Busy Busy Busy

Are you guys having withdrawal symptoms yet??

I swear Ive been meaning to post but I just havent been abling to get the time. Remind me to tell you guys about my camping trip to Sur area something. Now thats a story to tell. LOL

Wasssuuup maaa peeeepoooo??

Random Photos

So here I am posting u some random pics cos I remember I promised to post pics but I dont remember what the reasons were and I cant be bothered to go and check. So here u go. I hope this keeps u guys entertained for a few days.

Cupcakes for sale during the NBO Charity Fair. HUGE success. Home-made speciality of a friend of mine and over 2 days we sold over 400 cupcakes.

My cousin's t-shirt. Gift from his dad. Is he trying to say something?? Hhhmmm!!

My bed being put together. Yay.


My new shailas. Purchased with the help of my friend of the famous cupcakes.

My favourite perfume in the world. Narcisso Rodriguez. This is the winter edition. Same perfume different bottle. Its usually black but this is all white.

My new phone.

Dont you just love the details??

When Is It Going To End?

First of all, Eidkum imbarak oo ayamkum sa3eeda



Secondly, WTF??!! How come we ALWAYS 3ayad differently than the rest of the GCC?? They announced the Eid that it will be on Tuesday and NOT tomorrow. We always fast a day later than the rest of the world and of course therefore 3eed would be a day later.

Is this year going to be a repeat of last year when they announced that 3ayadna '3ala6 and we have a day to catch up on?? No. It looks like they are playing it safe.

Arent we one continent?? Ok fine, exclude those countries that have a time difference cos that might cause some difference but what about countries that are on the same time zone as us?? Like UAE and Bahrain.

So they decide to do the taw7eed of the 2athanat so why not taw7eed of such events like Eid day.

Anyways, I seriously dont trust these guys. They put a bunch of 75 year olds plus to see the hilal when they cant even see 3 metres in front of them.

Il muhim. 3eedkum imbarak.

Eid Shopping Attempt # 7832

I went shopping today. AGAIN. Results were the following:
1. The new Limited Edition Narcisso Rodriguez perfume. This is my all time favourite perfume.
2. Four new shailas from this shop in CCC. Its cool. Doesnt have much but they had some nice shailas to satisfy my new ramadhan look.
3. A phone (please see previous post).
4. A PCD tape because i forgot my ipod in my friends house and therefore have no music. Its temporary. Cant handle PCD for too long.
5. DVD of "In Her Shoes". Always wanted to see it but never got the chance.
6. McDonalds Jalapeno Cheese Sticks. I love them.

Anything to wear on Eid day?? HELL NO. Im going naked. LOL

(PS. remind me to upload pics when I get the cable for my camera from my friends house which appears to be the host to half my property)

My New Obsession

Ok Ive got a new colour-related obsession. For those that know me very well, I have been obsessed with the colour pink for the past 3 or 4 years. The obsession progressed to fuschia specifically which also resulted in a fuschia wall in my old bedroom. Just one wall not all of them. It looks very funky.

Then over the past year, my obsession with pink was replaced by an obsession with turquoise. I LOVE TURQOUISE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. The good thing about me is that if i get obsessed with a colour, i never got something thats sooo obviously that colour. Im a big accessoriser so the colour obsession is usually reflected in my accessories. My best buy would be my turqouise Kenneth Cole clutch I bought in August 2005. Family and friends still talk about it.

Now this colour obsession has progressed into a colour combination of brown and turqouise. Over the past week I have aquired the following:
1. A turqouise Moroccan kaftan with brown stitching
2. A brown bed / side tables with turqouise pillows

And the icing on the cake, the latest buy dated 20.10.2006 is the following

This latest buy is what actually made me realise my obsession. I noticed that where ever I go, my eyes are directed towards anything brown and/or turqouise. But you guys must admit. Its a beautiful colour combination.

Panic in The Bedroom

Ok Im beginning to panic now. I beleive that Ive already mention somewhere that I am in the process of refurbing my bedroom and I got all the furniture and stuff. (Photogrpahic evidence will be provided on completion of project). Now I need to go eid shopping and I made multiple attempts upto last night. Instead, I find myself always veering towards furniture, light fixtures and candles. AAAAHHHHH. Im still the following:

1. Mattress-Less
2. New Eid Clothes-Less
3. Curtain-Less

On the other hand, I have maintained the Eid tradition of buying my dad a new na3ala and as usual getting the size wrong. LOL. I dont know why I never learn. Im making a true genuine attempt tonight to get eid clothes.

Intermingling Lives

Do you ever feel that your life is 2 halves that just wont meet?!?! That you try so hard to make then join but there is some sort of invisible resistance!! Both parts are equally important and OH SO GOOD that u just want both to combine in order to become much much better but there is something there that just wont allow it. You try so hard but nothing works. Pushing. Shoving. Tricking. Begging. Nothing works.

And then when you find out the reasons they just dont make sense. The selfish bone in your body just kicks in and makes u lash out and scream, "what about my feelings?? dont they matter enough for u 2 to combine for me??"

Its confusing. You feel giving one side attention means u will loose out on the other side. And when you give the other side some attention, u feel u missed out on so much.

Does it have to be a choice??

Scorpio Vs. Cancer

Ive had waaaaaaaaaay too many scorpios in my life. Whether friends, romantic interests, almost fiances, etc. For some reason, I click more with Scorpios. Even though I HATE their characteristics.

A Scorpio male is introverted, masculine, private, moody and thinks internally. Never ask a Scorpio to do something because they are stubborn and would often not do it just to spite you. On the other hand, they are very emotional and soft hearted. When a Scorpio loves, he loves with ALL his heart and would do the impossible to make his woman happy. So ladies with Scorpio men, if u see them not giving a shit about ur feelings, chances are either he doesnt love u anymore or he gave up on the relationship.

Much similar to the animal they are named after, Scorpios almost always have good intentions at heart. The Scorpion is blind did u know that?? Venom is protection and because they cant see, they think that anything close to them is attacking them so they are actually DEFENDING themselves as opposed to attacking. A Scorpio male taught me that. How ironic??!!

Transitions

Ever thought about them?? The act of transitioning from one period of our lives to another?? Weve all done it countless times. In this day and age, almost everyone has lived in at least 2 countries throughout their lifetime. Some as many as one country per 2 years.

But these transitions were to some extent expected, predicted or even awaited. Transitioning from a high school student living with parents to a college student living on some campus miles away from home and meeting new people that will influence your life forever. Transitioning back home to become an employee and still living with parents. Some move to a different city anywhere in the world to gain some international experience. But moving back home thats like taking a step back.

Ive done so much in my life il7amdila, I studied locally, studied abroad, lived abroad, worked abroad, worked locally, lived locally, vacationed locally, vacationed abroad, etc. You get the picture right?? So whats the next transition for me?? Or what I would refer to, "WHAT NEXT"??

I think Im ready for a change of lifestyle. Living alone but locally. Thats something I havent tried. What are my options?? Well, being a Omani girl living in Oman, my only option is getting married. Since obviously my parents, thankfully, are not liberal enough to allow me to get my own place.

So thats it?? My next transition is marriage!!!

This gets me to my point. For an arab girl living with her family, the weight all goes into marriage. Is it really that important?? Is that why some girls get married without love??? Just to move out of their parents houses??!!

How depressing!! I think I will do the working abroad thing again. LOL. Not that Im not ready for that. I am. I just feel suffocated with it being my only option.

Getting The Tag Fever

I just noticed that I was tagged by Red Dragon. Wasnt informed by a comment which is a PROPER way to do it. Hint hint. LOLZ. Anyways here goes.

I am thinking about...what to wear tomorrow

I said...that I was thinking about what to wear tomorrow

I want to...go on holiday. Preferabbly to the mediteranean

I wish...I was soo rich that I didnt need to work

I miss...being a kid

I hear...things that I shouldnt be hearing

I wonder...who I will marry

I regret...letting go of my childhood

I am...who I am and not who you want me to be - quote by 3aneeda

I dance...to everything and anything as long as it has a beat

I sing...very badly. I sound like a strangled crow

I cry...whenever I feel down

I am not always...the active fun perky me

I write...to express feelings that I cannot speak

I confuse...myself too much

I need...big strong arms around me

I should try... skydiving

I finish...peoples sentences

I tag...Hopeless Poet only because I just tagged the world and a half and Im trying to get him to become a more active blogger. ;P

A Step By Step Tutorial to Adding Pics to Your Nick - Dedicated to Noors

Again by request AND dedicated to Noors.

Step 1:
Follow the steps described in my first tutorial and upload the pic that you want to add to your nick. Publish the post.

Step 2:
Go back to you post as if meaning to edit it and click on the "Edit Html" tab. You will see the code for the pic that you had just published. Select the URL that describes the image that you have already posted such as the photo attached. (NB. Ensure that the URL begins with http and ends with .jpg)



Step 3:
Go back to the dashboard and click on the "Add Your Photo Here By Editing Your Profile" box in the top right hand corner such as the pic attached.



Step 4:
Scroll down till you reach the "Photograph" section and paste the URL that you had copied earlier from your post into that space such as the pic attached below.



Step 5:
Scroll down till the end of the page and click on the "Save Profile" button as the pic attached.



Step 6:
Wait until the page refreshes and you get the message "Your settings have been saved" on the top of the page as the page attached.



Step 7:
Come back to this post and type a "test" commen. When successful, then type another comment expressing your happiness that you now have a pic attached to your comments. LOL

(Noors - Bonus hint: Before pasting the PrntScrn into the mspaint document, make the white empty box as small as possible just the same was as u make a normal window smaller in order to avoid the extra white bits like your screensaver pics)

Just Realised . . .

. . . that most of my posts lately have been about, or have included, something related to Freej.

Does that ever happen to you?? You get temporarily obsessed by something and it begins effecting your life. I keep catching myself quoting things from Freej specifically the scene I posted previously about "byi65oonich yal 5ubla".

What ARE obsessions??
in human psychology refers to the state where an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, animal or inanimate object. A Freudian belief that, if during one of the psychosexual stages of development, a person did not receive appropriate gratification during a specific stage, or that a specific stage left a particularly strong impression, that person's personality would reflect that particular stage throughout their adult life. Fixation to intangibles (i.e., ideas, ideaologies etc.) can also occur (see Zealotry and Fanaticism).

Hmmmm. I wonder what my next obsession will be?? Any suggestions??

Advertising Myself

Check out my post at Arabia Calling.

This is my take on polygamous marriages.

For All Freej Lovers

Now the episodes are available for downloading. Thanks Red Dragon for providing me for this life-altering link.

Im being a little too over dramatic arent i??

Anyhoo, Download Freej Here

A Step By Step Tutorial to Adding Pics to Your Post - Dedicated to Noors

This is dedicated mainly to Noors, but also to anyone else who wants to learn how to add pics to your posts. People that were promised by others that they will be taught but that day never came. LOL. Well here it is.

Step 1:
Click on create post. The image below is what your screen should look like.



Step 2:
Click on the of the icons above the text box that looks like a tiny image of a mountain against a blue sky. If you float the cursor on it, u will get a small info text box stating "add image". The attached pic below shows what it looks like.



Step 3:
Select the image that you want to upload. The instructions are clear. If you want to upload more than one image at a time, there is an option "Add Another Image" which increases the number of image selections. Again pic to show what it looks like.



Step 4:
Wait while the images get uploaded. Image attached.



Step 5:
When the image has been uploaded successfully, the below will appear. Click "Done" and you are DONE. Woohoo. Notice the code in the text box of the post create. That code is the actual pic. Pic attached to show as usual.



I hope this tutorial was helpful to all.

Im Starting A New Tag

Im interested to see what people have as their background pics. Cos I know I change mine every so often depending on what Im into at that time.

Its simple all u need to do is downsize all running programs or windows. Then press the "PrtSc" (Print Screen) button on ur keyboard. Then go your start menu and select "Run". Type "mspaint" and when it opens then click on edit paste or "Ctrl+V".

Save the document and then attach it to your post in ur blog.



I tag the following:
Arab Lady, Sleepless in Muscat, Devilish, Red Dragon, Blu Chi, Baroque, Cheesecake, DG Diary, Emirati, Fast HAcking, Leilouta, Lonely, MD, Mysterious, Qatar Cat, Polygynous Blessings, Hopeless Poet, Pink Sushi, Nabhan, Nash, Noors, Per Your Request, TTT, Tomboy and Twix.

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH

They blocked all web-based emails at work. Why?? I dont get it. WHHYYYYY??!!

Lets see how long it takes before they block my blog.

The 3aneeda Holiday - Floating in the Living Room

As promised, I will be continuing my holiday escapades to you in parts. This one is the story of yet another drama that occurred. This happened on our second day in Rabat. We had arrived late the night before by car from Casablanca and headed to a quiet cosy restaurant for a light dinner in order to have an early night in. We woke up early in the morning and headed straight for old town Rabat and the souq and the typical touristic locations. We wanted to get this over and done with in order to decide which of these locations we would go back to for more details and photographs. We were initially planning on going swimming but the weather did not permit. In all cases, by early evening we get back home tired, smelly and semi-rushing as we were invited to a friend's home for a BBQ.

So the four of us had fights over who was going into the shower first and the agressive algerian won. She goes in and comes out with a big grin on her face. Just when the second girl switches on the water, my friend / host screams out "switch off the hot water, theres a leak somewhere and the kitchen is all wet."

It turns out that the water heater located in the kitchen was leaking water. After a little bit of investigation, my friend realised that its in fact the water pipe INSIDE the wall that had burst and the water was leaking through the wall and into the kitchen. We quickly tun around the other side of the wall and discover that the water had also almost completely soaked the living room rug.

Two hours later, we are all sitting around in the back garden of the friend hosting us for the BBQ. Two of us had been dispatched to another friends house to shower while my host showered in her upstairs neighbours apartment. We laughed it off that day and just decided that we were bad luck on my friend as this was the second drama story that had happened to her since we got there.

The attached picture is of her living room. The rug in the picture is not the same wet one. This pic was taken on the last day. This is the typical Moroccan style living rooms and this is where three of us slept most night despite the availability of two empty bedrooms. We just liked the idea of sleeping in a U shape and pretending its a slumber party. LOL

Whats Wrong With Google??

I cant live without it. I use it for almost everything. Its part of my daily life. everytime I try to open google this is what I get.



HELP SOMEBODY!! Any idea about whats going on??

Taking a Day Off

I always wonder why I always make such a waste of a day off?? I didnt go into the office today. I had a very hectic day yesterday which landed me absolutely exhausted in bed at about 1230 and waking up with the most blocked of noses and painful of throats. I couldnt even lift my head cos it was so heavy. So I sent a text message to my colleage since I also realised that I was voice-less and prompty went back to sleep.

I woke up again about 1030am and felt a lot better. I sat up and my blockageness was ceasing bit by bit. My voice was still gone though. I got a business call from the office and i could HEAR the pity over the phone.

By 2 pm I was feeling a lot better. In fact everything was back to normal and I felt as strong as a horse. So I called a friend of mine and I informed her that I might take advantage of my day off and have a really long bath. As soon as I shut the phone, I prompty went back to sleep. AGAIN.

I was woken up about 615 way after the 2athan. I missed it. I cant beleive it. Anyways by the time I ate and finished, showered, got dressed and ready for the 2nd day of the Charity Fair, I was already running 45 minutes late. I still had to make 2 stops before getting to Oraimi.

Anywho, I just got into bed. Showered and clean and feeling fresh. And I realise. I had NOTHING to do all day. And yet I was still late for the one thing i had to do. Whats the point?? I couldve gone into the office a little late and gotten a truckload of work done. What a waste.