Thursday, September 04, 2008
I've always said that I was no addicted smoker but no one believed me as I used to say that while puffing a full pack of Davidoff Classic!
Well, I am not and my proof is: Last time I smoked a cigarette was last Saturday...five full days smoke free zone ya basha...ain't that cool :)
And who said cutting the smokes make you eat more?! I didn't...in fact I eat less in Ramadan and by night time I become so beat from work that I sleep before midnight and skip so7oor...except for some water before Dawn...
Al7amdlelah :)
One of the nicest scenes of down town Cairo is the kanafany standing by his special round table swirling those konafa threads...there are machines nowadays that do that automatically but our friend the kanafany won't loose his heritage and authenticity or it could be that my taste will always like humble things around Egypt...Bee2a 7ata alnokha3 :P
Yestrday and right before alIftar my mom had made the yummiest konafa ever...with cream pudding as filling...my son monsieur Hassan demanded no nuts in the konafa...and his wish is our command of course while ms. Jeeko (aka Jomana) is like a love bird...she keeps humming around and kissing us being the ultimate sweet doll that she is...she wouldn't eat konafa aslan!
I've seen a show Last night on the Egyptian T.V where the Host is a lady Journalist called Lamees Alhadedi is bashing a sha3by singer called saad elsoghayar...
It was interesting to know how him and his alike feel about the cultured society think of their degrading so called singing...he said: we are the local...you people don't know us and you won't feel us therefore you won't like my local singing and I'm OK with that.
Well, that is true...Egypt had always contained three classes...now two have emerged delusionally to become one...and that is the upper and middle class...and the lower class feel apart and different...feel segmented and drafted...and they have every right to feel so.
Now, back to Ramadan...Upper and middle classes feed the poor...there are no Hunger in Egypt during Ramadan...we all want the good deeds and most Importantly we all want to feel good about ourselves and what we have.
I just wish that would last all year long...I wish billionaires would help the needy with Jobs and projects just as much as they give the rich.
Now, a review about Iftar down Khan Elkhaleely will be done as soon as I get eno to go with me...
Blessed Ramadan :)
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On September, 08, 2008 9:12 AM , abdullah
said:
I wish to spend a Ramadan in Masr.
Jumana will change her mind once she tastes the Nabulsi Kunafa 
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Saad ElSoghayar is not an example of the so called sha3by music, there are many others who began sha3by music (for example 3adaweya as a start), and was not full of obscenity.
I saw several video clips of weddings he sing in (you can search in youtube), and you can see yourself what is sha3by and what is not.
I personally love the simplicity of the so-called low class people, their spirit, and everything. I just hate the neo-liberal age trying to squeeze them to death and then blaming them for their reactions.
btw, Saad ElSoghayar's car is a Hammer :P.
I really love that picture. Waiting for your review.