أرصاد أرضية

You have missed a lot if you haven't seen Professor Randy Pausch last lecture entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". Randy passed away on 25 Jul 08, he was diagnosed with liver cancer in mid 2007 and was told by his doctors that he had 3-6 months to live. He gave his moving "last lecture" on Sep 07 in Carnegie Mellon to students, colleagues, wife and most importantly his 3 kids. Watch every minute of it, it's worth it. This is by far the most incredible presentation I've ever seen, it is watched by millions on you tube and you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo Looking at this reminds how far we are from having the right people in Universities in Jordan.

لم أفطر في ذلك الصباح كالعادة و مررت بجانب بائع كعك فاشتهيت السمسم و الجبنة و الزعتر و شيئا من البندورة و كنت في ميل للتحدث فبعد السلام وطلب الكعكة والحديث عن أقدم البياعين على العربايات... قلي : البائع: أنا من أقدم البياعين بس ما حدا بصدق لأني شكلي صغير كنت أبيع عالعربايه و أنا 15 سنة أو أصغر... و هنا سألته السؤال الذهبي: مافي حدا يمنعك من البيع أو ينكد عليك, الشرطة؟ قال بدون تردد: لا الأمانة! مش الشرطة... الشرطة ما بتتدخل... ه قلتلو: طب شو أكثر إشي ممكن يسوولك إياه. قلي:" إذا ما بستكفوا بالبضاعة و العرباية (يعني ما بكتفوا بأخذهم) ممكن يحبسونا بتهمة التسول بدل بائع متجول, في كثير ناس بتبطل بعد الحبس بس أنا بنطلهم (يعني بقفز قدامهم) ثاني يوم.... يا أخي أنا هذي رزقتي لا عندي صنعة ولا إشي شو بدهم ياني أسرق والله ما بقرب الحرام واستمر الحديث اللذي أخذ منحى دينيا بعض الشيء لكني إستأت لأني خفت أن يأتي يوم لا نستطيع شراء الكعك من الطرقات و لا الصبر ولا الكرز و لكل هذا شيء من النكهة الخاصة في عمان شيء مميز لا تجده في أي مكان...أجرؤ أن أقول أنه شيء من تراث و عراقة المدينة...جزء محبب ...

First time in Lebanon, almost one week ago... And my advice is don't go to the Bristol, the "antique look" is nice but you might actually want the bathroom sink to drain water without having to remove the plug with your own hands.... eeekh The front office last night was a terrible mess, a lebanese guy who is so confused to the point that he starts and ends conversations while we wait for him to allocate the already reserved rooms... Two rooms but he can't seem to find the reservation untill we actually show him the reservation details on the laptop! and he goes "hmmm aaah now I get it 2 rooms one night!" Anyway, I asked if I can connect to the internet and he said yes, all you have to do is connect to the ADSL plug in your room, we will send it to you once you need it. As I was heading towards the room, I saw the door open, one of the hotel staff was getting out of the room and another went to the bathroom, saying sorry we just need a few minutes. Then I ha...

إغرق أكثر تحت أوراق و أعمال و ملفات و شاشات... إغرق أكثر في أسفار العمل... لعلك تنسى عيونا تجرك إلى قاع آلام لا تطاق... إغرق أكثر في مراسلات و مشاريع لعلك تنام قبل أن تتذكر ما فقدت... لعلك تحيا من جديد لعلك تنهك إلى حد تموت فيه الذكريات قبل أن تنسل كل صباح تمزق الآهات... في كل صلاة... في كل مرة تقود مركبة أو تلمح طيفا...ه إغرق أكثر في كل تفاهات الحياة في كل الأفلام التي شاهدتها... لا تترك لحظة إلا و قد أنهكتها في شق الثواني نحو الموت... فليس هناك من أمل إن داهمتك الثواني دون إنشغال... إن داهمتك فلن تجد سوى جر الدموع ...ستجرك لا محالة إلى سراديب الظلام...ه و في كل يوم رغم آلاف الأوراق ستسرق منك دمعة و نظرة... ستطوى كل أشواقي إلى قبر و أدعية... ستظمؤ كل نظراتي إلى طيف و لا تروى... ستنزف كل أوتاري بصوت إسمك دون أن تسمع... ستنصت كل آذاني بلا أمل... و لا صوت يخفف عتمة الأشواق... فلا تنظر ولا تنصت سيأتي يوم بلاعمل ولا شقٍ... ستلقى فيه من أحببت و قد فارقت من زمن...ه فاغرق أكثر

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If you scroll down, you will see photos of King Talal's house in Jabal Amman and a mosque that is named after him. The mosque is in terrible condition on the main road leading to the Dead Sea. Quite a shame! King Talal ruled Jordan for 11 months, he is someone I think of as a "clock builder" and NOT "a time teller". A metaphor that is taken from Jim Collins books entitled "Built to Last" and "Good to Great", in which, based on years of research looking for the qualities that separate great and enduring companies from others. One of the distinct aspects is that they build systems that continue to operate regardless of who is in charge, the concept is to build a system that works instead of building companies around individuals no matter how great they are. This obviously leads to sustainability and better performance. In 11 months he: 1) Initiated the first constitution in Jordan. The most remarkable aspect was giving the Parliament the auth...

What makes a country? better yet what is the definition of a country? It is not meant to make Jordan any less of a nation or a culture when you say that Jordan as a country didn't exist 100 hundred years ago. There is a big difference between an inhibited land and a country. "A country" adds the dimension of political identity, of a nation that moves with its self appointed leadership towards it's own agenda. Before the so called "independence" of Arab countries, we were part of a larger nation and a larger political cluster. It was not ONLY Jordan... Almost every other Arab country did not exist as an individual political structure as it does today. And we were sold the concept of "A COUNTRY" as if it is the greatest achievement of our modern times. Our greatest disappointment was sold as our greatest achievement!! The unity of the Arab nations was broken down with lines of ink held sacred on fresh glossy maps with 21 proud new flags!! ...