The Mo

Mo Sky Diving! Wohooo

2007-11-20T01:31:00.000+04:00

At last I went Sky Diving...
The most extreme activity so far in my list...
Willing to repeat it again...
Click Here to watch the Video on YouTube

Thailand in the eyes of Mo

2007-11-02T00:08:00.001+04:00

Salam
Sorry for not being able to post lately

Hope you enjoy the pictures from Thailand where I spent 9 days part of the Eid holiday and my annual vacation
And since their are a lot of pictures, I will divide them in sets (they are many too) :D
I will put one set a day
Here is the first set

My Trip To India! Part ONE

2007-08-25T22:56:00.001+04:00

Bangalore, India...

That was the destination of my 5 day business/tourism trip...

Had a nice dinner the first night in an Afghani restaurant

The next day headed for work in a nice & calm area

While on the way to work, you would see many weird scenes one of which is a cow in the middle of the street

Another scene, would be a man urinating in the street...

A common one, is untouched dogs

However, the weather was amazing...

Although it is the monsoon season and there was heavy rain for few hours each day

Their chefs are ones of the best

And the restaurants are well designed

Hospitality is everywhere

And here we suddenly passed by a "Waleema" for a Muslim wedding

Below is a net above the ground floor so that if kids jump from any floor in the mall, they would fall unharmed

Ayub who used to take us around in the famous "auto" car

Banana's in the truck

A Toyota corolla would be considered something rare & only well off people can afford it

Greenery is spread all around the city & its respective streets

A woman opening her side street shop in the morning

Something written in one of their 100 languages on grass, they are creative huh

Selling fruits on the side of the street just like Jordan.

Pay & Use public bathrooms

One of their most famous local restaurants

Selling corn in the street

And nice looking fruits, although it didn't taste good at the hotel

And here is a nice shop in a famous road over there

The Ambassador is one of the most famous cars there

Some shopping, since stuff that are locally made are cheaper...

A fountain in front of the hotel

The picture speaks by itself

A Pepsi advertisement

People chilling in the streets

Streets are the British way

An area where the aristocrats live

The air breeze is just amazing

A Mosque

A Church

McDo there

A packed bus

Another shopping day

Swimming pool in the hotel

View from my room *EDITED* (HDR Effect)

By the pool

Too cold to sun tan

Major form of transportation

The start of the Lablagh park

Some ducks

A lake filled with plants

Paradise on earth

Amazing greenery

Two trees & a palm

A bird

A very old huge tree

The roots of the same old tree

Flowers & Plants

Will continue with the rest later, too tired, I took 400++ pictures :D

Hope you like them all

Learned a lot about the indian culture in those 5 days

In every culture/country there is the good/nice and the bad/ugly...

Salam

Parasailing!

2007-07-14T02:54:00.000+04:00

After the success of The Mo paragliding here, I thought of parasailing, enjoy the pictures, my next plan is jumping from a plane with a parachute

Oreo's Cookies Ice Cream Chocolate Cake Recipe in PICTURES

2007-05-14T00:54:00.000+04:00

Ingerdients:
Ready Chocolate Cake Mix
Three Eggs
Oil
Water
Oreo Cookies
Lurpak
Nutella
Missing in the picture is the VANILLA IceCream (Which was in the fridge) and flour (Which was in the store)

*Heat the oven before you start*

Step 1
Pour the ready chocolate cake mix in a deep bowl

Step 2
Add the three eggs, water, & oil

Step 3
Stir & Mix for three minutes

Step 4
Use some butter for the cake pan so that the cake doesn't stick and add a little bit of flour as well (Make sure it is a little bit )

Step 5
Pour half the stirred cake mix into one of the cake pans and the other half in another cake pan

Step 6
Put both cake pans in the oven for about 30 to 40 minutes

Step 7
Pour the oreo cookies into another deep bowl and start crushing them

Step 8
Add the vanilla ice cream to the crushed oreo cookies

Step 9
Stir until you've got oreo cookies ice cream

Step 10
Get out the cakes from the oven after checking that they are done by using a toothpick

Step 11
Wait until the cake cools down a little bit & put them in two seperate plates, as you can see there are white stuff in the chocolate cake, that is because I put too much flour in the base of the cake pans

Step 12
Use one chocolate cake, then pour the oreo ice cream on top of it, then put over it the other chocolate cake, so that it becomes like a Sandwich, then add some nutella chocolate on top of it

Step 13
Eat as much as you like
*The above picture is literally after few minutes of the picture in step #12*
(Of course others ate with me)

Copyrights reserved to The Mo Inc.

P.S. Sorry for not posting since long

Do NOT read!

2007-03-27T23:54:00.000+04:00

Weird...There is a warning that says "Do NOT read!" but the human nature as usual tends to go against the tide; hence there you are reading...

It has been a while since I last made a post, therefore, hope you will enjoy & sail with me with the different thoughts that came across my mind while taking all the new shots

My thoughts are scattered lately therefore, excuse my shattered ideas and linking, probably I lost my creativity, or it is just a "weird" phase that I have been going through lately in addition to work pressure

The road is very clear, yet sometimes we tend to deviate away from it for a reason or another.

Getting back on track is a blessing before it is too late and the sun rises from the west

I don't know what makes us sometimes blind and forget, mind & neglect, find & reflect!

We could be this close from the truth, but we don't feel the reality

Until something shocking happens suddenly which gives us a sign to stop

Then you get that clear vision again

And you work to save all the good deeds for a day to come

A day which we are all scared of only mentioning, but we are never scared of facing it!

On that day, there are no u-turns!

Whatever you have built has been built and what has been broken is already broken

No one there to help you!

Because you had a guide & you didn't follow

Life could be sour, however, it is just moments

Moments that we would see in few seconds at the end

What's there, after, is sweeter, however, it is for good

You only have to be patient

And wait

Make sure you preserve whats right in future

And cover up for whats wrong in the past

And flow smoothly with the right tide

Hope you reached safely after my scrambled thoughts

And here is whats for lunch as a form of gratitude for boarding with me, mom-home-made msakhan

And here is a delicious fruit salad as a desert

And last but not least a cup of coffee to digest everything you ate & thought of

A Journey of Thoughts in Pictures

2007-03-01T00:57:00.000+04:00

The city is such a fast-moving, complicated, noisy place to live at...

That's why sometimes you need a rope to help you get out of such a place which usually makes you forget the reason of your existence

My journey began with an opened door in the heritage village, one of the nicest places I have ever been to in Dubai.

A place where everything is simple and new but traditional, a place to relax and gain some food for thought.

It made me think that sometimes you are at a corner stone

You might be seeking someone to guide you to choose the right path amongst the many in front of you

If you have so many thoughts and branches

Then putting them in a frame to limit those concerns is a good idea

Hence, you get to think amongst what path to choose

Is it the first?

Then think again if it is the right decision

Maybe it is the second

Afterwards you will still have a doubt about which to choose

So you choose another one

After all the thinking, you reached a closed door

Although you have made a wrong decision by choosing the wrong path, a vase when broken, is not fixable

Nevertheless, the righteous path is the one which gives you the chance to correct your mistakes and accepts your comeback if you repent

Help! Anwser...

2007-02-27T00:54:00.000+04:00

You know when you seek help

You tend to look into so many directions

Through so many angles

From very different point of views

And various means

Although the solution might be blurry

And the answer a bit ambiguous

It is the human mind that complicates things to an extent that makes it a puzzle unsolved

Whereas the answer might be noticeable, simple and clear during a cup of tea

Life Is A Scrabble

2007-02-22T00:53:00.000+04:00

If you

(Think)

of

(Life)

You can make it as

(Colorful)

As you want by taking the right

(Footstep)

Through choosing the correct

(Path)

Which will affect your

(Mood)

To be either

(Happy)

Or

(Sad)

Therefore

(Reset)

Your strategy and

(Evaluate)

Yourself

Hope it is clear :)

For those who ate "baraze2" in my last post, I forgot to give you a toothpick to clean up the samasem

(Highly recommended "The Noodle House")

Eye

2007-02-21T00:30:00.000+04:00

While I was surfing one of the forums during a weekday, I saw a subject entitled "Focus on your car" which asks members to post pictures of their cars, therefore, not thinking of any consequences this could get me into, I thought of sharing a picture of my car, which for your information is not a fancy car at all.

(The Picture I posted with a dirty look of my car)

On the weekend, we planned to go to the desert for fun, Dune Bashing (4x4 cars). I don't know the source of the problem, but my car got damaged, I had to put it in the garage for a period of 1 month and paid a bill of almost 11,000 DHS equivalent to $3,000.

(While Dune Bashing)

Now the subject of my post is that I felt this has happened to me as a matter of envy probably, since I related "posting the picture in a public forum" with "an accident just few days later". I might be right or wrong, however, I have a strong feeling that it was an "evil eye".

Anyways, I remembered something; people think that using an "eye object" such as below & many of its similarities could prevent harm from an envy that is made by an evil eye of a person.

But it is a big No No. This is considered some sort of disbelieving that everything is in the hands of God and believing in an object that could do nothing for you.

Therefore, one of the best solutions to protect ourselves is reading qura'an and the relevant "thikr" that was taught to us by our Prophet PBUH.

I totally submitted to ALLAH with regards to the matter as it is something that he wants to happen for a reason and it is good that it happened to something tangible and not personal. Moreover, I promised my dad to never take my car to the desert anymore. Furthermore, there are other reasons that I have learnt that I would like to keep for myself.

Nevertheless, tonight my dad told me that the insurance company agreed to refund 45% of the amount, I was so happy. And as a matter of gratitude, please feel free to have some of these so-called "baraze2" I have no idea why their called like that!

Adios!

Types of Secrets

2007-02-19T19:30:00.000+04:00

When you are a told a secret

You either keep it disclosed for a specific period of time

You either reveal part of it from the beginning

You either keep it disclosed for good

You either reveal it all from the beginning

You either reveal it all but on intervals

Why can't the human mind keep a secret between those who are concerned?

Those humans who keep a secret between those who are concerned only are those whom I think have really clean "green" hearts

However, what is a secret?

Can you keep a secret?

P.S. I know the pictures are ugly this time :)

Latest Tag

2007-02-19T01:23:00.000+04:00

لقد تم طقطقتي من قبل سمسم
وهذه الطقة الثالثة في مسيرة حياتي البلوجية و ارجو ان لا تكون الثابتة
و هذه أجوبتي

بعد ما تموت , شو رح يصير لايميلك؟

I will put a clause in my will to delete all my online accounts...

اعطيت الباسوورد لحدا من قبل؟

Nop never...

طبيعة علاقتك بهدول الاشخاص؟

Not applicable

اسمك؟

Mohammad
محمد

عمرك ؟

22 only :p

برجك؟

I don't believe in horoscopes.

مجال دراستك؟

Regretfully MIS: Management Information System
Minor in Computer Science

نوع شخصيتك؟

Type of personality...
Hmmm.
I don't like talking about myself.

I'll leave it up to my friends who know me well to comment on that.

السفر بالنسبة الك؟
I love travelling, although didn't travel a lot yet, still at the begining of my journey.

مزاجك؟

Very moody due to the mood swings I encounter from time to time which could be influenced by the silliest thing ever!

شو بتعمل بوقت فراغك؟

Online or Sleep

الاكلة المفضلة؟

Mom's mansaf & msakhan & wara2 dawali

الصفات الي اخدتها من ابوك؟

Being shy, a bit of anger, and most importantly the trait of a nice & simple person.

الصفات الي اخدتها من امك؟

Emotional, friendly, and most importatnly the trait of stengthening my relation with ALLAH.

6 اشياء ما بتحبها؟

I don't like being controlled.
I don't like coffee.
I don't like studying.
I don't like bad weather.
I don't like rude people
I don't like bye bye's.

6 اشياء بتحبها ؟

I like food.
I like sleeping.
I like adventures.
I like nature.
I like shopping.
I like babies.

الشغل بالنسبة الك؟

A long term plan and career to pursue success in future.

الكمبيوتر والانترنت شو بالنسبة الك؟

Addicted to the internet.
I m scared that I would be seeing a psychaitrist soon.

شكرا سمسم على الطقة
طقطقو أنفسكم يا ناس

Why in Pictures

2007-02-17T20:45:00.000+04:00

Questions to keep us wondering "Why"
Pictures taken after a desert camp during the weekend.

Why do we feel more sentimental at night?

Why aren't we detail oriented people?

Why do we at many times pay much attention to details?

Why is it everytime we lose hope, we wait for "another" day to come?

Why is it hard for people to stand still with their opinions?

Why do we protect ourselves in life from fire while we don't from the thereafter?

Why do we get stung from the same hole twice?

Why do I love food?

5 Obstacles طقة

2007-02-17T19:26:00.000+04:00

I was tagged by Fϊdєlϊtaŝ to "Name Five Obstacles That You've Faced When You First Started Blogging "

1-
Put a video along with text in the same post
(Still not working with me)

2-
Write in arabic (right alignment) without having some text missing
(Problem still exists)

3-
Didn't understand what "tagging" means :D
(I understood this)

4-
Look & feel of the blog including interactivity
(Still researching)

5-
What is an RSS feed
(Still didn't understand how could it be of use for my blog)

Tagtegoo anfeskom ya 3alam

Jordanian Driving License

2007-02-14T23:45:00.000+04:00

لا يوجد صور لليوم للأسف و النهفة في القصة الى الاخر لذلك يجب ان تقرأوها كاملة

اريد التحدث عن تجربتي في الاردن عندما قررت في سنة من السنوات باخراج رخصة سواقة من الاردن لكي اتمكن من ان اسوق سيارة مع نمرة اردنية ,علما انه كان لدي رخصة سواقة من الامارات و بامكاني سواقة سيارة سياحية او نمرة دبي

فرتبوا لي الاقارب ان أقدم للرخصة في مركز المرور على طريق السلط أظنه فرع البلقاء

فذهبت و قدمت فالواسطة لم تنجح بأن احصل على الرخصة دون ان اعمل الامتحان النظري و السواقة
و لكن لم يكن علي ان اخذ دروس سواقة لانه انا بصدد استخراج رخصة على رخصة اماراتية و ليس سائق جديد
لذلك اضطررت لعمل الامتحان النظري اولا الذي كان بالعربية و كما ترون من كتابتي هنا فلغتي العربية ركيكة جدا و ذلك يرجع لاسباب تعود الى دراستي في المدرسة و الجامعة التي اعتمدت على اللغة الانجليزية

المهم سقطت الامتحان ثلاث مرات باللغة العربية
يعني شو عرفني بالمصطلحات الغريبة العجيبة ما بتزكر الكلمات و لكن شيء يضحك الصراحة لانه لم أكن متعود على اللغة الفصحة انذاك

و في نفس المرة الثالثة قلت للمسوؤل ارجوك هل لديك باللغة الانجليزية
فقال لي يا رجل لماذا لم تقل لي من قبل و اعطاني بنفس اللحظة بان اعيد الامتحان النظري بالانجليزية و الحمدلله نجحت

فرتبت موعد امتحان السواقة
باختصار سقطت في الامتحان بكل معنى الكلمة يعني لا حزام لا اشارات لا مراية لا نظر على الكتف و تغيير خاطىء للجير و فشلت في تصعيد السيارة على طلعة و الباركينج غلط في غلط يعني زيرو
باي ذا واي السيارة من سنة جدي و من زمان مش مستعمل سيارة جير عادي

المهم نزلت من السيارة و كان جالس رجل بالخلف و امرأة في الامام (من الشرطة) و قلت لهم سابقا اني فقط هنا كزائر و لدي رخصة اماراتية و من ثم قالو لي من اين انت قلت لهم من طبريا فلسطين فقال الرجل للمرأة مع ضحكة هذا من قرايبكم انا هون انبسطت مع اني لا احب العنصرية ففكرو قليلا و قالوا يلا خذ هذه الورقة و روح خذ الرخصة

نجحت
طبعا يمكن طرت من الفرحة اكثر من لما اخذت الرخصة في الامارات للمرة الاولى

المهم انا كنت ذاهب للسلط بسيارة والدتي التي يمكنني قيادتها لانها نمرة دبي اذ كنا نبعث بسيارة واحد في الصيف لتساعدنا على التنقل و انا راجع على البيت و فرحان و اريد ان اخبر اهلي عن القصة و اذ وصلت طريق الجامعة الاردنية اذ بشخص يقطع الشارع من مكان غير مخصص للمشاة و السيارات تمشي ففوجىء صاحب السيارة الاولى التي مر من امامها الشب فدعس على الفرامل فجأة ثم الذي وراه ثم الذي وراه ثم انا لم الحق فلبست فيهم مثل ما يقولون ضربت ثلاث سيارات ضربة واحدة

طبعا ما كان موقف احسد عليه و تخالفت و كلفتني السيارة مبلغ محترم و الحمدلله على كل حال و المصيبة انه احدى السيارات اراد ان يستغلني و اراد ان يذهب الى المستشفى لكي يفحص ان امور عائلته بخير لكي لا يكون عليه اي تكاليف مالية و لكن الشرطي رأى انه لا يترتب ذلك

فضيحة و سامحوني على الاطالة و على العربية الركيكة جدا

و شكرا

A Watch

2007-02-14T00:17:00.000+04:00

I always used to get watches as gifts since ever I was a kid till graduation.

I am planning to by a watch for myself this time, although I barely wear watches, since the time in the mobile is more than sufficient.

Nevertheless, I liked the below sporty watch and planning to get it; if I still can find it in the shops, as it is getting sold out so quickly!

Emporio Armani

Need all your opinions
Is it nice?

By the way, I wear watches on the right hand. Is anyone out there like me?

Whoever casts a vote will have the below blueberry cheesecake as a gift

Thank you

كلمات

2007-02-13T23:46:00.000+04:00

كلمات اتيت بها من هنا و هناك

كتبت و قد ايقنت يوم كتابتي بان يدي تفنى و يبقى كتابها فان كتبت خيرا ستجزى بمثله و ان كتبت شرا عليها حسابها

و لتكن خطاك في دروب الخيرعلى رمل ندي لا يسمع لها وقع ولكن اثرها بينة

و اغتنم أيام عمرك قبل فوات الاوان ما دمت في زمن الامكان

و من دعا الى هدى كان له من الاجر مثل اجور من تبعه لا ينقص ذلك من أجورهم شيئا

Re Re Re Think

2007-02-12T23:54:00.000+04:00

Is there better than a calm secluded dark area to rethink of your life?

Those moments are very great to reorganize your thoughts and reasons for existence

Those moments are of essential importance to reestablish your plans and goals

Those moments are very precious to consider the past to fix the existing flaws and in order not to repeat mistakes in the future hoping for a better person.

قال الفضيل بن عياض

من حاسب نفسه قبل أن يحاسب
خف في القيامة حسابه
وحضر عن السؤال جوابه
وحسن منقلبه ومأبه

ومن لم يحاسب نفسه
دامت حسراته
وطالت في عرصات القيامة وقفاته
وقادته إلى الخزي والمقت سيئاته

وأكيس الناس من دان نفسه وحاسبها وعاتبها وعمل لما بعد الموت واشتغل بعيوبه وإصلاحها

P.S. Shots taken of Mo by The Mo

Which flower are you?

2007-02-12T01:26:00.000+04:00

Flowers are different and come from different sources.

(Flower 1)

A shy flower that hides behind the shadow.

(Flower 2)

A flower that has the guts to face anything in this life by itself.

(Flower 3)

A flower that can only survive with the surrounding of its loved ones.

(Flower 4)

A flower that is very social amongst a bunch of many other similar flowers.

(Flower 5)

A flower that is double faced.

(Flower 6)

A flower that is proud of itself and not embaressed of its roots.

(Flower 7)

A flower that is standing still & challenging all life obstacles.

(Flower 8)

A flower that can survive within different cultures & ethnic backgrounds.

P.S. This doesn't mean that those are the only types of flowers :p

A Call...

2007-02-12T00:20:00.000+04:00

The answer to lot of your prayers

The reply for many of your questions

The remedy to all of your spiritual deficits

The cure to your entire thoughts

The purification of your heart

The heal of your scars

The solution for every unsolved problem

And many more…

HappYness

2007-02-10T21:06:00.000+04:00

One of my dreams is to have a house on the beach in future.

However, a dream might or might not come true.

All what we have to do is try to pursue our dream.

We may face a lot's of tides throughout our life.

(Jumeira Beach)

However, HappYness is the state of feeling you get once your dream has come true.

If your life was too sweet all the way since the begining, then you might not endure the true feeling of HappYness.

(Dairy Queen's New Brownie Oreo Earthquake)

P.S. I know the correct spelling is like this: Happiness :) The altered word is inspired by the movie.

Sometimes

2007-02-07T02:06:00.000+04:00

Sometimes I feel the thrust to be lonely.

Sometimes calmness is the ultimate sought state.

Sometimes I just need to focus on the road that I m taking.

Sometimes focusing on one's self is much better than anything else.

Sometimes deep thinking could scatter your thoughts and stack them on top of each other with no solution

Sometimes thoughts could be as wary as waves

Sometimes it is hard to reach the mindset you look for

Sometimes a thought could come as quick as a flying bird

Sometimes after exhausting your brain you reach what you are seeking

Sometimes you must just look further away than what you thought

Sometimes you have to just look closer than what you considered

Sometimes you discover that a mixture could give you the best picture

P.S. As usual my words & pictures are as ambiguous as their writer just to make you and I think more; hoping that the hidden message reaches all

Two Angels

2007-02-05T00:41:00.000+04:00

Shahed & Noor are my nieces, daughters of my brother, Omar, who is currently in Canada, Halifax, pursuing his MBA's and establishing his family business which is into chocolates, something similar to patchi but on a much smaller scale and got some other project in hand as well which is into real estate, while he is an electrical engineer.

Enough of my brother :p I want to talk about Shahed & Noor.

Well first, let me talk a little bit about Shahooooooodeh, I like to tease her a lot by telling her she is a "naughty girl", "squeeze hug" her, "squeeze" her cheeks, tell her "Kutty" in Indian with waiving the small finger as a sign that I m not her friend anymore, and lots more…lol, I don't know why I love teasing kids, especially her.
On the other hand, Shahed is a very smart girl, currently at the age of 5, I guess, I m bad at counting.
Some of her traits: She started speaking at an early stage, memorizes very well, and very genius in connecting the dots and analyzing events.

Here are some pictures of Shahed.

Whereas, Noor is a chubby girl, who is just "huggable", currently at the age of 2, I guess as well, since also I'm bad at counting.
Some of her traits: She didn't grab on talking as quick as her elder sister, yet she is also smart, but loves food a lot, don't know a lot about her, as I didn't interact with her as much as I did with Shahed, because she was a baby when she was still in UAE.

Here are some pictures of Noor.

In general, his daughters are typically raised in an Islamic environment including listening to Quraan, memorizing Quraan at an early age, learning all the athkar, high morals, taught the importance of prayer in a Muslim's life, along with other 3ebadat such as seyam, sadaqah, etc…, although not obligated to do any at this age yet. The list is long, however this is enough to give an indication of how they were raised, something which I ought to raise my kids upon in future in sha2 ALLAH. (Sometimes Shahed used to give me lessons lol) :p

Here are two pictures of Shahed & Noor together.

To be honest, I m not sure if my brother, whom I forgot to tell you is much much much more religious than am I, ma sha2 ALLAH, checks my blog or not, in either case, I truly miss him, something, that is hard for me to tell in his face, since I have stated earlier in one of the posts, emotions is not something that is easily shown to the outside, rather kept inside of me.
I m still considered a "Meshkalji" to him and a "Naughty boy", lol :p
Hope to see you and your family soon.

Shahd & Noor if you are reading this, I MISS you so MUCH :(

Two Extremes!!!

2007-02-02T16:26:00.000+04:00

Meet Mr. Mal5oom who is shocked by the two events that are happening nowadays one of which is a mourning event and the other is a celebration event:

The first is that of the shia'a out there who are mourning, in the name of Islam, in their point of view, the death of Al Hussain (No need to go into details of it here), using various means, many of which are just too inhumane, bloody, and heartless. (I think you understood what I mean by that, as the pictures has been spread already on the internet)

الله يهديهم الى الصراط المستقيم
لو كان الحسين رضي الله عنه حي الان لكان ردعهم على أفعالهم فهو بريء منهم و من أفعالهم

The second is the celebration of the Gulf Cup Champions fans in means that are way far than civilization. The trafficked streets filled with dirt, burnouts, noise pollution, etc…

لكان أجدى أن يكون هذا الحماس استعمل بما يفيد الامة من الوقوف يدا بيد بوجه العدو من أجل نصرة فلسطين
و لكن شتان بين هم و هم

On the other hand, I'll leave you with two "byelkhamo" pictures I took today while it was raining.

The first is of the street upside down!

اللهم صيباً نافعاً

The second is of a baby girl plant!

(My mom put it next to the plant, don't know why, maybe to make the plant feel better?)

Enjoy the rest of the weekend :yai:

Except!!!

2007-02-01T01:21:00.000+04:00

Salam

Okay, since I will be talking about a serious topic, here is first of all a serious look of The Mo :o

(Edited in photoshop)

And before starting the topic here is a picture taken while driving on the way to my friends house who had set a barbeque gathering, where the incident occurred which I will be talking about next.

(Taken in monochrome mode)

Anyways, almost at the end of the gathering, a friend started blabbering about his fantasies, which are sins he committed in the past, and what made it worse is that many of the guys were keen to know more.
I really don't understand what the point in revealing your black history is!
I was disgusted by the level of discussion that took place, therefore, I gave my advice, hopefully in a nice simple way, and left the place.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “All of my ummah will be forgiven except those who commit sin openly. It is part of committing sin openly if a man does something at night and Allaah conceals him, but in the morning he says, ‘O So and so, I did such and such last night.’ His Lord had concealed him all night long, but in the morning he disclosed what Allaah had concealed.” Agreed upon.

I've read some disadvantages of doing such a thing, however, will rest here, as the above hadeeth is more than enough to describe such a bad act.

Please beware of this issue.

Last but not least, here is a picture of kastana on the bbq "food" lol :p

Take Care...

It's the weekend already :yai:

Enjoy =)

Ketchup

2007-01-30T12:36:00.000+04:00

First of all, don't ask me why many of my posts are related to food, lol :D

I got an email this morning from my friend in USA with the following image

He took this picture in Venice Beach in LA

Lol, I think my love for ketchup, but there are limits to that, would really make this slogan apply to me :D

Ketchup is an important food component in the kitchen of our house and is considered the most demanding item in any restaurant that I visit. Ketchup packs don't satisfy me, bottles only do satisfy my needs, to an extent that in some restaurants, the ketchup bottles are emptied by the end of the meal :p (Therefore, causing more loss, than profits to that particular restaurant) :rgs:

However, I don't tolerate ketchup with certain kinds of food (i.e. Eggs, rice, & other)
But, I do like ketchup the most with many of the junk food (i.e. Burgers, french fries & others)

So do you love ketchup? :sofera:

Oreo's

2007-01-29T14:10:00.000+04:00

Today I decided to fast due to the great ajr that we get in this blessed day, and due to some pressure in work, I totally forgot that I m fasting Therefore, I noticed that we got Oreo cookies in the office, so decided to take one as I was chewing the first oreo, before swallowing anything, I remembered , Oops, Mo you are fasting today!!! I removed everything from my mouth instantly and went to the bathroom to clean everything left Then, I had to fetch for a fatwa whether my fasting is correct so that I can know to continue it or not, because it is a, نافلة, therefore, if you are in any situation as this, the fatwa says, yes we can continue.

On the other hand, as I was searching for a picture for Oreo, I found this :3ayoo6: It looks "so good"

Anyone got the recipe for this Oreo cake? :(

همسات الى المظلومين و صرخات الى الظالمين

2007-01-28T23:33:00.000+04:00

السلام عليكم
لطالما اردت التحدث عن موضوع الظلم و اليوم لم يعد بوسعي الا ان أتكلم عنه لما في هذه الحياة من ظالمين و لكني لن أتكلم كثيرا انما سأدرج من الكتاب و السنة ما هو كافي لردع الظالمين و لنصرة المظلومين

فهذه بعض الهمسات لتريح قلوب المظلومين
و صرخات لتزجر عقول الظالمين
ارجو ان تصل الرسالة الى كل ظالم في هذه الارض

اولا يجب ان نعلم ان الظلم مقسم الى ثلاثة اقسام
ظلم العبد لربه
ظلم الانسان لنفسه
ظلم الانسان لغيره من عباد الله و مخلوقاته و هذا الظلم الذي سوف أتحدث عنه

فعندما كنت أبحث عن كلمة الظالمين في القران الكريم
وجدت ان
اللَّهَ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

مذكورة عدة مرات في مواضع مختلفة
فأيقنت ان
اللَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ
التي أيضا مذكورة عدة مرات

ففي الحديث القدسي
يقول الله
يا عبادي إني حرمت الظلم على نفسي وجعلته بينكم محرماً، فلا تظالموا
و قال رسول الله
أتقوا الظلم فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة

فأعلم أيها الظالم
قال رسول الله
اتق دعوة المظلوم ، فإنها ليس بينها وبين الله حجاب
و اعلم ايها المظلوم
قال رسول الله
اتقوا دعوة المظلوم فإنها تحمل على الغمام ، يقول الله : وعزتي وجلالي لأنصرنك ولو بعد حين

فاعلم ايها الظالم
قال رسول الله
لتؤدن الحقوق إلى أهلها يوم القيامة حتى يقاد للشاة الجلحاء من الشاة القرناء
و اعلم ايها المظلوم
قال رسول الله
من كانت عنده مظلمة لأخيه؛ من عرضه أو من شيء، فليتحلله من اليوم قبل أن لا يكون دينار ولا درهم، إن كان له عمل صالح أخذ منه بقدر مظلمته، وإن لم يكن له حسنات أخذ من سيئات صاحبه فحمل عليه

و صرخة أخيرة في أذنك أيها الظالم
قال رسول الله
إن الله عز وجل يقبل توبة العبد ما لم يغرغر

و اختم بهذه الابيات
لاتظلمن إذا ما كنت مقتدراً *** فالظلم آخره يأتيك بالندم
نامت عيونك والمظلوم منتبه *** يدعو عليك وعين الله لم تنم

اللهم اني أعوذ بك من ان أظلم او اظلم

والحمدلله

والله اعلم

SMS Riddle!

2007-01-27T22:21:00.000+04:00

I got an SMS from someone :sofera:

It is a riddle, it really made me :mal5oom:

The SMS is as follows:

ما هو الشيء الذي

بالليل يرتاد القبور

بالنهار يدخل القصور

يخافه الرجال

تحبه النساء

تهابه الملوك

تلعب به الاطفال

له شعر و وبر

طعامه الملح و التمر

يبدأ بحرف الميم

ورد ذكره بالقران

Yalla ya sho6ar farjoona sha6are6kom :ag:

I lost "hope" in finding an answer :)

About Paragliding

2007-01-26T02:06:00.000+04:00

Salam

First of all if the below post (The video) was not working, please click here to watch it. (Some of you might have watched it previously)

The video is taken in Oman, few months back.
The video is funny at the begining, so don't laugh or make fun of me, but the wind was so strong at that altitude
I love such activities/adventures, and looking forward to jump using a parachute from an airplane, also want to do bungee jumping.

So, do you have the guts? I guess some do ;)

Have a great weekend
Regards
=)

P.S. I tried a lot to post the video and write some text, but the video wouldn't work with that, I don't know why, so I would be grateful, if someone could lead me on how to post a video & write some text in the same post. Therefore, I was only able to put the video in a seperate post so that it works and write here some comments only.

Paragliding

2007-01-26T02:02:00.001+04:00

Signs During The Day

2007-01-24T00:52:00.000+04:00

- Sign # 1 -
Well the day started with a "poop", sorry for the garaf, of a cat on the doorsteps of our house, (this is happening at least once a month, I really don't understand, why ONLY in front of our house, is it a sign, or the cat just loves us)!!!

Note: Can someone please explain this to me?

- Sign # 2 -
As usual, late to work, The Mo faces traffic (which I hate the most about Dubai) using horns, flashes, and some shouts :D [I try to control myself as much as possible, but when it comes to Asians, no comments!!!] Then the mission to find a parking slot in Dubai Media City!!!

Note: I know I know, wake up earlier, but I cant, it has been a year & a half like this!!! Any ideas how to wake up on time & not click the snooze button? :D

- Sign # 3 -
Requests, inquiries, orders, etc...Work work work...*yawning*
**Interuption, as a normal daily scene in dubai, an accident right under our office between two cars, each of which was a lady driver, as it showed, each called their back up of guys to "support" them in whatever, however, notice the amount of people gathered**

Note: Drive Safely...I speed a lot :3ayoo6: any suggestions!

- Sign # 4 -
Then, as planned previously with my friends, to go Karting, so I decided to park my car somewhere on the way, and go with one of my friends to Dubai Autodrome, since it is far, and I m not in the mood of driving, well guess what, I was driving a salon car***, I parked over the sand and it got stuck!!! Took some time to dig it out with the help of my friend, no need for details (fdee7a), then reached the Karting track safely.

Note: Park Wisely!!!

- Sign # 5 -
The thrill during the race was amazing, however, the results were bad :( didn't get a good position in the race :p (My best lap time was 1min 21secs (11th place out of 23) lol

Note: Mo, you are not a good driver in karting, but not that bad...

- Sign # 6 -
After that, went to have my best caeser salad ever again & again @ More cafe, lol, I'm starting to think that I m not only addicted to this place, but also might be considered a sickness =p

Note: Please see a doctor :o

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***Salon car: I will talk about the story of my 4x4 car in a later post
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C'est tout! Voila, am @ home blogging, yawning, & going to sleep soon =)

Wa domtom :hat:

Pictures & Thoughts

2007-01-23T01:41:00.000+04:00

Here are some thoughts that came after a journey of pictures at Madinat Jumeira.

An idea can be stuck somewhere in the corner, yet it exists, but we don't know how to get it out.

Therefore, we have to organize the chain of thoughts all together in order to create a strong single thought.

Then make it grow just like a plant on a wall.

Having in mind, that we should think from different perspectives, sometimes.

Let your soul sail as far as you can in order to think of all scenarios possible.

Don't only use your modern thoughts, but also try to gain experience from whats old.

A mixture of new and old would give a nice structured point of view.

As a result, after sailing, you will reach a strong single well organized thought.

The thought which I have reached is that you could take small footsteps or big footsteps, however, in either case, you will reach your destination, therefore, never ever fall back, set your message and goal life and strive to achieve them within the bounadries of your beliefs in order to reach the satisfaction of your creator.

Hope my words are as clear as the pictures, yet ambiguity in words could make you understand less to think more.

Thanks :)

Mood: In the kitchen

2007-01-21T23:16:00.000+04:00

Ok here is a little bit of entertainment, away from serious posts =)

Tonight I thought instead of ordering junk food for dinner as most of the times , how about Mo enters the kitchen, since it has been a while, although I m not a fan of eggs (I eat eggs probably 3 times a year only), though, I was in the mood of doing an omlette.

Enjoy the show :p

Here are 7 eggs, all for me, j/k :p also for my parents

Then added a tomato

Added two kinds of cheese white & yellow

Added a piece of hotdog + salt & pepper

Scrambelled them all together (I usually pour some milk in it, but didn't have this time)

Put some butter in the pan

The scrambelled egg in the pan getting cooked all together

The final product, lol, sa7tein :)

Okay this was a simple demonstration of some of my cooking skills, if you want to cal them so, more dishes to come soon, I just have to be in the mood and on a weekend :D

5 Things That People Might NOT Know About Me

2007-01-21T17:11:00.000+04:00

I have been tagged by Loza

1)
When I usually plan on something (i.e. Buy a car, Travel somewhere, etc...), I don't go brag about it at all, only to those who are involved or may play a role in the thing that I m looking forward to do (i.e. Parents), because we were taught by our beloved prophet PBUH that:
استعینوا علی قضاء حوائجکم بالکتمان

2)
I didn't cry when my brother Yazan passed away at the age of 12, I was almost 6 years old (16 years ago), as I wasn't aware of the meaning of life & death, yet, when many relatives passed away (i.e. My grandma) etc…, I never cried as well, however, the death of my uncle almost 6 Months ago made me cry like a baby, a scene that no one would have imagined that "The Mo" would be in, I liked him a lot, الله يرحمه
I m a person that hardly show emotions to anyone, but doesn't mean I'm not emotional, it is just hard to express it out loud, but they do exist in the inside, however, I m sure that I will show those to my prolonged future partner in life. Kids are exceptions; I adore kids, specially my nieces (Shahd & Noor).

3)
بعد اخذ بالاسباب في جميع امور الحياة فأنا شخص متوكل على ربي تماما
وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ

وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْه أُنِيبُ ِ

4)
After dawn prayer, I like to eat something sweet (i.e. Chocolate) and then drink very cold water after it.

5)
Lets say I want to take action X, and I m totally satisfied with this action, however, action X, will make a group of people to start talking about it (either negatively or positively), therefore, taking action Y, which I m not convinced with, will not make the group of people talk, I will go for action X, because, if my action is in compliance with my religious beliefs, ethics, & morals, then I really don't care about people's talk.

=)

P.S. I talk a lot, its good that they are only 5 things that we have to list :D

Photography

2007-01-21T10:49:00.000+04:00

After I bought the new Canon 400D, photography became one of my newest hobbies :p

I enjoy the most food photography, macro shots, portrait of people, and landscape.

Here is my Flickr account

However, Flickr recently got blocked in UAE one more time :(

But I can access it from the office/work ;)

Colorful Life

2007-01-21T00:21:00.000+04:00

تفائلو بالخير تجــــــــــــدوه

What do you think?

Sometimes, I feel that everything is blocked in my way and dark, yet there is always this candle that gives me hope that despite the darkness there are some colors in life.

Customer Service

2007-01-20T21:09:00.000+04:00

Today we were faced by the two extremes of customer service...

Lately, I got myself addicted to More Cafe, since their food is so tasty, however their service is crap, due to shortage in staff!!! Although, they claim that they are working on improving it, as it is the only dine in restaurant that has 1000 guests on a daily basis in Dubai!!!

However, on the other hand, we wanted to pray maghreb, so the nearest place was Murooj Rotana Hotel, therefore, we stepped into the Hotel, as I thought all Rotana hotels, had a prayer room, as I have tried one of their other Hotels previously, yet, at this one, there was no prayer room, thus, they provided us with a key to one of the hotel rooms, for us to pray, we were surprised by such hospitality.

My friends always make fun of me, because I take customer service seriously, but when you are used to a level of customer service in Dubai in most places, then you set your expectations high, and therefore can't accept anything lower than that in any other place.

A White Flower

2007-01-20T20:52:00.000+04:00

Although I m still young, lately I've been thinking, I wish I was a white flower, and didn't exist as a human being, however, after deep thinking, I always say thanks to the one & only creator, ALLAH, who have created me, for a purpose, in this life...

Thoughts that make me feel don't want to exist, is the work routine, family issues, personal chaos, cruelty of life, and most importantly SINS!!!*

Thoughts that make me feel want to exist, wanting to be an entrepeneur, creating a family, personal lifestyle, and most importantly good DEEDS!!!**

*As for the Sins part, I always remember the ayah that says:
يا ليتني كنت ترابا
**As for the good Deeds part, I always remember the afterlife and what accompanies it:
فيها ما لا عين رأت ولا أذن سمعت ولا خطر على قلب بشر

All the above has nothing to do with my goals, ambition, message, and purpose in life; they are just thoughts...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

2007-01-20T02:18:00.000+04:00

السلام عليكم

This is my first post in my blog

I hope I enjoy my journey in the bloging world (blogosphere)