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JP Meeting on Independence Day!!

I just came back from Jordan Planet’s meet-up for the month of May and I really had so much fun today. It was not a large number, and every one got engaged in different discussions and shared some good laughs.

We had the meeting at Salad House in Abdoun; I really like this place as it is quiet, food is great and the service is above average, so we chose it to host our meeting for this month and it was a good choice after all.

I was in a social mood tonight and I enjoyed the chats I had with all fellow bloggers; it is amazing how you always find something to talk about with people who have so much to say and share with others, so when you are a part of s bloggers’ meeting, silence is just not invited.

Some of the bloggers who attended do not belong to Jordan Planet yet; however; they applied and awaiting approval such as my friend and colleague 7ala and my other friend Fadi K.

It was a small meeting and it was lively especially with Laith Majali as a part of the group; this guy really knows how to stir an audience and I am glad we had the meeting with him in town.

A lot of the regular attendees were a no-show this time but it is quite understandable with the long weekend and the special occasion. Speaking of which; Amman was buzzing with activity tonight, and like every year; Fastlink held its fireworks fiesta in Abdound, Al Hussein Gardens, Jabal Al Qal3a and Al Qwaismeh. Cars were decorated with the Jordanian Flag. Even some of the bloggers like Jad and Laith Majali left early to go to Al Hussein Gardens to attend the musical celebration and fireworks, and I asked them to take a lot of pictures but not to use flickr when they post them on their blogs so that fellow Jordanian bloggers in KSA and UAE can see them because of banning flickr in these countries; they promised they would do that!

A funny thing happened; all through the meeting, Roba repeatedly declared her desire to get a flag, and as we were going out, my sister’s friend gave her a ride so that she can go home with me, and he had 2 flags; a big one that he spread on the back seat of his car and a small one that was posted on the rear of his car, so I snatched the latter (after his permission of course) and made Roba’s wish come true!

Roba, that felt so cool!! 

Here are some pictures from tonight, and Happy Independence Day Jordan!


Ibrahim Yaqti and Abdelaziz

Ibrahim Owais, Laith Majali, Joe, Nadir and Roba



Jad Madi taking a picture of me :)


Nadir, Mira, Roba, Hala and Fadi K


Jad Madi and Laith Majali

I really loved loved loved this picture :)

On May, 26, 2006 12:40 AM , Hadeel said:

Looks good!!

On May, 26, 2006 12:46 AM , Dar
from Jordan said:

Ok great that u had fun , i hope i didnt miss much !! see u next time inshallah
CheeerZ!

On May, 26, 2006 1:20 AM , قويدر
from United States said:

Looks like a meeting for Dorks'r'us!
hehehehe!

Seriously? I envy you guys, wish I was there :'( ::sniff::sniff::
I promise you, when I'm in Jordan next time, I will make every effort to attent the next meeting

On May, 26, 2006 1:22 AM , قويدر
from United States said:

Oh Speaking of which, When are the god damn jordan planet bozoes going to add me!!!?

On May, 26, 2006 1:35 AM , Jad madi
from Jordan said:

Hahahaaaiiisssssssssss
My first photo looks weird walahi ya3ni lazy eyes different skin colors sho hath! mesh ana hath ana asaxsas men heek!

O halaktini my camera is cool and check the photos in my blog oo heek bel akher bet6al3ini 3ala el shabakeh el 3ankabotiyeh!

note: please send both in full size to my email ya 7ajeh, khalood, khokha, khokho and finally Um-el-khill

On May, 26, 2006 1:40 AM , قويدر
from United States said:

Yes ... I agree with abulmadi ... He is Asaxsas min haik .... HEHEHEHEHE

On May, 26, 2006 2:43 AM , Roba
from Jordan said:

Hehe, I absolutely love you for snatching the flag for me! Wallahi innek gamar. I didn't even realize it was your sister though!

On May, 26, 2006 2:57 AM , bakkouz said:

ya3ni ... ino... 6ab....
lazem the next meet iykoon in Aqaba mshan agdar aji :(

On May, 26, 2006 3:12 AM , قويدر
from United States said:

Bakkouz ... shaklak biddak tkoon Asaxsas wa7ad :)

No no ... next meeting lazem ykoon in Seattle, 3alashan ana kaman aaji :)

On May, 26, 2006 11:23 AM , Neverland
from Jordan said:

Hey nice pictures :) Seems you guys had fun :D

On May, 26, 2006 12:14 PM , Fadi K
from Egypt said:

It was really nice to meet all of you guys in person :)

Thank you Khalida .

On May, 26, 2006 3:22 PM , kinzi
from United States said:

Niyalkum! I was sorry to have missed you all. I'm in Chicago now and will be promoting JP to fellow US dwellers for better understanding of teh Arab world.

Good thing you guys are all as cute as you are smart.

On May, 26, 2006 4:25 PM , Firas
from Jordan said:

Okay I really have to start attending these meetings!

Nice photos! Khalidah u've forgotten to take a photo of yourself :p

On May, 26, 2006 7:08 PM , Opairah said:

it was so lovely meeting yesterday.
Nice to meet again , more pictures available on my blog
http://opairah.blogspot.com

On May, 27, 2006 4:25 AM , moi
from United States said:

Great pics Khalidah! Can't wait to join you guys in the July meeting inshallah :)

On May, 27, 2006 4:00 PM , Ibrahim
from Jordan said:

Khalidah, its Owais with a not oweis :D

i have to make sure that my name written in the right way, just for google :P

On May, 27, 2006 4:08 PM , Khalidah
from Jordan said:

Ibrahim,
Done ... sorry for the mistake!

On May, 28, 2006 7:35 AM , Abu 7amarneh
from United Arab Emirates said:

I think we agreed that we will have a meet up in Madaba once Abu 7amarneh in town!

b3dein sho salad ma salad,,, kan bedha manasif hadak ilyoom ;P

Im truly grateful that u dont use flicker

On May, 28, 2006 10:46 AM , Jad madi
from Egypt said:

ah! finally I finished uploading in full sizes
http://jadmadi.net/2006/05/27/jp-independence-day-meeting/

wa men bab al mosawah wa al 3adalah al ejtima3iyeh honalika linkon lel flickreen wa al none flickreen!

On May, 28, 2006 4:40 PM , Jano
from Jordan said:

hey ppl next time give bakkouz 14 JD so he can come to the meeting and go back to aqaba same day!! o Jad looooooooool for the first comment.. why didnt i go? wallah i dono :S bs i was there at the husein park :D

On May, 28, 2006 6:31 PM , Opairah
from Mauritius said:

Jano : Just a note
he needs more than 14 JDs, there is a minimum value must paid in salad house for each person, or he must still standing on his feets may be they ignore him :)