The Gulf News Web team delve into the blogosphere to discover bloggers' their thoughts on charity, handshakes and the continuing misery in Lebanon.
Drive to save six-year-old boy with leukaemia
Every day, six-year old Erriszel Cortez prays that he can go to Italy and be healed, something that seems out of reach due to the financial cost.
But this Friday, that prayer comes closer to becoming a reality with a charity motorcade organised by a Filipino motorsports club, along with the support of the Filipino community and Philippine Consulate General.
For more information regarding the Motor parade on friday click here or To register and for more details please call 050-2599579
http://uaecommunity.blogspot.com/
Shake it
In front of me in the queue for my flight to New York last week were two Dawoodi Bohra men. They both looked younger than me and were dressed fairly traditionally - their conversation was completely American though. "Dude! I'm like totally in trouble 'cos tomorrow's Mothers' Day and I've, like, totally forgotten to buy something for mom!"
Their handshake interested me. It started like a normal handshake, then each pulled the other's hand in turn to his chest, holding it briefly against the heart. I wonder whether this was a traditional Dawoodi Bohra handshake or an American style gesture to match the accent?
The Gulf has some interesting greetings. Lots of Emirati men will shake hands and touch their noses together. I've seen men in Qatar bump noses together three times. This kind of greeting probably works best if you have a large nose. My stubby nose wouldn't be very practical. Maintaining sweet smelling breath is doubtless advisable.
The coolest handshake I've seen was used by some of the guys at the Sun partner I visited Ghana. You shake normally but when you pull your hand back you extend your middle finger and thumb and each person clicks his fingers together, launching the 'click' from the other person's fingers. Hard to describe but quite fun to do. The guys showed me how to do it and I managed to get the hang of it, much to their amusement.
http://blogs.sun.com/christophersaul/category/Dubai
The heat is on
Tempers were hot following the Aley explosion—hundreds took to the streets of the Druze village to shout death to Bashar, Lahoud and their gang. Meanwhile, Nahr El Bared, or the cold river, is nothing but bared. The government gave the terrorists an ultimatum—surrender or die. However, whatever heat that ultimatum may have generated got washed away when part of the task was delegated to a Palestinian militia under the command of an authority from a troubled land, the Palestinian Authority. I guess full Lebanese authority in the camps has to wait for the gods of the Arabs and Israelis to decree an end to the 60 year old misery.
http://www.beirutbeltway.com/beirutbeltway/
