المشاركات

عرض المشاركات من سبتمبر, ٢٠٠٨

Not a Royal Village yet and certainly not under construction

صورة
wow nice logo and love the live content on the website that consists of one sentence only "The website is under construction"... The actual construction on site is very similiar (nothing is happening)... What ever happened to the Royal Village project in Marj El-Hamam... There is only one building there and nothing else although the construction started around 4 years ago... It used to be an exhibition site, now its a total waste of huge advertizing signs that are torn apart, and sadly contrary to the only sentence on the website, NOTHING is under construction... Virtual or Physical... Wonder what ever happened to the investors?!?!?

Disconnected from East Amman

صورة
We simply forget... We forget that West Amman is not the whole of Jordan... We need harsh reminders of poverty and misery to remember that the world is not West Amman or even East Amman... It is almost 60 minutes after sunset in Ramadan, a lonely man in his seventies with a short white beard sits on a stone curb in downtown Amman, sipping soup... For those of you who are not familiar with Ramadan it's the holy month of fasting, where Muslims must abandon worldly pleasures of food and sexual enjoyment from sunrise till sunset.... Eat nothing and drink nothing... For most of us, sunset is a time to sit with family and enjoy a good meal as soon as the Sun sets down... Clearly this is not the same for others who sip soup only 60 minutes after sunset on a stone curb... with no one to talk to... To them a warm salute, we no longer fast to remember the poor and hungry... We are too busy with TV shows, facebook , blogs and PS3 games... Disconnected from East Amman is a much more subtle t

Greatest Movie by NG: Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas

youtube can be a real bless... I remember seeing this movie on Channel 6 almost 15 years ago... When no one had sattelites... The best documentary I've seen on lions by National Geoghraphic. I looked it up on youtube.com and found two clips from the ame movie (start and End), I'de love to see the full movie again. Anyway, check them out they are fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnN1ciPHmhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIVgKIuISx4