Sunday, July 30, 2006

مع السلامه ام المرادم

تحت اطار القرارات الغبية للحكومة الكويتية فقد تم الاتفاق على اغلاق جزيرة ام المرادم في وجه مرتادي الجزر الكويتية بشكل نهائي و لن يتم السماح لرواد البحر من استخدام شواطئها
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تعتبر جزيرة ام المرادم اقرب جزيرة من جزر جنوب الكويت الى البر ولا يستغرق الوصول اليها اكثر من 25 دقيقة للقوارب الراسية في مرسى الخيران مما يجعلها مكان مرغوب خصوصا في الايام التي يكون الجو فيها غير ثابت حيث لا تكون هناك خطورة من الذهاب اليها لقربها و سهولة العودة منها في حالة تغير الطقس الى الاسوأ
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وبغض النظرعن ذلك فقد قامت الحكومة الكويتية الرشيده (رشيدة طل بعينها) باعتماد مشروع يقوم بتحويلها الى ميناء جنوبي يتم فيه تطبيق اجراءات الوصول والمغادرة بما فيها اجراءات تتخذ في المنافذ البحرية ويتم تطبيقها على السفن الداخلة والخارجة من المياه الاقليمية باتجاه الكويت
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ولن يسمح لمرتادي البحر بدخولها إلا في حالات الطوارئ والظروف الجوية السيئة بعد تعريف هوياتهم لعناصر القوة الأمنية في الجزيرة ليتسنى السماح لهم بالرسو وتقديم المساعدة لهم. وتضم الجزيرة حاليا مركزاً لخفر السواحل قامت الحكومة الرشيدة بانشاءه خلال السنة الماضية ويضم مرفأ على الجزيرة على حساب تدمير جزء كبير من الشعاب المرجانية الموجودة حول الجزيرة والتي كانت تعتبر من المناطق الجميلة والمرغوبة لعشاق هواية الغوص
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السؤال هو ما هو دور لجنة حماية البيئة من هذه المشاريع التخريبية ولماذا لا يتم النظر جديا في هذه المشاريع وابداء الرأي فيها للمحافظة على الحياة البحرية في الكويت؟
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

John Claude Kizzab

I have been listening to this song for almost a year now but I don't know the band name or the song title. First time I heard it was when I was getting my tattoo done at the basement of the Virgin Megastore in Lebanon :(

I liked the song and the guy who was fixing the tattoo on me (John Claude kizzab as my sister-in-law called him) was kind enough to give me the CD which was playing but even he didn't know the name of the band or the song.

Can anyone help identify it??

LISTEN

I'll be giving a reward of 5 Pepsi cans to the first blogger who get's it right :)

Monday, July 17, 2006

وأخيرا صارت

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Zidane...

Is he one of the best??
The greatest soccer player of the past 20 years??
The Brazilian nightmare??
A legend

Call him what you want, truth is; his head butt of the Italian player Materazzi at the World Cup final is just not acceptable.

And I don't want to hear no excuses. This is nothing new to Zidane, he has had many irresponsible moments on the field.

Zidane seems to have always had issues with discipline.

He was suspended for France's final group match in this World Cup after receiving yellow-card warnings for fouls in each of France's first two matches.

During group play of the 1998 World Cup, he received a two-game suspension for stamping on the back of a Saudi Arabian player.

In 2000, he was barred for five matches after head-butting an opponent while playing for Juventus of Turin in the Champions League, Europe's most prestigious club tournament.



Stupid

I don't know about the call but the ref sure took his time and it seems that the call was only made after a re-play was shown on the screens, and that is a violation of FIFA rules, this is not the NFL, you don't call a foul based on a replay.

I don't want to be in his shoes

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Journey underwater

I leave you with a few pictures from the underwater world:

Coral (UAE)
Lima - 2005-05-15 - 08
More Coral (UAE)
Lima - 2005-05-15 - 06
Fish Trying to hide (UAE)

Lobster (Oman)

Khor Al-Habalain - 2005-05-15 - 03

Fish you could swim through (UAE)

And piss them off

Rarely seen fish (Kuwait)

Old and Ugly (UAE) I mean really, this fish looks like the skin of an old man

Spiky (UAE)

Parrot Fish... Lovely (Kuwait)
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The closest I've ever been to dolphins in open water(Kuwait)DSC03797

More Parrot Fish (Kuwait)
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More and more Parrot Fish(Kuwait)
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And there are things you have to take a photo with... Like this very nice turtle (I know, we're not supposed to grab them. But can anyone really resist it??
This dive was the best when it comes to visibility underwater... Kuwait waters are usually not so clear, but visibility it was exceptional that day. (Kuwait)
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You may also come across fish where you really have to shoot and that's when a spear guns comes really handy... yummy yummy (Kuwait)DSC00559

You still have to keep an eye for dangerous fish... Awareness is really important when you're diving in a new region for the first time

Lion Fish DO NOT TOUCH (kuwait)

2005-05-27 - 04

Sting Ray... Really really nice yet dangerous (Kuwait)2004-10-29 - 50

Eel, I didn't see any in of them Kuwait (UAE)

That's all folks the dive is over...

2004-11-01 - 01

till next time (hopefully next weekend, it's only been 2 weeks of bad weather and it feels like ages, I need to dive SOOOON)

هم نبيها خمسة

See you there