Above and Beyond

nawaling

2009-07-14T21:35:00.004+03:00

i usually listen to my ipod in the car ... but sometimes i take it out because it needs charging ... and i'll forget to unplug it the next morning ... so i'll get in the car to go to work ... and realize the ipod is not there ... and i'll be like fuck i forgot it ... oh well ... i'm already running late and i don't want to turn off the car and go back to my apartment just to get it ... whatever i'll just listen to the radio ... well it happened today ... so radio it is ... i listened to mbc fm ... they have this host called khadeeja who has a lovely voice by the way ... she actually sounds hot ... anyway ... not the point ... here is the point ... there's this new song by nawal il zughbi ... apparently it's a big hit ... because i had the misfortune of hearing it on the way to work and on the way back home ... so i'm guessing the frequent play means the song is a hit ... anyway ... i'm not a fan of nawal under normal circumstances ... her voice has a certain nasal quality which i don't appreciae ... but here's the thing ... it's supposed to be a khaleeji song ... and she absolutely butchers the accent ... nawal ... saying gal instead of 2al does not make it a khaleeji song ... good lord it's awful ... do us all a favor ... stick to your mother accent ... how that song became a hit i'll never know ...

three years ago

2009-07-12T23:47:00.007+03:00

today marks the third anniversary of the 2006 july war on lebanon ... i was in beirut when it happened ... it was the summer ... my last semester of university had just barely started ... i remember how i found out about the war ... i was at university ... in the library ... the person next to me was reading about the hezbollah operation ... i quickly opened a news site in my browser and read about it ... i was happy that the operation was successful ... that night the news started coming in about israel bombing the airport and what not ... the next morning classes were canceled indefinitely ... about a month later it was all over and hezbollah was victorious ... university resumed and about a month or two after that i graduated ... i think i was the only international student who didn't leave and i don't regret it ... at least all the ones i know left and came back only after it was all over ... but i was not alone ... i had friends who would come over almost everyday ... good times ...

get it?

2009-07-12T22:32:00.002+03:00

him: are you seeing anyone
her: no i usually lock myself up at home .. and when i do go out i wear a blindfold

I'd Tap That

2009-07-10T13:33:00.002+03:00

U.S. President Barack Obama and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy take their places with junior G8 delegates for a family photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
(REUTERS/Jason Reed)

Word of the Day

2009-07-10T02:30:00.001+03:00

Facebrag

To use Facebook as a platform to brag. Normally about a job, internship, trip, purchase or anything else that nobody really needs to know but you'd like to tell everyone because you're awesome.

Sample Facebook Status: Jane Stephens is headed to London with her new iPhone for her 2nd JOB INTERVIEW!!!!! :))))

i don't get it

2009-07-10T02:16:00.003+03:00

there's these three restaurants here in riyadh ... one is called gulf royal chinese restaurant .. one is called mirage .. and one is called peninsula seafood restaurant .. they're all owned by the same group .. i think there's a fourth one also but i can't remember .. anyway so they're all owned by the same group .. and each one has a different name .. but here's the thing .. they all have the exact same menu .. i'm talking down to the last detail .. does that make any sense to anyone reading this?

2009-07-07T02:39:00.000+03:00

قولوا مبروك

2009-07-07T02:01:00.003+03:00

my sponsorship has been transferred .. or in arabic .. تم نقل كفالتي ..
this is a milestone for me .. my father has been my sponsor my entire life .. but now my sponsor is a company .. agility logistics ..

it's nice to be treated like a car or a house ..
having to be registered under somebody's name this way ..

3arab

2009-07-07T01:48:00.001+03:00

according to the ny daily news .. egyptian diplomats lead the world in unpaid parking tickets .. kuwaitis are second .. here we are talking about new york parking tickets ..
the two nations owe a combined 3.2 million dollars ..

Definition Of A Sellout

2009-07-06T23:50:00.001+03:00

how disgusting is this man ... seriously ...

Her Name Is Not Neda

2009-07-06T23:44:00.001+03:00

her name was hiyam ...

Tweet Tweet

2009-07-06T22:57:00.002+03:00

yesterday in amman ... meanwhile queen rania was understandably furious when she heard about this ... she let the public know how she felt in a strongly worded condemnation via her latest tweet ... saying "i thought this was a free country" ... she also urged all her followers on twitter to boycott israeli goods ...
no i'm kidding she didn't say anything about it ... or maybe she did ... i don't know i don't check her twitter page to be honest ... but fifty bucks says she didn't say anything ... just a wild guess ...

SoM

2009-07-05T00:14:00.001+03:00

Bygones

2009-07-04T01:37:00.003+03:00

these two are going to be on the same team next season ...

Crank 2: High Voltage

2009-07-03T21:30:00.005+03:00

i can summarize this movie in two words .. bullets and boobs .. which sounds like a good combination .. but somehow this movie manages to screw it up .. the only reason you should watch this movie is if you're into amy smart .. 3/10 ..

What Is This Walkman You Speak Of

2009-07-02T17:41:00.001+03:00

this is funny ...

The Hangover

2009-07-02T01:54:00.002+03:00

i watched the movie the hangover with my friend tonight .. it's a comedy .. basically there's a guy called doug who's getting married .. so his friends decide to throw him a bachelor party .. so doug and three of his friends go down to vegas to do just that .. well two of his friends .. the third guy is his future brother-in-law .. he's also kind of a dumbass .. so they wake up and doug is gone .. and so begins the quest to find doug .. trouble is they don't remember a thing about the previous night .. and neither do we .. we follow them as they try to find doug .. and that's the movie .. so basically it's dude where's my car except it's dude where's my friend who's supposed to be getting married tomorrow ..
so yeah it's funny and light .. nothing profound .. just a nice comedy .. also that andy guy from the office is in it .. he's always funny .. there's also a short appearance by mike tyson of all people in this movie .. and you get to see heather graham's boobs .. 7.5/10 ..

ألف مبروك

2009-07-01T18:23:00.002+03:00

This Friday July 3 Beirut is scheduled to party with Paris Hilton at the Forum de Beyrouth.
Timmy Vegas (never heard of him), Estelle (or her) and Sam La Marc (who the fuck are these people?) will join the jet-set socialite in Beirut to party with the best.

Mario Teaches Us About Life

2009-06-30T18:44:00.001+03:00

FYI

2009-06-30T18:33:00.000+03:00

i had the most beautiful dream today ...

2009-06-29T20:31:00.000+03:00

Pacman Pillows

2009-06-28T21:14:00.001+03:00

which would you prefer

2009-06-28T20:59:00.002+03:00

a job where you're "somebody" that earns 5000 dollars a month ... or a job where you're "nobody" but earns 8000 dollars a month ...

chain of events

2009-06-28T19:53:00.005+03:00

first nabih berri - leader of the amal movement - was re-elected as speaker of the parliament a few days ago ... his supporters celebrated by firing into the air ...
then saad hariri - leader of the future movement - was elected as the new prime minister ... and his supporters celebrated by firing into the air ...
and today it was reported that amal supporters and future supporters fired at each other ...

Suggest-A-Caption

2009-06-28T17:43:00.006+03:00

Outgoing Lebanese PM Fuad Saniora congratualtes fellow party member Saad Hariri on being elected the new PM. (AP Photo)

look at the expression on hariri's face ...

you would think that saniora is consoling him ...

he doesn't look very happy does he ...