Friends will carry you where money won't go.

Friendship has a prodigious value in the meaning of life. It is one of the richest treasures you can ever have. Friendship helps you overcome challenges and difficult times in your life, through talking, listening and just by knowing you have a friend that will be there when in need facilitates all the pain and sorrows anyone can ever face. For me friends are like accessories. There are good ones, bad ones, pretty ones, ugly ones, real ones, fake ones, big ones, small ones, cheap ones, awesome ones, ones that break apart, and ones that last forever. Friends come into your life through many ways, sometimes you find them sometimes they find you, but in the end they just happen to fall upon your path.

The most important thing about friendship is that it adds meaning and value to our lives, some people might belittle it and proclaim it unnecessary and say it has no survival value; but they are dead wrong in fact it is one of those things that give value to survival.

There are innumerable qualities that make a true friend last forever, but to me HONESTY is the most important quality to look for in a friend. If you have honesty it will bring many other great qualities along with it. Honesty is the foundation and the key of a good friendship. Without honesty the friendship would fall apart.  But that’s not only it.  TRUST, is another very important quality that I look for in a friend. In friendship you should be able to trust one other, weather it comes to keeping secrets or promises. When your world come crashing down, when you fall and hit the ground, all you need is somebody to lean on and talk with about anything. You should be able to trust your friends and depend on them to be forever next to you just the way you are. Also part of qualities of a good friend is having someone who is fun, amiable, interesting, attentive, supportive, is a giver more than a taker, accepts you for you and is always here in good and bad to make you rise higher than the moon and stars.

Also a friend with good qualities will know you well and will care about you, and everything they’re doing is done by love and blessings. When you are not strong they’ll help you carry on even if it means sitting with you in the hospital for days and nights; be with you while you grieve, be available at a moments notice of crisis, come out to help in the middle of the night, stand up for you in front of the whole world, lend a hand when there is work to be done, be loyal to you, make you laugh when you are sad.  And the best part is not only that they have the words to turn that frown upside down but they also have the arms to give hugs, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about even if it’s the same old drama all over again, but also they have the heart that is always aching to see you smile again.

I believe that my friends make me who I am, and I know that despite our fights, discords, and misunderstandings they are one of the best things that’s ever been mine. You can travel the world and still you will never find big hearts and good qualities like theirs. They mean the world to me. They make me laugh, make me cry and there even comes a time when I want to punch one by one in the face. You might think I’m joking but truly great friends that will always be by your side are the ones that help you eat the whole jar of icing or ice-cream because your “one true love” dumped you or you just got heartbroken. My friends are the people that make me smile every day just by thinking of them and they are not one in a million, THEY ARE ONCE A LIFETIME  

More than a parent to me.

Life is a box of surprises. You never know what is going to happen or where you are going to end up. Everything can change in seconds just like when a tornado destroys a city in the blink of an eye. That’s what my role model taught me since I was young and started facing problems.  She told me that wherever I go I will find people who will please me, people who won’t get along with me, people whom I will truly dislike, the point is that this is LIFE you just have to deal with it, make the best out of it and move on.

Before I had to pick who my role model was, I thought of things that I believed a role model should have: kindness, a good personality, goals, a good attitude, and strength. My mother has all of these qualities and much more. My mother is a super hero because of what she has done in her life and what she has accomplished. She’s diffinetly one of a kind. She’s a person who has the most impact in my life, and she is always doing whatever it takes to make me a better person. My mother has many good qualities and values, since the day I was born I always saw her as a strong woman, supportive, and not a quitter. My mom is the strongest person I never seen. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister to make us happy and never in need of anything. I learned from her that if I worked hard, I will get what I want. She is a very sincere person; she never pretends to be someone she’s not, that’s what makes her loved by everyone around her and fun to be around. I consider her as my best friend. She is always there for me when I’m in danger or facing any sorts of problem that’s why I always go to her for advices.  

 My mother has shown me more kindness than I could have ever asked for. She has always been there for me and always puts others before her. Even if she’s married, has a husband, two kids and deals with house work and chores. With all of these responsibilities, she always manages to keep going with a smile on her face and she is always there if you need a hand in anything.  I look up to my mother because of her amazing personality. She has a great sense of humor, she's easy to talk to, and she is always there to listen.
She can go through a very bad day and still have a good attitude. She will never take her anger out on anyone and always has a positive point of view on everything around her.

I’m proud to have a mother like mine. And when I grow up, I want to become the women, wife and mother that she has been so that one day I will become as amazing as her.

SOS, SOPA+PIPA COMMING SOON!

Why are People everywhere  talking about the “SOPA and its Senate Counter Part PIPA “?  Both have ignited a widespread online protests to stop both agreements.  Agreements for a new soap, spices or soup or what are they talking about? And what is SOPA and PIPA and what kind of side effects if both agreements  get signed are they talking about?

In case you don’t have any information about any of both those bills “SOPA or PIPA” and before going any further into how this affects the everyday users,  let’s first get a good understanding  regarding both bills.  Of course, nobody, wants to see something they worked hard to create and of great quality to get disrespected by people gaining access and getting it for free.   

First of all lets introduce “SOPA” which stands for “Stop Online Piracy Act” and this is a bill that has been introduced to the US House of Representatives on October 26, 2011.  “PIPA” stands for the “ Protect IP ACT “  and was first introduced to the US senate on May 12, 2011.  PIPA if passed will give the US Corporations and the Government “the right to seek legal action with any website that they see as enabling copyright whether of US origin or not”.  SOPA if passed will work together with PIPA.

For years  the United States Government has been facing a huge amount  of pressure, mostly from the computer and entertainment software publishing companies. They wanted to find a way of stopping the online piracy that allows people to own copies, download , buy, sell, advertise and market  their products and merchandises for FREE. It is a fair and honest  agreement but I don’t honestly agree with both the SOPA and PIPA bills because the websites could be blocked and or shut down.  The internet will become a hunt for any little bit of possible copyright violation. If legal action will be taken these acts are going to stop developers like you and me from coming up with the next big thing in the online market that could change how we use the internet. If these acts were around back when the internet first started, how many of the most popular sites would still have come into our lives? There would be no “Facebook, YouTube, MediaFire, SoundCloud, Twitter, DropBox,” or any other site that could be targeted for piracy. I can not possibly think of how or what the internet would be like without sites like this?

The funny part is that not only are The U.S Government  concerned about how these bills will work out in America, they are hoping that they will have the influence to get other nations to follow them as well.  That means if these acts pass, then the next country coming to would be ours in Egypt. Another funny thing is that the Stop online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its senate counterpart, Protect IP act (PIPA), have ignited widespread online protests to the agreement by pirating themselves on the internet. SO how could they have done it if it weren’t for the free internet access?

 I think that sooner or later both bills will realize that stopping piracy act will harm this generation starting with THEMSELVES. 

                 New Year's Resolution

A few hours before the calendar changes to 2012 and we enter in a brand new year and open a blank white page; I was walking around thinking about the past twelve months that flew by so quickly.  As I watched the sun set I stopped and looked at it, here I was reflecting on the year that has gone by. Thinking back drew a smile on my face because of all the amazing moments I had. I flashed back the new people I’ve met, all the memories that will always remain in my heart and more. Not everything was perfect this past year and there are many things I’ve done that I regret deeply. But that’s a circle of life, people learn from their mistakes. The best thing about New Year is the word “New”. Every person on Earth enters this brand new world filled with mystery of "how this year’s going to be like". New Year is a time when many people around the world make promises, it’s the times we open ourselves up to great adventures and stop the hunting feeling of getting hurt. Also it’s all about second chances, a chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about what if and start embracing what would be. I took a deep breath and decided to take a piece of paper and write every single thing I want to change about myself and the things that I WILL ACHIEVE.

I’ve always had self-confidence, but even though I’m always tentative and afraid of making decisions. I decided that the minute that clock strikes twelve I’ll change a lot of things about myself. I’ll think of myself as bulletproof, I’ll let go from my insecurities and stop worrying too much. I won’t second guess myself and won’t be afraid from consequences. Also I'll stop being oversensitive and i won’t take everything personally as I used to. I’ll forgive more and try as much as I can to condone easily. I will wipe negative "self-talk" out of my vocabulary. I’m going to try my best not to repeat the same mistakes I’ve done in 2011 and get rid of all my bad habits and attitude.

Every man should be born again on the first day of January of each year. So on that date we will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called “Opportunity To A New Start”. And its first chapter is called “Introduction To A New Me”. It’s a new year, a new start, another chance to get it right and start all over something new that might change your life forever.