A distraction for my friend taha
Taha, remember wardeh, from that novel ''wardeh'' (by God created Ibrahim) which took place in Thofar, Sohar, Dalkout, Sahranout, etc... and Salalah?
Well Im there right now.
Well Im there right now.
posted by nbr5 at 6/18/2007 03:52:00 PM
14 Comments:
NOOO WAAAY
what are u doing there .
I now feel ua re very far, i feel u are in history.
But he's in geography
but geography always carries history,a nd that novel linked them togther for me for ever.
Plus, in my school geography and history were part of "ijtima3yat" book and they were tought by the same teacher
i dont know this 'place'you guys are talking about but my degree was also international studies which combined history, geography, political science, and economics. the lines were blurry
--just incase you were wondering what suha majored in, now you are free to get on with your day
that is weird , i could swear u did marketing.
tt
some time ago I was in Muscat.
Now Im in Dubai.
cant talk much because this keyboard at the airport hardly has any letters on it, because of overuse.
airports are an interesting mix of geography, history, cultures, and the dynamics of migrations.
so what are you doing suha with your degree?
thats why i love airports you made me realize. beruit was especially memorable for all the family reunions i witnessed.
my degrees are framed and hanging in my office. no, that is a joke, they are in a pile of papers at my parents house, my degree is doing what all degrees do, give you a little credibility that you are not a complete idiot and then get shelved as you find something else to do. my something else is a little online publishing company.
you?
my degree too is somewhere at home, where I wouldnt dare wasting energy or time trying to think or remember where it is.
My degree is in creative advertising, and me too, I shelved it and working now in the publications office of AUB (design rather than advertising), not really thrilling, but much better than the disgusting atmosphere of advertising agencies.
An online publishing house? that's cool. you started it? or you work there? and how long? and what do you do there? and what is published so far? any website link we can go to? and what...
I got to stop somewhere... sorry for the too many Q's. (which I expect an answer for each one though)
NBR,
My former life was in advertising too, on the strategy side and walla i cant think of any part of it that i miss, except the jaded co-workers.
Tab you are forcing me to self-promote on tarahat bas yalla.
Me and 3 others started a publishing network last august called Real Girls Media. Our first property launched in feb called DivineCaroline (blogger is not accepting my html link but its just one google away. I do the strategy and community. Its targeted to women but not exclusively, many men publish. Any one can publish automatically and we do a complimentary proofread. Even taha published a story about his first kiss. You are a designer? I wish i was a designer then I could execute all my crazy ideas.
Taha: this is to answer your question why I was "there".
AUB is giving consultancy services to different projects around the world, and Dhofar University is a private university who is paying AUB for consultancy regarding their programs, administration, recruiting, etc.. So it came also to the marketing and communication part where we were asked - I mean our office - to participate in training Dhofar's office.
Also, you never told me about that you published a story about your first kiss. am i the last to know here or what?
Suha: This is soooooooo interesting. The usual question: is it making profits, or in other words, do you earn your living from it or is it just your personal outlet to make life less miserable?
Although I like more advertising (creating concepts and executing them) but because I hated the agencies' atmosphere I moved to design practically. What are your crazy ideas? may be we could help. (btw, there might be at least 4 designers on this blog group!)
sho first kiss. u think i remember when was my first kiss!
she is making things up ya nbr5.
Tab , walla now u are a "khabeer" and they send u all over the world for ur Khibiraat.Good for u. Now i feel unimportant cause nobody needs my khibiraat.
Now I can't think of any of the crazy ideas, its ok, they will come back.
So the business model is ad revenue. We got funded to do this and so far the advertisers are coming b/c they love women... apparently we make all the purchasing decisions.
I did like the concepting part of advertising and I learned how to concept for my own projects, its more fun...
can we see some of your work?
Taha: damn it.. I knew it wasnt a good idea to tell you about this..
suha: cool. may be I will publish a story myself one of these days..
(one of these days is none of these days..)
well about my work, Im the type who never, and I mean never, put together for myself a portfolio, so I really dont know how I made it through all my job interviews..
so im not sure if I have something handy to show of my work.. may be one of these days I will show you my latest painting..
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