Of Shopping Bags and More...

I was able to force myself to go to the Mall of the Emirates (Where I used to go on a regular off days when I'm still based in Dubai) after how many months now. One good thing about MOE is that it is huge, meaning more shops to choose from right?

After having a big meal of Baby Back Ribs at Friday's which by the way not fun eating at all because I think it's already old! I enjoyed a bit in H&M though most of the clothes remaining on SALE are leftovers already since it started the sale last January 15. For ladies? well it's heaven, many items are still waiting for all of you! Yet, I was still able to find good buys.

I went to JUMBO electronics and finally I saw the SONY VAIO P I was aiming to have as my 2nd laptop. The prices ranges from 3,400++ DHS for the 60GB HD and 4,400++ DHS for the 120 GB memory, I was amazed by the designed and the "minuteness" of it! It is pretty lighter than a Harry Potter book packed with heavy softwares but it took me minutes to navigate the rotating mouse ball in the middle of letters G,B & H.

For aesthetics, I rate it 5 out of 5 but will I buy it...The answer is NO.

Not for me! I find the full keyboard too small and the rotating mouse ball to difficult to manage, or I'm just used with MAC. I may go for ACER or the HP MINI 1000 MI edition,just for web browsing and traveling. I also saw the HP MINI special edition of VIVIENNE TAM and it soooo... "panget!" (ugly!) not because it's red because it's so plastic-looking and not polishly made.

Until then...

Ciao Ciao De Carabo

SUSPENDED...

Michael Phelps that is.. He has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a “bong,” a water pipe typically used to smoke marijuana.

The sport's national governing body also cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period, effective yesterday.


Meanwhile, Kellogg Co. said it will drop its endorsement deal with Phelps in connection with the incident.

Most of his major sponsors, including Visa, Speedo, luxury Swiss watchmaker Omega and sports beverage PureSport's maker Human Performance Labs, stood by the athlete after the news, even if they didn't condone his behavior.

Well, we have seen many great athletes fell into the ground with their feet cold including Randy Barnes and Dennis Mitchell. In good faith, I hope that Michael can put his groove back over this controversial issue about doping.

We are only human and most of the time commits mistakes and since he is a public figure and a role model, all eyes are on him...