Xenon

March 5, 2008 at 12:09 pm · Filed under Amman

I’m dying to know which person woke up one day and decided that it would be an absolutely brilliant idea to line every single bridge and tunnel in the city of bridges and tunnels with bright blue stringy light?

Thank you, whoever you are, for making our city look like the salon interior of a very “zenon” Ammanite taxi.

I would have used the money to paint these tunnels and bridges instead, but what do I know.




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  • http://www.black-iris.com Nas

    actually, i think it was a good idea. they’re not meant to be decorative. they put them up for the winter so that people stop running into the circles in the thick fog that usually grips the city. they’ve actually helped.

    but if you wanna see something funny…go to duwar il da5eleeyeh, where the amman governor’s office is and see what they did to their building. i think they used the leftovers to make christmas lights.

  • http://fyireviews.blogspot.com Tala

    me toooo!!! i was telling myself, didn’t they learn from the abdoon bridge lights they are not pretty or eye comfortable, i even keep thinking about their power supply!! if only i can find it, hehehehe

  • http://www.ramblinghal.blogspot.com Hal

    I kinda like it, more than the stupid neon lights on the Abdoun bridge, that are always burnt out anyway. So inconsistent. EFT.

  • http://amjad79.blogspot.com/ amjad mahfouz

    7afartal walla
    if there is an extra buck spend it on improvements not waste it on 7ki fadi

  • http://jasimd.wordpress.com Jasim

    Uhm I think that the xenon lights are the bright white ones, not the blue ones. However, I call those the Taxis ones. :D

    I don’t know I kind of liked them, it feels strange. :D

  • Heba

    My God!
    This is one of the things that really irritate me so much, I actually wished I had a blog to rant about it!!
    So thank you for bringing it up!
    On the twirling bridge connecting Shmesani and Gardens street things get really tricky, this is a bridge I use a lot since I live in Shmesani, the bad effect of the blue neon on the eye is unbelievable! every time I forget and start looking at the lights it affects my sight that I stop seeing clearly for a couple of seconds. I now avoid looking at the BLUE NEONS while driving, in spite of the temptation ;)

  • Onzlo

    Why do I have the feeling that the person who woke up with the urge to do this is the same person (or related to) the one who imports blue bright blue stringy lights? Or am I just being extra cynical now?

    In any case the least they could have done is used different colours for different bridges so as to help people diffrentiate between them, now they all look exactly the same!

  • http://www.iamleet.com m7md

    3shan el heshes

  • http://qassami.blogspot.com mo

    wooo .. trippy .. very “rave” :D

  • http://qassami.blogspot.com mo

    wooo .. trippy .. very “rave” :D

  • http://reflectionsallmine.net salam

    Although I like the idea of distinguishig the tunnels and bridges, but I don’t know about the rest of you guys, I feel it makes vision a bit blurry and distracts drivers.

  • Ahmad Al-Sholi

    the concept is ok, but maybe the implementation was poor. definately little less brightness well suit drivers better.

    Modernizing the city is a hot topic rather than maintaining and planting it.

    What if in few years, glass, steel and flashy blue “house music” went out of fashion???

  • http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com عب@س هو!زن

    I agree, it’s stupid (and very Vegasy.)

    p.s. just curious (although u rarely reply to comments) what is your blog name “AND FAR AWAY” supposed to mean? AWAY from MUNDANE REALITY?

  • http://mindsonbytes.blogspot.com isoman00@hotmail.com

    - Larry, no! Don’t look at the light!
    - I-can’t-help-it. It’s-so-beautiful.

    of the arabic version (مش ئااااااااادرررر شكله يجننننــــــنننننننننننن)

    the scene form A Bug’s Life is all what occurred to me when i saw the picture :)

    and Roba thanks for these very ammani posts … you are wonderful …

  • http://blog.haniobaid.com Hani Obaid

    I actually likeed the blue lights, but not the abdoun bridge lights which are so bright you can’t enjoy the view, or maybe that’s the whole point!

  • Nart

    well, I think it’s a ‘bright’ idea to light the bridges.. I think we need also to light the roads for idiot drivers as well.. any enhancement should be accepted with a huge welcome, it is really a good step not only I like.

  • http://mindsonbytes.blogspot.com Isam

    Sorry the entry with the email is mine … i dont know how the email got to here …

  • http://www.iread.blogspot.com manal y

    thats a week excuse to show what they are doing with the tax we pay,

  • Amer

    How much is tax in Jordan? Like, salary tax?

  • Nibal

    u really dnt want to know why taxi’s use xenon lights iza 3refty u’ll nvr nvr use taxi in amman :S:S:S:S