Blog for Jordan Day, 2011

Bloggers in Jordan decided to make March 12^th “Blog for Jordan Day” every year. And while other bloggers are getting creative in blogging about Jordan, I’m gonna blog about something I only discovered last year in Jordan, its bloggers!

My blog turned one year old last January, and during this past year I have had the pleasure to get to know many amazing bloggers and tweeps, and actually meet some of them as well.

The first blog I ever came across was Hareega’s, and I think that had it not been this good, I wouldn’t have been interested to read any other blogs at all, I think I’ve read every single post there, Hareega’s sense of humor is my cup of tea and it kept me glued until the last post.

And what’s the Jordanian blogosphere without Roba’s And Far Away? Fun, versatile and professional, you can’t not read her blog.

Then I found Whisper’s “Things I Like to Whisper About”, a sweet Ammani girl blogging about her ever-so-eventful daily life, and while I’m not interested in knowing a random person’s daily activities most of the time, this time I found myself following her, always optimistic no matter what, you cannot but love this girl. (Although she’s not as talkative in real life, but maybe that’s because I’ve only met her once).

Ola’s Cinnamon Zone is one of my favorites. I think it’s because we have so many things in common when it comes to things that tick us off! (Not the creativity, unfortunately) Ola’s funny, warm, wise and she adores horses! Her LAYLA series will keep you checking the feed for sure, if any TV producer’s reading this, get this girl her own TV show!

You cannot mention Ola without remembering Serene, because Serene is a figment of Ola’s imagination ;) no seriously, Serene may be hibernating as a blogger, but she’s funny, fun and funny! You gotta love her.

And speaking of love, you know when you instantly click with a person without even getting to know them that well? Ayah’s environment-friendly tweets will do that to you!

It looks like I’m mostly mentioning girls so far, but that’s okay because most of my complaint-posts are about girls so let’s balance things out here.

There’s also Mayyasi, with her amazing style in writing that makes you feel you’re reading a book, especially in her Beirut posts, there’s Waed, and her ongoing list of addictions that make her so passionate and therefore so easy to like, there’s Jano that makes you remember why you love Jordan every morning, there’s the awesome Majd who will make you change your mind about the lameness of her generation, and the list of amazing Jordanian female bloggers goes on and on.

Then we have the blogger (and tweep) that makes me giggle at work every single time he posts something, which causes some really embarrassing moments but whatever: mab3oos “is pissed, because you suck and don’t know it” (and also because most Jordanians can’t access his blog thanks to a certain ISP, yes Orange, you suck and don’t know it).

We have Jaraad, whose posts (and the comments there) will always keep your mind busy, we have the eccentric 5hadz, who’s so good on the inside that he tries to make up for it on the outside (but fails, unless you’re stupid enough to buy it ;))

And last but not least, The Hamdanism, controversial, deep but at the same time so easy to relate to.

Because I can go on forever (well not really forever, maybe just till tomorrow) I’m going to stop here, hoping I didn't forget anyone from my "top people" list. To everyone I’ve mentioned or missed, Jordan, and the Jordanian Twitter/blogosphere is a great place because of you.

I Love...

Lovely Joyce has tagged me in this writing exercise, you're supposed to write about ten things that you love and then tag 10 people, and you know how 10 is never enough for me (seriously do I talk too much?) so I wrote more. Joyce wrote it in a little poem since she's so good at that and I thought a list would be dull so I wrote my own, ahem, poem… okay, rhyme. Well it's my first time so cut me some slack, I also added my own touch to it, a theme if you will, you'll figure it out as you read. Oh and consider yourself tagged if you like it :)

I love the scent of a fresh lemon cut in half

I love it when my best friends make me laugh

I love the smell of my shampoo, lotion and perfume combined

I love letting go of things, and leaving problems behind

I love the smell of grandma's home in Irbed

I love it when I'm over and she makes me sleep in her bed

I love the scent of a cake coming out of the oven

I love being twenty-five, more than I loved being seven

I love the fresh air in a smoke-free room

I love seeing a bride, holding hands with her groom

I love the smell of mom's cooking coming out of the kitchen

I also love eating it, when being so hungry has left me bitchin'

I love the scent of jasmines in the air of a summer night

I loved seeing a smile, of a little boy at the traffic light

I love the smell of mint, you can find it everywhere

But it gets fresher each time you smell it, I'm never sick of it, I swear

And I'm not forgetting cinnamon, add it to your tea or your sweets

Better yet bake it into cinnamon rolls, this is one of my favorite treats

Now go try to make your own rhyme

Whether you like mints, or even if you like thyme

Tell us about the things that you love

An olive tree, your home, or maybe a dove

And if you can't write it in a poem, try to make a list

But if you copy my post, I'll smash your face with my fist :)

Thank You Almondjoycie!

I just received the nicest gift from fellow blogger Almondjoycie; three amazing limericks that were custom wrote for me :) yay! 
And I thought my name didn't rhyme with anything!

All three of them are here.

Thank you Almondjoycie!

Thank God for: The Mute Button…

Probably the best thing since potatoes, this is the most important button on any remote control unit (or computer).

Sometimes when I’m watching TV, when the commercials come on the sound gets really loud, so the best thing to do then is pressing the mute button. And speaking of commercials, I can’t figure out how they suddenly became so annoying that I can’t even stand them. In the past (here we go with the nostalgia again) we used to be so happy when they came on, and in the days before satellite dishes came to Jordan, I never used the mute button, it was one of those dangerous buttons on the remote that we’d be scared of pressing (like the teletext one which freaked the heck out of us when we accidentally pressed it) heck we used to look forward to the ads on TV, now they’re just lame, annoying, noisy and plain pathetic!

Also, while we’re on the mute button subject, long live pacifiers! They’re like a mute button for babies, I don’t care if they supposedly cause the baby to have crooked teeth in the future, they’re just pure bliss, and I wish parents would start using them for 4-5 year-old children.

Thank God For... Potatoes

Since I'm in a really good mood -el 7amdellah- and being in my appreciate-all-the-good-things state of mind, which has been hitting me for an entire year now :) I've decided to start a new series of posts which I'll call: Thank God For…

Every now and then I'm dedicating a post to one of the things that make my life a dolce vita, today's episode is all about potatoes :)

Yep, potatoes. A lot of the people I know take them for granted; they just order them with their meals as a side dish :( ignore them lots of times and never think of them as an important part of their diet, well they are.

Whether they're French Fries:

Curly Fries:

Potato Wedges:

Potato Chips:

Mashed:

Baked with their skins:

Loaded then baked:

Or even Sweet Potatoes!

And for all the nerds out there this is the potato plant flower:

How do you like your potatoes?