Ok, so i found this list of 150 adventurous things in Charafantah's cave.
Thought its nice to give it a try ... so, here's the list with things i've done in bold:
HAVE YOU EVER?
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (Ewww!)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped.
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten my own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper (wasn't the nicest thing! Eww again)
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (Not even on a Cola light!)
24. Given more than I could afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as I possibly could
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking.
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about my life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for my computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (actually that was in an indian wedding with complete strangers and just the indian style "moving shoulders" typa dance! DUH)
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip.
48. Gone rock climbing.
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach.
50. Gone sky diving.
51. Visited Ireland.
52. Been heartbroken longer then I was actually in love with the person.
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them.
54. Visited Japan.
55. Milked a cow.
56. Alphabetized my CDs.
57. Pretended to be a superhero.
58. Sung karaoke.
59. Lounged around in bed all day. (Duh! r u normal ppl?)
60. Posed nude in front of strangers.
61. Gone scuba diving.
62. Kissed in the rain. (Not even in dry air :P)
63. Played in the mud.
64. Played in the rain.
65. Gone to a drive-in theater.
66. Visited the Great Wall of China.
67. Started a business.
68. Fallen in love with someone and not had my heart broken.
69. Toured ancient sites. (you name it)
70. Taken a martial arts class. (Karate when i was 6 years old ... quit after 2 month :))
71. Played D&D for more than six hours straight. (wut's that?)
72. Gotten married. (would i be here answering these stupid questions?)
73. Been in a movie. (oh you mean IN a movie? Nope)
74. Crashed a party. (does it count if i didn't know they're having a party?)
75. Gotten divorced. (i think i should have bolded the "gotten married" question 1st if i ever bold this one! DUH!)
76. Gone without food for 5 days. (I'm fat ... but not THAT fat. Thank you)
77. Made cookies from scratch. (Does brownies count?)
78. Won first prize in a costume contest. (u mean "ugly costume" contest?)
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
80. Gotten a tattoo.
81. Rafted the Snake River.
82. Been on a television news program.
83. Received flowers for no reason.
84. Performed on stage. (school. I sucked!)
85. Been to Las Vegas.
86. Recorded music.
87. Eaten shark.
88. Had a one-night stand.
89. Gone to Thailand.
90. Bought a house.
91. Been in a combat zone.
92. Buried one of my parents.
93. Been on a cruise ship.
94. Spoken more than one language fluently.
95. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour.
98. Created and named my own constellation of stars.
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over.
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge.
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when I knew someone was looking. (i think i have more witnessess than the habitants of Cairo to that)
103. Had plastic surgery. (i think it's about time!)
104. Survived an illness that I shouldn’t have survived. (so far i'm surviving my sinus!)
105. Written articles for a large publication.
106. Lost over 100 pounds.
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback.
108. Piloted an airplane.
109. Petted a stingray.
110. Broken someone’s heart.
111. Helped an animal give birth.
112. Won money on a T.V. game show.
113. Broken a bone. (fractured a toe counts?)
114. Gone on an African photo safari.
115. Had a body part of mine below the neck pierced. (not even above the neck! DUH)
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol.
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
118. Ridden a horse. (Have that phote of me, 3 years old, on a horse back!)
119. Had major surgery.
120. Had a snake as a pet. (Ewwwwwwwwwwww)
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours. (Every time i start a bloody "Augmentin" anti-biotic course)
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states.
124. Visited all 7 continents.
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days.
126. Eaten kangaroo. (Is THAT eatable? C'mon)
127. Eaten sushi. (u mean the RAW fish? Hell NO!)
128. Had my picture in the newspaper.
129. Changed someone’s mind about something I care deeply about.
130. Gone back to school. (Three times on the course of 8 years - u do mean visiting, right?)
131. Para sailed.
132. Petted a cockroach. (I raise one eybrow for that one!)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes.
134. Read The Iliad. (Parts of it)
135. Selected one “important” author who I missed in school, and read.
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. (again one eyebrow! Where the heck to u get this stuff!)
137. Skipped all my school reunions. (There aren't any aslan!)
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language. (Hehe ... in India, yes)
139. Been elected to public office.
140. Written my own computer language.
141. Thought to myself that I’m living my dream.
142. Had to put someone I love into hospice care.
143. Built my own PC from parts.
144. Sold my own artwork to someone who didn’t know me.
145. Had a booth at a street fair.
146: Dyed my hair.
147: Been a DJ. (wished i have)
148: Shaved my head.
149: Caused a car accident.
150: Saved someone’s life.
The following is a dialogue that took place on the messenger a few days ago between me and Balaha Sousou ... it's in anglo-arab and i prefered to keep it as it is to match reality ... You'd ask me "why on earth should anyone be intrested in a conversation between two strangers to me?", and i'd simply say "You shouldn't" ;)
If you'd decided to go on reading, as it appears since u've reached this current line, lemme tell you it all started by a simple question:
Why are we not a romantic generation?
we are
Nope, we are not
We are
We r NOT
howa not not ya3ni? 3afya heya! ya3ni kameli kalamek tayeb
Look, asl last night i was watching Audrey Hepburn story … then this morning i went into the taxi and there was this song playing 4 Fairuz ... "bektob esmak ya 7abeby" ... mesh 3arfa ... fee 7aga ghalat 7asalet ma ben el zaman da w zamana … fee akeed 7agat keteeeeeeeeer na2sa … mafeesh emotions … mafeesh true feeling of love
ya reit ma tekalemni 3al 7ob … w seeret el 7ob … w zolm el 7ob le kol as7abo
LOOOOOOOOOL … bas begad … mesh keda? walla byethaya2ly?
ya 7abibet albi i tried love … and i know what it is … it is every single word fairuz said … and om kalsum said … and abdel halim said
Ah ... neseet a2olek enny Khatamt el leila with "in love and war" beta3 Sandra Bullock ... ya3ny totally fel mood da!
But the issue is intelligence
Nope … the issue is e7sas … mafeesh e7sas!
fi nass bet7esss … sada2ini … but what's next?
Tell me meen fel zaman el menayel da bey7ess? maho law kan bey7ess makanetsh ba2et moshkela ... makansh fee kol el breakups wel divorces etc. elly shayfenha dee
3arfa eh el far2?
zaman, kan etnen bey7ebbo ba3d w yet7addo el 3alam kollo ... NOW, etnen bey7ebbo ba3d w byet7addo bardo ba3d!
mafeesh theka ... mafeesh "giving ur heart away" ... mafeesh belief en "love will set u free" ... kol da kalam seems so ridiculus today … FAHMANNNNNY??
Fahmaki … bass min et7adda el 3alam kolo la mo2akhza?? la mo2khza ya3ni? romeo w juliette? … kiss w laila?
Nope … mesh lazem … heya mesh fairy tales ya3ny
they love love love and then it comes marriage!
shoffy elly katab el kesas dee kan e7saso nafso eh?
kan 7abb wala talshi! eh ya3ni
delwa2ty love, take take take and then run away
tab3an … not coz of love … coz of cowards who fall in love
Apparently keda yeb2a da a cowards generation of men!
It’s true … and mesh kolohm men kaman
LOL … true!
Let’s define romance … what is romance?
For me? ... Being able to feel and express emotions of love and beauty
Generally speaking … romance … beta3 el 3asr el romancy
atlakoo haza el esm 3ala 3asr men 3osooor fi europa, wa le maza otlek, wa maza antag? otlek 7asiso ana gama3a men el nass discovered love and beauty, they had dreams and visions about a beautiful world … romanticism is dreaming and making dreams come true … so they dreamt about love,so created romance poetry and literature … dreamt about freedom … made revolutions … dreamt about loyalty, justice … all those ideas are romance … all those divine thoughts that are not applied on earth, if u made them true ,then u r a romantic person
el 3emara kaman fel zaman da kanet 7aga tania .. They did building, paintings kolo kolo with pure art kol 7aga asba7et to7fa faneya and they lived it practiced it … compare ba2a now... Who can practice romanticism? Is there any freedom? Any justice, any love any where?
It’s WE who create love, WE who create art, WE who create beauty … it comes from within … correction: It SHOULD come from within … bas fee 7aga ghalat … we DO NOT …We don't have taste anymore … taste for art, taste for beauty, taste for poetry, taste for literature
It’s not exactly Taste what's missing here … We’re not free … We miss freedom Free minds, free hearts, and free people … Commercials beyta7kem fi kolo … na7no 3abid AL MADDA … Still u can find ppl who can taste good stuff,,,,but very few coz of majority men na7ya ,coz of the need men na7ya,,i mean ,some ppl suffer to live their day to day love
WHO ARE WE to talk about suffering day to day … We live a luxurious life … We have almost everything we need, Yet we cannot feel free bardo, yet we look for smthg we cannot have
and because of this lausy pursuit of "smthg." we miss the beauty around
maaaaaaaaaaaaaashi 3andek 7a2 … netkalem 3an nafsena ba2a …i tried to dream and making my dream a reality and failed coz was partially dreaming alone
sa7 … 3ashan dreams SHOULD be ur own … and if u find smone to share ur dreams that would be the miracle
la2 … disagree … w can dream together … not a miracle
sa3b … nerga3 lel mawdo3 el awalany : COWARDS .... SLAVES TO BAD TASTE
estani bass … they are ready to share ur dream … but not ready to persist ,to create a reality ,to give & take ,to struggle … i won't make ur dream and u won't make mine,,,u have urs enjoy it and i have mine … does this makes any sense? la2 tab3an,,,,it is be kol basata that he cannot do any thing BUT dreaming … zaman ba2a kan masalan wa7ed ye7lam bel 7oreya, yekteb lel nass, nass te7lam bel 7oreya ma3ah, ye3melo 7aga tomasel a7lamhom, yet2abloo yena2shoo a7lamhom, ye7a2a2ooha, 7ata law et7arbo, 7ata law el 7oreya magatsh besor3a
laken geh mara 7ad w 2al ana 3ayez a7lam bel 7oreya lewa7di?? w gom nass yesharkoo ,sharekhom fel awel w ba3d keda 2al ana a2adar a72a2aha lewa7di mesh 3ayzkoo fi 7aga?? ah 7asal w sa3etha betnhar el afkar el romanceya
laken be sabab enohom ma 7a2a2oohash ,mesh enaha ghir yomken ta7kikha.
tab dah yeb2a ma3nah en el moshkela 3andena fel BELIEF .... having FAITH in wut we do and wut we dream of .... coz obviously, ppl now give up too soon
aiwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan … give up tooooooooooooo sooooon … toooooooooooooooooooo soooooooooon … kol wa7ed ro7o fi manakhiro ya okhtchi
bas this changes everything ... this changes even my view of life
this means en moshkeletna ab3ad mn moshkelet economy aw politics aw even akhla2 and deen!!!
e7na delwa2ty benetkalem fel falsafa ya 7ayati ... w akid el falsafa ab3ad men kol el 3elooom di
moshkelet sykologeyet geel faked el kodra 3ala el eman b 2ay shey2 ... w katar kher el donia enno believe in God in the 1st place!
i was reading new novel for P. Coelho last night
DO WE REALLY BELIEVE IN ALLAH?? !! i don't think so 7ata
Wait, mana gayalek aho … esmaha "The fifth mountain", it tells story of Elijah ... one of the prophets of Israel Before Christ … it takes place in Phoenicia (Lebanon now) at the time of etehad ... he was hiding with a Levant (wa7ed shami) lest they get killed and while hearing the screams of other prophets and God worshipers getting slaughtered if they don't obey the king and convert to worshipping Baal the Phoenician God ... they went on talking to keep themselves calm. First, each of them was thinking whether he should keep his faith and die on God's word, or convert and keep his life but lose his faith. Elijah began asking questions like "How come God is all powerful while he lets his followers be killed in such terrible ways"
he began to sound doubtful and the other man, who originally was thinking of converting, kept assuring him and strengthening his faith ... he made up his mind he's going to die on his faith
they took each others hand and decided to face their death instead of waiting for it, so they went out hand in hand and walked in the streets like any normal day.
i stopped reading here, but it made me wonder ... at time like this, when worshippers are prosecuted and hunt down round every rock ... would i keep my faith? would you? would ppl around me do? and i found the answer is: probably not … coz we don't really have enough FAITH … we don't even think about it enough
Very TRUE
If we think enough about Faith we we'd care more about the message than the messenger (not the prophet, but whoever delivers the message ... we'd deploy a critical thinking on wutever we hear whoever we hear it from)
If we think enough about Faith, we'd also care more about the message than the ppl we carry it to ... we'd care about keeping our own faith than judging that of others
al mo2men KAyesson Faten … w da lel mo2menin … keeep on tracking 7al el mo2men fel coran … totally diffeerent of ppl w see and know … read soret al mo2menon " belivers " … min doool?!!! fin doool? very few … Thollaton men al awalin … wa kalilon men al akherin!
