Cairokee ft Aida El Ayouby Ya El Medan كايروكي و عايده الايوبي

Special dedication to freedom, to TAHRIR!

الثورة مش بتعطلك، متعطلهاش انت

• اللى بيشتكى ان الإعتصام فى التحرير موقف المرور و معطل المصالح
  انت كنت شايفها سالكة قبل كدة امتى؟ القاهرة الكبرى ما هى الا جراج برتبة مدينة!
• اللى بيقول ان المظاهرات بتعطل عجلة الإنتاج
  ما إحنا كنا بنتظاهر يوم الجمعة و ماكنش عاجب. و بعدين أنا بشوف كل يوم الناس على القهوة الساعة 8 الصبح بتشرب شيشة ولا ده لزوم المزاج اللى حيزود الإنتاج؟؟!!
• اللى بيقول طب أنا معاهم  بقلبى بس عايز أروح شغلى
  اصحى بدرى شوية و انزل شغلك و ارجع بدرى، الثوار نباجيتهم سوارية مش ماتينيه!
• اللى بيقول ده كان حلال فيهم العادلى
  راعى ضميرك و اسأل نفسك: لو عندك ابن أو بنت أو أخ أو أخت كنت تحب يحصلهم كدة؟
• اللى بيقول الناس اللى نازلة دى عايزين ايه تانى
  المطالب متغيرتش من يناير للنهارده، هى لسة متحققتش! و الناس اللى بتنتقضها دي بتجرى ورا حقى و حقك علشان احنا وولادنا يكونلنا مستقبل احسن! «ما ضاع حق خلفه مطالب»
• اللى بيقول المفروض ندى الجلس العسكرى و الحكومة فرصة
  تسونامى اليابان حصل من 8 شهور و هما من يومها بيبنوا و بيصلحوا من غير كلام، احنا ثرنا للتغيير من 11  شهر و كل اللى حصلنا عليه لغاية دلوتى وعود براقة، فوضى عارمة و اوضاع متردية
• الى اخواتى و اصحابى و اهلى اللى فى كل ميادين تحرير مصر:
  
  - التزموا السلمية و ما تدوش لحد فرصة ياخد نقطة عليكو
  - لازم نوحد مطالبنا علشان لما المشير يطل علينا بطلعتو البهية نعرف احنا بنقبل أو نرفض كلامه على أساس ايه
  - لازم يكون عندنا خريطة طريق واضحة علشان منغلطش نفس غلطتنا فى فبراير

Reflections: Inspired by the Wet Season

• Las nubes negras roaming all week long to soak and cleanse the city with it's pouring rain, with a promise that el sol will shine again with all its glory touching everyone with the warmth of its rays
• Even though I was born in the summer with it's imposing heat, I've always preferred winter with it's suggestive warmth
• One of the best smells to look forward to in the rain: fresh rain-wet grass
• Thunder and lightning to me are never a premonition; they are like old friends that always make me feel right at home
• If it is drizzling, the best thing to do is to take a walk in a puddle-free road/path
• If it is pouring, cuddle up in a warm place, open the curtains, make a steaming cup of cocoa and watch the wet streets and the swooshing going outside of your little warm world
• The memory of the best rain day I have ever witnessed, is that when I was standing under the protective roof of our school bus garage, and I couldn't make out the volley ball court that was only 20 meters away

Morning Exercise Companions

This is a tribute to my morning exercise companions.  I am not making fun of them, but naturally in order for me to identify them I have to give my superficial impressions on these people, since I don't actually know them or exchanges so much as a couple of words with any of them.  I actually salute and respect them for being so true to their exercise routine through hot steamy weather, pouring rain, and fasting month of Ramadan.  Please meet my morning companions:

• Ziko-  He looks so much like Zakaria Azmi and hence the nickname
• I'm 65 but I'm definitely more fit than you are- If we are taking laps on the same direction, he sure will be ahead of me even if I originally started before him.
• Daddy Long Legs- He's so tall with really long legs, the DLL story jumps straight to mind
• Wide shoulders- He's actually cute, but you can pinpoint him from afar with his very distinctive wide shoulders
• "My mommy is 50 meters behind me" girl- Whether she walks by herself or with a friend, her mom is always 50-100 meters behind her with her umbrella to protect her from the sun/rain
• Mr. and Mrs. "take a picture it will last longer"- A couple of elderly people who keep staring so hard that it just becomes too awkward
• Mr. mid-life crisis- He seems to be in his 50s but he dresses so upbeat and rides a red 307 CC with the top down
• Track and field dude- He takes a couple of laps jogging and then finalizes his exercise at the track and field area

I wonder what kind of superficial nickname each of these people has given me (c:

Quote of the Day

“Leave naught undone of what you have to do, for when you go, you will return no more.”
Omar Khayyam


(My favorite quote from my new favorite book "Chicken with Plums"- Marjane Satrapi)

Just a Thought

2011 marked, two successfully ME revolutions, two in progress, Mubarak the glue stepping down, officials and corrupt businessmen going locked up until they go to trial, Kate and Wills finally tie the knot, and I'm sure that won't be the last of it...Bin Laden assassinated!

If I'm really going to believe that 2012 will mark the world's end, then I'm very disappointed in the way life has conducted itself by wrapping everything up in the last moments after centuries of buildup of events; just like a bad movie where its makers suddenly realize they are running out of time after two hours of crowded events and an excess of stars and extras where we have to finish it up in 5 minutes!

Some People Still Think They're Above the Law!!!

Something really ticked me off today, but let me start at the very beginning.  Sometime mid Feb the traffic authorities had installed automated traffic lights at Shooting Club cross-section.  I thought it was a great idea because this area is always a bottleneck especially at rush hours.

Anyway, yesterday it was Friday morning when I went out, and as usual Egyptians were still asleep and I could have easily ignored the traffic light, but I decided that I won't do that in the new spirit of respecting the traffic laws in Egypt.  Today again I went out in the late morning with my best friend, and just as we reached the cross-section the light had gone red so we stopped.  I was amazed that everyone else did, and what was more amazing that on the intersecting side of the road people where actually waiting for their traffic light to turn green, given the very first line of cars consisted of taxis.( I also want to highlight there was no traffic officer on duty at that side, so they could've easily get away with anything)

Sadly my feelings of pride vanished so quickly, after someone was honking their horns quite hard somewhere behind us, well it was about 50 seconds until the lights would turn green again so I thought he will stop the honking when nobody makes an unlawful move on his behalf.  Just as I was thinking that, a microbus passed by and had to cut on the intersecting side so he could pass ignoring the red light.  I said, OK, still within the normal range, he's a microbus driver, we need to enlighten these people. Right behind him followed a black, brand new Benz, and I recognized the driver, who was the one honking his horns all along, it was the D-list actor Mohamed El-Shakankiri, which without thinking he broke the law by ignoring the red light as well.

Well I felt very angry and I felt like I want to get off the car and run behind him to strangle him.  Why on Earth does he think that he's above the law? He's a nobody when it comes to artistic talents so i don't think anybody is missing anything even if he's late for a shoot or something.

I'm making this a big issue, so in case you don't know what this loser looks like here's his picture.