Restaurant Review: Café Céramique

I want to write some reviews about some of the Restaurants, the Cafés and the fast food joints we have here in Muscat. Please bear with me ^_^

If you have a weekend with the family and you want a nice place to eat and relax, then this is the place for you. you can have a nice meal and then afterworlds you can have a cup of coffee and read your book peacefully since your kids will busy doing their own art and have no time to bother you.

The thing that you'll love most about this place is the relax feeling to it. Café Céramique have tons of bisque-wares to choose from (bisques are the stuff you paint!) whether its a plate or a cup or your typical unique jewelry box.

I've been there few times, and I always have the time I need to finish my masterpieces, but the last time I went there I had a bus to catch in less then an hour, you can Imagine how fast I started coloring the damn thing, it just won't do, other then not having the colors I ordered coz my 'friends' kept borrowing them, my cup was HUGE, seriously, if you want to enjoy a nice meal and paint afterworlds then you'll need at least three hours or so.

I never dined there but I tried their beverages and their sweets and they were good. Its me, of course you're getting photos.

Nice! they paint their Hot Chocolate too! ahm... It's a joke you guys.

The piece of art, the Chocolate fondant. It's really tasty but after you eat it you want to drink some water or something, I never thought I'd say this, but it's too Chocolatey for my liking. >.<

Apple Pie. well, I don't like apple pies, but my friends liked it, don't take it from me though.

Now for the Art!

they give you this. you have to write the color numbers in that little paper, then you have to soak that sponge with water and then wet your piece with water, after that you're set to go wild with you imagination.

My before and after:

Before!

After! don't ask me about that green thing, I have no Idea... -_-

And you have to wait for the last result. I'll post it whenever I get my hands on it.

If you never tried this kinda thing before then you have to, grab a friend or two and go for it.

9.5/10 ^_^

The Box of Wonder!

You know the feeling when you lose something suddenly without the opportunity to get it through you head first, the feeling that strikes and hurts, I hate it, it keeps me thinking of hours, it doesn't matter if it a person or something else, I get so attached to my stuff that I can' t let go easily, throwing my school books after the end of the year used to be a hard thing to do, with all the stupid comments inside and all. anything that holds a memory is so hard to get rid off.

What got me thinking is a box full of my books, papers and other stuff, it was mistakenly sent to the house of a friend of mine, well, my mom sent it there cause she thought it was hers, there was this paper with her name on it and that was all what mom needed to send it away. anyways, so it stayed there for quite some time, and when I went to visit her few days back I asked for it, and all I got was "Oh! that box, the maids throw it away." so I'm standing there staring at the wall waiting to be told thats its a mean joke, but it wasn't.

I get it, they are remodeling their house and stuff like this happens, so you asked the maids not to and they thought it was rubbish and they throw it away.

You know what I think is rubbish, it's the way you take care of things that are not yours, If it was me, I would take the thing thats yours and put it somewhere safe, not next to the boxes that were meant to be thrown away, yes, you heard me, my box was next to the boxes that were supposedly left there to be thrown away.

listen to this "we told them not to throw this one, it was heavy and all but when I came I didn't find it." that was the hint, (IT WAS HEAVY) what the fuck you're talking about? and please note that I received no apology for this mistake.

It's not what inside that box that is making me angry, it's the way she is dealing with it, I would die of embarrassment if this happened to me and I'll apologies at least 10 times over and over again, not only that but I'll try to replace the things that were important inside the box.

Oh yeah! there was this other thing she said, I told her that I dislocated something important and was hoping to find it in that box, all she said was "Smart one aren't ya, why would you put something like that inside a box?" you heard it, it's my fault.

So I was wondering, what would other people do if they were in my place? The only thing I did was looking as if someone just told me that Sophie is missing or that my laptop is broken. you know, like I'm panicking but politely, can you do that? panic politely.

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Video Game Review: The Sims 3

Few days ago I got the Sims 3 game, everyone knows Sims, if you don't then you are a bear sleeping in a cave or something. If you don't then check it out here.

anyways, I started playing, and since my laptop is crammed with Anime, Movies and Music I had to kinda clean my hard drives and do some moving around and arranging.

If you have a XP windows like me, then its doable but is kinda slow specially with high quality enabled. If you have Vista then it will be faster and no stupid freezes. If your computer or laptop is older then that, then don't bother buying the damn game. (it all depends on how much space your computer has on the hard drive, the more the better)

Okay, now lets get to why would you want to play the Sims 3, if you have an empty life and have 18 Rials to spare, then go for it.

It takes more time to build your Sim and creating it then any other Sims I have tried (and I have tried a lot of them) you don't have to be related to the Sim you're living with in this one, you can have a teenager and an adult living under the same roof with no relation between them what so ever, unless your sick perverted mind tells you otherwise.

The building and buying mode is what I like most, you get to do it all, not only the things you get to buy are more realistic then the other games, you can choose the material too, you can have a stone fridge and a metal chair, how cool is that? and you can have accessories that do nothing but look good, like kitchenwares and magazines stands for the bathroom.

YOU CAN WALK AROUND, yes you can walk, run, jog, ride a bike, get a taxi, and you can just drive your CAR! yes, you can own a car, not much hot cars though, but nice classy ones.

You have a blackberry or a cellphone that looks like one, you can call anyone just like using the phone, but you would like to silent that when you go to sleep.

Relationships,in this game it's harder then any other Sims games to have many friends, the Sims here are hard to know and hard to be friends with. Jobs are harder to handle too, you don't get promoted as faster.

overall I give the Sims 3 a nice 7.5/10 for the hard work they've done. but honestly, with all those years they could've done better.

^_^

Sophie under the bed!

I was thinking of sharing a picture of Sophie for quite some time now,,,

Here we go ^_^

You can see her snooping around my stuff under the bed! bad Sophie bad! come!

We didn't go out this time!

Like always, we're so exited for Eid that we ended up sleeping at 3 AM, and guess what? We woke up at 7 AM, you do the math.  

Anyways, we're up got our things and dressed up and everything, that's when my cousin called and said that he needed us to go pick him up… he lives far, 20 minutes drive. Okay, it's not far, but I just want to get this Eid done with and a 20 minutes drive is not what I want with this heavy dress on!

Snap, Snap and Snap! I know, I'm enjoying this too much…

So the Eid day was kind of boring this time, not much Eidia (1) too!

The guests snack!

After lunch we went to McDonald's coz a cousin we have does not like to eat meat with rice, which is the Eid lunch every year.

After that we just hang around, I played a little Wii, didn't have the camera with me then so no snaps this time.

We didn't go out this time, so I just went home, my other cousins were there, so we hung around and then we ordered food coz my family was out visiting their relatives… 

(1) Eidia = money people give as a sign of celebrating the Eid.

Eid update!

Okay. Do you know what's more tiring then Eid day; it's the days before Eid.

Forget the waking up feeling like shit thing, the first thing you want to do after an all-nighters is a nice breakfast, but the first smell that hit you when you enter the kitchen the days before Eid is the smell of the mixed spices, the famous Shiwa (1) Bzaar (2) that we use every Eid to marinate the meat in before throwing it in the dug up in the ground oven.

This time I decided to get my hands dirty, so I walked in the kitchen and asked my dad if he needed help and he was like “good, you're here, help me with this” so I spent the afternoon helping my dad cleaning and washing the meat and then marinating it.

Here is the meat after it being washed, kind of bloody I know! We kept the fat of on, so that it melts in the oven and gives that smoky taste.

The famous and our family secret Bzaar!

We put them in this metal container, we also put some lemon and banana leafs between the chunks of meat, this time my dad sprinkled them with sesame seeds.

See the Bzaar oozing from the holes? Yummy

This is the oven I was talking about; it’s just a big hole with a huge pipe in it and a huge metal cover. We put the container in and then we light the wood and we leave it in the ground for about a day or two.

I didn't find a picture of the meat, but I will post it as soon as I have one.

I can't wait for the Eid next year. ^_^

(1) - Shiwa = cooked meat.

(2) - Bzaar = Mix spices.

七 - Seven

I'm a 7, what about you?

The Life Path 7 suggests that you entered this plane with a gift for investigation, analysis, and keen observation. You are a thinker of the first order. You evaluate situations very quickly, and with amazing accuracy. As a result, you are thorough and complete in your work, the perfectionist who expects everyone else to meet a high standard of performance, too.

 

A Life Path 7 person is a peaceful and affectionate soul. But you guard your connection to people carefully. It's easy for you to detect deception and recognize insincere people, and you avoid them. You aren't one to have a wide circle of friends, but once you accept someone as a friend, it's for life. It's as if you must get to know someone a lot better before you allow the wall surrounding you to be penetrated. Chances are you are a very charming and refined individual with great poise and a quick wit. Nonetheless, there is exclusiveness about you. You probably aren't a very social person. Your reserve is often taken to be aloofness, but actually, it's not that at all. It is merely a cover up for your basic feeling of insecurity. There's no rush, it takes time for you to warm up to new friends. Clubs and organizations hold little interest for you; you are not a joiner.

 

You actually like being alone and away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. In many ways, you would have fit in better in much earlier times when the pace of life was less hectic. You need a good deal of quiet time to be with your own inner thoughts and dreams. You dislike crowds, noise, distractions, and confusion.

 

The overwhelming strength of the number 7 is reflected in the depth of thinking that is shown; you will garner knowledge from practically every source that you find. Intellectual, scientific, and studious, you don't accept a premise until you have dissected the subject and arrived at your own independent conclusion.

 

This is a very spiritual number and it often denotes a sort of spiritual wisdom that becomes apparent at a fairly early age. A built in inner guide providing a strong sense of intuition may set you up as being a law unto yourself. Whatever spiritual position you take, whether traditional or bizarre, you will cling to it with fervor. Once you have decided an issue, it is almost impossible to get you to revisit the question. Adaptability is not your style, and change for you is a rarity.

 

You rely heavily on your experiences and your intuition, rather than accepting advice from someone. Your hunches usually prove to be very accurate, and knowing this, you follow the directions they seem to guide.

 

In the most negative use of the 7 energies, you can become very pessimistic, lackadaisical, quarrelsome, and secretive. A Life Path 7 individual, who is not living life fully and gaining through experiences, is a hard person to live with because of a serious lack of consideration for others. There is such a negative attitude. Indeed, operating on the negative side of the 7 can produce a very selfish and spoiled individual and living with one can be a challenge. This may be why some 7s actually prefer living alone. If you have any of the negative traits they are very difficult to get rid of because you tend to feel that the world really does owe you a living or that in some way you are not being fairly treated.

 

Fortunately, the negative 7 is not the typical 7, at least not without some mitigating positive traits. This number is one that seems to have some major shifts from highs to lows. Stability in feelings may be elusive for you.

You can check yours here: Numberology

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A New Fish

I've always wanted a fish, I don't mind what kind, I love the golden ones they're cute and golden, some of them have long and big tails just like a dress.

Few years back I got two, it was a birthday present from my sister and my best friend, it was kind of surprise but I figured it out before they even surprise me, I pretended though, but when they asked me if I knew I told them that I did…

Anyway, they both got murdered by someone so dear to me, I was very sad and a little bit angry but I love her even more so I let them go, I was so sad, I didn't want to buy new ones, it was the first time I had a pet for myself, I loved them and cared for them, I even named them.

 Now, I think I'm ready for a new fish, but there are few problems, first (Sophie), she is my little babe, she is my beloved cat, (Sophie) is a little curious one, the second problem is that I'm not home most of the week, I only come home for the weekends, I can't take her with me, who will feed her when I'm not there? I live alone so it's kind of a problem…

My older sister is going throw some problems now, so I was thinking of buying a fish and ask her to take care of it, coz this will help her to take her mind off the things she is trying to forget and help me to have someone to take care of my fish…

I'll tell her tomorrow (Inshallah), wish me luck.

November Music Obsession (2009)

1-     Hilcrhyme - Shunkashuutou

2-     Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet

3-     Rihana - Russian Roulette

4-     Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love

5-     Ke$ha - Run Devil Run

6-     Ke$ha - TiK ToK

7-     T-Pain - Take Your Shirt Off

8-     Kerli - Walking on Air

9-     Owl City - Fireflies

10- Lee Ann Womack - Have You Seen That Girl

My Random Thoughts (Part 1)

I hate how I have to lock my heart away, just because people don't understand the way I feel, I fell empty, my chest is so heavy though, I don't get it!

I want to feel, to love, and to be free from this feeling, I can feel water going through my fingers, but I can't sense that tingling feeling I used to have when I touch it.

People enjoy categorizing people, its like a game they play, there are no rules, you just judge people and wait for them to defend themselves, its like picking a fight, but there is no one to back you up, it's a human against the whole society.

I love to feel the rain on my face, the wet hair and the weird taste of water; I want to smell the grass and ground and pick stones and throw them on the walls.

I walk but the thought of running is always in my head, I hate that I have to care about what people think, I don't give a shit, I want to listen to music as loud as I want, have you ever thought that maybe because you're talking so loud like you own the place is why I turn the volume up?

How would it feel to go and buy a pack of cigarettes?

Whenever I go to buy a drink I would always stare at the cigarettes behind the casher, I know how they would look at me if I point at them, I don't smoke, but It pisses me off that even if I did I can't even buy them like normal people would. I used to think that I hate being a girl when I was young, but as I grow up I started realizing, I don't have to change, I am me and no one can take that away, people will have to get use to the Idea that girls don't have to act like they think we should, who said that we have to always walk slowly and never look or stare, guys do it all the time, did society decided that too?

A friend of mine asked me recently “Who said that pink is for girls and blue is for boys?”

I don't know!! Who did? Seriously!

I love sports, electronics, and music, I'm your typical geek, I was called a tomboy so many times, but now, its like there are no tomboys, you're either a girl or not!

We live in the dark ages I tell you, the way people think sickens me, I don't put on a lot of make-up, I don't give a shit what people think about me, I look good for myself, and why do I have to look good just coz I'm going for a cruise?

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