Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
You don’t know me; I know you, I know what’s being said about you.
I’m the ‘whisperer’. I am socially mobile: Arab, Brit, Indian, Pakistani, American and the rest, they all invite me and share their world with me. Not much gets past me but if you think it may have done, email me on . . .
Whispering Grass
No, not Don Estelle or Windsor Davies, but a word that drug-taking in Bahrain is to be taken even more seriously.
It seems, according to my sources, that there is to be a new task group who will be asking people to call in and inform on those who are users.
The new initiative is to be known as ‘whispering grass’.
Just a prawn
It appears that the recent weather has had an impact on the availability of prawns.
They are going to be in short supply, I’m told. Buy now and freeze is the advice from me. Whilst I’m on about shortages, it appears that certain varieties of cat food are disappearing fast - bulk buy now!
Know-it-all?
The senior staff in a certain department store in the Seef Mall are rumoured to be going on a training course.
It seems that their knowledge regarding the sales items is so poor that the floor manager of one area of the shop couldn’t answer the simplest questions and had to ask his Filipina assistant – who knew all the answers! Embarrassment is apparently behind the initiative.
Fat chance
Restrictions on baggage are to be in force just in time for the summer vacation, I’m hearing.
Due to the soaring cost of fuel and the ever-increasing fuel surcharges, several airlines (and a couple of them fly out of Bahrain) are implementing a ‘reduce mass’ policy.
It seems that the only way to reduce fuel usage is to reduce the overall weight of the plane... and it’s baggage that’s in the firing line! But the good news is that if you are less than 75kg for a man and 60kg for a woman, you can still carry the usual baggage - it’s the fatties that will have a smaller allowance.
The news is that for every kilo over you are, it comes off the baggage allowance. Get on the scales and shed those kilos!
Budding rose
JUST who will be following in the footsteps of the stunning Miss Sri Lanka Jackie Fernandez who was once a ‘July Rose’ in the kingdom?
Ladies of all nationalities, aged 16 and above, are invited to register and join the annual search to be held at the Baen Saeng Thai auditorium on July 26.
Beauty, personality, talent, and intelligence are some of the criteria needed to walk away as the winner.
All contestants will be trained for the catwalk, hair & make-up, public speaking, fashion style, plus photo and TV shoots by Albert Gayo, who will also direct and host the show.
The contest now in its 15th year goes to prove there is a niche for glamour and beauty in Bahrain … and who knows, we might even find another Miss Universe contender.
Radio Ga Ga
Poor old Radio Bahrain, not only did it lose its 101 FM frequency to the BBC World Service the staff members have been advised to present a classier act in case the station’s share of sophisticated listeners switches over to the Beeb.
The response?
Krazy Kev is going to wear a suit every morning.
