أنا صار لازم ودعكن

well ... good news and bad news ...

the good news is that the wait is finally over ... i'm leaving to kuwait next week inshala ... i will be going to riyadh in a couple of days ... probably the day after tomorrow ...

the bad news is that things are going to get quiet around here ... this will be my last post for a while ...

wish me luck in my new job ...

and although this is a work related post ... i will not conclude it with a dilbert cartoon as i usually do ... instead - in keeping with the theme of the title of this post - i will leave you with a nice collection of fairuz songs as a parting gift ... this way whenever you come here and find nothing new to read ... at least you will have something to listen to ...

until we meet again ...

سألوني الناس

سلملي عليه

علموني

يا طير

من عز النوم

سألتك حبيبي

ما قدرت نسيت

راجعين يا هوى

القدس العتيقة

الله معك يا هوانا

طيري يا طيارة

يا مرسال المراسيل

دوارة

تعا و لا تيجي

قالولي كن

بعدو الحبايب

Ahhh Free At Last

(AFP)

Hello and Goodbye

سورة الروم - تلاوة الشيخ ماهر المعيقلي

اللهم اجعل القرآن ربيع قلبي و زوال همي و حزني

Social Suicide

Too long have men stood as second fiddle to the female fashion orchestra. Playing the same monotone song, again and again, year after year. Dancing to someone else’s tune, at a party we weren’t invited to, in shoes that don’t fit.
We believe; we believe wholeheartedly; we believe that men’s fashion is here and that it is now; that it is sharp and that it is intelligent; that this is our party, the music is spectacular and that the boys are dancing.
Every design has a story, every detail a reason, every fiber a moral.

check some of their work out ...

John Holmes

Armed

Vixen

Button Hole

وين الملايين؟

قاعدين بيستنوا قويدر

Rising Prices :-)

Contestants on the television game show Wheel Of Fortune have been hit especially hard at the podiums in recent months due to skyrocketing vowel prices, which reached a record $600 last week. "I remember a time when you could get an 'e' for $250," 46-year-old contestant Samantha Means said after a Wednesday taping. "But as Wheel contestants, we've become so dependent on vowels to solve puzzles that the producers can get away with jacking up prices because they know we'll pay them. We need a legitimate vowel alternative, but I don't think we're ready for that. I know I'm not." According to Wheel Of Fortune show runner Charlie Clark, vowel prices are not likely to come down anytime soon unless America improves its standing in the Middle East.

courtesty of The Onion

Quote of the Day

"What galls is how together with America we defeated Hitler, and how we sympathized when Bin Laden hit them. But they go ahead and scare kids with Communists. These people have no shame,"
Viktor Perov, a Communist Party member in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg.

Russian Communist Party members condemned the new "Indiana Jones" film on Friday as crude, anti-Soviet propaganda that distorts history and called for it to be banned from Russian screens.

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Your friendship is a fog
That disappears when the wind redirects

~ rage against the machine ~

Idiot

Mohammed Abdo referred to the Prophet PBUH as a Saudi during an appearance on the MBC program "Al Arrab".

He later apologized for the slip-up on a different show.

story

Argeeleh

The pipes, often called hookahs or shishas, are perhaps best known in the Middle East and are used to smoke flavored and sweetened tobacco. The tobacco is heated over charcoal, and then is cooled as it passes through a bowl of water and is inhaled from a hose.
Despite the belief of some students, water pipes may expose users to more toxic materials than cigarettes. Each puff has as much as 100 times the smoke as a puff from a cigarette, the study said. And smokers are also inhaling fumes from the charcoal.

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Song of the Day

Artist: Notorious B.I.G.
Track: Juicy

another throwback song ... classic ...

and if you don't know ... now you know!

mumblings

started reading 1984 today ... yeah i never read it before ...
it's been on my list since forever but i could never find it at the library ... until today ...
i've read animal farm though ... that was a good fucking book ... great fucking book actually ...

in other news ... i'm in a rotten mood these days ... trying to fight the feeling but it's just too strong ... kind of like that song - let's get it on ... i've been really tryin' baby ... tryin' to hold back this feeling ... for so long now ... but yeah ... rotten mood ... it's temporary though ... i know it's all because this work business is dragging on longer than i expected it to ... once i start working it will dissipate ... but until then ...
i still haven't started my new job ... it's been almost a month now since they asked me if i would like to work for them ... pretty frustrating ... patience is running low ... the good news is that they assured me everything is ok ... it's just going to take a little time that's all ... that was a week ago ... and if they say everything is ok then everything is ok ... i don't care what my parents think ...
meanwhile ... a different company called me today to schedule an interview ... i'm going to meet them next week ... unless the other guys finally get their shit together and decide to call ...
seriously though ... i need to start working soon before i end up like this ...

oh yeah ... and the sonics got the 4th pick in the draft ... in case anyone cares ...

BAM

Downtown Reopening

A man cleans his shop after opposition supporters dismantled the tent encampment which has been going on for over a year in downtown Beirut.
(AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

congratulations reem .. your wish finally came true ..

White Balloon

Lebanese people release white balloons in Martyr's Square in Central Beirut to celebrate an agreement by Lebanese politicians, ending the worst conflict since the civil war.
REUTERS/ Steve Crisp

black balloon ...

The Commission

REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (QATAR)

The Commission is the governing body of the Mafia in the United States. Although its makeup has changed several times since its 1931 creation, the bosses of the New York Five Families still provide the core membership of The Commission.

A Qatari-mediated deal to defuse Lebanon's political crisis has averted civil war and will calm tensions until next year's parliamentary poll, but leaves the country's deep-seated divisions unhealed.
The pact signed by rival Lebanese leaders on Wednesday after six days of talks in Doha meets the Hezbollah-led opposition's persistent demand for veto power in the cabinet, resolves a dispute over the electoral law and will enable parliament to elect army chief Michel Suleiman as head of state on Sunday.
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Painting The Mona Lisa

with microsoft paint!

via zay'z