Zein's place on the net » Australia http://ahmed.elze.in/blog my views on Australia, Egypt, Linux and other stuff Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:40:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 I’ve moved at last http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/07/01/ive-moved-at-last/ http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/07/01/ive-moved-at-last/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:40:51 +0000 Ahmed http://www.azein.com/blog/2007/07/01/ive-moved-at-last/ Ahhh, at last I have moved out of Fenner Hall. No more wiping yellow splotches off the toilet seats for me. No more camping outside the laundry room just to get a chance at using the washing machine. I am my own man now :)

]]> http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/07/01/ive-moved-at-last/feed/ 0 My new cycling record http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/05/10/my-new-cycling-record/ http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/05/10/my-new-cycling-record/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 09:13:17 +0000 Ahmed http://www.azein.com/blog/2007/05/10/my-new-cycling-record/ I did about 12.5 km today. I went to see an apartment and after that visited the Australian Taxation office which I found to be a pleasant experience. I am now back at collage and I am planning to take the bus home to Fenner Hall :( . Yes, I am that sore.

]]> http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/05/10/my-new-cycling-record/feed/ 1 I buy a bike… http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/04/23/i-buy-a-bike/ http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/04/23/i-buy-a-bike/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:22:26 +0000 Ahmed http://www.azein.com/blog/2007/04/23/i-buy-a-bike/ On Friday I bought a new bike. Today I cycled to Uni. I now hurt in various areas.
scout bike

I mean the bike seat is HARD. I am not sure but I think I am going to need a padded seat or something. And as I am posting this from collage, I admit that I dread the ride home :(

]]> http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/04/23/i-buy-a-bike/feed/ 4 An interesting day http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/27/an-interesting-day/ http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/27/an-interesting-day/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:55:09 +0000 Ahmed http://www.azein.com/blog/2007/03/28/an-interesting-day/ Today I did two interesting things:
1. I helped physically install a Sun Fire X4600 Server with 8 dual core Opterons and 32GB of RAM.
I can’t describe the beauty of Sun hardware :)

2. I cooked for myself today and for the first time since I arrived in Australia I had a meal after 2:00pm :)
In fact, as I made about twice what I was able to eat, I will have something to eat tomorrow.

]]> http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/27/an-interesting-day/feed/ 1 Today I meet my Supervisor http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/26/today-i-meet-my-supervisor/ http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/26/today-i-meet-my-supervisor/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:39:10 +0000 Ahmed http://www.azein.com/blog/2007/03/26/today-i-meet-my-supervisor/ I will be meeting my supervisor in about 3 hours. I will also see about my enrollment procedures. Hope it all goes well.

I had arranged to see a 2nd hand bike today and was planning to buy it unless there was something wrong with it. I got an email a while ago from the owner that he already sold it. To tell you the truth I feel quite betrayed :( I mean I told the guy I wanted the bike and he gave me a place and date to see it. Why would then go and sell it with out giving me that chance to buy it first?

Something good that happened is that I met (over the phone) two Egyptians. Dr Khalid Abbas, Chairman of the Canberra Muslim Community and Amro a political Science student at the ANU.

In Shaa’ Allah thing will get better.

]]> http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/26/today-i-meet-my-supervisor/feed/ 1 If you are thinking of comming to Australia http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/25/if-you-are-thinking-of-comming-to-australia/ http://ahmed.elze.in/blog/2007/03/25/if-you-are-thinking-of-comming-to-australia/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:38:53 +0000 Ahmed http://www.azein.com/blog/2007/03/26/if-you-are-thinking-of-comming-to-australia/ Here is a link that saved my life :)
Hall Foods in Canberra

Finding Halal food is one of the biggest concerns for Muslims and I was really lost before I stumbled on the ANU Muslim Association (ANUMA) website.

another good link is http://www.islam-australia.org/ (The Canberra Islamic Center).

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