They say driving is courtesy. I tend to subscribe to the saying and abide by it. On the road I consider other peoples' urge to get home quickly from work and whenever I'm on the left lane I give way to faster vehicles.
However, I dread people who turn their head lights from a whooping 500 meters asking you to step away. I even hate it when somone shows silly attitude such as sticking up so close to the car. I've had 5 meter gaps between my car and the car behind. I don't mind drivers being fast and appraching my car while I'm on the left lane. I would certainly find a gap to my right and try to gave way.
Sadly, I feel the general driving attitude in Bahrain has been in constant decline when it comes to manners and courtesy. I, for one, never swore at any driver and made sure they saw I was swearing.
Today, some silly asshole comes from a far distance while flashing their head light and sticking up my ass as close as 3 or 4 meters. THAT'S fucking dangerous and it's not acceptable. Any step on my breaks would mean a crash and the consequences are terrible to both cars and to whoever is on the road.
So this shithead comes with an attitude flashing his headlights like he own the road, horns like a maniac and can clearly see I can't move to the right because there are so many bloody cars. Anyway, he keeps on pressing the car horn and I signaled him to wait a bit with my hand until I find a fucking gap. As soon as I try to go to the right, the asshole must have been doing 150 Km/H going from the left lane to the right most lane (3 lanes to my right) and comes in front of me. He waives his hands saying "Bye Bye I managed to cross you". For the very first time in my life on the road here I laughed and I thought the occasion deserves a sweet finger.
...And finger he got.
WTF is wrong with people these days, no manners on the road!! Must I go so low!!!
Friday, July 20, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
Jelly Fish attack
I've seen a swarm of jelly's in our waters before but this many!!! The images were taken on the 28Th of June near Bahrain's coast (Not exactly sure if this was near Qraya or Al-Bandar)
I've seen two types of Jelly fishes here in Bahrain. The type you see in the images below (don't know what it's called) and another one locally referred to as "El-Dour". Now from what people tell me that bare skin contact with the first type causes some itchiness that goes away quickly and may be a bit annoying. Besides this type's length could go up to 1ft or just a margin above.
However, with the "El-Dour", contact will seem like an electrical shock which is quit painful and may cause some swelling in the area of contact.
As a diver, I learned to cure this immediately with Vinegar. Vinegar neutralises the area of contact. It's very important not to scratch the affected area (poisonous cells from the jelly fish may be spread around), NOT to pour fresh water on it and not go under direct sunlight for a while until the pain goes away. In severe cases it's recommended to apply a Hot pack. Hot pack is an essential part of the diving medical kit which heats up to 45C or 50C. The idea in applying heat is a universal solution to slowing down poison in general and not just for jelly fish stings. The analogy behind that is that poison is composed of proteins. And the effect of such protein wears off by cooking it (Applying heat to it).
The average "El-Dour" jelly's length could be around 2ft to 4ft. However, I have seen up to 10ft long here in Bahrain. Long tentacles! I thank god our jelly stings are not fatal or serious. Some countries like Australia have deadly ones such as the box jelly fish and the blue bottle.
I've seen two types of Jelly fishes here in Bahrain. The type you see in the images below (don't know what it's called) and another one locally referred to as "El-Dour". Now from what people tell me that bare skin contact with the first type causes some itchiness that goes away quickly and may be a bit annoying. Besides this type's length could go up to 1ft or just a margin above.
However, with the "El-Dour", contact will seem like an electrical shock which is quit painful and may cause some swelling in the area of contact.
As a diver, I learned to cure this immediately with Vinegar. Vinegar neutralises the area of contact. It's very important not to scratch the affected area (poisonous cells from the jelly fish may be spread around), NOT to pour fresh water on it and not go under direct sunlight for a while until the pain goes away. In severe cases it's recommended to apply a Hot pack. Hot pack is an essential part of the diving medical kit which heats up to 45C or 50C. The idea in applying heat is a universal solution to slowing down poison in general and not just for jelly fish stings. The analogy behind that is that poison is composed of proteins. And the effect of such protein wears off by cooking it (Applying heat to it).
The average "El-Dour" jelly's length could be around 2ft to 4ft. However, I have seen up to 10ft long here in Bahrain. Long tentacles! I thank god our jelly stings are not fatal or serious. Some countries like Australia have deadly ones such as the box jelly fish and the blue bottle.
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