Ok, no more crying over spilled milk, well unless you paid QR5 for it! Enough, I'll pull myself up by the boot straps (or would that be sandal straps in Qatar?) and forge on. Oh, what to ramble about today. Hmm...I thought that the Wall Street Journal's Saudi/Bahrain article on the top left sidebar was quite interesting...Saudis flocking to Bahrain, the Middle East's answer to Nevada's "Sin City". Long story short, the Saudis are crossing over to Bahrain to indulge in booze and to maintain the world's oldest profession, keeping it alive and stimulated. Hmm. You see, these things are forbidden in the Kingdom. It's a multimillion dollar gig for Bahrain, but it looks as though it may be one that they would rather live without. I really live in a bubble over here. I mean I've heard of such things, but this article makes it sound like it's happening in epidemic proportions. If you follow the Swine Flu in these parts, you would think people are way more worried about that than their wicked debauchery. I haven't figured out yet who is putting these people on their pedestal, me or themselves? I just know that the longer I'm here, the more I realize, they are no different than anyone else. Same trials, tribulations, and temptations as everyone else. Westerners aren't the only ones with that market cornered. The irony is that doesn't Saudi Arabia house Mecca, the holiest city of Islam? Are these the same people that are crossing the causeway to fulfill their hidden desires? I'm just saying, don't act holier than thou if you are not. No finger pointing. We are all sinners. Let us not pretend to be what we are not. It will all catch up in the end.Whoa! I'll step down from the pulpit, now. Where did that diatribe come from? That stupid article. One last thought, it was in the media. Who knows how true it really is. I'll go back to my bubble now and pretend that all is good everywhere.
