So today was my birthday … yeah yeah yeah … another birthday and another year has passed by and when I think about my birthday last year, it seems like a hundred years ago because so much has happened since then … but isn’t that what life is about?

This year, I spent a happier birthday than the year before and the day was full of warm wishes and nice surprises and did I tell you that I am loving this facebook? It is really cool how everyone wished me a happy birthday on my wall there and even though I could not be with all of these friends in the same location, somehow that’s exactly how it felt …

I received flowers and the family had a small party for me at the end of today … so all in all; I can safely say that today was really one of the good days, so I would like to thank all those who participated in making it a nice day after all

My sisters sent me this to my office and it was a very nice surprise … thank you girls

My nephew got me these beautiful yellow flowers … and they smell nice too

The cake

Mom got me one of her masterpiece as a gift … thank you mom; I love it

And there you have a full report … hope you enjoyed it

* JB 2nd Meeting:
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* Date: March, 24th, 2007
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Oh chair oh chair on the floor, who is the greatest of them all?

Oh my dear chair, I have been dreaming of you all my life, obsessing about how I could and when I would reach you … sitting on you was the ultimate goal and I thrive and live for keeping my buttocks attached to you … oh chair oh chair, you are my only friend and ally and without you, well; I guess that I will lose all my friends.

My story with you goes way back to the days when I started dreaming of being wealthy and powerful, I realized that you are my only way to glory and that without you I can never buy the big house in the rich suburbs, I would never be able to ride a half a million dollars car, I would never be able to spend my vacations in the Riviera traveling first class.

How can I eat caviar without you? I do not care that its taste sucks as long as I can afford it while 99% of the populace cannot dream of it.
How can I be immune? How can I get away with almost everything I do? I figured it out a long time ago that the only way is by sitting on you and staying there for the longest time.

I understand that in order to reach you, I have to poison all the Snow Whites that I meet along the journey to you, and I fully understand that I need to kill my conscience in the process; it was never useful any way because it kept pushing me backwards. I know that I need to be flexible when it comes to the rules and laws; they are meant to be broken after all but only by me or someone like me although I doubt they exist!!
I understand that I need to be selfish and care only for myself; I cannot carry someone else on my back and I have to be always in the lead because there is only one person who can sit on you because I know that you were made for one person … just like Twix … it is for one, not for two

I promise you that I will fight anyone who tries to approach me; I will throw them out before they reach my playground. I will only keep weak individuals around me to make sure that they will always follow me and not even once would they think of taking my place on you. I commit to always divide and conquer or is it: divide to conquer? To tell you the truth, it really does not matter because it leads to the same result … I will conquer! Keep them apart and they will follow you and compete to gain your trust and preference; give them a chance to cooperate and collaborate; they will team against you and betray you, so I will keep this as my constitution.

To keep them loyal and in my service; I will throw them my cake crumbles … I will also make sure that they are convinced that to keep getting the crumbles they have to keep me happy and make sure I get more cakes because this is the only way they will get their share.

I will build an empire and keep you in the family; only those who carry my last name are entitled to sit on you but only after I am gone!

Oh chair oh chair … without you I am nothing … you make me who I am and I would do anything to stay comfortably seated on you …

Oh chair oh chair on the floor … I am the greatest of them all

This was a praise by someone who enslaved himself to the chair and forgot that it is the person who gives value to the position (chair) and not the other way around … May Allah have mercy on their souls and have mercy on our society because we have so many of those that it is starting to suffocate all the free souls who would never be slaves to anyone or anything!

Today I am bringing to you an announcement of an event that is being organized as we speak. Events UnLimited is a Jordanian-based event planning and management company that adds value to the events industry in Jordan and the Middle East by carefully identifying and producing events that foster better business partnerships.

This company is now organizing The 2007 Wedding Show that will take place in April. As I read their press release, I was eager to tell everyone about it because I believe that the program that they have arranged is professional and I predict that it will be a great success. I quote below their press release; please read more …

Information Sessions by Family Flavours at the Wedding Show Enrich the Content of the Event

Amman, 5 March 2007. The Organisers of the 2nd Wedding Show that will take place from 12 to 14 April 2007 at Zara Expo, Events UnLimited, have added a new educational dimension to the event this year enriching its programme by offering visitors the opportunity to sit in on several important information sessions that address topics ranging from health, beauty, fitness, relationships, interior decoration to cooking.

“We are pleased that Family Flavours magazines has teamed up with Events UnLimited to enrich the programme of the Wedding Show with several important information sessions delivered by expert speakers”, said Samar Shawareb Ashqar, Managing Director of Events UnLimited. “The information sessions address several key aspects of planning for that special day and the first two years of marriage”, said Mrs Christine Mougin, Family Flavours Publisher and Managing Director. “We are delighted that many of our expert contributors will share with the public, at The Wedding Show, valuable information for a healthy and happy life”, added Mougin.

On the first day of the show three sessions will take place between 5:30 and 9 p.m. Ms. Amal Nasser, a leading nutrition and diet consultant, will explore ways of staying healthy through proper nutrition. Ms. Rita Qub’ain, a beauty therapist, will show both men and women how to look radiant on their special day and have a glowing complexion. While, Noor Biltaji and Najwan Al Khatib will discuss interior design and decoration trends offering listeners a lot of inspiration to decorate their love nest.

On the second day of the show, three speakers will explore fitness, relationship and beauty topics. Mrs. Samira Dajani will shed light on staying fit offering attendees 37 years of enduring advice through exercise, yoga and Lamaze.

Dr. Hala Dabbagh Shekem, a counselling psychologist, will offer couples and newly weds advice on how to prepare and cope with the first two years of marriage, while Dr. Larissa Al-Uar will talk about teeth whitening and dental hygiene to insure a perfect smile on the big day.

On the Third Day Ms. Hevin Kurdi, a child development specialist, will offer a new perspective to weddings with her presentation on “How to Entertain Children at Your Wedding”,
Lastly, Mrs. Alma Lou Annab will speak to attendees about “How to Cook Together” and share recipes with men and women, tips and trends that encourage closer collaborative work in the kitchen.

The 3-day event is the ultimate event for the brides & grooms-to-be. Set in a sophisticated atmosphere, the Wedding Show will feature a wide range of products & services; elegant fashion and jewellery shows; wedding cake competition; live music & entertainment; table setting competition; floral arrangements, zaffet and dance shows, in addition to, a Family Flavours’ information sessions.
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• For further information kindly contact Events Unlimited on + 962 6 5656550 or e-mail: info@eventsunlimited.com.jo. Further information is available on www.eventsunlimited.com.jo.

Does this company have the worse customer service you can ever think of or what? Having said that; I am really wondering what the heck has changed since 5 or 10 years? They merged the companies together and they changed the logo to this?

So what good does this do me as a customer? How does this reflect on the service? And what’s in it for me after all?

They are harvesting monthly memberships for the following service:

- More delays in getting the service actually working, so you go and pay the registration fees but this does not necessarily mean that you will get your service as fast as you are required to pay because that would be wishful thinking on your part, so be careful and manage your own expectations when you apply to a new service as the company is not responsible for your disappointment or your wasted time. My sister paid for the ADSL Service in Jan 23rd and got the service on Feb 28th.

- Worse customer service … you call the numbers they assigned for you dear customer but it would be really nice if someone actually answered the call. When you dial the number, you get a machine to give you instructions directing the call. Sometimes they keep you on the line for 5 or more minutes because all employees are so busy answering other queries, but most of the time, you get a machine that tell you: “Dear customer, so as not to keep you waiting for long, call again later”, then the line gets disconnected!!
The ironic thing is that they say that these calls are supposedly recorded for quality assurance, what quality exactly and who the heck listens to these calls and are there any real actions taken to solve the problems?

- When your call finally gets answered , you get a bored employee who is eager to end the call regardless of your dissatisfaction, and the funny thing is that this particular call center does not have the option to transfer the call to someone who can actually discuss your problem and maybe give you some useful information, they tell you that you have to call back only to get the “Dear customer, so as not to keep you waiting for long, call again later”

- It seems that the time goes backwards here, because it used to take them two hours to connect your service again after disconnection due to payment issues, but guess what, it takes 24 hours now that extend to 48 depending on how lucky you are. Also, it seems that they don’t have a network because when you pay on 9 A.M. it will appear in the system at 12 P.M. … now that’s what I call improvement!!

- Forget about the 24 service slogan they have because it is a myth. There are no payment centers after 6, but you can still pay online, however; if you do not have a credit card, or you do not use your credit card online or if you don’t have internet connection to log in and process the payment, well … that’s just beside the point!

They wonder why we are eager to see another telecom company in Jordan but all they have to do is look inside their organization to realize that in the modern world, people have choice and thank God we in Jordan will shortly do have that choice, because having some companies compete to serve the consumer magically turns the service around in each and every one of them.

This whole thing made me think of Etisalat; the Emiratis telecom company. Although it was a monopoly and controlled all telecommunications in the country, but they measured up to customers’ satisfaction, they had payment machines just like ATM’s spread all over the country where you can go and pay your invoice and guess what, the reconnecting process is automatic, no need for employees to send emails and do this in 24 – 48 hours like JT, yeah, that’s what JT customer service told me!!

Now to something related; I thought that the following movie is so hilarious and so sadly related to what I am talking about here and in an ironic way

Enjoy!!