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A Saudi’s princess Paris diary

Yein Jee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:08:21 +0000

The diary of a Saudi princess…

Staying at George V Hotel in Paris – £2,500 a night

Shopping at O Caprices De Lili for expensive lingeries – £60,000

Shopping at Key Largo for casual wear – £130,000

Shopping at other 30 fashion boutiques – NA… too many zeros to count

Dry cleaning my wardrobe collection – £30,000 a week

Total unpaid bills – £15 million

Solution… claims diplomatic immunity; no need to pay a single cent

Life is good for a Saudi princess.

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Singapore tops Asia in competitiveness report

Yein Jee — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:17:54 +0000

Singapore tops the Asian ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 conducted by the World Economic Forum (and partners) using both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey.

The annual report assesses the ability of countries to provide high levels of prosperity to their citizens, which in turn depends on how productively a country uses available resources. Thus, the index measures the set of institutions, policies, and factors that set the sustainable current and medium-term levels of economic prosperity.

The top 10 overall ranking are USA, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Singapore, Finland, Germany, Japan and Canada.

The top 10 Asian economic entities are Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China and UAE.

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The most beautiful goat?

Yein Jee — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:11:16 +0000

This goat won the ‘most beautiful goat’ title at a competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 13. Most beautiful? I am not sure. The most bizarre looking goat that I have ever seen though… that’s for sure.

The most beautiful goat? (More pics at Xinhuanet)

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Saudi woman disvorcing husband for trying to…

Yein Jee — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:09:09 +0000

A Saudi woman wants a divorce because her husband tried to sneak one look at her face after 30 years of marriage.

The 50-year-old woman followed the tradition of her native village near the south-western city of Khamis Mushayt and kept her features veiled at all times.

After keeping his urge of curiosity for 30 years, the husband somehow decided to try lifting his wife’s veil as she slept to take a look at her face, and it proved as a costly mistake as his outraged wife woke up during his sneak peek and is now demanding a divorce.

The woman said that her husband apologised and promised never to do it again, but she insisted she wanted a divorce. This is not the first example of Saudi husbands with wives forever shrouded in mystery.

Don’t mistaken this as an Islamic practice though, it’s just a very old tradition practised by a tiny minority of women in remote areas of Gulf countries, and an odd one obviously.

[Dailymail, via Neatorama]

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