Thursday, May 20, 2010

Photos from Germany (I)

These photos were taken by a friend of mine while wandering through Germany, summer 2007. I browsed his photos album, and stopped by many milestones –I call the meaningful things people call ‘futile’ milestones -. In this context, I call these photos that reflect a side of a society ‘milestones’ because they do deserve stopping by and extract some benefits.

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In this photo we see three or two mothers with their seven children on the bare floor, next to a shop’s glass-paneled display case, enjoying their Ice creams. Too normal in Germany, but let’s imagine the scene in our very country Algeria! Hehe (Anti-LOL), here are some scenarios that may, very likely, occur:
  1. Everyone who passes next will stare at them surprised, laughing or disapproving (My friend who took the photo is one of the surprised ones) or maybe a crowd will surround them –if it’s in Djelfa, I guarantee this :p-.
  2. The shopkeeper or one of his employees will kick the whole family away from the façade, because the naughty kids will, surely, tarnish his ‘Vitrine’ by their Ice-creams.
  3. ……….… I will let you, dear reader, fill the blank out. I promise to consider the innovative ideas;-)
  4. ………….
Another thing that really impressed me is the cleanness of the floor!
Which sane –in the sense of caring- mother in Algeria would let her kids, and herself, sit on a pavement that only Allah knows what was on the shoes of the pedestrians that walked it down, all the day along? I guess, no one would!

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 P.S. off the record, didn’t you notice that the kids are all blonds-except one- while the mothers have all dark hair?





13 comments:

  1. My mind can't even picture this in Algeria ! Simply because the streets here are dirty for walking on..
    And women sitting in the floor with their children next to a boutique is unavailable sentence here ! the whole sentence !

    Blonde kids means either blonde fathers or mother's hair coloring :D

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  2. Hey Zouuuuuuubiiiiiiiiir!
    Welcome to the blogging world ;)
    Can't wait to see your own pictures there! (in front of that same shop :P)

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  3. How dare he compare, or even imagine such a thing happening in Algeria?
    You're soooo funny, desert fox ! :)

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  4. @ Seifo:
    Em…perspicacious! I think about something like another level of shoes to keep the real shoes clean (I want to hoof over our home saloon’ carpet without being whipped by my mother),hehe (Anti-Lol)
    Em…I’ve a different theory about the hair colors, I call it the ‘BANANA’ theory! Their hairs are blond and turn black by time as a Banana when it’s too ripe.

    @ Moumen: Good idea, I’ll start practicing here :p

    @anonymous: you prove what I quoted from Einstein above the homepage. "Great thinkers have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds." — Albert Einstein. I dared because I don’t have enough courage to be a coward :p hehehe

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  6. Hello...I'm an American woman. Most of the babies born in my family are blond...very blond, almost white. Some of us remain blond as we grow up but other's hair darkens as we mature. This is normal. My hair settled into a a light brownish color with blond highlights but if I'm in the sun a lot it turns into a golden color. I prefer the golden color so I try to spend some time in the sun!

    Those people are not on a street. They are on a side walk. Big difference! Also, they are dressed casually, in jeans. They are all clean and respecting the store front. If I walked by I would smile and think nothing of it.

    I have never been to Algeria. What's it like in Algeria?

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  7. @Anonymous
    That's something I didn't know about before :)

    About Algeria, as a start a street is pretty much the same as the side walk the only difference is that the last one can't carry cars that's all ! In Algeria we may have one of the best tourist sites, natural and historical but the authorities don't care much about them neither do some people .. sad truth

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  8. @ Martani: you’re welcome, man. Nice to see you around ^^- the MSP is snoring next to me, now :p-
    Well, I agree with you, and I wrote about this in the next post. It’s an edu-cultural problem, we can eradicate-or at least reduce, dramatically, this phenomenon of dirtiness-by two means: Education and time. I mean by education the carrot and stick method (reward the ones who respect the rules, and punish the disobedient).

    @ anonymous2:
    Well, I think your ‘hair’ evolution explanation fit my theory ^_^ (I bend the facts to fit my theory, isn’t a good way to be accurate? well, I’m just imitating the Darwinists)
    Well, as Seifo stated, in Algeria, authorities don’t pay attention to the hygiene in the cities –we have some nice examples here and there, but they aren’t the rule-, and the awareness about this issue amid the citizens isn’t enough. We are taught in the school and we do recall a lot of Ahadiths about purity (of soul, body and surrounding), but without practice they are more theory than a lived reality.

    @Seifo: well said ^^ liked your comments.

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  9. @ Martani: you’re welcome, man. Nice to see you around ^^- the MSP is snoring next to me, now :p-
    Well, I agree with you, and I wrote about this in the next post. It’s an edu-cultural problem, we can eradicate-or at least reduce, dramatically, this phenomenon of dirtiness-by two means: Education and time. I mean by education the carrot and stick method (reward the ones who respect the rules, and punish the disobedient).

    @ anonymous2:
    Well, I think your ‘hair’ evolution explanation fit my theory ^_^ (I bend the facts to fit my theory, isn’t a good way to be accurate? well, I’m just imitating the Darwinists)
    Well, as Seifo stated, in Algeria, authorities don’t pay attention to the hygiene in the cities –we have some nice examples here and there, but they aren’t the rule-, and the awareness about this issue amid the citizens isn’t enough. We are taught in the school and we do recall a lot of Ahadiths about purity (of soul, body and surrounding), but without practice they are more theory than a lived reality.

    @Seifo: well said ^^ liked your comments.

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  10. You don't like Darwin...hahahaha! I bet you don't believe in dinosaurs either. Never played with toy Tyrannasaurus Rex or Triceritops? After all dinosaurs are mentioned neither in the Bible nor in the Quran, even though they lived on Earth for millions of years. Hmmm......

    Why do you think this is?

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  11. @ Anonymous:

    Aloha,
    I’ve got a plenty of anonymous fellows, if you don’t mind try to use something as a nickname it makes it easier for me to know who my interlocutor is ;-)

    Em…unlike what you stated above, I like Darwin ‘cause he made of his gullible theory a believed fact :p
    The question is ”why should I believe in his theory ?” instead of “ why shouldn’t I believe his theory”. Anyway, I strongly, recommend to you to Google the definition of ‘theory’.

    Evolution is the most overrated theory ever, you know why? It’s just because it gives an alternative of the creation scenario. And as the most of the scientists in the 18th and 19th century were against the Church – Europe never knew Christianity , it has only known the Church’s tyranny- having a similar version to explain the creation is like agreeing with it. Hence, they bent the facts to fit their theory and their denying of a God’s existence.
    Evolution is only a theory. Nevertheless, it’s taught in schools and universities as a FACT which is a huge mistake, as I think. The flaws in the theory are too abundant, I’ll write about this in the future, in shaa Allah. And what was discovered this summer –The skeleton that messed the what’s called evolution’ timeline of homo sapiens’ ancestors and bewildered the Neo-Darwinists - is another punch on the chins of Darwin’s disciples.

    For you to know, I do believe in Spider Man, super Mario, Casper and Pikachu. I played with them all, I’ve even drawn them!! I had also a Raptor. Therefore, except Raptor, I don’t believe in other Dinosaurs. hehehe
    Seriously, if you believe that everything is stated in the Quran or the Bible, this means you’re still having a shallow understanding of the religions’ concept in particular and ideologies in general. Alright, my mp3 player wasn’t stated in the holy books either, even though it exists! :p and it wasn’t stated in my schools’ books’, too. What a shame!

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  12. Of course your mp3 player is not in the Bible or the Quran...it came later. But...the writers should have known about the huge beasts that roamed the Earth for + or - 60 million years. We can only count humans in thousands of years. Why didn't they mention them? Answer: They didn't know about their existance.

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  13. looool that was funny...

    To tell the truth, similar thoughts have come to my mind while living in Australia ;)

    Cheers ~

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