SEEN: Baklavaji

A Turkish sweets shop in Maidan Hawally

HUMOR: With due respect to the members of the third sex,  "baklava" sounds like the Filipino phrase "bakla ba?" rougly translated "Is he gay?" or "Are you gay?".

FACTS:  Baklavaji is a sweets shop in Maidan Hawally selling popular Turkish sweets particularly the "baklava".

Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough, filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup and honey. It is a widely popular dessert in the Middle East, served in every special occasions.

Ji is generally used as a suffix in names and title in the Indian subcontinent.

SEEN: Toot Berry

A newly-opened juice shop in Maidan Hawally

HUMOR:  Somehow, it sounds like "tooth fairy" to me...

HUMOR: The phrase "toot berry" is actually a pleonasm or a redundant term. "Toot" is a Persian-derived term for "berry" or to be specific the "mulberry" fruit, so it's like saying "berry berry".

FACTS: Toot or mulberry is widely used as a tea (toot chai) or juice drink (sharab el toot) in Lebanon and in other parts of the Middle East.. 

Road Scenes: May 30,2011

Seen this morning, a group of men sitting on the pavement off the cloverleaf intersection of Fahaheel Expressway and 5th Ring Road in Jabriya

Early morning picnic along the highway?

Seen this afternoon on the way home

The texts on the rear door read "TO EXTERNAL REQUEST"..whatever that means.

SEEN: Obama Arrested?

UP NEXT: ARRESTED
Screen capture today (May 6) from TV Patrol, a Philippine News Program (ABS-CBN). 

Whoever it is controlling the graphics must be busy wondering " Where are the photos from the Bin Laden raid?!"

But this one's a major FAIL!

Road Scenes: Please Wash Me

Someone forgets to wash his ride...............and someone cares to remind him of that :)

SEEN: Would you like FRINCH FRISE with your normal BORGER?

I got hold of this menu from a neighborhood restaurant..Not counting the transliterated Arabic, see how many spelling mistakes can you find :)..

Don't you feel hungry ?? Would you like to have some CHICKEN STIK (chicken steak)? or some SUSEGE (sausage)? Me, I think I'd have a CLOP SANDWICH (club sandwich) and a serving of COLOSLO (coleslaw) on the side.. :)

Road Scenes: How about "Rest in Peace?"

Sleep well...for life.

My attention was instantly caught by this advertisement on a truck parked outside our building. I don't know but that slogan just doesn't sound right..What do you think?

Road Scenes: Parking Issues

I was at the Dai'ya Coop area the other day when I noticed this Jeep parked in the middle of the parking entrance/exit. As a result, cars going in and out had to drive around it. Now if you'd notice the white markings next to the two cars on the left, that's supposed to be the end of the demarcation lines. Ridiculous huh?

What's more ridiculous is when another car came in a few minutes later and parked next to it.

Ridiculous because just a few steps away is a large open parking area with a lot of vacant spaces! Tsk tsk, sometimes I really can't understand the mentality of these people.

Road Scenes: TOY..er..what was that again?

Seen today while driving at 4th Ring Road

SEEN: No MENS allowed

Spotted in the Ladies Fitting Room, City Center Salmiya

It was the grammar mistake alright..

But aside from that, "mens", in the Philippines, is actually a slang for "menstruation"...so, ladies with their period can't use this fitting room?....

Well, that's just me and my sick state of mind..