WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS

it is quite ironic that the day after i linked some youtube videos to my blog, they (as in the UAE government) decided to block the website. maybe they wanted to do me a favour. i've been watching that mishaomarandjaclyn video too many times that maybe they think that they should put a stop to it for my own good ..heheh (ok maybe that 's a little bit far fatched - i know). whatever it is, i have a real problem at the moment - HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH MY AF4 NOW?!!!

i try to make myself like this country.. but it seems like it has not allowed me to do so that easily. maybe it doesn't want me to. i've tried to not be so negative of everything.. of the things that are different here. i learned to adapt and make changes. but it feels like it is asking for too much from me. and i'm getting a bit sick of it.

before i came here, i made some research. but apparently no amount of research could have prepared me for the crap that i have to tolerate here. upon my arrival, i discovered that they have blocked myspace. fine. two months ago, they blocked flickr. and then a month ago they decided to blocked voip calls (on the grounds of protecting the local telecommunications industry - which essentially consist of one government controlled telecommunications company WHICH by the way made a profit of RM 2 b for the last financial year WHICH is not bad at all for a telco of a country with mere 4 million-something population). and now this. at the way things are going, it is not even impossible anymore that they'll block blogger.com eventually. not impossible at all. after all, they already have a standard reason for it:




when i found out that they've blocked youtube, i was furious. i told my colleague "that's it la. 6 more months and i'm getting out of here". he laughed.

but i was only half-joking.