I love the web! it has everything you need from tutorials on how to blink your eyes to political articles that I struggle so much to understand the complicated terminologies in them! but my Facebook is better, it’s the act of micro-blogging for people who do not want to be seriosuly dedicated to a Blog (many people do not like the attention or they simply do not like to write, maybe both).
So I decided to do a post once a week on the best picks on my FB profile, which means I will be stealing your photos and videos and re-post them here once a week. Cool, eh?
Video
Oriental Jazz (Anouar Brahim – Bahia (Astrakan Cafe))
Soothing Oud instrumental piece
By Nidal Abdelghani.
Quote
There are two ways to succeed: one by knowing the right way and the other one by knowing all the wrong ways !
By Ibrahim Shishani.
Viral Status
According to the UN: The number of living people affected by the flooding in Pakistan over the past two weeks is 20 MILLION NOW – that’s more than the combined total of The 2004 Tsunami,The 2005 Kashmir earthquake, and The 2010 Haiti earthquake.. Which makes you wonder why it’s not receiving as much news coverage! Copy and paste this …for a day
By so many.
Events I never attend(ed)
Amman Tech Tuesdays – Ramadan Edition
By Ibrahim Mana’a and others.
News
Plane crashes in Dubai
By Raiko Costa and others.
Still Over-hyped!
The PETA insanity is still viral, and people are still sharing this video believing it is true.
By Tareq Q.
Cultural
It’s “Santa Rosa” celebration in Italy!
By Andrea Cecchi.
Funny!
What it’s like to own an Apple product
By Walid Z.
Original Art
Things are not always copies/pasted, sometimes they are made, like the art of Mike D.
By Mike Derderian.
And I fell in love with…
Hit Girl from Kick Ass
By me.
The Future is dark
and you will be stalked by talking mirrors and transparent computer screens that says “Goodbye” to you!
By Omar H.
Epiphany
it is not a breakfast at Tiffany’s, it is a touching photo shot by Anas Bino
By Anas Bino.
Angry, Angry Rant!
Asma Nobani does not get the “BB” or as we normally call it Blackberry phone, which I use and like (without its over-priced service) I love the full QWERTY keyboard and big buttons as I’m too clumsy in typing anyways, I’m not crazy about apps and games for phones and I do not use my phone as an MP3 player, so “BB” is good for me, but for Asma:
i don’t get it, & i don’t understand & i don’t want 2 understand WHY WHY do i have 2 get a Blackberry!!!oh sorry i forgot or shall i say BB!! y is it hard 4 u ppl 2 understand that u can simply say BLACKBERRY. Warning:i don’t want 2 hear a word about this technology, & seriously GOD HELP anyone who will innocently look @ me & ask how come u don’t have a BB?
By Asma N.
I wasn’t there!
or “Status Hijack”, when you just realize that someone started a wall post and you would be the last to get in, example?
By Hussam Sabanikh, Hiba Ameen and slightly myself.
What?
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Omar ‘Pouh’ Hammad: Having Wagyu at B+F
By Omar H.
Great music!
Posted to me by Adel J., I really like it!
By Adel J.
Another great original art…
By artist Walid Zoabi, who is very eccentric about his art and music, and I love it.
By Walid Z.
Things we do not really care about…
Like the iPad before, everybody is talking about the new iPod products and many of us find it very ridiculous that Apple is just using us like that!
By a general feeling on FB.
Got Cake?
I apologize if you are fasting and this will make you drool, but it was Bana’s birthday and she posted a blurry image of her choco-love cake, that looks like a bag and has a big B on it, Happy birthday Lady B. may all your years to come be productive and full of love.
By Bana A.
Word play?
Hiba Al-Ameen I can never get enough HOUSE! =)
By Hiba A.
Conclusion
- Not so many trending topics! a little bit on the outrageous “Peace partners in Palestine” video.
- More music videos floating around, moderately funny statuses.
- No cat fights so far (dang!).
- No heart-warming dirty laundry/confessions were made openly (dang again!).
- Overall mood: partly boring due to Ramadan ending soon, people are just tired!
- Observation: everyone is insomniac, which makes me feel better about my sleeping disorder!
- People apparently still love the great Uom Kolthom, two thumbs up for that!
- Fewer people are playing FB games, weird, no? Especially in Ramadan you’d think your newsfeed will only be butchered with the cute flash game statuses “I got this score, will you get higher?” or “Help me build a city/farm/whatever!”.
- Adel is still being tagged in Madonna’s photos, like, every two seconds (it’s a good photo journey if you ask me).
- I’m seriously glad that no one tags me in the non-sense cute care bear/smiley photos that you have to choose one as your character.
- Everybody was nicely polite, why? — I would also say that everyone is suffering not only Insomnia but also depression! (I am!)
So that was the general FB rant, do send me your best picks so I post them once a week!
Love to some of you (rubber ducks for others)
Q.