Not a bit wiser!!!

It was my birth day few days ago...

A new milestone..

Three decades on planet Earth ,good to know i actually survived this long.

No ,i didn' expect the world to stop revolving ,and sure enough i didn't expect to see the news on the 6 o'clock news..Actually ,i spent my day and night at work,the usual fun night shift..

Looking back into my life ,i realize that i had so many things to think about ,except for my birth ,which i really had no thing to do with ,if you have any objecions ,call my parents..

Seriously ,I start to think about every thing ..

I went through interesting stages..And what strikes more was the fact that i'm actually still evolving...into what?i really don't know!!!!

I was the quite kid ,whose every boy in the class hated because he was the teacher's favorite...

I was the boy scout who loved he nature ,but didn't like to mix with others a lot..

I also was the boy who likes to read about dinasaurs ,and dream about being an astronaut..

I survived my teen age years with few ,or non ,acne scars ,and thank God ,there was no smoking or drugs issues during that...

I was even an idealist for a while ,and that was really stressing ,so i gave up idealism and became more practical ,but in a good way(I hope!)...

I had my share of the heart breaks .

I had my dreams ,my night mares ,my demons..

I had people i loved ,and ohers i hated..

After three decades ,i realized that i'm very much the same..and not the same a all..

I realized that there is a difference between what i am ,and what i want to be ,but i am the result of both..

I have great friends ,whose support and encourgement helped me hrough the darkest moments ,even though they lead their lives thousands of miles away.

But above i all ,I have a great Mother ,whose devotion and love was the real light house ,that guided me through it all

Whose smile and care is like no thing else..

So ,did i talk too much about some thing that only matters to me?? well,,it is really not my fault..

You know me well enough by now to realize that i am not that quite kid any more...Perhapse it is jus that i like the voice of my own thoughts..

So,what else did i realize on my birh day??

I realized that i'm still making the same mistakes ,saying the same things ,having the same dreams

I realized that now i am one year older..

and not a bit wiser..

Till next time..

My best regards

يوم نذكره

اليوم مختلف على مستوى الأمة

اليوم حدث تغيير في ايقاع الأحداث

على سبيل التغيير,لم يكن هناك حديث عن المعتاد من الأمور

تحدث الجميع اليوم عن صفقة تبادل الأسري و الشهداء ,فيما اعتبره المراقبون من جميع الأطراف المناصرة و المعادية خبرا ذو أبعاد تكاد تكون درامية بامتياز

لا يمكن لأحد انكار حجم الحدث و أهميته

المشاهد التي بثتها مختلف القنوات ذكرتني بما كنت أقرؤه عن الزمن الذي كانت فيه القضية هي مايهم ,قبل أن تقبل علينا الأيام السعيدة التي بات فيها انتماؤك الديني أو السياسي هو ما يحدد أهليتك للمناصرة من عدمها

لن أقوم هنا بعرض وجهات نظري السياسية الخاصة ,و لا انطباعاتي الشخصية على الأحداث اليوم, فقد غطى كل المحللين و المتحدثين على الشاشات كل زاوية ممكنة

و لن أدخل في تفاصيل معتقدات و دوافع و نيات ساءت أو حسنت

ما دفعني للكتابة هو ملاحظة لم أستطع الا مشاركتكم اياها

فمن الناحية الاعلامية البحتة,ما حدث اليوم هو خبر اعلامي من الطراز الأول ذو أبعاد سياسية و أمنية و حتى عسكرية بالغة العمق و الحساسية ,قامت القنوات الاخبارية و غير الاخبارية بالحديث عنه ,و نقله ,و تحليله..منها قنوات عربية كالجزيرة مثلا ,أو قنوات غربية كقناة سي ان ان الاخبارية ,لأن الخبر مهم ,و لأنه يستحق أن ينشر بغض النظر عن وجهة النظرالتي تمثلها هذه القناة أو تلك

لكن الدهشة لازمتني عندما رأيت قناة العربية تهمل تماما التعليق على الخبر أو نقل صوره الحية ,و هو ما رسخ لدي الانطباع الذي كونته سابقا بعدم حياديتها في نقل الأخبار, و أنها تعكس فكرا و توجها طغى على حرفيتها بحيث لم تحاول حتى أن تدعي غير ذلك.اكتفت فقط بذكر الخبر في نشرات أخبارهاوموقعها الالكتروني ,و بمقارنة حماستها السابقة في نقل بعض الأخبار و الأحداث الأمنية في لبنان ,حتى و ان لم تكن ذات عمق كبير,يمكن لكل ذي تفكير منطقي أن يرى الفقدان التام لأي حيادية ,بما انعكس على مصداقية و حرفية القناة

حسنا,أردت فقط مشاركتكم ملاحظاتي

حتى المرة المقبلة

الى اللقاء

Benghazi Citizen

Khalid ,that can't be right!!

One of my favorite routines is to check on different libyan bloggers ..I think i'm doin g that to feel linked some how..And I'm not exposing a secret if i say that Khalid's blog is my favorite..

He has a lot to say ,and an interesting way saying what he wants to say..

Some of his posts were controversial .Some were provokative. I even disgreed with some of his opinions and points of view ,but i think that what i liked about them,that you actually find some body who you disgree with and actually you can discuss with him..

Some ,unfairly ,attacked him ..Some supported him ....But all were intereted in what he wrote..

So you can imagine my surprise this morning ,when i started my checking blogs routine ,that instead of reading the interesting interview with khadija teri ,there was a notice telling us that he has to leave ,and he is deleting all his accounts..Apparently our dear friend Khalid wants to leave no track for him self..

Khalid ,this can't be the right thing to do it..

Leaving this way?erasing your tracks from the sphere?

Few weeks ago you told me ,in one of your comments ,that you can't imagine your self silent. And that you will always have some thing to say.. No you disappointed me my friend..

All of you dear bloggers ,those who care ,those who likes khalid's blog and those who hated it because it made them think ,consider this a petition to ask Khalid to cancel this strange and un-accepted decision of leaving our virtual community..

Khalid ,think again....

Best Regards

The Museum..

I spent a few weeks in Toronto.. Unfortunately ,I didn't get the chance to see much of the city because i was busy studying and preparing for my killer exams..

When i was done with them ,I had only 5 days till the time of my departure..so Idecided to see as much as I could of the city..

On my list was the Royal Ontario Museum.. A magnifecent place at which i spent about 6 hours till the museum door were closed..

a little more than 3 hours were spent in a section of the museum that really fascinated me..

When i was a little kid,dinosaurs were a kind of an obsession to me.. I read a lot about them , watched many documentaries about them ,and i even tried to memorise some of their complicated latin names and i kept drawing them on my note books and every piece of blank paper i could lay hand on..

So i spent most of my time in the Dino-section..Looking at the bones of these extinct creature for the first time in my life ,and finding out I'm still in love with these huge reptiles (Of course that doesn't mean I would die happily by the sharp teeth of good old T-Rex ,i prefer them extinct rather than being a part of there food chain,lol)

These aresome pictures from that section...

(If you want to know more about there names ,check HERE)

Silence...

Hello dear friends..
I've been quite for the last few months..
First I was busy with my exams ,then i got stuck into every day routine...Work ,home tasks ,and more..
The humid ,hot libyan summer has its share in my silence.. It is just too hot to really consider thinking of writing some thing..
But I believe I have to break the ring of summer hibernation... Yeah ,it does sound difficult..I actually enjoy the case of having a really lazy brain...
Any way...
I believe i will write more soon,,,hopfully there will be some interesting stuff,,if there won't ,well,,just live with that..:)
See you soon dear friends
Best regard

I'll be back (And to wise guys :no ,I'm not The Terminator)

Hello every one

At last I'm done with my exams. I went all the wayt to Toronto for that .I spent an extremely busy few weeks.I didn't get the chance to see much of the amazing city ,but it was a wonderful few weeks, with all my friends-those who lives in Toronto and those who lives abroad-to encourage me to go through this new experience.

I loved the place and I loved the people..

It's funny how in a multicultural city- like Toronto -you don't feel like an outsider ,because -more or less- every body else is. You take your ride in the subway train and you hear a hundred tongue with a hundred languages. You see all colors of the diverse nature of this beutiful city.

Of course i didn't have much time to consider this ,because I was busy ,and because i have to go back home once i'm done.

Well,,I will be back to dear old Libya,telling my family how much i missed them ,waiting for my results and going to work. . I have still few battles to fight ,and many miles to cross.. So wish me luck dear friends.

My best regards

Away!!

Dear friends:

I have to apologize for those who comment on my blog with out me responding..

And i have to apologize because i don't find the time to check on your blogs regularly as i used to, a routine i like..

I've been busy lately ,preparing for an on coming exam.

I will be busy for a while,weeks may be ,but i will try to check on my blog every time and then..

Well...

Pray for the best for all of you..

Till next time

Benghazi Citizen