Batelco

I can't stop laughing.. Everyone I know in Bahrain is consumed with Batelco's new fiasco. In a new blow, the company which has held a monopoly on the country's telecommunications for decades, has decided to introduce new limitations on Internet usage.

Whatever their reasons, people aren't happy and have made their voices heard. There even is a website dedicated to fight the move, www.boycottbatelco.com, where you can learn about the latest on supression of unlimited access to information. From public meetings to threats of holding rallies, people in Bahrain have made their views more than heard about this new act of repression.

In the following link, a group of young Bahrainis voice their frustrations.. in a rather funny way:

http://www.diamond-software.net/pfiles/feshelco.mp3

Way to go Bahrain!

WD40

TM: amoor u there?

WW: where else will i be? all well in wonderland?

TM: I dont know u havent been there for a while..

WW: i am here and not here

TM: meh .. i'll live.. and wonderland is just as u left it

WW: eee

TM: yeah.. I know

WW: hehe how are things?

TM: like I said.. i'll live and how r u?

WW: i am ok i want to get into the swing of things again any change upsets my system

TM: yeah.. i know it's hard

WW: and it takes me a while to fall back into a routine

TM: No one likes change

WW: for instance.. i havent written a column for almost two months now because i just dont have a mind for it

TM: aha.. that's no good

WW: same with the blog

TM: yup

WW: i havent updated it for a while eee ma adri my system is funny

TM: dont worry it's normal.. but u need to get out of it..

WW: u just cant switch me on and then off and then on i really have to set realistic targets and objectives hehe

TM: Amoor.. I have a question

WW: shoot

TM: silly question.. but a question non-the-less

WW: of course

TM: how do I not be "the nice guy"

WW: how do u not be the nice guy? why do u not want to be a nice guy?

TM: yup.. how do I not be the nice guy

WW: nice guys are hip nowadays

TM: a want to be a nice guy.. but not "THE nice guy" you know.. you're a nice guy.. but.. lol THE nice guy.. lol

WW: i told u i am in the switched off mood nowadays

TM: lol.. good timing to switch right back on

WW: ask me this deep and philosophical question later on

TM: ok lol

WW: ur question has made me develop knots in my brain walla .. i feel that things are moving in my head

TM: I have a can of WD-40

WW: eee that would do or maybe it wont

TM: trust me a couple of sprays in each ear and ur set

WW: fine.. i am game which ear will u start with?

TM: depends on which side u use more.. but I always recommend one starts with the left

WW: done

TM: good it should start working now

WW: ok thanks and see u later