14 February 2007
30 January 2007
What does it mean?
Does this painting by Roy Lichtenstein, entitled : Drowning Girl,
say more about the girl who is drowning or more about this 'Brad' person whomever he might represent?????
say more about the girl who is drowning or more about this 'Brad' person whomever he might represent?????
25 January 2007
What does it mean?
***Your Birthdate: March 14***
You work well with others. That is, you're good at getting them to do work for you.
It's true that you get by on your charm. But so what? You make people happy!
You're dynamic, clever, and funny. And people like to have you around.
But you're so restless, they better not expect you to stay around for long.
Your strength: Your superstar charisma
Your weakness: Commitment means nothing to you
Your power color: Fuchsia
Your power symbol: Diamond
Your power month: May
What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourbirthdatemeanquiz/
You work well with others. That is, you're good at getting them to do work for you.
It's true that you get by on your charm. But so what? You make people happy!
You're dynamic, clever, and funny. And people like to have you around.
But you're so restless, they better not expect you to stay around for long.
Your strength: Your superstar charisma
Your weakness: Commitment means nothing to you
Your power color: Fuchsia
Your power symbol: Diamond
Your power month: May
What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourbirthdatemeanquiz/
23 January 2007
The year is safe now...
Like I stated in an earlier post, I usually get three bad things happen at the beginning of each year that will in the end keep my relatively OK for the rest of the year.
So the first thing that happened, was I lost a huge amount of money, second I was disappoint in a few friends of mine and thus we are now on not so good terms, and finally the clincher...I had to leave my job. The reasons for leaving the job, was not because I was not happy there-I liked the people and most of the time the work-and it wasn't that they were unhappy with me, on the contrary they were very happy with the level of my work. So the reason for me leaving this job were beyond my and my employers hands, and lets just leave it at that.
So the SHITTIE Monday came true for me, and now lets hope nothing else will go wrong.
I go to pick up my car today-and thank god its not a monday since in the new JO they were saying that there is something called a Monday car-I am very excited about the car, I can't wait to be roaming around the streets of Amman, I already have my ipod playlist set and I will blast it-right after I go and buy the wire!
So fingers crossed, Lulwa will now be safe for 2007!!!!!
So the first thing that happened, was I lost a huge amount of money, second I was disappoint in a few friends of mine and thus we are now on not so good terms, and finally the clincher...I had to leave my job. The reasons for leaving the job, was not because I was not happy there-I liked the people and most of the time the work-and it wasn't that they were unhappy with me, on the contrary they were very happy with the level of my work. So the reason for me leaving this job were beyond my and my employers hands, and lets just leave it at that.
So the SHITTIE Monday came true for me, and now lets hope nothing else will go wrong.
I go to pick up my car today-and thank god its not a monday since in the new JO they were saying that there is something called a Monday car-I am very excited about the car, I can't wait to be roaming around the streets of Amman, I already have my ipod playlist set and I will blast it-right after I go and buy the wire!
So fingers crossed, Lulwa will now be safe for 2007!!!!!
22 January 2007
Follow up
As an addition to the post entitled: Resolutions, and to further clarify what I mean, here is a quote by an amazing woman, Betty Friedan:
"Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves."
Worst day of the year...
According to Dr Cliff Arnall, a psychologist with a taste for self-publicity-taking in six factors - weather, debt, time since Christmas, time until pay day, low motivation and failure to keep new year resolutions - has been wheeled out for the past few years to calculate the most depressing day of the year. And since today is that day, wipe that smile off your face and remove that spring from your step.
"I think the research was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek," says Mike Cobb, a spokesperson for Samaritans (he's right; Arnall was commissioned by a travel company which suggested, to much surprise, that taking holidays is a good way to alleviate depression). To help people in the UK deal with this day, a website has been created, Beat Blue Monday.
But isn't it a great idea to think that you can blame a shitty day not on the fact that you are just not doing well in your life-inno its just you-bas on the fact that its OFFICIALLY a shite day for everyone in the WORLD!!!!!
"I think the research was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek," says Mike Cobb, a spokesperson for Samaritans (he's right; Arnall was commissioned by a travel company which suggested, to much surprise, that taking holidays is a good way to alleviate depression). To help people in the UK deal with this day, a website has been created, Beat Blue Monday.
But isn't it a great idea to think that you can blame a shitty day not on the fact that you are just not doing well in your life-inno its just you-bas on the fact that its OFFICIALLY a shite day for everyone in the WORLD!!!!!
21 January 2007
I'm walking on SUNSHINE!!!!
I have gotten my first car.
I will finally become an independent young woman in Amman.
Today my parents and I went to Toyota and bought ourselves a little Yaris. It is my first car, in my name and I am so happy. I go pick it up in two days, and I am jumping up and down all over the place. I can't wait to take it for the first drive, or to take my friends around-especially those who have driven me around-take them where ever they want, whenever they want...and they better take me up on this offer la2no from what I understand it won't last for very long.
I would at this point like to thank those friends who drove me around all of last year, especially A, wallah I owe ya big time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway I am truly happy, and don't care if this is materialistic or not, I am finally FREE...I can go where I want, with who I want when I want. Not longer waiting for The Munth...no longer planning hours in advance...or having to stay out of the house for hours on end to meet different friends at different times.....I can just be now.
Me and my 3arous the YARIS :)
20 January 2007
Resolutions...
I stated in a previous post what my new year resolutions are going to be, but lately-and especially after the email I got the other day, and this news feed on the Reuters website-I have been rethinking a few things about how I treat people and how I am treated back, but more to the point, how I treat the women in my life.
I decided that I seem to put less emphasis on the women in my life, my friends, my mother, my aunts, my female cousins. I don't give them extra time, or love, or affection, I seem to put most of that for my male friends. Or maybe more precisely on the people I see more often who happen to be my male friends.
There is something that has to be said about women and they way they treat each other sometimes, we see each other as threats, and I think that is why we end up being harsher, more critical of our female friends. Guess I won't speak in general. I know that I am harsher to my female friends, I expect less from them yet I judge them the most. Which is khara really, la2no they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. So the decision is for me to be more forgiving with my female friends, judge them less, be more supportive, more there I guess.
If we women are to be treated well in this world, then the first thing we have to do is to be better to each other, not to judge our sisters according to what they wear, how they walk, who they are friends with. Just start to accept each other as we are. I won't use words such as slut, bitch, the c-word, I won't look at the women around me and see how thin or fat they are, what designer they are wearing and which they are not. I will extend an olive branch to the women I no longer talk to, and I will pick up the phone more often to the women that I am talking to.
The resoltuion starts today, and I am going to give this till my birthday-mid march, fingers crossed it goes well.
I decided that I seem to put less emphasis on the women in my life, my friends, my mother, my aunts, my female cousins. I don't give them extra time, or love, or affection, I seem to put most of that for my male friends. Or maybe more precisely on the people I see more often who happen to be my male friends.
There is something that has to be said about women and they way they treat each other sometimes, we see each other as threats, and I think that is why we end up being harsher, more critical of our female friends. Guess I won't speak in general. I know that I am harsher to my female friends, I expect less from them yet I judge them the most. Which is khara really, la2no they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. So the decision is for me to be more forgiving with my female friends, judge them less, be more supportive, more there I guess.
If we women are to be treated well in this world, then the first thing we have to do is to be better to each other, not to judge our sisters according to what they wear, how they walk, who they are friends with. Just start to accept each other as we are. I won't use words such as slut, bitch, the c-word, I won't look at the women around me and see how thin or fat they are, what designer they are wearing and which they are not. I will extend an olive branch to the women I no longer talk to, and I will pick up the phone more often to the women that I am talking to.
The resoltuion starts today, and I am going to give this till my birthday-mid march, fingers crossed it goes well.
18 January 2007
To all the women I know and don't know...
A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of
adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter. "Don't forget your Sisters," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. "Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. "You'll need other women. Women always do."
'What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman thought. 'Haven't I just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my
life worthwhile!'
But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.
After more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT.........
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you.
A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end.
Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you.
Or come in and carry you out.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and ext! ended family, all bless our life!
The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I.
When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
Every day, we need each other still.
Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful
I just did.
adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter. "Don't forget your Sisters," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. "Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women relatives too. "You'll need other women. Women always do."
'What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman thought. 'Haven't I just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my
life worthwhile!'
But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.
After more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT.........
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you.
A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end.
Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you.
Or come in and carry you out.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and ext! ended family, all bless our life!
The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I.
When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
Every day, we need each other still.
Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful
I just did.
10 January 2007
I am stupid...
Last night my level of gullibility was cemented!!!!
I was at my friends house, and she told me to check out the webpage, www.peteranswers.com. If you don’t know what it is, well it is a webpage where you ask him a question and well he answers. Fa you ask something like how many are in the room and he says 3 or however many people are in the room.
Anyway, so I start jumping around because this Peter knows who I am talking to on the phone, who my last crush was, what kind of car I want to buy! Anyway, I was jumping around, flipping out and my 'friends' were also getting all worked up about it...I was going to FLIP out serious! I called people told them about it...it was amazing, and it wouldn't answer when I typed the question and my other female friend was like it does that for me, fa we came up with the hypotheses that Peter was sexist-yeah we had drank a bit of wine at that point!!!
Anyway, I woke up this morning opened my ever loyal Google and proceeded to find out how it worked...and to my shock and horror it was all an elaborate JOKE! I couldn't believe it, seriously!!!!
So I realised that I am a true habla...and that someone like me should have jokes like these played on them!!!!
Bas good one N and F...I give you a standing ovation for the acting! Al I can't stay here no more...LOL!!!!
I was at my friends house, and she told me to check out the webpage, www.peteranswers.com. If you don’t know what it is, well it is a webpage where you ask him a question and well he answers. Fa you ask something like how many are in the room and he says 3 or however many people are in the room.
Anyway, so I start jumping around because this Peter knows who I am talking to on the phone, who my last crush was, what kind of car I want to buy! Anyway, I was jumping around, flipping out and my 'friends' were also getting all worked up about it...I was going to FLIP out serious! I called people told them about it...it was amazing, and it wouldn't answer when I typed the question and my other female friend was like it does that for me, fa we came up with the hypotheses that Peter was sexist-yeah we had drank a bit of wine at that point!!!
Anyway, I woke up this morning opened my ever loyal Google and proceeded to find out how it worked...and to my shock and horror it was all an elaborate JOKE! I couldn't believe it, seriously!!!!
So I realised that I am a true habla...and that someone like me should have jokes like these played on them!!!!
Bas good one N and F...I give you a standing ovation for the acting! Al I can't stay here no more...LOL!!!!
08 January 2007
The New Year
Every year, I expect 3 bad things to happen to me at the beginning and then usually I am immune for the rest of the year-ya3ni from big misfortunes.
This year I have experienced my first one, I have either lost or got stolen from me $1000 dollars and some money that I was holding for a friend. In total around $1600 dollars have gone!!! I was gonna use that money to pay of my credit card and then have a bit of savings and now my whole plan for this new year-and my resolution to budget better-have been shot thanks either to my complete disregard for my bag or from someones hands!!!!
I was quite upset when I found out that I didn't have the money no more-two days ago-and every time I remember now my stomach does a bit of a back flip.
I just don't understand how someone can go through someones bag-and not take the obvious stuff, like camera, mobile, wallet and ipod-but find my little red pouch and take the money. Or I don't understand how stupid someone has to be not to be constantly looking into their bag when they know they are carrying that kind of cash with them. FUCKING STUPID!!!!!
So one down and two to go...fingers crossed this is the worst of them!
This year I have experienced my first one, I have either lost or got stolen from me $1000 dollars and some money that I was holding for a friend. In total around $1600 dollars have gone!!! I was gonna use that money to pay of my credit card and then have a bit of savings and now my whole plan for this new year-and my resolution to budget better-have been shot thanks either to my complete disregard for my bag or from someones hands!!!!
I was quite upset when I found out that I didn't have the money no more-two days ago-and every time I remember now my stomach does a bit of a back flip.
I just don't understand how someone can go through someones bag-and not take the obvious stuff, like camera, mobile, wallet and ipod-but find my little red pouch and take the money. Or I don't understand how stupid someone has to be not to be constantly looking into their bag when they know they are carrying that kind of cash with them. FUCKING STUPID!!!!!
So one down and two to go...fingers crossed this is the worst of them!
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