Reflections

On Life

2010-01-31T20:39:00.000-08:00

Let's think of life as if it's a great open buffet in which food and drinks are abundant
Let's think of it as it's a buffet but with limited food and drinks and try to visualize people's behavior in both situations

pretty different for sure!!

For some people Life is with very limited resources and the gain of the other implies their loss, that's why they strive in finding ways to get all the goodies for themselves or in some extreme cases -and they are very common by the way- they may hate the gain of the other even if that wouldn't affect them at all or outside the realm of their gain!!

And that's one of the tragedies of life actually, if we tried to project this theory on a larger scale, we'll find that most of the wars are over the earth's commodities such as oil and mineral resources

Aren't humans functional enough to reach compromises and think in a win-win way, yeah but sometimes greed blinds us !!

Sometimes focusing in the little imperfections may destroy the beauty of the whole painting, while I think that deep appreciation and understanding of life's little imperfections is a crucial element on leading a happy-after-all life!

My advice in that aspect is that We should NOT neglect these little things but we should ACCEPT them as GIVENS in our lives ...

بالالوان الطبيعية

2010-01-04T16:56:00.000-08:00

The movie has a message, a strong one but the medium by which the movie tries to deliver it is really filthy and cheesy, The dialogue was so redundant at some points, rude at other points specially when the protagonist was talking to God

The movie's events could be summed up in just 30 minutes at most without any damage to the main idea

The thing that really annoys me that some people will just love the movie for the sake of being different, I really hate this kind of faking, just to show that they are sophisticated and we're motherfuckers and not eligible to watch this kind of movies

and now any director uses a vulgar dialogue with God is called cultured, a movie dealing with sex very explicitly is sophisticated what the HECK!!

I am not a cinema industry professional i am a mere viewer and I really like to watch a movie tackling an important issue in a decent way as the real talent of a director lies on how can he use implicit ways to deliver the same very message instead of using dirty scenes and dialogues, that "Subtlety" and it's a very clever technique from my own point of view

My favorite scene in the movie is when there was conflicting dialogues a muslim man calls for the Azan and the a christian man calling for prayer and different music surrounds and the protagonist is confused in between, Because that's how real life is? NOISE and you gotta find a track that you are really passionate about and to do things YOUR WAY wee c ya

My father

2009-10-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

I don't know how to put this
how to translate my feelings towards my father into mundane words

Sometimes just thinking about his life and how unlucky he was makes me on the verge of tears

Being unable to find a job in KSA due to some political reasons back then and the death of his fiancee which gave him a stroke followed by paralysis were sufficient to divert the course of his life

He's a symbol of sacrifice and dedication
He's a serious yet very kind and passionate person
I never heard him singing or watching a movie
before retirement his day was about work and prayers and preaching us
His way was gentle and he never forced us to do anything but he always tried to persuade us

I owe him any success I've achieved -If I've achieved any-
I remember when I was Young most of the time I was afraid that he dies and leaves me
I was very clung to him

And now he's senile and weary
I can't bear watching him suffering from his senility

Maybe my father is not my role-model
Maybe sometimes we disagree

But something remains
I hold for this man a great amount of respect and appreciation
I love him so much

I wish I can repay
But how can I?

He's the reason why I love mathematics and why I entered my college
He's the reason why I am good in English, I will never forget the small notebook that he used to explain to me the basics of grammar and new vocabulary

I am really speechless
I really love this man

The philosophy of "Thanking God in crises"

2009-06-15T02:58:00.000-07:00

I was so eager to get that internship, not only because of the LE 650 but because this company one of the largest corporates working in the energy sector all over the world

I could see that this opportunity would be a transition phase that shifts me so high as the division that I was about to have a training at is the one that I need to join in the future beside I'd have built firm relationships with the engineers there ...

And when I read the regret mail I was so disappointed but I thanked God ..

But "Thanks God" isn't just a word to say just to get the grace
It should be an inner persuasion that God would grant you the best
You should fill your heart with satisfaction as it's not about the verbal phrase it's about the way your soul reacts to the situation

Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) said "عجبا من امر المسلم امره كله خيرا اذا اصابتة سراء شكر فكان خيرا له و ان اصابتة ضراء صبر فكان خيرا له"

Sorrow won't get the opportunity back
You should learn from it

It needs long-term practice to be able to get fully satisfied in crises

and finally just to remember
anyway the feedback was:

1-English proficiency
2-Presentation skills

Waiting.....

2009-06-06T06:20:00.000-07:00

~~~YA RAB .. YA KAREEM~~~

Rules for Renegades

2009-04-26T15:26:00.000-07:00

"Life is a state of mind"

sometimes I feel like I need to grab you from your hand and run away till we reach a place we can call safe

Why do I have this great disbelief in you or myself?

Why do so small irrelevant trivia alter my mood?

Why am I that Vulnerable?

I need to build fences
strengthen myself
Find my passion
It may take years
or even a life time
but as you've read somewhere before
the thrill is in the journey itself
You're life is a total unique path
and to reach your desired destination
the one that your soul yearns to
you should accept the fact that you are an outcast
don't compare yourself with anyone
don't compare your life with anybody's life
Do things that fit you the most
wear things that you like the most
Run
Read
Mate
Draw
Write
Pray
Sleep
Laugh
Cry
Love
Fly
Fall down
Have the will to rise again
Rise
Fall
Laugh in between

Do it your way
Do it your way
Do it your way

Have the courage to do it your way

Please read this post more often

Ya Ahmed Ya Ibrahim

2009-03-09T07:20:00.000-07:00

Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes The Weak become the Strong

Believe in me
Sometime life's not what it seems
Believe in me
Cause i was born for chasing dreams

Try this

2009-02-15T11:39:00.000-08:00

After a hard day like mine today
Enter your room
Close the door
turn off all the lights
play a soothing music
relax on bed
Build your parallel world
Dive in it
More and More
Build your imaginary friends and lovers
Live with them for a while in your life the way you want
then turn off all your lights
and sleep with a sign of gratitude to God in your face

Production Engineering

2009-01-09T10:48:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow you'll start your mid-year exams

(1)
But I am still thinking that It's very shameful that there are alot of very irrelevant and trivial things can alter my mood and can switch me from being serene and happy to a very wrathy idiot.

(2)

It's like I am paying the toll of the happy 2008
I am aware of the existence of some major problems in my perceptions and attitude and I should change the "state of mind" that I've been developing for the past years It's like I'm half involved in everything I do, I conditioned myself to worng orientations and I also the think that the source of all these pains is just I can't answer this very simple question

What's happiness to you Ahmed?

Ironically, I deliberately do alot of things which -I for goddamn certain know- that these things will just lead me to a feeling of great hollowness and emptiness..

I am not comfortable
Maybe it's the atmosphere around me
Maybe it's my friends
maybe it's global warming
But certainly It's me

mmm Ok I am gonna take a shower to solve some exams as a practice for tomorrow's Exam

c ya

Announcement

2008-12-12T17:08:00.000-08:00

I really hate gays

And i don't mean homosexuals although i also hate 'em

But I mean those people who're faking happiness
Although the don't harm me and I only sympathize with them
But it just freaks me out the way they behave
Are they all aware that they're faking it
Am I a gay in disguise?

2008-12-01T13:39:00.001-08:00

she's very DEMANDDDDDDDDDDDDY:(

irrelevant trivia

2008-11-23T15:34:00.000-08:00

I don't know why i have an intense feeling to ramble around with a car right now Maybe I'll stop by any coffee shop and I'll drink hot chocolate and I'll flirt with the girl sitting next to me

then I'll get back to my car and play "gary jules-mad world, then I'll smoke a marlboro cigarette and meditate

then I get back home to go work tomorrow

N.B I am not a smoker
I dun have a car

2008-11-11T14:50:00.000-08:00

(1)
I don't know why, when it comes to that aspect of my life i just can't get cool and easy, You know what I'm talking about for sure hah;)

It's full of chaos here pals..
Decisions, actions or maybe a word of mouth may change the course of your life and while you're diving on the consequences of your decision you just hope to get back to the shore and reconsider

In some cases you're not just allowed to think, You're just stuck
and the greatest irony You don't know if ur decison in the 1st place was valid or not

You're just co-exisiting with the consequences ..

(2)
From my own humble opinion , Successful people are those who has a very clear vision and a very strong will to achieve it

Behind every mishap lies a great opportunity
So if you let life's hits bounces you back to a higher status than your previous one
it needs patience
it needs persisitence
it needs great faith in God 1st and yourself

ME NOW

2008-11-03T12:55:00.000-08:00

Minding my own business
Trying as much as can to be get closer to God
Asking myself frequently "Am I on the right track?"
Dreading tomorrow
Optimistic
Confused

FIGHTING

2008-10-11T13:03:00.001-07:00

I missed the "ART of LIVING"

I am so futuristic to the degree that i may miss all the present

For dummies

2008-10-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

OILFIELD

2008-09-07T07:43:00.000-07:00

I have mixed feelings towards the career of a petroleum engineer

I'll graduate after two years isa and assuming that I will take one year doing the military service and one year job hunting so I have about 4 years to start my career

Ok

The career

A field engineer

In my two trainings I had mixed feelings of thrill, nostalgia, worry, companionship and some unnamed feelings

But when I think that this would be my life I just get very worried
When I think that I am gonna spend my considerable time of my life in a desert I get just worried..

But sometimes I think that I am gonna spend about three or four years in the oilfield then I'll take any managerial position

but anyway Life became very irritating it takes decisions!!

Always there's another option

Reservoir engineer

Mainly office work

God will grant me the best
amen

Why

2008-08-06T16:57:00.000-07:00

Why do I sometimes cry for no apparent reason?

M

2008-07-24T06:34:00.000-07:00

I like the way she smiles
I like the way she talks
I like the way she mocks
I like the way she laugh
I like the way she mourns
I like she being in love with me
I like me being in love with her

I like her golden hair which is dangling from her big veil
I like her nose's pores which always sweat drops of fresh dew
I like her teeth
I even very grateful to her very nice amplitude

I just need her to be happy
I just need to be beside her forever

Am not submissive pals But I just LOve her!

Synopsis

2008-07-15T10:36:00.000-07:00

1

Making your life entirely dependent on someone is cool yet risky

2

How would u measure it
-Money wise
-social wise

3

Grudge-Competition-ass kissing-Manipulation-Jealousy-Envy
are available with diffrent tastes in the menu of life

4

Intelligience over ethics

or the opposite

2008-06-27T18:42:00.000-07:00

Something is missing

2008-06-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

Maybe a smile
Maybe a gesture
Maybe a word of mouth
Maybe a promise
Maybe a whisper

and maybe nothing at all

If you're not following what I'm saying it's ok

me either

And finally he discovered..

2008-06-10T19:23:00.000-07:00

that she just needed someone to be beside her to call her frequently .. she needed to feel cherished,

she was too busy to think about the consequences or what he's gonna feel?

anyway this issue took over my blog for about 3 months now
I think It's the time to shut it down

iTHINK

2008-06-09T11:38:00.000-07:00

It's somehow strange how her happiness and stability give me this blooming feeling

2008-06-05T16:16:00.000-07:00

Never ever do that AGAIN

the problem is that I warned u
But u r one sounavbitch

Fight or flight

2008-06-01T12:03:00.000-07:00

How will u respond to any situation you face?
Would u fight or flee?
The problem is that I chose to fight till the end
Fighting thrills me in a way
But it began lately to take its toll on my peace of mind
But It's ok as when I chose this road I knew quite well the consequences..

are these a sypmtoms of a withdrawal

No man, u gotta be kidding me I am the last man alive to give up or in or even out:p

I am just in a bad mood due to some unfortunate incidents but everything is gonna be okay I promise
Just give it time .. The secret panacea to all life problems

the lolita days r coming I can c them on the horiZZon:D

NOT ENOUGH

2008-05-28T10:11:00.000-07:00

My dreams ain't high enough
My will ain't strong enough
My passion ain't deep enough
My faith ain't solid enough

Simply not enough

Simply Not enough

2008-05-28T09:52:00.000-07:00

because she said so

2008-05-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

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BA7EBEK

2008-05-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

Her Eloquent smile
Her profound way of thinking
Her so-innocent face
Her madness
her unique uniqueness

were very sufficient to make me feel these feelings!
But again

I'm sure she -let's say- loves me
But would i bear the consequences if I declared my love to her?

2008-05-01T06:16:00.000-07:00

Life is a fight on a roof of some building
If you don't wanna fight JUMP

If not, FIGHT
And the more u fight ,the more u have ground to walk on

An enlightened friend of mine

2008-04-30T14:52:00.000-07:00

Should I submit??
Should I decalre??
Should I unleash my dormant emotions??

I am now weaker than ever .. My soul is exhausted

Nostalgic

When I am around, I am in control .. Now in my room in front of my blog I am weak, futile and dead.

God,

What's that??

I am collapsing!

Don't need help..

I'll help myself

2008-04-29T15:00:00.001-07:00

If you really love me
Say yes
But if You dump me
Confess
But please don't answer
Perhaps
Perhaps
Perhaps

Ahmed In wonder land

2008-04-28T15:02:00.000-07:00

Special thanks

2008-04-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

I’d like to thank every hardship
I’d like to thank the very bad circumstances I’m being subjected to now
You don’t know how much I am grateful to you
As without you I am nothing
Without you my life is tasteless
Quiet seas never make a good sailor!

The hardest thing lately

2008-04-17T16:00:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, my spontaneous behaviour with girls is misinterpreted to rapport ..
I know it's somehow my fault .. God damn my all-boy school
I lack much of the expertise needed while dealing with the other sex..
But I am falling in so many troubles lately,

While declaring that I don;t feel anything to one of the girls, I was about to die!!

STOP PRESS

2008-04-14T07:17:00.000-07:00

It's been said that:

I make eye-contact with girls which convey wrong rapport-like signals..
My friends make promotions about me in front of girls..
The distance between me and the girl is less the International conventional distance which is defined by the (ISO) (2.345 meters)

Hilarioussssssssssssss:D:D:D

Frankly, I don't give a flying shit

Save me

2008-03-24T10:56:00.000-07:00

Save me .. Save me .. Save me

monday 9:00 P.M.

2008-03-18T15:23:00.000-07:00

Dear X,

I am sorry I am here again to complain, I know how bored you are from me. But believe me I’ve changed, I am now stronger but I am longing to our conversations, you know why I consider you as the most intimate person to me because you listen to my complaints with no feedbacks, you don’t give me this phoney sorrow look nor a pep talk to cheer me up.
So come now and embrace me I need to cry over your shoulders. I am not sad believe me but I need to be in safe arms.

I am a stranger here my pal, despite all my very hard and sincere trials I am still a stranger.
I am not withdrawing believe me, but you know I just need to talk
I don’t need solutions or reasons.
I don’t need approvals or refusals.
I need to talk.

I talked with her today x
And I hope that I’ve not met her
Neediness is killing me
You know I reached a state that I need to be around her all the time
I need to be noticed by her
And when I am with her I try to end the convo and go away
Then I need to go back to her again grrrrr
What’s wrong with me?

Needy needy needy needy needy needy cheesy cheesy crying

2008-03-09T14:47:00.000-07:00

لقد مر وقت طويل دون ان اشعر بذلك الاحساس
حنين لاشياء لا اعرف مصدرها .. حب جديد لست متاكد منه
لدي رغبة عارمة في البكاء .. انا بالفعل ابكي الان
اشعر بالخجل الشديد ..
لا اعلم لماذا اريد تسجيل تلك اللحظة .. فانا منذ بضعة ايام كنت في قمة السعادة
اشعر الان بحزن شديد و الام مبرحة
اضمد جراحك يا صديقي و عاود السير
رتب افكارك سريعا و عد لارض المعركة
ابتسم لسخرية الحياة
تعاون معها في صمت و دون تنهدات..حتي تقوم بمهامك باقل خسائر ممكنة

A cheesy post

2008-03-04T11:02:00.000-08:00

قابلتها انهاردة تاني سلمت عليا من بعيد ووقفت عشان اروحلها ... سيبت صحابي و رحتلها سلمت عليها .. اتمشينا و قعدنا نلف .. اكتشفت اد ايه هي هبلة و عبيطة بس مش قادر اقاومها .. اسلوبها في اللبس غريب طريقتها ة هي بتقول (منه . هندسة تبية (مش طبية)) طريقة لفها للايشارب الكاب الغريب اللي هي لابسة .. مش عارفف ايه الهبل اللي انا فيه ولا ايه الهبل اللي انا بكتبه .. حاسس اني لما اقرا البوست دا تاني همسحه .. انا عارف ان اللي انا فيه دا (كراش) بس كراش لذيذة جدا ... مش عارف ليه اتضايقت لما اكتشفت انها تعرف ولاد كتييير

The "Menna" experience.

2008-03-03T15:03:00.000-08:00

A nice crystal of feelings is flowing arbitrarily in my whole body giving me such a nice joy and happiness.
Although the immaturity of the whole thing, I am enjoing it wildly..

Enjoy the kitsch.....

La joie de vivre back again.

2008-03-01T14:54:00.000-08:00

In short, Today I spent one of the most thrilling days in my life..
I'd like to announce that my birthday was on the 1st of march (yesterday) so I got some funds from the family .. Oh how nice is that. this is a contributing factor in my "joie de vivre" state
The 2nd factor is that my fellow "STPERS" (I'll tell you the whole story of stp later) made me a great surprise and made a birthday party for me .. That was very emototional
The 3rd factor goes to "Belal Reda" What a sincere friend .. He used to be my pal in the primary school and he called me today to say "Happy birth day" How lovely is that.
The 4th reason is walking with "menna" for 3 hours by the nile .. how weird is that

That's enough

I'm waiting now for the traffic officer.

And isn't it ironic?

2008-02-28T14:35:00.000-08:00

On my way back home from college I use the volkswagen micro-bus .. Maybe you'll assume that I'll whine about the transportation system in Egypt or complain about the frauds that those drivers use with me every single day, like dividing the road into 4 pieces to multiply the wages, sitting by half of my poor bum over the seat, or forcibly listen to an idiot singer who's whining about the treason of friends (those songs literally chokes me ), THOSE ARE clichés my pal.

Today I have a unique story, Maybe you won't get the message of what I'll say, since this article is open to different interpretations ..

The driver was very friendly and he seriously offered to buy me and another passenger a cup of tea , We thanked him for his generosity, and when I gave him the fifty piasters .. he wasn't willing to take them but I insisted .

He was so friendly and he kept joking with the passengers, and It was easily noticed that he's in a very dandy mood.

THEN he stopped for a passenger to join us that's when a traffic officer yelled at him and said "You are a foolish man,move quickly" and wrote his plate number on his small note (A fine)
For the rest of the road the man was sad.

End of the story.

2008-02-16T05:41:00.000-08:00

She has a very strong CHARISMA

I got so dizzy .. That was fun

2008-02-04T13:57:00.000-08:00

I smoked shisha with "apple-flavor" tobacco just two hours ago.
Nearly It's my 1st time to smoke shisha.
But I am considered to be a very heavy passive smoker of shisha as i am a permanent member at (Al operj.)*
It really sucks, as i felt my lungs itching:D such a unique feeling
I should not do that again.
That's against my vision

*Al operj: 2ahwa baldy

O spoilers

2008-01-29T11:52:00.000-08:00

Run Forrest, Run

2008-01-26T21:28:00.000-08:00

Excerpts from my life

(1)
With a certain mindset .. we're flowing
We harmonize .. we are happy
Sad otherwise
Spoilers are inevitable
They either come alone
Or we bring them
yeah sometimes we bring them
Unexplainable passion for sadness
Are these spoilers the mazes that make the game interesting?
Complaining is cheap, not only pathetic
Self-control is hard to be maintained
Happy endings are intimidating!!

(2)
Life is joyful
It really is
Days strengthen us
Spoilers are no longer frightening
I am now familiar with the rise and fall pattern
I get used to it
But There's something I gotta learn
Decisions are to be made in the right phase
Anticipation of problems is a silly thing

With absolute faith in God
With a clear-flexible vision
With continuous improvement

One shall go on peacefully

I guess

A conversation with shalata!

2008-01-22T14:33:00.000-08:00

A conversation with Shalata.

On the melodies of "enta ma3aya" Hossam habib's Hit I had one of the most wonderful conversations with my friend Shalata, the theme was "What makes you happy Shalata"
I'd like firstly to thank him alot for giving me His precious time..and providing me with his enlightened answers

What's Happiness to you shalata??

With a very big smile on his face he said "one of the hardest questions actually"

Take ur time to ponder.

Happiness to me is (not being sad) *With a serious gesture he said that*

It's a very general definition.

Yeah true, But I quit searching for a solid definition for "happiness"
because real-life happiness will never coincide or match this definition .

Why?

To me, Emotions have no pattern, Life isn't smooth and isn't and will never be fully understood
Trial and error is what we're all doing ..
Emotions are random they're fluctuating all the time.

So let me rephrase the question What makes you happy?

Peace
Peace
Peace

Thx shalata

Life vs. Dreams

2008-01-16T15:48:00.000-08:00

(1)

With hidden motives we greet each other, we talk we walk .
And very carfeully we choose issues we'll share together.
Due to awe of being accused of insanity or imperfection or even be refused.
We all trying-as much as we can-To show the appropriate gesture to apply it in the appropriate situation.
Hypocricy, No no let's name it "Social Adaptation"

As i am here wadering in "Wonder land" A.K.A. "life" I perceieved That complaining about life won't take anybody anywhere
Taking actions and finding solutions is the best thing...
so let's see the definition of Suffering
Suffering : Is burning emotional energy on things we can't control

SO let's master things that we control..Let's devote our entire energy to things that we really care about
umm that requires real awareness of things that we REALLY CARE ABOUT

Life isn't smooth.
It needs patience.

(2)

This picture is from a movie called "Being john malkovich"
This was a poor puppeteer ,he worked a job he dislikes for money as a file coordinator.He fall in live with his colleague but She didn't care about him.In an early scene he envies his monkey for being unconscious he told him
"consciousness is a terible curse, I think, I feel, I suffer"

After finishing his work he returns home to his puppets.He tries to simulate the reality.He makes himself marry his colleague
He makes with his puppets things he can't do in reality
Sometimes we need to be in a lucid dream .. A dream totally made by us, no spoilers are foud where we can flee temporarily from the harshness and precautions of experiencing real-life situations ..

happYness

2008-01-11T23:33:00.000-08:00

Life is like a cyclone
We are all running and running
occasionally the engines of this cyclone break down
That's when we stop to reconsider
Are we winning or losing?!
With mathematics we're surely losing
but here in life we must use new equations
we must use new scales
A 2:1 give and take ratio is extra fair
Then to satisfy our greed
Let's compromise to get more and more
But the feedback is "fake happyness"

I should learn to write It right

Debate 1

2008-01-06T14:45:00.000-08:00

Because that's what we do.
We jump hoping we can fly.
But In some cases we fall, wondering the whole way down why in the hell did we jump?!

I told him "Does that imply that we should not jump?"
He replied "I think jumping n' falling is better than not jumping at all?
I nodded
"Rational jumping" he went on..

Recrystallization..

2008-01-02T12:49:00.000-08:00

You were together from the very beginning.
You did know him quite well and you still do.
At some point of time you felt him changing.
You couldn't do nothing but watching.
From great depression and suicidal thoughts To the green philosophy.
You're astonished and worried.

Maybe life's fluctuations Would throw him again to the past sufferings!

Once you think about that, His green philosophy comes and put your mind at ease.
His green philosophy is Growing vastly.
He told me many times that "We need time to grow up, To comprehend the facts"
I witness that he Tries as hard as he can To give things time.
Some times I think this new philosophy is a result of the motivational stuff he reads, or Because he turned his life into a task.

Or it's a mere recrystallization.

Anyway, I happy because he's happy.Thx God