Lost In Translation

In my office, people like to decorate their cubicles. When i was on my way to the pantry the other day i saw one chic posting a huge ass photo of her baby on her cubicle wall, another guy posting a photo of him and his girlfriend, another one had a photo of a monkey, there was also something that looked like either a volcano or a very scary creature i'm not sure, anywayz u get the jist of what i'm saying, so i said to myself why is my cubicle that boring? Decorate the shit out of that already! So i posted some manchester united logos and a very big scrap out of the newspaper with the headline: "EGYPT are African kings" and a photo of Ahmed Hassan holding the African cup.which brings us 2 my next point:


I've been thinking alot lately about Egypt, Egyptians, Arab countries, our relationship with them,how to set a good example and how we are the ambassadors for egypt everywhere we go. So i've been super friendly with everyone in the office, i know people from almost all the departments and i hang out with everybody around here, different ages different sexes, different posts, everybody, aaaaall but one! aaah! that one guy! that one guy who looks around my age, or maybe a year or 2 older than i am, he's really very weird, he gets on my nerves, becoz he seems 2 be repelled by me in a way or another! i see him in the morning, i smile like everybody does around here and he just acts like he didn't see me! whenever we're in the elevator or in the same place, i instantly feel this aura of hostility and repulsion surrounding him, this overwhelming blast of hatred and indifference. i really had no clue why this guy isn't like everybody else in my company, i alwyas keep telling my friends how an amazing workplace my company has, everybody is astonishingly friendly and smiley allll the time, amazing spirit eveywhere, so i really didnt get why this guy is like that. until last week when i was just tying my shoe lace outside the mosque after the Friday prayers (big ups 2 the emam, he was tremendous) and i saw that guy talking 2 another guy, in what sounded 2 my ears like veryyy fluent French, i look at the guy he's talking to and i found that he's almost Kareem Zayany (the Algerian football player)'s clone! and then it all hit me, the guy actually does look Algerian, he's talking 2 an Algerian, he's talking in fluent French, he must hate me coz he saw the post on my cubicle and he knows i'm Egyptian! it didnt take me a second to figure it all out. i thought about this all week, it didnt really piss me off, there was just this voice inside my head urging me to do something about it, act upon what ive been thinking and talking abt lately.

so 3 days ago, i'm waiting at the bus stop, i'm the only one there, i see him crossing the road and approaching me, we lock eyes, i smile at him and he acts like i'm not even there! he comes, sits right next to me, pulls his cell phone out of his God damn pocket and acts like he's typing something ( i say acts, coz this is what most people do when there's an awkward moment, u act like u're smsing or even talking 2 someone on the phone, i'm sure everybody knows the drill) . at this point, i thought 2 myself, that's it, i gotta give him a piece of my mind, i have been working on my anger management, so this can also be a very good practice and a nice demonstration of me being civil, polite and caring abt how 2 countries regard each other. so i say "hey man whats up?" he looks at me, nods, and then looks the other way!!! i said:" YO, BRO! " he looks at me again giving me this tired bored what the fuck do u want from me leave me alone already look. so i take a deep breath preparing for a long back 2 back non stop scolding and go balistic on his ass, saying : "yo man i really dont know what ur problem is, i'm friends with almost everybody here, ive been trying real hard 2 be nice 2 u and u obviously dont give a crap, all that because of a football game? u cant possibly love football more than i do, yet u r the one holding a grudge, u're already going 2 the world cup God damn it! seriously man, we should do something abt this, this is very very shallow! shame on u if u let something like that affect ur relationship with others, we're colleagues man!and i'm really tired of all this Egypt and Algeria hatred bull shit."

The guy looks at me with what to me can only be interpreted as "HA?!", smurks and says: " nice meeting u man, i'm Faiz from Pakistan".........

w 3assah an takraho shay2an w howa 5ayron lakom

I looked at my mother’s eyes they are red ..full of tears .. my father has a big warm true smile drawn on his face, my young sister who is jumping on the sofa facing the T.V in the living room, my brother is hugging me.. cell phone is ringing … ppl are calling to check and congratulate ….. and that very much describe one of the best moments in my life when I knew that I got a high score in el thanawya el 3amma… 98.1 % el 7amdulilllaaah.

By the end of the 2^nd year in my secondary stage I wanted to join the faculty of petroleum engineering is Suez which requires the highest score of thanwyea 3amma in Egypt, everybody was telling me that it is inevitable that I will join that faculty since I got high marks so wat could happen, I went confidently to el tansee2 putting my no.1 choice that petroleum engineering faculty and the rest faculties of engineering without really caring that I might not get what I wanted.

Two weeks later I found that the faculty I wanted for the last two years and have been working hard, studying, working the extra mile, having little naps instead of sleeping just not to waste time of the precious time during the exams week, all of that went in vain or at least to me at that time.

What a great disappointment … not only for me but for my family as well, I could see that they want to help me but there is actually nothing they can do, and it’s a one fucking grade that stood as an obstacle between me and my dream college.

Skipping the part that everybody tells u, be strong and this is life and… etc

But in no time I found myself offered an opportunity to study abroad, to travel initially majoring the electrical engineering but el 7amdulillaah, I found that the university opened a new major which is petroleum engineering to be the pioneer batch.

So wandering back in time and thinking what if ……. or else better say el 7amdulillaaaah and not to wander

W 3assah an takraho shay2an w howa 5ayran lakom

ZIAD

El Ensan Aslo Kalb

ezay beneshrab khamra w fee nas msh la2ya tshrab maya?


ezay bnshrab 7asheesh w fe nas msh la2ya taklo men 3al ard?

ezay bnl3ab 2omar w fee 2atfal msh la2ya tel3ab bely?

ezay bnshrab sgayer w fee nas m3ndhash lungs?

tab ezay bnz3a2 l omhatna w fi nas m3ndhash ne3met el om?

ezay bnetrya2 3la abbahatna w fee nas mshfethomsh?

ezay benfsa7 s7btna w mbns2lsh f omhtna?

ezay bnsafer ma3 so7abna w bnensa abbahatna?

ezay mbnfkrsh kol la7za en lama ahaleena yetwaffo hanendam 3la kol la7za m2olnlhomsh fiha en homa a3'la nas 3ndna

ezay bnezny w fee nas mabt3rfsh temshy 3ala regleha?
ezay benes2at w fee nas msh la2ya tet3allem?
ezay bndfa3 50 ringet (at least) f massage w fee 3ela kamla msh la2ya 5 gneh takol?
ezay bnkdeb w fi nas 7'arsa mabt3raf tetklm?

tab ezay el regala el zay el ward tedfa3 floos f salasel w khawatem w 3'awayesh w fee nas msh l2ya l7af tet3'ata bih?

ezay bn2ol mkhno2in w fee nas betnam fo2 b3deeha f 2oda metr x metr?
ezay ben3yat odam el television w fe nas m3ndhash beet t7ot fe el television da?

ezay mabn7mdsh rabena 3la kol 7aga 3ndna bdal ma nshtem w nsebb en fe 7aga wa7da msh 3ndna?

ezay maben7esesh ma3 en rabena maleena damm?

ezay mabnfkrsh ma3 en rabna mkhlina azka el mkhlo2at?

ezay b3d kol da n2ool life is unfair? tab maho "من اعمالكم صُلِّتَ عليكم"
 
            ....."الله لا اله الا انت سبحانك اني كنت من الظالمين" ..... 

test 1.2.3.4.......test test test..allah allah

THIS IS MY FIRST BLOG

i was "power walking" on campus the other night....actually i was just walking but i usually add the power part to it to convince myself that i do it to get thinner...anyways you know when ur alone and then ur mind just wanders around and after sometime of thinking you say to urself what the hell am i thinking about.you now when all these random thoughts just line up and then you start swriling and swirling till like an hour is gone!

well on that night i was really thinking about my first blog post and what am i going to write?! on that day i was youtubing when i saw this vidoe "altefla alaty abkat al maleka nawaal fi baby star academy" 7aga keda and then i though wtf who cares y al maleka nawaal cried y should that be of any importance to anyone mat3ayat ya 3am wala te3mel2li te3melo ehh el habal dah??!!?

then sudenly i thought about hosni mubarak and how i dislike his rule and i thought egypt really should be better we shouldn't be like this!! then suddenly i started listing everything that i like and dislike in my life.....

2na mesh ba7eb 7osny mubarak wala ba7eb 7okmoh 2na mesh bakrah gamaal mubarak bas bakrah 2no 3awz yeb2a ra2ees .....mesh 3aref a7eb 3aa2 mubarak 7ases 2no me7'aby balaawy (wallaho a3lam)..... ba7eb safwat el shereef gedaaan we shayfo brens el layaaly fel 7ezb mesh fahem a7mad nazeef we msh 2aader a7es 2no his our priminister.....maba7ebesh 3mr adeeb ba7eb mona el shazly maba7ebesh m3taz el demerdaash we mesh fahem howa 2zaay mozee3....mesh shayef 2n shobeir mozee3 ba7eb el koora fi masr bas shayefha tafha 2wiii ba7eb nady chelsea for no apparent reason ba7eb el nady el ahly we bakrah naady el zamaalek...we ba7ebo ye7'sar bakrah manchester united bas ba2adar rooney .......bakrah ronaldo el so3'ayar bas ba7terem el kebeeer.....ba7eb zein el diin zeidan we shayfo a7san la3eeb fel taree7' ba7eb el taree7' wel go3'rafya bas mesh 2ader a7eb el handasa...... ba7eb el me3maar wel decore bas mesh shayef mosta2bal lel betrool...ba7eb so7aaby betoo3 malizya we ba7eb 3eshty fi malizya bas bakrah asaafer malizya 2wii 2wii 2wii.....ba7eb sa7bety gedan we ba7eb so7aby betoo3 masr 2wii.....ba7eb masr bas bat7'ene2 men wasa7'etha.....ba7eb el nile bas ba7'aaf menooo ba7eb el zamaalek bas bakrah el ma3aady .....medaaye2 2ni maba2aleesh so7aab fel ma3aady...

ba7eb arateb 2wii we ba7es 2ni barateb aktaaar be keteer mabanafez...ba7eb a3'aany 3mr diaab 2wiii bas bakrah amr diaab we 7alet el 27tekaar 2li 3amelha 3la el shabaa 7awet a7eb moneir 3shan ab2a mo7'talef bas 7a2ee2y ma3reftesh......kont ba7eb 3seily gedan kont 7aasoo howa da el ta3'yeer bas tab3an kolena seme3na shereeto el a7'eer.......ba7eb 2b2a mo7'talef.....bas ba7eb so7aaby yeb2oo zayy.....ba7eb el tafaaha 2wii we ba7eb hzaar el atfaal we ba7eb el atfaal (in a non offensive wau) ba7eb 3ilty gedan ba7eb a7'ooya 2wii we ba7termo 7atta law mabatefe2sh ma3aah.......ba7eb mafhoom el osra we nefsy yekoon leya wa7da fi 2a2rab forsa momkena.

ba7eb el loon el azra2 we ba7eb el rakam 3shara mesh 3aref leih?!!ba7eb al3ab ayy reyada tanafoseya we bala2y nafsy bat7eme2 3la ay match le ay le3ba batfarag 3leiha .....maba7ebesh el televezyoon ...bas ba7eb el aflaam 2wii bas maleesh toolet baal 23od keteer 3leihom. ba7eb el naas el raya 2li beted7ak 3la tool maba7ebesh el naas el ka2eeba eli see that life is a bad place and fee zolm keteer and ne3mel ehh?????

ba7eb masr gedan gedan gedan we ba7eb taree7'ha we fe3lan nefsy ashoofha fi 7yaaty dawla leeha lazma.....

bas ba3d keda wesellt el 2ooda we 23adt 3la maktaby we mesh faaker bayen 2tfaragt 3la film aww 3malt 7aga tafha ka 3adty ma3 el shaab el tafha ka 3adethom.

2na 3aref 2n 2li beye2ra da momken maykoonsh beyahtam beli katabto bas 2na 7aseit i need to write these thoughts down.sry 2ni tawelt 3leiko.

CHEEERS YA 7ATOOOM

P.S thanks ya Islam for the blog idea :D

what a wonderful world

Some of u may oppose that .. and say how u could possible say that, with all that suffering, with ppl dying out of hunger and on the other hand ppl die out of serious surgeries to have what they call a stomach ring to make them eat less. How is it any near to wonderful with all what is happening in the middle east … and what about tsunamis, earthquakes and I can go for many more …

But this isn’t just the world……. I believe that what makes up the world is the very little things that you don’t feel / care / while doing it, the moments that everyone can feel, the poor and the rich that is affordable for all humans el 7amdulillah that anyone anywhere can do it ….. these moment some of u might think of it now as “how lame”, “dude wtf”, “fokaak mennny” , “enta shazz yabny”… but I m sure that u will miss it one day or another…. like having dinner with your family and sharing a story and all of you laugh … sitting with someone in a serene place doing nothing just enjoying the view or the serenity for its sake … reminiscing with your friends and laughing until you pee a little remembering old stories… these moments might also be ….. helping a complete stranger and he thanks you and you feel that it was sincere, and many more....it may differ from one person to another … but I m sure that moments like these are moments you will die for when you grow old, or when u are unable to feel them again.

So cherish these moments and don’t skip on them just to do something silly.