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Israel, Palestine, Comic

"That was indeed a strangely accurate comic. Sums up things nicely."

- a digg user

[via bakkouz >> via digg]

My Book Worm Brother

I came back from school to find out that my brother had missed his morning bus.

Why had this happened? If you did not know my younger brother, you might not have guessed the reason for why this had happened.

Had he overslept? No. Was he watching TV? No. Was he stuck in the bathroom with extreme cases of constipation that lead his ears to malfunction? No.

He was reading a book.

Bibliophilia is the love of books. Accordingly a bibliophile loves books, but especially "for qualities of format". A bookworm loves books for their content, or otherwise loves reading in general.

That is my brother summed up. A bookworm. In fact, on his desk is a entire row of books, a small but crammed bookcase he has. And yes, he had read all of those books, many times.

In fact, he is reading a book in his bed right now, while I am writing this post.

My brother read the Deathly Hallows in a day. He read Snakehead in 9 hours. And I guess he has some other record breaking numbers of reading books.

The bookworm, my brother.

Egyptian Tourism

What happens when an Egyptian, being interviewed by a foreigner, gets mixed up between tourism and terrorism.

Reporter: Hello
Egyptian: Welcum to egybt

Reporter: Thank you. May I interview you?
Egyptian: Ofcors

Reporter: What's your name?
Egyptian: Essam

Reporter: Ok Mr. Essam. What do you do?.. Sorry.. I mean do you work?
Essam: Yas..i have koshk

Reporter: Koshk?... What is a Koshk?
Essam: small subarmarkot..u undurstand?..I sell cigarettes..boxes and fart

Reporter: Don't you think smoking is bad for people?
Essam: I dont hit beoble on zer hand and make zem smoke..az we say here in Egybt..(ur brain in ur head..u know where u finish)

Reporter: I don't get it... but lets move on. How do you feel about terrorism?
Essam: Terrorism is good..we love terrorisms in egybt..they bring dollars to za cantry.. and zey all light Egybt..az we say here in egybt...nawwart -masr

Reporter: I am shocked to hear that!
Essam: NO NO..dont shock..we are like zis..and our fazarz waz like zis..we love terrorisms and make zem feel at home...becoz zey bring a lot of money to za cantry and guvurment

Reporter: Are you claiming that terrorists support the Egyptian government financially?
Essam: sbeak again bleez

Reporter: I mean, are you saying that terrorists are paying money to the Egyptian government?
Essam: Ofcorse zey bay...zey one of za most imbortant bay to za cantry..terrorists,and Sewiss canal and za high sadd in Aswan

Reporter: Oh my god.. that is very disturbing. Do you have any idea where they reside in Egypt?
Essam: Sbeak again

Reporter: Where do terrorists stay in Egypt?
Essam: Zey love Sharm El Sheikh.. also Khan el Khalili to buy sofoneer and drink
shisha

Reporter: Oh yes.. I can totally relate. We heard about bombings there a couple of years ago. Why do you think the police doesn't capture those terrorists?
Essam: Bolice here in egybt..very good..zey borotect terrorists very well..dont warry..dont zey brotect u?

Reporter: Why do I need protection?
Essam: Because u r terrorist

Reporter: Absolutely not!
Essam: u look like zem

Reporter: Do I?
Essam: yas..wite skin..no clozes and no sbeak arabic

Reporter: OH MY GOD..U MISUNDERSTOOD MY QUESTIONS!
Essam: Sank u very much..

Reporter: I'm sorry.. I'll have to end this now before it leads to more wrong information!
Essam: sbeak again

Reporter: I have to go now!
Essam: No boroborem...

...You Light Egybt! :D

Characters At School

I've been thinking of a few people in my school, who have chosen different ways to continue their lives and gain an income.

The first person is my Religious Education teacher, also know as the Islamic Studies teacher. This man first graduated from university as an engineer.

Then, he went back to university a few years later, and went and chose to take Islamic Studies, and then later carried on to take a job in our school as a teacher.

Why did he make this move, you ask? In his opinion, he saw that teachers that taught religion in other schools where the least priority of the school, and the teachers themselves are university dropouts.

He wanted to make this change, and therefore he changed his position from engineer to teacher, in an aim to change kids paths to the right one.

Now we look at another character, this time just outside of school, a few steps from the south gate of our school. An old man, sitting in a chair inside his small corner shop, is the second person I am going to talk about.

This man has no other job to do, he just sells anything inside his shop to the swarms of students coming from the school, just next door. His shop is part of his house, and therefore barely pays anything for rent and such.

So, this man sits in his chair, selling packs of cigarettes to kids, and earning hundreds.

And there we go, two different people who have chosen two different paths to take in their lives. Who do you think will succeed? The teacher, or the old man?

Virgin Airline Uses Biofuel

On recent concerns on global warming, fuel running out, and fume worries, Virgin has made the first step towards helping the earth, by making its first flight using 'biofuel', a mixture of Brazilian nuts and coconuts. Take a look at the article pasted below.

The first flight by a commercial airline to be powered partly by biofuel has taken place.

A Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet has flown between London's Heathrow and Amsterdam using fuel derived from a mixture of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts.

Environmentalists have branded the flight a publicity stunt and claim biofuel cultivation is not sustainable.

Earlier this month, Airbus tested another alternative fuel - a synthetic mix of gas-to-liquid.

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson said the flight marked a "vital breakthrough" for the entire airline industry.

"This pioneering flight will enable those of us who are serious about reducing our carbon emissions to go on developing the fuels of the future," he said.

[Source: BBC News]