Happy 1 Year Birthday, Blog!

Just a brief message to let you know that To Dear Diary blog is now 1 year old. There are so many blogs out there, and I'll bet that lots of them have had 1 year birthdays. Assuming that I kept blogging, it was very concievable that mine would end up being one of them. Well, now it is.

So, Happy Birthday, To Dear Diary!

And, to celebrate, we should have presents, right? ;)

Amman New Bridge "Jeser El Ne2afeh"

You guys know everything about this bridge and you must have seen pics of it in many blogs, mostly taken by professional cams :). Well this is my version of the bridge and how it looks like with a simple cam taken by a simple citizen.

Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea

Since it was Eid, we went to have lunch in Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea last Tuesday since many told us how lovely the hotel is and indeed its marvelous so fancy !J we had a reservation at The Obelisk Restaurant, the food was really delicious specially the desserts :p I can say that no hotel in the Dead Sea equals to this hotel service. So I give it 5 stars on food, catering and design.

Here are pics I took of the hotel and the restaurant we had lunch in:

Wireless & Wanadoo

Finally I had the time and transfer the net into wireless, thank ya Hasan for helping me out :) didn’t have an idea that it would take 3 hours to put the modem, access point and configure them.


You must have heard of Wanadoo new speed offer right! I called them and ask for upgrade ok and they told me to check with the Telecom to check if my phone line supports that speed so after stopping by them and waiting for the line the man behind the desk said Sorry, Your Phone Line Cant Support This Speed! :( I wonder if anyone went home disappointed as I did!

Henna party

I don’t know if ya guys remember me talkin about my best friend gettin married on the 1st of Jan 2007! Well she had a henna party on Thursday and oh my! What a fun I had! To be honest this is the 1st time I ever been into one! "since it's not a tradition in Syria or among ones who lives here" the songs were really nice the way they danced holding candles and incense "bakhoor" wearing the traditional dress were so cool. After dancing "till ya feet can't hold ya" and eating "since ya didn’t eat all day preparing ya dress, hair do etc..." Each invitee got a small packet of henna, a cool ceramic box with chocolate inside :p and a henna tattoo. Here is mine!

Happy Eid

Revenge

One of my friends sent me this and I thought of sharing it, hehe its so funny !!

Happy Eid

It is SNOWING! Sta Nevicando

Finally my wish come true! IT IS SNOWING .. and here is the song with every snow... ENJOY!!!

تلج تلج عم بتشتي الدنيي تلج
و النجمات حيرانين و زهور الطرقات بردانيين

تلج تلج عم بتشتي الدنيي تلج

و الغيمات تعبانين عالتلة خيمات مضويين

و مغارة سهرانه فيها طفل صغير

بعيونو الحلياني حب كتير كتير

تلج تلج عم بتشتي الدنيي تلج

كل قلب كل مرج زهر فيه الحب متل التلج

و جاي رعيان من بعيد

وين الطفل الموعود؟

هون يا رعيان العيد

هون الليل المنشود

تلج تلج شتي خير و حب و تلج

على كل قلب و على كل مرج

ألفة و خير و حب متل التلج

Amman & Winter

I think the photos explain itself! I took them while i was driving home last night from work.

I LOVE WINTER! Hope it snows tonight :D

Study Back

This is a funny video I watched on Ahmads' blog, made by some students at NYMC based on Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back".

To Dar, Yabco and all you med students out there, Enjoy! ;)

Zade's new album "BEAUTIFUL WORLD" in Prime Megastore now!

Jordan's leading composer and pianist follows-up his two Billboard charting CDs with BEAUTIFUL WORLD, a sumptuous showing of his Middle-Eastern upbringing combined with Western contemporary influences. Featuring his original compositions performed by the region's most stellar musicians, plus two cuts by Elias Rahbani, this latest release is a lush love-letter to world music enthusiasts.

The Cd is great here is the list of the tracks:

My favorites are marked in orange.

1. Beautiful World



2. Hannen



3. I wished I said I am sorry



4. Your beauty my madness



5. Alia



6. Comes to an end



7. A world in silence



8. Musician of the night



9. starchild



10. Amman

To listen to the tracks visit www.zade.com

A Depression Phase, Una Fase Di Depressione

:( :( :( ....

Canzoni Mi Piace

Elisa & Ligabue - Gli Ostacoli Del Cuore



NEK - Instabile

Musica Italiana

Il mio disco nuovo italiano:

1. Nek : Instabile



2. Stadio : Fine di un'estate



3. Elisa and Ligabue : Gli Ostacoli del Cuore



4. Tozzi - Masini : Come Si Fa...?



5. Fiorella Mannoia : Cravo e Canela



6. Le Vibrazioni : Se



7. Moda' : Malinconico a metà



8. J-Ax : Ti Amo o ti Ammazzo



9. Laura Pausini : Io Canto



10. Fabri Fibra : Idee Stupide



11. Tiziano Ferro: Stop! Dimentica



12. Dolcenera: Comè straordinaria la vita



13. Fabri Fibra: Applausi per Fabri



14. Moda': Quello Che Non Ti Ho Detto



15. Eros Ramazzotti : Bambino Nel Tempo



16. Zero Assoluto - Sei parte di me



17. Elisa: Una Poesia Anche Per Te



18. Tiziano Ferro: Ed ero contentissimo

The Departed (2006)

Directed by
Martin Scorsese

Writing credits

William Monahan (screenplay)
Siu Fai Mak (screenplay "Wu jian dao") (as Alan Mak)
Felix Chong (screenplay "Wu jian dao")

Plot Outline: Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.

Cast (in credits order)

Leonardo DiCaprio .... Billy Costigan,

Matt Damon .... Colin Sullivan,

Jack Nicholson.... Frank Costello

Mark Wahlberg.... Dignam

Martin Sheen .... Oliver Queenan

Ray Winstone .... Mr. French

Vera Farmiga .... Madolyn
Anthony Anderson .... Brown

Alec Baldwin .... Ellerby

Kevin Corrigan .... Cousin Sean

David O'Hara.... Fitzy (as David Patrick O'Hara)

James Badge Dale.... Barrigan

Mark Rolston .... Delahunt

Robert Wahlberg .... Lazio (FBI)
Kristen Dalton .... Gwen

My View: I went yesterday and saw it i can give it 8/10 i like the movie the way Leonardo DiCaprio act was superb he did his part proffacianaly, what made the movie down its value is the ending it was so stupid and so silly.

For who didn't watch it here is a Trailer and some photos:

If the movie didnt work click here

To You

Artist: Westlife
Song: Have You Ever Been In Love
Album: The Love Album

In the morning light

half awake and half asleep

have you ever laid there thinking

was it all a dream?

but you reach out and she's there

every moment, everywhere

have you ever been in love?

.............................

have you ever felt

how far a heart can fall

have you ever stayed up waiting

for a telephone call

just to hear her say hello

cause you miss each other so

have you ever been in love?

...............................

have there been times to laugh
and times you really want to cry
finding reasons to believe her
cause you'd die a little if she lied
and when in times of doubt

have you ever tried to work it out

but still she leaves you wondering

what it's all about

.............................

and when she's far away
have you ever felt the need to stray
and tried and then discovered
it just doesn't pay
cause with her, you can be true
and with her, you can be you

have you ever been in love?

............................

have there been times to laugh
and times you really want to cry
finding reasons to believe her
cause you'd die a little if she lied
and when in times of doubt

have you ever tried to work it out

but still she leaves you wondering

what it's all about

.............................

and when the night comes down

can you call your house a home

do you dream you're still together

and wake up alone

have you ever been in love

the way that i'm in love

have you ever been in love?

have you ever been in love?

Conversation

An American stepped into the showroom weeks ago and I was called from my office to help since I can speak English better than the others, after an hour tour and asking for styles, colors and kinds of wood we sat down and had this conversation.

Me: so .., would you like me to make you a design Mr.….?
Him: Bridges
Me: "with a smile", nice meeting you Sir, where ya from? Which state?
Him: Chicago, your English is perfect, where did you study?
Me: "a chuckle" here! Didn’t go anywhere!
Him: wow I'm impressed! You people talk English very well not like what I though!
Me: how you mean? Most people in Jordan talks English very well.
Him: I know!
Me: do you like it here? How long since you been here?
Him: 2 years, and yeah I love it
Me: I don’t think you prefer it than the state, right?
Him: I really like it here, me and my wife ain't thinking of going back at the moment that why we are buying a house here
Me: "shocked" really!
Him: yeah, you know, I feel safe here like I can see the sunset, go out at night with my family without being worried of being shot, my kids goes into a safe school away from drugs and violence.
Me: oh I see "smile"
Him: I will call you and arrange it with my wife.
Me: cool, this is my card,
Him: thanks
Me: nice meeting you, have a nice day
Him: you too, bye

Unfortunately they didn’t buy the kitchen L the owner of the house refused to share the expenses in it, so they will stick with the one which is already installed, they were really nice, I meet a lot of Americans and Europeans at work and they all say that they are happy here and they feel blessed for it, while I can't wait to get out of it and see the unknown! hehe

Men and marriage

Ok I had this proposal "marriage proposal"; I usually don’t talk about these kinds of topics but that man really irritated me that I wished I could kick him out the house!

So after 2 visits with his mom they called back and asked to see me alone and discussing it with my mom we set a day and a time.

Bell rings, I open the door with a smile, dressing nicely.

Me: hi, come on in.
I lead him to the guest room
Him: hi, walks and sit down
Me: "silent with a smile" to break the silent I ask, so how was your day?
Him: fine, "pause" hope you don’t mind I came alone I mean without my mom.
Me: no, it's your right; this is how we would get to know each other more.
Him: yeah, that what I thought of.
After 5-10 min of being silent
Him: so do you like maids?
Me: oh you mean housekeepers, yeah .why?
Him: well I don’t like them around [ be2raf menhom].
Me: "in shock" oh! I see "me thinking what's wrong with this guy! Starting our conversation with this topic?"
Him: I don’t think and believe we would need one if we got married.
Me: ok
Him: after things been going fine with my father he build a building where we live in and gave each of me and my brother a flat to live in after we marry.
Me: ok "geez I would live up my mother in law! No way this is going to happen!"
Him: I just wana tell you something is that my financial state aren't like my parents its way bellow.
Then he started talking about himself and bragging about how honest and a good man he is.
Me: "bored and interrupting" so, what you think is the bad thing in you? For example I'm a little bit stubborn but if you talked to me and explain, that problem is solved.
Him: well if someone is stubborn with me I would be more stubborn and I would even tease. I'm a quite man when it's about my personal life. [katoom].
Me: what do you mean?
Him: my parents beg me for telling them my work details, I hate that.
Me: oh
Him: am a little picky when it's about food, I don’t eat the food if I don’t like it.
Me: even if you invited out?
Him: yeah I won't act like am pleased with it, I won't eat it.
Me: "thinking what a man!" do you see yourself as an eastern or western man?
Him: what do you mean?
Me: I mean it by the way you think? Would you mind if I called you at work and said am going out with my friends for dinner or something?
Him: of course I would mind!
Me: "shocked and confused" excuse me? Would I need your permission to go out or so?
Him: yeah! What if I told ya I don’t want you to go and I wana spend the evening with you?
Me: I see! We can spend time together in other night!
Him: what about your job? Would ya quit it?
Me: never!
Him: I always thought that if I married a teacher she would finish around 2 pm go home finish cleaning the house and cooking till am home that would be at 5 pm.
Me: "getting irritated by the tone of voice" I never been in a situation that made me think if I would leave work or not but I know for sure I wont.
Him: you know I do want to marry a housewife
Me: "still irritated" I ain't a housewife!
Him: "shocked" I see, we can manage you know, if we went shopping and couldn’t decide on buying a blue or green sweater we can talk about it and pick one
Me: "what an idiot" well I would buy both of them!
Him: oh my God! Spend all that money!
Me: "and he is stingy, geez" you know am spoilt.
Him: me too, we can spoil each other
Me: "hate his sarcastic tone" I'm spoilt in my parents house and I wana stay spoilt after I move out!
Him: geez it's late, hope I didn’t bore you
Me: "yeah you did, can't wait till you gone" nah didn’t feel the time also
Him: ok I better go
Me: ok.
I walked him to the door, and he said goodbye and left.

Some people say that its we the girls which are picky! Come on! How a girl would say yes to a man like that! He didn’t ask me how I been, didn’t comment on my dress, been so snob and bossy! Why couldn’t he ask about my interests? What I like and dislike? My hobbies? How was my work going? I'm happy I won't see him again! Geez

My Character , Il Mio Carattere

Thank you Shy for your tag,this is a cool one! :)Click here if you want to do it.

I tag Dar, Andrew, Crossoverboy, Abed. Hamdan, and Omar.

Grazie molto Shy per il tuo tag, lo e' molto piacevole :) scatto qui per fare lo tag.

Photos 3

What fun i had! thats me up there with my sister :p

I'm not gona lie and say it wasn't scary in the first 5 min :")