Reda... " 3an el 3esh2 w el hawa "

A cold December night .. it's approaching 3 am here.. it's raining outside.. we're all inside el ahwa ; me , 2 of my friends , Reda and 3awny ( sa7eb el ahwa).. a couple of customers are sitting in a near table playing " Ma7boosa" .. 3awny turned on the radio and as usual we're listening to Om Kolthoum .. that night the song was " هذه ليلتي" ..the tunes, the rain and the backgammon sound created a cozy , black and white atmosphere..

We were talking soccer , Reda was trying to convince us that " El e3lam el a7mar mesaytar 3la garayed el ryada kolaha , w kol ro2sa2 el ta7reer lihom masale7 m3 el Ahli 3shan kda byshkoro feeh leel nahar " and at a certain verse in the song he paused , had a thoughtful look on his face and after about 2 minutes he spoke :

قد أطال الوقوف حين دعاني
ليلم الأشواق عن أجفاني

فادن مني وخذ إليك حناني
ثم اغمض عينيك حتى تراني

وليكن ليلنا طويلاً طويلا
فكثير اللقاء كان قليلا

"Sme3to el 7etta dy .. yaaaaaaaaaah 3la om kalthoum w gamalha .. 7awlo tefhamo l kalam by2ool eh .. y3ny 3abd el 7alim kan 7enayen w l nas bet7ebo .. bas 3abd el 7alim 3alem el nas ezay te7eb ama Om Kalthoum fa 3alemethom ezay yefakaro fy elly by7ebooh.. bas seebak enta el 3alam zaman kanet ray2a kda te7eb w tesma3 l 7warat el fashla dy , 3ndak wa7ed zay el ragel 7amaya ebn el **** fate7 l wlado ma7al w homa **** wala yefhamo 7aga wana elly kont medawarhomlo w yo3od ba2a yetmazeg w yesma3 om kolthoum 3ala bab ma7alat welado w yefakar .. bas 3omro maslan ma y2olak Reda gooz benty elly shayel welady ashoofo b 7aga .. w hwa ysafer w yroo7 w yeegy yala da 7a2o bardo , el ragel she2y w te3eb fy shababo le7ad marta7 fy kebaro .. bas teegy t2oly ana asma3 a3'any w afakar fy el weleya meraty ... dana yadobak ba2akelha ha7eb feeha kaman !!!! "

I have no idea why I chose this one to be the first Reda post , bas may be i wanted to show how he's capable of saying el kelma w 3aksaha at the same time ...

Reda... "Introduction"

His name is Reda .. I have no idea what his last name is , he's in his mid forties, a taxi driver and ( may be it comes with the job ) he can discuss anything, anytime and anywhere..
Reda is a typical example for the egyptian character nowadays , we meet about three times a week fy el ahwa and he's always there with the cup of coffee , the cleopatra pack and 7agar el me3assel, he doesn't belong to a specific group , he moves around different tables and sits with different people with different backgrounds and he always finds something to share , may be opinions or complaints and everyone should listen .. he starts talking , looking you in the eyes and asking every now and then " Fehemt ma2soody ?" to check that you are following..

Reda will be my first blog series , his thoughts may be wrong most of the times but they really deserve writing about..

Greatest Hits .. Vol. 1

This post is one of my favorites , it's from my my old blog :


" It’s the five best moments of my... sorry excuse for a life...”My greatest hits"... You know... memories... they’re all I’ve got... ".... (Charlie Pace) Lost - Season 3 - Episode 21

1. My 5th birthday , July 1989 ... I stood on a chair wairing a yellow shirt, black shorts and a cute little childish tie , my family is every where ,they brought me gifts and i wore this amazing round button with a cat and a "5" on it.
2. Summer 1997, For the first time I'm going out with my friends on our own.. no adults, no guidance we're all by ourselves facing the world and we went to the movies... "Dante's Peak" cinema Tiba :D
3. Of couuuuuuuuuurse the battle of rhades 2007, 91 minutes had passed no goals, no luck & the tunisians are celebrating everywhere, the dream is fading away.. no trophy, no japan come back ... nothing, I was sitting infront of the TV and 7azem was next to me .. our voices became weak and silence was allover the place, and just then "Abu Treika" had something to say, and the shot flashed past the tunisian keeper into the net... all i can recall are jumps, screams and tears
4. My first car accident :) there was something special abt it I hit the metro .
5. That day, after a loooong period of being un-impressable I became totally impressed , i just sat there and watched.
   

The Rules Of Being ArlY...

A short note to start with: I am Arly :)

And these are the rules of being ArlY..

1. Never appear weak
2. No one is 100% trustworthy
3. Never laugh too much
4. Never cry too much
5. No one is more important than ArlY
6. Never ask for something more than once
7. Say whatever you want whenever you want to and everyone should accept it
8. Never want to be so nice
9. Everyone should be grateful to know you

So, please stop breaking my rules !!!

A new blog .. a new beginning

This is the first post in my new blog.. I deleted the old one marra wa7da and without hesitation , may be i felt that these thoughts are no more mine.. may be zehe2t , msh 3aref.
Bas what I'm sure of is that blogs are to let go of any thought we write, and the old one wasn't doing this efficiently so it had to be deleted...
Men enharda i'll start writing from a totally different point of view.
Bas el post elly se3bet 3lya hya "The greatest hits" , fa may be I'll write it once again.
Yalla gtg now abl ma my manager yeshoofny wna a3ed a blog.. coz then he'll give me something to really write about :S
Laterzzz...