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Alaa Al-Aswany

2011-03-03T12:43:00.000-08:00

Famous for his Yacoubian Building (Imarat Yaacoubian) Alaa al -Aswany a
dentist-turned-writer has was written prolifically for Egyptian newspapers on
literature, politics and social issues.

Educated at the Lycee Francais Cairo, Al-Aswany is fluent in French, English and Spanish. He graduated form the Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, 1980 and was later accepted to a masters program in dentistry at the University of Illinois in Chicago and graduated in1985. At present he practices at his clinic in Garden City, Cairo.
Al- Aswany has written articles, stories and novels in most of the Egyptian Quarterlies. He has also written a weekly column for literary critique entitled Gomla e’teradeya in Al Shaab newspaper and later became responsible for its cultural page. He also writes a monthly a political article for the Egyptian edition of Al Araby Al Nassery.

Al -Aswany’s Yacoubian Building remained the number one seller in the Arab world for five successive years, taking second place only after the issuing of his subsequent novel Chicago, (which has sold almost 20 editions to date). The French translation of Chicago has been very well received and is on the best sellers list in France. The Yacoubian Building a best seller in Italy sold over 160,000 copies in one year. It was also number six on the list of the most important twenty books issued in France in 2006 by Lire Magazine, and considered the most important translated novel of 2006 in the US by Newsday Magazine. In Denmark, The Yacoubian Building saw unprecedented success for a novel by a foreign author.
To date, The Yacoubian Building has sold over one million copies in 100 countries, and has been translated into over 25 languages, and Chicago has been translated into almost 20 languages.
His latest work, Friendly Fire, a collection of 17 short stories is due for publication in English in March 2009.

Among Al-Aswany’s works are Awraq Essam Abdel Aaty, (The Papers of Essam Abdel Aaty) 1990, a novel, Allathi Ektarab wa Ra’aa (He who Came close enough to see) 1990, a collection of short stories, Gameyet Montazery Al Zaeem (Waiting for a Leader) 1998, a collection of short stories, Imaret Yaacoubian (Yacoubian Building) 2002, a novel, Nirann Sadeeka (Friendly Fire) 2004, a collection of short stories, Chicago, 2007. He has also received many awards; Bashraheel Award for Arabic Novel 2005, The International Kavafi Award 2005, "Fête du livre du Var" , Toulon France 2006, Grinzane Cavour Award, 2007 Torino, Italy and the Austrian The Bruno-Kreisky Award
also in 2007.

أول مصري يحصل على جائزة برونو كرايسكى التي فاز بها المناضل الافريقى "نيلسون مانديلا"وتلاه الناشط الفلسطيني الراحل "فيصل الحسيني"
أول مصري وعربى يحصل علي جائزه الانجاز من جامعه آمريكيه (جامعه شيكاغو) لعام ٢٠١٠. وهى أكبر جائزة تمنحها الجامعة لخريجيها، وهى تمنح لخريج الجامعة الذي يحقق إنجازا استثنائيا فريدا على المستوى الوطني أو العالمى. من ضمن ستمائة ألف خريج أتموا دراستهم في جامعة الينوى لم يفز بالجائزة إلا عدد قليل من الخريجين. علاء الأسواني الفائز رقم 43 في تاريخ الجامعة.

Sources:

http://moyen-orient.sciences-po.fr/en/cv/bio_Alaa_Al_Aswany.pdf

http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A

الشفافية و الإشاعات

2011-02-25T02:40:00.000-08:00

وأنا صغير كنت أسمع كلمة الشفافيه, أول حاجة تيجي في بالي هي حصة الرسم! وده إن دل على شيء, فطبعا يدل على الموهبة الفذة اللي كنت بتميز بيها عن زمايلي في الرسم ( أو في الشف)! بس الأهم كمان إني مكنتش أعرف يعني إيه شفافيه, ولا كل الولاد أو البنات اللي في سني.

كبرت الحمد الله (وأزعم إني عقلت) ونسيت حصة الرسم, ولقيت مش بس أنا اللي مش عارف يعني إيه شفافيه, لأ ده كتير زيي والحكومه نفسها يا إما مش عارفين, يا إما بيستعبطوا الصراحة!

يعني مثلا مثلا, قريتوا كام مره أو سمعتوا في الأخبار "جهة مسئولة تحقق أو تبحث" أو "مصدر امني أو مصدر مسئول صرح" أو "قررت اللجنة"... إلا هي مين الجهة المسئولة دي؟ سر يعني؟ اسمها إيه يعني؟ طب عنوانها إيه طيب؟ يعني لو حد عنده معلومة مثلا, أو حتى عاوز معلومة, يروح فين يعني من الآخر؟
و مين مصدر مسئول ده كمان؟ ومسئول عن إيه يعني؟ إنه يدي أخبار؟ و على أي أساس بقى مسئول؟ مين اللي اداله المسئوليه؟
بيفكرني بمسرحية محمد صبحي: "أنا قررت ألغي كلمة الوزارة, وهاسميها المسئوليه! ليه؟ مش عارف! بس علشان كل الناس مسمياها وزارة, محبش يتقال إني بقلد حد!!"

وبعدين واضح إن الموضوع ده عملنا احنا كمصريين عقده... تسمع كتير كلام عام كده... مش محدد... يعني تلقينا بنتكلم عن ناس مش معروفة, اشباح على رأي إبراهيم عيسى, بنعملها ونصدقها... "أصله بيقلك", "اصلهم خدوه", "أنا سمعت... " "الناس دي أصلها....", "هيهجموا علينا"... إلخ إلخ...
هو مين اللي بيقولي؟ و مجاش قال لي ليه على طول؟! قالك إنت ليه يعني؟ وبعدين إنت أي حاجة تسمعها تيجي تقلهالي؟ افتكر إنها حاجة سر؟! و سمعت فين؟ واللي سمعت منه ده سمع من مين؟ مين المصدر؟ فين المنبع؟!
و متهيألي بطريقة غريبة ابتدينا نحس إن الجهة المسئولة دي و المصدر الأمني بيعملوا كل حاجة, وكأنهم مش بني ادمين زينا كده... كأنهم قوة خارقة لقوانين الطبيعة.

و أحد الأعراض الجانبية كمان ... تلاقي حد بيكلمك يقلك "الناس كلها كذا كذا"...
فعلا؟ الناس كلها بتقول كده؟ كلمتهم إنت كلهم؟ مفيش ولا واحد بيقول حاجة تانية؟ ولا واحد؟

بعد كده, مفيش حاجة اسمها اشباح, مفيش حاجة اسمها "واحد" أو "بيقلك", مينفعشي ننشر معلومة مش واثقين منها 100%! مين المصدر؟ وهل فعلا ده كلام معقول ولا لأ؟ وليه ننشره؟ ليه فايدة ولا ملوش؟

لو مش واثق من معلومه ياريت متقلهاش على إنها حقيقة واقعه... يا ريت كلمة "متهيألي" أو "في رأيي" أو "أنا شايف" أو "أنا بفكر في", بتفرق كتير جدا مع الناس البسيطة إنها تعرف إن دي وجهة نظر ولا حقيقة علمية مثلا!

الحوار من وجهة نظري

2011-02-14T02:02:00.000-08:00

لكي نتحدث عن المستقبل, يجب ان نتعلم من الماضي, ومن لا يخطئ ويتعلم يعيش ميتا!

ضايقني كثيرا ما كان يحدث في أيام الثوره من اتهامات, وطريقة حوار.
سمعت وقرأت كثيرا مثلا اتهامات بالغباء السياسي وكأن المتحدث دكتوراه في العلوم السياسيه, واعطاء نصائح في رأيي الشخصي بلا معنا ولا مضمون ولا حوار أصلا... والأغرب عندما تتحول طريقة النصيحة, لصيغة الأمر في بعض الاحيان, و كأن الرأي الاخر خارب البلد وسارقها.

انت "ايا كنت", ليس لديك الحق لتعطي اوامر لشخص آخر غير طبعا بعض الإستثناءات (ابنك, عسكري وإنت ظابط... الخ). كل ماتستطيع تقديمه هو النصيحة فقط... وعلى فكرة, النصيحة في حد ذاتها مش سهلة قوي كده, علشان تخلي حد يسمعلك بجد, يبقى لازم توصل للي قدامك إنك إنت كمان بتسمعه وفاهمه بجد, وإنه حوار مش محاوله لفرض الرأي.
وكمان من المهم في رأيي إنك تقول إن ده رأيك الشخصي, مش قانون علمي مثلا ولا نزل في أديان سماوية... ده حتى الأديان السماويه وبعض الايات ممكن تفسر بأكتر من طريقة.

وبعدين لازم تعرف كمان إنت بتتكلم مع مين (يعني ليه بيفكر كده), وانت مين (وليه بتفكر بطريقة تانية), وليه هو يسمعلك؟ ولا هو جدل وخلاص؟ ولا هي خناقة؟ ولا هي اساءة لرأي الاخر أو شخصه؟ وإيه الهدف من الحوار أصلا؟
من حكمة الله في الأرض إن الناس مش زي بعض, مختلفين في كل حاجة, في الذكاء والطبيعه و الموهبه وحاجات كتير قوي... في ناس عاديه وناس عبقرية وناس اذكية وناس مستوى ذكائها اقل من المتوسط... والمجتمع محتاجنا كلنا, يا إما هيبقى في نقص, مجتمع كله علماء ذرة أو فضاء أو دكاترة ومهندسين, مين مثلا هينضف شوارعه؟ وأنا بقلها أو بدي المثال ده, مش تقليل من عامل النظافة, بل تقديرا للوظيفة واهميتها, فمجتمع عبقري غير نظيف لن يكون عبقريا أصلا, علشان البيئة مش هتكون مهيأة للإبداع.

وعلشان كده من المهم إنك تعرف انت مين, وبتتكلم مع مين, وليه بيفكر بطريقة مختلفة؟ ومش علشان فكَّر بالطريقة دي يبقى أقل ذكاء منك, مش يمكن انت اللي اقل ذكاء منه لدرجة إنك مش عارف تفهمه؟ أو على الاقل مش اذكى كتير عنه وإلا كنت فهمت ليه بيفكر كده وكنت عذرته على مستوى ذكاؤه لو فعلا إنت اللي صح.

لكي يحترم رأيك, يجب ان تحترم رأي الاخرين...
من المهم إن الواحد يعرف كمان إيه نهاية الحوار أو الهدف, هل هو بس لتبادل الأراء؟ ولا لإقناع الشخص الاخر بفكرتك؟ ومعرفة الهدف من الحوار يقدر يقولك امتى ينتهي الحوار أو امتى تنسحب لأن مفيش أمل لا إنت تقتنع ولا الاخر يقتنع, وساعتها يبقى على الأقل سمعت وجهة نظر ويمكن تكون فهمت منها حاجة.

من الغباء ان تعامل الاخرين على انهم اغبى أو حتى اقل ذكاء منك. ومن الذكاء إنك تسمع للاخرين وتقدر رأيهم. ومن الطبيعي ان يختلف الناس في الرأي وواجب عليك احترام الرأي الاخر.

الرئيس مبارك... من وجهة نظري!.

2011-02-12T15:17:00.000-08:00

From my Facebook account:

الرئيس مبارك... من وجهة نظري!

by Hany Barakat on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 1:11am

أنا زيي زي شباب كتير قوي, غير منتمي لأي حزب سياسي أو غير سياسي حتى. ولكن لي وجهات نظر.

أولا, أعتقد إنه من الحكمة إننا نفهم الماضي علشان نتعلم منه في المستقبل.
ثانيا, أتمنى ان نتعلم ونسير للافضل.
ثالثا, أتمنى ان نتقبل وجهات النظر الأخرى, و معاملة الاخرين على ان لهم وجهة نظر قد تكون صحيحة جدا, واننا بشر وممكن نغلط. فمن الغباء ان نظن ان من حولنا اغبياء, ومن الذكاء والحكمه وعلامه تدل على الثقة في النفس ان تعترف بخطأك وتشجع من حولك للابداع والتفكير.

هذه هي وجهة نظري... على بلاطة كده عصر السيد الرئيس محمد حسني مبارك معتقدشي فيه إنجازات تحسب لشخص حكم مصر 30 سنة. و تعالوا كده نتكلم على إنجازات الرئيس في 30 سنة الماضية:

1. للأسف الشديد, أهم إنجازات العصر, هو فوز مصر بأمم افريقيا 3 بطولات ورا بعض!!! وطبعا مننساش الفوز علي ايطاليا. وده إنجاز لمبارك لأن اللعيبة كانت دايما تهدي الفوز لشعب مصر المطحون على حد تعبيرهم, وإن دي من الحاجات البسيطة اللي بتفرح الشعب! فـواضح إن مبارك بيشجع المنتخب علشان يكسب.

2. بعض الناس تتحدث عن الاستقرار... ولكن من وجهة نظري أنا:
أولا: هل يحسب للرئيس إنه لم يدخل حرب في 30 سنة الماضية؟ اعتقد ان من بدأ بالسلام هو أنور السادات و ليس حسني مبارك... مبارك بس حافظ عالسلام ومدخلشي حرب جديدة...وفي رأي أنا الشخصي, دي مش حاجة صعبة قوي كده!! لو جبت نص شعب مصر يحكم (ده لو جبت ابني اللي عنده شهرين) مش هيبقى عاوز يدخل حرب!ده مش إنجاز, وبعدين ما احنا حولنا بلاد كتيرة جدا مفيش بلد فيها حاربت! ليه ده إنجاز يحسب ليه؟! ده بس حافظ على إنجازات من سبقه الحمد الله!
في حاجات لو اتعملت تبقى من الغباء, لكن لو متعملتشي فهو ده الطبيعي.

ثانيا: استقرار إيه بالظبط؟ استقرار الحكومة؟ طب ما ده من القمع وعدم وجود حريات, و محدش يقولي إن مصر فيها حريات, حرية إيه لما يتقبض على إبراهيم عيسى ويتسجن قبل كده و يزهقوا حمدي قنديل لحد ما يسيب البلد ويوقفوا عالقهوة ومش بعيد يكون ليهم دور في برنامج القاهرة اليوم!حرية إيه وهما بيضربوا في المتظاهرين رصاص مطاطي وحي وقنابل مسيله للدموع ويرشوا عليهم مية وهم بيصلوا؟! حرية إيه وهما بيقطعوا الإنترنت والتليفونات وبيقبضوا على أصحاب المدونات؟
وبعدين كل حكومة تقريبا في عهد الرئيس اتهمت بالسرقة من الشعب. يبقى استقرار إيه؟ استقرار الإقتصاد؟ الجنيه المصري دلوقتي 1/5 من الدولار!!! اللي كان في سنة 1998 تقريبا نصه فقط, النهاردة 1/5 منه وكل حاجة بتغلى والناس كلها بتشتكي.
استقرار مثلا في نجاح علمي أو صناعي أو نجاح زراعي حتى؟! استقرار في النجاحات الرياضيه يمكن؟!
على رأي الست... استقرار إيه اللي إنت جي تقول عليه؟!! هو إنت أصلا عارف معني استقرار إيه؟!!

   3. مبارك جعل مصر حليف استراتيجي مهم لامريكا في الشرق الأوسط. لدرجة إننا بقينا رقم اتنين في المعونات الأمريكية و ده حوالي 1.5 بليون دولار من 2009 بس!

4. مبارك دايما بيحاول يحل مشكلة فلسطين؟ معرفش, وحتى لو بيحاول, هيا كده كده متحلتشي!! و على حد علمي الشعب الفلسطيني بيكره النظام المصري بدليل ضرب وزير الخارجية بالجزم.

5. الرئيس مبارك حصل على جائزة دولية من الهند تعطى للمساهمين في نمو بلدهم في التسعينات.

  بـجد أنا آسف... أنا مش عارف اذكر إنجازات أخرى للسيد الرئيس!!! مش لاقي حاجة قادر انسبها ليه في فترة حكمه, ومش معنا كده إنه ملوش إنجازات في حرب أكتوبر أو إنه مش محارب وإنسان محترم, يمكن, بس حتى لو هو كل ده, احنا بنحكم عليه كرئيس دولة مش كمواطن, و ملوش إنجازات أنا شفتها منه غير اللي ذكرتها... لكن لو هنتكلم بقى على مساوئ هذا العصر... فـحدث بلا حرج:

1. نبتدي بآخر الاحداث... السيد رئيس الجمهورية في عهده توقف الإنترنت عن الدوله عمدا!!! ودي حاجة أول مره تحصل في تاريخ الدول... ومصر دايما ليها المبادره.ومش بس كده... في عهده قطع الإنترنت ورسائل المحمول, وخدمة المحمول أصلا, ثم توقفت وسائل الموصلات العامة, واخيرا وليس اخرا, بل وأهمهم أصلا, في عهد السيد الرئيس, الشرطة انسحبت من حماية الشعب وكان كل دورها قمعه وضربه, وأول ما فشلوا لم تحمي الشرطة الشعب بل للاسف هناك اقاويل وأحاديث كثيره ان البوليس المصري هو وراء عمليات السرقة والنهب اللي حصلت.
في عهد الرئيس محمد حسني مبارك, استشهد اكثر من 100 شخص على يد البوليس في آخر مظاهرة فقط. ده غير طبعا من اختفي, وغير المصابين!!! فعلا حاجة تحزن.

2. في 30 سنة تقدمت اليابان لتصبح دولة عظما, وكوريا وسنغافورة, والهند, والصين لدرجة إننا بنستورد فوانيس رمضان والسبح والمصليات من الصين اللي معظم شعبها غير مؤمن أصلا!!! يا راجل دي جنوب افريقيا حالها أحسن مننا!!

3. الفساد العام... حد بيروح يجدد رخصة العربية من غير رشوة؟ كام واحد بيعمل مصلحة حكومية ويضطر يدفع رشوة علشان حاجته تخلص؟ودي مش مشكلة مبادئ بس, دي في الأساس مشكلة اقتصاد وعدم وجود مرتب محترم يقدر الموظف المحترم يعيش بيه عيشة كريمة... للأسف تحت الضغط الشيطان اشطر, وانا مش بأقول إن اللي عمله ده صح أو بديله مبرر, بس نعالج أساس المشكلة كمان ومنشيلهاش للموظف اللي مش لاقي ياكل... ولو عليه هو كان يمكن يقدر يستحمل, هو الحقيقة مش عارف يأكل عياله!!!

4. انعدام العدالة وعدم وجود مساواه... لو ابن وزير أخد مخالفة هيبقى زي لو بني آدم عادي زينا كده أخد مخالفه؟ طب لو ضربت ابن وزير, هيحصل معاك زي ماهيحصل مع ابن الوزير لو كان هو اللي ضربك؟ طب لو بيتك حد سرقه أو رفعت قضيه على حد علشان يتحكم فيها, هتخلص في اد إيه؟ شهر, شهرين؟ سنة, سنتين؟؟ ربنا يحيينا ويحيكم.هل وزير الداخلية هايتحاكم على ماحدث يوم جمعة الغضب؟؟ هل وزير الاتصلات هيتحاسب على قطعه للانترنت والموبيلات؟ هل الرئيس نفسه هيتحاسب لو ما حاسبهمشي؟ هل مجلس الشعب أو أي حد في مصر يقدر يحاسب الرئيس؟ طب إزاي ومجلس الشعب كله هو حزبه أصلا!!!

5. التعليم في مصر يرثى له... ومش التعليم بس, والمستشفيات, والطرق, والبيئه. على رأي جورج عزمي, تقدر تقولي هيفيدك بإيه كمية إنتاج نجع حمادي للسكر؟! حد يعرف يجاوب منكم على السؤال ده اصلا؟
طب لا قدر الله, حد فيكم شاف التعامل مع المرضى في المستشفيات الحكومية عامل إزاي؟ طب عدد الحوادث اللي في مصر؟ طب السحابة السودة والتلوث الرهيب اللي في القاهرة؟!! و كل دول ليهم حلول, بس الحكومة اللي مش بتفكر أو حتى تحاول. ده أحمد زويل زهق من الناس بعد ماطلعوا عينه علشان يحاول يفيد البلد!

6. الشفافية... فين هي؟! حد سمع عن وزير ولا وكيل وزارة ولا حتى غفير طلع يقول أنا خطتي كذا وكذا وهبتدي بكذا وكذا و كمان كذا هيبقى معنا كذا وكذا؟ ده في ثورة 25 دي اعدوا أسبوع علشان يردوا علشعب رد مفيد!!! حد شاف وزير استقال من منصبه أو اعترف بغلطته أو اتحاكم حتى على غلطاته؟!

7. القنوات المصرية... للأسف الشديد في رأيي الشخصي, عار علينا وعلى الحكومة. لي صديق عزيز بيقولي "لما ضغطي بيوطة, بقلب على القناه الفضائية المصرية"!! مفيش مرة يجيبوا الناس في التحرير؟؟ يوم الجمعة يوم الغضب, التلفيزيون المصري والراديو يذيع أخبار دول أفريقيا؟!! يوم التلات أول أيام الثورة نطلع نقول إن تمت السيطرة على كل المظهرات في الجمهورية؟!

فجأة مصر كلها بتحب مبارك وفي اتنين مليون شخص عاملين مظاهرات ضده مع الوضع فالإعتبار إن الناس دي كلها جت من غير وسائل مواصلات عامة, ومن غير رسائل, ومن غير انترنت!!!! إزاي المذيع والمذيعة "المحترميييين" قوي قوي دول بيكدبوا كده؟!! بيفكروني بالمذيعة الامورة دي اللي طلعت في البيت بيتك تقول إن الفيس-بوك ده ليه مصالح سياسية وإنه دولة باين وكلام غريب كده!!!

إزاي بتتكلم على حاجة مش عارفاها كده؟!!! إزاي وأنا آسف جدا في التعبير, جاهلين كده؟! ولا هي الوظيفة ماكنتشي مشترطه العلام؟! ويمكن كانت مشترطه الجهل!!!!
وبعدين بيكلموا مين بالكلام ده أصلا؟! ماأكيد اللي أعد على الفيس-يوك يعرف أكتر منها!

القنوات المصرية مش بتعبر عن الشعب, بتعبر عن الحكومة, وعلشان كده معظم الناس بتتفرج على قنوات تانية علشان تشوف الحقيقة لانها مش واثقة في قنواتها المصرية...و ده قمة الفشل, عندما لا يأبه بك من هم منك أصلا ومن تبعث لهم بالرسالة أصلا! ودي وجهة نظري.8. ازمة المرور في مصر, وازمة المواصلات, و ازمة الكهرباء, والغاز, والعيش, وازمة حوض النيل اللي علشان نحلها عملنا بطولة كرة قدم!!! هو فاضل حاجة تانية مفيهاش ازمه؟!

9. صفر المونديال! وده دليل على ان مكانة مصر اللي بنتكلم عليها كتير مش زي ما احنا فاكرين! ده صفر!!! ده حتى مش واحد!!! على رأي مسرحية فؤاد المهندس.... طب صفرييييين!!!

  10. أذكر لي عدد الشباب الذي يود الهجرة أو السفر من مصر... وكلها للأسباب السابقه. مصر للأسف الشديد, كتير من شبابها سافر فعلا والباقي نفسه يسافر بس الظروف مش سامحه! و نسبة قليله جدا اللي عاوزه تقعد لاسباب كتيره بقه عندهم هما.  11. تزوير الإنتخبات, 99.9%!! في حزب في الدنيا يكسب 97% من عدد مقاعد مجلس الشعب؟!!
هو في حد في مصر بينزل ينتخب؟ ليه لأ؟ أولا احنا مؤمنين إن فيه تزور لانه للاسف واقع. ثانيا عدم وجود حريات بيقلل من فرص إن حد مثقف أو صالح إنه يرشح نفسه أصلا. ثالثا, نسبة الجهل في مصر عاليه جدا وده يرجع تاني للفقر والتعليم الفاشل في مصر.

12. مشاكل الفلاحين اللي بنسمع عنها كل شوية من عدم وجود مبيدات او سماد أو غيره.

13. حوادث القطارات والعبارات والعربيات!! وحادثة الدويقه والعشوائيات والأماكن اللي لسة مفيهاش مية, والفقر... من الآخر كده... اتفرجوا على برنامج "واحد من الناس".

هو احنا مش بنمشي في الشارع برده وبنشوف الناس عاملة إزاي؟ احنا نفسنا عاملين إزاي في مصر؟ بنعامل بعض إزاي؟ يا جماعة العيشة الكريمة ليها دور كبير في تحضر المجتمع... متطلبشي من مجتمع أكتر من نص شعبه بياكل بالعافية و كتير منه مش عارف يمارس حرية رأيه, إنه يبقى متحضر! احنا بشر والبشر بيغلط... والضغط النفسي و الإجتماعي والاقتصادي من الأسباب الرئيسيه إن نفس البني آدم تضعف. احنا بشر.

بس هو كمان بشر وممكن يغلط... وهو برده رئيس جمهورية مصر العربية... هو مش ابونا, ولا يقرب لنا, هو حاكم مسئول عن شعب, و من الممكن محاكمته لو غلط... لانه بشر, زينا زيه... واختياراته تتحاسب لو غلطت زي ماهو يتحاسب على الاختيار الغلط...

وبمناسبة الاحداث الاخيره, وإلى كل من يقول ان شباب المظاهرة هم سبب الفوضى, ومن يدعوهم إلى فض المظاهرات للحفاظ على أمن مصر... أمن مصر يا حضرات هو واجب على وزير الداخلية والدولة ورئيس الجمهورية نفسه... لا تسألوا الشباب الذي خرج للدفاع عنكم في الشوارع و عن حقكم ودافع عن المتحف المصري وغيره... الرئيس والنظام وحدهم مسئولون امام الله ثم امام شعبهم عن الإنفلات الأمني وترويع المواطنين. وما حدث يوم الجمعه والايام التاليه هو وصمة عار في حقهم, وأنا شخصيا فعلا اعتبره خيانه واعتبر كل من قتل هذا اليوم هو بسبب النظام الذي فشل فشلا ذريعا في التعامل مع الموقف (إذا افترضنا حسن النيه) وخان شعبه و وطنه.

عدنا‏..‏ إجاباتي النموذجية

2007-08-28T13:54:00.000-07:00

بقلم‏:‏ يوسف معاطي

لا أعرف حتي الآن سر تفوقي ونبوغي في هذه المادة بالذات‏,‏ خصوصا في مرحلتي الابتدائية والإعدادية‏..‏ والمادة كان اسمها المواد الاجتماعية وهي تجمع بين التاريخ والجغرافيا والتربية الوطنية وكنت دائما ما أحصل فيها علي الدرجات النهائية حيث كانت إجاباتي غالبا من تلك النوعية التي يطلق عليها إجابات نموذجية عندك مثلا القمح المصري‏..‏ ما أن أجده في ورقة الأسئلة حتي أدش الإجابة النموذجية فورا‏..‏ وهي أن القمح المصري من أجود أنواع القمح في العالم وأن روما في عز مجدها كانت تعتمد عليه في غذاء شعبها‏.‏ تخيل سيادتك لو كتبت هذه الإجابة الآن سأحصل علي صفر علطول‏..‏ فكلنا سمعنا عن القمح المسرطن‏..‏ وقد رد أحد المسئولين مدافعا عن ذلك قائلا‏:‏ بطلوا بأه اشاعات وافتراءات‏..‏ لا ياسيدي القمح مش مسرطن ما تخوفوش الناس‏..‏ الحكاية كلها إن القمح بيجيب شوية تسمم عادي خالص وعشان المواطن يموت لا سمح الله عاوزله أربع خمس سنين‏..‏ وكان دائما ما يتكرر سؤال في الامتحانات بخصوص القطن المصري‏.‏ وما أن ألمح كلمة القطن في ورقة الأسئلة حتي ألسع الإجابة فورا وهي أن القطن المصري يعتبر من أجود أنواع القطن في العالم وهو يتميز بأنه طويل التيلة‏..‏ المشكلة أنني حتي كتابة هذه السطور لا أعرف معني طويل التيلة هذه‏..‏ ولكني كنت أشعر دائما أن طويل التيلة بالتأكيد حاجة كويسة وأنها بالتأكيد أفضل بكثير من قصير التيلة‏..‏ وكتبنا ذلك ياسيدي في ورقة الإجابة وانتقلنا إلي الصف الأول الإعدادي‏..‏ الحمد لله أنهم لا يراجعون أوراق الإجابة بأثر رجعي‏..‏ وإلا وجدت نفسي الآن في ثالثة ابتدائي‏..‏ أما إذا كان السؤال عن الثروة السمكية‏..‏ اعتقد أن جيلي يذكر الإجابة جيدا‏..‏ وهي أن بلدنا يجتمع فيه جميع أنواع الكائنات البرية‏..‏ بحيرات وأنهار ومحيطات تحيط ببلادنا وتقطعها‏..‏ ومع ذلك أصبحنا يا أخي نستورد الأسماك المجمدة من الخارج‏!!‏ لقد اكتشفت بعد أكثر من ثلاثين سنة أن كل إجاباتي في المواد الاجتماعية والتي حصلت فيها علي الدرجات النهائية كانت كلها أخطاء فادحة عندك مثلا الأهرامات المصرية عجيبة العجائب في الدنيا لم تعد كذلك تصوروا‏!!

‏كم مرة كتبت ذلك في ورقة الإجابة وحصلت علي الدرجة؟‏!‏ ثم إذا تكلمنا عن المياه نكتب في ورقة الإجابة أن مصر هبة النيل وأن ماء النيل العذب لا يوجد أحلي ولا أوفر منه في الدنيا كلها‏..‏ لو كتبنا ذلك الآن لصارت نكتة‏..‏ ولانريد أن نتكلم عن تلوث مياه النيل فهذه مسألة اجبت عليها في ثانية إعدادي وقلت إن مياه النيل هي أصفي مياه في العالم وأخذنا الدرجة برضه وانتقلنا للصف الثالث‏..‏ وبالنسبة لسؤال أطول أنهار العالم كنا نجيب عليه بسهولة فنهر النيل هو أطول نهر في العالم‏..‏ كنا نكتب ذلك بكل إيمان وثقة‏..‏ أطول‏..‏ أكبر‏..‏ أضخم‏..‏ وهاهم يعلنون الآن أن نهر الأمازون طلع أطول من نهر النيل‏..‏ لقد نقلني هذا السؤال إلي الصف الأول الثانوي بجدارة‏..‏ أما فيما يختص بالمناخ‏..‏ فالإجابة محفوظة‏..‏ حار جاف صيفا معتدل ممطر شتاء وها قد صار المناخ في بلدنا زائير تنزانيا صيفا الاسكيمو سيبيريا شتاء‏..‏ أما في مادة التربية الوطنية فكنت الأول بلا منازع‏..‏ كنت أكتب بطلاقة عن الوحدة العربية والتاريخ المشترك واللغة المشتركة والحاجات دي‏..‏ ولكن ماذا حدث؟‏!‏ هل كل ما كتبت في أوراق الإجابة كان غلط؟ وكيف نجحت إذن وتخرجت في الجامعة؟‏!‏ وما أغربهذا‏!‏ كل شيء تغير من حولي‏..‏ رغم أن نظرية فيثاغورث لسة شغالة ما اتغيرتش وقانون أرشميدس ونيوتن وحتي النسبية لاينشتين لم تتغير ولقد سألت أحد الأصدقاء هامسا بقولك إيه يابوحميد بالنسبة لإخوات كان لسه بيرفعوا المبتدأ وينصبوا الخبر ولا النظام بأه إيه دلوقت؟‏!‏ أجاب أبوحميد‏..‏ واللهي أنا أديلي فترة ماسمعتش عنهم حاجة ياجو‏..‏ ولقد رأيت فيما يري النائم‏..‏ أنهم يراجعون أوراق إجاباتي من أولي ابتدائي لغاية ما خلصت الجامعة وكان قرارهم أنني لا يجب أن أعيد السنة‏..‏ وإنما يجب أن أعيد ثلاثين سنة‏.‏

قم للمعلم

2007-07-11T10:16:00.000-07:00

A new post that I loved from another blog...
Here are some best parts that I liked:

Written By: Amr Ashmawy

مدرستى جميلة .. نظيفة .. متطورة .. منتجة"، "قم للمعلم وفه التبجيلا كاد المعلم أن يكون رسولا" عبارتان شهيرتان تقع عليهما عيناك إذا ما أقتربت من أسوار إحدى المدارس المصرية أو طفت فى فنائها أو تفقدت فصولها. وقعت عليهما عيناى حين مررت على مدرستى الإعدادية وتسائلت هل كانتا موجودتين حين إلتحقت بالمدرسة ام لا، لم أستطع أن أتذكر ولكن بالتأكيد كلمة "منتجة" المضافة حديثا لم يكن لها وجود آن ذاك.

أيضا تذكرت معلم مادة العلوم وكان يظن فى نفسه أكثر من مدرس لمادة العلوم للصف الأول الأعدادى وربما تعامل معنا من هذا المنطلق. ذات مرة سأل أحد الطلاب سؤالا فأخطأ الإجابة فبرر المعلم الخطأ بأن الطالب فقط يحفظ الدرس ولا يهتم بالفهم ثم نقل إتهامه إلى جميع طلاب الفصل وبدأ فى إرسال الجمل اليائسة المحبطة "مفيش فايدة" و"هتفضلوا طول عمركوا كدة" وسلسلة من الإحباطات غير المبررة، ثم سكت للحظات ثم توجه إلى نفس الطالب الذى أخطأ إجابة السؤال منذ دقيقة: "قوم يابنى... يعنى أيه زلزال بالإنجليزى؟؟؟". كان سؤال مفاجئا، فقد كان منهج مادة العلوم لهذه السنة الدراسية لا يحتوى على شرح لأى من الكوارث الطبيعية، الأهم من ذلك أن جميع الطلاب فى الفصل يدرسون جميع المواد باللغة العربية، بل إن منهم من يدرس اللغة الإنجليزية للمرة الأولى!. لكن هذا ما حدث "يعنى أيه زلزال بالإنجليزى؟" هذه المرة كان السؤال للجميع، و بالطبع لا مجيب فيشير المعلم للطالب بإشمئزاز لكى يجلس وبدا وكأنه قد نجح فى أم يثبت لنفسه ما ظنه منذ البداية. ثم رفع رأسه وألقى سؤال آخر لكى يقطع الشك باليقين: "يعنى أيه بركان بالإنجليزى؟؟"

.كلما تذكرت ذلك الموقف لا أستطيع أن أتوقف عن الضحك، حتى أنى ضحكت بصوت مسموع وأنا أكتبه، لكن لم يكن ذاك هو الحال ساعتها، فأذكر أنى قد شعرت بإحباط شديد حين فشل الجميع فى إجابة السؤال الثانى وأخذت ألوم نفسى ولكن لا أعرف على أى شئ ألقى ملامتى!! كيف لا أعرف معانى الكوارث الطبيعية باللغة الإنجليزية وأنا أدرس القواقع البحرية باللغة العربية فى مادة العلوم فى الصف الأول الإعدادى؟؟؟!!!!.

وكما نجح المعلم فى أن يجعل طلاب فصل بأكمله يلقوا اللوم عى أنفسهم لسبب لا يجدوا له تفسير أو حل فقد ينجح الساسة فى جعل الشعب بأكمله أن يلقى اللوم على نفسه لأنه "كتير" ويزيد يوما بعد يوم و"هنأكلكم منيين؟" وفى الأخير على ماذا نلوم أنفسنا؟؟!! "عيب بقى."

ربما لذلك السبب لم يستثنى أحمد شوقى من شعره الخالد أيا من المعلمين، فجميعهم يستحق التبجيل وكل منهم يعتبر رسولا.. لكن ربما كان

منهم رسلا يدعون بدعوة خالفت ما ظنه أمير الشعراء

Read the full post here:

http://amroashmawy.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post.html

Al Omma Fe Naksa

2007-06-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

I was watching "Qalam Rasas" on the 15th of June... I have to say it was an amazing one, describing what's going on now in the Arab world...
I've been searching for this for a while to share it with you guys... I finally found it divided in five parts (since YouTube only allow video files as long as 10 min.)

Part 1 and 5 summarizes almost what happens... in case you don't want to watch the whole 5 videos... Just watch the top and the bottom video and you'll get the idea...

My Flight to London

2007-06-02T03:49:00.000-07:00

That's an old post that I wrote 3 weeks ago while on my way back to Egypt... Here I'm sharing it with you...

Going to London right now… I’m on my way to Egypt, and my transit is in London… I’ll stay at Heathrow airport for 3.5 hrs or something.

Well, I have my iPod, my laptop, Twix (Yes, the candy bar)…Those are to keep me busy during this very long boring flight! I got to say, I’m not a flying fan, I just wish there is a better way to go to other countries other than flying (And yes, other than driving or taking the train, I’m not going to Egypt by train!)

Anyway, I was sitting beside the flight attendant after switching my seat with a pregnant lady to have better room and to sit beside her husband. I noticed while we were preparing to take-off that the flight attendant seat has an extra seat belt over her shoulders, and when I asked how come you got this extra seat belts, :-) Her answer was somewhat convincing, is that if there is anything happened, she has to be safe in order to help us when needed!

Then I had to reply, :-) If we are not going to be safe, then saving you is not going to be useful!

I watched a little of Will Smith’s new movie, and then I have to admit I fell asleep, because really, come’ on, it’s now almost 3:30 am my local time in Seattle, and I’d have been asleep for a while now! Actually my eyes still kind of hurt because I didn’t sleep much.

The local time in Cairo right now should be 1:30 pm… I should arrive to Cairo at 12:20 am… :-( Still long way to go! And I’m already bored! Aaaah! I really have to go back to sleep, I’ll just listen to my iPod in my ears and try to sleep again! I’ll see you when I’m in Egypt, that’s if I have time to blog at all! ;-) I’m getting married you know?!

Waleed Mohammed Shaalan

2007-04-23T09:42:00.000-07:00

Thousands of Virginia Tech students and faculty filled the center of campus Monday to pay solemn tribute to the victims of last week's massacre -- pausing for two moments of silence for the 32 people slain by a student gunman.

Waleed Mohammed Shaalan
Doctoral student, 32

A doctoral student in civil engineering, Shaalan was from Zagazig, Egypt. He left behind his wife and 1-year-old to come to the U.S. to study civil engineering, following in his father's footsteps, the New York Times reported.
Randy Dymond, a civil engineering professor at Virginia Tech, told the Times that Shaalan had saved the life of a fellow graduate student during the shooting; Cho noticed the student, who was playing dead beside a badly wounded Shaalan, but before Cho could shoot the student, Shaalan distracted him and was shot a second time.

Sky News:

A survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre has been describing how a colleague died to protect others.
Although badly injured, graduate student Waleed Shalaan distracted gunman Cho Seung-Hui to save another person from his bullets.

The surviving student, who wishes to remain anonymous, told of Waleed's heroics through an email to his supervisor.
He describes how he was left uninjured after Cho's initial round of shots.
Meanwhile, Waleed had been wounded but was still alive.
However, when Cho later returned to the classroom to inspect for signs of life among his victims, the surviving student struggled to remain calm.
He believes he would have been shot dead were it not for Waleed's "protective movement" that distracted the gunman.

Cho turned and shot Waleed for a second time, killing him, before leaving the classroom.
Randy Dymond, a civil engineering professor, has said the student asked to him to tell the tale "so that the family of Waleed understands the sacrifice."
Shaalan's mother broke down when she heard Mr Dymond's account.
"He was trying to save someone else," she said repeatedly.
Dymond said Shaalan's body was taken to a Blacksburg mosque so classmates, teachers and friends could say goodbye before he was sent to Egypt for burial.

I hardly hold my tears when I'm imagining this. I'm sure you are among Shudaa'... And I'm sure god will support and help your family, and your son is going to grow up, knowing that his father died protecting others...

This reminds me of all those who died protecting others, not just nowadays... But nothing will stop, life will keep going on and on.... we might remember them tomorrow, but who knows what will happen next! May this simple post be in memorial of those who died and still die every day, everywhere, not just in VA tech, but also in Palestine, Sheshan, Darfur, and many other places...

Let's ask god for mercy!

Please consider making a donation to Waleed's family.
Go to:
http://www.msanational.org/finance/vt07donate.html

What Famous Leader Am I?

2007-04-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

Responding to Myra's Tag...

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

:-) I'm not sure if that means I have a good impression on girls ;-)...

Wohooo... 3-2 Win!

2007-04-12T20:31:00.000-07:00

Wohoooo! We won the second game in MSSL. We won the game 3-2 and I scored 2 goals and got a yellow card!!
We started the game and they scored a goal in like the 10th minute of the game...

We then pulled ourselves together, then Sean scored our first goal... By then I was the right mid-fielder. We then changed posictions, made some subs, and I became the striker...
Nikola played a long ball, I ran to it, same did Ahmed but I was faster, the goal was coming out, I just chipped it over the keeper... It was a really nice goal...

They scored the 2nd goal in the second half... It’s now 2-2

We have a corner, I played the corner but it came back to me again, Ahmed was there alone in the box, I made a good cross, the keeper couldn't get hang of it and the ball goes directly into the goal! :-) I scored our 2nd goal! Wohooo!

The other team was too aggressive... They were committing a lot of fouls against me, some of the fouls the referee doesn’t even whistle for a foul... Again a long ball, I ran to it, the other team's D pushes me really hard, and the referee didn't whistle or anything!! So I just shouted at every one in the field "COME ON!!! HE DOESN'T EVEN PLAY ON THE BALL!! HE JUST RUNS TO HIT ME!!".
Their D cleared the ball out to be out of the field, by the time I got it and came back, I found out that the referee is running towards me to give me the yellow card asking me to calm down and to take it easy! I just smiled notching my head!

Thank god we have to wear shin guards; otherwise I wouldn't have been able to walk by now! Of course I was hurt all over my leg, but if it wasn’t for the shin guards, I think I wouldn’t have been able to walk at all! Especially my right leg, I hope it gets better by the next game, which is in 10 days from now… I'll try to go practice next Tuesday to keep myself in shape.

But of course, after scoring 2 goals, having a yellow card, plus hustling and causing problems to all their D, My team mates and the referee started to call me the "Naughty Player"!

The referee blew the final whistle, I shake hands with him and with the players from both teams, smiled at every single one of them, happy and proud by my performance in the game.

We were in a pretty good shape! I was doing well in the game. The referee took my name as one of the best players in the game! :-) Cool, I'm happy, excited and glad we won!

My First MSSL Match

2007-04-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

This weekend, I played my first Microsoft Soccer League match. Before the official game we played two friendly games, :-) we lost the first game 6-2 and then lost 3-2 the second game! :-) We wear yellow jerseys, I’m hoping that I’ll be able to buy the Ismailia’s jersey when I’m visiting Egypt, I’m also hoping I’ll be able to buy Ahly’s red jersey and Egyptian’s national team red and white jersey! Anyone knows where to find these jerseys?

Anyway, we wear yellow jersey's, but really I'm the only one wearing Orange! I was very distinguished, the other team's goalie always used to shout at his D line to watch out from this orange guy!!

We started the first game in the league, I was a striker... I played most of the game, maybe more than 70 min of the game, during the game I changed positions from a striker to a right and then left mid-fielder.

During the game I've been told that I can control the ball pretty well, and I have some skills. The same comment was said about another mid-field player called Michael.

We were leading the first half 1-0 by a good shot by Ed, our team's striker... we started the second half, that's when they scored a goal by a follow up ball bounced from our goalie... We held our team back together; we scored our second goal from a very good shot by Scott, a defensive mid-fielder, maybe from more than 35 meters... We had another striker on the bench, He came into the game, and he took my position while I played as a right mid-fielder. We then scored the 3rd goal by the substitute striker. I then moved to be the left mid-fielder.

I got the ball, I took over two players, and then I changed the field by a crossing ball to the other side of the field to the left mid-fielder who was completely free, who passed it to a centre mid-field who was alone with the goal by then and scored our 4th goal. My team mates really encouraged me for the good field vision I had... Then one of the strikers got really tired, so he went out and a mid-fielder came into the game, he took over my position, while I played as a striker again.

I was in a very good position when Ian passed me the ball, my back was to the goal, I turned and shot, the ball hit the post, moved on the line and then went into the net! :-) I scored my first goal in the league, our fifth goal in the match. :-) Of course I had to score! We are only 10 players on the field, and we scored 5! I play in the forward line of the field, :-) which means that if each of us scored one, I had to be one of them; it really doesn’t mean that I have a talent or anything!

:-) It was a really nice game (since we won of course!). My next game is next Thursday, wish me luck! :-) And I’ll tell you about the next game, wish you guys can all come and watch it live ;-)

I'm Making A Difference

2007-04-07T02:12:00.000-07:00

The people who work for Microsoft are the most generous charitable givers per employee in the world, and that spirit is at the center of how we work with governments and NGOs. Learn more.

I've been seeing this ad on couple of my friend's MSN nickname...
I've searched to find information about it... and here it is.

i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live™ Messenger. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We've set no cap on the amount we'll donate to each organization. The sky's the limit.

i’m is about making a difference. Not in a huge expensive way, not in a time-consuming way. But in a simple, effective way.

How it Works
1. Download the Windows Live Messenger instant messaging service. There's no charge and it's easy to download and use.

2. Within Windows Live Messenger, click Tools and select Options. Place the text code corresponding to the cause of your choice into your Display Name. -->

Text Code	Cause
*unicef	The US fund for UNICEF
*komen	Susan G. Komen for the Cure
*naf	National AIDS Fund
*9mil	ninemillion.org
*help	StopGlobalWarming.org
*red+u	American Red Cross
*bgca	Boys & Girls Clubs of America
*mssoc	National Multiple Sclerosis Society
*sierra	Sierra Club

3. Keep having i'm conversations so you can keep funding the cause doing the work most important to you.

WOW!

2007-03-28T01:54:00.000-07:00

I kept on playing this game for more than 10 min in TechFest! It's amazingly fun! No words could even describe it!

This will change the whole gaming experience soon, the game play, and the interaction in multi-player games... :-) which means more fun fun fun!

Watch this... What do you think?

Today: Egyptian Referendum

2007-03-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

Today Egyptians are to vote in a referendum on a set of constitutional changes, which pave the way for a police state. The changes will allow the drafting of a new anti-terrorism law to replace the emergency legislation in place since 1981, giving police wide powers of arrest and surveillance.

And of course, the majority of voters will magically say YES! and the constitutional changes will be a real fact that we have to live with for the rest of our lives. I assure that those who understand the constitutional changes would like to say NO for the changes, while others don't even understand the changes!

People in Egypt are very poor to think about the constitutional changes! President Mubarak, I just have one question, Why do you still choose to stay as a president after more than 25 years?! Do you really think that you can add anything after all these years?! After 25 years and you want to tell me that you still have something to help Egyptians with?! 25 years, ended now by the poverty and the difficult life that every Egyptian is complaining about, and you think you can still give something useful to Egyptians?! Or are you afraid that someone even worth is going to be in charge after you and make things worth?!

Now, Mr. Habib Al Adly, minister of internal affairs. I have read in FilBalad that you mentioned that the security is going to be on the highest levels to match this important event! I just’d rather that you are more concerned with the Human Rights Watch statement "Torture is endemic in Egyptian detention facilities. The most common torture methods include electrocution and beating."

I had a friend of mine; I used to work with him at Harf Information Technology. I came to work one day, and he just didn't show up, after 90 days, we found out that he was arrested while coming to work one day, without doing anything, accused of being with the “Muslim Brotherhood" party, and spent 90 days without doing anything, without having an investigation, with absolutely ZERO evidence that he's even have a relationship with the god forbid, the restricted party! Mr. Habib Al Adly, I think you have a lot to do! Or, a lot you should stop doing!

I'm a good soccer player, I play as a striker, but when there is a game, where I seem to lose the ball a lot, or just have great chances yet I still can't score or even create a good chance, I'd rather to leave the game and give a friend of mine the chance, maybe he'll be more suitable for this game, Even though I'm the main player, and I know I'm good at soccer.

Introducing iRack and...

2007-03-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

Not only iRack… But news about the newest product too!

A video making fun of the US government and Bush's administration

:-) Real Life Photos 2

2007-03-19T22:56:00.000-07:00

:-) A monkey, an elephant and a shadow of an unidentified animal in an Ad for teaching Excel! Which of course allows you to have complete confidence in the instructor!

Ed3olo y7'wana ywsal bel salama! el 3arbyat de btt3eb gedan ya3ny! t7'ayal t3ood tebadel keda l7d el beet!!

I'm quite sure that he started driving with a full car; most probably it started to fall apart in Cairo streets! Let's just pray that he'll be able to arrive home with at least one wheel!

Been el Sama w el Ard

:-) A guy hanging like that, instead of going to make sure he's OK, we just decided it's gonna be much cooler to take pictures of him! Could you give us a better profile view please?

Aslaha 3arabya mashya be dera3at el play station!

Exact Translation: Watch Out. Put the gear shift stick on slow speed... I guess they were talking to the Ferrari's driver in the photo above...

:-D de msh ba2dar abtal de7k lama ashofha! 7amamat seya7ya! tb de ya3ny a msh fahem?! El gameel ba2a, :-D en e7na bntswar gambaha! 3lshan keda heya seya7eya! msh b3ed yomen w nla2y film tasgely 3n el mawdo3!

Yes, It's a tourist WC (whatever that means). I guess maybe a VI person peed in there! And that's how we discovered this monument!

Ana bardo awel ma2retha a3dt 22ol ezay b3d ma y2roha hayro7o l7d el madena el gam3ya lw7dhom!!
This is an Ad for blind students instructing them to go to the social worker's office without giving them the directions!!

b3'd el nazar 3n el clean first... ana mot2kd en el yafta de hatb2a fe 7amam mn el 7amamt elly msh seya7eya!
Yes, the sign after that was "The Wash Second"

Real Life Pics

2007-03-14T21:49:00.000-07:00

Tagged!

2007-03-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

Thx Myra, although it's a shame that my last 2 posts are Tags, But hopefully I'll get my blog rolling with posts soon! Now here I'm...

SECTION 1 - Last 1s?
1. last beverage? Homemade lemon juice!
2. last phone call? Radwa
3. last instant message? Radwa
4. last cd played? I guess last album was… Music Now – 2nd Generation
5. last time you cried? I really can’t remember! Why’d I?!
6. last text message? Radwa! :-) Actually no one sends me anything except her now! She fills my life!

Section 2 - 6 Have You Evers:
1. dated someone twice? You mean have the same girlfriend after breaking up? Nope!
2. been cheated on? :-) No!
3. kissed someone & regretted it? Yes!
4. lost someone special? Akeed (Akeed is a big Yes)
5. been depressed? Akeed bardo!
6. been drunk and threw up? I don’t drink

Section 3 - List 3 Favorite Colors
1. Blue
2. Green
3. Maybe Grey, red…

Section 4 - This month have you
1. Made a new friend? Yes
2. Fallen out of love? Radwa would have killed me!
3. Laughed until you cried? Nop, I don’t think so
4. Met someone who changed your life? Nop
5. Found out who your true friends were? This month! Nope
6. Is there something you want to tell someone? Nothing in my mind now!
7. Would you kiss anyone on your top friends? :-) I’d kiss anyone, anywhere, anytime ;-)
8. How many people on your top friends do you know in real life? All
9. How many kids do you want to have? 2 be ezn Allah
10. Do you have any pets? A cat, Weby! I call him Otta!
11. Do you wanna change your name? :-) Why?! To confuse my friends?!
12. What did you do for your last birthday? That’s interesting! Well, on my last birthday, I went out with Radwa, I had my hair cut, I sold my PC, then I took a plane, left my home, my country, my fiancée, my friends… It was my first day in Seattle, my first day going to a new place, new life, new home, new everything!
13. What time did you wake up today? Round 11:00 am or something
14.What were you doing at midnight last night? I really can’t remember! But I guess I fell asleep
15. Name something you CANNOT wait for? Bringing Radwa to live with me, share our lives, live, laugh, cry, and hang out together!
16. Last time you saw your father? About two years ago. He passed away.
17. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? I’m ok, thx for asking!
18.What are you listening to right now? Mahmoud El Essily – El Fostan Al Abyad (The white dress)
19. Have you ever talked to Tom? :-) Nop ,But I did talk to Nihal , till I was 6, then I moved on with my life with real people!
20. Have you ever talked about someone behind their back? Yes
21.What’s the last piece of clothing you borrowed from anyone? Can’t really remember anything!
22. Who’s getting on your nerves right now? No one, It’s just I have a lot of work load on me…
23. Most visited webpage? Not sure
24. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
25. Have you kissed or been kissed by anyone in the past week? Mmmmm… :-) Nope!! Are your trying to get me killed?!! Radwa honey, :-) I’d never do that! :-) You know that… Right?!
26. Mac or PC? :-) You are defiantly asking the wrong person here! :-) I’m in the Windows team!

Tagging... Rain, Ramy, Mohamed Nabil and Ali...

Five Things You Don’t Know About Me!

2007-02-27T23:53:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged by Myra to write 5 things you don't know about me, that’s really very tough! Coz really, everyone knows everything about me!!
Anyway, :-) five things you don’t know about me depending on who u r:

1. I’m very very smart and talented too, even when I was just a little kid. I used to always beat everyone in chess, even those who are much elder than me! It wasn’t easy, but doable… :-) I used to cheat!! :-) I used to change positions of parts when they are not looking!

2. :-) I always dream about a convertible car! I just want to open the top and drive in the sun! It’s kind of weird; coz really, :-) I haven’t seen the sun in Seattle since I came here!

3. I’m very naughty! Very naughty! I love to play like a little kid, I prefer not to go to bed and stay up late just to play and I love candies!! Ooh my god, I can’t stop eating candies and ice creams! :-D The best thing about being a grown up is to eat candies and ice creams whenever I want!! Ok talking like this just makes want to go an eat more ice cream! I'll continue after finishing my ice cream!

4. :-) Back, Wow that's tasty, Haagen Dazs chocolate and peanut butter! Amazing. Ok... Enough jokes. The most amazing, peaceful feeling I ever felt, One day I was watching TV, when my niece (her name is Sarah) started crying in her bed (she was almost 1 year old or something), I went to her room, held her up (she used to love me very much, my name was the first name she said!)… And she fell asleep in my arms! Wow… That’s a real Wow! That was the most peaceful and amazing feeling I ever felt!

5. Most those who meet me for the first time, will think I'm too naughty, always jokes and always being sarcastic about everything. But if u knew me better, I’m really a typical eastern guy, hot tempered, jealous on his fiancée, won’t let her go home late by herself, :-) Won’t let her go home late in the first place :-) (After 10:00pm means a special occasion: wedding, engagement… etc.)! :-) Many times I comment about what she wears! Don't get me wrong, I always believed that a relationship between 2 takes 2 to make it a successful or a failure relationship. So, I’m kind of nice with my fiancée even when I ask her to do something that I want (Also she never left me a comment on this blog), :-) That’s why I can say that I’m nice to her!

I have a confession :-), the first point didn’t really happen a lot, and I was obligated to write the fifth point by my fiancée! (So, now u can see who’s really controlling the other! :-D), so to make it up for you, I have one more thing no one knew about me!

6. :-) I was about 3 years old or something like that… I really don’t remember, anyway, we were spending the summer vacation at a beach house, It was my first time there… Anyway, One day, I just woke up in the middle of the night, I was soooo sleepy, and I just wanted to go to the bathroom, without opening my eyes, I went to the bathroom, did what I have to do, then went back to bed… In the morning, as I woke up, I kind of noticed that yesterday’s bathroom is no longer there!! And that the bathroom’s door is somehow became the kitchen’s door!! It’s a miracle… I went into the kitchen… I guess mom figured it out already, coz she asked me, Hany did you wanted to go to the bathroom yesterday night? :-) We later found out that my bathroom was the kitchen, :-D And I was soo sleepy that I peed in the trash can!!

Ok, time to tag others! and the chosen people are: Ali, Rain, Meshref, Amr, Ramy Mahrous, Mohamed Nabil and last but not least Tahyees!... And anyone wants to be tagged, let me know!

وطنى لو شغلت بالخلد عنه

2007-02-18T01:10:00.000-08:00

Last but not least... A post that I'm going to link to... Amr's post:

من أسابيع قليلة ماضية كنت فى طريقى إلى المنزل فى حوالى الثانية عشر بعد منتصف الليل, كنت عائدا من بيت أحد أصدقائى و قد أرتدت أحدى الميكروباصات المتجهة إلى ميدان رمسيس, كان من المفترض أن يوصلنى هذا الميكروباص بالقرب من منزلى لكن شعور ما قادنى إلى عدم النزول بالقرب من المنزل ربما هو الملل أو الرغبة فى كسر جمود الروتين اليومى لم افكر فى السبب فقط نظرت إلى حيث كان المفترض بى أن أنزل و أكملت راكبا و قدد قررت أن أنزل بعد قليل و أعود هذه المسافة مرة أخرى, و لمرة ثانية فوّت عامدا حيث كان المفترض بى أن أنزل!. و قررت أن أنهى طريقى مع نهاية الخط المحدد؛ فى ميدان رمسيس.

شهرزاد.. والكلام غير المباح!

2007-02-18T01:09:00.000-08:00

:-) Amr's amazing post about a tv channel...

دائما ما كنت أتصور أن القنوات الفضائية المخصصة للأغانى المصورة هى أكثر القنوات مخالفة للعرف والشرع. وعادة ما كنت أشفق عن أصحاب هذه القنوات الذين قد خصصوا ثرواتهم لعرض الأغانى المصورة العارية التى لا يختلف أحد –حتى بعض الملحنين أو الشعراء الذين ساهموا فى كتابة بعض منها- على عدم شرعيتها و على تأثيرها السئ فى الفرد و المجتمع ناهيك عن عرض الأغانى المصورة المحترمة (مش عارية أوى).كان لاشك عندى أن هذه القنوات هى أسوأ القنوات العربية حتى قادنى الملل إلى تصفح بعض القنوات الغير معروفة الموجودة على جهاز الإستقبال وقد لفت نظرى قناة اسمها شهرذاد. استوقفنى هذا الإسم وتوقعت أنها قناة لعرض الحكايات للأطفال (حواديت) ولكن كم كنت مخطئا.بدت للوهلة الأولى أنها قناة من قنوات الأغانى المصورة الكثيرة ولكن لم يمضى وقت طويلا حتى بدأت شهرزاد بالكلام غير المباح.

لعنة الوضع الوسط !

2007-02-18T01:06:00.000-08:00

:-) Another amazing post posted at Amr's blog...

قناة ناشيونال جيوجرافيكس هي أربع وعشرون ساعة من الفن الرفيع الراقي. إنها تريك معجزتين في آن: معجزة الظاهرة الطبيعية، ومعجزة أن ينقل لك إنسان هذه الظاهرة بهذا الجمال . أي انها تريك معجزة تصوير المعجزة !.. من ضمن برامج هذه القناة الأثيرة عندي برنامج اسمه (الذهاب إلى النهايات القصوى Going to extremes).. بطل البرنامج صحفي بريطاني اكتشف في منتصف العمر أنه لم يعش حياته وعلى الأرجح لن يعيشها .. يقول إنه في سن متوسطة، يتقاضى راتبًا متوسطًا، ونجاحه متوسط وبيته متوسط وشكله متوسط .. هكذا قرر أن يطلق العنان لجنونه ويجرب الحد الأقصى من كل شيء : يرتحل إلى أبرد مكان في العالم في سيبيريا وأسخن مكان في العالم في أثيوبيا .. يجرب أكثر البلدان جفافًا وأكثرها رطوبة .. أكثرها ارتفاعًا وأكثرها انخفاضًا ..

لماذا لا يشم عاااااادل الورد

2007-02-18T01:02:00.000-08:00

Another amazing post in Ahmed's blog!

امتحانات التيرم الأول للصف الثاني الابتدائي .. أشق طريقي وسط الزحام نحو اللجنة ممسكًا بكف (مريم) ابنتي الصغير إلى أن أصل للبوابة، فأدفع هذا وذاك من أولياء الأمور الذين يصرون على الوقوف أمام البوابة ليسدوها كأن هذا يجعل أطفالهم أذكى .. وفي النهاية أترك (مريم) لصف من العاملات مخيفات الشكل يناولنها لبعضهن يدًا بيد حتى تغيب في قدس الأقداس بالداخل، الأمر الذي يذكرني بمشهد الأب الذي ترك ابنته رهنًا لدى عصابة المخدرات في فيلم (الباطنية) إلى أن يجلب ثمن الحشيش الذي أخذه..

الأمير فوق من ذكرت

2007-02-18T00:58:00.000-08:00

Amazing post written in Ahmed's blog...

لست أذكر المناسبة بالضبط، لأنني كنت مراهقًا في المدرسة الثانوية أجلس أمام جهاز التلفزيون، أتابع ما أذكر أنه حفل تكريم أو عيد للعلم .. شيء من هذا القبيل .. على المنصة يجلس الرئيس الراحل (أنور السادات)، واللحظة هي تكريم أحد أستاذته السابقين في المدرسة .. كان الرئيس الراحل يحب هذه المواقف لما فيها من مسحة درامية .. (هل تذكر الحطاب الفقير الذي آويته في دارك وأطعمته في تلك الليلة ؟.. لقد كان هو الخليفة متنكرًا ! .. وقد خلع عليك قصرًا وزكيبة من الذهب).. وقد سبق هذا تكريم مماثل لمن يدعى (سائق دمرو) الذي ساعد السادات في ظروف مماثلة ..

:-) Aliiiiii... The Goaaaaaaaaaaaal!

2007-02-11T16:19:00.000-08:00

:-) Well, that's a funny story! There is a big soccer tournament called "All Nations Cup" going to be held here in the Seattle area... We were planning to start a team with other Egyptians working also at MS... We even had a couple of practices all of us together, almost 10 Egyptians, one from Jordan and couple others from different countries... Anyway, we decided today to let it go and try to join a less competitive tournament...

The reason we let it go, is that a lot of the players are really not in the good form to play for a full game... :-) If that happened we would see a lot dropping dead from our side just in the middle of the game :-)... This actually almost happened today in the practice!

:-) So we were playing, we were 12 players, 6 players a team playing against each other... :-) Ali was in the opponent team and it was really not even a close competition... All of Ali's team got really really tired... So, we decided that Meshref (he was in Ali's team) and I to switch so that it might get a little better and be more as a competitive match!

Right after I joined the team, we were starting to look better, we were attacking but we lost the ball, it was a counter attack! Coz Ali had a tired muscle and he was really tired so he was our goal keeper... He was the last player in our team... There is no really a goalie coz no one is allowed to touch the ball with his hands, and we have to strike the ball low to count as a goal...

Back to the counter attack, the guy with the ball went direct to our goal, It was noway I could get him, but one of my team mates was at least trying to do so... So, it was all on Ali's shoulder to save the ball... OK, who's shoulder?! Ali! Aliiii!! Where are you maan!!! I thought for a sec that Ali just left us and went home... that's when I kind of noticed someone standing just beside the goal... Ooh! He's Ali, and he can see that we are under attack, he'll run and save the ball now...OK, maybe now... Ok really he can't wait any longer! Maybe now!!! No way, Ali was not moving... he was right there, standing just beside the goal... leaving it empty without a goal keeper... and drinking Juice!! :-D Yes! He was right there beside the goal drinking Juice! :-) Of course the guy with the ball scored, and Ali was still there drinking his juice! :-D

Of course there was nothing we could do, except making fun of Ali... What were u doing man?! Do u think this is a school trip! Do u need a chair or something? :-D Did you bring your sandwiches with you?! :-) Yes Ali was really tired and he has kind of a muscle cramp, but still, :-D at least drink the juice and stand in the goal! It's just small goals and we have to strike the ball low anyway to count as a goal!! :-D It was very funny... Most important even after deciding that we r not going to the tournament, is that we had fun, played, practiced and most important is that we met new people... Many of them were Egyptians... :-) Good game guys... I'll be joining a team in Microsoft Soccer League (MSSL)... :-) Hope we play better and have fun in this league!

Wondering!

2007-02-10T16:39:00.000-08:00

I have been listening to Alanis Morissette’s song “Hand in my pocket” (I’m a fan of her songs) and I watched "In her Shoes" and they both touched me. I felt down in my heart a lot of the song’s words, sometimes I just feel that I’m just OK, thank god of what I have, I’m in a good position in a good place, I learn a lot of things every day, I just hope that I can transfer this knowledge to others... It’s kind of funny, weird... I don’t know! It's really OK that you say that you don't know... I believe one of the greatest things in life is to feel what others feel, to make someone else happy, to know that u r just a human with nothing to lose, and that u share this world with a lot others just like you, u r not better than anyone! U never are, everyone is just like you... U just need to go out, wander the streets, smile to everyone walking by, think about him, think what he’s doing, what he’s thinking, how is his life?

Everyone, no matter what his position is, no matter what he does, or how much he earns, is missing something always... that’s the human nature, no one is ever complete, no one will ever be... You are only OK when deep in your heart you feel that you have everything you want, there is nothing you are afraid of, nothing harm could ever happen; God is always around, really what could ever happen! Try to take a moment to look at yourself, look at your life, thank god for what you have, ask god to help u in what u fear. I was reading a friend's blog recently and everyone was talking like they all know it all! No you don't! No one will ever will, you are only OK when u admit that u still have a lot to learn and to know...

I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed, I'm lost but I'm hopeful, what it all comes down to… Is that everything is gonna be fine fine fine, I've got one hand in my pocket and the other one is giving a high five… What it all comes down to, is that everything's gonna be quite alright… Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet… I've got one hand in my pocket, and the other one is giving the peace sign…
I'm free but I'm focused, I'm green but I'm wise, I'm hard but I'm friendly, I'm sad but I'm laughing, I'm brave but I'm chicken, I'm sick but I'm pretty… And what it all boils down to, Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet, I've got one hand in my pocket and the other one is playing the piano… And what it all comes down to my friends, Is that everything's just fine fine fine… I've got one hand in my pocket and the other one is hailing a taxi cab.

Breaking News! The "Wow" Starts Now!

2007-01-29T23:11:00.000-08:00

Windows Vista has been launched today to customers... The new Microsoft Operating system comes in 4 editions (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate). From the first logon page, moving the mouse, touching the keyboard and entering your user name and password you'll know it's a whole new experience. Since of course I had the opportunity to install and test Vista as a WinSE dev, allow me to take print screens from my experience and talk about new features of the OS.

The first thing you'll notice is a fresh new user interface; All applications and windows are surrounded by glass, which gives you a sense of depth, while you can use a window/application you still can see behind it. Also switching between applications has been improved, in fact if you just hover with your mouse on any of the taskbar minimized windows, you'll get live previews of the applications including motion video.

Flip 3D. It's a new and very cool feature which allows you to switch between applications in a 3D space, allowing you to scroll throw them with the arrow keys, or quickly with the mouse.

A new feature is the Sidebar. The side bar is a new feature which allows you to show or run small applications (Gadgets) to do a specific task for you. For example I have the prayer times, a slide show of my pictures, my processor and memory stats, weather and calendar. Other gadgets may allow you to view RSS feeds from your favorite websites and others play your local FM channel. If you want more information from a gadget, you can drag it to your desktop and that way it will expand showing you more information.
A new innovation is the new windows slide show, it’s some kind of a LCD or a device attached to your laptop, allowing you to show gadgets as the calendar, your upcoming appointments and/or your contacts without even turning on your PC. That's what you should expect from the new Windows OS.

Information when you need it; search is now on your finger tips, open start menu and start typing the name of the document or the application or part of the content of the document and automatically files and application matching your search criteria will be displayed.

IE Tabs allows you to view all tabs and the ability to choose and close which ever you don't like.

Windows photo gallery is now easier with features like fix (color, brightness, red-eye... etc.). The more amazing about the photo gallery is that you always have a saved original backup of the image no matter how many times you edited it, so from now on feel confident to edit and try to change whatever you want; you always can go back and remove everything even after years! Another feature in the photo gallery is the ability to play both image and video files, so whenever you preview your album, you don't need to close the photo viewer and run the Media player to run the videos, It's all in one now!

Windows Vista is full of new and cool features. It's simpler, more secure and more user friendly.
To know more about features in Vista go to:

- 100 Reasons You'll Be Speechless

- Windows Vista – Show us your Wow

- Why Develop on Windows Vista?

Scrum Development

2007-01-27T00:35:00.000-08:00

I’m working on a tool going to be launched with next Windows Server OS... We are using a project management process for development called Scrum process... I really liked it, so here is what is all about, try to understand it; it’s really interesting.

Scrum believes that a development team should perform as a sport team, every team member working independently but towards the same goal. Scrum suggests that a team has a maximum of 6 - 7 members. The team facilitator is called the Scrum master (project manager in most companies). His/her job is to implement and manage the Scrum process in the project. Scrum masters focus most of their time in managing outside interference for the Scrum team and solving outside impediments or ‘Blockers’ that cannot be solved by the Scrum team (Not managing the project budget like in most companies).

A project can start with any activity; analysis, design, implementation and testing and can change between activities at any time. This increases the project's flexibility and productivity. Scrum assumes that the software development process is complicated and unpredictable and treats it as a controlled black box. Scrum takes into consideration that:
- Requirements are not fully understood at the beginning of the process.
- Requirements change during the process.
- The process becomes unpredictable when new tools and technologies are used.
They say that scrum is also a way of playing the rugby (the game). Characteristics that Scrum shares with rugby are:
- The environment determines the process (the game)
- The environment (functionality, timetable, business need and competition) dictates the ending of the process (the game).
- “Rugby evolved from breaking soccer rules – adapting to the environment.” (Schwaber, K.)
- “The primary cycle is moving the ball forward” (Schwaber, K.)

The whole project gets divided into periods of time with a maximum duration of 4 weeks. One period is called a Sprint and every team member gets tasks to execute within the given Sprint. For example in our project the sprint is 3 weeks time period, during which we should come up with a complete phase of the project. During the sprint, the team conducts regular scrum meetings (2 days per week in my team, other teams do scrum meetings every day). The meetings are held in the same place at the same time every specific period of time. The meetings don’t last for more than 30 minutes. The scrum master is responsible for asking every team member the following three questions:
1. What have you done since the last scrum meeting?
2. Is there any road blocks?
3. What do you plan on doing between now and the next scrum meeting?

Conversation is restricted to the team members answering the above questions. Meetings can be established for immediately after the scrum meeting based on answers to the above questions. The scrum master is responsible for making decisions immediately, if required to remove impediments to progress. The scrum master is responsible for noting impediments that must be resolved external to the meeting and causing them to be removed.

In my opinion, I feel the scrum development management is very effective, makes the developer free to decide what he needs, which reflects on his creativity. It also identifies for the management the role of solving any blockers facing the team, not controlling the team like what really happens in many companies! It’s an amazing experience and a new thing that I’m learning in Microsoft. It also made me feel that my project manager now, is actually part of my team, we are all working to get the product done, he’s not ordering anyone to finish, he’s one of us, we are a team! But he’s the one who points out that we are late in schedule, or that we need to ramp up a little... etc.
I Hope I have transferred some of my knowledge to u in a good and effective way, I really do hope that some managers really read this way of management and try to implement it in their own companies. Just give it a try, really it’s all about the team, managers should be part of the team!

References

- Scrum Development. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum)
- (PDF) Rising, L., Janoff, N.S. (2000). The Scrum Software Development Process for Small Teams Retrieved August 15, 2006
- (PDF) Schwaber, K. Advanced Development Methods. SCRUM Development Process Retrieved August 15, 2006
- (PDF) Dr. Sutherland, J. (October 2004) Agile Development: Lessons learned from the first scrum Retrieved August 15, 2006

Breaking News! A freind's interview on JobsBlog!

2007-01-25T14:21:00.000-08:00

One of my friends had an interview with Priya ( An international recruiter in MS) published in MS JobsBlog... Mona was accepted in Microsoft interviews in Egypt last December... she posted a couple of comments here responding to my posts about MS interviews results...

What's really nice is, we have now more than 10 from the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences Ain Shams university have been offered positions in Microsoft! This faculty only graduated 7 generations! Each have an average of 150 student... it's almost a 1% from the graduates, but these 1% are just normal students in the faculty! I admit there are many better than me that didn't have luck with MS interviews (at least I know 3 of them)! My point I want to prove is, this is considered as a very healthy sign to all FCIS graduates, we are here, in the largest software company in the world! We can do it, any Computer science Ain Shams graduate can do it... btw I hardly passed my exams during college! I didn't like to study and I believe I only studied the last 3 days before the exams, sometimes in these 3 days I open books I've never seen before, I didn't attend lectures, I hardly go to labs! This doesn't mean u should do so; the reason I'm saying this is to encourage everyone to study programming and algorithms harder and harder, be practical, if your grades are not that good in school, u should know that this doesn't mean anything in terms of practical life! GO FCISers! Coz many of u really have talent!

Mona's Interview:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/archive/2007/01/25/meet-mona-from-egypt-to-seattle.aspx

Funny from Microsoft

2007-01-20T00:42:00.000-08:00

From day one in Microsoft, everyone is talking about security... when u sit with your team lead, or any of your team members, they keep on warning u to always lock your pc before leaving it, even if u r just going to the bathroom or going to the room next to you, Because u have the Windows code on your machine, and there is a lot of people going around the building that are not allowed to c the code; so u always need to lock your machine... One of my team mates told me once that whenever some1 leaves the pc unlocked, some1 else send an e-mail from his outlook to the whole team to embarrass him... I didn’t pay a lot of attention, till one day I received these 3 mails in my inbox, starting with this e-mail:

To: All Developers
Subject: Hello, I am a teddy bear!

And I forgot my pants today!

Signed by: A.R
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I didn’t really understand what that is?!... Why would A.R (A British dev who just joined the team) send something like that?! Until I received this e-mail from a team lead (Who’s also British):

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To: All Developers
Subject: RE: Hello, I am a teddy bear!

Really? That must be embarrassing!
Almost as embarrassing as leaving your computer unlocked, perhaps?

Signed by: I
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Now that was funny, now I got it, so A.R really left his pc unlocked, and some1 sent this e-mail for him... But, it’s not over; A.R sent this e-mail later the same day:

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To: All Developers
Subject: RE: Hello, I am a teddy bear!

I,
As a fellow British; I would have thought you of all people would have realised this message was from an impersonator – I would of course use ‘trousers’ rather than ‘pants’ in any group-wide communication, to avoid any confusion as to what I meant.
I would have thought the prankster responsible ought to be the one most embarrassed... ;-)
Yours,
A.R

Did u get it? :-) Smart from I. to figure out that this was an un-locked pc case, even smarter and funnier e-mail sent by A.R. to reply and avoid a little embarrassment!

Breaking News - Snow! and an Accident!

2007-01-12T23:26:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday, everyone got stuck in the office because of all the snow on the streets... Cars just get stuck climbing a very small hill, or just trying to turn around a corner or something!, wheels just keep on spinning without the car moving... a lot of people actually just leave their cars in the streets and walk; because cars just don’t move with all the snow that turns into ice on the roads!!. Here are some pics I have taken in Redmond.

I stayed at work for more than 2 hours, just waiting for the traffic to clear up a little bit... anyway we decided to go home me and Ali (we live in the same complex)... so he took his car, I took mine, he was driving in front of me... My car is kind of a small compact car, It’s not bad (thank god) actually it’s considered a very good car, but it’s just a small car... anyway It all started by having problems with climbing out of the building garage! I couldn't get any traction, I reached almost the rpm red line, and the wheels just keep on spinning without the car moving!... after a long struggle I managed to get out of the garage, Ali was driving in front of me coz he knew a shortcut to home... He says he was slowing down for a speed pump or something just before getting out of the MS campus, that's when he actually suddenly fully stopped! anyway, I was just behind him.. I pushed the brakes but the car kept on sliding towards him, I hardly turned to the other lane of the road which luckily was free of other cars! (Thank God)... But still, I didn't manage to completely avoid hitting Ali; I just slightly scratched both of our paintings... Oops, Ali went down to go to look for how much damage we made, in the meanwhile I was still under the shock that I couldn’t even open my car door! I asked him “Did we hit hard?”, “No, no everything is OK, it doesn’t look like there is anything” he replied (Thank God again).

In the middle of the shortcut, we kind of figured out that it's moving so slow... really so slow!, so we decided to go on the normal regular way, so just turning to the other lane to head back, since the other lane was almost free (no cars actually was going on the other way), so snow was heavier on the road, so again, my car got stuck in this snow, and Again I tried to get the full car's horsepower to get out of this thing!... Anyway we went back to the MS campus, I parked my car in the garage, we took Ali's car to go back home, he and his wife spent some time with me and my Mom, we went down for a while to play in the snow... headed back, watched a little TV... and then they just went home...
Wow, What a day... How many times did this happen to u?!... It was kind of a cool day after all.

The Truth The Way It Is!

2007-01-11T03:17:00.000-08:00

Read this post and Fahmy Howeidy's article that was banned from publishing
The sarcastic post:
http://engafm.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post_24.html
The banned article:
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=41645&r=t

Let me take this part from the article, and put it here, as I feel it really describes what's going on in Egypt now... What do u think?

في «أحلام فترة النقاهة» - الحلم رقم ٢٠٣ - التي تطبعها الآن «دار الشروق» مكتملة، كتب الأستاذ نجيب محفوظ يقول: رأيتني أقرأ كتاباً وإذا بسكاري رأس السنة يرمون قواريرهم الفارغة، فتطايرت شظايا، وينذرونني بالويل، فجريت إلي أقرب قسم شرطة، ولكني وجدت الشرطة منهمكة في حفظ الأمن العام، فجريت إلي فتوة الحي القديم، وقبل أن أنتهي من شكواي هب هو ورجاله وانقضوا علي الخمارة التي يشرب فيها المجرمون، وانهالوا عليهم بالعصي حتي استغاثوا بي!

المعني الذي أراد نجيب محفوظ توصيله أن «الأمن العام» في مفهوم رجال الشرطة ليس هو أمن الناس أو المجتمع، ولكنه أمن النظام، وعلي الناس أن يدركوا هذه «الحقيقة» وأن يتصرفوا علي هذا الأساس. وملاحظته هذه تفسر لنا المفارقة التي نحن بصددها، حيث لم تنتبه الشرطة إلي عمليات القتل التي مارستها عصابة التوربيني طوال السنوات السبع التي خلت، لأنها كانت منشغلة «بالأمن العام» المتمثل في متابعة النشطاء السياسيين، الأمر الذي يجسد الاهتمام بالأمن السياسي دون الأمن الاجتماعي، وهو موقف يعبر بصدق عن الخلل الشديد في علاقة السلطة بالمجتمع في مصر، والذي ترجح فيه كفة السلطة باستمرار، الأمر الذي رتب نتيجة مهمة خلاصتها أن تأمين النظام بات أهم واجبات الشرطة، وكل ما عدا ذلك تتراجع أهميته أو تنعدم.
هذا التفسير رددته بعض التحليلات التي نشرتها صحف المعارضة، حتي أصبح أمراً متعارفاً عليه ومسلماً به، ناهيك عن أن شواهد الواقع تؤيده. والانطباع السائد في المجتمع المصري الآن أن أغلب مخافر الشرطة أصبحت تستقبل بفتور وعدم اكتراث أي بلاغ تتلقاه حول قضية جنائية أو مدنية، لكنها تستنفر وتعلن الطوارئ وتهرول، إذا كانت القضية سياسية أو كان البلاغ يشكك في وجود رائحة للإرهاب في أي مكان.
ليس ذلك فحسب، وإنما بات مستقراً في أوساط الشرطة أن كفاءة الضابط أو القيادي، ومن ثم ارتقاءه واستمراره، ذلك كله يقاس بمدي الإنجاز الذي يحققه في ملاحقة وإجهاض العمليات الإرهابية، فضلاً عن كفاءته في «التعامل مع الإرهابيين بالأسلوب المناسب»، وهو ما يدفع رجال الأمن إلي التفاني في اتجاه والتراخي في الاتجاه الآخر، وفي ظل ذلك الوضع فلا يستغرب ألا ترصد ممارسات عصابة «التوربيني»، بينما تسلط الأضواء القوية علي ممارسات طلاب الجامعة، إذ بحكم ذلك المنطق، فإنه من حسن حظ الرجل وعصابته أنهم ليسوا في عداد «الإرهابيين»، حيث لم يفعلوا أكثر من أنهم اغتصبوا وقتلوا ٣٠ طفلاً فقط!

Human

2007-01-09T20:20:00.000-08:00

It’s weird when some1 feels he is on the top of the world.. when some1 forgets about God.. When some1 thinks he rules.. He Rocks!.. he have everything!.. every1 wishes to be in his place!.. and yet, at this very moment, no matter who he is, what he does, where he is!.. Something happens make him think about that all over again.. Something reminds him that he’s just so fragile.. very easily breakable!.. It doesn’t even have to happen 2 u.. but something might happen to some1 u love, or some1 u care about.. at this very moment, u remember again ur god, go pray, do what u have to.. u don’t think u rock anymore, u just found out that u r just a human being.. who have feelings, one of the feelings is to be afraid, afraid of the unknown!.. the unknown that might happen 2 u, and u just pray and wish it doesn’t.. God be with us all, helping and supporting us.

Seattle 2007

2007-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Eid, Happy New Year and Merry Christmas everyone.. Yesterday we went (Me, Ali and his wife, Meshref and Ramy) to watch the fireworks beside the Space Needle down town Seattle..

It was pretty cool.. I had my camera with me, I took pics of us and for the fire works.. all these pics were taken by me in the event, I also took a couple of videos for the event.. before u watch the video, please turn ur volume down a little bit, there is a lot of people screaming and yelling all around me (They are really really excited!) :-) I was excited too, :-) but apparently not as much as they were!.

Video: Seattle 2007

There was a symphony playing, and the fire works were just like the equalizer for the music playing.. It was really interesting.. I'm kind of shy to post my personal pics, but this is the first time I'm gonna post any pics in my blog.. here is a pic of us.. Ali - Me - Meshref - Ramy.

As u all can c.. :-) it was really cold, we were all wearing all the clothes we have!..

In brief, It was fun and a cool event.. In the middle of all that, all what I miss, Is my Fiancee (Radwa).. I really do Miss u, hope u'll be with me soon.. Hope u all r having fun these days too. If not, don't worry about it, just do what u have to do now, finish it right, and then u'll have ur fun time soon.. untill then, just take care..

After MS Interview!

2006-12-26T04:02:00.000-08:00

well, there are 3 outputs from MS interviews!, those who get accepted, those who know that they didn't did good and that's why they were not accepted, and those who don't know what on earth has just happened!..

well, to start with who didn't get accepted, it's really OK, as a start try to find what did u miss?.. try to read my Interview tips again, hope this could help!. Try to look at the interview process as an experience interview, u really did sit with gr8 minds, team leads and managers in the largest software development company in the world!.. they r brilliant, and u had the opportunity to talk to them coz from the phone interview, they suggested that u r a qualified person, and u r qualified, u just need some more work to do. Do it, study harder for next time interviews, Don't give up!, it's really a life time chance that's gonna change ur life!!, u can't give up that easily!, or can u?.

For everyone got accepted!, Congratulations!.. :-) I'm really happy and looking forward to c u soon in MS campus!, u really reached something u dreamed about for a long time!, or maybe worth, u didn't even dare to dream about it!. will to be honest, if u think that u reached ur goal, maybe it'll take u some time, maybe till u start working, and u'll find it's not the end, it's just the start!!.. what do u think!, that this is ur stop!, it's just getting starting!..

well, there is a lot of stuff that u'll need to ask about of course, a MS recruiter will contact u soon to talk to u about many things, u'll be assigned a relocation specialist, a paralegal, and a lawyer!.. all will work with u for ur visa procedures if u are not already an American citizen... MS consider it all as a long term investment.. Investment in U!. Don't get scared!, Never be afraid, those people who hired u know what they r doing!, U R QUALIFIED TO WORK FOR MS.. u needed me to tell u that!.

2 days ago, I'm still currently working in a tool that's gonna be released with MS longhorn next year, so I was discussing the implementation design and algorithm with my team member (He's also now my project lead or my senior Dev.).. well, He's 27, he has 2 masters in Computer science!.. and he has been working for MS for a bit more than 1 year now.. To be honest, getting my code reviewed is not that easy in MS!!.. there's a lot to talk about during code review, a lot of standards that u need to follow!!.. a lot of things that u need to secure and make sure that u didn't leak!.. so we had this argument about a performance issue in the design that he wants to implement, to make it brief and simple, I didn't agree to initialize all the class objects just by calling the constructor, if the caller needs to do something I wanted him to call it individually just in case the caller doesn't need to use all the methods!.
Well, after a long argument with him, we both agreed to use his approach in case the caller is actually gonna use all the methods that's called in the constructor!.. Anyway that's not what I needed to tell u, but, I'm just like u, I just graduated from the Computer science school in Cairo, and I just had a good and a true argument with some1 here!.. what I want to say is, If I'm OK, U'll be!.. :-) I'm actually just like u, hope I continue to be OK!..

But really, U'll learn everything!.. right now, concentrate on whatever u r doing, if u have any questions about the procedures or anything in ur mind u r free to leave me a comment and hopefully I'll be able to answer ur questions!

Microsoft Interview Results!

2006-12-18T15:37:00.000-08:00

OK.. Today, I knew that 3 of my friends, including my best friend Emad are going to be offered positions for Dev Div team in Microsoft.. I hope my tips helped all of u to pass.. I also hope that the whole interview process ( doesn't matter if u got accepted or not) had been a nice and a good experience for u. You really met gr8 minds, had the opportunity to talk and chat and solve problems with them.. Had the opportunity to think with them.. Please make it a useful experience for u.. and If u didn't have an offer, study harder for the comeback!..

for anyone who has participated in this interview process (Doesn't have to be exactly these interviews, any interviews that u did with MS even in the past), can u please tell us ur experience, how did u do?, is there anything that anyone should know about?, how to prepare, how did u feel?.. how many questions did u answer?, what do u need to stress on next time in the interviews?.. how did the interviewers talk with u?.. even the simplest stuff that u were curios about before the interview, say it so that others can benefit from it.. waiting for replies.

Microsoft Interview Tips!

2006-12-08T19:48:00.000-08:00

Of course since I'm a SDE, I'll talk about tips for SDEs or SDETs interviewing for MS..

Tip #1. Do u love Microsoft?.. want to join MS? why?
U really have to think why do u want to join MS and do u have the passion for technology or what it can do?!.. that's a question u need to ask urself!. Try to read more about Microsoft.. have u heared about something called the green house?.. try to do some homework about the company that u wish to join.

#2. SDE or SDET?.. Prove it!
CODE, CODE, CODE, CODE... U really need to write a lot of code on paper.. think on paper!.. remember there won't be a PC in the interview process, u'll be asked to write a lot of code on paper.. Test and debug your code.. Think, be creative!.
Optimizations.. From now on, whenever u write a piece of code, optimize it.. was it O(n^2)?.. make it O(n*log n) by some sort of binary search or something.. did u do it?.. Why don't u start using pointers, get a handle to the whole input or something, and maybe u'll be able to optimize it to be O(n)!!!

#3. Your CV... 95% Your interviewers will have your CV while interviewing you.
Everything in your CV, U must really know it.. Know ur CV..

#4. It's not all about how much u already know!.. It's about how much u r ready to learn.
It's about ur ability to develop.. and believe me it's totally true, I'm here and I c it myself!.. People in Microsoft have the ability to recognize who have this ability and who don't!.

#5. Communication!!.. how do u communicate with the interviewers?, do they understand u?.. did they get what u really want to say?.. do u understand them?.. how good is ur english?
If your english is not that good, u still need to communicate with ur interviewer, u still need to show him how good u r!.. So, If you didn't understand a question or part of it, after the interviewer finishes, ask him to repeat the question again.. It's really OK to ask, and believe me it's much better than answering a whole different question!. u still need some data?, talk with the interviewer.. Communicate with him!!.. if ur english really doesn't help u, then after u have been asked the question, try to have like 10 sec. or something to put the answer in place in enlgish, and then say it, try to avoid hesitating or talking then stop, then talk again, then stop!.. it makes the interviewer feels that u lack some confidence, and its a kind of miss communication too!.. Ur interviewer might be ur team lead, or team member!, so If u can't communicate with him, he won't be sure to accept u!.

#6. Be ready for the interview!.. u really really need to study very hard!.
Solve all types of puzzles u c.. Data Structures, u have to be able to write full classes of a linked list, trees... etc. on paper!.. what's a stack?, how to test it?.. etc. Searching in a string, string operations, binary search... Sorting, all types of sorting, did u know that there is a sorting algorithm that sorts an array of integers in O(n)?.. read about it, it'll open ur mind to code optimization.

#7. No matter how many questions u've read, no matter how many interview questions u have read... Get ready to c whole new set of questions in ur interview!.
Don't get surprised or afraid from any question.. always expect that u r going to be asked a new question!.. go step by step.. Don't be afraid.. no matter how u think this question is hard or un-solvable. IT IS!.. just start collecting small info, write them down.. go another step forward.. just a small one... U 'll be there!.

I hope u'll remember all these tips, make sure u do them!.. about what to wear, u r free to wear anything!, ur interviewers might be wearing shorts!!. so wear whatever is comfortable.. for example I was wearing a black trousers and a grey T-shirt.. just whatever makes u stop thinking about it!..
I guess that's all what anybody should need in a Microsoft interview!.. but really if u have any questions or need some help with some specific thing that I missed or anything that u have in mind, u r free to leave me a comment and I'll be more than glad to answer or help!.. Hope to c u soon in Microsoft Campus!

Who Am I ?

2006-12-04T01:49:00.000-08:00

"Just a normal person with nothing to lose" Academy award winner Kevin Spacey in American Beauty. I just wanted to say this sentence coz I really love it.. about me?, I'm just a normal average guy, love to have fun.. Love to be Free!!

Don't u want to be free?!, Imagine how tied u r right now?, how many things are running thru ur mind?.. don't u want to relax for a while?!, stop thinking.. ur work, ur friends, ur fiancee or wife or girlfriend, ur career, how much u should save each month, how much u owe to some1.. Oh my god, 5 min of peace of mind are considered a treasure these days!..
How r u?....... No really.. How r u?!.. Are u OK.. don't worry, everything is gonna be OK.. everything is really gonna pass.. WOW, don't ever feel alone.. that's a bad feeling, it's weird, no matter how different people are, it's harder than they can stand to be alone!..
so, take a look around u.. Float above ur body.. c urself right now sitting in ur office or ur room, take a look on people around u.. What r they doing?.. How do they feel?.. If ur love is near u, hug him/her.. Call him/her to tell her that u love them.. that they mean the world 2 u..
ask them.. How r u?.. How u doing?.. I just realized that this simple question means the care of the world!.. How are they holding in life..

learn how to relax.. Love.. Stop thinking for a while.. Love ur life.. Thank god for everything u have.. Kiss ur mom & dad telling them that u really appreciate how they did their best to raise u.. be thankful for what u have.. how r ur friends?.. It's amazing how many people are running in my mind right now, even if they think I never think about them, or doesn't even know, but I'm sure I'm also on somebody's mind right now..

I'm not a philosopher and sure not trying to be one.. And I'm sure u have no idea what I'm talking about.. but don't worry.. U'll some day..

After One Month With MS

2006-11-03T21:27:00.000-08:00

Well, Do you want to know how Microsoft is?..

Ok... Microsoft Campus is HUGE!!.. We have many buildings, many many buildings.. My building is building 28.. We have almost like 5 soccer fields in the campus, probably like 1 baseball field and basketball courts in some buildings.. U can come to work at anytime u want to.. Almost all communications are done by e-mail, I'm still new but there are these automatic groups that u join since u r in their team, so u receive every day at least 20 e-mails.. For me, most likely I receive 8 e-mails that are sent for me (not for a group that I join) by my boss, my team members, MS benefits.. etc..

U have a 1-on-1 meeting every week with ur direct manager to talk about ur progress, any issues that u have, ur plans..etc.. I'm an SDE (Software Development Engineer) in the Windows serviceability team (Team responsible of delivering hot-fixes, service packs and special customer's services) and I have 2 Pcs on my desk.. 2 LCD monitors, and u have a switch so that u actually can switch one LCD between the 2 Pcs... My 2 LCDs work with on pc, and with the switch I can switch one of the LCDs to see the other PC... One of the Pcs is my Development PC, and the other is my testing PC.. U have 2 LCDs attached to one PC because that increases ur productivity in writing code, this way its easier for you to open 2 VS or have 2 maximized windows one on the 1st LCD and other App is on the other one and u can move everything around and c everything clearly without having to minimize and maximize every now and then (and believe me having 2 LCDs is not just nice and fun to have, they actually DO increase ur productivity)..

Right now buildings are crowded and they r building new buildings to fit all MS employees, so I'm currently sharing an office with some1, so almost every office now contain two SDEs or SDETs (SDE in Test).. Except ofcourse Team leads and PMs who have their own single offices.. U have this MS ID card, where u enter the buildings just by passing it infront of this thing so that the door opens for u, no one should be in MS campus unless he's a visitor or an employee, otherwise MS security will ask him to leave asap and 'll make sure that no one un-authorized is in the campus..

Each floor in the buildings have free video game, foosball (the little soccer table with little players) or an Xbox in one of the meeting rooms (all these games are actually in my building).. There is also free Cokes , popcorn, Starbucks Coffee.. all free.. You have a lot of meetings every week, and I mean a lot of meetings.. My outlook calendar is filled with meetings and events and sessions.. Some of the sessions I have them scheduled next June or something!!..

People working in MS are from all countries, u c Arabs, Indians (of course, 2 of my team mates are Indians), Chinese ( have a team mate who's Chinese), British, French (my manager is French), Bangladesh, Turkey and of course from the US (one of my team members also is American).. So my team consists of 5 and our team lead is 6..

People in Microsoft are really really nice, really funny, and really polite.. We have this gr8 environment between us, which makes us really a team.. U r flexible to do anything u want, which makes u comfort, so u want to make others comfort, which reflect to the way u work, so u want to produce more and more, in a better way.. Which I think is excellent environment to work.. In my 1st and 2nd week I had this 3 or 4 meetings, where all the WinSE Devs (Windows serviceability Developers) join and all we did was introducing new employees like me, and introducing old employees and having jokes and laughs!.. :-) so we r really working hard..

One thing that I really really liked, and still amazed!.. is that I met all people who interviewed me.. and they all remember me by NAME!!.. I come to them say Hey, u might not remember me, and before even I complete my sentence, they say.. heyyy.. I remember u.. U r Hany Barakat from Egypt!!.. even my manager's manager remembered me by name!!.. btw they didn't remember others who got accepted in same interviews last year.. THEY ONLY REMEMBER ME.. AND BY NAME!!!

I also met Priya, she was my recruiter, we had this welcome party one day, I had some energy so I was all over the party making jokes and playing with everyone, That made Priya ask me to have an interview with her to post it on Microsoft Jobs blog!!.. so we r having this next week in the Cafe while having lunch.. so my name is gonna be on MS website from the 1st month at work!!.. :-) cool !!..

Right now I'm using C++ in the product that I'm working on now, which might scare some people coz we didn't study C++ in school and I always thought that VC++ is really hard.. but this is not Visual, this is only C++, u either work on a console application or a library, I never liked VC++, but C++ is fine.. also I'm in WinSE team, so most of the code is already there, I only either fix something in it or redesign it to work better.. and if there is any function that I don't understand, there are many places to look it up and know what exactly it does.

Owns in MS means this part is yours, u r responsible for it.. it's ur code.. I own this tool that I'm working on right now which 'll be shipped n sha2 Allah with Windows Longhorn Server next year.. and after Windows Vista is shipped, I 'll own many of the file systems and new file systems in it, and I 'll also own the command propmpt!!.. the cmd.exe!!.. :-).. which I find cool to own something used by many people!..

In MS we don't use VS to build or compile, instead we have this command prompt tool to build and compile our code.. and u can edit ur code anyway u want, but u only compile using this tool..
The first thing u do is do something called enlisting (downloading the source code on ur machine to be able to compile).. only if u have permissions to.. and since I'm in the WinSE team I can enlist any Windows version to compile..

Actually there is still a lot to talk about!!.. so y don't we leave it in another post?.. hope 2 c u all soon.

US 2nd day

2006-09-30T01:17:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I last post anything, I was relocating to the US since my last post, Seattle, Now I'm in Seattle. Actually its a very nice city, very alive, looks cool, a lot of things to do around, near the sea so u can get nice scene every once and a while. I'm staying now downtown Seattle not in Redmond where Microsoft is. Check out Seattle on any map on the internet to know where to live near Microsoft campus which can be found . There is Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Mercer Island and Kirkland.

I took a tour today in most of these places with my relocation consultant, I still don't know much about them, still not sure where I'm going to rent in the end, but still, I have along time to choose, things will be more clear in a month or a month and half. My start date is next Monday 2nd of October. Wish me luck.
I miss all my friends, even though when I was in Cairo, we didn't used to see each other that often, :-) but now when I know that I won't be seeing them for a long time, I really do miss them. Ofcourse I miss Radwa (My Fiancee) the most, we talk to each other and I see her in the webcam everyday, but still I wish she was here with me, but I'm OK... I just need some time to sort things out and bring here to share out life together. I really do miss her, I miss all my friends.
I got lost today while I was picking the rental car, it supposed to have a GPS so that it can help me to show me the way home, but as soon as I drove out of the rental garage, the GPS started to tell me where to go, :-) and suddenly in the middle of no where, I realized it was talking about a whole different road, it couldn't even show the map of where I'm, it didn't locate my location right. I stopped at a fire department and asked for directions, then I managed to go to the highway, and I drove along way before seeing a Seattle and Redmond signs, that's when I remembered from my tour in the morning this road, and managed to go downtown Seattle. In downtown Seattle, all I did was turning the GPS off and back on Again, and suddenly, now it can locate my correct location and it was just perfect. Nice experience I believe. For those who are curios the car Im driving now is a Pontiac G6. I 'll see u around.

الطالبة الاء

2006-09-03T16:37:00.000-07:00

Please note the next lines contains some words that some could find them inappropriate or others could be offended by these words, I just warned u so that if u completed to read u know u 'll find some words that u might not like, anyway, I was reading some other blogs and 'Kefaya' Blogs, and I found this very interesting words about the famous incident that happened to an Egyptian student. U can find the whole story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5134470.stm
Now with the words I found at http://daktara.blogspot.com (Again there are some words that might offend some readers, specially female readers).

تتقدم مؤسسة الرجل الكبير قوي بتوجيه الشكر لك ايها المدرس الصغير علي ما فعلته من كشف الجريمة النكراء التي ارتكبتها الاء ذات العقل والذكاء,ولا ادري كيف كانت بهذا الغباء حتي تكتشف ان سيدنا جورج بوش هو حاكم العالم وان له عملاء في كل البلاد ومصر ايضا من العباد ومش علي راسها ريشة لأ والمصيبة تكتب كده في الامتحان وكأن البلد مفيهاش امن او نظام,نشكرك علي عدم اغفال هذه الورقة وقيامك بواجبك علي اكمل وجه بتحويل الورقة الي الظابط المختص بتصحيح التعبير في وزارة التربية والامن العام ونشكره علي رفعه الامر الي وكيل وزارة التربية والتعريس ومنه الي الوزير ابننا الامير الحامي والغفيرالشجاع الهمام الذي اتخذ قراره بالاعدام للطالبة الاء واقرانها منهم الاوفياء, شكرا ايها المدرس فانت حافظ علي النظام والكرسي والالتزام , ومرفق بهذا الخطاب قرار ترقيتك لرتبة نقيب ورقيب وعلي الكتابة حسيب لأي ابن كلب او حبيب بيحب وطنه وعنده مخ ولسان وعايز يبعدنا عن الكرسي والكرباج والصولجان
هذه الرسالة بمناسبة حرمان الطالبة الاء من الامتحان واعتبارها راسبة لانها كتبت نقد للنظام
في موضوع التعبير في امتحان اللغة العربية

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Alexandria Trip

2006-09-01T16:38:00.000-07:00

I went 2day to Alex to see my best freind Emad.. we spent some time together, he ordered lunch for us, and we spend some good time.. I 'll go to visit him again soon n sha2 Allah before I go to the US with Ahmed Nada.. Anyway, I 'll tell u about this trip as soon as we do it.. while I was with Emad, we talked a little about Marina and how its a little different from Egypt, from us, and how people live there.. after I came back I found this mail sent to me.. An article written by Yousef Maa'ti...

كتب: يوسف معاطي

حاضر‏..‏ خلاص‏..‏ فلقتوني‏..‏ و‏..‏ ذهبنا الي مارينا‏..‏ ولأنني لست مارينيا اصيلا كنت مضطرا الي التنكر في هيئة مارينية حتي لا أكسف المدام والاولاد أمام المارينز أعني المارينيين‏..‏ ارتديت شورت بلو بتلتميت جنيه‏(‏ والنعمة الشريفة‏)‏ علي تي شيرت روز‏..‏ مع شبشب ستايل ونضارة‏..‏ وكاسكيتة‏..‏باختصار الطقم الذي ارتديته هذا كلفني ما يوازي بالضبط راتبي في الاهرام عن كتابة مقالات لمدة سنة ونص‏..‏ كان الشاطيء الذي قبلني علي مضض شاطئا خاصا يقف علي بابه بودي جاردات يتأملون الداخلين‏..‏ ودخلت المدام بكل ألاطة‏..‏ وخلفها ابنتنا‏..‏ والاصدقاء‏..‏ وما ان جاء دوري أنا حتي وجدت يدا تنزل أمامي‏..‏ ويسألني صاحب الذراع القوية‏..‏ الباشا داخل لمين ؟‏!‏يبدو ان شكلي برغم التنكر كان يبدو عليه البيئة برضه‏..‏ الراجل ده عبيط ولا ايه هو مش شايف الشورت‏,‏ ولم ينقذني من الموقف إلا البودي جارد الآخر الذي كان عنده خبر بي‏..‏ وقال لزميله سيب الباشا ده تبع شريف بيه‏..‏ وشريف بيه صديقي الذي عزمني هو ماريني قديم غارق في مارينيته يحب دائما ان يلم حوله صفوة المجتمع‏,‏ ويبدو أنه اعتبرني ولا اعرف لماذا اعتبرني واحدا من الصفوة فدعاني إلي الشاطيء الخاص‏..‏ وسمعت البودي جارد الذي منعني من الدخول يقول لزميله مندهشا‏..‏ ده يوسف معاطي‏!!‏ أنا معرفتوش‏..‏ يبدو أن تنكري الذي تصورت انه سينفعني هو الذي كان العقبة في دخولي‏..‏والحقيقة‏..‏ الشورت ما كانش بتلتميت جنيه هو كان في حدود متين وخمسين‏!!‏ قالت لي المدام وهي سعيدة بالمكان كان بيقولك ايه البودي جارد‏,‏ قلت لها لا بس كان عاوز يتصور معايا انتي عارفة المعجبين ورذلتهم بأه‏..‏ نظرت نحوي بغيظ ثم قالت‏..‏ طلع الفانلة برة الشورت‏..‏ قلت لها‏..‏ بس عشان ماركة الشورت تبان‏..‏ ده انا دافع دم قلبي فيه‏..‏ جلسنا تحت الشمسية وانخرطنا بسهولة بين المارينيين حتي لو انك كنت معنا لم تكن تستطيع مهما أوتيت من قوة الملاحظة ان تفرق بيني وبينهم‏..‏لا اريد أن أذكركم ان الشورت لوحده بمتين جنيه فهذه معلومة وصرتم تعرفونها جيدا‏..‏ كانت المايوهات البكيني تمر أمامنا‏..‏ كأسراب الحمام واحدة تلي الأخري في ايقاع متناغم وكأن جاد شويري هو اللي قال لهم يعملوا كده‏..‏
قالت زوجتنا‏(‏ وهي مارينية التوجه‏)‏ متأففة وهي تنظر حولها‏..‏ لأ‏..‏ الشاطيء ده لم خالص‏..‏ بأه بيئة قوي‏..‏ حدجتها بنظرة من طرف المبروكة‏(‏ عيني‏)‏ إذ لا أعرف لماذا شعرت انني المقصود بتلقيح الكلام ده‏..‏ واطمأن قلبي حينما وجدتها تنظر نحو بعضهم وقالت‏..‏ لبسهم رخيص قوي‏..‏قلت لها‏..‏ هو فين لبسهم ده‏..‏ أنا مش شايف حد لابس اي حاجة‏..‏ قالت‏..‏ ما انا باتكلم عن المايوهات‏..‏ مر بائع الفريسكا‏..‏ وهتفت ابنتنا كالعادة‏..‏ عاوزة فريسكا‏..‏ وجاء الرجل من نفسه كده دون ان أدعوه واعطاها للبنت كأنه بابا نويل‏..‏ و‏..‏ لكن بابا الحقيقي الذي هو أنا يجب ان يدفع‏..‏ كام يابابا ؟‏!‏ ثلاثين جنيه‏..‏ قبل ان أهم بان افاصل الرجل الحرامي‏..‏ زغرت لي زوجتي وهمست في غيظ‏..‏ خللي بالك‏..‏ انت في مارينا‏..‏ حاضر‏..‏ ومر بائع البطاطس‏..‏ وعهتفت ابنتنا‏..‏ عاوزة بطاطس‏..‏ وفي ثانية كان من نفسه كده يدس قرطاس البطاطس في يد البنت‏..‏ و‏..‏ عشرة جنيه‏..‏ ثم ساندوتشات سوسيس‏..‏ وخمسين جنيه‏..‏ هكذا‏..‏ ولا تأكل ابنتنا سوي قضمة صغيرة من كل حاجة ثم تنفلت بحركة مارينية اصيلة وتترك كل هذا او تجري
علي البحر‏..‏ وأنا كان دوري أن آكل بقايا المفعوصة مش نعمة دي‏!!‏فيه ناس مش لاقية العيش الحاف‏..‏ همست زوجتنا في اذني بحدة وطي صوتك‏..‏ أنت مش قاعد ع القهوة‏..‏ انت في مارينا‏..‏ وفجأة مرت أمامنا امرأة ومعها رجل ماريني‏..‏ قالت زوجتنا‏..‏ دي سوزي‏..‏ صاحبتي‏..‏ وما ان رأتها سوزي حتي عانقتها‏.‏ وأزيك‏..‏ وعامله أيه‏..‏ وكله كويس‏..‏ وانجوي بأه‏..‏ وموبايلات والحاجات دي‏..‏ ثم قدمت لنا الرجل الماريني‏..‏ الذي كان مرتديا شورت نسخة طبق الاصل من شورتي ابو مية وخمسين جنيه وقالت لنا اشرف جوزي‏.‏ ولما كانت سوزي في العام الماضي قد قدمت لنا رجلا آخر بنفس الصفة‏..‏همست لزوجتي‏..‏ هي مش كانت متجوزة واحد تاني طلع امتي ده‏..‏ فنظرت نحوي بغيظ وقامت‏..‏ وطي صوتك‏..‏ انت في مارينا‏..‏ جاءت ابنتنا تجري من البحر وخاطبتني بانجليزية سليمة متأثرة بالجو المحيط بها‏..‏ بابي آي ونت بي نت‏..‏ يعني عاوزة فول سوداني‏..‏ وردت عليها امها بانجليزية اغاظتني قليلا‏..‏ اوكيه دار لنج‏..‏ لاحظوا اني كل ده قافل بقي‏..‏ ثم فجأة مر بنا رجل ماريني ومعه امرأة رائعة‏..‏ وجاء نحوي وسلم بحرارة انت مش
فاكرني‏..‏ أنا عصمت جوز سوزي‏..‏ اللي قابلتك السنة اللي فاتت اقدم لك هايدي مراتي‏..‏همست لزوجتي‏..‏ هو عصمت وسوزي بيصيفوا هما الاثنين في مارينا وكل واحد معاه فردة جديدة‏..‏ صرخت زوجتي وقالت‏..‏ وبعدين‏..‏ انا قلت أيه‏..‏ وطي صوتك‏..‏ انت في مارينا‏..‏ وأخيرا جاء الرجل بتاع البي نت اللي هوه السوداني ليأخذ حسابه‏..‏ كام ياعم‏..‏ قال أربعين جنيه‏..‏ صرخت فيه بأه ما انا كاتم في قلبي من الصبح شوية سوداني قد كف البت بأربعين جنيه ليه كيلو السوداني لما يضربه الدم يعمل كام ياعم الحاج‏!!‏والتف حولنا المصطافون وأنا كأني ماسورة وانفتحت‏..‏ توترت زوجتي‏..‏ وأخذت تشدني من الشورت ابو اربعين جنيه ولما فاض بها الكيل‏..‏ صرخت‏..‏ قائلة‏..‏ فضحتنا‏..‏ اقعد بأه ـ وامسك لسانك ده‏..‏ أنت ايه‏..‏ هنا‏..‏ همست لها بحدة‏..‏ وطي صوتك‏..‏ انتي في مارينا‏..‏ و‏..‏
عدنا‏.‏

Egyptian Disaster.. AGAIN!!

2006-08-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

From the BBC News: The collision between two passenger trains in Egypt is the country's worst rail accident for four years!!.

This is the worst in Four years!!.. Does that mean this is not the only accident!!.. Actually I made some search myself, Look what I found:

February 2006: Passenger ferry with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea.
January 2004: Airliner crashes into Red Sea No survivors likely. A charter with 152 people aboard, most of them French tourists, crashed shortly after takeoff.
February 2002: Train travelling south from Cairo was consumed by a fire, killing some 373 people.
November 1999: A train travelling between Cairo and Alexandria hit a truck and derailed, killing 10 and injuring seven.
April 1999: At least 10 people died and nearly 50 were injured in northern Egypt after a head-on collision between trains.
October 1998: About 50 people were killed and more than 80 injured in a derailment just south of Alexandria. The train failed to stop at buffers and ran into a busy market square. Reports suggested that passengers travelling on the roof of the train may have tampered with an air pipe, disabling the brakes.
February 1997: At least 11 people died after a collision caused by human error and a signalling failure north of Aswan.
February 1996: A train hit a lorry on level crossing 90km north of Cairo, killing 11 people.
December 1995: A train rammed into the back of another in thick fog, killing 75 people. The driver was blamed after an inquiry found that the train was travelling well above the speed limit.
May 1995: Nine people died after a train hit a barrier just north of Cairo and derailed.
April 1995: A train and a bus collided on a level crossing in the Nile Delta, killing 49.
December 1993: At least 12 people died and 60 were injured when two trains collided head-on about 90km north of Cairo.
February 1992: A head-on train collision just outside Cairo killed 43 people.

Just look at all these people getting killed!!, that's one of the worst symbols of just how low the Egyptian citizen is in the government eyes!.. I blame the government for all these disasters.. I believe if the government has even the lowest self dignity, the whole government should resign and announce that they fail to rule Egypt, From the president to every single minister to the heads of the country!.. All should resign form their positions.. But ofcourse, nothing will happen, Its just normal disaster that happens in every country like they always say.. Hope u wake up fellows, and no it doesn't happen this often.. I find no words to say except these written by Ahmed Fouad Negm, Actually its for a whole different disaster when he wrote this poem, but I 'll just use his lines in this disaster too.

الحمد لله خبطنا
تحت بطاطنا
يا اهل مصر المحميه
بالحراميه
الفول كتير والطعميه
والبر عمار
والعيشه معدن واهي ماشيه
اخر اشيا
مادام جنابه والحاشيه
بكروش وكتار

ح تقول لى سينا وما سينا شي
ما تدوشناشي
ما ستميت اوتوبيس ماشى
شاحنين انفار
ايه يعني لما يموت مليون
او كل الكون
العمر اصلا مش مضمون
والناس اعمار

الحمدلله وأهي
ظاطت
والبيه حاطط
في كل حته
مدير ظابط
وإن شالله
حمار

ايه يعني شعب ف ليل ذلة
ضايع كله
دا كفاية بس اما تقول له
احنا الثوار

الحمد الله ولا حولا
مصر الدوله
غرقانة فى الكدب علاوله
والشعب احتار
وكفايه اسيادنا البعدا
عايشين سعدا
بفضل ناس تملا المعده
وتقول اشعار
اشعار تمجد وتماين
حتى الخاين
وان شا الله يخربها مداين
عبد الجبار

Ain Sokhna Trip

2006-08-15T03:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I was going to Ain El Sokhna, we started this trip at 5:30pm.. I just had my car battery replaced with a new one, so everything should be pretty fine.. Suddenly, on the middle of the road after 50 Kilos.. The car's battery indicator turned red.. These indicators don't turn on unless there is something wrong.. But it turned off after 5 min or something.. So, I was relieved... Then.. The ABS indicator turned on, then the Airbag system indicator turned on...

I pulled over by the side of the road, no one was really on road coz we were in the middle of the week, and no one actually take a vacation in the middle of the week. Anyway, I pulled over, turned off the car to take a look on the battery, maybe it has been installed in a wrong way or something, I took a look at the battery, everything is in place, everything is plugged in place. I came back into the car, turned it on.. And the engine doesn't start, its not turning on.
I tried to look again at the battery installation, but everything seems in place. I called my cousin, He's a mechanical engineer and very good at what he do, and me and his car have the same engine too. Anyway, he told me don't stop the car engine (He didn't know yet the I already stopped it). By this time, Another car pulled over to check on me, he asked if I need any help, Thank god one of them was actually a mechanic, he took a look at the battery, and he said its installed correctly, but since my car is automatic, we can't just give it a push and start the engine. I had wires so that we can connect my car battery with his, and we did, and I finally started the engine, my cousin told me to stop by the nearest gas station and check on the battery, and that there two options that could have done this, either the battery is bad, or the dynamo is not working.
I pulled over at the next gas station that I found, there were two guys at first who seemed didn't know much about anything, I told them not to touch anything, anyway the electrician in the gas station came, he checked it, over, and over, and over again.
And finally he came with the conclusion that the dynamo is not working. I called my cousin, he had the same opinion as the electrician, and they both told me that all we can do is, just charge the battery, then I have to drive all the way back to Cairo which is 60 Kilos away, without turning any lights on(it was almost 9pm), because all the electric of the car now is depending on the battery..
we charged it, I went on my way, took the first U turn, and headed back to Cairo, I turned off my lights, and I was going behind a microbus depending on his lights..
unfortunately, my car just dropped of battery, because the dynamo is not working, and it turned off by itself.
The bad and the good thing in all this was that my Mom was with me.. I called my cousin to tell him to call his friend who has those big cars to left our car all the way to Cairo, then I called 8000 (mobinil personal services) took the lifting car service of Mobil. I called them, they said they will send me one of their cars now. And they did.. The Mobil car arrived almost at 11:30, we lifted my car, drove to Cairo, sent the car to the mechanic, me and mom took all the stuff that we cant keep in the car (lots of stuff coz we were going in a vacation). Took a taxi back to home, and arrived home at 2:00 am. :-) WOW.. What a trip and a nice vacation!!.. Forgot to tell u, the sky was really clear while waiting for 3 hours in the desert, the stars where amazing, and only one car pulled over to check if we need anything or any help, only one car, all others just drove by!..

United Arab Nations!

2006-07-17T13:41:00.000-07:00

Today in the news: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen have decided to have one flag, and to plan to have their economy, currency, and army stand as one front, with all the political decisions taken by the people themselves in a true democracy.

Howcome Egypt doesn't pull back the ambassador from Israel!!.. How come we don't even condemns the Israelian attacks!!.. Howcome we blame 'Hezb Allah' saying that they kidnapped 2 soldiers, and we didn't condemn Israel attacking Palestinians every day, killing innocents in cold blood... howcome all Arabs just stand still watching their brothers getting killed!!!.. Can u imagine this, someone killed just by ur side, Here is a picture of it, u both knew about the war and trying to get out of the country, u r both in the bus, and a bus infront of u get blown up by bombs.. Ur bus stop!!.. Passengers run out of the bus with fire shooting all around them, running beside ur freind, he got shot!!.. Imagine ur best friend shot by Israelian soldiers in cold blood!.. He is bleeding infront of u.. That's what is happening now in Lebanon!!..

Its true, we r weak, every Arab country is standing alone.. Weak!.. Howcome there is not even an idea of an Arab union..

To every Israelian: U r not welcomed here, U r not welcomed in my blog, If that's the only thing I can do, then that's it, I 'm telling u in ur face, U r not welcomed by me, and on behalf of all my friends, u r not welcomed by any of them. And please know this, Every single true Arabian heart hates u and ur country..

Wedding

2006-07-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

There has been a lot going on lately.. Me leaving work at Harf, getting ready to my flight to the US.. Etc... Last Wednesday 5/7/2006, my best friend got married to a friend of ours.. ofcourse I'm so happy for them, I'm so happy for my best friend, but its kinda wired still, I feel something in me, part of me can't believe it..

Don't know y.. I'm not sad at all ofcourse, and I knew it was going to happen someday, but its just like a dream.. :-) my best friend is getting married!!.. May be coz we went throught a lot together.. And now... I don't know.. My be I just miss him.. miss all of us.. I do, really do.. I miss all my freinds.. God bless u Emad and Asmaa, and help all others to reach what they are dreaming of... I have 2 posts in the draft one about Microsoft's 3rd interview.. I 'll write 2 u later...

My Second Interview

2006-05-30T00:26:00.000-07:00

See Also: First Interview

He started with introducing himself, "Hello Hany, My name is Ahmed I'm a testing manager at Microsoft. One of the projects I worked on is testing TCP/IP over windows" or something like that. He started with asking me about my work and what I do, I told him that I developed the ticketing engine for the soccer African cup of nations 2006 that was used to book tickets online for the matches, and the previous week I just finished the development of the Syrian e-government website.
- "very cool, sounds nice... Ok Hany, lets c, Why do you want to join Microsoft?".

"I Love Microsoft, I love the way that Microsoft actually delivers the easiest OS and applications for grandma, grandpa, children and just normal end users. So, it actually delivers and support their needs even accessibility options and still secure".
That’s when he wondered "secured!!.. Don't u hear every now and then about windows trojans and hacks". My answer was "Well, how many windows OS in the world compared to other OSs, ok, what’s the number of end users that uses windows?.. Many of the windows users are actually children, old grandpas and grandmas, or just a normal end user that knows so little about computers. I believe these users are considered a good material for hacking. On the other hand, how many Linux is used on the world?, and who uses it?... most of the Linux users are actually professional IT or developers, give these guys a windows, and it 'll be secured to them just like a Linux and maybe more with up to date service packs and hot fixes. And don't forget that not using Linux so widely at homes like windows, makes it even harder for hackers to learn how to hack it, while the wide spread of windows, gives hackers an opportunity to try and learn on many users, but still, the wide spread of windows and the very good support, hot fixes, and service packs delivered by Microsoft after the windows release, makes it more reliable."
- "Fair enough, What if you couldn't join MS? What will u do?"
- "Its not gonna be the end of world, I’ll climb my career path as I should be, but still, Its like my dream to join MS, I love MS and I want to be part of its team, its just like u r a professional player, u play for many teams, I can join Google, Oracle or whatever, but I love MS as if it was my team and I'll love to join it in the end."
- "What you could probably give to Microsoft?. Do u know how many people work for Microsoft?.
- "A million"
- ":-) no no, not that much, 50,000. What’ll u give in the middle of all that?"
- "I’ll be part of the team, No one stands alone, I'm part of my team".
- "Fair enough, fair enough... Ok Hany, what’s your most 3 preferred computer fields that you like?".
- "Well, AI, I love AI... Cryptography... And" (I don't remember what my 3rd computer field that I said was).
- "Cool"

He read my CV a little bit, then asked me about cryptography, "If some1 wants to send secure information, encrypted information to another pc, how he could possibly do it?". We talked a little about private and public keys, in the end I was saying that PC1 that receives the data have a key which decrypts the message sent, and the other PC2 that sends the message have another key that encrypts the data.. That’s when he asked me
- "Ok, so how PC1 sends the key to PC2?!"
- "On a secure channel" I replied.
- "What is a secure channel!, there nothing called secure channel!" he said while drawing it on paper a channel between 2 PCs, and then drawing a line cutting the channel he drew saying "I'm here now, I interrupted this channel and I can know what’s the key".
I started to think... We just can’t encrypt the key coz that’ll need other keys so that’s an infinite loop. It took me about 10 sec when I said "So what! It doesn’t matter if any one sees the key; actually we don’t even need a secure channel or anything. It’s a public key. Anyone can encrypt a message and send it to me; its just no one can decrypt it; because only me have the private decryption key".

He then started to ask me if I know assembly, my answer was "Yes, we studied assembly during my 3rd year and I love it, but I don't remember it very well". He asked me about interrupts, is there functions in assembly and how we pass parameters between functions...etc.

He then gave me what's considered my first problem during my 2nd interview "We want to implement a function, that takes as a parameter 2 numbers and an operator ('+' or '-') and returns the result of the first number plus or minus the second number depending on the operator. I want u to write the design of this function for me, no code, I don't want u to write the code for me, or the pseudo-code, I want a design, describe the function in text. Ur design, or what u 'll write now, 'll be given to a developer to implement it, so u have to write it so clearly that he can develop it without getting back 2 u or asking u about anything. U should consider in ur design 2 important things, first is object oriented, second is maintenance of the design, which means for example that we can increase the number of operators in the future."

I started to write the design as he said, just after I started he again told me to remember that he doesn't want code or pseudo-code. I took about 7 min or something and then he told me "Ok, that's enough, what we have here?” My design was fine, I considered object orientation and maintenance, for example I thought of having a function that takes an array of numbers and an array of operators, which then calls another function, so that we can increase the number of operations if we want, I also assumed that operators are kept in a table with a pointer to the function that implements this operator so that we can easily add more operators after implementing the function that does the operator and add it to the table, where each function of these takes 2 numbers and an operator and return it to the main function to continue with other operations if there is any more.

He read the design so fast with me, that's when he told me "Ok, I'll take this design now, I'll implement it, I'll code it on my notebook, While doing so, I want you to write the test cases for this function just on the back of your design."
I asked "How should I write the test cases? Like just the input and expected output?" "Yeah, just a table with inputs and expected output for each input"

I started to write my test cases. N.B.: Remember that the most important feature of any application or even a function, is to do what it was designed for. Always start with basic scenarios that 'll usually happen, and then u can begin to test the limits of ur function, maybe whats the max data it can hold as input, max data in output, what about min data, empty.. etc.

So, my first couple of test cases where just Normal test cases, 2+5=7, 8+2=10, 5-2=3, -4-3=-7.... 3.6 + 2.7 =! That's when I asked him "Are we allowed to add float numbers!” "That's actually a very good case, lets see, are we?, lets take a look at the design" he said. In my design I didn't mention whether numbers are integers, double or float, he told me numbers, and I wrote it in my design just like he said, and that's was just the beginning. I then told him that I’ll add in my design that the function allows float, but he told me "No, no, no the design has already been delivered we can’t change the design, just lets see other test cases". Int.Max+1 =!!! Again, I looked at him, "what then? What’s our limit?" I wondered. He answered with a big O, "That’s a very nice case, what's the output of your design on this case", Of course I answered the result’ll be Int.Min that's when he told me "Is that a reasonable answer!!, a guy give a very large number + 1 and the result is in negative!", I said "Nope, I should return an error or something". And ofcourse the same was with int.Min -1. He considered that’s enough trying to point out that my design wasn't actually the best as my test cases tell. That was probably everything about this problem, and we moved to this very hard question.

- "What is the most computer science field that u r good at, and I’ll ask u in it".
- "Thats the most hard question ever could asked" I said laughing.
- "Yes, in the matter of fact It is" He said.
- "Ok, well, AI, Artificial intelligence"
He then gave this puzzle "Four people must cross a bridge at night; the bridge can hold only two. The travelers must use a flashlight to guide their steps and there is only one flashlight. There is one of them that travels the bridge in 1 min, the second in 2 min, the third in 5 and the 4th in 10 min." and that's it.
I didn't get it, "Where is the problem then!!" I stared at him wondering, I couldn’t know so what! they just can pass.
That’s when the HR who were sitting with us spoke up, "So, u want him to get the optimum time to pass the bridge, don’t u?" she was asking Ahmed. He just said that he needed to get any solution, and then we’ll need to optimize it. "Well, I can’t think now but with the optimum path" I said. He answered "Be my guest".
I started to think and talking to myself, he tried to help me at a point, but I told him to wait, I can do it, I jumped to conclusions like that the 10 min guy must pass with the 5 min guy to minimize time, and neither of them can pass twice on the bridge, so whenever they pass together, some1 on the other side from the fast other guys (who are considered fast) must take the flashlight from them to turn it back, then that was it, I got all the hints, put them together and found the solution and told him about it. I believed at this point that the worst thing went on my interview was the design question.

"Time is up" HR said. “Ok Hany, IT was really nice to meet u" said Ahmed standing up and shaking my hand. While we were going out the door, still talking a little about ACM, I mentioned that I used to test the implementation of my friends in the contest because I used to give very good test cases that could define if there were any leaks in there implementation. That's when he pointed to the design paper telling me "Well, u seem u couldn't prove urself that much" he said with a very little smile on his face. To be honest that brought me down a bit as I was heading to the middle room (where we sit between interviews). I was the last one went out from the interview as all the interviewees already were waiting in the room. I sat there, opened a coke, kept on sipping small sips waiting for my 3rd interview.

First Interview

2006-05-02T01:19:00.000-07:00

Previously: Before Microsoft Interview (Getting Ready)

- "So, you won the 2nd place in the ACM contest?" he said reading my CV..
- "Yeah" I answered.
- "so what did u do in ACM?".
I started talking about the ACM rules and how the contest goes, Then I told him that I was responsible for dynamic programming, recursion, and pattern problems in my team.
- "Dynamic Programming!, So you are good in dynamic programming?" He asked.
- "Actually not that good, Its like I'm a beginner, Its like I know basics and concepts, but still I can solve some dynamic programming problems." I replied.
- "Okay, I have this dynamic programming problem that I need you to answer me, just to know how much u know about dynamic programming, if you don't understand anything please ask me to tell u the question again".

At this point I was kinda afraid from dynamic programming problems ofcourse, and I wasn't that sure I can solve it, yet I was doing my best to be cool and calm.
Then he asked me this: "You have three big jars, each contains a different type of liquid, and you have many customers come to you, each one requests either a type of liquid from a jar, or asks for a mix between liquids in more than one jar".

I did nothing.. In my mind I thought "What!!".. I didn't even knew why this is a dynamic programming problem!!.. I asked him to explain some more, I even asked where is the problem?. "So, you want me to develop a solution that handles this scenario?" I asked. My idea was to keep customers in a queue with FIFO and just give them whatever they need unless they asked for something that is no longer available then they 'll be tomorrow's queue. I was just giving hints and talking with him, I didn't really give him an exact answer, but we just talked about this one.

He then drew a line on the paper saying "Well, forget this problem, now our interview is going to start".
- "You have people standing in a circle" he said drawing nodes on the paper circularly. "After n someone, this n someone is removed from the circle, and then u start counting another n someone from the last u just remove" explaining what he was saying on paper. "Who wil last till then end?" he asked.
I said "that's Josephus' Problem". He answered "Yes, that's good, you know Josephus' Problem?", "Yes" I replied. He asked me about the idea, and to implement the algorithm, that's when I said "I 'll assume that the linked list data structure is already made", So I wont write the implementation code of the linked list. But he said "No, Implement the code of the linked list, I want the whole problem solved from scratch".

I implemented both the linked list and Josephus' algorithm, then he started to take a look at the code with me, he didn't comment on the linked list implementation, but when we got to the main problem's algorithm he asked me "How could you make this code work better?". My answer was mainly about just simple code optimizations that makes the code more easily readable and just saves one or two checks and code lines.
- "Ok, how can you test your code?".
This was actually the key to most of my algorithm implementation failure, I started to tell him test cases, my first couple of test cases were normal test cases just to make sure that the algorithm is running ( and that's the only thing that passed my testing). What if the number n to remove from the list is zero?, what about the list is empty?, Okay, the worst is.. What if the number n to remove from the list is NEGATIVE.. And some others, my implementation was actually handling the basic cases of the algorithm the normal cases, and sometimes it passed some of my cases, but not all of them.

Anyway, he then started to read my CV, he noticed that my graduation project was robot motion planning, so he started asking me about it. I even explained to him the algorithms I used, what I was responsible for in this project?, how did I move the robot in both known and unknown environments, and how I divided my environment into small cells.

Then he asked me about the MCSE course, and how I became MCSA certified, he then asked me about TCP, UDP, DHCP, supernetting, DNS.

That was almost everything in the first interview, Thoughts in my mind were "My first interview went fine, but still I have a long way to go." .

The interview almost took 45 min, and then me and the other four interviees met in our room, where we hanged out, drink some coke and relax for 15 min, I didn't really talk about anything, I was trying to concentrate as much as possible.

My second interview was with a testing manager called Ahmed, when we went on the interviewing room together, the table was in the middle of the room where we sat facing each other, and again a laptop infront of him, some papers and a pencil. One of the HR ( the girl who called me in the phone interview) came to the room with us, telling me that she hopes it wont bother me staying with us, she sat with us for the whole 45 min of the interview taking notes.

To be continued.

Before Microsoft Interview (Getting Ready)

2006-04-12T01:00:00.000-07:00

You might want to read the previous post Road To Microsoft.

Good Communication skills, Good Communication skills, Good Communication skills.. That's one of the most important things that u need when u talk with any interviewer, remember, u r going to be their team mate, so u must know how to communicate with them. Interviewers are normal people like u and me; So dont be afraid from them, act normal, be urself, smile, it's very important to smile. Yes ofcourse u must be technically ready before any of this, and even more important is being smart and show how smart and creative u r.

Before the live interview, I started reading about how MS interviews go, reading others' blogs, I started to ask my friends whom had interviews with MS before, I wanted to know how the interviewers talk, how they act, how they ask, where do u guys sit, what does the rooms look like, what they care about, what they stress about, everything, and I mean everything. I even read what to wear and what colors should we wear.

I started to look for Microsoft interview questions on google, I asked meshref and yasser what questions they have been asked in their previous interview, how they thought about it, how they were interacting with the interviewer. I was almost very calm before the interview, don't know why!.

Anyway, The interview was being held in the "4 Seasons hotel", they sent me all the information and asked if I need a plane or train ticket to go to the interview, and they asked me to keep any receipt that I'll spend to go to the interview so that they could be able to pay me back, they asked me to scan the passport and a transcript of my college degree even before the interview and send it to them.

The interviews were going to be held in two successive days, Thursday and Friday, my interview was scheduled to be on Thursday at 8:00am to 1:00pm (First group). They hold 2 interview groups in each day, where each group contains about 5, 6 or even 7 interviewees, the second group start at 2:00pm and also takes almost about 5 hours(If u r lucky enough to pass all).

I went to the interview almost at 7:45am, as a normal person I asked where are Microsoft's interviews being held, I remember they told me its on the third floor and they gave me 4 room numbers, I went to the rooms where I saw no one, I was heading back again to the lobby to ask again, that's when I saw an interviewer, he asked me "Microsoft Interview?", I answered yes, "First room on the right" he said, "Thanks" I answered smiling.

I was the 4th person arriving, I already knew that 2 of my group interviewing with me are friends of mine whom I know (A boy and a girl), both have been offered a position as professors assistants in my college. The problem is, this boy, was actually the supervisor assistant on my graduation project and he's very smart, and he was a team member in the team winning the 4th position in the 2004 ACM ICPC contest over Middle East and North Africa.

A HR welcomed us and started telling us the rules, we were not allowed to talk in Arabic in the whole interview process (even between interviews), and ofcourse we were not allowed to talk to each other about questions we have been asked.

Five interviewers all wearing casual came to the room, each had a CV and other papers in his hand, and each called for one of us. And there it was my first interview was about to start. He took me to another room, we sat on a small table facing each other and a labtop infront of him, there were some papers and a pen on the table too. He introduced himself, I didn't really understand and his English was not very clear, but as I understood, he developed something concerning the TCP/IP in the windows OS. After that he started reading my CV and then asked me my first question... Next Post.

Next: First Interview

Harf..!!

2006-04-06T11:55:00.000-07:00

Ofcourse u 'll all remember a previous post about Harf, and how angry I was from the management there. Well, here is what happened from this last post, I thought I 'd stay the next few months in Harf, and since I'm leaving anyway, I should be cool about anything. Untill another day I had a fight with the project manager, then I thought that's it.. I 'm leaving. Today, the most sudden and unexpected decision has been made by Harf's management... The management hierarchal has been changed!!.

Yes, Harf management hierarchal has been changed and the projects manager has resigned from her position!!.. None expected that this 'd happen. What happened?!.. Don't know, no one does!!.. The new hierarchy stats that every department now has its own manager, and he is responsible for his department from A-Z. So now my new manager is Eng. Wael Al Ghool, He is a very respectfull and honorable man, very strong developer and software engineer.

Another weird thing that I want to talk about is, yes I might have had some problems with the management, but still, till now, I'm part of Harf's team, yes I fight for my right in there, but I don't like anyone to be sarcastic about Harf. I find that weird, but its not, its just like when we crictise Egypt, but believe me u wont even hold urself if any foreigner talked about Egypt in a bad way infront of u, and the least is that U 'll be truly offended. God bless Harf and help all the department managers in their job, Because Harf really contains many of the best developers that I have ever worked with, and ofcourse what matters the most is, Harf delivers many Islamic information and applications that help the whole Islamic society in a way not found in any company in the world.

that's it.. Probably in the next post, I 'll start to write again about my Microsoft interview experience. c u all.

Graduation ceremony

2006-04-02T06:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday evening.. We were all gathered again, me and all my friends from college (except for yasser, meshref and neri)..First of all, Mabroooook le m7mood w hebaaaaaaaa... (F)(F)(F)(F)(F).. w 32bal ya rab ma nfra7 be awladko ya raaaaaaab... back to the ceremony, actually I wont mention alot about it but when I was going home, I started thinking..

How didnt I notice that this might be the last time I see some of u!!.. could this be true!!.. Howcome we didnt spend more time together!!!.. how did we even dare to leave each other!!.. dont we know that we wont c eachother for quite a while!!!!.. I started thinking.. how will I be able to leave u and go to MS?!.. how will I live there without u all?!.. ur faces keeps on coming to my head.. I remember everyone.. I read ur comments in the year book.. I love u ya shbab.. here is a memory that we 'll all never forget... do u remember last day we all went to the bowling center together?.. :) how we all cried?!.. do u remember how touching this moment was?.. do u remember the best 4 years of our life together?.. can anyone imagine how fast it went?.. could any one of us have imagined that everybody else is a pearl to him.. and that he really cant forget him?.. did we ever imagine that everyone of us touched other's lifes?!.. I hope I have touched ur heart.. I hope that we 'll always be close even if I know that this could hardly happen.. I want u all, to start thinking about all of us, appreciate the moments, but don't forget to appreciate the moments that u r living now too.. coz it wont last just like college days... Enjoy it while it lasts.. Miss u all.. now spend the next 10 min dreaming about our moments together and try to hold ur tears, coz when u really think about it, we really might not c eachother for a long time...

Harf

2006-03-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

EL nahrda.. actually mn 3 hours bs... et7'n2et 7'na2a kbera m3 el project manager w el projects manager fe 7arf... bgd bgd... 7arf mn aswa2 el sharekat.. w have the worst managment ever... worst project manager ever.. worst management hirarichal ... and worst appericiation to develpoers ever... daraget el baga7a weslet en they accept project mn clients... yb2a el nahrda el talat msln.. el client y2olohm ana 3awez el project demo da yom el sabt.. w y2ololo 7ader... by7'alo el developers ysht3'lo gom3a w sabt w ysharo.. b2alhom 3 weeks keda.. w b3d ma y7'lso.. el cleint my3gbosh el sho3'll... y3mloh tany fel week elly b3do nfs el system.. bgd 7aga araf.. tafker el managment 3ndna fel sherka.. en ed3'at 3ala elly t7tak 3lshan ytla3 aktar.. w en el project manager.. lazem el developers my7bhosh.. fa de 7aga 3adeya.. 22lko 3ala el mawakef elly tnrfez 3lshan t2dro ana mtnrfez ad a mnhom... koloko 3arfen tb3anel MDC.. w enha 3 days.. lama oltlhom fel sherka en ana 3awez aro7 el MDC w enha 3 days.. aloly mafeh mshakel.. bs lw hatro7 el 3 days dool w mtgesh el sherka.. tegy el 3 days elly b3d el MDC.. de3f el yoom el 3ady.. ya3ny t3od fel 3 days elly b3d el MDC 16 hrs 3lshan t3wad el ayam elly mgtshy feha!!!!!.... bel zemma da msh oslob ynrfez!!.. mawkef tany.. el yomen dool feh project m3rod 3ala el sherka 3awzen feh xml web services w security w load balancing w 7agat keda.. el mohem m7desh fel developers y3raf mo3zam el 7agat de.. fa 2alo 7'alas hanedy course lel nas 3lshan y3rfoh w y3mlo ay project b3d keda yegy matlob feh el 7agat de.. l7d now da keda gamel w 7elw.. bs bshart.. awlan mawa3ed el course kol yoom mn 6->10... b3d el sho3'l.. 3'er masmo7 leek enk t3'eb mn el sho3'l tb3an.. w kman matlob mnak enk lazem tegy mn el sa3a 8 el sob7 l7d el 5.. elly heya mawa3ed el sho3'l el 3adeya 7'ales w da 3lshan mt3tlshy el sho3'l.. ya3ny 3awzen elly ya7'od el course y3od mn 8am->10pm bara el beet kol yoom for 3 weeks... w kol da 3lshan homa 3ndhom project m7tag el course da.. msh m3na keda b2h enhom ysa3do el ragel elly haya7'od el course aw el nas elly hata7'od el course.. la2.. bytla3o 3eino 3ein elly gaboh 3lshan etgra2 w fakar eno hay3mel 7agat tsa3do w tsa3ed el sherka.. l2 w a kman.. elly haya7'od el course.. mynf3shy yseb el sho3'l abl 1 year... w ella haydfa3 taman el course.. w a kman?.. lw 3ndk sho3'l mad3'ot.. yb2a b3d el course... :D hatrga3 el sho3'l 3lshan t7'las sho3'lak... t7'ylo!!!!.. wallahy el 3azem ana msh babale3'... heya de f3ln el shorot elly 7atenha w 3awzen ymado kol elly haya7'od el course 3leha.. tb3an m7desh ba2a 3awez yro7 el course asl b3d keda.. 7'sosn eno mo2ref w m7desh tay2o w m7desh hayst7mel y3od fel sherka 1 year asln....

tool el w2t el estimations elly bydoha le ay project btb2a mazno2a gedannnnn gedannn gedannnn... tool el w2t d3'ten 3lek.. w msh msln lama teda7y w t3ml 7aga keda 3lshan 7'ater el sho3'l y2daro da... la2.. da bydoso 3lek aktar w aktr... m3tkdshy bsra7a eny hakamel fel sho3'l da kter be ezn Allah... n sha2 Allah ya3ny hasebo orayeb.. or should I wait l7d ma asafer b2h n sha2 Allah Microsoft?.. ento a r2yko?.. astana fel sho3'l da wana msh ty2o keda w ahe kolaha 5 months aw 7aga w keda keda hasebo n sha2 Allah 3lshan egra2at el safar?.. walla asebo w asht3'l fe 7eta tanya n sha2 Allah akon mstry7 feh 7ata lw msh hakamel feh 6 months?.. bgd m7tag r2yko... w n sha2 Allah I 'll tell u my decision .. bs b3d ma ashof ento a r2yko.. c u all soon n sha2 Allah.. w leave me ur posts & ur opinion...

يبقى انت أكيد أكيد في مصر

2006-02-26T00:00:00.000-08:00

I had to interrupt my series about Microsoft to post these words from http://news.filbalad.com/News.asp?NewsID=11400. The post is about Birds Flu.

- أعلنت وزارة الصحة منع إذاعة الأغاني التالية .. "بتغني لمين يا حمام" .. "الطير المسافر" .. "ريشة ويا ريشة" .. "يا طير يا طاير" .. "البنت بيضة" .. و.. "كوكو واوا" !

- منع عرض فيلم "دعاء الكروان" بطولة فاتن حمامة .. تأليف بشير الديك .. ألحان سمير الطائر .. وإخراج سمير العصفوري

وهناك رسالة أخرى تناولت أعراض أنفلونزا الطيور ، وهي :

- الشعور بالرغبة في الطيران

- هز الرقبة بطريقة غير عادية

- الشعور بالخوف من الصقور والحدايات
- الميل إلى الرقود على البيض من وقت إلى آخر

- الشعور بالرغبة في التقاط الأكل بالفم مباشرة

- الشعور بأنك "مفقوس" دايما أمام الناس

- الشعور بأن بشرتك دايما "بيضة"

- الميل إلى سماع أغنية "كوكو واوا" طوال اليوم

- الشعور بأنك "ديك البرابر"

- أن ترى في الكوابيس دائما أنك "مذبوح" من كلام الناس

أما عن أهم طرق العلاج والوقاية فهي كالتالي :

- "بق بق بق بق" .. كررها كل ثماني ساعات ليصبح لديك مناعة ضد أنفلونزا الطيور.

- تناول حقنة "كا كا كا كا" لعمل مناعة ضد المرض نهائيا.

- الابتعاد عن أكل البقول والعيش الناشف مع تحيات د. كتكوت الديك

- دكتوراة في أمراض القفص الصدري - العنوان : 2 حارة حداية متفرع من شارع الجناح - ورك البلد - القاهرة!

أما عن إجراءات الحكومة لمنع انتشار انفلونزا الطيور فكانت كالتالي :

- إغلاق كوبري أبو الريش حتى إشعار آخر.

- إعلان منطقة العصافرة بالإسكندرية ، ومنطقة النعام بعين شمس منطقتان غير آمنتين.

- منع عرض افلام دعاء الكروان والسمان والخريف وعصفور من الشرق.

- عمل كمائن مرورية فى جميع طرق مصر يوجد فيها طبيب من الحجر الصحي لإجراء الفحوصات اللازمة على السيارات من طراز "كيا العصفورة" ، و"ميتسوبيشي البطة" ، و"المرسيدس الزلمكة" لاحتمال إصابتها بالعدوى.

- إلغاء الجناح الأيمن والجناح الأيسرمن جميع فرق الكورة والاكتفاء بخطي الوسط والهجوم.

- محاصرة ظاهرة الزواج العرفي.

- إلغاء كلمة but .. with من جميع كتب الإنجليزية ، واستعمال by .. however.

-.. وبوضع سمكة مكان النسر في وسط العلم المصري.

Road To Microsoft

2006-02-15T23:14:00.000-08:00

MS :-) 7ases eny bakteb code serry.. :-) msh 3aref leh every time I start thinking about this post, I think I 'll write it in english, :-) w here I 'm f3ln actually typing in english. Anyway, I have recently been offered a position as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Windows Serviceability team. and I know that ofcourse its almost any developer dream to be offered a position like this; so to help u out.

As a start, why do u want 2 join microsoft!.. because its a big company?.. because it has many products and its so famous that it 'll contain ur dreams?.. what about google, IBM, Intel, Oracle. All of these companies i'm sure that they can contain ur dreams and more, is it because that Microsoft do interviews in ur country or somewhere near u?.. what if any of these companies do the same?.. what if u got accepted at microsoft, does that mean that after a while of u being there, U 'll leave MS for some other company like google or IBM?!

U have to really start thinking why do u want to join Microsoft!.. u have to really think why exactly MS.. If u have all ur opportunities infront of u, still going 4 MS?!.. prove it!.. if u don't have the motive to join MS, believe me u wont join it. If u really want to be part of MS team; then U can go on and do it. Thats a good start; If u r not going to think about what I said, then stop reading the next posts, because u 'll be wasting ur time. If u really have the passion to join MS, Then, next post I 'll talk about what U need to start with in any interview. c u all next post.

Go to Next Post about Microsoft Interview.

Harf, Sakhr and Microsoft

2006-02-01T13:15:00.000-08:00

aked kolko 3arfen el 7ala el sa3ba elly wasal leha e7'watna fe magahel sakhr.. :-D t7es en sakhr de ba2et 3amla zy el somal.. w el 3yal elly bysht3'lo feha dool ba2o lag2en by7awlo yro7o ay balad tanya 3lshan y3rfo y3esho ya 3einy.. :-D el gamel b2h.. en sa7'r bt2fel w 7altha sa3ba.. :-D w diab lesa mt3ayen feha gded!!.. :D rbna m3ak ya diab.. shed 7elak ya wa7sh!.. wa7ed mn a3az asdka2y fe 7arf.. esmo 3bd el 7amid.. :-D walad zy el 3asal. .t3od m3ah keda td7ak.. ma sha2 Allah tool el w2t byd7ak ( aywa aywa bgd byd7ak aktr mny ma sha2 Allah ).. abl ma yd7'ol el gesh bta3o.. kan sh3'al fe sa7'r.. w ba3dein b3d el gesh.. esht3'al fe 7arf.. :-D da m3nah.. en a7san aw2at 3bd el 7amid kanet fel geesh!!.. :-D wait for next posts about MS and Harf

Harf and Microsoft

2006-02-01T13:12:00.000-08:00

:) el walad mshref a3ed y2oly akteb 3n Microsoft, w bsra7a kam 7d kman 2aly el mawdo3 da.. :-$ ana kont maksof bsra7a mn el mawdo3 da.. ( ento 3arfen eny 7'agol gedan ).. bs w ba3dein manmona.. altly lw maksof tktb 3n MS.. ekteb 3n 7arf :-D.. fa 3gbtny el fekra de.. ana hakteb 3n el etnen.. wait b2h the coming posts.. about Harf Vs Microsoft.. :-D 2an 2an trantraaaaan.. el mowagha el 7asemaa...

Fara7 Rania w A7mad

2006-02-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

Be monasbet el comment elly a7mad katabo 3ala el post bta3y elly fat...A7mad.. :-) el fara7 n sha2 Allah ma3zom w hagy feeh.. :-) w enta t7med rabena asln en enta hategy :-P ( Ma3loma bs.. a7mad da el 3ares.. :-) aked bayen mn el 3nwan ya3ny a el nabaha de!! )... :-) w bema en el fara7 3ala el 3ares b2h ya a7mad.. :-) fa ya gama3a.. el da3wa 3ama.. w hatb2a lama... ;-) ay 7'edma ya handasa.. c u all next post..

No Subject

2006-01-28T05:52:00.000-08:00

ana ba2aly noss sa3a msh la2y 7aga atklm 3nha bsra7a... fate7 el blog keda w 7ato odamy msh 3aref 22ol a... fa bs awel 7aga ha2olha.. mabrok le rania.. w 32bal ma nshof awladha heya w el walad a7mad ya rab.. Alf mabrook leko.. :-) de awel tahn2ea electronya leko... w kan nfys agelko katb el ketab wallahy bs ana mared.. w molazem le ferash :-(.. ab2a aglko fel fara7 b2h n sha2 Allah.. ( tab3an bayen gedan eny magetsh katb el ketab 3lshan mafehosh akl, w w3awez agy el fara7 3lshan howa da elly feeh el akl ;-) ).. Fa el mohem b2h.. elly 3awezny atklm 3n 7aga y2oly w atklm 3nha.. 3lshan ana msh la2y 7aga awy keda 22lha.. c u b2h.. w waiting for ur comments

:-) ta3'yer

2005-12-28T04:36:00.000-08:00

a r2yko fel alwan w el style el gded bta3 el blog?.. gamed?!.. :-) ana msh 3agebny el sara7a.. eb2o 2ololy b2h.. :) 3alam fadya b2h n3ml a!.. la2 2ololy r2yko.. ana msh ha3mlo w ha3mel fel a7'er elly ana 3awzo!.. bs 2olo ya3ny asm3 ento 3awzen w... :-) w a3ml 3akso :-P.. still n sha2 Allah hashofko lama arwa7...

:-) Back

2005-12-28T04:20:00.000-08:00

:) 7elwa back de.. wala akny rage3 mn el safar.. b2aly kter 7'ales mktbtesh 7aga.. 3amlen a?.. w7shtony kter.. fe a7'bar gdeda 3ny?.. tb3an.. moot.. :-) noss 7yaty et3'yret mn a7'er post asln.. bs be ezn Allah kolaha lel a7san.. msh h2oloko 3leha now b2h.. :) kemet el esara.. close freinds.. :@ elly bys2olo 3alaya kter... haaa.. sam3en yally ma bts2loooosh!!.. 3arfen kol 7aga.. bs kter lesa my3rfosh... el mohem.. kont lesa bal3ab kora awel embare7... 3adalaty kolaha shada.. :) bs a.. da7'alat bta3 5 goals.. mas7'ara.. :-) w e7'tarony a7san la3eb fel fare2.. :) kanet koret madrab aslaha fa mafesh la3eba fel fare2 3'ery.. la wallahy kanet gamda.. :-) 3ndy 7etet vedio.. mas7'ra wa7ed mn m3ay afel sherka a7'dholna we7na bnl3ab.. :) sa7e7 ana msh amwgod fel vedio 3'er 3 secounds msln.. :D bs el mahara w gamal el le3b byban mn awel lamsa.. :D awel mat3alem ezay a3ml upload lel vedios asln hab2a a3mello upload n sha2 Alah...ana 3ala fekra now fel sho3'l.. fa haro7 a7alel el lo2ma elly bakolha b2h.. w ab2a aktblko 3n aham el anba2 lama arwa7 n sha2 Allah.. c u..

Ramadan Karem

2005-10-06T02:22:00.000-07:00

Ramadan elly fat, konna fel bnzaker lel ACM ana w 3emad w shaker... bsra7a.. kan mn a7la el ramadanat elly 3adet 3laya... konna nrga3 mn el kolya .. nro7 neftar.. w ntgma3 nesaly el tarawe7.. w ba3dein n3od nezaker lel acm kol yoom b3d el tarawe7 7awaly 5 hrs... :) wallahy konna bn3ml maghod 3lshan el ACM de... lw bt2ro el blog da ya 3yal.. w7shtony... w7shny gw ramadan fel kolya kman... l7d el nahrda msh momken ansa lamet el ACM elsana elyl fatet fel contest el local lama a3lano el fayzen... :) kan yom 7elw awy... tb 7d faker a7'er yom 7'rgna feh m3 b3d?.. konna fel bowling.. s3tha mshena wara ana w nada w mai w neri w nigo, w a3dt 22lhom eftkro el mawkef da awy.. el nas kolha mashya odamko.. w hanftker el mawkef da tool 3omrena... :) lesa fakro l7d dlw2ty... kol sana wento tayben ya rab

Demokratya

2005-08-12T15:47:00.000-07:00

Be monasbet el 7ewar el moser m3 maha.. la7ezt keda en nsbet 3adad el moshahden lel blog bta3y 2alet bsra7a.. a ya 3yal?!.. ro7to fen?!.. :) walla 3lshan mosem el agazat w keda?.. w el 7ar w bta3... eb2o 7'lony ashofko asma3 sotko.. 3ala fekra el bnt nigo 3mlet blog heya kman... eb2o ro7o etfrgo 3leh.. lazez.. :) 7ata fehom etnen post lozaz.. msh sayblha comment bs I 'll n sha2 Allah.. 3baro 3n r2yko ya 3yal.. :) mt7'fosh m7desh haytry2 3leko.. :) wana ha7awel amsek nfsy mt7'fosh.. by the way.. I miss u all gedannn.. bgd.. I wish keda en kolena fe mara.. w i mean kolena.. nas momken tftker eny msh fakrha aw already nsetha.. bs bgd.. nfsy ashofha gdn.. nfsy ashfko kolko.. i really miss u all.. :0 kefaya b2h l7san 7'las alby ebtda ydo2 w han3yat keda sawa..

:)Live m3 Maha

2005-08-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

:) el 7ewar elly fat da kan live m3 Mo3gaba Morhqa:D.. zy el sokra maha de.. kan nefsaha el 7ewar elly dar ma benna ya 3einy yb2a serry lel 3'aya... bs lel asaf.. ana m3wdko 3ala el sra7a w el 7akeka dayman/.. :D tab3an lw kanet btshtem feya kan el 7ewar da hay7'tfy asln.. w ha3ml le maha block.. aw delete asln.. w aktblko fel blog en fe 7d shakar feya bs msh faker esmo a.. :Dmaha.. ana ze3t el 7ewar bt3na 3ala el hawa.. :Dsorry m3lsh.. bs msh edert amsek nafsy ya maha.. w ba3dein... maksofa mn a?!.. :Delly ysma3 keda y2ol tal3a fel television ya 7'aya?!.. :D mona esmha a de?!.. mona zaky?!... :) bs rbna y3mer betek ya maha.. kan b2aly kter msh ktbt fel blog da... :D wenty edteny material 7elwa atry2 3leha... (F) Special flower leky kman ;)

: ) Special Thanx le Maha

2005-08-12T15:40:00.000-07:00

Maha says:
anyway i'll leave u a msg :D asli ta2et fe dma3'i aft7 atfarag 3al blog bta3k da enhrda :D ana mabataltsh de7k ya hany:D:D:D bgd fakartni bel lazi mada :D ana 2arit bta3et ":) ella sa7e7 " bgd maskharaaaa :D bs imagine!! etkasaft akteblk comment 3lih! 2olt khaliha bini w binak a7sn ;) yala ana haro7 ba2a salam:)

El Moraf3a

2005-08-02T10:02:00.000-07:00

7elemt el lelade, be enny fe mawkef raheeb,
ba2ol, w el klam tale3 mnyy na7eeb..
seyadet el kady,
defa3y baset.
kalamy mahowash 3'awet, w mahowash 3abet.
baset,
basatet hdom el 3'alaba el fo2ra el 7ofaah.
baset, zy esm sadek 3ala shefet sadek.
baset zy dam3et bare2,
baset zy wa7sh ga3an fe el falah,
baset zy 7efnet de2e2.
seyadet el kady, ya zemmam ya hemmam ya kemmam ya 3otah,
defa3y kawy.
kawy, zy sar7'et 3're2,
beyndah le kareb nagah beyndah beyndah be a7'er kowaah, lel 7ayah
defa3y kawy zy dekmak el 7aded,
kawy zy nazret wa3ed,
kawy zy temsal,
kawy zy baltet regal el 7are2 fo2 beban el 7are2.

seyadet el kady,
seyady el keram el 3ezam el fe7'am el 3olah,
defa3y mo2yad,
mo2yad be kol el klam el 3azem,
be tawrah, be engel, be mazamer dawood,
be kor2an kareem
defa3y mo2yad bekol anen el kamngat fe kol el wogod.
be 7afef el nasem.

be tahnent el omhat lel 3yal fel mohod,
be 2olet "ba7ebak" w "aah",
be sot el kobal,
w kol ebtsamah be 72 w 7a2e2,
to2ayed defa3y.
w barfa3 soba3y el da3ef w ba2ol klmty...

seyadet el kady,
seyady el 7adady elly 7aymh 3ala remmty,
7a2ol klmty.
laken abl ma ant2 w 22ol klmty..
2ololy ento..
eih tohmty..??

Sala7 Jahen

special thnx mona w semsem

2005-08-01T12:01:00.000-07:00

walad w bent
walad w bent
kol el gnena
walad w bent
ya 7ob 7aseb dah hena
warda walad
w warda bent

kan feeh benayah
7'araget shewaya
fel ma3'rbya
2ablet welayed
baselha 7awed
w 2al aheya
salem 3aleha
fhmet edeha
2alet 3neiha
7'alas ament

7'aglana heya
w mest7ya
laken haneya
2al kelma howa
w fe albo gowa
nar 2aweya
2al ya 2amaly
2alet ya 3'aly
3'yart 7aly
sa3et ma bent

el w2t massa
w heya lesa
w la heya 7asa
adam w 7awa
heya w howa
etnen fe kessa
laken sa3tha
shafet sa3tha
rg3et le betha
w ana...?
7ezent..

ana elly kateb el 3'enwa deya
ana el welayed
sa7eb el benaya
elly 3yonha
2alet 2ament..

Sala7 Jahen

a r2yko fe t3'er el name da?

2005-07-21T14:47:00.000-07:00

t3'yer el name elly fo2 da.. msh esmy.. msh asdy. .asdy a3'yr ktbto ya3ny.. a hany samir barakat.. 7ases eny ba3ml feesh w tashbeeh... wana ba2dem 3ala bta2a?.. heya hany samir kefaya awy.. aw hany bs 7ata.. heya sherka?!.. hany gameel.. lw 7d 3ndo r2y tany yb2a y2ool... ana demokraty.. 3bro 3n r2yko.. ana ha3mel elly ana 3awzoo.. wento 2olo 3ala elly ento 3awzeno.. msh hay3'yar 7aga.. bs demokratya.. :) tafeh ana awy brakez 3ala 7agat so3'yra awy... l2 l2 de 7aga mohema.. esmak howa ramzok.. :) wala k2ny ba3ml e3lan shampoo... sh3rek howa tagok :D.. yalla salam

:) ella sa7e7

2005-07-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

ento a 7kaytko b2h?!.. kol wa7ed feko yegy y3od yd7kly fel blog bta3y?!.. :D wana fate7 masr7ya?!.. :D kol shwya 7d ygely y3mly el face elly byd7ak w ysbny w ymshy.. tb klma, nazra, ebtesamaa.. ay 7aga ya 3mm... :) el bnt rania 3mlaly faceen byd7ko w albtny w mshyet... :D 7ases enha bttry2 3laya w d7kt w tl3et tgry.. :$ el bnt mona rbna y3mer betha a3det t2ol klam kber awy el 7a2e2a.. kasaftny 7'ales.. eb2y fkreny ageb el bnt bta3ty ttfrag 3leh ;).. w t2tlek b2h ;) :P... :) ya bnty ana mtklmen 3laya mt2olesh el klam da tany.. ana 3awez 2araby 3yaly.. w el wad mshrf bardo rbna y3mer beto rf3ly mn m3nwyaty bel agnaby.. 7'lany aft7 el kamos 3lshan afhm asln.. ana kan nfsy ymdy 3ndy eno mn microsoft ya beh wenaby.. el signature keda.. :D zy ngom el sema.. :D el wad yasser b2h el 72e2a 7ases eno byze3 el nashra el gaweya.. :D ana 7ases en yasser da 3mlenlo el blog bta3y 3lshan yegy yehayes 3ndy w ymshy... :D el wad da 3la fekra 3awzen nshoflo sho3'lana walla 7aga tsh3'lo 3lshan 7alto fel nazel 7'ales.. :D ana 7ases 7aba 7aba b3d keda hayegy yshrab monkar 3ndy fel blog.. :D w yd7'ol el blog bta3y m3ah bnat.. ma da elly na2es.. tb an agatly fekra.. e7na momken n3ml corner 3ndy.. w da hayb2a el awal mn no3oh fe el blogs fel 3alam.. :D n7'ly el corner da el d7'ol feeh couples... :D m7desh ykteb comment 3'er w m3ah 7d.. bsra7a ana keda hayb2a 3lshanko ento 3lshan agwzko kolko w a7'las mnko ;)..

Thnx Rania, Mona, Mshrf.. (F)(F)(F) flower each zyada 3n elly fato

2005-07-21T14:08:00.000-07:00

rbna y3mer betko ya rab w ynwr el blog bta3y beko dyman keda 2ader ya karem... bsra7a ana m3ndesh 7aga 22lha awy keda el nahrda fa ha7ky shwya ba2a ana 3amel a... ebtdaet sho3'l el 7md Allah.. 3mlt awel yom custom control le smart device bel C#... :) awel comment sm3to mn el senior bta3y gamel wy, :) yalla e3mlo VC b2h... :)tb3an ana o3'man 3laya 3ala tool w 3ytlo w oltlo ensa.. w 7'er Allahoma eg3lo 7'er... ektshft en kol 7aga b3d keda hatb2a VC.. w enna almost msh hnt3amel bel C# 7'ales.. :D 7'las 7'las ana 7ases en dm3tko 3ala 7'dko... 22lhom yhdeko yrdeko.. msh haynfa3 msh ha3rf.. y2ololy nazel samples w shof.. :)htt3alem.. el mohem awel ma ebtdaet fel C.. awel mshakly el 7a2e2a.. :) aft7 project ezay... el mohem el 7md Allah nzlt el msdn 3lshan a3rf aft7o ( de do3aba 3ala fekra l7san 7d ysd2 )... asamy el variables.. :) quiz 1: a howa el LPCTNSTR... :) da variable htshofo mo3zam el functions bt7'do... :D tb3an ana 3bkary makontsh a3rf a da asln.. 32bal amltko da string.. string.. aywa string.. bt3na da.. string.. bs ana kont bhrag bs howa mafesh el N elly fel nos dee.. :) bs ba2et el string bytkteb keda zy ma howa mn 3'er N.. el mohem el nahrda a7'er yom fl week.. ana msh 3awez 22lko ana el week da kolo 3ayesh fe ektab.. w kol elly nazel 3laya eny 7'las habtdy adwr 3ala sho3'l tany w haseb el sherka.. el 7md Allah rb el 3alamen. .awel yom a7es feh be bases amal kan el nahrda... en fe amal eny a3rf a3ml 7aga.. ya3ny el nahrda.. be ezn Allah.. lw etalab mny program baset.. :) w ya ret n2kd 3ala klmet baset de ( gam3 rakamen, tar7, esma aw darb bs maykonshy fehom exceptions :$ ) .. momken a3ml MFC... :) tas2ef 3aly b2h w dawsha w zeta w bta3.. w hanyyyy hanyy.. 2ooh 2ooh.. bs b2h.. yalla ana hamshy b2h w ab2a aklmko b3dein... :) arakom b3d el fasel

:) special thnx le basma

2005-07-16T14:52:00.000-07:00

:) el 7a2e2a.. ana kol wa7ed ysebly comment ha3mlo special thnx... :) rbna y3mer betek ya besoo.. awel bnt t3mly comment.. :) w kan mo2ser gdn el 7a2e2a ana kont ha3ayat fel noss... merci merci.. :) el 7a2e2a bs.. a7eb atklm keda el nahrda fe 7aga mohema y3ny.. 7ases eny b2dm brnameg televzyony 7'ales... el mawdo3 ely 3awez aklmko feh... methy2ly howa mawdo3 nas kter a7'det balha mno... howa el 7a2e2a.. el post el awlany bta3 diab :)... a da?!... a ya wad el 7alawa de?!... :) a el klam el wade7 w el sare7 da?!... :D ana methy2ly da msh howa elly katbo da mankol.. ya ret kolena nb2a nro7 nshof keda el post el awlany bta3 diab at mdiab.blogspot .. bgd lazem t2roh.. w ya ret lw 7d fehmo y2oly.. t2rebn howa diab 3amel 7aga keda serialy.. :D lel tabe3a.. w el 7'ayal.. :D 3amel 3nwan.. w sayeb el ba2y 3lek.. :) well done ya diab.. :D keep going..:D bsra7a shklk btt3ab w el elham elly bynzel 3lek 3lshan tkteb el 7agat de msh byegy be sehola... :D mestnyen kolena el dewan el kber elly hatnazelo fe awel o3'stos... :D awel ma tla2o wara2 fady kter keda e3rfo en da a7'er ketab le diab.. : D htla2oh fe kol el maktbat... elly msh hay3rf yshtreh yb2a yeswaro :D !!....

special thanx le Yasser

2005-07-15T13:29:00.000-07:00

:D el 7a2e2a ya Yasser bema enak el wa7ed elly bt3brny.. ana krart a3mlk post lw7dk... :D momken kman ab2a a3mlak corner lw7dak lel comments bt3tak enta bs.. :D w gy tehayes 3ndy yad?!.. y2olo 3alaya a!?.. bashrab el 3yal elly byego 3ndy monkar?!.. bgbko thyso 3ndy ana?!.. :D bs bgd rafa3t mn ro7y el ma3nwya keda awel ma ad7'ol ala2y 1 comments w 4 comments fe wa7da tanya.. :D sa7e7 kolohom mn Yasser.. bs bttklm fe a?!.. gamden gdn... 7ases eny 3amel el blogger da 3lshany ana wenta.. :D tb ma lw keda b2h ma tesebak mn el beta3 da w erfa3 sma3et el telephone klmny :D...

el 7'mis 14-7-2004 Missing everyone

2005-07-14T11:44:00.000-07:00

ma sha2 Allah ma sha2 Allah.. b3d ma 3mlt post ektshft eny kateb el tare7' 2004... :)olt asebha bs a3mlha edit fe awel el klam bs 3lshan n7faz el tare7' sa7.. 2005 msh 4... :)... 7'las 7'las msh sera.. gala mn la yasho...mn awel el gomla el gaya el post el asly haybtdy b2h...ezyko ya 3yal?.. w7shtony awy awy awy awy awy awy bgd.. ento msh mot7'ylen ya3ny.. 3mlen a kolko?... ana el 7md Allah rb el 3alamen kwys.. ba7'las wara2 el gesh... w ba3ml fesh w tashbeh... w 3awez a3ml bayan naga7 w msh radyen 3lshan el tarbya el 3askrya lesa msh 3mltha.. w mtl3en 3einy fe kol 7aga mn el 7agat elyl fatet de... el mohem.. bgd bgd w7shtony awy ... kolko... habd2 el sho3'l yom el 7d n ha2 allah... 3ndy mn 8 el sob7 l7d el sa3a 5.. lesa el fesh el w el tashbeh ha3mlo yom le sbt.. w nfs el 7ekaya bel nsba le bayan el naga7... msh 3arf haro7 lel ns bto3 el sho3'l dol msh gayblhom 3'er mostanaen mn 11 mostanad 3awzenhom mny.. :)w el etnen elly gbthom homa 6 sowar sh7'sya w shehadet el melad:)... kattar 7'ery wallahy... bfkar feko kolko kolko... fena kolena... nfsy bgd ashfna kolena 7'rgen sawa.. 3lshan bgd moftkdko gdn.. 3awz n3od m3 b3d nhrag w ntklm w ashofko bs.. :)a3od atfrag 3leko 7ata.. bgd... yalla b2h kefaya el donia 7ar ab2a aklmko b3dein:).. c u all.. :) msh habsko b2h 3lshan el rekaba ;).. kefaya 3leko a flower each (F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)(F).

2nd Post

2005-06-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

da el 7a2e2a b2h mys secound post... :)ana olt 3lshan elly mby3desh bs... es7o keda m3aya.. ana el 7a2e2a b3d ma ba3at awel wa7ed olt aro7 at2kd b2h 3lshan ashof sh3'al walla l2.. mekadeb el site.. mo7des ya 3einy awel mara ashof website e lzaher... el mohem... ana t3bt b2h bsra7a ab2a aklmko b3dein :).. c u

My first Post :)

2005-06-11T20:09:00.000-07:00

el 7a2e2a de awel mara bakteb feha fel bta3 da.. 3ala Allah akon bakteb s7 asasn w tshofo el klam elly baktbo da badal matla3 baklm nafsy fel a7'er... :) wait b2h hashof keda eza kan f3ln el klam da hayt3mlo post walla a7'do flosy el nas de w d7ko 3laya.