Two Young men, A picture and a Graveyard in Zarqa

Ok for those of you who never visited one.. This is how a graveyard looks in Jordan...

It was Wed, the day before yesterday to be more accurate... I had to go to a funeral in Zarqa and I had no idea where the Hashimiya Graveyard is, so I went to Zarqa... I drove and drove for ages... I needed directions badly so at the first sight of a crowd... I asked two young men for directions, they looked decent, one with fair skin the other a bit darker... They started giving me complex directions and another old man with a long beard stepped in, interrupted them and started giving me clearer directions...

The two young men still stood in the background while the old man gave me directions... I glanced at them as they spoke and saw them smile... The old man walked away smiling at me, I thanked him for being so helpful...

The two young men approached me again and asked with some hesitation in their eyes... "Are you going to the graveyard?" I said sure, hump in... I had no idea why I said that... maybe it was one of those moments when you don't use logic to calculate risks... maybe I was overconfident thinking they wouldn't dare pull a stunt on someone at my age who could fight back... maybe it was because I picked them they didn't pick me... The truth is I didn't think at that moment, I just thought these guys needed a ride... And I felt too friendly, besides they looked honest and I trust my judgement...

Anyway, One sat beside me the other behind me to the right... "Elna naseib net3arraf 3aleikom elyawm", I said with a smile... thinking back, that was friendly & absolutely naive... I started driving and when I started going away from the crowded streets I realized I made a mistake... I started thinking, they are two, one of them has the advantage sitting behind me... They couldn't be going to the graveyard just like that? they were heading in the opposite direction when I stopped them...

I was still comfortable until one of them said we should take the next turn right to get to the graveyard... I looked for a sign that says graveyard or something & guess what? I saw nothing... The road obviously led to someplace with almost no traffic...

I said to myself, maybe I'll find that sign... I took the turn (stupid ha)... but I still saw traffic in my mirror... and there it was a few meters away... a green sign with the writing almost totally erased... I felt more relaxed...

I asked them why are you going to the graveyard... they said "we thought we'll show you the way and because of our MOTHER"... at that point I was in complete shock, I didn't know what to feel... Amazed and sad to say the least... It wasn't long until we reached the graveyard...

I offered to get them to closer to their beloved grave but they refused, they walked beneath the burning sun and walked... they thought they burdened me enough by giving them a ride to the graveyard... I insisted "it was only a few minutes and you don't have to walk all that distance" but their mind was set... "thank you" they said... "hayyakom allah ya e7'wan"

As I looked at them walking away, I thought... How sad... How faithful... Mother's day was just last week... How will they go back, they have a really long walk to get back to the main road... It's a hot day today... How could they decide to come with me so suddenly... their Mother is dead...

I realized, they saw an opportunity to go and visit their mother's grave, I guess I was a sign for them, one man out of nowhere taking them to the grave they loved the most... They probably decided to go there the minute when the old bearded man interrupted and started giving me directions...

I remember the smile in the background & the hesitation... I felt like a creep... one thing though, I will keep trusting my first impression, they were definitely honest, faithful and extremely nice...

And we do need more directional signs in Jordan... to get from one point to the next...

Jordanians & Palestinians, The Roots of Hatred

It took 100,000 Brave Bedouins to explain the roots of hatred between Jordanians and Palestinians. It also took 200 Sheiks and the New York Times unbelievably rich Archives. It was all in an article dating back to 1936.

The title was 100,000 BEDOUINS SET TO AID ARABS. From Amman, Trans-Jordan. I felt the passion I long forgot. Remembered dreams long forgotten and sensed the defiant dust of Arabia in this article.

Originally published in June 27 1936, the short article in the NY Times states: “a meeting of desert sheiks resulted in a decision”… “They are ready to join Arabs of Palestine in their guerrilla warfare against the Jews and the British”.

“ After a meeting of 200 sheiks, leaders of desert tribes, one of them said:
“We must go to the aid of Arabs in Palestine. We are all one people. These are our lands.
“Freedom for Trans-Jordan is useless without freedom for Palestine. Talk and strikes have won nothing. We must cross the Jordan and win Palestine back from the Jews and the British.”

For me the article is heart breaking, it is not only an isolated historical event, it is sad to see that simple people understood the political equation so clearly. "We are all one people"; I was amazed by their bravery and sense of honor.

To me the question on origin of hatred between Jordanians and Palestinians… between all Arab nations was answered… The Roots of Hatred are NON-EXISTENT… Such poisonous roots are imported... they were grown and raised in fertile lands far away in Europe, British soil… In lands that are nothing like the Arabian Desert…

Although sad at the thought that people still adopted such alien ideas… I felt so proud reading how 71 years ago Bedouins were more civilized than PhD holders, Parliament members and renowned writers…

I wish I knew what had happened to those brave men, I wish I knew the names of those brave Sheiks who spoke so passionately in that meeting… I wish the new so-called “leaders of the Arab world” would look back to a meeting on a sunny day in the spring of 1936 and learn from Bedouins in the heart of the Arabian Desert, Seventy One Years ago… For "we are all one"… and borders exist only on paper and in poisoned minds…

I saw 100,000 Bedouins, 200 Sheiks with determination and glimmer in their eyes… I heard the pride in their voices as they spoke “We must go to the aid of Arabs in Palestine. We are all one people... ” I wish you would see, hear and feel the same…

Photos: Bulgarian Posters in Jordan? Graphiclub

So this poster exhibition is taking place in Graphiclub in Amman. Suweifieh, here are some directions... Go to Wakalat Street then take the first left... around 200 meters and it should be on your left...

Graphiclub, has its own atmosphere... warm and inviting... a nice place to see something different, enjoy an Oreo shake and relax...

We "Vital Edition" are showing some books there as well, mostly bestselling business and self improvement titles plus some political books and award winning novels... check it out...

Enjoy...

New Fossil Discovery Sinks Evolutionary Theories

This is an article I found on a website http://www.hyahya.org/articles/70New_Fossil_Discovery_sci32.php#aa

"A newly found fossil skull in Chad has confounded the proponents of the theory of evolution. Darwinist scientists confess that this fossil has rocked the very foundations of the theory of evolution. The fairy tale of "an evolutionary chain stretching from ape to man" has once again collapsed.
This new ape fossil found in Chad turned all evolutionary theses upside down.
The new fossil skull found in the central African country of Chad has dealt a heavy blow to the evolutionary claims regarding the origin of man. Given considerable space in world-renowned scientific journals and newspapers, this new fossil has shattered the claim that "man evolved from ape-like creatures" so doggedly maintained by Darwinists for the last 150 years. Discovered by the French scientist Michel Brunet, the fossil was given the name Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
The fossil has set the cat among the pigeons in the world of Darwinism. In its article giving news of the discovery, the world-renowned journal Nature admitted that "New-found skull could sink our current ideas about human evolution." (1)
Daniel Lieberman of Harvard University said that "This [discovery] will have the impact of a small nuclear bomb." (2)
The reason for this is that although the fossil in question is 7 million years old, it has a more "human-like" structure (according to the criteria evolutionists have hitherto used) than the 5 million-year-old Australopithecus ape species that is alleged to be "mankind's oldest ancestor."
Ever since the 1920s, evolutionists have claimed that some characteristics of the Australopithecus genus resembled those of human beings, for which reason they have portrayed these extinct creatures as "man's most primitive ancestor." A great deal of evidence disproving that thesis has emerged. For instance, research in the 1990s revealed that Australopithecus did not walk upright, as had been claimed, but walked with a stooped posture just like other apes. The newly-discovered Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil, another ape species that lived 2 million years before Australopithecus, is actually more "human-like" according to evolutionary criteria. In other words, it demolishes the "evolutionary scheme."
The essence of the matter is this: There are a large number of very different ape species that once lived in the past and are now extinct. The skull or skeletal structures of some of these show similarities to those of man. Yet those similarities do not mean that these creatures have any relationship to man. Evolutionists line up the skulls from these extinct species in a manner required by their theory and try to come up with "a ladder from ape to man." Yet the deeper research into the subject goes, the more it is realized that there is no such ladder, simply different species of ape lived at different times in the past.
Moreover, it emerges that man came about all of a sudden, with no evolutionary process behind him: In other words, that he was created.
John Whitfield, in his article "Oldest Member of Human Family Found" published in Nature on July, 11, 2002, confirms this view quoting from Bernard Wood, an evolutionist anthropologist from George Washington University in Washington:
"When I went to medical school in 1963, human evolution looked like a ladder." he [Bernard Wood] says. The ladder stepped from monkey to man through a progression of intermediates, each slightly less ape-like than the last. Now human evolution looks like a bush. We have a menagerie of fossil hominids... How they are related to each other and which, if any of them, are human forebears is still debated. (3)
The comments of Henry Gee, the senior editor of Nature and a leading paleoanthropologist, about the newly discovered ape fossil are very noteworthy. In his article published in The Guardian, Gee refers to the debate about the fossil and writes:
Whatever the outcome, the skull shows, once and for all, that the old idea of a 'missing link' is bunk... It should now be quite plain that the very idea of the missing link, always shaky, is now completely untenable. (emphasis added) (4)
"THE VERY IDEA OF THE MISSING LINK, ALWAYS SHAKY, IS NOW COMPLETELY UNTENABLE."Henry Gee, editor of Nature
In brief, the drawings of the "evolutionary ladder that stretches from ape to man" that we so frequently encounter in newspapers and magazines have no scientific value at all. They are merely propaganda from certain circles that are blindly devoted to the theory of evolution. At the same time as this propaganda is carried out, evidence that conflicts with the theory of evolution is kept hidden away. In his book Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth, Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong, which caused a great stir in America when it was published in 2000, the U.S. biologist Jonathan Wells summed up that propaganda mechanism in these terms:
The general public is rarely informed of the deep-seated uncertainty about human origins that is reflected in these statements by scientific experts. Instead, we are simply fed the latest version of somebody's theory, without being told that paleoanthropologists themselves cannot agree over it. And typically, the theory is illustrated with fanciful drawings of cave men, or human actors wearing heavy makeup. (5)
The Darwinist myth is now finally about to collapse. The mistaken nature of Darwinism, itself merely a 19th century superstition, is becoming ever clearer as science advances. The world of science is arriving at the most important truth of all: It was God who created the universe we live in, and everything, living or inanimate, within it.
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(1) John Whitfield, "Oldest member of human family found", Nature, 11 July 2002(2) D.L. Parsell, "Skull Fossil From Chad Forces Rethinking of Human Origins", National Geographic News, July 10, 2002(3) John Whitfield, "Oldest member of human family found", Nature, 11 July 2002(4) The Guardian, 11 July 2002(5) Jonathan Wells, Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth, Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong, Washington, DC, Regnery Publishing, 2000, p. 225"

Author is "HARUN YAHYA"

You woke up and Al-Aqsa is demolished? Its all over the news...

Really what would you do? I hate my version of the story because my mental exercise goes like this…

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and on your way to work/school you overheard this news Al-Aqsa mosque is demolished?

Nothing…. My guess is you would look sad for a couple of minutes talk about it with your friends… maybe blog the hell out of it for a couple of days… and then what! Simply nothing… Is the news on Huda's family death less tragic, is the Iraqi blood spilled every day any less tragic... Is Majeda's story of rape...

You would continue your search for a better job, more money and mind your own business... Maybe if you were so hooked on liberation or religion then you would shed a few tears upon hearing the news and maybe some more at nighttime just before you go to sleep… (THAT IS, IF “FRIENDS” WASN’T SHOWING ON TV THAT NIGHT)…
Really what would you do? It’s a bit sad maybe you can lighten up my day and show me the other version of the story…

Is there anything we can do now to prepare for that day... if it comes?

The #1 Free Download of 2006

You're looking for that email, that excel or word document and can't find it... the windows find option takes ages going through all the data... U need that file on urgent basis and you remember that the email had something to do with "Paul" & "Sweilem" maybe the word frustration was mentioned... All you have to do is write the word in your google desktop bar hit enter and Voalla, prepare to be dazzled...

This has to be the best download I've done in while, I was saved a million times at work, I don't know how I managed without it... Google Desktop, unbelievable reliability... Super quick search on everything in your PC... it even searches the content of the emails and other files...

Be careful this might make your life easier... Love GOOGLE

Commodore 64 (The Good Old Days)

Does "The Last Ninja" ring any bells?! what about Summer Games? no maybe Curse of the Azure Bonds... or Nemesis.. no, maybe Hero... These are all great good old games from the mid and late eighties...

I'm having an adrenaline rush just thinking about the good old days of Sakher, Synklaire, Apple and the best of the best in those early days the "Commodore 64"....

Now me and my brothers had a nasty addiction to Commodore 64 games... on Wednesdays (school vacation was Thursday and Friday back then), we would all get some (Ammunition or tha7'eira which is code name for Food :) and stay awake all night "literally all night" playing one of those group games where everyone gets a turn, like summer games... Of course our parents didn't like that but we always managed to get around that issue... with a sad naive look on our faces...

The sound and music offered by Commodore 64 was at that time the best thing ever... We would go to sleep at 7 am... someone always pretended to be sleeping then would come back to turn on that old C64 with the good old floppy disks and have the time of his life alone with (Curse of the Azure Bonds or The Last Ninja)...

I remember the time me and my kid brother had to sneak out of the house one day, we went to Shemeisani to buy a cool new game from a sakher PC store... We were saving up those 15 JD's for ages ofcourse.. It was night time and we were not allowed to go out by ourselves and taking a taxi from Khalda to Shmeisani was the ultimate adventure but the new Rambo Game was worth it...

Anyway, I love the Internet, I couldn't believe it when I found out there were so many websites offering the good old games.. all you have to do is search and thousands if not millions out there are ready to share those games on your IBM PC... No more Green Screens, no more Cassettes and no more Huge floppy disks...

"Those were the days my friend..."

Qwaider Planet, Jordan Blogs and dwwen, Top three @ Day 4 of Voting

Update on favourite blogshop, its day 4 and Qwaider still leads...

Qwaider Planet 57%
Jordan Blogs 20%
dwwen 9%
toot & Maktoob 7%
Jeeran 2%
Sawtona 0%

Great Tips for Google Search

Ok, Search can sometimes turn ugly, these tips should make your life easier, I found 12 nice tips on this blog three of the tips I really liked, one I already knew, ok heregoes:

1) Word Definitions: If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the “define:” command.
Example: define:plethora

2) Explicit Phrase: Lets say you are looking for content about internet marketing. Instead of just typing internet marketing into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.
Example: “internet marketing”

3) Exclude Words: Lets say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you want to exclude any results that contain the term advertising. To do this, simply use the “-“ sign in front of the word you want to exclude.
Example Search: internet marketing -advertising

4) Site Specific Search: Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase. Even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature, you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the “site:somesite.com” modifier.
Example: “internet marketing” site:www.3amman.blogspot.com

5) Similar Words and Synonyms: Let’s say you are want to include a word in your search, but want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the “~” in front of the word.
Example: “internet marketing” ~professional

6) Specific Document Types: If you’re looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can use the modifier “filetype:”. For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations related to internet marketing.
Example: “internet marketing” filetype:ppt

7) Calculator: The next time you need to do a quick calculation, instead of bringing up the Calculator applet, you can just type your expression in to Google.
Example: 48512 * 1.02

8) Who Links to your Website: Just type in (link: website url) and don't forget the space before the website url.
Example: link: www.3amman.blogspot.com

Have fun and a better search...

Top Ten ShortCuts

I'm talking about Windows and related software, MS Office... Shortcuts separate the newbies from the experts when you deal with computer software, most of my work is with MS Word and MS Excel, and Internet Explorer plus file management on my PC...

I just hate hoping back and forth between the keyboard and the mouse, when I first started with PC's I wish someone would have pointed out the following shortcuts... They are my top ten or the ten I use the most, this is actually something very basic but I wish someone told me earlier, would have made my life easy...

Ok so here goes nothing:

1) Ctrl+Mouse Scroll, Ok I know this is not a keyboard shortcut, its more of a Keyboard+Mouse shortcut... but I just love it, if you're in IE, excel or word... Zoom in, Zoom out, Time saver and you're a shocker when you do it with the boss over your shoulder (Damn, what was that!? this boy is really good).
2) Ctrl+C Yes copy that file, text or picture... etc without having to go to the mouse, right click and select copy, just a simple shortcut.
3) Ctrl+X Cut.
4) Ctrl+V Paste.
5) Alt+Tab Switches in between already open windows, very helpful if you're playing cards at work and want to quickly change to your excel sheet without doing the rather obvious rush to the mouse and click the hell out of minimize... Daaa & guess what?! your boss suspected you the minute you reached for that mouse :)
6) PrtScr Print Screen, I'm not sure if this qualifies as a shortcut but its a one key just next to your F12 key, but its very useful, when you press it it saves a snapshot of your PC screen and saves it in memory as a picture, all you have to do is open the good old paint brush and press Ctrl+V (Paste) and voalla, there you go... you can do great tutorials with it, plus a number of pranks... maybe later...
7) Ctrl+A Selects All, three clicks with the mouse also does the trick but it gets really clumsy sometimes and you look like an idiot when you click three clicks at once, (nice, you don't have to hold that mouse from the beginning of the page and scroll down forever to select your text).
8) Tab Hmmm not a keyboard shortcut among other things you don't have to go to the mouse when you are filling a form and want to jump from one field to the next (I knew there must have been something easier !)
9) Alt+F4 Close that file.
10) F4 in Excel is a bless, It basically redows your last command, Its very useful when you add columns or rows (just add the first one and than F4 till you had enough).

Ok now its your turn show me your greatest shortcuts... Comment

أحسن كيس ملاكمة في العالم... مواطن أردني

لماذا؟ هل لأنه يستطيع تلقي أقوى الضربات المالية دون أن تسمع له صوتا ولا حتى صوت ارتطام ذراع الحكومة المالي بأنفه الإسفنجي... أم لأنه قادر بشكل عجيب على التشكل بحسب الضربة الموجهة إليه بحيث أنه من المستحيل أن يؤذي القبضة التي تمتدد إليه بسرعة البرق و الهاتف لتستعير منه دينارا بعد إذنه... قد يكون السبب هو الحشوة العلوية التي أنفقت عليها الملايين لتطوير و تطويع أقسى الحشوات...

يقول بعض الخبراء بإن الفن الحقيقي يتمثل في نظام ضبط الجودة غير المسبوق فلا يمكن أن تجد في الشارع ولا حتى نصف وسادة غير مؤهلة لتلقي الضربات المتتالية بمرونة عجيبة... فجميع الوسادات الغير صالحة أو التي تقترب فترة صلاحيتها من الإنتهاء يتم أولا إعادة معالجتها (بالعقل) و تخضع لعلاجٍٍ نسبة نجاحه غير موجودة في أي دولة أخرى (بضم الألف يا إخوان بالضم مش فتحة ولا ما يحزنون, فعلا التشكيل مهم, نرجع لموضوعنا)... يعني لا سيغما ستة لضبط الجودة ولا عشرة على الشجرة بطلع معانا براس... و أما بالنسبة للحشوات الغير قابلة للمعالجة فيتم عزلها أو إتلافها حتى لا تؤثر سلبا على غيرها (يعني بالمشرمحي ولا حتى تحلم تشوفها ماشية بالشارع و نافشة حشوتها)....

أما البعض فقد علق على أن هناك مشكلة بسيطة فيما يتعلق بجودة الجلد الخارجي اللذي برغم ميزاته العالية لكتم الصوت إلا أنه يبدأ بالتشقق و الإنحلال البطيء بصمت حزين بعد عمر 21 عاما من الضرب المتواصل للي خلفوه و لكن الخبراء أكدوا أن هذه المشكلة الغير فنية لا يمكن أن تؤثر على التصنيف العالمي خصوصا عندما تقارنها ببقية أكياس الملاكمة الموجودة في الأسواق العالمية...

و يسرنا أن نطمئن القائمين على استنزاف المواطن بأنه من الممكن أن تسسددوا ضربات ضريبة المبيعات و السولار و المياه و الكهرباء يوميا على مدار 24 ساعة أما بالنسبة لضربة الهاتف النقال فهي حكي فاااااضي نريد ضربات من حجم سوق العقار والإيجار و الترخيص و رفع أجور النقل و الخبز و نحن جاهزون تماما لإختبار الضربات المبدعة التي يتم تطويرها حاليا... فضرباتكم قد توجع الأكياس الأخرى (بضم الألف كمان مرة) و لكنها لن تؤثر في أحسن الصناعات الأردنية على الإطلاق...

جاهزون لتصدير خبراتنا للدول الأخرى أما الأكياس فمن زمان شغالين على التصدير للأسواق العالمية و لكننا لا نضمن جودة هذا المنتج خارج الأردن لتغير العوامل الجوية التي تؤثر على مواصفات المنتج...

إضربوا حتى ينبلج الصباح لأننا لن نصدر صوتا ولن نؤذي قبضة... فقط... ستتشقق جيوبنا وأحلامنا بصمت حزين... و بطء لا يؤثر إلا على مظهر المواطن... فقط الكثير الكثير من الكشرة و شيء من النكد (بس لا تخافوا النكد غير موجه للقبضات)... ابتسم فأنت في الأردن L

Qwaider Planet gets more Votes than the Parliament Poll

Ok, so end of day one on the voting for your favourite blog-shop, Qwaider Planet takes the lead in day one... Jordan Blogs in 2nd place and the rest are trailing... check it out in detail...

So Anyway, what has this to do with Jordan's Parliament... the thing is, I started a poll on Jordan's Parliament a few days ago to see what kind of interest it triggers... and the number of votes on such an issue is not even close to half the votes that Qwaider Planet had...

Interesting don't you think... You can come up with a few conclusions... one of them could be People are not interested in the Parliament in the first place... maybe the question is too obvious to answer and not worth voting... or Maybe...

Just Maybe... people are still too terrified to speak their mind on anything that relates to the government, although we are talking about an anonymous poll a poll that seeks your opinion in qualifications of the nations parliament... Perhaps the recent events on freedom of the press might affect such a poll...

Anyway, whatever the indication... It's certainly not something positive...

استفتاء: ما هو "مجمع المدونات" المفضل لديك؟ صوت هنا

Blog Aggregator
عرفتوا شويعني مجمع المدونات بضم الميم الأولى و فتح الجيم و كسر الميم الثانية مع التشديد مش عارف قلبت ميمعة المهم :)
المهم يعني تووت ولا قويدر ولا مكتوب ولا صوتنا ولا دوّن ولا جيران ولا
Jordan Blogs
صوت لأحسن" مجمع مدونات" في رأيك؟ بعدين حدا يحكيلي وين الشدة مع الكسرة على لوحة المفاتيح منشان الله مش معقول شو بتغلب لمّا أطبع بالعربي

What’s your favorite “BLOG-Shop” (aggregator)? Vote here…

Is it Qwaider Planet, Jordan Blogs, toot, Jeeran, Maktoob, dwwen, sawtona...

By the way I know there is no such word "blog-shop" but I just hate using the word Aggregator feels like on the starship enterprise when you say it...


A Tip you probably know already: If you have a popup blocker, then when you're about to press that Vote! button, press Ctrl and keep pressing until you click... This will prevent the Pop-up blocker from blocking this nice little voting window...

Have fun Voting & Good luck "Blog-Shops"

Money Making & Saving Tips

The following tips are based on a best-selling book on becoming a millionaire. It was around 70% junk; I’ll try to summarize as much as I can of the 30% I thought was worth reading. The book itself despises the poor and glorifies the rich in a very materialistic approach, in every possible occasion; I wouldn't recommend reading it believe me it doesn’t even start to sound interesting until after you’ve read through half the…

The next half was a bit useful and here are some concepts and budgeting tips are found to help you control and implement strategic money spending, I’ll add a few statements here and there so its not only the book content you’re reading here, its my personal feedback as well:


A few budgeting tips to control your money spending habits:
1) Assign play money!! I found this interesting cause you don’t usually see this tip in budgeting books. Why should you assign play money? Because if you don’t you will not have control over your spending habits, you might end up spending so much without taking note. Make it 15% for entertainment.
2) Assign charity money! Yes this note is from a very materialistic author, why? Cause you’ll feel good about yourself and about your contribution to society, help to be helped. I have to agree with this point but different motives apply.
3) Assign 10% of your income to savings, Now, I have to add this statement, avoid banks, companies that produce alcohol, cigarettes and anything that destroys the fabric of our values… Have a positive impact on your society, money isn’t everything no matter what the author of this book thinks, interest rates or (USURY) is sucking the living blood out of people. And at the end of the day you don’t want money that is “prohibited in Islam, Christianity and Judaism”.
4) Assign 10% of your income to investment in Passive Income generators, the main idea is to have your money generate more money (more details on passive income and investment approaches are described below).
5) Don’t use credit cards for payment, the temptation is too good to resist and interest rates will knock down the best budgeting experts.
6) Avoid carrying change all the time, get yourself a moneybox and drop those coins inside. Empty it every month and deposit it in your account. Personally I found this one a bit too much!!
7) Track your spending money, write down every penny you spend, have your pen and diary ready and write it all down. It will help you estimate future expenditure and where you can improve.

Passive Income (Tune in for more money)

Sounds interesting… well it is, I read this a few months ago… The author is a best selling geek and money trainer… way too snobby when he talks about the poor… and money driven in every sense… But you’ll find some useful information here and there; I’ll summarize as much as I can in a couple of posts, I will also add statements that have nothing to do with the book...

The Concept of Multiple and Diverse Passive Income generators, it sounds complicated but its actually quite simple, the idea is to have your money work hard for you instead of working hard for the money, so invest with minimum effort and supervision. This can be done in a number of ways:


1) Venturing with a reliable party (friends and family will probably be the best option since mutual trust is the basis for any good investment). You will be amazed of how many great ideas are looking for capital funding; even small amounts or monthly installments can mean a lot to business startups. Again the opportunities should not require your time and effort. (e.g. if someone is buying an apartment, land, car to rent in nearby future jump in help and get something in return. A usual arrangement will be providing part of the funding capital in return of a percentage of the income). No matter how much you trust each other, both parties should go to an attorney and document the agreement.

2) Real Estate investment, big or small doesn’t matter. It’s more likely that you’re reading these words because you can’t afford the big investment so check out that piece of land with installments of less than a hundred or so. Whatever you can afford, jump in and Invest in real estate, how many times did you hear that story about the land in the middle of nowhere your parents, bought (or didn’t) and now its worth 20 times its value or more before a few years. The book speaks of the same stories in the U.S.

3) Online Ads from websites and blogs can be rewarding if you have the right amount of traffic. Google Adsense among others pay for clicks on their Ads to the website owner. I’ll have to go deeper in online money making in another post.

4) Investing in well-established companies stock options. I have to add this on avoiding banks, companies that produce alcohol, cigarettes and anything that destroys the fabric of our values… Have a positive impact on your society, money isn’t everything no matter what the author of this book thinks, interest rates or (USURY) is sucking the living blood out of people. And at the end of the day you don’t want money that is “prohibited in Islam, Christianity and Judaism”. Don’t contribute to people’s tragedies (including yours, this life or the next), so take responsibility for your actions, you may choose to ignore the results of your financial decisions but that doesn’t mean that people will suffer any less, you only close your eyes when you release the trigger, those who get hurt suffer the same injury. Open your eyes.

استفتاء - هل مجلس النواب الأردني مؤهل لتمثيل الشعب؟

Stating the obvious... الإستفتاء موجود على اليمين؟

The Picture that Broke My Heart...

Can you hold your tears... look closer for you might see all the anguish in this child's cry...

Look closer for you might see his neck streched, his vocal chords strained too tired too scared to look at his amputated arm...

One hand trying to hug his dad searching for comfort from all this pain... no more tears left to shed...

I can almost hear his choked weeping... Listen, you can almost hear his cry...

His father's eyes sadness, confusion and despair locked inside... You can almost read his eyes: "I wish I could do something my son but I can't... I'll just hold your face to the other side so you won't see what's left of your arm, don't look for you might be scared of all the bleeding my little one... I'll stay beside you until you forget you had too hands... I know you wanted to hug me with both arms, with all your strength but you can't... Patience.... shhhhh patience... "

Can you see the anguish in his eyes... I ASK YOU AGAIN... Can you hold your Tears...

Can you tell him its WRONG to blow yourself up in a crowd... Just sit back and watch those who did this to your child?

Frankly I CAN'T... I wish I could but I simply can't...

Tips on Becoming Organized (Part 1)

These tips are based on reading a book entitled “It’s hard to make a difference when you can’t find your keys”.

The following tips are not a magical solution to the paper clutter in your office or the piles of clothes in your bedroom… Organizing your life is something to work at… it requires discipline and below are tips that may prove to be of great value…

1) WHY?
Find out why you want to be organized, its very important to know the benefits you’ll reap from organizing your desk, car, home, … It’s a new form of discipline that requires a high level of motivation. Are you wasting too much time looking for things at work or at home? Do you end up with a red face when you’re asked urgently for that piece of paper, how many appointments are you missing because you can’t find your keys, your mobile, or that nice looking black sweater… List your reasons and place the list someplace visible to keep you motivated.

2) Envision
When you are clear about WHY? Start visualizing J what the hell are we talking about?! let me explain, visualizing your organized life might include seeing your desk in the back of your mind clear and tidy, you can see yourself finding everything easily and quickly, visualize the activities you can enjoy with the extra time you free up when you’re organized, visualize your home all tidy and clean, no more shirts lying around here and there, no more piles of dirty plates covering the kitchen sink…
It might sound too dramatic but it helps you identify what you want, can help you relate it in memory at a more powerful level, it provides you with a motive and most importantly if you can envision something, then its not impossible anymore…

3) Observe!
Where is all this mess coming from? To answer this you must observe yourself as if you’re watching a movie, you will be amazed at what some people found out. Who would have thought your mess might be caused by things such as, not saying no to people, maybe not checking your planner before giving appointments, return that piece of paper to the file don’t keep it there cause you might need it in an hour or too... Etc.

4) Support
Did you ever talk about this with a friend at work? For the first instance it might not seem like a good idea but you’ll be amazed how many people suffer from the same thing before they reach a level of organization and their experiences will most likely be close to your one if you share the same work environment. Family and friends can also be a great source of help in your mission.

5) Organizing Wisdom
Lets face it, its quite simple, first you’re ready then you take action and ACTION CREATES A MESS! To proceed with further actions efficiently you have to go back to the ready stage. Roll up your sleeves; it’s time to get ready.

6) Getting ready
So much backlog to handle, from mail and invoices to old clothes eating your space you need to spend at least one to four hours a week (Max.) on getting through the back log. Focus on one area at a time, your desk, your car or one closet at a time don’s say I’m going to through everything away this weekend but focus at one small area and remember slow and steady wins the race.

7) Be realistic with time
You wake up in the morning at 7:45, have to be at work at 8:00 have Two meetings back to back and a deadline to meet, a couple of urgent emails regarding a quotation that should be delivered by the end of the day. Plus a few calls to return. I got hectic just writing it down…etc. The point is; be more realistic with your schedules and have a look at them before you hit your office in the morning.

8) Helpful habits
· Put keys, glasses, hats, gloves in the same place every day.
· Clear off floors and counter tops at the end of the day (or week).
· Put things back immediately after you use them.
· Put your toothbrush on the holder rather on the sink.
· Bring everything in from the car when you get home (Everything).
· Empty your handbag or briefcase of the excess at the end of each week.

Don’t do all the above at once, establish regular habits two at a time and remember although they seem small tasks but they can be really hard. Stick to it, again and again, although seemingly trivial habits but they will make your life a lot less hectic. Over time it will become an easy part of your life.

9) Building systems
The most important thing is that the system should work for YOU, remember your goal is to create a routine that helps you find the information you want as quickly as possible. Define your goals first. Your system should be simple, accessible, low maintenance, personal, if you like colors use them. And try your best to keep incoming flow to a minimum with fewer duplicates. Delete what you don’t need as quickly as possible…

10) We own things, they don’t own us.
A very difficult thing is discarding things we have but don’t need or don’t love… it uses up space… Free yourself, free your space, if you don’t LOVE that piece of furniture get it out of there… And always pause before a purchase, where will this fit and do you really need it… is it useful…


These tips are based on reading a book entitled “It’s hard to make a difference when you can’t find your keys”, it’s available in Jordan on http://www.vital-edition.com/, just call or place your order online, they deliver within 48 hours & payment is upon delivery ya3ni no credit cards required and you don’t pay for shipping, you only pay the US cover price…