Dec 22, 2008

50 Things I Want To Do in 2009

Seeing as time just DOESN'T stop or slow down for anybody .. here are my New Year's Resolutions:

Personal:

  1. Worry less
  2. Be less scared and more confident
  3. Make monthly goals
  4. Create a vision board
  5. Finish room
  6. Try to be less materialistic (keyword: TRY)
  7. Save some money
  8. Keep smiling because if I show that you're happy, I might even trick yourself into believing it at the worst times
  9. Give 50% of my clothes to charity because really, overflowing closets doesn't mean I love what's in there
  10. Do one good deed a day

Family:

  1. Know that not everything is in my hands
  2. Never stop wishing - know that wishing doesnt mean it will actually happen
  3. Visit my father's side of the family at least once a month
  4. Be much more patient
  5. Help my mother more with her work
  6. Help my brother with his school work
  7. Keep in touch with the London division of my family
  8. Frame meaningful pictures and display them around the house
  9. Try to go on family vacations
  10. Leave stubborness aside

Work:

  1. Focus on the deals I'm getting
  2. Pass my CFA by studying and going to all my classes (and not be scared to ask questions)
  3. Take more notes
  4. Show my manager how responsible I can be
  5. Be confident enough to speak more at external meetings
  6. Take a deal to the next level
  7. Make it clear that I DO want to work abroad for a couple months
  8. Initiate discussion about masters programs
  9. Look for training courses
  10. Clarify something instead of assume they meant something else

Physical:

  1. Join the gym - thats the first step
  2. Eat better
  3. Hot oil treatment for my hair once a week
  4. Stop drinking fizzy drinks
  5. Have 1 cup of coffee a day
  6. Drink more green tea
  7. Weekly manicure/pedicure and treatment every other week
  8. Finish Roactane schedule (for the 3rd time cuz I get too lazy to finish)
  9. Floss
  10. Use sunblock

Relationships:

  1. Show people that I love how much I love them
  2. Stop getting upset over silly things
  3. Stop being a "tease"
  4. Continue giving advice
  5. Dont trust everyone
  6. Stop talking when you really have nothing to say
  7. Think before you do anything
  8. Stop doing something when you really don't want to
  9. Appreciate the friends I have
  10. Push the bad out

ReSolution

In the last few weeks, I have gone through a lot .. And no .. I'm not the type to sit and complain .. Especially if it has something to do with my family or friends .. I usually suck it up .. crack a joke .. and smile

I heard some news about a relative who is very sick and it has shook me into reality

Instead of continuing to mope about this and go into a self-induced depression .. I have come to the conclusion that I should use this period to better myself

A good friend of mine who is about a decade older told me that he has learned throughout his twenties to push away from things that make him feel bad .. do more of the things that make him feel good .. put himself before others .. put his family before himself .. and use less time being upset over petty things ..

Seeing as it's close to New Years .. I felt it appropriate to list my New Year's resolutions in my next post

Nov 25, 2008

Life's Not a Bitch ...

... It's a manwhore

I have dedicated my life to this question since I was 2.

Baby H: Mama, Is life a man or woman?

Mama: La 7bibti .. la hatha wala hatha .. '3abya

ok ok .. i added the last part in .. haha .. but you could sense I was going to be a genius .. I already knew life would screw us over

the minute everything seems great .. you get your period

the minute you ask your baba for your blue pillow that is much needed for your backpain .. he forgets

the minute you think you have your weekend scheduled and it seems like a good time .. you realize that you're making plans for the NEXT weekend and you'll be stuck doing NOTHING this weekend

the minute you have eyes for only one man .. the gorgeous friend confesses he loves you

the minute you have done all your work .. your boss tells you .. we're not working on this anymore

the minute you lose the weight and look super fab in your nicely fitting size 12 (yes .. thats good for me!) suit .. your mum makessssss you get a size 16 cuz "fitting means small" and the store is out of 14s

the minute you feel like putting on your sports shoes to get your ass on the treadmill .. your friend calls you and says we have to go to the new seafood restaurant in town

the minute you think you have found the bed you wanted for your room .. they tell you it costs 7,898 EUROS

the minute you think its great they chose you to go on a business trip to meet potential companies .. they tell you its in sydney (15 hour flight)

the minute you think you put on the right top this morning that perfectly matches your outfit, shoes, bag, 3baya, make up .. the receptionist tells you .. SHO LABSA?? 8AMEE9 NOOM?? (cuz it had some lace at the top)

the minute you think you are having a GREAT hair day under that sheila of yours .. the masri woman at the supermarket decides to take off your sheila .. flatten your gorgeous locks .. bobby pin it down .. and put the sheila back on .. (i dont know the woman)

the minute you actually DONT want to do work but want to pretend to be busy .. your screen freezes on your facebook profile page

the minute you think you're going to get that appointment with the dermatologist that you've needed to get but haven't had the time to book .. the receptionists decide the nearest date you get is next week when you're not in town

the minute you finally grow the balls to ask your boss for a ONE DAY vacation .. your dad tells you its going to be 6 days

the minute you think you have had enough with everything and you need someone to call .. ANYONE .. no one is there

the minute you have erased most of the points in your to-do list and want to take a break by checking facebook or blogger .. your manager passes by and thinks that is all you do

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by the way .. don't you hate these dots in forwards?
scratch that .. don't you hate forwards?
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my friends .. what does this remind you of??

MEN! That is why I have finalized my 20 years of research into one theory

Life is a man ..

And in the last year and a half of my blackberry obsession (yes .. if you don't have a blackberry .. you are not worthy in my eyes) .. i have come to realize that blackberrys too are men

why would my blackberry call a certain someone at 3:00 AM for that certain someone to hear that I'm chilling in the lobby at the my hotel in london with all my guys friends? (i assure you .. it was very innocent .. it just sounds soooo '3ala6)

why would my blackberry send a ridiculous picture of my guy friend to a certain someone? (again .. disgustingly innocent mistakes that lead to overdramitcally dramatized situations)

why oh why would my blackberry call my manager on a weekend when i'm having lunch?

Bottom line ladies : Life & Blackberrys are of the male sex .. be careful

Nov 24, 2008

So Scared of Getting Older, I'm Only Good at Being Young

So everyday when you wake up, if you're lucky, you have a song that is stuck in your head .. I love those days .. cuz I'm a firm believer in the fact that whatever song you wake up with in your head is going to set the pace for your day .. this is the song that was in mine today .. and its a gorgeous song by John Mayer <3>

enjoy xoxo


No, I'm not colorblind

I know the world is black and white

Try to keep an open mind

But I just can't sleep on this tonight


Stop this train

I wanna get off

And go home again

I can't take the speed it's moving in

I know I can't

But honestly, won't someone stop this train?


Don't know how else to say it

Don't want to see my parents go

One generation's length away

From fighting life out on my own


Stop this train

I wanna get off

And go home again

I can't take the speed it's moving in

I know I can't

But honestly, won't someone stop this train?


So scared of getting older

I'm only good at being young

So I play the numbers game

To find a way to say that life has just begun


Had a talk with my old man

Said "help me understand"

He said "turn sixty-eight

You renegotiate"

"Don't stop this train

Don't for a minute change the place you're in

And don't think I couldn't ever understand

I tried my hand

John, honestly we'll never stop this train


"Once in awhile, when it's good

It'll feel like it should

And they're all still around

And you're still safe and sound

And you don't miss a thing

Till you cry when you're driving away in the dark


Singing

Stop this train

I wanna get off

And go home again

I can't take the speed it's moving in

I know I can

Cause now I see I'll never stop this train




Nov 23, 2008


So I've almost had it with planning this event!! It's .. getting .. RIDICULOUS!!! Walla walla walla .. MAYSWA 3LAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

ana t3abt nafseeyan and i started hating EVERYONE!!

;(

Nov 16, 2008

Old Wives Tale

So I know this is going to be an iffy issue and you guys are probably gonna be like, why are you writing about this? But for some reason, I want to discuss tampons

Ever since we were kids ilahal always said that tampons are for "7reem m3arsat basssssss." So I came to terms that once a month for a good week I couldn't go swimming and would have to constantly worry about leaking and have to endure the feeling of downright ickiness *ya .. its a word ..google it* .. so the other day I was looking through my bag that my mum had borrowed and I noticed there were a couple cutie pie tampons that were tinyyyyy ..

They looked so harmless .. and then i started thinking .. "Really?? I can lose my virginity by that??!!" Virginity is not an issue I toy around with though so I put it away so my usual curious self didn't take any unnecessary risks

Throughout university I realized that a few of my friends started using them .. and I am 98% sure (cuz there's always that 2% of unsureness) that they are innocent little girls like myself .. So I asked one of them a few weeks back and she told me that the little cutie pie tampon does not take one's virginity ..

Again .. I was dreadfully curious .. but again .. I don't play around with these things .. but really .. what do you guys think?

Nov 12, 2008

Peas on Earth


Hello my muffin cakes!

I am horribly excited! I am in the final stages of planning for my event so I can submit it to the sponsors. The beauty of it: I DID IT ALLLLL ON MY OWN!!

honestly now .. aren't thou proud of thy?

I have a meeting today at 4:30 (that I need to reschedule to 4:45 cuz I realized I finish work at 4:30 .. not 4:15!) with a company that should be able to do everything else I have on my list .. so hoora!

I wanted to ask you guys something .. since this is a fundraising event I naturally thought that I would get people to pay an entry fee .. HOWEVER .. I don't want "just anyone" to come .. that sounds cruel and inhumane .. but really .. i want it to be a high profile, invitation only, networking event .. im not gonna invite queen elizabether and expect her to come .. but i want fashionistas who are in love with fashion and want to try new designers .. i want select boutique managers to come so maybe they could pick up a few designers .. i want world peace .. .. .. .. anyhoooooos so my second idea is to sell crafts from the centre (maybe the kids could make something .. i dont know) .. and then auction off a few pieces from the show .. it obviously wont rake in as much as I had hoped .. but it puts the event out there ..

opinions?

xoxo

gossip girl : p .. i miss my shows : (




PS: I google-imaged "however" and i got very disturbing images : s

Nov 5, 2008

Gobama's Closet

So .. I'm not American but I was more than overjoyed at the fact Obama won today .. As I have said before: McCain is a dying man who chose the mother of a whore as his VP .. really .. my eyes teared up thinking how this is going into the history books .. *im even wearing a "Obama in da house" pin today at work*

Next order of business:
Haif's Closet

For all of those who don't know .. I am the creative genius behind Haif's Closet .. *and no .. im not being 5agaga .. im being honest hahah* ..



I have ALWAYSSSSS wanted to be a designer .. why didnt I? Cuz I cant draw! and my parents didnt want me growing up to be a 5aya6a .. but I've always loved putting clothes together and seeing whether it works or doesnt work .. something that you all probably dont know .. i change a gazillion times before i go out .. even if i go out .. theres a big chance im going home to change cuz i dont feel comfortable in what im wearing .. so for all those people who thought my fashion sense is so natural and i "always pull it off" .. SURPRISE!

I started this during summer when I had A LOT of free time on my hand .. i was surprised to see my parents were supporting me in it .. so i started a facebook group and i realized people started ordering most of the shemaghs! i was ecstatic .. the downside is: i do everything by myself .. so when im not bothered to work on it or something .. the orders fall back .. but i've hopped on the wagon again .. after 90% of the summer collection sold .. i decided to come out with a new collection with more options .. not only are there shemaghs now .. but I also started making ponchos, sweaters, hoodies and shirts .. every piece is one of a kind and i will never repeat the exact same g63a .. they might be similar .. but never the same *add crystals here, change the colour there* .. everyone's happy

If you want to see more of my collection join the facebook group .. Also .. join the Speak 2009 group cuz thats the group that refers to the event I'm hecticly planning all by my lonesome

xoxo

*my besty L, who I will refer to now as lenguine, is my gorgeously gorgeous model*

Nov 4, 2008

Uwe

I know you all missed me terribly in my 4 days of absence .. (or what is it 5?) .. i've been horribly busy .. its disgusting how busy I've been .. here is a look at what my schedule was like since we last stalked each other:

Thursday: I left work at 5:30 KNOWING i was no where nearrrr done with my task list .. so I gathered my papers and my laptop and got in my car .. I headed to The One Cafe to meet a friend who was feeling really bad .. we chit chatted .. I had my green tea with mint and dashed to the airport to pick up my best girlfriend L .. after i picked her up we went to her house and hung out with her family .. ahh .. the days

Friday: Woke up early and started working on a gift for a 5 year old girl .. lets call her T (who my parents kept describing to me as though she was 30) .. I made her a '3tra from Haif's Closet (my brand) and i tell you .. it was gorgeous .. I didn't want to give it up .. after I made her '3tra and finished off the new season's '3tar, hoodies and sweaters .. i went to the mall to pick up a bracelet for T .. Baba specifically told me and mama to get her something "gold and expensive" .. so naturally me and mama wanted to give T bracelet made of paperclips .. laish inshAllah?? bntk o ana madriiii .. IM THE ONLY GIRL IN THIS FAMILY!! LoL .. so i went to Dior to see what bracelets they had and there were quite a few .. and then i walked into the shoe section and fell in love .. they were simple and black from the front .. and thennnnn .. the ENTIRE heel had crystals .. it was as though and went to heaven .. so of course I bought them .. and a pair of red square glasses I had wanted from London but stupidly bought the blue and beige ones .. as i went to pay i was on the phone .. so i handed the lady my credit card and she whispered to me (awanha tra3y 3ndi mokalama)

Dior Lady: "seven thousand eight hundred fifty seven"
Me: "Umm .. booKs .. I'll call you back .......... WHAT??"
Dior Lady: "the heels cost about 6,400 only"
Me: "Only?"
Dior Lady: (realizing she might be losing this game pulled out what she thought was her joker) "You know .. all the ladies come in and buy this because Haifa Wahby wore it once"
Me: "I'm no whore"
Dior Lady: "Akeed .. a9lan mabitistahal Haifa tlbasooon"
Me: "I still want them"
Dior Lady: "Ehhh .. la2anon kteeeeer 7lween brjlik"

So after I paid i realized that I didnt buy a gift for T .. so I walked back in and told the lady to give me little girl sunglasses .. she gave me the same ones that I had bought but minimized .. adorable!!

Then I went and bought a camera to take to L's place and snap shots of her modelling this season's stuff of Haif's Closet (which I will write about sometime later)

After that .. I rushed home and got into my raga9a costume (which was STUNNINGGG if I may say so myself) and went to my friend's house let's call her Tu .. after we walked around their compound we went back and had gorgeously barbequed meats .. no .. i didnt ruin my diet cuz Friday dinner is free for me :D .. then we went and gossip while we were laying down on their trampoline and by 9:30 I was in bed .. i know .. sad

Saturday: woke up early AGAIN .. went to Spinneys to buy superglue .. came home and finished the card I was making for T .. got ready .. picked up Mama and went to T's 5th birthday .. we had lunch there .. no .. I didn't ruin my diet again .. I get saturday breakfast and lunch free too .. ha ha .. and then I went shopping some more .. I came home .. uploaded all the pictures on Haif's Closet group .. finalized the event's (Speak 2009) proposal and passed the f out ..

Sunday: woke up and was at work by 8:40 (10 mins late) .. after work I went to look at the Emirates Palace ballroom .. almost had a coronary when they told me for 150 people .. its 60,000 for the room reservation .. 16,000 for refreshments .. xx,xxx for canapes .. xx,xxx for you to breath .. xx,xxx,xxx for you to leave .. I told her to draft me a quotation .. went home .. got in a fight with my parents .. had a nervous breakdown about the event .. cried cried cried .. went to sleep

Monday: woke up .. had a talk with my parents .. they assured me everything would work out fine .. went to work .. heard amazing news that will interfere with my prior plans of going to Landan to visit J (i'll explain J! so calm down!) got a list of 732 potential companies .. stayed at work until 10:30 PM .. went to L's .. got waxed .. put a ma6ara on my back cuz it was KILLING me .. was in bed by 11:15 ..

good morning people : )

Oct 31, 2008

Spooky Sassing



Happy Halloween everyone!! So growing up in an American school, I got the perks of both sides. I fast Ramadan, celebrate Eid Al Fi6r, dress up for Halloween, have turkey for Thanksgiving, at7ana for Eid Al A'67a, decorate my mini-tree for Christmas, put a lot of though of where I want to celebrate new years, buy gifts for Valentines Day (but im against wearing red or pink or hearts .. cuz thats gay), organize egg-hunts for my younger cousins after hours of egg-painting for Easter .. did I miss a holiday? I dont think so .. those are the only holidays I enjoy .. I know I know .. you dont have to tell me its 7aram o 3nd ilmuslimeen bas 3ndna 3eedain .. I get it .. but I love getting excited about holidays and plannin
g what I'm gonna do and celebrating .. (so shoot me)

So today I wanted to dress up as a tranny-tweety .. Yes .. the little yellow bird as J referred to it. I'm gonna put a huge (obviously made by an Arab, cuz it just looks like a chick) Tweety head and wear a dress .. i know .. clever (>,<) butttt .. thanks to my diet .. that is going well thank you very much .. i am going as raga9a mo7tarama .. what is a raga9a mo7tarama you might ask? its wearing a strechy jalabya that shows my girls (Anna and Nicole) up top and has extremely high slits on both sides .. so since I'm going to my friend's house and this is a more kid's extravaganza .. I decided to wear stockings underneath .. i know i know .. too clever for words (^.^)

I promised I'd update you on my stressful sillybillies:

1) event: i started making my phone calls last week and i'm going to finish my proposal this weekend

2) diet: going really well 7mdilla .. dinner today and breakfast and lunch tomorrow are free meals! :D .. but i reallllllly need to start working out for this process to go faster

3) work: im kicking ass .. im finally being aggressive at work and started working on 5 companies instead of the half i was working on before

so thats all i have time for today .. ill tell you how halloween went!


xoxo

happy trick or treating

Oct 29, 2008

Ta da da daaaaaaaaaaa .. Finally my girlfriend Cute Fish decided to enlighten us with her magnifico-darling theories on life .. GirLs .. trust me on this .. if you're depressed right now over a boy who didnt treat you right or you need a helping hand to get out of a relationship that is doing more harm to your confidence/energy/personality/........ read her post!! i cannot urge you enough .. deal with your issues B is the title of it and the rest of her posts are just as entertaining .. Welcome my tinkerbell!!

Also .. this is a long overdue welcome but another one of my friends got sucked into the blogging world .. Dubootii! You'll love her little rants cuz its something we all go through and you will relate in a snap! Her blog is called where do i beggin ..

happy blogging :)

Oct 28, 2008

I Love Laham


(yes .. their shirts DO say GODHATESFAGS.COM)

.. I have been blessed with a great family and an amazing group of friends that im madly in love with .. so I really hope this is PMS and not some other fatal disease I'm getting .. but as you can see from my last post .. I'm stressing myself out .. Stressing myself out is making me very depressed .. and when I'm depressed I know the ONLY person in this world that understands me and will put up with me is my best friend .. lets call her Laham .. I'm at a point of my life right now where everything has changed so quickly and I've been pretty emotional about all the changes .. so I decided to write this post about how much i love my best friend ..

Laham and I have been friends since we were in the womb .. at least thats what it feels like .. we've been friends since KG2 .. (refer to the first picture: that was a picture our babas and mamas took on our first day to kindergarten, im the one on the short chubby one on the left and she's the tall slim one on the right) we went to the same school for 13 years and experienced almost everything together .. from the minute we realized we were snobby spoilt arab kids to the infatuation we both had for meat and the disposal process of meat (if u get my drift) .. when boys and girls were exchanging huge toblerones for birthday gifts me and her were exchanging Dior .. her family became mine and mine became hers .. we travelled together .. pigged out together .. worked out together .. cried together .. made fun of each other crying together .. laughed together and were there for each other when we were scheming something naughty .. a friendship like that .. lasts (inshAllah)

so time was up and we were filling out university applications .. she was filling them out for cities half way across where i was gonna be .. we didn't realize that we were actually going to be separated .. it was time that we graduated together .. fate is a funny thing .. at our high school graduation we couldn't choose who to walk in with .. but we were all friends back in high school (if i remember correctly) so we didn't really mind .. when the list came out it was just our luck that we were going to walk in together

university came and it was horrible (for me at least) thinking that i wasn't going to be around my best friend .. we both ignored the fact that there was something called time zones and would call each other to keep us updated .. naturally .. she wasn't informed of every detail of my life and vice versa .. but the minute im about to break down and can't even breath i reach for my phone and dial her number .. im lying .. i dont dial it cuz i obviously dont have a 20 digit number memorized .. but u get the gist of it .. she always gives me honest advice that I can actually do something with .. and its not just the advice .. its pretty much the fact she's always there for me and i try to come up with snazzy advice for her whenever she needs it ..

i love u laham .. scurry home my bear-handed rascal

PS: Everytime i searched best friends or arab girls .. i would get random pictures of a somewhat pornographic nature .. but i was amazed that every search I typed in I would get this picture on the right .. its a sign .. and me being a strong believer in signs decides that u should all witness it ..





Oct 27, 2008

Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards

I have been unbelievably stressed out the last few days.. Not because of the amount of work I have .. but because of the amount of thoughts in my head .. I am one of those people that overwhelms herself before she even needs to do something .. so lemme just tell you the things I've been thinking of:


  1. how incapable i seem to be at understanding the basics of finance (i am a financial analyst)

  2. ive been trying to get STARTED on planning a huge event that will promote awareness of speech disorders and raise money for my mother's speech disorders centre

  3. i need to change my room because everytime i walk in it, i get utterly depressed

  4. i started my diet and i need to join a gym

  5. i hate boys

  6. i am bored

  7. i have gel on my nails and im trying not to rip off my right pointer finger's one cuz its kinda coming off

ok enough .. so let me go into a little more detail about a few of my thoughts that have been stressing me out


first thing-a-ma-jig: the department's head analyst gives us financial exercises every now and then to keep our financial skills fresh .. so last sunday he gave me my first problem and he said: "This shouldn't take you more than a couple hours, because it's very basic, while the others could take you a few weeks at a time." That was last week. Am I done? No! Why? Because I never paid attention in any of my finance courses (I graduated with a degree in Finance/Economics .. (>_<) but that doesnt mean i know anything in finance!!) So here I am .. sitting all alone .. not knowing how to get NPV=0 to get my IRR ..


second thing-a-ma-jig: i want to plan the mother of all events to promote my mother's speech and language disorders centre, raise awareness of the increasing problem of speech impediments in the gulf, give gulf-based designers the opportunity to showcase their designs and gather the UAE's most charitable and fashioned society .. now .. WHERE DO I START?? i broke down the event into approximately 15 different major tasks that could be put into 8 dedicated teams .. i can't think of ANYONE to help me though .. and anytime i bring up this idea a few people tell me they'd help out and im like .. no seriously .. i WILL ask you for help .. u best help!!


third thing-a-ma-jig: my room is a mess .. it looks like my parents have been accumulating their 100 year old furniture that does NOT match or feel zen-like in any manner and pile it into my room .. i have a desk fullllll of STUFF .. mama runs around the globe and buys a bunch of stuff that she then puts onto this desk .. old "new" perfumes that she saves for occassions that are still wrapped in their plastic .. old "new" medicine you cant find here that is almost expired because no one used it .. old "new" chocolate that has that white layer of oldness on it when u open it up .. its a mess .. i then have a cupboardy thingy thats full of STUFF too .. i have wallets, belts, hair accessories from back in the day .. honestly .. at least stuff that is 10 years old .. its horrible .. my clothes are overflowing my closet cuz theres no order in my room .. i hate it .. i hate my ugly red couch .. i hate my ugly plain bed .. i hateeeeeeeeeeee that stupid desk .. i hateeeeeeeeeee that stupid cupboard .. i need oprah to help me


fourth thing-a-ma-jig: no need to go into detail .. the underlying theme is that im just lazy


fifth thing-a-ma-jig: no comment (@_@)


sixth thing-a-ma-jig: i need some major excitement in my life .. but i keep cramming ideas into my little red moleskin diary (used by the likes of Oscar Wilde).. and now i bought a black moleskin book for the event .. something is missing .. i dont know what though .. maybe im still broken up about the fact that i missed House Bunny in the cinema :(


seventh thing-a-ma-jig: dont worry .. my nails are undercontrol cuz i have a 5:30 appointment in the salon


im sure there's more .. ill update u ..


sincerely,


depressed with a gun


Oct 22, 2008

I Need Pills

Both J and God know very well that I am a neat freak .. ignore my messy room .. but when it comes down to it .. i have to have my work organized .. so one of the things i DONT do .. is doodle .. i dont understand it .. why would u do that to yourself? not only do i not doodle .. i will never write secret messages in my notebook .. if i really want to write u something .. i will rip off the last page of the notebook (or if the notebook has sections .. i will make sure i rip off one page of every section before i rip off anymore from the same section)

so today when i was at one of my meetings .. my coworker (yes .. the personal-space-intruder) moved closer to me and wrote on my purposal "at 2:00" ..


i was shocked


HOW DARE U?? at 2:00?? thats what u ruined my clean page for?? thats not even pencil!! thats a pen!! u permanently ruined the purposal for me cuz u wanted to say "at 2:00" ?? u can put up 2 fingers and ill know u mean at 2:00 .. or u can whisper .. 2 .. or u can email me back on my blackberry .. or u can message me .. or u can bbm me .. or u can write on ur f***ing purposal .. why mine?


so i looked at her .. closed my purposal and put it aside (we all know its ruined .. it might as well go into the bin) and said .. O ... K ... thats what i said .. O ... K ... which we all knew was more like .. get the fuzz of my papers!!!


so ive come to the conclusion that i need pills ..


hmphs .. doodling .. so stupid

Oct 20, 2008

Ortho-darLing


Let me start off by saying that I love my dentist!

And now let me rewind .. Issue #2: Needles, Dentists, Smell of Dentist's Office, Waiting Rooms, Hovering People

And now .. I will draw the link between
the opposing statements I just made:

Ever since I was a kid I've hatedddd brushing my teeth .. not many people know this about me for some reason .. I do it once .. in the morning .. and thats it .. I find it a waste of my time .. I'm not dirty or anything .. atkaysal .. i don't have a better excuse! so stop prying

i also love candy, chocolate, chips .. hence my last post (sidenote: my diet starts on Saturday! :D .. yay!) .. so generally these two factors go hand in hand for a healthy breeding ground for cavities ..

in Ramadan I was playing with my teeth and realized that
one of my tooth was either chipped or had a small hole in it .. and it was a cavity .. i called to make an appointment and they gave me a maw3d for over a month later

so i left work early today and headed for the dentist's off
ice .. i got there at exactly 2:00 and had to wait in their stupid waiting room ..

dgeegtain o my dentist pops out .. hes a canadian lebanese guy in his late 20s .. he's adorable! his office overlooks the Corniche and plays 70s music in the background (todays special waS: "and they called it puppy loveeee") he doesn't speak arabic very well so i fit right in

we chit-chatted for a bit and he asked me if this was a general check up .. so i told him im pretty sure i have a few cavities in there .. he checks and he's right .. then he starts laughing and asks if i'm "mentally rea
dy for it"

last time i went to the dentist my mum had told me it was just a check up and i wouldn't need a shot .. so i went .. not expecting any kind of pain .. i came all the way from uni (2 hr. drive) so i could go cuz i had a chipped filling .. and i sit down and he tells me he has to take out the filling and put a new one back in .. so i said ok .. he then takes out his equipment and in between them i see a shot .. without even knowing it .. i started crying .. no .. im lying .. it was BAWLING .. and he's like .. "Whats wrong?? Oh no .. is everything ok?" .. and me .. "MAMA TOLD ME THERES NO SHOT!!" .. mind u .. i was at the tender age of 21 ..



so anyways .. i told him i was ready .. bas i need banj gabl ilbanj .. and he LOVED IT!! it seemed as if he wanted to tattoo it to himself or something ..

so now the party began .. he put the strawberry tasting banj in my mouth and told me to tell me when it was numb .. i was quite for about 10 mins .. and he's like .. its not ready? and i was like .. not yet!!! .. another 5 mins .. and he's like .. well? and i was like .. ahh .. i think u missed it .. add more of the strawberry .. so he did and then pushed the shot in .. here is a list of the things i was thinking about:
  1. should i keep my eyes open? or closed? do i usually open my eyes? its weird though cuz i dont know what to look at .. i dont wanna be looking at him cuz thats just awkward! i dont wanna be looking at the nurse cuz itll look like im pleaing for help and she has nothing to do with it .. staring at the light hurts my eyes .. lemme close my eyes ..
  2. does this hurt me? i dont understand .. why isnt this hurting me? if its not hurting me .. why do i have my eyes closed this hard? why are my nails digging into my palms? why are my legs stiffly elevated?
  3. i need my lipbalm .. i would kill to have my lipbalm .. do they really not think that i need lipbalm at this moment? because my tongue is so dry that i cant even lick my lips which are about to rip of dry-dom .. hmm .. could they rip?
  4. the arm rests are so much more cushiony than i remember .. OH SHIT! THATS HIS LEG!!! .. i hope he didnt notice (>_<)
so i got my teeth done .. yay! :)

and i loveeee my ortho-darling


Oct 19, 2008

Giselle Me Please

So .. I just read Dandoon's post about her resolutions! *Good luck :D* and I read it at a good time .. last week I made an appointment at a dietician here .. Its a program where they send you your meals so you dont have to worry about the calories or how the food is cooked or whatever .. the only thing you do .. is EAT .. they will be sending me 3 meals a day along with 2 snacks .. this means that I wont be ordering a quesidella explosion salad from chilis anymore (cuz who am I kidding?? just cuz it says salad doesnt mean its healthy) .. so everyone is going to know at one point or another that I am on a diet ..



I've never remembered a time where I wasn't either on or getting a diet .. I always lose the weight .. then within a month of compliments and gorgeously fitting jeans .. I gain it back .. plus some ..



Why do I want to lose the weight now? Everyone seems to want to lose the weight for this person's wedding .. or to get married .. well for me .. its everything .. I have jeans that would look THAT much hotter if I lost a few here and there .. my cousin's wedding is coming up and my entireeee familia has been on a diet since ramadan .. I don't really want to get married at this very moment but it would be nice to feel better about myself ..



Don't get me wrong .. im not one of those who obsess over my weight .. Let me make one thing straight .. I'm hot .. If I lost 20 kgs or if I gained 20 .. I've been blessed with a ridiculous amount of self-confidence that is harmful to my health .. bas im not 5agaga .. i dont adore myself like one of my darrrrrrling friends .. ahem ahem .. J?? but I feel that I'm ok with myself and any point of my life



So other day I was a friend's birthday celebration (this is the ONLY person i'll allow to cel
ebrate their birthday in my birthmonth) and one of the girls rushed up to me saying how in love with my style she was .. so I was flattered and all .. and then she mentioned how I have a striking resemblance to giselle bundchen ..



I



AM



OBSESSED



WITH



GISELLE



So I overexcitedly responded .. REALLY!!!! She's like ya!! your hair and your face!! that was a polite way of her saying that I'm fat ..



So please .. if you see me eating something besides the boxed items that are delivered to my door .. slap me ..



I'm gonna look like Giselle in a month .. you wait and see .. (crossing my fingers)



mhmmm



and now the only thing im worried about is how I'm gonna finish all the junk in my office drawer .. I dont share .. but i cant possiblyyyyy eat a whole bag of Reeses Pieces M&Ms, Laffy Taffy, Crunch, Baby Ruth, Seaweed Rice Crackers (chftoo kaif ana healthy?? :p) ..

Oct 17, 2008

Is it Really the Thought That Counts?


For those of you who don't know me .. I celebrate my birthday the entire month of October .. Itsblatantly rude of me to completely disregard any other occasion of this month .. but I don't care cuz I think that another full year of my existence is something for people to acknowledge or better yet appreciate the fact that I am in their lives .. Call me self conceited .. Call me 5agaga .. Call me Princess H .. I dont care .. its what i do and what i will keep doing ..


Since the blissful month of October is among us that means that it is my birth-month .. this brings me to discuss an issue i am sure we all face ..

gifts


There is a very small number of people who buy me gifts that i actually like .. why, might you ask? because i tell them what i want .. its just easier this way and i dont care if a gift is meant to be a surprise .. who made that rule up?? anywhooooos .. my point is why should i be forced to wear or admire a gift i dont like? because the person who bought it has no taste whatsoever? that my friends shouldnt be my problem ..


that is why i came up with my genius policy of "give me the gift and i'll open it when im alone" .. ana majamil .. if i dont like the gift .. it showssss .. my mouth says "Ohhhhh .. thank you!! I love it .. seriously! How did you know this is what I wanted? Tslmeen 7bibtiiii .. ta3abti roo7ch walla!!" BUT my face says .. "Ur joking right? This .. is .. HIDEOUS!!"

So yesterday i had to open a gift from a realllllly close friend of mine that is disabled when it comes to gift-giving .. it was jewelery .. that looked like it was made for a 12 year old girl .. i WISH i was a 12 year old girl .. but i'm not :( .. so don't buy me that! i had to open it in front of my friend and she was sooooo excited to see what i thought of it .. the minute i opened it i thought .. OH GOD NO!!! WHYYYYYYYY??? but proceeded to put it on and pretend to be shocked at how they nailed my taste down to the colour and style ..


moral of today's post: ask me what I want for my bday .. dont assume (because it will make an ASS out of U and ME) i'll like what you give me .. cuz 90% of the time .. i wont .. its cruel world baby .. get with the program

Oct 16, 2008

Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room

First off .. You can call me "H." :) I have always wanted to start a blog .. but really never had the time or patience of updating it .. but one of my weekly rituals has become religiously checking on one of my best friend's (I will probably refer to her constantly as J, iljooj, area-lover, umkisha :p) blogs to see how she's doing in L-town.
There was always something so appealing to me about it. Maybe the whole "Sex and the City"-esque feeling of typing my thoughts to a bunch of people I don't have to see.
One major thing you have to know about me is that I have major issues regarding the invasion of my personal space bubble. Good Lord.
How on Earth are people comfortable with someone standing UNCOMFORTABLY close to them? I was working on one of my many projects in the office and a co-worker of mine wanted to help me by fixing the format. So she leaned in so close behind me that she rested her head on my shoulder and kept grazing her cheek on me.
So it's not like I'm going to raise charges of sexual harassment, but I wanted to yell because she was so close to me. TAKE A STEP BACK!


As you keep reading you will find that I have a lot of issues. But I'm not crazy. Or am I?