The Makiav3llian Enchantment…

I was in Ajman last Thursday a bit frustrated that I was stuck in the area for the whole day. I was coming all the way from the Ajman - Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) and was making my way back to Sharjah for lunch. Sharing taxi was my only option and I was able to get on a cab easily. I was lucky since two cabs stopped and had the passenger transfer to the cab I was riding on. The other passenger was a Filipino and had a good chat with him. He was from Ras Al Khaimah and he says life is better in RAK and I believe him. For all the people who say Dubai is the best place to be in among all the Emirates, I will agree but take in to consideration what you were set to do here, earn a living. Many view RAK as a low income emirate but take into consideration the figures.

Rent: 400Dhs (including water and electricity)
Food: 300Dhs (standard for 1 person)
Transport: 150Dhs

Life is better because life is cheaper. You get a great mountain view and some of the local amenities like a shopping mall and hotels. Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of night life there and things can get out of hand with the locals if you don’t adjust accordingly. So even if you are just earning a modest 1800Dhs salary, you’ve got enough to earn and the fact that you eat full meals a day and live in a big room of a villa. You rent a small room in Dubai for 1600Dhs a month, you can practically rent a whole villa and rent it out to other people as well.

You may end up with a pay similar to a waiter and it may not be the best earning job in the world but earning close to 1G isn’t all that bad, I am not saying that all salaries there are 1800Dhs, there are better salaries too lifestyle. You decide, there is always an alternative and you don’t always need to end up as a sad Dubai story.

This is what I describe myself when playing FPS games. I was literally a human shield and catching bullets with my head no matter what armor I was using.  This title also describes another fatal error I have put myself into by buying Half Life Episode 1 without Counter Strike as an add-on for the Steam Account. Woe is me when I learned that I bought the wrong Valve games but at least I get to play Episode One of Half Life and I get to play Half Life 2 Death Match and Half Life 1 Deathmatch: Source. I guess that isn’t bad but I want play CS, anyways, to make my way tot the top I have to master Quake 4. Anyways, my good friend Benjie was kind enough to lend me his Steam account while I attempt to buy a copy of CS. Regardless, my thanks to him, and "No Kyle, I can afford to buy my copy. I’ll kick your @$$ soon."

As for the gaming part, I suck pratically because of the limited graphic capability of my system right now, I get fragged more often a.k.a. I get myself wiped off the floor every 15 seconds, filled with lead, blasted to kingdom come, call it whatever you want I’m more of a liability right now. Nothing to be ashamed off, I turned my back from these games 2 years ago, I am just happy to be back in the gaming circuit of sorts. I’ll get better, I just need more practice provided I log 30 gaming hours a week.