Le Bi

... in/than Lebanon.


Have you ever noticed that we often have these exclamations in our daily chitchat?

- Uf shou sari3a 3endkoun l connection!  Your internet connection is so fast!
- Lek shou mrattab hel mat3am! This restaurant is so neat!
- Khay, mafi 3aj2et ser lyom! There's no traffic jam today.
- Ma betrou7 3endkoun l kahraba? Your electricity is never disconnected?
- W ma ken madroub l alcool? The alcohol wasn't bad?
- Walla, be3tin 7ada ynadif hel tor2at! It seems they've sent people to clean roads!
- Rokhes l benzin (100 lira ?) ! fuel got cheaper !
- Lek shou ndif hel ba7er, mish ka2an lebnen! This beach is so clean, as if it's not Lebanon!
- Mni7 l2it ma7al soff! It's cool, I found a place to park!
- Zmatna mnel joura! I missed the hole !(yeah our roads are quite "hole-ly")
- 3aal, mdawrin l dwiyeh 3al tari2! thank god the road is lit!
- Aklo ndif w le2mto taybeh! The food there is clean and is very good.
and yada yada yada.....

Are we doomed to have such lame services? I mean it's really disgusting when you see how stagnating we remain while other countries are so far ahead, when our problems seem archaic and solutions seem too far fetched for our dear politicians.