Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Being the first

Have u ever tried to do something being alone, then people follow u, then u keep wondering if what u r doing is right or u r fooling all those who followed u?
i felt that today. i was not doing something fantastic at all. i had interview for visa. i went very early cos i had to go and work in the project after that and meeting with our doctor. when i arrived i was the only one, i was waiting and waiting, even i thought i was in the wrong place cos no one was there, till 10 minutes before the time we have to be there. then people started to came and to wait at the same place and they didn't open the door at the time, they were late.. so i had this thought in my mind. what if i was wrong from the 1st place, and all those people came just cos i was there. it is a huge thing, to think that i did that to all. then i was thinking, what is the feeling of the people who leads the others? do they have doubts in what they do? how they overcome this? does anyone wonder if he's right or wrong?
as u can see, i was waiting too long, nothing to do in the street, just hearing the noisy cars, so thinking was the only thing i could do at that time.
i can't think of something else to write now, i'm really tired (i had to get up too early :) ).

Friday, June 24, 2005

Fete de la musique au Baron


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it was really cooooooool. i enjoyed it. i met a lot of friends though i didn't meet all of them but as long as i know they enjoyed it too, i'm happy. i think this place is better than the previous years.
it's difficult to express what i felt there, the place was so beautiful, it was very crowded, everybody enjoyed it, even sitting in the garden was great with the music at the background.
hope to c u next year.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

This is my day

i'll write something totally different, i won't talk about a determined subject, i'll just write about my day today. it wasn'ta special today, i didn't win any prize, but it wasn't a normal day either.
it all began this morning, i went to down town to ask about something for my trip and after that i had a meeting with the teaching assistant of a subject concerning a report (i'll come to that later). i had time before this meeting, so i was taking all the time possible in down town, walking slowly, observing the buildings.. and i took some photos of some buildings i liked, i'll post them later. it was something new. also i had time to not think about anything, just walking and enjoying the time. it's like recharging myself after all these hard working days. people in street thought i was a tourist (not a new thing) just cos i'm taking photos. it doesn't matter but sometimes i just want to shout out loud, i'm egyptian so they leave me alone and don't watch me. it reminds me, one time i was with friends in the museum. there were 2 ladies with their children. they hugged a statue to take pictures and were standing in a restricted area. i just told them, this is inappropriate for the monuments, they should respect it.. and what did i receive? strange looks and then one lady saying, don't listen to her, she's a tourirst. i was angry in myself cos this means that we egyptians, we don't care about our treasures.
anyway back to my day, after that i went to univ, i had to take a paper i requested of my previous grades. the paper was missing, i went from one office to another to find it. i know u'll say, this is how it is done in the offices.. but u know, the employees really helped me, they went to ask, came with me, and really took time to look for the paper. i didn't expect that at all from them, i was really surprised. at the end i didn't take the paper but i was happy from what they did so i don't care about it, i'll get it next week.
i went to the mo3id. it's all cos we got in a report 8/10 and i was sure it was correct. i thought, all this for 2 marks, but i was relieved at the end cos i did all i can do (we took 9/10 at the end). it is not about 1 mark out of 100 (subject) out of 1500 (year). it's about making the best and not letting go even for the small little tiny things. cos life is all about little small tiny things put up together.
also one of the great things in my day today is that i had moments to be alone not thinking about my duties and responsabilities and work. i needed that, to have a moment to think about myself, about what i feel right now, about what i want. i know, i didn't find answers to all my questions but still it was a nice thing.

Signs

first of all, this post is for my friend who is encouraging me to write, i thought about a month ago to write about it then i've been busy.. and in a conversation, the subject was brought up. so, here i am writing. (P.S i believe too it's a sign but trying to figure it out, i'll tell u when i'm more fay2a.. lol)
maybe u'll find this a strange subject, the signs!! first let me explain to u what i mean by this. i don't mean the signs of the traffic, nor the zodiac. it's the signs that are in our lives to guide us but unfortunatly they are not so obvious, or maybe we don't pay attention to them cos we don't know how to look.
There are 2 books i really like and are for my favourites and talk about this.
the first one is "Le petit prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (for those who dont' know it, u may have heard about the story of the small prince who went to a planet and asked a man to draw him a "kharouf" ).
We studied this story at school. when first reading it, it would appear as if it is a story for children, but, the truth is that it's all symbolic, it describes the world of the adults and how children see the things as they are really are, so they can see the signs, but as we grow, we forget how to look, we are taken by the train of life so much that we miss the stations we have to pass by.
the 2nd book is L'alchimiste by Paolo Coelho. I've been looking for this book for a long time (i've read some parts of it and i liked it so i decided to get it). i was really happy when i found it, it was like finding a treasure (well i consider books as treasure). this book is all talking about signs and how we have to look for them and follow our destiny and not give up. here's a little part from it, i found in internet (i'll write the translation in my words, sorry if not good english).

Sois attentif aux signes.
N'oublie pas que tout n'est qu'une seule chose.
N'oublie pas le langage des signes.
Et surtout, n'oublie pas d'aller jusqu'au bout de ton Destin.
Le coeur avertit toujours lorsque l'on s'éloigne de son rêve, du chemin qui nous est tracé.

Pay attention to the signs.
don't forget that everything is just one thing.
don't forget the language fo the signs.
and especially don't forget to go through till the end of your destiny
the heart always warns when we go far from our dream, from the road that was traced for us.

i think now u'll ask me, what do u believe? well it's hard to tell how i feel about that. as for me, i think that there are signs made for us, to help us through our decisions but sometimes we create those signs to believe in them and make what our heart tells us to do. i know it may sound strange, but i felt that more than a once, like trying to find anything to justify the next step.
but still, i believe that there are signs for us out there, it happened to me a lot (the last was these days). but i have to admit, sometimes we can see signs but don't know what to do, they make us more confused.

Friday, June 17, 2005

Question 2

Yesterday after working in the graduation project, my friends and I went to have lunch.
We were discussing different issues and then this question popped.
Is Life fair or unfair?
these days i'm asking u a lot of questions.. no need to say, i'm waiting ur answer :)

Info Music(classical)

From time to time i'll post some informations about different subjects. I'll write in the title Info then the subject.

Classical music is usually divided into periods:
1) The Baroque period 1600 - 1750
2) The Classical period 1750 - 1830
3) The Romantic period 1830 - 1893
4) The Modern period 1893 onwards

Music may also be divided into categories like:
Instrumental
Sonata - Chamber music (trios and larger groups with one player per part) - Symphony - Concerto - Ouverture - Symphonic Poem - Programme music - Suite

Vocal
Opera - Solo song - Choral (including cantata and oratorio)

Source: book of Theory of Music

Real Love (by Beatles)

probably u have heard this tune before. it was in the advertisment of Cadbury (i'm not making publicity here).
I love the music and the lyrics, it's one of my favourite Beatles' songs.
u can hear only the music at the attached link.


All my little plans and schemes,
lost like some forgotten dreams,
seems that all I really was doing
was waiting for you.

Just like little girls and boys,
playing with their little toys.
Seems like all they really were doing
was waiting for love.

Don't need to be alone,
no need to be alone.
It's real love, it's real.
Yes it's real love, it's real.

From this moment on I know
exactly where my life will go.
Seems that all I really was doing
was waiting for love.

Don't need to be afraid,
no need to be afraid.
It's real love, it's real.
Yes it's real love, it's real.

Thought I'd been in love before,
but in my heart, I wanted more.
Seems like all I really was doing
was waiting for you.

Don't need to be alone,
don't need to be alone.
It's real love, it's real.
It's real love, it's real.
Yes it's real love, it's real.

It's real love, it's real.

Thursday, June 16, 2005


this is a photo taken by Karim. he has a problem to post it on his web so i'm publishing it for him. u can comment on it and he'll read the comments. Posted by Hello

Monday, June 13, 2005

QUESTION

have you ever thought that everythin in our lives lead to another thing as if all our life is sort of a web or paths from point to point?
this is that a question for u.. waiting to know ur opinion, i'll tell u mine later ;)

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Friday, June 10, 2005

Yessss... we made it


this pic was on the last day of examsPosted by Hello

I never thought about that day, the day when i finish university. (i know still one month of project and the final results).
i can't descrive my feelings, probably still under the effect of the chock. i'm feeling great. well i got great news too so i'm just happy and excited, even if deep inside me i know i'll miss those days which is somehow sad.
it is always difficult to leave something behind after getting used to it and to begin a new phase in life.
life is a big word, with a lot of meanings. u can live but not having life, u can think u have all the time in the world to do whatever u want but still chained and attached and not free.
life is the thing that we own but yet sometimes we don't use it in the best way (efficiency is not 100%).. oups.. sorry engineering thinking.
life is the future but also the past.

i remember, 5 years ago, my 1st day at univ. first went to school to attend the "salut de drapeau" and then went to univ and met some friends (from school) and the dean was giving a lecture for us, the new students. i arrived late, it was really crowded and it was hot.
after that, i remember my 1st week, after the chock that no one of my friends is with me in the section, nor even the same group (group is about 400 students), i was always going inthe breaks to see them and stay with them. and how we had to go early to reserve a place in the front rows.

i remember, first and last time ever i was expelled from a lecture, my friends were really surprised. it was not my fault. i was sitting in the 2nd row with my cousin and his friends and they were all the lecture talking, i was just talking to my cousin when the doc was writing something and we were just after a vacation which we had spend together. it was the 1st time that this doc gives us a lecture.

also during my 1st year, my paper of a midterm exam was marked (nothing happened after that) but it was really not my fault. they were gathering the papers, the supervisor was behind me, a friend next to me was telling me i solved something wrong and i told him maybe but im not going to change it and my pens were in the "plumier/ma2lama" and this supervisor, he was just marking all papers when passing.. lol.. even when we went to the doc, we were a lot, he asked, if all of us r cos of this supervisor then no prob..

one of my memories (not really a happy one) is the day when there were big demonstrations in the street in front of the univ, and we were trapped inside and it was like if everything was upside down, they were throwing bombs (to cry).. etc.. i even smelled that and it was a hard experience. I don't recommand u that, when u see that no one is standing, don't go in front to see what's happening, curiosity sometimes leads to bad results.. lol

one of the best things is that i got very good friends, i never thought i'll meet people like them or that i'll have close friends. if u ever read this, I love YOU.

anyway it's hard to write everything here, but i learned a lot from good and bad times. i met different peoples, i saw different worlds.. and now, here i come, to the real world.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Environment Day 5 June


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Today i saw this in the metro station.
you know what, it all begin with small things, like for example not dropping something in the street.

Friday, June 03, 2005

MSN nicknames

hii.. as u already know, i'm in the middle of exams.
i'll put the nicknames of my friends with me at univ, that are funny and really expressing what's going on but maybe u won't understand much cos it's sometimes related to our study.
i'll add when i see one new

after control exam which was...
for the given student, show how to drive him crazy in minimum time under condition his final mark less than or equal zero ( Assume he is already unstable ) by waleed

communication
kan fih wa7da set { }, 3andaha 12 bit, 3ayzin ya3melo code by waleed

little scene

These days, i go at night to photocopy papers (i end up with tons of papers and sometimes i don't have time to check it all).
I pass by the university bridge (kobry el gam3a). Even after midnight, you can see a dozen of cars parked on both sides of the bridge and people standing up, looking to the Nile.. i even saw today an old couple sitting on chairs and eating a meal. what is strange is that u can see old and new cars, people of different ages.. all enjoying a cool night..
I wish that i can feel the same way in other issues in our country, that we are all the same, no difference between citizens. i know that this discrimination is the result of many factors such as culture, habits, economy, education..
anyway this is a long subject to debate.. i just wanted to share what i saw today (just an hour ago).