Not so fast! Despite the widespread devastation, it took 6 days to repair the Great Kanto Highway in Naka.

This Japanese engineering feat is amazing, when you consider that repairing archaic roads in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, consists of re-aligning blocks of concrete.

Picture it, a Canadian city with a “metro area” of 9,417.88 km2 is where I currently live. Not a bad size city if you ask me… pretty close to the full size Lebanon actually. It seems to be governed very well… I mean traffic runs smoothly and safely, snow is removed on time (usually), people follow the laws, and jobs for anyone who is actually trying to find a job. Oh, did I mention that the city council is ALWAYS functioning effectively and properly? Now picture this: my Canadian city is very small compared to the 9,984,670 km2 which encompasses the whole Canadian country… and guess what? They’re governing all that land, with all those 35 million people remarkably well. – Seif

Knowing better, how are the Lebanese handling the lack of rain issue?

They …

A) Started by conserving the water consumption ?

B) Educated the people about water conservation techniques ?

C) Fixed the leaky water infrastructure ?

D) Prevented half of the water that falls in Lebanon to run into the sea?

E) None of the above

And the answer is …

Litani River

The correct answer is E:

they decided to pray

Update: It did finally rain! Shukran Qatar

Who else should we say shoukran to?

… and a bridge on the entrance of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon; notice the modern separators in the middle of the street:

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But wait, the comparison does not stop here, according to Nicolien, the Iranians have decent buses, smoke-free bars, free water, …. even a metro. More on Iranian order and precision on her blog.

Seen on Amine Gemayel street, Sioufi sector, Achrafieh

While citizens from 33 privileged Countries (France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, … the list goes on) can obtain a visit visa on arrival, and while citizens of the Arab Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia) do not even need a visa, Lebanese -again- fall on the bottom of the people-that-we-like list.

Here is an interesting book that teaches sexual discrimination for the occasion

The Standard Facebook profile pictures style

While men take relatively boring pictures (look at me, I am drinking/traveling/surrounded by sexy girls/have big biceps) women show-off their sexy assets in I-am-sexy-and-I-know-it pictures.

Hopefully pubs & bars will follow soon

I decided, just for fun, to find the most popular nationalities that look for their second half on Google, here are the results:

Top 5 women for marriage list*:

#5 Sweden

Pretty, tall, blonde,… who doesn’t want an attractive viking?

#4 Brazil

Brazilian women are famous for their gorgeous bodies, I can see why

#3 Ukraine

Who doesn’t want to be invaded by such an army?

#2 Africa

Tyra Banks, African American woman, hosting her show

And the most popular women for marriage are from…

#1 Russia

Is anyone surprised?

Russian? Dutch? do you really care?

*: A suggestion for a better title is welcomed