my theory is not new - it's acctually been said.
i always thought that birth control is the best way to keep population growth low and achieve economic development.
i have changed my mind - if I do not have kids or only one kid and every other well educated person in egypt has only one kid - while the bawaab ( concierge) and the guy who picks up the trash keep on having 1/2 a dozzen kids then then there's no way the can achieve any growth!
so the key is - we should have a lot of kids who can work and be good productive citizens of the community.
so 2 things:
if i am president i will set a limit of every couple depending on thier income and wealth! wealthy couples with a collgege degree can have as many kids as they want - the bawaab can only have one!
the second thing is - i think i may even have kids myself . if i can't be president, i will give birth to one. i can give birth to 3 or 4 well educated change agents that would do something good in their life
so i won't get all the glory, but who cares! as long as the work gets done!
Friday, December 31, 2004
New Years Resolutions
Here goes!
Now the Regulars for each year are:
- Lose Weight
- Work out
- look better
- work my ass out
Now to a brand new entry!!
- take kick boxing class
AND for the FIRST Time Ever!!
i will leave the option of falling in love open! - that does not mean that my resolution is falling in love - it is that if an opportunity comes along i will try my best to let it happen.
and...
oh and i have to be nicer to my grandma
Now the Regulars for each year are:
- Lose Weight
- Work out
- look better
- work my ass out
Now to a brand new entry!!
- take kick boxing class
AND for the FIRST Time Ever!!
i will leave the option of falling in love open! - that does not mean that my resolution is falling in love - it is that if an opportunity comes along i will try my best to let it happen.
and...
oh and i have to be nicer to my grandma
Scary experience
so i went to see Alexadner the other day - which was CRAP!
and the movie finishes at 1:40 AM!! such a long movie.
on the way home some dude in a cherokee kept following me n my sys home tying to pick us up!
yes, i PROUDLY live in a country where girls who go home at 2 am in winter are automatically thought of as prostitutes!
so he keeps follwoing us and my sister can't loose him! meh if i were driving i betcha i could have tricked him but my sis is way to innocent to do that.
so we finally fool him when we turn right to my place - i give him the finger ( well i HAD to! he was an ass)
then he followes us somehow again and blocks the entry to the garage and comes out of his car and bangs on our windows.
and tradadadaaaaaaaaaaaaa my bro to the rescue! i called him he came out of the house, made the guy drive away - and the sun shines again!
so i am now actively looking for how to make pepper sray - so i can defend myself.
my brother';s friend has that electric shock thing - which is SO cool! but it's too expensive
and the movie finishes at 1:40 AM!! such a long movie.
on the way home some dude in a cherokee kept following me n my sys home tying to pick us up!
yes, i PROUDLY live in a country where girls who go home at 2 am in winter are automatically thought of as prostitutes!
so he keeps follwoing us and my sister can't loose him! meh if i were driving i betcha i could have tricked him but my sis is way to innocent to do that.
so we finally fool him when we turn right to my place - i give him the finger ( well i HAD to! he was an ass)
then he followes us somehow again and blocks the entry to the garage and comes out of his car and bangs on our windows.
and tradadadaaaaaaaaaaaaa my bro to the rescue! i called him he came out of the house, made the guy drive away - and the sun shines again!
so i am now actively looking for how to make pepper sray - so i can defend myself.
my brother';s friend has that electric shock thing - which is SO cool! but it's too expensive
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
a day in the life of the likes of me ( crazy busy and stressed people)
9:30 Alarm
9:31 Snooze
9:50 finally get out of bed
10:15 out of the house
10:41 Arrive in University of Alexandira
11:30 fianlly get into my oral exam after almost an hour waiting on my feet
12:53 Arrive at the Accademy ( my other univeristy)
12:15 Lecture - Democracy and Peace are they related?
13:50 End of Lecture but continue discussion in corridor with classmate
13:59 Meet margo and hang out
14:30 Check email in Labs
14:59 meet margo again
15:40 get in car
16:10 drop margo off at the hilton for a company visit - she's 10 mins late
16:30 arrive at my dad's
17:50 leave my dad's
18:12 back in accademy ( i know i drove like a maniac and was about to have 3 accidents - i was late)
18:20 start LC meeting
20:21 finish LC meeting - very demotevated and disappointed!
21:15 arrive at margo's - help her with her project and - SPSS data entry!
23:00 leave margo's
23:02 coffee with shireen
23:45 leave to get home
00:00 arive at home
00:21 enty in my blog
hopefully when i am done i will watch a few episodes of friends then sleep.
i need help
9:31 Snooze
9:50 finally get out of bed
10:15 out of the house
10:41 Arrive in University of Alexandira
11:30 fianlly get into my oral exam after almost an hour waiting on my feet
12:53 Arrive at the Accademy ( my other univeristy)
12:15 Lecture - Democracy and Peace are they related?
13:50 End of Lecture but continue discussion in corridor with classmate
13:59 Meet margo and hang out
14:30 Check email in Labs
14:59 meet margo again
15:40 get in car
16:10 drop margo off at the hilton for a company visit - she's 10 mins late
16:30 arrive at my dad's
17:50 leave my dad's
18:12 back in accademy ( i know i drove like a maniac and was about to have 3 accidents - i was late)
18:20 start LC meeting
20:21 finish LC meeting - very demotevated and disappointed!
21:15 arrive at margo's - help her with her project and - SPSS data entry!
23:00 leave margo's
23:02 coffee with shireen
23:45 leave to get home
00:00 arive at home
00:21 enty in my blog
hopefully when i am done i will watch a few episodes of friends then sleep.
i need help
Saturday, December 04, 2004
cairo experience
walking out of my house in the morning after a huge fight with my parents about going to cairo on that day i kept cursing and was fuming mad at my parents for everything.
in cairo we went and visited the Cancer Institute - where children who suffer from cancer are placed.
That's when you see how lucky you are - healthy, with a roof on your head, and you can afford treatment if anything bad happens, and you have a family.
Being completely cold during this 2 hour experience made me look bad to the other half a dozzen girls whose eyes teared up every 5 minutes. But that was beacuse i was seeing things with my mind not with my heart.
2 resolutions:
1) I am a lucky person - thank god for that
2) something needs to change in this country
at the end of that day we started talking about the state of the world presentations we always get in our first natconf in AIESEC - and this was the real version of it. in 30 minutes we were wandering in the Grand Hyatt Hotel looking for celebrities in a stinking rich place, which luckily most of us got to spend a couple of nights there before. then we moved on to the tragic part of the presentation - real life hits you.
On the way home everyone called their parents - and i sent mine an i love you sms - which this morning was not an option.
One last observation - the private and the public parts of the hospital were exactly opposite to oneanother , with stricking differences.
My pure capitalist views disregard that - we cannot dicriminate against the rich in favor for the poor.
but then again i cannot be heartless, we can surely help the poor get better services.
It all boils down to politics
in cairo we went and visited the Cancer Institute - where children who suffer from cancer are placed.
That's when you see how lucky you are - healthy, with a roof on your head, and you can afford treatment if anything bad happens, and you have a family.
Being completely cold during this 2 hour experience made me look bad to the other half a dozzen girls whose eyes teared up every 5 minutes. But that was beacuse i was seeing things with my mind not with my heart.
2 resolutions:
1) I am a lucky person - thank god for that
2) something needs to change in this country
at the end of that day we started talking about the state of the world presentations we always get in our first natconf in AIESEC - and this was the real version of it. in 30 minutes we were wandering in the Grand Hyatt Hotel looking for celebrities in a stinking rich place, which luckily most of us got to spend a couple of nights there before. then we moved on to the tragic part of the presentation - real life hits you.
On the way home everyone called their parents - and i sent mine an i love you sms - which this morning was not an option.
One last observation - the private and the public parts of the hospital were exactly opposite to oneanother , with stricking differences.
My pure capitalist views disregard that - we cannot dicriminate against the rich in favor for the poor.
but then again i cannot be heartless, we can surely help the poor get better services.
It all boils down to politics
Thursday, December 02, 2004
genious or retard?!
I got some stuff in my blog working after 2.5 hours!
Genious : i got them right!
Retard: I got them after 2.5 hours!
Can't believe i am a senior! i.e. this is the final new year's eve i will spend studying!
Next Chrsitmas i may even have the day off!!
Next Week i am going to go get my voting card! i have decidednot to wait for anyone and do it myslef.
Exciting huh?
kenny and I want to start a website to encourage people to vote in 2005!
though it is doubtfull that it would change a thing we have a theory
If i do not vote then i abstain from my right - so i cannot complain on how the results are like.
If i DO vote - i have practiced my right - and if it is not heard i can now complain. Ofcourse the complaining phase and demanding a change will not happen anytime soon!
We have also come up with a pay-it-forward kind of system, where if each one of us convinced 10 to vote and these 10 convince 5 others and these 5 convince 5 more etc maybe officials will see that something wrong is happeing when the Nos have become so much more.
In the Election system in egypt we have a referrendum for those who do not know. Parliament selects one person and then a referendum is held, if this person gets a No then pariliament chooses another person and another eferendum is held.
What makes us so sure that the people we'll tell will say no?
Nothing - i have met in my discussions people who think that we cannot be governed in another way, we are born not to be lead but to be herded like a herd of cattle.
Others say change is necessary.
You know the Quote " the only think in life that is constant is Change"?
Well not in this country!!
"the only thing in like that is constant is MUBARAK"
hurrayy for that!
Genious : i got them right!
Retard: I got them after 2.5 hours!
Can't believe i am a senior! i.e. this is the final new year's eve i will spend studying!
Next Chrsitmas i may even have the day off!!
Next Week i am going to go get my voting card! i have decidednot to wait for anyone and do it myslef.
Exciting huh?
kenny and I want to start a website to encourage people to vote in 2005!
though it is doubtfull that it would change a thing we have a theory
If i do not vote then i abstain from my right - so i cannot complain on how the results are like.
If i DO vote - i have practiced my right - and if it is not heard i can now complain. Ofcourse the complaining phase and demanding a change will not happen anytime soon!
We have also come up with a pay-it-forward kind of system, where if each one of us convinced 10 to vote and these 10 convince 5 others and these 5 convince 5 more etc maybe officials will see that something wrong is happeing when the Nos have become so much more.
In the Election system in egypt we have a referrendum for those who do not know. Parliament selects one person and then a referendum is held, if this person gets a No then pariliament chooses another person and another eferendum is held.
What makes us so sure that the people we'll tell will say no?
Nothing - i have met in my discussions people who think that we cannot be governed in another way, we are born not to be lead but to be herded like a herd of cattle.
Others say change is necessary.
You know the Quote " the only think in life that is constant is Change"?
Well not in this country!!
"the only thing in like that is constant is MUBARAK"
hurrayy for that!
New Blog!
So the aiesec.ws blog has not been working for a looong time, so i have convertyed to this one.
Apparently owned by an aiesec alumni so it should be good huh ;)
i will move all my posts here and will post more regularly on here
Louly
Apparently owned by an aiesec alumni so it should be good huh ;)
i will move all my posts here and will post more regularly on here
Louly
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
fahrenheit 9/11
some movie!
saw it today - got me thinking.
it is kind of a sad movie coz it shows how one man can cause the death and suffering of so many people.
the film is completely one sided- and i really do not think bush is that smart to plan smth like dat - also it's a bit far fetched even for a james bond movie or even for adham in ragol el mostaheel ( Mr. impossible - for all u non-egyptians out there - series of 007-like adventures where the hero gets shot 6 times and falls from the 10 floor and still manages to come out alive and runs out to save the damsel in distress he is madly in love with)
but it still got me thinking! i cried twice in the movie - when an iraki woman was crying over her family and when an american woman was crying over her son!
they stand on opposite fronts - yet face the same destiny - attending their own son's funeral! something i would never wish for my enemy!
and the same question arrises - why? whats the cause? its that cause worth all those shattered lives? is there no peaceful solution? wasn't it one of the world's greatest political leaders that said "peace cannot be achieved by foce, it can only be achieved by understanding"
another thing about the movie - life in irak was not as rosy as it was depicted! comon be realistic!
here's a question: are the western countries trying to make the rest of the world civilized or westernized?
who said that checks and banalces is the right way to go? democracy does not work in every country! and certainly not in a country that got no preparation for it.
in the US in the past there were restrictions for people who could vote - income and education were factors, so that the right people can have a say! who would want a simple peasent ruling?!
in some countries democracy just doesn't cut it! what about russo's "social contract" ( it was russo whasn't it?)?! that was a thought - we sign a contract we give up this for you and you do this for us!
playing devil's advocate here ( which i happen to do alot nowadays) which country is better off? who's people are not starving and who has the least illiteracy rate!! their way must be the right way if they are so successful!
not to get too carried away here
the film was funny - one sided - not credible at all - but got me crying, got me screaming and most importantly got me thinking
on that note - i have to mention how frustrated i feel for wearing bras and not boxers! then who knows i could have at least been able to dream about being president one day and change lives!
for now i can't even dare to dream
saw it today - got me thinking.
it is kind of a sad movie coz it shows how one man can cause the death and suffering of so many people.
the film is completely one sided- and i really do not think bush is that smart to plan smth like dat - also it's a bit far fetched even for a james bond movie or even for adham in ragol el mostaheel ( Mr. impossible - for all u non-egyptians out there - series of 007-like adventures where the hero gets shot 6 times and falls from the 10 floor and still manages to come out alive and runs out to save the damsel in distress he is madly in love with)
but it still got me thinking! i cried twice in the movie - when an iraki woman was crying over her family and when an american woman was crying over her son!
they stand on opposite fronts - yet face the same destiny - attending their own son's funeral! something i would never wish for my enemy!
and the same question arrises - why? whats the cause? its that cause worth all those shattered lives? is there no peaceful solution? wasn't it one of the world's greatest political leaders that said "peace cannot be achieved by foce, it can only be achieved by understanding"
another thing about the movie - life in irak was not as rosy as it was depicted! comon be realistic!
here's a question: are the western countries trying to make the rest of the world civilized or westernized?
who said that checks and banalces is the right way to go? democracy does not work in every country! and certainly not in a country that got no preparation for it.
in the US in the past there were restrictions for people who could vote - income and education were factors, so that the right people can have a say! who would want a simple peasent ruling?!
in some countries democracy just doesn't cut it! what about russo's "social contract" ( it was russo whasn't it?)?! that was a thought - we sign a contract we give up this for you and you do this for us!
playing devil's advocate here ( which i happen to do alot nowadays) which country is better off? who's people are not starving and who has the least illiteracy rate!! their way must be the right way if they are so successful!
not to get too carried away here
the film was funny - one sided - not credible at all - but got me crying, got me screaming and most importantly got me thinking
on that note - i have to mention how frustrated i feel for wearing bras and not boxers! then who knows i could have at least been able to dream about being president one day and change lives!
for now i can't even dare to dream
Back Home
finally back home!
so why was this trip not the best trip of my life?
1) i got home in a terrible condition
2) first time to gain weight while travelling
3) the shittiest OC i have EVER seen!
4) and germans are fucking unfriendly man!
5) the pork thing - bastards!!!
6) beneton - OC study tour - i am sorry i had to meet him
7) sleep deprivation - sleeping on the floor
8) no parties!!
the best things about this trip though :
1) IC - AMAZING - paddy, dani, reda, goce, tom, jen, that funny canadian chris i think , Malta girls, crazy aussies and many more super cool ppl
2) tarek and sherif - amazing guys - i love aastc! i now have more freinds in cairo
3) green green and more green
4) shopping!! man i wish i were a millionaire
5) i have set foot in a place where my dad n sis were 10 years ago - and where my class mate was in 2000. weird!!
6) the concentration camp! the scariest couple hours of my life!
when i was there i had tons of bad things - now i write this with a smile on my face!
don't get me wrong - i don't wana go back or turn back the time! it was fun while it lasted!
so why was this trip not the best trip of my life?
1) i got home in a terrible condition
2) first time to gain weight while travelling
3) the shittiest OC i have EVER seen!
4) and germans are fucking unfriendly man!
5) the pork thing - bastards!!!
6) beneton - OC study tour - i am sorry i had to meet him
7) sleep deprivation - sleeping on the floor
8) no parties!!
the best things about this trip though :
1) IC - AMAZING - paddy, dani, reda, goce, tom, jen, that funny canadian chris i think , Malta girls, crazy aussies and many more super cool ppl
2) tarek and sherif - amazing guys - i love aastc! i now have more freinds in cairo
3) green green and more green
4) shopping!! man i wish i were a millionaire
5) i have set foot in a place where my dad n sis were 10 years ago - and where my class mate was in 2000. weird!!
6) the concentration camp! the scariest couple hours of my life!
when i was there i had tons of bad things - now i write this with a smile on my face!
don't get me wrong - i don't wana go back or turn back the time! it was fun while it lasted!
Friday, August 27, 2004
It's good to be an LCP
broadcasting live from IC still!
the conference is going well sofar - as far as the agenda is going it is not quite challenging at ALL! i thought it will be MUCH more of a challenge. as far as the logistics are going it's SHIT!! we have to walk for 20 mins to get to our hotel - the last few days i took a taxi coz my back is alawys fucked in the morning - talk about expenses!!
as far as the food is going it got ALOT better now - i stopped snacking and stoped drinking coke like i used to - i drink loads of water all the time. so i feel a bit healthier now.
as for the networking - i have talked to quite a few LCPs who were awesome! i made some nice friends i am more relaxed now and enjoying talking to LCPs, and some of them are is shittier situations than i am
as for fun - there's a whole lot of it! i have SO many AIESEC T-shirts now which is excelent. the parties are awesome so that's that!
that's all for now
the conference is going well sofar - as far as the agenda is going it is not quite challenging at ALL! i thought it will be MUCH more of a challenge. as far as the logistics are going it's SHIT!! we have to walk for 20 mins to get to our hotel - the last few days i took a taxi coz my back is alawys fucked in the morning - talk about expenses!!
as far as the food is going it got ALOT better now - i stopped snacking and stoped drinking coke like i used to - i drink loads of water all the time. so i feel a bit healthier now.
as for the networking - i have talked to quite a few LCPs who were awesome! i made some nice friends i am more relaxed now and enjoying talking to LCPs, and some of them are is shittier situations than i am
as for fun - there's a whole lot of it! i have SO many AIESEC T-shirts now which is excelent. the parties are awesome so that's that!
that's all for now
Saturday, August 21, 2004
More IC
more newz from IC
up untill today never have i :
met the President of AIESEC International of 1951-52 one of the founding people of AIESEC
Met an isreali guy !
ate soo much after eating so little
met a cheerleader!! and she's DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
walked for 40 mins everyday - convention center to hotel back and fourth
was about to share a room with a korean GUY!
seen so many bees in my life
LOVED coke! it's really good here - i can only begin to imagine how pepsi tastes like if coke is that good (sorry to all the designated coke fans)
considered myself as AFRICAN
seen so many africans! who are sooo much fun by the way!
more later
up untill today never have i :
met the President of AIESEC International of 1951-52 one of the founding people of AIESEC
Met an isreali guy !
ate soo much after eating so little
met a cheerleader!! and she's DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
walked for 40 mins everyday - convention center to hotel back and fourth
was about to share a room with a korean GUY!
seen so many bees in my life
LOVED coke! it's really good here - i can only begin to imagine how pepsi tastes like if coke is that good (sorry to all the designated coke fans)
considered myself as AFRICAN
seen so many africans! who are sooo much fun by the way!
more later
Germany first 3 days
briefly in bullets:
1) starving - pork everywhere
2) shopping - now i figured why some people think shopping is fun
3) i can speak german
4) everything is on time
5) CC sucks
6) busy all the time
7) global village was okay
8) Vodafone are bastards!
1) starving - pork everywhere
2) shopping - now i figured why some people think shopping is fun
3) i can speak german
4) everything is on time
5) CC sucks
6) busy all the time
7) global village was okay
8) Vodafone are bastards!
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Goodbye Alex - Hello Germany
my last night in alex has been special.
i spent it with my friends then went to say bye to the remaining salaam trainees.
i said bye to my good friend kait - as you can see kait is no longer just a trainee for me - i will miss her dearly, she's one of the reasons my summer has been one of the best sofar!
i think she is for sure one of my favorite americans on earth! i know for sure though that i will see her again, afterall the US now is in my life plan, and kait, you're my no. one visitor there.
so as i prepare to leave to germany -insha2allah (there i said it,happy mom?)
i just realize how excited i am - for 14 years of my life germany and german has been part of my daily life. i learned the german map before i learned the eyptian map - i have studdied germany history and lit 10 more than my own country's! i am not saying it is good or bad, i am just saying i am glad i will acctually set foot there after 2 pervious failing attempts to get there.
The fact that i am going to the biggest AIESEC conference in the world does not excite me half as much as the fact that it is IN germany - with all of this i am finding it hard to sleep - and i have never felt like this about a trip before - i have always been so casual about it.
it has also made me realize how much i miss speaking german - how i love it - and how much i owe my school and my education that made me the person i am today and funnily that made me the AIESECer i am today!
I am also hopefully seeing "Brandy" - Herr Brandt - my Physics and Maths teacher from school - though i fear his cmments about my deteriorationg german ( hey he's a teacher that's his job) i am happy about seeing him and remembering the days on school - which weren't the best days - but i still long for them.
i spent it with my friends then went to say bye to the remaining salaam trainees.
i said bye to my good friend kait - as you can see kait is no longer just a trainee for me - i will miss her dearly, she's one of the reasons my summer has been one of the best sofar!
i think she is for sure one of my favorite americans on earth! i know for sure though that i will see her again, afterall the US now is in my life plan, and kait, you're my no. one visitor there.
so as i prepare to leave to germany -insha2allah (there i said it,happy mom?)
i just realize how excited i am - for 14 years of my life germany and german has been part of my daily life. i learned the german map before i learned the eyptian map - i have studdied germany history and lit 10 more than my own country's! i am not saying it is good or bad, i am just saying i am glad i will acctually set foot there after 2 pervious failing attempts to get there.
The fact that i am going to the biggest AIESEC conference in the world does not excite me half as much as the fact that it is IN germany - with all of this i am finding it hard to sleep - and i have never felt like this about a trip before - i have always been so casual about it.
it has also made me realize how much i miss speaking german - how i love it - and how much i owe my school and my education that made me the person i am today and funnily that made me the AIESECer i am today!
I am also hopefully seeing "Brandy" - Herr Brandt - my Physics and Maths teacher from school - though i fear his cmments about my deteriorationg german ( hey he's a teacher that's his job) i am happy about seeing him and remembering the days on school - which weren't the best days - but i still long for them.
A guy with the heart of gold!
so we are eating ice cream and nassef has this big ice cream with brownies then fudge ice cream then whipped cream then cherries.
we drive past an adorable yet utterly dirty 2 year old kid standing on the front of a car. Nassef goes on about how adorable he is - then he parks the car goes and feeds him his ice cream then leaves it to the kid and his brother.
How cute and adorable is that!
FYI nassef is one of the guys who would make you puzzled as to how come he has not had 100 girlfriends!
he's the only guy i know that would do such a sweet thing! hell i'd never do such a sweet thing not to mention for a KID!!
we drive past an adorable yet utterly dirty 2 year old kid standing on the front of a car. Nassef goes on about how adorable he is - then he parks the car goes and feeds him his ice cream then leaves it to the kid and his brother.
How cute and adorable is that!
FYI nassef is one of the guys who would make you puzzled as to how come he has not had 100 girlfriends!
he's the only guy i know that would do such a sweet thing! hell i'd never do such a sweet thing not to mention for a KID!!
Friday, August 13, 2004
beginnings are scary, endings are sad, but it is what's in the middle that counts
they say the beauty of AIESEC is that it ends! but at endings you really don't feel that.
Leila just left - and driving home from the station i knew i was gona miss her terribly, and the thought of coming back to her empty room brought me to tears.
This summer is a fun one, but also a very hard one - and if i do not go to germany it will be one of the hardest, coz then i will be soo alone.
I do not think i could have made it through the summer without leila and her support and help.
i hardly ever cry when someone leaves - like with gosia and leila are the only ones i can remember.
So thank you UK for sending her - and thank you leila for being such a genuinely nice and sweet and good friend!
xxx
Leila just left - and driving home from the station i knew i was gona miss her terribly, and the thought of coming back to her empty room brought me to tears.
This summer is a fun one, but also a very hard one - and if i do not go to germany it will be one of the hardest, coz then i will be soo alone.
I do not think i could have made it through the summer without leila and her support and help.
i hardly ever cry when someone leaves - like with gosia and leila are the only ones i can remember.
So thank you UK for sending her - and thank you leila for being such a genuinely nice and sweet and good friend!
xxx
Thursday, August 12, 2004
I am too young for this
yes! i am too young! but still! shit happnes
turns out those yucky back aches are a bit serious! since feb i had em but not very severe. after korea things exploded.
went to the doc - and i have a mini case of disc, one of the discs in my spine has moved, making every move quite painful.
now it's no big deal like i can beat it easily except i have to so do 3 things i hate the most
1) rest at home - if you know me you know i use the house for food and sleep - well not even food i eat out all the time
2) loose weight - if you really know me or if you just know of me you'll understand that McDonald's profits will really suffer from this as a consequence
3) work out - with the two universities and being president and hopefully i hope i hope chair the Exchange Quality Board (i wana apply for it.) and keeping up a social life the 24 hours in the day are just not enough!
on the good side i will be healthier and thinner! so all you HOT guys out there BEWARE!! :D
so now i am in bed resting with the computer set up in front of me - with the sole possession of 3 remote controls (TV Cable and CD player) the phone - my mobile and ofcourse the HR Process and HR PLanning Gude for the Member Develpment Process , and a notebook tro design a MEC! how ideal?
apparently it was the bag in korea that fucked my back coz i hat stupid egyptian food with me. so thank you korea!!
somone told me to put my pics on ofoto so everyone can see it. this makes perfectly good sense. my brother has it , all of AIESEC USA uses it so how come i never thought of it?
turns out i am not that smart
i will put a link on the side!
leila is leaving - will miss her lvery much - i have an empty room in my house which makes me miss my bro even more.
i am now REALLY excited about germany - too bad i got no ticket yet! those bastards at the travel agency!
turns out those yucky back aches are a bit serious! since feb i had em but not very severe. after korea things exploded.
went to the doc - and i have a mini case of disc, one of the discs in my spine has moved, making every move quite painful.
now it's no big deal like i can beat it easily except i have to so do 3 things i hate the most
1) rest at home - if you know me you know i use the house for food and sleep - well not even food i eat out all the time
2) loose weight - if you really know me or if you just know of me you'll understand that McDonald's profits will really suffer from this as a consequence
3) work out - with the two universities and being president and hopefully i hope i hope chair the Exchange Quality Board (i wana apply for it.) and keeping up a social life the 24 hours in the day are just not enough!
on the good side i will be healthier and thinner! so all you HOT guys out there BEWARE!! :D
so now i am in bed resting with the computer set up in front of me - with the sole possession of 3 remote controls (TV Cable and CD player) the phone - my mobile and ofcourse the HR Process and HR PLanning Gude for the Member Develpment Process , and a notebook tro design a MEC! how ideal?
apparently it was the bag in korea that fucked my back coz i hat stupid egyptian food with me. so thank you korea!!
somone told me to put my pics on ofoto so everyone can see it. this makes perfectly good sense. my brother has it , all of AIESEC USA uses it so how come i never thought of it?
turns out i am not that smart
i will put a link on the side!
leila is leaving - will miss her lvery much - i have an empty room in my house which makes me miss my bro even more.
i am now REALLY excited about germany - too bad i got no ticket yet! those bastards at the travel agency!
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
My country is better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours
we all keep saying cultures are different not better, not worse - and different cultures are found in countries.
But do we really believe that? do we really think our country is not better than any other country?
when you love something you think it is the best thing - when you love a person you think he's the best person on earth - it seems only natural that you love your country therefore think it is the best.
but do how do you love your country when it rips you off, is stealing from you, does not support you? kills you like Irak kills its people - steals from you like many african countries do - or sends you to a war where there is zero benefit to you like the US, the UK and many other countries do.
you see other places better. but you notice all countries have something which you can complain about - somethings bother you more somethings bother you less.
The American Dream claims that you should go somewhere where the grass is greener - the pilgrims did it, and so did most of the americans till recent times. But if we all apply this theory everyone will move to the better place - and the original place is left abandoned - soon the better place becomes a worse place and people start to look for another better place. This means we're always on the move, and you loose all ties with your family your place and your home. like we say you can never really go back home again?
it's a choice that each one has to make - and as everyone is free to choose ( in some countries more than others) one should not be penelized for this choice - neither by his place of origin nor place of destination.
In theory this seems acceptable - at least to me - but in practice you'll still find people saying implicitly or explicitly:
my country is better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours.
can't people just be loyal to earth in general? coz you can't really say that my earth is better than yours? - unless you're talking to a marsian! lol
But do we really believe that? do we really think our country is not better than any other country?
when you love something you think it is the best thing - when you love a person you think he's the best person on earth - it seems only natural that you love your country therefore think it is the best.
but do how do you love your country when it rips you off, is stealing from you, does not support you? kills you like Irak kills its people - steals from you like many african countries do - or sends you to a war where there is zero benefit to you like the US, the UK and many other countries do.
you see other places better. but you notice all countries have something which you can complain about - somethings bother you more somethings bother you less.
The American Dream claims that you should go somewhere where the grass is greener - the pilgrims did it, and so did most of the americans till recent times. But if we all apply this theory everyone will move to the better place - and the original place is left abandoned - soon the better place becomes a worse place and people start to look for another better place. This means we're always on the move, and you loose all ties with your family your place and your home. like we say you can never really go back home again?
it's a choice that each one has to make - and as everyone is free to choose ( in some countries more than others) one should not be penelized for this choice - neither by his place of origin nor place of destination.
In theory this seems acceptable - at least to me - but in practice you'll still find people saying implicitly or explicitly:
my country is better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours.
can't people just be loyal to earth in general? coz you can't really say that my earth is better than yours? - unless you're talking to a marsian! lol
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Good Ol' Egypt
i had the best experience seeing the efficiency of the egyptian police system.
my moms wallet got snatched - with my driver's lisence in it. so i had to go file a report and make 3 copies of it.
the brilliance of the Egyptian government is that police stations have no copmuters - so making 3 copies involved a poor man writing them 3 times and getting them signed by half a dozen people 3 times!
funny - we spend 1 billion over some museum in fayoum ( like how many people set foot in fayoum??) but we have no computers in police stations
speaking of driver's lisence - i got into this discussion with leila. it is a driver's lisence or a driving lisence?!they both make sense to me
my moms wallet got snatched - with my driver's lisence in it. so i had to go file a report and make 3 copies of it.
the brilliance of the Egyptian government is that police stations have no copmuters - so making 3 copies involved a poor man writing them 3 times and getting them signed by half a dozen people 3 times!
funny - we spend 1 billion over some museum in fayoum ( like how many people set foot in fayoum??) but we have no computers in police stations
speaking of driver's lisence - i got into this discussion with leila. it is a driver's lisence or a driving lisence?!they both make sense to me
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Mastering Blogging
FINALLY i have mastered the blogging!
after a few weeks of wroking hard i finally figured how to put all my news item on the front page!! and it was easy, just a click on an icon which i never recognized!
so i am back in my beautiful country egypt - now if you know me that well, you'll see the sarcasm.
i have three weeks to go then i am off to germany! my plans is to stop in barcelona for a few days, so i got a nice thing to plan.
apparently i get overly excited when i have plans for travelling, i dunno if it is coz i love travelling or becuase i just don't like being here.
Overall the conference experience was really nice - new and VERY different culture and country, i could definetly see a STRONG culture shock coming if i were to live there.
apparetnly i am not at all tempted to go back or to go in south east asia for a while as part of my dream to see the world.
i have however managed to put the US somewhere in the near future, in the next year or two, why? 1) i have met so many americans this summer, i think it is time to explore this side of the world 2) it may be a way to finance my stay in an african country after that! and by african i mainly mean kenya ( it's close, cheap and english speaking and probably safer that west africa)
so if i am president next year i will stay in egypt. if i am not i do not think i will have enough motivation to stay here- i am growing less fond of living here day after day. so i am interested in working with the salaam project, to stay in aiesec and to work on a porject which i believe in immensly!maybe i will ditch this whole NCP thing after all - who knows!
for now i will have fun and work here for those three weeks
after germany i need to start looking for some part time job - i realized i am in my final years and i need to start ssaving for my future plans, anyone willing to help out in that?
work awaits!
after a few weeks of wroking hard i finally figured how to put all my news item on the front page!! and it was easy, just a click on an icon which i never recognized!
so i am back in my beautiful country egypt - now if you know me that well, you'll see the sarcasm.
i have three weeks to go then i am off to germany! my plans is to stop in barcelona for a few days, so i got a nice thing to plan.
apparently i get overly excited when i have plans for travelling, i dunno if it is coz i love travelling or becuase i just don't like being here.
Overall the conference experience was really nice - new and VERY different culture and country, i could definetly see a STRONG culture shock coming if i were to live there.
apparetnly i am not at all tempted to go back or to go in south east asia for a while as part of my dream to see the world.
i have however managed to put the US somewhere in the near future, in the next year or two, why? 1) i have met so many americans this summer, i think it is time to explore this side of the world 2) it may be a way to finance my stay in an african country after that! and by african i mainly mean kenya ( it's close, cheap and english speaking and probably safer that west africa)
so if i am president next year i will stay in egypt. if i am not i do not think i will have enough motivation to stay here- i am growing less fond of living here day after day. so i am interested in working with the salaam project, to stay in aiesec and to work on a porject which i believe in immensly!maybe i will ditch this whole NCP thing after all - who knows!
for now i will have fun and work here for those three weeks
after germany i need to start looking for some part time job - i realized i am in my final years and i need to start ssaving for my future plans, anyone willing to help out in that?
work awaits!
Korea day 8 - best part of the day
so this part is the AMAZING part, that makes this day one of the BEST days.
i head to the tower, nice walk up hill first- great excersise. stop at starbucks and get my first english breakfast tea in a a week - andit was GOOD!! hmmm
then saw an amazing view of seoul with the mountains from behind - it was that kind of scene that makes you wish you had a guy next to you,
back to itaewon, meet like 10 people from the conference, we had a blast - me and shady pretended to be married and wnet into a shop, we played with shady's wakie talkie endlessly.
we visited a palace which was beautiful, and was in an amazing gardern, then went to pizza hut where i ate till i was stuffed.
we were meant to take a night boat trour in the river but we canceled it becuase we got to the world stadium where the world cup was held andwe found that there's a match korea vs japan. a frienly match for the olypmic team! how random, but the atmorsphere was GREAT, we screamed and sang and jumped up and down.
we had the cheapest seats yet we saw everything - there were plags and fireworks and nice ribbons flying around and the seats were comfortable! WOW!! my first stadium experience. the two hours of the match flew by like 5 mins. it was AMAZING
we then went shopping in carrefour but as the sizes are super tiny i got nothing.
Back home i saw the pictures from the conference on the computer of the man i am staying with. the photographer is SO GOOD, i saw him around the conf - he looked quite cute - and he is soooooooooo good. he took a picture of me, and shit man , i look drop dead gorgeous :P okay, exagerating here, but i looked soooo nice, his other pics of my friends - he made them look so nice! it's like magic,
but for now i will stick to the saying that the photo only shoots what's there - mabetgebsh 7aga men 3andaha!
ta ta for nowlouly
Korea day 8 worst part of the day
yep this is it! best and worst day of my trip
first te bad side:
got up at 7:30 took the bus then the subway to downtown. on the subway while it was shaking some man grabs my arm for his balance. yet strangely hedoes no let go after that. another shake he holds with two hands. now i am from egypt - sexual harassment is part of my daily routine - but this was creepy! so he keeps on holding tighter and tighter and bringing my arm closer to him. by that point i have aready said every prayer i know. the next shake i put my arm really quickly as if it is by accident then offer him to hold on the reiling (is that spelled correctly?) and i steped backwards. thank god he did not follow me.
so by then i was very tense. so i got to the tower and take the teleferic/cablecar there,then look at some sights. in the tower there was a 3d theater. i could not resist. so i went in. it was about dinasours. after 3 minutes i ran out dead scared - even though it was not scary at all.
so i sya okay let's relax a bit - andgo to the fairy tale land. i go in, it starts nicely with snowwhite then escalates to a wizard then it becomes dark and scary. at this point i am nearly in tears so i ran back out sooo quickly.
again i do not know what was going on with me.
i went to the market, saw shady and gave him the biggest hug i have ever given anyone, i was soo happy to see a common face.
fast forward to the way home. 11:30 pm metro station - half empty.
now remember when your mommy told you "don't talk to strangers?" LISTEN TO HER. SHE IS RIGHT!! a man in his late twenties notices me and i notice him - we have somehting in common. we are both non-koreans. so he walks up to me ans asks me if i speak english, so i had to answer, i find out he's from morroco. so i smile politely and try to end the conversation. wishful thinking!
he comes closer to look at my map - and he stinks of alcohol. beer mainly. after that he asks me to go for coffee, i politely reject. he asks me to go out tomorrow - again politely reject saying i am going home, he asks questions about where i am staying, who i am living with etc and i make up some stories.
he gets on the metro with me - asks me out one more time - again i politely reject. ask for my number - i claim i dont have one - asks to help me out - no thanks - gives me his card - takes my email (i gave him the wrong one) - all the time his tougue was a bit heavy - he didnt walk straight and didn't seem quite that sober.
i finally manage to get to my station which seemed to take hours than the assumed 15 mins, by then i was completely freaked out. thank god nothing happened and i got home safely, but nervous as shit, i could have peed in my pants.
okay the good part comes later
first te bad side:
got up at 7:30 took the bus then the subway to downtown. on the subway while it was shaking some man grabs my arm for his balance. yet strangely hedoes no let go after that. another shake he holds with two hands. now i am from egypt - sexual harassment is part of my daily routine - but this was creepy! so he keeps on holding tighter and tighter and bringing my arm closer to him. by that point i have aready said every prayer i know. the next shake i put my arm really quickly as if it is by accident then offer him to hold on the reiling (is that spelled correctly?) and i steped backwards. thank god he did not follow me.
so by then i was very tense. so i got to the tower and take the teleferic/cablecar there,then look at some sights. in the tower there was a 3d theater. i could not resist. so i went in. it was about dinasours. after 3 minutes i ran out dead scared - even though it was not scary at all.
so i sya okay let's relax a bit - andgo to the fairy tale land. i go in, it starts nicely with snowwhite then escalates to a wizard then it becomes dark and scary. at this point i am nearly in tears so i ran back out sooo quickly.
again i do not know what was going on with me.
i went to the market, saw shady and gave him the biggest hug i have ever given anyone, i was soo happy to see a common face.
fast forward to the way home. 11:30 pm metro station - half empty.
now remember when your mommy told you "don't talk to strangers?" LISTEN TO HER. SHE IS RIGHT!! a man in his late twenties notices me and i notice him - we have somehting in common. we are both non-koreans. so he walks up to me ans asks me if i speak english, so i had to answer, i find out he's from morroco. so i smile politely and try to end the conversation. wishful thinking!
he comes closer to look at my map - and he stinks of alcohol. beer mainly. after that he asks me to go for coffee, i politely reject. he asks me to go out tomorrow - again politely reject saying i am going home, he asks questions about where i am staying, who i am living with etc and i make up some stories.
he gets on the metro with me - asks me out one more time - again i politely reject. ask for my number - i claim i dont have one - asks to help me out - no thanks - gives me his card - takes my email (i gave him the wrong one) - all the time his tougue was a bit heavy - he didnt walk straight and didn't seem quite that sober.
i finally manage to get to my station which seemed to take hours than the assumed 15 mins, by then i was completely freaked out. thank god nothing happened and i got home safely, but nervous as shit, i could have peed in my pants.
okay the good part comes later
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Korea day 6 and 7
okay the party was AMAZING!!
really nice food, an amazing show. soo cool!
i got my picture drwan by a woman, and she made me look much prettier. after that we went to a kareoke bar and sang for like 3 hours then back in the hotel we got some drinks and snacks and sat in the garden, where i talked about us politis with a guy from the us and two french dudes, and i was quite interesting.
while we were talking we were also making another contribution to the world and to the circle of life. mosquitoes were having a feast off us. well at least off me. i think it is now definite. i taste good! from the amount of bites and their size you may think i was in nigeria or something.
the next day i went to my host family. a very nice couple, the wife is housewife who studied english lit. so it is quite cool. she is a very very nice person.
we went to the traditional market then we ate a VERY nice meal.
at night we chatter for a while then i slept
she's an amazing person. the man does not speak english but he workd in iYHA and he is also soo nice.
the main prblem is it takes me 2 hours to get to seoul. :( well it's better than nothing huh? the house in the suburbs and it takes me quite a long time, but i am fine with that.
more later
really nice food, an amazing show. soo cool!
i got my picture drwan by a woman, and she made me look much prettier. after that we went to a kareoke bar and sang for like 3 hours then back in the hotel we got some drinks and snacks and sat in the garden, where i talked about us politis with a guy from the us and two french dudes, and i was quite interesting.
while we were talking we were also making another contribution to the world and to the circle of life. mosquitoes were having a feast off us. well at least off me. i think it is now definite. i taste good! from the amount of bites and their size you may think i was in nigeria or something.
the next day i went to my host family. a very nice couple, the wife is housewife who studied english lit. so it is quite cool. she is a very very nice person.
we went to the traditional market then we ate a VERY nice meal.
at night we chatter for a while then i slept
she's an amazing person. the man does not speak english but he workd in iYHA and he is also soo nice.
the main prblem is it takes me 2 hours to get to seoul. :( well it's better than nothing huh? the house in the suburbs and it takes me quite a long time, but i am fine with that.
more later
Korea Day 5 and 6
a bit late in posting - very little time.
so the iranian girl had her presentation - most of us are convinced that she completely wasted her time. she went on about what she had to go through and the difficulties and could not remember one achievement or result!
it seems very fishy how she complained about having verry little money yet she has a digital camera and a discman - hell i don't have a discman! the ticket she used to get from the UK to the US could have fed so many people in somalia, yet they were uset for her to ride her bicycle! weird concept!
anyway day over - next day
cultural day! me and shady went to get a camera for him and got lost and were late for the cultural night. they had to make the dance and the performance without us! it as really nice having all these people from all these places. i took LOADZ of pictures.
the statement of the day " Beer gets people together"
so throughout the conference we are all split in groups, and korean are quite excluded becuase of their poor english. during all the sessions we discuss things - not rocket science or anything just regular chat - and the only time where i felt like i was in a conference with people from 28 countries was at the party!
everyone gathering over drinks - getting drunk making a fool out of themselves and singing national songs out you sing in a football match and sharing drinking games.
so the party was really nice that day alot of fun.
the next day more sessions and we went to a market with really cool stuffz.
we went back for some session then went out again only to find all shops have shut - it was midnight i know but i didn't imagine things shut so early! and yesterday we stayed up till like 5 am chatting and dancing and having fun - not a big party just real simple.
i am having a really nice time it's amazing here. the weather is much better now - still no sun but not so foggy. i can see something out of my window finall :) it has stopped raining and we went out in the garden and had a really nice time.
today is the last day - will post later coz i gotta run.
luv
so the iranian girl had her presentation - most of us are convinced that she completely wasted her time. she went on about what she had to go through and the difficulties and could not remember one achievement or result!
it seems very fishy how she complained about having verry little money yet she has a digital camera and a discman - hell i don't have a discman! the ticket she used to get from the UK to the US could have fed so many people in somalia, yet they were uset for her to ride her bicycle! weird concept!
anyway day over - next day
cultural day! me and shady went to get a camera for him and got lost and were late for the cultural night. they had to make the dance and the performance without us! it as really nice having all these people from all these places. i took LOADZ of pictures.
the statement of the day " Beer gets people together"
so throughout the conference we are all split in groups, and korean are quite excluded becuase of their poor english. during all the sessions we discuss things - not rocket science or anything just regular chat - and the only time where i felt like i was in a conference with people from 28 countries was at the party!
everyone gathering over drinks - getting drunk making a fool out of themselves and singing national songs out you sing in a football match and sharing drinking games.
so the party was really nice that day alot of fun.
the next day more sessions and we went to a market with really cool stuffz.
we went back for some session then went out again only to find all shops have shut - it was midnight i know but i didn't imagine things shut so early! and yesterday we stayed up till like 5 am chatting and dancing and having fun - not a big party just real simple.
i am having a really nice time it's amazing here. the weather is much better now - still no sun but not so foggy. i can see something out of my window finall :) it has stopped raining and we went out in the garden and had a really nice time.
today is the last day - will post later coz i gotta run.
luv
Day 3 and 4
more news
moved to a different room with 2 koreans and a chinese girl, not that i can tell the difference.
apparently they cannot tell the difference either. yesterday i stayed up chatting with a few dudes from the US and a dude from saudi arabia.
my group has alot of koreans and a few chinese people and me a french guy a girl from new zealand and a girl from ireland and a funny indian guy! he laughed so hard when i told him the only word i know in indian (gandu) haha
today we went to this demilitarized zone between north and south korea, it was really interesting but we got to know the stories from one perspective only. this was a very controversial visit as the UNESCO was not backing us up. we went as individuals and not as official participants of the festival becuase of this reason.
the thing is that in this zone where noone has set foot for 50 years it became sort of a national park with protected species of animals and so beautiful scenery.
out of the most terrible things like war you can get such great beauty. if the result of war was this beautiful place, it gets you thiking how beautiful the result of peace could be!
it's amazing how far the impact of WW2 is on people, from egypt and alamein and all the way till korea. it is sad to see that at the rate we're going we're heading towards and even worse future.
everyone here is thin!! my god i am like the fattest person in korea! i am certainly not going to shop here the sizes must be tiny. they are also quite short. among koreans i feel tall. then i get struck back to reality by standing next to benoit- a tall frnech guy with me in the group. ( and no mom i still have not muttered a single word of french). the sing is really low here i have to bend down. the place here is sooo different than anything i have ever seen.
sofar things are going really cool - the conference is nice and the people i have met are amazing. my main disapointment is that koreans cannot speak very good english and i cannot seem to find out more abut them becuase of this problem.
i found out i am staying in a city 3 hours away from seoul for the homestay with a girl who also speeks really really poor enlgish - i am glad i will see another side of the country.
the egyptian delegaions is fine, shady has made freinds with the mosqueetos. and all of us broke our glasses hehehe weird coincidence!
the city here is expensive.
still have not seen any sun ever since i arrived, it's raining and windy yet really hot. something my body is still not able to comprehend.
we are now listening to a presentation about an iranian girl who cycled around the world for the cause of peace. i think it is a horrific waste of time and energy yet a great demonstration of commitment. if i wanted peace i would try to make a difference not just a mere statement - and a statement that took 15 months!! again maybe she can convince me otherwise.that's it for this boradcast
Friday, July 23, 2004
Korea Day 1 and 2
Yep! even i do not believe it!
korea! i am there!
after 10hours of the fanciest flight i have ever been to we have landed in the airport, me shady samah ashraf and omar.
noone was waiting for us, shomething i thought was gona happen so we took the most friggin expensive bus on earth - 7 dollars for a bus ride.
anyway we arrived at the hotel at like 6:30 am and check-in time was at 12 so we left our bags and wandered around the city with a random guy from hong kong.
i followed the other egpytian dudes unpleasantly, the leader in me objected on every decision they made - coz it was blantly stupid- but my consolation is that i got to bitch around with shady! thank god for him
then we split up from andwent around keda, back at the hotel we checked in, i went to sleep and snored like a man till like 8ish.
woke up went out for burger then back to bed.
i share a room with a girl form india, a girl from the USA - can't i have enough of you people hahah- and a girl from new zealand, but sounds nothing like jen and tom or even psychopath dan for that matter. they are all real sweet, we change rooms again tomorrow.
it's foggy and rainiy now, haven't seen the sun for ages. humidity is okay, i am from alex afterall.
mom just to prove my point : my back pants WERE torn like i told you in our endles argument about it.
you have to bargain for everything here, and i am ashamed to say that i suck at it, but shady's real good. again thank god he's aorund. he's already made friends with half of the korean and non korean population in seoul.
hugs and kisses
louly
korea! i am there!
after 10hours of the fanciest flight i have ever been to we have landed in the airport, me shady samah ashraf and omar.
noone was waiting for us, shomething i thought was gona happen so we took the most friggin expensive bus on earth - 7 dollars for a bus ride.
anyway we arrived at the hotel at like 6:30 am and check-in time was at 12 so we left our bags and wandered around the city with a random guy from hong kong.
i followed the other egpytian dudes unpleasantly, the leader in me objected on every decision they made - coz it was blantly stupid- but my consolation is that i got to bitch around with shady! thank god for him
then we split up from andwent around keda, back at the hotel we checked in, i went to sleep and snored like a man till like 8ish.
woke up went out for burger then back to bed.
i share a room with a girl form india, a girl from the USA - can't i have enough of you people hahah- and a girl from new zealand, but sounds nothing like jen and tom or even psychopath dan for that matter. they are all real sweet, we change rooms again tomorrow.
it's foggy and rainiy now, haven't seen the sun for ages. humidity is okay, i am from alex afterall.
mom just to prove my point : my back pants WERE torn like i told you in our endles argument about it.
you have to bargain for everything here, and i am ashamed to say that i suck at it, but shady's real good. again thank god he's aorund. he's already made friends with half of the korean and non korean population in seoul.
hugs and kisses
louly
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Airplanes for Breakfast
i woke up this morning to a noise of a plane very nearby
i thought it was crashing.
for 3 seconds i was actually scared!
i thought what if mubarak had died and some taliban wanabe took over.
it's a good thing i have a flight scheduled next week huh?
maybe one should book a ticket once a month just in case we wana get out of this place.
one thing i do know for sure, things could be much worse than they are now.
though we get chritisised and made fun of by every foreigner who sets foot here, we may not realize how lucky we are to be able to walk down the street without being forced by law to dress in a certain way or act in a certain way.
we're lucky that women go to uni, work as judges, emabasadors and ministers MPs.
we're lucky that women are free to divorce their horrible husbands, free to work for a living.
we can watch TV and have all the luxuries that people have all over - at least the basics.
so what if it is a little gray, dirty. so what if men masturbale whenever they see a female walking down the road and so what that you could go to prison without being charged.
i think it's me trying to convince myself it ain't that bad.
i keep remembering husein fahmy telling ahmed el sakka in the film mafia when he was asked how come he loves egypt so much depsite of all the bad stuffz
he asked him: do you love your mom - the asnwer was yes of course
is your mother the most beautiful sexiest woman on earth - the answer is NO
but you still love your mum, huh?
sadly the only way to live here is to keep remembering this every second, at least that's what i apparently think.
i thought it was crashing.
for 3 seconds i was actually scared!
i thought what if mubarak had died and some taliban wanabe took over.
it's a good thing i have a flight scheduled next week huh?
maybe one should book a ticket once a month just in case we wana get out of this place.
one thing i do know for sure, things could be much worse than they are now.
though we get chritisised and made fun of by every foreigner who sets foot here, we may not realize how lucky we are to be able to walk down the street without being forced by law to dress in a certain way or act in a certain way.
we're lucky that women go to uni, work as judges, emabasadors and ministers MPs.
we're lucky that women are free to divorce their horrible husbands, free to work for a living.
we can watch TV and have all the luxuries that people have all over - at least the basics.
so what if it is a little gray, dirty. so what if men masturbale whenever they see a female walking down the road and so what that you could go to prison without being charged.
i think it's me trying to convince myself it ain't that bad.
i keep remembering husein fahmy telling ahmed el sakka in the film mafia when he was asked how come he loves egypt so much depsite of all the bad stuffz
he asked him: do you love your mom - the asnwer was yes of course
is your mother the most beautiful sexiest woman on earth - the answer is NO
but you still love your mum, huh?
sadly the only way to live here is to keep remembering this every second, at least that's what i apparently think.
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