Cars for Sale

My colleagues at work were all shocked when we were told that my manager’s Honda Civic car was stolen as it was parked in front of the church one Sunday morning of 2003. She was attending her usual church service together with her two sons that fateful day. The thing that made it so unbelievable was it happened inside an exclusive subdivision somewhere in Greenhills, San Juan.

This is why, I find it so amusing to see these cars parked alongside major thoroughfares of Bahrain. These cars are for sale. Though there are incidents of reported cases of stolen cars here in Bahrain, most of the owners of these cars are unmindful of such risk. Chances are you will see a lot them almost anywhere in any significant vacant lots in here.

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Listen now to the featured song: CARS by Gary Numan (1979

COLD STORE, lets push it!

Cold Store. The first time I heard it, I thought it is a store where they sell frozen stuff. But I was wrong. The truth is, they not only sell frozen items but they sell anything that you could imagine from phone cards, vegetables, toiletries, cosmetics, school and office supplies, etc. It is a convenience store that is within your reach, just around the corner so to speak.

Bahrain's cold stores are the equivalent of our friendly neighborhood sari-sari store in the Philippines. The only difference is that they have a wide variety of commodities to sell. If you want a nail pusher, you guess it right, they also have it. Would you like to buy one?

only in Bahrain: Lets ENTER the ENTRANCE

Metro Markets. A small grocery store in a community where my flat is just a walking distance away. The acrhitecture is unique with its intricate geometric facade details. Though the clock is out of scale with respect to the whole structure, I like everything about it, except for this one foible.

Come, lets ENTER the ENTRANCE and see it for yourself.