Make Me Laugh ;)

Moms can be so funny

2007-09-23T00:28:00.001+03:00

I just had to post this so I can look back at it one day and laugh my ass off. This is part of the mom chronicles, I'm not sure if I ever posted about my mom before, but here goes. The first one is the other day, I was telling mom that I had a research paper to do and I went in my university's online library to print out articles that I needed. My mom is not what you call tech sawvyJ. So the first thing she asked me, "So you actually went into the library online? So you like entered the real library and virtual browsed though it?? Like it had corridors and rows of books"........LooooooooL I couldn't stop laughing. Ya momma I love how you imagine things.

The second one is that I sometimes like asking my mom on what she would do in certain situations. So situation one was, how to deal with ill mannered individuals who wrong you. So technically this was her attempt on teaching me to be a "mean girl". Moms advise: "say WHAT!!!! (in a serious and loud voice) while giving them the mean stare." LoooL, ok mom I'm sure that'll scare them off for good.

Wait for me

2006-11-26T21:33:00.001+03:00

I love what I'm doing right now, but I hate missing out on certain things. Everybody is angry at me for not call them. I hate saying I'm busy but I am. I miss out on 1 wedding and 3 dinner parties :(.... . Now I know what the true meaning of a weekend is!! Just have to keep telling myself it's all over soon. And to top it off the weather is Amazing!! Cool, Chilly and Rainy a combination for Desert fun. I just hope the weather waits for me.......last note I stumbled on this website where you can post why your life sucks anonymously www.imatternot.com , and I got a link to www.ikbis.com an arab wanna be flickr but it also has video, really professional site, their "about" link is still underconstruction but I have a feeling Roba is the mastermind behind this website, mainly because her pics are all over and she's the one that sent me the link. I have high hopes for it. Check them out.

Dancing on the streets (part 2)

2006-09-23T07:55:00.000+03:00

IMG_0476.JPG
Originally uploaded by Arabian Eagle.

These guys know exactly where to hoot and holler... In front of MANGO an all girls clothing store...Sooo patriotic (being sarcastic)......Sami if your reading this I'd love to hear your psychoanalysis on this one.

Dancing on the streets

2006-09-23T07:44:00.000+03:00

dancing on the streets
Originally uploaded by Arabian Eagle.

I came across this pic on Flickr......Oh God, not a bunch of hooligans looking for a excuse to vent out their frustrations. I doubt that they were being one bit patriotic. One more year of this and they'll ruin it for all of us. I wouldn't be surprised if the national day was gets canceled. I guess these were the streets on wednesday night. These pics are embarassing. Anybody got an idea to keep them off the streets??

Two Birds with One Stone

2006-09-23T05:46:00.000+03:00

"Excuse me boss, you have a text message".......Yes my mobile calls me boss, Its SMS madness, which can only mean one thing...Its Ramadan! Messages of greetings, Saudi telecom is rolling in the dough on our SMSs, while on the lighter side its becoming more of a popularity contest of who gets the most messages. And yes, I won the miss popular in my family.
Can't get better than this, first day of Ramadan and its the 2nd Official Saudi National Day all in one, Long live the KING and I mean it!

Inspire me

2006-09-16T10:15:00.000+03:00

Today I'm blogging from work...I'm suppose to be studying right now, but I need a break every 2 secs. The internet in sooooooo fast compared to at home. I'd rather stay here than go home. A long weekend is coming up just before Ramadan. Because of the Saudi National day. So I wanna go to Bahrain for a breath of new air and catch some movies and buy some books. So I asked mom.

Me: So mom how about it, lets go to Bahrain.
Mom: Do you want me to Die?
Me: loool, mom your not gonna die, its just a car.
Mom: I've been having these dreams of all these deceased friends and family.
Me: ya well maybe its because Ramadan is coming and they want you to pray for them.
Mom: yeah well, we are not going to Bahrain.

Mom has this phobia with traveling for long distances by car ever since she got into this almost car crash. So I guess I won't be doing anything this coming weekend. I'd like to hear what everybody else is planning. Inspire me.

Just news

2006-08-27T07:08:00.000+03:00

Saudi Arabia first baseman 6 feet 8 inch Aaron Durley,Durley is the tallest player to ever play at the Little League World Series left. Um,where are the saudis? anyone into baseball?

Bye Bye Pluto........

Manooola this ones for you!

2006-08-05T18:17:00.000+03:00

"You have friends?" they asked, "Yes! I have friends, and look what they got me!"
.......I love surprises, especially when I forget what they're for.

Its a Cruel, Cruel Summer

2006-07-06T15:50:00.000+03:00

Its Summer time..... World cup games, pigging out on junk food, pool parties, watching every single season of every single TV show, staying up till your eyes can't hold up and....Work! I wish I could ditch whenever I felt like it. Work life sucks. I'm sick of being an independant working girl. I'm sick of acting professional. Call me spoiled, So what. Sorry family and friends but dinner is not on me this time, the first few times were cute enough. When was the last time I was dined anyway. Either way, I gotta save for my summer shopping spree. PLEASE Dad get this vacation planning together before I crack!
Right now I'm in the mid way of season 1 of lost, after that season 2 then the Desperate housewifes. You think I'm outdated, give me a break!

Ageless I think

2006-04-24T22:16:00.000+03:00

When should you start lying about your age? Its just something I was thinking about, the other day I was registering for something and the lady asked for my age. I blurted out 23! Recalling on that, why did I say that??? Its only 2 years younger then my real age. It was the first time I lied. It wasn't even for anything significant. So what if I'm 25. People think I look 19, not that it makes a difference. Some of my friends are about 3 years older then me, I don't even know their exact age because they dodge the question. And my other friend always says she just graduated uni, even if it was 2 years ago! Anyone in their 20s and changing there age? Only in Saudi.

How many people here have seen this???

2006-04-04T22:44:00.000+03:00

AL-Masmak
Originally uploaded by starlit_saudi.

A couple weeks back I went to "Al-Masmak" which is a historical building in downtown Riyadh. The only reason I went was because it was in this social program of a Symposium I attended. I went with some friends, and we didn't even know what it was used for back in the day. So we took the tour and it was as if we were foreigners to our own country,looool, with picture taking and all. So the tour guide explained the whole deal how the late King Abdulaziz ambushed this place and took over rule region by region, all starting from here. All in all it was enlightening, and reminded me to read up on some history books. The cool part of this trip is that right in front of this building is a large area where they carry out the chopping. :P
Here's a pic

Solar eclipse! becareful

2006-03-31T21:26:00.000+03:00

Did anybody see the solar eclipse on wednesday?? werid nobody blogged about it.
Well I didn't exactly see it either, I didn't have the protection needed. I hope those who saw it were properly protected.

I guess someone did blog about it, and even took this picture!

Je Parle un peu Francais

2006-02-24T05:19:00.000+03:00

That's "I speak some French", so I'm taking French lessons. I'm still not over the fact that Uni is over and classes and tests are done with and no more gossip with college classmates. So I took this class. Actually another reason would be so I can easedrop on those whom conveniently switch to French (because most everybody here is bilingual) when they don't want to be understood. So being trilingual is a way to stand out. (Lagafah, i know) I might benefit from it one day, its not too far from English. Its just that the reading is totally weird. Half the word isn't even mentioned. The French teacher is nice. She doesn't know English so she translates French to Arabic and sometimes I translate the Arabic words to English so its a lot easier to learn. I didn't realize how much I was a introvert till I took this class, I haven't casualy chitchatted with any of my classmates until the 3rd week...What the hell is wrong with me?
Ever since my french classes, I just started to notice that we are surounded with so many french things. Its like a French invasion here. Some example: Geant, Le mall, Carrfoure, euro marche the lauging cow :P, and the word Nouveau on some candy products which means New and some other things I can't remember.

Find me a Sheep Quick!

2006-01-09T05:53:00.000+03:00

As we all know, we are in the first 10 days of thal-hajja. So that the people with the intention to sacrifice a sheep this year are in a "holding period". You know what I mean, as not to shave or cut ones hair or ones finger nails just until eid. Well If you watch saudi news you'll notice the saudi news anchors getting a little fuzzy here and there. Its ironic but the King seems freshly shaved everyday :) . Well on a more personal note, this year being an all independent working girl decided that I'm in. So my mom is in charge of the details I'll just pay my bit. The problem is we called Thimar to reserve one of those poor sheep but there were out! I'm on a mission to find me a sheep before Eid!! tomorrow I'm calling laboon. If all else fails I think I gotta get me a live sheep. lool. I'll have it live in the garden by eid it'll probably still be in the garden since no one in my family has the nerve to slaughter it.

Glamourless

2005-12-28T06:45:00.001+03:00

I finally got my internet shopping credit card. I was ready to kick down the door to internet shopping. But first I had to get some things straight. I asked the Aramex guy to change the frequency to check my mailbox only once a month and he in a (Filipino accent) was like "sorry ma am, we no longer have that service, we only check 3x a week". So I asked him how come, and he said its to provide faster service to our customers. OK, what if I don't want a faster service I want my once a month!!!!!.....OK,Ok, Ok, 3x a week you say, what if my package is less than 1/2 kilo?..."even if your package is less then 1/2 kilo, our minimum charge for each delivery is 15 dollars". Can you believe this?? 7arameeeyah, there goes my Glamour subscription...So each time I get a monthly magazine thats a bill for 15 dollars!!! a years subsciption is only 16 dollars!!......Yet another scandal to take advantage of the saudi consumer!!...Can anybody find me a better solution???
your truly,
Glamourless

Starac if Back!

2005-12-23T23:34:00.000+03:00

I'm watching the 1st prime show of Star Academy 3 on LBC and then switching back to Dubai TV for the emmys. Whos the genious who choose the perfect timing!.....Star Academy has 2 saudi guys this time. One is a Bob Marley wanna be who breakdances to arabic music. Oh my god I couldn't stop laughing! ciao

Someday You Will Be Loved

2005-12-22T05:08:00.000+03:00

"I once knew a girl in the years of my youth with eyes like the summer, all beauty and truth, but in the morning I fled left a note and it read ...Someday you will be loved..."

I've just be obsessing on this song I thought It was really sweet and decided to share it with you all. It's by "Deathcab For Cutie", yes that's the bands name. Sorry I haven't been updating my posts, its either I don't have anything to say or I don't have anything blogwise to say (too private) or I'm just too damn lazy to post. Take your pick. If anybody is reading this what's your current song?

Eid Treat

2005-11-10T06:49:00.000+03:00

Eid Treat
Originally uploaded by starlit_saudi.

Hope you had a happy eid. I spent mine (most the these 3 days) between family gathers giving and receiving hugs, kisses and chocolates. Lots of smiles and eyeing on who has on the latest outfits. Little cousins all hyper of their sugar rush running around in traditional attire, not to foget the chocolate stains. This eid was different not at the usual grandma house. Since she at last minute decided that eid was not at her house this year and opted to go out of town to her hometown. She was like if you want eid follow me. Sorry Grandma, but I'll stick to Riyadh. My moms part of the family is more fun anyway. So we at the end had a eid, the best one yet. I hoped I'd join in the Riyadh eid celebration and attend a first time all female comedy play that was taking place at the King Fahd Cultural Center but unfortunately nobody was willing to go with me, maybe next year then..

Still alive and kicking

2005-10-13T22:56:00.000+03:00

Yeah, I'm back.....Actually I've always been around just passive in this blog world commenting here and there. So a lot has happened, I've just been really lazy to post it all. I'll just list it.
1- The first Official Saudi National Day!....Glad to be a part of history now.
2- Ramadan Kareem to everybody!!
3- A new 200 SR fine for polluters and spitters, yes finally people who spit from there car. Gross! (mostly it were those taxi drivers).......Pamphlets (translated to a variety of languages),bummer sticks (saying "I don't pollute") ,small plastic bags where handed out at traffic lights.

On a more personal note, yesterday the house was filled with little cousins being all rowdy, our house not use to all this noise and disorganization. Mom was like "habbtity ro7y wadyhoum la Toys R Us". It was like only 2 cousins and we couldn't stand it. So me being the good girl I am agreed only in condition my sister comes along. No way was I gonna hold sole responsibility if god forbid one of them got lost .

Toys R Us was a new experience for me, kids begging and pleading for that one toy. Me all adult was like no way get your own parents to get you that stuff, Haaaahaaahaaa (evil laugh). No no, I'm not that evil I ended buying them a cartoon movie, a small toy car, Kitkat, a glow in the dark necklace and two spinning tops. Bas! I was on a budget.
Note: If you really want to torture your kids take them to Toys R Us or to the equivalent and not buy them anything.

World Sight Day!

2005-10-13T10:50:00.000+03:00

Something to make you laugh

2005-08-19T08:49:00.000+03:00

Well the other day I was out on the foodcourt, I finally decided where to eat at. Ready to order from McDs. Waiting patiently for the girl in front of me to make her order. I hear "One Big Mac meal please and well done!", I just starting cracking up, loooooooooooool. Since when did McDs start giving us bloody burgers? This girl spends too much time at Steak House.

Dior Eyes...Phlezzzzzz

2005-08-19T08:07:00.000+03:00

I can't believe designers want a bite into the Contact lens business too! "It's not only squeamishness that makes these contact lenses by Christian Dior such an audacious piece of fashion product, however. Designed to embellish, rather than change the colour of the eye as other coloured contact lenses do, these two-month 'occasional lenses' encircle the iris with a halo of golden metal flecks referred to in the accompanying literature as 'sequins'. In a further-and crucial-flourish, the letters 'CD' are printed below, letting anyone that looks you in the eyes know that you are wearing Christian Dior."

"This act of looking, be it at the lenses, or through them is key to their ideological audacity. In what is surely the ultimate act of branding (both figurative and literal), the contacts present a world through the lens of Christian Dior, where everything is coloured and marked by their corporate vision. So insolent and brazen is this act that it almost bypasses the tackiness of logo-wearing into a fearless new world where any part of the body may carry global fashion's scorching mark."

Just a Simple Fact

2005-08-09T06:36:00.000+03:00

well, I was just thinking of all the changes that would happen ever since that now we've got a new king. HRH King Abdullah.....well the simplest change I thought about, and is probably so idiotic to even mention but I'm still gonna say it. Prince Abduallah street is now going to be called King Abdullah Street. Its gonna be werid saying that. May somebody take a pic of that sign that says that, since I'm such a wuss at taking pictures in public ;)
Update: Naif risked his live while taking these pictures for me. (He was driving and taking pictures...smart)

Before & After

Blog retarded

2005-08-09T03:07:00.000+03:00

Ufffffff....Its so Frustrating!! I feel so blog retarded. Everybody elses blogs are so cool with all the saudi blog logo, the counters, the emotion, the blogrolls, the quotes, the pictures....etc. I tried to put the stuff on here but it didn't work. I need help. I never felt so computer illiterate till now! :(

Oprahs Negligence..Me!!

2005-06-24T08:01:00.000+03:00

* This got my thinking next blog topic will be a list of the most prominent Saudi women. I'll email it to Oprah too!!
*Farah's Sowaleef says it all.

*This is a excerpt from a comment I got by email by sanyoura she says:

بقولكم ان كثييير من الامريكان مايعرفون شي عن السعودية واوبرا برنامج مشهووورالكل
يتااابعة في امريكا والعالم وبكذا نشرت هذي" الصورة عن السعودية الى انحاء
العالملييييه مشوهين صورتنا ليه ماجابت بالمقابل مجمع الفيصلية والملكة
والراشد ليه ماجابت البنات اللي يتسوقون وخذت رايهم فيه سعوديات مثقفات
ومحترمات , مصورينا اننا مالنا اي راااااي او كلمةليه ماجابت سيارة عايلة يسوقها
سواق !!ليه ماجابت جمعات الصديقات بالمطاعم !!ليه ماسوت احصايئة عن عدد الزوجات
اللي يتعرضون للعنف !!ليه ماجابت الواقع السعودي كما هو بدون تحريف وتشويه

Don't Burn the Streak!

2005-06-03T05:14:00.000+03:00

Today was fun, invited family over and had a barbecue(at night ofcoarse). Like a real barbecue with charcoal and stuff not a electric one. I was a little nervous that I'd burn the steak, but thank god it everything turned out right. We had steak, baked potatoes and salad. I grilled some onions on a stew to see how they would taste, and they were actually good. And no men! All me...I didn't have to ask dad how to work it. The weather was really nice for the 2nd night of summer. After I was done with the grilling I wondered what a grilled watermelon would look like. I would have tried it, but I was too full to get up.
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26 things about moi...getting to 101

2005-05-23T00:51:00.000+03:00

1. I'm a American-born Saudi, does that make sense?
2. I'm currently reading "Me Someday Talk Pretty" by David Sedaris.
3. Halfway in to the book I discover the author is gay, a ex-druggie, but he's still funny.
4. I'm a "fresh" graduate of KSU.
5. I dont like getting personal.
6. My last mobile bill was 167 saudi riyals.
7. I'm not really a loud person.
8. I tend to sweat the small stuff....like OMG, we ran a red light...OMG, I got nothing to wear...
9. I hate when I'm like that, I wish I wasn't so serious.
10. I'd like to do a postgraduate degree abroad, but my dad's like noooo.....marriage first, damn husband!
11. My weekdays are more exciting than my weekends.
12. I'd like to one day win the Nobel Peace Prize, yes saudi women are now liable....I guess I gotta work on something exraordinary now!
13. I'm a "late" person, late for everthing, late for class, late for work, late for bed.
14. I'm a Tv-holic, love one Tv, and Mbc 2.
15. When I talk in english, people think I'm being arrogant. (why should I be blamed for their incompetance)
16. I think the most attractive quality for either gender is confidence. ("...like confidence of a cover girl.")
17. I took this this test that tells you which political party you are...I turned out to be a republican. yeah soo square...lol.
18. I'm 24.
19. Is it just me or all these new music artists are poping out, I just don't know whose singing anymore....I reached the point where I just say I like that song.
20. I once drank 3 PowerHorses in one night studying for a Final......Do not try this.
21. I actually make "To Do" lists.
22. I'm the eldest.
23. I like Scifi stuff, X-Files, Starwars, that show with that guy who can predict the future just my human contact...I forgot the name.
24. I love reading, when I actually have the time to read.
25. No, I dont curse, and I actually cringe when I hear ppl curse....except for the words "shit"and "Damn".
26. No I'm not addicted to blogging, sorry blog if I neglected you.

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

2005-05-23T00:10:00.000+03:00

I don't know why I doing this maybe its out of boredom. I need to do my "Spring cleaning" anyway. I decided to take a digital pictures of all my shoes , and all my clothes and stuff. Today I just got through my shoes. I discovered that I had 57 pairs!! Some I hardly wear. I uploaded them to my computer and put separated them in to different folders according to style. . Wallah, its gonna be real accomplishment to go through all the pieces in the closet. I hope I'll stick to this till the end. It would be really cool to have like a digital wardrobe. It'll make my life a lot easier to actually see and know what I got in there! Cuz everytime I get invited to something, the first thing that comes to mind "what am I going to wear?!, I don't have anything!" I guess everybody is like that. I dunno maybe I'll download my wardrobe on Flick!......then again maybe not!

Tipping Saudis?

2005-04-15T19:58:00.000+03:00

Hala wallah ya blog, I think I got audience, cool! Not that a was hoping for one ;) . Well, as we all know ever since saudiazation, Its not unusual to see a saudi males working a for a "blue-collar" job. When I say "blue-collar", I don't actually mean a real blue-collar job but a saudi blue-collar job. You know not just desk jobs but like cashiers, security guards, fastfood tellers even taxi drivers.
Well, I encountered a situation where I found myself debating myself.---> sounds weird. After buying some groceries, we left to look for our driver. I guess the driver parked far because it was crowded. So the Security guard, who was Saudi, looking really young maybe 17 or something, offered to help us look for him. So finally he found the driver for us, he even helped and carried the groceries to the car. So we all got in the car ready to leave when my Aunt asked me if she should tip him. I was already exhausted and I was like yeah yeah whatever, nodding my head to anything. Then she was like how much should I tip him?? Me still nodding...Oh I dunno, 10 riyals?
Then the light bulb turned on. Then I was like wait he's saudi, should we give him more? Or should we even give him anything? Would it be like a insult? What's the saudi etiquette for this situation?
So it turned out my Aunt gave him 10 riyals, and ofcourse he being the cutie he is, refused until my aunt swore that he take it and suggested that he buy some juice with it or something.
So I thought about the situation (should we tip saudis) and I reached the conclusion that I'd rather tip the sons and daughters of this country then any other country. What do you think?

Deserves a Standing Ovation

2005-04-09T00:09:00.000+03:00

Thanks Mody for your efforts, finally someone that walks the walk.

"We women have decided to take a stand. This article is a call to every woman who has an account in any bank within the Kingdom and who wants her financial rights protected. Any woman who doesn’t want her name to be misused can e-mail me at mody.alkhalaf@gmail.com. The names collected will then be sent to Saudi banks, to the Capital Market Authority and to different legal agencies which have shown an interest in helping women get their rights. All these institutions have a responsibility for protecting the rights of citizens — but even more important, we women have the responsibility to make the first move."
Click here for the full article

I Measure Every Grief I Meet

2005-04-07T18:22:00.000+03:00

I Measure Every Grief I Meet
by Emily Dickinson.
I measure every grief I meet
With analytic eyes;
I wonder if it weighs like mine,
Or has an easier size.

I wonder if they bore it long,
Or did it just begin?
I could not tell the date of mine,
It feels so old a pain.

I wonder if it hurts to live,
And if they have to try,
And whether, could they choose between,
They would not rather die.

I wonder if when years have piled--
Some thousands--on the cause
Of early hurt, if such a lapse
Could give them any pause;

Or would they go on aching still
Through centuries above,
Enlightened to a larger pain
By contrast with the love.

Long time no see Blog

2005-02-27T06:14:00.000+03:00

Yeah it been a long time since my last post. I guess Its just been because everything on TV. If you don't know what I talking about, then let me update you. Ever since the late ex-Prime Minister Rafek Al-Hariri died, the the lebanese channels especially "Future TV", have just been milking it. When I say "milking it" I mean, song after song after commercial after commercial all in tribute to the late Rafek Al-Hariri. I mean its all in there right, because he is the biggest lost ever to Lebanon. But they can really work it. I find myself tearing over a commerical or a song. Gush, they have his amazing control on what they send out! And its Day 17 I think?

Eid

2005-01-24T07:36:00.000+03:00

Well now I've been on eid vacation, so I just hope everybody a happy and blessfull eid!
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Me and My Mobile

2005-01-14T17:31:00.000+03:00

well, why is it that you're judged by what model mobile you have? I have this really "old" mobile, you know the kind with no color screen or camera , or bluetooth. I have been meaning to change it, Its not that I can't afford it but I'm in no hurry. But everytime I take it out to use it, it seems so ancient compared to everybody elses. And I catch people take a long look at it (my mobile). I know what there thinking, "god, it's so old"...But I don't care as long its functionable I'm happy. People here have reached a point of no return, where everytime Nokia has a new model, everyone has to get the same new one. It's starting to become a joke, Now even our drivers and maids, can't stand to stick to the old models, because there old mobiles are embarrassing in front of the other drivers and maids! ooh god is there anybody normal
around here!

Shopping, Shopping, Shopping

2005-01-06T21:47:00.000+03:00

My Mood today:
Tis the shopping season, everybody in riyadh is shopping, everything is on sale. The shopping is nice but the malls are too crowded!!....the street are crowded, it takes forever to get where you want, then again it's like that every weekend. Everything is like 50% - 70% off. I spent my weekend back and forth, returning and exchanging stuff I bought from Mango!! I swear the shopping policy in saudi stinks!! the policy for mango was one day return and two days exchange on sale items!! They weren't like that before! So I went to Mango to return some stuff...The sales guy was like "Ok, I can return this item for you but not that item" . I was like Why NOT??! Isn't this the same store?...Yeah it is but this item is not in our system, you have to return it from the same branch you bought it from. Why is this my problem? It shouldn't matter which branch I bought it from, just return it for me plzzz...... Sorry I wish I could but I can't... Ifffff how annoying. So as I was saying the shopping policy here stinks. In the states most stores return anytime as long as the tags are still on there is no damage done. They even give you the difference on items on sale, 2 weeks after you buy them. Thats why I hate shopping hereeeeeeeeeeee!!

Amazing

2005-01-06T06:48:00.000+03:00

Amazing, the only thing still stand from among the ruins, a Mosque. Nothing speaks louder than this. .
A mosque stands alone amongst the ruins ot the tsunami in a district of Banda Aceh, Aceh province, western Indonesia, Tuesday Jan. 4, 2005. Indonesia has suffered the most number of casualties with more than 90,000 people dead follwoing last Sunday's earthquake-tsunami disaster. (AP Photo.Andy Eames)

*I just recently found out it was more than one mosque at http://www.themasjid.org/tsunami-mosques.htm

Not Ready

2005-01-06T05:06:00.000+03:00

As I was on my way home, I passed this accident. My Driver pointed out that one man died. The shattered glass on all over the road and the car was being towed off. The first thing I did after seeing that was put on my seatbelt. Then I said "May god forgive his soul", " we are from Allah, and to allah we will return". I took a few moments to reflect on this, One moment he's driving his car the next moment he's dead. Was he prepared for this?.....makes me wanna cry cause if I were him, I can't say I am......
I pray to allah not to forget this moment, for every time I hear the athan, for every time I make a decision. With every passing day it gets harder to remember cuz our superficial layer continues to build up making us forget death is not as far as we think it is.

Learned something new!

2005-01-05T04:35:00.000+03:00

Well today I learned something new. I attended this lecture about the iris, and how it has 400 characters. Well So? yeah well a example of this is about a picture on the cover of national geographic taken by photographer Steve McCurry in 1985. The picture is on a Afgan girl with these amazing seagreen eyes (mashallah :) ). Well this picture became sooooooooo popular, with great demand to know who this girl was. Well Steve McCurry didn't know her name either, so after 17 years worth of search for her she was finally found. Yeah But One thing?? How do we know its really her?....here's the a catch..........by IRIS RECOGNITION. Back to the thing about the iris, is that it will be like our ID card for the future because its unique, even for both eyes!
A Life Revealed @ nationalgeographic.com
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/afghangirl/
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Her eyes have captivated the world since she appeared on our cover in 1985. Now we can tell her story.

Congratulate me, My First Blog!

2005-01-04T02:36:00.000+03:00

Very cool, this is my first post. Still new at this, but hopefully I be a pro soon :).