Friday, December 22, 2006

From Second Row To Third Row


A lot can happen when you change the place you sit in your normal seat in your class.
Today, I arrived a bit late to my class. My lecture had already started and i had to knock on the door, pray that the doctor won't give me the famous Jordanian look of death all the way since i entered from the door till i sat in my place.
I came to sit in my place to find that a girl sat in it. She gave me this smile that said "sorry i sat in your place i couldn't believe that you came a fraction of a millisecond late so that i would jump and sit in your place :) "
I discover later that my seat is located in a very strategic spot. Being in the second row is really good, you get to understand and hear the Doctor clearly, unlike the seats at the back. It's also better than the first row, where you are directly under the Doctor's chin and doesn't matter how much you raise your hand because he won't see you, finally you get a 1 out of 5 in participation. You also get showered sitting in the first row whenever the Doctor uses the terms "Ssscalable Sssyssstem, Esssential, Assssistance, SSee you On SSunday"
So, since this girl was sitting in my place, i had to sit in an empty seat behind her, in the Third row.
It's really weird how things change from one row to another. The temperature kinda changed, it's a bit colder in here :S
The guy next to me had his book opened on a totally different chapter. (Man, i don't have my book, I miss the second row, Dina, the girl that sat next to me always opened on the right page and had a lot of notes)
Also, sitting now in the Third row, I got to see the precious pieces of writing engraved on the back of my wooden chair in the Second row. Ofcourse, engraved were barasheem (notes used to cheat) from a chapter from the Consumer Behavior subject. Under the barasheem was a romantic unifinished verse of poetry (berabbika hal damamata elayka Laila...)
Ofcourse under that was the usual signature: Al-Ordon Awalan, and on the upper right corner, Al-Salt awwalan). In exactly the middle was a sticker that read: Doroos 5osoosi le maddet Operational Research, call: 079/8798048923454.
I finally noticed a very dangerous nail sticking out of the back of the chair.... hmm i wonder if one day it would come out the other side and go right into my nick. I hope not, because if i get injured, the deanship would probably blame me and accuse me of insulting university's property and force me to buy a new chair immediately.
I miss the second row:(

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

In A Taxi One Evening!


Status: Very tired and can't wait to get home.
I take a taxi, tell him the address and stare out of the window.
Driver: A typical arabic mid-aged man.
The driver lit a cigarette, I covered my nose with a tissue i had in my hand.

Driver: Shaklet btetdayagi min eldo5an ya 3ammo!
I: Ah shwai.
Driver: Tayeb ma ra7 ada5en, bs '3areebe wallah! fesh 7ada b3eeletko beda5en??
I: la2
Driver: Yalla 3ad bs balash!
I: :S
Driver: Wala 7atta abooki??
I: La2
Driver: Wala 7atta 7ada min 5wanik??!!!!
I: La2, wla 7ada.
Driver: Wala 7ada!! Kam a5o 3ndik smalla???
I: wa7ed
Driver, Gave me a look of death in his front mirror and said: WA7AD???!!!
I: Ah wa7ad....?
Driver: Keef y3ni, mesh fahem, ma 3ndik '3eer a5 wa7ed??!!!
I: ah, shu y3ni?
Driver, A very sarcastic laugh: hahay wallahe el3azeem! A5er zaman! Into modon ya 3ammo wella falla7een??
I: :S falla7een
Driver: wallahe zaman el3ajayeb, falla7een w walad wa7ad!!!!!
I: Ah, bs kaman 3ndi o5t, mesh bs ana w a5ooy y3ni. Ana w a5ooy w o5ti.
Driver: Halla shu bidi belbanat, ana ga3ed ba7ki 3n elwladd. 3njad into 3eele '3areebe. Tab lesh heek y3ni shu elsabab?!
I: :S Mafi sabab, i7na heek mabsooteen.
Driver: Bte3rafi ana kam ibin 3ndi ya 3ammo??
I: Kam?
Driver: 12!
I, choking: 12?????????????
Driver: AAAH, 9alli 3al nabi shu malik 5ofti!
I, 12 12 12 12!: Allahoma 9alli 3al nabi.
Driver: Aah tese3 wlad w thalath banat. Bte3rafi gadeesh hathool bedhom ma9roof??? Balawi walla. Ay ana ba6alle3 200 Lira bel shaher yadoob ykafooni banzine w do5an, w lessa bedi a9ref 3a wladi kaman! 5 minhom kbar beljam3a w sharafi wala 7ad feehom beda5el shelen 3al dar. Fish '3eer yaba 3a6eeni w yaba 3a6eeni. Ana 3ala fekra mesh kbeer, ana bel arbe3een, tzawajet w 3omri 14 saneh, w awal walad ejani w ana 3omri 15! Walla ana law be9a7elli batzawwaj 3al mara w ba5alef kaman 12!!
I, (7aram el "mara").

Driver: Goleeli, a5ooki akbar minnik tab3an?!
I: la2, ana akbar minno.
Driver, about to make an accident: KAMAN, y3ni walla ma ana fahem 3ala abooki!!! Mesh jayeb '3eer walad wa7ad, w kaman msabeg elbanat 3al wlad!!!
I ( 5alas 9ar lazim adafe3 3n baba!): Shu feeha y3ni??
Driver: Y3ni, bte3rafi keef elbanat bedha rijal ye7meeha, elwalad 3ezwe lal banat w la ahlo!
I: Ah bs iza elbinit trabbat sa7 betseer heyye kaman 3ezwe la e5wanha w ahelha.
Driver: L2 bs elwalad '3eer inte bte3rafi.
I: La2 ma ba3raf :)
Driver, laughing: Walla ma ana 3aref 3nkom into wlad el humburgar afkarkom 3ajeebe.
I: Wlad el humborgar?? loool
Driver: Yalla ya 3ammo hassa bterja3i 3al beit w betgooli la immik yamma bedna a5o thani, heek elwade3 ma bezbot. W itha ma geblat, gooli la abooki yaba tzawaj 3ala immi, ana bidi a5o abeseresh heek.
I: Ya salam, la2 shokran baba mabsoot heek w ma berda yetzawaj 3ala mama.
Driver: Wlesh bedosh yetzawaj ma3oosh masari??
I: la2 ma bedo yetzawaj 3ashan be7eb mama w ma berda yza3elha.
Driver: be7ebha???? Ya 7abibiiii walla el7ob jabelko nateeje! Gal walad wa7ad GAL.

Tha driver stopped at my house, i reached to my wallet to pay him his fare.

Driver: Bellahi 3aleeki ya 3amo t5aleeha 3aleena!
I: la 3ammo warak 12 walad.


Why A Blog??!!!


Since I was in grade 2, I wondered wether i should have my own diary. I grew up watching my classmates keeping diaries, and whenever i dared come near them when they are writing their precious "secrets" in their precious diareis, they would tell me its something personal. Ofcourse, I would spend my day dying to know what's in that pink-heart-shaped-scented diary.
I am 20 now, and i discovered that diaries have gone a looong way. We have electronic diaries now :S kteer 7elo!
I really never got the idea of a diary (blog now),for the following reasons:
1)You use a diary to write your feelings and daily life down:
But your feelings are all inside your head, why do you need to write them on paper??!!
2)A diary is supposed to be personal:
Why write everything down and keep worrying all your life that your little sneaky brother would wait untill you sleep and steal you diaray and blackmail you all your life.
3)You usually write in a diary when you're feeling extremely happy or extremely sad:
Maybe you'd like to remember a happy moment everytime you read it in your diary, but why keep reminding yourself of sad memories?:S

So, going back, i discovered that maybeee the idea of Blogs came from the nicknames we use while chatting. God, i drive myself crazy reading the nicknames of people on my list, because, sadly, a lot of them think that they're nickname is their diary!
Examples of nicknames:
- Sara....I'm going back to Amman sooooon, Can't wait to see you Nourrrr.
-Now in Amman, after two weeks in Riyadh, after one Month Midterms, then break, then MAYBE to Leb, dunno yet.
-7ayatiiiii you are the best friends, thnx for the b-day, PS: Hala thanks for the gift!

YA ALLAH lol when i read those nicknames it drives me crazy PEOPLE YOUR NICKNAME IS NOT YOUR AGENDA OR DIARY. I don't care where you are now or will be during this lifetime or another lifetime. I don't care if you have midterms, because probably i would be having them too and worrying about MY midterms not yours :)
So, Internet people got the idea of blogs!! Which is a very good solution for people to stop cramming their nicknames with events in their daily important lives.
I think i started liking the idea of a blog, apprently i'm using it now. I mean, there's a point of keeping a some kind of diary now, because others get to read it and comment, rather than keeping a paper diary and feeling that you have to hide it all your life just because this is how a diary is supposed to be treated.