New styles with new presentation

So finally I had the time and chance to check the new features of the software we using to design at work, I can say for sure that it helped our sales to increase, so tell me guys what do you think?

Is it true? Or she's just being mean?

Every time and then the youth of the family get together and have a nice dinner I was happy of such an idea since I don’t really see them much coz of my job, but this last dinner really upset me some how I don’t know if its just me being sensitive or what been said was really mean!

Ok , hmmm this is tricky and little confusing hehe will try to explain as much as I can, my grandma was married early so was my mom, I'm kinda in the same age as moms cousins which I always thought so cool since they are the only relatives we have in Jordan. The thing here is that my grandma "mom side" and my dads family are some how related that why they share the same surname.

So not like always, this dinner was somehow special since one of mom's cousins got engaged YAAPY! I was happy about that! After waiting half an hour for everyone to gather up and the new couples to join us, we sat down and she started to introduce him to who didn’t meet him yet "I was one of them" after I'm done of introducing myself she said "but she's not from the FAMILY" he looked at her puzzled and I was silent, to break the silent she said "I'm Kidding!" I smiled acting like no harm was done. Ya3ni bala3tha! I don’t know why she said that?! Did she really mean it? Yeah maybe I'm not her close cousin but I 'm from the family right? Well that wasn’t the end, after we done and saying goodbyes her fiancé hoped he would see me in the dinner grandma was doing " that’s my mom grandma!" hehe yeah she's still alive, I said "sure, inshallah" not having any clue if there was any special dinner on that we would be invited for. Her sister turned to me and said "yeah! I hope so IF YOU GUYS BEEN INVITED!" that what really upset me, it did hurt me.

I don’t know why they said that? Is it true that I'm not considered as one of the family? Or it's just them being mean?....

Snow

I know its late to post this :/ but I took photos of last weeks' snow :D this is for Sara and Yvonne, it does SNOW here girls! Enjoy….

photos taken from my room window :)

Missing me?

Hi guys, I know I know its been long time since I posted, Thanks Jad for your e-mails they made me happy knowing there s someone who s really reading my posts.

Things have been hard lately, Mom got sick "Thank God shes doing better", cooking and looking after who is at home ain't that easy!!!! And work got more stressful, meetings and lots of paper work.

So here I am now back and hope I will write more in these next 2 days.

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?