Due to the fact that I am currently unemployed... "w men kotr el fadda", I've started giving life -in general- a deeper and more meaningful thought. I went through a number of different notions and bunch of different feelings as well.
I thought about stuff that upsets me, things that make me feel like a million bucks as well as some other things that no matter how small, might have a huge impact on some while being absolutely insignificant to others.
And as I always say, these are my thoughts, my ideas, my feelings and my epiphanies so, if after reading this post you realize that you've wasted your time or feel like puking, I am not the one to blame so bear with me a little on this one... "w ba3dein ma e7na yaama et-hareena blogaat... fahemny yalli fe baaly?"
- No matter where you are or what you are doing, a good company makes everything easier. Ya3ni you don't have to be clubbin' every night or spending the whole summer in marina to have fun because sometimes even el-madyaffa is just fine or el-3agami is marvelous if you've got the company. I am not saying that it has to be el-madyaffa all the time or even be el-madyaffa at all, as long as you're doing what you like with the people that you enjoy the company of... mesh nas enta faared nafsak 3alehom 3'asban w eqtedaar, then it's all good.
"Ya3ni men el a7'er... law enta dema3'ak billiardo walla PS... be ra7tak" as long as you're enjoying it!
- "Mesh koll el naas zay ba3daha", so quit trying to change people! Since we're not all the same, you should learn to either accept people the way they are or not but trying to change someone into something that he/she is not would not get you anywhere! It might give you satisfaction but only for a while and if anything else, it would only make that person a freak, someone who's not genuine. Just don't mix this with helping someone overcome a problem or giving advice when needed because that's something you should do but you should always be able to draw the line somewhere... otherwise you will drive people away from you.
- I've always hated it when girls call each other "ya gameela". I don't fully understand why but I just know that even in its most metaphoric form, it loses its meaning. So now the "gameela" and the "we7sha" have all turned into a "gameela".
"... bas fel awwel w fel a7'er, el 7alawa 7alawet el roo7, w aho kollo bessawaabo"
- "Sada2 elli 2aal... there's nothing permanent except change". I've realized that every aspect of my life has changed in the past five years. Different names, places and faces! But what is most amazing is how fast people change and how different everyone's influenced by the outcome of their experiences in life. I am just wondering, if this is the way I feel about the past 5 years, how would it be like looking back at my life 10 or 15 years from now. Heck, I wonder what will happen when I'm in my 50s or 60s, showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease but still nostalgic, trying to remember the good old times... scary, isn't it?!
- You know what they always say... "Aim for the sky then reach the moon". Well, I beg to differ! I honestly think that "If you aim for the stars, the moon will never satisfy you!" -given that you are a moderately greedy human being! And I even have proof, take NASA for example, they've reached for the moon and got that out of their system (figuratively). Have they settled ever since? I rest my case!
- "In the search for our peace of mind, we come across a huge turmoil". I truly believe in this quote and not just because I made it up but let me explain in just a few words. If your actually searching for true peace of mind -mesh 3ayez terayya7 dema3'ak w 7'alas- then you must've been through a lot to begin with and for you to eventually reach that state of mind, you'd have to sort through a lot of stuff to get there. Shoft ba2a!
- This is somehow related to the whole "gameela" ordeal. I hate the fact that we've become incapable of expression. Mesh asdi freedom of speech and all that crap, I mean how we (the ingenious generation that I proudly belong to) have reached a state where we are unable to express even our simplest feelings, verbally. I hate how most of our words have lost their meaning while others which were words describing distinct feelings have been grouped up or replaced with one word, perhaps a foul one. So now when you feel sad, miserable, bored, disgusted or even dissatisfied... you are simply mab$@@#.
- It is with great saddness I inform you... "El Sha3b El Masri ba2a men atfah sho3oob el 3allam!". It's surprising how fast Egyptians have become superficial and shallow. Just check this Facebook group which helps explain my point better than I'll ever do, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27047129964.
That's it for now but I'll add more later!
