الأحد، أكتوبر ٢٦، ٢٠٠٨

another 101 things about me

I wrote another 101 things about me some 2 years go, and here is another one .... I guess many things have changed.

1. My dream job is to be a marine scientist.
2. I feel guilty after eating junk food and think that I should have eaten something healthy instead.
3. I was inspired by a friend of mine to write my 101 things and I inspired other people to write their own 101 things.
4. I wrote another 101 things about me back in 2006.
5. What I like the most about my job is my work colleague.
6. I drive a 1993 model Honda Civic.
7. I like Honda cars since I was very young.
8. My driving is very calm and civilized.
9. I think my next car will be a small SUV.
10. I reached the speed of 180 KMPH before.
11. I have been outside Egypt only once.
12. I think that getting married from an Egyptian girl is not really a good idea.
13. I can read very fast.
14. I eat slowly, but I think that it is not me who is slow, the others eat fast.
15. I think that Arabic is a very strong and great language.
16. I like the feeling of my warm bed after I come back home in a cold night and always thank God for my warm bed.
17. I can’t control my money spending.
18. I believe that what people think about you could be very different than what you think they think about you.
19. I don’t like people who don’t keep their promises.
20. I don’t like liars and pretenders.
21. I know people on the Internet for years and haven’t seen their photos or heard their voices.
22. I think that I don’t deserve all the gifts that God has given me.
23. I don’t want to be very rich.
24. I like curry.
25. I was only few days far away from trying my first parachute jump but I couldn’t do it because my foot got broken.
26. I wish to bungee jump someday.
27. I wish to summit Mount Everest someday.
28. I climbed the second highest peak in Egypt, Mount Mouses.
29. I remember people’s names and incidence well but I have trouble remembering and recognizing faces.
30. I used to work on shifts basis and I hated night shifts.
31. I didn’t expect to like the 9 to 5 routine but I did.
32. I drink tea with only 1 spoon of sugar.
33. I don’t really like cinnamon pies, I find them too sugary.
34. I don’t frown at people’s faces.
35. I am quite shy.
36. I like to transfer my knowledge to other people.
37. I am good at searching the Internet for what I need in a very short time.
38. I like trying new and expensive brands of tea.
39. I wish to visit New Zealand someday.
40. I like geology and even thought about quitting my job and start studying geology.
41. I don’t find it very hard to write 101 things about me.
42. I have trouble remembering all the names on my phone book. (I have more than 400 contacts in my phone book).
43. I am a romantic person.
44. I am quite religious.
45. I have a credit card but I hardly use it.
46. I don’t borrow money.
47. I don’t smoke and I believe that smoking is one of the worst things ever in this life.
48. I don’t want to have a motor cycle.
49. I hate laptops.
50. I like light houses and I think that I am gonna love staying at a light house for a couple of days.
51. I don’t like swimming in swimming pools.
52. I am fond of the sea.
53. I wish I lived in Alexandria - Egypt in the 1940s.
54. I am good at using logic to troubleshoot and solve problems.
55. I wanted to be a scuba diver when I was very young, then I wanted to be a musical composer when I was a teenager.
56. I find it difficult to cry and I envy people who can cry easily.
57. I am good at hiding my feelings, I don’t like to show people that I am sad.
58. I think that the Sudanese people are very nice and kind.
59. I also like Emirate people.
60. I support El Ahly soccer team.
61. I don’t support foreign teams, but I like the Arsenal.
62. I am a big fan of winter, and everything that’s related to winter such as cold weather, rain and heavy clothes.
63. I like girls with black hair, innocent faces and glasses.
64. I live with my mum and dad.
65. I’d like to write a book or a story someday.
66. I write poetry sometimes.
67. I wish I were good at painting because I want to paint natural scenes.
68. I am a Linux professional, and I like Linux so much.
69. I don’t buy expensive mobile phones.
70. I play guitar.
71. I can work under pressure.
72. I don’t complain much.
73. I have a very dark black hair.
74. I don’t like manual cars.
75. I have a windows mobile phone but I don’t like it.
76. I think that I am gonna die young.
77. I have never done an illegal drug or even smoked a cigarette.
78. If I ever met a genie in a bottle I will ask him to make real life much like cartoons.
79. I believe that sharks are wonderful creatures and that we really misunderstand them when we picture them as sea monsters that will eat just anyone.
80. I don’t think that the time machine will be invented ever.
81. My favorite band is Dire Straits.
82. My favorite actor is Tom Hanks.
83. I love the piano so much and wish to be a good pianist someday.
84. I like adventure and safari trips.
85. I want to buy a Toyota Land Cruiser 70 series someday.
86. I like hot chocolate.
87. One of my favorite movies is “The Shawshank Redemption” by Tim Robbins and Morgan freeman.
88. My favorite Egyptian actor is Ahmad Helmy.
89. I don’t wear watches or any other accessories.
90. I have a good feeling of time and a moderate feeling of directions.
91. I have never watched a play in the theater.
92. I suffer too much from traffic in Cairo and finding a place to park my car.
93. I wish to learn how to navigate using GPS devices.
94. I wish to learn how to read the stars.
95. I have never had a Nokia phone before.
96. I wish to visit the white desert and Bahareya oasis soon,
97. I used to read parts of the news paper since I was 6 years old.
98. I remember my first day at school and most of my teacher’s names.
99. My friend’s tell me that I am in trapped the past because I like many old things such as old music and old movies.
100. I hate formal clothes and would like to wear jeans forever.
101. My favorite place in Cairo is Heliopolis.

الاثنين، أكتوبر ١٣، ٢٠٠٨

my fair weathered friend

I like this poem so much, I feel it so much now ....

It was wrote by a poet who calls himself
Pebble



Where flowers once blossomed and grew
Now withered leaves are falling
And through the dreamland I wandered with you
Now the lonely wind is howling.

When I laughed you laughed with me
But now I weep alone
How easily you could borrow my glee
But couldn't share my groans.

We sang and all the hills did resound
But now my sighs are lost in the air
You echoed my happy sounds
But shrank from voicing care.

When there was rejoicing we were together
When I grieved you turned to go
You shared full measure of all my pleasure
But you could not take my woe.

In joy you were a friend to me
In sorrow you don't hear me call
You did not decline my nectar'd wine
But alone I drink life's gall.

Like the cuckoo which sang us songs
You deserted me when winter came along
You were there so loving in the sun
But left me in the gloomy shadows
To find new companions, to have more fun
In greener pastures and meadows

O my friend in fair weather!!

~ Pebble ~


Here's the original link http://www.kavitanjali.com/pgjun02/myfairweatheredfriend.htm

and here is some poems by Pebble http://www.kavitanjali.com/newpoets/pebble.htm

الثلاثاء، أكتوبر ٠٧، ٢٠٠٨

costa coffee .... an unethical technique to reach a yes


السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،،،

حصلي موقفين مش كويسين في كوستا كوفي وحبيت أحكيهم عشان الكل يستفيد.

أنا باروح كوستا بمعدل مرتين أو ثلاثه في الشهر مثلاً، وفي معظم اﻷوقات باطلب حاجه إسمها فريسكاتو موكا ودية عباره عن مشروب كده عامل زي الجرانيتا بس بطعم القهوه.

رحت قعدت في كوسنا اللي قدام نادي هليوبوليس أول يوم العيد بالليل، وطلبت الطلب المعتاد فريسكاتو موكا راح الجرسون قاللي والـ desert إيه؟ قولتله مش فاهم ليه عاوزني أخد حلو؟ قال لي ماهو إنهارده في طبق حلو جديد نازل عشان العيد، قلت له ماشي بس أنا مش عاوز، أنا جاي عشان أشرب بس مش أكتر وأصدقائي قالو له نفس الكلام ، قال طب خلاص أجيبلكم طبقين ليكم كلكم؟ قلنا له ﻷ مش عاوزين. راح قايل طب أجيبلكم طبق واحد ليكم كلكم؟ قلنا له ﻷ برضه. راح قايل ﻷ إنتو لازم تاخدوا على الأقل طبق واحد. قلت له ده مبدأ مرفوض إنك تديني حاجه بالعافيه وقلناله سؤال: لو ما خدناش desert نقوم نمشي يعني ولا إيه؟ قال لأ مش هاتمشوا ولا حاجه. قلنا له خلاص مش هاناخد وعاوزين نشرب فقط. والموضوع خلص على كده.

تاني موقف في فرع سيتي ستارز اللي جنب السينيما يوم السبت اللي فات.

أنا طلبت كيك تيراميسو، راح الجرسون قال لي وعاوز الأيس كريم فانيليا ولا شيكولاته؟ وكان بيديني إحساس إن ده لازم ييجي مع الكيك أو بييجي معاه كده كده، قلت له شيكولاته.

انا طبعاً بما إني مش باطلب كيك على طول فا شربت الخدعه وصدقت إن الأيس كريم ده بينزل مع الكيك.

بعد كده صديقي طلب فريسكاتو راح برضه الجرسون سأله والأيس كريم إيه؟ هنا بقى أنا قلت لنفسي هو في إيه؟ هو من إمتى الفريسكاتو بييجي معاه أيس كريم؟ ده هو أصلاً متلج ومش محتاج معاه أيس كريم.

صديقي التالت طلب برضه فريسكاتو راح برضه الجرسون سأله والأيس كريم إيه؟

صديقي الرابع طلب كيك ومشروب سخن، راح برضه الجرسون سأله واﻷيس كريم فانيليا ولا شيكولاته؟ طب يا جماعه إزاي هاشرب حاجه سخنه وهاكل معاها كيك وأيس كريم في نفس الوقت؟ هنا بقى أنا قلت ﻷ أكيد في حاجه غلط.

قلت للجرسون معلش هو اﻷيس كريم اللي بييحي مع الفريسكاتو ده إيه؟ قال ده الـ flavor قولتله مش فاهم يعني ما أنا طول عمري باشرب فريسكاتو من غير أيس كريم؟ قال لي ما أنا باقولك على نوع الأيس كريم اللي ينفع مع الفريسكاتو اللي إنت طلبته!!!!!!!!!! المشكله إنه حسسنا إن ده حاجه بتيجي مع الطلب بشكل إفتراضي ومسلم بيه، أو بتيجي ببلاش مع الطلب.

قلتله طيب واﻷيس كريم اللي مع الكيك ده كمان إيه؟ هو بييجي مع الكيك كده كده قال لي ﻷ، قلت له خلاص أنا مش عاوز أيس كريم مع الكيك.

لما الطلبات نزلت لقينا الطلبات نازله أكبر حجم، طالما إنت ما حددتش حجم معين يبقى هاتشرب أكبر حجم! وطبعاً إحنا ما حددناش حجم عشان إحنا ما إتسألناش أصلاً على حجم الطلبات.

وبرضه ساعة الحساب لقيتا حط أيس كريم على الفريسكاتو عشان أنا بس اللي قلت له مش عاوز أيس كريم مع الكيك، مع إن أصحابي كلهم كانوا معترضين زيي على مبدأ تلبيس الطلبات ده. وعلى فكره اﻷيس كريم محسوب البوله بـ 11 جنيه ونص من غير ضريبه.

المشكله إن كوستا كوفي مش مكان واقع ولا إيراده قليل عشان يلجأ للأساليب التعبانه دية، ده ما شاء الله مليان 24 ساعه.

وواضح إن الأسلوب ده بإيعاز من الإداره وده ﻷنه تكرر في أكثر من فرع.

أنا دلوقت بادور على طريقه أبعت بيها شكوى للفرع الرئيسي في إنجلترا.