When I was a child, I was taught that religions are very different from each other; shameless comparisons were made and repeated over the years claiming that all other religions are just the opposite of everything my religion is. If mine is merciful, then other religions are sadistic. If mine respects women, then other religions [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Conversations and Monologues
20May07Work is like pregnancy
A: Are you new here?
Me: Yea
C: It’s her second month
Me: My second month? Sounds like I’m pregnant not employed
C: Hahaha, that’s worth blogging
Smoking Jordanians
Me: So, do you think support groups work?
B: Nope
Me: But why?
B: Because once meetings are over you’re on your own
Me: But you can make friends and support each other
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Me: [...]
Salam Band @ Souk Jara
19May07I consider myself lucky to have been introduced to this Jordanian musical band. Salam and the band are very talented yet down to earth. They are incredibly funny too but that’s another story. Salam performed two original songs this evening at Souk Jara (Directions: Rainbow Street), one in Arabic: “مين” which means “who” and another [...]
Simply Unfair
18May07Think about it, you’re very sick but you don’t look it, you look perfectly alright and possibly even better than usual. What are the consequences?
Naturally, you’ll get zero sympathy and people are going to think that you’re either faking it or exaggerating. Nobody will remember that you’re sick or take that into consideration while around [...]
Make Love not War
18May07“Gods War T-shirts” are designed to spread love instead of war. I’m not sure how though.
Via thecoolhunter.net
On Jacked Up Job Titles
16May07It’s been a long time since I had the time to check out “cool Websites” like the Trend Hunter. Today I did, and I found this interesting story about “impressive” job titles that rang a bell the size of Notre-dame’s :
In efforts at retaining employees without forking over hefty raises, some companies are trying to [...]
JB’s May Meetup
14May07On Saturday, a group of Jordan Bloggers met at Tche Tche. And here is the list of the attendees in no particular order:
1- Me (myself and I)
2- Hala Taha
3- Ola Eliwat
4- Jad
5- Mazen
6- Dave and his cute son!
7- Qabbani
8- Oula Farawati
9- Hazem Bitar
10- Yazan Ashqar and his friend
11- Wedad
12- Hamzah Zahr
I met with Ibrahim and [...]
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Job Opportunities @ Maktoob!
10May07Channel Owner / Web Content Manager
Job Description:
Responsibility to manage selected Maktoob channels, from inception to ongoing operation.
Research, select and coordinate with content providers.
Coordinate with design, development, and QA to finalize the analysis of the channel.
Prepare business analysis document describing the requirements, functionality, and user interface for the channel.
Responsibility to promote the channels internally and externally [...]
Time for a Meetup!
09May07It’s been 2 months now, so it’s time to meet you guys!
May’s meeting will be held next Sat, 12-May-2007 at 5:00 PM in Tche Tche. See below for more details:
Day: Saturday
Date: May, 12th, 2007
Time: 5:00 P.M.
Place:Tche Tche: Mecca Str. beside Applebeez (Phone no. : 5511406)
See you there
Khaled
adel, I Three Dots, Ali MetalHead, Waleed, G [...]
Anne Pham, Geronimo Cristobal
الختيار, Shaden, bambam
john, Dave, kinzi