Birthday wala 3urus?

 

So i feel these days im i have a lot on my mind.. My mind is constantly thinking of things that i need to get done and thing that i did or didnt do and du du du du du du ya bayee shu bagurr ana

So this month is full of events... Tomorrow my lonlon turns 2!! cant believe 2 years have passed! 

*dina remmebers that she said that she will have lina potty trained at 2

oh oh.. my aim is by 3 years inshala :P

So.. anyhow.. so its my lonlons birthday.. Jan 14th. my Sisters Birthday is Jan 15th.. i remember 2 years ago my sister asked me to wait another day for my induction so that they celebrated together..  i remember back then i could not wait a second longer to BOG my baby lonlon out into this word.. 

Another major change happening is that we are MOVING to a new house.. or not.. still not sure.. depends on if the owner will be Son of 7alal and not raise the rent to balyooon alf.. 

We all expected this Rise since Expo.. but anyhow.. Inshala khier..

And another event soon.. is my SISTERS WEDDING! my little sister who is now 3aroosa.. its just one of those moments in life that you wait for but then when it happens or its happening you dont get it. in my head i think , you are the same girl i used to sing BURP songs to when we were younger! yeah well at the age of 7 i think i discovered how to burp and talk.. and i used to annoy my sister by singing the alphabet in one long BURP.. ok.. not so feminine.. haha 

So a lot is going on.. hamdulilah all is good... but believe it or not in the midst of all this what is stressing me out the most is planning my lonlons birthday party!... initially i planned on having a small party.. just us a cake and happy birzdayyy to yooou ree rampa rampa..

Suddenly i find myself running from store to store buying decorations and think of themes...  5 kids turned into 5x5 and i find myself planning the birthday details all day and my husband ( as would many husbands) doesn't get it..

WHY do woman spend all this time, effort and MONEY on a Birthday??? 

Who care how the plates look like! and so on.. 

* dino has expressionless face

i have to agree that some people over do it.. and slowly i feel birthdays are the new WEDDINGS.. 

its no longer about the kids having fun.. its about that fancy candy stand with those little fancy candy that is probably to hard to even be chewed.. its about those cookies and cake pops that are just too CUTE to eat!! The amount of money people are willing to spend on birthdays is 

RIDICULOUS!

So my little 3aroosa sis who is no longer little thought the birthday was yesterday. and well came with the party balloons and gifts and i was like... *blank face.. 

arent you supposed to get the helium balloons on the DAY of the party?

hahaaha anyhow.. so cute that she even went through the trouble.. 

So little lonlon was so excited to see her fishy balloon, and was playing with it a bit aggressively and then lulu joined and i think one of the balloons is officially dead while the other is still surviving.. i foudn myself yelling at them to not ruin the balloon.. 

WALKOM kharabtoooooohom!!

btw balloons are freaking expensive these days

Then it hit me.. i was so worried about the party.. the balloons gettign ruined that i forgot that the most important thing is that this party is FOR HER.. she should tefga3 as many ballaleen as she wants.. she should be happy... that should be my concern and not what people think about my Birthday theme and presentation..

We get so caught up in the party details and we forget that in the end our kids dont care about the candy stand presenation, they dont care about the matching tags and favor bags.. they dont care about all that.. we dont need to spend thousands of dirhams to make them happy.. 

happiness is sometimes in the simplest things that probably don't even cost money..

I buy my daughter all sorts of expensive toys. In the end of the day the most fun they have is when we all gather under the blanket and play " CATHLE" ( castle) is the name of the game according to lonlon... Or i find lonlon playing with an empty tissue box or keys! 

 In our mind we feel better buying the expensive gifts thinking the more expensive the gift the Better.. throughout the years we ourselves have changed and have become to hard to please..or to be content.. we are always looking at what others have or what "COST" more.

Our kids dont want fancy toys they want Love.. they want to feel loved. they want to spend quality time with thier parents.. We sometimes get them those expensive gifts because we feel bad that we are not spending enough time with them.. to compensate for that.. not knowing that no gift or toy will replace the fun of quality time with them..

I remember when i first came UAE. i lived in Sharjah.. i remember the first time we ran into "MAJAZ PARK" next to our house.. like it was HEAVEN.. we got on the swings although we were j7oosh ya3ni hahha i was 13 i think... to us we are not used to seeing so much greenery in Amman.. then we visited Burjuman Mall.. at that time there was no Dubai Mall, Emirates Mall, There was no Dancing Fountains or SKi Dubai.. we stood there in Burjuman Mall.. look a dancing fountain.. looking back at how amazed we were i kind of understand why some people were staring :S 

I remember going into the  SEE THROUGH elevator and never will i forget how AMAZED WE WERE! WAWWW WAAAAAW WAAAW

MAAMMAAAA SHOOOFI IL ASANSAYR SHAFAAAF!

( MOOOM LOOK THE ELEVATOR IS SEE THROUGH)

* head stuck on elevator glass as dino looks down as it goes up with mouth wide open with amusement!

Years later.. i stand infron of the Dubai Mall water fountains.. and i know they are amazing and wow but ive seen them so many times i feel like im no longer amused.. i stand there and enjoy the show but im no longer in that SHOCK of WOW THIS IS WOOOOOOOW!

I notice not only i have this feeling.. i see several shows in Dubai Shopping Festival and many are with acrobats or people doing seriously dangerous acts... hanging from the ceiling with no net.. stuff like that.. and i look at the peoples faces as they munch on popcorn or look like they are about to fall asleep.. hardly anyone even claps.. like its everyday they see a man swallowing knives.. 

Anyway... back to topic.. i just wish that one day i start a blogpost about something and not end up talking about something else :S 

So about lonlons birthday.. yes its getting bigger than i expected.. but in my mind i feel the birthday is a reflection of the mother... or at least it has become that these days.. i personally love doing all the little details.. but i will not pay thousands and try to do the simple doable ideas that are reasonable and not too costly..

In the End... I feel its ART... and letting it out in my daughters birthday is something i enjoy.. its very tiring and i will regret it after but well when she is older i will show her the pics and she will appreciate the trouble her mommy went through to make her day even more special..

Some ideas are just TOO CUTE AND TEMPTING! 

* p.s. I will not be blogging till after the bday so much to dooooo

* dino runs around like Um il 3aroosss ( mother of the bride)

:p

Merry Mawled Nabawi

I don't consider myself a religious person although in my life many have called me an extremist for just simply deciding to wear the hijab. I don't like to get into Islamic debates on halal and haram because i don't feel i have enough Islamic knowledge to defend my point of view, opposed to someone who has memorized the quran and many ahadith. I fear that me not being able to answer might give the other person the feeling that they are right, therefore i will not speak of halal and haram but just something i have noticed and lived through growing up.

I remember in school days we waited for christmas, halloween, easter & i remember giving out X-mas cards each year to friends. It was the best time of the year. I was not very Islamically conscious, lets say. When i grew older and starting to learn more about islam, i loved it more and more. I may not be the best Muslim but i am now a very PROUD Muslim.

I remember Eid passed by year after year with our family gatherings eating ka3k il 3eed. I never liked ka3k then. now after years of eating it i learnt to like it. Anyway. most of the time our dresses and so neat and slightly uncomfortable. We would sit politely in our relatives house as our parents discussed politics, asked about other relatives and every once in a while they would ask 

" Keefek habeebti.. meen bet7ibii hown aktar wala Amman, wala il Kuwait" 

( what do you like better Amman Kuwait or Dubai?"

Followed by an aggressive pinch to the cheek that left my cheek in excruciating pain! as they say 

" MA AZKAAAHA" ( hmmm HOW DELICIOUS is SHE)

* that is a rhetorical question btw that means im so CUTE.. which BTW i am..

 but that is not the point haha

So.. we sit there bored as ever.. unless we are visiting our cousins who are our age.. then we dont want to leave.. suddenly 5 mins later  my parents say we have to go visit other elderly people.. WE start whining " LA LA LA baba we want to stay!!" Dad gives the jahra look and we run to the car becase we know what that look means"

 * dino does cut throat move :P

So.. anyhow.. EID to me was not exactly Fun.. Although i remember my mom got me the nicest fanciest dresses and i did feel like a princess.

Now As Muslim Mother. i feel it is my duty to make our children love EID, not as much as they love christmas but MORE. I want them to learn that yes we respect other religions, yes we are all brothers and sisters but we as Muslims should Celebrate our Islamic Occasions.

Year after year i look around the malls, with all the Christmas Decorations, and i feel yes it is beautiful. But what about EID? We are in a Muslim Country aren't we? I ran into store after store on EID to find decorations for the house. i barely found anything but one light in the Union Coop. In Xmas there was several stalls full of xmas decorations and cards. Playing Xmas carols all day.

If you say you dont get a little fuzzy feeling in your heart when you hear Xmas carols i wont believe you.

My dear Christian friends dont get me wrong. I respect your religion and celebrations, but my heart aches when i see Muslims forgetting about EID. Getting X-mas trees in thier homes and wearing xmas pjs the night before they open their xmas gifts. When on EID they dont do anything at all.

Our religion respects all religions and Muslim Men marry Christians and that proves that Muslims and Christians not only can live together but also start a family together. Islam urges us to be kind with all people without any kind of discrimination due to differences in faith or race. 

But in the end of the Day you have to ask yourself, What is ISLAM? What is CHristianity?What do you believe in? Do Muslims have their own identity or have they lost it ? As i looked through my FB pics i swear to God i was unsure who was Christian and who was Muslim. 

Whether you like to Admit it or not Christmas is not just fun day where people gather and share gifts harmlessly, it has a religious meaning to Christians.  Its like a christian wearing Hijab and saying its a nice Fashion statement. Its Hijab and its means something is ISLAM.

It is true that this holiday is very popular and it is extremely commercialized; nevertheless it is basically a religious holiday. Its very name and all its symbolism is Christian through and through.

Christians celebrate at Christmas what they believe to be the "day of the birth of God's Son" or what they call "God Incarnate". Thus it is not only a celebration of another religion, it is also a celebration that is based on a belief that is totally against the teachings of Islam. 

How many Christians Dont Celebrate Xmas but Fast Ramadan? How many Christians Dont Celebrate Xmas but Celebrate EID? None that i know of... i heard some fast for fun or in unity but i don't think any christian would not celebrate their own festivity to celebrate another religios one tof another religion they don't believe in.

The argument that “Christmas is, after all, Prophet Jesus' birthday and so there is no harm in celebrating Christmas” is neither logical nor Islamic. Why should Muslims celebrate Jesus' birthday? Why not the birthdays of the other 24 prophets and messengers who are mentioned in the Qur'an by name?  

For us Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the final Prophet and Messenger of Allah, not Jesus. Therefore if i will celebrate any Prophets Birth it will be the birth of our Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) who was sent as Mercy to all creation.

For a while i was worried by saying this i would upset my christian friends but now i realized as a Muslim that stands strongly to what i believe in they should respect my point of view and not be upset if i dont celebrate thier religious occassions, they should not be upset if i express how i truely feel about Muslims who act more christian than Muslim as i know they also stand strong to what they believe in and will feel the same way if the tables were turned.

Here are two FREE designs you can print and stick on any sweet favor bags for your kids if you wanted ideas to celebrate. 

Maybe we can make this day a day to teach our kids about the greatest man that ever was.. maybe we ourselves can learn more about him. Because how can we possibly love our prophet Mohamad (pbuh) if we don't know about his life and all the great things he has achieved and been through,

 

اللهمَّ صلِّ على سيِّدنا محمَّد وعلى آلِه وصحبِه وسلِّم

 

 

2014!! WOAAH!

 

I try to blog every year on New Years to look back and reflect on my previous years. And wow so much has gone on in my life, in the world and looking back at all events and things that i have experienced in the past years all i feel all sorts of emotions .

* Dino Cries, * Laughs Hysterically* IN SHOCK FACE * OUCH look

* people in coffee shop stare at Dina as her facial expressions change drastically reading through her posts

Anyway.. i was looking back at my life and i have to say its passing by very quickly. Its so scary how things change. How even how we change without even knowing it.. I read my older posts and i really do feel a noticeable change in how i am, how i look at life..  

So ill take a look at my new years resolution for 2011 2012 2013 to see what i did

(2011)1. I want to focus on a goal and work on achieving it instead of thinking of so many ideas and starting with them and never taking them to the next level. Maybe i will finally focus on designing and publishing my own book. ( I ACTUALLY DID THIS ONE!!!  Illustrated & Published  2 books for KALIMAT ) * crowd CHEERS * Dino takes a BOW

 (2011 2012 2013) I will workout at least 2-3 times a week. even if its from home. because i feel like the pillsbury dough boy! Mujarad 3ajeen no muscles! *waves arm in the arm and sees the jiggly kalabeez flag *faints ( Still working on that) Joined a gym though i dont go anymore :S *waves arm... * hides it

(2011) I will never try to change lulus diaper while she is standing up! Also when i do put her diaper on make sure its closed really tightly incase if it falls off when she is running in public :S! wait wait.. POTTY TRAIN LULU ! NO MORE DIAPERS.. *dino nods in fear

Now i need to potty train LINA!!! * Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I will try to teach lulu more useful words other than "kahkah" " tatooz" (_/_)  

Still working on that too.. Lulu yells "you are stinky you are poo poo you are tatooz " to her friend and giggles * Mama Dina hides face 

(2011) I will get a maid inshala this year and then i will give her a big bear hug when she arrives

( i got  one that year.. it didnt end well.. Karnisim was her name.. i call her KArni- SAMETBADAN because everytime i remember her i get so FURIOUS.. she had a HOTLINE and used to act so Islamic and SHARIFA.. 

Allah yakhudha but Hamdulilah.. now i have a new nanny.. i cant call her my maid because she is not just a maid.. and it sounds degrading to just say maid or shaghaleh sometimes..  she is a person, one of the most important people in my life, i call her by her name IKRAM. Because she is a person before she is a maid, she makes my life so much easier, without her i will not have time to blog, shower or see my friends. Getting Help is one of the best blessings and my new years resolution is to KEEP her.. It upsets me how i see people treating their Helpers, They forget they are human, and that they too get tired, they too get sick. 

They forget that in Islam there is no difference between us to God ila fel Taqwa ( faith). Problem with those people is that they believe they are giving them the best treatment possible, but how many of times i see them in coffeeshops or cafe, thier nannies sitting on a different table as they eat. Others dont even order for her. I see weird looking uniforms that they are forced to wear as a label for everyone to remind them that they are THE HELP. I see a lady walking with the nanny behind her holding 50 bags and her kid and pushing a stroller as she walks empty handed infront of her shopping. Its a shame that we have lost our humanity. 

Before you treat your help in a certain way, remember that in a blink of an eye God can take away his blessings from you, In a blink of an eye you could be forced to be a MAID. And you then will be treated the same way you are treating your help.

Anyway i tend to go offtopic as usual.. so in 2012 i was pregnant and my biggest worry was that my husband wanted to name my daugher OLIvia...dont get me wrong its a wonderful name to all the Olivias out there... but i dont feel it will sound great in the Arab world.. 

Many will pronounce it : OLEEEEFIA...and bedal3ooha leefeh ... that cant be right.. anyway glad we decided on  LINA LONLON.. who is  btw 1000000 times naughtier than lulu.. and i just dont know how every generation is more defiant than the next..Cant believe she will be 2 years on JAN 14! 

Happy New Year Everyone

So my new years resolution is to not set resolutions.. Every year i write a list of things and barely do anything on that list... so this year  i just want to DO MORE and SAY LESS.. 

This year i will not SAY what i want to do like every year and get disappointed that i didnt do the things i wanted to do.. 

i WILL JUST DO the things i want to do inshala and will Share with you ofcourse :)

Much Love for you all.. 

* Dina does a wave dance to one of her readers.. * they stare at her reactionless

I will leave with with a vidoe of the GGGamazing Fireworks Show that i was actually AT yesterday night.. I started my new year doing something i never did before.. i didnt SLEEP. i went out :)

it was beautiful.. I Love you DUBAI.. 

just please if you ever decide to go to a crowded beach with bilyoon sayra and get stuck there 10000 saneh.. make sure you dont drink lots of fluids .. it might not end well.. 

i managed to hold it bi 2o3jubeh!! others were not that lucky im sure.

 

Its okay to happy.. its okay to be sad..

 

I don't know if its just me.. but recently i have been been feeling so many mixed feelings that im starting to think that i am schizophrenic. I can't say i'm fully to blame for this situation. We live in a world where people tend to tell you how you are "supposed to feel" by giving you comments or "talteesh 7aki" whenever you express any sort of emotion.

i'm the type of person who says whats on her mind.. i have a habit of sharing too much sometimes.. but i express how i feel whether its happy or sad. I say whats on my mind and this post is just me speaking out my mind..

I still remember before my wedding day.. how one of my Aunts came to me and said 

" How could you even think of wearing a white dress when your dad is sick?"

For those who don't know. about 6 years ago right after my engagement my dad had a stroke and had  severe brain damage  that left him fully paralyzed and incapable of speaking or moving. It was the hardest and saddest moment of my life. Allah yishfee 

The pain i felt and still feel is something even words cant express.  6 months after his stroke drs sent him back home with nurses as his condition was stable.. and after i asked the Drs. they said this is pretty much as good as it gets with this much brain damage.

After i heard what the Dr said we felt delaying the wedding waiting for a miracle recovery that may likely never come was not reasonable, especially that we were already legally married. We had a small wedding. no music. just zaffe and dinner. 

And i'm pretty sure if he could speak he would have been the first to tell me to go on with the wedding.

Many of my family and friends who i knew could have been there for me in such a heartbreaking time never showed up because they could not bare to watch me get married without my father being there.. as if their sadness was deeper or more sincere than mine... 

My dads condition is the same as it was 6 years ago now. Allah yeshfee. 

Getting married is every girls dream, you wait all your life to wear a white dress, to marry the person you love. If you want to judge me for wanting to have a wedding and wear a white dress, then be it.

 People need to know that in the world there is happiness and sadness, & they don't cross out each other. You can be happy about something and sad about something else simultaneously & no one has the right to judge you about what you feel or when you feel it. 

 

 I love to laugh and make jokes even when im depressed. Its my distraction. I love to make people laugh especially those who i know have gone through something very heartbreaking, like losing someone close to them. Because laughter is good for you. You can check this link and im sure many others that tell you the benefits of laughter. Im not saying laugh all day but its okay to smile and laugh even if there is a heavy sadness weighing down your heart.

So yesterday i posted a status about loving the snow and being happy about it snowing in Amman. I mentioned how i can't wait to make a snowman. This is a natural feeling for someone who never gets to see snow who lives in an OVEN in Dubai. Many made me feel so guilty for expressing that happiness because there are many less fortunate people in the world who dont have the luxury of heaters or homes.  I felt ashamed for even expressing such happiness. HOW dare i want it to keep snowing when there are people freezing.

But now im going to say it and im not ashamed for loving it. I LOVE SNOW. i love making a snow man. I wish i can slide down a snow hill with on a flat tire! i wish it snowed more often in Dubai! That doesnt mean my heart doesnt break for those who are suffering because of the cold weather. Rain and Snow are an Act of GOD. Allah Subahanoh and i pray for those who are less fortunate and will help if i could but my sadness for them doesn't cross out my happiness or excitement to see snow.

That doesnt make me heartless. It makes me Human. 

People please stop judging each other. Please let each other be happy or sad. 

Seeebo il naas fe 7aalhaa ( leave people alone)

You never know whats in the heart of the person infront of you and believe it or not in most cases what seems obvious to you is far from the truth.

Just know that you can feel extreme happiness and extreme sadness at the same time without any one of them being insincere.

 

 

EID FUN!

Hello dear readers.. as i promised and as i do every year i will share some pics from our eid event of the year hopefully it will inspire people from all around the world to do something different in the coming EID. to make it special :) We always throw birthday parties for our kids.. why dont we make EID parties also a MUST.. something our kids look forward to and remember all year long :)

Hope you enjoyed the pics.. im still waiting on more pics from the party.. but i think these will do :)
There was lots of fun and lots of love. and the joy of being able to take part in such a lovely event that brought so many people and family together was overwhelming.

I was inspired to do something with my ideas and i'm happy to tell you that i have teamed up with my friend who is great in making cupcakes ( as you see from the pics) and i will assist ofcourse and with my custom designs and party themes you can now order your themed cupcake toppers along with your yummy cupcakes. i also helped in making the sheeps and have a lot of recipes of my own  :)

Please check out more pics on our page on FB..  like it if you like it :) its called it Little Munch 
 

Wish you all had wonderful eid and eid break.. will be sharing more ideas and thoughts and blogs soon..

 kol 3am wa into bkhier... &wish us luck

 

EID IDEAS :)

Hello my lovely readers! Eid Mubarak wa kol saneh wa into salmeen! Every year we have to think of new ways to make EID FUN for our kids and for us as well. So let me share some ideas of how things to do.

This party we are throwing a EID party like every year with lots of fun for kids. Facepainting, baloon twister, entertainment, coloring on huge EID letters made out of foam and photobooth. I cant share pics yet because party is still in a few days.

But what i can share is ideas to decorate your homemade or bought cupcakes for EID. you can always make your own sheep marshmallow cupcakes :)

 

Sometimes it doesnt have to be fancy.. you can cut our little sheep from paper. Sheep are so easy to make. the one i made in the pic is made out of Cotton Buds and glue :) 

EID MUBARAK! 

wa Sam7oona

Bla Bla Bla Blue

Im just blabbing along.. too awake to go to sleep because of my constant thoughts and worries. Too lazy to get up and do something useful.. So i thought id blog a little since i haven't done that in a while..

The world is such a scary place.. i admit i'm not really the type of person that watches the news.. or know much about politics.. History was not my favorite topic.. neither was Math.. or Economics. ermmm my favorite class was the class the teacher is absent and we get a substitute teacher and we just sit and get all giggly in the back of the class talking about silly things that at that age seemed sooooo sooo SERIOUS! Like OMG did you notice she shaved her legs! MY MOM WOULD KILL ME!!!! * GASP * girl raises skirt a little to expose her leg that looks a little a GHORILLA!

 * Terrified SCREAMS in my head... ok i love to exaggerate... but seriously what do you expect .. 15 &ARAB.. and im pretty sure the chicken we eat has some major hormones injected in them... and everything we eat has been processed with something nasty.

ANY HOOOO... i tend to forget my main topic... somehow i ended up talking about Gorilla legs..

AT that age the biggest problems were money to buy the man2ooshe and chips in break time.. passing the MATH exam! Growing up so you can make your own decisions... not turn into a GORILLA!

Suddenly im 31... with two kids who I AM supposed to be making decisions for my children. Its so scary when i wasn't even sure i was making the right decisions for myself most of the time. I realize they catch on very quickly and without realizing i have created mini- ME's.. I feel it also has a lot to do with genetics but still.. DO i want my children to turn into ME? Do i want them to have my FEARS? My Worries? Of course not.. i want them to be better.. i dont want her to grow up with the insecurities i had..  and that is why im trying to be better... but still no matter what i do the world is a scary place... i dont want to do any huge mistakes where one day ill wake up and think to myself WHERE DID I GO WRONG??

There is so much Politics, and HATE everywhere you turn... Innocent lives go unnoticed.. Greed... I feel no one even know thier own religion... People Committing crimes in the name of their religion or faith when they have learnt it all wrong.. Being Modest is not considered weird or oppressed.. Wearing slutty clothes that leave no room for imagination has become the NORM..

Forgive me if i dont know much about the exact political situations around the world... but i know enough to know that the world we live in is messed up. We are all desynthesized by all the death we see on tv. Seeing a group of dead kids lying on the floor has become something we are used to.

I dont need to know politics to know that the world is full of greed and selfishness . Family killing each other and on the never ending quest for an extra dollar or dirham. Violent Protests all around the Arab world over thier lifetime presidents that have seemed to gathered so much wealth throughout the years when their country is left with so much poverty.

We as humans have lost our humanity. Hate and Greed has consumed us. We all seek our own well being not knowing that when we don't unite and fight against each other we will never be WELL.
We have lost our compassion for each other, with an inability to compromise.  I believe its in our nature to be SELF-DESTRUCTIVE. We think of all the reasons to HATE one another when there are FAR many better reasons to LOVE each other. Isnt it enough that we are the same SPECIES ???

When will we rise above our nature, when will we listen to the voice inside us that tells us to do what is RIGHT, what is best for HUMANITY..

The way things are going i predict that with all the chemical bombs and in the wrong hands, this selfishness and greed will bring down the world and our human species will be exitinct.

And one day in the future a group of monkeys or new species will rule the world and hopefully they will do a better job than we did.


Everywhere i look there is NAKAD .. whats NAKAD in english.. you might thing it means NAKED but no it means Gloominess.. and well everywhere you look there is also NAKED people.. i dont know what it is.. but it seems that is fashionable now to walk around either with shorts with pockets longer than the short itself or with only a shirt and forgetting to wear pants.

So long story short... 

Dear All.. Make Love Not War

There are things more important getting your hair done BelSeshWar

If someone says something that makes you SHRUG

Instead of beating them up give them a HUG

IF someone doesnt agree with you

The right way is not by throwing a SHOE,

but maturely discuss the Issue,

Then make up and cry and make sure there is a box of Tissue

Its not about being RIGHT

its not about winning the FIGHT

IT's Not about WHO is STRONGER

We just ALL wish to live LONGER!

translation ( Bel Seshwar : BLowdryer)

P.S.
 Do not.. i REPEAT.. DO NOT.. Google " hairy woman" Its.. nasty and disturbing on so many levels
*pukes shalaaallll

P.S.

Imagination is a lovely thing.. ladies in the world who choose to not leave any room for imagination for anyone with the clothes or lack of clothes they wear.. i suggest you add a little mystery into your life.. or a bantalown.. wa SHukrann..

( "war" typography artwork by Levi Dubbelman from deviant art)

RAMADAN KAREEM wala RAMA-DISC 2aLEEM

Let me start by wishing you all a blessed holy month of Ramadan full of blessings, family & friends reunions, lots of giving and spirituality. Kol Saneh wa Into Salmeen! 

It is a blessing itself to witness this month again. Unfortunately throughout the years everyday Ramdan feels different because we are different every year. Different could be better or worse or just plain different. 

When we are so far away and caught up in life and 3azayem and musalsalat and whatever.. we suddenly feel that we are no longer in that place where listening to the sheikhs prayers made your eyes tear. Your heart is heavy.. with thunoob.. with life.. with humoom and suddenly you find yourself lazy to get up for taraweeh.. your prayers are done in a hurry.. you dont even remember what ayat you prayed with... and we dont realize that slowly we are going further and further away from God. Losing our Faith.. our IMAN.. and that is the biggest Museeba.. What worse is that we dont even realize it and tell ourselves we are okay.. Telling ourselves we are okay and being satisified with the way we are is what the Shaytan wants and in the end its our loss...

Allah yihdeeni.... wa yihdeena jamee3an.. we need to work hard to clean our hearts in this holy month.. We dont realize how weak we really are till we get sick. We dont realize how Life can be lost in a blink  of an eye till we lose somoeone close. If there is anytime for Al Tawba it is now.. Allah ysa3dna 3ala taa3toh...

So.. guess meen sarlo DISC!???? *raises HAND!.. there was a time when i heard the word DISC im LIKE HOW?? DISC? isnt that just for OLD PPL?! ya3ni maraaarti ( my gallbladder) ma sarlhash kteer  Faaag3a! i just had that removed a few months back! And now DISC?!

Al Hamdulilah 3la kol 7all. Al Hamdullila dayman 

so i just recently joined the gym.. was so excited about it! *dino works out excessively zay il majaneen

one week later.. i bend down to carry lina.. and AYYYYYY

Thahreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Dr in emergency insisted its a " MUscular SPASMS" with an indian head shake that meant " ur being silly noting is wrong with you..

A week later i got an MRI and well i have a disc in my BACK.. and surprisingly its VERY COMMON! kol ma a7ki la 7ad they either say ME TOO or know 30 other ppl that have it! 

Discs were not common ZAMAN! Our parents generation only Old ppl got DISCS. Its our lifestyle. we dont move. we eat zabayel. and well oh i also have very LOW VIT D 

normal levels are 20-60 or 30-60.. my level is 6.. Ironic since we live in an OVEN.. 

If you are living in DUBAI.. ur probably always hiding from the SUN like me.. GET UR VIT D levels Checked...

So Anyhow.. That is my nashra Akhbareya.. i really hope no one gets DISCS. unless if they are movies or music cds :P 

Sheeshany makes fun of dina walking like a hajjeh* dino bends to pick up  shib shib AYYY

* he runs

kolo kam yom * nazret ta7aluf with chicken tikka hand move.. 

chicken tikka.. * dreams.. Yumm *drools on keyboard

YA bayee shu ba7ki.. bas ballah ma Damee Khafeeef?! 

zay wazni bel zabt.. TAn ra ra ran TAN TAN Tshhh

So This Ramadan i wanted to do something different that lulu is older. Although she doesnt get the concept of fasting.. or Ramadan.. and she thinks Ramadan is a place we go to.. and she calls it 

MARADAN.. everyday after futoor she packs her bag and says " YALA nroo7 3ala MARADAN 3an TATA" cause we told her in Ramadan we are going to visit her Grandma & Grandpa

Still.. i wanted her to feel there is something special about this month.. to wait for it.. to love it.. growing up i feel we didnt really get attached to Ramadan or EID. We know something was going on but we didnt really think it was fun..

So here are some ideas to do in the house especially if you have kids :

Decorate with lights or even make your own paper lanterns and decorations.

I did these choco laterns myself :) from screatch!

filled with choco dates! :)

Fill little bags of chocolates and give them out to your neighbors with your kids

Make a Chart the counts the Ramadan Days and the days left for EID So your Kids know EID is something Special and add anticipation to EID..

just Decorate with any material you have around :)

That is just a few.. im sure you can think of many more! :) Lets all share the Ramadan Spirit and Spread the LOVE! :) 

RAMADAN MUBARAK 3alikom INSHALA WA Sam7oona..