#CairoSpeech history

A brief history about how the hashtag #CairoSpeech made it up to Twitter's trending topic during Obama's speech in Cairo.
A story how the whole thing started 2 days before ;)

1. 
   Lastoadri Lets us the hashtag #OinCai , to live blog and comment on Obama's speech in Cairo. What do you think Tweeters?! 02 Jun 2009 from web
2. 
   Kawdess @Lastoadri I think it's not clear enough. Maybe a simple #CairoSpeech? 02 Jun 2009 from web in reply to Lastoadri
3. 
   Lastoadri Lets use the hashtag #CairoSpeech for anything concerning Obama's speech in Cairo, next Thursday.. 02 Jun 2009 from web

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PS: I adore the butterfly effect ;)

http://twitter.com/Lastoadri/status/2001379652

http://twitter.com/Kawdess/status/2001398394

http://twitter.com/Lastoadri/status/2001502123

On my To-do list

- I haven't been productive enough this weekend. I haven't done many of the things I planned to..
- No problem, Don't make a long to-do list next time.
- oh?!
- We are usually too optimistic. So lets make it one thing at a time: changing the world at 10:00 am

New lessons added

Last two days I learned 3 lessons:

1. If you want something done, do it yourself.
2. Never cross post ideas..
3. To gain your manager's affliction.. Market yourself well!

GTD

Books I'm currently reading and need to finish in order:

1- What is survey
2- How to be free
3- Animal farm
4- History of women's movement in Egypt
5- Heret muslima
6- How to be a journalist
7- Arab media

Don't watch it, read it

So I've finally watched "PS I love you" after strong recommendations by friends and promises to see the best movie ever after.. To cut it short, I was disappointed.

Few months ago I finished reading the novel. Exactly couple of weeks after the last book fair. I went there with one of my office colleagues and once she laid eyes on the cover - I found her screaming all the round place (aka Soor El Azbakya), because she finally found her most favorite novel. I followed her passion and borrowed the book.

It was good. At least it wasn't bad. It was not perfect. May be a little bit over good? two little bits over good? nay.. three or four...?
It was good enough to take me out of this world for few hours..

Today I watched the movie by chance, and I thanked God I'm still sticking to my rule.
No to watching a movie before reading its book first (except for boring ones)..
The movie can't be even compared to the original script. There is something about books! The villa I drew in my mind is much better than the ugly flat she was living in. Her friends were much better.. she was more prettier... and well.. I can't really talk these days, but that concludes it all.. The movie is a fail compared to the book..

My To-do

So, I decided to take few days off from work. I've been running in loops for quite a while now.
Work Work Work.. Activities Activities Activities.. then few mins left for sleeping.. That's my present life.

No complains.. at least I'm busy doing something, better than busy not doing something, or not busy at all.. LOL!
Still I have my dreams I'm chasing. And I'll never rest till I have my feet firmly to the ground..


Organizing and days off, here you are my to-do list:

1. Finish the list for my books.
2. Email O and W about the survey.
3. Finish writing the advertisement
4. Go to the dentist
5. Finish reading 3 books: Animal farm, Alexandria/Beirut, History of women's movement in Egypt, koshary Masr
6. Write 2 articles on GVO for the preparations and the day
7. Formate the PC and install Linux
8. mm.. will get to it later


That’s enough for now.. oh.. and SLEEEEEP .. full stop.

Quick note

Two days ago I was down, totally down. Today I am good. And apparently I am because of my last decision to take a day off. isA I'll join my friends in a trip for the first time in may be three years, since Luxor and Aswan..
I can't believe that roughly two years already passed since my graduation.Llike a dream?.. no, but even faster..

I am happy I'll join them. I am really really happy and enthusiastic, as if life started smiling..
la la laaaa.. Can't wait to see the sea.. can't wait to click my camera and practice photography .. can't wait to unplug life.. can't wait to smell fresh air.. can't wait to fill in my ipod.. can't wait to laugh.. can't just wait.. and wish Saturday would never end :)


Mood singing in a Lala Land:

البحر دا مش مية أو موجة فوق صخرة
البحر دا أغنية بسمعها ميت مرة
من تانى بتوحشنى.. البحر بيخطفنى

My up's and down's

Though I have work today, I’ve slept yesterday at 4 am. I was tried, but I couldn’t sleep. My mind is occupied, my time is occupied.. my every inch is occupied. Tired.. exhausted.. running after something, and I’m not sure if I’ll reach it.. I’m not sure if its OK to run in that direction..
No guide, no light.. no previous experience to judge based upon
God!.. why is it so hard to think sometimes..
I want to let it all out and be free.. really free.. why can’t we feel freedom.. why do we have to be bound to earth and uncertainty.. Why oh why I don’t know!

I wish I am in the desert right at the moment. NO cars. NO buildings. NO smoke. NO noises.. nothing but earth and sky.. nothing but fresh air and stars..

I can see it all.. but I feel lost..
I know myself.. but I don’t comprehend..
I am smart.. but acting dump..
I am at rage.. but resorting to silence..
I am happy.. but want to cry
I want to fight.. but running away..

I am a million things I can’t understand.. and 10 million others I don’t know how to describe ..

I am up and down.. worried and sure.. cheerful and depressed..

I want freedom to me and myself..I want freedom more than anything else..

The amazing #Gmail fail

I never believed it. I never believed when people talked about Google taking over the world, or the near coming of Revolution 2.0. That was like mere Sci-Fi stories .. It was fiction people!

But today, I lived the great February outage. Woooh! I lived when Gmail was Gfail and the whole world was buzzing about it.. SMSing, IMing, blogging, Twittering.. writing news about it..

For a moment in time the whole world, the entire waking humans, were united to one topic..
For the first time in history, the world really feels like a small village..

My wordle combination

These are few of my "tagged" things *

Tayb, Thanks Gjoe for the tag.. though its been long I haven't replied any tags.. bas its good to have one every once in a while.. especially to show a life "signal" to whoever following this blog ;)


Favorite color: Baby blue, baby purple and baby pink
Favorite perfume (guys): e7m, I don't know
Favorite perfume (girls): two e7m-s and a half.. I don't know!
Favorite pj brand: I'll know, once you tell me what PJ :S
Favorite clothes brand in general: going local?.. Rojada :D
Favorite person in the entire world: My fiance, brother, Bavalova and my mother (in no order)
Favorite country: Egypt.. of course!
Favorite car: Beatles :D and 128
Favorite sport: walking
Favorite sport player: mm.. shall I say e7m too?
Favorite spot in the World: A desert between high mountains and sea
Favorite animal: Horses
Favorite movie: Esha3et hob and You've got mail :D
Favorite singer: mm.. Alot bsara7a.. lets say Abdel Wahab, Thoma, Omaima, Marcel khalifa, Asmahaan, Mohamed Mounir, Ali El Haggar, Hanan Mady.. ABBA, Josh Groban, Michael Bubble, Air Supply, Charles Aznavour, Jose Feliciano.. ah.. enough!
Favorite day in the week: Tuesday
Favorite time of the day: At sunset and very late at night
Favorite holiday season: any agaza, as long as its agaza
Favorite number: 3
Favorite food: Beeb Beeb molo5ya! wara2 3enab?.. yum yummy.. fatta?
Favorite chocolate: Dark chocolate or chocolate with fruits
Favorite cartoon: Anastasia and Finding Nemo (3ashan gjoe matz3alsh :D )
Favorite blogger: yaaah keteeeeer... everybody on my Fl-Alb ;)
Favorite Flavor Ice Cream: Mango or Mystic with Pistachio
Favorite Mobile Brand: Sony Ericsson all the way
Favorite name: lasto adri :P
Favorite hobby: Reading, writing, following latest on social networking revolution.. as well listing to radio and nagging my brother..
Favorite room in my house: I used to like odet el sofra fi betna el adeem.. mm.. I hate our current house
Favorite Fruit: Mango tb3an
Favorite flower: Purple or rosy tulips..
Favorite Quran Reciter: El Menshawy
Favorite Ayah: Ayet el Korsy
Favorite Website: :D ah! I can't live without My Reader, Gmail, Twitter.. my blogs.. and.. you can actually sum it up into 1 phrase "the entire web pages"

I Tag: Zeinobia, Tarek, Deee, Juka, Nerro, Nisso, AD Sabry, layal, Nousha, Enadaha, Noon, Hagar and Cesario.


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PS: The title is from the song: "These are few of my favorite things"