“Happy Single Awareness Day”. Weird, isn’t it ?
As girlish as it may seem, and since I’ve been doing nothing but : eating, sleeping, gaining weight, and surfing the web since my last exam at the university. So yesterday I decided to get out of bed and surprisingly I decided to go out to do something else rather than buying food!
I went to buy perfume and I really enjoyed the smell of the shop! Not only the smell, but the look of the shop. An extreme makeover, they changed the facade of the shop and decorated everything with the color “red” ! As I always act, a stranger from another planet, I asked the guys there (with all the assurance in the world in my voice) if it is the apples celebration or the national day of trees (I don’t know where I got these terms from anyway)! They giggled, and said it’s for “VALENTINE’s DAY” !
I laughed, picked up my perfume (Dunhill for the curious) and walked back home! Ahh, the shop is infront of the mansion where I live, I can see it from the window lol..
Anyway, It’s February/3rd and I decided to celebrate already…and this is how the celebration went: I sneaked to the blog archives of my friends and read what they wrote in the last couple of years in February, specifically in February/14th (I deleted my post of last february/14th *angel*) and look at what I found:
The most interesting blog was JNET, of course!
In February 2005, she wouldn’t stay alone or let her friends spend the night alone so she invited her friends to party at her house! Good idea JNET!!
I don’t invite anybody to my room..! 
In February 2006, she was greeted “Happy Single Awareness Day” !
Actually I didn’t wanna talk about Valentine’s day in specific, but about occasions like Eid, Christmans, Hanukka, ..etc.
Apart from the religious importance of some occasions (which we pay the least attention for), I think today these occasions are making people feel nothing but bad about themselves. Not everyone have enough money to buy new cloths for the Eid, not everyone have families to spend Christmas with, and orphans have no fathers to greet on father’s day!
Happy single awareness day 
on 03 Feb 2007 at 5:42 pm # queenie
My friends and I exchange Valentine’s day presents: chocolates and lots of pink stuff.
With all the commercial pressure of Valentines, it makes you feel so stupid to be single…yuck :S
on 04 Feb 2007 at 12:07 am # SimSim
nice post
well I like valentines day thu never seleprate it but I like seeing people in love
on 04 Feb 2007 at 1:44 am # vagueraz
lol……turn it to shesha day as what sharifo said :p loool ….
bla valintain bla haaaam :p ///
on 04 Feb 2007 at 3:45 am # S H A R I F O
Ma3 ino iam a one comment guy!!
Bas sho malko ????
Meen el 3a6efe…hala2 el akeed ino men el shela…3abed we Aya homa el 3a6efeyeen…
BTW..Happy Hameede day Nuahahahahahaha…bas howa abel wla ba3ed 3ashoora ?
WE A7LA SHISHA DAY !!
on 04 Feb 2007 at 6:24 am # Weddo...
I’m so sorry to tell you that ……. mafhemtesh
O_o
o fe kteeer a7rof bel Word Verification hada! I’m starting to take it personal
on 04 Feb 2007 at 6:27 am # Khaled
a7la 3abed! wallah ma 3reftak! 9ayerlak 3ala elvalentine men waray
walak yom elvalentine share3 eljam3a r7 ygleb 7afartale men el2aaaa5er! w tzakkar!
on 04 Feb 2007 at 7:07 am # Walid Zebda
ana r2ye zay ma kona n7ke elyom eno lazem ykon yom shesha.. zay ma eqtar7at vagruz.. wela 3ndak kalam tanee?
keef el sho3′el elyom kan dayel ibn elsaify meshan tkmal el ma95ara!!..
on 04 Feb 2007 at 10:40 am # Ola
Valentine’s day suck, but it’s still funny
I don’t knwo why but everythign about it is so funny and teenish
on 04 Feb 2007 at 11:02 am # Abed. Hamdan
Queenie: eh , It always goes unnoticed, it’s an international stupidity :S
SimSim: eash ya 3atefeyyeh
on 04 Feb 2007 at 11:05 am # Abed. Hamdan
VagueRaz: bala battee5…we’ll celebrate SheeShaa day with Eng.Khalaf
Sharifo: Hamede day bejee kol 4 yrs marrah
Weddo: mafhemteesh sho bezzabt ??? *7ered*
aah word verification, sho a3mallek befakrooki virus el blogger
Khaled: tab ya zalame hada el matlooob…shari3 el jam3a yegleb garwaneh…lazem ensharek!!
Walid Zebda: walla heyye nages-ha ibn el saify!! 3ashan net5ozag!!
Ola: bezzabt! it’s teenish, wl banat bekayfo 3a hal gosas
on 05 Feb 2007 at 8:00 am # 7ala
Wallah ya 3abed ana fi kol 14 Feb bakon la7aly .. mo 3arfeh la2emta
so eza 7d bedo ye3mal party ye3zemny plz
on 05 Feb 2007 at 9:42 am # Diana
hehe
well, I like the way u put it, simple awareness day?
halla2 sa7 eno those who are in love won’t wait for a single day to express their love towards each other, but it’s not wrong to make a sweet gesture on that day.
on 05 Feb 2007 at 2:27 pm # a-mok
weird how some pple express their love to smne only in a specific day.. i don’t beleive in that sure. as for Valentine issue, i think it turned more (clishe) and commercial than being a day for real feelings.. agreed about pple with short capacities, whishing them a better life. cheers,well sweet dreams(it’s almost 1:00am)?!;)) p.s.: Dunhill perfume is a bit manly for smne in your age;)though it smells good.
on 06 Feb 2007 at 8:51 am # Abed. Hamdan
7ala: eh…wala eyhemmek…a7la 7afle
Diana: it’s not wrong, but I don’t think we should make it a day to celebrate..and today it’s beyond just a way to express love to someone
a-mok: exactly! and hey, I love DUNHILL
on 06 Feb 2007 at 10:44 am # Ohoud
He he, you can be single and still celebrate all the love in the world!
Naaa who am I kidding:D
But I mean why be so dull and celebrate it on the 14th? thats just too globalized for me:p
on 06 Feb 2007 at 11:17 pm # Mala2e6
who said that valentine’s day is for lovers only?
you can love anyone you want..you parents,you friends,you teachers,anyone..but the red hearts all over town keep telling you that it should be someone else..ya3ni hathak il 7ob
i liked you topic abed..and it is true..many cheerful occasions seem to be not so cheerful after all
come to think of all those deprived of what makes this occasion special..it is not that special if not eveyone joined the celebration
on 08 Feb 2007 at 5:08 am # Noor
Salam Abed, How r u? well, what i hate about Arabs that they take something or event that useless and worthless like VALENTINE DAY and adopt it!!!! they are now spreading such ugly habit which is not good and not suitable in our conservative societies.
on 08 Feb 2007 at 7:00 am # Abed. Hamdan
Ohoud: lol! yeah sure I will celebrate it with my father!
MaLa2e6: Valentine’s day for lovers only!
Noor: we always take the useless things..
on 12 Feb 2007 at 1:54 pm # عاشق الجمال / ياسر
والله ياعبد شو بدي أحكي وكل اللي قبلي بحتفلوا بهذا العيد / اليوم
ولهذا ولذلك :
كل عام وكل الشباب والشابات بخير
وأتمنى للجميع حفلات طيبة وسهرات جميلة
وأحلى حفلة لحلا
دمتم بخير
on 13 Feb 2007 at 8:02 am # palo-girl
lol 3aleik afkar raheebeh :p
“single awareness day”
so sad that its funny
happy single awareness day
on 13 Feb 2007 at 1:09 pm # jnetsworld
We’ve captured cupid…
hehehe
Best wishes,
JNET
on 14 Feb 2007 at 9:27 pm # Abed. Hamdan
عاشق الجمال:
w enta b 5aair, teslam
Palo Girl:
lol! happy single awareness day
JNET:
LOOL! what a party! thanks for the invitation! that’s so sweet of you!
on 15 Feb 2007 at 8:08 pm # Moey
Mabrook el domain working now ya m3allem
on 16 Feb 2007 at 1:13 am # Abed. Hamdan
thanks 7abib albi….your help means so much to me
but the blog can’t be updated..I dunno why
on 16 Feb 2007 at 5:05 pm # Moey
try to republish and fix your settings.. or better, want me to setup a wordpress for you and switch?
on 17 Feb 2007 at 9:12 am # Moey
It works fine now, and looks sexy doesn’t it
on 17 Feb 2007 at 11:41 am # Abed Hamdan
Thanks moey!!! you saved the day
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:18 am # Mnosh
enti msh lazem td’l 2a3ed, lazem nla2elk sh3′le!!
ya allah 5arabet 3lena post on 14/2 :@:@
daberlk date
P.S: shamet re7et new perfum blman6eQa
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:19 am # Abed Hamdan
Mnoosh:
I have date with 3 guys: Waleed (kholio), Baha2 (ebn el saifi), Ghassan (m3awz)…in Gahwet el Osmally in downtown irbid, we’ll have argeela
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:20 am # Blackr0se
Abboude that was sooooooooo true
i cant deny im surprised with this new way in writings ,its always a blessing if we can feel the way others feel,its hard to be so slfish the way we cant feel but ourselves,glad you are nt
btw you last 3 posts was really nice ,the weddings,the tags and now this ,a very sensitive person sabaya ,move it and catch him
be fine Dearest
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:20 am # sharifo
you don’t need a valentine…e7na akbar men el habal hada…Live Long shisha day !!
but i didn’t recognize this part of you Abed…everybody has a dark side…and the urs..3a6efe
Nice post ya man
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:21 am # jnetsworld
What a compliment to be able to grace your pages with my ever irreverent humor toward mushy love stuff
Will you be my valentine? :%
Cheers to you and your corner of the world. I am sure you are bringing smiles to many sweet people over there
JNET
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:21 am # and life goes on...
Happy single awareness day
bas lissa ishway bakeer!
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:23 am # Abed Hamdan
Blackr0se:
omg! I’m glaad you like it!! and I’m flattered too! thank you
Sharifo: la7aalak 3atefe :PPP ya hala 3ammi…Happy SheeShaa day
JNET:
JNET JNET JNET! your posts are the best posts ever!! I really liked it and I could relate to them
and life goes on…:
hehe thanks! yeah a little bit early
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:23 am # kinzi
Happy UNValentine’s Day!
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:24 am # Rain Drop
looool
(i still didn’t reach that stage yet 
bas am on the way…
congratulations on ur new perfume
ur right… such occassions r just a waste of money
btw, we never did celebrate father’s day here, but still, it’s not easy to spend eid without having ur father around 
specially when ur still a little kid…
hope that u have a happy single awareness day! enjoy being single while u can
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:24 am # hamede
Happy hamede day.
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:24 am # e-nadaha
LOL
so funny and nice abed
i love ur new post sense..
* great u mentioned it was dunhill..kan zamany 7amoot wa3raf
* when is valentine’s exactly?!! :S
* i’m so damn lucky there isn’t a feb.posting on my blog..kan zamanak ekta2abt
* i second sarah and not only that..if you were just ten years older kan hayeb2a leena kalam tany
* and sharifo..cracked me up…exactly spoke my mind
wooooooow..i reviewed ur post bel comments kaman
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:25 am # إيمان
mmm
la hwa 3abd 3atfe ana ba3raf mn awal !
:)))
and fe3lan happy hamede day!!!!
hhhhhhh
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:26 am # Abed Hamdan
Kinzi: thanks sweets
RainDrop: I know, and It’s ugly to spend Ramadan without a family!
Hamede: LOOOL!! 7abib albi!! you always make me laugh
e-Nadaha: LOOOOL!!! thanks for your nice words!! aaahh good I remembered the DUNHILL, crucial detail!
Eman: la7alek enti w sharifo 3atefeyyeeen lol!
Haaaapppyy Hameeedeee Daaaaayyyyy LOOOOOOOOL
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:27 am # aya almusa
MEEEEEEEEN 3ATFEEE 3BED !!HAHAHAHAHHAAH yeah right! o shelet el ons kolha hoan eman o sharifo shelt el 3awtef oel a7asees .!
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:28 am # jnetsworld
Valentines Day is February 14th. I am cancelling my late afternoon students so that I don’t have to deal with the crazy people driving searching for restaurants that they didn’t make reservations for.
Meanwhile, I’m going to throw another party at my place.
Abed, come over and bring your friends
JNET
on 22 Feb 2007 at 10:29 am # Abed Hamdan
Aya: LOOOOL!!! aah shellet el masha3er el jayyashe hoon kolha :PP
JNET: hehehe, I’d love to come over, if only it wasn’t the atlantic ocean separating us then I’d be there