365 cherished days

I cannot believe that I spent a whole year as a blogger. 365 days is something I can count, but what I can’t is what I learned from blogging.

It opened a new frontier to me, to give & get.
To give by sharing and to get by recognizing new ideas by new individuals, whom will turn into a source of information, aspiration, inspiration and a daily ritual.

February 2005: while searching for news about Kuwait on the internet, I found a “website” called "Kuwait-Unplugged". I cannot remember what was the first post I read, but I can remember that there were some people interacting by commenting and pouring humour, wisdom, frustration, information and new ideas.
To solve the mystery I googled the term "Blogger" and found out what does it mean.

For more than 40 days, I kept visiting and reading blogs, through the infamous website “Kuwait Blogs”. My favourites blogs during that “orientation era” were:
Kuwait-Unplugged
Miskan (project accomplished)
Savior Machine
The Lands of Sands
NYdaily
2:48AM
أبو حفص الدودكي (stopped)
ساحة الصفاة
Jabriya Za7ma
MadM2000 (stopped)
The Shower

Then I decided to start my own blog, and I wasn't aware of the things I'll be blogging about, the only thing I was aware of was to have "a haven from reality and an escape from illusions".

21 March 2005: I took the first step. Being full of enthusiasm, I had 30 posts in my first week (my current average is 2 posts a week).

Now I would like to dedicate the following lines to the fellow-bloggers who "made my days" throughout those 365 days. (In random order)
Beware that I will quote some of Fairouz’s & Ziad Al-Rabani’s works in the following lines, so pardon me if you face any kind of confusion.

Zaydoun: الشيخ
الله يديمك يا معلم "زيدون" ويديم لنا هالصوت
ما شعبي كله مجدد لك لازم على راسي هنيك
(Zaydoun's 3rd blogging anniversary was yesterday).

Ben Kreishan: دق قوي الدق وعي كل البشر

Q80demon: A Historian in love with "misaweech".

Nibaq*: O Godfather I pay allegiance to thee.

NYchick: "The Courteous" (a.k.a. "Santa Clause"), whose love spreads all over us.

Shurouq:
من حظي قاعدة مقابيلي
ضحية الحركة الثورية

عندي ثقة فيك.... وبيكفي
عندي امل فيك وبيكفي..
شو بدك اكثر بعد فيك؟
معقول في اكتر؟ انا ما عندي اكتر.. كل الجمل يعني عم تنتهي فيك
و
علقت بزلعومي الكلمة

Mark: Thanks for inspiring me.

Shosho: Wise, perceptive and rare.

Purgatory: Your worst nightmare.
قاعد يفلح فينا على طول الجمعة

ExZombie*: the frank, kinky, humorous, outspoken and mistakenly jordanian blogger.
بيبرم ساعة عالكلمة وما تطلع هي بالذات
وبياخذني وبيرجعني نساني والله نسيت

بو مريوم*: انسان بلاظل، خفيف الدم ومبدع في جده ولعبه

Jackie: not Jacqui ;p, she "fed" me for months.

Jazz Central*:  a benevolent person, you must all know.

ForzaQ8*: comics fan, humorous and friendly.

The Fabulous 4 (Jandeef, Bu Salim, Rasheed& Mobi): رفعتوا راسنا الله يعز شانكم

Mobi: You remind me of myself.


BloBoz*: The guy who writes English in Arabic, you figure it out. I wish him a productive and depression-less life, full of energy & creativity.
Mudawwana ;p

Catch-22: an addiction!

Haitham Sabbah: The guy who represented us (arab bloggers) in Al-Jazeera 2nd Forum.

Ayya: the voice of reason.
(Confession: I didn’t read your poetry, but I will later)

Walladah:  أميرة أندلسية، تعرف من أين تؤكل الكـَلِــم
اجعلي الوصل مكان الخمس

Q: "The Analyzer", who serves the best selection of politics, opinion, NEWS, football and comedy.
تسلم لي تحليلاتك
منزل مبارك

TataBotata*: Bloggers leave him Tata alone!
رفيق يا رفيق... وينك يا رفيق

Maryam: "Houston! we have a problem!"
برموا الدنيا فتلوا الكون

The Stallion*: Spontaneous and social. Looking for love ;)

Fadi & Mar: is Miki a dog?!

The Don: The Romantic Biker.

Temetwir: You will never regret having a discussion with him.
عيدا كمان ظلك عيد يا علي
وترك حساس حاجة تزن عالوتر


Samboose*: a positive vibes transmitter. My regards to the “non-blogger”.

Misguided: الكريم
Who gives without asking him.

ابوحفص الدودكي: الدود نخر بلوغك، والأرضة وصلت هدب عينك، متي تعود لتنشد الهولو؟

Q8iBlogger: We usually disagree, but we have things in common.
هو ياللي دين قال وانا ياللي كافر عال
راجعوا الكتب السماوية راجعوا كلام القادر
والعالم رجعت لله رجعت للعيشة بتقوى... يعني حط حالك محلا  انت اللي مسايقها كلا..

Jandeef Khaan: Wise.

There are more bloggers out there, I met some and interacted with some.
The thing they have in common is sharing their lives, ideas and creativity with us. (in random order)


Jambino, Sam*, Denise*, ShadyQ80*, Judy Abbott*, Ananyah, Rampurple, NuNu, Spontaneoussetiy, Roba Al-Assi, Ahmad Humeid, Zort, Bo_Ghazi, Krispy Dixie, geo, Dr. Lost*, 7tenths*, Fractal_00*, Delicately Realistic*, JJ2*, Edjamacated Guy*, K.the.Kuwaiti*, Tantalize*, Shopaholic Q8iya, Mahmoud, Flamingoliya, William*, MissCosmoKuwait*, شرقاوي, Papillona, Playa Hater, Q8-chill girl, Elegance, Rampurple, Chanad, Ms.Baker, The Muscatis, Alex Maccise, Hoder, Jelly Belly, Laila Lalami, MMM, Swair, snookie, 6akh 6ekh, you-sif, esetch, lil alien, Natasha Tynes, Bo Jaij, Reema, A3sab, Broke, Mother Courage, Hashemy, Charisma, Mama Fusla, McArabian, Sheba, Gigi, Don_Veto, kleio, nanonano, D&G, Erzulie, K-Genshiken*, Rafiq*, MIR*, Waterlilie, Equalizer, Mathew A and the blogrel guys.
Thank you all.

Last but not least,
iDip: مفكر حالي افلاطون

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*: Bloggers I met.