Top 5: Prison Movies

I’m a sucker for movies where the characters are exposed to soul-wrecking experiences; as in war or prison movies.

5- The Green Mile
A beautiful movie that emphasizes the relationship developed between the cons and the guards.

4- Mean machine
A Hilarious British adaptation of the american movie “The Longest Yard”. UK actors Rule, Big time.

3- Animal Factory
The closest movie to represent what it’s like in US prisons; or so I was informed from the DVD commentary. Defoe stars as his fellow -brilliant Buscemi- directs.

2- Escape from Alcatraz
Classic Clint Eastwood movie!

1-The Shawashank Redemption
Best Movie as voted at IMDB.com, the book is not bad either :)

Top 5: Grunge Albums

I grew up in the 90s and I witnessed the outbreak of the grunge phenomenon “a subgenre of alternative rock music”; arguably the grunge is now dead and buried but you can still feel its influence in modern rock music. Here are my favorite albums from this memorable era:

5- Mad season - Above

4- Nirvana – Never Mind

3- Alice in Chains - Dirt

2- Pearl Jam - Ten

1- Soundgarden – Superunknown
One of the best rock albums of all times

Untitled

Some one dear to me inclined that I’m hypocrite ..

In one way or the other, Aint we all?

Some one has accused me of being cheap

I’m not a man who spends for social acceptance or to prove that I’m generous

Someone thinks that I’m proud

I am …


“I won’t apologize for what I want, I won’t apologize for what I need, I won’t apologize for what I am” – Tom Cruise; as Frank T.J. Mackey in the movie Magnolia (1999)

Run Scofield, Run

The Land of the Pyramids and Mega malls

The "I'm so cool with the way I talk" anchor asked a young lady whether she concurs with Mostafa Kamel's famous quote, "If I weren't an Egyptian, I'd have loved to be an Egyptian". Regardless of the fake display of patriotism from all of the respondents, this particular lady dazzled me with this:

"I think Egypt is great, I don't think I have anything negative to say about it, it even has the best mega malls that competes with the ones in the foreign countries, I think the ones we have are even bigger and better"

The link between wanting to be an Egyptian at any cost and Egyptian mega malls is a perplexity waiting to be analyzed.

I'm too drained to even start to analyze this crap, I just felt on posting a sample of:

1- Egyptians production of silly TV programs.
2- Egyptians apparent talent of expressing themselves, especially in front of a camera lens.
3- Egyptians irrelevant responses and their tendency to speak out than shut up.
4- Egyptian fascination with City Stars "The King of Mega Malls"

Out of like 15 participants, two responded that they would rather "be" another nationality. The inevitable question of "what nationality and why" followed and I kept waiting to hear –with much anticipation I may add- for keywords like Production; Efficiency; Keen on development and learning; Research; Analytical thinking, and Objectivity, Sadly my anticipation was in vain. A respondent vaguely mentioned discipline but inside a context of how foreigners abide by traffic laws.

I'm glad to be an Egyptian; At least I can shop at Spinneys and eat Mac-Tasty in the food court.

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Thierry Who?

Speechless
Out of This World
A New Sport/Art is Born

Small things, Part 4

• The smell of new garments
• Autumns in Egypt
• Receiving a genuine "Thank you" after serving people
• A nice dream that you remember the morning after
• Big yellow school buses filled with 5 years old
• The battle of a cat and a string
• Moonwalking by Michael Jackson
• The "New Taxes Law" commercials
• The roar in the streets when Al-Ahly scores
• The green mint candy they serve with the bill at Lacasetta
• The musical score from Tom and Jerry's cartoon episodes
• The 5 minutes sleep between the alarm ring and the snooze ring
• The opening credits from "The Simpsons"
• Reading something meaningful
• The Mexican wave at the Cairo stadium
• Riding Jet Skis
• Edgar Alan Poe poems
• Sand grains stuck between the toes after coming from the beach

Top 5: Material things that are essential for my routine settings and daily functions

5- Calmepam® "Anxiolytic intermediate acting-Benzodiazepine"
Actually, I don't use it that much, but sometimes it's the only thing that gets me to sleep.

4- Nescafe/Tea/Coffee or any caffeine-containing beverage
I'm an addict, just like the most.

3- Flavored Shisha
When I blow smoke circles from a grape-flavored one, I'm in Zen with the universe.

2- My iPod
A convenient Mp3 player that plays the soundtrack of my life.

1- My Car
It's Korean, but it gets me form point A to B and the maintenance is affordable.

Were you born to resist, or be abused?

Driving seems to bring out the worst in people, they behave like animals that merely function out of their most primitive instinct; Aggression.

It's surprisingly lucid how much negative energy oozes out as we - human beings – carry out daily functions like conversing or problem resolution. The other day at fetar time; I encountered one of those people you cannot fairly describe, but I'll go with semi-educated, pseudo-professional, early 40s gentle man; who shut off his car engine and walked away as he blocked the street with his car, the reason for his "in his mind justified" furry was that he refused to go back on reverse and expected me and another car behind me to do the same instead.

The ACT of shutting off the car's engine and walking away conveys ultimate selfishness and stubbornness that demolish any approach of logic or reason. As a reflex, I was going to respond to his crap by equivalent crap (i.e. leaving my car too in the middle of the street), but I had company who didn't need to experience this.

Driving in Egypt is like surviving in a vicious jungle, Dominant species (lions) get to do what they want without ethical restrains while submissive species (sheep) choose to play it safe, be victimized and endure the frustration. There is no such thing as dual-species that can go both ways; inevitably, one attitude will conquer the other and you are labeled; Predator or prey.

Lions Theory: Follow the modern version of the Darwinism theory; Survival for the most obnoxious. Bring it own punk.

Sheep Theory: Follow the passive adage," When the wind blows, Duck".

It's catastrophic that theories like these are initiated and applied on such normal daily activities like driving.

The History Of Relegion

The Ramadan Festival:The Alacrity

Ramadan has arrived; our annually psychological trip we love to endure; our salvation from the mountains of sins; our transcendence to a new dimension of serenity and peace with the creator; yearning to rinsing out the demons and entering elucidation.

Or it's another great month for shisha and hanging out till dawn!

Regardless of your perception of Ramadan, Everybody loves to enjoy and experience "the experience" rather than benefit from it, Pray, fast, or party, Unwind, go monk, or celebrate; your practice should always be as fruitful as possible.

The emotional circus comes once a year. Go see and enjoy the show, do you really want to ask yourself "it would have been" or "if only I"?

Happy Ramadan to you all, whatever that means!

I was tricked by a salesman

Last weekend, I went to Carrefour to review the latest prices of electric appliances, I passed by the booth of Showtime - a cable company- where I stopped for just a minute to ask about their sports package price "they exclusively broadcast the English Premier League (EPL) which happens to be; my addiction".

20 minutes later, I ended up signing a one year contract via visa.

The Salesman was incredibly persuasive; hammering me with every sales strategy he ever learned, covering up every angle, luring me into his company's services. He successfully transmitted the conviction that I cannot live without the EPL.

I'm – or I like to think that I'm – a very stubborn person who isn't easily convinced, even with a tightly sealed argument. I occasionally mock common people who fall for every marketing trick out there. My theory is that the decision of purchasing a product/service should be the product of necessity and priority. My theory crashed infront of the super salesman whom I enjoyed conversing with despite the fact; he tricked me.

Under normal circumstances, I would have subscribed months ago and that would have been my own decision, but I'm in a new social status that is financially demanding, not to mention, nerve wrecking. I'm setting up my new apartment which will engulf whatever money I have now and own later. Paying money for cable is absolutely neither a necessity nor a priority considering "the status" I'm in, in comparison that money would have gone for the kitchen/bathroom tiles instead.

I even dislike salesman, because of their obvious intentions and wicked means, hell I even don't like people much, I've very picky on whom to know and not know, speak to or avoid, become friends with or alienate. Before I left I told him, – not in these words but something similar – "I don't know whether to hug you or punch you". He smiled to me and intelligently replied, "I guess if Arsenal won the league, you'd owe me a hug". WTF? how did he know I'm a gunners fan? He must have noticed me checking out their fixtures during our conversation!

I was tricked, but it's all good. This is a funny phrase I never thought I'd type.

دمر يدمر تدميرا

اكل العيش مر, بالذات لو انت متعود تاكل باتون ساليه

متعملش دكر في منظومه فاشله , وكل واحد يشوف مصلحته علشان عم عشم مات . بالعربي كده تهروشلي حاهروشلك و اقدم السبت علشان ** ام الحد

انا و انت "امعه" – شده علي الميم – بس و حياتك مش بمزاجنا

Top 5: Underrated Actors

Outstanding actors who deserve more critical and commercial acclaim than they already have, brilliant performances without appropriate rewards (which I believe are never the standard).

5- Gabriel Byrne
The Usual Suspects, Stigmata

4- Christian Bale
The Mechanist , American Psycho, Empire Of The Sun

3- Gary Oldman
Leon, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Beat the Devil

2- William Dafoe
Platoon, Animal Factory, Shadow Of The Vampire

1- Tim Roth
Vincent and Theo, The Legend Of 1900, Hoodlum

The Panic, The Vomit - 2

"Worrying is like a rocking chair, it's gives you something to do while inevitably gets you no where"

I wish these kinds of revelations soothe me, but alas.

The Panic, The Vomit

I suffer from moderate to severe anxiety and I’m only 25 years old “currently on calmpam”, I’m so frustrated that I’ve reached such a degraded psychological state at such age, but everything around me seems to stress me up. I came to a conclusion that I might be running low on faith, I constantly need reassurance that everything will turn out to be ok.

I’m neither miserable nor frightened, I just can’t stop thinking about the next moment to come. My over-thinking virtue/curse has turned me into a paranoid android, calculating the perfect ways of crossing the bridge located miles away while falling down the pits two steps ahead.

"Ambition makes you look pretty ugly

Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy "

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

OK Computer (1997)

Darling won't you ease my worried mind

Mark and Eric, Class & Genious

Top 5: Things I want to do for a living (Dream jobs)

Things I want to do if qualifications, time, history, place and salary were no object.

5 - Journalist for Rolling stone magazine (1967 – 1977) or (1988-1994)
1969-1975 : get to meet Jimmy Hendrix, Robert Plant, John Lord, Ozzy Osborne, Roger Waters, Alan Parson, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Jim Morison, Rush, Freddie Mercury and John Lennon.

1988-1994: get to meet Kurt Cobain, Axel Rose, Eddie Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Motley Crue, Soundgarden and Billy Idol.

And off course get tons of free records.

4 - Lead Guitarist
In bands like The Jon Finn group, Fourplay, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, and Dave Matthews’s Band

3 - Interior Designer
I’ve a thing for colors, contrasts and space occupation.

2 - Studio Sound Engineer (1970 - )
The science of sounds and the miracles of making unique tunes are controlled by the man behind the knobs the buttons.

1 - Lecturor at Stanford University



This post is inspired by the movie (High Fidelity), Starred and written by John Cusak.

I was "happy" beating Shao khan

"It's the price you pay for the life you choose"
I read this off a facebook profile of a dear friend of mine, it's not the cliché quote that grabbed my attention but rather my current status with this particular "friend".

Yes we grew apart due to life's spinning carousel, (N) indeed is one of a kind, she's very bright, successful, very cheerful and super social and she's ecstatic even if it's only Labor Day. But deep down inside she's depressed, I'm not surprised that anyone is depressed these days because it seems to be the standard/default setup of an individual's psyche, but someone who sees life as a big pink flower swaying on a rainbow with cinnamon scents allover the place *mental picture*, I can't figure out why? Again, I'm not occupied by the whys and hows but if someone like (N) is depressed/unsatisfied/unhappy, what does that make me? Suicidal??

Now back to the quote, I can relate how (N) aced in many fields and failed in others "ex: emotionally", in general people fail as much as they succeed, but (N) chose a path and that "this" path lead to consequences that some of them had to stomach. (N) is like me, she over thinks things which ultimately guides your brain towards depression and borderline psychosis. All these analysis made me rethink my status since (N) and I have a lot in common. Am I happy?

Happy... mmm... I think I was happy when I was a kid, that's the last time I recall I was genuinely happy, it's the most precious feeling in the world, Am I happy? …Mmm... eh... no, I'm not... well, it's best put in the following phrase:

"Sometimes I'm unhappy because I'm dissatisfied, other times I'm dissatisfied because I'm unhappy"

Does that make any sense? I read once that dissatisfaction is what makes someone a success, and happiness is a euphoric neurotransmitter that hinders the mind from rationalization. I wish I was back being a kid again when all the worries in the world were unified in beating Shao khan in Mortal Combat in SuperNentendo.

My Tarot Card

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

I took a personality test years ago , and i came out "You Are A Mentor" ... this tarot card comes in parallel , now I come to the realization that these internet tests aren't Gibberish afterall !

P.s : My fiancee took this test and she came out "You Are The Fool" , how ironic is that !

Random Events

I don't know what to make out of these situations , but it kinda lingered with me for a while


*****


Nada: I have an interview at ( ), a respectable private sector company, what are your thoughts on that manner?
Boss: I can’t tell you NOT to take the interview, this would be a good experience for you, but don’t accept any offers before you consult me , and I won’t let you go that easily ..
Me: Boss, what do you think? Now is the time to apply for other jobs, what shall I do ?
Boss: Apply son, God Bless you


*****


Inside the exam hall
Me: Excuse me, We are in an ongoing exam, can you please lower your voice and stop giggling
Anonymous: What your problem, Pal?
Me: My problem is that you think that you are in your living room , and I’m not your pal


*****


Driving in the steet:
Me: Ya basha , this is a One way, One lane street and you’re blocking it
Asshole driving on the opposite side: So?


*****


Dr. Mostafa: Where are you Mo’men? I’ve been trying to reach you for quiet some time now
Me: Sorry Doctor, I have exams these days and I’m pre-occupied
Dr. Mostafa: *To2*


*****


Outside my Home:
حمدوون : صباح الخير يا دكتورنا يا عسل
مؤمن: صباح الخير يا حمدوون
حمدوون: و النبي يا دكتور ملاقتليش الدوا المقوي ده ..
مؤمن: دوا ايه يا حمدوون , منا لسه مدييك فيتامينات
حمدوون: اصل الواحد بقي علطول همدان و مبقاش علي المستوي المطلوب ..
مؤمن: و ايه هوا بقي المستوي المطلوب؟
حمدوون: الاداء المشرف صباحا و مساءا
مؤمن: !!!! ... حاضر يا حمدوون , ربنا يسهل

حمدوون عنده 47 سنه و بيشتغل من 9 الصبح ل9 بليل , و عنده 3 عيال (الي شفتهم)


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Outside an Oral Exam room:
(We were 4 men , 23 women)
Colleague: I need to go first, my husband is waiting for me downstairs
Me: I’ve been standing here for half an hour , and I have other engagements too
Colleague: but I’m a married woman
Me: …..
Colleague: the entry order should be , married women with kids , married women without kids , engaged women , single women then YOU “as in males”
Me: rabena yesahel = “in your dreams where you can make up your own rules, pitty bag”


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In a Café:
Me: Why can’t you commit yourself to anything the way you commit yourself to gym and weight lifting?
Friend: cuz I want to look good naked


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Driving down the steet:
Haytham: Man, I wish this freakin country pay more money to fix theses god damn streets.
Me: I don’t need the government to pay for paved streets, fancy projects in the north coast or football events hosting, I want my country paying more to improve health services and education, if we still have hope for a better tomorrow…


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Watching a movie on MBC 2 with my mother:
Mum: what does the word “cleavage” mean?
Me: huh?
Mum: I didn’t catch it in the subtitles , but I heard it right , what does it mean?
Me: The movie is 2 hours long with lots of conversation and you pick “Cleavage” to ask me about it’s meaning??!!

N.B: My Mother knows all the English bad language form the movies , now she’s learning more “anatomical” expressions

Yippie Ki-Yay Mother F*GunShot*

Bruce Willis "John McClane" died hard for the 4th time, and it's spectacular!!

I'm not big on action movies but when it comes to Tom Cruise or Bruce Willis, I get adrenaline rush out of their movies, beside being good actors... their movies rises up to their caliber. But make no mistake, Die hard is a Stereotype/Typical/over-employed/standard action movie with the following ingredients:

Body Count: I lost track after 12...
Vehicles destroyed: hundreds of cars, a truck, 18-wheeler truck, a chopper, an F35 air jet
Buildings destroyed: various, Freeway bridge, electric power plant
Explosions: Check
Convenient solutions: Check
Martial Arts: Check
Foreign enemies: Check
Ear-pounding shooting scenes: Check
One man Show Hero: Check
Cliché line before he kills the villain: Check 'see post title'
Save the daughter: Check
Police/FBI arrives after show is over: Check
Hero saves the day with only scratches & bruises: Check

All in all, this was A LOT OF FUN, a wonderful sequel, and a better summer blockbuster than most others that have come out in the past 5 years.

A "Jerk"

This conversation took place after a previous encounter with the “Jerk”. when I met this “Jerk” for the first time in my life, he made fun of me and joked around without even knowing me, as a gentleman I didn't repond to his crap then, anyways here’s what happened when he ran into us, Islam and I were standing after an exam.

Conversation start

Jerk: How are you guys?

Me: Hi , ya beta3 Amricaaa “he’s currently on a PhD program in Purdue university in the states , I think that gave him some God-complex or something cause surly he’s on a power drive"

"I meant no disrepect, I though this line would break the tension between us, but .. "

Jerk: “talking to Islam”, you know what we don’t see in America? “Like you where born and raised there asshole” , people in the streets driving Korean cars, wearing sunglasses and stripes shirt , with a Bluetooth headset to take all the many calls they can have , and not forgetting off course to wear there 20 L.E worth of hair gel.

“Obviously, he was making a reference to me "

Me: Mmm, I bet in America, they grew on beards, preach their heart out and talk like 7 years Old...

“BULLS Eye”

Jerk: Oh Sorry, I was not talking about you

Me: Me either

Jerk: Now excuse me, I’m talking to Islam

Me: and I’m talking to YOU

"Awkward silence"

Me: Anyways I have to go, Nice to meet you... I’ll call you Islam

Conversation end

Is it just me or are people becoming more jerks and insecure? And I’m running into many assholes these days and I don’t know why, Are they assholes by nature or do I need to change my perspective on things? Regarding “the Jerk”, maybe he’ll finish his PhD and become a great dinosaur and teach here and there, but he’ll always lack self-esteem and respect, some things are earned and not acquired.

Clever Terrorism

I saw Rosie O’Donnell talk about this on the view, (I’m not a chick but I like her wackiness), anyways she mentioned that 40,000+ civilians had died from post 9/11 related issues; cancer and lung diseases were the main etiologies. The casualties from the direct hit by the planes were around the figure 2500 – 3000. Now more than 5 years later people are still dying and suffering from the consequences of the attack.

I don’t think that was intentional on the part of Ben Laden, He’s not that smart and I won’t give him much credit. But isn’t this a New Era of Terrorism, the kind that is indirect, unforeseen and unidentified. It all rang bells in my head when I was eating an apricot, it’s funny that I vividly recall that apricots did not taste like that 10 years ago, people were not so frequently sick around me and most people were not suffering from chronic/episodic headaches .

What if a secret organization (or a foe country) is secretly poisoning our soils, providing us or supervising the provision of carcinogenic chemicals and pesticides, Killing our marine life and coral populations, aidsing our youth with their promiscuous whores , the list goes on and on ..

Bottom line, I’m shocked of how weak, clueless, and unprepared we are; as a nation.

How do we deal with a coup d'état by an elected government?

As always, a sharp analysis of the situation in our part of the world, delivered in very sarcastic prose .. Cannot get myself to actually ask you to "enjoy", but what else are we supposed to do? This was emailed by my good friend K

How troublesome the Muslims of the Middle East are. First, we demand that the Palestinians embrace democracy and then they elect the wrong party -Hamas - and then Hamas wins a mini-civil war and presides over the Gaza Strip. And we Westerners still want to negotiate with the discredited President, Mahmoud Abbas.

Today "Palestine" - and let's keep those quotation marks in place - has two prime ministers. Welcome to the MiddleEast. Who can we negotiate with? To whom do we talk? Well of course, we should have talked to Hamas months ago. But we didn't like the democratically elected government of the Palestinian people. They were supposed to havevoted for Fatah and its corrupt leadership. But they voted for Hamas,which declines to recognise Israel or abide by the totally discredited Oslo agreement.No one asked - on our side - which particular Israel Hamas was supposed to recognise. The Israel of 1948? The Israel of the post-1967 borders? TheIsrael which builds - and goes on building - vast settlements for Jews and Jews only on Arab land, gobbling up even more of the 22 per cent of"Palestine" still left to negotiate over ?

And so today, we are supposed to talk to our faithful policeman, Mr Abbas,the "moderate" (as the BBC, CNN and Fox News refer to him) Palestinian leader, a man who wrote a 600-page book about Oslo without once mentioningthe word "occupation", who always referred to Israeli "redeployment"rather than "withdrawal", a "leader" we can trust because he wears a tieand goes to the White House and says all the right things. ThePalestinians didn't vote for Hamas because they wanted an Islamic republic- which is how Hamas's bloody victory will be represented - but because they were tired of the corruption of Mr Abbas's Fatah and the rotten nature of the "Palestinian Authority". I recall years ago being summoned to the home of a PA official whose walls had just been punctured by an Israeli tank shell. All true. But what struck me were the gold-plated taps in his bathroom. Those taps - or variations of them - were what cost Fatah its election. Palestinians wanted an end to corruption - the cancer of the Arab world - and so they voted for Hamas and thus we, the all-wise, all-good West, decided to sanction them and starve them and bully them for exercising their freevote. Maybe we should offer "Palestine" EU membership if it would begracious enough to vote for the right people?

All over the Middle East, it is the same. We support Hamid Karzai inAfghanistan, even though he keeps warlords and drug barons in hisgovernment (and, by the way, we really are sorry about all those innocent Afghan civilians we are killing in our "war on terror" in the waste lands of Helmand province).

We love Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, whose torturers have not yet finished with the Muslim Brotherhood politicians recently arrested outside Cairo, whose presidency received the warm support of Mrs - yes Mrs - George W Bush -and whose succession will almost certainly pass to his son, Gamal.

We adore Muammar Gaddafi, the crazed dictator of Libya whose werewolves have murdered his opponents abroad, whose plot to murder King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia preceded Tony Blair's recent visit to Tripoli - Colonel Gaddafi, it should be remembered, was called a "statesman" by Jack Strawfor abandoning his non-existent nuclear ambitions - and whose "democracy"is perfectly acceptable to us because he is on our side in the "war on terror".

Yes, and we love King Abdullah's unconstitutional monarchy in Jordan, and all the princes and emirs of the Gulf, especially those who are paid such vast bribes by our arms companies that even Scotland Yard has to close down its investigations on the orders of our prime minister - and yes, I can indeed see why he doesn't like The Independent's coverage of what hequaintly calls "the Middle East". If only the Arabs - and the Iranians -would support our kings and shahs and princes whose sons and daughters areeducated at Oxford and Harvard, how much easier the "Middle East" would beto control.For that is what it is about - control - and that is why we hold out, and withdraw, favours from their leaders.

Now Gaza belongs to Hamas, what will our own elected leaders do? Will our pontificators in the EU, the UN,Washington and Moscow now have to talk to these wretched, ungrateful people (fear not, for they will not be able to shake hands) or will they have to acknowledge the West Bank version of Palestine (Abbas, the safepair of hands) while ignoring the elected, militarily successful Hamas inGaza?It's easy, of course, to call down a curse on both their houses. But that's what we say about the whole Middle East. If only Bashar al-Assad wasn't President of Syria (heaven knows what the alternative would be) or if the cracked President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad wasn't in control of Iran (even if he doesn't actually know one end of a nuclear missile from theother). If only Lebanon was a home-grown democracy like our own little back-lawncountries - Belgium, for example, or Luxembourg. But no, those pesky Middle Easterners vote for the wrong people, support the wrong people, love the wrong people, don't behave like us civilised Westerners. So what will we do? Support the reoccupation of Gaza perhaps? Certainly we will not criticise Israel. And we shall go on giving our affection to the kings and princes and unlovely presidents of the Middle East until the whole place blows up in our faces and then we shall say - as we are already saying of the Iraqis - that they don't deserve our sacrifice and our love.

How do we deal with a coup d'état by an elected government?
by Robert Fisk
The Independent
June 16, 2007

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Enjoy Unbrainwasher bahareez interpretation
انطلاقا من تقديم روح النص علي جسده، وترسيخا لنظرية الترجمة البهاريزية أقدم للقارئ العربي أحدث مقالات روبرت فيسك عن الحال في فلسطين بعدما استولت حماس علي غزة، بينما بقيت حركة فتح في الضفة الغربية .....

when the egyptian rabbit gets fed up

meshmesh is an egyptian rabbit prisoned in the battery. one day he decided to take revenge

Cheer brilliant

Small things, Part 3

• The smell of scented sticks “Bokhoor” on a Friday morning
• Change money “Fakah” I find in my pockets
• My Lego collection
• Playing once with a 1969 Gibson les Paul back in 1999
• Stationary and office supplies
• Clouds formation in the winter
• The satisfaction I get after a car wash
• Calendars
• People who act rather than talk
• Eating chocolates with black Nescafe
• My grandmother’s hands and how her skin felt like paper
• Tree in front of my house; turning green to Red to purple in One month

مش كفايه الاهلي يشيل اربعه .. لازم الواحد يقرا الخره ده تاني يوم في الجرايد

كانت لفتة إنسانية وأبوية بمعني الكلمة

فعندما‏,‏ جلس الرئيس مبارك في المكان المخصص لسيادته في المقصورة الرئيسية‏,‏ تنبه بعدها بلحظات بوجود حفيده محمد بعيدا عنه فأجلسه علي الفور إلي جواره علي كرسي صغير بجوار الجد مبارك

المواطن والإنسان والأب أيضا‏.‏

الأهرام 25 أبريل 2007

ص.3

Tagged

SECTION 1 - Last 1s?
1. Last beverage? Black Nescafe
2. last phone call? My Fiance
3. last instant message? Nader on MSN
4. last cd played? Anathema – A Natural Disaster
5. last time you cried? Can’t remmber
6. last text message? Shayma2 (asking for masters schedule)

SECTION 2 - 6 Have You Evers:
1. dated someone twice? the concept of dating is not very popular in Egypt, 3aleik we 3ala el salonat ya ma3alem
2. been cheated on? Mmm ..
3. kissed someone & regretted it? I kissed someone as a greeting “on the cheek” when I felt like spitting in his eyes!
4. lost someone special? Yes
5. been depressed? Yes and it's currently my default
6. been drunk and threw up? I can’t remember the last time I threw up aslan , and no I don’t drink “as in alcohols”

SECTION 3 - List 3 Favorite Colors
1. Blue
2. Black
3. Red (I think)

SECTION 4 - This month have you
1. Made a new friend? Yes
2. Fallen out of love? Nope
3. Laughed until you cried? Nope
4. Met someone who changed your life? Nope
5. Found out who your true friends were? Mmm .. still in the process of finding out
6. Is there something you want to tell someone? Yes
7. Would you kiss anyone on your top friends? I don’t understand what that means ?!!

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Awkward Moments

It’s so annoying when you don’t have the first clue of how to react in awkward moments, but I think the first thing to do is to acknowledge your feeling and think rationally, did I establish that? Sadly, I did not. Here are moments I had earlier this year.

Moment One:
I was sitting in le café waiting for a friend to have a couple of “inhales” from their perfect shisha, it was around 12 pm when a classy woman in her 30s entered the café and sat in the table beside me, oh... and she was carrying her 6 month old son/daughter in a baby bag thing.

So far all normal, but after 10 min; she opened her blouse and she started breast feeding her son! I was not surprised to see that scene as much as I was confused of how am I suppose to react towards such an act, I couldn’t identify my feelings at the moment, was I uncomfortable? Embarrassed? Was I aroused? Or simply thirsty?

Moment Two:
I was in an academic staff meeting, bored out of my mind and goofing off with my cell phone when a female “colleague” entered the lecture hall and sat right beside me. She’s not really my friend, she’s someone I had a couple of chats with in the corridor, and maybe shared an invigilation with her, anyways... she was bored too, and guess what she decided to do, she decided to flirt with me.

First of all, her voice was kind of loud; it’s fair to say that people sitting 3 rows in front and behind me heard the flirting process. She started talking about how nice my scarf is “I do really have a beautiful scarf” and how she loves my fossil watch, she asked me about my favorite hangouts and what I do in my leisure time... bla bla bla, in the middle of all this I was writing something down when she suddenly held my hand in an attempt to take the pen away in a theatrical display. I was a sport and let her finish her performance, but I guess she took that as an invitation to carry on , she sat more close to me that in some point she was practically in my lap .. I didn’t know what to do, clearly I wasn’t enjoying this, did I mention that we were in AN OFFICIAL MEETING?

Moment Three:
The boss asked Sara and me do some Xeroxing and filing of important papers , there were a lot of papers to photo copy and 13 piles to put together, Sara made her booming show of how she “not we” will deliver the top notch work in minimum time .. I thought to myself, WTF? It’s only photocopying...

During the actual process of photocopying, she was on her cellphone the whole time giving very personal advice to her newly married friend of how to get even with her husband!! (The machine is in a small room, it’s inevitable that I hear her crapy conversation) and every 10 min she runs to the boss’s office and gives him a briefing of our progress.

What did she actually do? Nothing except polluting my ears with her very bad advices and shit-chatting with her soon to be newly-divorcee friend, plus all the distractions she diffused around me. I hated what she did (or rather didn’t HELP to do) and she bragged about the job that I practically did totally by myself. It was one of these moments when you’re boiling and numb at the same time. Again, I did not know how to react towards such creature in such situation.



Small Observation: I’ll never understand estrogen-containing species !!

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Going Against the Odds

it's has been a dispointing week, The gunners had lost 3 matches in 3 different competions. Arsenal has been out of 2 major competitions in 4 days, the first was the carling cup , down 2:1 at the last 4 min of the game , the other was the FA cup , down 1:0 ALSO at the last 4 min of the game !!

Factors beginning last May of why we won't grab any silverware this year:

1-the loss of the holy grail with only 12 miutes left (CL Final)

2-the World Cup

3-last minute transfer activity

4-new stadium

5-no left-footed wide player(s) - RvP doesn't count

6-beginning the season with no Pires, no Cole, no Sol, effectively no Henry, no Ljungberg; 4-4-2 or 4-5-1?; the injuries; the Gallas mystery; the inconstancy of youth; Lehman's antics; Eboue's antics; Gilberto saving our bacon; ineffectual set plays; Question marks over Adebayor (till recently), Baptista, Aliadiere, Walcott, Senderos, Hoyte (less and less)

7-odd susceptibility to 'wonder goals' - McCarthy being the latest; our own missed penalties; missed sitters; average teams scoring on their only chance of the match; opposition goalkeepers playing blinders

8-the inconsistent refereeing (or consistently bad refereeing, which my impressions suggest have cost us more seriously than our opponents)

I suppose in a nutshell, we haven't been good enough to cope with all this , let's hope this phase won't take more time that it really should
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أحا

I said that outloud, with my mother just sitting beside me when i read this ..

Bush the Debater

I have a friend who mailed me this Youtube video

I was astonished to find that Bush was an impressive speecher 10 years ago "when he used to ran Texas, the state”, he was articulate and delivered a very well composed, coherent, analytical speech, what ever happened to him? What happened within this 10 year period that turned him into a chmock and a nation laughing-stock?

Respect is something to be earned

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Hello , Is there anybody in there?

When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse ..

Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look ….

but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it

now

This child is grown
The dream is gone ..

People I can do without

1- People talking so loud on their cellphones that I doubt the receiver of the call must be deaf

2- Men who scratch their groins and behinds in public

3- Taxi drivers stopping anywhere in the street to pick up a client

4- People never respecting the queue (especially women who come up to a 3 person queue in front of a teller and start a women’s queue)

5- People talking and giggling in movie theaters

6- People who double park and hold their hand breaks

7- People who insist on smoking in closed spaces

8- People who stop and ask for directions and leave without a greeting or a thank you

9- People who order “a too much sophisticated” coffee in coffee shops

10- Shop clerks who stalks you for fear that you might shoplift

11- People who think farting is cute

12- People who carry key chains of their first initial, drink in mugs with their first name initial printed on it

13- People who grow the nail of their pinky fingers

14- People who pick their ears with a key

15- Waiters/waitresses with a visible infection/burn/scar in their serving hand

16- People who don’t wash their hands after using the WC

17- Mechanics who think they are heart surgeons and Paintjob technicians (سمكرية) who think they are Picasos

18- People who fake an American or a British accent when they talk in English

19- Wust el ballad band followers, worshipers .. etc

20- Veiled women who wear tight clothes, make up of a porn star and too much accessories

That’s it for now :)

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أهنيء جميع المصريين على الانجاز الذي حققته مصر

باحتلال المركز الثاني عالميا في تحور فيرس أنفلونزا الطيور بفارق بسيط عن المركز الأول الذي احتلته فيتنام

نتيجه لظلم تحكيمي

From: Filbalad.com

Thank You Arsenal

.. for putting those over paid, over rated, over media exposed, egotistical, self professed demi-gods in their place. you have shown them how the beautiful game is played, YOU DESERVED TO WIN .

On a technical note, Fabregas has roared on the pitch(no words to express him). Cesc is a better player than scholes! he was better today and at old trafford.

The dependency issue meets gender dilema

Hmmm .. I think I agree with this!
As much as I like to think that women are independent human beings, I read more into life and religion and discover other wise.

No matter how strongly they deny it, women need men in their lives as much as I need a woman in mine, I’m not full of ego and pride to deny this natural fact. I’ll marry my future wife not for the common reasons people do marry for (companionship, sex and offspring ) but for this fundamental reason:

“ She’ll be the rock upon which I stand, The Sea upon which I float, I’m her and what I see is me, she’ll lead me through life and help me understand the best I can, she’ll complete me and provide me with security and trust”

And I strongly believe that any success I’ll live up to make, she’ll have a big contribution in it. I confess to that before I’ve seen it.

Equal opportunity screamers, women right defenders, feminists and estrogen driven people …
IF GOD WANTED US TO BE THE SAME, HE WOULD HAVE CREATED US ALL THE SAME GENDER…

Leave the Kids Alone!

I know that most of you super dads and soccer mums won’t like this, but your children are overrated and overvalued, most parents have turned theirs into cult objects, they have a child fetish and it’s not healthy. Don’t tell me “well, I love my children”, EVERYBODY loves their children, doesn’t make you special.

What I’m talking about is this constant, mindless fixation that everything should revolve around children; it’s completely out of balance. The parents strive to make their child the best and insert their fears, insecurities and expectations in them, Mind this; not all children are smart and clever, Children are like any other group of people, a few winners, and a WHOLE lotta losers who are simply not going anywhere. So stop being overprotective cause it’s not in your hands and you are making them too soft.

An example of how people burn their kids on so called structure, School uniforms, bad theory, the idea that if kids wear uniforms in school it helps keep order, Don’t these schools do enough damage already? Making all these kids think alike, now they want them to look alike too?

Another example, more related to teens who parents think up to 19 years are still considered children! The smoking issue, kids do not smoke because it’s cool or some camel in sunglasses tells them to, they smoke for the same reasons adults do because it relieves anxiety and depression, and with all the identify crisis they go through at this age, it really helps. So don’t tell your child not to smoke, he won’t be convinced.

Embrace your child’s shortcomings, accept him as what he is, inspire them rather than preaching them. A person’s character is molded in the early days of his childhood years, help your kids be an effecient character, whether he goes on to lead a successful or a lousy life, at least he will grow to be a healthy person both psychologically and mentally.

Similarity

This is how Italy resembles Egypt :)

Cup double

They walked alone allright !

Wenger is clearly the shrewdest manager in the Premiership at coaxing youngsters to greatness !

Unleash the beast , feed the beast

Define bad defence

The Czech sensation Thomas Rosicky Scored twice in the FA cup as The gunners dumped FA Cup holders Liverpool out of the competition with a stubborn and resilient third round performance.

this is a pic from his second goal..

Care to explain Rafael Benitez?

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small things, part 2

• Putting on cloth that perfectly fits
  
• Aboutrika’s goal in CSS
  
• 1,2 passes with Saeed when we play football
  
• Seeing my friend’s kids
  
• Listening to Badran’s fake stories
  
• Horse playing in the pool with Sharkawy
  
• Interacting with polite people
  
• The numbing sensation when I hear “a great gig in the sky”
  
• Giving people “zakah” money
  
• Talking with Basel, my x-manager
  
• Academic discussions with Mostafa “ben” Younis
  
• When Maged and I spell the same words, thoughts, ideas at the same time
  
• K’s trials to make Egypt a better place
  
• The fun process of convincing M.Ashraf with anything
  
• Kamba’s attention to details
  
• Samy’s loyalty
  
• K.Hasan attitude, not giving a damn
  
• H.Zayed miscalls every time el ahly scores (a 5 year habit and still growing)
  
• My uncle Medhat greetings to me (we have a special greeting)

Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb

Thank you for being so vindictive, Thank you for being selfish and egocentric, whatever happened to unconditional love? If the years has turned you into a bitter sad woman, don’t destroy my life as your venting process ... too much pride will get you to die alone.

You are a Control freak seeking a prey to boss around and humiliate, a lizard changing its color from martyr to beast. I hate you mother, and don’t rub your sacrifices on me coz every mother has done what you’ve done. I’m not yours you self obsessed woman.

Top 5: Most amazing performances as a mentally-ill character in movies

You can’t IMAGINE how hard it is to pick only 5 for this category, I’ve seen so many powerful performances, but after further analysis and some movie reviewing, I came up with these 5 incredible performances ..

5- Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot
OSCAR won

4- Leonardo DiCaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape
OSCAR nominated

3- Edward Norton - Primal Fear/The Score
OSCAR nominated

2- Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
OSCAR won

1- Billy Bob Thorton - Sling Blade
OSCAR nominated

Some names can come to your mind, names you thought it belong to this list, names like:

Tom Hanks – Forest Gump, The movie is spectacular, and THAT what made him win an oscar and not his own originality, plus he was not a retard, he was just “Slow”

Robert De Niro – Awakenings, I’ve seen what De Niro can do, this is not his finest performances, he can totally do better.

Sean Penn - I am Sam, he should be up there I know, but the thing is .. I liked Sean’s character but I did not like the film :(

Brad Pitt – 12 Monkeys, he was AWSOME, one of his best performances ever, but I don’t think that’s what I’m looking for, he was rather insane that menatally challenged.

any comments?

I Loose Control

I have 7 remote controls on my nightstand "Comodino"

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What does that say about me????

What fifa.com say about Aboutrika

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006

Aboutrika the star as Al Ahly grab third

Opening

"Mohamed Aboutrika was the hero of a magical night for Egypt's Al Ahly Sporting Club at the International Stadium in Yokohama, as the reigning African champions clinched a 2-1 win over Mexico's Club America and with it an impressive third place at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006. "

"Starved of the ball, Aboutrika dropped back to link up with his midfield and the impact was almost immediate. Flavio served warning of what was about to come by warming Ochoa's hands with a couple of firm drives from distance before earning a dangerous free-kick in Aboutrika territory. The gifted midfielder did not disappoint, delightfully curling the ball home to give the Africans the lead. "

".... as that man Aboutrika showed yet again why he is on the shortlist for the African player of the year. After surging out of midfield and finding Flavio with a pinpoint pass, the mercurial playmaker latched on to the Angolan's return ball and calmly slotted the ball past Ochoa for his third goal of the tournament."

God Bless you AbouTrika , you are one of my personal heros

"You don't have to be a Jew
To disapprove my murder
Tears burn my eyes
Moslem or Christian Mullah or Pope
Preachers or poet who was it wrote
Give any one species too much rope
And they'll fuck it up"

Roger Waters - Too Much Rope

Top 5: Most Senseless Jobs

5- The Government employee that collects electricity money
50% of the time he doesn't find people at home and they end up paying by themselves. Not to mention he has to deal with children, maids and all sorts of people which is psychologically draining.

4-Guys who distribute flyers and adds in traffic stops
1st of all he’s distracting you with his movement back and forth, he probably hits the flyer in your face “I once had a paper cut from one of these jerks”, The principle is stupid because out of 100 flyers distributed to car drivers; while driving may I add, only 7-8 persons take a look, half of those are interested in the add itself, half of those will actually call the add owner.. So as far as strategic marketing goes, the owner of the add spent money for 100 flyers and the guy’s one day job salary to approach 1 client!!

3- The guy that parks your car "El menadi" a.k.a "El sayes"
The fastest growing occupation in Egypt, "El menadi" practically he's the guy that yells "left" and "right" and "that's it" when you park your car, meaning he "pretends" to help you park your car when 1- you didn't ask for his help, 2- he practically did nothing and 3- I won't give em a pound for a 30 seconds worth of "talk". But beware, he's not expecting a tip... he's expecting to be payed!

2-The guy that works on an elevator
For the Love of God, is it a profession to press buttons? The user of an elevator must be really stupid or really really lazy to actually need one. Not to mention he will grow to be a claustrophobic.

And finally... 1st runner up is

1-The guy/boy that works in a bathroom, handing you tissues!!
Only MEN can relate to that, The idea that a person is actually paying attention to you while you use the facility/urinal is creepy, not to mention that in his troubled mind he thinks that the faster he gives you a tissue, the better quality his services are...

plus he smiles at you after you do your business, I don't want to share a moment with you, you creepy creature, don't smile at me like I’ve just climbed the Everest, my sense of accomplishment does not include peeing or pooping !!

What kills me is that sometimes they wear formal cloth!!!!!

أنفاس

عارف ازاي تعيش؟


ظبط امورك
التظبيط حيخليك من واحد عبيط
لواحد نطيط
فتح دماغك
افتحها عالبحرى
دماغك دى هى الى متأله راسك

فضيها الاول علشان تعرف

عرفت؟

شفت ازاي دماغك خفت؟
شخشخ جيبك
لزوم التظبيط , مفيش حاجه ببلاش
امشى جنب الحيط
كتفك و الحيطة حاجه واحدة
قول حاضر
"تمام" و "طيب" و"ماشى" شغالين برده
اسمع الكلام
و ده مش أى كلام
دة الكلام التمام
مش عارف تنام؟
أه يااااا غلبان
ضميرك واجعك؟
هوا لسه ما متش؟
طب اجرى هات سكينه
شق صدرك
فتش بين ضلوعك
لقيت حاجه بتلعب؟ امسكها كده
ايه يا راجل السواد ده كله
طب منتا تمام اهو, امال ايه بس!
مش عارف تنام ليه بأه؟
ايه ده؟
ايه الى على قلبك ده؟
انا مش مصدق!!!
مالك يا راجل؟
ايه الى غرق عينيك كده؟
مالك بتتنفض كده لبه؟
العرق ده كله جه منين؟!
اجيبلك دكتور؟
لا
دنتا عايز دايه!
انا حاسيبك دلوقتى
بس انا راجعلك تاني
هوا أنا ورايا غيرك
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أقبلت عليك بلا إله إلا الله
الزمت فاك بلا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله
و قضيت حاجتى بعون الله
بسم الله الله أكبر
بسم الله الله أكبر
بسم الله الله أكبر
مما أخاف و أحذر

small things ..

• a "scrubs" episode
  
• a sunny morning on a cold day
  
• a well made cheese burger with all the works on it
  
• old pictures of me I find accidentally
  
• people smiling at me
  
• a drive back home at 4:00 am
  
• the 1st "inhale" of a perfect shisha
  
• reminiscing with friends
  
• a good nap in the afternoon
  
• wearing my soccer jerseys
  
• waking in the morning with nothing to do
  
• watching the English premier league on the Saturdays afternoon
  
• the smell of freshly made cookies
  
• receiving jesters of pure kindness & unselfishness
  
• singing Michael Jackson songs with a friend of mine “Chamon”
  
• a good conversation where both parties actually listen
  
• Gary Moore’s guitar sound
  
• Knowing that someone has a crush on me “actually, it’s both annoying and refreshing”
  
• traveling with my neighbor
  
• my grandma’s blessings
  

to be continued

Psychodelic funk overdrive

I don’t usually review my music, but I need to praise these guys for at least in one of my posts.

The red and very hot chili peppers (RHCP); one of my favorite bands of all time, released their most anticipated album “Stadium Arcadium” during the summer, a double CD named “Jupiter” & “Mars”.. a very risky move that proved later the status of where they stand in the history of music business.

It is funky, rockin' and rapping. I was a little skeptical about there being 28 songs. That is always a formula for disaster. For example - see Smashing Pumpkins. But I can honestly say there are only a couple snoozers on the 2 CDs. Most of the songs are fantastic. In summary, this is RHCP's best release in over a decade. It is a must buy if you are an old fan or are new to the RCHP's sound. I am really shocked they still had it in them to release something that sounds so good, they are 40+ something and they still rock.The main reason why I love this album though is because there's so much new sound mixed with so much old sound. It's like the Chili Peppers are evolving without losing what made us love them in the first place. And that's a hard thing for a band to do!.

I highly recommend watching their video “Danni California”on Youtube , they guys still got what it takes to dazzle minds.

when I counted out my demons ..

A very short list of what’s wrong "in one week period":

1- When your boss tells you to stay up late to supervise a lame ass event “talent show performed by 10 students !!!” and reassures you’ll have a ride back home “ my work is practically in the desert”, and you end up going home on your own anyways .. That’s crap.

2- When you go home to find out your cousin’s car has been smashed as a tin can because off some kid driving recklessly at 2 am in the morning... and he get’s away with it... that’s crap
“My cousin will get married next month, he bought his car after a 3 years saving for it”.

3- When you whole masters degree in on jeopardy because of some silly liable free paper that needs to be signed from the freakin university and they have been stalling it for monthes to date... that’s crap.

4- when your mother treats you like you are her 16 year old “daughter”, that’s whole lotta wrong...

5- when your don’t know where your career is heading to... that’s crap.

6- when a female friend asks your opinion on some guy who proposed to her, and flirts with you in the process... that’s crap.

7- when you carry out all the donkish work and not get appreciated while others advance because off their smiles and laughs... that’s crap.

8- when you are not in control anymore... that’s crap.

دقوا الصفاقس

The Year: 1999

Venue: Can't remmeber

Event: UEFA Champions League Final

Oppenents: ManUtd Vs Bayern Munchen

Miracle: ManUtd wins on stoppage time, Soleskjear 91 min, Sheringham at 93 min, Final Score 2:1, mind blowing turn of events

The Year: 2006

Venue: 7 November Stadium, Tunisia

Event: CAF Champions League Final

Oppenents: CSS Vs El-Ahly

Miracle: Abutrika strikes a vollyball with his left foot on the 93 min, Ahly wins CAF Cup for the fifth time, his 2nd in a row .. beating all the odds.

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أسالك الفاتحة للمغفور له باذن الله محمد عبد الوهاب

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Idioteque

Ice age coming
Ice age coming
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both

Ice age coming
Ice age coming
Throw it in the fire
Throw it in the fire
Throw it on the

We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening
Happening
Mobiles skwrking
Mobiles chirping
Take the money run
Take the money run
Take the money

Super talent turns commercial

Everyone knows he’s a spectacular player, but when the media and the billion dollar sports giants like Nike and other cooperates portraits him as superman, I highly disagree.

Since Maradona, No body has dazzled the football fans all around the world with such a high quality display of talent, skill and originality the way Ronaldinhio did. No doubt he’s the new magician of the number one sport of all times, but he’s going through a critical phase where his focus and concentration has been affected, the reason? Fame and Publicity. Super Rony has been occupied with commercials and media exposure that he lost track of what’s important, his quality and output has been deteriorating even before the World cup 2006 which was the solid proof of his current level of commitment to the game, he did practically nothing to Brazil, the myth of the “one man show” had lost to the giant name of Zinedin Zidane, who was the inspiration of France and took the French to the finals.

Every player has his ups and downs, but with Rony... you know exactly why he’s in this phase. Get back to the game, Rony. Go back to the time when you use to smiling after each foul instead of cursing when someone challenges you for the ball. Go back to the beautiful game and do what you do best, entertain us.


Here are some pics from the classico, he disappointed his fans once again, these comments are out of sarcasm, nothing more :)

P.s: Henry is by far a more comprehensive player than Rony; Zidane is my all time favorite.

Quote from a friend starting a career in Canada

"I know life in egypt is not easy. I also know how frustrating the work environment there could be. And the fact that no matter how hard you work, there is no money reward or even a small promise or a hint that your career could possibly improve somehow someday. . . this could really kill anyone. "

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"Here is not "The Heaven", bas wala masr kaman :( "

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That's How Egyptians Operate

In parallel with my last “mood” or “current state of mind” or whatever, I have came across this beautiful analysis or rather observations about how freaky and weird we “Egyptians” are, I admit that this country suck in many ways, what upsets me is that we have potentials to be the best nation ever to inhabit this earth, yet we choose to be lame, stupid, arrogant, inefficient, and ego-centric.

This was posted by Ahmed Shokier on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in his blogspot: http://shokeir.blogspot.com/ , I salute his perception on his very “fine details, sarcastic, yet very deep” observations on how Egyptians tend to operate “in other words, live”

المصري هو اللّي

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ممكن يعدي التلاتين ولسه عايش مع أمه وأبوه وماعندهومش مشكلة

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بيفهم في الطب ويشخص المرض ويوصفلك الدوا وبيفهم في النقاشة والكهربا وتصليح العربيات والطبيخ والسياسة والكورة وهو أبيض ياورد

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بيحط الريموت كونترول في كيس بلاستيك كعادة فرعونية

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يقف يتكلم على الباب نص ساعة بعد إنتهاء الزيارة والسلام

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لمّا تفتح نملية المطبخ هتلاقي عنده عشرين برطمان بتاع مربى فاضي بقالهم سنين ومازال مُصِر على جمع المزيد

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ييجي بعد معاده بساعتين ويفتكر إن ده عادي

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لسه عنده إصرار إنه يتكلم بصوت عالي في التليفون لما تكون المكالمة دولية عشان التاني يسمعه

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بيعتبر نفسه أفضل واحد في الشرا والفصال وبعد كده يكتشف إن الحاجة في المحل اللي جنبه أرخص من غير فصال

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بيحتفظ بأكياس محلات اللبس والأحذية وورق الهدايا تحت مرتبة السرير لسنوات ومابيستخدمهاش

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عنده صينية مكسرات متقسمة لتلات او أربع أقسام لزوم المزاج وعمره ماإستخدمها

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بيشتري قبل الفطار في رمضان مواد إستهلاكية أصلا موجود عنده في البيت لسه ماستخدمهاش

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بيكون عنده شواية لزوم الرحلات أقصى استخدام لها كان مرة واحدة في العيد

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بيشيل طابع البريد من على الظرف لو الختم ماكانش عليه

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بيفتكر إن أي حد بيشتغل في الخليج بيغرف فلوس من غير حساب

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لسه بيخلط بين أغنية بوس الواوا والواوا أح ، وبيفتكرهم أغنية واحدة

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بيكون مشغول بقيمة التيبس أو البقشيش طول العشا ياترى ربع جنيه ولا نص جنيه

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برده بيتخانق ساعة دفع الحساب بحرارة شديدة على إنه هو اللي لازم يدفع

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سرقوا منه العربية بس مشكلته هي المايتي زينجر

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بيفرش ملاية سرير على طقم الأنتريه عشان يفضل نضيف لما ييجي ضيوف ومابيشيلهاش لما ييجوا

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والأهم إنه اللي بيحب يسخر من نفسه ومن بلده وحكامه بس مايطيقش حد تاني يسخر منهم ، وساعتها بيفرش له الملاية

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Screw it, I'm getting out

I don’t belong here, I have this suffocating feeling that I must get out of here; this country is so full of distress that makes me want to puke. I’ll have to change my perspective and see if I can live abroad, Canada, Australia, even the states... I’d rather be a foreigner in any country than live as a citizen in this shithole.

I'll go this weekend and sign some immigration applications in a couple of embassies, and no thanks to ben laden, the process had become more and more complicated.

My reasons?? I have tons of fundamental reasons, but that’s for another time...

Blogging as President

This is weird, I came across this blog that I strongly believe it’s of Ahmed nejad “Iran’s President”, No kidding... A Blogger President, I’m a big fan of the guy cuz he’s modest and pure but his bold statements sometimes come off as “funny”.

Does anybody know if our president blogs? I wonder what’s the name of his blog .. so many names crossing my mind that I’d better shut up.

Anyways, check it out
http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/

The Most beautifull Woman alive !!!!!

I loved her as a child in her early movies "North" and "Home Alone 3" , I thought she was the cuteset thing I've ever seen .. Now look at her .. she's dubbed "the sexiest woman Alive"!!

Scarllet , will you marry me?

Light a candle for the Sinners

I admit that I'm not a very good person, I'm great by Comparison but this is not always an objective valid self assessment. But as I go through this life... I don’t just meet people who are bad, but they are also are most likely to go to hell when they die... I know that most of us like to think that he will go to heaven when he dies and that god will grant us his mercy, but if those sons of bitches won’t go to hell... I don’t know who will

I was teasing my mum, telling her” can hell occupy all these sinners?” remarking that there are too many sinners “hell-forever resident” grade, she sighed and told me... “they are its fuel “

Bottom line, do something in this lifetime that can get you out of this horrible finale... cuz judgment day is coming very soon, and we are everything but prepared!

The Highlight of a Crapy Day

Today I had an off campus assignment to do, on my way back to campus I took a taxi who was bold enough to give me a ride to el sherook city at 2 pm on a Ramadan hot summer day. We agreed on 50 L.E … but when we actually got there, I had this compelling desire to give em more, I gave em a single 100 L.E banknote and I wished him a blessed day. He was shocked and replied “bas dah keteer awy ya beh” = that’s too much, sir... I smiled back at him and I kept walking to the entrance.


The thing is, I hate cap drivers, Truck drivers, bus drivers and above all the micro-bus drivers... but for a moment I had this weird notion that I should give the guy a break, he didn’t beg for it or anything... it’s not the spirit of Ramadan, but from time to time .. You have to make life easier for somebody else, you must spread the idea that free kindness do exist, and it happens in the weirdest situations. I was planning to take what I paid from the university, but I guess I’m happy with this jester and I won’t do anything to degrade that thought.

It doesn't make a bit of sense ...
When you're on my mind
you stole my heart

Chapter 2

Well , it's semi-official .. I'm quitting my job , quitting industry may raise a lot of eyebrows especially when many at work see that I have potentials. Screw that, I ain't happy. First I didn't "mind" the type of work I'm in, then it it became unsatisfactory .. Then, unpleasant .. Finally, Boring and unmotivational .. I chose another line of career "my last resort I may add" and I hope I can achieve and succeed in a very tough and competitive field, Academics.

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Farewell GSK, this is officially Chapter 2 in my career, some major decisions to make throughout the next year .. "I hope you're reading this".

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Afraid? offcourse.. Confident? Don't know .. But I'm excited to take this challenge and see whether my stream of goodluck still flows . Thank you God , Thank you for not failing me not even once in my life.

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GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!

I'm so mad right now , I hung to the words of a person I knew to be manipulative, basically cuz I like her as a person does not mean that I can forgive her for fooling me professionally .

"they'll contact you" she said , "I'm going to miss having you around" she said .. You don't toy with people's aspirations like that , I'm the kind of character that sets up the worse case scenario so that in case it happened , I'd be prepared .. But sometimes, you let your guard slip and you are a victim of your own imagination, what if .. And if only ..

There's a lesson to be learned here , actually there's many .. I'll try to list them so that I won't forget:

1. Do you trust what I trust? Me , Myself and I.

2. God is great and things do happen for a reason, I'll be a big person and accept the reality and my current status.

3. Women has no managerial skills whatsoever !!!!

4. I have to be initiative and not link one event with another (The sweetest thing).

5. Never take promises from people.

Romance Vs Friendship

Many of my friends are obsessed with girls... it's something I grew up despising, cuz I hate the way "boys" behave differently in the presence of "girls".

Today I witnessed two of my friends borderline-fighting about how they grow apart after one of them got pre-engaged "not engaged yet", in a way I understand that his mind was occupied with his new romance, but not calling for 2 or 3 weeks... that's just harsh.

Romance beats friendship anytime, anywhere, anyplace my friends. Your priorities change but I know mine won’t... I gave my "newly in-love" friend his space and guess what? He was the one to call "after 10 days that is", we are used to seeing each other 3 to 4 times a week. But hey I understand, my other "Angry" friend" didn't accept this new attitude but I explained to him how this is a universal fact and it's time for "him" to move in a new phase.

Life will be so much easier when you just understand how relationships work.

I still don’t understand, Nobody does I guess..

Israel

Israel

You Sick fucks

You Sick Coward fucks

You rapers of innocence

Your day will come

The day when you hide behind trees..

لا اله الا الله

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عمى و عمك صلاح قال

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يا للى بتبحث عن اله تعبده
بحث الغريق عن أى شىء ينجده
الله جميل وعليم و رحمن رحيم

احمل صفاته ..... وانت راح توجده

و عجبى

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F a r e w e l l , B e r g y !

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You made me an Arsenal Fan

You made me Hail Holand in WC'98 although I'm a die hard Argentina fan

Your goal in this match made you a football icon

You gave the No. 10 jersie a whole new meaning

Dennis Bergkamp is undoubtedly one of the best players to grace the English league

Thank you Dennis for making Arsenal the most recognized football around

Thank you Gunners for signing such a talent

Cantona, Zola , Dennis

who's next?

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Elephant Vs Goat

The other day I was watching Nightline and CBS evening news and I was highly provoked by their reviews covering the Lebanon-Israel Conflict.

First of all, I gave up on politics years ago, I decided to go numb, but when martin beshir of nightline gives you a dramatic report of how an Israeli father was killed by Hizb Allah’s Katyousha and how two kids where wounded and probably scared for life in an despicable attempt to “extract” compassion and force tears out of a neutral recipient. This is just shameful.

What about Lebanese civilians? The American media bitches and whines and makes propaganda out of 20 Israeli victims and TOTALLY neglects the casualties among Lebanese who are 10 times more severe. DO you think that the Israeli soul is more superior to that of Arabs? If you are trying to be objective, cover both sides not maximize one part and not only neglect the other, but blame it for everything that’s been going on.

Lebanon is burning, 40% of it’s infrastructure is destroyed, more than 220 civilians died and more than 2000 wounded, Air striked around the clock... it’s like a fight between an elephant and a goat and you end up portraying the elephant as the victim. This is just wrong, and I felt awful about this biased coverage of the situation in Lebanon.

The peace process has officially failed.

Let more innocent people die.

Let’s watch it on TV.

Let’s breathe a sigh and switch the channel to “American Idol”.

If it’s not me, I don’t care.

I don’t care if it’s not me.

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