Memories

This is a photo I found buried in my fathers hard drive. My father keeps many photos dating back from 1998 on his hard drive and they move with him from a computer to another when he upgrades. I copied the entire photo folder and began looking through it.

Lots of memories came back from looking at ancient almost forgotten photos. Alot of them where from when I was in Britain before I came to Jordan. This photo was taken sometime back in 2005, on the last day of school in Britain.

Sports day in the UK is a day at the end of school when the entire school takes the day off of regular activities to participate in sports and games. Its one of the many missing parts of our educational system in Jordan. Below is another picture of me, but taken a few days ago. You can use it to see how things have moved along in about four or five years.

My Work Space

This is my desk, my own space in life. The large glossy laptop in the middle is actually my mothers, she lends me it when I do heavy duty things that need modern computers, like all the Adobe collection. Its connected to an old 150gb hard drive I got passed down from my dad, when he bought a much newer one. There is also the wireless mouse, not mine - it came with my mums laptop.

And, the silver tiny laptop, the Sony Vaio, is mine. Its closed on purpose for the camera, when opened you will realise its a mess. It was passed down from my mother, who got it passed down from my father. By the time it got to me, all the keyboard keys have been plucked out, the webcam no longer works, the screen is rather rigid and only moves a few degrees, and the outer casing is half broken - also bare in mind the laptop is about three or four years old.

I, being the less fortunate one, had to reformat the laptop, restore a few things to it and clean it before I could use it. Moving on, the dotted box to the right of the laptop is my latest DIY. I found some old, broken speakers lying around the house, so I took them apart and fixed them and fitted them into a perfume box. Behind them are the entire Alex Rider series - yes, I read books. To the far left side are many worksheets and notebooks from last year.

Up on the shelf, starting from the left, is my dictionary, a few books and some spare batteries, an old broken microscope, more books and dictionaries, a large stack of CDs, and my old past papers and textbooks from last year as well. And this, is just about my desk. Broken utopia. Stay tuned for part two, my cupboard (storage, not clothes). Oh, and anyone wanting to take a photo of their workspace and talk about it is more than welcome to.

The Terrorists Win

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One of the best passive aggressive notes I seen in a while. What a rather creative way of getting people to replace toilet paper. Then again, I imagine it must be a pain when nature calls and there is no toilet paper in sight. Oh, dear.

Now, imagine the Jordanian version of this note. Post your version in the comments below. The best one will get a pat on the back! I have a feeling Garfan will win this one though.

If you don't replace the toliet paper rolls, you will be accused of cursing his majesty! Do you hate your entire family?

Photo Of The Day

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President Barack Obama talks with aides outside the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris before returning to Washington, June 7, 2009.

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Pictures From Nablus

I have always had a passion for photography, even when being far from good quality cameras. This journey I borrowed a rather good digital camera from my relatives to take a few pictures from around Nablus. Some relatives have also acknowledged my talent in photography and suggest some great places to go to, to get better views of the city, such as the last photo. And as a side note, remember to pray for Gaza.

2008 In Pictures

After the help of Wikipedia, I managed to summarized the most important highlights of last year in many photos. If you hover over a photo, I have added a caption to briefly say what this photo is about. Please allow sometime to load the images if you just see a bunch of text.

...Happy New Year...

Flickr Mosaic Tag

I just loved the creativity of this tag when I first saw it on Qabbani's blog, that I had to do it.

The description of the tag, briefly - I tag whoever wants to be tagged.

Type your answers to each of the questions below into Flickr
2- Using only the first page, pick an image.
3- Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker
4- Save a copy to your PC and then post it in your blog
The questions are:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.

Pictures Of Gaza

I hope you've all heard what has been happening in Gaza, for those who haven't, read this. Many protests have happened around the world, as well as in Jordan, which was yesterday.

Here are some pictures from the city under fire, Gaza.

Remember to include the citizens of Gaza in your prayers.

How To Advertise

Some amazing advertisements from around the web. I'm sure you'll love these.

More Views From The City

At the end of this street lived my grandmother, who now lives in Amman. I am sure she would like to see this photo when I come back.



To the back of this picture you can see many blocks in an area that was mainly fields or farming land. Most apartment blocks in this city are huge, in an aim to cut down the price of a residence by building lots of apartments on the same piece of land.



In Nablus there are two ways of transport around the city, either by your own car, or by a taxi. Because the town is still relatively small, you can call a taxi office and tell him your street/house, and it'll come to you. Quite convenient, eh?



A way of getting from one city to another is by going in a taxi like this one – an orange mini bus, or sometimes a seven seated car. The only drawback is the checkpoints, with long queues and hours of waiting inside the car.



This picture shows part of a close by village called 'Til', where a lot of farmers live, and plant or harvest their olive trees.

The Balad In One Picture

‘He was selling turmos. If I am not mistaken, he is blind.’


[via 7iber // picture by laithmajali.com]

Aqaba in Photos