My Profile

My profile….hmm where to begin…well first thing my name is Hamdan Omar for short, my full name is way too long to remember so I leave it to that. I was born on January 16th, 1988. So that would make me 20 years old now…I think, I’ll have to make sure about that with my twin, oh yea, I forgot to mention I’m a twin, well now you know. Obviously were the same age but I’m older by 2 min, that might not seem much of a difference, but to me it does, it’s proves I’m older (:P).Most people get shocked or amazed at the fact I am a twin, like how you are now, and ask me the most common questions that I hear all the time…“DO YOU THINK ALIKE?!”, we don’t have any special powers, but if we did then that would be amazing. We are the oldest ones in the family…I mean I am! After us is my younger sister then brother. We are all born in Abu Dhabi, capital of the emirates.

As a child I was very wild and rebellious, I was one of those kids or rugrats who would cause chaos during the night. One time I saw a spider in the corridor to the kitchen, I started staring at it for quite a while it got boring since it was barely moving so I wanted to burn it and watch it die. I went to the kitchen to get tissue and lit it, through the excitement I felt, I completely didn’t think I would burn my hand before I reach that spider. I dropped the burning tissue on the carpet and watched it burn the carpet instead…sadly I couldn’t find that spider to try again. As a teenager I was still the same but this time the chaos was in school, I got in trouble several times to a point where they had a filled in detention slip waiting for me at the office to pick up. My life was unstable since I was moving school all the time; I’ve been to 4 schools, and the last one was in Canada. I studied there for my last 2 years of high school, and lived there with my grandparents. After I came back, I realized how important education is for my future and changed my ways, and being more responsible. Hopefully I’ll have a great job that I enjoy and that would support me, and later on support my family when I get married.

Travelling to Canada was an exciting experience for me at first but then got frustrating since most of the time there it was winter. But I got to meet different people and experience new things like Tim Hortons, a famous brand known to everyone who lives in Canada; it’s similar to dunkin donuts but even better. I travelled to few other places before Canada. I’ve been to Kenya, Malaysia, Paris, London, and Singapore. Kenya was amazing, going on safaris and seeing wild animals, meeting people from Masai tribes who were really tall and made me feel like a midget or going around town, the best thing is that everything is cheap; I was living like a king.

In my free time at home I usually play my guitar, I’m still learning but hopefully I’ll become a pro at that, or my weekends I would go out with a couple of friends relaxing in cafés or restaurants. Sometimes go for special events like concerts, or going to Dubai. Although going to Dubai is a big problem when it comes to traffic, I usually plan before I start moving. One of the things I would love to do if I had chance is sky diving or bungee jumping. It’s a dangerous game but life is all about risks, not taking risks makes life really boring. Sometimes I also go to the movies, if there is a good movie playing. Abu Dhabi is a calm city, not much happens here but I got use to it.

That’s all I can say about my past, present and future. I hope you found my profile interesting, or else….Also don’t forget to write a comment about my profile

My Reaction to the Tour Trip

A few weeks back, my classmates and I went for a tour at the emirates palace. The tour was about the Masdar city which is a futuristic city that has zero carbon emission. I was astonished at what the project had to offer, a city fully functional on its own. I was also amazed by the transportation in the city, what I understood from the tour and video is that cars are not allowed in the city.

The Saadiyat island project is another project that surely shows to be unique. Personally I thought It looked like some part of a human organ, at first I thought it was a parking lot or a mall, but it’s a entertainment center containing halls and exhibitions…etc.

Then we, Jaber and I, moved on to the arts of islam. I learnt that people in the past were very artistic in all areas like carpets, jewelry, furniture…and other stuff. I was mostly concentrating on the daggers and swords and their history. I’m a collector of swords and daggers, and this is what caught my attention the most after the masdar city

Conflict Diamonds

Diamonds are known to be the most expensive stones in the world; they are also known to be women’s most desired object. But where to diamonds come from? Diamonds are made from carbon that faces extreme pressure and temperatures deep down below the earth’s surface. These carbons or diamonds that go through this process soon, over time, are transported to the surface through kimberlite pipes via magma.

Botswana, located in South Africa, holds the reputation of producing most of the world’s diamonds. One of the biggest diamond mining companies, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd, mines most of its diamond from South Africa. De Beers control 67% of the world’s rough diamonds trade, in the early 20th century; De Beers kept the price of diamonds high by restricting the amount of diamonds in the market.

Antwerp, one of the cities in Belgium, has been a diamond center for 600 years. The diamond trade in this city is associated with the Jewish community. 80% of the world’s rough diamonds passes through the Antwerp. About 1500 polishers and cutters are left in the city today. Almost all of the world’s rough diamonds today, about 90%, is cut and polished in India due to the fact it’s really cheap.

Dubai has dramatically developed over the last few years, and has a growing reputation as a diamond hub. The special deal of zero tax attracted many of the world’s diamond traders to the UAE. The business is worth 1 billion pounds.

Hip-Hop artists spend the most in jewelry, because they believe that it’s all about the “bling”. Besides that fact is another which women also love diamonds and want more of it all the time.

Obama's issue in the debate summary

In the following article “The mean of Obama’s robes”, senator Obama’s visit to Kenya and wearing traditional clothing has caused an issue in the presidential debate. Through the articles he explains the traditional meaning of the robes and head turban that it has no religious meaning and is simply traditional clothing worn by delegates in the council for peace and development. The debate made the author remember about how people in Somalia are against different types of clothing; he then gives his personal opinion about these beliefs.

In my opinion, this article had lack of information towards the topic or issue. The author gave full information on what the robes and head turban are for, but the author didn’t explain why Obama wore the traditional clothing during that time.