FREE FALLING!

Sina!

2008-12-04T03:09:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to quickly introduce my little monkey to the world, I know i haven't been online often in the past while....but here's a starter!

Changing location

2007-04-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
Just thought I'd tell y'all that I'm moving to Dahab, so be sure to get ahold of me if you're heading that way.
I still think SilverKey rocks! And people please stop asking me if i'm getting another job...I'm not! I resigned because I have a few health issues that need my attention and not because I dislike my job or working environment.
So I'm heading over there outta Cairo to focus on ME! It's easier over there mainly because Cairo sucks right now, traffic, polution and frankly I bump into way too many people I know all the time, there's family and waaaaay to many distractions. Out in Sinai it'll be different I'll have the chance to focus and center...so...wish me luck! And I hope I see you soon, whenever you might decide to be in the vicinity! Cheers!

Music

2007-03-11T01:58:00.000-08:00

Now, music in Egypt is really big. A lot of kid's dream about being musicans, and many attempt/start playing music. But, there's soo many barrieris and issues...its nuts! here's a little list;

actual entities that certify musicians arent that widespread
work for musicans is usually a few gigs and mostly bars/pubs

if one want to make an album/recording u need;

money....piles
conections ......looots of them
time
and sadly....the worst part is....sometimes u need to sorta sleep with everyone up the ladder till u have ur album out....and its still not over then.

i have lots of friends in the music world....i love it
i used to be a vocalist....i'm a bad guitarist, but i DO like to sing
but....i decided earlier on that it was too much of a risk as a career path
and of course....everything im mentioning in this entry was always scaring me
nyways....a friend on mine....a singer...trying to get her album released
she did EVERYTHING...recording and all....data and pic ready....nothing missing whatsoever
BUT....everywhere she goes...all she was told was " sorry kid, ur not a whore, so this ain't gonna work"
.......so she started naming singers and asking if THEY needed to sleep with everyone to get their stuff released
" whore"," whore" ,"yup shes a whore too", "no shes got a billionare husband", " oh!shes a definte whore, but not publicly, only in private"
now what the hell is that!
and there are sooooooooo many tallented musicians here! its scary
true...there's the "sawy culture center" which is awsome, and THE only entity (that i know of) that promotes young artists
but thats it
thats aaaaaaaaall the support musicians have
and a war to fight
i thought music was fun
entertaining
now i feel like its tainted

* Pictures in this post are of young very very talented musicians...none of which has been refered to in the post.

PIVO: Beautiful, Simply Beautiful

2007-03-08T00:55:00.000-08:00

PIVO: Beautiful, Simply Beautiful
can ya believe it?
i didnt even see that camera!
just ....i dunno...horsing around and doing something "cultural" for the tourists!
i love ya sweets! ROCK ON WOMAN!

Fucking hell!

2006-12-18T03:32:00.000-08:00

Now, picture this, walking down the streets of downtown cairo, near Talaat Harb with a friend of mine, an american blond girl. So yeah, most of the time I was cussing my ass off, cuz blond has weeeeeeeeeeird effects on people in this country.
Anyways, walkin, I look behind me by coincidence and what does my eye catch? An oldish man, around 50 ish ,looking very proper, wearing one of those old 2 piece suit thingies that were so pupolar in the 70's, (mowoazaf 7ekouma type). What was he doin? Just plain looking at us, in the MIDDLE of the side walk......and giving himself a hand job....!!!
There was another guy standing in front of us...u could just see his eyes widening ...but he didnt do anything! Not even when the old man moved to a wall to finish his business.
Man!
what the hell is this?
This type of shit didnt happen randomly when our parents were young...thats when prositution was legal.....why the hell isnt it legal anymore? Cus its "haram"? Yeah whatever! At least it kept some of the goons off the damn street!
LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION!

CRACK!

2006-10-31T03:45:00.000-08:00

A certain someone, hehe, supposedly sick and a little weak, was getting a check up. The doctor asked her to grip his finger, so he can see if she has enough power and CRACK! goes his poor finger in her grip......seriously, the look on his face HA!......so yeah, they say you're sick woman, but hehe, no you're not!

BABY jellyfish?

2006-10-18T03:18:00.000-07:00

didn't know they started this small!
im sure they were smaller....but i sure as hell didn't think i'd ever actually find one floating onto my lap with the waves on the north coast! soooooooooo so cute argh, she's (i just know it's a she, she's too cute to be a boy) peachy orangish brown, with lots of white freckles....just .....aaaaaaaaw...and btw, yes my hands ARE in the sea, and THAT'S how clear it is.

partial lunar eclipse

2006-09-27T02:58:00.000-07:00

thursday night,
7th of September 2006,
starting around 10 pm for nearly 2 hours,
17 % of the moon was hidden by mars.
sweet eh?

Israel warns its citizens, sinai attack

2006-09-02T01:38:00.000-07:00

So we have it all over the papers;
Israel warns her citizens to stay away from Sinai, because of attack threats.
Well,
every single one of the previous attacks had threats preceeding them,
but why did it reach isreal first this time?
And why didn't the egyptian government explain or tell anyone that they caught a truck load of explosives somewhere near areish?
Why are all young arab men being discriminated against? even in their own home!
Any egyptian, just walking on his "supposed" land, in his "supposed" country, can be just swept of the street and disapear, randomly, (but thats a bad case) or( a current norm), be interogated, body searched and treated like scum
I lost track of one of my best friends who is in dahab, for 3 hours, why? Because he was being interogated ........................for having a laptop, NO not just interogated, they took the thing apart!
Great work! Some "inteligence" indeed!

ma boys!

2006-08-30T08:26:00.000-07:00

hehe, i got a strange comment from an interviewee today, "oh i saw the pictures on the silverkey website, I didn't think you'd still have the same people"...!!!
no we rented a few good lookin fellas for the picture...:)
Well we lost a few, gained a few, but oh well, c'est la vie! We all miss everyone who isn't in our family anymore....I hope ya'll get the best in life!

aaaaaaaaaah ziyad!

2006-08-24T03:24:00.000-07:00

aaaaaaaah!
i miss you already!
I didn't even get to kiss you good bye.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I thought you were leaving on thursday night, my bad....tres stupid, je desole
hehe i suck at the language but i tried
bubye Ziyad
I'll see you in Morrocco
LOVE YA!

?

2006-07-30T05:44:00.000-07:00

Gas prices increase 30 percent
food is more expensive
salaries stay the same

pooooooor egyptian public

then mister mubarak simply donates a BILLION pounds, to make sure that the cost of local bread won't go up

well gee thanx dad.....FUCKING HELL, he donates a BILLION
from his own private funds, how many fucking billions does this guy have?

well, obviously has been a truly fruitful 25 years hasnt it mubarak....?

Beach

2006-07-30T03:15:00.000-07:00

white sandy beaches
turqouise blue waters
gorgeous waves

welcome to the north coast!

haha!

and i own a bit of it!yaaaaaaaay! just enough to give me a lifetime supply of beach bumm life

wheres my beer?!!!

Forever

2006-04-18T08:39:00.000-07:00

Dima.......Willy......Loll
01/11/1990-18/04/2006

Fakharany finalist!!!

2006-04-12T02:14:00.000-07:00

This is my cousin Omar El Fakharany,
He's been playing the piano since he could walk!
El Sawi Culture Center is a great place!
It's the most successful sponser of young artists in cairo.
This is a junior competition, yeah my cuz got 3rd place...;( but doesnt mean I ain't proud as hell!!
He's still got a lotta opportunites to show what he's got.
YOU GO CUZ!

ok, a really really random occurance

2006-03-27T03:09:00.000-08:00

last february
Dody arrived, and met up with me a coupla times, so I can show him arround a bit
he was staying in Zamalek
so that's where we met, mostly.
Zamalek has tons of schools, so come 3:00pm, the streets are flooded with kids.
So one day, Dody and I were walking in Zamalek going somewhere or other,
it was around 3:00pm so we were wadding through a sea of little kids
there was a bunch of little girls ahead of us
one girl suddenly turned around, and offered me her hand,
i took her hand in mind of course....cutie pie!
at the same second she lifted her face asking for a kiss
so i bent down and gave her a smack on the cheek
and this happened AS we were walking!!!!
all in stride
now this is NOT common occuruance
whaaaaaaaaaaaatsoever
completely random
haha
SOMEONE had to see the look on Dody's face!
trust me....I was in shock myself!
but happy and sweet shock
this is the first time something like THIS ever happens to me
now THAT is something i will NEVER forget!

my hubby

2006-03-20T08:11:00.000-08:00

Well, you don't really come by a lotta people who can do this....well unless you're a yogie ofcourse....but to us normal people...WHAT THE ****!!
This is ma hubby!And yes I do get to see him do that sometimes....when he feels like it, that is.
Drives me nuts!
But I'm currently insanely happy!! God knows how long this feeling is gonna last....but who gives a rats ass....i'm enjoying every second i get!

DAHAB!!!!

2006-03-20T07:07:00.000-08:00

I finaly got my pictures from dahab on a computer.....so to all you nomads....heres a bit of Dahab, or at least the most popular parts of it.

Enjoy!

SHOPPING!

2006-03-16T00:15:00.000-08:00

Now whoever said shopping was fun?
Well, it IS sometimes....when its in a niiiiiiiice mall or big supermarket, its ok, u just get dizzy from looking at so much stuff!
BUT....when it's in a souq (an arab market)....the case isnt that simple
you walk in slummy alley ways, dodge cars, horses,mules,donkeys and people
haggle ur ass off
fight with people who harras u
not always enjoyable
is an understatment
but....sometimes u bump into silly little instances that send your soul flying somewhere in lala land
i know that wasnt very comprehendable
but i mean sweet little instances in the middle of all that crap that makes my day
for example
one loooooooooooong day in the souq, i was carrying tons of stuff and wasn't very happy
but as i was standing in a store, i overheard a couple of foreigners speaking english and trying to explain something to the shop owner using their driver as a translator
the poor women could get NOTHING accross
so of course i jumped in and helped
they were looking for something specific
and have been looking for it for a while
and were pretty exhasperated
and they didnt have much time in the country
so i helped find EXACTLY what they wanted from that same shop
and directed them where to find the rest of their stuff, giving the driver pointers etc
u have nooooooooooo idea how fulfiling their happiness was
they were exstatic
which was reeeeaally touching
made my day
sent me back to the office all smiles
instead of all bitchy cus of my long walk
yaaaaaaaay

Back to reality

2006-01-14T18:50:00.000-08:00

I went off to Dahab on the 27th of december thinking I would only stay till the 1sty of jan.
I finish my money in the first 5 days and am peniless for the rest of my time there.
But I eat,sleep and drink for free....How can this happen?
I know I'm a lucky bitch...but this is too much!!
I have never felt so comfortable in my life...living with bediouns....is something absoluely sureal!
The trick is ...ofcourse....to know someone from their midst and for them to like you.
If you have these two key factors...you got it made....just like me..but aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I had to come back to earth...yuuuuuukh seriosuly the air smells heavier and weirder here, I don't see any stars, I can't go anywhere bare foot...this is horrible!
GOD DAMN IT!
I know I'm going to go live there...."when" is the question though.
I have a goal to achieve before i go back "home"....and quite a few paths that will lead me to it. Now its a matter of choosing, I do have a path I like....but well, I'll just have to wait and see won't I :)

NEW YEARS CAIRO!

2005-12-21T03:59:00.000-08:00

For those staying in cairo
This is the party to be!
Best gig getting down for the birth of year 2006

DAHAB!!!

2005-12-21T03:23:00.000-08:00

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
finally cooooooooooooming up
a trip to dahab...yaaaaaaay
total seclusion
no technology....aaaaaargh except my cell phone...usually a trip like this my phone ends up in the bag turned off till i start climbing the buss on my way home
arggh...can't escape this time
but noooooooooo matter
i still have a sea to look forward to, sunbathing, swiming, having a bear staring off to space, reading a book with the cool sea breeze in my hair
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaw can u just feel it
people
whoevers not making it to this years nomadfest in dahab
is seriously missing out
and if anyone whose going reads this
dont forget to buy the booze at the airport!u wont find any imported hard liquer around here
i have my own stock....just don't want people to miss out..hehe
and make sure u have shopping pocket money
all the funky little nitbits u can find in the world
yaaaaaaaaaaaay
daaaaaaaaaahab soon soon
dahab...means gold in arabic
theres nothing goold there except the desert...which is everywhere else
so im not really sure why it's named dahab...ill try to find out the reason though
my theory is that the time spent there is worth gold
hehe
ok a bit corney
but i loooooooooooooooove it there!yay

weird...eh?

2005-12-21T03:05:00.000-08:00

well, sometimes people ask you to do straaaaaaange things
like ask you to manage things....and you find out you're actually babysitting
now ain't that weird?
I hate it when things are disorganized and not centered
blah!...feels like my brain is shattered into a gazilion pieces and i have to look for each and every daaamn little piece ......just to think
hectic

i just need to publish this

2005-12-18T17:27:00.000-08:00

well, how lucky can a girl be, to have

her boss cook a meal that looks like

.......................THIS!!!YUM!!!

aaaaaaaaaaaaain't that nice of him!!!

THANK YOU DODY This is Dodys going away present to me....best ever! I shoulda published this ages ago...but i was on a stike...no computer...hehe....but nyway......just for the record thats green curry...turned out to be spicier than planned...but was very yummy.....PEOPLE!! ALWAYS look at the green curry can before you buy it...because some are a lot spicier than the usual...just so you know....and no dody that isn't a jab at you, the meal was yummy...but daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang was it hot!

mwwwwwwwwwwwwwuah!

2005-10-31T05:44:00.000-08:00

cairo oh beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeautiful cairo!
im dying to tell you guys how much fun im having
but im too busy having it hehe
plus im runing away from coming near a dreaded monitor
but ill just get enough of my well-missed cairo atmosphere then ill come down to earth hehe
just wanted to say...hello...me alive hehe