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??

Dubai's Top Ten Must Haves

Wake Up Its A Beautiful Morning . . .

. . . NOT.

I dont know whats wrong with me. My alarm is set for 815 and i wake up at 630. When I look at the time, I see that I have another hour and a half to sleep, so it take me another 15 minutes to go back to sleep only to get out of bed at 839 after snoozing 3 times (at 8 minutes each snooze time) and rush to work.

I dont get it - Ive been coming to work late every Ramadhan morning because of the same routine. Al7een abi afham, dam ini 9a7ait 3adil il sa3a sita oo nu9, laish faj2a iyeeni il kasal oo ma agdar a97a?? 3athaaaaaaabbbb.

Il7amdila i still didnt get comments on my lateness - i guess its because i sit with a different department oo y5afoon mini. LOL

5ashim update: il 7ayawan (allahuma ini 9ayma) yitjara2 ygooli ilyoum awain to "stick to protocol and reporting lines" - 6anashteh. 3abaleh madri ineh howa hes been reporting my work to the AGM as his own without copying me on the email. Il sabab il wa7eed ili ana sakteh lani Im on very good terms with the GM oo howa yadri exactly shu shu'3li ana. Oo 7ata howa broo7eh gali ineh hathak la2eem oo ga3id ysawi chee. Allahuma 6awilik ya roo7. Biyeek youm laman afta7 krootik jidam il yiswa wili ma yiswa ya kalb.

Wear Your Emotions On Your Sleeve

I never really understood this statement. How do you wear your emotions on your sleeve?? If your upset, is your sleeve wet from tears?? If your happy is your sleeve colourful and bright?? What about anger?? Remorse?? Regret?? You get my drift??

I dont know why I just thought of this??

Penny for your thoughts??

5ashim update: He is non-muslim therefore working hours are 8 to 4. Yet every morning I arrive before him. Hmm. I start at 9. Yesterday he leaves before me. I leave at 2. Is it because the big boss is out of town??? Cheeky arent we. Explains why I never got a reply to my email.

No Comment - LOL

I freaked Myself Up

Ok so last night, a la Ramadhan's new timings, I went to bed a lot past 2 am. So i do the customery routine of drinking a whole bottle of water in one go while semi-lying down and therefore the 10 minute coughing fit before going to sleep. Have you ever seen anyone more lazy??

At about 4 am i wake up with a fright and I find myself mid-turn. HOW WEIRD IS THAT??? As in literally i was rolling over in my sleep and i scared myself awake. I never even know that was physically possible. So you know what happens?? I sit there in bed looking around checking that nobody saw me. As if anyone would see me, i lock my door at night. But thats what happens when paranoia kicks in.

I think it must have taken at least an hour for me to fall back asleep. Therefore resulting in a slightly over-confident saunter into the office at 10.30 am. (Ramadhan Working Hours for Muslims 9 am to 2 pm).

So generally not really a good day. Cant really say I woke up on the wrong side of the bed since my bed is stuck up against the wall.

Now to make things worse, some dude I work with, lets call him 5ashim cos hes just sooo nosey. Anyways, he butts into an email convo that is going on between a department and a branch and myself. Since I am the problem solver. Now this 5ashim dude is not involved with what Im doing at all but pertains to the same department but is somehow trying to do a takeover. WTF???

Sorry bas ma gadart amsik 3umri - shara5teh ib email agooleh something along the lines of "me 7 years banking experience - you zilch - butt the fuck out"

Im still waiting for the reply - krkrkrkrkr

And here we go again . . .

. . . I have nothing against Ramadhan - I just have something against the hypocrites that come out in their true colours during this holy month.

I am a non-head-covering individual, but I wear the shaila during Ramadhan so satisfy my dad and society. My dad is generally anti-3abaya and anything depressing but during Ramadhan I dont want people accusing me that I am the reason that the guys are breaking their fast because my hair is on show. So I avoid that and wear the shaila. Yet I get called a hypocrite. Hhhmmm.

Am I?? This coming from someone who looks like shes so sick that she might collapse any minute because since its Ramadhan shes not wearing any make-up??? She is not shaking hands with any of the male colleagues, her phone is on silent, her voice does not raise above the whispers of a mouse and if she finds herself in a situation where she is left alone in the room with a male colleague she will make a point to leave it until someone else comes in.

Seriously??? Who are you kidding?? Do you see me THAT much different from every day?? I never wear makeup to work. I share an office with a male colleague. The only difference is the head gear. Im not the one that used to take out my compact in the middle of the office and powder my nose. Does the fact that you wear the shaila all year round give you the right to be condescending and accumulate a holier-than-thou attitude??

Kiss my ass, Bitch.

Allahuma ini 9a2ima. LOL

Random Photos - Part VII

And multiple trips later, I come back with cash remaining in my wallet - Im actually very impressed with myself.

The usual Ramadhan / Eid shopping that was supposed to be done in one of my multiple Dubai / Abu Dhabi / Jordan trips and this is all I come out with. Looks like Im going naked again. LOOOOOOL

Did I mention that I chopped off my hair??? Yep - did a Victoria Beckham style haircut that I now regret. Literally came out with one third the length I walked in with. Im growing it back again now since the main reason I cut my hair was the heat and summer didnt last very long this year thankfully.

Spring cleaning resulted in 50+ pairs of shoes going to charity - Emilda Marcus no longer - I now have less than 100 pairs of shoes remaining. Obsession per say??

Work!!! What can I say - I think I need a career change. Any suggestions???