Happy Anniversary

A year ago in the cold winter, Hopeless Rhymes was born. The plan was not to post poems, just the normal posts but then I found that I don't have that much of beneficial things to say! So I ended up posting the only thing I THINK I am good at!

I will keep it short so I want just to thank all of those bloggers and non-bloggers who supported me from the start till now and those who supported me at the start and decided to disappear or to stop commenting :P

Thank you all.

Song of The Christmas : Forever Loving You

Well I used to have a weekly post called song of the week but I stopped so now when I thought of the title I figured that I can't use the term week so I chose Christmas since it is the time ;)

A country song for not very well known artist "Julian Austin" called "Forever Loving You"

Everytime i see you smile
I can't help but smile
I love the way your eyes
Say they love me

I love it when you hold me close
The scent of you left on my clothes
The tenderness of your kiss moves me

Girl you're more than everything
You're in my heart,
My soul,
You're the air I breath
You're everything that i been missin in my life

Chorus:
And I'll always be, forever loving you
Its just meant to be, it all I wanna do...
You're everything my heart has ever known
And girl, you mean more than life to me,
And without you girl it wouldnt mean a thing
Until its my time to go,
I'll love you more than you'll ever know

There so many little things,
In my life, that you bring
Like the way you hold me,
When we're sleeping.

I wouldnt feel the way i do,
If you didnt give me a love so true.
You're the hopes and dreams that I believe in

Girl you not just everything,
My best friend you'll always be
You're everything,
that i need in my life

Chorus

I swear that it'll always be,
A time for you and me,
Girl i love you so........

Girl ill always be forever loving you,
Its just meant to be,
Its what i want to do
You're everything my heart has every known,
And girl you mean,
more than life to me,
And without you girl,
It wouldnt mean a thing,
Until its my time to go...

Until its my time to go...

I'll love you more than you'll ever know.....


*CLICK ON THE TITLE TO GO TO THE SONG PAGE

A Moon's Serenade

Finally! I am here again and posting! It's been a long time! Very very long! Did anybody miss me? :P

Anyway here is my latest poem and I am glad that I have finished it! Enjoy it until the next time I post something new :D

A Moon's Serenade

Here we are sitting on the edge of the moon
Watching the world below
The stars and the planets around us croon
Our entwined fingers are dancing slow
We are no birds be we were able to fly
And for once in our lives we are ruling the sky

Listen to the sound of a wonderful serenade
Drift into a dream while I am holding your hands
Do not let the brightness in your eyes ever fade
Let me breathe the breeze that passed through your strands
I like it when the scent of you fills my senses
And I stop thinking when I see your smile
One touch you can touch me and it will shatter all my defenses
Then I am yours for a lifetime, not only for a while

Forest of Magic

It's been a long time since I've posted a poem! So here it goes, something I wrote long time ago and I've just finished it recently.

Forest of Magic

Its beauty, so alluring
Silently, speaking to you
Words that are curing
Guiding you through
There is a mysterious voice calling
Softly, whispering in your ears
A dazzling winds howling
And a shadow from far appears
Widely opening its arms
Inviting you to come along
With its irresistible charms
You lose the sense of right and wrong

You feel the magic of this place
As you drown into temptation
A temporary pleasure to embrace
Is it real or just your imagination?
So you walk few steps ahead
Not expecting what to find
Many thoughts are in your head
About the real world you left behind
And the fairy tales you have read before
Are nothing like what you have seen
A sensation that you cannot ignore
So peaceful and so serene

Tom and Jerry

While watching this immortal cartoon yesterday, so many thoughts and memories came to my mind. Unfortunately, not all of them were that good! Of course no one likes to remember the many encounters with this not so good animal! The rat or mouse!!

Our home was cursed by having them when I was a kid and because of the location, we still get some every now and then! Well not much, you can say one or two every three years! I remember when I was a kid we used to hear their sounds when we were watching TV. They used to have a place behind the TV table. That time the regular traps with a piece of cheese worked. So we got rid of all of them almost and we thought we had an eternal peace.

Few years back while your poet was trying to watch TV in his living room, he heard this movement sound on the ground. He looked around and saw nothing. He thought, it must be the wind :P. He continued watching TV until he saw that ugly SOB peeking! So he screamed SHIT! A rat in my living room! And being so scared (yeah those ugly animals scare me, I rather face a lion and die than a mouse :P) He went to the expert; his father :D So everything was prepared and traps, cheese and poison. Next morning, bingo! The rat was caught! He was sentenced to death in a nearby trash dumpster. Peace at last! Hell no! The next night I saw another one walking around and being so proud of himself! So again I went to the expert and again the traps and so on.. Next morning.. nothing.. the next morning .. also nothing.. either he left or he is too smart! Yeah he is smarter than his predecessor. The expert at home could not catch him. He had to call the professional experts. The workers in the farm came and looked around here and there and finally the bad rat was found hiding in the stairs room inside a steel pipe. They killed him at last! In brutal way I should add ;)
The damage those rats did was notable; they chew the edge of the carpet and they cut the phone cable that I used to use to connect while I was watching TV.

After two years of peace, and in the holy month of Ramadhan before almost 2 years, again one of them came home. This time he entered the kitchen through the window which was left open unintentionally. My sister saw him while she was opening the oven! Yes dear readers, this SOB managed to get inside the oven and tasted our Ramadhanic food! And thank god my sister saw him or we would have probably eaten that food! YUCK! So again the expert was called to the battle and this time we managed to kill him manually! A rug was used to blind him and then maybe a wooden stick :D We made sure the window is locked properly at night and we went to sleep. Yours truly came from work just to see that the net thing in the window was torn and I announced the news. We set up the traps and so on and used that powerful glow and put it beside the window. Next morning, bingo!! Not one, they were two! Two ugly mice were caught and I guess the maid smashed their heads with a rock after seeing them stuck in the glow :P
I took a photo of them but I lose it :(

Before few days, I was reading in the news paper about a small Norwegian mouse that was put in an island and there was a censor on him but still he survived all the traps and was even able to travel to another island until finally he was caught!
Now who made these animals so smart? Did they transfer the knowledge they gained about the traps from generation to another? Or the mad scientists made them that way??

Another point is, why does Jerry represent the good in that cartoon while Tom is the evil? Why are they lying on the kids that follow it? It is misleading :P

Done With Dan Brown

The holiday had ended and I am back to work! BOOOOOORING!

Anyway, just before few days I finished reading Dan Brown's Angels & Demons which was the 4th and last novel for him that I read.

I read them in this order:

1- The Da Vinci Code (his 4th novel) <-- too famous to talk about.
2- Deception Point (his 2nd novel) <-- about NASA and so on.
3- Digital Fortress (his 1st novel) <-- about NSA and digital world.
4- Angels & Demons (his 3rd novel) <-- you can say it is the 1st part of Da Vinci Code. Langdon 1st adventure.

I must say that the author put a lot of effort to come up with these novels. I think that the time he spent researching the facts and figures for each novel was more than the time he spent to write the actual novel itself!

I am not sure what is the right categorization for these novels, but the way I see them is that they are action thrillers! Sometimes I even think that the action is way too much! The main characters are either being chased or they are the ones who are chasing! Also there is a pattern that I have noticed but I am not gonna write about it here so that I don't spoil the fun of reading them for those who haven't read them all yet!

As for The Da Vinci Code movie, Tom Hanks will be the main character which is Robert Langdon and the movie is directed by Ron Haward and it is expected to be out in 2006! Thank god they chose an actor who I like watching movies for! Imagine they chose Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise?? That totally will turn me off and will make me hate the novel and even Dan Brown :P

Now I am waiting for the 5th novel, anybody has an idea about it? The story line and the date or something?

Song of The Eid: Making Love Out of Nothing at All

Hello and kel 3am wento bkhair :D

It's been ages since I have posted a song that I like here and I guess the eid is a good occasion to do so. So here you go, one of the classic romantic songs :D

Making Love Out of Nothing at All By Air Supply (click on the song title to go to the song page and the song should start and if it didn't, then your browser sucks and you have to setup the pluggins for real player or windows media)


I know just how to whisper, and I know just how to cry;
I know just where to find the answers; and I know just how to lie.
I know just how to fake it, and I know just how to scheme;
I know just when to face the truth, and then I know just when to dream.

And I know just where to touch you, and I know just what to prove;
I know when to pull you closer, and I know when to let you loose.
And I know the night is fading, and I know that time's gonna fly;
and I'm never gonna tell you everything I've got to tell you,
but I know I've got to give it a try.

And I know the roads to riches, and I know the ways to fame;
I know all the rules and then I know how to break 'em
and I always know the name of the game.

But I don't know how to leave you, and I'll never let you fall;
and I don't know how you do it, making love out of nothing at all
(Making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all.

Every time I see you all the rays of the sun
are streaming through the waves in your hair;
and every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight,
The beating of my heart is a drum, and it's lost
and it's looking for a rhythm like you.
You can take the darkness from the pit of the night
and turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright.
I've got to follow it, 'cause everything I know,
well it's nothing till I give it to you.

I can make the run or stumble, I can make the final block;
And I can make every tackle, at the sound of the whistle,
I can make all the stadiums rock.
I can make tonight forever, Or I can make it disappear by the dawn;
And I can make you every promise that has ever been made,
And I can make all your demons be gone.

But I'm never gonna make it without you, Do you really want to see me crawl?
And I'm never gonna make it like you do, Making love out of nothing at all.
(Making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love)

Happy Eid

Hello .. kel 3am wa antom bi khair مرحبا .. كل عام وأنتم بخير

Here is the Eid card for you all :D

So I Have Met Raul Gonzalez

Before 3 nights I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with this famous football player from Spain. For you who does not know him, he is the golden boy of Real Madrid, Raul Gonzalez. So where did we meet and what did we talk about?
Well last Wednesday Real Madrid played against Depertivo La Coruna and were defeated 3-1 :D
And since I am not much of a fan of the Royal Team, I was happy :D
I entered mirc and I chatted with some people who support Real Madrid and I made fun of their team in a logic way I must add ;) I think that night we had talked too much! Then it was my time to sleep and I said bye and covered myself well and I started to dream! I dreamed that I was in a room in my house where we used to play table tennis and even football and there were some board games on the shelves and a lettter. I read that letter and I was surprised to know that it was a letter from Raul Gonzalez announcing his retirement from football ** I think he is retiring because his team is losing all the time and has no chance to win any trophy any time soon :P ** and it contained some information about him! What surprised me more in that letter is that it contained a list of books he is said he read! I didn't recognize any book but their titles looked like they are important books :P

Well anyway, then I woke up and decided that I should post something about this dream! It is not like everyday I get to dream about someone famous :P

The Fantastic Seven

I had been tagged by Allured (which is totally not expected :P) and Najah and here is what I came up with!

Seven things I plan to do:
1- Sleep after a while
2- Read Angels and Demons
3- Get married :P
4- Transfer to other location at work
5- Publish a book of poems
6- Retire from writing poetry after publishing the book :P
7- Retire from work before I reach 60 :D

Seven things I can do:
1- Listen to what people say
2- Search for things online
3- Program the satellite receivers without reading the manuals
4- Write poetry (I think) :P
5- Sleep for like 2 and half hours, go to work for 8 hours and return and watch football on TV for the rest of the day :P
6- Eat too much
7- Get an A+ in accounting and finance

Seven things I can’t do:
1- Drive long distances
2- Sleep early
3- Go out while the European champions league matches are being played :P
4- Not to get online daily
5- Be mean (Though I am sure some people will like to disagree :P)
6- Watch Egyptian TV shows
7- Start a long conversation with a total stranger on a bus or a plane

Seven things I say most often:
1- Aha
2- Ok
3- Hala
4- El ta3baaan
5- Shoot
6- Zain
7- 7ayyak Allah

Seven ppl I want to pass this tag to:
1- No
2- One
3- That
4- I
5- Can
6- Think
7- Of

Nostalgic: Saving Nickels, Saving Dimes

Since I don’t have much to talk about considering my not so interesting life currently and I don’t have a new poem to post, I have decided once again to take a journey down the memory lane and talk a little about my childhood memories. :D

So this is the 3rd episode of my Nostalgic series (Nostalgic & Nostalgic: Up On The Roof) and since the Eid is coming soon (Kel 3am wo ento eb khair) and I remembered the money I used to get but no more since they stopped giving me anything long time ago! Now I have turned to a giver and the kids wait for me to give them their 3eediyas :D
I remember that time and having no wallet, I and my business partner (my younger brother) used to share everything including money and gifts and anything that can be shared. We used to use those empty biscuit and ice cream boxes and store our money and things there. In our small room, that we also shared, we used to have small cabinets and we use to put the boxes in them. Later we became over suspicious, maybe because we used to read too much of those adventures for Ta5ta5 and his friends (el mo`3ameroon el 5amsa) so we decided to hide our stuff somewhere that nobody can find them whether it was our older sister, cousins or even our parents. We thought of digging a hole and putting the stuff there, but we realized it was not treasury so we had this brilliant idea of hiding them in the ceiling! Having that type of decoration which you can lift up the pieces and put stuff there where no one can see them. I even thought that I can hide illegal things there and cops won’t find them no matter what :P

Then we grew up a little and moved to a bigger room and a bigger bed while my brother got a smaller bed, we fancied the small lockers that have keys and a combination lock. We bought a blue one and we kept all our savings there and until now I have it in my room, but unfortunately empty, except for some coins :P

Paper, Pen, Rhymes and Dreams

Hello, here is one of those crazy poems that I am writing recently! So soon I think I will start seeing those things happen to me and I will start hallucinating :P


Paper, Pen, Rhymes and Dreams


My plain paper talks to me
And tells me the secrets of poetry
While my pen dances freely on it
My fingers soon will submit
To the music of the written words
To the letters flying around like birds
Until I get lost between the rhymes
Of love, hope and desperate times

I let my thoughts swim in the yellow pages
Of some ancient books and tales from the past
While my memories are imprisoned in rusty cages
For as long as this pain is set to last
But I have found a refuge in my dreams
Surrounded by sunshine and moonlight beams
Where reality is nothing like the way it seems

I and the Poet

*cough cough *Cleans up the dust from the blog :P

Hello all! It's been so long since I have posted anything here! The blog got dusty. No worries though, I got it all cleaned up and I put some "bukhoor" also for you my dear visitors ;)

I came to you with this new poem. I have finished it sometime ago and I just added a stanza today so I hope you like it. It is kinda a complimentary poem "qaseedat mad7" for myself lool :P


I and the Poet

In my self-chosen isolation
I live a life of my own choice
Surrounded by my own shadows
And hearing my own voice

Lost in this harsh reality
And was found in one of my own
I get my thoughts to my company
Feeling lonely and long to be alone

I write stories on the wall
That only dreamers can read
And I draw paintings of fantasies
All imaginations, will exceed

I create a different world
Of so many beautiful things
And fly around the blue sky
With my poetic wings

I plant flowers between the lines
And my ink waters the trees
And my poems they have a scent
When you read you feel the breeze

Haikus

These are my first tries with the type of peotry called "Haiku". I am not that well familiar with it so you will have to excuse me if I didn't do well ^-^

Waves of the sea
Wrestle the warm winds
Sadness washed away


Naked trees
And beds of snow
But hearts are warm


Her cold breath
Warm on my face
Like scent of a rose

I Have Not Lost The Passion

Here is one of my latest poems that I have written in less than 2 hours! So enjoy :D


I Have Not Lost the Passion

I have not lost the passion yet
To have a walk along the beach
And to enjoy the romantic sunset
To dream about walking on the clouds
Even if they are out of my reach
And I am lost among the crowds

I have not lost the passion to smile
To a strange kid passing by
Or to a newly wed walking down the aisle
And to laugh or tell a joke
Sometimes to cry
And with my tears I choke

I have not lost my passion for you
And I never will
And to love you all my life through
To cherish every moment we spent
Together and we still
Forever to each other we were meant

Song Of The Week: I'll Be

It's been a while since I have posted a song so here is one I believe that it is a classic though it was released back in the 90s :D

I'll Be by Edwin McCain (Click on the title to go to the song page)

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
Emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky
Never revealing their depth
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I'll be captivated
I'll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above

I'll be your crying shoulder
I'll be your love suicide
and I'll be better when I'm older
I'll be the greatest fan of your life

Rain falls angry on the tin roof
As we lie awake in my bed
You're my survival, you're my living proof
My love is alive not dead
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I'll be captivated I'll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache, that hang from above

I'll be your crying shoulder
I'll be your love suicide
and I'll be better when I'm older
I'll be the greatest fan of your life

I've been dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead
Tuned in, turned on, Remembered the things that you said

I'll be your crying shoulder
I'll be your love suicide
and I'll be better when I'm older
I'll be the greatest fan of your life

Blue

Well I am back to work and I am hating it! And I also didn't post something in more than a week! So I was thinking that I may post something about my 1st day at work after the vacation but I didn't wanna complain that much :P
Finally I decided to post a poem I wrote sometime ago and it is called "Blue". It is an alternation between the color blue and the state of being blue.


Blue as the sky in a spring morning
Blue as my tears falling without a warning
Blue as the ribbon tying your hair
Blue as my heart beating in despair
Blue as the ocean waves gently flow
Blue as my pain starts to grow
Blue as the color of your eyes
Blue as my soul vainly cries
Blue as the beautiful color of blue
Blue as my poem written for you

The Water Stream

Here is my latest poem and I am glad that I have finished it before I travel back home :D


The Water Stream

In the heart of a garden runs a water stream
It gently flows until it reaches the sea
The flowers and the trees are dancing just like a dream
And all the birds are singing in a glee
A garden full of wonder and grace
But nothing compares to the beauty of your face

Must I get lost in this wonderful scene
Must I not wake up if it was just a dream
Shall I confess to the garden's queen?
Or just whisper my love to the water stream
And one day, as you pass, my whispers you will hear
And you will see by your eyes, reflection of my love so clear

Do my eyes cheat me? I think I see you standing there
Waiting under the shade of a far away tree
Rays of the sun are flowing through your hair
And the look in your eyes, sending a clear message to me
That you have been waiting for this moment all along
To stand not far away from the one to whom you belong

They Have Did It Again & Tagged Me!!

This time I was tagged by Namika:


Last book you read: A book by Agatha Christie which I've forgotten the name but before it I read Deception Point by Dan Brown ;)

Last phone number you called: Air Canada

Last show you watched on TV: A program about Turkish gays in Germany!! :P

Last thing you had to drink: Water

Last thing you ate: Some Asian food

Last time you cried: Hard to tell. I cry like many times during the day :P

Last time you smiled: While reading an email

Last person you hugged: My nephew! I hug him all the time!!

Last person you talked to on the phone: The lady from Air Canada

Last thing you smelled: My shampoo

Last CD that you bought: The Best of a band called The Band

Last song you sang: Goin' Where The Wind Blows by Mr Big

Last thing you laughed at: It must be when I said lol while chatting but I forgot why!

What's in your CD player: Dan Fogelberg (The Essential)

What time did you wake up today: 11:15 am

Current favorite article of clothing: Jeans and shirts?

Favorite place to be: My room

Least favorite place: Crowded places

Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes

In Heaven or Hell: Yes

How tall are you: I won't tell! But say mashallah and knock on wood ;)

Current favorite word: Hi

Favorite Book: Agatha Christie's Books

Random lyric: Been away, haven't seen you in a while
How've you been? Have you chabnged your style?
And do you think that we've grown up differently?
Don't seem the same, seems you've lost your feel for me..

If I could be doing anything right now, I would be: In the toilet :P

Are you a daredevil?: When I was a kid yes but now not at all :P

Have you ever told a secret you swore you'd never tell?: Not that I remember!

Do looks matter?: Yeah they do!

How do you release your anger? I bang on the table in front of me!

My second home is: I guess my room in the camp where I work :P

One thing I have that I wish I didn't is: A pain that is in the left lower back that is affecting my left leg!

All you need is: This annoying pain to go!

Something I want but I don't really need is: Shirts

Something I need but I don't really want is: To take this long trip back home! I want to be back home but I don't want the long trip :P

*do you...*

drink?: Yes 7alal drinks only ;)

have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: No

have a dream that keeps coming back?: Yes! And I think I will make a whole post about the recurring dreams I have :D

believe there is life on other planets?: Yes I do!

read the newspaper?: Yes

consider yourself tolerant of others?: Sometimes

consider police a friend or foe?: Both

I don't know if I should tag anybody??? Ok I will leave it open for anybody to tag himself or herself! So be my guest ;)

Oh My God! They Have Tagged Me Again!

I was tagged by Blasha and Samboosa this time and not to mention another tagging post to come later which I was tagged by Namika!

so here it goes:

10 years ago: Last year of high school and first year for my retired father which I thought he will give me a hell of year to study hard but the funny thing he didn't and I managed to get myself a decent average to get my in the university I wanted!

5 years ago: Getting ready for my senior year at university and for the 6 month training period which I hated! Not much to mention except I had good time with my friends!

1 year ago: I thought I was in love :P

Tomorrow: I have no idea! I don't plan much. I just do things like that!

5 snacks I enjoy: Nuts, Pringles, Cheese bread, hommos and many!

5 bands/artists that I think I know the lyrics to most of their songs: Toto, Dan Fogelberg, Kenny Chesney, Poco, And Brad Paisley!

5 things I'd do with $100,000,000: Leave work and start my own business and invest the rest :D

5 locations I'd like to run away to: My room, my living room, my car, the sea, and the streets between the farms.

5 bad habits I have: I have but I am not gonna tell! :P

5 things I like doing: Sleeping, watching football, writing poetry, chatting and being with friends

5 thing I will never wear: a bra, a thong, skirt unless it is the scotish 1, tight clothes and somebody else's clothes!

5 TV shows I like: 24, CSI, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, And American Idol!

5 movies I like: Usual Suspects, Se7en, LA Confidential, Life, Mystic River

5 people I'd like to meet: Maradona, Lionel Messi, my 2nd older brother who passed away, some bloggers and I guess that is more than 5 :P


5 biggest joys at the moment: Being in Canada, writing this post (l0l)... etc

5 favorite toys: My PC, Sega, Sakhr Computer, I don't know I am not that much into toys!

I am not tagging anyone!! :P