Question Of The Day

Ah well, I can only but try ... I had a good giggle to myself over that one

ok .. ill ask another question until Maya comes back :p

If your life was a song, what would the title be?

really it's a very difficult question Maya, I can't answer it.

Ackeles wrote:

Maya Maya wrote:

If you were given a choice to live as long as you want, how long would you like to live?

in this life or in the other one? :p

in this life lol!

hishamdba wrote:

TV series is "The Big Bang Theory"
The character is "Johnny Galecki"
Link to the Show: The Big Bang Theory

why him?

Ackeles wrote:

since Maya not here and no one asked any questions .. ill take her place for now and ill ask one

If you were a character on a tv show, which one would you be?

thats a really nice question
ummm i keep thinking but i cant find an answer and i kinda have 2 run so i will think about it while i am shopping and i will get back 2 you haha!

Ackeles wrote:

ok .. ill ask another question until Maya comes back :p

If your life was a song, what would the title be?

ummmm i already asked that question earlier but its ok
there r ppl who just joined the blog so its a new question for them i hope we will be hearing from them soon
anyways feel free 2 ask questions anytime u want 2 even if i was around i like ur questions

Ackeles wrote:

ok .. ill ask another question until Maya comes back :p

If your life was a song, what would the title be?

"Complicated" by Avril Lavigne

Maya Maya wrote:

Ackeles wrote:

since Maya not here and no one asked any questions .. ill take her place for now and ill ask one

If you were a character on a tv show, which one would you be?

thats a really nice question
ummm i keep thinking but i cant find an answer and i kinda have 2 run so i will think about it while i am shopping and i will get back 2 you haha!

i have no idea how women can think while shopping .. actually i think they do everything at once .. not like us men .. like to do things step by step .. more organized xD

think and tell me later haha!

Maya Maya wrote:

Ackeles wrote:

ok .. ill ask another question until Maya comes back :p

If your life was a song, what would the title be?

ummmm i already asked that question earlier but its ok
there r ppl who just joined the blog so its a new question for them i hope we will be hearing from them soon
anyways feel free 2 ask questions anytime u want 2 even if i was around i like ur questions

to tell the truth that one i stole it from the internet :p
like the one before it xD

thanx .. hehe!

Hi everyone
I think the gender question still hot, and we haven't reached anything yet. I am happy to have raised the question. Look, people have started thinking about their genders. I didn't feel embarrassed, becuase I didn't mean what others think ! bloggers thought of me as being a gay ?? No way my friends. My question was whether you like your own being as a man or a woman? not the male or female genders in general. Replying to such a question is like a reminder of your duties as a man or a woman.
Sure, most of you would say: Yes, I do like my being, but when being asked why?? what would be your answers like?
Hope I was clear
regards

Mansour AlYami wrote:

Hi everyone
I think the gender question still hot, and we haven't reached anything yet. I am happy to have raised the question. Look, people have started thinking about their genders. I didn't feel embarrassed, becuase I didn't mean what others think ! bloggers thought of me as being a gay ?? No way my friends. My question was whether you like your own being as a man or a woman? not the male or female genders in general. Replying to such a question is like a reminder of your duties as a man or a woman.
Sure, most of you would say: Yes, I do like my being, but when being asked why?? what would be your answers like?
Hope I was clear
regards

i still find your question so gay .. no one thought about you being gay .. we thought that the question is weird. 2nd who started to think about his or her gender? i tried to find anyone complained or said anything regarding your question and nope no one said anything .. actually we laughed about your question thats it .. we found it wrong in a way .. and Gay in another way .. so stop imagining things mate lol!

Well the question was asked, it was questioned in return but nobody answered ... I think we should move this on to something a little more simple before somebody gets upset

Would you ever consider living abroad? ...

Kind of a wasted effort on part seeing as this is an expat forum But at least it is simple

Louise.Welge wrote:

Well the question was asked, it was questioned in return but nobody answered ... I think we should move this on to something a little more simple before somebody gets upset

Would you ever consider living abroad? ...

Kind of a wasted effort on part seeing as this is an expat forum But at least it is simple

yup you are right..


yah i always considered that ^_^

this post just got all weird.. lots of questions going on at the same time a lot of comments.. But then I like.. so where are we which is the last question I say? gender? tele? song?

Ackeles wrote:

Mansour AlYami wrote:

Hi everyone
I think the gender question still hot, and we haven't reached anything yet. I am happy to have raised the question. Look, people have started thinking about their genders. I didn't feel embarrassed, becuase I didn't mean what others think ! bloggers thought of me as being a gay ?? No way my friends. My question was whether you like your own being as a man or a woman? not the male or female genders in general. Replying to such a question is like a reminder of your duties as a man or a woman.
Sure, most of you would say: Yes, I do like my being, but when being asked why?? what would be your answers like?
Hope I was clear
regards

i still find your question so gay .. no one thought about you being gay .. we thought that the question is weird. 2nd who started to think about his or her gender? i tried to find anyone complained or said anything regarding your question and nope no one said anything .. actually we laughed about your question thats it .. we found it wrong in a way .. and Gay in another way .. so stop imagining things mate lol!

my initial reaction was: "what?"

i did not find it funny or gayish though... i found it weird and confusing to think whether you are or not satisfied about your beingness... as man or woman... i cannot see any point of comparison or how will i even start of saying i wish i am not what i am.... *sorry for the words not found in wiki*

Mansour, why wouldn't you start answering ur question?

Louise.Welge wrote:

Well the question was asked, it was questioned in return but nobody answered ... I think we should move this on to something a little more simple before somebody gets upset

Would you ever consider living abroad? ...

Kind of a wasted effort on part seeing as this is an expat forum But at least it is simple

Living that would mean staying forever and ever until you die, yes, I would love to go to Australia and live there (Perth)..

Obviously, I am (just) working here now in Riyadh (not that I am saying there is no "life" here), but really had a bout of "consideration" before deciding to come over, and hopefully, just work for a few years... and finally "live" where I really want to...

Well, I like his attitude with Penny "Kaley Cuoco" and secret love that he have for her. Also his comments and the way he deals with
Sheldon Cooper "Jim Parsons". He is just funny.

oh well, we kind of mixed up... when you guys want to answer a certain answer (haha this is funny) or question, you may use the "quote" button it's not even a button, it's a link or whatever you might want to call it)... we are getting weirder each day unless one follows this thread all the time, it will be easier to decipher, otherwise, you will fall in the world of the oblivion/unknown

riyadh11 wrote:

oh well, we kind of mixed up... when you guys want to answer a certain answer (haha this is funny) or question, you may use the "quote" button it's not even a button, it's a link or whatever you might want to call it)... we are getting weirder each day unless one follows this thread all the time, it will be easier to decipher, otherwise, you will fall in the world of the oblivion/unknown

i was thinking the same ..

*** confuzzled ***

i think questing your "gender" is a little too deep of a question to ask on such a blog. i think you will be better off asking that *hot* question on a much advanced philosophical thinker's blog!

yes, i am happy with my "gender" and my sexuality and my role as a male member of the community surrounded by covered females.

as far as the new question about considering living abroad. i think you answered it yourself since we all are (at least 90% of us) are already expats on here...so duhh!

my question of the day is: what reaction do you get from your friends back home when you tell them that water here in saudi actually costs more than petrol/gasoline.

my mates back home cant help but drop their jaws at the fact that water here is almost twice as expensive than gas!

borntobemild wrote:

my question of the day is: what reaction do you get from your friends back home when you tell them that water here in saudi actually costs more than petrol/gasoline.

i can't relate much. Water is actually more expensive here than gasoline, true. But that doesn't mean that water in the Philippines is actually cheaper than here. You know what I mean? I never got billed of my water usage since I came here in Riyadh- no water bill, only electricity. Plus the regular bottled water costs just 1 riyal which is basically cheaper than bottled water in the Philippines of the same size- around 1.5riyals equivalent... so in terms of water and gas, it's actually cheaper to live here in Riyadh than in the Philippines

Well, I guess it is better for us to leave the gender question unanswered. My idea was to raise a weir question that requires deep thinking, and so we get so many different answers, and perhaps dispute over them. This way I think we are likely to benefit more  on the philosophical level.
The new question about the gas price is a good one. I have been asked this question in Australia, and answered that gas in Saudi Arabia is cheaper than BOTTLED water. It was good to flatter, but in fact it is not true with myself as I got a well at home from which I get free potable water.

Mansour AlYami wrote:

Well, I guess it is better for us to leave the gender question unanswered. My idea was to raise a weir question that requires deep thinking, and so we get so many different answers, and perhaps dispute over them. This way I think we are likely to benefit more  on the philosophical level.

I think this is an excellent question.  For myself, I was always happy being a female because I never thought of myself as a female, per se.  Rather, I thought of myself as a 'person.'  I have always gotten by on my merits as a person and always felt that I was accepted as such. Maybe living in the US made this possible; maybe I was just lucky. I don't know.

Then I came to Saudi Arabia.  Here the 'no mixing' makes it very clear that we are not all people; rather, we are male and female.  There is this differentiation which may cause you to examine gender roles in particular societies.

Here, the men have more freedom, but the good man who lives up to his obligations also has more  responsibility. Women have much less freedom but don't have the financial responsibilities that they have in so many other parts of the world. 

However, it's different being an expat here.  Here the expat men don't have the obligations of a Saudi man, but expat women (particularly single women) are restricted like Saudi women.

So if I had to choose which I'd rather be, an expat man or expat woman, I'd definitely choose expat MAN.

Other views?

Alliecat wrote:

Mansour AlYami wrote:

Well, I guess it is better for us to leave the gender question unanswered. My idea was to raise a weir question that requires deep thinking, and so we get so many different answers, and perhaps dispute over them. This way I think we are likely to benefit more  on the philosophical level.

I think this is an excellent question.  For myself, I was always happy being a female because I never thought of myself as a female, per se.  Rather, I thought of myself as a 'person.'  I have always gotten by on my merits as a person and always felt that I was accepted as such. Maybe living in the US made this possible; maybe I was just lucky. I don't know.

Then I came to Saudi Arabia.  Here the 'no mixing' makes it very clear that we are not all people; rather, we are male and female.  There is this differentiation which may cause you to examine gender roles in particular societies.

Here, the men have more freedom, but the good man who lives up to his obligations also has more  responsibility. Women have much less freedom but don't have the financial responsibilities that they have in so many other parts of the world. 

However, it's different being an expat here.  Here the expat men don't have the obligations of a Saudi man, but expat women (particularly single women) are restricted like Saudi women.

So if I had to choose which I'd rather be, an expat man or expat woman, I'd definitely choose expat MAN.

Other views?

hmm .. interesting answer
nice one ..

Come on, Ackeles!  No 4 word replies allowed!

Tell me what you're thinking regarding YOURSELF!

Alliecat wrote:

Come on, Ackeles!  No 4 word replies allowed!

Tell me what you're thinking regarding YOURSELF!

lol! thinking about my self?

im so happy with my self hehe .. i need to go out of the country for couple of weeks and everything will be perfect

Alliecat wrote:

Come on, Ackeles!  No 4 word replies allowed!

Tell me what you're thinking regarding YOURSELF!

sad fact is that only in this part of the world you are seen as a male or a female and not a person. so this question is valid in this part of the world.

its like asking, do you like to smoke indoors or outdoors, when everyone in the world knows that smoking is injurious to everyone no matter where you do it, it shouldnt be done. but only in saudi you would have that question asked even in this day and age.

if the question about smoking isnt as "complex" then you might as well ask, should you beat your wife with a stick or a whip.... because there is an answer to that which can just as easily be turned into a discussion or a dispute but we all know its not right to beat anyone so much for your wife!!

hence that question being labeled as GAY! as it cant even be classified as an interrogative.

Well, I am happy now, Alliecat is interested in my question, and has given a logical answer. However, I still need to say something about women status here in Saudi Arabia. If you think that Saudi women are restricted, I would say that I see them as princesses at their houses. Everything is almost provided for the for free, and thus they are free to provide what they ought to provide, something out of their hearts, not like men out of their hands. When I compare my situation as responsible for the whole family, financially and socially, I sometimes wish I was a beautiful blonde girl. lol

Mansour AlYami wrote:

Well, I am happy now, Alliecat is interested in my question, and has given a logical answer. However, I still need to say something about women status here in Saudi Arabia. If you think that Saudi women are restricted, I would say that I see them as princesses at their houses. Everything is almost provided for the for free, and thus they are free to provide what they ought to provide, something out of their hearts, not like men out of their hands. When I compare my situation as responsible for the whole family, financially and socially, I sometimes wish I was a beautiful blonde girl. lolw

Oh? are there many blonde Saudi girls?

Alliecat wrote:

Oh? are there many blonde Saudi girls?

LMAO

there are a lot blonde like me !

you're blonde ?!?  let me get out my magnifying glass and study your picture lol

Rana sadiq wrote:

my list
       1.my husband
       2.husband's smile
3.my family(mother,father,sis,bro, their kids)                         
       4.internet
       5.visiting shopping mall and restaurants

HUH? Did you post this in the right place? 

My apologies!  She's answering an earlier question.  Carry on

Alliecat wrote:

Rana sadiq wrote:

my list
       1.my husband
       2.husband's smile
3.my family(mother,father,sis,bro, their kids)                         
       4.internet
       5.visiting shopping mall and restaurants

HUH? Did you post this in the right place?

Its weekend dont take people so serious lol!

Wrong place is 'wrong place,' regardless of the day of the week.  So I suggest you chill about telling people to chill!

Wine, women and song - Omar Khayyam
and i don't care for remained two

Alliecat wrote:

Wrong place is 'wrong place,' regardless of the day of the week.  So I suggest you chill about telling people to chill!

Chill!

what r the 5 things that u just can't live without?

                 1.my hubby
                 2.my hubby's smile (its so sweet)
                 3.love in all relation 4.internet and my mobile         
                      5.making good friends.