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		<title>Sweeping Declaration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No more drinking&#8230;. of more than one kind of alcoholic beverage in one night. Interesting night, so I asked a girl friend to go out for some drinks and dancing and I was late so I told her to get a table for us and wait inside. Surprise surprise she did got us a table [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No more drinking&#8230;. of more than one kind of alcoholic beverage in one night. </p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/05-19-2012/IMG_20120518_225813.jpg" alt="Tiki Puka Puka" /></p>
<p>Interesting night, so I asked a girl friend to go out for some drinks and dancing and I was late so I told her to get a table for us and wait inside. Surprise surprise she did got us a table even if the place is packed although we had to share it with someone. I thought somebody else arranged it for her but found out that my friend actually asked the guy if we can share the table with him. He turned out to be funny and nice so it&#8217;s all good. Told my friend that it&#8217;s really cool that she did that because she&#8217;s usually shy. Then she probably had too much to drink that when we&#8217;re supposed to get a cab for each other, for all three of us she decided to go with him. Hmmm&#8230; but then again the guy seemed nice and well my friend &#8230; is old enough to know what she&#8217;s doing right?</p>
<p>It reminds me of episode 6 of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1819509/" title="Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" target="_blank">Don&#8217;t Trust the B&#8212;- in Apartment 23</a> which is &#8220;It&#8217;s Just Sex&#8230;&#8221; where Chloe teaches June how to be sexually empowered and to have casual sex. I love that show and absolutely in-love with Krysten Ritter.</p>
<p>Which reminds of one of the topic of conversation last night&#8230; I said, &#8220;She&#8217;s pretty&#8221; to everyone in the table referring to the singer at Trader Vic&#8217;s and the guy said, &#8220;She&#8217;s not&#8221; which prompted me to ask, &#8220;Why? What kind of girls attract you?&#8221; to which he responded that he&#8217;s actually into Filipinas, and I gave him my common response which is blank stare and quizzical look, and asked why. He then explained that he likes the Asian culture and the hospitality, although I was looking for a different answer I gave him the benefit of the doubt and agreed with him, because 1) I just met him and don&#8217;t really want to explain and get into an argument because I am kind of opinionated and 2) well it&#8217;s boring.</p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/05-19-2012/IMG_20120512_003556.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>We talked about other things as well and the common problems of relationships and how difficult it is to date someone here in the UAE. </p>
<p>I love this city so much. But there are still things that you won&#8217;t like about it. I find it interesting that there are parts of this desert with trees with flowers blooming.</p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/05-19-2012/IMG_20120518_121654.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Moving on &#8230; I am officially hooked on <a href="http://instagram.com/" title="Instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://path.com/" title="Path" target="_blank">Path</a>. As if Tumblr and this blog isn&#8217;t enough.</p>
<p>Browsing some old photos and remembered an interesting story about this one.</p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/05-19-2012/IMG_20120517_192241.jpg" alt="Storks" /></p>
<p>When I went to Morocco last year, there were a lot of Storks in the medina at Marrakech. I remember praying not to have kids. </p>
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		<title>Right Here, Right Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 11:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UAE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlantis the Palm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fatboy Slim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nasimi Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many reasons I love Dubai is Sandance. It was an awesome night of dancing and having fun! Zane Lowe was amazing! The lights&#8230; The fireworks&#8230; Fatboy Slim is amazing!!! I missed Travis though. Ignore people who can&#8217;t control their drinking. Just have fun and dance!!! It is still really good! Until next [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the many reasons I love Dubai is <a title="Sandance" href="http://sandance.ae/" target="_blank">Sandance</a>. It was an awesome night of dancing and having fun!</p>
<p>Zane Lowe was amazing!</p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/Instagram/05-05-2012/superman.jpg" alt="Superman" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/Instagram/05-05-2012/sandance1.jpg" alt="Sandance" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/Instagram/05-05-2012/sandance.jpg" alt="Sandance" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p>The lights&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/Instagram/05-05-2012/laser.jpg" alt="Laser" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p>The fireworks&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8616951/Instagram/05-05-2012/fireworks.jpg" alt="Fireworks" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p>Fatboy Slim is amazing!!!</p>
<p>I missed Travis though.</p>
<p>Ignore people who can&#8217;t control their drinking. Just have fun and dance!!! It is still really good!</p>
<p>Until next season! Please bring Swedish House Mafia to Dubai, please!!!</p>
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		<title>Prepping Up Your Vinyl Toy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foo Dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mega]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[also known as, things I wish I knew about before I started sketching on my Mega by Foo Dog. 1) Take your vinyl toy apart. You can wash the toy with hot water or use a hair dryer, make sure it&#8217;s not too hot. 2) Soap and wash the toy. 3) Sketch and Test. Test on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>also known as, things I wish I knew about before I started sketching on my <a title="Mega by Foo Dog" href="http://areturnafterlongwanderings.com/2012/04/middle-east-film-and-comic-con/" target="_blank">Mega</a> by <a title="Foo Dog" href="http://foo-dog.com/mega" target="_blank">Foo Dog</a>.</p>
<p>1) Take your vinyl toy apart. You can wash the toy with hot water or use a hair dryer, make sure it&#8217;s not too hot.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6993429002/" title="IMG_7159 by Kenn▲, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6993429002_1653d4940e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7159"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7139511951/" title="IMG_7158 by Kenn▲, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8159/7139511951_de96341973.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7158"></a></p>
<p>2) Soap and wash the toy.</p>
<p>3) Sketch and Test. Test on concealed parts like the bottom of the foot before drawing on the face. Sketch up and see where it will be a good place to start.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to have fun!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7139519993/" title="IMG_7163 by Kenn▲, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8012/7139519993_d47a60c9cd.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7163"></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m using PITT pens, and I want to start all over again.</p>
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		<title>Keep Looking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 04:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category>

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		<title>Cases for HTC One X</title>
		<link>http://areturnafterlongwanderings.com/2012/04/cases-for-htc-one-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Things I Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HTC One X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Fields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qubits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If only One X came in pink then I don&#8217;t have to use a case to make it so. If you&#8217;re looking for a case, I suggest the Qubits Gel or the Hard Shell, if you like Incipio, you&#8217;ll like the hard shell. I bought Martin Fields screen protector, it&#8217;s good. Just make sure you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If only One X came in pink then I don&#8217;t have to use a case to make it so.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a case, I suggest the <a title="Qubits" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=electronics-uk&amp;field-keywords=Qubits" target="_blank">Qubits</a> <a title="Qubits HTC One X TPU Gel case" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=electronics-uk&amp;field-keywords=Qubits#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&amp;field-keywords=Qubits+gel+skin+htc+one+x&amp;rh=n%3A560798%2Ck%3AQubits+gel+skin+htc+one+x" target="_blank">Gel</a> or the <a title="HTC One X Hard Shell" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&amp;field-keywords=Qubits+hard+shell+htc+one+x&amp;rh=n%3A560798%2Ck%3AQubits+hard+shell+htc+one+x&amp;ajr=0" target="_blank">Hard Shell</a>, if you like <a title="Incipio" href="http://www.incipio.com/" target="_blank">Incipio</a>, you&#8217;ll like the hard shell.</p>
<p><a title="IMG_7152 by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6967028060/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6967028060_32a164e0f2.jpg" alt="IMG_7152" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>I bought <a title="Martin Fields Overlay Plus Screen Protector Scratch Guard Film for HTC ONE X" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007RJEUPS/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00" target="_blank">Martin Fields screen protector</a>, it&#8217;s good.</p>
<p><a title="IMG_7150 by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7113104239/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/7113104239_d6cc2d69dc.jpg" alt="IMG_7150" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Just make sure you place it perfectly the first time, because I tried to adjust it and well, this happened.</p>
<p><a title="IMG_7155 by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6967028810/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/6967028810_8976dd1001.jpg" alt="IMG_7155" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
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		<title>Weekend Getaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citibank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panorama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ras al Khaimah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spent my weekend at The Cove Rotana, Ras al Khaimah (which happens to be my next favorite emirate, Dubai is 1st of course). I received a free weekend getaway at The Cove Rotana from Citibank through my Citi Life. The voucher entitles me a free two-night stay in a deluxe room with buffet breakfast. I was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spent my weekend at <a title="The Cove Rotana" href="http://www.rotana.com/rotanahotelandresorts/unitedarabemirates/rasalkhaimah/thecoverotanaresort" target="_blank">The Cove Rotana</a>, Ras al Khaimah (which happens to be my next favorite emirate, Dubai is 1st of course). I received a <a title="Citi Life Free Weekend Getaway" href="https://www.citibank.com/uae/gcb/ccards_virgin/creditcard/card_cititit.htm" target="_blank">free weekend getaway</a> at <a title="The Cove Rotana" href="http://www.rotana.com/rotanahotelandresorts/unitedarabemirates/rasalkhaimah/thecoverotanaresort" target="_blank">The Cove Rotana</a> from Citibank through my <a title="Citi Life" href="https://www.citibank.com/uae/gcb/partners/creditcard/card_cititit.htm?carrefour" target="_blank">Citi Life</a>. The voucher entitles me a free two-night stay in a deluxe room with buffet breakfast. I was upgraded to a one bedroom villa (luck is on my side, I guess).</p>
<p>Will somebody translate this for me please?</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099225735/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5329/7099225735_a76b19628b.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Night</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099229307/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5467/7099229307_6ccd96d077.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099228595/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5114/7099228595_63ec5e84c2.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953157326/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/6953157326_33942c511d.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953156552/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7102/6953156552_ed7a93d676.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Day</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953159892/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/6953159892_5aa802b489.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099234223/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/7099234223_ac3533f87f.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099234845/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7099234845_c558ec6f5e.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>They have two infinity pools, the Sunset pool and the Laguna pool.</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099242721/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5452/7099242721_beea90a5b8.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953166268/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/6953166268_8bb6ce2e4a.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Good music and drinks at<strong> Breakers</strong> (promo of the month, Buy 2 Stella Artois get another one FREE!). Wish they close late like most bars in RAK though.</p>
<p>Buffet breakfast at Cinnamon.</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099231027/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5114/7099231027_cb0a2ec64a.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099231775/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5334/7099231775_7091804525.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Delicious grilled seafood selection at Sunset Bar.</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953171838/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/6953171838_e503333c04.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Arabic-style villas on a lagoon.</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099234845/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7099234845_c558ec6f5e.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099244551/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/7099244551_391119f7af.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953175134/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5032/6953175134_f64d44b017.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="282" /></a></p>
<p>The villas have red-brick domed ceiling. Very spacious. The pillows are nice.</p>
<p>Balcony.</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099246393/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/7099246393_1f7488059a.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>The Arabian gulf. The weather was dreary because of the sandy atmosphere but it&#8217;s still sunny good for sunbathing and the pools are temperature controlled, so it&#8217;s a bit chilly, so it&#8217;s perfect!</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099243607/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7241/7099243607_85352e2a3e.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Here are some panoramic photos (<a title="Minerva" href="http://areturnafterlongwanderings.com/2012/04/minerva/" target="_blank">taken using my mobile phone</a>!), you can view the larger versions by clicking through.</p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099252639/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5460/7099252639_d965459cfe.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="113" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953189480/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7118/6953189480_33b79d50c6.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="112" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953187506/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5275/6953187506_76334f23e8.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="90" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953184990/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/6953184990_e5e682d72b.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="500" height="92" /></a></p>
<p>The staff are nice. It&#8217;s a good place to relax. There are water activities as well.</p>
<p><strong>Had a lovely weekend, thank you Citibank!</strong></p>
<p><a title="Cove Rotana by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099238359/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/7099238359_250c1f65a1.jpg" alt="Cove Rotana" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>Can you tell which photos are taken using a mobile phone and a DSLR?</p>
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		<title>Middle East Film and Comic Con</title>
		<link>http://areturnafterlongwanderings.com/2012/04/middle-east-film-and-comic-con/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Went to MEFCC this afternon, saw Alodia Gosiengfiao and John Rhys Davies (LOTR and Indiana Jones). Too bad I didn&#8217;t get to see Jason Samoa (Khal Drogo of Game of Thrones)&#8230; There are a lot of cool things you can buy and of course there are a lot of comics, 9.8s! I bought this shirt from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Went to <a title="MEFCC" href="http://www.mefcc.com/" target="_blank">MEFCC</a> this afternon, saw <a title="Alodia Gosiengfiao" href="http://blackmage9.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Alodia Gosiengfiao</a> and John Rhys Davies (LOTR and Indiana Jones). Too bad I didn&#8217;t get to see Jason Samoa (Khal Drogo of Game of Thrones)&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099092381/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7099092381_df063bf379.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>There are a lot of cool things you can buy and of course there are a lot of comics, 9.8s!</p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099089573/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/7099089573_1b5a3e2283.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>I bought this shirt from <a title="Ashekman" href="http://ashekman.com/" target="_blank">Ashekman</a>. <a title="Ashekman" href="http://ashekman.com/" target="_blank">Ashekman</a> urban wear is by Mohamed and Omar Kabbani who happens to be identical twins of a Lebanese rap crew with the same name.</p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099087923/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5200/7099087923_af67f2a169.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7099094011/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/7099094011_fb19bfcba7.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Also got <strong>Mega</strong> by <a title="Mega by Foo Dog" href="http://foo-dog.com/mega" target="_blank">Foo Dog</a> (<a title="Foo Dog on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/thefoodog" target="_blank">facebook</a>)</p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953023966/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5272/6953023966_17de3dc516.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Nice Audis.</p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953021280/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5151/6953021280_f90d943c8e.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>It was held at <a title="Le Meridien Mina Seyahi" href="http://www.lemeridien-minaseyahi.com/" target="_blank">Mina Seyahi</a>, the weather has been dreary all weekend and wishing for clear skies tomorrow.</p>
<p><a title="Comic Con by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6953020210/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5115/6953020210_198e26e853.jpg" alt="Comic Con" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>How was your weekend?</p>
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		<title>Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weekend is a movie directed and written by Andrew Haigh which is a movie on identity, happiness and love. &#8220;On a Friday night after a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what&#8217;s expected [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Weekend</strong> is a movie directed and written by Andrew Haigh which is a movie on identity, happiness and love.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;On a Friday night after a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what&#8217;s expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special. That weekend, in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex, the two men get to know each other. It is a brief encounter that will resonate throughout their lives. Weekend is both an honest and unapologetic love story between two guys and a film about the universal struggle for an authentic life in all its forms. It is about the search for identity and the importance of making a passionate commitment to your life.&#8221;  - <a title="Weekend (2011) on IMDb" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714210/" target="_blank">source</a></p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s a naturalistic movie. It&#8217;s a movie in which you feel you can relate to the characters, it&#8217;s either you feel you are either Glen or Russell or one of their friends.</p>
<p><a title="Weekend by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6941916866/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6941916866_73b2cd95af.jpg" alt="Weekend" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;And then you kissed my hand&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>I love the parts when they talk to each other by themselves. It&#8217;s beautiful.</p>
<p><a title="Weekend by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6941917666/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/6941917666_d2cb9da6ca.jpg" alt="Weekend" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s up to you&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="Weekend by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7087990447/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/7087990447_1e7441095a.jpg" alt="Weekend" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying people shouldn&#8217;t forge relationships, all I&#8217;m saying is we don&#8217;t need someone to sanction it to make it legitimate, to make us respectable. And don&#8217;t tell me people get married because of love&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="Weekend by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7087990881/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5199/7087990881_55ba5395cf.jpg" alt="Weekend" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;Some people just want to be happy.&#8221; &#8220;Are you happy?&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m fine.</p>
<p>And both characters are absolutely adorable &#8230; lovely.</p>
<p><a title="Weekend by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6941919422/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5324/6941919422_27a6f36bec.jpg" alt="Weekend" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m happy being gay.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="Weekend by Kenn▲, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6941919086/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5192/6941919086_fee7dcd196.jpg" alt="Weekend" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be more proud of you than if you were the first man on the moon.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a really beautiful movie. Watch it!</p>
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		<title>Minerva</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been haunting my sleep (actually my daydreams, and not my sleep). Meet Minerva. I&#8217;ve never been head over heels over a mobile phone ever, until I met her, I wish I&#8217;m kidding because it sound ridiculous. I&#8217;m going to miss my BB. No, I will not talk about her. She&#8217;s the best out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This has been haunting my sleep (actually my daydreams, and not my sleep).</p>
<p>Meet Minerva.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never been head over heels over a mobile phone ever, until I met her, I wish I&#8217;m kidding because it sound ridiculous.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/7062378073/" title="HTC One X by Kenn▲, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7062378073_22d97c4a57.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="HTC One X"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6916297238/" title="HTC One X by Kenn▲, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/6916297238_5f48d90598.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="HTC One X"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennuh/6916298684/" title="HTC One X by Kenn▲, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/6916298684_b86a1d17a4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="HTC One X"></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to miss my BB.</p>
<p>No, I will not talk about her. She&#8217;s the best out there right now, that&#8217;s it.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>So Many Things I&#8217;ll Never Get Back</title>
		<link>http://areturnafterlongwanderings.com/2012/04/so-many-things-ill-never-get-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sucker for books with beautiful covers and illustrations, that&#8217;s why I bought Daniel Handler’s Why We Broke Up. I usually check the reviews before buying a book (what did you do to me internet???) and it had quite a few bad reviews. But then I saw it on the shelf, so glossy, so pretty, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for books with beautiful covers and illustrations, that&#8217;s why I bought Daniel Handler’s <a title="Buy this book at Book Depository" href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781611132960?a_aid=kenna" target="_blank">Why We Broke Up</a>. I usually check the reviews before buying a book (what did you do to me internet???) and it had quite a few bad reviews. But then I saw it on the shelf, so glossy, so pretty, ka-ching!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a young adult book, written by Daniel Handler, also known as, Lemony Snicket of <a title="A Series of Unfortunate Events" href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780061119064?a_aid=kenna" target="_blank">A Series of Unfortunate Events</a>&#8216; series.</p>
<p>Here are some of my favorite lines.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.” <em></em></p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s cute and funny actually. A very light read.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I’m not a romantic, I’m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think I’m smart. I’m not something anyone should know. I’m a lunatic wandering around for scraps, I’m like every single miserable moron I’ve scorned and pretended I didn’t recognize. I’m all of them, every last ugly thing in a bad last-minute costume. I’m not different, not at all, not different from any other speck of a thing. I’m a blemished blemish, a ruined ruin, a stained wreck so failed I can’t see what I used to be.”</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s as if I was Min in highschool, when my heart was ran over by the school heartthrob. I used to get really pissed when I remember it, but now it&#8217;s all so silly I just laugh at my self and wonder, when did I become so stupid.</p>
<blockquote><p>“How wrong to think I was anyone else, like thinking grass stains make you a beautiful view, like getting kissed makes you kissable, like feeling warm makes you coffee, like liking movies makes you a director. How utterly incorrect to think it any other way, a box of crap is treasures, a boy smiling means it, a gentle moment is a life improved.”</p></blockquote>
<p>On to the next book, and remember, &#8220;<strong><em>either you have the feeling or you don&#8217;t</em></strong>&#8220;.</p>
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