The banana republic airlines

After one week in Sarajevo , I was heading back to Beirut with our national carrier MEA (middle east airlines )/ air Liban here is my experience :

I arrived early to check in desk in order to ask for a business class upgrade. I explained to the lady my condition (hemiplegic) she agreed to do so was so happy to comeback on a large comfortable seat so I head quickly to the gate arriving to the boarding point I handed my ticket to the lady :

 She said oops  I'm sorry sir u have been downgraded to economy due to captain request when I asked for the reason she answered u have to talk to the captain. Once on board I asked for the explanation from pilot he literally said ana ma khassneh( not my concern) to my knowledge a pilot has an ultimate power on his aircraft he is the legal D.A . On the plane 

Gladly my zgharta friends intervened to let him know they won't accept this, magically the hostess told me its ok u can sit in business

Here is what really happened( got it from the hostess when we insisted on getting an explanation:

One of the relatives of the cabin crew was travelling on the flight so she decided to upgrade him giving him my place!! ( wrong shot honey) 

Luckily my mum is an ex MEA employee and asked to speak to captain again and asked for his opinion on what happened he said :

What do iu want me to do ? Sue her??

Here I'm not mentioning the bad service on board!!! The ultimate chicken or basta seyyyr

And I still wonder how they choose the hostesses( a hybrid specie of monkey and woman with alien  tattooed eyebrows  scary  

One ore thing fragile cargo arrived broken !

In one word : miserable 

las vegas trip summary

5 crazy days, 12 total hours of sleep 
320 chicken wings, 30 at 6AM 
60 leghems at Cosmo, 10 at Paris, 6 at Vegas airport 
4 cavity searches at Heathrow 
1 $700 bottle of Moet for $30, or the other way round 
1 $700 bottle of Moet consumed in 12 minutes 
1 Grand Cabana with a TV 
3 times the minimum charge spent... at a minimum 
4 cups of vomit, 2 with ice cubes 
4 English girls who live in Bricklane, Hertfordshire 
10 pairs of sexy eye glasses 
$100 spent on $1 slot machine in 49 seconds at Ballys 
7 blocked necks, 3 guys smelling HCL. O! cirque du soleil
10 nails engraved on a helicopter seat 
1 pee in the grand canyon 
10 inches added to the Colorado river 
30 FB check-ins, 150 FB checks 
1 night with Armin, 1 with David Guetta, so we were told 
50 girls pinched at 5AM, 1 unhappy 2x2m boyfriend, 2 lucky guys 
1 hour of free detartrage: 30min horizontal, 30min vertical 
3 Emirates hostesses, 2 dodgy Egyptians, 1 goddess 
438 Vodka redbulls, 204 Vodka tootberry, 79 shots, 84 beers and 6 coffees 
1 $400 bribe for a good table, 1 excellent table 
2 new guests invited to wedding, 1 confirmed
1 Cinderella who never found her shoe 
Unlimited free vodka at the 1st table on the left with delivery guy and cigarette tray with Viceroy and Cedars 
1 failed negotiation with homeless guy over the sale of a belt 
0 big macs served at McDo in the morning 
1 chick with burnt legs 
1 guy with stained shirt. He has learnt a lesson. 
5 seconds for fastest bottle ever ordered at Speamint 
2 seconds for light drinks to be transformed into a table and bottle 
1 Tunisian from Venezuela 
1 Japanese with 6 different names 
1 most disgusting best pastrami sandwich ever made 
1 mysterious disappearance of a Fiji bottle 
1 baby sleeping on his mom's shoulder. Amalya, we love you 

The rest "none of us can remember, remember?"

never buy a Montblanc

Dear readers and followers,

I am writing these lines to share with you  my disappointment regarding the customer service experience encountered with one of the official dealers of MontBlanc  in Beirut(Tamer Freres):

In December 2012 I decided to indulge myself with a montblanc  watch (Mont Blanc being a top of the line trademark) () that’s what I thought at hat time

so I bought the watch from the dealer in Beirut (montblanc ABC achrafieh)

Few weeks later to my surprise the watch stopped working

At first I thought it was a battery issue so I took it back to the dealer to replace the battery (since it was still under warranty)

The dealer informed me after multiple notice that it’s not a battery issue but a defect in the watch and the only technician he has is on vacation so he is not able to repair it before 2-3weeks minimum.

I asked for replacement , he refused I asked for refund refused as well.

So now its been 3 months I bought the watch but did not enjoy it yet

Meanwhile I contacted Montblanc Germany to help me solve the issue with no success(for different excusesuch as no spare part or spare part delivery delay you know the Lebanese way of lying and dealing with customers)

The best one was: from the dealer: saying that cars may have defects so montblanc watches defects are quite normal

So now the moral : next time you think of buying a montblanc watch, save your money and buy a Casio…(fya calculatrice w betdaweh);)translation it haas a calculator and lights up 

A year ago !!

A year ago, Jan 9^th 2012 I was undergoing a nine hours brain surgery to remove a part of a big tumor I discoveredfew days before

It was definitely not the best way to start the year

2012 was certainly a shitty year health wise for me, but it made me realize many positivefacts:

1.       God exists and is alive and listening to my prayers(all prayers)

2.        How lucky I am to have such wonderful supportive family

3.       Everything happens for a reason  (good or bad)

4.       How blessed I am to have such true friends (I won’t mention names to avoid missing someone nd the list is long)below one example (marc haddad supportive message on abdo feghali's car during rally des cedres)

5.       I am working in a wonderful supportive company (Murex systems)that still maintains human values despite its big size

6.       My brother in law is a great guy I was not very close to him beforeand I’m glad that now I know him better

7.       We have a skilled medical care in Lebanon (sprcial thanks to my doctors and my therapists especially my ergotherapist Sally)

8.       Believe in yourself, never give up whatever the doctors say(I was diagnosed with a cancerous grade4 tumor scale of 5..with few months to live)

9.       And yes you read well I ‘WAS’..I have healedtoday J

To 2013 I say : I will live and enjoy every second of you cheers happy new year