Al Rai Newspaper 30.01.2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
TILL LAST NIGHT. Girls in the office have said repeatedly :" Jaras will be opening the Nudity file!, Jaras will be opening the Nudity file! Don't forget , it's tomorrow." And as I rolled my eyes in astonishment, I asked what they meant. They told me that this channel will be exposing all the artists that are being overly underdressed on tv, and hearing from people what they think. I pretty much doubted that this would be a decent show, and did not HONESTLY make the effort to watch it, but my husband was out last night , my kids were sleeping and I was left alone with nothing good to watch on Orbit, I scanned the channels and lo and behold, what do I find other than the infamous Jaras TV and the long anticipated Nudity File!!!
To start with, I have to state that TV is not my thing. I watch news, documentaries, music and the occasional movie or comedy series .Arabic satellite channels are not something I follow, mainly because I don't really care if
To think that someone is criticizing the amount of nudity on Arabic channels would strike you as a very positive thing, but to watch the show is a totally different experience. In short, the program disgusted me! Not because there were all those pictures of barely clad singers and dancers, but to feel the shameful attempt at gaining audience , through selling honor and principles. It was such a cheap show, they had all the pictures , zoomed them a zillion times and put these red circles on the spots that they were supposed to camouflage, while all they did was attract people's attention. They even went out of their way and created a new title , Nudity Beauty Queen, and were asking people to vote on who should carry the title. The were actually cheesy enough to keep promising people of more nudity pictures of artists, and when asked why they did not show Haifa, the presenter said it in a very proud voice, that people should wait till tomorrow and they will be awarded with the best pictures that they are waiting for. The show was terribly disturbing to me , I hated the fact that people were really impressed by it, that people could be this blind not to see that this program was only exposing nudity for cheap popularity and that hypocrisy has dominated even the TV. Did this show teach our young ones to be protective of their image, and to respect their bodies? No it did not, did it teach young artists that they can be famous without being slutty? no it did not. Did it stop people from ogling the nude images or did it just open their eyes to new sources for their personal archives? What did this show really do? It attracted millions of arabs to their screen and made sure they will come back for more.. Mabrook Jaras, your bells have tolled on the right ears!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
"Fertility treatment has begun on a woman in Israel using the sperm of a dead Israeli soldier.
A court ruling has allowed the man's mother to extract sperm and advertise for a woman to have his child. "
And she got 200 requests!!
This is an article I heard on BBC radio. My own take on this is that it is not an ethical thing to do. While I understand a grieving mother's wish to keep her son's memory alive, I think this is trying to live one's life for him.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
You can not see the beauty of Rain unless you are warm and sheltered.
One has to remember to be thankful more often.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A friend of mine recieved this today on her email-Enjoy!
Subject: hi
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 04:20:30 -0800 (PST)
Salaam aleekum,
I'm eng. (so and so), I'm Civil Eng., I had graduated in February
2006. But I have many hobbies like a job, I mean (graphic's designer).
(GD).
I use 3dsMAX, PhotoSHOP CS & AutoCAD, as main programs. & many
secondary programs.
But the subject is,
I want to identify to you, if you have that hobby, really why not?? The
engineering the main, but GD is the (investment)…, are you agree with me?
Every one knows that the engineering can't give you enough money
(because we are a new graduating eng. NOW...!). & it's need time to be. But
if we be to gather & make deals with customers, then we have a chance to
grow & become a company in range 5 years approximation. I mean, every one
stay works as employed in (eng. Jobs, civil, chemical…), & at the same time
works as graphic's designer with me.
I have many ambitions, but I can't to carry out those ambitions a
lone!! I need a team. The teamwork is the most important thing in our job.
Around the world, graphic's jobs can't grow without teamwork! For
example, if we have deals to make film with 10 minutes length, then we
need: modeling person, materials expert, animation person, rendering
expert, and more…, (2 person minimum for each) .but all of those in our
case are, new graduating eng., & have a good worked on graphics jobs.
That is an example; we have many examples, like: modeling for
architecture, mechanics, civils, Medias, logos & many more.
If we have believes in (Allah)… & our skills, then we can successes.
If you want to contact me, you should to visit my group on yahoo,
(so and so @yahoogroups.com)
There are some designs for me. (so and so ) mean (so and so's Design's Center) my
nick name is (so and so), don't ask me why? That’s happen in the past..!!!
J, my e-mail is: so and so @yahoo.com , this is a first step, and then we are
going to make some arrangement.
Please, answer me as fast as you can.
Yours sincerely
so and so
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Naseem was wondering about the giant Black Iris in He inspired me to share some of the photos we took in Most Arab and third world countries had their exhibitions inside a compound or a building. Very few of them had their own separate entities, side to side with the biggest names in design, like You could also see people all around the expo carrying the small green bags, with some Arabic calligraphy printed on them, which kept the precious memorabilia they bought from "
The unforgettable experience of attending the World Expo in
There is not much I can add, but if you like the pictures go see for yourself, check out the real thing which was reassembled in Al Hussain Park.
Each corner is supposed to represent one city,this of course is Aqaba.
This is downtown Amman, where stone and modern materials are used together.
This is the view of the whole exhibition, with the giant Black Iris.
This represents the Siq in Petra .
These cement cubes represent the Sahaba Shrines, I don't really know how come ,but that's what I read in a brochure, there's a tiny hole on top of each one, and you can hear some sounds when you put your ear there.
In that same trip,we were staying in Dusseldorf, which is a lovely lovely city by the way, and I decided to take the train and go see the renowned cathedral in Koln. I was told that the train stops right in front of the Cathedral,and that both cities are extremly close to each other. Now no one told me that I had to leave the train at the second station,so I left it at the first (Damn Germans!! it's as if the world revolves around them.. speak some English ,for God's sake!..Just kidding of course..I love Germans and admire them so much) and so I ended up doing the bridge walk to get to the cathedral.Well, crossing the Rhein on a bridge is not exactly Crossing Abdoon Bridge in a wedding gown, but hey, I found that pretty exciting .
A nice building in The Altstadt -Dusseldorf.
Koln Cathedral.
At that period of time,Koln were holding an Exhibition with the theme of Families of the World. All along the streets (and the bridge!) they had posters of families from all countries..I looked all around to find the picture of a Jordanian family, when I found the syrian family picture I thought maybe they chose one from bilad el sham but at last I found one and was so proud.
Back to the main issue..If you haven't been to the King Hussain Park yet, do.If you need more convincing, visit Naseem's blog.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Well, Kinzi tagged me, and made me think. Sorry , Kinzi, but every single thing I think of, that falls within the limits of things I can reveal in a post, I realize I wrote earlier in a tag, which oddly enough was going around at this same time last year. I thought I could link to it here, and this way you get more than five facts, so how about that? http://www.reflectionsallmine.net/archive/2006/1/68223.html Thanks for the tag, Kinzi!There must be an awful lot you don’t know about me, so how come I
can’t think of anything to write?
Thursday, January 11, 2007
You need to be really really clean to be able to pull off the Dirty Look.
AND YOU CAN TRUST ME ON THAT ONE
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
In a desperate attempt to convince kids to play together,and in a futile attempt to comb Brabie's hair while a concrete mixer was rolling over my back, the kids and I decided to join forces and play together with all the toys.
The results are here:
I doubt a lot of construction work got done,when the boys were this distracted.
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It was all fun until Ken decided to be a boy about it and hanged one of those MyScene dolls on the crane.
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Very funny Ken, now put me down!
And on a related note, the MAN (and he must be a man) who invented the pollypockets should be hanged to death. Even better, he should be sentenced to putting away a whole box of them at least two times a day ......to know what I mean compare the following sizes of dolls' shoes,and imagine that these pollypockets come with their own fashion lines, furniture, pets and pets' clothes.
I think most mothers would agree.
Monday, January 08, 2007
I don't usually copy and paste, but this I found really funny, and new, to me at least.Enjoy!
1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of
boiling water down your throat and presto. The blockage will be almost instantly removed.
2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting
someone else to hold them while you chop away.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. About lifting the toilet seat by simply
using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will
be too afraid to cough.
7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will
forget about the toothache.
8. Chapped lips? Rub chicken shit on them. It won't ease the chapping,
but it will keep you from licking them.
9. Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are.
You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
And finally.....Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
One out of every four people suffer from a mental disorder. If you have
three friends, and none of them have a problem well .... you do the math!
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