Updated: It Is Now 12.41 am . . .

. . . and i have just finished cleaning my room, showered and wearing my favourite socks (pictured). Gave myself a quick 5 minute face mask and feeling very fresh

. . . which means that Ramadhan is officially over for us thus making Oman the last country in the world to enter Eid (as usual)

KIL 3AM WINTI IB ALF 9I7A OO SALAMAH

3EEDKUM IMBARAK OO 3ASAKUM MIN IL 3AYDEEN WIL SA3IDEEN

(image courtesy of moods @ He Speaks)

Updated: Hectic Day - Part 2

Taken from this post dated September 24th - So much for progress

Things I need to do by next Tuesday (which is today):

1. Buy Baba's Eid Na3ala - DONE
2. Decide whether to wear a dress or pants - DONE
3. Buy pants for outfit of choice (therefore no. 2 done - LOL) - CANCELLED
4. Cut and dye hair - PENDING
5. Get manicure and pedicure - CANCELLED
6. Organise and deliver professional and academic papers to new employer - PENDING
7. Take car for service (350 Kms overdue) - PENDING now 800 kms overdue
8. Fix brothers phone - DONE
9. Do the long overdue if6ar party at home - RAMADHAN OVER AND DIDNT HAPPEN
10. Attend the charity fair - NEVER WENT
11. Take nephews for Eid shopping spree - CANCELLED
12. Get facial done - DONE
13. Take clothes to dry-cleaning - PENDING
14. Plan Dubai trip - PENDING
15. Make Dubai shopping list - PENDING
16. Buy friend's baby shower gift - PENDING

Reminders

Just wanted to remind you guys about 2 things

Should I colour my hair?? 7ata wala il voting bageeleh3 days lakin my appointment is bacher il 9ub7. Btw Im very leaning towards a medium brown base with lowlights blended in.

My interview which I will be answering this coming weekend. I know i said i was going to answer it Monday wila Tuesday (ie ams wila il youm) lakin ba3adni ma 3indi halgad wagt.

IM NOT READY FOR 3EEEEEEED

Typical Eid Conversation With Babati

Phone rings

Baba: Allooo - ha baba
Me: Hi Baba - al7een bow9al il bait
Baba: OK 7abibti

I enter the house

Baba: Ha 7abibti - sha5bar il soug? ishtaraiti shay?
Me: Ma 7a9alt shay 7aggi - lakin hatha 7agik (struggling to get a box out of a bag)
Baba: 7aggi ana?? Moo ray7a itdawri shay 7ag il 3eed?
Me: Eee ma 7a9alt ili abeeh (hands over box)
Baba: Laish inzain??
Me: Na3alat il 3eed laaa??
Baba (surprised): 7abibti maleh da3i - mashkoora wayid 7ilwa
Me: Ba 3ad kil 3eed min 5ams sneen ashtari laik n3alat il 3eed oo ba3dik mista'3rib
Baba: 7abibteeee - inzain cham tubi?
Me: 3ajbatik?
Baba: Eee wayid 7ilwa. Cham tubi?
Me: Cham aba 7ag waish?
Baba: ib cham il ni3al?
Me: Gool wallah!!! Min mata ba3ad a5ith baizat minik!!!

To be repeated next Eid

So Thats What Was Making It Heavy + Gym buddies

I basically got tired of my very heavy handbag so I decided to empty it out and do a cleaning process. Unbeleivable the amount of shit that came out. Can you imagine ALL that was inside my handbag

1. Medicines
2. Hair stuff
3. Lip glosses
4. Just-In-Case sweeties (all expired of course)
5. Earphones and electrical stuff
6. 4 cheque books
7. Spare phone
8. Notebooks
9. Loose papers including old receipts, ATM slips and valet parking ticket
10. OMR 5 rial note, 7 hundred baiza notes and one dirham coin loose money
11. Loose randomly collected business cards
12. Wallet
13. My missing necklace
14. Business card holder
15. Little pouchy thing for random stuff
16. Camera case
17. Gift certificate envelope and bills
18. Pharmacy Bag with spray medication
19. Bottle of water
20. Perfume bottle (one only)
21. Hand lotion
22. Body Spray
23. Oh yeah and the camera that I used to take the picture - NOT in the case - its independant. LOL
    

And for fun - my nephews were my gym buddies today - for all off about a minute and a half before they got picked up for haircuts. Check out the little one (red t-shirt) he couldnt even reach the handle bars. LOOOL. Hamad, the older one is so intelligent.

Hamad: Why do people go to the gym?

Me: If they want to loose weight. You dont need it

Hamad (blowing out his tummy): Look im fat - i need to go to the gym

Me: No your not - u dont eat properly you cant go

LATER

Hamad: Mama i went on the treadmill

Mama: Did u enjoy it?

Hamad: Yeah but people like me dont need to go to the gym

WTF

Disclaimer: If you are easily disgusted, please stop here. Doctors please advise.

Madri shu yani il youm. Kint abad mub yow3ana bas 3a6shana mot. Il fa6oor kan bait 5ali. Wi9alt oo garba3t thalath gla9at may warahum gla9ain 3a9eer laymoon.

Ma kalait ila sprint rolls and mini hotdog rolls. Ooo lugmatain lasagne. Ba3dain chan achoof 9a7n il lgaimat oo ad7ash arba3 7abbat fi wayhi.

93adt fog ib gla9 il laymoon il thalith chan abda2 aki7. Bsir3a rkatht il 7ammam chan azawi3. Shgad zawa3t in9adamt. Ma kalait shay. Min wain yay kil hatha???

Chan iblees yil3ab fini - 5ala9 la troo7i il gym inti mareetha. Lakin la ri7t.

6la3t min il gym lagait my friend oo sharabt kobain latte. A7is 3umri 79an.

Shilsalfa?? To my dakatra readers. Goolooly, kil shay 3adi wila feeh hatha ili ysamooneh stomach bug??

Interviewing 3anooda

Update: Since I dont have many readers Im changing the rules - each person may ask as many questions as they want. I will answer the questions next Monday or Tuesday.

Bomb Away

This is your chance to ask me about whatever goes through that weird brain of yours.

The rules:
- You can ask me one question only.
- If questions can jeopardize my identity, I will refrain from answering,
- I will answer ALL your questions in my next post.

Inzain Laaaaiiiiissshhhh??

Ya3ni fahamt ineh ako asami '3areeba 3ajeeba 5i9a fil emarat. Gom Hazza3 oo Fazza3 oo Bandar oo chee. Ma i5talafna. Wa7id yabi ysami il bichir 3ala ism obooh oo a5er shay yi6la3 ism il walad mathalan Awadh Salim Awadh Salim Awadh Salim Al Awadhi (law ako wa7id ykoon hatha ismeh wallah il 3atheem taraha 9dfa)

Ilmuhim - ykisroon 5a6ra il yahal ili laih sa2alteh 3an ismeh ygool Adul Wamhan laneh isim 9a3ib oo ma yigdar a9lan ygool Abdul Rahman mithl il nas.

Ana kal 3ada imjabla il TV ili yar6in min 9aba7 allah 5air wala7ad ma36eeh wayh. 3adi law 9arat qanah filipinia bayla7ith oo btaq3id laima baba biyee ychoof a5bar.

So abi afham - hathol il sowriyeen youm ytarjimoon il cartoons 7ag mbc 3, laish ysamoon ay min il sha59iyat FAZZA3!!!! min 9ijhum ya3ni?? shmin asami hathi

Wain ayamna ili kilhum asami bani 2admeen 6abee3iyeen mithil Majid oo Ahmed oo Ayman..

Updated: Since he was mentioned - candy for your eyes. My all time favourite pic of the only person in the world that can get away with a name like Fazza3

To Dye or Not To Dye

People I need advice - sha3ri al7een aswad oo g9eer - ag9ar min hathi il 9ora il owla

Abi a9ba'3 sha3ri mithil il 9ora il thania bas kil man 6arait il salfa laih galoli la asaweeha wil aswad wayid a7la 3alai.

Lakini wayid mitmalila min il aswad. BORING magdar asawi shay ila straight. Abi ta'3yeer.

I added a poll - yallah please vote

Me In Two Weeks

This is what I will be like in 2 weeks time - on holiday - on some beach perhaps waiting for Fastidious Babe. LOL. I dont know. But basically I will be MIA from October 8th until October 16th

3aba6a oo Habala

Ma9adig ini ga3da lal7ain - il sa3a 5ams oo nu9 il fayir oo tawa il athan m2athin. Bab in9adam laman chafni - gali aroo7 anam oo rad da5al 7ijriteh. Cute Babati



6ab3an gilat il noum tsawi junoon. Hay ana

Addictionati

Tagged by charmbracelet i think lani lawa3t chabidha min il commentat ili sawait-hum fee her addiction post. LOOOOL. I tried to not make it more than 5. It was hard.

1. Baba - ma ashbi3 mineh - I love him to peices and even when Im on holiday i HAVE to talk to him every day. Law ma 7achaiteh youm wa7id 3adi a7is shay nagi9.

2. Friends - pic courtesy of Dewaniyat Banat (btw wayid 7abait-ha hathi il 9ora - i would be the one in yellow ili labsa il pumas) - anyways - im am super social and everyone always says that I know everybody. i like it that way.

3. Phones - currently obsessed by getting the iPhone 3G. I am constantly on the phone either texting or talking to someone. Law mitmalila i would go through my old messages. Currently I have 4055 messages in my inbox and 1104 in my sent items. Sent items I need to delete every few months lani i send more than I receive. LOL.

4. Sushi - I can have it day and night. I love it. Never used to be adventurous with it lakin al7een gimt ajarib kil shay. Currently obsessed with Unagi Rolls.

5. Facebook - 7abaiteh. Keeps me in touch with my international friends and updated about my friends and whats going on in their lives. Lately I got back in touch with some uni friends that i havent seen or spoken to in more than 7 years.

I tag Baroque, Solafa, Queen, achoona, Ghadoor and Smarties

Im Looking For A New Template

Would someone please suggest something??

I want something girly and attractive

I like the colour combinations of baby pink and baby grey OR chocolate brown and turqouise.

Abi makeover chee funky oo yshawig

11.11

Have I told you guys before about this thing I have about every time I look at the time its 11.11. In most cases this happens at work therefore at 11.11 am for some reason I always look at the time.

And to prove the freakiness, check this out - now you seriously cant fake that

Goodbye

Sent at 11.11 am Thursday September 25th, 2008

"Good Morning All,

Today is my last working day with Bank Dhofar. I must say that although it was short-lived, it was an experience I will not forget. It has been a pleasure working and dealing with you and I wish you success.

My email address is moody_1@hotmail.com for those that may wish to stay in contact.

Thanks and regards,"

I Hate It When . . .

. . . people change on you - they suddenly start acting funny and MIA

. . . you send someone an SMS message and they never reply

. . . someone makes you feel like you are after something

. . . you make plans with someone and they dont pick up the phone

. . . people act cold and heartless - nobody is cold and heartless unless they want to be

. . . you get treated like a princess one second and a stranger the next

. . . you get a one word reply to a rant

. . . I become so emotional and start caring too much about useless things like the above

Could The Service Get Any Worse??

Seriously - I havent been to Kargeen in sooo long but decided to go there today to take a friend who is here on business. So Kargeen seemed to be the ideal option since its semi-cultural and has quite a nice ambience to it. Besides the fact that it took us almost half an hour to get a parking.

Anyways so were meeting friends who decided to book a table outside. Why?? Dont ask me. The humidity was a disaster. So we moved inside and after shuffling tables around I ended up moving to a small table where we were a cosy group of four.

So Kargeen is known for their HUGE Ice Vimto and their grassy Lemon Mint. They are to die for. So my guest was hungry so she orders her food while we order 2 vimtos and one lemon mint alongside our sheeshas. First vimto arrived and promptly got spilt on my friend. Does the clumsy idiot do anything about it?? NO. This is how the conversation went.

Me: Please be careful
Him: hhmmm hhmmm *with the shaking head*
Me: hhmmm hhhmm what?
Him: yes yes
(all the while the vimto continues to drip on my friend whos trying to push the guy away cos words did not work)
Me: HELLO!!! its falling everywhere
Him: Ahhh table (puts vimto on table)
Me: At least say sorry
Him: Sorry maam
Me: Not to me, to HIM

(chuckles from my friends)

Arent I glad to get out of service quality!!! Since it basically meant 6 months of getting paid to surf the net at work.

Hectic Day

Do you ever have these days ili taboon itshigoon 3markum into 3 different people 3ashan to get everything done??

Chee kan youmy ana il youm. Went into the office and sent off last minute emails and updates oo 7arakat - cleaned out my desk. Ratabt the filing cabinet and removed my personal file.

Went over to the other building to meet with HR and the main branch to finish off my paperwork.

Went to my waxing appointment - LOOOL adri bas il dinya 3eed oo kan the only appointment i can get.

Then I went to my new employer to sign my contract. Still cant beleive I signed the contract AFTER I resigned. That was risky bas il7amdila.

Got home at 430 - ya3ni yadoob itsaba7t oo ga3adt ila athan oo 9ar wagt il fa6oor.

Al7een il sa3a sab3a oo rubu3 and im beginning to feel guilty lani ba6awif my gym session for a hair appointment. shasawi - i have a guest from out of town oo i have to take her out. Dont want her to get the wrong idea about 3man.

Abi ashtiri n3alat uboy - my customary eid present.

Libsat il 3eed mub jahza - i need to go shopping.

Abi aroo7 il cinema

Abi abi abi . . . mako wagt. Abi another 2 3aneedas ysa3dooni with daily life. y9eer??

Things I need to do by next Tuesday:

1. Buy Baba's Eid Na3ala
2. Decide whether to wear a dress or pants
3. Buy pants for outfit of choice (therefore no. 2 done - LOL)
4. Cut and dye hair
5. Get manicure and pedicure
6. Organise and deliver professional and academic papers to new employer
7. Take car for service (350 Kms overdue)
8. Fix brothers phone
9. Do the long overdue if6ar party at home
10. Attend the charity fair
11. Take nephews for Eid shopping spree
12. Get facial done
13. Take clothes to dry-cleaning
14. Plan Dubai trip
15. Make Dubai shopping list
16. Buy friend's baby shower gift

A Step By Step Tutorial to How To Become a "Stalker"

When I first started blogging I found it difficult to figure out on my own how to do stuff like adding a pic to your profile and stuff like that. So a blogger friend taught me and therefore I said I would create a tutorial blog. I finally did it today. I called it 3aneeda's Tutorials and it can be found here

Lesson 1: Adding Pics to Post

Lesson 2: Adding Pics to Nick

Lesson 3: How to Become a Stalker

Lesson 4: How to Allow Another Blogger to Post on Your Blog

A Day In The Life of 3aneeda

I cant beleive how drastic these changes that occurred this morning. My last working day is

Thursday. Just 2 days away.

Im blown away - I guess Im in shock

Dear You

Dear CoWorker

Adri inik wayid it7ibni - lakin min 9ij tarak ma9a5t-ha. Achoofik wayid kilish ma ti7lalik il sowalif 3ala il telephone ila fog rasi. Ya3ni 3indik your own cabin fa please gool laish kilma yatik mukalama 3ala mobaylik, ila yeet titma56ar oo itsowlif fi maktabi?? Baini oo bainik thalath makatib tara i5tar wa7da minhum. Wila il irsal agwa 3indi ya3ni??? Tara wallah adri ineh ityeek mukalamat. Wallah adri ineh 3indik mobile. Bas 9ada3tni

Yours,

3aneeda

Dear Admin

Wallah tarani Im allergic to Viagra 3ashan chee ma radait 3ala il malyon email ili dazaitooli iyahum. Law ma kan 3indi hatha il allergy chan sharait min 3indkum. Bas wallah mani mi7taja fa please stop sending me offerat mal Viagra oo Viagra-Plus.

Yours,

3aneeda

My First

Random Photos - Part IX

This is dedicated to Delicately Realistic who was insisting tuba itchoof pics of my sad day at work. So here you go.

HALAKTOONI!!!! No I DONT want to buy a car with 0% financing - i think ma bagat wikala fi Muscat ila dazatli message with their Ramadhan offers.

And this is where all the boredom happens. Agool I noticed that when I was taking the picture that the computer screen was getting those fat grey lines bil3arth moving down. Is that normal?? 7ata you can see that majority of the top half of the screen shwaya grey.

Min wain yimt Dorothy ana?? Isnt is Alice in Wonderland tuba troo7 Texas??

Yep you guessed it, my name starts with an M. These M charms by Coach - one colour per year. I plan on collecting them all. LOL. Pompom is a present from my cousin.

Miskeen my iPod - when I go to work usually I take it down with me cos of the heat. Ilyoum the laptop got all the attention oo nisaitek Alfie. Im sorry. Min il 7arara ma gadart 7ata almisek. Yallah mub mushkila - sweat it out and loose a little weight. LOOOOL

In Pictures: Today I Realised That . . .

. . . the paint on my right click button on my laptop is scratched off and there is a white patch

. . . my dad is such a gentleman so much that he parks his car outside so that the ladies of the house can park inside even if he gets home before anyone else (garage fits 3 of the 4 cars of the house)

. . . the annoying clicking sound that I hear in my car while driving, which I thought was something broken in the car and even got it checked out by the dealership, was the following 7arakat on my bag that were clicking together (how embarassing)

. . . when you park in a full parking lot, you think you did such a good job but when the parking lot is empty you realise how badly you parked. Seriously??? Didnt think it could ever be that bad.

. . . working hours in Ramadhan are 9 to 2 but if I leave the office at 2 I reach home at the same time I would if I leave at 315.

ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY

And the child in me overcomes the adult in me - i want it in black and in 16GB cos im greedy and i want it now.

ma ybee3ooneh fi 3man ba3adhum - one shop gal byeebli iyah ib 500 rials - i literally told him to kiss my ass. ma ista7ait.

ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY ABY

A Strange Day @ Work - Completely Useless Post

Im having a really strange day at work today.

I came in with my laptop which is something I never did ever in my entire 7 year professional career. Ask me why??

Sorry just got distracted cos an accident happened just now outside my office building. And the day gets stranger.

I got my laptop to work ma9a5a. No reason. Mako she'3l. Shasawi!!! Im obsessed. Im hacking into the upstairs neighbours wireless internet. LOL. Im evil.

It just hit me that today is Monday. Therefore 6 more working days. Then Its the Eid holidays. And since Im on leave, this means that I will not come back to this office until November 2nd. It still hasnt hit me yet.

Ive been taking crazy pics around the office. Will post some when I get home cos I didnt get the memory card reader to work. Hatha ili ga9ir ba3ad. Ayeeb il 3idda kilha wala chani Im supposed to be working.

I dont have work. Got literally nothing to do. Have a huge list of things that depend on delivery of other people though. So cant really do much. So they have 6 days to deliver or else it will be 6 weeks delayed.

Some idiots in the parking lot blocked a drive way thinking its a parking. Therefore because 2 very lazy people blocking the in and out, you are talking about around 20 odd cars being stuck INSIDE a parking lot. No other way out.

I am a very nosy person. I like to know things about people preferably if they tell me themselves. Yet Im also a dodo. Ask me what u told me next week and I honestly will not remember.

Im wearing socks with ballerina flats. Cos its cold at work. The flats are red and the socks are white and blue stripes. Dorothy perhaps?? Mali 5ilg to colour co-ordinate min il 9ub7. My jeans cover anyways.

I just realised I have 2 tubes of hand lotion on my desk and a large bottle inside the drawer. Yet when in the office and I wanna use hand lotion I use the one I have inside my handbag.

My just-in-case candy (starburst sour chews) that I keep in my handbag and never eat has now expired. I think I bought it last March.

I want kids. Max 2. One boy and one girl. The girl will be called El 3anood and the father can chose the name of the boy but I like Fahad. Can I have kids without getting married??

I want to get married. I want to have someone who becomes my responsibility to take care of. I want to have that feeling that I am going home to someone. I want to be a housewife.

I want to be able to stop paying attention to details. I have too much going on in my head. Za7ma za7ma mani gadra 5ala9. Wayid information, not enough time to istaw3ib it all. Abi ra7at bal.

I wish I was the kind of person that can plan. Which reminds me I need to tell the na6oor to clean the apartment 7ag my dubai trip. Dammit.

We are 6 people in the department and have 3 direct lines. Since ramadhan started the lines are ALWAYS busy. Shilsalfa?? People talk more in ramadhan or something?? Ive been trying to call a customer all morning. Cant use my mobile - they disconnected my phone :( Wouldnt want a customer to know my personal number anyways.

How do you write the Roman Numerals for the number 9?? Thinking for my Random Photos Post Title.

My friend's friend's sister is in town on business. I need to switch into hostess mode. Sick and tired of epopel getting the wrong impression of Oman. I cant call her cell cos my phone is disconnected. lawa3tu chabdi kil youm itgooloon bayrid il 5a6 ba3ad sa3a. I dont know her last name to ask for her at the hotel. Miskeen the receptionist guy tried all varied different spellings of Aisha (her first name) to try and figure it out but apparently not a single Aisha is staying at the hotel. LOL.

Faqda 7anan - abi 7ad ydali3ni. Abi 7ad to take charge of me and my life. Kileh ana organiser oo decision maker oo 5arabee6. Ta3abt ya nas. Abi ramadhan y5ali9 3ashan aroo7 il gym fil nahar. Abi il 3eed iyee wiroo7 3ashan asafir. Thailand trip cancelled for me only. Awain il kil yabi medical checkup. Shasawi ana ba3dain ag3id broo7y??

I love my dad - I hate you Amu, you just made me feel ini mga9ra wiya uboy. Ams ygooli min zaman ma bisteeni oo ana radait 3alaih "bye mista3jila". Uufff the guilt trip.

Im making my own rules - this is now a tag and I need answers from everyone to help me with my problems.

Someone is Bored

Dont you ever wonder how bored people are?? The person who sits there and types out that SMS message and starts off a forwarding frenzy?? Was having this discussion with a friend a few days ago. I just got this email titled Qurum City Centre which sparked it up.

1. Costa Coffee
2. Swatch
3. Mango
4. Promod
5. Dumond
6. Nayomi
7. Bossini
8. Giordano
9. Pierre Cardin
10. Coffee Republic
11. Mothercare
12. Claires
13. Mikiyaji
14. Monsoon
& Accessories
15. Bodyshop
16. H&M
17. Optical
18. Gulf Greetings
19. Asgar Ali
20. Pierre Balman
21. Aldo
22. Aldo Accessories
23. Bendon
24. Sunglasses (hut?)
25. BOA
26. Prima Gold
27. Rado
28. Pablosky
29. Hour Choice
30. Cellucom
31. Inglot
32. Parfois
33. Pure Gold
34. Damas Jewelery
35. Damas Watches
36. Al Qurum Jewelery
37. MAC
38. Next
39. BHS
40. Geekay
41. Nokia
42. Coldstone Creamery
43. Starbucks
44. E.L.C
45. Adams
46. Carters
47. Borders
48. Mcdonalds
49. KFC
50. Beirut Grill
51. Magic Wok
52. Shamania
53. Pizza Hut
54. Fillings
55. Biella

+ Carrefour

9 shops still to be confirmed

Sent from my BlackBerry® from Oman Mobile.

La oo ba3ad sent from their blackberry - 9ij nas fathya. I guess this is usefull information

Its Always Nice To Get Presents For No Reason

I love it. A friend of mine who shares my passion for Coach and we have a habit of buying each other the Coach letters or me buying her cooking related items as shes the same friend from here

Isnt that the cutest?? She is very familiar with my previous obsession with Freej when it first came out 2 ramadhans ago as was very clear from my postings here, here and here.

Im not so obsessed anymore - in fact i didnt really enjoy Season 2 and this year havent watched anything really. But I still loved gettingthe text this morning saying "pass by my office" since that is code for "got something for u". We dont even work together anymore.

PS. Last pic is a pen. She got me the Um 5ammas pen since she got me the Um 3allawi stuffed doll but I saw that she got herself the Um 3allawi pen so I took that as well. LOOOL.

I Am The Same Person I Was 2 Years Ago . . .

. . . or have I changed??? It's funny when you think you are still the same person but when you really look back you realise that you have changed. These changes happen very very subtley but if you compare for example January 1st 2008 to January 1st 2006, you will think "damn who WAS i??". But I guess life experiences force these changes on you.

A simple example for myself. Over 2 years ago I started blogging and one of my most enjoyable posts to write was this one. I really enjoyed making the list and as I made the list realising that Im really not that picky about what I was my other half to be. But as we single ladies out there grow older, our priorities change dramatically. Ah the cynical old me as per a once upon a post about love almost exactly two years ago that no longer exists.

So basically I amended the old list in order to incorporate the new me. After amending it I realised it sounds like its pretty similar but trust me, its VERY different. I know it but perhaps I cant really explain it. Anyways the final result is as follows:

Must-haves (personality related characteristics) - no major changes really

1. Respect - notice this comes top of the list and before love. And respect will ALWAYS top love for me.
2. Sense of humour - if he cant make me laugh hes OUT (upgraded)
3. Someone who loves me for who I am and will not try to change me.
4. Open-minded but not of a western mentality. I dont want someone who says "SO WHAT, WHO CARES?" if i mention that something is socially unacceptable in our society. Obviously I care to a certain extent.
5. Not too religious - but multazim and knows his God.
6. Social and out-going to a limit - i dont want a party animal.
7. Has similar hobbies and interests as me (mainly cars and water activities) - notice its no longer "same" but now "similar". I will never find a guy that enjoys hours of shopping so I had to compromise. LOOOOL
8. Intellectually stimulating - i like an educated reader
9. Accepting of my male friends
10. Confident and self assured - i dont like those so-so guys that need someone to make a decision for them - he has to be shwaya ba6ran and 3indu haiba.
11. Romantic - im all about romance, flowers and presents will always put a smile on my face especially when there is no occasion for it - even if the present was a chocolate bar cos he knows it makes me feel good.

Must-haves (non-personality related characteristics)

1. Tall - at least 173 cm in height - i still want him taller than me when i wear my heels
2. Big built - i like a guy who when he hugs me, i dissappear - might be a little difficult to find but basically i dont want no skinny asses
3. Good stable job with a steady income - i dont want the reason for me working to be the NEED for money but more of his support for my personal and professional growth. Wealth is not an issue for me. Bil3aks, I would prefer it that he wasnt that wealthy so that I know 15 years down the line that we made our nice comfortable life together by ourselves with no help from no daddies. LOL.
4. No long hair - dont like that on guys
5. Trendy - im a fashionable person, if pink is in fashion, i want him to wear pink provided he likes it and it suits him - i will not force it though - he still has to be individual and unique in his own exclusive way
6. Very good english speaker - i communicate mainly in english, cant think too fast in arabic
7. Of an upbringing similar to mine - i dont want someone who lived and has a completely different family life experience from me - simple small things really make a difference. Which is one of the main reasons I will NEVER consider a western guy. The differences are just too much. Then again ask me in ten years I would have half this list. Beggars cant be choosers. LOOOOL

So honestly, is it too much to ask?? I beleive that Im being relatively realistic.

5ashim update: 6ala3 il 3ayyar is on annual leave - LOOOL 7ata ma gal. 3araft min sikirtayrat mudeeri il youm. Bayrid taree5 October 12th which means I will already be on MY annual leave. So basically ma abchoof rag3at wayhe lain November. Wanasa. Laman sa2alt chan howa ma5ith-ha faj2a. Youm ba'2a mini my Management report, youm il tasleem kan ehwa already ijaza - ya3ni kan fi kil il 7alat baydabisni feeha. ya7laileh mudeeri, my leave balance is 4 days short of what I applied wana madri, chan ygool 5theeha il ijaza mithil ma ba'3aiteeha oo gooly la HR ini ana mwafig.

Random Photos - Part VIII

AND MORE PICS

My gorgeous nephews. Their mom and I took them to a ghabga that was organised by my other cousin's workplace. They had a great time with the magician. Both were selected to be the magician's helpers.

Fahooda, my favourite, who actually never looks at the camera when u wanna take a pic and if he was, he has to mess up the picture by pulling a face. This one he actually asked me to take the camera out and take a pic. 7ayati.

Dad hated them. I love trainers cant help it. And no I will not succumb to my age and wear heels for eid. I wore heels last eid. Actually the last 2 eids I wore heels. Im pulling another funky stunt, which appears it always happens in the ramadhan eids. Last Eid Ramadhan was the pink tie and waistcoat incident.

The ones on the left are last eid ramadhan and the ones on the right are il 3eed il 3od. Needless to say I had back pains on 2nd day of eid as both days I was out til after midnight.


I guess if my dad hated my trainers so much on Eid day, then I will have to wear my original Eid shoes that took a back seat when the trainers were found.

PS. Had some trouble looking through my shoes to find these - man I seriously have a fetish for shoes. Can it be cured?? Do I WANT it to be cured???

Stereotyping The Omani People - Part II

Through discussions with some friends and fellow bloggers, I realised that there are so many more stereotypes and i loved this post by a fellow Omani blogger who categorised those working in Select. Anyways here goes more categories.

The Little Beyonces: Usually found at the movies on a Wednesday night. Little ratty looking waif-like girls with g-strings pulled up so high above their low waist jeans. The g-string HAS to have some kind of sparkly details because whats the point of showing it if its plain and boring. They would usually be standing around in a group waiting for their friends / bfs cos they just will not buy their own tickets. Gold diggers in training.

The Yo-Yo Dudes: They all think they are the sons of 50 cent. With their long shorts and Phat Farm trainers and basketball jerseys and bling bling chains. The Nelly style caps. They make me laugh these ones. Usually seems sauntering into the cinema to meet their Little Beyonces. They whipe out the wallets that are attached to a chain to their belt-loops.

The I-Hate-Lifers: With a constant sour-lemon-sucking face. They walk around with shoulders drooped as if the end of the world has come. Usually found working in Select stores or Centerpoint. Kil shay 3indhum "ma3raf" wila "kitha qalooli". Generally unwilling to exert any form of personality. If its a girl, then usually she will take a good five minutes to scan your items. If you take six bottles of water, be prepared that she will scan every single one instead of punching in 6x.

More to come

Its That Time Again

Yay - cant wait. The long extended leave is just ten days away. OMG i just started to panic. Didnt think it was that close.



Anyways so far any travelling to be done will have to happen before October 16th because of one major event being the first lecture of the MBA. Some of the family will be going to Thailand for the Eid holidays and Im still not decided whether Im going or not. Im not really too keen on going on holiday with my Mom, My brother and his wife when Im 28. LOL.



Otherwise for sure, I will be heading off to Dubai on the 9th for one week and this time Im planning on doing a lot of daytime events. This is my initial list which I will be updating as I organise my thoughts:

1. The Dubai Culture Village - it looks really cool

2. Nobu @ Atlantis - its opening next week and I cant go to Dubai and not go to Atlantis

3. Wild Wadi before it gets too cold

For any Dubai based bloggers that wish to meet up please let me know. For any bloggers that might be in the area during that period also please let me know. It would be great. MD and ArabLady - i know i know. I have promised multiple times but inshallah this time is a charm. MD i cant access your blog, if you read this let me know.

United GCC Monetary System: Oman Says No

I wonder why Oman rejected?? I personally think its a good idea to have a unified GCC currency.

Looking for a photo of the school you went to???

Isnt this cool - you can enter some minor details that it asks for and a picture of your school, and sometimes if your lucky, also your class picture comes up.

Someone really fathi / bored must have made the effort to collect photos of so many schools.

Check it out

Little Things Make Me Smile

Im happy - lately lots of little things are making me smile. It started since the first day of Ramadhan. Thats a good thing right?? Im not trying to jinx myself or anything.

One of the cutest things that everytime I think about, I cant help but gigle to myself. Remember (aham shay chankum ga3deen jidami al7een agoolikum "remember" yaz3am). Ilmuhim, tit-thakaroon laman wadait my nephews to Toys 'R' Us to get whatever they wanted and they both chose the same toy?? Well what do you expect?? A 4 year old yabi ykoon mithil o5ooh elkbeer so he takes the same toy.



They chose this quad bike that has a dude sitting on it and is driven by a remote control. It was quite big 7ata the four year old when he was carrying the box he couldnt see anything and kept bumping into everything.

Anyways by the time we got home the boys went to bed and were told they can play with it the next day.

A few days later chan as2al bint 5ali "how did it go with the toys" wila tifga3ha tha7ka. Awain the remote needed batteries so we went to the supermarket to buy batteries chan yi6la3oon the wrong size PLUS we need a screwdriver to opne the batter case. So they go to the supermarket again and get to correct batteries and a screwdriver. When everything is set, the boys line up their quad bikes to race chan wa7id y7awil y'3ish oo yibda2 gabil ila yi6la3 ineh one remote moves both of them. LOOOOOOL.

Gamat my cousin itgool inha 7a6at kil wa7id fi 7ijra 3ashan ykoonoon ba3eed 3an ba3th ila iyee Fahooda (the 4 year old) y9ee7. Shfeek inzain?? Ba3deh the remote controls are so powerful that even when each one is in their own room, one still moves both quad bikes.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL everytime I think of the boys i remember this salfa oo af6is thi7ik. Inshallah il tha7ka 3ala wayhi dom inshallah. Ma yi7sid il mal ila 9a7beh mithil ma ygooloon.

PS. The wanted Mudhish fil bidaya but whoever knows me will know how much i hate Mudhish. DIE FREAK DIE. And NO there is absolutely NOTHING cute about Mudhish. Misakeen there had these weird faces when they saw my reaction ila Hamad (the 6 year old) ygooli, "inzain ma lazim na5ith Mudhish". FEDAITHUM 7ABAYBI.

Stereotyping The Omani People - Part I

OK i seriously can't stop laughing. I just read a post by a Kuwaiti blogger who stereotyped the female Kuwaiti population and she did it in such a funny way but it was basically very very true. And I am sure any female readers will be lying if they denied even having a tiny touch of each type. I have to admit that when I go out I sometimes refer to myself as one of these stereotypes. Anyways here goes, starting from the youngest:-

The Rocker Dudettes: They range from the age of 13 to 17. Usually dressed in a skin-tight black t-shirt with the Rocking Stones lips'n'tongue with a few sparkly stones and stone-washed skinny leg jeans. Usually have the iPod permanently plugged in their ears even while in conversation with each other. They greet each other with the rocker hand signal and every SMS message is punctuated with \m/.

The Mini Victoria Beckhams: They are usually a gang of four, calling each other Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. Of course "Carrie" is the leader of the pack in her Monogram LV 30 Speedy and dictates to the others what are the must-haves / must-buys over the summer holiday. Their conversation usually reverts around Serena Var Der Woodsen / Blake Lively's handbag in the latest Gossip Girl episode which they refer to in the correct name such as "Burberry Medal Studs Warrior Bag in Trench".

The KuKu Heads: Suddenly discovered the 3abaya and all the bling. Every single items MUST carry a large sparkly Hanayen / First Choice / First Lady logo. The "KuKu' aka 3ish il '3urab aka qamboo3a usually adds an extra 30 cms as a minimum to their height. Must be wearing a a minimum of 3 inch heels and at least a combination of Body Shop body spray, Abdil Samad Al Qurashi bukhoor AND Angel Perfume. The githleh is blowdried and highlighted to perfection while the rest of the hair is probably still wet from the hair being washed.

The Free Lifes: Usually those that have never been outside the country, studied in a local college but have this impression of themselves as being better than everyone else. Wearing skinny jeans tucked into high heel knee-high boots and a skinny scarf wrapped around their necks despite the 40-plus degree weather because "it looks cool" and was in fact the exact same article in the "Look like a million dirhams for under DHS 250/-" section in the latest Dubai version of HELLO magazine. They are seen usually with a large group of drooling male specimens sitting in Starbucks outdoors since indoors is a no-smoking zone. They consider themselves open-minded because they smoke in public places. Conversation revolves around whose house they went to for an after-party last weekend. The travel to Dubai to shop one weekend a year and insist of referring to their items as "moo min hnee". All handbags are knockoffs.

The Self-Righteous Bitches: The ones that sit in Darcy's Kitchen on a Friday afternoon giving every other girl the dirty looks for being either not conservative enough or just for being married. When they go to the toilet in pairs and come back looking all fresh and smelling nice, you know that it was a cigerette break. Yet if a girl smokes in public you hear them gasping in shock horror at the nerve of the girl. Snippets of conversation overheard will include key works like "dawrooli rayil" or "bitroo7oon 3irs flana" or "inroo7 Noodle House??". Each drives a minimum OMR 30K car bought by Daddy Dearest and are also referred to as Poor Little Rich Girls.

The Unknowns: They appear once in a blue-moon, consist of a mixture of poofed up poodle lookalike and boyats. Usually all walking around City Centre holding a Caramel Frappacino a few days before eid and are then never EVER seen again anywhere public. Never refer to themselves in real names but all have conveniently easy nicknames such as Shushu and Dooni. Seem to have a constant evil stare yet are completely harmless.

The Girl Band: Minimum of four girls seen strutting their stuff at the latest hip hangout, wearing synchronised / colour co-ordinated outfits. You get a massive amount of fake giggles if you comment about the matching wardrobes and get a reply of "it was SUCH a coincidence". YEAH RIGHT!!! All of very similar taste, body and shoes sizes therefore if you see one and recognise the dress, DO NOT COMMENT.

The Normals: Completely harmless, have various different groups of friends and are very into themselves. Very selective about their friends and yet seem to have the hate of everyone. Carry designer handbags but treat them like shit. Very well-travelled and usually sport a very casual wardrobe from normal high street stores that are not available in Muscat cos they dont wanna be seen in similar outfits to other people. The frequent the same spots and will never be caught dead at the cinema.

The 3aneedas: There is only me.

Original post can be seen here

Sickness = Binging

What is it about being ill and on medication that translates into binging?? Do antibiotics increase the apetite?? Or is it just the fact that your sitting at home doing nothing, bored since its also Ramadhan in addition to the fact that you dont even have enough energy to move around the house just to walk off the legs.

This results in dry chapped lips, since it appears that i slept while breathing through my mouth. Countless glasses of water and juice to cover up the taste of the medicine that seems to be stuck in my dry scratchy throat. Why cant adult medication also be sugar coated like kids medication??? Why cant antibiotics be in liquid form?? Why cant there be one pill that combines everything instead of swallowing 7 differently shaped and sized pills after every meal??

Life is a mystery

YAY to me

I am now officially an MBA student.

Applications started on June 1st. Was a very long and stressful wait of 107 days until I finally found out today that I have been accepted to the program.

School starts October 16th. Back to the books.

Butt, Bout, Colilla, Mozzicone, Yan6a7???

So its only 10 am in the morning and already I am having a very very strange day.


To start off, I woke up this morning with a very very sore butt, or as my little nephew likes to say "6az6oozy 3awarneee". Last night I had my first cycling class which I really enjoyed cos man that shit works you out hard. I did not expect the harder than rock seats.

Trainer: Everyone in position?? Any questions??
3aneeda: Is it normal that the seat is this hard??
Trainer: Yes dont worry first time it will hurt, by the third time you will be asking for more

Is it just me with the dirty mind or did that REALLY have a hidden sexual connotation???





Now you know me, I like making my post look nice with pics and funny stuff. So I used google translator to see what "butt" is in different language. Hence the title. English to arabic gave me yan6a7??? Yan6a7 shlon?? Head butt?? Hhhhmmm. Never mind.



On a lighter note, I just got this pic by email. It won awards and shit. Amazing isnt it?? Its basically a top view of camels walking in the desert. The little white things are the camels and the black is actually the shadows. True amazing.

5ashim update: Hes out of town. In Dubai on a business trip. Wonder if he will try the hotel scam again when he gets back!!!

My Name is Mary Poppins

Or at least thats what a lot of my friends call me. Cos apparently my handbag is huge and has all kinds of useless junt-in-case items in them. Like candy for those low sugar days except the candy is all squished and probably expired by now. The tape measure (dont ask me why i even had it in the first place) that DID actually come in handy in a furniture store. The collection of pens. The spare watch. Three bottles of perfume. And the list goes on and on. Of course when a handbag is changed, all this shit moves with it. No no no, whoever gave you the idea that 3aneeda would probably rub her two braincells together and clear out the junk!!! NO WAY!! The lazy gene is much more dominant.

Oh yeah and the lollipop that was there since New Years Eve 08. Therefore a 9 month old lollipop. Well I just felt like reconnecting with that inner child in me. I hope I dont get a stomach ache from it now. Good thing I have those pain pills in my bag. ;P

If The World Was Mine by TQ (Old Skool)

Saw this tag on 2 blogs i happen to have come across being Mar8adoosh and Shopa


I did it and the answers are HILARIOUS - sub7an allah shlon 6ala3t ana nympho. Its funny. Check it out. Im tagging whoever wants to do it cos I know some people dont like tags. So whoever decided to do it let me know cos I wanna see the answers. LOOOOL



Here are the rules:

1. Put your iTunes/music player on Shuffle.

2. For each question, pres the next button to get you answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!!

After you’ve answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they’ve been tagged to do them themselves.


1.IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Love Generation by Bob Sinclair


2.WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Slow Wine by R Kelly


3.WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Seven Days by Craig David (AAAAHHHH that sounds really bad - LOOOOOOOOL)


4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Freakin' You by Jodeci (BAHAHAHA Im a nympho)


5.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Love Stoned/I Think She Knows by Justin Timberlake (hhmmm???!!!)


6.WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Make It Last Forever by Keith Sweat

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?

Phoenix by Basement Jaxx

8.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Way Back Into Love by Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett (From the Music & Lyrics soundtrack - fashla bas wayid 9ij :( )



9.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx


10.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Dont Mess With My Man by Speed Garage


11.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Sex Me by R Kelly (BAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH ma9adig)



12.WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The One by Brotha (wainik int ili ma bayant???)


13.WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
No Air by Chris Brown and Jordan Sparks



14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
The Way I Are by Timberland



15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Break It Off by Sean Paul


16.WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Ooops Oh My by Tweet (La2 la2 la2 - hatha il 7achi wayid '3ala6)



17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Lollipop Remix by Lil' Wayne feat. Kanye West


18.WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Moan by Trentemoller (fashla - this is the song ili kanu 7a6eenha fil da3aya mal Noor on MBC 4)



19. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
If The World Was Mine by TQ (Old Skool)


20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?
Heartbreaker by Will.I.Am feat. Cheryl Cole (Uff chani 6ala3t wa7da mafakir ila fi shay wa7id???!!!)

A Very Random Post

Im starting off this post without a title because i really dont know what i wanna talk about. I have sooo much to say but i cant seem to be putting it into words.



For some reason today i took the day off work. Mako sabab bas makan li 5ilg adawim. Makan li 5ilg achoof 5ashim lani i had to go see my GM for something minor oo adri ineh 5ashim byitda5al fil mawthoo3. Aham shay ineh il GM nasy howa shu mwaqi3li gabil youmain wal7een yabeeni aroo7 ashra7 kil shay mara thania. Madri.

Im actually seriously considering a career change. I want to get out of banking. 5ala9 ta3abt min kil shay 7sabat oo savings oo current oo customer oo charges 00 call centre 00 service quality 00 shakawi oo mashakil oo balawi il dinya wil deen. Mabi. Abi sha'3la it5aleeni agoom min noumi gabl il alarm ib nu9 sa3a min il 7amas. Abi sha'3la itga3idni fil dawam sa3tain thalath ba3ad nihayat il dawam. Abi sha'3la mako feeha routine. Is it too much to ask??


Ramadhan shagool 3aneh?? Kileh akil oo TV for people in general. This year 9ayra aroo7 il gym for a couple of hours a day oo bagi il youm ana online - 9ayir idman. Mako sh'3el. its too hot to do anything outdoorsy which is the natural jaw of ramadhan oo hathi il sina kil mukan is crap.

Im watching this move with Sly Stallone about some Formula 1 racing - Obviously there is a girl involved that ditches one guy for his brother than ditches him for the original guy she was trying to make jealous the whole time. Does this shit really happen?? The way i see it these ideas for the movies have to come from real life!!!

So i just came up with a title for the post. LOL. Oh yeah and Ive been adding lots of new blogs to my "to do" list. Been discovering some great new blogs. Man I missed this.

Took my cousin's 2 little boys (4 and 6 years old) to Toys R Us today to get whatever they wanted - soooo cute. They selected one toy each even though they had an open budget and they both took the same one "3ashan ma nit-tharab 3alaih fil bait". My cousin is doing a very good job. My body clock is ticking. LIKE CRAZY.

Is there a way in our culture to have your own kid biologically without the husband as excess baggage?? I dont want a husband. I just want my own child.

PS. Im officially sick of people saying "no ur lying" when i tell them Im Omani. 9irt agool "ee 9a7 9idtooni ga3da achathib" WTF!!!!

5ashim update

There is no update - LOOOOL

It looks like he learned not to cross me - hasn't so much as sent me an email.

GM told me that it looks like 5ashim purposely excluded me from an Audit meeting.

BUSTED MOFO

Dubai's Top Ten Must-Haves - Part 2

So if I got all then items - does that men Im super duper trendy??