Taxi Man

Here is a video I found while around the internet, about a taxi driver telling us about the districts of Amman. I know the guy is a taxi driver and thinks he is superior, but he is rather funny. He should try out stand up comedy one day. At least it'll get him a bit more than taxi driving.

A Ramadan Prayer

دعاء صائم قبل الإفطار

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اللهم نفسي، اللهم بطني
اللهم إحفظ مالي
اللهم إحفظني من عين الحسود
اللهم أطعمني من ما لذ و طاب
اللهم إن معدتي جائعة فأطعمها
اللهم إن طبقي فارغ فأملئه
اللهم إن سيارتي قديمة
اللهم إن وظيفتي مملة
اللهم إن زوجتي مُتعِبة
اللهم إلعن البائعين الدجالين
السراقين، المستغلين
اللهم إجمعهم عددا
وأقتلهم بددا
ولا تفارق منهم أحدا
اللهم نفسي، اللهم مالي
اللهم امين

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Dabshaat: Part Four

Why do idiots (ie. 6afayleh/5alayleh/sa3aydeh) always fast the second day of Ramadan and skip the first?


Because the first day of Ramadan is always the hardest.

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This dabsheh was brought to you by Zain. *cheesy tone follows*
And the rather ironic image is an ad by Burger King.

Ramadan Is On Saturday

According to Ammon News, Saturday will be the first day of Ramadan. I would like to wish you all Ramadan Mubarak and Kol 3am Wa Antum Bi5ayr.

عمون - محمد الشاكر - اعلن قاضي القضاة إمام الحضرة الهاشمية د. أحمد هليل ان يوم غد الجمعة هو اليوم المتمم لشهر شعبان وعليه يكون السبت أول ايام شهر رمضان المبارك .

جاء إعلان هليل بعد ان عقدت دائرة قاضي القضاة مساء الخميس في مسجد المغفور له الملك الحسين بن طلال، مجلسا شرعيا علميا لتحري هلال شهر رمضان المبارك .

وحضر المجلس قاضي القضاة، ووزير الأوقاف، ومحافظ العاصمة ، الأرصاد الجوية، وعدد من الشخصيات المدنية والدينية، وممثلون عن مختلف المؤسسات والدوائر ذات العلاقة، وفلكيون ورجال إعلام.

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Jordanian Sidewalks Fail

Because olive trees permanently reside there.


Because people find them useful for dumping their rubbish.


Because they are where the government decides to place lamp posts.


Because trash bins have been placed on them.


Because barbarians decide to use them as personal garages.


Because a very clever person placed his tanker on it.

Ironically, I took all these photos on the street from my house to the local corner shop.

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Getting IGCSE Results

Just wanted to share my good news with every one: after all the hard work of the past year and having the beloved Xbox 360 taken away for the whole of exams month, I got my IGSCE results today.

I woke up this morning to the sound of my mobile ringing. It was my friend who was already at school and taking his exam results. I said "Hello, where are you?", to be replied with a screaming voice yelling "MABROOK! YOU GOT STRAIGHT A STARS!", then he hanged up.

My heart almost stopped so I went and had breakfast and called him again. My friend is an example of the boy who cried wolf, so I wasn't really sure he was true. He told me I got six A stars - the A* is an equivalent of 98% when turned to Tawjihi.

I told my dad, who started literally skipping around the room. Then he looked at me and said "Why aren't you dressed, we need to go to school and get your certificate!". A few hours later, and I'm back here at home getting ready to go and celebrate somewhere with my friends.

Videos From Jordan

Doing a quick search on Youtube for Jordan yields some rather interesting results worth sharing with the online community. The first video is a cheesy television ad for Daraghmeh. The second is some out takes from Arab Superstar for Jordanians. The third is a Jordanian remake of Resident Evil. The fourth is a video of a great governmental teacher doing what he does best. And the fifth is by far the best, a couple getting married by walking along Abdoun bridge. Be sure to check out Talaween as well.

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.

Talaween

Some people were so sick and tired of taxi drivers, they decided to make an entire video out of it. I treasure videos like these because everything you see in them is funny yet true. If you've never used Youtube before, or don't want to watch any more videos, make this one your last one. This video should be played right after national anthems. By the way, the quality of this version is rather low, you can watch a much shorter but higher quality version here.

Barbarians Amongst Us

When intelligent people tell Jordanian village idiots they are ill mannered and act like barbarians, they consider them a traitor to the Kingdom and turn berserk. However, I must say that the Jordanian citizen is a disrespectful person who has no manners even to host his wedding party in a civilized way. This barbarian that dared to live next to us set up his tent in the middle of a damn junction, almost blocking it.



To make things even worse, the pig and his minions kept dancing with very loud music until midnight while the neighborhood was trying to sleep. These types of people do not deserve to live amongst other mannered, civilized people. They should be stoned to death, in public, while naked, and their corpses made into shawerma and fed to taxi drivers.



Besides, what type of a wedding would dancing your head off while your ear drums malfunction? My wedding would consist of a 60 inch flat screen television hooked up to large speakers and a Xbox 360. My friends and I would play continuously for the entire night while sitting on large sofas, guzzling down gallons of Mountain Dew and eating cheesecake. Young men only, women will have to go shop till they drop or go and catch up on the latest gossip. Now that's my type of wedding!