Random Photos - Part VI

A follow up Dubai trip after my birthday was necessary. Thats when I realised that metallic shoes appear to be dominant. LOL

Great nights out with great friends - some obsessed by ceiling fixtures hence this pic - I cant even remember which friend it was that asked me to take a pic of this. Never the less - reminds me of the new Trader Vics in Dubai.

Najooya my darling I love you - a very good friend of mine - finally we had a long relaxed weekend together in Dubai as opposed to our usual mad rushed few hours.

My summer holiday 08 was in the Dead Sea in Jordan - was not a very good choice but never the less meeting up with old friends always trumps location.

The charity gala dinner made a come-back this year. Even more successful. Same location as the previous one - for more details click on the following link http://3anooda.blogspot.com/2006/08/gala-fund-raising-dinner-shangri-la.html

Random Photos - Part V

Ok just the random photos makes a come back - might have a few issues in one since ive been away for so long.


The obsession with Noor - dont ask me Im totally NOT a TV kind of person but for some reason i got hooked - my friend took this pic on a visit to Oman from Dubai. They were staying at the Shangri-La and i was distracted for a hour watching the missed episode. LOL

So nice birthday cake huh?? A friends birthday in Dubai - of course im sure u all know my obsession with Dubai but see not all trips are for myself - some like these are to carry out social duties. LOOOOOOL

Finally I went to Central Perk

My birthday, celebrated in Dubai of course, dinner was in Buddha Bar. I strongly recommend the Red Platter Sushi. Its to DIE for.

Made some good new friends on my birthday weekend. Hopefully the kind that lasts.

Im looking for my Xander Cage

Do you ever get your thoughts wandering off like crazy when your watching a specific movie or something?? Like seeing something on TV and going "that is EXACTLY what im looking for". Well I always go through that but Im not at all a celebrity buff. I NEVER get star struck. Can you imagine how much I HEART Mr. Big from Sex and the City. Well I saw him in a cafe in New York City and all i did was giggle to my girlfriends "OMG thats Mr. Big". Of course they embarassed me and shreiked so loud that he turned around and noticed us and gave that "teenage girls" look. If he only new that I was the youngest of the group at 24.



But my oh my does he take my breath away. I think if i ever see him in real life i very possibly will attach myself to him. No matter what any body guards say or do. Even though i doubt he needs body guards. So basically im watching xXx right now on MBC 2 and im just breathless. I only discovered Vin Diesel through this movie and ever since he has become the guy i compare all guys to. LOL. i know i know i sound like a horny teenage schoolgirl but i cant help it. His voice, his biceps, his bald head, he is just absolutely yummy.

Over and out before I overdo it.

Blogging again??? Perhaps

Ive always been trying to come back and blog but i dont know what happens. I come back, read through my old entries, laugh about them and go back to whatever I was doing (since this usually happens during working hours).

Now its just after lunchtime on a Friday, Im sitting at home watching Catch Me If You Can, trying to decide whether to go watch Tropic Thunder at 330. Im in that blah moods - where I slept so much that Im still lazy. Have so many errands to do just before Ramadhan and my phone has been ringing non-stop with "Jum3a mbaraka" and "Ramadhan Kareem" messages from numbers I dont know. So since Im bored and got nothing to do, Im actually making the effort to reply to these people asking who they are. Some dude is insisting that I am Hussain and that he has always been communicating with me on the same number.




So its Ramadhan again - time really flies. Cant beleive its already been almost six months since I moved jobs, its almost time to renew the registration on my car, im 28 already and feeling like im going on 73. I remember turning 26 a few months after i started blogging. Going back and reading the stuff i wrote before really surprised me. Its interesting to see how much ive changed. The most interesting was my man wish-list. Just shows how people change with experience and whatever u thought u would always want is not what u want anymore.

PS. He still has to be taller than me. LOOOOOOOOOL

What will happen to Shu - Jumeirah Beach Road??

Its one of my favourite hangouts in Dubai - a very chilled oud shisha cafe on Jumeirah Beach Road, not too far from Madinat Jumeirah area - its right on the road and during winter, it was where i used to go on a daily basis - just order a shisha and play 6awla. I hope they dont shut it down. Already there are places where after 12 midnight, shisha is not allowed outdoors like on Sheikh Zayed Road. Whats the point?? What would moving it indoors do that is protecting the whatever of the public?? Silly asses.

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Shisha cafe owners have until the end the year to move out of residential areas or face heavy penalties or closure, Dubai Municipality warned on Sunday.

Announcing new smoking regulations, a senior Municipality official warned cafe owners that the fourth phase of the smoking regulations in public would be taken seriously, newspaper 7 Days reported on Monday.

“We will not hesitate to close down shisha cafés if they don’t follow our regulations. We are serious about this issue,” said Salem Mesmar, assistant director general of Dubai Municipality for the health, safety and environment control sector, the newspaper quoted.

Under the new rules all entertainment and recreation areas will be fined the equivalent of $544 if they do not adhere to the smoking ban, unless they have a licence allowing them to maintain a specific smoking area.

source: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/523960-shisha-bars-pressured-under-smoke-ragulations

RIP Sleepless in Muscat

May you forever rest in peace - We will miss you forever

You have touched our hearts and souls and we will always remember you

Updates

Car crash - last Thursday - minor - insurance company and dealership giving me hell over it

Dubai - was there last weekend. it was amazing as usual. Car crash involved a friend.

Dubai - during the mawlid il nabi holidays - i was involved in a car crash in a cab.

What is it with car crashes?? am i a disaster waiting to happen????

New Beginnings Are Always Good

Who can complain?? Everything is new in my life at the moment.

Made some great new friends - some are old friends from my early teens who I am getting back in touch with but its as good as new. I mean neither they nor I are the same people we used to be in our early teens.

I got a new job - which is very exciting. I finally got out of the rut I was in that was NBO.

My cousin got married last week - that was an amazing wedding honestly. No fights nothing, except for me nearly burning down the bride's stage at some point. DONT ASK.

A good friend of mine got married a couple of weeks ago. Wishing you a very very happy life.

What else!!! Well I guess I cant say my car is new, Ive had it since November. Oh fuck it. As long as its less than one year old then it IS new. LOOOOL.

So whats new with you people??

Marketing for a friend

A friend of mine started her own business from home. It has always been a passion of hers to make sweets. Her most popular product is her cupcake. Amazingly decorated and Oh So Gooooood.

Check it out. She also has a facebook group where orders can be made either by taking her contact details or even sending her a message on facebook or sending an email.

Her email is Janans.Sweets@gmail.com. Trust me, you will NOT regret.

Facebook her on http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16070560153

Seriously???

No comment

Im Sinnnnnging in the Raaaain . . .

Somehow every time it rains here, i remember the movie and a guy holding an umbrella wearing a yellow raincoat and prancing about in the rain. i wanna do that. but it has to be the whole shebang. I WANT A YELLOW RAINCOAT.

So hows everyone doing?? I love rain. I love waking up in the morning to the sound of rain hitting the window, i love driving with my wind wipers on full, i love the excitement of not seeing 3 metres ahead.

Blah - I'm depressed. Who am i kidding??

Giving Up Hope

Do you ever feel that you have reached a point in time when you just give up hope?? When you shoulders just sag without u noticing, your eyes are just droopy and lazy, your vocal chords are for some reason not working properly, your answer to almost everything is "yeah whatever" and finally you find yourself shedding a tear for the stupidest of things?? Well it happens, and lately it has been happening to me alot. And I really dont like being in the company of people when they keep saying to me "3aneeda cheer up, nothing is worth it, it will work out in the end, blah blah blah"

So what do you think happens?? U end up staying away from everyone cos you are so sick and tired of being told to cheer up and everything will work out. Cos it wont, therefore you have given up hope!!! Doesnt it make sense??

Men Are Wimps

Now you see the man - usually hes the one u go to with puppy eyes and a big jar of cream cheese usually flicking your hand, "please open this for me, I couldn't" - BLAH. That's all they are good for. The physical stuff. Anything that requires rubbing two brain cells together and you can cross that off the list. Anything that requires usually anything got to do with emotions and you can start laughing / daydreaming.

What is it with men exactly and commitment?? They would GLADLY be your unofficial husband in the form of running your errands, fighting for your honour, opening doors, scaring off any other suitors, etc. BUT when it comes to adding that piece of paper into the equation, they freak out!!! I mean yeah OK i get it, the paper is binding and long term, but if you already decided that this is the person you want to marry than whats stopping you?? Don't they get it!! Its not like girls are wedding piranhas!!! Well some are but most aren't. That piece of paper is, for me personally, i would consider it as security. And I'm not talking about the "Hes not playing around" kind of security, no. I'm talking "Now I don't have to sneak around" kind.

Logically speaking - an engagement is formal dating. You are able to do it publicly without worrying about which member of the extended family will you get busted by. At the end of the day its just an engagement, its not even that scary piece of paper. If things don't work out they just don't!!! End of story. No shame in it. But wouldn't every guy be more comfortable going out with his girlfriend (lets for the sake of comfort NOT call her a fiance), without having to do a random dash for the bathroom when a fathers cousin is passing by, or having her scoot down in the car when the brother is in the next lane??

Yes yes yes, I know what everyone is thinking. Not true. Just ranting and raving. My business. Shoo away.

New Years Resolutions

I dont really beleive in them. There is really no point. I mean why do you need to wait until the end of the year / beginning of the year to decide what u want to do for the next 12 months?? You can do that any other time of year. Its completely pointless. Especially those regular ones that u never stick to like loosing weight, becoming a better person, going to the gym, working harder in studies/career. Honestly its all bullshit.

I just take this chance to reflect on the past 12 months and think "am I happy with that" but its not only in New Years. Its basically on every other milestone such as birthdays and anniversaries and such things. I guess its just an excuse to get together with friends and have a good time.

Anyways, as a recap to past posts, I have rejected the unknown knight in shining armour. I guess a girl cant really think with her head without taking her heart into great consideraton. Sucks though. I hate that but hey what to do?? You satisfy the heart and you end up usually happier.

Hope everyone has a great year ahead. 2007 was generally not a very good year for most. 2008 inshallah will be much better.

Blog changes

Ive made changes, they are not coming up. I added some blogger friends and added the counter that mysteriously dissappeared. HELP!!!

I am eerily calm . . .

. . . or so I have been told countless times over the past few weeks. Apparently I have lost my vibrancy and contagious ecxitement that I used to have and am now someone who clearly has so much on their mind and shoulders. That may be true but is it such a bad thing??? If its not, then how come when I get told and I quote "Your sudden calmness is freaky - like your about to blow", it is said with a few receding steps and a mental flee!!! Now the worst one was "What happened to you, your calmer, I don't like it."

So I am not as hyper as I used to be a few months ago. SO FUCKING WHAT!!! Are people not allowed to change?? Is this not a sign of growing up?? Am I not allowed to actually show that I might be going through some rough times?? Am I to always be Little Miss Sunshine despite all the rains?? Am I not allowed to HAVE problems??

I have two little words to say to you guys.

FUCK OFF

I Do / I Don't

I have reached that stage in my life when I cannot use the excuse of "I'm still too young" cos I'm just NOT. I'm 27 years old and I have to start thinking wisely.

I have this option fallen into my lap, the kind that I have been dreading my whole life but knew it was bound to happen sometime. Actually it had already happened a few times before but what I meant is that I was bound to think about it seriously at some point. Well the time has come.

Never really believed in arranged or semi-arranged marriages. Always thought I would be the kind of person that marries for love even if it was at the age of 35. Well I guess my body clock is ticking, as well as the daily engagement news I keep hearing about people I know.

So what should I do?? Wait for the person I'm in love with to get ready for marriage and propose or accept the proposal that is already on the table from a "work acquaintance"?? Should I risk the chance of missing the hypothetical train of marriage for love or should I jump on before it starts speeding up again!!!

HELP!!!!!

Useless Oman Mobile

Outgoing SMS: 0000 R 240 (Time 8.56am)
Incoming SMS: Sorry, it's free parking period. Thank You (Time 3.18pm)

!!!!!!!!!!!

Boredom

boredom

A severe disease infecting millions of people all over the world is which they constantly exhibit certain behaviours like lack of movement, construction of various pointless structures, doodling, talking about pointless things, and making definitions on UrbanDictionary.com. There is no known cure, though the symptoms do seem to fade when victim is introduced to something time consuming or slightly entertaining, such as television or counting nails in a wall. Though is it a very severe and wide-spread epidemic, it is not fatal, though attempts to get rid of the disease have known to be fatal at times.

source http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boredom

Random Photos - Part IV

So I thought a good idea for a recap would be by the 4th edition of my random photos. So here goes.

I think a picture speaks a thousand words. Yes I bought a new car. Ordered in August and delivered in November. It was a long painful wait.

My brother got married in October. This is the mab5ara. I think majority of people are familiar with the concept. I will only explain if someone asks. LOL

July was a good month. A few days after my birthday, a bunch of friends from London came to visit. Five friends landed in Muscat, and another six we met up with them in Dubai. Was quiet an eventful 2 weeks spent in Dubai. Some friends even managed to go to Saudi but obviously I didnt.

I finally went to Hoota Cave a few days ago. It was fun. Not what I expected though. I guess I didnt know what I was expecting.

Some time in November I went to Al Nahda Resort for a week. That in itself was a story. I was supposed to be relaxing but dont let the picture fool you. I came back after that week and slept for 16 hours straight.