Deep Dark inside

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Bob Azzam, is an Egyptian singer of Palestinian origins (given name Wadih George Azzam) who was born in Alexandria, Egypt on October 24, 1925 , and died in Monaco on July 24, 2004.^[1]^[2]. With his international hit song Mustapha, Azzam earned great success in France in the 1960s.^[3] Bob Azzam had a passion for art, a degree in electronic engineering, and has been regarded as the man behind the chamber of echoes "Hors-studio" or "off-studio".

2010-06-27T22:03:00.002+02:00

Yes, it is true; finally I am engaged and have the ring to testify for it. For old followers of the blog who had to put up with random posts and whining of the mysterious “She” or “Her” she is the one.

Inshaa Allah this will spur few blog posts about the subject along with how to handle a looooooong term relation materializing to the next level.

2010-06-27T22:02:00.000+02:00

For Good times

2010-06-27T22:00:00.001+02:00

A friend was browsing through my mobile phone photo gallery and told me in an astound voice, Askandarani, why do you photo your food?

I laughed and told him, I love remembering good times.

Ice

2010-06-27T21:58:00.002+02:00

Was making my normal shopping at metro when I cam across this.

Yes they are selling ice cubes. Never thought I will see the day when they sell ice cubes in Egypt in supermarkets, but the day came.

I first came across this idea in the states where they had ice machines, and it was something really amazing for me at this time. In terms of the idea and how crystal clear the cubes were. Thought the cubes were that transparent cause of the water is cleaner, but later on I came to realize the secret of making crystal clear ice cubes and lived to see them being sold at supermarkets,

For those having Super Mickey issue of last Thursday, do chk Donald’s story with the ice cube factory, sooooo realistic

Operation weight control, phase I

2010-06-27T21:56:00.003+02:00

2010-06-27T21:53:00.001+02:00

We had a major overhaul at Alex with a special focus on my room, which resulted in me initiating operation deep sweep phase two, with mom literary breathing over my shoulder I had to give up almost complete collections of magazines whih were

كتب الهلال للاولاد و البنات

العربي الصغير

مجلتي و المزمار

الشياطين ال 13

المغامرين الخمسه و الثلاثه

And came along this little encyclopaedia, it used to be something at that time and as I remember it coasted round 35 pounds and I couldn’t let it go, as it took me a while to gather money to buy it. Going through it was amazing, lots of mentioning of year 2000 and how this will be the norm and how this invention will rule our lives we keda ya3ni.

I am sure we cam a long way since 1998.

Kinder ........Surprise!!!

2010-06-27T21:49:00.002+02:00

What happened to kinder surprise, it used to be more fun in terms of the little toys that came along. It used to be sophisticated with little pieces to put together and little stickers to jazz the final toy up, now just this, seems they are targeting infants now.

El Churro.

2010-06-27T20:05:00.001+02:00

It is a chocolate café, yes, not a candy shop or a chocolate shop, just a café, a friend pointed it out to me and I had to go and check it immediately, one of the guys in the café was nice enough to give us the grand tour and explained to us how the café has its own miniature shop that makes chocolate that came all the way from Spain to be manufactured in Egypt. Didn’t want to chalange his knowledge about the origin of chocolate and coco beans fa just enjoyed the quick tour.

They have miniature factory, a seating area where u can enjoy salads, sandwiches and off course various chocolate based drinks. And they sell chocolates as well, at a rather steep price but worth it.

You know when you buy a chocolate bar, the feeling u get when u finish it, one bite of his small chocolate give you this feeling immediately I comforted my self by saying I may reach the same state with less calories ( I hope)

The café colours were warm and chocolate based but just felt the place needed to be more excluded and private

Suddenly I feel I am describing a 3’0rza

a post will follow shortly. angry angry angry

2010-06-07T22:34:00.000+02:00

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2010-03-14T23:34:00.001+02:00

http://www.society.me/askandarani

wow

2010-03-07T23:13:00.002+02:00

7ad fahem 7aga?

2010-03-06T23:49:00.001+02:00

During the week end I had the chance to watch two movies, one was ‘rasayel el bahr” and the other was “cairo times”

I related to both, Cairo times is about the cairo I want to know better and explore

While “rasayel el bahr” was about the Alex that is trying to maintain what is left of its old beauty and to stand tall against all brutalities.

The scene that really caught my attention ( beside the one in the atelier) was the bawab who kept shouting loudly and preaching about Islamic rules while he is the same one who helped the gangsters to break in the apartment and defame the man and the lady and to continue scolding them in the street

This seen hit me deep inside, of how Alexandria evolved from a multicultural cosmopolitan city to a more fundamental perspective with less tolerance and acceptance.

2010-03-06T23:42:00.000+02:00

B: nice apartment

A: thanks, I am trying to keep it to basics

B: this is what is nice about it, you just have what u need and avoid all the clutter

A: thanks

B: so how many girls did you have in

A: lol, non at all

B: (astonished) why, though you are in Maadi and things are less complicated than other neighborhood

A: well, actually I never thought about it in that way.

B: shakl el bawab shedid awi,( seems your janitor is tough) sometimes they can ruin the whole thing

A: actually think rabena howa el shedid awi ( God is tougher, not the janitor), mesh el bawab

B: you are missing a lot

A tribute to the E-63

2010-03-06T23:37:00.002+02:00

I had this mobile phone for about 18 months now. When I first bought it, I thought it will be a transsion between my old E70 and the new E71 but this transitional period lasted 18 months. And when I saw the e71 when was released in Egypt I didn’t find a motive to shift.

Though it can’t be compared in the looks side to the E71 but it withstand its ground in all other aspects and tops it with a less slippery body and a flash light.

The only thing I missed was the push email service that was available on my old mobile but a couple of months later nokia launched the messenger service and I was back on track again, having my mails seamlessly pushed to my mobile without a glitch.

For those who aren’t familiar with the service, do go and check messaging.nokia.com and subscribe to it, all your mails will be pushed directly as soon as they are received just like the blackberry.

Also it has a great battery life, a decent browser that doesn’t hang and is really well built. I cant count the number of times it fell down, thrown away and trampled over.

And to top all the above, it once fell into water and was totally submerged for about 20 seconds and the call wasn’t even disconnected. And worked perfectly after that.

Thought nothing will be able to fill the shoes of the E70 but the E63 proved to be the best successor for the last predecessor.

Just hope they can integrate it with yahoo like they did with hotmail and one last things, people pls don’t truncate your feeds.

2010-03-06T23:20:00.002+02:00

Yet another friend died in a car accident, a truly wonderful person, a father of a young baby boy and another infant who is yet to be born.

In the funeral as I shook his dad’s hand I kept saying to my self, this is wrong, this shouldn’t be happening. A father shouldn’t be burying his son; a young wife shouldn’t be widowed at such young age, when a baby is born both his parents should be around to give him his first kiss and hug.

I miss him, till now I reach for the phone and want to call or txt him, his name pops up on face book because I need to get in touch with him, his name still on the directory deep inside I feel he isn’t gone but I know he is no where to be found around the living.

Some big words were used in his obituary and as I read them I knew no words will ever do him justice. His closest friends weren’t able to attend the burial.

He will not be the last nor he is the first seems I have attended more burials for people at my age than older ones.

May he finally find the peace he deserve and the one we are all looking for.

I said what about breakfast @ Lucille's

2010-03-06T23:10:00.000+02:00

I am one of the strongest believers that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and I have been to this little place that takes this statement seriously. It is Lucille’s in Maadi.

A true bliss, they offer omelettes, scrambled eggs, pancakes, apple juice just heaven, my only concern is their sausages; they serve is MacDonald’s style (round like a burger with no casing) though my taste is into more traditional sausages.

Also one of the best places I came through was JW Marriot, in mirage city. Sat in the club house, the weather, view and food was simply amazing though their sandwiches tend to me on the “magnificent size” that makes it a bit difficult to have a bite and u just end up using a fork and a knife to divide a magnificent sandwich into little biteable ones.

Just love winter mornings when they are sunny and clear.

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

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2009-10-31T12:34:00.000+02:00

Ya Fashel Ya Fashel

2009-10-10T02:09:00.000+02:00

سر خطير

2009-10-02T22:01:00.001+02:00

i askandarani

2009-10-02T15:06:00.001+02:00

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

2009-10-02T15:03:00.000+02:00

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

2009-09-08T23:10:00.000+02:00

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

2009-09-03T05:20:00.000+02:00

ViVa La Revolution

2009-09-03T04:50:00.004+02:00

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

2009-08-05T19:29:00.002+02:00

لو ملكش عازة مكنتش اتخلقت ولا اتحسبت من الناس ولا اترزقت

2009-07-17T09:39:00.001+02:00

2009-07-04T22:11:00.002+02:00

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"

2009-06-20T22:19:00.002+02:00

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)

2009-06-14T20:27:00.001+02:00

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

ya welcome for home servers

2009-06-13T22:02:00.002+02:00

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?

2009-06-13T21:43:00.003+02:00

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

2009-05-19T21:40:00.001+02:00

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

2009-05-16T22:51:00.001+02:00

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

2009-05-16T22:42:00.002+02:00

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

2009-05-11T21:55:00.002+02:00

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

Quotes i liked

2009-05-06T22:31:00.002+02:00

"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

2009-05-03T22:01:00.001+02:00

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

2009-04-19T13:59:00.002+02:00

Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent
Uploaded by dwarthy

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...

2009-04-01T21:33:00.000+02:00

اختراع

2009-03-02T22:18:00.002+02:00

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

2009-02-26T21:57:00.000+02:00

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

2009-02-18T21:23:00.001+02:00

"Now I am concerned on number of levels"

said the cat in Bolt mpvie

GalaXy

2009-02-17T21:13:00.002+02:00

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

2009-02-17T21:12:00.000+02:00

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

2009-02-17T21:03:00.001+02:00

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?

2009-02-17T20:59:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-31T21:42:00.001+02:00

a new year, a new hope and a prayer

spelling

2008-12-26T19:44:00.000+02:00

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

2008-12-26T19:38:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-26T19:36:00.002+02:00

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.

2008-12-26T19:31:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-20T23:16:00.000+02:00

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

2008-12-20T23:12:00.002+02:00

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

2008-12-20T23:05:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-20T23:02:00.003+02:00

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

2008-12-20T23:01:00.002+02:00

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

2008-12-13T23:36:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-13T23:31:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-13T23:28:00.000+02:00

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

2008-12-13T23:22:00.003+02:00

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

2008-12-13T23:22:00.001+02:00

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

2008-12-05T22:25:00.001+02:00

On hope, dreams and aspiration

2008-11-27T22:25:00.003+02:00

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

2008-11-27T22:20:00.001+02:00

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

2008-11-27T22:18:00.001+02:00

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

2008-11-27T22:17:00.000+02:00

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

2008-11-27T22:11:00.002+02:00

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.

Dream :-(

2008-11-22T23:23:00.001+02:00

I had a dream, I literally mean it, and I remember it Kaman, I hardly remember my dreams, but I remember this on vividly.

It was night, all dark around me and I was walking to wordth a well lighted place with few people scattered in it, it was El Roda. I was happy and walking fast, then a beautiful blond woman with white complexion in a red dress, with sleeves but were open she was really beautiful and tempting. But I hated her awi, felt she was filthy couldn’t stand the sight of her, was trying to avoid her and walk around her, but she kept showing in front of me and I kept avoiding her, then she held my wrist in an attempt to stop me and I felt so dirty and needed to go back to atwada and when I returned back to the light place, it was very crowded and couldn’t find a place of my own.

I woke up.

yayyyyyyy

2008-11-22T23:16:00.002+02:00

I am really proud of my blogger friends, think I have 6 books in my library now for bloggers who I have been following for quite sometime. And the latest addition is nerro's book ( well, not quite hers, but her story was the sweetest)

This book is really great, somehow I felt connected to it, every story had a little piece of me in it whether of my reality or my dreams.

And what I even like more, independent films started to show up and prove

Cairo maps

2008-11-22T23:12:00.004+02:00

I paid good money for this book, and wasn’t quite what I hopped for, I need a BIG map of Cairo with bridges and street directions highlighted, where I can mark my favorite places and know my way to and from them. I need a GPS I hate the authorities for not allowing it in yet.

Economic concerns

2008-11-22T23:11:00.000+02:00

If we stop trading with villains we will run out of people to trade with

On another somehow related, trade will show a significant decrease, 2009 will be a year filled with challenges on many levels. Main income generating activities will be affected ( tourism, Suez canal, FDIs and all our export sector)

And people are becoming more interest rate cautious, preferring interest rate as the main benchmark compared to other factors.

A friend told me Egypt never had political risk; it is the social risk we are worried about now
Egypt is so fragile now and egyptians aren’t helping out.

"you are my best friend"

2008-11-22T23:05:00.001+02:00

You are my best friend, but don’t feel myself as yours. This was the catching phrase for the month of September. Though it isn’t over yet.

My true best friends are scattered all over the world now, no one is left in Egypt and communication is getting thinner as time pass. I lost the ability to reach out and make new friends not to mention best friends.

I remember Marwa Rakha article about horizontal and vertical relations, I was never into horizontal relationship, always vertical till a certain depth. People who try to make horizontal relationships with me usually hit a granite surface and they just wash off.

I miss the feeling of being able to talk to someone and let it all out, without being judged or taken for granted. Miss the occasion call of how r u doing, lets meet, lets talk it out over a cup of hot chocolate.

I am growing old, feel like a dinosaur and miss the feeling of joy.

Humming in the back of my head the tigger song, lonliest me

Compume

2008-11-22T22:58:00.004+02:00

Ok, Compume, is on my list of orgnizations who used to be customer centric and now just lost their focus. The new staff isn’t as passionate about computers as the old ones, or as helpful as they used to. Also they used to have 5 or so rules which in my last visit were all broken. Alas compume. ur losing the "me"

Memories

2008-11-22T22:58:00.001+02:00

An hour early in Ramsis, an hour early would have been more than enough to give her a ring, take the tube to Tahrir, have a quick glimpse of her and be back again to Ramsis, actually I would do this with 35 minutes to spare.
Now I just spend it in the cafeteria, waiting for 3esha prayer, eat a couple of sandwiches and browse the net.

Egyptian Ipod - Data Plans

2008-11-22T22:52:00.001+02:00

I hate vodafone, and mobinil. Why on earth are they offering the Iphone for 3.8k!!!!??????? cant believe the price. Personally, I thought 2.5k would be the sweet spot given heavy usage. But unfortunately they are selling just the device, as if this isn’t enough, but a strapped from GPS and Arabic support, not to mention other Iphone drawbacks.

Bas Vodafone is trying to compensate the high price with a special discount for selected price packages, which mobinil didn’t say a word.

For me, for now bye bye iphone, will wait for the nokia E71 ( messenger of steel) or even better nokia E75

Update

I hate Vodafone big time now, my data bill for this month is sky high (GggggRRrrrrrr) I hold you fellow bloggers the responsibility for this. ( kidding) I really hold youtube and facebook responcible. For this month bye bye youtube, and facebook will chk via mobile.
Etisalat egyot seems to have the best data price plan now.
Ta3atfak lewa7do mesh kefaya.

Some blog to remember, some blog to forget.

2008-11-08T23:17:00.001+02:00

I am thankful for blogger, and thankful for lots of people who helped me become a blogger. Blogging had helped me through some really tough times, ease my loneliness when I had no one to talk to and a venting place to let it all out.

I met some really interesting people and got attached to. Some of them disappeared with out a trace, others have changed. I look to the counter I have and I wonder, how come I have so many hits, did all those people come here and spared the time to read a piece of my mind and others shared a piece of their mind along.

I lost count of the number of posts, number of comments or for how long I have been blogging, but I am thankful for this invention.

I hardly comment back on comments on my posts, this doesn’t mean I don’t care, on the contrary, I feel really happy when I get comments I read them over and over and over again.

For all my visitors, thank you. For all the people who put me on this track thank you, and for the ones I miss reading, pls come back.

2008-11-07T11:35:00.002+02:00

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own.. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…

فكم من فتي امسي واصبح ضاحكا وقد نسجت اكفانه وهو لا يدري

2008-11-06T22:39:00.000+02:00

I had this as a facebook status for almost a week, some found it to be a reminder other just thought it is me being me and one threatened to kill me if I don’t change it.

A young man, studying abroad, from a wealthy family, engaged and on the right track to lead a happy life. Sudden death, sleeps and never wakes up. Less than a month ago

A young police officer, dies in the line of duty, single, young and as called by a fellow blogger only a child ( this jus in today)

A young lady, mid twenties, losses her fight with cancer and dies, less than a week ago

This is a reminder, who knows,

Conversation

2008-11-06T22:38:00.000+02:00

A:You need to get out of the circle, u need to move along, u need to meet new people and have some fun into your life.

Me: I am fine, (lying) just need to finish my EMBA, thesis, pending cases and start new ones.

A: you need to get out more often, have new people into your life. U need to تلاغي , تصاحب , ترافق
Me: is there difference between those three?

A astonished: off course,

تلاغي is having someone u can casually talk to, txt, mail, chat dine with a couple of time

تصاحب is all the above but involves more going out, spending more time together the talk is more mature and involve some sort of commitment, you should be their when the other party needs you.

ترافق involves all the above and getting physical as well, but no threads attached.

Me: how come a higher level of commitment and yet no threads attached?

A: this is advanced for you, you wont be able to understand it.

Me: ahsan bardo

A: change ur face book status, it is really depressing,

Me: it is a reminder. Who knows.

A: ka2eeb moot.

Flyers Flyers

2008-11-06T22:35:00.001+02:00

All those flyers I got were pinned to my gas receipt, an excellent and cost effective method to get the message across, don’t know why the waseet doesn’t use it.

The flyers ranges from charity, food, maintenance service, gym and our good old fashioned Egyptian circus.

One of the flyers was “arzak el kawthar” been wanting to try it since I first came to maadi, but hardly any time and once I parked my car I am too lazy to take it out again, hopefully will give their short number a try next week and see if they can deliver.

Speeeed

2008-11-06T22:32:00.002+02:00

I really need to get a grip on myself regarding the speed thing, I am not as peed maniac, just want to get home and rest, usually the mounib is the seen of my insanity, a 140 km/hour is pure madness, I always say once u hit a 100 km/hour the chances of avoiding and accident is next to zero. I don’t want to end up hurting anyone. :-((((

Vodafone

2008-11-06T22:28:00.001+02:00

Vodafone saved my life again, this new little invention of USB modem is really a great thing, though it is over publicized in terms of speed and conveniency,
the speed is equivalent for a DSL land line of 256K, u wont get over 30kb/sec download and they have something with torrent downloads don’t know why. This is if you are connected via a 3g network, if via gprs, don’t bother, just like the old phone lines

It is most effective when it is stationary, it sucks when I am in the train, can hardly sustain a connection, nevertheless, it is keeping me connected without having to be under the mercy of a land line.
Btw, I swapped my points for the device, a couple of free months we keda. Fa practically I paid nothing

Shopping spree.

2008-11-01T15:25:00.000+02:00

a friend advised me to go for a shopping spree to get out of the mood, though I hate shopping, and really my wardrobe needed lots of items.

Went out, spent a couple of hours in Carrefour, was a nice morning, and spent a small fortune. But as I was preparing to leave, I didn’t feel better, just precious savings eroded.

Speaking of my wardrobe, all my shirts are white, all my shoes are black all my suites are dark blue or dark grey. Underwear are white and socks are of dark black hate to change style, I may ( usually ) buy the same piece of cloth 2 or 3 times if I like it and feel comfortable in.

I miss the feeling of joy

Digi Cam

2008-11-01T14:09:00.001+02:00

Always liked photography, it literally catches the moment in a special way. Black and whites are magical, somehow touches the soul.

For some unknown reason I got this monstrous gadget, that incorporates lots of setting and buttons that I don’t know yet how to use it, the thing that really caught my attention was the optical zoom, I have a week spot for optical zoom. I don’t fall for mega pixels or the sensor sensitivity, just old fashioned optical zoom.

Hopefully will learn to use it and post some more professional photos instead of the mobile camera photos that fill the blog. Thing is most probably will have to get another one for sis, a simpler smaller point and shoot cam.

Current state

2008-11-01T11:59:00.002+02:00

No one could express it like Soma, decades apart, but the lyrics and music are eternal, the song just press the right buttons in the right time to couple the right mood.

Just the other day was sharing thoughts about dreams and reality, how far apart are they and the song just started playing in the random shuffle mode of the ipod.

Would like to share 2 parts of the song

تفيد يإيه يا ندم وتعمل إيه يا عتاب ؟طالت ليالي الألم واتفرقوا الأحباب

وعايزنا نرجع زي زمان !..قول للزمان ارجع يا زمان وهات لي قلب لا داب ولا حب ولا انجرح ولا شاف حرمان

E-train

2008-10-31T19:36:00.002+02:00

Ok, E-government, now I book all my train tickets via www.egypt.gov.eg it is working fine, the main drawback that I have to book 3 days in advance, come on. A day before is just the same, it is easy, efficient and spares me a long drive to ramsis station.

I always print the confirmation, though I don’t have to, but all train conductors carry a pen and like to tick the tickets (mmm tick the ticket have to google the origin) and don’t want to ruin decades of tradition.
Just like the big bell in the train station that no one ever use but all train stations don’t feel right without it.

And though using the latest technology in the train authority, still they had me flagged, no chicks khalessssssss.

Note to self, even if I sit with ms perfect, most probably will keep to my self and stay silent

Rain

2008-10-31T19:31:00.001+02:00

I miss rain awi, when it rained in alex I was in cairo, and when it rained in cairo I was in alex.

I loved walking by the sea side before it rain, and watch gray clouds punch together and became thicker and heavier, I could almost feel the weight. Then it rains.

Every time it rains I feel it differently, rains with strong wind, rains with no wind, big drops, small tiny sprays, warm drop, hot drops.

But the thing I love the most how when the rain is finishing I see bright skies and white clouds in the horizon, this always gives me hope.

And when it is over, the smell of the weather, trees are greener and a friend once told me the receiver dishes are brighter.

I am a winter guy, though I started to hate the cold as I feel lonelier and miss Her more.

Ps. Want to buy a new blanket, know any stores in maadi, actually, if anyone who reads me lives in maadi, pls get in touch.

Pepsi man

2008-10-31T19:13:00.002+02:00

For some unknown reasons I shifted from being a cola person to a Pepsi person.
Replaced cola with pepsi, sprite with 7up and fanta for mirinda.

If in a cola restaurant, I order juice. I don’t know why or when this shift happened, but it became a fact.
I preferred the more sugary, less steamy taste of pepsi to cola.

pepsi twist was really something special, miss gaveing it around

Think I better use my knowledge of consumer behavior to explain it, but yet have to finish the HR, Investment exams and a couple of late exams.

صديق البرنامج

2008-10-31T19:10:00.001+02:00

It is back to radio for me, still no TV (nop no 37’ LCD with surround sound, not after the world financial crisis and Egyptian stocks lost 2/3 of its value)
I thought 100.6 was cool but cairo had a nice surprise for me the 1004.2 who broadcast mainly English music and songs round the hours and have a late night show that I became to love. I even txt them a lot and registered my nick name, who knows, may be soon I will be sadik el barnameg.

Hand writting

2008-10-11T21:48:00.001+02:00

this is a picture of my handwriting, it is awful, childish, small and filled with spelling mistakes. This is why my typing is fast and my word processing skills are high.

My Oblivia

2008-10-11T21:35:00.000+02:00

oblivia, it is a blog I have been following for quite sometime now, she talks about her divorce experience, how it is affecting her emotionally, her family support and the community point of view.

I keep and open eye in my readings for what made a love story turn so ugly. How a man she loved and aspired to turned to an incarnation of everything she hates in this life and the mere thought of him to make her sick.

I hate divorces, it ruins lives, but sometime it is the only answer for a sick situation, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a marriage work and it takes two to make a marriage end.

I witnessed 4 divorces, in all 4 I thought there is yet a chance things would be back to normal, but no one was willing to walk the extra mile, all were exhausted, felt the sacrifice they gave were above and beyond the call of duty or any human being capacity. And thought it is the other side turn to walk the extra two miles. And it just ended. Their lives after the divorce isn’t the same, though extreme efforts to make it as civilized as possible but it always turn out messy for all the parties. And eventually the children are the ones who pay the full toll of it.

On the brighter side, on my way to the train station I passed by a hair dresser in Cleopatra who seemed is participating in the group wedding organized by sporting club, he has tens of brides just sitting outside his shop waiting to be picked up by the bus and for him to put his final touches.

A prayer goes for this man and all the couples getting married tonight, may they lead a happy life and may allah give them patience and endurance to continue through their sacred journey in this world.

Alex.

2008-10-11T20:36:00.001+02:00

went to book my train ticked on Friday evening and thought why not to have a stroll like the good old days from sidi gabet home sweet home.

I took the tram ( I pronounce it toromay) for no apparent reason, some smart person decided to change the color of the leather seats from the famous red that had been around life forever to black or a very dark shade of green. I always assosciate alex with colors, pavments are yellow and black now gone, the tram seats red, taxis yellow and balck, now all gone except the taxi colors, and who knows.

A committee must be formed and supervised by the governor to try and capture the true essence of alex and preserve it and not allowing a bunch of biro crates dictate what is of sound taste and what isn’t, the great fiasco of suez canal tunnel still hurts my eyes.

Also and interesting change was moving the ladies car from the center to the beginning?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! While in cairo moved it from the beginning to the center !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And to conclude the evening I took a walk along the korneish, and found new writings on the scatter rock along the coastal line. Urging young couples to be aware of the consequences of what they are doing and rethink it and yete2o rabena in what they are doing, found similar sites in cairo along kasr el nile bridge and nile kornish. The words seems to lose their meaning as it was business as usual for the couples.

And it started to get chili in the evening, cant wait for winter to come, I love alex winter and hate cairo’s winter. U have wind, rain and worm sun in alex while cairo just like a freezer, cold hitting the bone, hardly any rain and its winter is cold, don’t know how t explain it but 3’eles keda, alex cold is alive and beautiful.

I am not making any sense

Digital ethical questions,

2008-10-09T23:39:00.001+02:00

Few months back while I was updating my address book I thought why not to add pictures of my friends to their contact details. Seemed cool at the moment but after some thought I decided not to. And started thinking, if someone grants me access to his/her profile on facebook, does it mean I am allowed to save their pics locally on my pc?
Shared the question with some friends, and was amazed with the answers.
Yes, sure, why not
Why didn’t I think of that before.
I keep my friends pics locally in case I need them later!!!!!!!
My pics are for sharing not for storing

What do u think?

Digital us-thoughts

2008-10-09T23:35:00.001+02:00

Lots of us now is 010. digital images, address books, messages, e-mails and to top it Kaman little pieces of us scattered all over the cyberspace.

Issues like data security, integrity and privacy are now addressed to individuals, not companies and organizations as used to. A stolen mobile became a tragic loss, not because of its value, but the data it contains. People are willing to pay thousands to restore photos from a corrupted drive/CD/DVD. A compromised e-mail account or a social network account may ruin lives.

people may consider it impolite to open another person wardrobe, but perfectly ok to browse a mobile phone for messages, pics. A laptop for e-mails or folders on a flash drive.

What sparked all that was a lost mobile from a friend and another one who lost a portable hard disk

All the things I mentioned above needs to be addressed with responsibility rather than care. Responsibility cause our data doesn’t just involve us, but family and friends.

Backup ur data, now it is cheap and automated, external hard drives starts from 300 pounds with automatic back up options. DVDs can handle a 4 gigs of data but need to be checked for consistency.

Password protect important files, use strong passwords for laptop log in name, not just windows password, but more important BIOS password.

Revisit your passwords in general, make it longer and tougher to break, chk options of retrieving lost password from websites just in case and policies when a password in compromised.

Revisit your friend lists and chk the privileges they have to view your friends list, photo album and contact details.

Our digital traces last longer than we had ever expected and are harder to delete, a message posted to a group or a forum may last years to come and show up the wrong place at the wrong time, a golden rule of thumb, don’t write what u don’t say in public.

Be careful with flash drives, almost always are shared publically at colleges and work place. A copy can be make in a blink of an eye with a flick of a finger

Driving in Cairo

2008-09-24T11:10:00.000+02:00

Ok, I admit it, I enjoy driving in cairo more than alex, the thought it self never crossed my mind, but here it is, I admit it.

My work is almost a 21 kilos from home, and somehow I enjoy driving it, parking isn’t as bad as I had expected, but u have to pay extra, and some how satisfied with the fuel consumption of the car.

This is my own personal point of view, on the other side, fellow drivers sees me as a menace. Don’t know is it my driving or the license plates I carry. One time a young lady in a black corolla shouted at me, think she was saying r u crazy, but her car window was up and couldn’t quite read her lips but the gestures she made indicated she was really furious.

Hope the honey moon isn’t over, as inshaa allah tom will experience driving when schools are officially in.

Nevertheless, for the chic in the black corolla, sorry, and for other drivers, come on we put up with your driving when u were in alex, it is my time to call in all the favors and u put up with my driving.
Malaki alex has a big benefit, whenever I take a wrong turn or drive slowly in search for an exit, I have my excuse.