News of the Day: Harry Potter & etc.
1. Today, the last Harry Potter book arrived worldwide. I plan to read it. In order to refresh my memory of where we're supposed to be in the series, I'm reading Book #6 first, which means I'll start the last book in a day or two, and finish it by the end of July (inshallah). Professional critics received the book more than a week ago, and the critics liked the ending.
2. Two days ago, the #5 Harry Potter film arrived in Dubai (a week late). And I was two days late going to see it, due to prior engagements. The cinema was packed, but all the other members of the audience were much shorter than I, so I was able to watch the film with no problems. Which was fortunate: I donated Book #5 to a library as soon as I'd finished it, and I'd forgotten the details of the ending. Basically, it is based on one of the world's greatest stories, that of Winston Churchill in 'The Gathering Storm.' Book #5 in the series starts a new cycle, that of war, which is always a good story. The original cycle, that of school, was fairly well exhausted after book #4.
3. I went to see Farook today. He has a young lady, Jenna from Kazakhstan, whom he hopes to separate from her Tenge (the currency of Kazakhstan). Personally, all I know about Kazakhstan is 'Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' by Borat. Jenna assures me none of Borat's description of Kazakhstan has any semblance to reality (which I knew, since it was obvious), though she herself has avoided the movie.
4. Farook has several sons, one of whom is hard working, one of whom is quite small, and one of whom is like Fahad. As I wrote previously, Fahad has an income of about €100,000, which makes him rich in my book; however, Fahad spent more than €300,000 each year, which landed him in Al Aweer gaol. I am trying to convince Farook to try to teach his son to spend less than his income, but Farook says he has tried, but has no idea how to accomplish this. So the son in question takes his allowance from Farook, borrows the allowance of all his brothers and sisters, borrows from his mother, and manages to spend even more than he manages to solicit. Just like Fahad.
2. Two days ago, the #5 Harry Potter film arrived in Dubai (a week late). And I was two days late going to see it, due to prior engagements. The cinema was packed, but all the other members of the audience were much shorter than I, so I was able to watch the film with no problems. Which was fortunate: I donated Book #5 to a library as soon as I'd finished it, and I'd forgotten the details of the ending. Basically, it is based on one of the world's greatest stories, that of Winston Churchill in 'The Gathering Storm.' Book #5 in the series starts a new cycle, that of war, which is always a good story. The original cycle, that of school, was fairly well exhausted after book #4.
3. I went to see Farook today. He has a young lady, Jenna from Kazakhstan, whom he hopes to separate from her Tenge (the currency of Kazakhstan). Personally, all I know about Kazakhstan is 'Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' by Borat. Jenna assures me none of Borat's description of Kazakhstan has any semblance to reality (which I knew, since it was obvious), though she herself has avoided the movie.
4. Farook has several sons, one of whom is hard working, one of whom is quite small, and one of whom is like Fahad. As I wrote previously, Fahad has an income of about €100,000, which makes him rich in my book; however, Fahad spent more than €300,000 each year, which landed him in Al Aweer gaol. I am trying to convince Farook to try to teach his son to spend less than his income, but Farook says he has tried, but has no idea how to accomplish this. So the son in question takes his allowance from Farook, borrows the allowance of all his brothers and sisters, borrows from his mother, and manages to spend even more than he manages to solicit. Just like Fahad.
posted by Dubai@Random at 12:58 am
1 Comments:
I was just thinking how much I was starting to miss Farook, but lo and behold! Here he is again ;)
Post a Comment
<< Home