I
guess this is where I have to tell you who I am, what I stand for, where I work, etc... You've probably guessed that my name
is Ahcene and that I live in Algeria. I was born in a small village in Larbaa but I was brought up in a small town in
the north east of Algeria called Taher. It all began one day in October 1968 (if I say it that way then if you really want
to know how old I am you can work it out, plus it has the advantage for me that I don't have to find it every year to update
it). If you go to my Cool Links and visit my friend's site you
will find a link giving you more information about my home town. I was educated locally and finally got a License (that's
a High diploma that allows you to teach in high schools in Algeria) in English at the institute of Foreign languages in Constantine.
From there I finally got a job at a high school which meant having to move to In-Salah, not exactly where I wanted to be!
The job worked out well for a while but then got a bit stale so I decided to move to the north. It goes without saying that
the new job commands more dosh than the previous one, which has also enabled me to buy my car and build a new house in the
town where I now work.
I also started a business (the first of its kind in the town) an internet Café that used to
draw large audience then extended it to a library shop but this didn’t last for so long because I shut them down 4 years
later. I had a difficult choice either to quit the job as a teacher to run the business or to shut them down. It was hard
for me to do it because the business was successful but all it needed was perseverance and some patience. I lacked both of
them.
My
father died 35 years ago in a terrible accident in Paris where he used to live and work. My mother is still alive and she
lives with me in the same house in Taher, I am married with Soraya who is a the same
time a cousin of me and we have three children, Oumaima (10), Yusuf Islam (6) and Shihab
(2) . I have two brothers, Mahfoud and Mohamed. Mahfoud is the eldest. 56 years old married to Nora and they have 11 children.
He is a carpenter. Mohamed is 46 years old. He is married to Nassira and has 4 children. Mohamed used to
be a police officer but now he is unemployed.
One thing that is important to me is my Islamic faith. I think I do my
best to stick to my religion. I am not perfect but I try to attend the prayers in a local mosque on a daily basis. My dearest
dream is to visit the holy places of Islam which are Makah and Medina. This is not the first time I’ve tried to
set up a website, but this time I’ve tried to make it fun and informative. It will be inshallah constantly updated but
I wanted to start with something that didn't look too much like the cyberspace equivalent of a building site.
You
know those lists of questions you sometimes get sent which ask all sorts of personal questions, and then you are supposed
to send them back and to all your friends as well? Well, I used one or two as the basis for this, so if you want to find out
such things about me then look no further. I guess the next time I get one of those lists I could just point the sender here
thus avoiding the need to have to fill it out and send it back, but there again I wouldn't find out anything about the other
person......
Are
you Algerian? Yes.
Nicknames?
Real, zoheir
Parents
names? Ali and Drifa
Number
of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake? ummm.....none
Date
that you regularly blow them out? 9th October
Weight?
About 93 kg.
Height?
Around 1.77 m
Eye
colour? brown
Hair
colour? black
Piercing?
None. Absolutely zilch. Perish the thought.
Tattoos?
None. Absolutely zilch. Perish the thought.
How
much do you love your job? I don't LOVE it, but I like it ok ... the day flies by.
Birthplace?
Larbaa , Taher, Algeria
Favourite
place lived? Definitely Taher.
Current
residence? Taher
Been
to Europe? Yes, twice. But just to Paris
Been
to the States? No.
Been
to Africa? Yes (Tunisia, for a whole week).
Been
drunk? Never. Never!
Been
in a car accident? Only one or two minor knocks nothing serious.
2
doors or 4 on a car? 2.
Sprite
or 7 Up? Neither …nor..I’d prefer Hamoud Boualem. A pure Algerian drink
Coffee
or Espresso? Cappuccino.
Lucky
number? i (that's the square root of minus 1). It's all in the imagination.
Favorite
movie? Platoon, The Patriot, Le Parrain …Renaissance Man, Rain Man, and the Star Wars films. No particular favorite
though.
Favourite
writer : Faulkner, James Joyce, Yeats, Pound, T.S. Eliot, Dickens, Malek Ben Nabi, Ben Hamouda , Coelho
Favorite Holiday? Summer!!!
Favourite
foods? Chicken, pizza, Beni Haroun roasts fish and chips ... pretty well anything really except stuff that sets your mouth
on fire.
Favourite
day of the week? Monday. And the evening, too!
Favourite
flower? I like a lot of flowers, no one particular favorite. .
Favourite
sport to watch? Football and handball.
Favourite
type of ice cream? Strawberry
Favourite
cartoon character? Let's see.... Hey, what's up doc? ... Will Bugs Bunny do?
Favourite
fast food restaurant? Ummmm ... tricky one, that. Yassin is OK, I suppose, every now
and again for a change.
When
was your last hospital visit? I can’t really remember the last time I visited the hospital.
Favourite
non-alcoholic drink? Hamoud Selecto.
What
colour is your bedroom carpet? Light blue
How
many times did you fail your driving test? Zero.
What
do you do most often when you are bored? Go for a walk, read or surf on the net..
Name
the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest. I have a real flesh-and-blood friend in USA.
What
is the most annoying thing to you? When I'm accused of something I haven’t done.
What
is your usual bedtime? It depends but i often go to bed after midnight.
What
is the last book you read? Dominer le Monde ou Sauver
la Planete, by Noam Chomsky.
What
is the one sentence you get asked the most from people? "we don’t see you any more”
Favourite
music artists? Various....let's see ... AL Anka, Zahi, Samy Yusuf, Joan Baez, Fairouz, Abdulhalim Hafiz, Dolly Parton, Pierre
Bachelet, Pink Floyd,
Motto:
"It is He Who created me and guides me; He Who gives me
food and gives me drink; and when I am ill, it is He Who heals me; He Who will cause my death, then give me life; He Who I
sincerely hope will forgive my mistakes on the Day of Reckoning. My Lord, bestow upon me right judgement and unite me with
the righteous. (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 78-83)
