tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16835404132554767252024-03-06T04:18:02.112+04:00Simply Arab...Raw, In-your-face, Realistic, Crap-free ramblings of an Arab.Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-39149129656885388902011-07-21T14:15:00.004+04:002011-07-21T14:28:59.014+04:00Guess who's back.. Back again?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ58pJ_0tSpvdEquMwQ6QuhSffPdk5w1yezR4s7ZxCYZFzamwTrmBNx4ErRJJnt6AEeWCob6uL2W23J43QyaUuBczwUHnKWilIKF61zJpNdcBzE_61K-axUhmf5802yXKExdMvgfSSGn2S/s1600/hand-grave-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ58pJ_0tSpvdEquMwQ6QuhSffPdk5w1yezR4s7ZxCYZFzamwTrmBNx4ErRJJnt6AEeWCob6uL2W23J43QyaUuBczwUHnKWilIKF61zJpNdcBzE_61K-axUhmf5802yXKExdMvgfSSGn2S/s320/hand-grave-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631749222187812786" /></a><br /><div>Almost two years, 37 drafts and so many things that have happened later... I think I'm back *blows dust off and rises back to life*.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >PS. Thank you everyone who's sent me e-mails asking where I've been and urging me to blog again. It means the World..</span></div><div><br /></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-13178939158994266422009-10-27T21:12:00.010+04:002009-10-27T22:10:27.924+04:00And The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZMOMsb2wJulMHzN_PzhPill7hOjABgpzsjvlLi1Xhyrv4FJNLQDfJgYViE9H3X2mNuqbAfgiMQ1mA2thYuSCH_UxldnaVaXMtuOhSLLmqpNIT7lISm1I5-au6swMqb6Z9-1QfuEbcnZc/s1600-h/Image3297.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZMOMsb2wJulMHzN_PzhPill7hOjABgpzsjvlLi1Xhyrv4FJNLQDfJgYViE9H3X2mNuqbAfgiMQ1mA2thYuSCH_UxldnaVaXMtuOhSLLmqpNIT7lISm1I5-au6swMqb6Z9-1QfuEbcnZc/s320/Image3297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397342249836513314" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I believe that geeks are the coolest type of people that exist on the face of Earth, I mean, come on people, let's face it; us geeks have redefined "cool". And yes, <span style="font-style: italic;">the geek shall inherit (rule) the Earth</span>... One day, all the imbeciles who roam Mother Earth shall refer to us geeks as kings and queens... I, <span style="font-style: italic;">Velvet the Great</span>, can assure you.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In fact, if it weren't for a particular Turkish geek classmate of mine, I wouldn't have been motivated enough to actually write this post, he was the one who gave me the proxys, usernames & passwords for the wifi at <a href="http://halawa-o.blogspot.com/2009/10/elements-of-fiction.html">Animal Planet</a>, and seeing I have some free time where I like to sit back, listen to music and observe the behaviors of the cavemen over here, I decided to blog and dedicate one of my posts to geekism.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Where do you stand on this one?</span></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-90187913394388461372009-10-23T22:21:00.011+04:002009-10-28T11:45:01.835+04:00Elements of Fiction<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkE_e25vK4oEnGbDd0iwXxPXzsKV0wuoZPgEDo7UyL0ia7rY4ITpuhqFTUn8_WrI6vtpfmqSiliEabTqWtRKvdpfnKd9cSIZDRwi0I1YLFsWAYekmS8SlmRqIzUqvb7aY1QI5udBF3ZIa/s1600-h/image3199.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkE_e25vK4oEnGbDd0iwXxPXzsKV0wuoZPgEDo7UyL0ia7rY4ITpuhqFTUn8_WrI6vtpfmqSiliEabTqWtRKvdpfnKd9cSIZDRwi0I1YLFsWAYekmS8SlmRqIzUqvb7aY1QI5udBF3ZIa/s320/image3199.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395880526711223074" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;">The students fancy editing some signs inside the colleges. It used to say (Please do not put your feet on the wall. Edit: Please put your feet on the wall)<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpm_a_ZCm5TnD0D073H85BmNMBiGsBwupV6DMY4RdeZ24eiETixT-f7ElM_YRDvStPaUUwgiPZaUwXVNIjFlmWGwRQwuFGHa6rnJDeDbOYc1k8WQEXGwl_qTQCiWBRXWYAdHm4k8DeWJs/s1600-h/image2560.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpm_a_ZCm5TnD0D073H85BmNMBiGsBwupV6DMY4RdeZ24eiETixT-f7ElM_YRDvStPaUUwgiPZaUwXVNIjFlmWGwRQwuFGHa6rnJDeDbOYc1k8WQEXGwl_qTQCiWBRXWYAdHm4k8DeWJs/s320/image2560.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395880524471885682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >I actually spotted this on the way to the College of Pharmacy while exploring campus, feel free to step.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So nearly a month has passed since I officially started attending university here in Jordan. So far, I can't seem to find anything too interesting, other than the various and endless types of </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">intergluteal clefts</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">(butt cracks) you can't avoid setting your eyes upon. Now you can take that literally, or look behind the words and taste my use of </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">symbolism </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">in portraying most students as butt cracks, it is applicable both ways, but I won't elaborate on either (it can get a little graphic), I'll simply leave that to you... However, I will explain it briefly in a post in the near future Inshallah.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I've made many observations, and come up with many terms to refer to my University; </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Animal Planet</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Cavemen Central</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> are the one's I'm using most nowadays. We've got standard </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">types </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">of people at University, they differ from college to another, the differences will easily catch your attention while moving on campus. But I won't be introducing ya'll to those types just yet, it'll also be in a future post, or else I'll run out of topics to rant about.. heck I've got a minimum of 2 posts/week to live up to.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So I've got quizzes coming up next week, I've already studied for my Introduction to Literature exam, can't you see how I implemented the elements of fiction in my post? Symbols and Flat Characters? *grins*.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So share with us, what terms have you used to refer to your University, University students or school?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm out for now!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">*edit: I hadn't noticed the obscene picture that was in the butt crack link, I was focused on the definition from Wikipedia.. I apologize, link removed.</span><br /></span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-73720712098526430852009-10-09T22:06:00.013+04:002009-10-12T13:28:08.664+04:00Making up<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It's been another month. A full month, and I realize was "supposed" to update a day after my</span> <a href="http://halawa-o.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-adventurous-august.html">previous post</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">but *inhales deep breath*.... I admit I've been a bad blogger who's forgotten all about my blog's one year anniversary and I would absolutely understand why my blog would dump me if it were a human being. I'm not one who finds excuses for everything (especially regarding this case seeing that I *cough* have no acceptable excuse).. But, I WILL make it up for my blog. *begins to run out of breath* I shall update twice a week. Yes you heard me -read that- two, tnein, dois, deux, bi? (that's as far as counting knowledge in different languages goes). *wheezy voice*</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So *claps hands together*, since we've found common ground there.. where were we last time?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Ah yes, I was fuming over the fact that I was no longer taken for the self-proclaimed over-achieving nerd I am, and how my exercising, training, taming and continuous straining for the gooey thing that resides inside my head (aka brain) for a full year didn't stop my father paying 5 times more what an average or less than average art stream student would pay for an English Language and Literature seat. Or 5 times more what the girl sitting next to me who got 68 in Tawjihi but has a papa who "knows people" pays. It's really disappointing, injustice I mean. Money isn't the case here, I come from a quite capable family Al-Hamdulilah, it's the concept I'm talking about... I'm paying more than what a Medicine student on the normal program or a Pharmacy student on Parallel program pays because I'm a </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">gulf graduate</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, and believe it or not, that's a form of taboo.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">People still have the misconception that education in the gulf is as easy as it used to be. No wait, let me clear that up, UAE is an exception, especially for the past two years... KSA still gives marks bil kilo (in kilos) as we say. So my 96.4% Scientific stream sounds like a 76.4% when 5arrijet el emarat (Emirates graduate) is added after further questioning, or at least that's how you'll be treated (but when have I ever abided by rules? I still succeed to impress with fast, witty and smart comebacks and leave the individual I'm conversing with rather surprised that I can actually link two sentences together flawlessly.. yes friends, they think we're THAT dumb -_-). To make it a tad more clearer, had I stayed in Jordan, I would've gotten the same average or higher, but gotten a normal seat, without having to go through the stress of being lost and the disappointment of feeling mistreated and would be paying LESS than what the was6a dropout is paying. Again, injustice sucks. Ah well...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvvIbedDwFIVEuSTEaMCo76UbpOWaQySSf7WcTLTmHs1ab66DHYPvYOrDLMO25Z4RFj35hEW3qImB1iUEhU6UeHtvKtzXowwHcBESzRplyCXr4cQzkKwLyvr9hjnucVTI3nfzLe6Sn5vV/s1600-h/image3186.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvvIbedDwFIVEuSTEaMCo76UbpOWaQySSf7WcTLTmHs1ab66DHYPvYOrDLMO25Z4RFj35hEW3qImB1iUEhU6UeHtvKtzXowwHcBESzRplyCXr4cQzkKwLyvr9hjnucVTI3nfzLe6Sn5vV/s320/image3186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391641052976418514" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I pass by this gate everyday.. and I go through the struggle of getting my wallet out of my backpack in order to show them my ID, I mean COME ON, don't I LOOK like one?</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjkFD25kjRgSIz5cfiZk3tA5r3XSVYlM2TK4290MYOquVjvBziBvQ-bgaLsfJr-5P2iqtMdSMxxlUx0eyfI33A2eeYwkoCLHZSVQguWhyphenhyphenu820meK8AXio99atmwB7_-gRiPheruAR-LQp/s1600-h/image3144.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjkFD25kjRgSIz5cfiZk3tA5r3XSVYlM2TK4290MYOquVjvBziBvQ-bgaLsfJr-5P2iqtMdSMxxlUx0eyfI33A2eeYwkoCLHZSVQguWhyphenhyphenu820meK8AXio99atmwB7_-gRiPheruAR-LQp/s320/image3144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391641041608699794" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So, it's the second week of University... I have formed a general opinion on the one I'm attending; The University of Jordan. But I'm going to give it two more weeks grace to leave a better impression before I start sharing my endless observations.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOHLUk6wL3vWABeP9wkKwzRht_pVuCQTmhz-LqUsswWqiUOOWyX3tNNLyzIAsFBJSMdsqEPODHZ-Yrinpm7-eKt-VeBRYK5OFxZ13RYWx4CqEOT3TuQKzw7MBifpOXP7RnBMamUIa6X-H/s1600-h/image3203.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOHLUk6wL3vWABeP9wkKwzRht_pVuCQTmhz-LqUsswWqiUOOWyX3tNNLyzIAsFBJSMdsqEPODHZ-Yrinpm7-eKt-VeBRYK5OFxZ13RYWx4CqEOT3TuQKzw7MBifpOXP7RnBMamUIa6X-H/s320/image3203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391641060779717202" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >It showered on us last week while we were on our way to buy a book... the stuff you go through for education =p.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCyzB7X6Lo3dIN2pQCxji0vFBAROsbFB1jow_RzcLoZCZRElfr21PLBT7ra0Kd-tYjPDWjZES_O1RepZeZVDh6nfXyPcJNnc5gMybdq-q1-yxA3y_Dn2JMQAKYxynq5T38o7ryahn_R_c/s1600-h/image3206.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCyzB7X6Lo3dIN2pQCxji0vFBAROsbFB1jow_RzcLoZCZRElfr21PLBT7ra0Kd-tYjPDWjZES_O1RepZeZVDh6nfXyPcJNnc5gMybdq-q1-yxA3y_Dn2JMQAKYxynq5T38o7ryahn_R_c/s320/image3206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391641064970492034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Oh, btw, my two posts per week thing starts next week.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Till then..</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">PEACE!</span><br /></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-50624527753444890792009-09-09T13:51:00.020+04:002009-09-09T16:53:31.795+04:00My Adventurous August<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Okay okay, I'm good at postponing things, people who don't follow my blog regularly (88.8% of you) wouldn't notice though since I realized just now that my posts don't carry date tags... Suckers! *blinks*. Do excuse that, I'm fasting; simultaneously keeping up with +2 topics can be quite a challenge at the moment.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">August was really fun this year, whether it was the "Know Your Country Tours" my uncle would take us on, or the heart-stopping, make-your-temple-throb restaurant-bill dining, or getting sprayed with a stray McDonald ketchup packet while jogging thanks to random fumbling feet and late night sleepovers with my cousins that included all sorts of movies ranging from the best of the box office to</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBPAmnAlOk">poorly-directed, shitty-dialogued British indies</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC38YcTxlFzroxAhdUlGyeLLy1DL5nx8NN41T94kHWLvEQOzWVv9e4EYqwm-rdeTDFJ5-8EF0NnLkZ8eVey1CkRwtxOc_73DWoMhl2u2NXA5pQKQ5Xw4PsaMLoWqZB_E8kDAcz4Avy6ged/s1600-h/image2801.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC38YcTxlFzroxAhdUlGyeLLy1DL5nx8NN41T94kHWLvEQOzWVv9e4EYqwm-rdeTDFJ5-8EF0NnLkZ8eVey1CkRwtxOc_73DWoMhl2u2NXA5pQKQ5Xw4PsaMLoWqZB_E8kDAcz4Avy6ged/s320/image2801.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379432587216589778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >Translated: Welcome here (Jordanian dialect)</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsCvOJ63G4J1TYtLdh9tOLmd6id8xQVq-WC3S1yhku30YtyZ81uaHymsK-vnssdMHZc0lMwGIiVlwwyqBdFEykAbPwPdZ3aPr9EXhHBbnGUkk7NCJOW0XyQYRnG_evRj_aOKs0pzKUoqL/s1600-h/image2802.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsCvOJ63G4J1TYtLdh9tOLmd6id8xQVq-WC3S1yhku30YtyZ81uaHymsK-vnssdMHZc0lMwGIiVlwwyqBdFEykAbPwPdZ3aPr9EXhHBbnGUkk7NCJOW0XyQYRnG_evRj_aOKs0pzKUoqL/s320/image2802.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379432593718209410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Qasr Al Harraneh (there was a camera crew shooting those</span> <a href="http://www.visitjordan.com/">Visit Jordan</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">videos, my uncle was capable of messing up their best shooting moments by peeping through the castle door while they were zooming in XD)</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrdFzfS2ZWTf0j3puJiAlKiJspyxLcvUV-rXZ1VVSoIffEhBoVZe3M1PT5ZJqpH-ImW8sJkMAsaX3LhSk_MK3LVOAgqfSvweljXd438C4L0ibpU4WyiV9qJ4LfUg6Xh55EWd3bnkvGQfE/s1600-h/image2812.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrdFzfS2ZWTf0j3puJiAlKiJspyxLcvUV-rXZ1VVSoIffEhBoVZe3M1PT5ZJqpH-ImW8sJkMAsaX3LhSk_MK3LVOAgqfSvweljXd438C4L0ibpU4WyiV9qJ4LfUg6Xh55EWd3bnkvGQfE/s320/image2812.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379432604977259042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >Al Harraneh Castle</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPw3ILWpW7xo31wMmzTuZoUxl6zkZI43OL-QenByNamBdVTal1h7mOYX4gNf6_uy5xXMcCHzZwtzHdCcXX0o3AN0Hw4xjKkjQA109EEzh2habOPrJ0vyiflbPJqHW3s4jskBJnkReQyYv/s1600-h/image2815.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPw3ILWpW7xo31wMmzTuZoUxl6zkZI43OL-QenByNamBdVTal1h7mOYX4gNf6_uy5xXMcCHzZwtzHdCcXX0o3AN0Hw4xjKkjQA109EEzh2habOPrJ0vyiflbPJqHW3s4jskBJnkReQyYv/s320/image2815.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379432616979536082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >Qasr Amra</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFe51XeCBzbdWX3wN7pho-VTpSHBR_KHEA2hdpqBneudLrhd2o3s2PywpKB814Lo8IyOfoTVK0-rroT7vvy5uP9OlS3taBLCdRCUs66X5VH2z1_yEIHzGdI85WsujmQ9DIZTSmVuuB-Ew3/s1600-h/image2814.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFe51XeCBzbdWX3wN7pho-VTpSHBR_KHEA2hdpqBneudLrhd2o3s2PywpKB814Lo8IyOfoTVK0-rroT7vvy5uP9OlS3taBLCdRCUs66X5VH2z1_yEIHzGdI85WsujmQ9DIZTSmVuuB-Ew3/s320/image2814.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379432605770123426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It was what you may call a high-end bath back in the days</span><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We also happened to attend</span> <a href="http://www.jadalband.com/">Jadal</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">'s album release.. they're a Jordanian Arabic Rock Band, really worth listening to if you're willing to hear something new.. not your typical 7abibi/7ayati/ya 3eini ya leil/amoot/anta7ir music that everyone's singing nowadays. Let me add, I don't listen to Arabic music with an exception to this band.. so try them out.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq7b0F28IW-PQL6auqTYPydxZqyq0axDYTcSgk6hdinstvY0-_o9Tq_4LKpUoZ3Y7R1bK3PkGpmEqXr3oZda5r98XUUktpIpMnVlmiz_51JEwGjEq2oHoHCO6jrsc5jeK6pFKIhsw842q/s1600-h/5574_135110352515_722817515_3401538_941805_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq7b0F28IW-PQL6auqTYPydxZqyq0axDYTcSgk6hdinstvY0-_o9Tq_4LKpUoZ3Y7R1bK3PkGpmEqXr3oZda5r98XUUktpIpMnVlmiz_51JEwGjEq2oHoHCO6jrsc5jeK6pFKIhsw842q/s320/5574_135110352515_722817515_3401538_941805_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379439750595427346" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Left to right: Rami (vocalist), Mahmoud (guitarist) & Laith (drummer) from Jadal.. More photos</span> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141299&id=722817515&l=3589fb091b">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It was all fun until my summer got cut and I suddenly had to leave to the UAE thanks to</span> <a href="http://www.ju.edu.jo/Pages/UnifiedAdmission/UniAdmAnn.aspx">an issue I'll will lengthily blog about</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">in the posts to come. Just to give you a heads up; I, Velvet The Great (ignore that again please, remember, I'm fasting) who studied my butt off during my senior year of high school (Tawjihi / Thanawieh 3amme) and got 96.4% Scientific stream (and gained a good few *cough* kilos) was no longer considered an over-achieving student. On the contrary, I was just like any other drop-out or failure of a student who didn't study worth a rat's ass... And I couldn't get The English Language and Literature (not MEDICINE) seat I was positive I'd get with my feet crossed up on a table... Like I said, I'll get to that issue in a future post.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9PnpAP1C-HhDjG00nLhiCCkJRXNp42chgl9vPEjpmI0i51pH5dSM7eTyzdY7FHxMnGQKUICeYhUY2N3F2kDMvra5YY4pAiNR42FbMWJFYyFlYEHIQtwjLdf_neVoE7cY0-jYQ2TgSsLu/s1600-h/image2909.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9PnpAP1C-HhDjG00nLhiCCkJRXNp42chgl9vPEjpmI0i51pH5dSM7eTyzdY7FHxMnGQKUICeYhUY2N3F2kDMvra5YY4pAiNR42FbMWJFYyFlYEHIQtwjLdf_neVoE7cY0-jYQ2TgSsLu/s320/image2909.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379447224487921650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >Back to the UAE</span><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So I left to study at the</span> <a href="http://www.aus.edu/">Super Uni</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> (as my cousin calls it)..</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJalehmy49KlqhMtafiwJEjl1icbPsW8lg0HLGnR3tZhPooYg0vRZ-vDPkANawaSaWhT-fFmwBdSzNN6jEq2EOvapCkN0ZIVETlyVvMm72uPRBd4eGZMay_vlY9Cnfo_jB7TpJrwJfJwt/s1600-h/image2872.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJalehmy49KlqhMtafiwJEjl1icbPsW8lg0HLGnR3tZhPooYg0vRZ-vDPkANawaSaWhT-fFmwBdSzNN6jEq2EOvapCkN0ZIVETlyVvMm72uPRBd4eGZMay_vlY9Cnfo_jB7TpJrwJfJwt/s320/image2872.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379447216076038786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >Orientation at "The Super Uni"</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:180%;" >Buuuuutttt....</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomNHq_yufP_WzvyUaaaDiR2yLlxxFYxVFZd4kRN7GZ2syBTnh6QD4PdfCkZke0u8F0T7nCfgG2dPG-TaB-1SR_gltNl1tcxh9apxuynE-gJD8KHTD-N1459qb59C-KBGl_xtGOiDwQtqF/s1600-h/image3040.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomNHq_yufP_WzvyUaaaDiR2yLlxxFYxVFZd4kRN7GZ2syBTnh6QD4PdfCkZke0u8F0T7nCfgG2dPG-TaB-1SR_gltNl1tcxh9apxuynE-gJD8KHTD-N1459qb59C-KBGl_xtGOiDwQtqF/s320/image3040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379447233218458594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9NbGMABu8cXL5ShP_9g6wIv4hpM5ogMXzhvs3DGez8UzfJzhENEkr-Nv7yZOu04XN5ycWCjlN33p7ifITW5QxJmH6DkIoDHNzKIs_HhomsIYQaDB8OHufht07YraRlszokRFXpvCUJOi/s1600-h/image3042.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9NbGMABu8cXL5ShP_9g6wIv4hpM5ogMXzhvs3DGez8UzfJzhENEkr-Nv7yZOu04XN5ycWCjlN33p7ifITW5QxJmH6DkIoDHNzKIs_HhomsIYQaDB8OHufht07YraRlszokRFXpvCUJOi/s320/image3042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379447234217774002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >I'm back in Jordan now.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">To be continued...</span><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-47745180807092396622009-08-31T00:06:00.008+04:002009-08-31T01:53:19.666+04:00Belated Petra Post"<span style="color:#333333;">Last Thursday I experienced one of the most amazing adventures in my life entitled PETRA. I've been there before (3 years ago in 9th grade on my oh-so fun school feild trip -keywords: 9th Grade & School-) but this time, it was just out of this World</span>. <span style="color:#333333;">We (as in big bro, two cousins and me) gathered our gear the night before and started our road trip first thing in the morning. We barely noticed the 4 hours in the bus pass by (provide yourself with a brother annoyed by the smelly feet of the tourist sitting next to him and I assure you, time WILL pass by). "</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;">Hit the brakes! *screech*... That was a month back, I've been too busy or rather not in the best position to post. So much has happened during this month. Before I get into my Adventurous August and its happenings, I'll share some snippets from our smelly-yet-incredibly-fun-infused trip =)</span><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdO_e6eBxI9SeFHxjUtyrIv10urj7fJCrdD0nL4mkHR0gSnZ9ixewNoNVtUEdZ8cKAwbFrdBH2xlYoRnZhhc6U2u9uRxUoq-jCyaS86jq39fWOoVRMC233fLeU5GkzHT_FcVdAdMga3Bmy/s1600-h/DSC00284.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375867699102941218" style="WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdO_e6eBxI9SeFHxjUtyrIv10urj7fJCrdD0nL4mkHR0gSnZ9ixewNoNVtUEdZ8cKAwbFrdBH2xlYoRnZhhc6U2u9uRxUoq-jCyaS86jq39fWOoVRMC233fLeU5GkzHT_FcVdAdMga3Bmy/s320/DSC00284.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;">There she is.. The Treasury. </span></p><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3PZUQ9u-vQqgBiPGyXxisZ6b1kBdpAvQcSBFQhdPBPltEdLhMY8RXGrrmHA-_EVFWx09oZTvhBIyksVwoa6muyVDY8Z8u6eQZuUxylQW7JhT1UKpi2WdeJiXhFOaros1rX99GjaUvS-V/s1600-h/DSC00248.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375867690824434050" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3PZUQ9u-vQqgBiPGyXxisZ6b1kBdpAvQcSBFQhdPBPltEdLhMY8RXGrrmHA-_EVFWx09oZTvhBIyksVwoa6muyVDY8Z8u6eQZuUxylQW7JhT1UKpi2WdeJiXhFOaros1rX99GjaUvS-V/s320/DSC00248.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;">Yes, it looks weird, big bro is quite photogenic</span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TWh9Qnr_FvnhQfeClFTCsEg9mJMLGvjmq9sTlFWdZzA0Eb1T4slIjarGLLGuTEWxHGkHwJOTgIAEOIw1_w3yyfFnWQ27Scl2K9jytF8sOnIcdwaUAZpRGE02CfXRTs62XGTSXgnLHU1s/s1600-h/image2773.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375867683016797410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TWh9Qnr_FvnhQfeClFTCsEg9mJMLGvjmq9sTlFWdZzA0Eb1T4slIjarGLLGuTEWxHGkHwJOTgIAEOIw1_w3yyfFnWQ27Scl2K9jytF8sOnIcdwaUAZpRGE02CfXRTs62XGTSXgnLHU1s/s320/image2773.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;">Lunch & resting. This is where tours usually ends, but we decided to get our game together and keep going.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33rqmrEiluaBLQN3QbrOwBq4pei25w_Oe8xrPFNU2kZhyphenhyphenM3uTz5zhJkyXfSsIunqFi7rT5HF43-jZUMN6En-bu6jNdfBZcoy4M6vAx2ODUrQVgoY3wjv4OoPjG2FFxTdO6pjUnDICVO6H/s1600-h/DSC00673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375867672792106386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33rqmrEiluaBLQN3QbrOwBq4pei25w_Oe8xrPFNU2kZhyphenhyphenM3uTz5zhJkyXfSsIunqFi7rT5HF43-jZUMN6En-bu6jNdfBZcoy4M6vAx2ODUrQVgoY3wjv4OoPjG2FFxTdO6pjUnDICVO6H/s320/DSC00673.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;">El Deir, the main reason we climed an hour and a half of stairs.. to see the shooting area of Transformers 2, I can assure you, we found no Matrix.. We did find a creepy Norweign couple who thought they could talk to donkeys though.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></div></span><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIhvDH_ab0m32-q04HCpsJB0wfvT4NYtt5oaxLcHAIdCosOUBEyUqDHuHC-2Sgav9E2D_MMo3HwKyywbea9PeT-S3zApATvFuht_uZvlJ-wLPzNz5vdZtVUdgrIkAn_OdrHSlW6vwDq8S/s1600-h/DSC00697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375867667254871554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIhvDH_ab0m32-q04HCpsJB0wfvT4NYtt5oaxLcHAIdCosOUBEyUqDHuHC-2Sgav9E2D_MMo3HwKyywbea9PeT-S3zApATvFuht_uZvlJ-wLPzNz5vdZtVUdgrIkAn_OdrHSlW6vwDq8S/s320/DSC00697.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;">We found monkey boy too.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><div align="left"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333333;">More pics:</span></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fhalawa.eo%2Falbumid%2F5375854868799273345%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US"></embed></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#333333;">It was an exhausting trip, yet I'd gladly go for it again. If you haven't visited Petra before, take my word for it; it is a MUST.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Will blog about my Adventurous August tomorrow Inshallah, this post is just too colorful to be part <a href="http://www.bowzerbird.com/flash/flashanimations/poop.jpg">pooped </a>by it.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#333333;"></span></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#333333;">Peace!</span> </span></span></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-24931787926772262892009-07-11T22:51:00.007+04:002009-07-12T00:19:46.622+04:00On self confidence...<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I was sitting on the beach chair in my (failed) attempt to tan after enjoying a good hour of swimming at the ladies gym when out of nowhere this girl (very big girl mind you) heads towards the chair next to mine. All I can remember was the </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">nausea</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> and the bile making it's way up my throat, gulping it back I tried to focus on the screen of my mobile phone and NOT PANIC. Don't take me as a </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">judgemental</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> person YET. The thing is, she was wearing this bikini (or at least I hoped she was) that was literally stuck in between the layers of neatly folded fat. With every step her body jiggled in a very disturbing stomach-aching way. I could only imagine the different types of </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">microscopic</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> creatures that were living in between the folds... yes that's how FAT she is.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />Now, I'm not claiming to be a super model or anything, I'm an overweight person myself, but I do my best to avoid capturing even MORE unintended attention (</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">IE</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">: I NEVER wear a bikini while swimming, shorts and a tank top are just fine) but this girl was just challenging the whole world with her self confidence. Sure a girl should feel good about herself no matter what size she is but please not on the expense of other people's innocent eyes... I've been scarred for life.</span> <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Now that I've got that off my chest...</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnBpmy_irCt9QIlHprsUICEnGns_qsYvsFSDG0ko_lyt9B1_fTD8-K3gAk2NxgshPnIo8MHHLKjRBAPK8Y5iriDPQADV_p7NbwBVSd5ibPY1ZeKY2zzpq5viFxww2FagZKq2BspC99tM1/s1600-h/image2649.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnBpmy_irCt9QIlHprsUICEnGns_qsYvsFSDG0ko_lyt9B1_fTD8-K3gAk2NxgshPnIo8MHHLKjRBAPK8Y5iriDPQADV_p7NbwBVSd5ibPY1ZeKY2zzpq5viFxww2FagZKq2BspC99tM1/s320/image2649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357298655061241762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is coming out VERY VERY soon. The release is on the 16</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">th</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> of July in the </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">UAE</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, and on the 22</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">nd</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> here in Jordan, I am considering going back for a few days just to watch it </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">IMAX</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">... if only things were so simple. I haven't been this excited since Twilight's release... it's a shame I won't be doing <a href="http://halawa-o.blogspot.com/2008/12/twilight-day.html">anything special like we did for Twilight last December</a>... I miss all my crazy </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">UAE</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> friends. But I'll be sure to carry a wand, paint a scar on my forehead and run around the mall on a broomstick. Yes I'm THAT self-confident, you see... I'm hurting no one yet expressing my passion for Harry Potter... THAT is okay, tight bikinis on fat people IS NOT (can't let it go)!</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />Peace!</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-72268043325627643642009-07-01T18:26:00.004+04:002009-07-11T15:21:26.178+04:00I said that....<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C8I4zFSipKs&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C8I4zFSipKs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'd Be Back...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">And here I am *throws papers on the desk and lifts feet* </span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">We're back in business.</span><br /></span></div></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-61706420536425902782009-04-21T18:53:00.005+04:002009-07-11T15:22:24.765+04:00Farewells...<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Shouldn't there be a policy that punishes bloggers who stop posting all of a sudden? *clears throat, looks down and points at the nearest person*. If there was Internet Social Services, I would be charged with First Degree Neglectence and my blog would be taken away from me... I could beat myself up all day on how idle I've become over here.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8fGV7o9xzEyKtOesnXi-GG86LjZKalwcEx_8PVC0P7qbRXdwYyGpnkdbtqtAOy9e8IBub4gV4BlO8k2invkA-oMGs-iaWm0Drh2o7gQp_5kYF8eiHBW7d5c3dn38-oiv2-U9QsTiYWTs/s1600-h/graduation.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8fGV7o9xzEyKtOesnXi-GG86LjZKalwcEx_8PVC0P7qbRXdwYyGpnkdbtqtAOy9e8IBub4gV4BlO8k2invkA-oMGs-iaWm0Drh2o7gQp_5kYF8eiHBW7d5c3dn38-oiv2-U9QsTiYWTs/s320/graduation.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327173204465626066" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Time has flown by... Only one more week and school ends, I've survived this year Al Hamdulilah, with the help of God, family, friends & the Internet. It's been a long journey, 14 years of studying suddenly end and a whole new stage starts; University. Looking back at all those years, I realize that I never missed out on anything, I've always been an honorary student (and no, that doesn't mean I'm a nerd), never stayed in one school for more than 3 years which means I've come across different people from many paths of life, made friends I won't ever forget no matter how many miles lie in between, gained enough knowledge to know what I'm talking about and speak it out loud, and most importantly I'd change absolutely NOTHING about all these years that've</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">passed.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I've had my ups and downs, I've made my mistakes, but I've learned my lessons. I know</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">more about people and how they think, interacting with different attitudes does that to you. </span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">All of a sudden, it's over...</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yes, I still have two weeks of Finals to endure in mid-May, but I'll live through it Inshallah...</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />So this is just a temporary farewell post, until I'm done with finals that is. Once I'm done, I will nourish my blog regularly...</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />For now...<br />Peace out!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hala.</span></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-22338565025650628052009-03-07T07:06:00.007+04:002009-07-11T19:05:26.664+04:00Discrimination?<span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Wake up on the tunes of</span> <a href="http://www.imeem.com/people/ywaTWP/music/BjyzYL8U/claire-de-lune-debussymp3/">Clair De Lune</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">by Debussy.</span><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hits Snooze.<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Alarm goes off again.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Sighs.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Gets out of bed.<br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Wash up.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Pray Al Fajer. Check.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Put on ugly navy skirt and striped blue and white blouse. HUH?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So my school decided that Saturday is no longer a weekend for student's with averages above 90%. Why? Because we are sheep. Not any kind of sheep though, sheep that contribute in a very high yearly income to the cheapskate private school we attend, not only do we do that, we also provide quite a sharp reputation by getting the highest marks in the Emirate. Only difference is, they don't get to slaughter us (at least not the traditional way, they have more creative methods you see).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Baaaaaa'aaaaa...</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAST8IdK6Q0o5vWiIlMmyLjpdZy7ZQaLGAdyVS_i4iclDUeNNnUmv_DYBh0PcXSPOl9FbZcry33xLrjPQb0JnuJWHYA-D9leJ25VLDV-oGMo4OMmjJtOP1F-tjlWQidKKD6O1LbZ2p8_ze/s1600-h/Flock_of_sheep.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAST8IdK6Q0o5vWiIlMmyLjpdZy7ZQaLGAdyVS_i4iclDUeNNnUmv_DYBh0PcXSPOl9FbZcry33xLrjPQb0JnuJWHYA-D9leJ25VLDV-oGMo4OMmjJtOP1F-tjlWQidKKD6O1LbZ2p8_ze/s320/Flock_of_sheep.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310284097883246818" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yes so back to the discrimination part... Students +90% averages have to show up on Saturdays for extra sessions. So do students under 75% (the ones who need things to be explained to them more than twice at school). And the students in between? Screw them is an expression. So they're putting us into boxes.. labeling us. High Income, stupid dumbs & screw them.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />I'll see what achievements we'll make today and decide whether coming next week is worth it or not (I seriously doubt it). Until then...</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />Put iPod in school bag. Check.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />Throw in school books. Check.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Have breakfast. Check.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Wake dad up. Check.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Park the car in front of the house (and argues internally whether taking it around for a drive is worth getting yelled at. No). Check.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />Peace out!</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Baaaaaaaaaaaaa..</span></span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-32147933858160051022009-02-26T15:51:00.007+04:002009-07-11T15:28:02.072+04:00Quotes<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD2PXXbE3XKJly2qKENdDx-9Hh0vubsrEbgutMTt7qnZ9J6ILvDbq8M9UlGzSrPn1YAy85fTQ19g0wocXpRD9hpKcb-Z4xAjqmuwXk0Xu69ZExs5tqszhF4TUSwFWuCry_ROd7sdmM9j5/s1600-h/poop.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD2PXXbE3XKJly2qKENdDx-9Hh0vubsrEbgutMTt7qnZ9J6ILvDbq8M9UlGzSrPn1YAy85fTQ19g0wocXpRD9hpKcb-Z4xAjqmuwXk0Xu69ZExs5tqszhF4TUSwFWuCry_ROd7sdmM9j5/s320/poop.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307089920457619042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">- I believe we're all in deep sticky brown shit. [me]</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">- Shit is shit. It's an unchangeable fact I'm afraid. [HB-ti]</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">- Very true, and it comes in many shapes and sizes... (texture too, mind you). [me]</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">- Brown and soggy, they all are though. [HB-ti]</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">- I've seen cases of a bad shade of yellow. [me].</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">My friend and I were text messaging while studying and we came to a conclusion that the previous graphic description portrays life and its hardships...</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We're usually positive people.. but you see, the general atmosphere of being a senior gradually gets to you (along with developing a bad temper as a result of dieting).</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />What's YOUR perception of life at this very moment?</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />Peace!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >*Note: I advise everyone to NEVER Google the word poop while eating something. </span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-68520656449928719132009-02-15T21:43:00.012+04:002009-07-11T15:47:41.389+04:00Comedy Cafe..<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It's been forever since I blogged, it's like I can't find the right words to express my mind. I've somehow gone mute, mentally.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So I spent my evening last night laughing my butt off in Comedy Cafe located in Jumeirah Beach Residence.. I'd been planning to go ever since I heard that</span> <a href="http://www.aronkader.com/">Aron Kader</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">from The Axis of Evil was coming. Yes I can repeatedly watch the DVD over & over again and find it amusing each time.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The trip from Sharjah to JBR was quite amusing & time consuming as always.. I had my kit ready (the printed google maps, photos of landmarks and the GPS on my mobile), we got there alright.. walked the last kilometer because dad was running late on his lecture. I've never been to that part of Dubai, El Wakalat Street in El Sweifieh back home is a rip off compared to</span> </span><a href="http://www.dubai-properties.ae/en/Projects/JumeirahBeach/Index.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Walk</span></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">over here.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Anyways, we</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">bought the tickets we'd booked earlier *looks at watch*, it's still 6 and the show starts at 9, so we checked out some shops, bought a couple of paintings from Gallery 1, eventually got bored and decided to go back to the Cafe and get some good seats. Sat in the front row *wiggles eyebrows*.. Shotgun.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrBfQDnsPWeEwe2AmHDt8s3FfwwKPYzG5AkRMrsKi-K1KRmfqnJGMnCZZ-PWLspglQgl74JQRoodg0QR1AwCb7omR_t6TOUuFYSUiA8n1kkZDqI-bGZRGVXqeFUMqAlcntGTKSCo2_nCL/s1600-h/image1176.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrBfQDnsPWeEwe2AmHDt8s3FfwwKPYzG5AkRMrsKi-K1KRmfqnJGMnCZZ-PWLspglQgl74JQRoodg0QR1AwCb7omR_t6TOUuFYSUiA8n1kkZDqI-bGZRGVXqeFUMqAlcntGTKSCo2_nCL/s320/image1176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303096249421468690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The show was pure awesome. Really, I laughed to a point where my stomach ached. Aron was hilarious. He portrays your typical Arab, jumping from politics to daily life smoothly and brilliantly interacting with the audience.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-yRofC3znaBsTn4AJiILTm-ZyxHURAinDLWCIZtis1Tdz2OqZN6cJ6krnGT9VujYWKI1ItXVxzi1HOlueRk9ICNuC-yq9TAADly0z_Xi5oplAEuSSE0IfWaF86hi7lfJKmjLm_RAxeDo/s1600-h/image1191.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-yRofC3znaBsTn4AJiILTm-ZyxHURAinDLWCIZtis1Tdz2OqZN6cJ6krnGT9VujYWKI1ItXVxzi1HOlueRk9ICNuC-yq9TAADly0z_Xi5oplAEuSSE0IfWaF86hi7lfJKmjLm_RAxeDo/s320/image1191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303096455540296178" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DlfXwaNVLYTTBmQqXRi2A1EUe7qisOVGQKTztsHC_fhBPYDHs3lHvgZcTWr74hwRlDZ-yUHmpJfdbVMfHviTgFnG_cNq7iUYBL9p9IntEbQHdLOJQexs7_PnhlthsVxj_sICOljv3-QD/s1600-h/image1192.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DlfXwaNVLYTTBmQqXRi2A1EUe7qisOVGQKTztsHC_fhBPYDHs3lHvgZcTWr74hwRlDZ-yUHmpJfdbVMfHviTgFnG_cNq7iUYBL9p9IntEbQHdLOJQexs7_PnhlthsVxj_sICOljv3-QD/s320/image1192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303096610917047058" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">He was nice enough to take pictures with us too... Totally enjoyed my time. I can't wait till summer, he told my brother & me that he'd be coming to Amman Inshallah.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I only captured one video, was shaking with laughter too hard.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzT7Ec4zF0ii1T0yA9DJTE5O1rWgng4d-zv18z02qTtffKilxve5YPTD-Lo-NyoStf0Pf36j9Xfw7KvTX1ATw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm off for now.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace!</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-3599483800446835132009-01-30T17:21:00.009+04:002009-07-11T15:49:08.245+04:00Idle<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Salamz,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I know I've been idle for a while now... It's the holiday I tell you, probably been one of the least productive ones I've had, that is unless you consider developing a new obsession an achievement.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnwdVQ7rgCwggffwKgSL7Uo_beNZ1rSYKKsPTRoiREerS076AoquSdybyrKQMEPaOmIc53h1LOu5Wa1hE8wXewvopyQF_AqpWset0keGNw0YHHIqKnzMR1Y-ZuxVWDuzjCGtvQwCjTxQF/s1600-h/heroes-downloads-desktop-group-800x600-02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnwdVQ7rgCwggffwKgSL7Uo_beNZ1rSYKKsPTRoiREerS076AoquSdybyrKQMEPaOmIc53h1LOu5Wa1hE8wXewvopyQF_AqpWset0keGNw0YHHIqKnzMR1Y-ZuxVWDuzjCGtvQwCjTxQF/s320/heroes-downloads-desktop-group-800x600-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297160258133510850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >The New Obsession</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm not going to rant away about it, it'll just be a waste of space and a bunch of OMG's & incoherent vocabulary put together.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- Gaza is recovering (somehow).</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />- Obama is being, erm pretty active. His first interview as President was with Al Arabiya (and we ALL know how reliable Al Arabiya is *clears throat*). It was quite a move really..</span><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rueFzxwXaxM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rueFzxwXaxM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="DetailedTitle"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> Erdogan is 3a rasi. I salute him.. Bravo! I like</span> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/01/20091303153967187.html">what he did in Davos</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">and I think he can set a good example for the rest us who want to speak their minds.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- Guys who pluck their eyebrows out can go swallow knives! Yes, that came up randomly mostly because there are things you can't shove down my throat.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- We're back to school after tomorrow... Don't get me started on that, this is going to be one long semester.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I have nothing to write about really, the good stuff happens when I get back to my life.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace!</span><br /></div></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-51579060906742168002009-01-16T20:41:00.014+04:002009-07-11T15:52:22.311+04:00Day 2 + 3 of the Campaign<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Salamz guys,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I wasn't in the mood to post about the second day last night mostly because it wasn't exactly my day. We got our result yesterday, yes THE RESULTS of all results. It was quite a shock when I heard about my average, the marks had dropped noticeably all around the Emirates; well YEAH, they will when you make weird assumptions that the students can somehow improvise despite the</span> </span><a href="http://halawa-o.blogspot.com/2008/11/lab-rats.html">the observations I previously talked about</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">. Anyways I'm pretty satisfied now after all the support I got and the way people put it for me, Al Hamdulilah.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yesterday (the second day of the campaign) was HECTIC! We packed 25,000 hygiene kits! Just shout for something you need and you'll see it hurling your way in NO TIME! Everyone WANTS to help, and the spirit they have cannot be described & yet again people of all nationalities & religions showed up! I met truly inspirational people & a couple of bloggers too.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yesterday was NOTHING compared with today, 3200 people attended so the place was packed! We got so much work done! To be quite honest, I'm totally spent and I just feel like throwing myself on the nearest surface, I'll leave you with some photos & videos.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-gUluFLN0B3a-ibRmpzuQnUETWo0e-AD5ACCzmbIQltss-F9jtMfGswkHVEm1DNI3-YOX1Tzr2m3_AHlacqyb8HQkwnbv2IZu8vR9i70qAqu9Y9JkAgwpoN43RqhuS5ZfPaxP4nZg6DY/s1600-h/image967.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-gUluFLN0B3a-ibRmpzuQnUETWo0e-AD5ACCzmbIQltss-F9jtMfGswkHVEm1DNI3-YOX1Tzr2m3_AHlacqyb8HQkwnbv2IZu8vR9i70qAqu9Y9JkAgwpoN43RqhuS5ZfPaxP4nZg6DY/s320/image967.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291940582870378178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zH605nJj34Gubzp4miL8_0lw0BaHWxl4DP7jukc4yEuCIPxMckD6cdxvfT445tnT-7yD2er_YyXR1hFqdPxjUH9b5nYoox0Xu0iJmfGRq6dmKdVaewbl6_Nd8YTZwaRHOd5YpyoXnO7o/s1600-h/image969.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zH605nJj34Gubzp4miL8_0lw0BaHWxl4DP7jukc4yEuCIPxMckD6cdxvfT445tnT-7yD2er_YyXR1hFqdPxjUH9b5nYoox0Xu0iJmfGRq6dmKdVaewbl6_Nd8YTZwaRHOd5YpyoXnO7o/s320/image969.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291940603619584626" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">After we were done, we tidied up</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDpomBEQurfNQ5Au266RFzRQVw1c1-FKeWY7X9ZD808jR-WvjA2UYz-tO2OmVw1k6fhI5QMcraeVH0iMtPeWA4Fx9sZBugQe4ROdwCE2jgemMT2aE2eEy0mTQIKNhhK70QHPFvrX5yHcj/s1600-h/image968.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDpomBEQurfNQ5Au266RFzRQVw1c1-FKeWY7X9ZD808jR-WvjA2UYz-tO2OmVw1k6fhI5QMcraeVH0iMtPeWA4Fx9sZBugQe4ROdwCE2jgemMT2aE2eEy0mTQIKNhhK70QHPFvrX5yHcj/s320/image968.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291940594966681906" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2tw_fojHpa7AKTXbOeRYjXPDK8KT_RNkA1ji_87tDRgAAyk_qun4O59w91qiPiLczdECkh95hTR9VQTmZhQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">At work</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzNLZy0HpVEkuoE5_ruR8O_dsfFXsrfgJqITVgop_ksNQ_3ADx7phSTsgBmIW44D52BGqnH12qw3G2OusMkuw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">After the storm<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />Oh oh, and SHOUT OUTS to the ladies & gents in the group I was leading! Table 20, you guys were amazing! Very cooperative and responsive! I want to see you guys tomorrow Inshallah!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm off for now!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace!</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-80495395093227778332009-01-15T07:45:00.016+04:002009-07-11T15:54:02.852+04:00Dubai Cares Campaign - Day 1<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Salamz everyone!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yesterday was the first day of the</span> <a href="http://www.dubaicares.ae/index.php/dubai-cares-participate/index#assemble_care_kits">Dubai Cares Campaign</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, volunteers were called in to assemble School & Hygiene Kits & it was NOTHING like I expected.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It was quite an adventure for us (my dad & mom dropped me off), we left Sharjah at 3:30 p.m. and I got to DIFC at nearly 5:10, why? Mostly because I've NEVER seen so many DETOURS in one place IN MY LIFE! Example: The detour roads have two lanes and if you're not familiar with all the last-second lane choice you'll end up totaled with a metal bar. So I say "dad go left", mom says "go right", and the GPS says: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">You are not on a road</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> =_='... Go figure.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">No worries, once I got there my jaw pretty much dropped out of place after seeing the building, you feel so tiny standing next to those Skyscrapers! Everything is just so.. huge!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqvQONbYm-5rRh5aVRmLfgyg1h8Ps8DN7LhSFfB3khHeHKzA5Uv7RIn2iHYXCPsJ6Xxjesq39lG0bVDdE5oRizy4V-zInkT2BqbgKjET2mHo1ZLeCgKOfX-x-toPQfQhS0aDc_a97mZpP/s1600-h/image950.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqvQONbYm-5rRh5aVRmLfgyg1h8Ps8DN7LhSFfB3khHeHKzA5Uv7RIn2iHYXCPsJ6Xxjesq39lG0bVDdE5oRizy4V-zInkT2BqbgKjET2mHo1ZLeCgKOfX-x-toPQfQhS0aDc_a97mZpP/s320/image950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291371481541567506" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And the people inside, straight out of a movie, you know... The rich Armani-wearing business man who eventually ends up committing suicide? They were scattered all over the place! Me and my sister would get weird glares but I'd just beam back in return, it actually felt good giving the place a little color, everyone was so neutral & sour-faced.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Took 15 minutes to find the Emperor Hall, we got lost in "The Gates", found another lost volunteer and continued searching.. we got there thanks to a security guy (aren't they always lifesavers?).</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hundreds of people showed up, there were HEAPS of bags to fill and stack & the best part was that everyone was cooperative, men, women, teenagers, children, Arabs, non-Arabs, all sorts of colors gathered for ONE noble reason... <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >For Gaza</span>.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1FLfPzskfvTBLpkHHIYg6BNN5O_fXItrgqtPrg9n7TVYDnLBa59a1L4DHrKI7e3A4sn2Mna8aN9IQ1gahpAvdPOlmxI0jxy9KcdIiiH45c0vIRBDh433jxUbqfKnnROMDaJQyIVcDtxJ/s1600-h/image951.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1FLfPzskfvTBLpkHHIYg6BNN5O_fXItrgqtPrg9n7TVYDnLBa59a1L4DHrKI7e3A4sn2Mna8aN9IQ1gahpAvdPOlmxI0jxy9KcdIiiH45c0vIRBDh433jxUbqfKnnROMDaJQyIVcDtxJ/s320/image951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291374545162301954" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Each bead of sweat that rose on every forehead was worth a LOT, for a moment or two when we could have a minute off before another load came I would look around and suddenly feel a lump swell in my throat, I couldn't tell whether I was overwhelmed with the fact that there were so many people who wanted to help, or because I felt that still, this was the very least we could do...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcqMJt5DsD0RX0HGpP4N8Xe6WmZxK8ianv8od0XzfWFKu6GUb30Rt2E6R7e4GTaXe-_VJszqv-1yFZo_uqn5Tk0qIJItV0FDMeF_8_y0KHmMTPXcAcsH8SpXOOrHh7jOIXKvdtqOmR-_B/s1600-h/image952.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcqMJt5DsD0RX0HGpP4N8Xe6WmZxK8ianv8od0XzfWFKu6GUb30Rt2E6R7e4GTaXe-_VJszqv-1yFZo_uqn5Tk0qIJItV0FDMeF_8_y0KHmMTPXcAcsH8SpXOOrHh7jOIXKvdtqOmR-_B/s320/image952.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291376130321356866" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">They called it a wrap at around 7:00, more work got done than expected. There's still more work to do today & Friday, so try to make it if you didn't have the chance yesterday.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfX7xoigU1m89m-p6qbGjG3RNJdEPQkqlLELP1pO9feWszuTQbQzrzjMgMPS1bEv85oL0jqGGvv1JNpC_BgIl1EjY8Z8L4HocpA8z3zDvuGZcXaVZlsGjFEvUaTIfotD-wUYlbQjVrWK_P/s1600-h/image956.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfX7xoigU1m89m-p6qbGjG3RNJdEPQkqlLELP1pO9feWszuTQbQzrzjMgMPS1bEv85oL0jqGGvv1JNpC_BgIl1EjY8Z8L4HocpA8z3zDvuGZcXaVZlsGjFEvUaTIfotD-wUYlbQjVrWK_P/s320/image956.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291378142679061138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The weather was amazing at night, reminds with being back home in Amman, only difference is the scenery; crop out the skyscrapers, Corvettes and Lamborghinis and there you have it!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71kh5-vBKfciWezm9uu0NO6tCRLzqT43xD6z0yBmkHys5_pt_LX-ZvgNvI7ro9Rn2L43281Ak2_nJnYIUmXvc8DiVmrl-JcxOpv1FjrxjG0ud8W3TPDT8h-NMMWVBBMlUKDqP-YJ9lRuk/s1600-h/image957.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71kh5-vBKfciWezm9uu0NO6tCRLzqT43xD6z0yBmkHys5_pt_LX-ZvgNvI7ro9Rn2L43281Ak2_nJnYIUmXvc8DiVmrl-JcxOpv1FjrxjG0ud8W3TPDT8h-NMMWVBBMlUKDqP-YJ9lRuk/s320/image957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291379222560394370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'll be there today Inshallah too, my big brother wants to tag along, the more, the better. Try to bring your friends & family :)</span><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyQ3OFvSLqvHIa0XFBKNuRHjnxnihgoA4datib2KFTk4t7p8rQ0bpjqHgEQwpPJ5f8bBeBRr85-CgUWFgVmFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace!</span><br /></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-70197247302070731552009-01-12T19:26:00.005+04:002009-07-11T15:57:20.738+04:00Help needed, lend a hand.<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Salamz guys...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Today I had my last Final exam, chemistry -thank God- it went well. So, HELLO HOLIDAY!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I wanted post about the past couple of weeks and exams and all but right now there's a more important issue:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We've all been helping out with the current situation in Gaza by donating money, food & medicine... now you can help out by lending a hand:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Dubai Cares needs volunteers to help package 50,000 school kits & 50,000 hygiene kits for the Children of Gaza.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7noHX_nJPs7-vdnh0TgQnLq5-Oa2NaP5sb7Ily4CiriRcD1avQyZU3kpix_e9Gz7oZGzAmvGAquYgL9NbZPytWMYVvkDwfIQGJqkr2SU2dN_oQ758OCYwM8s4VpvScte7jT_bqexpAymE/s1600-h/Dubai-Cares-web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7noHX_nJPs7-vdnh0TgQnLq5-Oa2NaP5sb7Ily4CiriRcD1avQyZU3kpix_e9Gz7oZGzAmvGAquYgL9NbZPytWMYVvkDwfIQGJqkr2SU2dN_oQ758OCYwM8s4VpvScte7jT_bqexpAymE/s320/Dubai-Cares-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290440363566579666" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Date: Wednesday, January 14 through January 20, 2009 </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Venue: DIFC – Emperor Hall </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> Weekdays: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> Friday January 16, 2009: 2:00 -6:00 p.m. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> Saturday January 17, 2009: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">More info</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> </span><a href="http://www.dubaicares.ae/index.php/dubai-cares-participate/index#assemble_care_kits">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm going to be there Inshallah everyday (if dad agrees to take me to Dubai everyday). And I'm sure I'll be there on the first day Inshallah. Any bloggers attending? Leave a comment if you are, we're bound to see each other.. POWER OF THE PEOPLE :D</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Spread the word people, blog it,</span> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=44813894214&ref=mf">invite people to the Facebook event</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, tell your family & friends!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hala!</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-44228842481006602892009-01-09T10:34:00.014+04:002009-07-11T15:59:31.026+04:00And the show goes on<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I woke this morning on the sound of my 8 year old brother crying... over chocolate. I was having the same dream that's been playing on while I've been asleep for a couple of days now.. It starts with me & some people I don't recognize sitting in a small room when suddenly we hear a low groaning sound and we fall through the floor... I wake up after that.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Reality came shouting at me when I compared the reason my brother was crying & the tears that were falling on a child's cheeks in Gaza, I felt really angry with myself, angry with the human race.. JUST PURE ANGER!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The situation over there really makes me want to change so many things about myself, including the things I waste my time over.. Maybe less time on distractions & more time regarding my religious faith. I want to face reality more & more every minute, I want to DO something, I want to make a change, in myself first, then the people around me, and then the World, I want to scream out loud... make myself heard more than ever, I want to defend innocent people and help the ones with open wounds.. I want peace.. I want the truth to show... I want change.. and I know that none of that will happen without FAITH!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="status_body">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span class="status_body"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- Deaths have gone up to 776 Martyrs and 3150 injured Gazans. And still, the Western Media is twisting the facts...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- Hosni Mubarak... *censored*. OPEN RAFAH!!!! OPEN RAFAH YOU TRAITOR!!!! OPEN IT! No one's asking him to fight with the Gazans against Israel!!! Just open Rafah let the Muslims and people who are willing to help enter, let the donations enter, let the Medical crew ENTER! JUST OPEN RAFAH!! *****censored***** 5asa MBARAK!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- John Ging,</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><a href="http://www.un.org/unrwa/news/statements/gaza_crisis/fakhura_school_jan09.html"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">UNRWA Director of Operations in Gaza</span></span></a></b></span></span><span class="status_body"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">emphasized on the fact that there were NO MILITANT ACTIVITIES in the schools (which had been turned into shelters) that were shelled kiling dozens of innocent refugees.</span><br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-K8caHPpInE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-K8caHPpInE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- The Red Cross says that Israeli troops are preventing it from reaching the injured & their paramedics are being tageted and killed.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Avital Leibovich replies that "they would be more than happy to have the complaint and check it". </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">*snorts* EFFING LIARS!!!!! What she said will be taken by the Western Media and somehow it'l be twisted to show the Israeils as the peacemakers, the good guys, the ones who care about Gaza's interests.</span><br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lWvhXPmWjQo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lWvhXPmWjQo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /></span><span class="status_body"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- Israel claims that Hamas is using Gazans as "Human Sheilds". DAMN YOU ISREAL! DAMN YOU! If your claim is so effing right WHY DON'T YOU STOP KILLING THE YOUNG CHILDREN!!!!????</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This father says that his son was killed by SNIPERS!!!! They're targetting LITTLE KIDS!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I say: THE PEOPLE ELECTED HAMAS, the PEOPLE aren't complaining about Hamas, they are complaining about the murderers, the "new NAZIS", THE ZIONISTS! Not ONE Gazan is against what Hamas is doing, they don't want their loved ones to die in vain! I would want revenge, I WANT revenge!</span><br /><br /><object style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mt9GblxFwSo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mt9GblxFwSo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="status_body">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- Children are being left without food, water & in ruble sitting next to their dead parents' bodies for more than 4 days & ISRAELI troops know that, but won't let humanitarian aid reach them.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">In this video a medic says that they entered homes where they found decomposed bodies along with injured people. They found around 20 bodies in one of the houses they entered, 7 of them were women and 6 were bodies of children.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- The UNRWA has decided to suspend the distribution of food to over 750000 Palestinians who depend on it because of the death of one if its drivers by Israeli troops.</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E63-N2O8Zws&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E63-N2O8Zws&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="status_body"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- This is what I call the true Palestinians.. the ones who make me proud that there are still good Muslims, Muslims who sacriface their own children for the Country, for el watan... The woman who is mourning her son at 0:36 is crying "For the country my child, for the country, May Allah be with you".. her son was bombed in front her.. May he rest in Peace God willing.</span><br /><br /><object style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VSv7FKve1bU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VSv7FKve1bU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></span><br /><span class="status_body"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And this is what I call a real leader:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Chavez</span><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1231289296_0"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> ordered Israel's ambassador expelled from the country"...</span> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_israel">read here</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">YEAH! That way, you make a LOT o people just a little satisfied... Arab leaders.. thinking anytime soon? *clenchs jaw*.</span><br /><span class="status_body"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">______________________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- </span></span><span class="text14"><span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahayan said his country will donate money to rebuild the three UNRWA schools that were destroyed in Israeli Air Force strikes in Gaza.. read more</span> <a href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1452411.php/UAE_minister_pledges_to_rebuild_UN_Gaza_schools_hit_by_Israel_">here.</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Al Hamdulilah, they're helping.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">How you can help too?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">You can donate money to the following account numbers:</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">003520534675401- Dubai Islamic Bank</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">20000417 - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Or visit the Red Cross charities across the Emirates at:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society, Al Ain Cooperative Society, Bani Yas Cooperative Society, Al Falah Plaza, Al Safa Center in Al Ain, Dubai City Center, Sharjah City Center</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">.</span><br /><span class="text14"><span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Also Aramex </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="SearchableContent"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblBody">is organizing an emergency donation campaign</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> to support Gaza, you can drop your</span> </span><a href="http://www.aramex.com/news/item.aspx?id=c196fb3a-ca61-4e54-9a35-e9012a1b7d67">donations </a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">off at the following locations:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);" id="SearchableContent"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblBody"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Mall of Emirates, Deira City Center, Sharjah City Center, and Ajman City Center. </span></span></span><br /><span class="text14"><span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Long live Gazans, long live Muslims and long live the truth... Allahu Akbar! GOD IS GREAT!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace,</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hala.</span><br /></span></span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-92152188437968377402009-01-04T14:05:00.010+04:002009-07-11T16:01:45.843+04:00How Blind?<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm exhausted, literally. Today is the 9th day of war on Gaza and I've been spending a lot of my time glued to Al Jazeera my eyes bulging out of their sockets each time a new attack occurs. The death toll has raised up to +483 HUMANS. This is a full scale massacre and Arab leaders are doing absolutely NOTHING! Don't tell me that sending a couple of tons of Medicine is considered help.. that's just bullshit! We are talking about 24 Arab countries.. TWENTY FOUR! 325 MILLION people.. let's just say 2 million are willing to defend Palestine, they're ready to die for their brothers! It's impossible that two bitches like Livni and Rice are controlling **** CENSORED****</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeceT2hnCdkLi3r7kgRCdZAR62T5X6Cnov7qwlE3nwSypmEdOJzGqk_DXYIfC2SKg6VUWvev4CatWPNbJifaE8KcXtjdtOTbri2oKWySAMaWN_yZ4h6gWuQQqT7HkGCKeQMTZBQ1W7QOV/s1600-h/censored_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeceT2hnCdkLi3r7kgRCdZAR62T5X6Cnov7qwlE3nwSypmEdOJzGqk_DXYIfC2SKg6VUWvev4CatWPNbJifaE8KcXtjdtOTbri2oKWySAMaWN_yZ4h6gWuQQqT7HkGCKeQMTZBQ1W7QOV/s320/censored_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287385937115944834" border="0" /></a><br /></div> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">24 -----! Well I say and quote from The Kite Runner "Urinate ......." men who are incapable of making a decision, men who fear standing in the face of the enemy and for ONCE in their lives fulfilling the oaths they've taken. There's a lot I'd rather write, but keep in mind, there's nothing called </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">freedom of speech</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> as long as you speak the truth.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/01/20091115532645312.html">Livni says</a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"</span><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">There's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"... </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">nope sure isn't, the +2500 injured hungry people are just joking around, you know screaming their lungs out just for the camera... yeah the little CHILDREN who aren't expecting to wake up once the fall asleep at night after crying every last tear out at their CIVILIAN dad whose brain got splattered all over the wall trying to get them bread to eat. Nope no humanitarian crisis at all.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">What about the people</span> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200913163438386439.html">who died at the mosque</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">? I cried my eyes out last night after watching this child die on International TV choking on his own blood... he was praying people! Praying to God to make things better... I say Al Hamdulilah, he's a martyr Inshallah. What better death is there than one in the house of Allah?</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemPoCr3ByJbbQSyE574TWCOcUFzWrTQwtZuAsVdiMdsQ1BS7mYfBip3qw13AkJ6gNE9fn-pfXA4EcTThuJ3RnAGhsjmW5uYtszqcN7n75ogxk_j4IKRJENj5WmE1ZsI-RAYMcO9phmrMF/s1600-h/20091317395855580_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemPoCr3ByJbbQSyE574TWCOcUFzWrTQwtZuAsVdiMdsQ1BS7mYfBip3qw13AkJ6gNE9fn-pfXA4EcTThuJ3RnAGhsjmW5uYtszqcN7n75ogxk_j4IKRJENj5WmE1ZsI-RAYMcO9phmrMF/s320/20091317395855580_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287391474340350994" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1">What about his mom though?</span><br /></div><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Even education couldn't make it through. My friend from Gaza, Lina, shared some photos of her now-in-rubble University.</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g1ao65VeVbUUQdZaedwIL5qlpCSEaAKC0HFpSHIf_42Rm1m2Nnj1nfvFyVrW6NP-CeCbVkeg0cZUN4QEqaU1zSmB3IotojCPbw7I5Z3Wp566apEd5dFePU2YtLmbWZ_8_EEGH0Jr8qPK/s1600-h/The+New+Labs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g1ao65VeVbUUQdZaedwIL5qlpCSEaAKC0HFpSHIf_42Rm1m2Nnj1nfvFyVrW6NP-CeCbVkeg0cZUN4QEqaU1zSmB3IotojCPbw7I5Z3Wp566apEd5dFePU2YtLmbWZ_8_EEGH0Jr8qPK/s320/The+New+Labs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287392592527873522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span class="DetaildSuammary" id="Htmlphcontrol1"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPAhWbOZGRvD9_aeaIgQKzIOt29Kx8vkREToVgJVcoLQuK54J4i7Nypftg4Up3QljH7FGQNyvVtEH-qGphCB36fW87Ifkn_g0UK-hxm1R4KVRKxK80UDKgQupjpZYIqs7_cTYCGPsCADS/s1600-h/Engineering.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPAhWbOZGRvD9_aeaIgQKzIOt29Kx8vkREToVgJVcoLQuK54J4i7Nypftg4Up3QljH7FGQNyvVtEH-qGphCB36fW87Ifkn_g0UK-hxm1R4KVRKxK80UDKgQupjpZYIqs7_cTYCGPsCADS/s320/Engineering.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287392796609574434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Imagine it being your University, or your mosque, or your brother, or your family & your country.. what would it feel like? Put yourself in their shoes for once... so just leave your PS3, or your favorite TV drama, and pray for them people.. just pray, it's the least you can do.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">7asbi Allah Wa Ne3m Al Wakeel!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">My heart bleeds with Gaza.</span><br /></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-72393379764117914732009-01-01T10:42:00.005+04:002009-07-11T16:02:05.180+04:00We ended 2008 with this<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Despite the fact that I decided not to post anything new on my blog until I'm done with my finals... I realized that we began the New Year this morning.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So much has happened during the past week.. and words are not enough to express the anger that resides inside me, so you can just take a look yourself:</span><br /><br /><span style="text-align: center; width: 600px; display: block;"><embed flashvars="autoPlay=true&rss_feed=http://www.bubbleshare.com/rss/524700/feed.xml&loop=true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ffffff" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://assets.bubbleshare.com/swfs/player.swf?20081205191222" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="475" width="600"></embed><span style="display: block;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;" >BubbleShare: <a href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/" style="font-size: 100%;">Share photos</a> - <span style="font-size:100%;">Easy <a href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/">Photo Sharing</a></span><br /></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I don't know how blind the World can be, but it seems that it's rare to find people blessed with eyesight.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">May God be with Gaza and its people.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hala.</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-59550053504742835922008-12-19T07:42:00.006+04:002009-07-11T16:02:29.387+04:00Time Out<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I couldn't help the tears falling, I guess I've become too attached to my mom... She's going back home today to visit grans and every other person I love over there. I'm overwhelmed by so many emotions right now; sadness, fear, nervousness.. I can feel I lump in my throat, just hate it. I know she'll only be away for two weeks, but it seems more like a decade to me...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">7abibti Mama, she takes care of everything before leaving, I was just in the kitchen to drink some water and I spotted a couple of papers she left behind with full instructions on what to eat everyday, she's made us a week of food supply with the warmth of her hands. Crap, I'm crying again... It's weird for me because I'm never this sensitive... it's not like I've never been away from mom... dunno, maybe it's just the heat of my Tawjihi exams that are coming up. She felt all guilty about leaving when she found out she wouldn't be there for my first Mid-Year, but I want her to be happy, she needs some time off; this year has been hectic.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Well, this is going to be a good chance to test my "emotions stamina" and it'll effect the choice I'll be making in a few months on where to study University... here (with dad and big bro), or back home (with mom and little siblings)... so far, based on my reactions, it's weighing towards #2.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Speaking of future decisions and all that stuff that's kept me daydreaming and stressed 76% of the time... I won't be posting until I'm done with my finals... make Dua'a and wish me luck please, and if you see me posting comments anywhere, or coming online on msn or facebook.. you have FULL permission to SCOLD ME!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Merry Christmas to all non-Muslim readers (yes that's you Missy) and Happy New Year in forward.. May the coming year bring joy, smiles and warmth of family of friends Inshallah.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Take Care everyone!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Over & Out.. to cry a bit more.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hala.</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-73741543114645480522008-12-16T16:35:00.005+04:002009-07-11T16:03:11.322+04:00The Aftermath....<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">W.O.W...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The school was buzzing with the news today, nearly everyone was talking about how they joined a facebook group that supported Mr. Zaidi, or about signing an online petition to free him, I could even hear the first graders' roars of laughter in the background while listening to some music on my iPod on my way to school... I spent nearly half an hour debating with my math teacher about my point of view (I bet a lot of people were happy they didn't take a math lesson today) which ended up with both of us insisting on our opinions and him involving irrelevant mathematical terms. (I must admit that he was saying good stuff, but he seeks perfection that doesn't exist in our world).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Anyway, I guess I'm getting too obsessed with the whole thing.. Come on, don't tell me you've never vowed to </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"stick your foot up Bush's nostrils if you ever had a chance"</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> while having a heated political conversation with your friends!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I was reading some articles about the incident when I came across</span> <a href="http://arabia.msn.com/channels/msnnews/article.aspx?CatID=1&ID=669972&S=Hl">this one</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">...</span><br /><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Saddam Hussein's former lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said he was forming a team to defend Zaidi and that around 200 lawyers, including Americans, had offered their services for free.</span><br /></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I guess a lot of people like him *wiggles eyebrows*. The general reaction is pretty positive in Mr. Zaidi's interest... not only Arabs, Westerners too. I'd bet loads of Americans would like to have a swing at him too!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">An Iraqi lawyer said Zaidi risked a minimum of two years in prison if he is prosecuted for insulting a visiting head of state, but could face a 15-year term if he is charged with attempted murder.</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">*smirks*... didn't know you could murder someone with a shoe... O_o... I gotta try that one!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />Over and OUT (to throw some shoes)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hala.</span><br /><blockquote></blockquote>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-14860745294187667222008-12-15T16:13:00.005+04:002009-07-11T16:03:52.042+04:00Farewell with a size 10...<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">You have NO idea how much respect this man! I find it the PERFECT way to express his farewell to none other than our beloved pig Bush... YES my friends, from now on... shoe industries will be flourishing since it makes a HELL load of people happier. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Let me say that shoes can sometimes be more effective than mass destructive weapons... WAY MORE EFFECTIVE! </span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uNhzTN0Japc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uNhzTN0Japc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">"Let me talk about the guy throwing the shoe, it is one way to gain attention"</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Sure is baby! If a size 10 shoe speeding your way doesn't gain YOUR attention, I don't know what WILL!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This dude just summed it all up for me...</span><br /><br /><object style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6X8B-lu-ONM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6X8B-lu-ONM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I hope it made you smile!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Sa7tein of 3afieh...</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-43456050534890690082008-12-11T21:37:00.003+04:002009-07-11T16:04:22.890+04:00How lame can you get?<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Lamer.. please?</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GYOmWQiVCFQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GYOmWQiVCFQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">No comment...</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-49189930211801366392008-12-09T20:06:00.011+04:002009-07-11T16:05:14.153+04:00Eid Al Adha<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Eid Mubarak everyone!</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yeah well, this is my second Eid in the UAE, I've really stopped expecting anything fun. We have no relatives here which makes things a lot more boring (*coughs* and decreases the 3edieh income)... The weather was amazing yesterday morning; sunny with a fresh breeze!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3NUTQd16lCaGW4vuKuWaSU1i0sVBXrlgVrmB2tVWx5qW-QpBDD-PEKvxrY7206G6z9AYbaYU93I6mwIXDcr5mE6awzOkv9e24DjKPGYPjqy53wBQjqdzt1syyWmPOqLVu-HSUswHuZwz/s1600-h/image359.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3NUTQd16lCaGW4vuKuWaSU1i0sVBXrlgVrmB2tVWx5qW-QpBDD-PEKvxrY7206G6z9AYbaYU93I6mwIXDcr5mE6awzOkv9e24DjKPGYPjqy53wBQjqdzt1syyWmPOqLVu-HSUswHuZwz/s320/image359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277824805905986402" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Doesn't it make you want to sing?<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Didn't I promise myself I wouldn't hang any Eid greetings on the door due to what happened last time? Yeah well, it was too gloomy.. and mom made me lol. But I shooed all the kids away, guess what they did? The climbed on a tree in front of our house and pulled it down.. poor tree! Imagine if I'd let monsters like THAT into my room!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmWyXxIf55dhWU-EGWucSrOQxyU3P_1SUTCkWlHXs4ZRU-sLZe_hGE6i9asG_Ah6RupbRvxeoTPU9OxOyD_qMcwoIJtf_9u_kD2M9f383o16XPzOEEcvBmw0ErbBzyGk7JtdBTo6a94ea/s1600-h/image361.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmWyXxIf55dhWU-EGWucSrOQxyU3P_1SUTCkWlHXs4ZRU-sLZe_hGE6i9asG_Ah6RupbRvxeoTPU9OxOyD_qMcwoIJtf_9u_kD2M9f383o16XPzOEEcvBmw0ErbBzyGk7JtdBTo6a94ea/s320/image361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277830706728353762" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Nothing too fancy..<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I decided to take my little siblings out instead of sitting home all day.. well not really "out", here out = mall. Dad dropped us off at Sahara to watch Bolt and have lunch. I guess they enjoyed their time, a couple of my friends tagged along and brought their siblings too.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHvOvJMrBS_YvZ8ZZscYbV-ysAmdfkDQB5wERqlgEfJ7fivApcLCaQVtjUrWgcj02BcCDy4RM4gcAfC2xPAmpfepK_rvzWrLgtJeXGff8t1bk6O1zq72by14P6wNMIIvPSQ_d9ms3CGRQ/s1600-h/image365.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHvOvJMrBS_YvZ8ZZscYbV-ysAmdfkDQB5wERqlgEfJ7fivApcLCaQVtjUrWgcj02BcCDy4RM4gcAfC2xPAmpfepK_rvzWrLgtJeXGff8t1bk6O1zq72by14P6wNMIIvPSQ_d9ms3CGRQ/s320/image365.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277825424875858978" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">That's my lil bro Saif</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnFInS6Ssgnwd_oD2gdsZs5WhWtxnP_1jJVqfZb5HuFTRroN_5mURW8Z_ozFD3Le-oCcUc4_qBCKG7IzUv2yX_0HWBebb-zITIMDsA-XtYecvnADiaROWzTDQK654ajBSWlUIYqYZjLnh/s1600-h/image398.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnFInS6Ssgnwd_oD2gdsZs5WhWtxnP_1jJVqfZb5HuFTRroN_5mURW8Z_ozFD3Le-oCcUc4_qBCKG7IzUv2yX_0HWBebb-zITIMDsA-XtYecvnADiaROWzTDQK654ajBSWlUIYqYZjLnh/s320/image398.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277825620474408594" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">They really enjoyed it, HA.. I'd like a dog like Bolt.. so cute!</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The employees at Grand Sahara recognized me since I'd watched Twilight for the second time the day of Al Waqfeh with my brother. They were like... "Aren't you the Twilight girl? Don't tell us you're here to watch it for the third time?". "No, no, of course not" *has an internal argument with herself about whether I should or not :p*... I'll just wait for the DVD I guess.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dad gave me my Eidieh, I guess I'm buying a guitar after my Mid-Years are over Inshallah and whatever is left (if anything is left) I'll use to get myself some books.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I hope everyone enjoyed their Eid Inshallah?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Peace!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">7ala.</span>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683540413255476725.post-75314339151246670892008-12-05T09:10:00.022+04:002009-07-11T16:06:58.833+04:00Twilight DAY!<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipK3mfD8nuC8k7fiVoBVtJiwZBDTTJwWcq0X2PT8MWF7QWgyXf6VoWbB-veJs_oHR_hNClb_ADJ_Ipd7ziUqeIAaG90_GS5A4kpRlhdOI8sa4XcdpFIedOuMTyHNHVM_tGh4f6iY9jZnjK/s1600-h/1099212.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipK3mfD8nuC8k7fiVoBVtJiwZBDTTJwWcq0X2PT8MWF7QWgyXf6VoWbB-veJs_oHR_hNClb_ADJ_Ipd7ziUqeIAaG90_GS5A4kpRlhdOI8sa4XcdpFIedOuMTyHNHVM_tGh4f6iY9jZnjK/s320/1099212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276198035408939730" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">OMG!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yesterday was probably one of the MOST exciting days I've had in my life! We're all going to remember it!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I was up at 6 am due to all the hyperness, tried wasting some time watching TV and sitting around but I eventually drifted away thinking about the book...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">2 o'clock came, and with it came the RAIN! Yes! Good omens AGAIN! (That sort of rhymes doesn't it lol?)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUFAk902bQuYXyakWNxGGGtfVlXyULBkUQD8mOZjgywzBIoTsX1BQ6VVfiZadxn-MjOagS3b9Z5XGTtKMXYyqfzT9nyuAsmd4r-kisF3qq-QptxMk5fT9Ei5y9SyeJAVyCujfzALu4tIw/s1600-h/image272.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUFAk902bQuYXyakWNxGGGtfVlXyULBkUQD8mOZjgywzBIoTsX1BQ6VVfiZadxn-MjOagS3b9Z5XGTtKMXYyqfzT9nyuAsmd4r-kisF3qq-QptxMk5fT9Ei5y9SyeJAVyCujfzALu4tIw/s320/image272.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276190288665800434" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Once I got there, I gave all the girls their t-shirts and we put them on.. people would stare at us and we got all sorts of comments... here are some:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"What team do you people play on?"...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"Toilet..? The toilet's over there!"....</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"Vampires... WHERE?"....</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"3aaaaaaaaaaaaaw... I'm a wolf"... =_='</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And of course, the other undercover</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Twilighters</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">:</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"OMG! Look at their shirts, should we go ask them where they got them from?"...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"Haha, Team Edward always outnumber the dogs"...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"Ooooohhh... your shirts are sooo *sigh*"...</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpuDcSWtsvi7MwHyKqfxAglB-J0SAPhQYe9a-aAJzEMpelHzIWI0yuaQd7AnOCWwuWGkpPeEOLqChOVmgkCbnX56cCOJbuF0yON1Lofg0kzO8AOB5W65k-fn9P1Txl3O240M-xURfUDwD/s1600-h/n717450525_4970618_3033.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpuDcSWtsvi7MwHyKqfxAglB-J0SAPhQYe9a-aAJzEMpelHzIWI0yuaQd7AnOCWwuWGkpPeEOLqChOVmgkCbnX56cCOJbuF0yON1Lofg0kzO8AOB5W65k-fn9P1Txl3O240M-xURfUDwD/s320/n717450525_4970618_3033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276198226835630210" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And of course, we got the double head turns... people noticed that we were multiplying somehow.... We payed for our booking and tensions were rising... you could actually smell the excitement in the air!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOk6jzdnyEyPuV6PcHejIxMLKjPgdbGwtepkpfvI9ueSSPMvBFjD4C1oWWqle7aUFVkxyZvEHRnfLbJ-rsI7qIZxKpDHl37PDQy1WkFqueBwPc-16_V75Lh0ma3B-cKnH1g7zDwwgeMNq/s1600-h/image279.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOk6jzdnyEyPuV6PcHejIxMLKjPgdbGwtepkpfvI9ueSSPMvBFjD4C1oWWqle7aUFVkxyZvEHRnfLbJ-rsI7qIZxKpDHl37PDQy1WkFqueBwPc-16_V75Lh0ma3B-cKnH1g7zDwwgeMNq/s320/image279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276198600465572210" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">It was minutes before the movie.. everyone packed up in front of the gate and we started yelling WE WANT</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TWILIGHT</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">! EVERYONE joined in! We cheered Go team Edward and Jacob... the people were amazingly cooperative! But of course there were the haters... psssht!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Once we got in, all the girls were hyperventilating! And then... the movie began and tears started to fall... the reactions more more suitable for The World Cup instead of a movie! ESPECIALLY when Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) walked in... riot broke out! It was AMAZING! The auditorium would erupt into roars and screams each 5 minutes! Ahaha I was surprised to see some guys at the movie and I was shocked they didn't run out screaming something like THEY'RE HIGH! Well, I must admit.. Edward Cullen is, and I quote </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">our brand of heroin</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> :p</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">My review about the movie: AMAZING!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">You're probably thinking, well obviously... they're fans! We all know it's hard to please all the fans, especially the ones who expect that they're going to see everything that was mentioned in the book. You need to understand that it's HARD to make a book into a movie... to squeeze it all into 120 minutes! And if you haven't read the book, you'll just think that Edward's constipated all through the movie! The vampire's abilities are internal and it's difficult to show that in a movie! Read the books, then watch the movie again and you'll understand everything!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We were in after-shock when the movie finished... everyone was swooning! We took the picture for the Grand Cinemas Movie Guide and decided to kill the energy by going to the indoor Amusement Park.... We sure did kill the energy... some of the girls got dizzy, some got hungry... and we thought it was a wrap for the night!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">All in all... it was an amazing girl's day out! And we can't wait till New Moon next year Inshallah (the sequel)!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">When I got home I read the November Issue of the Movie guide a picked up... and GUESS what I found?</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-nuNRYyF_x8txdrTUJXQpG8MQ0-UVIG0uMXrs08n-GyuBXtgvX0_S5WAnBG2RltVB85wUvhqat03_Aidif-hTTa46IkE5b5Nxb6Hhmgb3uTRhSsjcr48fXHkCM8DO12segObD8f5nFDC/s1600-h/image304.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-nuNRYyF_x8txdrTUJXQpG8MQ0-UVIG0uMXrs08n-GyuBXtgvX0_S5WAnBG2RltVB85wUvhqat03_Aidif-hTTa46IkE5b5Nxb6Hhmgb3uTRhSsjcr48fXHkCM8DO12segObD8f5nFDC/s320/image304.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276200034307212226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >My letter to Grand Cinemas</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">But that's not what matters... this is:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6hiH1y0wXdzCdsYAXFWcY7hTw-QelhgDh0uh84_-gxcpSU_za2er1c_PjVZEAtUXkKEYGQHRetLVgpiy40PTuPq4qbmvtYqE4bxxwsg0XKuwoH5J5o8v0IVHrJcQRj_Ij-cnuUG-lRGH/s1600-h/image305.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6hiH1y0wXdzCdsYAXFWcY7hTw-QelhgDh0uh84_-gxcpSU_za2er1c_PjVZEAtUXkKEYGQHRetLVgpiy40PTuPq4qbmvtYqE4bxxwsg0XKuwoH5J5o8v0IVHrJcQRj_Ij-cnuUG-lRGH/s320/image305.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276200330174624866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'm going to "receive must-have merch and other cool giveaways" HOW COOL IS THAT? I'm not bummed out anymore! (I'd asked one of the employees whether they could give me a poster once the movie was over instead of it getting covered by dirt in some warehouse and she'd said: "Sorry, we don't do that"..) WELL, HA! In your face!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And the souvenir:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHhbFGn7Rc55fXd3c53erYBQuDu9EFtC9FSXGql84hzdisAjuJzuM7qzQZznatNeI6XY28ANkPa4ehyBKBtSPP8Pt0jk2eqGzetOsLb6KKdM1sxZ_zcPFao5ly_J9DV6VZ6UJCgIJGlCY/s1600-h/image302.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHhbFGn7Rc55fXd3c53erYBQuDu9EFtC9FSXGql84hzdisAjuJzuM7qzQZznatNeI6XY28ANkPa4ehyBKBtSPP8Pt0jk2eqGzetOsLb6KKdM1sxZ_zcPFao5ly_J9DV6VZ6UJCgIJGlCY/s320/image302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276201457309198978" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:78%;">Along with the shirts and all the pics (which I obviously won't post)<br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">What a day...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">OVER AND OUT!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">*Note.. excuse my writing if it sounds weird... I'm still hyped about yesterday.</span><br /></div></div></div></div>Halawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255826185331250824noreply@blogger.com12