Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Do you have the time
to listen to me whine
About NOTHING and EVERYTHING all at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Sometimes I give myself the CREEPS
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm CRACKING UP
Am I just PARANOID?
Or am I just STONED...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
قصة الحمار الميت
في يوم من الايام راح شرار البر وإتفق مع راعي غنم واشترى منه حمار ب 100 دينار
وقاله راح اجيك بكره استلمه
في اليوم الثاني راح وقاله راعي الغنم عندي لك خبر مو حلو
قال : إعذرني ياولدي الحمار مات
قاله شرار : بسيطه رجعلي فلوسي ومافي مشكله قال الراعي : بس انا صرفت الفلوس
قاله : هم بسيطه راح اخذ منك الحمار الميت
سأله الراعي : شنو تبي تسوي فيه هذا ميت
قاله : راح اسوي عليه سحب يانصيب
قال الراعي : معقوله تسوي عليه سحب يانصيب وهو ميت
قاله شرار : مو انا ما راح اقول لهم انه ميت بس انت لاتقول حق احد وشوف بعدين
وبعد مرور شهر إلتقى راعي الغنم بشرار وسأله ها شنو صار بالحمار الميت
قاله شرار : سويت عليه السحب وبعت 500 بطاقه وكل بطاقه بعشر
دنانير وبالأخير ربحت 4990 دينار
قال الراعي : ومحد إعترض
قاله شرار : محد إعترض إلا الشخص اللي ربح السحب
قال الراعي : وبعدين
قاله شرار : ولا قبلين رجعت العشره مالته
ودارت الأيام وكبر شرار وأصبح نائباً لرئيس مجلس الوزراء ووزير الدوله لشؤون مجلس الامه
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
We Are Not Kidding!!!!
Dear "Men",
Imagine going through some or all of these syptoms all at once each and every month for the rest of your lives!!
AhHhHhHhhhhhh...!!!
Regards,
Waterlilie AhhhhhhhhhHhhHhHhhHhHHhH!!!
Changes in Mood or Anxiety
Depression
Irritability
Anger
Tearfulness
Increased emotional reactivity
Changes in sexual desire
Anxiety Exacerbation of existing psychiatric condition
Changes in Attention
Forgetfulness
Confusion
Difficulty staying on task
Prone to accidents
Physical Changes
Breast tenderness
Feeling bloated
Swelling in arms and legs
Migraine
Back pain
Difficulty sleeping
Changes in energy level
Nausea
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Friday February 24thThe desert air suddenly turns cold as night falls and we all gather inside the warm tent. The television occupies a sacred corner on the left side, spread out in all its glory, ever watchful, and always occupying our subconscious as we sometimes struggle to speak over its blaring commercials.Someone is flipping the channels and stops at KTV. Look! There are old recordings of
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Have a broken heart and don’t know how to deal with it? Don’t fret just go to Germany and visit this hospital
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Are you ready for this? Do you really want to know? Ok ladies and gents, this blog is finally gonna live up to its name. I, Homer W. Al-Simpson am going to finally reveal to y'all what really goes on inside the mind of a kuwaiti man. Now some of you guys might agree, some of you might go all righteous on my ass and be like "oh no Homer it's not like that", and soma y'all ladies might know wha' am talkin 'bout (been around the block ha?) ok here we go: Anthropologist Helen Fisher believes that "pair bonding is ultimately driven by the mating instinct" As she is attending a wedding in Varese, Italy she says "look at the joy of this man"(pictured to be hoisting his bride with one hand and rising the other hand to the air in victorious celebration) Fisher continues to say "he has just won the most important thing in his life, the opportunity to pass along his DNA"
Did this guy win? You bet! For us everything is a competition, yes E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G is a competition. And we like winning, always. Sports, jobs, girls, friends, money, parking spots, you name it we want to win it. Even the humblest and most down to earth guy is a selfish prick who wanted to be known as the humblest and most down to earth guy. Oh yes, nothing is natural with us, we are not who we seem to be. You know a guy who is really funny, it's not real. If you think a guy is charming and sophisticated, think again. Men are mass produced with animal features, the rest of our personality that seems to be human like is just an upgrade that women built and installed into our brain system so they can tolerate living with us. In reality women just want us for sex. Why else did they program us to think of sex every twenty seconds of our waking hours? ;p the tragedy of the kuwaiti man is that he has yet to come to terms with the fact that he has no control over his life. What women want women get. Still not convinced? Lets open up Homers male dictionary:
Gezz: (noun/verb/adjective..etc)
ge'ezzexamples:
-Hal mokan 7ada
gezz( many girls are in this area, cool)
-khal enroo7
engezz( lets look for girls, it'll be cool)
-falat
gezz( girls have left, so not cool)
-ana
gezzeez daraja oula( I love and respect women for their minds, am so cool)
At this point homer realized that this post probably doesn’t make any sense at all, or does it? Hmmmm……..
Fuck it
So where was I? Oh yeah, men are animals and women ruled then universe. We know it, and we don’t really care, we just want a piece of the action and the chance to pass down our DNA….;-p
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
You're wounded
You're bleeding
You're suffering and aching
Who cares?
Your wound is tended
You think you're convalescing
And pain remaining is symptoms of recovering
It's not
Those words of tender
"I feel you"
"Just tell me and I'll help you go through"
"I care, I feel and will always be there for you"
Not true
It’s you that will always be there for you
Take care of you
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
أول شي حتى لا يفهم من كلامي أني ضد الحقوق السياسية فأنا مع الحقوق السياسة للمرأه ولكني شاهدت نقاش واسلوب حوار ما يسمى بالقيادات النسائيه وبعضهم مرشحات للمجلس القادم ومع الاسف انصدمت!!ااتوقع ان اقرار حقوق المرأة أضر بالقيادات النسائية أكثر مما أفادها .. على الاقل في السابق كان هناك قضيه تجمعهم .. أما الان وباختصار القيادات النسائية الكويتية بلا قضيه وبلا هويهلماذا اللطم علي موضوع حقوقنا السياسية
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
الحكومة الجديدة
أصبح الأحباط من الحالة السياسية السيئة التي وصلت إليها الكويت هو الحالة السائدة في ابناء المجتمع الكويتي و أصبحنا كل يوم نرى ونسمع الخروقات الواضحة للقوانين و العادات و حتى القيم الكويتية الأصيلة من قبل بعض السلطات السياسية.
و هذا كله للأسف يرجع إلى سوء الأوضاع السياسية التي آلت إليها البلاد و حالة الإحباط السائدة عموماً في المجتمع الكويتي بسبب الأداء السيء للحكومة السابقة و السياسة التي إتبعتها والتي كانت السبب الرئيسي في ظهور هذه العادات و الممارسات السياسية الخاطئة من قبل أعضاء مجلس الأمة السيئين و الذي و للأسف الشديد بفضلهم أصبح المجلس و سيلة إفساد، أما في التشكيل الجديد نرى أن الحكومة الحالية برئيسها الحالي ماهي إلا إمتداد للحكومة السابقة والإختلاف الوحيد هو ان رئيس الحكومة يختلف ، و في اولى الجلسات تلمس الناس نوعاً من الأمل بعد ان صوتت الحكومة مع تقديم موعد التصويت على قانون الدوائر و الذي فاجأ نواب الفساد و ايضاً وزراء الفساد ، حيث إضطر بعض هؤلاء الوزراء تغيير رايهم من الرفض إلى القبول بعد أن أمرهم رئيس الوزراء بذلك. و قام نواب الفساد بالنباح و العويل عندما رأوا موقف الحكومة الأخير بحجة أن الحكومة لم تكن متحدة و أنها بهذا التخبط فقدت و حدة صفها و انها غير متناسقة، و قد تكون الحكومة أخطأت من خلال عدم تنظيم أمورها قبل الجلسة و لكن هذا لا يعطي هؤلاء الحق في الحكم السريع بفشل الحكومة من أول جلسة، فالكل يعرف انهم هاجموها بسبب شيء آخر و هو أن القرار التي تخبطت في إتخاذه الحكومة إنتهى بالتصويت و الذي كانت نتائجه ضد مصالحهم الشخصية و الإنتخابية.
فبعد الاداء الجيد نسباً للحكومة و أقصد هنا من ناحية إتخاذها للقرار السليم رأينا الحكومة مرة أخرى تتبع سياسة سلفها عندما قامت بتحوييل صلاحيات بنك التسليف من الوزير الحميدي إلى شرار و هذا يعتبر نوع من الهروب من المواجهة و أيضاً تشجييع على الطائفية و القبلية فالنواب الذين وقفوا ضد قرارات الوزير ,وقفوا بصفة قبلية لابصفة إرجاع الحق لأصحابه و كان الأمر سيأدي إلى صدام لو ضل بيد وزير نظيف كالحميدي و لكنه إنتقل إلى وزير آخر ليس أكثر ذكاءاً و لكنه سيحل الأزمة بحلول لن يقبل بها وزير نظيف كالحميدي، ولكن مازال أمام الحكومة تحدي آخر مع نفس الوزير و هو إحالة المخالفات التي إرتكبها سلفه الميع إلى النيابة و رفض نواب قبيلته لهذا القرار ايضاً مرة أخرى لأسباب قبلية، فهؤلاء يرفضون الحق و يحولون الباطل إلى حق فقط من أجل عيون إبن القبيلة ضاربين بعرض الحائط كل القيم الوطنية و الشعارات الكاذبة التي يطلقونها داخل قبة المجلس كل يوم.
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
"Live.. love..jump.. get hurt, or live safe and die bored," .. me
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Hey
DEAR PUSSA: EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GETTING OOOLLLDDDD, YOU'RE STILL IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE ;) ;) OO BA3AD WA7DA ;)
WE KINDDA LOVE YA .... HAIRBALL !
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
I sat on the edge of his bed looking at him and contemplating his features. His eyes were gently closed; the blanket was covering his body, shoulders and chin. He was resting his cheek on his right hand.
He woke up but still closing his eyes pretending to be a sleep; his eyes were tightened, his breathing wasn't relaxed. I call his name and he smiles, opens his eyes and say "Good morning sweet sister", "Good morning little dolphin" I say. He opens his arms for me; I bend forward for him to hug me.
He used to call me mama but started to call me by my name later on; while I am nineteen years older than him, I treat him as a son.
What mostly hurts is him telling me that I am not his mum. It makes me want to cry; how childish I am, I know. But I can't handle that feeling in a wiser way.
Once my mum travelled to her family for a week; I was a student in University at that time, and he was 8 months old; so I had to be a full time mummy. I skipped all classes for the whole week and stayed at home taking care of him. It was my favourite week.
Since he was 4 he started to give me a greeting card that he did in every Valentines Day; this year at February 14 I went home after work expecting to find a card on my bed; but it was on my mother's bed instead.
I 'm not his mum, I’ve never been.
He hugs me tight, and says "Do you want a bigger hug" "No thank you; that was big enough" I say.
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
Shall I divorce thee, Blogger?
You have not been making blogging Fun!
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
اول عيد وطني وتحرير
بدون الشيخ جابر...
بدون سمو الشيخ سعد كولي للعهد
اول عيد وطني وتحرير
مع سمو الشيخ صباح كأمير للكويت
ومع سمو الشيخ نواف كولي للعهد
ومع ناصر الحمد كرئيس لمجلس الوزراء
اول عيد وطني وتحرير
مع المرأة كوزيرة وناخبة
اول عيد وطني وتحرير
بعد زيادة رواتب الموظفين 50 دينار
بعد اسقاط الفين من فواتير الكهرباء والماء
اول عيد وطني وتحرير
بعد افتتاحي لهالصفحه...
بعد هالعيدين
ياليت نشوف شنوعطتنا هالدولة ونحاول نردلها لو شي بسيط
موبس نفكر ناخذ ونمشي!
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
يقول الإمام أبو حامد الغزالي في مقدمة كتابه تهافت الفلاسفة مبينا السبب الذي دفعه إلى تأليف هذا الكتاب في تلك الفترة : ما دفعني إلى تأليف هذا الكتاب أنني قد رأيت طائفة يعتقدون في أنفسهم التميز عن الأتراب و النظراء بمزيد الفطنة و الذكاء، و قد رفضوا وظائف الإسلام، واستحقروا شعائر الدين ، واستهانوا بتعبدات الشرع و حدوده ، بفنون من الظنون ، يتبعون فيها رهطا يصدون عن سبيل الله و يبغونها عوجا ، و لا مستند لضلالهم إلا تقليد سماعي ، إذ جرى على غير تعاليم الإسلام نشأهم و أولادهم ، و عليه درج آباؤهم ، و غير بحث نظري، صادر عن التعثر بأذيال الشبه ، الصارفة عن صوب الصواب ، و الانخداع بالخيالات المزخرفة كلامع السراب
و إنما مصدر ضلالهم سماعهم أسماء هائلة ، كسقراط و بقراط و أفلاطون و أرسطو و أمثالهم ، فلما قرع ذلك سمعهم تجملوا باعتقاد الضلال ، تحيزا إلى غمار الفضلاء بزعمهم ، و انخراطا في سلكهم ، و ترفعا عن مسايرة الجماهير و الدهماء ، ظنا بأن إظهار التكايس في النزوع عن تقليد الحق بالشروع في تقليد الباطل جمال ، غفلة منهم عن أن الانتقال إلى تقليد عن تقليد خرق و خبال ، فأي رتبة في عالم الله أخس من رتبة من يتجمل بترك الحق المعتقد تقليدا بالتسارع إلى قبول الباطل تصديقا دون أن يقبله خبرا و تحقيقا
مع العلم أن البله من العوام بمعزل عن هذه الهاوية ، فليس في سجيتهم حب التكايس بالتشبه بذوي الضلالات ، فالبلاهة أدنى إلى الخلاص من فطانة بتراء ، و العمى أقرب إلى السلامة من بصيرة حولاء
عندما قرأت هذه الديباجة أكثر من مرة ، مقلبا النظر بألفاظها ، و ممعنا الفكر في معانيها ، خلصت إلى حقيقة تقضي أن في هذه القطعة الأدبية الرائعة الجواب الكافي لمن بحث عن السؤال الشافي ، فهي مقدمة كتاب تستحق أن تكون مرجعا لكل كتاب ، و أسلوبا علميا أدبيا يصلح لأن يعمل على تحليل كل سلوك منحرف و تعليل كل فكر معوج ، خرج عن المألوف و دخل في الوهم و المجهول ، فكل كلمة جاءت بدلالة ، و كل عبارة أدلت بفكرة و إشارة ، إلا أن هنالك ثمة كلمات اشتملت عليها هذه المقدمة عملت كتروس ميكانيكية ناقلة لروح الحركة بين سطورها ، و التي بدورها تعالج شريحة من الناس تقبع بداخلها جملة أمراض نفسية ، وفق الكاتب بما أوتي من علم و بصيرة أن يشخصها أيما تشخيص بكلمات غاية الإعجاز في الإيجاز ، و نهاية التمام في الوضوح و البيان. وسوف أسلط الضوء على مجموعة الكلمات التي ارتكزت عليها هذه المقدمة ، فمن هذه الكلمات كلمة التقليد التي وردت في أكثر من جملة ، فالتقليد هو الدافع و هو الحافز و هو المحرض و هو القائد لهذه الفصيلة من البشر ، و لقد وصفه الكاتب بأنه تقليد سماعي ، تماما كقول المولى عز و جل : ينعق بما لا يسمع إلا دعاء و نداء ، و هو التقليد عينه الذي حذرنا منه نبينا الكريم بقوله : لو سلكوا جحر ضب لسلكتموه ، أي أنه تقليد أعمى يخلو من الفائدة و يفتقر إلى المضمون... الكلمة الثانية كلمة التكايس ، و شتان بين الكياسة و التكايس ، و لو أن كل إنسان رضي بما قسمه الله له من عقل لما دخلنا في مغبة هذه الآفة التي لا تنتهي بطالبها إلا إلى درجات أحط و أسفل في الحمق و الغباء ، فالمتكايس يُضيع النزر اليسير الذي قد أمن الله به عليه من عقل في ركوب أمور هو غير مهيأ لها أساسا من الناحية العقلية ، و مصداق هذا قول الشاعر :لا يعظ الناس من لا يعظ الدهر .... و لا ينفع التلبيب ... الكلمة الثالثة والأخيرة هي كلمة الترفع ، الترفع عن الدهماء و الانخراط في سلك الفضلاء، فالإنسان بطبيعته دؤوب في طلب التميز... تواق إلى التفرد بنمط فكري و شخصي ينأ به عمن حوله، و ما أن يجد الوسيلة التي تعينه على الخلاص من الأشباه و الأمثال حتى يسارع إلى الانسلاخ منهم و يركن إلى أولائك الذين يراهم بمنظوره المتواضع و المحدود من علية القوم و كبرائهم
و في كل مرة أعاود فيها قراءة هذه المقدمة تتفتح لي آفاق جديدة و تتجلى أمامي حقائق مثيرة أُثبتت بالبينات النواصع و أكدت بالبراهين السواطع من خلال الرابط الذي برز بين النص و الواقع المعاصر ، و تغدو لي هذه المقدمة و كأنها بحر لا يسبر غوره و لا ينال دركه في التحليلات و الإسقاطات الإجتماعية و النفسية ، و مفصل هذه المقدمة بنظري يكمن في عبارة " أن الظن بإظهار التكايس في النزوع عن تقليد الحق بالشروع في تقليد الباطل جمال" ، فهؤلاء الذين زعموا أنهم من التقليد فروا تراهم في التقليد وقعوا ، فيا ليتهم ابتدعوا كفرا محليا من عنديتهم حتى نجد لهم عذرا في ادعائهم أنهم أعداء التقليد و أنصار العقل و التحقيق، و لكن الحقيقة تُفصح عن غير ذلك، فتقليدهم العشوائي وانباهرهم الغوغائي بغيرهم من الأمم ما هو إلا التفسير الوحيد عن عجز عقولهم في فهم واستيعاب دينهم الموروث بالدرجة الأولى، و سقوطهم في شرك التقليد لهو الآية الظاهرة و العلامة الدامغة لفشل عقولهم في عرض و تمحيص ماهية دينهم التي دقت عقولهم عن عمق طرحه و عميق فكرته
إلا أن الفقرة الأخيرة من المقدمة لم تعد تنطبق على مجتمعات المسلمين اليوم ، فمن الجدير بالذكر أن كتاب تهافت الفلاسفة في وقته ضرب الفلسفة التي استشرت في أرجاء المجتمع المسلم ضربة لم تقم لها من بعده قائمة ، لأنه في حينه كان موجها إلى فئة العلماء من المسلمين من الذين تأثروا بفلاسفة الغرب أمثال الفارابي و ابن سينا ، فدارت بينهم رحى الكلام إلى أن بلغت منهم الحجة المخنق و وضح الصبح لذي عينين، بما عرضه عليهم الغزالي من أسلوب جدلي لائح الرسوم ظاهر الدليل ، فأبكمت أفواههم و قُصمت ظهورهم ، و ذلك أن الإمام الشافعي يقول : لو ناقشت عالما لغلبته و لو ناقشت جاهلا لغلبني ، فالعالم إن لم يسكت مقتنعا فإنه لا محالة سيسكت مُفحما ، في حين أن الجاهل يسترسل بالنقاش و يُسهب بالجدال إلى قيام الساعة ، فالبراءة التي اختص بها أبو حامد العامة في ذلك الحين سقطت عن عامة اليوم لأنهم أخذوا دور العلماء في القراءة و الاطلاع ، و في ركوب المنابر واعتلاء المنصات ، فنحن في زمن ما عاد ينفع به لا تهافت الفلاسفة و لا أبو حامد الغزالي بحججه و علمه ، و إنما يصلح له فقط قول علي بن أبي طالب : أفضل العبادة الصمت و انتظار الفرج
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
This is how we measured snow crystals for size and shape
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
مسيرة الكويت منذ الاستقلال
:من كلمة صاحب السمو أمير البلاد الشيخ صباح الاحمد الصباح
ليس العيد الوطني او التحرير ايها الاخوة يوما لمظاهر الاحتفال و الاضواء و البهجة، بل هو قبل ذلك و بعده يوم للوقفة مع النفس
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فلنقف مع انفسنا قليلا
لن يعنيني هنا تاريخ كويت ما قبل الاستقلال، ولا جذور القيم الثقافية التي زرعها الاولين و التي ننعم بها كما آباءنا من قبلنا و آباءهم من قبلهم
ولن أدخل في سرد تاريخي لبدايات النضال السياسي الوطني الضارب أوتاده في عمق الزمن. و لن يعنيني البحث عن مؤسسي او رواد الحركة المسرحية او الادبية او الرياضية ..الخ الذين وضعوا الأسس في قلب تاريخنا القديم
هنا ساستعرض من خلال الصور التي تغني عن الف كلمة المراحل التي مرت بها الكويت في عدة مجالات فقط منذ عام 1961 و من خلال بعض رموزها البارزين
فلنشد حبال أشرعتنا و نسافر الى الماضي القريب و نمر بالأيام... إلى ان نعود
إضغط هنا للاستماع الى موسيقى الرحلة
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رموز الحكم
هل رموز الحكم و الالقاب في ازدياد مستمر؟
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الحركة الأدبية
من اليمين: أحمد السقاف، صالح النصرالله، أحمد العدواني، فهد بورسلي، حمد الرجيب
من اليمين: عبداللطيف البناي، ليلى العثمان، د. خليفة الوقيان، اسماعيل فهد اسماعيل، د.عبدالله العتيبي
من اليمين: دعيج الخليفة الصباح (لاجئ عاطفي)، طلال السعيد، سالم سيّار، علي جابر الاحمد الصباح (الشاهين)، خالد المريخي
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رياضة
من اليمين: فاروق ابراهيم، مرزوق سعيد (الصخرة السوداء)، حمد بوحمد
من اليمين: فتحي كميل، أحمد الطرابلسي، جاسم يعقوب
اليمين: عبدالعزيز العنبري، فيصل الدخيل، سعد الحوطي، عبدالله البلوشي
من اليمين: مؤيد الحداد، سمير سعيد، سامي الحشاش
من اليمين: عصام سكين، اسامه حسين
من اليمين: بشار عبدالله، مساعد ندا
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مسرح
من اليمين: صقر الرشود، مريم الغضبان، عبدالعزيز المسعود
من اليمين: سعد الفرج، عبدالعزيز النمش، خالد النفيسي، عبدالحسين عبدالرضا، حياة الفهد
من اليمين الصف الاول : علي المفيدي، عبدالعزيز السريّع، خالد العبيد، محمد المنصور، سعاد عبدالله، غانم الصالح
من اليمين الصف الثاني: منصور المنصور، ابراهيم الصلال، محمد جابر
من اليمين: سمير القلاف، عبدالرحمن العقل، استقلال أحمد، جاسم النبهان
من اليمين: خليل اسماعيل، انتصار الشرّاح، داود حسين، خالد العقروقة (ولد الديرة)، محمد العجيمي
من اليمين: عبدالعزيز المسلّم، زهرة الخرجي، طارق العلي، منى عبدالمجيد، منى شدّاد
من اليمين: أحمد إيراج، أحمد سلمان، هيا الشعيبي، شيماء علي، حسن البلام
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شباب و طلبة بين الماضي و الحاضر
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أخيراَ و ليس آخرا، لنرى التطور السياسي للبلاد منذ الاستقلال
من خلاله سنرى التطور الفكري و الاجتماعي والتغير في المفاهيم و القيم
المجلس التأسيسي
من اليمين: حمود الزيد الخالد، د. أحمد الخطيب (نائب الرئيس)، عبدالعزيز الصقر (الرئيس)، عبداللطيف ثنيان الغانم، يعقوب يوسف الحميضي
حقبة الستينيات
من اليمين: عبدالرزاق خالد الزيد الخالد، سامي المنيس، جاسم القطامي، سليمان المطوع، محمد يوسف النصف، محمد الرشيد
حقبة السبعينيات
من اليمين: أحمد يوسف النفيسي، علي الغانم، سالم المرزوق، عبدالله النيباري
حقبة الثمانينيات
من اليمين: د. أحمد الربعي، خالد السلطان، أحمد باقر، أحمد السعدون، د. عبدالله النفيسي، حمد عبدالله الجوعان
حقبة التسعينيات
من اليمين الصف الاول: خالد العدوة، مبارك الخرينج، د. ناصر الصانع، مبارك الدويلة
من اليمين الصف الثاني: عايض علوش، سيد حسين القلاف، طلال السعيد، مفرج نهار
نواب آخر زمن
من اليمين الصف الاول: جمال العمر، جاسم الخرافي، فيصل المسلم، علي الميع، وليد الطبطبائي
من اليمين الصف الثاني: محمد الفجي، حسين مزيد، فهد الخنة، محمد المطير، خلف دميثير
من اليمين الصف الثالث: عواد برد، مخلد العازمي
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فعلاَ يا سمو الامير، ليس العيد الوطني يوما لمظاهر الاحتفال و الاضواء و البهجة
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!!!جذي ديرة رادة قري انا ما شفت
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شهداءنا...بفضلكم نحن هنا..بفضلكم الكويت بقت..و بفضلكم الكويت ما زالت لنا...لن ننساكم أبداَ
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
It was easy back in the States to tip someone. Every time you go to a restaurant you pay 15% of your bill to whomever is serving you. And man when the waitress is HOT we tip her like there is no tomorrow, 20 to 30%. and some times 100%. You can call me crazy, nuts, or horny but man when a waitress serves you "well" that is worth over tipping. That is how it was back in the states. But here in Kuwait it is a complete different story. We only have Phillipino waitresses and honestly they ALL ARE THE SAME. No matter where you go they all have this really weird greeting and they always smile no matter what the situation is. I think being positive all the time is a good thing for tips of course. May that's their untold and secret project; to push all Kuwaitis to bankruptcy by making them over tip. Umm, i think that's a problem and we all have to put our heads together to make them stop. But hold on, DO KUWAITIES TIP?!?! I leave this question to you people.
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
I arrived early at my doctor's clinic.. It was so quiet with few people in the waiting area..
Picked up a magazine.. Flipped the pages..
The headline caught my attention..
"Don't think mommy is a bad person"
The story goes like this .. Sarah was a 17 year old shyand quiet teenager.. She came from a very steady home.. Both parents worked decent jobs. Her mother was even involved in religious activities.
Her fate lead her to know a teenage boy in her school. He paid her the attention she craved. Showered her with the sweet gestures that found its way to her innocent heart.
One day he asked her to drive him home.. His friends bailed on him at the last minute.. Naturally she agreed and drove off to a secluded area in a park..
His tone suddenly changed.. Something weary was in his eyes.. He turned off the ignition and forcefully pulled her to his seat where he committed the unthinkable..
She was numb.. Got back into her seat and drove off peaking at the side mirror only to see his victorious smirk which she didn't fully understand.
The next day still in state of emotional numbness she confined in her friend.. She said " I think I am pregnant".
Her friend tried to absorb what's left of the anger but to her amazement.. There was none. Calmly she asked her if to pass by her house so she could have a pregnancy test. She did.. The test was negative.. Relief ? Not really.. There were no expectations..
Weeks passed by and this incident was never spoken about.. She noticed that she missed her monthly period.. Yet in her traumatized mind there was always a rational explanation.. It must be the stress of school..
Since that day on.. She started to feel differently.. She has been gaining weight.. Her clothes didn't fit her the same way they used to.. Yet Nobody noticed her growing belly..
She went several times shopping with her mother who was clueless.. Her clothes were picked off the racket and never tried on..
She never confined to her mother about the incident simply because she refused to believe it.. She never felt a kick or turn.. She never acknowledged the physical changes.. They didn't notice why worry them about something that isn't there..
Sarah went to the doctors on a monthly basis.. Did a lot of blood tests.. For other illnesses not once it was brought to her doctor's attention that she was pregnant. It never been tested and she never said a word about it.. Everybody was oblivious to it including the expectant mother..
On a beautiful day.. Sarah decided to attend a gathering organized by her mother.. It was a glorious day for everyone.. Sarah was helping out by lifting boxes and rearranging chairs.. Then she felt sick.. And told her mother that she wanted to go home because she had "pains in her tummy" and wanted to lay down.. Sara didn't know that she was at the first stages of labor.. Her mother gave her a peck on the cheek and told her that she will be home as soon as the gathering is over..
Sarah knew there was something wrong.. She couldn't understand why she had to feel those pains.. So she started pacing back and forth to the bathroom. When exhaustion finally hit her.. She decided to sit on the toilet .. a powerful urge to push overwhelmed her.. She did.. And she grabbed her infant.. Still in state of shock.. Her daughter was born.. The baby never screamed.. She looked at her blue face and looked at the umbilical cord around her neck.. She stood there watching.. Finally she got up and grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the umbilical cord.. Brought couple of towels and wrapped the lifeless body of her daughter and left her on the floor..
Sarah got on her knees and started scraping the floor.. She heard a knock .. Her mom got back home and wanted to make sure that she was ok.. The door was not locked.. Sarah replied calmly saying that she feels much better and will be out in few minutes..
In a robotic manner she continued cleaning and scraping the floor..Then got into the shower and washed away all traces of blood on her body..
She wrapped her daughter in a plastic bag and dumped her body in the trash bin outside her house and returned to watch TV with her mother like she always do ..
Few days later the police knocked the front door.. Sarah was eating breakfast.. Her mother opened the door and she was delivered the sad news.. " Ma'am we believe that your daughter had murdered your grandchild and is wanted for Murder" ..
to be continued..
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
He was eager to know more about her. She seemed very intriguing to him.
Yousef has asked Asma to recommend a replacement for her that she felt would adequately fill her position. There were many very qualified candidates, but Yousef knew that it was going to be Sara as soon as Asma mentioned her name.
A couple of months later….
His frustration is at its peak. Yousef has begun to dislike Mohammed. He couldn’t stand the person Mohammed has become. They were the closest of friends, having been on good terms from way back in middle school and all through high school, with their friendship getting even closer and stronger when they were in college. Even though Mohammed was a bit younger than Yousef, they seemed to have a lot in common. Yousef graduated high school and went to the states. His parents sent him to stay with Khaled. They thought it was safer and more economical to have both brothers together. Yousef never liked that decision.
The college years…
Yousef hated living in Chicago. Too damn cold and too damn crowded. But what he mostly hated is that he didn’t have many friends there. Most of his classmates went to different states. Sure he had his brother, which he was grateful for, but the two of them were as different from each other as any brothers could be.
Yousef had barely spent a year in the states and now he wanted to go back home, he has had enough. His parents feared that going back to Kuwait would depress him even more. They told him to give it one more try, this time he gets to pick where he wants to study. After some thought, Yousef boxed his stuff and shipped his belongings due south to the much warmer climates of Florida. "Welcome to Miami". Yousef immediately fell in love with the city.
Mohammed graduated high school a year after Yousef. He went to study in Seattle. He found it difficult settling in that city. Perhaps it was the constant rain. In reality he really missed his home. It didn’t take long till he fell into his own depression.
Spring break of that year he decided to visit Yousef in Miami, he though the sunny beaches would cheer him up. Mohammed didn’t initially share Yousef's attraction to the city, never the less it didn’t take him long to pack up his stuff and move, where he got an apartment three doors down from where Yousef lived.
The days and months passed quickly for Yousef, but not for Mohammed, who was still homesick.
Years have passed. Yousef and Mohammed became the best of buddies. They were so close that people hardly could believe that they were not brothers. They used to talk about the things they wanted to do, the places they would visit, which girls they liked. They had this comforting feeling towards one another that this was a friendship that they could rely on, that they will be a part of each others lives forever. Each one of them appreciated the role the other person played in his life. They thought that their friendship will never change. They thought they would never change. But the harsh truth they were about to face is that people always change…
To be continued……
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
I was driving on the second ring road today (shari3 il 7ob) and i saw this huge billboard saying BIG?, BEAUTIFUL? and a woman smiling. Of course, the first thing that came up to mind me, considering me a normal male, BOOOOOOSOOOOOOOMS (BOOBES bil 3arabi). Is there any other explanation for this, i asked. NO!!! There have been many other interpretation for it. Those who never been to the states say BOTAMBA and BEAUTIFUL but there were like HUH!! ma yisir. Other people thought we have to add BEAUTY to the saying "DO SIZE & BEAUTY MATTER?". But still size is the only thing that matters. And i would stop here for this part hahaha. The Last group said with a big smile and drolly faces "WALA MADRI BAS ASHOOF MARA IDENHA (hands) IMBAYNA OOOO TITH7aK" and usually these people have accidents every time they see girls on the road. there is this finally thing i could've come up with was they really
meant "OLD? and BEAUTIFUL?". It is actually an AD for DOVE hand soap or something.
Speaking of billboards, i read an article today about one of the new ways Google is using to hire people. PUZZLES on BILLBOARDS!!!!. The puzzle goes; {first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits of e}.com. In case you're wondering -- or forgot -- e is the base of the natural system of logarithms, having a numerical value of about 2.71828 (though the number goes on forever). The correct answer,
http://www.7427466391.com/ (Doesn't work now), to the banner problem leads to a Web site that poses yet another puzzle. Eventually, the determined problem-solver lands at a Google Web page that asks the smart, or lucky, few for a resume.
(Taken from NPR news) And that's it for tonight. LATE YAL.
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
في وجودك يابوماصر
ماعلى الكويت قاصر
حبنا لاخوان مريم ماجا من باطل
من عهد صباح الاول حبنا متواصل
كل ابو شعب الكويت
يباعيك من كل بيت
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
اهلا وسهلا بالجميع
وانشالله تكون هالصفحه صفحه صراحه وحرية ..
(دبلوماسيه)
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
Hello girls ...
listen this coming thursday march, 2nd 2006 there is a blogerette meeting at my place/house/home or whatever you call it :)
celebrating both misscosmo, and unknown entity's birthdays and mine :)
so you are most welcome to join...
we dont bite and no alcohol or weed is allowed :)
sign up your name to recieve directions and etc.
and bare with my hyperness, the working out
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
Don't hurt yourselves girls, it's only a game.
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
It was with some shock that I watched the people using their mobile camera phones to capture photos of the late Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah’s shrouded body at the cemetery last month.
How on earth could people be so disrespectful of the dead at such a time, when they should be murmuring prayers for the deceased’s soul. Instead, they were busy capturing solemn moments on their mobile phones.
It was
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
Do you have a role model?
Some people will rush to dutifully say: Yes! My mother! Or My father!
And that is a fair answer but what I mean is, are there any public figures who are role models for our youth?
I have racked my brains to think of Kuwaiti role models that an 18 year old high school senior can look up to and say:
Now that is what I want to do!
Or
That is a person I admire and
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
الحاكم يضرب على الطبلة
و جميع وزارات الإعلام تدق على ذات الطبلة
و جميع وكالات الأنباء تضخم إيقاع الطبلة
و الصحف الكبرى و الصغرى
تعمل أيضا راقصة
في ملهى تملكه الدولة
لا يوجد صوت في الموسيقى
أردأ من صوت الدولة
الطرب الرسمي يباع على العربات
مثل السردين
و مثل الخبز
و مثل الشاي
و مثل حبوب الضغط
و مثل غيار السيارات
الكذب الرسمي يبث على كل الموجات
و كلام السلطة براق جدا
كثياب الراقصات
لا أحد ينجو من وَصْفَاتِ الحكم
و أدوية السلطة
فثلاث ملاعق قبل الأكل
وثلاث ملاعق بعد الأكل
و ثلاث ملاعق قبل صلاة الظهر
و ثلاث ملاعق قبل صلاة العصر
و ثلاث ملاعق قبل مراسيم التشييع
وقبل دخول القبر
هل ثمة قهر في التاريخ كهذا القهر ؟
الطبلة تخترق الأعصاب
فيا ربي ألهمنا الصبر
الدولة تحسن تأليف الكلمات
و تجيد النصب .. تجيد الكسر
تجيد الجر
تجيد استعراض العضلات
و لا يوجد شعر أردأ من شعر الدولة
لا يوجد كذب أذكى من كذب الدولة
صحف ، أخبار، تعليقات
خُوذٌ لامعة تحت الشمس
نجوم تبرق في الأكتاف
بنادق كاذبة الطلقات
و طن مشنوق فوق حبال الأنتينات
و طن لا يعرف من تقنية الحرب سوى الكلمات
و طن ما زال يذيع نشيد النصر على الأموات
الدولة منذ بِدَايَةِ هذا القرن تعيد تقاسيم
الطبلة
(( العدل أساس الملك ))
(( الشورى ـ بين الناس ـ أساس الملك ))
((الشعب ـ كما نص الدستور ـ أساس الملك ))
يا رب الكون شبعنا من ضرب الطبلة
لا أحد يرقص بالكلمات سوى الدولة
لا أحد يزني بالكلمات
سوى الدولة
(( القمع أساس الملك ))
(( شنق الإنسان أساس الملك ))
(( حكم البوليس أساس الملك ))
(( تأْلِيهُ الشخص أساس الملك ))
(( تجديد البيعة للحكام أساس الملك ))
(( وضع الكلمات على الخَازُوقِ أساس الملك ))
طبلة .. طبلة
و السلطة تعرض فتنتها
و حلاها في سوق الجملة
و لا عُرْيٌ أقبح من عري الدولة
طبلة .. طبلة
و طن عربي تجمعه من يوم ولادته طبلة
و تفرق بين قبائله طبلة
و أفراد الجوقة ، و العلماء ، و أهل الفكر
و أهل الذكر ، و قاضي البلدة
يرتعشون على وقع الطبلة
الطرب الرسمي يجيء كساعات الغفلة
من كل مكان
و الطرب النفطي يحاول تسويق الإنسان
سعر البرميل الواحد أغلى من سعر الإنسان
الطرب الرسمي يعاد كأغنية الشيطان
و علينا أن نهتز إذا غنى الشيطان
و تصيح ـ أمام رجال الشرطة ـ آهْ
آهٍ .. يا آهْ
طرب مفروض بالإكراه
آهٍ .. يا آهْ
هل صار غناء الحاكم قُدْسِياًً
ككلام الله ؟
قصيدة: عزف منفرد على الطبلة
نزار قباني
طبعا هذا نزار يقول جذي انا مالي شغل
دجاج كنتاكي نزل صمونة يديده سماها مطافي! ليش ماكو اسامي خلصو ما أدري؟
وطبعا كما هي العادة عندنا في التقليد والحسد لن نستغرب غدا اذا اعلب ماك او برجر كنج نزول وجبة جديده باسم
الشرطة أو الجيش! لانه من طق طبله قال انا قبله
اووووووووه سوري نسيت الحين ادمجوهم تدرون الديره مافيها شباب مافيها كفاءات مافيها احد اصلا الا شسمه
لا عيل الوجبة اليديده بتكون انشالله باسم
الداخليه والدفاع
لتواكب عهد النهضة!؟
ومحد احسن من احد
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Hffff, it took me ten minutes to type that one sentence in Arabic….Anywho, if you know this classic khaled abdulrahman song then you would know how I felt yesterday. I bumped into a guy, a former friend of mine, who I hadn’t talked to for a while. He said some inexcusable things to me and I just couldn’t forgive him. He tried saying hi to me a couple of times before but I would just ignore him and keep on walking. Don’t get me wrong, I am the kinda guy willing to forgive a friend for almost anything but this guy wouldn’t admit he was wrong and wouldn’t say he was sorry, and that pissed the hell outta me. Yimkin rasy yabis showay bs, I don’t know. So yesterday I was surprised to see him, and as usual my first reaction to seeing someone I recognize is to rise my famous right eyebrow way up ;p I think he might have taken that gesture as a form of greeting or something. So he looked at me, and although he hesitated at first, he smiled. At that point I could hear someone inside my head telling me not to smile back, not to say hi, that I should just look away and keep on walking. But in order to do that I needed my anger back. I needed to feel the hurt I felt that day when he said what he said. I looked for it. For a second I even thought I found it. But no. There was no anger in me that day. I was all out. "hala, shloonik?" I said with a medium sized smile on my now blushed face. So we got to talking about ol' times. He started telling me how happy he was in his new job n stuff. The conversation went on for a couple of minutes and then we said our goodbyes and went away without any promises of "see you laters" or "call you up sometimes". And that’s that. Oh, I forgot to mention why I was so happy. Why it was that I said hello. Well, I got to spend the day with a friend of mine that I missed so much and who I haven’t seen in a while. I had a great time catching up with her like old times. I swear this girl spreads happiness like a disease. Her smile is so contagious and just being around her you feel like, well, like sunshine in the rain. She made me so happy that I forgot how to get angry….so min el far7a nesait eny za3laan…;D
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
** تحديث**استطعت تحميل نصف المقابلة والنصف الاخر مع الاسف لم أستطع الحصول عليه***
الساعة تشير الى الثانية ليلا وأنا جالس أقلب في القنوات الامريكية انتقالا من قناة فوكس اللي طايحه سب بالعرب والمسلمين خاصة بعد موضوع شركة دبي العالمية الى قنوات NBC, CBS, Comedy etcوالي طايحتله طنازه بالعرب والمسلمينوانا افتر بين القنوات طاحة عيني على واحد لابس دشداشه .. اوه هذا كأني أعرفهولا الحبيب جاسم بودي لابس
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Over thirty minutes to the sites, stuffed in Qamutiks rattling over tundra and iced over ponds and then smooth snow between trees...we left at 9am and got back after 3pm.
We did snow measurements for three different sites. One was a Burnt Forest another was forest that was replanted after a burn and a the third, a Black Spruce Wetland. We had to struggle in knee deep snow to get to a couple of the sites, and let me tell you, a grown woman wailing and trying to breathe through freezing gasps of air is not a pretty sound.
All measurements are done in teams of two or three people. What we do is first we dig a pit then we measure its height and figure out how many different layers of snow are in it. Then we check what type of snow is in each layer (crystals, shapes, sizes and how flat or how intricate the shapes are). Next we measure how hard each layer is and then weigh samples of each layer. Finally, we do
cores and
Rams. This whole sequence is done twice at each site. Then we get back, with snow samples and measure their conductivity and PH and enter all the day's data into the system.
It can get really cold out there so you have to take walks every now and then to warm up, which for me usually means hopping about ungracefully in the deep snow and maybe falling over a few times. Ok... definately falling over, more than a few times.
We had lunch out in the field today because it was too far to go back and forth. My cheese and mustard sandwich wasn't completely frozen, which I guess is the nice way to remember it.
The ride back was a bit frosty which gets painful, but we couldn't help feeling satisfied at the amount of work we got done, especially since we didn't lose any fingers to the cold. Thankfully, the great research tech. here ( who does everything you can possibly think of and more) had an extra neck/face warmer that saved my nose from a freezing death today.
I even tried out some snow shoes which were fun, and clumsy, and pictures were taken to embarrass me later.
Tomorrow we go to a Tree Island where the pit we dig out might be higher/deeper/taller than any of us...I will try and get pictures.
I am writing this in between rushing in and out to watch the
Northern lights fire up all across the sky...They are a pretty green right now, at 9:30pm. They should really get insane at around midnight, so says the Aurora expert who is giving a week's course here. But we are usually fast asleep by then.
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Here is a photo of a Husky Puppy you can enjoy. These are the fabulous creatures that pull the sleds here.
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Why I love Wednesday mornings at the OPD (Out-Patient Dept)
PS Gotta mention
erzulie, doubt I would've started this horrific cartoon spree if her own drawings (which are actually easy on the eyes.. well, maybe not the last one :P) hadn't sparked those cartoonist-wannabe synapses within me :)
The Usual Suspects: Flawless.
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
During my 45 minute work out at the gym yesterday two girls, in what they considered "talking", gossiped about the whole world. I even knew some of the people they were talking about, but thank god I am almost invisible, a "Dot in the Universe" to most people. Hope it stays that way for a long while.
Allah lay6ayi7ni bilsankom!, Khalow ilnass ib 7alha!
"The road of life is rocky, and you may stumble too, so while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you"
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
نعم .. هي 3 أسطر سأكتفي بها اليوم و قد تستمر متربعةً على قمة مدونتي لشهرٍ كامل .. تقريباً*أولاً .. سأبتعد عن المدونة و ضيوفها .. بل قد يكون إقتراباً منهم ! حيث وصلت الكويت قبل أيام قليلة و سأبقى هنا بإذن الله حتى نهاية الشهرثانياً .. يوم 3-3 سيجعلني أتقدم خطوة أخرى في درب العشرينات و ها هو العقد الثاني من عمري يشيخ و ينتظر إعتزاله .. ربما بعد عامثالثاً .. إكتشفت قبل أيام معدودة
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
Every now and then I get addicted to a song ... My new addiction is
DREAMING OF YOU (click to listen to a sample) by THE CORAL. I heard the song the first time in Scrubs. It's been hitting my head OVER and OVER and OVER. I didn't know how to get it out there so turned to my second best friend, YAHOO!
Click here to know why songs get stock in your head. I tried to put this song here but it is authenticated by itunes. Anyhow search for it and then download it. The song goes;
It's up in my heart when it skips a beat (skips a beat)
Can't feel no pavement right under my feet (under my feet)
Up in my lonely room When I'm dreaming of you (wah oooo)
Oh what can I do I still need you, but I don't want you now
When I'm down and my hands are tied (hands are tied)
I cannot reach a pen for me to draw the line (draw the line)
From this pain I just can't disguise
Its gonna hurt but I'll have to say goodbye
Up in my lonely room When I'm dreaming of you (wah oooo)
Oh what can I do I still need you, but I don't want you now
Oh yeah Ohhh Ohhhhh
Up in my lonely room When I'm dreaming of you (wah oooo)
Oh what can I do I still need you, but I don't want you now
But really really you have to listen to it. I mean it, reallllly. Yeah you know what i mean. And that's it for today. I've got nothing else to say.
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
It’s all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand, as long as he’s perfect.
-Mae West
If you never want to see a man again, say, “I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have children”- they leave skid marks.
-Rita Rudner
The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you’ve already given him your love.
-Nikki Giovanni
If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious.
-Rita Rudner
A girl can wait for the right man to come along, but in the meantime, that still doesn’t mean she can’t have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.
-Cher
An intelligent woman, who reads the marriage contract and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.
-Isadora Duncan
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he’s finished.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
A man’s kiss is his signature.
-Mae West
Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay his life down for you, after marriage he won’t even lay down his paper to talk to you.
-Helen Rowland
I never liked the men I loved, and I never loved the men I liked.
-Fanny Brice
If you are dating a man who you think might be “Mr. Right,” if he a) got older b) got a new job, c) visited a psychiatrist, you are in for a big surprise. The cocoon-to-butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies.
-Rita Rudner
I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?
-Jean Illsley Clark
I never hated a man enough to give him back his diamonds.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
Give a man a free hand and he’ll run it all over you.
-Mae West
Boys don’t make passes at female smartasses.
-Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man.
-Nancy Linn-Desmond
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
-Mae West
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
وزير إرهابي
!لاحظ انه لم ينفي علاقته بالارهابيين
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نِباح البوبيات
!حتّى كلابهم؟؟
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سنة البشوت الثانية
اسحب بيزاتك من البورصة و استثمر بسوق البشوت
أرباح الربع الأول ستكون قياسيّة
!يا شين السًّرج على البقر
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
سوزوكي يذهب الى مدرسة امريكية
اول يوم في الدراسة في مدرسة امريكية
انضم الى الفصل طالب جديد اسمه سوزوكي ابن رجل اعمال ياباني
تسأل المدرسة : دعونا نبدأ اليوم بمراجعة شيء من التاريخ الامريكي
من القائل: اعطني الحرية او اعطني الموت؟
تطلعت في بحر من الوجوه الفارغة ماعدا سوزوكي الذي رفع يده وقال - باتريك هنري 1775
قالت المدرسة : عظيم ! من قال - حكومة الشعب بالشعب وللشعب لن تنتهي في هذه الارض
مرة اخرى لم يكن هناك استجابة سوى من سوزوكي الذي قال : ابراهام لنكولن 1863
وبخت المدرسة الفصل قائلة: ايها الطلاب يجب ان تخجلوا، سوزوكي وهو جديد في هذه البلاد يعرف عن تاريخها اكثر منكم
وهنا سمعت شخصا يهمس قائلا: اللعنة على اليابانيين
فصاحت بحزم : من قال هذا ؟
رفع سوزوكي يده وقال : لي ايوكوكا 1982
وهنا قال طالب يجلس في الخلف : سوف اتقيأ
غضبت المدرسة وهتفت : حسنا ! من قال هذا؟
اجاب سوزوكي : جورج بوش لرئيس الوزراء الياباني 1991
وهنا صاح طالب آخر وهو بقمة الغضب : حقا ؟ سوف احشره في فمك
قفز سوزوكي من مقعده وهو يلوح بيده ويقول بأعلى صوت: بيل كلنتون مخاطبا مونيكا ليونسكي! 1997
وهنا ازداد هياج الطلاب واصابتهم هستريا فقال احدهم : ايها القذر الحقير، اذا قلت أي شيء آخر سوف اقتلك
صرخ سوزوكي بأعلى صوت : جاري كوندت مخاطبا شاندرا ليفي 2001
وأغمي على المدرسة
وفي حين كان الطلاب يتجمعون حولها قال احدهم : اوه ياللجحيم . اننا في ورطة
فقال سوزكي : الامريكان في العراق 2004
تحديث: وعندها وقف الطلاب هادئين خوفا من العقاب
لكنهم يبتسمون بين بعضهم البعض بابتسامة الذئاب
وقالو: نحن نعتذر عما جرى ،نحن اسفون
فقال سوزوكي : رئيس الوزراء الدنماركي اندرس فوغ راسموسن! 2006 مخاطبا للمسليمن بقناة العربية
على طاري العربية شوفوهم خلف الكواليس
الرابط</
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
Here are some photos of what it's like up here where the Arctic flirts with the treeline..
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This is the moonlight in the early morning
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This is what we look like stuffed inside a Qamutik/Hamutik
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This is what we do every day...Notice the guy in red inside the hole to measure layers.
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
We had a very nice barbecue elyoum.. the weather was perfect.. here's a pic :)
I was the only vegetarian so my food was left for last.. each person cooked for himself..
bas they still ate most of my fish! no fair
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
I accomplished so many things in my short life time so far; graduated from college, became a pro photographer (yeah right), got kicked out of a plane once, drowned myself into a 3 Ft deep pool, got stock in a bathroom for 2 hours without knowing how to open the door, made lots of girls cry, made fake IDs for 15 year old high school kids, talked about myself as a third person for a whole day, ummm yeah and lots of other things. There is one thing I still couldn't master yet which is being THE LOVER BOY. I never had a girl in my life that can make me dinner when I am hungry, breakfast before going to work, do
"MY" laundry when I am not in the mood for it, wash
"MY" dishes, vacuum
"MY" apartment, make
"MY" bed, buy grocery with
"MY" money, give birth to
"MY" babies ;), and last but not least make me cheesecake when I grave for it.
I know all the girls reading this will blackout and put on their armors to take the most disgrace creature on earth which is ME :).
hahahaha, I was just kidding, I need a girl who can be my smile, trust, rescue, warmness, excitement, happiness, support, joy, partner, and last but not least LOVER.
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
I was going through my calendar to check the birthdays that are coming up to make sure I'm on track and the "cha ching" I thought of an experiment.
I would like to see if we can cover at least half of the year with blogger birthdays.
There's only one rule PLEASE be honest….when's your birthday??
Let's see if we can at least get 182 DIFFERNET birthdays.
I'll post mine first!
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Monday, February 20th, 2006
I went to Munich last Nov but i did not post the pics i said i will post.
i booked the hotel on the internet (Expedia) and i still dont know what the hotel name, but i have the room card
when we arrived at munich airport my brother was waiting for our bags and i was looking for some one to ask for the dirrection of the hotel but there was no one to ask no information centre
so i was
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Sunday, February 19th, 2006
احنا شعب يحب التشيحط والتميلح .. ويوم كنا صغار كان رقم السيارة قضية مصير لدى بعض الناس .. قضية أكون أو لا أكون.. فتجد سيارة كحيانه ما تسوى فلس رقمها (1).. والغريب أن رقم السيارة أحيانا يكون أغلى من سعر السيارة نفسها.. فقامت حكومتنا الرشيدة بالغاء جميع اللوحات السابقة واستبدالها بلوحات بالكمبيوتر اللي ما فيها واسطه وصار أقل رقم فيها اربع ارقام .. مما جعل الخفير يشفط على الوزيروبعد ما انتهينا من
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Sunday, February 19th, 2006
There was a mystery back in college about me not joining a fraternity (1 out of 3 was creek). Sigma Nu kids were my buds, The Kappa Sigma kids were as well. The reasons why i didn't join were:
- I can't be some body's bitch for a whole year (which they call plague).
- I hate being SPANKED on the ass to just get accepted as a brother.
- I don't like drinking upside down which they think is COOL DUDE.
- I don't know no football.
- I was never in favor of the rape rooms they had in the frat houses.
- I think it is stupid to inject booze in everything you eat or drink.
- I don't like wearing polo shirts 24/7.
- I don't like wearing the same exact North Face winter jacket every year.
- i hate starting my sentences with DUDE all the time.
- I hate riding tricycles all the time considering it fun.
- I hate wearing a worn out and dusty white hats.
- i think TOGA parties are the stupidest thing ever.
Finally the main reason why i never joined is i am a NERD and i don't DRINK.
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Took a bunch of tests.. here goes..
| You Are a Flawless Beauty! |
When it comes to beauty, you spare no expense - and it shows
You're the kind of woman a man would launch a thousand ships for
It's hard for anyone to beat you in the beauty department
But remember, it's okay to show a flaw or too - you've got plenty to spare |
| Your Aura is Green |
Your Personality: You are a high acheiver who is very competitive. You're bound to reach your goals, no matter how lofty.
You in Love: Picky with high standards, it's hard to find your match. You need a man as driven as you are!
Your Career: You need a high profile, challenging career to satisfy you. Consider finance, sales, or running your own company. |
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Spread the word. Please advise your wives, sisters, mothers and female friends to check if
they are registered for 2007's election. Click on this link here and enter civil ID number.
If they are not yet registered, then they need to do so soon. Registration continues during February and ends on March 20th.
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Because I am up in the freezing North studying climate change/environmental change I will just link you to articles that are related to the topic,every now and then, and you can see how climate change will be affecting everyone pretty soon..
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
That’s how James Blunt's song "your beautiful" starts out. My life is brilliant. I laughed often and much. I earned the respect of intelligent people. I have won the trust and affection of little children. I endured the betrayal of false friends. I survived great failures and enjoyed wonderful successes. When I got a second chance, I took it and never looked back. I have lived in different places around the world and have had friends from many different cultures. I have been a good student and an understanding teacher. I cheated, I lied and felt the worst kinda shame. I learned to appreciate beauty for what its worth. I have made someone's life a bit easier and have been a pain in the ass for another. I wrote an article, a story, and a poem. I took a simple idea I had and turned it into reality. I continue to surprise myself with what I can do. You could say that I have been through a lot, and am still young. "But you haven’t lived unless you've been loved". Well, I guess I haven’t lived at all.
P.S today I saw a friend but I didn’t say hi…
….this song is for you.
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
We've all had our share of experiences with those who suffocate their over-stuffed wallets, which fail to ever see the light of day.. In other words: cheapos! However, they always seem to denounce any attempts at proving their stinginess, constantly re-iterating one or two stories from their past where they actually bought something of questionable value, claiming they're only being "practical"! Well I've had enough with all the lying, & have produced an outline to differentiate those that are in all actuality cheap from those that are merely cost effective. All are based (to some extent) on real life events, & lucky for me none of them cheapos have started blogging yet (probably don't know it's free :P)! Hope I don't offend anyone..
It's okay when you borrow money from a friend
It's not okay when your definition of the term borrow doesn't involve paying that person back!
It's okay when you remind someone that they owe you 10KD
It's not okay when you call someone up demanding your 150fils!
It's okay if you show up at a restaurant a little short on cash
It's not okay when you show up at a restaurant without a wallet at all! (& not because you forgot it!)
It's okay when you complain about an insanely high minimum charge
It's not okay when you disappear (alone) the second one of the waiters mentions the term 'minimum'!
It's okay when you ask if the refills are free
It's not okay when, after being told they're not, you insist that you're not thirsty anymore!
It's okay when you pay attention to the prices of meals on the menu
It's not okay when that's all you ever look at!
It's okay when you don't tip, especially if the service was crappy
It's not okay when you fail to even cover your own cut, forcing everyone else to pay an 80% "tip"!
It's okay when you go to Hawalli to buy some (ehem ehem) dvds
It's not okay when you walk out empty handed, disgruntled over the 'expensive' prices!
It's okay when you call a friend from a local phone because you're out of credit or your line is cut
It's not okay when you stop calling the second the phone rings, claiming you waited for at least 5 'beeps' before hanging up!
It's okay when you boycott the fridges installed in hotel rooms, which contain water almost as expensive as the room itself!
It's not okay when you quench your thirst by running down to the complimentary gym every few hours and helping yourself to a paper cup of H2O!
What about you? Any stories about cheap acquaintances you'd like to share? Vent away! :)
Sour Grapes: A whole movie literally about 2 quarters! Good stuff :)
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Everyone has witnessed the rapturous joy dogs experience while sticking their heads out of car windows. Amazingly, we couldn't find any scholarly research to explain the behavior. Here are three theories we came up with... To read the rest from ASK YAHOO! ...
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Every morning I go to Starbucks before going to work. Here is the scenario of me going there. I park my car and then open the door. The moment I land my foot on the parking lot ... I hear all the Philippino Starbucks workers say HELLO MISTER WELCOME TO STARBUCKS. They also repeat the exact words with every single step I take closer.
HELLO MISTER WELCOME TO STARBUCKS. I once tried to put my foot on the ground and left it up really fast and it was really funny when you hear them say it really fast hahahahaha. Finally I get inside the store and of course you have to wait for at least 10 minutes to order because man they are really really slow. If the machine is locked that’s another problem where you see them swiping their access card 100 times to unlock it and it doesn’t unlock so they have to call the manager who is going to add another 10 minutes to the ordering process. Let’s assume there are 5 workers behind the counter and one of them is taking your order. My usual order is Irish Americano so the moment I say it, it is like a virus transferring from one to another;
ONE TALL IRISH AMERICANO, ONE TALL IRISH AMERICANO, ONE TALL IRISH AMERICANO, ONE TALL IRISH AMERICANO, ONE TALL IRISH AMERICANO. After 5 to 7 minutes I get my
ICED AMERICANO. At the point I just take my drink and don’t even argue about it because really hearing them repeating every order for 5 to 6 six times is nightmare.
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
Is how a society inforces it's beleife system on an indivisual. That causes these values to be precieved as universal. Indivisual will think, act, and react in what is percieved as socially acceptable. To survive these restrictions and made-up perceptions of right, and wrong an indivisual must have "Cultural Logic", or the propper, customized response, reaction, and action to a situation. "But, logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities." :P
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
I dieing to sleep cuz im still working from 12 am @ night n ill be off work @ 8 am but all i wanted is to say
GOOD MORNING
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
بعد السلام .. و قبل لُب الكلام1-كثير من القرّاء يرسمون فكرة خاطئة عن الداعين لمقاطعة الدانماركلهذا أرفقت صورة أخوكم في الله الإرهابي بصراحة و المتطرفة ميس شيلا و الإنتحارية مسز ميري في جمهورية بريطانيا الإسلامية2-ملاحظة : التحديث اليومي لآخر تطورات المقاطعة الإسلامية سيستمر في نفس مكانه3-في بوست الإنتصار وعدت بالكتابة عن مسألة الإحتجاج
إنّما لن أتطرق هنا للإحتجاج عموماً فهو موضوع يحتاج إلى عدد
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Saturday, February 18th, 2006
We saw the
Northern Lights last night! They were green swirls coming down over the building and dropping at the horizon. Some of them were playful and made pretty twirling paths before fading out and others looked like green tornadoes just fading in and out. It was beautiful and it was betwen 10:00 and 11:30pm, so there were very quiet squeals of awe as we stared out of the windows.
We went out to do snow measurements again today, which is what we will be doing practically every day. It was a bit warmer (-24 degrees) so my hands and feet and face were feeling ok. We also did PH and conductivity studies of the snow samples we brought back from the field, which was another fun new thing to learn.
I got interviewed over the phone by a Canadian magazine that were interviewing our expedition leader/Lecturer and they liked the idea of a Kuwaiti in the arctic. I am fuzzy on what I actually said.
Tomorrow looks to be only -18, and that suddenly feels like summer weather..
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Friday, February 17th, 2006
Apple computer started out as a two-man partnership in a garage. It grew rapidly and by 1985 grew to hold 60 million shares of stock and a total market value in excess of $1 billion. Not bad ha?
After some sour business, the co-founding Steven Jobs resigned only to be rehired to his old job as CEO again , a few years later after the good entrepreneur formed his own company, Pixar studios (Finding Nemo)..
Jobs was named manager of the year by Business Week in 2004 following the introduction of the Apple iPod family.
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Friday, February 17th, 2006
Did I say I liked being cold? I might have to revise that after today...We went out into the field to do snow measurements, and it was cooold. Your fingers and toes hurt, although getting the heat pack warmers into your shoes and your mittens does help. Also your face can't help but get cold because your goggles fog up, and you have to remove them and then your nose goes numb, your eyelashes become ice crystals and you look like the photos of Himalayan explorers, but I'm sure we get used to it in a few days. Right now those of us from warmer climates feel like little heroes for surviving a couple of hours. It will get better as the body adjusts.
The forcast says the northern lights might be out tonight, at 11:30 pm, which is when we are usually passed out from the day of carrying tons of heavy clothing and shivering. But it would be nice to see them, so we might crawl up into the observatory and be on the lookout..
Want to see what Northern Lights look like? See
this or
this..
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
After their meeting, the MPs in UK, now it's decided and more than half agreed to "Smoking ban". By 2008, it's NOT permitted to smoke in pubs, bars, restaurant, clubs and public places.
This fight against smoking has been taken ages in the UK and after Ireland claimed it a year ago. It was actually decided on last Valentine's Day, two days ago. In my opinion, I wonder if somebody may not obey the rule, since it's quite sensitive and I rather think that is a right of anyone whether or not to smoke.
I half agree with this law and the half I disagree with is to ban smoking in pubs, restaurant and clubs. It just takes the beauty of smoking away in these special smoking places. I still support it though and I strongly support to ban it within public places. People love to smoke with a pint of beer and if you take that away; people may be less interested to go to such place.
Now, they're only allowed to smoke in their houses and places, probably in the office too. In the restaurant case, it's highly recommended to have a free-smoking area and those who dislike smoking can go to another area where smoking is entirely not allowed. It's as simple as that, I'd rather say. Yet, it's not my call after all and I'm looking forward to seeing the results.
Play this song,
Listen carefully.
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
After a three day train journey, two trains and three train stations, a bunch of us are in the, now warmer,
-33 degrees of Churchill, Manitoba( With a wind chill of -40 which means it feels like -40) . The train journey will be the subject of it's own post, once I have regained some of the brain cells I lost to the cold.
We are in a research facility that was once a rocket launch site, and now houses the
CNSC where we will be spending ten days learning about and helping the researchers measure environmental change in the region (related to climate change).
Even with the 5 layers of clothing I have on, it's a battle to keep the cold wind from getting into little openings where my goggles crept away from the face mask, and to keep fingers and toes from feeling like they are going to fall off...but it is nice to be cold, even this cold.
We have a lecture this morning so I have to run. Now.
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
قام المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون والآداب وهو الجهة الرسمية المسؤولة عن بيت شهداء القرين بتجديده عن طريق صبغ جدرانه وازالة دماء الشهداء التي شرفت هذا البيت وتحويله الى معرض فنون تشكيلية واقامة فيه معرض لاحد الفنانين منذ فتره وجيزه - ترميم مع الاكتفاء فقط بالمعلومات من أهالي الشهداء
كما قاموا ايضا بازالة توقيع شوارتزكوف احد اهم قادة التحرير ووضع اشارة تقول: هنا وقّع شوارتزكوف! متناسين للأسف هذه الملحمة الكويتية العظيمة التي ابدع فيها ابناء الكويت في الدفاع عن وطنهم حتى تشرفوا بالشهادة ومتجاهلين مشاعر اصحابهم الأبطال الذين شاركوهم البطولة وكتب الله لهم النجاة وابناء وزوجات هؤلاء الأبطال
وعندما سألت جريدة الوطن بدر الرفاعي امين عام المجلس الوطني للثقافة قال انه تمت بالفعل ازالة آثار دماء الشهداء من فوق جدران المبنى وذلك بعد صدور فتوى شرعية من وزارة الاوقاف بضرورة إزالة دماء المسلمين وأية آثار تحمل بقايا الشهداء ،اما ازالة توقيع شوارتزكوف فلا علم له به! ؟
عندما قرأت الخبر وانا في جمهورية مصر العربية اصبت بخيبة أمل وحزن شديدين، وتذكرت هنا أيامي في الكويت، ان كلما ضاق صدري وسئمت الدنيا لما فيها من سواد وحقد وجشع و تحول البشر الى وحوش فيها تأكل بعضا، اخرج بسيارتي ليلا وامشي الكثير حتى اصل الى محطتي ،وهي ذاك البيت فأنظر وأتأمل فيه وفي الدبابه التي لم يقدروا عليهم الا فيها ،دبابه من أجل سحق عدد بسيط من الرجال في بيت لم يثبتهم الا حبهم وايمانهم للكويت.. بعد ما ابدعوا في بطولاتهم وثباتهم في مقاتلة ومقاومة الغزاة
هنا فقط نرى ان الدنيا لازالت بخير ،وان مثل ماهنالك وحوش أيضا هنالك بشر يحاربون من اجل الحفاظ على بشريتهم وحقوقهم، هنا فقط ارتاح وانا أرى بقايا الملحمه الكويتيه العظيمة الخالدة، هنا يأتيك الحماس الذي يدفعك أن تمضي للامام وتسعى في ذلك لتنجز وتخدم بلدك بكل ما اوتيت من قوه حتى تتقدم وترقى، هنا يزيد الاحساس بالمسؤوليه ونحس ان الكويت فعلا امانه يجب المحافظة عليها من كل طماع و انتهازي يسعى لمنفعته الشخصيه بعيدا عنها هنا فقط عندما نذكر شهدائنا اللي ضحوا باغلى مالديهم في سبيل تبقى الكويت لنا، للكويتيين من غير منازع اللهم ارحم شهدائنا الابرار واسكنهم فسيح جناتك
كيف تم ذلك الاستخفاف بالشهداء ومحو ذلك الشاهد التاريخي على وحشية النظام الصدامي الغابر؟ وهل دماء الشهداء اصبحت شي رخيص لاقيمة له حتى يتم ازالته؟ وهل العمل بالضرورة كما تزعم وزارة الأوقاف يتم بعد 15 عام من تحرير الكويت؟ من قتل شهداء القرين الان!؟
انا ارى ان الاجابه واحده على كل هذه الاسئله وهي ان شهداء القرين قتلوا مرتين مره على يد النظام الصدامي الغاشم عن طريق دبابه ومره على يد المجلس الوطني للثقافة عن طريق وزارة الأوقاف
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
I was once asked "what's your biggest regret?" I didn't pause for a second before answering. I say you should never have regrets in your life…. We all make mistakes and it's all a process of learning and growth. (Granted don't be a dumb-ass and do the same mistakes repeatedly! But you know what I mean) But the only thing anyone should regret is hurting someone's feelings, that I think is something people should work hard on trying to fix….if possible.
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Or....The Bachelorette's Party!
Now tell me, is this really the latest of the “imported” Western habits that we have incorporated into our Middle Eastern society?
First it was white weddings, and then there were Guest Books, and Scrap Books.
And now this: The Bachelorette’s Party!
I am very interested to know the following:
1. Is having a Bachelorette Party now the “In” thing for
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
After 25 years of wondering what the big deal was over valentines day it finally hit me...
It is only a dream...
And dreams do come true.
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
After my cup of tea I was walking around the lake in our city. Then I came back house and again left to some friend's home. We went to the cinema, to watch
Casonova; it's a good movie, very nice.
I arrived home a bit late, around 12:30am and I was really shocked because of what I saw. I'm sure now you're curious to know what that might be, then let me show:
It was a gift; it's very beautiful and unique. I really loved it and still do. I did not know who sent it, but I had only had one person in my mind; she must be the one.
Now, I only need to buy a vase and put these beautiful things (what do you call them :p)
Anyway, I'm still impressed of the way how she did surprise me. I'm still speechless and don't know what to do in return, I also feel embarrassed not to send her something in this special day.
I really love it and admire her taste. Thank you ever so much, it meant a lot.
She's the one!
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Let this picture speak of itself!
Good heaven..
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
A lovely day or I should say a delicious cake? I was reading the newspaper in the Art Building in Nottingham University. When I was actually reading the newspaper I had already and completely forgotten about this special day. I was like "Oh never mind, carry on reading"
The reason behind this was that I thought it never meant to be special, at least to me. However, this so-called valentine's day seems a whole lot special to most, but isn't it ridiculous only to show your love in that specific day?
Happy Valentine's Day though.
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
I was busy last weekend and was not be able to post anything. As I was travelling to Manchester to arrive at my appointment at the Spanish embassy; I was able to get some pictures.
It was taken, left picture, while I was in the train before I arrived to Manchester. It's indeed a lovely view and I still wonder which place that would be.
My friend and I stayed in Manchester for a few hours, and we were only at the city centre. The centre is a bit clumsy and not organized, but the train station is quite good comparing to Nottingham's train station.
We precisely arrived to Manchester at 10:45am just 45 minutes before my appointment; then it almost went good except of some missing papers they still need in order to process my visa. When I was looking for a Post Office in there I passed a beautiful building and never had the chance either to get in and discover it or to know what it is called, but I may pop in there some time in the future.
I'm a fan of old and ancient buildings. However, I'd rather to live in new ones for some reason. After all of that, we went to Leeds and met some friend of ours. We stayed there over a night and came back on Saturday night.
Then we went with some friends to the cinema and watched Big Momma's House 2; it was alright. I had a good weekend and it came on the right time since I had not been out of Nottingham for half a year.
Peace.
M17i
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Away from all the drama that I fill my day and posts with..
away from all the boredom I cause to my fellow readers..
I would like to know..
Sitting in my lovely living room.. On my couch .. With my black coffee.. Flipping channels..
a wonderful image captured me..
a mother breastfeeding her child.
It just made me curious.. Why wouldn't a woman breast-feed her inborn ? From a practical experience I was taught to talk mothers into breast feeding. To my amazement most of the mothers would rather bottle feed . And my brief job was to explain the physiological and psychological benefits of breast feeding.. Yet a lot refused.
I asked.. But why ? Its a complete diet.. No artificial components.. Cheap because its free.. Its always ready on demand.. At the right temperature at the right amount..
some of the answers I got were..
- because I don't want my body to change..
- I don't want to be house-bound ..
- I don't want to because its awkward.
I rest my case .
question to the mothers and mothers-to-be.. Will you ?
question to the fathers and fathers-to-be .. Would you have a say in it ?
just curious ..
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Salam all,
Results seem ok. My next appointment is in 6 months (August).
Nasser.
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Salam all,
Results seem ok. My next appointment is in 6 months (August).
Nasser.
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Yep, even I seem to have caught that contagious valentine's germ :P Happy Valentine's Day everybody! :)
PS. I did not write those songs down! Blame
this guy :P
Gattaca:
Classic :) .. 'There is no gene for human spirit' (gotta love that tagline)
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
“Darling SoSo I promise I’ll make it up to you next week! Look, I have arranged a special day for you tomorrow as I will be busy at the conference. You’ll be picked up in a limousine and driven to the Spa for a full day’s treatment. How’s that?”
I saw that Mansour was doing his best to get back in favour again with me after canceling our Funday this week.
I protested, with lips pursed in a
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
With that said I think it's totally hillarious for a country that "Dating" is a taboo, unacceptable and totally under the table this holiday is one of the largest hits in town. Not a complaint, good for my business but the whole thing is funny.
Strange requests have been coming in at the store. We had one that actually got satin boxers among other things for us to gift wrap. Oh and to make sure that it fit in her purse "ta3rfeen al-ahal" (you know the parents...)
The other thing is that I'm big on planning....so I buy things in advance and scope out the shops before hand....so when Feb 12 arrived and the whole hype hadn't REALLY picked up, it was good but not GREAT I got worried. Well Yesterday I think comforted me. Poor new "challenged" employee. I think he about had a heart attack. ESPECIALLY that neither me nor Hubby was there since we had a booth elsewhere to promote our products. But Miskeen he has prooven that he's got potential. I just have to work on his people skills and speed.
Needless to say after packing up our booth around 8:30 we headed back to the store.... too many people were there so we couldn't unpack our boxes. We had to work on some orders so by the time we left it was around 11:20pm. Every muscle in my body was aching and I was STARVING! We actually kept eating candy to hold our stomach, it was the only thing available at the store.
I would love to just go home and take a nap after work....but obviously today's the day. Funny thing is on our way back home My Hubby "ordered" me to be back home by 7:30 because we've got a date. Habeebi he misses me...he he he!!! Heck I miss me!!!
Have you seen the shop? Check out
FEB2006....
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وطبعا كما هي العادة عندنا في التقليد والحسد لن نستغرب غدا اذا اعلب ماك او برجر كنج نزول وجبة جديده باسم
Why I love Wednesday mornings at the OPD (Out-Patient Dept)
Apple computer started out as a two-man partnership in a garage. It grew rapidly and by 1985 grew to hold 60 million shares of stock and a total market value in excess of $1 billion. Not bad ha?
Now, I only need to buy a vase and put these beautiful things (what do you call them :p)
I was busy last weekend and was not be able to post anything. As I was travelling to Manchester to arrive at my appointment at the Spanish embassy; I was able to get some pictures.
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