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I have many unpublished posts.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 All my rants are unpublished.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 :)