Nermeena

I took all the time I needed, and practically took off from all the sources of distortion and negative energy to take my decision (God’s will preceded tab3an). 

I got engaged to K  yuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppie :D

What’s what with the Souad Massi hype ba2a!!!

“Are you going to Souad Massi’s concert?”..this is becoming more like a greeting nowadays…walahi.  Whenever somebody calls or meets you…they just hit you with this question!!!

Well, the lady is good, she has a beautiful voice, and I would never open my mouth when it comes to her music…bas honestly speaking I can’t relate to her khales…the language is not smooth enough..I have hard time understanding her!!! and am not really into reading lyrics while driving-da if you consider it an option aslan-which is probably the only time I can listen properly to some good music.  Howa generally speaking what usually attracts me to a song is the lyrics…the tune is important..bas to me, if I can’t get the lyrics…then bye-bye oghneya!!

Fa to me Rima Khsheish and Lena Chamamyan for istance are super stimulating!! 7ad gheri bey7ebhom “I wonder!!”..the thing ba2a when I say this to anyone..they go like..”what??” “7ad y2ool keda”…and shoot along ba2a a “zoh2a we7esh awi” kinda look (you can easily figure a contemptuous look over the phone..no! ;) 

which is ok..I don’t mind people’ s looks anywayz…bas el fekra eno..I really wonder if it is only me..wala there are other people on this planet who really can’t relate to Souad Massi!!

On another note ba2a: A Thousand Splendid Suns is the kind of book that would leave the reader with a faint miasma of disappointment…to be fair, Khaled Hosseini is an awesome story teller if I may say, his way of narration is flawless.. he skillfully entiwnes the characters and events. However, this novel can not be compared to the Kite Runner…still am not done yet..bas about to, but not totally taken.

تحليل 

بدأت سنتي جميلة و مع النهاية كشرت عن انيابها و قررت ان تظهر لي وجهها القبيح

جملة أعتراضية

“مين غيري شايفة جوه ليلك صبح”!! 

 أقترب منه قد استطيع التخفيف من وحدته، فيحتضنني بقوة… حضن يخلو من الحنان، يفتتني، يخنقني، يفقدني توازني، فتبهت الألوان…..  

 قرارات

ممنوع يطلع يوم و يعدي

 مستنسخ م الحلم الوردي 

علي اعتاب عامي التاسع و العشرين أقف…..أمسح دمو ع السنة الماضية، انفض الغبار لأزيح البهتان الذي غطي حياتي بالكامل لفترة… و ادعو اللون الوردي اليها من جديد… اهم  بلملمة قطع الزجاج المتناثرة داخلي، احاول اصلاح ما كسره لا اريد ان تحديد اسم الفاعل الأن، فلنسلم بأنه فاعل مستتر تقديره هو  “ربنا يسامحة بقي”. 

بداية مطمئنة

اشفق علي ضحكتي التي تلاشت نسبيا، فأحاول استرجاعها…ارسم ضحكة عريضة “بالعافية” فتلتصق بوجهي و تجد طريقها الي الداخل فتنصهر و تمحو اثار الزجاج المشطوف…أضحك من الداخل “زي الأول”  و اتمني سنة جديدة مليئة بسلطة الفواكة بالزبادي و العسل و شوية “حنان متبعتر”!! 

- الأبيات من ديوان حبة تراب “أحمد حداد”

Khaled El Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns is now available at the Kotob Khan, I managed to go this morning and get my copy. And let me tell you…I kinda finished the first five chapters while drinking a cup of cappucino..it is a page turner as expected.

On another note: for those who couldn’t get their copies of Sa7ar El Mougy’s new novel “Noon”..new copies have arrived.  It is really amazing to know that hundreds of copies have been sold in the first book signing session!!! and the bookstore actually ran out of copies in that first night.  Kaman, Karam told me this morning eno it is gonna be the book of the month, which is really cool:D

N ,

Enjoying A Thousand Splendid Suns

البحر غضبان مبيضحكش

أصل الحكاية متضحكش

البحر جرحه مبيدبلش

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)

If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet (stomp stomp)
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet (stomp stomp)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (stomp stomp)

If you’re happy and you know it, shout “Hurray!” (hoo-ray!)
If you’re happy and you know it, shout “Hurray!” (hoo-ray!)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, shout “Hurray!” (hoo-ray!)

If you’re happy and you know it, do all three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, do all three. (clap-clap, stomp-stomp, hoo-ray!)

Berry reminded me with this song from the good old days… yalla..yalla..turn your speakers on and sing along, it is a mood booster walahi :D

Oh..boy, am happy and my face is actually showing it. I believe it is the May effect. I love this month particularly for 29 yrs ago, it has witnessed the arrival of the twins (moi et Nesrina) to the big big world.

Hence, I am the Birthday girl from 1-28 May ;), mmmm….Well, actually today is Juka’s a.ka. Engy Birthday…fa she is the real BD girl today :D “bousas ya jukes”.

What’s happening in the pinky world of little miss Nooni?? Not much actually, work, outings, movies, reading..same old, same old.   Things are pretty slow on my side, it is summer w keda ba2a, fa the energy level is p-r-e-t-t-y low..and I have sort of an ongoing mental fessssssssssssss  keda…bas ya3ni, the main thing is me back to studying…yep..yep..yep, applied for a Mgmnt Certificate that I need to undertake at the AUC.

“So insanely jealous it hurts.  This is the first time you’ve ever been jealous in your life.  Now you finally understand what it feels like. It’s like a brush fire torching your heart” this is a line from Kafka on the Shore that hit a nerve while I was reading it, it happened that it went along with an incident keda that took place the very same day. Never read anything that described “jealousy” as this line…it is a heck of a brush fire begad.

Speaking of Kafka on the Shore, I would recommend reading it. Nothing spectacular, but a nice read. However, people like myself with weak hearts and extreme fertile imagination would probably suffer from the violent images sometimes.  Ya3ni, personally speaking I would have appreciated if someone warned me before reading; the mental image of Johnnie Walker chewing on cats hearts wasn’t really that mesmerizing.

N on the go,

xxx

After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn…

- A fancy kind of Mouled will be held next Friday @ victory college (Maadi).  Well, given that it is quite hard to attend a real one..fa am probably going..me thinks it is gonna be cool awi..I love mouleds :D

Check the details here. The event has been cancelled :((( Nino za3lan ba2a

- I figured out eno I can hardly spell -figuratively that is- Social Intelligence.  Mmmm…and to be honest I don’t mind it_at_all.

- Tomorrow is Labor Day, fa don’t miss watching “El Aydi El Na3ema”…I love the movie..it is hilarious.

- Walahi, it is cool bardo to be taken care of at work..mesh we7esh khales ya3ni ;)

Heads up!!

Khaled El Husseini’s second novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” should be released on 22 May 2007.  Now, those who read the Kite Runner I guess they are like myself, can’t wait till they have the book in their hands, and for those who didn’t have the chance to read it..check this post out…to know what you are missing out on.

N,

Still chasing the sun

To start off am on the chicky side of the house today, fa it feels awesome.  Been a while since I felt good about myself keda…I lost SOME good weight and was kinda satisfied looking at the mirror this morning ;)  However, the dark red nail polish makes me feel eno I just finished eating someone.  

Lately, K has been asking a specific question_indirectly_ and I am acting super delirious, don’t know…some people are urging me to take the “K issue” seriously, I even found M “office mate” asking me this morning “how on earth are you guys not together?” keda..bluntly. fa I was like…”we are smart enough I guess”, fa he said things to the effect eno K likes me and it is crystal clear…M knew that I know eno he is testing the waters for K..however, K himself have been testing it for a while now…he even once made a scene  (proposed) keda when we were all having breakfast up on the roof and I played stupid and told him eno this is not magical enough w bta3.

Now K is the “too good to be true” type of guy; good looking, witty, helpful, moderately religious, successful, etc..But I don’t think he is the kind of guy who would really understand that I need to go to my mgmnt class after work, or attend this workshop coz it is liberating and blabla..nevertheless I think he is nice enough to let go of things as long as am happy!! Don’t know…at this point I think he wants a stable family, someone who is always around w keda!! Tab ma isn’t that what I need as well!! Mmmm…I don’t know..

Aslan, this weekend I figured my futuristic plans out and  made up my mind..am gonna marry an eligible bachelor from the royal family of the Sultanate of Brunei…now don’t get me wrong, am not materialistically motivated or anything, although it is a pretty comprehensible motive…but this island is more like 2  ripped out pages from a story telling book been placed on the real world. I figured it is the perfect plan for me, the perfect place where I could be.  By marrying a Brunein prince I will be entitled to live in an imaginary place, be a mythical princess (not that am not one right now ;), but a real one with the tiara and everything, and create my own version of alf leila w leila.  Yeah, there you can live your very own fairy tale…me thinks..no!!

Remeber this song by East 17!!

When the thunder calls you
From a mountain high
It’s time to spread your wings and fly
When the thunder calls you
Under purple sun
To the place where horses run

It is a song back from universty years…used to love it. Kinda forgot all about it though..but the THUNDER CALLED TONIGHT…and it is still calling by the way :D

It is a 100% winter night in Cairo, Rain, Thunder, lightning..w kolo kolo.  Gotta admit that am not a fan of the last two though…I love rains…but the sound of thunder creeps the hell out of me…accompanied with lightning ba2a it is a catastrophe…mesh 3arfa..they are not as peaceful as when it rains bas…ya3ni I feel keda eno there are 2 big personified clouds having a serious quarrel…then it gets more serious..fa they start a real fight…they then collide and all the anger and negative energy hits the earth..let alone el particles el soghayara that would come down along with the rain. Well, am scared fa am just talking nonsense :(”

“إحساس لذيذ أن تدرك أنك في غيبوبة و أنت في غيبوبة، تماما كالذي يحلم و يدرك بداخل الحلم أنه يحلم”

“تستطيع أن تدخل حياة أحد، لكن من غير اللائق أن تخرج منها بلا استئذان”

“نقاط التحول في حياة البشر تكون إما بسبب أحد أو من أجل أحد”

While cleaning up my computer I came across this photo, the same inquisitive/concerned person..mafish fayda :), wish I’ve been taught how to be more flexible though.

Listen  to Enya and take a deep breath :)

Saba7 el eshta “as per my american boss ;)”