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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 01:11:47 GMT

Ok, so i guess it's time for a real entry?! But let me just say I am a very happy person right now considering that I just had some watermelon...mmmm, so good. My favorite. I can finish a whole one and have come close to it, only i feel bad cause i figure i should leave some for the rest of the family, haha. Anyway, hope you guys are doing well ya hilween. Whether you are in summerschool, relaxing at home bored as anything, or getting ready to leave to your prospective home countries, inshallah all is well. So whoever is taking six week courses, we have 2 weeks left!!! Let me say that personally my courses are kickin my butt, bas in the end I know inshallah i'll come out of it being so glad that I got them over and done with and don't have to worry about them in a full semester. Finishing Finance in six weeks?! Sweet! Pray that inshallah I will pass the course with no worries, it's kinda nervewracking when more than half the people in your class are retaking it for the 2nd or 3rd time. For those I haven't seen in a while....a3zooroni (forgive me), between going to work everyday in the morning and then school right after and getting out at 6 and then going home so that my dad doesn't think i'm taking advantage of the fact my mom isn't here, lol, it's hard to find time sometimes. I still have a million and one things left to do before I leave for Egypt, tests, quizzes, papers, research, work, shopping, buying presents. Ahhh, lol. Going on Kareem's thing of dreams, although they are not at ALL that randomn or weird, but over the weekend, two nights in a row, i had a dream i missed my flight or that i went to the airport only to find that I didn't pack any luggage! Haha, i know it's just that my mind is busy. I did get to talk to my mom and sister over the weekend though! It was so good hearing their voices, i really miss my mom, she and I have become so close over the years and when we find ourselves apart like that, it's hard sometimes, and my noona! How i miss her! Hahaha, as much as she drives me absolutely crazy, i miss coming home to see her run out into the garage and scream "Dania!" when i pull in. Or just snuggling with her in bed and reading her stories or watching all her movies...*sigh*, and Tamer, haha, i miss him just being him, always on the computer finding randomn funny videos and his funny recounts of stories, bas inshallah i will see them soon and then it will be Kareem and Dad's turn for me to miss them. Anyway, i'm rambling, inshallah we will all have to find time to do something! Go out and be goofy, laugh and have fun as always. Well, alright kids, i have a paper to write...hope to see you guys soon! *muah*

I miss 3anaya!

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:20:45 GMT

I'll miss you Steve...

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Tue, 24 May 2005 01:04:46 GMT

The mind and the tricks it plays *sigh*

Pourquoi être le un que vous commencer comme être quelqu'un qui être non le droit un pour vous ?

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Thu, 19 May 2005 22:29:00 GMT

This post is to my girl Amoola!!! Alf Mabrook (Congratulations) Amali on your katb kitab!! I can't describe far7it 2albi leeki....i wish you all the best ya rab inshallah. Rabina yis3idkom, inti wa Abduallah! GUYS, AMALI IS ENGAGED/MARRIED!!!!!

Translation, haha:

....I can't describe the joy in my heart for you......My Allah make you both happy together inshallah, you and Aduallah....

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Sun, 15 May 2005 16:04:06 GMT

Yesterday felt like a dream! Was she not the cutest thing ever?! Mashallah, jeez, she is absolutely gorgeous. And as you can tell this is not a picture i took at the concert, being the rush that i was in last night, trying to make it back home from Noor's and then picking up a few other girls that were coming with us, my brother getting a last minute ticket and trying to get ready in the 15 mins that i was about to get home, and my dad whom I was worried would cancel us going in the last minute for whatever reason, i forgot my camera....but in the end it all came together wonderfully hamidallah. To be able to see everybody and Nancy and just have a good time, i couldn't have asked for more. She didn't sing all her songs and she sang a lot more slow songs than i would've liked, but she did do her classics and a dabkeh one, so that was fun. It was crazy during the dabkeh song, because everybody just got to together and held hands to form huge circles and we just went at it. Now looking back, i can't believe i lasted as long as i did in my heels! I was dead by the end of the night, i couldn't feel the balls to my feet! But it was all worth it. It was cool because i saw some people i hadn't seen in literally ages, got to see a few of my other friends who i didn't know were going to be there...and the craziest thing!! Kareem comes up to me with this one guy, who looks really familiar but i didn't think anything of it....he tells me his name is Khalid and we went to school together in 7th and 8th grade in KUWAIT!!! What a small world! Even crazier, turns out he is friends with Abdel-Majeed, woow. It was so randomn. Anyway, for those who got to go, it was great seeing your faces and inshallah you had a great time and for those who didn't, again, you were missed and inshallah i will see you guys soon.

*Oh and my girls and guys...you were lookin hot, mashallah!

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Thu, 12 May 2005 16:50:07 GMT

Hi ya hilween! Hope everybody is doing well. Man these past fews days have been crazy, running errands all over the place, work, friends, family, etc. bas I can't complain I love life when it's running, it seems too boring if it's too slow. Bas anyway....guys don't forget! Rasha's b-day tomorrow!! (Her real b-day is Sunday May 15th) Rasha happy early b-day ya 2amar ! lol, that's the first time i've used one of those smileys...

This is going to be a very girly post, so guys bear with me, haha. As many of you know through different avenues, may it be through friends or people's xangas...Nancy Ajram will be in Orlando Saturday night! I didn't particularly have an outfit already in my closet that i wanted to wear, so i had to go shopping! lol, you probably are thinking...yay, she probably was so happy, but in actuality i don't enjoy shopping, i dunno, it gives me a headache...the only part i like about shopping is when i find something i really like, but the act of shopping is by far not any means of therapy for me. Anyway, as i said everyday i had or have something to do, so yesterday was the only practical day i could go shopping and i had to find something then because i didn't have any other days left open to look. Today i'm going to get my hair highlighted inshallah, tomorrow is rasha's b-day, and saturday is the day to prep up for the concert, not frantically looking for something to wear. So Deema and I met up and went to the mall. Girls, if you are still looking....good luck because honestly there wasn't very much at all. So i was like...great, i'm definately not going to find anything. I did see this one dress on a mannequin and thought it would be perfect, but of course it was black and white, lol. I loved it, but i thought my mom would kill me because those are the colors i always get. So i don't bother to even try it on, but Deema suggested that i just try it because it might just work and i would always be wondering if i didn't try it on. So what the heck, i took the dress and tried it on...and it fit to a T!! It was pefect, hamdiallah, so i had the dress, then we went searching for shoes, and were having a hard time in the beginning, until we were about to leave, we found the perfect pair, lol, it was crazy how it all came together...but i gotta say my girl Deema hooked me up! Thanx babe. Anyway, so that part is set, just now i'm waiting for the concert itself, should be an amazing time! haha, Deema and I were thinking how crowded it would be and figured we would opt for the tables, haha.....juuuuuust kidding guys. Well maybe, who knows! Haha, there goes another smiley. I'm bored at work, i actually just got done with a huuuge project that i had assigned to me, it was killer, by the end of it, i had typed up and formatted a report of 50 pages! So it feels good to have that done and now i'm not thinking about an outfit, all i have left is the hair today and then fun tomorrow and saturday inshallah. Then of course school starts Monday, I'm actually mixed about that, dunno if i'll be glad to get two courses down in 6 weeks or whether it will just be a PIMA. Either way, it just means closer to Egypt inshallah!

I know you guys are hating me right now for writing all this, but i don't want to go yet, lol....let's see...can't wait for the guy's intermurals to start, it was fun going to their games, watching Ameer b*tch everybody out, Kareem getting pissed for missing just ONE goal although he gets the game winner, Ibrahim with his foot skills, Mo standing at the sidelines cheering everybody on when he should be playing...lol i'm talking about soccer by the way. Alright, i don't know what else to say guys, haha yay for you. yalla take care guys and inshallah i will see you all soon sometime either tomorrow, saturday, or monday. *mauh*

Oh yea almost forgot here's some eye candy:

God that's such a mischievous grin!

I hear the movie is great! And that look is a lil' taunting too!!

Sunday, May 08, 2005

Sun, 08 May 2005 16:12:33 GMT

Things to Keep in Mind

1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone. Challenge yourself. I see this as the best way to grow as a person.

2. Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.

3. When you’re ready to quit, you’re closer than you think. “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

4. With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be. At least then you are ready.

5. Focus on what you want to have happen. “As you think, so shall you be.”

6. Take things a day at a time. No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment.

7. Always be moving forward. Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Make it a goal to be better every day inshallah.

8. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Lighten up. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.

9. There’s always a reason to smile. Find it. After all, you’re really lucky just to be alive. Life is short.

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Wed, 04 May 2005 03:36:56 GMT

Well for all of you who didn't know, which I hope is nobody, because we really tried to call everybody, but we had Noori's surprise b-day party today!! And 7amdiallah it was awesome, I myself had an incredible time. It was good to see everybody again and just hang out and goof around and plus it was priceless to see Noor's shock at seeing us all there with silly string and confetti when she walked in! I appluad you all for being able to pull this surprise off, usually something comes along to ruin it, but thankfully it all held together. I want to thank everybody who was able to make it out, it was great seeing all your faces and for those who couldn't make it, you were missed.

Haha, it was crazy though, coming up to the surprise part. Noor's training decides to let off early, so we are all frantically thinking of ways to stall her somewhere until we could get everything together and in order to space more time for people to start coming. Dina and I were successfully able to stall her for a while in Park Ave, hahaha, it was so funny seeing her reaction, wallah i think she thought we were on crack, we were thinking of every possible place for her to take us, but we finally used the excuse that Dina needed new lip gloss!! LOL Well you try coming up with something more original under that pressure! But yea, other than that, everything was smooth sailing from then. We did the usual....ate, opened presents, sung the b-day song, cut the cake...and then when Dina and I were getting decorations earlier that morning, we decided it would be fun to get a Dora pinata for us to bash, so that's what we did! hahaha, it was fun, Amali is a true fighter, she beat that thing so bad that by the time i got to it, it took only one hit and it was dead. Then we played some taboo! LOL...guys!! Wallah i don't know what i was on that first time around, i promise!! I sucked horribly...jeez. But it was so funny anyway, i got my team -6 points! Yes! But the second time around i did much better...anyway, so that was fun....then people started heading out and then the girls who were left we just hung out, talked, danced some and the guys went to play some Gamecube at Ameer's. That pretty much capped the day! haha, Noori i hope you now know why we were all pretty much avoiding you! Anyways, thanx again guys and Noori we love you! Hope to see you all again, soon, possibly May 8th for the MSA Banquet inshallah....till then, take care!

Ohhh! Noor i hope your head is better! lol

Monday, May 02, 2005

Mon, 02 May 2005 13:06:03 GMT

HAPPY 19TH B-DAY NOORI!!! Well, i have one more final to go, tonight at 7! But i guess i started early on the feeling of being done, seeing that i have Mad'house's 'Holiday' playing, ha. I'm at work right now, today is going to be forevvver, i can feel it already. Gosh i have a lot of b-days to remember, Noor, i got you down, my friend Mo's is on the 8th and Rasha!!! is on the 15th inshallah. This month is pretty busy too, we have the MSA Banquet on 8th, the Nancy Ajram concert on the 14th, and then i'm hearing about this MSA Retreat they are holding over the weekend of May 13-15th. I dunno what that is about, but i'll get more info on that later. Also, my mom, sister and younger brother are leaving for Egypt at the end of the month =(. I'll catch up with them inshallah once i'm done with summer school, June 24th! The thing that sux about that is that Amali is also leaving for Palestine and we are taking the same airline, BUT i'm leaving on the 24th and she is leaving on the 25th! That sux! It would've been fun to have her with me on the long flight and the 12 hours i have to stay in Amsterdam. Guys, let just hope inshallah i don't get stuck next to any weird guys again =/. Kareem i say this over and over again, but it really sux that you can't go, AND I'M NOT RUBBING IT IN, you know i'm not like that, i'll really miss you kid! I guess it will be back to communication by email again, haha, freakin 2 page emails. Oh, and i have TONS of shopping to do before i leave for Egypt, so anybody who needs to go too, call me or let me know. K, i guess i should finish up these mailings....hope to see you all soon and inshallah you are enjoying sleeping in and days of absolute boredom, ha. Salamat....

Friday, April 29, 2005

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:47:22 GMT

Yes, I know it is late, but I can't sleep. Well, actually I probably could sleep if i tried, but there were a few things keeping me away from it. Do you know when you are in the mood for certain kinds of movies? I was dying to watch an old, black & white, Arabic movie of Abdel-Halim's. Sure enough one of his movies was on ART, I can't remember the name of this particular film, all i know it has Abdel-Halim and Nadia Lutfi. Storyline had Abdel-Halim as a son believing all his life, his father was his father, while in fact he was not. I've seen it so many times before, but it's as if I am watching it for the first time, everytime. Black and white 3araby movies are classic, i can never get enough of them. So that movie finished about 1:30. I go downstairs pour myself a glass of water and get myself ready to go to sleep, but when I climbed into bed, I noticed a bag full of pictures that i've kept. So, I decide to look at them until I can fall asleep. Most of the pictures were those I had taken last summer when I was in Berkeley/San Francisco. I was there visiting a highschool friend for about 5 days. I dunno how I ended up going, lol, but hamdiallah my parents were soo soo cool about it stating that there wasn't a reason why they wouldn't let me, knowing that they could trust me. So i went! And when i was looking at the pictures, all the emotions of excitement and adventure came rushing back. I had such an incredible time hamdiallah, the UC Berkeley campus was gorgeous and just had a presence about it and San Francisco was like New York but without the attitude. So i decide to scan the pictures in, which then led me to upload them into my photobucket, which then led me to where I am now, on xanga, posting this entry and as you will see some of the pictures i had taken when i was there.

On this trip, i stayed mainly in Berkeley, where my friend Ling is currently going. But with San Francisco only 20 minutes away with the subway, i was there just as much. I also did a tour of Saulsalito and Muir Woods, which call for the crossing of the Golden Gate Bridge. The tour was so exciting and breathtaking. Looking back I wonder how I did it all in 5 days. One funny story about this tour in particular is: I was going on this tour initially by myself, because Ling had to work, but I had met this guy named Tork who had just come to America from Norway, who was living in the same building as Ling. One night when we were all up in the rec room watching the Olympics, I heard him say that he would love to go to San Francisco and do a tour before the school year started. So, the next day, as I was calling for information about the tour and about to buy my ticket, I said i would go ahead and knock on his door to see if he would be interested in coming with me. So i did just that! Lol, he probably was like Americans are really friendly. Anyway, he was so happy that i had asked and agreed to join me. Thankfully he was cool, because it would've sucked if he wasn't and having to be stuck with him the whole time. When we got to Muir Woods, which I wish everybody could see because subhanallah when you see the redwoods, you just stare up in amazement and awe. You can't imagine the feeling of just being in front of those creations. Those trees have been standing for hundreds of years and the trunks are incomprehensibly huuuge and their height goes on forever. Anyway, we decide to follow this trail that said ocean-view mountain. We agreed that we would hike up the mountain for as long as we could until we had to come back down to catch the tour bus. They gave us I believe an hour and a half at Muir Woods. So we proceed to hike up the mountain. The feeling while i was up there in the middle of this forest was so amazingly exhilirating. Anyway, it semt like we were hiking forever and getting nowhere, so we glance at our watches and notice that we have 15 minutes to get down a mountain that took us about 45 minutes to hike!!! So we look at each other and make a run for it.....we flew down that mountain, and bear in mind that were no barriers between us on this tiny lil trail and the steep side of the mountian, but we continue anyway. There were a few times where an ankle twisted, almost losing balance and tipping towards the side of the mountain, lol, etc. It was crazy! But it was awesome! Twas something else, i tell ya. We finally make it down to the tour bus, in i don't know how long, and we notice that everybody was already on the bus, looking pissed. lol, ooops, but i would do it all over again in a heartbeat....My God I've written so much, you guys are going to kill me, tayeb, khalas, khalas, i'm done. But yea hamidallah i had a great time on that trip, inshallah this summer will be even more so, as i wish for you guys as well.

Here are some pics:

UC Berkeley Campus

There were so many redwoods on campus and look how small i am compared to them. Now imagine the redwoods in Muir Woods were sssseveral times bigger!

Saulsalito....I know i say this ALL the time, but it reminded me of Italy or Europe for that matter!

More Saulsalito...

Damn truck ruined my shot!

Entrance to Muir Woods obviously....

On the bus on our way to Muir Woods.

The Golden Gate!! It was really windy, foggy and cold that morning.

Shopping in San Francisco!!

My last day in Cali =(. I was leaving that morning, so we ate breakfast at this one rooftop place in Berkeley...my friend Ling is the one in the blue Berkeley sweater. One thing i want you guys to notice....look at my plate of pancakes! The food portions there were humongous! I could never finish my plate, those were only half of my pancakes!

Randomn pic of me cooking in the hotel room at Cocoa Beach....yea, i don't know what i was doing either! Ha.