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So it’s that time of the year again folks and hopefully we can rally together to make a difference in the lives of a few citizens. The Action Committee has started its food drive for Ramadan and your help is needed! The Ramadan food package is going to cost 20JDs and will contain:
3 kg Rice
3 kg Sugar
2 kg Beans
2 kg Lentils
6 Packs of Pasta
2 Cans Tomato Paste
1 kg Tea
2 A’mar Eldin
1 Oil
½ kg Dates
12 packs Maggie
The drive is underway and will last for the next week or so, depending on the donations. The Action Committee is targeting the last 10 days of Ramadan for distribution.
So tell a friend, tell a family member, tell the neighbor, tell the people at work, even the weird guy who sits in the corner of the office and who no one talks to; this could be your chance.
For bloggers: Forward this message. Post about it. Spread it. Mobilize!
Just like last time, when we went from this, to this. It’ll be interesting to see the extent to which blogs can make a social impact in Jordan.
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As we went down to the parking, were most of the employees enjoy a break with a cigarette or a cup of coffee, I go down to get a wisp of fresh air (if any).
Regulars light up like pros, talk some, it’s okay right? They have been smoking for a couple of months/years now, they’re past the time were they probably feel weird and self conscious whenever they light up, maybe a friend is passing by that doesn’t know yet, they haven’t got that unspoken approval of their friends and families “its okay to smoke, we don’t have to talk about it, you know it can kill you, but hey, it’s your life”.
I understand that smoking is extremely addictive, everyone of us have his additive, mine might just be eating, but then again, there are things that you can go through life without (regrettable eating is not one of them J), but smoking is one of those things that you can, they why do you do it?
My parents are/were both smokers, thankfully I have a brother and a sister that were smart enough not to fall into that pit, maybe it is the awareness that we had through seeing what smoking really is, I tend to notice that usually parents who smoke have children who doesn’t (statistically the exact opposite is true, but I don’t speak statistics at the moment, but rather my own observations), and I think we most agree that public awareness towards smoking and its affects is now very widespread if compared to a couple of decades ago, when our parents started to, its not an excuse, but rather an explanation, and this is what I don’t understand: knowing what you know today, why, and WHY, would you smoke?????
Am talking to those of you who haven’t lit a cigarette ever, or probably tried it once or twice and thought; “Eh, maybe I like it!” or whatever, you haven’t yet fallen, they why drag yourself there.
My own reasoning of this is the social acceptance of smoking, it is considered among teens as being “hip” and “trendy”, maybe even “manly”, but we are past those years now, do you still feel the need to do so? Do you really feel that you need to smoke to be socially acceptable?
Others may disagree, and I get a lot of those, “oh yeah I don’t smoke, I just light up once in a while”, oh wake up! You either smoke or you don’t, if you feel it’s okay, and you do it, then why the hell do you go off saying that you don’t, own it, don’t go around pretending you’re not doing it, you cannot please both sides, it’s a fact, there are people who will find it socially acceptable, even a preference, and there are those who won’t, pick a side.
Some of the people I know, who are starting to smoke (you know who you are), can get irritated by my constant nagging about it, well I don’t like to nag, but it bugs me because I do give a rats ass about their health, just like people constantly telling me I should lose weight (and I know I have a problem, am facing it), it’s the same thing.
And one last thing, to friends who offer friends a smoke, I mean what the **** is wrong with u? you know it’s bad, you want to quit like crazy (I don’t think in a million years I will ever be convinced that you don’t want to), why the hell do you want him/her to be addicted? Are you that selfish? Can’t you handle the fact that you have fallen into it and you want them to fall with you? Be a man and take responsibility for your actions.
Last week, and as a fruitful result of my friends hard working efforts to group us all together, we went down to have some late lunch, and enjoy the sunset at the dead sea, up through the mountains at an isolated outing called Panorama!
Am usually not a fan of such places, I’ve been there once before, and although it was a peaceful and pleasant, I couldn’t help but wonder that the sunny skies, and extreme humidity of the place would ruin the atmosphere...
How wrong was I!
I probably haven’t stressed this point enough to my friends, but the view is SPECTACULAR, the last time (and actually the only time) that I went there was after dark, and although you could sense the beauty of the sea at night, you couldn’t see it right, but this time it was different, up from the sides of the mountains were the restaurant/museum (yes there is one) resides we enjoyed a slight breeze while staring at the sea that managed to flow effortlessly.
There is something about the sea that grips you, it’s one of those places where you can easily site, stare, and get lost in your own thoughts, I guess I understood the “talking to the sea” part.
This brings me back to a conversation I had with a friend of mine the other day,
We were discussing Jordan, Palestine and the complex relationship that they have, I can say that I have a neutral view on the subject (I didn’t have a grip on the reality of the conflicts that were between the two till my early university years, my world consisted of my semi exclusive circassian school that didn’t help much!), anyho, the conversation did lead up to further talks about the nature of the people of our country, and you cannot disagree, we are grumpy most of the time, and hardly smile.
Can that be traced back to the rough nature of our country, I mean think of it this way, the Lebanese have their share of the sea and natural resources, same goes for Syria & Egypt, while if you look at our country, we mostly come from Bedouin tribes that roamed the country looking for resources, mainly water, and that must have toughened their life styles, because the surroundings were also rough, they had to be.
I know there are exceptions to this, but I can’t help but see it relating directly to this.
Can a multi hundred years of a rough style change who you are? Tell me what do you think...
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