Sean Kingston In Muscat

Sean Kingston - the RnB singer - is coming to Muscat on the 1st of July. Believe it or not, Oman is starting to become less lame in terms of entertainment. And all thanks goes out to HiFM, the sponsors of the event.

The tickets are priced at 15 R.O per head and the location of the event is yet to be disclosed. More information should be released on the 24th of this month. Be the first to get this information by staying connected to BeInOman.com or joining HiFm's facebook page.

And that's not all, yours truly will be there to cover every bit of the event. And that also includes an exclusive interview with Sean Kingston himself.

Where To Have A One-Nighter According To Times Of Oman

Declaimer: This article may not be suitable for kids!

Looking to get "lucky" in Muscat but don't know where to go? Let the Times of Oman help you with that problem.

"For the man on the (constant) move, checking-in into ‘a home away from home’ is the usually most desired after a hard day’s work. Serviced apartments, not surprisingly, are usually their preferred choice. This trend, of late, has seen a soaring popularity in Oman".

This is part of an article published by the Times of Oman today titled 'Homely comfort away from home'. But what caught my attention was what the story was actually about and what angle they chose to take.
The article talked about the increase in demand of hotel and apartment rooms. And spoke more about hotel apartments. Even with this very detailed article, the angle that they chose to go with was 'homely comfort away from home' and started off with the previous paragraph. It didn't sound much like homely comfort, it sounded more like ho*ny comfort.

"While there are only three three-star hotel apartments Muscat is yet to have either a four or five-star hotel apartment property. Most of the properties are in the one-star and two-star range".

Proves my point further, doesn't it? Why would anyone wanna pay so much for a one-nighter?

"The Sultanate’s rapidly-growing corporate culture, big spurt in IT activities and boost in tourism is spawning many new lifestyle trends here. A short night-stay at a serviced apartment and then moving on the next morning on ‘business as usual’ is catching up the fancy of the corporate world here.

Ya right! Blame it on the "big spurt in IT activities". Like geeks can get that lucky! Psshhhh...


(The views expressed in this article are highly sarcastic and should not be taken too seriously)

The Oman Air Scare

Here is a funny news piece that I read today in the Times Of Oman website which was published about a week ago.

Apparently a woman on an Oman Air flight to Chennai in India, was arrested by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) for sparking a scare on the flight. The woman had left a message in the water closet: "You will all die".

The attorney-general said that the woman confessed to these charges. What I did not understand, though, is how they came to a conclusion that this woman was not a threat. Based on the Times of Oman referring to the attorney-general: "While noting that this is a first-of-its-kind incident in the Sultanate, the attorney- general has ruled out the possibility of a terror link to the incident".
So, since this is a first-of-its-kind incident, there is no possibility of a terror link? Really? As far as I am aware, 9/11 was a "first-of-its-kind incident". I really hope they had more evidence than that.

Then the article ended by them saying: "In addition to the threatening message, ROP officials said they had also found a coin in plane’s water closet".
Somebody please explain what that means?

1001 Laughs Behind The Scenes

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The Sultan Of Snow: The Idea

This is part one of an interview conducted with Nabil Al Busaidi (Nabs) - the first Arab who ever walked to the magnetic North Pole.



Part two of this video will be posted in exactly one week from today. Ideas and comments are welcomed in the 'comments' section below.