been writing this blog in points over the past 2-3 days.... now am filling it up :)
* Shikapores
Zewwish (a.k.a Yasmine, a.k.a. Zeww) started this story series, called "Tea Cup Wars" when she was feverish one time.. i can paste parts of it sometime. anyway so "Shikapores".... hmmm we were talking one time and her nose is all blocked and she says "i will continue tea cup wars" so i go like "what shikapores?!" :)
Shikapores also features a character that was "inspired" by me.. A squirrel! :) this squirrel was very friendly.. it was really really a nice interesting creature (and no, am not writing that just because i know *YOU* are reading it, but its one of the reasons ;)) So Squirrel was nice and all, but he/she/it kept knowing the wrong creatures all the time.. no wonder he (or she or it.. probably she) was getting beaten/bitten/pushed/shoved/or hurt :) Squirrel befriended a snake once, a camel (altho she thought it looked more like a fish), a gorilla, a horse, and a phoenix (yes yes, that legendary bird DOES actually exist! Squirrel saw it).. (Note to the reader: Zewwish probably does know as much details as I do about her own creation ;))
She kept looking for a creature that matched the Squirrelship Highness of her dream. Meanwhile, Sq. met White Rabbit (the protagonist of the story, being Zewwish herself ;))
Anyway, Z thinks Sq oughts to meet another squirrel sometime and stick to it... However, truth is that Sq -being the "nut-lover"that she is- never liked to stick to her own kind.. she liked to explore the world out there.... who knows, maybe next time its a frog she befriends!
* The Island
saw the movie.. liked it... will probably review it in the upcoming ITWorx newsletter (i was supposed to submit the articles 3 days ago!)
* Intuition
no.. i wont talk about that... i had a reason to talk about it when i put that point, but not now..
* Deus Ex Machina and Karembu
weirdly enough, Karembu talks about Deus Ex Machina in his last blog.. "weirdly enough" because i'd written about it recently to a cultural e-group keda (PTP).. check the definition in Karim's blog... wikipedia also mentioned the Stephen King uses it a lot (yes ya Kareem -not Karim-, King himself uses it!)
* My cellular phone
it's very very sick.. it had a nasty fall and now its signal is very very weak... if you know me, you'd know how accidents really do happen with this phone and me.. i had it covered with honey once, with orange juice another time.. it fell in a bath tub, on hard floor, i thew it instead of throwing a kleenex.. in short, its not really having the time of its life.. its not even having a life!
* What am reading these days
American Gods by Neil Gaiman... Mai & Sherif (sorry Duke, i mean you only, Sherif) brought it to me :) i LUV it... it is very very very interesting.. A fantasy that searches into the soul of America in a really really nice way, the most interesting and surprsing ways of all..
* Barcelona
i dont remember what i wanted to say here... i went to Barcelona when i was graduating to attend a smartcard workshop and i loved it (the workshop and Barcelona :)).. more on that later...
* The Unbloggable
i was at Diwan yesterday... got this "thing" hmmm i dont know what to call it.. its one of these notebooks with blank (not lined) pages and leather binding.. they have a special "Tribute to Salah Jaheen" Collection.. i dont personally like him at all... but i wanted to get one of them notebooks so i thought might as well get an interesting one... i got a nice one.. will write the verse on its cover here soon (but not now because i dont feel like arabic typing now).. i decided to write there as well all the "unbloggable" thoughts, feelings, ideas, and just put it down on paper.. it will be for personal use only...
* http://print.google.com
Check this one out!!! Just found it out by pure chance...
actually i came to it while searching for a joke i read a long ago that went like:
How many IBM tech writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-0001, Multitasking Incandescent Source System Facility, of which 10% of the pages state only "This page intentionally left blank", and 20% of the definitions are of the form "A ...... consists of sequences of non-blank characters separated by blanks".
(I worked at IBM for 2 years, so believe me i know what am talking about here ;))
* A bunch of nerdy lightbulb jokes
How many Unix Support staff does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Read the man page!
How many developers does it take to change a light bulb?
The light bulb works fine on the system in my office . . . (LOL)
How many MS tech supports does it take to change a light bulb?
"The light bulb doesn't work? You must be using a non-standard socket." (wicked!)
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
"If she makes it till spring, she'll live"
you know this phrase they use it in every conceivable movie from Faten Hamama (who happens to be one of Karembu's favorite girls) to maybe Mel Gibson.. anyway, i seem to think its very true.. i mean one just have to fight their battles one day at a time..
If we make it till september, maybe we'll make it till october, then maybe november... who knows...
more on that later... i just wanted to blog the thought..
If we make it till september, maybe we'll make it till october, then maybe november... who knows...
more on that later... i just wanted to blog the thought..
Saturday, August 20, 2005
after midnight post...
2:30 a.m. (my brother's computer ya Karembu ;) remember?)
weird weird weird mood.. i can almost smell/see my confusion and fear.... i dont know why.... nostalgia for "could have been"s?? i had planned for this post to be about the weekend but lets make that next post...... for now, if u want something cool to read then check my last post and the comments (if u didnt do so yet).....
Otherwise, share with me Suzanne Vega's "Gypsy"........ a lovely tune :)
You come from far away
With pictures in your eyes
Of coffeeshops and morning streets
In the blue and silent sunrise
But night is the cathedral
Where we recognized the sign
We strangers know each other now
As part of the whole design
Oh, hold me like a baby
That will not fall asleep
Curl me up inside you
And let me hear you through the heat
You are the jester of this courtyard
With a smile like a girl's
Distracted by the women
With the dimples and the curls
By the pretty and the mischievous
By the timid and the blessed
By the blowing skirts of ladies
Who promise to gather you to their breast
Oh, hold me like a baby...
You have hands of raining water
And that earring in your ear
The wisdom on your face
Denies the number of your years
With the fingers of the potter
And the laughing tale of the fool
The arranger of disorder
With your strange and simple rules
Yes now I've met me another spinner
Of strange and gauzy threads
With a long and slender body
And a bump upon the head
Oh, hold me like a baby...
With a long and slender body
And the sweetest softest hands
And we'll blow away forever soon
And go on to different lands
And please do not ever look for me
But with me you will stay
And you will hear yourself in song
Blowing by one day
Oh, hold me like a baby...
weird weird weird mood.. i can almost smell/see my confusion and fear.... i dont know why.... nostalgia for "could have been"s?? i had planned for this post to be about the weekend but lets make that next post...... for now, if u want something cool to read then check my last post and the comments (if u didnt do so yet).....
Otherwise, share with me Suzanne Vega's "Gypsy"........ a lovely tune :)
You come from far away
With pictures in your eyes
Of coffeeshops and morning streets
In the blue and silent sunrise
But night is the cathedral
Where we recognized the sign
We strangers know each other now
As part of the whole design
Oh, hold me like a baby
That will not fall asleep
Curl me up inside you
And let me hear you through the heat
You are the jester of this courtyard
With a smile like a girl's
Distracted by the women
With the dimples and the curls
By the pretty and the mischievous
By the timid and the blessed
By the blowing skirts of ladies
Who promise to gather you to their breast
Oh, hold me like a baby...
You have hands of raining water
And that earring in your ear
The wisdom on your face
Denies the number of your years
With the fingers of the potter
And the laughing tale of the fool
The arranger of disorder
With your strange and simple rules
Yes now I've met me another spinner
Of strange and gauzy threads
With a long and slender body
And a bump upon the head
Oh, hold me like a baby...
With a long and slender body
And the sweetest softest hands
And we'll blow away forever soon
And go on to different lands
And please do not ever look for me
But with me you will stay
And you will hear yourself in song
Blowing by one day
Oh, hold me like a baby...
Sunday, August 14, 2005
my life in points....
*Alexandria
The weather was cool... the hotel was not! it was simply a $#%#$%#$^ seriously!! very poor furnishing and very narrow passages (i cant handle it because i like spaces).. but it was okay tho...
ITWorx Alex is a babe! really.. very well done.. the building is really really nice, its an excutive building keda and ITWorx has a part of the 3rd floor.. good space AND they have a boxing bag and gloves (soooooo cool!).. The people of Alex are laid back but they're friendly and nice..
i went to the Bibliotheca with sister.. its the 2nd time i go there and her first.. really impressive as always but lacks maps and instructions... i went to the ancient scripts sections this time.. saw the Gutenberg Bible, some really really ancient prints of the Quraan and some ancient originals...
Stanley Bridge... hmmm... a masterpiece.. when i used to go to Agami in previous summers with friends, it was a must to go from Agami to Alexandria after midnight to have ice-cream and check out Stanley at around 3 a.m. Amazing.. aside from the fact that the view is great, u also find the beach loaded with people ("bashar" ya3ni)!!! the explanation was that most of these people come from nearby governorates and usually spend the night here keda in the beach and go back before morning.. gives you a taste of how some people can really try to enjoy the most of their time... as a matter of fact, Yehia Ghannam (one of my favorite musicians who has a cool band) has a piece called "Kobri Stanley el sa3a talata w noss saba7an"!
anyway so we went to a big seafood lunch (in a "fishy" restaurant called 3arooset el ba7r) with Heba AbdRabou, Mohammed Ismail, Sherif Hussein and Afaf (work people) where Afaf really took care of Heba and i regarding ordering fish and all :) and we go afterwards to a stroll on the Stanley Bridge in that time in the afternoon where its close to sunset but not quite.. we comment on the romance of the moment blablabla, they take a taxi to the train station and i walk back to the hotel...
i started a cold on Thursday (my 2nd day in Alex) and it continued with me till late Saturday..
*Honeymoon ;)
no need to panic, YET! but check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon
you will find a paragraph in olde Englishe :) the way it used to be written, it makes me laugh... i thought Terry Pratchett is making fun of it when he writes it this way! :)
Hony mone, a terme proverbially applied to such as be newe maried, whiche wyll not fall out at the fyrste, but thone loveth the other at the beginnynge excedyngly, the likelyhode of theyr exceadynge love appearing to aswage, ye which time the vulgar people cal the hony mone
("Honeymoon, a term proverbially applied to the newly-married, who will not fall out (quarrel) at first, but they love the other at the beginning exceedingly, the likelihood of their exceeding love appearing to assuage [any quarrels]; this time is commonly called the honeymoon").
(note: not to panic, i was checking honeymoon to see something.. dont worry!)
*Breakfast @ Harris (& walk in korba)
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got." (Deep Blue Something "Breakfast @ Tiffany's")
I went for breakfast yesterday @ Harris Korba.. They make a good omelet there.. then i had a walk in Korba, went to Everyman's and went to Cairo Design Center.. I luuuuuuuuuv this place.. its a furniture place keda that is sooo cool.. everything there is so unique.. not the ultra modern kind of thing but the modern relaxed look... you have to see it to know it.. :)
* Truffles
hmmmm Sherif (a.k.a. Duke) was going to Brussels last week (for more details and entertaining facts check his blog).. so he asks me if i want somsin.. of course, Belgium is known for its diamonds.. so i tell him to get me a rock (a request that he eloquently puts aside as a "joke") and he says they have nice chocolate fa i ask him for truffles... he gets me this meeeeeeeeega nicely wrapped box of dark green and gold (i luv it when the wrappers are dark green and gold).. inside it is the most succulent, delicious, extravagant, scrumptious chocolate (i read a blog somewhere by someone i dont remember who made fun of such words, but i simply luv them)... Anyway Duke & Duchess, thank you both... it is mega mega nice.... it's my little secret with mama....
*What am reading now
a while ago, i got my mom this novel called "Maryam al 7akaya" (Mariam of The Stories' ) by 3olweya Sob7. She is a lebanese writer who is writing this story about the Lebanese society and how the wars affected it.. she mainly targets a certain age group; the people who were young at the 70's.. the generation of riots and all.... it was a really interesting read.. a big book (like 400+) that i started in Alex, read most of it in the weekend and have a couple of pages left.... too lazy to finish it now that i finished the peak of the story...
when am done with it (hopefully tonight) i will start American Gods by Neil Gaiman.. Duke & Duchess got it to me :) its a big book as well and it seems mega interesting... lets see how that goes....
i have a lot more to tell but i think thats as long as i'll get.....
cheers...
The weather was cool... the hotel was not! it was simply a $#%#$%#$^ seriously!! very poor furnishing and very narrow passages (i cant handle it because i like spaces).. but it was okay tho...
ITWorx Alex is a babe! really.. very well done.. the building is really really nice, its an excutive building keda and ITWorx has a part of the 3rd floor.. good space AND they have a boxing bag and gloves (soooooo cool!).. The people of Alex are laid back but they're friendly and nice..
i went to the Bibliotheca with sister.. its the 2nd time i go there and her first.. really impressive as always but lacks maps and instructions... i went to the ancient scripts sections this time.. saw the Gutenberg Bible, some really really ancient prints of the Quraan and some ancient originals...
Stanley Bridge... hmmm... a masterpiece.. when i used to go to Agami in previous summers with friends, it was a must to go from Agami to Alexandria after midnight to have ice-cream and check out Stanley at around 3 a.m. Amazing.. aside from the fact that the view is great, u also find the beach loaded with people ("bashar" ya3ni)!!! the explanation was that most of these people come from nearby governorates and usually spend the night here keda in the beach and go back before morning.. gives you a taste of how some people can really try to enjoy the most of their time... as a matter of fact, Yehia Ghannam (one of my favorite musicians who has a cool band) has a piece called "Kobri Stanley el sa3a talata w noss saba7an"!
anyway so we went to a big seafood lunch (in a "fishy" restaurant called 3arooset el ba7r) with Heba AbdRabou, Mohammed Ismail, Sherif Hussein and Afaf (work people) where Afaf really took care of Heba and i regarding ordering fish and all :) and we go afterwards to a stroll on the Stanley Bridge in that time in the afternoon where its close to sunset but not quite.. we comment on the romance of the moment blablabla, they take a taxi to the train station and i walk back to the hotel...
i started a cold on Thursday (my 2nd day in Alex) and it continued with me till late Saturday..
*Honeymoon ;)
no need to panic, YET! but check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon
you will find a paragraph in olde Englishe :) the way it used to be written, it makes me laugh... i thought Terry Pratchett is making fun of it when he writes it this way! :)
Hony mone, a terme proverbially applied to such as be newe maried, whiche wyll not fall out at the fyrste, but thone loveth the other at the beginnynge excedyngly, the likelyhode of theyr exceadynge love appearing to aswage, ye which time the vulgar people cal the hony mone
("Honeymoon, a term proverbially applied to the newly-married, who will not fall out (quarrel) at first, but they love the other at the beginning exceedingly, the likelihood of their exceeding love appearing to assuage [any quarrels]; this time is commonly called the honeymoon").
(note: not to panic, i was checking honeymoon to see something.. dont worry!)
*Breakfast @ Harris (& walk in korba)
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got." (Deep Blue Something "Breakfast @ Tiffany's")
I went for breakfast yesterday @ Harris Korba.. They make a good omelet there.. then i had a walk in Korba, went to Everyman's and went to Cairo Design Center.. I luuuuuuuuuv this place.. its a furniture place keda that is sooo cool.. everything there is so unique.. not the ultra modern kind of thing but the modern relaxed look... you have to see it to know it.. :)
* Truffles
hmmmm Sherif (a.k.a. Duke) was going to Brussels last week (for more details and entertaining facts check his blog).. so he asks me if i want somsin.. of course, Belgium is known for its diamonds.. so i tell him to get me a rock (a request that he eloquently puts aside as a "joke") and he says they have nice chocolate fa i ask him for truffles... he gets me this meeeeeeeeega nicely wrapped box of dark green and gold (i luv it when the wrappers are dark green and gold).. inside it is the most succulent, delicious, extravagant, scrumptious chocolate (i read a blog somewhere by someone i dont remember who made fun of such words, but i simply luv them)... Anyway Duke & Duchess, thank you both... it is mega mega nice.... it's my little secret with mama....
*What am reading now
a while ago, i got my mom this novel called "Maryam al 7akaya" (Mariam of The Stories' ) by 3olweya Sob7. She is a lebanese writer who is writing this story about the Lebanese society and how the wars affected it.. she mainly targets a certain age group; the people who were young at the 70's.. the generation of riots and all.... it was a really interesting read.. a big book (like 400+) that i started in Alex, read most of it in the weekend and have a couple of pages left.... too lazy to finish it now that i finished the peak of the story...
when am done with it (hopefully tonight) i will start American Gods by Neil Gaiman.. Duke & Duchess got it to me :) its a big book as well and it seems mega interesting... lets see how that goes....
i have a lot more to tell but i think thats as long as i'll get.....
cheers...
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Maybe a long one, maybe not..
So, i decided to blog :) and so i decided to write whatever points/keywords that come on my mind throughout the day in order to find something to blog about... so here goes my points and what i decided to write... (if this turns out to be a long blog, you dont have to read it all at one time.. it might be a loooooooong time before i blog again, so just savor it ;))
* My alarm clock:
I "acquired" a new alarm clock :) I had seen it in Everyman's and in Nuts @ Nuts and now i have one :) its one of these old-style metal ones with the external alarm bell thing.. except that this one has a background of a biiiiig pink-red heart.. it also has a couple of bckgrnd led lights to see the time when its dark :) i havent actually tried it yet.. everyday i wake up on my phone alarm before it rings.. but i think it will wake up the whole house..... a lovely possession..
* Alexandria:
I am going to ITWorx Alex tomorrow and after.. i will take the 8 a.m. train tom morning, and come back in the 7 p.m. train thursday afternoon.. i will be at work but planning to leave early (3:30-4:00 max) in order to get the maximum of my day :) my sister is coming along and we do hope it turns out to be a good idea :) i need the change of venue and i luv downtown Alexandria.. except that i luv it more when its less occupied with people... but its cool...
My favorite spots in Alex include:
Breakfast in Trianon.. forget the ones here, the original one over there oozes with antiquity.. a childhood favorite that grew with me.. also linked with a christmas / new year vacation i spent there..
Chocolat Glace' (Iced chocolate) in Brazilia.. a couple of blocks from Trianon.. the best "stand up" cafe' i've ever seen.. you'd expect Abd El Wahhab maybe to walk in while sipping your cafe'/cafe' au lait, chocolat glace' or even ice-cold milk... again a childhood favorite..
a hidden syrian/lebanese restaurant that i will never be able to find.. i used to go there with my family, sometimes aunts and uncles who in turn went with grampa.. but i havent been there in like 13-15 years anyway..
Last year, Duke was on yet another business trip, so Mai (Duke's wife) and i decided to go on a one-day to Alex... It was just sooooooooooooo perfect.. it also included my first (and last) visit to the Bibliotheca.. and we almost walked over all downtown :) but thats also a story for another day...
* Smoke gets in your eyes
I remembered this song a while ago, sung by Frank Sinatra (among others).. i dont know why.. and its been playing over in my mind ever since:
* My alarm clock:
I "acquired" a new alarm clock :) I had seen it in Everyman's and in Nuts @ Nuts and now i have one :) its one of these old-style metal ones with the external alarm bell thing.. except that this one has a background of a biiiiig pink-red heart.. it also has a couple of bckgrnd led lights to see the time when its dark :) i havent actually tried it yet.. everyday i wake up on my phone alarm before it rings.. but i think it will wake up the whole house..... a lovely possession..
* Alexandria:
I am going to ITWorx Alex tomorrow and after.. i will take the 8 a.m. train tom morning, and come back in the 7 p.m. train thursday afternoon.. i will be at work but planning to leave early (3:30-4:00 max) in order to get the maximum of my day :) my sister is coming along and we do hope it turns out to be a good idea :) i need the change of venue and i luv downtown Alexandria.. except that i luv it more when its less occupied with people... but its cool...
My favorite spots in Alex include:
Breakfast in Trianon.. forget the ones here, the original one over there oozes with antiquity.. a childhood favorite that grew with me.. also linked with a christmas / new year vacation i spent there..
Chocolat Glace' (Iced chocolate) in Brazilia.. a couple of blocks from Trianon.. the best "stand up" cafe' i've ever seen.. you'd expect Abd El Wahhab maybe to walk in while sipping your cafe'/cafe' au lait, chocolat glace' or even ice-cold milk... again a childhood favorite..
a hidden syrian/lebanese restaurant that i will never be able to find.. i used to go there with my family, sometimes aunts and uncles who in turn went with grampa.. but i havent been there in like 13-15 years anyway..
Last year, Duke was on yet another business trip, so Mai (Duke's wife) and i decided to go on a one-day to Alex... It was just sooooooooooooo perfect.. it also included my first (and last) visit to the Bibliotheca.. and we almost walked over all downtown :) but thats also a story for another day...
* Smoke gets in your eyes
I remembered this song a while ago, sung by Frank Sinatra (among others).. i dont know why.. and its been playing over in my mind ever since:
They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind
When your heart's on fire
You don't realise
Smoke gets in your eyes
All who love are blind
When your heart's on fire
You don't realise
Smoke gets in your eyes
(i like the metaphor.. that one gets tearful so its like smoke got in your eyes)
* Resolutions
i have this mini micro notebook that is divided into many sections.. in one of them, i had some resolutions i put at the start of this year (i dont usually put resolutions).. too bad to discover i didnt stick to any of them... hmmmm... maybe just a couple, one of them was a "depend on ME" kind of thing.. (trying to eliminate emotional dependance blablabla)... i liked one that said "Give up any one item of craving every day" :) when you come to think of it, if you give up just a teeny meeny thing each day, you'll be a little bit less needy and more self-sufficient.. sometimes one might not even notice these cravings..
*Until
another song by Sting.. however, i didnt want to put it in a separate blog because people are bugged when i blog lyrics :) i always thought it would make a good wedding dance.. which reminds me that i wanted to make a blog about my best wedding dances :) i luuuuuuuuuv Until's lyrics.. unfortunately it was released in any of his albums; its in Kate & Leopold soundtrack..
If I caught the world in a bottle
And everything was still beneath the moon
Without your love would it shine for me?
If I was smart as Aristotle
And understood the rings around the moon
What would it all matter if you loved me?
Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing would I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end
If I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon so we could ride
Until the stars grew dim, Until...
One day you’ll meet a stranger
And all the noise is silenced in the room
You’ll feel that you're close to some mystery
In the moonlight and everything shatters
You feel as if you’ve known her all your life
The world’s oldest lesson in history
Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing do I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing’s end
Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon and we would ride
Until the stars grew dim
Until the time that time stands still, Until...
Saturday, August 06, 2005
short one..
"I think I need to believe that it works - love, couplehood, partnerships. The idea that when people come together they stay together...I have to take that with me to bed every night, even if I'm going to bed alone." ~Ally McBeal
i luv the previous quote.. maybe it stems from my obsession with happy endings and all.. it's just something i want to believe in.
at work on a Saturday.. and not very productive either, but i need to feel that i did what i had to.. even if i did 2 items on my infinitely long To-Do list, i will feel some progress...
i wanted to write a cute blog.. but somehow i think i just lost the skill for that... maybe am too pre-occupied..
i luv the previous quote.. maybe it stems from my obsession with happy endings and all.. it's just something i want to believe in.
at work on a Saturday.. and not very productive either, but i need to feel that i did what i had to.. even if i did 2 items on my infinitely long To-Do list, i will feel some progress...
i wanted to write a cute blog.. but somehow i think i just lost the skill for that... maybe am too pre-occupied..
Thursday, August 04, 2005
piece of wikinews
while checking the wikipedia homepage i noticed in the news section this news flash:
President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall is named as his successor by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy.
i found it quite interesting :) he was only paying tribute after all... anyway, so by looking him up (on wikipedia too) i found that he was "former president of Mauritania, gained power by deposing Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla in a coup in December 1984. He won an election in 1992, which was said by the opposition to be fraudulent. In June 2003 he survived a coup attempt. On November 7, 2003 new elections were held, which were won by Ould Taya with 67.02% of the vote. The opposition again denounced the result as fraudulent. Taya quelled another coup attempt on the eve of a planned trip to France in August 2004."
i mention this because i liked the 67.02% thing... sounds very realistic...
am sorry.. no political talk.. just a piece of my mind :)
President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall is named as his successor by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy.
i found it quite interesting :) he was only paying tribute after all... anyway, so by looking him up (on wikipedia too) i found that he was "former president of Mauritania, gained power by deposing Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla in a coup in December 1984. He won an election in 1992, which was said by the opposition to be fraudulent. In June 2003 he survived a coup attempt. On November 7, 2003 new elections were held, which were won by Ould Taya with 67.02% of the vote. The opposition again denounced the result as fraudulent. Taya quelled another coup attempt on the eve of a planned trip to France in August 2004."
i mention this because i liked the 67.02% thing... sounds very realistic...
am sorry.. no political talk.. just a piece of my mind :)
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