Lebanese Beauty Pageants & social media

Update: Just thought I share with you this previous post I wrote on how the minister of tourism "wanted to go through the Miss Lebanon 2011 applicants this year in order to “ensure the competition’s high standards”. I don't know why social media was the main topic of this year's Miss Lebanon event but I wish whomever organized this event lectured the participants earlier on social media tools and their use. Here are few funny…

Miss Lebanon caught cheating?

There were reports of corruption and bribery in the recent Miss Lebanon Pageant but nothing confirmed yet. I must say it is not very hard to imagine "wasta" being used with some of the jury especially when the ministry of tourism is deeply involved this time. However and funnily enough, it was the previous Miss Lebanon 2010-2011 Rahaf Abdallah who was apparently caught cheating during a final exam in LAU.
Automotive

Another Riddle of the Day

14 years ago
Anyone can guess which road this is? The reason I decided to make it as a riddle is that this is one of the most highly frequented shortcut roads in the Keserwan area, yet hasn’t ...
Humor

Tres White at White Beirut

14 years ago
Seems to me no one’s checking pictures before publishing them at the Beirut Night Life, or maybe they just don’t care. [Link] ...
Automotive

The Beirut Classic Car Show 2011

14 years ago
I saw the flyer for this event few days ago and saw some pictures today on Joe’s blog. [Link] It looks like a really nice show and it is good to know some people in ...
Lebanon

Lebanese Tourism minister is polluting

14 years ago
Pictures of the fire that caught the plastic industry belonging to no one but our dear minister of tourism Fadi Abboud. I wonder if the necessary precautions are being taken by the ministry of health ...
Information

Riddle of the day

14 years ago
I spotted this guy while changing oil to my car. Anyone remembers who’s the guy on the right? Hint: Not a big fan of jokes. ...
Events

All these concerts happening in Lebanon …

14 years ago
[Pic from Moby’s concert] And no one is filming them and making them into DVDs. I remember when DJ Tiesto came the first time to Lebanon, he had the craziest party ever and it was ...
Lebanon

Mission Impossible 5: Paying a parking ticket in Beirut

14 years ago
The two parking lots next to the office where I work in Achrafieh get filled up pretty quickly; if you get there at 8:45 instead of 8:30, there’s a good chance that you will not ...
Lebanon

This is White, This is Beirut …

14 years ago
Cool video by White on Clubbing in Lebanon. Via Gino’s Blog ...
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