This is someting I see some people getting into these days. And to what extent are they going to delve into it. How far are you going to integrate electronics into your house basics. Are you building a home from scratch or working on your current house or a room in your house. Some people are automating their “Dewaneyas” or Cinema Rooms with light, A/C, and A/V controls. Do you just want to network your house so that you have connectivity everywhere, or do you want to automate certain things like lights and curtains.

With this type of situation people are either one way or another towards electronics. There are those who jump head first into knew tech and like to integrate it into their lives, and their are those who have a certain phobia from electronics period.

I have a few things I would do to keep things simple.

• Manual controls to override any control loss to the home controller
• I would integrate the Lighting system, A/C, and Curtain controls but only at interface level again there would be a way to override the controller.
• I would have an internal and external camera system. Certain areas of the house wouldnt have camera for privacy’s sake
• A/V would only be integrate to each room with their controllers.
• Of course there are complex and simple interfaces, the ones on the wall are usually simple and the handheld ones are a bit more complex.
• I would have to have Gigabit wiring throughout the house and an coporate standard router/switch to handle all the communication throughout the house. It would be standerdized as Voip internally with normal lines to external (maybe Voip for international, we shall see).

The funny part is this is all in my head and I went overboard with it, but if I was building a house I would integrate electronics into it. I know a lot of people who see it as a headache, but once you get it working right its fantastic.

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I find it strange that some people love cloudy days, Im not one of them. I like it nice and bright no matter what Im doing. When its cloudy I just feel like I want to sit home and play video games! I have a ton of video games I want to play but I dont have the damn time! Like Battlefield 2, and a few other games on the PC! Even though I have a ton of work and Im bouncing around everywhere it feels that things are just going a bit slow even though time is flying I dont know how to explain it!

The other point thats annoying me is that I want to ride, but Im not sure if its going to rain! What a day! Im sure Im going to the gym today to get some time on the elyptical and other machines. Today is tuesday so the Salsa is going nuts again.

Yesterday I really wanted to hit the gym and push myself, because I just felt like I had some bundled up energy or rage in me. I wasnt angry or anything like that, its just that I felt getting a lot out the gym.

I changed at home and went straight to the gym, and I pass by Arjan Complex around 6:45pm and it wasn’t close to as full as usual, but it had some people. The gym Salsa class was packed with people, but the gym itself only had about 7 people in it. I walked in and went straight for the elyptical and my goal was to get 30 mins on the elyptical which is 5 mins more then last week.

When I got on the elyptical, a girl got on the elyptical to my left and she was going at it with a vengence! I thought she was probably going to fly out the window at that pace! I would probably have cardiac arrest going the way she was going. So I kept my pace at what I usually do and so my BPM were between 154 to 164. The first 2 mins I was feelign tired but after 5 mins I felt that I could keep going and going. It was great, and I was watching some tennis match between Argentina and Russia, that Russia won. I know nothing about tennis except for the gameboy days. After that game I was watching a soccer game in Spain which was fantastic, since everytime a guy was running I would start going faster! It was funny as hell!

After finishing up with that I went straight to the benchpress and I got things going. I started off with the medium weights and went to heavier, usually I start with light but today I just felt like pushing myself. And damn it felt good. I did my rounds aroung the other workout machines and I have to say that I am very pleased with myself. I know I am stronger then when I started 4 weeks ago now. And I just check the scales which showed that I have lost 3 Kgs. The most important part for me is building up my endurance and strength, losing weight is also on the list.

As I was leaving at 8:35pm I saw that Arjan Complex was packed with people, it seems its the new in place in Kuwait. I just went home after that, and then I went to Hawally to complete my PC transplant.

This one productvie sunday, even though I got swamped at work and things are getting a hectic since New Years is coming up and everyone is trying to warp up everythin by then. So work is just piling up, but today I finished and went home, then I chilled with my mom, and we had lunch. A little chit chat here and there, and then I went to visit my grandmother since she came back, and I prefered to go early to avoid all the people. And I had a few things I wanted to do.

I went to the gym, and I was happy with the work that I did the past couple of weeks whcih I shall be posting about the workout. I had a good workout this time, and I saw a friend there so we started talking motorcycles since he has a Ducati.

After that I went to one Hawally shop to do a full transplant between the small shuttle to the minitower so that I could make some additions to my Media PC. And going to Hawally around 8:45pm it was fantastic since there wasnt much traffic and I could easily go to where I wanted to go but I had to carry to boxes up two flights of stairs. It felt easy after the workout. After finishing with that I went home to take the well deserved shower.

The flu has been going around and I see people all stuffy and grumpy around work and other places. I have caught anything yet, but I spoke too soon. The past week has caused my stomach to be unstable and sudden surges of pain. This is annoyinng as hell, since Im not eating much lately and these pains come and go. Its annoying me because its stopping me from what Im doing at the time.

Its been a week, and it has gotten better but its still acting up sometimes. Im trying to ignore it and not medicate it just letting it run its course but damn its annoying!

Should I do this people? I would like your opinion on this.

A friend of mine has asked me to be on the cover of his auto advertisement magazine. Its a highquality magazine which is free and filled with car ads. He wants to take pictures of me riding down the highway of Kuwait and doing a little tweaking to put it on the cover. I told him I would think about it.

What do you guys think? I will let you know what magazine when or if it happens!

Me and Robo riding on the cover! hmmmm..

With this weather Im always licking my lips, and if I put any chapstick Im always smearing all over the place to make my lips feel better. But the funny part is that the chapstick isnt completely clear it looks like dried milk all over your lips but damn it feels good. I dont know if anyone goes through this during this cool weather.

And especially when Im riding the motorcycle and the wind is hitting my mouth it gets really chapped in cold weather. So I stop for a drink to hydrate my lips before drying them again while riding. I need a riding mask under my helmet and that will complete the all black look with the black neck cover. By the time Im done I will look like a ninja. The best thing I do is put chapstick on before I sleep so the damage is repaired by morning.

Is anyone else having problems with MTC these days?

• I have been suffering from a lot of dropped calls.
• My text messages would hang on my phone as if some wall is blocking them so they wont go. At first I thought it was just my phone but the same thing was taking place on my friend’s phone it was very strange.
• Trying to call someone it always says network busy or hangs without really ringing. Again I thought I dropped my phone one to many times and it turns out that its happening to other people as well. I feel like Im trying to force my phone to call by pressing the send button multiple times.
• Some people call me and say my cell phone was off even though it was on and next to me the whole time.

Something really strange is going on, and I dont what exactly MTC is messing about with in the background.

I was thinking about writing the meeting minutes of these three days which made me laugh

• I got to ride a lot, and ride two different bikes
• I saw my friends on wednesday, watched a movie, and had some good food
• Went to work on thursday on the bike
• I saw my nephew
• I had lunch at my brothers pad
• I rode a lot
• I rode in the rain
• I caught up with some sleep
• I watch a good amount of anime
• I played gears of war
• I bought some dishdasha cloths to wear for winter

I think this was a fun filled weekend, I just wished I had a two day weekend instead of one. I also didnt have a chance to catch up with my cousin since he had to travel so no tv episodes this week, but mid this week we are going to catch up!

I tried organizing my music files myself instead of trying that music program but no luck since I really messed things up and I couldnt come up with a way that I could catalouge them and find things easily so I stopped. I think I should figure out a plan before starting, that would have helped a lot.

That is one thing that I love about winter is the arrival of Afendis or Tangerines! Its fantastic! So sweet and easy to eat, very little seeds (if you pick the right one). Im listening to some Will Smith in the background Will2K right now to be exact will stuffing my mouth full of the sweet sweet tasting pieces of heaven, and Im dancing to the music. I know I have to get up early for work, but this is just too good and I wont regret it. Inshalla!