Jordan

I've been waiting for Isam for some time to blog about this but
since he's too lazy, here you go. This is the BEST remix.

Don't forget to check:

Original Entry

Remix #1

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One of my favorite insluts:

"Khamma tkhommach ma akhammach, walach 7emmet iblach i6ayye7 somailtach, haak"

10 Seconds Later the plane shakes a bit.

Passengers behind us: " YA ZALAMEH SHU HAL TAREEG ILLY JAYBNA MINHA HATH "

Yesterday, when I got to passport control at Queen Alia's airport, the officer asked me for my passport, and when I gave it to him...

Officer: Laish mrabby sha3ratak ya 3ammar
Ammar: (beddo akhlas min garafo ) Wallah gellet fadaweh ya basha
Officer: Tab laish nas7an, bel soura bagait an7af
Ammar: (Surprised ) Ya seedy shu beddy agollak? Il 7ajjeh metwasyeh feena, btotbokh akel zaky
Officer: Zay shu Akel zaky ya3ne? ( Lookin' behind me, The queue got really longer )
Ammar: Magloobeh mathalan
Officer: Keef btotbokhooha
Ammar: Zahra o Beitenjan

Then a higher rank officer notices that I spent so much time talking to that officer, he comes up to him and tells him " Ya zalameh fe alf wa7ad wara il shab, hassa mosh waget il akel "

I'm speechless. Fellow bloggers covered the story, I have nothing to add.

But I wish we can be more civilized in expressing our anger. Mourning the innocent shouldn't include clapping & singing as if they were in a football stadium.

Terrorists, rest in hell.

On Thursday I joined a group of 20 people from the region to come here to Aqaba to brainstorm about how OpenSource can help Media; quite an interesting topic. Amman Net organized the whole thing.

Two guys from czech who represent "Media Development Loan Fund" funded this event. The event is takin place at the really nice brand new Aqaba Intercon.

Yesterday, Friday, was the first day. We got introduced to all the participants, there are people from: Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, Qatar. Representing diverse companies/Organizations like aljazeera.net, Islam Online and Others.

In a short time I'll be presenting with Isam the state of OpenSource in Jordan.

On wednesday, Play 99.6 Organized the "Goodbye Summer" party at Fizz. For the occassion they got one of the best Lebanese DJs to rock the crowd. I must say that everything was really great, except for the music. The music was dull, you try hard but you can't move. After midnight, Things changed, the dude started playing some real music, it was a lovely night.

Part of the crowd

Noosh & Sus

Noosh, Moi, Sus

I'm chatting with a friend online, and he told me he received a couple of phone calls from people in Irbid telling him that people are in the streets fearing an earthquake.

Then he recieved another phone call from another friend whose dad is a top official, telling him the same thing, let's hope it's just another rumor...

The article about Jordan Planet in al Ghad news paper is finally out. They interviewed me over the phone and asked me some question. Incase you're wondering; What Blog stands for wasn't one of the questions

Isam's Entry
Roba's

How to win?
Find someone dumber than Jordan Uni's registeration dudes.

You go to register, terminals are broken. System freezes. brand new computerized registration system written in 2005 that completely interacts with the user through keyboard. written in COBOL. No, mouse is evil, standard keyboard keys are evil, let's think outside the box, have a new interface that will challenge any student to navigate through. F7 for next page, F10 to exit, F5 to print, ops no printer attached. A system that doesn't handle 1000 logins at a time. When I was probably 17 I knew how to write better software.

Oh hold your horses, we're not done yet. Rules change every semester. Now you need to pay within 48 HOURS or your registeration will be cancelled. If your family lives abroad and they transfer money to you, we don't give a damn, we'll cancell your registeration, dabber 7alak ya taleb ya 7ashara. We're full of surprises.

Who said capital punishment is harsh?