sister a prostitute.

And another lip-reader told BBC radio that former Everton star Materazzi wished his opponent "an ugly death to you and your family".

But the Inter Milan player last night denied ever using the word terrorist in his exchange with Zidane, who speaks Italian from his time at Juventus.

He said: "It is absolutely not true, I did not call him a terrorist." And Italian newspapers claimed Zidane sparked the row by insulting Materazzi first about his mother who died when he was young.

But Rabah insisted the star would not react so violently unless he or his family was racially abused. He added: "My cousin is not a violent man. He is gentle and he doesn't hit people but he was provoked by a truly savage insult.

"We have heard through people Zinedine has spoken to that he was called a terrorist. He clearly couldn't control his rage." A French Football Federation source said: "It takes a lot to provoke Zidane, racist abuse is normally what does it.
"Lots of things were said but if you insult Zidane's mother you are asking for trouble.
"Combine such words with a reference to terrorism, something which French-Algerians are very sensitive about, and a violent reaction might appear inevitable."

The player refused to talk about the incident. But his agent Alain Migliaccio, said: "Zinedine told me Materazzi said something very serious. He will speak about it in the next couple of days."
Zidane was born in Marseille after his parents emigrated from Algeria. He grew up on a rough estate packed with immigrants and with high unemployment.

The French football source said: "Many convicted terrorists in France come from this type of background. It's something men like Zidane are very sensitive about."

Fifa last night denied claims video evidence was used to send off the player. Spokesman Andreas Herren said the fourth official spotted the butt and told the referee through his headset.

Feelings over Zidane's red card were mixed in France. President Jacques Chirac paid tribute to the star.

At a lunch in Zidane's honour, he told him: "You are a virtuoso, a genius of world football. France loves you." But sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour said the head butt was "unpardonable".

Taken from the Daily Mirror 11/7/06

Filmi Media

2006-07-10T08:17:00.000Z

Anyone used this website? I fink its brill... i watched three online movies this weekend!

www dot filmimedia dot com

Poor Zidane

2006-07-10T07:55:00.000Z

Italy have won it.

But they didn't deserve it. France were miles better... I adore Zinedine Zidane (or Zeen-uddin Zidaan as i prefer to call him lol) he's a magnificent player, had a great career but pagal Everton reject Materazzi calls him an Arab terrorist or summat like that and Zidane flips.

Zizou yaar, i'm on your side... you was the best.

Start of August

2006-07-06T08:15:00.000Z

Start of August, or whenever Man Utd training starts!

Ronaldo the cry baby

2006-07-06T07:30:00.000Z

Hahahahaha! You got what you deserved you showboating diver!

The Cow

2006-07-04T12:23:00.000Z

You can lead a cow to water,
But you can't make it drink it.

It's Ok... It's Alrightttt

2006-07-03T10:39:00.000Z

I'm in one of those 'can't get this song out my head' moments... maybe its linked to the high emotions everyone seems to have gone through with regards to teh England team's failure at the World Cup... i dunno... you decide.

I'll put it on StICKAM once i get it up on this site. There's a good version of it on Tim Westwood's compilation from last Xmas.

Sincerely I know she can hear me (I know she can)
From my heart Im saying Im sorry my dear (From my heart way down)
Im sorry for all the wrong Ive done and all the pain I caused
But two hearts become one and thats a bond
I need you in my life not as a memory
I need you to be there to journey needs like my love attorney... huh!

My eyes can see more clear as long as your standing there
Seems like Im in a dream or things aint the way they seem
Sorry if I treated you bad or if I ever made you sad
I didnt mean to get so mad youre the best thing I ever had
I dont know what to do Im so in love with you
I hurt you yes its true but I got a few words for you

Its ok... its alright... Im gonna make it to the morning flight
Im gonna do all the things you like... like champagne and candlelight

Touch your body when the mood is right (Right) make you tingle with the light
And later on in the night were gonna make love till morning light
Baby dont let love go mi seh let love stay
I want us to be together till we old and gray
Dont leave me in the sorrow nor in dismay
A reply from you would simply make my day
I was a fool to make she pack and go away
Now lonely is the price that I got to pay
I guess I gotta be the playa everybody want me to be (That you want me to be... be)
And I couldnt get to see the things that you want me to see (That you want me to see... see)
I want you in my life I dont want you as a memory (Not as a memory)
Well life wouldnt be complete without this woman by my side
Im so obsolete the stupid ways of mine
I would a never repeat if this world was mine
I would a give you to keep play a safe to a keep
Gal yuh lovin nuh cheap and mi nuh undastand
How could I be such a creep? It cut me like a knife
And now Im hurting deep many nights mi nuh sleep
May I moan and weep and mi heart skips a beat

Its ok... its alright... Im gonna make it to the morning flight
Im gonna do all the things you like... like champagne and candlelight

Bounty Killer - It's OK

Cheated

2006-07-03T07:46:00.000Z

Same old story ... hyped up england team fail to deliver. Will someone please sort out the friggin midfield so that Lampard and Gerrard can play together more efficiently! Argggh!

Portugal were rubbish!
I blame teh scousers..... Carragher, Gerrard and that Rooney. Gary Neville is right to hate them.

Two words: truly gutted. Time to take that England background off my mobile fone.

Semis here we come

2006-06-30T12:27:00.000Z

C'mon England!

Go on lad

2006-06-28T13:41:00.000Z

Lmao! Had to share this email a friend of mine sent to the local MP. Incidentally, freshies left both of his sister's once they arrived in the UK. Spot teh grammar mistakes...

-----Original Message-----
From: Xxxx Xxxx [mailto:xxx@xxx.com]
Sent: 28 June 2006 14:32
To: 'xxxx@parliament.uk'
Subject: Help Us
Importance: High

Dear Mr Xxxx Xxxx,

I am writing to you as a concerned member of the Asian community. We are constantly being deceived by immigrants from our home lands that marry our sisters and ruin their lives. Take the case from Blackburn recently, he wasn’t a British born Asian and furthermore he had been separated from his wife. Yet still he was around long enough after their separation to stab her to death and also brutally attack her sister. There is a common culture amongst Pakistani and Indian families that they get their children married from their home lands (arranged marriages), but unfortunately not all the people from these countries are as they seem. I know of many cases where they have deceived parents into giving their daughters away when the husband to be has absolutely no intentions of staying with her, he is just looking for a way to come into the country. As soon as they get their permanent residency their off and away.

What I am proposing to you is that there should be legislation where if these people separate or get divorced from their partners then they should have to leave the country and go back home. This would be a deterrent for those who have ulterior motives. Please consider this, I am not just speaking alone there are many British Asians who feel the same.

Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding this matter. I can give you a good insight into the troubles that these people cause. These people should be monitored or regular contact should be maintained with their spouses to see if everything is going well.

Yours Sincerely,

XxxxXxxx
Tel xxx xxx (9am – 5pm) Mon - Friday

Unfair

2006-06-28T11:40:00.000Z

I got kicked out of the office fantasy football league yesterday... apparently they did it for a laugh whilst i went to see teh physio. Ermmmmm i didn't find it as funny as i was doing quite well so i told em to Foxtrot Oscar.

And my mobile fone ! i finally managed to fix it (well i did the best i could!). It got drowned at the top of Scafell in Cumbria... bechara fone now the person speaking on the other end sound like they're in Pakistan - its a real crackly line. Maybe i should get a new'un. Any suggestions???????????

Boring

2006-06-27T10:39:00.000Z

Wot a rubbish match yesterday between Ukraine and Switzerland, nearly fell asleep. Neither side deserved to go through.

Finally

2006-06-26T09:00:00.000Z

Oh yeh i forgot to mention...... finally managed to finish my Panini World Cup sticker book!

Yippee i beat everyone else in the office to it!

Shocker!

2006-06-26T08:56:00.000Z

Wot a game last night … and I’m not talking about England’s unconvincing win over Ecuador but the Holland v Portugal game… 4 red cards, 16 yellow cards woaaaaah we do not want to see this ref in this tournament again pleaaaase! He completely fell for the play-acting on show. He should have got the red card himself from the fourth ref.

Anyhow, we got the Portuguese to play next with no Deco, no Costinha, no Ronaldo (hahaha) and possibly Figo if FIFA has a look at his head-butt to Van Bommel. Add to that a load of tired legs and I think we got a game on our hands that England can realistically set out to win and finally impose themselves on this World Cup. The person I’m worried about is Big Phil, the Portuguese manager. He’s dangerous and technically much smarter than Mr ‘Ice-Kool’ Eriksson.

On another note jus want to voice my displeasure at having to watch the game sat with some brummie cousins who had come to make the peace. Fuck you and stay away you backstabbing pieces of scum. I hate relatives – they spell trouble.

Freshies strike again

2006-06-22T10:58:00.000Z

I hate freshies... and will never trust 'em.

My mate's sister got murdered at the weekend... i'm so in shock...
(btw i'm not from his area so don't be trying to do sums that don't add up)

There is absolutely no need for this kind of stuff.
May Allah grant her a place in heaven. Ameen.

What a challenge

2006-06-22T10:46:00.000Z

So much to talk about since i've been away..... i'll keep it short this time round tho, thats what got me into trouble last time.

Well this weekend, whilst all of the UK was burning in the sun, i was freezing to death on mountains. I took part in teh three peaks challenge which involves climbing Ben Nevis (biggest mountain in Scotland and UK), Scafell (biggest mountain in England) and Snowdon (biggest mountain in Wales). All in under 24 hours including travelling to and from mountains.

Well we started off in bonny highland Scotland. Ben Nevis was easy but my team was so slow :( Unfortunately its a team event so i had to constantly wait for the others to catch up. This was the easiest of teh three to climb.

Next up, Scafell Pike. The shortest of teh three mountains but the hardest to climb by a mile! The path is very steep and slippy and it took more time to come down from than it took to climb, At the summit the scene was like hell: blizzards, heavy showers, gales, in fact teh only thing missing was snow. The rain filled my raincoat pockets up and consequently drowned my fone :(

And finally, Snowdon. Very easy to begin with but about halfway up turns nasty with some rock climbing involved... we had no harnesses! We managed to complete the challenge in under 22 hours for which we gained a silver medal... yippee! We caught the train back down teh mountain to celebrate in Llanberis. Here, i got a brilliant massage.

I had a lot of explaining to do to my physio yesterday seeing as he's ask me to rest my feet after the gruelling London Marathon. I just explained to him, life's too short.

2006-06-22T10:36:00.000Z

ok i'm back folks......... tho i wonder how long this will last.

Didn't knw what page to get so i named it after my beloved seabrook crisps salt & vinegar flavour. they kick ass and are better than walkers by a mile!

Everything is good
And brown
On I'm here again
With a sunshine smile upon my face
My friends
Are close at hand
And all my inhibitions
Have disappeared without a trace
I'm glad
I found
Somebody who I can rely on.

This is the return
Of the space cowboy
Inter-planetary
Good vibe zone
At the speed of Cheeba
We'll go deeper
Maybe I'll have to get high
Just to get by.

Everything is good
And green
Oh, I'm red again
And I don't suppose I'm coming down
I can see clearly now,
High in the sky
A man with psychedelic picture frames
Of happiness to shade
His eyes
He's glad
That the found
Somebody who
He can rely on.