Top 5 things i hate about 5 star hotels.

5. Most of the food Looks delicious but tastes normal.

4- The overpriced items in the room's refrigerator and the room service menu.

3- The music in the reception and the restaurants.

2- The early breakfasts. i'm in a VACATION for God's sake. breakfasts should be extended till noon.

and the thing i hate most about all five star hotels:

1- the way they stuff the blanket so tightly beneath the mattress. every night i have to spend 10 minutes of kicking with my leg to free myself from the damn blanket. i hate how they expect us to sleep like King Tut without turning over.

advice

a word of advice: do not watch The "Incredible" Hulk. (the quotations add a whole new meaning to the tite)

a more valuable word of advice: do not watch The Happening.

the most valuable piece of advice ever: do not watch any movie you haven't watched a trailer to and/or have read that it has good reviews.


bas khalas.

i've changed

i used to be passionate about music.

i used to be passionate about soccer.

i used to be passionate about chess.

i used to be passionate about architecture.

i used to be passionate about photography.

i used to be passionate about reading and learning.

i used to be passionate about my job.

i used to be passionate about blogging.




i've become dead inside.




that's depressing.

found in Kov's blog.

you should do this when you're bored like kovs..or when you want your boss to think you're sitting on the computer working like me.

1. How old will you be in five years?

29

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today? no one yet..woke up and came straight to work.

3. How tall are you? not sure...182cm maybe.

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? the 12 day vacation we're gonna get because of Easter holidays. i love the Coptic Christians.

5. What’s the last movie you saw? No country for old men. pretty good.

6. Who was the last person you called? mahmoud

7. Who was the last person to call you? my sister

8. What was the last text message you received? a message from mobinil

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?

don't use voicemail

10. Do you prefer to call or text? call

11. What were you doing at _AM last night? driving my car.

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? married

13. When is the last time you saw your mom? yesterday

14. What color are your eyes? brown/hazel

15. What time did you wake up today? 8:00 am

16. What are you wearing right now? jeans and a polo shirt.

17. What is your favourite Christmas song? don't really celebrate christmas but there's this song that has a solo by the guitarist from The Darkness...

18. Where is your favourite place to be?

alexandria in the winter

19. Where is your least favourite place to be?

alexandria in the summer

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? for a vacation? probably spain or italy.

21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years?

happily married with kids hopefully.

22. Do you tan or burn? tan.

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? the monster under the bed.

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? a joke my friend told me yesterday.

25. How many TVs do you have in your house?

4

26. How big is your bed? it's a standard single bed.

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? desktop. my laptop stopped working a couple of months ago and i can't afford to buy a new one yet.

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?

clothes on.

29. What color are your sheets? there are many. different colours.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? one

31. What is your favourite season? spring, but since it only lasts for 2 days in egypt i'll have to be realistic and say winter.

32. What do you like about Fall? the not-so-cold-not-so-hot weather

33. What do you like about Winter?

rain, the cold breeze, the thick blanket.

34. What do you like about the Summer? the company i usually have when on a trip.

35. What do you like about Spring? it's obvious, the weather

36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? 2: cairo and dhahran in saudi

37. What cities/towns have you lived in?

same as previous answer.

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? el shebsheb.

39. Are you a social person?

not really. but i've been trying to work on that lately

40. What was the last thing you ate? mcdonalds

41. What is your favourite restaurant?

hmm..tough one...i think chopsticks in mohandeseen makes amazing chinese food...

42. What is your favourite ice cream? vanilla i guess

43. What is your favourite dessert?

om 3aly

44. What is your favourite kind of soup?

chicken mushroom

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? strawberry

46. Do you like Chinese food? love it

47. Do you like coffee? nope

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average? one or 2

49. What do you drink in the morning? tea

50. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? no

51. Do you know how to play poker?

yes

52. Do you like to cuddle?

no

53. Have you ever been to Canada?

No

54. Do you have an addictive personality?

yes

55. Do you eat out or at home more often? lately i've been eating out much more than i've been eating at home...but i'm not happy about that.

56. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? no

57. Do you want kids? sure

58. Do you speak any other languages? english and arabic

59. Have you ever gotten stitches? nope

60. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? nope

61. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? depends on my mood.

62. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? window

63. Do you know how to drive stick? yep.

64. What is your favourite thing to spend money on? can't really think of anything

65. Do you wear any jewellery? No

66. What is your favourite TV show? lost/scrubs

67. Can you roll your tongue?

Yes

68. Who is the funniest person you know? my dad

69. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? No

70. What is the main ring tone on your phone? "fee fi fo" by the cranberries

71. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?

no

72. What red object is closest to you right now? a red pen

73. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? no

74. Do you sleep with your closet door open or closed? closed but it makes no difference

75. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? big bear

76. Do you flirt a lot? nope

77. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? bbq sauce

78. What is your favourite food?

koshari/stuffed pigeons/ sea food/ spaghetti with white sauce..

79. Can you change the oil on a car? i know the steps but i've never actually done it before

80. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? yes many times

81. Have you ever run out of gas? no

82. What is your usual bedtime? weekdays at around 12:00, weekends at around 3:00

83. What was the last book you read? roald dahl's Completely Unexpected Tales...great read.

84. Do you read the newspaper? yes but i just read the headlines

85. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? nope

86. Do you watch soap operas? nope

87. Do you dance in the car?

nope

88. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? no picture frames in my office.

89. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? a work related note

90. What is your favourite candle scent?

i've only tried lavender..not bad

91. What is your favourite board game? chess

92. When was the last time you attended church? i went to the mosque yesterday

93. Who was your favourite teacher in high school? i guess my math teacher Amin Selim.

94. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent?

3 days, not really a tent... more like a hut.

95. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you? my cousin bringing me back a gift from his trip to the states.

Poor Knocked Up Kiki

i'm it.

thanks gjoe for the tag

ok so here goes:

The Rules :

• Post 10 random things about yourself
• Choose 5 people to tag and a reason you chose each person
• Leave them each a comment directing them to your blog so they know they are it
• You can’t tag the person who tagged you (you’ll have to make new friends)
• As a courtesy to the person who tagged you, please let them know when you have posted so they can have the sheer delight and extra work load of reading your answers)

1- i always look on the bright side.

2- my face goes tomato-red whenever i get myself in an embarrassing situation or get angry...which automatically triggers mocking comments causing my face to get even more red...which in-turn gets me more angry or embarrassed..

3- i was once bit by a dog...it was around 10 years ago, and the dog was one of those little white hairy ones...i was going to pet it and it got scared so it bit my hand....i had to take 6 concentrated injections to avoid catching rabies

4- i've got more than 15 keys in my key-chain but i only know what 4 of them are for...i'm too afraid to throw the rest out because i always think i'm gonna regret it when i remember what the keys were for...it's been like this for more than 5 years now.

5- i watched "the departed" 3 times this past week and i can't get enough of it.

6- i told 3 of my real-life friends about this blog this past week..so now, unfortunately, i'm going to have to kill them.

7- my favourite song for the cranberries is Cordell..i've spent hours trying to know what the word means but to no avail. my only guess is that it's a nickname she used for a loved one who passed away.

8- i missed 3 days of work in the past few weeks just because i didn't feel like going. i woke up on time and everything, but the weather was too good to waste on spending the day at work. I told my boss i had some urgent things to do.

9- when i was a kid my dad once bought me a new alarm clock that had this reeeeeaaally loud ring...he convinced me that the only way to turn it off was to talk to it and say "good morning" in a cheerful voice. since i didn't find any Off button, and since the batteries were only accessible through a screw driver, i had no choice but to believe him....i only found out how to really turn it off six days later (the off button was camouflaged ingeniously in the body of the alarm clock).

10- i prefer nancy 3agram over haifaa wahby.

heard this on the radio on my way home

"traffic in nasr city is like a severe case of constipation" - a Nile Fm listener.

Damn *itches!

i'm speechless.

i can't believe she could do such a thing. it hurts me to say it, but the *itch has done the most awful thing i could imagine.

she ran away from home, OUR HOME, committed fornication, and returned back guilt-free.

unbelievable.

and might i add, that her partner in such a crime was nothing but a WORTHLESS STREET RAT!!

you haven't heard nothing yet...we just learned that the b**** is PREGNANT!!


i'm thinking of killing her AND her baby. they both mean nothing to me now.

my whole family is furious with her, my mom can't even look her in the eye.

so now we have to wait for an unwanted baby to be born. what the hell are we supposed to do with it?? we most definitely can't raise a street rat among us.

i knew i should've bought a male rottweiler instead.

things i learned from my trip to the desert

- the beauty of God's nature
- why the toyota landcruiser is the only car suitable for the desert
- how quite it can be
- how cold it gets
- how underrated water heaters are
- the effect of listening to your echo bouncing between the mountains of a completely vacant desert
- how much the full moon glows at night
- how colorful the oasis looks in the midst of a monochrome environment
- how cozy and relaxing it is to sit beside a fire in a cold winter night
- how soothing and relieving it is to sit in a hut lit by candles
- how entertaining it is to play a tight game of Estimation (cards).
- how rewarding it feels to look at the vast desert from a new perspective after spending 2 hours climbing a large rocky mountain

sony ericsson k810i

i'm loving my new phone. the camera in particular is really great.

also, my graduation party was yesterday. it was nice seeing my college friends again, and ofcourse celebrating graduation is something i can never get tired from.



special note to Deee:
i can't seem to post a comment on ur latest entry. i'm so sorry for ur loss. rabbena yer7amo we yeskeno fasee7 gannato insha2Allah.

Heya Fawda

Great movie.  The movie was amazing on all levels: directing, acting, writing, and even the poster was extraordinary (unfortunately i couldn't find a copy of it on the internet).

Khaled Saleh is going to have a hard time topping this performance.

stupid errands

i can sense if it's gonna be a bad day the minute i wake up in the morning.

today i woke up all grumpy. i was supposed to do some errands before i go to work. i hate going to work late, the manager keeps giving me these looks like i'm not a hard worker and stuff..and i guess he has every right to do that, but i'm only late for work to do some work-related errands like finish my military papers, or like today : finish my insurance papers.

apparently they need something at work called "ka3b 3amal", which i think could be translated to "work slip" if it makes any sense. supposedly, i should first go get my insurance identification number from the insurance facility then i should give that number to the people at the human resources facility. simple. everyone i know tells me they did the whole procedure in 3o minutes max.

ofcourse with me, everything has to go wrong....

on my way there in the morning i was driving too fast again, which caused my license to be taken. after i've arrived to the insurance facility i spent 20 minutes waiting for my turn...then the lady sitting on the computer (which by the way is reaaaaally old) asks for my ID. After examining it she tells me that i should go to the other insurance facility in maadi since that's the one my address follows.

so i spent almost an hour trying to find the damn place. after i finally found it i spent another hour waiting inside because the computer wasn't working and i had to wait for it to get fixed. ofcourse if i knew the wait was gonna be an hour long in the beginning i would've went to work and returned to them in the morning, but they kept telling me that it's only gonna take 10 minutes.

finally the computer's fixed, so i asked the lady for my insurance number and she started searching on the computer's database for my name. she didn't find it and she told me to give her a photocopy of my birth certificate and my ID card and come back to see her tomorrow.

so i went back to work at around 1:00 pm after having a very hard time finding a parking space.

word of advice: if you ever think of going to Garden City during work hours TAKE A TAXI to save yourself the torture i go through nearly every day.

i hope i get this over with tomorrow.

Tagged

....by Deeee again:)

ok, here goes:

blog name: a greyscale perspective

reason:well grey is my favourite color obviously, but i've never aliased my self as greyscale before in my life. i just chose the name the moment i created the blog, without too much thinking.

blog photo: none. but if i did have one it probably would've been a sketch for one of the projects i designed during college.

Talal

Talal is the name of a barber shop in Saudi Arabia. My dad and i where going to the mall one night when i was around 4 years old. He parked the car in a dark street and he told me to remember the name of the nearest shop so we could find the car easily when we return. Talal's Barber. On our way back to the car i proudly anounced that i remember the shop's name and my dad acted like if i hadn't remembered it we would've never found the car. He kept telling me that night that i've got an amazing memory and that i was special. For years later, i would remind him every once in a while that i still remember the shop's name, and he would always act like it was a big deal. It's amazing how the smallest action from the parent can influence a child. This incident has affected me till today actually, it gave me confidence that i was a smart guy throughout my childhood.

why am i blogging this? no particular reason. just a random thought that crossed my mind recently.


what i've been up to in the past few weeks:

* i switched to a new job as a junior architect in an italian/egyptian architecture firm. the work is very exhausting, but the people here are very friendly...they made me feel at home from the first day there. overall, i'm loving it here.

* had an accident with my car, took around 2 weeks to repair it...then had another accident just 2 days ago. no injuries whatsoever, thank God... i think i need to take driving lessons again.

*got exempted from the military service...which is the best news i've heard since graduation:)

Happy Eid

Happy Eid to all you bloggers out there :)