Happy Ice cream month!!

Nothing is better than ice cream in this summer. It is really a cool feeling when u are under the sun wearing your sunglasses near the beach and eating ur favorite ice cream.. what a feeling.
There are several flavors of Ice-cream as we all know, for me, my favorite flavor is Vanilla and Strawberry cheese cake, but what if I ask u to try the garlic or the salt and pepper flavor? no they are not chips! they are ice cream flavors..


Before 25 years Ronald Reagan - the 40th president of the United States- deemed July as the National Ice cream Month in 1984 and he also pointed that the third Sunday of July to be the National Ice cream Day but he didn't know that one day there will be a Brown bread ice cream or even a lobster ice cream!!

It was a trend that spread among the small shops which sell ice cream, they started to make different and weird flavors, flavors that u can't imagine, but even the national chains like Baskin Robbins started to do the same thing by inviting new ice cream flavors :) There is even a green chilli flavor in India ! can't imagine the taste....


Here are the more inventive ice cream flavors ! what do u like to try ?

Now grab ur favorite ice cream and enjoy :D

Malcolm X: A great person to remember

I know it may looks weird to review a movie that is before 19 years, but I just felt that it is amazing and everybody should watch it or read the book and know more about this person. The story talks about one main thing, racism!

According to Oxford Dictionary, Racism is "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race , especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." and for me it is just a type of unfair act towards a group of people with certain character that they have nothing to do with it ! you can't judge people and put them in a corner because they are black or yellow or whatever! that's what the movie and the book talked about. It is about a man who was suffering from racism like any other Afro-American person in the states at that time. White people used to kill them, hate them, and take everything from them. They suffered a lot as a black community when every white man was asking them to go back to Africa. it is all about how a kid wanted to be a lawyer but he couldn't cos he was black !

I like it when Malcolm said in one of his speeches that they are black and Africans even before all those racism acts or the country is exist! and this is so true, we are humans before everything else. The other thing that I like is how he said that black people should love and believe in themselves to make people love them instead of trying to be like others. I think we all should do that not just black people! his story gives a lot of lessons -apart from Islam-.

Well, many people specially Muslims see him as an icon for Islam in America, but for me, I think he is more than that, Islam was a part of what he did, but he gave a great lessons in humanity and self appreciation with his 39 years. More than that, I like it how he changed his opinions and believes when he realized the truth. it gives another lesson in how you have to say it if u did something wrong, it ain't a shame!

I didn't like how he was in the beginning, he thought - or they taught him - that black people should hate white men even though his mother was white -she hated her white blood and she chose to marry a black man- he refused to work with white people who believed in him, but after his visit to Mecca, he realized that it is not about the color, he went to "Hajj" with white people who have a light hair and blue eyes and he was eating with them.

Unfortunately he was murdered in the end in a very bad way , I didn't like it cos I think that he should stay longer - but this is his destiny - and it is how some people hate and can't accept others, he had more things to give to the world and to the humanity not just for Muslims or Afro-Americans.
Simply his

The movie is 3:15 hours long but reading the book is much better :)
Good video to watch !

To read more:
MalcolmX Biography
About the movie
About the book
Peace

Father's Day

Today is June,19th a day to honour fathers arround the world ! so I just wanted to share some things about this day and it's origins so lets see

The Father's day holiday started the first time by Sonora Smart Dodd, She initiated the idea after listening to the mother's day sermon in 1909 then she suggested the idea of the holiday..

She did that to honour her father who was a Civil War veteran, he raised her with other 5 siblings when her mom died in childbirth. it was a tough job for a single parent to do that so she wanted to honour him with a special day..

The date of the holiday was chosen because it is here father's birthday :)
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson and his family personally observed the day and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day, but it didn't become an official holiday int the states until 1966...
I really do believe that mother's day should equals father's day, they both do an equal jobs towards their kids but each one from his/hers place.. that's why we call it a family ..

So now all I want to say is Happy Father's Day to all fathers around the world and to daddy , the greatest dad ever ^.^

I loved this cartoon :D

The Hoppin' John String Band preformance in Kuwait

Today I attended the event of The Hoppin' John String Band from NY, I am not a country music fan but after this event I can say that I will start listening to country music ^.^


The best part was that they were preforming live! they danced, sang, and played with instruments, I found it more interesting than just listening to the music or watch a video, the whole show was awesome.. I took this video, sorry it is not clear because It was with my mobile ;p



Today was the first performance for them so for those who love country music they still have the chance to attend... there next performances will be in
June 16, 2011 8:30-9:30 pm at the Higher Institution for Musical for Arts
June 19, 2011 7:15 – 8:30 pm at Al-Babtain’s Central Library for Arabic Poetry

what else ?
oh yeah they sang this song and I loved it, It just give you some positiveness so smile, enjoy and keep on the sunny side ppl!

Animation from the last century

I found this collection of American animation that created in the early 1900s and it is considered as the origins of the American animation, I think it is nice to see the past and compare it with where we are now

The first short movie is for its creator and producer Blackton, he used his hands only to create all this in 1906, that was in the United States. The name of the movie is "

[Humorous phases of funny faces]

Funny I like it

The second video animation talks about Men styles, created in 1915.

[Men's styles]

Last video animation is about a lil boy , it was created in 1919.

[Dud leaves home]

If u want to watch more American old animation visit the library of Congress website or Library of Congress youtube channel

Playing golf on the moon

The first one who played Golf on the moon his name is Alan Shepard
He was born in New Hampshire, USA in 1923 and was one of the first Americans who landed on the moon in 1961 after the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin.

Shepard was also the first one who played golf on the moon during his mission with Apollo 14 which was the first scientific mission to the moon in 1971

It was hard for him to play golf with his space suit but he was able to play golf with one hand only.

Alan Shepard died of leukaemia in 1998 in California. He was aged 74

This is the video

How a gesture can put u in jail?

As we know, there are many differences in cultures around the world, the things that are allowed to do in your country, can be prohibited in other countries and vice versa, the allowance and the prohibition may mainly depends on religious views or even historical events.

One of the most confusing topics that shows how the differences in cultures may be a problem is "Hand gestures", it is a problem to the limits that could throw u in Jail ! So let's See !!


In the states this sign means I LOVE YOU

The other sign that it is slightly similar to this is this one below If you show this sign to someone in USA, he will directly think about "Texas University" since it is the logo of the university and the Texas Longhorn football team and it represent the two horns of the bull. But can you imagine that the same sign is an insult for Mediterranean ! In 1985 five Americans were arrested in Rome because they were dancing and using this gesture, then the news later showed that Longhorn football team won in USA and those Guys were Happy

In South America it means protection against bad luck when rotated but in Malta and parts of italy it means protection against Evil Eyes when they point it.

The other interesting gesture is this one .. In Europe and North America it means OK or excellent While in Arab countries it is a threat signal.

For Mediterranean people, Russians and Brazilians it has bad meaning and considered as an insult.

In Japan this gesture means MONEY! if u r doing business in Japan and u show them this sign they will think that u asking them for a bribe

In France and Belgium it means Zero or worthless, so don't ever do this in restaurants when u go there, they may throw u out because it is really impolite to say that the food is worthless even if u mean it is Good

Those are just two but there are a lot! for farther reading visit Wikipedia

Who is Marilyn Monroe ?

Everyone knows her but we don't have a clear idea about her life, maybe because many of us specially me born after her sudden death. So let's see who is Marylin Monroe ?

Her name is Norma Jeane Mortenson, She was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. She never knew her father, and her mother suffered from a severe physcological problems that made her unable to raise her daughter .


Growing up, Norma spent much of her life in foster care and in an orphanage. She wanted to escape from the dufficulties that faced her in the foster care so she get married with her boyfriend Jimmy Dougherty in1942 who was a merchant marine. Dougherty was sent to the south Pacific with the military and by that time, Norma started to work in a Munition factory until she has been discovered by a photographer


After being a successful model Norma dreamed to become a famous actress, she divorced from her husband when he return back in 1946 because she became more busy with her career and their life together was to the end . in the same year of her divorce she signed her first movie and by this she created a new look and a new name for herself, she dyed her hair with blond color and called herself "Marilyn Monroe"


Her small part in John Huston's crime drama The Asphalt Jungle (1950) garnered her a lot of attention. after this movie she attended many auditions and her career started to be more bright .

After a series of successful movies her last 2 movies Let's Make Love (1960) and The Misfits (1961) appeared to be disappointed in the box office. and in the same time her personal life became worst.She had a string of unsuccessful marriages and relationships.

At the age of 36 years old, She was dropped from the unfinished movie "Something's Got to Give"(1962) due to chronic lateness and drug dependency, her absenteeism caused delay after delay in production, resulting in her being fired from the production in June of that year.

It seemed to be the end of her career. She was eventually re-hired, but died on August 5, 1962, in LA at her home and they found an empty bottle of sleeping pills by her bed. There has been some speculation over the years that she may have been murdered by mafia because she knew information that can destroy important persons due to her wide relationships, but it was officially ruled as a drug overdose.


On June 1, 1995, Marilyn was featured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp.


Here are some of her Quotes

"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. " ~Marylin Monroe

"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful. " ~Marylin Monroe

"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent. " ~Marylin Monroe

So by now u know who is Marylin Monroe !

The reason why I wrote this post? is because I love this song Byebye

Sources
Biography Marilyn Monroe
IMDb Marilyn Monroe
IMDb Something's Got to Give