Personal Byte ... Offline

I will be offline for a while because i dont have an internet connection and i might actually go to Hajj ...

Happy Eid and Holidays everyone ...

Music Byte ... Timbaland - Apologize

This is a new ear-catching tune from Timbaland ... this man really knows what he's doing ...

Enjoy !

I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I'm hearing what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...

Chorus
That it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize
It's too late

I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
[Apologize lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

But it's nothing new - yeah
I loved you with the a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry" like the angel
Heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...

Chorus
Whoaa ohhh...

Bridge (guitar/piano)

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
I'm holding on your rope, got me ten feet... off the ground...

Movie Byte ... Captain Abu Raed : Will He Fly High ?

The first Jordanian Feature film in fifty years, Captain Abu Raed has been creating some echoes around the Jordanian media; newspapers and blogs, and some Arabic and international media for some time now. It's only natural that this film captures much attention in a country that recently started to discover its hunger for culture and art and its need for a cultural identity. But the question that wanders around in my head is: Is this buzz all good ? do we need to set the bar that high, and then hold hands and pray that the film makes the jump ?

There are numerous examples for films, some good and some not as much, that were killed by anticipation. I can remember Waterworld, The Da Vinci Code, and most recently a film that can be compared to our film; the first saudi feature film "Keef El-Hal". I admit they weren't top notch but the overflowing anticipation in international media had the bigger hand in all the negative reviews these films received after they hit theaters.

I know Amin Matalqa is a good director, I have seen more than a handful of his short films and I think he is really talented, but unfortunately that is not the only ingredient in the recipe for success. Success requires hard work, collaboration, creativity, experience, luck among others. I wish the film makers had put enough of that to match the expectations, but let's not make this harder for Amin by expecting a film of high-caliber, and let the movie speak and decide for itself, and more importantly let's all triumph, for we have reached Sundance, DIFF, and God-willingly The Globes and The Oscar, Who knows ?

Funny Byte ... حكمة على مستوى التريكس

هذه الحكمة ينصح بها للعيبة التريكس من غير ضعاف القلوب و الحوامل

في ناس بتخاف اتدبل الشيخ ... بس الشيخ ما بيخاف يدبل الناس

و اللي رزقه يرزقنا

من ناااار يا حبيبي من ناااااار

Music Byte ... Youssou N'Dour - Seven Seconds

This is one of good old ones ... it has a sweet mystic tone ... it was an international hit back in 1994 ... does anyone remember how much they used to play it on JTV2 ??

Ladies and Gentlemen ... Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry ... Seven Seconds ...

Boul ma sene, boul ma guiss madi re nga fokni mane
Khamouma li neka thi sama suuf ak thi guinaw
Beugouma kouma khol daldine yaw li neka si yaw
Mo ne si man li ne si mane moye dilene diapale

{TRANSLATION:}
{Don't see me from a distance}
{Don't look at my smile}
{And think that I don't know}
{What's under and behind me}
{I don't want you to look at me and think}
{What's in you is in me}
{What's in me is to help them}

Roughness and rudeness, we should be using
On the ones who practice wicked charms
For the sword and the stone, bad to the bone
Battle's not over even when it's won

And when a child is born into this world
It has no concept of the tone the skin is living in

It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting

J'assume les raisons qui nous poussent de changer tout
J'aimerais qu'un dublie leur couleur pour qu'ils esperent
Beacoup de sentiments de race qui font qu'ils desesperent
Je veux les portes grandement ouvertes
Des amis pour parler de leur peine
De leur joie pour qu'ils leur filent
Des infos qui ne divisent pas changer

{TRANSLATION:}
{I assume the reasons that push us to change everything}
{I would like us to forget about their color}
{So they can try to be optimistic}
{Too many views on race that make them desparate}
{Let's leave the door wide open}
{So they can talk about their pain and joy}
{Then we can give them information}
{That will bring us all together}

Seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting

And when a child is born into this world
It has no concept of the tone the skin is living in
And there's a million voices
And there's a million voices
To tell you what she should be thinking
So you better sober up for just a second

Seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting
It's not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I'll be waiting

Music Byte ... Metallica - Hero Of The Day

One of my favourite songs of all time ... I really like Metallica's songs and this one is no exception ... Here it is in the famous S&M Concert version ...

Enjoy !

Mama they try and break me

The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they've gone

They're off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your names?
Can't you hear your baby's crying?
Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me

S'cuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real

Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair

Don't want your aid
But the fist I've made
For years, can't hold or feel
No I'm not all me
So please excuse me
While I tend to how I feel

But now the dreams and waking screams
That everlast the night
So build a wall
Behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
Can't you hear your baby's crying now?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Can't you hear your names?
Can't you hear your baby's crying?

But now the dreams and waking screams
That everlast the night
So build a wall
Behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
Can't you hear your baby's crying now?

Mama they try and break me
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try
Mama they try hey!
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try and break me
Mama they try
Mama they try

Funny Byte ... Achmed The Dead Terrorist

Silence ... I KILL YOU ...

This Video is one of the funniest things I've seen ... make sure you watch it over and over ... If you are at work and can't control your laughs I suggest you watch it at home ...

Enjoy !

Adab Byte ... عمان

عمان ... بلاط الرشيد ... عمون ... حمص ... و حبات فلافل

كعكة صباحية ... كزدورة صعبة باتجاه الصعود ...

عمان ... ضباب و شتاء ... مدينة تنام ... مدينة تحلم بلا أحلام ...

عمان ... في القلب ... كالخنجر ...

دم ينزف على شكل الحنين ...

أشجار زيتون تحتل الرصيف ... و ياسمين

منثور على الأرض ... إعلانا لتشرين ...

عمان ... سائق تكسي يروي قصة صعبة التصديق ...

و عبق سجائر يقتحم الصوف ...

عمان ... عشيقة كثيرة الطلبات ...

و مصب للتناقضات ...

و وشم أبدا لن يمحى ...

عن جسد الذكريات !!

Movie Byte ... Les Invasions Barbares

Les Invasions Barbares

I saw this movie yesterday on TV ... I've never heard of this film before ... and I really wasn't surprised that it won the Oscar for best foreign language movie back in 2004 ... exquisite movie ... once more showing that European cinema (European Canadian in this case) is WAY ahead of its American counterpart ...

A man in his last days is surrounded by his friends and family ... he and his friends are intellectual elites ... and his son was away ... it really holds a deep philosophical perspective throughout the whole movie ... and highlighted in the last minutes of the movie ... the discussion that took place in the last scenes about Politics and Sex is one of the best discussion I've ever heard in my life ...

I would definitely recommend seeing this movie ... I've just read that its part of a sequel ... preceded by Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire [USA]) which received a Academy Award Nomination for the same category in 1986 ... and followed by L'Âge des ténèbres (The Age of Ignorance [International: English title]) which is Canada's Submission for the next Academy Awards and was released two months ago ... I know I'm gonna try my best to see them ...

Rating : 8.5/10

Cartoon Byte ... Palestanic

Original Here

Another Creative cartoon from Emad Hajjaj ... I really think he's one of the most talented Cartoonists in the world. This cartoon is full of symbols ... think about it ...

Jordan Byte ... The Rift with Qatar coming to a closure ?

There is no denying that the meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Prime minister of Qatar in Amman yesterday along with new directives to the Jordanian Government for further cooperation with Qatar could be seen as a sign to the looming end of the drift in relations between the two countries. Problems which surfaced through recent years were mainly caused by Aljazeerah controversial shows, The Hamas issue and Qataris voting agianst Prince Zaid bin Raa’d in the preliminarily elections for the post of UN Secretary General last year.

As the issue of the UN Secretary General subsided, the tone in Aljazeerah programs faded and the implications of Hamas’s riots in Gaza on international scene which made Qatar reconsider their position towards Hamas; observers can see a new dawn in the relationships between the two states where more efforts are needed to resolve more important issues in the regions such as Iraq and Iran.

This can be good news for a lot of Jordanians living in Qatar where it is rumored that they are not being treated equally as the rest of Arab residents, not failing to mention that it re-opens the doors for Qatari businessmen to invest in Jordan.

Music Byte ... Travis - Selfish Jean

Amazing video its so creative it hurts ... Fantastic song ... Don't you just LOOOOVE Travis ?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah ... Selfish Jean :)

Cheers
Thanks for everything
You hung me out by my heart
You're just so selfish jean
Yes you are

Hey you
Threw it all away
By holding everything in
Hey Jean don't rock the boat
When you can't swim

With a perfect understanding of the finer things in life
A quite alarming knack of knowing when to twist the knife
Oooooooooh
Selfish Jean

Here's to you
Who read everything
Left it out on the shelf
There's no one else to blame
Except yourself

Well a perfect combination of good etiquet and charm
You keep the chocolate biscuits wired to a car alarm
Oooooooooh
Selfish Jean

Well i'm standing on my own
And this house is not a home
It's so sad to see you go
Things are high, things are low
And it's good to know you know
If you've got nowhere to go
Well you could spend the night with me
There will be no guarantee that I'll be here

In the morning
Or any time that you call
I hear you snoring Jean
Through the wall

So hey
Here's to everything
To peace and love in our time
Ah Jean the slate is clean
I guess we're fine

Well I don't expect a miracle
Not asking you to change
If you can see me happy
Well just look the other way
Oooooooooh
Selfish Jean

Heeeaaaaaah
Selfish Jean

Jean
Oh yeah
Jean

Quote Byte ... ألم

" أنا أنتمي لجيل بلا ذكريات، لذلك سأبقى أشعر بالألم طوال عمري، فلا شيء لدي لأرويه "

الشيخ زرياب

Tech Byte ... Nokia Battery Replacment Call

Nokia has issued a statement urging some of the owners to replace their batteries.

[Details]

I didn't qualify my battery is different ... maybe next time ...

Bloggiversary Byte ... 1

I sure agree ... that the day that the blog completed its first year was nothing short of strange ... I am writing this post in a practically empty blog ! It's weird coincidence ... but also is life ...

I don't tend to consider my blog as a separate entity ... it's an extension of me that can be seen by many others ... a terminal for the minds ... my own Hyde Park in some sort ...

I started blogging soon after I relocated to Saudi Arabia ... I had a lot of time on my hands and I was starting to be a regular visitor to some blogs ... I can't really remember which blogs or how exactly I ended up in the Jordanian blogosphere ... but that's what happened ...

Being a part of the Jordanian Bloggers community really added things to me ... a whole new method of interaction with like-minded (and sometimes not) individuals ... catching up with the cultural events that's happening around Amman ... feeling a connection towards home ... it all felt right ... and it still does ...

I have no intention to deny that blogging changed my life ... or at least my perspective of it ... and I am sure that i don't intend to leave the blogosphere soon ... in fact I think I'm going to increase my activity ... and actually blog every thought that i consider bloggable without backing out later due to laziness or lack of an Internet connection ...

In the end ... I would like to thank everyone who shared his thoughts with me ... you were , are and will be more than welcomed.

ps. Don't mind the bad template ... I was fixing it but I am out of time now ...

Peace !

IN YOUR FACE HACKER ... TAKE 3

well ... i've been hacked .. my email my blog my facebook ...

but guess who's back ? the same old Isam ...

i apologize for any suspicous comments made on your blogs the last couple of days ... before that it was me :P

the old posts will be back at no time ... please everyone put all ur old comments back there :)

i'll be back with new things in no time ...

Peace

Movie Byte ... Babel

Babel

Before I saw the movie, I turned to Wikipedia, in an attempt to understand what the title has to do with the film and to find out what Babel may mean other the the ancient city in Ancient Iraq. What I found was new to me, and surely exciting. Relate this to the Arabic word "Balbalah" which means :

والبَلْبلة: تفريق الآراء. وتَبَلْبَلت الأَلسن: اختلطت. والبَلْبَلة: اختلاط الأَلسنة. التهذيب: البَلْبلة بَلْبلة الأَلسن، وقيل: سميت أَرض بابِل لأَن الله تعالى حين أَراد أَن يخالف بين أَلسنة بني آدم بَعَث ريحاً فحشرهم من كل أُفق إِلى بابل فبَلْبَل الله بها أَلسنتهم، ثم فَرَّقتهم تلك الريح في البلاد. والبَلْبلة والبَلابل والبَلْبال: شدَّة الهم والوَسْواس في الصدور وحديث النفس .المصدر:لسان العرب

I knew this was the beginning of a wonderful movie; especially when "By the Writer and Director of Amores Perros and 21 Grams" came across my mind. Their magnificent work in the first two part of what can be called a trilogy will be remembered for a long time.

The cast is simply amazing. A diverse group of actors who where simply up to the expectations, with a special mention to the little Moroccan kid and the Japanese girl who really were astonishing. A question mark is raised, however, about Kate Blanchett’s character which was less than her capabilities as the great actress we know she is.

I personally think that this film followed the trail of all trilogies I’ve seen where the third part is the least creative and capturing. The idea of the scattered time line has appealed to many in the first two films, but if nothing new was added the spectator will be dulled and won’t react in the same passion as in the first two films. Another thing is that the Japanese story was a little astride from the three other stories, which actually made some events in the story seem unreal and far too coincidental to accept, which weakened a story with such a powerful biblical reference that drives you to think more.

Political references in this movie are numerous; starting with the Arab-terrorist and the scared transcendental westerner stereotypes, to the fast spread of news across the worlds. The film also holds a reference for Bush’s new policy regarding Mexican immigrants.

However, I don’t want to neglect the importance of Alejandro González Iñárritu as a Director and Editor, because technically speaking it’s was absolutely amazing. Fast editing combined with a variety of shots makes the viewer so indulged with the picture and the music will be felt like strings playing with your heart.

My Rating : 7.5/10

Web Byte ... The One Million Masterpiece

I was attracted to the idea right away , I just love it when I'm a part of such a big projects ... but I really liked the drawing i did (you see I'cant draw)

Some people may find it the other way around or may even feel offended ... I think there is no reason for that ... we have to embrace and not reject ...anyway I felt i should share it ...