Grey Fort

You can talk to yourself ! and it's OK

2009-06-09T14:38:00.003+03:00

So this is what happened.. I'm the King of Cookoo land.

Let me explain to you,

For example when i take a shower it takes me almost an hour, 5 minutes to take bath and the remaining i just stand under the shower fighting dragons, demons, killing men at war , hitting a cricket Six to the thunderous applause or even playing air guitar ( no ! not that one) untill my wife starts to screm 'abe! bathroom se bahar nikal'( get out of the bathroom). So this one time i got carried away and here i was at work , all alone ( my co worker at the bank), i just cut loose, I was fighting this gang of teens and finally when i won i was giving my 'victory speech' ... and my co worker enters , i must say ... that was really awkward, embarassing to be caught during the "Victory Speech" . I must have scared the living hell out of her, but she's a great pretender, she pretended as if she didn't see it .. pew that was close call :P

So I pick up my wife in the evening and I told her what happened , Told her how i got caught talking to myself, expecting her to laugh and fall off the car, This is what happened next..

Her :"Oh ! my God"

Me : WHAT?

Her: You talk to Yourself?

Me: yyyeha ! so ? I bet everyone else does !!

Her: Oh No! How long this is going on?

Me: Why? Something wrong?

Her: First thing i want you to do when we go to India is YOU see the 'Doc' !

Me : WHATTT?

Her: You know "it" runs in your family?

Me: WHATTT? Why it's OK to sing when you are alone but not talk?

Her: I don't know, I don't know !! don't ask me, it's just not right!

Me: You are not saying i'm crazy are you?

Her: I don't know ... we'll find out when we go back home..

So people ! It's really (not) OK to talk or fight imaginary dragons while you are alone. But even if you do ! don't tell your wife/Husband

Revisiting the ruins of a ghost blog .

2009-05-24T11:51:00.003+03:00

Wow ! It's been a while i've been here. So many things changed in the last few months, Don't know if you will be interested in it anymore :P , (but i have been lurking you as always :P) anyways ... here are few things that happened in Grey's life

1. Fired the maid, now I have taken over the chores, not that i'm complaining, we are saving little money now. She got terminated over the phone, and she fired left and right at Daphne, Very abusive, but then it was good, it wasn't face to face. Her sister came and took the salary ( Although our ex maid 'donated' her salary to us 'beggers' :P )

2. My other blog is doing quite well, Indian Indie scene has always been my passion, and i think i'm doing the right thing. Getting 700 hits a day :P

3. Work sucks as usual, Business is VERY bad,

don't remember the last time we got incentives, Next three months are going to be even badder.

4. AJ has grown up ! It's amazing to watch him. He's become Mr Smartypants since he has started to go to the baby sitting. Maid just made him watch TV , but now he know's to sing 'Ba ba Batti ( blacksheep) ... It's amazing

5.Thats it folks, life's kinda stagnant at the same time it's flowing in other places.

See you all around. You guys have been much loved.

That moment could have changed our lives forever.

2009-04-17T23:39:00.002+03:00

We were at the Marina Mall to do some shopping , as usual we wanted to eat some junk food, since there was someone at the elevator already we decieded to take the escaltor, as soon as we reached the top the wheel got stuck and in the fraction of the moment i decieded to lift the pram and my son wasn't buckled ... it was all shaky , he could have fell down from the first floor or may be its my imagination ... whatever... it all happened in 2 seconds... Needless to say i was shaking .... I made a promise to my wife that i will NEVER EVER take the escaltor with the pram .

Tonight we could have spent nights at different locations ( me being in the lockup for sure ) but i believe its God's Grace. And i can't thank HIM enough .

Now i have a reason to be upset :(

2009-04-17T00:29:00.005+03:00

Got my test results ... hearts fine ... got thyroid ... a mild one ... no medications yet ... been asked to comeback after 2months .... I'm So depressed .... Think i could cry ...

Wait ... I'm Kidding ... I got thyroid ... mild one, but i aint depressed .... am I ? OMG ! i'm so screwed :(

BTW ... The Evil wife is having a blast .... she's loving the way i go check my throat every 2 minuts :P

This just didn't happen , WTF ?

2009-04-14T23:22:00.003+03:00

Sometimes things happen so quick , there is not enough time for reflex or shit , and you are left murmuring WTF ?

First Incident : Ever been in a situation that some prick thinks you are invisible ? I am walking with my wife, and the dude stares at her as if she's gonna leave my arm and run away with him. I mean WTF ??? Dude !! WTF ?? DO I LOOK INVISIBLE?

Second Incident : The dude opposite to my shop , walks towards me , i see a 20KD note in his hand, obvious that he wants change, just when he is few yards away from me, he puts the note in his mouth 'digs in' and adjusts his massive balls, and then...... shakes my hand. I was startled , wait thats not the word, WTF ???? yeah ! WTF ??? does he think i am BLIND.... Been eating with spoon since last two days now .

Thats it for now !

Apparently I'm gonna live

2009-04-11T22:13:00.003+03:00

Yey! apparently there is nothing wrong with me apart from a very stupid undeveloped brain . I went to the hospital today and did my ECG ( EKG) and 'bling bling' the hearts good, beating as it should be. So i am going to live untill a bull rams me in the hole ... Untill then see y'all around !

Tomorrow i got cholestrol test :(

I ate a Mentos

2009-04-08T14:51:00.004+03:00

Yes i did ... after a long long while, why that is the title of this blogpost ??? i don't know ! Don't ask me either, I know it's kinda lame, but i like it :P

Well some news ! I have kinda pain ( or i think that is pain ) in my chest . Daf is pestering me to get my ECG done , skipped it twice because i know it's a waste of money . The problem is i am having 'broken heart syndrome' .. Wooooooo ! big words there ! but me knows meself ! Since my son has started going to baby sitting i am missing him a lot ! Most of the week i have work from 2pm . So we play a lot , eat , then take a small nap ! But its over now, he goes to baby sitting by 9am and i am all alone at home .
We had to let our nanny go because she was getting out of hand ( although she is doing only 2 hours in the morning now ) so we told her polietly to search for another job. Also it was for AJ's better , since the "Nanny-i'm-on-the-phone" has been non-stop blabbering with all her friends ( f##k free Incoming calls ) and cared damn about work. We were worried that AJ would end up a "farmer" with her way of upbringing . Now at this new place he knows to give 'fly kiss' , 'shake hand' and 'show nose' many other thing which a normal toddler would do.

OK back to the story .. ECG .. i skipped it . Daphne is pretty upset . but i promised i will do it surely on Sunday .

Why i wrote this post ? I don't know ... my other blog is getting 500 visits a day but none of them connect as you would do . Am i here for sympathy ? NO NO! Just wanted you to know thats all.

So i ate a mentos ,wanted to drink a diet coke on top of it for the fun out of it , 'Norbit' said don't do it. Do your ECG first , just incase ....

Little bit of this and a little bit of that.

2009-03-22T09:41:00.000+03:00

So what i am upto these days ? not much... same old shit in a different flavour. Blogging, lurking and lots of non-facebooky forums . Thats how this blog is malnutritioned right now. I feel bad though, but then one less blog won't hurt much.
Life is going on as usual, business is down, AJ is growing up, wife is busy with work. Some kid broke my car antenna, my best friends wife delivered a baby girl ... she called me at 3am, (since i am the one with the car,) i picked her up from Ras al Salmiya , sped to Al Sabha Maternity , on the way her water broke and i am too lazy to clean the stains . This is not the first time, couple of years ago My wife's water broke in the front seat . Didn't clean that one either. ( but i told her i did :P) .

thats it for now... more juicy details about Grey's life later.

Oh !Sorry i pressed the 'Mark as read' button on my google reader . 7 posts a day ?? OMG !

Absolute ROFLMAO video

2009-03-21T21:32:00.003+03:00

must watch .

yep ! i'm still alive :P

Oh Thanks Broca's Area.

Flying car in Kuwait , Finally !

2009-03-02T08:49:00.002+03:00

Dinner at PIZZA INN, SALMIYA

2009-02-28T00:03:00.008+03:00

Well ! after reading Rayboys review of the new Pizza Inn we decieded to visit Pizza Inn at Souk Salmiya or better known as the City Centre Mall . It wasn't that difficult for me to locate the place as i am a frequent visitor to the mall .Nice interior , brightly lit place as opposed to some poorly lit popoular dine-in's . A+ service , Nice menu card ( since Ray has written most of the stuff i won't repeat it here )
awesome Pizza's ... this pepperoni tasted like a little piece of heaven ( OK a bit exaggerated )

Finally ! if picture do speak a thousand words, i must say two things about the pictures of Pizza Inn.

1. I need a new Cellphone with better Picture quality .
2. Great place guys ! Great pizza's , top class service, you gotta check it out.

Greyfort is a woman ! WTF?

2009-02-18T14:47:00.004+03:00

Hello blogizens of Greyfort. I apologise for not being in touch, i lost my mojo for good, i can't blog about real life anymore. Not that i don't care, but i dont have enough time, specially when wife had barred me from latenight blogging and the stupid computer with IE6 at work which acts as if its high on drugs and goes off every 5 minutes. So ! thats it ... you will see less of me , but i will always be around lurking YOU! .

Oh ! one more confession, "apparently" i lied about my gender, even i didn't know that i was a female trapped in a man's ( hairy ) body . Well ! finally "i'm out" with eveidence that i am 75% female , or in another extreme case 51% female..
So what 'internet' gender are you ? Check your gender by Browsing analysis,

or Check your gender by your website . ( Link Via )

Attention Non wife beating Indians / Others

2009-02-11T15:33:00.003+03:00

This is what happened in my beloved home town a couple of weeks ago, some thugs belonging to a right wing extremist group beat some girls in the broad daylight just because they were sitting in a pub , having their lunch over a glass of beer. Now these self appointed moral police beat these girls black and blue but the girls were hesitant to file a case so its all a political drama henceforth.
Now the same group is going to 'marry' any couple that are seen 'valentining' on Feb 14th , i mean litterally marry the boy and girl on the spot. So some people who are fed up , are finally pulling their pants or rather drop their panties and have decieded to send 'PINK PANTIES" to the head of this 'moral police' brigade, and this campaign has gained momnetum and i joined this group on facebook ( and sifting through my wife's cabinet for her pink panties but can't find one ) .
So if you are Indian or non Indian and are not wife/sister/mother/daughter/ or even chakka beater please join this group called A Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women and if possible send some pink panties to those idiots on Valentines day.
Watch this video on your own judgement as the images are graphic.

If you were in my shoes...

2009-02-10T09:57:00.003+03:00

OK ,need some serious advice, Here is the scenario , maid goes on vacation , doesnt bring her replacement as promised, comes 10 days late and not even a apology. We don't mind, we dont even ask why she came late and she is welcome back ,.
The very first day of her work, Daphne (my wife ) get stuck at work comes 30 minutes late, and my maid starts to grumble , i mean litterlly make us feel that she is the one who is paying us.
Now since two days she has this grumpy face. May be she wants us to come to her and apologise or what ever. As for me, i want to fire her, but Daphne is reluctant.
Now here is the deliema, her husband is heart patient and they need money, plus She raised AJ since he was 15days old ( we owe her big time , not denying it ) ....
What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Put up with the grumpy face or show the door?

For techies

2009-02-07T20:17:00.002+03:00

LINK .

yeah i am absolutely blogstipated.

I rant ... you read .

2009-02-04T10:25:00.004+03:00

I didn't realize that i did only 4 posts this January compared to some 40 posts in Jan 2008. Life took a nose dive.. thanks the liar maid, who was 'suppose' to be back 10 days ago. Because she lied we miscalculated so many things, like baby sitting ,transportation , part time maid etc etc. Now she is ' suppose' to resume on Saturday... but her days are numbered for sure.

On the work front , bored to death as usual, same old shit ... different smell . I hear no increment this time . That sucks.. but its OK , as long as we have jobs in this current situation.. wait... im a salesman .. should i be worried? whatever.
I had a new years resolution to lose 5 to 7 Kilo's... since maid was on Vacation , i am the 'official baby sitter' to my Son, i have already lost more than 7KG's in a month... all my pants are coming down.

Talking about pants, is it OK to forget to Zip the pants at work? i mean, it happened yesterday.. the fly was open for God knows how long... doesnt matter... wasn't 'commando' .

You know its so dumb to ride with a 1 year old who wants to play with the 'hand break'?
Nothing more to rant now...

Leave you with a picture.

Question about Paypal

2009-01-26T08:51:00.005+03:00

OK Here's the thing, I know this dude from USA, who is selling some music CD's and T shirts and stuff ( some rare Indian Bands etc etc ) now he wants me to pay 50$ via Paypal. Now my question to you is , Can i pay PAYPAL using my Burgan Bank 'DEBIT CARD' ? because i dont own a credit card .
Big Thankies in Advance.

Dedicated to all the people with a facebook account

2009-01-25T11:57:00.003+03:00

Thought i wont blog for a while , but then this vid is too good to resist. Yeah ! thanks Amjad.
This one's for all you 'foesbook' addicts ...

Technical help please

2009-01-14T00:27:00.003+03:00

OK technical help please.. i have this wordpress blog on ' Indian Rock scene' ( not the bollywood crap ... the indie scene i mean ) . Now ! i get 200+ visitors everyday . I want to remove the 'wordpress' thing and make it a .com .... like chikapappi.com , rayboy.org, blasha.com ..... How do i do it?
I know i am such an idiot :P

Big thankies in advance.

13 days in the life of a pathetic blogger.

2009-01-13T19:01:00.002+03:00

So what really happened?
2009 started with all the possible omens .. as i told you in my previous post , 15 to midnight on new years eve there was this stupid bad news and after that incident all seems to have gone haphazard in my life.
First 'steel body' Daphney my wife falls sick with viral fever , i have never seen her so sick ..
Just then the maid goes on vacation . Till the last moment she was "Suppose" to bring her replacement but according to her the replacement said "NO" . Our maid washed her hands , i remembered someone who 'used' to do baby sitting , so i go to her house , after a little chit chat we agreed to keep AJ at her house for 4 hours a day along with 10 other children .... BIG MISTAKE . i tell you why later..
Meanwhile Mr AJ who had turned just 1 couple of weeks ago falls sick with fever and cold ... Now here the scenario for AJ ... NO NANNY + FEVER + NEW BABY SITTER = i dont know what that sums up to .
In between all this , the car breaks up , then the AC duct ( at home ) comes down . Chilling Cold weather , sick baby , sick wife, no maid , Amu's sick , Broca's having exams , Ne's getting married , Ansam meets with an accident , War in Gaza , Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! i thought my head will explode ...
but then somehow things seem to clear a bit , Car is OK , AJ has almost recovered , Daphney is still cauging like a old dog ( so i'm not buying a dog :P ) , maid seems to have postphoned her vacation further ( which is bad news for her , i am gonna fire her when she comes back ) AC duct got repaired , AJ is finally walking step by step ... things seem to be better ...
So thats how life has been in these last 13 days ...

So how are you ?

AJ the drumskin basher.

2009-01-08T01:21:00.003+03:00

OK i read all the blogs that i have subscribed on my google reader,( but i skipped to comment as its very late )just to let you know that i am still struggling to cope up with this disasterous year. I leave you with my Son play his first rock concert .

its 2009 and its effed up already.

2009-01-02T01:04:00.004+03:00

OK its 2009 and its effed up already ... . Didn't celebrate the new years countdown despite of waiting till midnight ... 'some bad news' happen to arrive just 10 minutes before midnight and we were like 'shit' ... there goes 2009.

Today Daphney is very sick... usually she goes by the nick name 'steel body' ( i being the rusted one ) .. she never falls sick.. but today she is very ill from fever and body ache.. so i rushed to the Al Mubarka Hospital in Jabriya... we were sent back. Infact we were asked to go to Rumaithiya .. honestly i have never entered Rumaithiya even during the day time... 'how the eff am i suppose to look for a clinic in the middle of the night ????" .. what ever happened to ' Health care system? ha ?" ,.. i mean come on ! for eff sake.. this is 2009 ... why a person holding Salmiya Home address has to visit Salmiya Clinic "ONLY" ... so what if i was deing somewhere in ABDALI ?? DO i have to rush to Salmiya Clinic to get that all important Oxygen?? .. I mean it happend to me once... i collapsed in Khaitan due to heat stroke.. but i had to bloody wait for some hours untill i reached Salmiya clinic to get oxygen.... what kind of system is this? ...

In other news .. the Air conditioning duct just came down with a huge thud... luckily the 'false ceiling' aka decore is holding it ... now we are confined to this tiny bedroom... i have shifted most of the things from the hall... Untill "Mr" Haris relents to repair it ( or even examine it ) won't be venturing to the hall...

Finally ... I have this serious feeling ..09 will be a tough year for me . Dapney is saying 'its because you don't pray anymore' ( which is not true) ... anyways ... if you read till here... you are entitled to get a free cookie.. thanks for reading.

Year end rants .

2008-12-31T14:25:00.004+03:00

I'm going to keep it a low key new year post due to the suffering of Innocent civilians in Gaza . I pray that 2009 will be more peaceful than 08 which according to me one of the worst year. ( so no happy new year picture)

Anyways if you are planning to celebrate new years dinner in Marina Mall .... "don't" .... Marina Mall will close by 10pm ... yes even the food court .

Sorry for not being frequent as my laptop got screwed .. right now its under repair .... so if i don't visit your blog to wish you personally .. please dont feel bad..
I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR . MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE . AND MAY 2009 BE THE PROSPEROUS YEAR .

Im cured of Internet addiction .. i guess !

2008-12-27T10:58:00.005+03:00

Well , its no secret i am an internet addict , but like any other addict i am always in denial . My wife ( i won't be calling her Drools anymore think i will call her Daphney because of rioting by a Dear bloggarette ) is always complaining that my one eye is on the computer and the other wandering like JFK . Well something happend the other day ... something i can not disclose . It was a huge fight ... and Daphney dear pulled the 'solid' punch ... and left me crying .. yep ! left me crying... i walked out of the house like any other hairy chested man do after being severly beaten by his wife ... but some nutcrack had parked his car adjacent to mine... being a terrible suckaa at reversing the car... i had no other option to come home with my tail under my legs .. slept on the floor... and while my balls were freezing in the cold... it was a Buddha like enlightement with the halo around my dumb head .. yes ! i have been a dumb shit ever since i bought that stupid computer home and even stupider 'Pain' Connection .
Well i don't want to tell you how i mended things ( yeah ! there goes my manhood ) .. just that it ended well. Internet (at home) has been added to the list of vices . So i will keep away from it while Daphney/AJ is around .. but i know it won't be easy like i quit smoking .

In other totally greyonic ( yeah equallent of moronic ) news .. i have this terrible crush on Beyonce .... man ! she is hot ! hot ! if i was JayZ i will make her dance 24X7 .

Beyonce - Single Ladies [HQ]
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Blogstipated again.

2008-12-26T10:59:00.004+03:00

What does a blogger do when he has lost the will to write?

actually i can't diagnose it correctly if its blogstipation on the loss of will to write ..