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!!

;(

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

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 : )

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 planning 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

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