Tagged by "Papillona" Allah ysami7ha

ست الدنيا يا بيروت

بيــروت ترقــص طــربـــا

بيــروت ترقــص فــرحـــا

BAALBECK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

2006

Thursday 13th, Friday 14th & Saturday July 15th

FAIROUZ in "SAH EL NOM"

musical play by: Rahbani Brothers

Under the artistic direction of ZIAD RAHBANI

Directed by: Berge Vasilian

Thursday July 27th

DEEP PURPLE

Pop rock concert

Saturday July 29th

DIANE SCHUUR meets DIZZY GILLESPIETM

ALL_STAR BIG BAND

Direction: Slide Hampton

JAZZ

Friday 4th & Saturday August 5th

BORIS EIFMAN BALLET THEATRE OF ST. PETERSBURG

BALLET

Saturday August 12th

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR by DONIZETTI

Opera in collaboration with "LES CHOREGIES D'ORANGE"

Thursday 24th, Friday 25th & Saturday August 26th

CARACALLA DANCE THEATRE

The villager's opera (koullouna min Loubnan)

A dance, music and song extravaganza

BEITEDDINE FESTIVAL

2006

May 27th

RICKY MARTIN

The grammy winning international star on his World Tour at BIEL.

July 16th

SYLVIE GUILLEM - RUSSELL MALIPHANT

L'Etoile du Royal Ballet, Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant in the Sadler's Wells newest production, PUSH.

July 23th

LIZA MINNELLI

Broadway dazzling star of Cabaret, LIza Minnelli will mesmerize you again and again.

July 26th-29th

STOPM

It is time to live, once more, the thrill of the percussion world with STOPM's outstanding new show.

August 1st

ANGELIQUE KIDJO - CHEIKH LO

World music at its best, Angelique Kidjo and Cheikh Lo, in a double concert of double african rhythms.

August 4th

A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ AND BLUES

With renowned American bands, Ravi Coltrane Quartet & Shemekia Copeland, together with the famous Lebanese band The Blue Quest.

August 5th

SOUAD MASSI

The rising algerian star in a reportoire of Arabic & French lyrics.

August 12th

MAGIDA AL ROUMI

In a glamorous show as you have never experienced her before.

August 16th-17th

TOCORORO - a Cuban Tale

Carlos Acosta, star of the Royal Ballet, with a 30-member company.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE BYBLOS

2006

June 17th

FRANCIS CABREL

July 2nd

BARBARA HENDRICKS

With the Magnut Lindgren Jazz Quartet

July 15th

SEAN PAUL

July 22th

GAD ELMALEH

July 23th

GONZALES

Solo Piano

انتخابات

عبدالمحسن تقي مظفر

مرشح المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي عن الدائرة العاشرة

لانتخابات مجلس الأمة 2006

عمي ... موفق ان شاء الله

وكلنا معاك

My son's cutest painting ever

حتى اليهال - إللي صج يهال - يبونها خمسة

سألوني شو صاير ببلد الياسمين مزروعة دواير فساد ومفسدين

قلتلن بلدنا متروس مخلصين الكويت الإرادة وشعبها الطيبين

عذرا بس المزاج فيروزي برتقالي

ليلة الإرادة

ليلتنا من ليالي العمر بالبرتقالي بنرقص فيها

ليلتنا لطلوع الفجر لل 5 بنهتف بيها

بيدو وحنان يغرسون العلم

مكان غرس الأعلام في بداية التجمع الساعة 6 مساءا

صوفي وبدر بالبرتقالي

مينا وعلم الكويت

مينا وبيدو هم يبون الخمسة

يحيا النضال

نبيها 5

نداء ... صج طلعت الشمس

من يجرؤ؟ ... نحن نجرؤ

د. أحمد الخطيب

مكان غرس الأعلام الساعة 10 مساءا

شابات الكويت .. هم يجرؤؤن

مكان غرس الأعلام الساعة 5 فجرا وقد رسم الرقم 5 بجزء من الأعلام

مكان غرس الأعلام الساعة 5 فجرا حيث رسمت خريطة الكويت بالإعلام

نواب الأمة يحدثون الجمهور المتواجد في الجلسة بعد انسحابهم منها

ونشوفكم الليلة الساعة 8 مساء

رجال

نساء

أطفال

أمام بيت الأمة

لتكن لنا إرادة ... في ليلة الإرادة

زهبوا السليبينج باجز

زهبوا الماي

وإذا يعتوا ترى السبال زين أو الجزر

ولو إنني أخاف تطلع الوطن ثاني يوم تقول

تجمع برتقالي حاشد للشواذي أمام مجلس الأمة

بس ماعليه شواذي شواذي المهم نكون هناك ... لأجل الكويت

The Orange Day

For those who missed it ...

طب أعمل إيه . . . أنا أعمل إيه؟

I once sent an email (probably 2 years ago) to a friend/relative of mine (E) asking her questions regarding how well she knows me .. u know one of those silly emails, and this was one of the questions that she answered:

What do you think I'll be when I grow up?
I have a feeling you will go back to working in a bank and have a high rank there

& let me say that this came after I resigned from a bank job that lasted a year & joined a ministry, yet she thought that some day I'll go back to banking althought I always said that this is never gonna happen & I told her personally "don't say that again, I hate banks, so don't put ideas in my head that I'm gonna be something big in the field, I'm not going back there".

BUT

After a while I was done with the ministry job (for reasons I mentioned in an earlier post), & I needed something else, so out of nowhere came an amazing job offer at a BANK .. a job that pays good, with a great position & I don't know what to do.

Let me just say that the job requires an afternoon shift twice a week, & I'm just thinking that it might not be fair to the kids.

* (sister who works in a bank herself tells me that it's an amazing opportunity I should never let go of my hands, while hubby who will be an ex-banker soon thinks that a two shifts job is not an opportunity at all)

MOORY

Feels like it was just yesterday when we had this big 1st birthday party for him

Now he's 7 years old

هل راح ييي اليوم إللي يقوللي فيه يللا عالية* أبي أتزوج .. خطبيلي؟؟

*(He still calls me by my name ..even though I told him I won't answer you if you do)

يعني مو آنا إللي تروح حق أهل البنت وتقوللهم نبي بنتكم حق ولدنا وبنعطيكم مهر شذي وشبكة شذي .. ما أعرف

وإلا الزمن راح يتغير .. والعادات والتقاليد البايخة هذي تتغير .. ويفكوني من هالعفسة

يعني مثلا أكلم أم البنت على الماسنجر .. أقوللها

ِalia: hi ... u there?

the mother: yes

alia: how r u?

the mother: good .. u?

alia: great

the mother: :)

alia: عمر يقول يللا متى بتزوجونا؟

the mother: wait ..

susu( or whatever her name is) has been added to the conversation

susu: hi alia shlounich ... what's up?

alia: I was talking to your mother about you & omar getting married?

susu: mom?

susu: HELLO ... MOM

The mother: yes honey .. I'm here

susu: did u hear that?

the mother: yes dear .. it's your call honey

susu: u know my opinion mom

the mother: 7'alas 7abibty .. ittafqaw w 3a6ouna 7'abar

susu: لحظة لحظة omar just singed in

omar has been added to the conversation

omar: hi guys

alia: hi moury

the mother: shlounik 3ammoor?

omar: fine

susu: omar? يبون يزوجونا

omar: cool

susu: (k)

omar::$

alia: yalla gotta go .. ittifaqna?

the mother: sure

omar: akeed <:0)

susu: yes

وتوتة توتة ... خلصت الحدوتة

بس على شرط ما تطلع البنت نسرة ... وتييب بنت تسميها عالية

وبعدها بنت تسميها لولو

وبعدها بنت تسميها علاية

زورينا كل سنة مرة

في آخر حفلة حضرتها حق فيروز في "بيت الدين" غنت وقالت

بكره برجع بوقف معكن .. إذا مش بكره البعدو أكيد

إنتوا احكولي وأنا بسمعكن .. حتى لولا الصوت بعيد

بـلا موسيقتنــا الليلة حزينة .. بلا غنية الليــل بيطول

كل ليلة بغني بمدينة .. بحمل صوتي وبمشي عطـول

وهاهي فيروز تفي بالوعد

وأنا ميتة من القهر لأنني ماراح أقدر أحضر الحفلة ... بس أملي الوحيد انها ترجع توقف معنا إذا مش بكره البعدو أكيد

Yumm ... Yumm

Haven't tried it yet, but I'm sooooooo likin it

I mean what's not like (as Joey says): Italian Bread ... Yummy, Mushroom ... Yummy Yummy, Garlic .. emmmmmm (my favorite), Cheese .. WAW, Olive Oil ... Yumm .. Yumm .. Yumm

So try it & tell me

Injoy ....

Bruschetta Con Funghi & Formaggio

* Ingredients:

- 8 slices Italian country-style bread, such as Puglisi, cut into 2.5cm (1 inch) thick

- 4 to 6 garlic cloves, crushed but not peeled

- 6 to 8 tbs. olive oil

- 250g (9 oz.) mushrooms (such as Porcini) preserved in oil, drained and sliced

- 250g (9 0z.) Gorgonzola Or Dolce Latte cheese

- Sea salt and black pepper, freshly ground

Preparations:

(1) Toast or char grill the bread on both sides. While it's still hot, quickly rub the garlic directly over one surface, discarding the skin as the flesh wears down.

(2) Drizzle over enough olive oil to soak into the hot, garlicky toast. Arrange the mushroom slices over the other. Add salt (take care: blue cheese can be very salty) and pepper.

(3) Serve immediately.

Happy Birthday منورة

إهداء خاص لملح عالم البلوج

بو مريوم

Summer .. oh .. Summer

تراب . . . طراد . . . أغاني نانسي عجرم . . . Ice Cream بحر . . . برونزاج . . . طريق الشاليهات . . . جت سكي . . . قواقع . . . Beach Towels . . . قصيع . . . مايوه . . . مموش . . . شمسية . . . دلافين . . . سندويشات أمريكانا . . . Banana . . . طفاحية . . . دونت . . . Carrot Oil . . . الخيران . . . سباحة . . . ميد . . . شورت . . . شاليه . . . نظارة شمسيـــــــة . . . ماي بارد . . . Summer Dresses . .شمس . . . نادي اليخوت . . . مـــــــوج . . . مكدونالدز . . . تشمـــس . . . تـــــــونا ساندوتش . . . سمـك ملون . . . بيتزا قيصر . . . نعال بحر . . . تي شيرت

بيروت . . . بعد مرة برونزاج . . . EddeSands . . . بكيني . . . جونيه . . . أوت . . . الريفييرا . . . Flip Flops . . .صيدا . . . السوليدير . . . رقي . . . ذوق مكايل . . . جبيل . . . حمام سباحة . . . طرابلس . . . الروشة . . . مطعم الصياد . . .

I've been an employee sicne the year 2000, worked in a bank for excately a year, & although I couldn't last more than one year because of the people i worked with who were cornering me somehow, but i LOVED the work (loan dept) & that you get to deal with customers (I think i'm good at that). NowI work for NCCAL (National Council for CultureArts and Letters) & I can't tell you how i hate it, I hate the people, I hate the place, I really don't know if my title(باحث إعلامي) has to do anything with what I actually do, but I have to admit that there are some good things here that makes me wanna stay like: it's so easy, I can go out whenever i want, I can even skip work whenever i feel lazy (حسب نظام الخدمة المدنية يحق للموظف 4 أيام في السنة عرضي، كما يحق له الاستئذان حتى الساعة 11 صباحا مرتين في الشهر), I can eat, drink, chat online, read, play computer games, READ MY FAVORITE BLOGS, check my emails (things forbidden as a customer srevice employee) plus my boss is a good guy, coworkers are great, but I feel useless, I parely do a thing, & I don't see it going anywhere. I NEED A NEW JOB URGENTLY!!!!!!!

* This picture from where i used to work at Al Ahli Bank, it was my boss's desk (I'm not in that picture, nor my boss coz the least thing i want is to look like this.

I miss those days (when i say this people who know me will recognize how desperate i'm to say it).

1/1/2006 Happy New Year Everybody

It's gonna be awhile before i get used to write 2006


سبع أمنيات للعام الجديد أو لنقل للأعوام القليلة المقبلة والتي أعرف مسبقا بأنها لن تتحقق
(1) Get my master degree
(2) Buy our own house as a family of 4 (which won't happen soon as I know)
(3) Find a job that I like
(4) Start my own business
(5) Start to worry more about my neck/back pain
(6) Try not to be a big spender (no way)
(7) WIN A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY .... & I MEAN BIIIIIIIIIIIG


سبع أمنيات أخرى للعام أو للأعوام القليلة المقبلة من الممكن تحقيقها
(1) Give birth to a baby girl
(2) Buy a new car
(3) Visit New York with hubby & the kids
(4) Visit London with the girls
(5) Watch the movies on my list
(6) Exercise more aften
(7) Spend more time with friends


وبما إنهم سبع أمنيات فالمفروض لإنني أقدر أحققهم في 2007 مو2006
Which meanes I still have time.. don't you think so?

YES ... I'm proud of myself

وأخيرا رحت حق طبيب الأسنان - باركولي يا جماعة - هذي خطوة جدا مهمة في حياتي ( قوية شوي مو) بس المهم إنني رحت والأهم إنني ما تعورت وحتى الإبرة اللي كنت خايفة منها ما عورتني

H, believe me it doesn't heart at all
تعرفيني شكثر جبانة .. أكثر منج وايد بس رحت
& I'm happy now

* I guess I was a good wife/mother this year, coz Santa visited me, he got me the laptop I always wanted to buy, & also a mobile since mine was broken. (thanks to B)

THANKS SANTA, keep in touch.

Adorable B

Like Father
Like Brother
Like Son









Isn't he amazing???
& believe me he was really reading the book
he was pointing at a car & says 3an 3an

مقتل النائب جبران تويني في انفجار استهدف سيارته قرب العاصمة بيروت

when are they gonna stop???????

تقع منطقة المكلس الصناعية (مكان وقوع الانفجار) على بعد كيلومترات قليلة من منطقة المونتيفيردي حيث مركز لجنة التحقيق الدولية التي يرأسها القاضي ديتليف ميليس

بوست على الماشي

مجلس الوزراء يرفض عطلة الجمعة والسبت
إي ليش ترى الجمعة والسبت وايد أحسن من الخميس والجمعة، على الأقل نعطل مع باقي الاوادم حول العالم
وتصير عطلتنا مع عطلة البنوك والشركات الخاصة

&

مبرووووووووووووووووك
راس السنة عطلة ماراح نداوم، إي شذي السنع .. أشوه ما فشلونا جدام العالم المتحضر وخلونا نداوم في راس السنة..... يللا الحفلة عند منو؟
الطبطبائي يقول ان الحكومة تحابي الأجانب..... يا بختنا صرنا أجانب

I See Dead People

I always have those dreams where one of my really really beloved ones is dying or getting hurt in someway, and it get worse when i dream of my own kids.. of course i get up crying and just can't stop it...it hurts .. can't sleep after that, have to open the lights, drink some water, watch a comedy show or something, or (which is my best thing to do) wake up my husband and let him calm me down.

of course I do have those thouhgts while I'm awake, especially when I see kids the same age of mine dead of hurt on TV or newspapers, like yesterday i saw a picture in Al Qabas where a father is holding his dead 2 years son, it was awful, and immediately I thought of my son then I through the paper away.

I need a superpower that allows me to read my future & of corse my family's, but I'm not sure if that would work, would it?

Aside from that, I like to read people's minds, you know like Mel Gibson in "What Women want" that was awsome, but again will that help me or would it just make my life more complicated?

So, If u could have one super power (I gotta pick too cause I wrote this post) what would it be?