ONE predefined way

If you were taught that there is only one truth, only one option, one sole opinion, one peace of information, one side of a story, one way of life, etc… then you are most likely going the follow the path that is drawn by others and not you, no deviations will be as there are none.

Due to the telecommunication and internet revolution all that "one thing only" is thrown to history garbage, particularly in the Arab world.


Now, we as individuals, have the liberty to chose our own path in life, access to information changed our way of thinking, what we used to know/believe in can only be lies or misguided truth, there are no more one side of the story.

I remember that back in the early 90s, and whenever I watched the news, it appears that the only thing that changes is the weather, the rest was all great achievements led by our officials and ministers, the same boring pictures of handshakes and iterations on principles that we all know and agree upon. Whenever I read the newspaper its just the same old junk news. But now its different, you have options, there is no longer one religions clerk that tells you what to do or think, there is no one main stream media or propaganda, in fact the Arab world is sometimes shocked and stunned of incidents that can happen in any society, yes we are stunned just because we didn’t know such incidents were happening before, yes we used to discuss things behind closed doors, mainly rumors, due to the fact there was lack of communication, nowadays its different, in fact it can be described as communication overload.

Options, options, options, you have access to almost all TV channels, internet websites and books. You can even discuss things that were considered as Taboo and should not be discussed. We are more liberal, aren’t we?

Book: Road to Tazmamart

For some reason, I am back to reading about politics, I don’t know why but I know that if your concerned or not about politics, ones cant argue that it affects your life.



The book is called "road to tazmamart" الطريق إلى تزمامارت, which is very very interesting story of one of the officers who without knowing was part of a military coup in morocco, the coup failed and the officer was sent to prison in Tazmamart, living in a conditions, that even words fail me to describe for 20 years, yes living a horrible conditions that no one can imagine, a living hell is not even close to what the officer endeavored, in brief he lived in utmost darkness with food and water just to keep him alive, with both physical and mental torture.




I just cant believe how brutal a human being can be to severely punish and torture a another human being, even monsters aren’t even close to what a human being are capable of doing sometimes! I utterly reckon that some of us are blessed with their lives and some are doomed. Some think that they are living in a misery just because they have lost their job, or they have lost a great amount of money, these are important things and can affect your life, but you can still have the chance to bounce back even if you're at rock bottom, at least you have the choice unlike that officer.

Yes, back to reading about politics, I don’t know what will be the next book to read, maybe Winston Churchill's biography!

IF you think it could never happen to you then your wrong! (2)

We woke up today, feeling tired as we didnt sleep much, I slept for 3 hours, I felt like it was a dream but it wasnt!

Bashar's sarcastic side came back to where it should be, making fun of myself, while asking: was he (thief)

IF you think it could never happen to you then your wrong!

23:00 we came back home, my wife asked me while walking to the bedroom: did you leave the windows open (its cold), I replied: No, as we entered our bedroom, it was a MESS, at the first moment I felt like hell no, we didn't clean our bedroom, then I saw the window open, and we Realized that we were robbed!!

calm I was and expecting the worse, I instantly told my wife: do not touch anything!, so I called the police (while feeling that not much that they can do based on my previous experience, when my car was stolen), but I have to do what I have to do, while I was waiting for the police to arrive, I realized that shit, I have money in the house, while feeling lucky that the money was kept in a DVD cover, so I started looking for the DVD, but I couldn't find it, all of a sudden I became a detective, wondering if someone was spying on me while putting money in a DVD cover, many questions popped up into my mind, but not a single answer I could come up with, no reasoning ability at all I felt.

Relentlessly I was searching for the DVD Cover, and finally I found it, the money was there! but in grief I was as I was sure that other things will surely be missing!

Police came and they have done their work, only then we were damn sure that the gold and jewelry were missing!

My debleh was among the missing items, now shall I feel stupid or angry or both? It really doesn’t comfort me what I feel now, all I know for a fact is that I need to move on and accept the fact that not just jewelry and gold were missing, its what they meant to my wife, as some were from her mother who passed away two years ago.

Will I move on as if nothing happened? I don’t know, but I know deep inside that there is nothing else I can do, I only need to just swallow it and accept it as it could happen to anyone!

Personal Updates

After more than (2) months of marriage I am being able to come back to normal life, that is in the sense of of being able to do the things I used to do, to have the time, and to realy enjoy it.

It didn't take me that long to realize I am forming a partnership with the one and only love of my life, as we knew each other very well and for a long time, in which paved the way for a lot of understanding of our needs and desires.

After a hectic day at work, I went to the gym, then came back home, had a delicious dinner, after that I managed to read a lot, something to that I was truly missing and for a very long time, oh my god, I have so much hunger and desire to make another radical change, in fact a positive one, in my life, as I am controlling my life more and more.

Having my wife's understanding and support for me to grow, it provided me with allocation of time and energy to further build my capabilities and abilities.

I have not been short in terms of socializing with friends and acquaintances, but I was a little bit short in terms of building new networks, but nevertheless, its time to ditch social activates (not all of course) in favor of reading more and more, as I am learning something new EVERY day.

Time and time again, my brain is constantly notifying me that you can't do all at once, while I know this is a proven fact, BUT I know that there can be room for far more things to do, I am glad that I proved that today.

Cant wait for tomorrow to come, a day where I feel that my focus is going to be on things that can be of a great benefit, I am pretty much content with the fact that I am not wasting time as I used to do before.

All credit should go to my wife, which was and still is an integral part of my development throughout the years, I owe her a lot, I also need to encourage her more to do more things as well!

Global Financial Crises' Impact on me

Obviously everyone is becoming more and more concerned with what is happening in the world today, myself included. We all hear rumors here and there indicating that the worse is yet to come!

I have read articles and forecast, even analysis and so called experts speaking, they all point to darkness for the year 2009, almost no one can see the light at the end of the tunnel in 2009.

Businesses are suffering worldwide, Jordan included, my company is also suffering and its likely to make some actions in the near future, in which can be to the point of laying off some staff, however that is unlikely in the near future unless business is going down.

If I want to think of "what If" scenarios with a pessimistic approach, then I will have many sleepless nights, but I am not, Am I insane? Don’t I feel whatever is happening around me? Cant analyze facts and numbers?

Throughout my life, I managed to overcome most of the challenges, through being fully prepared, adequate planning and having utmost dedication towards challenges. But what about things that aren’t under my scope!

I truly feel that I am a skillful person, who has what it takes to be in a good job and to influence and motivate people around me, I can initiate things and make them reality, I get things done with and through others, others depend on me and seek my advice especially when they are in need.

International Companies are approaching me in an attempt to seek my services, humbled and flattered I am and I should.

Top senior executives are being admired by the things that I have accomplished and can still accomplish, these are the same people that I sometimes dreamt of having a discussion with , but here I am!

Confidence, the ability to influence and guide others can make miracles for me, these are my top weapons, I will still be gunning for more to have.

For all these reasons, I can say. Worst comes to worst, I can manage not to just survive, but make things happen.

Jordan Festival.... no more Jerash!

Angry, bittered and furious of changing the name of Jerash Festival into Jordan Festival, how could that add value to anything? the only difference is that we are seeing more advertisement at the streets that are deemed intimidating, so .. its not even a cultural festival like before, now its just a festival for the elitist of elite.

"from the bottom of my heart, I wish it would dramatically fail", its a bit awkward to say that, it even wreaks havoc on Jordanians to hear that, but this is what I truly feel, I want it to fail, and im glad that there are rumors the connection between " Publicis " co. and Israel's 60th anniversary.

As a Jordanian, I am ashamed of how some of us act without the slightest of attention to the surroundings, effft .... who the hell changed the name!!!

I wouldn't just boycott the so called Jerash Festival, in fact, I urge you all to do so!!!, a sad thing to do, but hell, nobody listens to the people anyways!