Menu
Expat.com
Rocko

@Rocko

Active member

Malaysian citizen

Forum

57 posts

Contacts

3

About me

Malaysian

Lives in Tripoli, Libya

Registration: 30 November 2009

Activity

Rocko replied to a thread
13 years ago
Horizontal Harry

What is going down - updates here please by Horizontal Harry

OK, we have lot's of rumor's but few facts. Please post what you know to be true rather that what you heard. Benghazi is a mess, lots killed after an army camp was attacked. The airport in Benghazi is open. Misurata had an event yesterday, pro v ...

Rocko

Gunshots or fireworks(still cant differentiate) can be heard in Ain Zahra, Tripoli. It's only 7pm but I guess its payback for yesterday's silent rainy night in our area. Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
13 years ago
Horizontal Harry

What is going down - updates here please by Horizontal Harry

OK, we have lot's of rumor's but few facts. Please post what you know to be true rather that what you heard. Benghazi is a mess, lots killed after an army camp was attacked. The airport in Benghazi is open. Misurata had an event yesterday, pro v ...

Rocko

Peeps, I think my Al Madar phone line stopped working.. my colleague's too. hmm.... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
13 years ago
Horizontal Harry

What is going down - updates here please by Horizontal Harry

OK, we have lot's of rumor's but few facts. Please post what you know to be true rather that what you heard. Benghazi is a mess, lots killed after an army camp was attacked. The airport in Benghazi is open. Misurata had an event yesterday, pro v ...

Rocko

Last night, I woke up to gunfire/fireworks (can't differentiate), and mob chanting. We live between Fernas and Souk Jumaah. Good thing roads into our residential area were blocked off by neighbours' cars. Heard today that the airport is closed. ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
hoseloader

many questions by hoseloader

Julien Have not arrived as yet but have many ?'s how do i contact you. I represent a very large international company who will be moving staff to all major cities in Libya. I need lots of information Cheers/hoseloader

Rocko

Julien, they're playing on you. Don't believe everything you see. or read. Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
PilotMikeTx

Recipe Help by PilotMikeTx

Please help, I returned from Libya with some recipes (or as close as I could get given my Libyan friends didn't know the English translation for many ingredients, and also they all were men and apparently don't cook.) At any rate, at almost every ...

Rocko

this is like a pop quiz : the answer is Hummus made from chickpeas, olive oil, garlic.. white colour slight bitter taste. Great dip for fried chicken. Rich in B vits. They sell it in cans in the souks,as well, and you just need to add water and ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
enraged1

Russia or Italy for vacations- Confused by enraged1

Hey, i'm not sure if i can post it here but heyy will know if the thread is moved. Anyways i have 3 weeks off from mid december and i want to go for a vacation(no rocket science involved). I have got 2 options 1 is Italy and the other is Russia ...

Rocko

If this was a fact that they got more english speakers than the pop of GB itself : China Population (Mainland Only) : 1,331,460,000.000 Great Britain Pop : 61,838,154.000 Still, that only makes about 4.64 % english speaking civilians scattered ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
enraged1

Russia or Italy for vacations- Confused by enraged1

Hey, i'm not sure if i can post it here but heyy will know if the thread is moved. Anyways i have 3 weeks off from mid december and i want to go for a vacation(no rocket science involved). I have got 2 options 1 is Italy and the other is Russia ...

Rocko

I think language shouldnt be seen as a barrier and its nonsense to stop anyone for visiting places where English is not the lingua franca. Doesn't stop people from going to China or Japan, and even Libya. I would pick Russia for the sole reason to ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
vilanelle

Adding people you don't know as a contact by vilanelle

Dear All who would like to have me added as a contact, if you don't know me, and we never talked/emailed/contacted in any other way, please DO NOT add me as a contact. Actually, that's what I wrote in my profile, and yet I keep getting new ...

Rocko

On another note, I think locals fall in love a lil too fast - among themselves and with others.You're making it sound good. In reality, they just have nothing productive or useful on their minds, so they're always eager to act out what they see on ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
vilanelle

Adding people you don't know as a contact by vilanelle

Dear All who would like to have me added as a contact, if you don't know me, and we never talked/emailed/contacted in any other way, please DO NOT add me as a contact. Actually, that's what I wrote in my profile, and yet I keep getting new ...

Rocko

I hear you, V. I think it's 60% cultural difference and 40% gender related. On another note, I think locals fall in love a lil too fast - among themselves and with others. Must have gotten that from the Italians.. or Italians got it from the Ls? ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
KingOfKludge

Shisha smoking by KingOfKludge

Hi, Would really like to sit and smoke some shisha with the QueenOfKludge, but haven't seen too many options around. Don't want to be insensitive to a male environment or anything. Can anybody recommend a place where my good lady wouldn't feel ...

Rocko

Don't smoke in Al Saraya. I was there with my fellow countrymen and when I asked the waiter to check the charcoal of our shisha, he went, "Tsk,tsk, no madam.. no shisha for you. Big problem...tsk tsk.. Cigarette ok, Shisha no." with his finger ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
Mudman

Cultural Exchange Program by Mudman

Good to see new initiatives in cross cultural exchanges. Cementing Libyan/Italian Relatinships Make your own jokes up. :lol:

Rocko

bunga bunga party Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
avaritia7

Single woman living in Tripoli by avaritia7

I'm applying for a senior position in a new hotel opening in Tripoli soon. I'm a single female, so the previous posts about husbands, children blah blah don't apply to me. I lived in Doha and have travelled throughout the Middle East and other ...

Rocko

Due to slow internet connection (be prepared for this at times), only a partial of my message "stuck". Anyway, welcome aboard to L Land! Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
avaritia7

Single woman living in Tripoli by avaritia7

I'm applying for a senior position in a new hotel opening in Tripoli soon. I'm a single female, so the previous posts about husbands, children blah blah don't apply to me. I lived in Doha and have travelled throughout the Middle East and other ...

Rocko

GISgirl, yeah i guess we could. I usually hang out with families and I get totally lost when they discuss about school, parent teacher conferences, the kids, the husbands, and trimester dos and donts. They ar Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
veechansa

Thank You Expat Blog!! by veechansa

I accidentally stumbled through other country's expat forums including Germany and Italy forums, and foudn them to be dead and inactive compared to Libya forum. Partly the reason is because most expats who are relocating here don't know much about ...

Rocko

Try calling the wimax hotline number as on your CELA.C.M setup disk. You will get a Dr. Sameer, a dentist. Wonder how many wimax users he got calling in asking about a different service. (Or could be my setup disc wasn't an updated version). P.S: ... Read More

Rocko replied to a thread
14 years ago
avaritia7

Single woman living in Tripoli by avaritia7

I'm applying for a senior position in a new hotel opening in Tripoli soon. I'm a single female, so the previous posts about husbands, children blah blah don't apply to me. I lived in Doha and have travelled throughout the Middle East and other ...

Rocko

I'm single female too! Won't get much of our kind here though as most expat women working or not, are here with family. Read More