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Before you start wondering how old is my oldest friend, the ‘old’ in this case refers to the length of time we have been friends rather than his own age. I hope I cleared this up before he gets offended….
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The saying goes: ‘Be careful what you wish for’. The literal meaning is that if you wish for a state of being or an event, your wish may be granted, only to find out that the wish brought with it…
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the…
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Six years ago, in March 2014, I uploaded a number of posts on my new-look blog www.mufidsukkar.com with help from an excellent Cypriot professional called Andreas Avraam. A year or so before that, I had the urge to write about…
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I recently took the London Heathrow to Larnaca flight which was delayed for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. When we were finally allowed to board the aircraft, I attempted, in vain, to speed things up by rushing to get…
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I took the short flight from London to Amsterdam last Sunday. I had an aisle seat and a middle-aged couple joined me; the woman taking the window seat and her oversized husband the middle one. He could just about push-fit…
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7:00 am at Dubai International Airport, having a quick breakfast in the Emirates Business Lounge before catching my short flight to Bahrain. There is this incessant tune in the background which was irritating the hell out of me and I…
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Unless you have just come out of prison after serving a 75-year sentence (what could you have done to get such a long stretch?), you must have experienced the safety instructions given on commercial airlines. They vary from one airline…
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‘Stuff’ is what people do to encroach on your space, time, comfort, state of mind, or a combination of these things. They may not mean to do it but, they do. The explanation for this behaviour must be that it…
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