Working On
- Reverse engineering a COBOL repository for a major bank to business requirements
- Improving my rhythm on bass and in salsa dancing
- Writing some short stories
- Reading more short stories
Listening To
- Willie Colon
- Majida El Roumi
- Abdul Halim Hafez
- Lots of salsa
Songs I Love Currently
- Miserable - Grupo Niche
- Canto Nativo - La Radio Bembe Orquesta
- Maa Jarida - Majida El Roumi
- Bahlam Beek - Abdul Halim Hafez
Watching
Watched
- The Odyssey
- Obsession
- الإرهابي
- The Boy and the Heron
- Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Volver
- Leila and the Wolves
- Hamnet
- Ila Ayn?
- Tajouje
- Persepolis
Reading
- أولاد حارتنا - نجيب محفوظ
- The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
- Clarice Lispector (The Hour of the Star, The Passion of G.H.)
- Ernest Hemingway short stories
Ongoing
- Playing bass for at least one hour a day
- Theory learning:
- How to apply roots, fifths, sevenths
- Basic rythym and syncopation
- Autumn Leaves
- I’ve been to ten salsa classes! And 4 salsa socials! Still would call myself average at best
- Enjoying summer in Toronto, trying to be outside at least everyday or other day!
- I’ve been to lots of Arab community events in Toronto
- Writing daily in my journal
- Went to my three Toastmasters sessions, haven’t been since before April
- Last year I was focusing on building, this year I’m focusing on being more creative and analog