My Favorite Color

Commoners call it Batee7'y. Formally it is Coral, But more specifically it is known as #FF7F5 (Hexadecimal-y speaking).

It really lightens up my day !

Purposeless Post

I have many unpublished posts. Mostly rant, post-fight emotions, ranging from simple quarrels that are actually funny, to waves of rage. Mostly they talk about the same thing, how confused I am, how uncertain I have become, how angry, apathetic and in total despair.

I am starting to get into a "I don't like this blog anymore" phase. I think a lot of closing it, or abandoning it, or just leave it to rot in the blogosphere.. Other times, when I write a new post and feel that I recorded something down, something that might be of a tiny winy use, I feel glad that I still have it.

But to be honest, I don't speak my head off when I write in this blog anymore. I never did actually, but now it is even more. Always the:I should say this, I must not say that. No rant about work no rant about family no rant about friends, no rant at all!! All my rants are unpublished. It is not that I mind, I mean the process of writing down what I feel and channeling out whatever useless and unrelated series of thoughts is good enough for me.


Tesba7o 3ala 7'eer.

Decision

I decided that this Ramadan insha'Allah I will try to read the Qura'an differently. Year after year, and time after time, I read many verses that i could not understand, or misunderstood. I decided that I will read it slower this time but just to read it better. I will probably try reading out of ketab tafseer. I mean if I could get deeper meanings out of novels I read and movies I watch, I better get deeper meanings from the verses of the Quraan.

The main thing that I want to understand is: coherency. I don't know if others have these questions or not, but I usually wonder why a certain Suraah is named a certain name, or why are these two seemingly different topics mentioned beside each other in the same Suraah? Why is the most mentioned prophet Story is Sayedna Musa with Bany-Israel? I have many other questions that have to do with the Arabic structure of the Ayahs and whether there is a significance of the ordering of the Surahs, the circumstances behind some Ayahs and Suraahs that would definitly clarify a lot of things about the Quraan. I am sad that I know so much about other things (that might be even useless) than I know about what Allah has to say to humanity.

AfterMath

Cherry: oojy, howa delwa2ty ba3d lamma Maglesh el Shoora et7ara2, el nass lamma yeego yastasheeroh ba3d, "Hayglesoh" feen?
Me: 3'aleban fel beta3 elly gambeeh, fe Maglesh el Sha3b.
Cherry: Tab keda mesh hayb2a za7ma? w ba3deen akeed homma mesh yeglesoh ma3 el sha3b.
Me: Ma homma hayzzana2oh ba2a w yesta7meloh ba3d shwaya.. They will take turns.
Cherry: hmmm.. bardo mesh moqtane3a
Me:ao moken yestasheeroh ba3d 3al wa2ef
Cherry: fekra bardo, yeb2a keda hay7'doh qararat besor3a..
Me: ao metkarewta
Cherry: Rabbena yostor.

3ala sa3eeden a7'ar..


M@hdeto (to his brother): Haat yabny el gezeera maglesh el shoora is on fire
Brother(flipping to al gezeera el ryadaya): ahoh, el match sha3'aal.
M@hdetoh: Yabny haat egezeera, maglesh el shoora!!
Brother: Yaksh yewla3!..estana, dah walla3 fe3lan!

Realization

I am not the center of the universe.

3'areeba.

Zoroony

RULES:
1. Put your iTunes/music player on Shuffle,
2. For each question, press the next button to get you answer,
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!!

NOTE: Alabt my laptop for all the scattered songs that i have. They are 6 songs bel tamam wel kamal. Wa7da menhom is not even a song. El mohem ya3ny, i had fun commenting, eshme3na ana ya3ny.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
EL leqa2 el thany-- 3omar 7'ayrat
( asdo ya3ny forsa tanya isA)

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
saba7 w masa--Fairouz
( meaning i am always online?)

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Ahoh dah elly saar--Fairouz


4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Zoroony--Fairouz
(i feel alone, bass mesh lonely.)

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
These are a few of my favorite things

6. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Ma 3andy Alb-- Ayman el A3tar
(LOOOL.. I think I know people who would agree to that.)

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Saba7 w Masa--Fairouz

(aywa sa7, homma sob7 w leel yeza3a2ooly)

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Zoroony--Fairouz
(i listen to the song too much)

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
El leqa2 el thany-- 3omar 7'ayrat
(yeah, i agree..the first impression was not a blast.)

10.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Ma 3andy alb-- Ayman el A3tar
(Ma7na olna ba2a ma 3andy alb a 'like' be a person in the first place)

11.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
aho dah elly sar--Fairouz

(elly 7asal 7asal ba2a)

12.WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Zoroony--Fairouz
(I don't see the person I like, maybzorneesh keteer, maybe because they are non-existent)

13.WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
These are a few of my favorite things
:)

14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Saba7 w masa--Fairouz
(i hope not!)

15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
El leqa2 el thany-- 3omar 7'ayrat
(I don't believe in reincarnation.)

16.WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Aho dah elly sar--Fairouz

17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Ma 3andy Alb
(I think this is not a secret anymore)

18.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Saba7 w masa--Fairouz
(To Dee: reminds me of nazaryet el tashabo3)

19. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Zoroony--Fairouz
( aywa keda)

20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?
EL leqa2 el thany-- 3omar 7'ayrat
(i think that should have been "Ma 3andy Alb", stupid shuffle)


No one to be tagged, I am like the last one on the blogosphere to do the tag..

koll tag wento bel se77a wel saalama

A suggested list for the fellow Egyptians

I think Egyptians should start doing the following:

1- Acknowledging bikes as reliable means for transportation. Also carpooling would not be bad.

2- Listening to the weather news, specially at turbulent times like fall, winter and spring :)

3- Reading other stuff than the newspaper.

4- Reading other sections in the newspaper other than sports.

5- Taking daily shower, specially if using public transportation

6- Giving a damn.

7- Gardening.


I think also they should stop doing the following now we are at it:

1- Littering

2- Smoking

3- Watching Noor

4- Complaining

A Reference for Status Messages on Facebook

Borrowed from 7akifadi

I am: content yet angry at myself.
I think: too much sometimes.
I know: I can do better than that.
I have: to stop worrying.
I wish: I could go live in the suburbs, go to work on a bike, live in a friendly neighborhood..keda ya3ny :). I also wish I lived in some other (earlier) time.
I hate: my conscious apathy, my laziness and my time management habits.
I miss: Babaya and Grandpa.
I fear: both the future and death.
I hear: A distant shee7' from Eza3et el Quraan El Kareem
I smell: the smell of mango :)
I crave: for Carvel Ice-cream (mennek lelalh ya Dee)
I search: using Google of course!
I wonder: if I will ever change, to better or to worse. I have been feeling that I am ma7allak serr for a long time now.
I regret: some minor stuff.
I love: my family, and the fact that I am a Muslim. El7amdolellah!
I ache: from my brain cells.
I am not: stupid.
I believe: I can flyyyy!!
I sing: terribly.
I cry: on daily basis.
I fight: a losing battle.
I win: people easily.
I lose: my stuff too often.
I never: search for love.
I always: pray for good stuff to happen.
I confuse: reality with cartoons sometimes.
I listen: to Sayed a lot. But ignore his advices too soon.
I can usually be found: Online.
I am scared: of losing someone I love.
I need: Babaya.
I am happy about: moving out!
I imagine: heaven.

I enjoyed writing this post. It is not a tag, but I encourage you to write one.(An implicit tag.)

Too late

I opened firefox in frustration in order to rant in the blog about some stuff that are bothering me. By the time I opened the New Post page, I cooled off and I am actually content. Are my mood swings too fast? Is Firefox too slow to keep up?

P.S: I am enjoying that everybody is fel sa7el. Seriously, the country is amazingly quiet, the traffic is perfect, and I am having good practice on my driving el7amdolellah. Actually el balad fadya le daraget enny 7assa enn mesh heya deh Cairo elly ana 3arfaha, and I sometimes feel as if I AM fe masyaf.

Mutual Friend: Deee

I'll have a conversation similar to the one below with anyone I know through Dee:

New Friend: Enty ba2a gjoe :) i never knew your real name
Me: gihan.. :)
New Friend: tashafrana ya sett gihan..
New Friend: bass 3'areeb awy gjoe dah, gihan is a gigi
Me: aywa, bass ana bakrah gigi dah, w kaman i have too many nicknames instead..my family members call me oojy..
New Friend: hehe/lol/haha :D
Me: Dee is the one who came up with the "g-joe" spelling, zaman kan geegoo
New Friend: Dee deh gameela awy/gamda awy/shtra geddan/me3adaya
Me: Yeah! I know :)
New Friend: 3ala fekra heya bet7ebbek awy.. dayman toshkorly feeky, she thinks very highly of you and she thinks that you are hilarious!
Me: :$ I love her too, She is such an amazing friend, w law ana hilarious ommal heya eh!!

A couple of chatting later..

New Friend: enty sa7ee7 3ala el facebook?
Me: Yeah.. Hatla2eeny 3and Dee..
New Friend (After adding me and seeing a couple of pics): yeaaah! enty w dina ezzay shakloh zay ba3d, mesh shaklan..bass 7assah enek you look like a friend-of-Dee kinda person.
Me: yeah, we had this friends beybhatoh 3ala ba3d convo before :)

People who

There is a couple of stuff that total strangers do that totally get on my nerves for sometimes no justifiable reason. Here is a few:

1- People who are lazy to walk up/down the escalators. I don't know why people like to stand in the escalators instead of moving. I mean it is made to make things faster, not people lazier. w ba3deen if you are too lazy to move, please take a side so that others can pass.

2- Close-talkers:Buzz off will ya?.. begad i NEED my personal space.

3- Za7ma-creators: This includes roughly 80% + of Egyptians. But in general it includes taxi drivers who slow down in "the middle of the road" to pick up people,; People who go 3aks el etgah be dahrhom 3ashan they missed an exit, and even the annoying fact that we simply and genetically can not form a decent line to wait for our turn.

4- People who drag their feet while walking and make a "shhhhht-shhhht" sound with their sandals/shebsheb/shoes.

5-Pedestrians that walk in a narrow street with total disregard of the cars. They can actually see/hear a car coming from behind or infront of them and don't care to stop or move aside la7ad lamma el 3arabya te3addy.Tana7a keda w la mobalaah.

6- W aktar 7aga betnarfezny (w tewadeeny keda w tegbny) people who play songs on thier mobiles w homma mashyeen. Most of the time these are teenage girls w beyb2a ma3ahom mobile nokia w 3'aleban beysh3'alloh tamer 7osny or shereen. No one asked you to entertain the streets thank you very much. Kindly try headphones, and definitely you DON'T ever ever sing a long fel sahre3.

I am starting to believe that I am living in the wrong country.

An Oh Yeah Post!

I never saw that comming, bass Thanks To Inso, I am now fixated on Fairouz/Sayed Darwish

All day long, it is either Zoroony or Aho dah elly saar!!


Many thanks to you insomniac!!



Listening to (Duh!): زوروني كل سنة مرة

أخيرا

أخيراً كل مشاكلنا اختفت!

أخيراً كل الأسعار إتثبتت

و كل المدارس والجامعات إتزبطت

و كل السجون إتشمعت

و كل البلاد إتحررت

و كل الاحلام إلي كان نفسي فيها إتحققت

أي حد ياكل, يجوز أو يشتغل..

خلاص كل الأمور إتيسرت!

رجعتلنا الكرامة والقوة والمكانة
صحي الضمير ملنوم
و رجعت والأمانة


مفضلناش غير مشكلة
إن فلان ساب علانة

--

gjoe.

Sick n' Tired

I don't need to apologize.

7aga te2ref.

Tonight you are all going to be part of a *social experiment*.

The "social experiment" that Joker played in the Dark Knight movie reminded me of some game I played about 4 months ago.

My favorite proffesor finished giving his pre-masters lecture material earlier than usual. Then he started by sayin:"Now I have some bonus marks to give any of you. The only condition for taking the bonus is that you agree that others take bonus as well. Otherwise, you will not get it." Sure enough the whole class roared "We all want the bonus. Give it to us". He smiled wickedly. He continued "Now here is the thing. I will divide you into 2 groups. Group A and Group B.Everyone from Group A will take a paper out, write a number from 1 to 10 along with his/her name. This number is the amount of bonus that you want.Now after that I will collect all the papers from group A, then randomly i'll give it to people from group B.Each one from group B will open the paper and see the number. The amount of bonus that he or she gets is the remaining quantity from subtracting 10 from the bonus jotted on the paper. This means that if someone from group A wrote 6, then the member from Group B who will get this paper would get a 4 marks bonus. That is of course if he agreed.But, If he thought that it was not fair and did not agree, then neither him nor the person from group A whose name is written on the paper will get any bonus. " People started laughing. I told him"Then every one will write down a 5. It is fair to both sides." He told me "Oh, you really think so? Someone who would get a paper with an 8 might think a 2 bonus marks is better than nothing.". Someone asked "Are these bonus marks for real?". The doctor answered "Why wouldn't they be?". Silence prevailed the class. People were looking suspiciously to one another as the doctor was dividing us into groups.

I was on group A. I got greedy to tell you the truth. And I knew for a fact that almost anyone from Group B would peacfully agree with whatever they get. They will not compare my bonus to thiers. They would compare thier bonus to a zero bonus. So I wrote an 8.5 on the paper, folded it and gave it to the doctor. Then he distributed the papers among people from Group B. He started collecting the numbers written on the papers and writing them on board. Most of the people wrote a 5, or a 6. There was one 9, two 8.5s, four 8s three 7s and one 2!!

He started getting answers from people of whether or not they would agree to the bonus they and the other person from Group A would get. There were a few jokes and laughs, but there were only 2 people who did not agree to what they would get.The one who got the paper with the 9 and another with an 8.

The doctor started asking questions. He told me for example why did you write an 8.5? Why werent you fair to the other guy as you suggested? I told him, I was willing to take the risk of the other guy agreeing with what they got. After all, a 1.5 is better than a zero. He asked the people from group B who agreed on the 3s and the 2s they got how did they make thier choice when it was seemingly not just to them. They jokingly answered "Howa e7na hantbbatar 3ala el bonus kaman.7add la2y!". He asked those who didn't agree and they normally answered "3allaya w 3ala a3da2y.It was not his right to make the decision in the first place, and I don't care about the bonus as much as i care about being fair."

The doctor then began by saying "I don't understand how people give themselves the right of taking more than they should, and other people who have the right to punish them, let them get away with it!" Ouch. That didn't feel good at all. I kinda knew where he was going from there. And I knew right away that I made an awfully wrong choice and what's worse was the justification I gave for myself and what's even worse was that I was predicted right. I got away with it.I got away with being greedy and not being fair.

He then explained "This is a social exercise by which they test and measure certain cultural paradigms. Instead of bonus marks it is played with money.The more rejections for the un-fair distribution of money, implies a more democratic a society ,and implies that people in that country exercise more freedom and own the right to punish and prosecute the greedy. They have the choice the right of disagreeing. Even if that came with a cost. Even if that meant a loss for them too. This is because preserving justice system more important than who will get what now. Naturally, countries like ours,Rejections tend to be low. Only 2 out of 10 rejected unfairness of what they would get. Also having 10 out of about 30 thinking they can get what they want depending on the others consent indicates major problems in our societies. I think that those who agree with the unfairness happening to them are more guilty that those who practice it. Or at least they are both equally guilty."

Needless to say, People started debating but mostly people were shocked at the implications of the game and everyone was reflective on thier decisions.


It was definitely enlightening.

If you want to know

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