Abed Hamdan

My moment of truth everybody! I first tried to write some facts about me that nobody knows, but seriously I didn’t find a thing to write. It’s because I thought (or I’d like to think) that I am an open book, but the truth is, I’m way far from that, and I know it. So I said why not, let the people ask and see how far their curiosity will go, it wasn’t a bad idea at all because honestly I didn’t know most of the answers myself, you people helped me discovering myself, and it’s this age where most of human beings figure out who they really are.

So enjoy..!

Answers:

Q) Hani Obaid: Describe in detail your ideal future wife?

A: Good question, because I really don’t know. I don’t know because I am not looking, and if I start looking I will maybe start setting the “ideal” traits of “the one”. But I have an idea in my mind and it’s simple. She should be an individualist who has her own life, plans, brains, culture, friends, ambitions, and dreams. I know that people in this age don’t have a clear idea what they want to do (and I am not an exception by the way), but I demand some level of determination and character. Nobody is perfect, but she should be complete because I am not planning to complete anybody. If she is not a complete individual, then not I, not anybody in the world will ever complete her. I will be a life time companion, not a baby sitter. This sounds a little bit complicated, but it’s not. Most of my female friends fall into this category, so it’s not as complicated as it seems.
Of course, I am an Islamist, so this should be taken into consideration. Age is not a big issue to me, but of course she shouldn’t be 10 years older than me. Acceptable looks is also important.
Another important thing is manners. I demand respect and appreciation. Respect is the only way to communicate with me, yelling is a deal breaker. Cheating is a deal breaker.

I hope this is detailed enough Hani :). All this might change, because I told you I don’t have a clear idea on the “ideal wife”, and I don’t have a clear decision on whether I am going to get married any time soon or whether I am ever going to get married (for so many reasons).

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Q) d : Name three people you admire. People in your life, not historical characters.

A: First, “d”, thanks for always reading my blog, even though I don’t know who you are, but you make me feel appreciated .
Admiration is a big word, and I could give you a big big list hadn’t you demanded that you want people “in my life”. I have great friends and cousins who I like, but admiration is something else. I can name only one character that I truly admire and he is an uncle of mine. He is by far the greatest man in my life. Nothing super about him, except that he is an honest man. An honest man, a real man. This is the kind of man that if asked whether he is a good man or not his answer will be unquestionably yes. This man lives for himself, his family, his cousins , and for everybody. Meet him once and you will remember him forever because he still keeps his childhood innocence, and he keeps it easily, no matter how hard the circumstances he lives in. He is in his 50s now by the way.

That’s someone I admire. Other than him, it’s really hard for me to truly “admire” people.

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Q) Mayasi : She asked four questions. There you go:

1- Where do u live n irbed?

I don’t live in Irbid anymore. I studied in Irbid, so I lived there for five years. Now I live and work in Kuwait

2- have u ever fallen in love?

Yes.

3- What do u wear in ur house? I mean are u tidy or just like that?

Pyjamas. “Just like that”

4- how many girls u talk to now?
I’m not in a relationship, the only girls I talk to are my female friends and co-workers.

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Q) LostWithin: what word best describes you?

A: Hopeful.
Despite my rather increasing cynicism, I still see myself as a very hopeful person. I have extremely high hopes on so many levels, and trust me my friend, the day I lose hope is the day I declare myself officially dead.

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Q) Basil: What is the thing that you did and will regret for the rest of your life??
A: So many things. I seek Allah forgiveness for all the sins I’ve committed. We are humans, and we all do mistakes, and I have faithful hope that Allah may forgive me.

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Q) Mab3oos: let’s say you are the president of some country, and you wanted to get a taxi cap, what color of socks would you wear knowing that the game on TV is canceled, and why would you not pick your nose at the traffic light as a guy waves at you and asks you for directions?

A) I will wear pink socks that matches the queer flip flops I’ll be wearing. And why of course I’ll pick my nose and shake hands with the first person I meet.

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Q) Sara: How often do you think of death & what do you think of it?

A: Very often. On a daily basis. I think it’s both intimidating and painful.

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Q) sweetlikearose: My friend Bara’ asked three question.

1. kam sar waznak?(What’s your current weight?)

A: Now it’s 90 KGs.

These are pictures of me last month, I put on a lot of weight recently, for so many reasons.

This is me last summer, see the difference hehe.

2. lesh ma bet7eb elsekerterat??(Why do you hate female secretaries?)

A: Well, liar if I say I don’t have issues with female secretaries! It’s because of many incidents. The ones I loathe are those that are hired based on their looks and only looks. And mind me, it’s not even looks, It’s how much their clothes are revealing. Not that it’s my business or anything, because really to each his own. But when I go to a big corporate,a classified governmental agency, or a big enterprise, the least I except from an employee is to know the difference between the TV and the computer. Trust me guys, if I ask a piece a furniture or if I ask that “chick” secretary, the response will be the same: a dumb smile “maba3ref” (I don’t know). So what I do now is, I just get inside without acknowledging their existence and find whatever I want by myself, because she’s paid to set there and give smiles only. lol. They wasted hell lot of my time!

3) sho aktar mawqef mo7rej sar m3ak bema63am?? (What’s the most embarrassing thing happened to you in a restaurant?)

A: Nothing special that I recall. But when my friends and I gather, it’s always embarrassing, we will be the noisy table with guys laughing out loud continuously. Last weekend I couldn’t stop imitating the Filipino waitress accent (or is it aqsen6? lol). So things like that always happen. We never run out of jokes.

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Q) Sharifo:

1) Eish el asbab ele khalatak Nerd bel taree2a hadi ? (Why do you become nerd?)

A: Because I don’t have anything else to do. Nothing interests me enough so I tend to challenge myself with school work. I picked that habit when I was in the 6th grade.

2) when you are out anywhere not in a work mission, do you carry a pen or a pencil ?

A: Nope. I hardly carry myself, and I take one of my colleagues just to have an audience for the jokes I keep making up.

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Q) TripleM: Have you ever been French kissed by a male friend before?

A: Why of course, I give French kisses to my guy friends all the time, because that’s what guy friends do !

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Q) LuLu…!:
1. do u really love god more than anyone??

A: I’m trying my friend. It’s the mission of every Muslim, it’s not something to be done on the fly, neither is it something you stumble upon. It’s a life time job, it’s the journey each Muslim should enjoy during his span of years on earth.

2. have u ever felt b4 that u really hate urself and y???

A: Never, ever.

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Q) Asoom: if you can change one circumstance in your life right now what would it be?

A: I’d choose a better family maybe, and easier circumstances. Things are/were pretty hard on me, and I’ve been holding responsibilities nobody my age should be holding. Alhamdulillah for everything. Many people have harder situations, and what doesn’t kill you is supposed to make you stronger (or at least I hope so).

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Q) Moh’d Shaltaf:

حزب الله سيستعيد رفات كل شهدائه و رفات شهداء فلسطينيين وعلى رأسهم رفات الشهيدة دلال المغربي في صفقة لتبادل الأسرى عن طريق وسيط ألماني؟

A:
شعوري قريب من شعور الشهيد الكاتب غسان كنفاني:
“إنني أشعر أكثر من أي وقت مضى أن كل قيمة كلماتي كانت في أنها تعويض صفيق وتافه ل …”
الباقي عندك.

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Q) Noura:

1. Have u ever fallen in Love ?? real love, not a crush ..

A. Yes, badly, madly, and deeply. And yes, I am a hopeless romantic, how about that?

2. If you were to plan something romantic for your future wife, what would it be ??

A. Nothing on my mind right now, and nothing is planned. It depends on her, our relationship, situation, and many other factors. I am fairly creative, only when “I” want to. As a kid I was a noticeable mouth-smart, and I still possess the ability to express myself fluently, this is the special gift God gave to me. I can also make eloquent speeches if I want to, so chances are it’ll be something written or spoken.

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So guys, I hope the answers were satisfying

Yes, I spent the best 10 days of my life in Palestine! This is why I didn’t blog in a while

So much to write about, and so many things in my mind! Palestine is magnificent! I can’t write enough about the beauty of the occupied territories of Palestine.

In Palestine, everything is different. The trees, the stones, the smell, the wind, the food, the people, the buildings…I can go on forever! It’s a shame that war is taken place there.

So much to say about the beauty of Palestine. And of course, so much to say about the Israeli occupation, stupid interrogations in the Allenby Bridge, screwed up check points scattered all over the West Bank, and of course Fateh vs. Hamas insanity.

Well, let’s start with the beauty of Palestine. I visited : Ramallah, Tulkarem, Jenin, and many villages in between. With Ramallah being the most modernized city in the west bank, Jenin is more like a big village. Tulkarem is something in between. Since beauty is best sensed through the eye, I took photographs of almost everything!

I finally bought a flickr pro account so I can upload as much photos as I want, here are the photos organized in sets according to the cities they were taken in:

1) ‘Arrabeh (3arrabeh) [ Our old roots belongs here].
2) Ya’bad (ya3bad) [ Ya'bad is the village my family belongs to].
3) Zabda [ Small village, belongs to the family].
4) Ramallah

and yes I didn’t take photos of all the cities, I forgot to take the camera to Jenin and Tulkarem

Almost everywhere you wander in Palestine, you will see pictures of martyrs. Pictures are hung on traffic lights, houses, walls, …
They’re silent pictures immortalizing the struggle of the Palestinians against the occupation. Almost every family have lost a child or two in the last Palestinian uprising (intifada), including our family.

The Israelis interrogated me in the crossing bridge between Jordan and Palestine because I haven’t visited Palestine in years! As funny and stupid as it may sound but it’s a routine measurement! The interrogation went smoothly. A 20s something guy with a Lebanese Arabic accent (a Durzi maybe) asked me few questions. What’s you name? Where have you been? when are you getting married? How is life in Jordan? Are there hot girls in Jordan ?
with questions like these, I didn’t know whether I should laugh or keep my mouth shut. I answered formally without even smiling. Perhaps it’s my lack of experience, but I was very anxious. Anyway, the journey was pretty safe.

Inside Palestine, there are check points almost everywhere just to make the Palestinian life even harder. What bugged us most is the stupid rule they’re imposing on every creature living in Jenin! if your haweyyeh (Israeli ID) is issued in Jenin, then you’re not allowed to leave Jenin!! They allow you to enter Jenin, but leaving Jenin would require you to take different roads or to rely on the mood of the Israeli soldiers.

Everybody in Palestine have a story to tell about the check points. Ranging from the most humiliating encounter you could ever imagine to the funniest one. I heard many stories about Israeli soldiers asking men to take off their pants in the street (what’s so interesting about naked men ?). Some got arrested for no reason. Some were beaten up savagely. Some were asked to start a party in the middle of the street while others were asked to belly dance in the street (again, what’s so interesting in dancing men?). I’ve been asked about my age. In Ramallah I’ve been asked about my job, and when my answer was “fresh graduate”, both soldiers exchanged weird glances let me pass so I can get married. Rookh ettjawwaz (go get married, in a distorted Arabic accent). I don’t know why the Israeli soldiers are very concerned about my single hood.

Almost everybody in Palestine is talking about Fateh and Hamas. People are split, with the majority in the west bank supporting Fateh. Everybody in Palestine is a politician, and everybody in Palestine have a better vision than all the political leaders. Specially those who spend most of the day in cafes smoking and drinking coffee. It’s the new issue to talk about, and people in Palestine have distinguished ways of having fun.

One more thing I noticed in some Palestinian villages is that many people are making their living by stealing things from illegal Israeli settlement! It’s a win-win job! The Israelis intentionally make it very easy for Palestinians to steal their goods (especially cars and motor cycles) so that Israelis can get paid by Israeli insurance companies. Many Palestinians in Ya’bad (my village) have Israeli friends from the nearby Israeli settlement who make deals by trade Israeli cars to Palestinians for low prices, and fool the Israeli insurance companies. Many Palestinians are comfortable with stealing from Israelis as a pay back because Israelis stole Palestinian lands. Since when theft is ok ??

I’ve got many stories to tell, but enough said for now.

I missed Palestine already.

It seems that I’ve missed much during the last “ugly” semester! I think the situation in the blogsphere could be summarized by one word “Marriage” LOL

First, there was this intillegent blogger “Neverland” who deleted her blog after getting married! We missed you Neverland and we wish you joy and happiness

Then, few months ago Fadi posted the big news of his engagement which for some reason I though that his bride was Neverland, anyway he was so happy! Fadi is a good guy and I’m sure he will be as happy as he deserve

Now what I’ve missed is the engagement of another two fabulous bloggres:

1) Ramroom.

What can I say ?? alf mabrook! I wish you the best! and congratulations for your new car

2) THE BIGGEST NEWS HERE IS ===> Dino (IsLaMiC Chocoholic) !! Here I’m very surprised!! Dino is the funniest blogger of all times!! She was posting alot about her love story with a cow that saved her life and to be honest I beleived that she’s going to marry her cow and ,..LOL

This is her cow love epic :

Then suddenly, Dino was mean enough to break the heart of her beloved heroic cow

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This is so mean !!! and probably this is the most heart breaking love story I’ve ever heared! LOOL

Good Luck for Dino & 7amooda!! I wish you long happy life filled with warm love

Of course I didn’t forget Diana (aka Tulip), she put a count-down wedding counter for her wedding party at the footer of her blog, she got engaged few months ago..her wedding party will be on 1/8/2007 insha’allah, all the best sis!

HeHe, the article is not about me dating, It’s about embarrassing dating stories, sent by some readers to the MSN Match making center. Some are really funny and embarrassing though!!

Don’t choke
“On a first date once, we were eating chips and salsa as an appetizer. He was telling some joke, and when I laughed at the punchline, I inhaled the chip a bit too hard and it lodged in my throat: Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe at all! There was salsa pouring out of my mouth, and I was doing that choking signal to him. So he came around and started beating on my back. After a few scary seconds, the chip finally dislodged itself. I don’t even want to think about what I looked like at that moment, all stained with salsa. It took me the whole night of apologizing to feel comfortable around him.”
—Stephanie, Atlanta, GA

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