SNAWSI in da Block

Who else wanna a piece of me ?

2009-12-08T14:27:00.000+01:00

Entropy...again

2009-12-07T09:44:00.002+01:00

I can never have enough of that movie, not only because of the great U2 cameo but mainly for its originality. I watched it again yesteday on MBC 2 and this time I got struck by another quote :

"picking up the right person for you is like playing Russian Roulette or gambling..."
How true is that ?

When your heart turns cold...

2009-11-30T11:22:00.006+01:00

When your heart turns cold

I say, when your heart turns cold

it causes your soul to freeze

It spreads, throughout yo' spirit

like a, ruthless, feeling disease

The walls, the walls that once were down

now stand firm and tall, safe from hate love pain joy

until you feel nothing at all ...

بــاش "اتــقــبـــّلـــو" فـــي الــعـــيـــد؟

2009-11-26T11:11:00.004+01:00

ســـؤال طرحــتــو عــلــيّ أخــتــي، وأنا زادة خــمـّمــت فــيــه، زعــمة كيفاه باش نعـملو في هذا العـيد، كي نخرجو انعيّدو و كي يجيو القبّالة، فـمّة بـوس و تعـنـيـق ولاّ انعـلّـقـو بـلاكـة في بـاب الدار : يمـنـع منعـا باتا التقـبـيل والـقــبــل والأحـضان *، ولاّ مــشــّي فيها أعذار وهـمـيّة باش ماتـمـدّش يـدّك ولا خـدّك ، ســامــحــني، عــلى وضــوء... و مــا إلى ذلــك

و زعــمة هكّـاكة باش نقـضـيـو عـلى أيّ خـطـر انـتـقـال عـدوى الـفـيـروس الـقــهّـار و مانخافــوش من انـتـقـام الخـنازيـر لذبـح العــلالـيـش؟

ســؤال يطرح نــفــسه ... عــلـى كــلّ حــال، عــيــدكــم مــبــروك، ممممممـــّواه

"Souviens-toi d'oublier" (Nietzsche)

2009-11-25T10:51:00.004+01:00

Yesterday was one of those awful days that one just wish to go back in time and skip. It'd be amazing if we have the option to "erase and rewind" time, it'd make life less complicated.

Yesterday was a hectic day that started by me running late into a meeting out of office, in some unknown area where I wandered to find the place. My colleague was so kind NOT giving me the right directions though she's been there before many times...

Yesterday, my car decided to let me down and I had to call the insurance company to tow it and take it to its "doctor" ( in Radès !) who said she's a mess due to my reckless maintaince. I called my dad for advice and he just gave me his usual useless speech...

Yesterday, while filling an evaluation form for a promotion, I discussed my career with my boss and she made it clear: I will just remain where I am now and I should not expect any evolution nor have any ambition since she'll always be the boss and I can by no mean climb higher, not even higher than her subordinates who , according to her, are way up in front of me on that scale, based on their years of work!

She also made some "subtle" analysis of my personality, considering me as a lazy professional who never takes initiatives and never offers to do something else than her duties ( like kissing her fat ass and doing the secretary from time to time). She told me that work is like marriage, you need to make lots of efforts to succeed ( and since I failed in my former wedding, I'm doomed to fail in my career, too)...

Yesterday, my sister, who'll be abroad next week, reached out for me to help her get some stupid paper from some damn administrations in Tunis and fax it ASAP to her. I made some calls, tried to find someone for some assistance but couldn't get any...

Yesterday, my "better haf" has disappeared from my orbit and didn't check on me the whole day. I couldn't figure out why he wanted to "make a point", why our couple has to go through such "offline" odd period of " distance", "reconsideration" & co...

Ok, enough bitching about yesterday, it's already gone and now that I vented in here, I should just push the "erase button" on my mind!

Et toi, t'as pas encore chopé la grippe porcine? :p

2009-11-23T14:15:00.007+01:00

C'est la cata ! La grippe porcine frappe partout dans le bled, tout le monde se dit atteint, tout le monde prétend avoir quelqu'un de malade (ou même mort) dans son entourage. Des écoles ferment, des facultés aussi, qui sait, bientôt aussi les lignes de métro et bus, les supermarchés, les banques, les administrations, les mosquées et tout lieu d'interaction humaine où l'on ne peut éviter un "contact" quelconque avec les autres!

Tout le monde en parle, tout le monde a peur, tout le monde cherche les chiffres officiels et non officiels des cas affectés par le virus H1N1. Les rumeurs (folles) partent dans tous les sens et personne ne sait à "quel saint se vouer". Est ce un état de panique général ou une simple excuse pour ne pas aller à l'école, au boulot...?

Ce qui est bizarre est que les gens (du moins ceux que j'observe) n'ont pas changé de comportement : même septiques, ils s'embrassent toujours et encore, se serrent bien les mains, se font des accolades, éternuent sans mouchoir, sans laver les mains...mais ils sont là, toujours bien...vivants!
Bon, limite, si t'as l'air "grippé", on te lance sur un ton plutôt moqueur : " hey, c'est pas la méchante grippe, hein? allez, viens " et Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Arrêtons donc notre super hypocrisie, c'est contradictoire de se demander "qui a chopé la grippe? qui en est mort?" ("Who's next in line?") et ne pas respecter un minimum d'hygiène et de prévention. Et puis, on va tous mourir à la fin! mais chacun son tour, son temps et sa façon de mourir! La grippe porcine ne va pas exterminer la race humaine, rassurez vous ;) ATCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOM !... heuuh...pardon :P

Reaching out...

2009-11-16T11:46:00.000+01:00

النــجاعــة الاداريــة التونــســيــة

2009-11-14T12:01:00.001+01:00

مشيت اليوم على الساعة العاشرة لمركز أمن لــتغيير و تحيين بطاقة تعريفي الوطنية ورغم اللي قمت بتحضير الأوراق اللازمة، اتضح إنو لازم شهادة إقامة وما يترتب عنها من وثائق منها مثلا تسجيل عقد الكراء بالقباضة المالية

مشيت للقباضة المحنونة،قصيت نومرو نستنى،كي جاء دوري،أعلمني السيد الموظف إنو لازم نسخ مطابقة للأصل للعقد ،رصاتلي نمشي انشد في صف آخر في البلدية للحصول على النسخ و من حسن الحظ مابطيتش غادي رغم الفوضى الموجودة واللي مساهم فيها المواطن بدرجة كبيرة في خصوص احترام الصف

باهي، رجعت فرحة مسرورة للقباضة، عودت قصيت نومرو و نستنى في الفرج، جاء دوري سألت السيد إذا فمة إمكانية ناخو أوراقي توة بما إنو مازل يستنى في دور آخر من الإجراءات في مكان آخر، قــلي أنا مــا نعرفش، بره شوف مع السيدة القابضة، كان وافقت، معنديش مشكلة

مشيت كي الناس ملاح لبيرو للة السيدة القابضة، دقيت، دقيت، لا حياة لمن تنادي، حبيت انحل الباب و ندخل نلقاه مسكر، واتضح إنو السيدة القابضة غير موجودة بمكتبها ولا يمكن معرفة مكانها، نحلف عليها مشات تقضي في الفطور ولا تروح بالأولاد من المدرسة ولا "فصعت" بكري بما إنو اليوم سبت و عندها أكيد برنامج

الحاصيلو،هزيت روحي روحت للدار نجر في أذيال الخيبة اللي بارك الله فيها إدارتنا التونسية عودتنا عليها

Free!

2009-11-13T13:41:00.000+01:00

Am sooooo gonna free myself !

What is love for you?

2009-11-04T10:22:00.004+01:00

is it just saying " I LOVE YOU" every time you feel you -should / need to- say it ?

is it just acting out of LOVE every time you feel you -should/need to- do it ?

do you need/have to worry and test it or prove it every once in a while?

do you need/have to explain it when it doesn't make any sense?

would you just love or expect to be loved in return?

would you stand for love or let it go?

...

I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through...

Question..."régionaliste"

2009-11-03T14:57:00.001+01:00

Je suis Sfak de "nationalité", de mère 100% Sfak, de père 50% Sfak (car son père est du Sahel ) et pourtant, j'ai toujours été traitée à Sfax de "half blood", "hybride" ... (A Tunis, c'est une autre histoire!)
Et là, je comprends pas c'est quoi le problème des Sfaks et de 80% de la République, paraît il, avec la région du Sahel et les gens du Sahel? pourquoi autant de préjugés, de stéréotypes, de mauvaise foi ... !? Et je précise, c'est pas juste au niveau du maudit foot que cela se passe O_o

PS: Moon m'a donné une explication plausible pour un cadre général mais moi mon problème est quand ce genre de régionalisme affecte des relations humaines ...

I can see clearly now...

2009-10-30T11:00:00.004+01:00

...the rain is gone! Sun's shining over me, depsite the grey depressing weather. I finally moved out and almost finished decorating my new place. I think a new fresh and light decoration is a must for this blog, too :) Bye bye dark template, "je t'aimais bien..."

One dozen red roses :)

2009-10-16T11:09:00.004+02:00

Relationships are like roses, so delicate, so elegant, so " heartful" that they need a lot of care and passion to grow, flourish and never wilt...An amazing thoughtful MAN has offered me a dozen of red roses today. Knowing what that means, I can only be the happiest woman on earth right now! :)

IS THAT COMPAIGNING ?

2009-10-16T09:45:00.003+02:00

Am supposed to start work at 8, I left home at 7h45, since usually it's only a 10 mn drive to get to office. Well, it's 8h45 and I've just arrived !!! Why? simply because there is some preparation of a convention related to the electoral compaign in Menzah Area!!!
Damn it! Couldn't they be more organised to avoid the hectic traffic of this morning ( which is still going on by the way)? Couldn't they at least issue some warning or a redirection note or whatever so that one can manage? The only available and fast mean of transport at that point was the overcrowded metro!
People, who work, who study, who teach, who f***, are all stuck in their cars, in buses or cabs waiting for some MERCY! Do you believe that those same people, who must be -just like me- so annoyed by that situation, give a sh** about all that " pompom girls" actions? Is this how they really urge people to vote?... Seriously?!

No further comments!

Blessed !

2009-10-07T09:59:00.001+02:00

Cheerful "lively" colors have been painting my days recently. I don't really know how to explain nor how to sort all that stuff bubbling in my mind but one thing am sure of: am blessed, really, really BLESSED :)

Holding on some angel's wings ...

2009-09-24T14:11:00.004+02:00

It's raining...MEN !

2009-09-15T09:24:00.003+02:00

Hallelujah!

Mon été 2009

2009-08-11T10:55:00.005+02:00

Mmm, le Ramadan est pour bientôt donc dans ma tête l'été c'est fini :'( Et cette année, ce fut un été bien exceptionnel pour moi :)

ça a commencé par un divorce vers la fin du mois de juin, puis une sorte de "résurrection" le mois de juillet avec une belle caisse, un nouvel appart et de nouveaux ami(e) s, plein de sorties, de folies et aventures :)

J'ai ensuite passé la première semaine d'Août dans une des plus belles plages de la Tunisie, à Mahdia (capitale estivale de tous les sfaks :D). J'ai bien bronzé, bien mangé et me suis bien "défoulée".
Fidèle à ma réputation de vamp, je me suis chamaillée avec qq rigolos & pétasses au bord de la mer, en route et même à la résidence où on habitait. Et aussi 2 faits marquants durant ce séjour:

- J'ai galéré un samedi soir en errant plus de 2h entre Mahdia et Sousse ( 50 km de distance, bon sang!) , comme j'ai zappé la nouvelle autoroute et préféré de passer par les petites villes côtières.
- Une grande "découverte" qui fait toujours du "bruit": pour quelqu'un qui n'a jamais auparavant porté un fusil, je tire bien sur les oiseaux...en plastique :D Et depuis, on me prend pour une cruelle meurtrière qui dans une autre vie, était pour de vrai une sniper :P preuve à l'appui:

PS: Sam & Sal m'ont rappelé un 3ème "fait marquant": j'ai enfin vaincu ma phobie des hauteurs et monté faire un tour en parachute, avec un homme de confiance...mon papa ;)

This summer, am playing the expat joker :D

2009-07-29T09:30:00.001+02:00

Seems that being a "Tunisian expatriate" might help when you need some services, especially administrations.

I went early this morning to a post office to get some online tickets I bought ( that's another whole story!) and dropped a "bonjour" to the yet sleepy clerck at the desk.
I explained to her how can she be "useful" with just some mixed french and tunisian dialect (no english I swear). She suddenly woke up and decided to practice her poor french.
With a large smile on her face, she explained to me that I still have to wait. She was so "compassionate" about the trouble I'm having, just to get those damn tickets and she reminded me that unfortunately, in Tunisia, we still have no repsect for time or dates ( i.e : COME BACK TOMORROW!) She'd even apologized!( while I wondered: is she expecting me to give her some $$$ or a visa or what ?!)

Anyway, I've to admit that I pushed it a bit playing the " lost tourist" but who cares :D I already "had the look & the accent". It's easy for me to "mimic" the Expat."style" (twisted pronounciation, awful arabic, attitude...) I've been mingling with some expats cousins and friends for years. Then why should I "deprive" myself? This summer, am gonna fool around as an Expat & that'll be my joker card :D

ça valait pas la peine ?

2009-07-08T13:38:00.002+02:00

Le weekend dernier, (38°c), on est parti vers midi à Hammamet (nord) pour se baigner en mer...pause obligée à la station de Grombalia pour se rafraichir.

Je portais une robe courte bretelle au dessus de mon maillot de bain ( je précise : un 2 pièces boxer+ top). Je traversais le parking pour revenir à la voiture quand deux cons derrière moi lançaient:
- t'as vu ça ?! elles n'ont plus honte ces filles !
- oui, il ne leur manque plus que de nous montrer leurs culottes!
- bah c'est déjà fait! tu vois pas là !
Abasourdie, je me suis retournée pour les fusiller. Et là, je découvre deux vieux idiots, bourgeois à la 50n ou plus, tous deux en tenue de plage: torses nus et shorts moulants très courts qui dessinaient bien leurs zizis de frustrés. J'étais tellement "choquée" que je leur ai craché un : "inchallah labess" tout court et suis partie...je ne sais toujours pas pourquoi j'ai "avalé" ma langue de vipère...ça valait pas la peine?...

Okba Andkom :p

2009-07-02T23:42:00.003+02:00

NB: kima kal kattous ezebla , 7atta kattous fil 7ouma la3taref bel 3amla et pas de test ADN pour déterminer le ou les pères :D More pics here !

الــكــلــوف و قــلــّة الــمــعــروف

2009-06-25T10:31:00.002+02:00

ربــّي يــلــهــّيــنــا بــحوايــجــنــا

Now that am 31, It's high time to...

2009-06-17T09:19:00.001+02:00

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Pick the right answer

2009-06-08T15:35:00.005+02:00

I was somewhere in the beautiful nothern suburb of Tunis yesterday with my BFF ( best female friend) to meet an old friend from high school who came back to Tunisia recently after 11 years abroad.
He didn't change for a bit, still the same cool guy. He arrived with a brunette doll clinging to his arm ( no surprise of course, he's the best "bachelor" on tunis right now)
She was so silent & kinda creepy while the rest of us were chatting to catch up, gossip and laugh. And I felt she was all the time "screening" me from head to toe throughout her sunglasses & cigarettes.
I wasn't paying much attention to her untill she held my hand when we were leaving and gave me her business card. She insisted :"please call me ! I'd love to see you again".

My BFF, told me then: "I find it quite weird that she's finally spoken & even gave you exclusively her card, what does she want from you?" Mmm, good question ! Well, maybe :

- she's trying to spy on Mr "Bachelor" through me, his long time friend, so to win his heart (and cash)... Or

- she's trying to make me her new friend so to avoid competition and threat... Or

- she's trying to hit on me for a threesome or a "girls party "? ( she looks like a "bi" person :p)

Just be my Brute ;)

2009-05-29T11:56:00.003+02:00

Via @rafik : Love it ! http://snawsi.mybrute.com