Labeling Egyptians Negatively

I hate it when people label Egyptians as being lazy, lethargic and unfruitful. It is the current regime that has brought about this through their adverse modus operandi. This has caused the diminishing of people's sense of nationalism and self-worth. Along with lack of proper education, Egyptians have to face troublesome hardship, mindless twisted bureaucracy and humiliation every day just to survive and in the end for what? for pay that is below minimum wage. So how can you over-generalize and label the genes of a nation as being apathetic and unwilling to self-improve? Give Egyptians a country that cares for them by representing them and the traits of a backward people will disappear.

What's worse is blaming the people for the country's backwardness. Who arranges for the education of the people? Who manages and organizes the resources of the nation fairly? Who takes care of the people and sees to it that their rights are represented and defended? Isn't it the government who should do this? Isn't it the government who stands at the top of the pyramid to provide for the Egyptian people? Take away the head of the pyramid and you'll have a mindless chaotic mass of people with no sense of direction. Now place a corrupt head atop the pyramid and no fruit will trickle down to the people at the base of the Egyptian society. The latter pyramid represents the situation in Egypt today or to be precise a few days back before January 25th when the people lifted their heads and spoke.

Whoever thought that we would see tens of thousands of people standing up and demanding change to the current rotting and corrupt regime. I would never have expected such a defiance of dictatorship. Never in my thoughts and dreams. I am proud to have witnessed the immense will of a deprived people rising to challenge the oppression. Last Tuesday marked the beginning.



My only hope is that Egypt stays peaceful during these unstable times and emerges victorious, free and controlled by a government representing the will of the people. God keep our families and friends back home safe. God bless the neighborhood watchers who are defending our homes against the dirtiest of all evil-doers: looters and thugs. There is hope and there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Name On Mars

Again, I've been caught up in the spaghetti threads of life and haven't blogged in ages. Now I'm back with a short post about my name being sent to Mars this year!

I was surfin' through the Nasa website when I came across this link that read: "send your name to mars". I instantly clicked on it and voila! My name will be written on a microchip which will be sent to the red planet this year.

I know some might say, "what on earth is this guy thinking?" :) - but why not? I'm delighted to know my name will be up there saved in time on our neighboring planet. So here's the certificate I got to prove that my name will be written on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover launching into space this year (2011).



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