Drowning Block

I came home yesterday after I've finished work, I live in a block filled with studioz and neighbours that I don't even know... I guess around 36 people lives in the same building and do not ask me why!...

In anyway, going through the main entrance, I was surprised to see the block drowning with water, seems one of the machines in the lundry room has broken down and water were every where, flooding the place.

It was coming from up stairs and going down stairs in the whole three floors, some of the studioz on each side have been affected, I'm sure some of the water went inside as well, lucky me, the Tiles I got lately instead of the carpet made the level of the studio a bit higher than to allow the water in

Yahoo Logo

I just noticed this one today, few minutes ago to be exact, as you all must know, Yahoo logo changes with reference to specific occasions, I'm not sure what occasion is there today but obviously its related to environment, nature or close, since the logo is green and has to do with recycling, anyone knows what special day is it today?

Sand invade Riyadh

Time : Thursday 8:30 pm

Place : Souq Al3otoor - Batha - Riyadh

The usuall thursday for me in Riyadh and after work finishes at around 1:30 pm, is to spend it at my uncle's house, dine in, gossip a bit with the family and friends.

Last thursday they decided to hit the market, the destination is a very well known place in riyadh, souq el3otoor, in this place you can find almost all brands of perfumes, with competitive prices, some people doubt the originality of them, but at the end alot buy from there.

at that day, they went to thier usual place, but they didnt buy from there, its sad but alot of times sellers thier, and lot of them are yemeniz, tries to rip u off, even in a small amount, they dont understand the concept of repetitive customer...anyway we ended it up at his neighbour, and at that day, we in total, paid around 300JDz, saved around 30JDz or a bit more, in case we tuned in to the first one, eno not much but 7elween, its rather the concept.

elmohem, over a sudden a sand storm invaded Riyadh, sand everywhere, alot of ppl at that place were ready for these things and I could see more than one guy having his mouth and nose covered, donno the word in english for it, but its the kind of a thing a dr would put in surgery...

its like a fog day in amman, except its not water, its sand...

Bored Again

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closed for prayer

This is a typical sign one would read in Riyadh, everything closes here around prayer time, and that can differ depending on which prayer it's, it would take an average of around 30 to 50 minutes.

Restaurants, malls, grocery shops, even gas stations. It’s all closed at the time of a prayer, so after a while in Saudi you'll memorize all these times by heart, or have them somewhere at your reach at anytime so that you can schedule your movement in the city accordingly.

Walking during prayer time is also considered a risk; no one would want a typical Saudi GMC stopping by, an old guy with a long beard pops out of it, wearing a “dish dash” and “shib shib” side by side with a tall and very thin policeman walking towards you looking irritated and above that to question your faith or religious commitment and then enforce it on you.

Thought to nag about it a little

Peace,

Signs

Al Khader spear print on the floorAl Khader foot print on the floor
Christ on the Cross

Face of Jesus

Subject: Signs in an old church, Al Khader

Location: Al Khader Church – Assalt City

I’ve heard that some Christian signs at the old Khader church in Assalt have been appearing, this church is one of the oldest ones in town, and has been newly renovated.

Rumors says that, Saint Khader, appears there suddenly, hits the ground with his spear, a tremendous sound is heard and then he disappears, all that happens in a matter of seconds.

The Story was first told by a mother, who had a daughter that lost her vision, the mother used to come and pray each day at the church for her child to see again, one day she heard that sound, she ran toward it and was surprised by signs left behind, signs that looks more as shapes over the floor or the walls of the church, u can hardly tell its there till u focus a bit, signs like the face of Christ, the cross, a foot print of saint Khader and a mark for where he hit the ground.

Anyway, that same day her daughter gained her vision.

There is as well a cave inside the church, the story continues by saying that the picture of Virgin Mary inside has been generating holy oil by itself, people are taking blesses with this oil, making wishes on pieces of paper and throwing them into the cave

Words are telling that such sounds are still heard and new signs are appearing.

The old church was filled with curious people who came to see, take photos, learn about what happened, and very few came to pray…

I was there last Friday with family, I saw those shapes and signs, and I, like everyone else took photos.

I don’t see myself generally as a believer in these things, I’m not that religious anyway, they can be totally true, and everything that was said is right, and it all happened, but for me if I put some reason into it, I still have my doubts.

I outspoken to mother at the time, I said, are these people crazy or what?! Do you really believe all this “habal”!!, she didn’t like what I said, she looked at me with a mixture of furiousity and disappointment, she told me not to talk like that especially being in a holy place like the church and just respect those beliefs, I felt I might have crossed the line there…

I attached the photos along, they told us, depending on how much of a believer one is, he / she could see those sign more accurately, I didn’t see much , so I need to work more on my beliefs I guess J

Try yours!

I'm Bored

I’m bored

These days I’ve lots and lots of available time, at work there’s almost nothing to do, yeah bite me! Its not how you might think it’s, I might have enjoyed it for a couple of days but then!!

I’m bored.

I’ve tried to look up something handy over the internet, in fact there were few articles I was interested about, Yesterday I looked for some universities abroad in case I wanted to go for masters…. Still!!,

I’m bored

I didn’t think of myself as a workaholic, I’m probably not, but at the same time I’m not that lazy either, this status of doing nothing is getting me, getting me bad I would say.

I’m bored

I wanted to give productivity to my idle status, it’s not quite easy, or maybe I’m not good with it

Should I feel guilty chatting at work when I’ve no work!
Should I feel guilty using face book at work when I’ve no work!
Should I feel guilty playing online games at work when I’ve no work!

I did them all, but still

I’m bored

It’s a dilemma, who wouldn’t enjoy some free time? I’m positive everyone would, but up to a certain limit, because too much of it isn’t quite as interesting believe me.

I’m bored

I even sketched some silly kindergarten kinda drawings, a robot of some sort and few sharks to be exact; I’m out of ideas, anyone to lend me some?

HELP

I’M REALLY BORED

Captain Abu Raed

I went to watch Captain Abu Raed last night, directly after I've finished work, I was to go with someone but I ended up there by myself, which was fine by me.

I booked the ticket to the 6:30 show, at 6:20 I was already inside and ready, popcorn, Pepsi and a bar pf chocolate that was served an extra with the medium sized popcorn.

It was I, and a group of 7 or 8 foreigners only, all ladies and old, people started coming, I noticed other foreigners as well, some couples, and some girl friends, we were like 30 in total! And I guessed well maybe because it's Wednesday and its 6:30. It didn’t matter much, the interesting thing here is that foreigners are interested enough to come and watch that movie more than Jordanians did, or at least that night! The movie had English subtitles of course.

So what did I think!

Well, I thought that foreigners might find it more interesting than Jordanians will, because its simple, where they are used to more complicated movies, while us " Jordanian" would be expecting more than just "simple", but for a 1st movie, It wasn't bad, you would enjoy it.

I felt the filming itself, the scenes, places were great, and I do believe it addressed several key issues that we as Jordanian know about and live with and/or witness on a daily basis.

The gap between east and west Amman was very obvious, Abu Raed, the district boys, the driver, Abu Raed apprentice and his neighbors on one hand and Nour, her mother, father, proposed grooms on the other.

The movie also addressed, street boys, those who sell gums and biscuits on the street to help their families.

Domestic violence, Murad's father who used to yell, and punish his wife and children, in the most disgusting way, literally the guy was a scum bag, he goes home each day drunk which eventually ended Abu Raed's life…

Society perceptions about janitors, even among the poor, it was obvious when the kids discovered that Abu Raed was a janitor and not a real Captain, once they saw him mopping the floor of the airport, one phrase was powerful, one of the kids said " Abu Raed wa7ad kathab, zabbal, shifnah belma6ar raki3 3ala rejlieh bemsa7 el2ard methel elkalb"

The movie also addressed the society view about girls, how they should get married the soonest, Nour family was doing social parties so that their girl can meet her future husband, a several trials where made by her father but she turned them all, now she's thirty, beautiful still but she starts questioning herself, a funny scene when she goes home and her father introduce her to an architect who came in with his father to see her, she was bold enough to leave them and walk out saying " ra7 a6okh 7ali"

Using the common language was very nice, I'm used to see the typical Jordanian language on Jordanian series which will sound more like another accent, but in there it wasn't, it was said exactly the way you hear it…

I have few remarks about the intro, I didn’t feel it was that strong, and as well as the closing scenes, the movie ended without you feeling it should end, a lot of issues were still hanging, you just feel it ended suddenly…

A final remark is the acting, it didn’t convince me much, it was ok, but I thought it can be better, a lot of sense were normal, especially on the facial expressions level, I didn’t read what the director was trying to show there.

Amman looked beautiful and so did sal6

The movie isn’t bad; I did like it at the end, more or less, I'm only saying it could have been better…. Maybe I'm a perfectionist, I donno.

Just go and see

FaceBook - Discussion Board 2

There's one guy that goes by the nickname "Neyek Rafiq Al-Hariri" is posting topics that are completely disrespectful, and really it annoys he still can, if anyone knows how to shut him up or turn him in please do, he didn't leave, the late king Hussein, King Abdullah, Queen Rania, Army, Sunnah or even the Jordanians people in peace, in short SHANNA3...

FaceBook - Jordan Network Discussions

I really was shocked, furious and disappointed..... BIG TIME

it all started when I was reading a topic on the discussion board for Jordan network over facebook, which said that "Orange" is planning to block facebook access because of the kind of topics Jordanians discuss, and I thought, that can not a good thing, what a democratic act!!

but, I took the time to actually look at those topics and only then I understood why! and frankly I can't blame them.... the subjects were disgusting, disrespectful and crappy..., not to mention the kind of replies that such subjects attracts or the kind of people!!! well to be fair, 70% of the topics are like this.... ONLY!!.... not that much ha?!!!

Guys, this is what Jordanians discuss, and am only posting them here to give you an idea that if not you already know, I'm very ashamed and even hesitant to just post them again, I'll just post the header topics, the subject of the discussion, and you can go and check replies later for yourselves, be ready to GET SHOCKED

1. لكل من يريد ان يعرف من هي روان عبيدات.... روان عبيدات قحبة تتزعم سحاقيات العقبة و هي عبارة عن برميل خره
2. على أيري الاردن و الملك عبدالله الاير
3. koss e5wat el she3a kellon
4. طلقها يا ابو حسين: مش قادر افهم؟
   
5. fuck jordanians
6. لا لزواج الاردنيات من غير الاردني و خصوصاً البلاجكه
   
7. احمد الملكاوي فتاة شاذة اسمها دلال و عندي الدليل
8. هل تمتلك الجرأة لتكتب النسبة المئوية لتخلفك وسطحيتك ؟؟
   
9. هل تجرؤ على كتابه "طول قضيبك" شارك معنا بكل صراحه
10. تطعيمات متداولة بالبلد يرجى المشاركة و الي عنده تطعيمة براند نيو يحكيها و كوس اوم الي ما يشارك
11. أحمد ملكاوي + جاك عدوان = عراقي كلب يغار من كل بنت أردنية يجب محاربت