Maya's Amalgam – Page 24 – Illustrated stories from life

A taxi story…

1-avoid-driving

2-voting-elections-lebanon

3-holy-guacamole

4-i-don't-know

5-choose-relatives

6-really

7-they-do

8-memory-of-people

Right after last week’s crazy lady adventure, this week-end I get ‘taxi adventure’. And because I don’t learn my lesson about how everyone knows everything in Lebanon, I had to undergo a panic attack before the driver explained to me the sequence of events that led to him knowing my family tree better than I do. I’m sure he thought I was lying, but I really don’t know my extended family tree. I can barely remember where I placed my phone 2 seconds ago, let alone remember the voting areas of every single family member of mine! I have to say the Lebanese are gifted on the memory level. Maybe that’s why they can’t get over the civil war…

Interview with nowlebanon.com

Thank you Maysam Ali for this wonderful interview! 😀

http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=96030&MID=123&PID=2

About Parking Spaces

1-no-parking

2-jounieh-parking

3-forbidden-parking

4-cant-hear-you

5-free-parking

6-check-it-out

7-falling

7-maw2af-org

After days and days (yes it was a matter of days) of super hard work, I can proudly announce that Maw2af.org (or the top-secret project I’ve been hinting to you about lately) is online, and almost perfectly functioning!

TOP SECRET:

Maw2af.org gives youth across Lebanon a platform to report and share on topics of their choosing: social, environmental, political, entertainment,etc. Maw2af.org is a non-political, non-religious website. And most importantly, guess who designed it! 😀 Come on, take a guess!

This website is a project of the famous Y4T (Youth for Tolerance) the NGO that I joined and that I have also been talking to you about. Check out our website to know more about our projects.

Now some extra news:

• I will be regularly posting comics on maw2af.org (a bit like here, but more socially/politically oriented and that I’m co-working on with Elie Awad) so you can check them there. Will keep you posted the first week of the new… well, postings!

• YOU can post stuff too! Photos, articles, shout your opinion out loud for everyone to read it, see it… Looking forward to see what you have to submit!

In case you missed yesterday’s news, click here for the lovely interview that I had with NOWLEBANON. Thank you Maysam! 🙂

Spick and Span

1-arrived-to-work

2-focus

3-i-cant

4-hint

5-thank-u

6-cleaning

7-good-morning-lebanon

Now the sad reality is that I did this post to try to motivate myself to do the trimestrial desk cleaning. I realized on this special morning that I don’t have space to place my hands on the desk anymore, and the desk is quite large in size! So let’s get to work… Hope that I’ll really feel that relaxed when i finish the cleaning!! Have a great day 🙂

Forgetfulness #2

1-true-story

2-which-movie

3-oh-no

4-be-here

5-world-abyss

6-what-to-do

7-found-it

8-brain-hand-sync

Yes this is a true story. Happened today on my way home after an endless day of work and meetings… It’s really ironic how we lose evident objects that are in our hands or that we just placed in front of our eyes. This little detail shows how much we can be missing from things happening around us, while ‘mentally’ focused on other issues. Sad reality, the human brain.

Walking observations

if you walk in public areas i’m sure you spotted one of those 2 scenarios… First and foremost the maid abuse issue. I am against this whole system of bringing foreign people to work in such unfair conditions, let alone making her follow Mr. and Daughter while they jog, so that when they are thirsty the water is right behind them. Second, I really laugh at the way some women dress when they walk or jog in public places. I mean, easy on the sex-appeal!

Anyway, after all, walking is a way of self expression and each person’s interpretation is only subjective! 🙂

That's what I call freedom!

1-so-cool

2-how-usually-goes

3-open-adobe

4-going-now

5-what-color-is-it

6-treated-well

7-light-ocre

8-feels-as-if

9-maya-dr

I’m having the chance to work on a top-secret project (that i’ll be revealing to you super-soon!) and I must say that I finally found someone in Lebanon who KNOWS how to deal with graphic designers and who actually believes that their job requires expertise in the domain. The problem of working in Lebanon (and in fields requiring visual communication such as architecture, interior design, fashion design …) is that all the citizens think those jobs require ‘zo2’ meaning taste, and are not a matter of expertise or experience… Besides, I always get comments implying that our job is overrated, that it is all about doing some coloring and drawing… So to all of you potential graphic-design-clients out there, learn from the above example and stop taking our profession lightly.

Sorry Descartes…

1-i-hate-traffic

2-whats-that

3-i-think-there14-i-am

4-what

5-not-getting-it

6-still-not

7-nope

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9-no-sense

10-descartes

I spent a good 2 hours in the traffic this morning from ashrafieh to jounieh… This gave me time to deeply contemplate the latest addition to our dear smart lebanese elections slogans… I think there14 i am… Am i missing something? Because I didn”t get it… When will this elections nightmare be over?

Let's talk about fanaticism…

1-lebanese-beware

2-warning

3-extreme-fanatism

4-lebanese-elections

5-avoid-land-transport

One picture is worth a thousand words, as they say. If this picture is one of a Lebanese politician, then it is worth a thousand @#$%^. So please, one picture is really enough to express your messages. Avoid the walking election advertisements, the static ones are already driving us nuts!

The AC paradox

1-getting-hot

2-on

3-thats-better

2-min-later

4-bit-cilly

5-off

5-offf

6-thats-better

2-min-later

6-so-hot

7-repeat-eternally

What am I supposed to do to keep a constantly normal room temperature? It’s not working with me lately. I don’t know if it’s from the AC or from me…

On a side note, I want to congratulate my friend KRYSTIAN (yes, written wrong like this 🙂 ) because today is the day he knew he got accepted for masters in his dream college! Mabrouk Kry you deserve the best!!

My lucky days

1-awkward-moments

2-good-day

3-happy

4-bad9day

5-perfect

And it’s always the same neighbour! I need to change my leaving time in the morning…. Or I need to get a full-option luggage for daily use!

P.S. I might be a bit slower in posting this week, I am sooo overloaded with work. I really want to keep you updated, but please don’t make me feel bad if I don’t post for one day.. you need to understand the pressures of daily life ! Doesn’t mean I love you less 😉 !! Have a lovely day 🙂

Extreme paranoia (or Lebanon is too small)

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So, ladies and gentlemen, that was my mini-adventure of the week-end. The story I just told you is true!! Two thing I have learned: 1- I am NEVER EVER taking another stranger on board… 2- I am NEVER EVER taking another stranger on board… And this whole ‘guessing your history from your family name’ is a skill I will never get! Wishing you all a lovely week! 🙂