I’m going down, way down. I feel how I’m going in the wrong direction, but I can’t stop it. Sorry if I’m not replying on messages on the social networks, but I sometimes just don’t have the strength to do that. I don’t know what to do. Every step I take, it’s just killing me. Even while [...]
Small update
I haven’t written anything here for a while. It’s not that I didn’t want to but I kinda was busy. 1. I’ve got a new job at a marketing company which actually keeps me busy all day long. 2. I’ve started blogging at a Belgian blog about movies, music, gadgets, etc…. 3. My brothers Edd Abbas [...]
My favorite Lebanese movies
Together with the Palestinian and Moroccan film industry, the Lebanese movies are one of my favorites. People told me in the past that I have a weird taste in movies. For me to love a movie, it should talk to me, it should move me. And it’s not just about the movie, but I love [...]
Hey you! Happy Valentine’s day!
This is NOT a Valentine’s Day post, but it is – I think – a tribute to love. 7ayati, This is our second Valentine’s Day together. Not that we celebrate it. Last year, this time, you just graduated and were studying hard for your shamel exams and I had this crappy job at a travel [...]
Once upon a time… a cabaret show in Ibiza
Once upon a time, I took the challenge to go and work as an animator in a 4 star hotel in a small village on Ibiza. What I was thinking? I don’t know. Many young people my age would have been excited, but Ibiza is/was just not my piece of cake: wasted, half naked people, [...]
Happiness Checklist for 2012
1. Don’t Gossip. - I can’t completely check this off yet. I don’t randomly gossip, but if someone will ask my opinion about someone, I’d just go ahead and say it. (I do regret my honesty sometimes.) 2. Do offer 3 genuine compliments every day. - Well, for now, I live in between the walls of my room approx. [...]
Ignorance – This is how it always goes
I avoid as much as possible to discuss with ignorant people, because my point of view and theirs’ lay mostly miles apart. This night, I was so bored and started reading up on Facebook. In Belgium, the racist party has released a new poster. On the poster, the daughter of their first man, in bikini [...]
The Geography of Bliss – A quote
Happiness is not inside of us but out there. Or, to be more precise, the line between out there and in here is not as sharply defined as we think. The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: “If I draw a circle, most people, [...]