Archive | December, 2009

Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2009/12/27)

Here’s the last link roundup in 2009 holding 6 new links. The Lebanese blogosphere was less active this week, probably due to the holidays.

See you in 2010’s first roundup! 🙂

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Saddam Hussein & Hassan Nasrallah at Virgin Megastore

I came across these 2 books at Virgin Megastore.

Le tresor de saddam

Rouge Liban objectif Hassan Nasrallah

1. “Le Trésor de Saddam:1 Les milliard de dollars au soleil!”

2. “Rouge Liban, Objectif: Hassan Nasrallah le chef du Hezbollah!”

I have no idea what the 2 books are about but it’s cool seeing the names of Saddam Hussein and Hassan Nasrallah associated with the cover photos!

P.S: I hope this post will not cause a rage in the streets soon.

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Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2009/12/20)

Ok I’m one day late, but it’s ok, better late than never! Here are our links for this week.

Stay tuned for next week 😉

http://mydifferentchristmas.com/2009/12/15/guest-post-maya-zankoul/
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Freeze Christmas! I will shoot you!

I was on my way back home from Antelias last night when I decided to take photos of the Christmas decorations I encounter on the road, so I got you these photos while passing by Zalka, Bourj Hammoud, and Downtown Beirut.

On my to-shoot list, I still have Jdeideh street, the Ice creche at ABC, the other decorations at downtown and whatever I may encounter in the coming days!

Zalka:

beirut christmas 2009

Bourj Hammoud:

beirut christmas 2009 - 1

Downtown Beirut:

beirut christmas 2009 - 2

beirut christmas 2009 - 3

beirut christmas 2009 - 4

beirut christmas 2009 - 5

beirut christmas 2009 - 6

P.S: Sorry for the low quality, photos were taken with my phone.

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Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2009/12/13)

It’s Sunday! Time for another link roundup, and this week I’ve got 8 links for you.

  • Flights of Fancy
    Qifa Nabki
    Through a very nice collaboration with Maya Zankoul, Qifa Nabki tells us about the possible uses of the MIG-29 when they arrive from Russia.
  • Fi2o Action for Environment
    Discover Your Lebanon
    Hervé Piglowski introduces to us the “Fi2o” movement to save the environment in Lebanon. (French)
  • All Lebanese should go through the driver’s test again
    Independence ’05
    Liliane explaining the REAL use of hazard lights in cars, and calling all the Lebanese driver to re-apply for a driving license!
  • Taxi?
    Maya’s Amalgam
    A message from Maya to the Lebanese Taxi drivers.
  • 5 Reasons to Live Tweet
    Identity Chef
    Why should we Live Tweet? From a marketer point of view.
  • Mox the translator in Lebanon
    Welcome to my delirium
    Check the idea that Delirious suggested to the author of a comic strips blog about a young translator called Mox.
  • Imagining my trip to Beirut
    Zina’s ups & downs
    Funny thought from Zina about her trip to Lebanon.
  • Rain
    Sietske in Beiroet
    Another page from Sietske’s diary, this time about her experience with the heavy rain on Saturday.

See you next week!

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On heavy rain

What’s the real use of a drainage system if it is unable to remove water when it heavily rains? Or is it designed in Lebanon to just accommodate the water that comes out of Im Salim’s house lama toshtof bayta?

To  my bad luck I was on the road in Tarik El-Jadida when it was heavily raining in Beirut today, I’ll just leave the photos to speak about how bad the situation was there.

rain in beirut 1

rain in beirut 2

rain in beirut 3

rain in beirut 4

rain in beirut 5

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Exotica’s Different Christmas

Late in November I started following Exotica’s campaign for Christmas 2009 titled “My Different Christmas”, the campaign is apparently targeting internet users, because I haven’t yet seen its supporting video on any local TV station. And no we’re not used to that in Lebanon!

The idea behind the campaign is helping people to think and celebrate differently this year via a special blog by the “cool” Christmas activist “Lucie”. As you will see, Lucie is a funny grandmother posting about Christmas DIY gifts, recipes, and decoration ideas, and that’s exactly what I need in this period as I am participating in the secret Santa game at work! The blog can be found here.

The reason behind Lucie’s initiative to start the blog

I believe the purpose of the blog goes beyond just providing ideas, Exotica is actually doing a good job communicating with internet users in a way that is much different and more efficient than the classical newsletters we get on a daily basis in our mail boxes. I salute those who are behind this campaign!

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Everything is different at Solidere

Parking meters around Beirut all allow free parking after 5 or 6 PM except in Solidere! As you can see in the below photo, free parking is only allowed after 11 PM (Monday to Saturday).

solidere parking meter

In addition, as shown in the below photo a flat rate of 3,000L.L applies between 8 & 11 PM (Monday to Saturday), and to my knowledge it doesn’t exist anywhere else, even in the busy Hamra street.

solidere parking meter 1

So what’s so special about Solidere to set the parking meters in it that way?!

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Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2009/12/06)

Time for the second weekly link roundup, and this week I’ve got 5 new links for you.

See you next week!

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