Bloggables..

i've been writing this post over the span of almost 2 weeks, saving all subtitles and points in a draft... hence, it is full of knicks and knacks... i know you prefer a number of short posts rather than one big one, but i like it this way :D

* Close your eyes and it'll go away
hmmm.... this refers to a trait in the human mind keda when we choose to ignore the obvious if we seem to disagree with it.. Back in uni, in my last semester, i took an Intrusion Detection course with Dr. Kassas (who is a personal favorite as professors go!) Anyway, so a part of the course intro was about the human factor in computer security.. He told us that many times when admins notice an anomaly in the logs, they just "close their eyes and hope it'll go away".. and we related how this applies in many aspects of our lives... Another interesting fact we learned was that companies choose to put the surveillance cameras in obvious places rather than hidden places. Why? because even tho the hidden camera thing will make the attacker more careless, hence more prone to be caught on tape, yet the "visible" security tends to scare off a lot of perpetrators...

* My sister and Sims
The Sims is a "strategic life simulation computer game".. you get to "live" the life of ur players and make choices to acheive goals blablabla.. overall, the game can get addictive.. and these sims they have the cutest funniest language :D Anyway so my sister these days is getting soooooo addicted to it.. Examples? the other day she heard a baby cry in the street and she was "cuddle! cuddle!" (which is an option u do to babies in Sims :)) another example is that she dreamed about a crime (dont remember the details now) and she wanted to call 911 by clicking the choice and wanted to revive the guy.. i had funnier stuff to say about it but forgot.. if she's reading this, let her remind me :D

* Phonetic Alphabet
In Aviation, and other fields where verbal messages are communicated, they use whats called "phonetic alphabet" substituting a word for each letter.. it goes like Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, etc. (i used to know them all.. u know in case am ever asked to land a plane or something!) So the other day i listening to a song on Nile FM that was titled "Foxtrot Unicorn Charlie Kilo" :D and the nice thing is that other than that phonetic thing, there isnt a single bad word in the song! :D so i liked the way they implied it keda...

* songs
Suddenly discovered am out of touch with the current music world... so recently am doing a lot of "104.2"ing.. but only in unusual hours (late night and early morning coz i hate commercial time), and getting myself updated with the musical scene... songs i discovered and liked: the aforementioned phonetic song, Mattafix "To and Fro", Shakira's new song!!!! and Robbie Williams "the trouble with me" (i luv that one's lyrics, yes yes i am a bit weird!)

* Other common words in the Nag-tionary
"de7k awi!" and "beyda77ak".. i say beyda77ak to mean anything from cool, funny, ironic, nice, sweet.. overall, beyda77ak is something positive :D
"boss/bossi" i say that a lot when think out loud with someone or trying to explain..

* Panina Manina
Panina Manina was a trapeze girl who was a Ringmaster's Daughter but he didnt know until she fell and he saw the charm she was wearing... i finished the Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder and i loved it... read a nice but movie-like novel in the mental break.. and started Paulo Coelho's "The Zahir" (or "Ezzaher keda" as Kareem and i call it :)).. i like it so far and even tho big parts of it are sooooo Coelho-ish boring, yet there are some very cool thoughts in there..

* F8 (or "I like keyboard shortcuts so much that am obsessed about them, google them, and blog them")
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* Song of the day (and many many many other days too)

Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
Got a head full of lightning
And a hat full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby
but I always take the long way home

~ The long way home, Norah Jones

p.s. that money thing.. it is soooo me :D


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