(يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ) ( القلم 42 ـ)

Ya Fashel Ya Fashel

سر خطير

i askandarani

Seems I got my mind set on my next IT item, an apple ibook. Feel it is the time to try something new and to explore different worlds. And I always had something for I am a mac, I am a pc ads, fa high time to jump to the wagon.

These are a few of my favorite things

Drinking water after a dive in the sea.

3aseer asab in winter

Ice cream in winter

Cold air hitting my face

Long walks along the sea side

Laugh till I almost faint

A big glass filled with Pepsi and ice cubes

Getting things done

Waking up with out an alarm

Waking up on the smell of breakfast

A shower when the water temperature is just right

Warm pyjamas in winter

Returning home

Surprise gift or nice gestures

Feel a close connection to Allah

Making someone happy

Receiving e-mail/sms

A baby interacts with me

Quiet mornings

Small crowds in a cinema who laugh when I do.

Watching TV on a comfortable sofa

FB Stats

Most common name:Mohamed (11 friends)
Most common zodiac sign:Aries (13 friends)
Female/Male:40% / 60%
Single/Taken:33% / 67%
Average age:32 years old

ViVa La Revolution

Really like the new wave of independent and semi-independent writers, movie makers even manufacturers who are breaking the boundaries of the existing system.

http://marwarakha.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post.html

Speed KILLS

لو ملكش عازة مكنتش اتخلقت ولا اتحسبت من الناس ولا اترزقت

For tonight, a prayer. for all those who stood up for what they truly believed in. may their memory be a constant reminder for what really deserve fighting for and the terrible price we pay for the absence of tolerance among us.

"UP"

A 10-year-old girl Colby Curtin from Huntington Beach, Calif., who was suffering from vascular cancer from the last 3 years, has been died just 7 hours after her last wish came true. Vascular cancer is a disease in which cancer strikes the sufferer’s blood vessels.
The girl wanted to watch Disney-Pixar movie “Up”, but was unable to move to theater to see the movie, hence, Pixar made her last wish came true on providing a DVD copy of the animated movie “Up”, reports confirmed by ‘The Associated Press’.
Reports say, a family friend contacted ‘Pixar’, the movie studio. And, a studio employee visited the family of Colby and gave a DVD copy of movie “Up”. Before receiving the DVD copy, Lisa Curtin, the mother of little girl asked if my daughter would be able to hold on to have the movie arrived. The little girl answered, “I’m ready to die, just waiting for the movie”.
The employee of Pixar company not only brought the movie for Colby, but also a bag full of movie-character stuffed animals and a big movie poster. The employee also gave Colby an ‘adventure book’, containing the details of main characters kept by the wife regarding her journeys throughout the movie “Up”.
The mother of Colby told to the media after her daughter died, “When I watched ‘Up’, I really had no idea what the content of movie’s theme was? I just remembered the word ‘Up’, and all the balloons, and I swear, for me it was just a thinking that Colby was going up. Up to heaven”.

Taurus (4/20-5/20)

When something troubles you, talk to your friends. Their compassion helps.

ya welcome for home servers

Finally a new breed of computers are emerging, and no I am not talking about the netbooks, by now they are dinosaurs, but the new home servers, they are way too cool and carry the solution for lots of small office and home problems, starting from automating backup tasks, to file sharing, RAID capabilities and my all time favorite media streaming to LCD or wireless media players. It makes my NAS look very old and outdated

you zbeak Askandaranies?

Metro guy: masaa El Khheer
Me: masaa el fol
Metro guy: how can I be of service?
Me: I would like ½ torky, ¼ hamra and ¼ romy
Metro guy: sure

I go get other stuff till the guy finishes, and when I return he hands me my order and I reply:

I am afraid this isn’t what I ordered.

Trrnalsation
½ torky is ½ romy
¼ hamra is ¼ falamank
¼ romy is ¼ smoked turkey

Nevertheless I wont give up my askandaranian language and I wont give in. we ya7dorni a quote from independence day “We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!”

And for further reading on Alexandrian who tried to give in to el nadaha ( aka Cairo) pls refer to this post and this one.

لا شماتة في الموت، وكلنا من هذه الكأس شاربون، وإلى هذا المصير ذاهبون

I am really sad, despite all the titles and ranks the truth was a father carrying the body of his first born to the final resting place, I know the impact on the grand parents is much profound. May he rest in peace and my Allah grant his parents patience and strength.

Was talking to my mom and told me she cried when she heard the news as she didn’t realize how much she loves Moubarak.

At the end of the clip the body is escorted by a handful of men while all the crowd is around his father and uncle, despite who we are eventually we will be left alone and be a distant memory, the kid was only 13 and I am 34

استغفرك ربى و اتوب اليك من ذنوب احصيتها و نسيتها

For this little child and all children, may you rest in peace and may your death be a constant reminder for us that all lives are precious and unique and in the time of grief only condolences should be offered.

M i c k e y M o u s e

I will share two of Mickey stories that I found really fascinating

The first one involved Dahab and Fada in one of their famous battles to win business deals from one another.

So Duck Town is making this new skyscraper and both of our heroes want to win the bid, the first bid they make was identical, which make the mayor makes another bid.

While fada go and focus on cost cutting and control, Dahab go buy the related suppliers for such project, and when the time comes to see which tender wins, Fada slashed his offer, while Dahab reduced his offer by a pound or so.

Fads won the bid, but must buy from Dahab, a true story about supply chain management and power of suppliers.

The other story is about Dahab bardo and Sonya, and her famous quest to steel the first penny Dahab made and melt it in mount Vesuvius to gain the touch of Meads.
Her crow highlights an important fact, she doesn’t need Dahab’s penny, she already got the luck charms of almost all the rich people which is enough, and voala she got the touch of medas, but she isn’t satisfied.

A classic case of losing focus and being distracted from the main objective, even worst the mean becomes the end itself.

Schizophrenic Me

Now I know the motive that makes some people seek unorthodox solutions for their own problems, just pure desperation, in hope that a solution will be found.

So I tried homeopathy, a sort of an alternative medicine to help me find a solution for the problems I blog about and never talk it out loud.

My homeopath is some how an old friend and who is also one of Her’s old friends, I had the first session and another follow up session and been prescribed two remedies a metal based remedy in the first session and in the second follow up session a plant based remedy, which I googled and discovered the plant in its normal form is used for the treatment of boldness ( a good side effect, though I am satisfied with my current state)

So my homeopath now knows everything about me even the blog thing, she even took a look at it, I do pity her she spent round 3 hours a time listening to me, I didn’t know I could be so much talkative, she even videoed the sessions, I even punched in some of my favorite Mickey stories that I found to be a brain tickler.

The thing that I am really benefiting of is talking in a loud voice, which is totally different from silently thinking it over, blogging it or talking it out with a friend who interrupt my thoughts and end up adding his 2 pennies for the talk.
Talking in a loud voice scares me, makes the impact of my words different to my mind, as if the loud voice talks directly to my conscious me and the feed back I get is what is this pathetic talk coming out of a pathetic person

ولابد من يـوم معلـوم ترتــد فيـه المظـالم ابيض على كل مظلـوم واسـود على كل ظـالم

Quotes i liked

"I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. "

"I just need you to stop being nice to me unless your gonna marry me."

"A girl will never sleep with you if she calls you "cuddly" or "dependable"

حج القرعه

And again news started to spread about Hij for the new season. Ministry of interior will be open up for حج القرعه starting from May 9 till May 27, not sure yet if they will allow online registration or not but will keep you posted.

I strongly urge everyone to register usually it costs less than 20k which is almost half the price of other companies given you will have the chance to stay for a longer time, with the con of being a rather rough ride.

If you and wife/sister/mom/dad you can apply twice, you and the other party being مرافق \ محرم and vice versa, which should somehow double your chances

If you want to apply on line and don’t have a credit card, do get in touch and sure we can work something out.

Never judge a book by its cover

Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent
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There was a time when men were kind,

And their voices were soft,

And their words inviting.

There was a time when love was blind,

And the world was a song,

And the song was exciting.

There was a time when it all went wrong...

I dreamed a dream in time gone by,

When hope was high and life, worth living.

I dreamed that love would never die,

I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid,

And dreams were made and used and wasted.

There was no ransom to be paid,

No song unsung, no wine, untasted.

But the tigers come at night,

With their voices soft as thunder,

As they tear your hope apart,

And they turn your dream to shame.

He slept a summer by my side,

He filled my days with endless wonder...

He took my childhood in his stride,

But he was gone when autumn came!

And still I dream he'll come to me,

That we will live the years together,

But there are dreams that cannot be,

And there are storms we cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would beSo different from this hell I'm living,

So different now from what it seemed...Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...

اختراع

Ok, this is out of this world, a dream come true. If you are a movie maniac who has hundred of movies stored on your hard disk and want the convenience of watching them on a bigger screen ( an LCD with a Home theater) this is a must have.

Put all your movies on a USB storage device, hook it to the device, hook the device to the display and voala, magic works.

Only drawback I can find is the remote control, if u lose it, the device is useless.

Available at radio shack for LE 655

Interesting Facts

I knew 3 interesting facts from Mickey

• Tiger skin is stripped like its fur
• Interesting information about Alaska gold rush
  
• And the one that came as a shock, cause of the increasingly rising consumption of coco, the main substance behind the great invention of chocolate the seed itself is indangered and facing extinction in the coming years. :-(( will I be cutting on it for to save some for latter or just wish this wont happen in my lifetime.)

a quote

"Now I am concerned on number of levels"

said the cat in Bolt mpvie

GalaXy

The new galaxy cookie crumble makes my tummy rumble, it is out of this world, imagine the rich galaxy flavor with orio pieces in it, they really must make it in bigger size. I cant stop my self from eating it.

a Friend's Tale

He was a couple of years older than us, he had a week heart muscle that resulted from mistreating a previous gloat, he suffered a lot and had to sleep in a special position so his heart will still function.

He had a simple dream of getting a license to drive a taxi, he talked about cars and helped me park the car, told me tips I didn’t know about cars and driving in general, he had passion for it.

Last Friday he was laid to rest in peace

Your Love is Based on Friendship

For you, chemistry doesn't really happen without compatibility. Companionship and openness are the most important parts of your relationships. Whoever you love should be your best friend. And falling in love with a good friend is never out of the question. Why your love can last: You only fall for people who you truly understand... and who truly understand you Why your love can fail: Sometimes you don't admit how important physical chemistry is to you

What Is Your Love Based On?

Your Love Style is Agape

You are a caring, kind, and selfless partner. Unsurprisingly, your love style is the most rare. You are willing to sacrifice your world for your sweetie. Except it doesn't really feel like sacrifice to you. For you, nothing feels better than giving to the one you love.

What's Your Love Style?

2009

a new year, a new hope and a prayer

spelling

Reall real, feel feal fiel, sigh thigh ( I mixed the later in a comment in one of the blogs and it was a she blog, me blushing akher haga)

My spelling is lawzy if it wasn’t for the spell checker in word I would be back to junior one, ( to improve it and to work on my handwriting) I read a lot and I write a lot but never concentrate in spelling and I feel it is too late to fix it.

Arzak Al Qawther

Finally go the chance to try “Arzak el Qawther” been wanting to give it a try since I moved to maadi, but never got to it. but as I was coming to cairo last time I stopped and gave it a try, got lots of sandwiches to get an over all feel of the quality and I was impressed, a friend told me it is over priced but I found it comparable to el tabi el domyati and didn’t find a huge gab.

Anything spicy they call it “seyedi” and any thing sousey they call it askandarani, but over all they tend to be on the spicy side of the cuisine

Cilantor take II

and finally hot chocolate is back to cilantro, missed it awi, though I can hardly notice any significant difference in taste than the old brand, but it is great to have a cup during the day, our office boy noticed I never order anything from him and also noticed get hot chocolate form cilantro, fa today he came to me with a cup of hot chocolate early in the morning. I was really touched.
Think I may take his attempt one step further and get nesquick, nido and cadboury dairy milk chocolate and teach him how to mix the ingredients together and spare my wallet the 14 pounds

Askandarani and the secret of the lost socks.

I have one missing socks, it vanished, I checked the laundry basket, bedroom, shoes and in the basket, doubled checked the washing machine itself so it wont be stuck in it also checked my pijama pockets and still nothing. I think my washing machine is a socks eater (better explanation than the haunted apt hypothesis)

2008-2009

At this time of year I sit and contemplate on the year as it draws to an end. Cant say 2008 was one of the fine years or bad years but rather one of those years that I took lots of decisions in it that I know will affect my life drastically in the years to come. I just pray that I took the right decisions and for 2009 to be more gentle to me cause God knows I really need to put my mind to peace.

Bye bye 2008 with your infinite loop and welcome 2009, may you bring joy and happiness for everyone

Nile

As I look through the window to the flowing water of the nile I realize the water I am looking to now, isn’t the same water I will be looking to passing seconds later, a constant reminder that nothing will ever be the same.

I miss the sea more, it is more eventful and touches the horizon in a way that shows endless possibilities

loan sharks

Huey, Dewey, and Lewey were introduced to a loan shark, the story is a typical scenario that lots of adults face in real life, if you get it to you kids give it a shot and read it, u may learn a lesson. They had their happy ending, but in real life, I hardly find a happy ending

Speaking of mickey, I noticed when they have a beach seen they tend to color the bodies of the “female characters” found it strange, as the old mickey never did that. Somehow reminded me of Burda ( a female fashion magazine mom used to buy) think the Arabic version that was sold in KSA had all skin parts of the women painted in black.

Cilantro

I love cilantro, staff are nice, ambiance is the closest that comes to my definition of a cafe (harries is ok, but they are too stiff ) and their ingredients are always fresh. BUT

When I go to one of their branches it is ok to pay the bill, cause I am being seated, served and enjoy all the above, but when they launch a small 2 man stand with no seating arrangement, thought their prices would be lower, but still they charge the same prices. ???!!!!! for a sandwich, juice and a cookie to eat on my desk I feel I am paying a fortune, though they maintain the same quality they should slash their prices a bit.

Reality chk

I met someone who knew my blogger side before knowing the real me and when I asked about the differences she found between me and askandarani she listed the following.

Askandarani is sweet, soft and a humetaian

While me is stubborn, tough, practical, shy and get bored easily. And a totally new note “he convince himself the woman in front of him is anything but a woman so he can communicate”

Why am I sharing such a note, simply because I am afraid in the blog I may reflect a more “ideal and refined” reflection of me

اللهم اجعلنى صغيرفى عينى كبير فى اعين الناس عزيز عند خلقك ذليلا بين يديك

Been thinking of sending this msg to several people I know, but never got the courage to do it

What are the chances of you saying yes if I ask you out for diner?

Downtown Alex

Today I got a chance to go to downtown, have a nice walk, enjoy the sunshine, have breakfast at Mohamed ahmed and hot chocolate at deliese.
The brightness, clearness and fresh air all are things I miss in cairo.

Appartment Thoughts

I don’t have ketchup. Though I am not a ketchup person but not having a ketchup bottle in a kitchen seemed weird

Sometimes when I pass in the corridor I check if the bathroom mirror still shows my reflection in it

I always flush the toilette when I finish, but lately seems I forget ( a better explanation than the “others” are using it”

I hate spending my life in the bedroom; need to get a living badly to inhabit the “area outside”

Need to get a satellite receiver, what is keeping me is time needed for the cable guy to come and make all the wiring

Need to walk and discover my surroundings

TELEPHONE need to get it over with

Need to put my name on the mail box and Dictaphone

MIAs

Those are some of blogs I used to follow and now they seized to exist either deleted or password protected. I miss reading them and only unhappy thoughts come to mind when I think about the reason behind this closure.

Eman
Eskenderia
Donzela
Maksofa
Arabista

Breaking News

Ok, finally I got to sit beside a lady, who doesn’t quite fit my definition of a chic, but at least she is a she for a change, but this she is a tech junky with an attitude Kaman. She got a laptop, blackberry, usb modem via mobile operator and almost on the phone since we came. And I am keeping my peace and distance Kaman.

Apologies for statistics, the rail way authority have specified certain chairs for people who book on line, fa usually you will find me sitting in car 6 seat 45 when I am heading to cairo and car 1 seat 7 or 8 when I am heading to alex. So much for random probability.

a never sent card

On hope, dreams and aspiration

Been thinking about this post since oblivia first posted it, over and over and over again. Specially the part where she talked about how hope makes us do the same thing over and over again though the outcome is always the same and compared it to foolishness.

Pls spare a couple of minutes to read it.

Ipods

This is one of the greatest gadgets I ever found in Radio Shack, it serves as a docking cradle for the ipod, charger and amplified speakers and to sweeten things even more it has an am/fm radio receiver and an alarm clock to wake you up on the sound of your favorite play list or radio station. And it came at a rather affordable price compared to other speakers.

Speaking of ipods, I have this ipod my friend is keeping with me for safekeeping, been with me for over 2 months, will wait for another month before putting it on auction, as u can see it is water proof ( cant imagine what was running in his head when he got this cover) u can go diving with it.

Essentials of Investments

I had my “ essential of investments” exam, a truly and remarkably a catastrophe of its own unique magnitude. Not only I didn’t study, nor take benefit of the day I took of to study nor even had the common sense to be attentive in lectures.


I started round 6 oclock Friday evening and the exam was Saturday 11 oclock. Just couldn’t get my self to it khales. Over and over and over again and just nothing.

I watched 007, updated my self with “I am a pc, I am a mac” commercials, browsed face book and no studying, finally it was too late and decided to have my beauty sleep.

The exam was ok, I didn’t answer 2 questions, forgot to answer another two and somehow managed to go through the rest.

قل اسباني و لا تقل ازباني

I really need to have a little chat with the train lady announcer, she has a severe problem when it comes to Ss she pronounce them Zs.

Statistics

Ok, think I am deifying the rules of statistics, it cant be, all the times I travel, booking randomly, different commuting methods and still, never got to sit beside a chic. What happened to all the probability stuff, random samples and population?

Ironically I got to sit this time beside a person I sat beside almost a month ago, 2eshme3na ba2a.