Studio 28

Studio 28 is where I work or rather where I record my programs.. did I tell you I work as a radio announcer in Maspero building? Aw elmabna as we masperoinans call it??

Dar eleza3a elmasrya..is where I work..it was a granted wish in my life to work there..I wished to get into Alsun and I did (asly tool 3omry shatra w min elaw2al..kont ya3ni..not any more..will get to that..)  and I wished to work in Radio Cairo and I did..up till now mesh 3arfa ezay..one day someone called at home and said I have an exam there!! Min 2adm li ? ezay w fein? Walhi ma3ref le7ad delawa2ty..

Maspero is a unique building in itself..in its location on the Nile and on its staff..nos elnas a23da ma bt3mlsh 7aga!! Ya batakol ya betrghy ya bt3mal gam3yat..

The moment I got there was a dream for me but dreams are always much better than reality..any way..3alshan ma tawlsh 3alikom 2olloy tawly.. a7la 7aga fel mabna heya ostdyohat eleza3a!

It is a different smell, a different atmosphere, a different world you enter once you pass the corridor of the studios.. the old wall paintings, the HUGE tapes you record on. The mega Library where your program CDS are stored in..soot lafat elshrit 3al makna ..stop w te3id lama teglat fi kelma wala tko7..begging elmaktaba for oghnya l soad hosny in her anniversary.. holding your self enk teshtm mohndsat elsoot enha tesib elmobile w t7otlik fasel 3edl lelebrnamag eldiny mesh music fiha tempo w tas2if!

W elnas ba2a…Fouad elmohndas Allah yer7amoh coming to record kelmtin w bas.. amal fahmy.. abla fadila elgameela wel gameela wel gameela.. writing the program..choosing the titre.. thanking elmohndsa elgheir mot3wana 3al etlak by the end of the program..saying your name by the end..Radio cairo presents.. stay tuned to Radio Cairo..

Next month ISA , I will be doing my first interview program, recording with foreigners and English language speaking Egyptians on Egypt after the revolution (2al ya3ni!), ana asly bastghal fi eza3a bel English , sibkom min kol da..ahm 7aga fel mawdo3 .,.mesh eny 7a5od youm agaza zeyada..tasgil 5argy..no, no, not at all.. mesh ana J bas recording ISA fi elcultural wheel, el opera, da ana 7al3ab le3b!!

I am scared, am a bit of a strict..not a person, a radio voice, I can get along only if you let me..i have been running from interviews for years now but I need it now..I do need the change..after my mum..bas da mawdo3 lew7ado…3awz lo a23da ya3ni..

Mashed potatoes????!!!

Why Mashed Potatoes ba2a?? because my beloved husband gave me the idea when he told me : ezay 7tesmiha esm mesh related lelakl?? asl gozy 7abibi knows very well how i love to cook w eat w7yatkom, fa from here i came up with the idea .. mashed potatos ya3ni eih?? batates mahrosa aw puree' , which goes with every dish.. just like this blog that will be on every thing i like not on a particular theme..also people are attracted by food w it may get me more followers, who knows:)

و ده عايش فى أى مجرة كونيه لوحده؟!

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you' re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, thats her...

Ladybird

A ladybird stood on my car window today while going to work and it took me back 25 years to my school yard when we used to have our ladybird stories as a gift for those who get high marks by the end of the year.. I always wondered about this insect and wished to see it as i spent years contemplating the little red thing with spots on its back on the cover of my childhood books. It was a childhood dream that came true in my late 30's and it felt so good :) Dreams never die, we may live them someday.

Old Days

Remembering the good old days of school, this poem along with the Solitary Reaper are my favorite..yet this one is a must in these days..Do you know that this poem was a written will for Ahmed Hassenein Pasha and it was his inspiration all his life?!Enjoy for those who appreciate classics.

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

IF - Rudayard Kipling

God Rest Her Soul

Having you on my mind and wishing we can discuss all current events as we used to my dearest mum..Love you and miss you soo much.. Allah yer7amik ya omy ya gameela..

وائل غنيم

أسجل اعجابى و احترامى الشديد بوائل غنيم..فكلما قرأت أكثر فى كتاب الثورة 2.0, أشعر بأمل كبير و ان كل شئ قابل للحدوث بالأرادة و التفانى و الرغبة الحقيقية فى اثبات الذات و النجاح..

New Book

The thrill of looking for a new book and buying it and skimming it till u finally sit on your sofa to read it with your coffee is a priceless feeling for me.

And today I went to Diwan in a frequent visit where i ran into Bahaa Taher walking in so calmly and saluting everyone even the poor me standing in the cooking section! it was such a pleasure watching this iconic figure so simply asking a young author to come sit with him and hearing his latest and listening to both of them quoting from great verses or sayings.

Today was a lucky day for me to watch how great people should be that simple..this is where their greatness lie :)

Today I bought: بحار الحب عند الصوفية for my favorite author: Ahmed Bahgat.

Old Fashioned ????

I know I am old fashioned but this song always gave me a push to go on since I was young..when playing it on my car cd, people around me look at me as: eih elmagnouna di ? :D 

Heart Breaking Pic

The most pic that breaks my heart in all revolution pics..howa fi nas keda!!!!

من ذكرى الثورة فى( دماغ احمد شفيق) : الاخوان وهم بيروشوا امن الدولة وهم بيصلوا

Some Politics Talk

For sure these people who went down and left their homes and never knew if they were going back to their kids had a reason..for sure they want as much peace as you do..

For sure they want to live happily but with dignity too..

For sure we all are affected by the economical crisis we are in and we all want to live..may be we - facebook people- we all have homes and jobs, we all have some one whom we can ask for money, we all admit our kids to schools and can get them their favorite kind of chocolates..

But there are others who just can't , may be we just need to feel them, feel those who have no clean water to drink nor a proper place to live in, those who has to work 7 days a week and have no rest to get their every day necessities, those who have no work at all..we can not be elite this time.

My dear friends electing shafik, For God's sake..let your conscience judge..if we wel Al7madullah never lived it, it doesn't mean that there aren't others suffering day and night with it,, it can not be because we fear the rules of ele5wan, that we submit our brothers as a scarfice so we may live happily ever after..

Just think about those who will be detained, killed or put in jail after shafik wins..my words are not organized but they are coming from my heart and i am not going to re-phrase it..this is how i feel..mesh 3alshan a3ish merta7a w baly rai2, army elnas elgalaba ely malhmosh dahr fi eidn elnizam tany...Plz think it through..

1st Post..

I am perfectly content with a good book and a hot cup of coffee :)