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The fabulous and Lively City of Jeddah

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Brief about Jeddah                    Jeddah is port city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia located in the western coast(Red Sea) of KSA . its also the second biggest city and economic capital of  kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jeddah is a very lively city with a huge number of floating population who come to Jeddah for trade, Business and pilgrimage to the holy mosque in Makkah. Local say Jeddah Ghair which means Jeddah is Unique or different and as said Jeddah is really a diversified city with super cool citizens and expatriates from around the globe. Holy city of Makkah is 90Km from Jeddah.   Jeddah experiences moderate climate( comparing with other cities in Saudi Arabia) through out the Year where temperature varies from 25 degree Celsius to 40 degree Celsius. Life starts very early like any other cities in Saudi Arabia. Most of the schools opens at 6:30 Am and closes by noon at 1:00PM.   Jeddah has some super mega sized malls like Red Sea mall and Mall of Arabia and

Weekend Recipe No: 2 - Baked Lemon chicken with Mashed potato and Dal fry

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Recipe by : Diana Rathnamala This weekend recipe is " Baked Lemon chicken with Mashed Potato and Dal Fry ". Its a balanced full meal with protein, carbs, fat, flavor which can satisfy your taste buds and can keep you full for a longer period. It is a weird combination to have Mashed potato and Dal fry and we all liked the combination. It's like adding an Indian touch to the whole dish Ingredients: Chicken Thighs with skin: 3 thighs Potatoes : 6 small Tomato : 1 small Olive oil : 2 table spoon Lemon : 1 Small Garlic : 3 cloves chilly  1/4 tea spoon Turmeric : 1/4 tea spoon Green chilly : 2 chilly Salt and Pepper : As Required Butter : 1 small cube Marinating the chicken: Take a bowl, add olive oil, Lemon jest(scrapped peel of lemon), Lemon extract, grated garlic, add chilly powder, turmeric, pepper and salt (for flavor and taste). Keep whisking the mixture while adding the ingredients allowing  it to blend. Add the Chicken thighs and close it ti

The March of Progress - Joining the dots

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God created Adam and Eve and placed them in a nice and beautiful garden and told them not to taste the fruit of the tree which is in the center of the garden… Eve got tempted and tasted the fruit and she also gave the fruit to Adam. After having the special fruit Adam and Eve realized that their anatomy are entirely different, they shy away from each other and invented the robe made of leaves (dress) to cover themselves. God drove them away from the garden for not obeying his words.   Thrown away from the garden Adam and Eve didn’t find anything to eat, they learnt how to irrigate the land and cultivate crops. Generation passed by and new generation got bored of eating only vegetables and fruits, they invented spear. They hunted with the spear which gave them proteins from raw meat and by the discovery of fire paved the way for BBQ meat (Yummy).   Days and years passed by wandering in the jungle and the population started to increase and the need to explore new places for set