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I’ve just found out that I couldn’t write anything on my blog since a month. So, there is too much to tell, people.

First of all, I was in Bahrain for 5 days. I went with my friend to see another friend who’s working there as an long-time intern in DHL. It was very exciting and also seemed very different after all the trips to Europe, especially. After inspecting the Arab world and lifestyle, I can easily tell you that I’m very surprised and fascinated. It’s a very small island on the east of the Arabian peninsula and in the middle of the Gulf and it’s very liberal compared to Saudi Arabia and because of that this little island is very popular in the Gulf area. According the residents, Kingdom of Bahrain has a weekly income of approx. 2 mil. $ from the Arabian tourists.

Anyway, it was a great holiday and it was even relaxing. After returning back to home, I got sick, which I couldn’t recover since 10 days. Because of that, I have no will to do anything, lost my appetite etc. You know how these illnesses are.

Whatever, I’ll post some other things this weekend to catch up with the latest news of the internet world and make you happy.

This week has been like a storm went over my stupid, boring life.  I needed to pre-apply to the university for my postgraduate education, Thank God I was off from the work on Friday to do the things required for application. On weekend there was nothing special, played some football, watched football, went to the seaside to play with our friend’s Labrador dog.

On Monday and Tuesday I was at a training, so I was still off (It has been 5 days in total! Woohoo!). The training was called “Applied Project Management” which I liked very much and think that it is very useful if you are tend to participate and/or manage in projects, especially in big ones. As soon as I got home, I installed MS Project to see what is it like and what can I do. Learning the methodology is the most important thing maybe but still we need to do some application, right?

Now I am back to work, sitting at my desk  and writing the good days I lived last week.

Next week I’ll be away from home, as soon as I come back again, I’ll write.

P.S.: The developments of new site are still going on but with a rush change the homepage will be different. I just want your more patience for a little while.

I couldn’t write anything this week because I was a little cold and needed to rest evenings. I was also in a Kaizen workshop which kept me very busy. I decided to write a wrap-up and also number it with “#1″. That’s a sign I can post in this way this also later again!

The first thing is Kaizen. It is a great philosophy and thanks to Toyota which company is the founder of this philosophy and also the “lean manufacturing“. I had a training on Monday for the main aspects of Kaizen and applied them in other 3 days in our production line in the plant.

The second one is I’ve got a present which made me very happy. It is a very soft (I think it’s 100% polyester) football, bought from Ikea. Now I can play football at home, too! Hooray!

I’d like to recommend and/or inform you a few websites I met while I was surfing whole week. For instance, I’ve been informed that the famous PHP IDE Komodo has begun to a new project called Open Komodo. It’s kinda freeware Komodo and I couldn’t try it yet but in my opinion it is worth to try it absolutely.

Another useful site is the Cheat Sheet site, where you can find many reference books or “cheat sheets” for various subjects, especially about programming.

The last one is related with web design and I have found it while I was surfing to find a solution to my urgent need. I was trying to find some stylish icons for my new website and found out that there is an open-source project called Tango Desktop Project. You need to look at it. I am sure you’ll need that package someday.