Random Saudi News.....

Hi guys,

My friend sms-ed me yesterday saying the electricity was out and she and her family were sweltering in the hot and humid weather. Jeddah is one of the brightest cities in the world. I am not surprised that power outages occur, although they usually occur in the older parts of the city. This time it was the metropolitan parts of Jeddah that suffered. I liked the attitudes of several people who decided to use the power outage to go to Chuck E. Cheese or Hera Mall. Nice!

Oh, it's never too late to go to school. A 60-year old man in Khamis Mushayt got his high school degree! How cool! To all of you who worry you are graduating at a late age, take some relief in knowing you are not the only one!

How quickly moods can change. From joy to grief as chocolate distributing hosts found out the groom died in a car accident on his way to the wedding. Grim reminder that life is short.

Something is definitely wrong when a beggar makes SR15,000 in a month. These figures might encourage some to leave their regular jobs and start beggary. Of course, they would need some acting lessons to make sad faces and all!

A great article on how young girls may be shocked to see that women do a lot more than they do in Saudi. This particular Saudi girl was shocked to see a maid driving her car. Very important to help young boys and girl broaden their horizons.

A girl refused to go to Africa for summer holidays, leading her mother to believe that her daughter was realizing the importance of money. Instead, the girl wanted to go to Europe or America, leading her mom argue with her! Peer pressure and materialism leads young students with impressionable minds to develop such kinds of attitude.

Why do women need to consult men on everything they do, ranging from education to travel to doing paper work at ministries? I don't know. Maybe you do?

Oh oh...Prince Sultan Bin Salman, secretary general for the Supreme Commission for Tourism has said that "tourism in the Kingdom is unorganized and consequently it needs complete reorganization and a creation of tourist sites to attract tourists." He expects for the tourism industry to pick up in a year or two's time.

How can a mere camel cause damage worth SR2million? By standing in the way of a Chevrolet Caprice, three BMWs, a Toyota Land Cruiser, a Mercedes Benz, a Range Rover and a trailer truck. Amazingly, no one was hurt. The poor camel was left behind while all the drivers and crashed cars left the scene.

All right, I am outta here...have a great day!

Mansur