[mood: Bad..]
[craving: undo button]

This week:-Flickr gets banned then unbanned two days later in the UAE.-I met Pink-Sushi twice in a week..-Lammtara gets interviewed on TV..-uaeadorable is officially a doctor-ah.. mabrook dear.. -Banoota reopens her forum with exclusive invites..-e3ashig is back in Abu-Dhabi..-Mercato Mall Dubai had a shower of rose petals on Friday..-My comment box & email inbox get flooded..
Now follow me to the dark side..

I'm not in my best moods, I have just recently just learnt a valuable lesson the hard way.. I struggled to change reality because I didn't want to accept it.. & so it back-fired on me; hurting me so bad.. NowI am left with the major change that I will have to live through, & once again try to let it give me strength instead of killing me..

On the less-darker sides of life.. if you were ever thinking of visiting the cinema this week, never consider watching Nicole Kidman's movie: "Birth".. It was a complete disappointment; one of those endlessly boring, no-action-what-so-ever, everyone seemed to be whispering, you-struggle-not-to-fall-asleep movies.. with a very disturbing story which I personally feel is a combination of child-corruption & pervertness.. I will ruin the story for everyone since I seriously do not recommend it: Its about this woman (Nicole) who is about to get married to this guy (British guy, btw the movie is britishy).. & then this 10-year-old boy pops into her apartment claiming to be her dead husband! At the beginning she refused to believe him, & told her whole family about it, including her future husband guy.. then eventually in some twisted way, she believes the kid.. falls in love with him & ends up expressing her love in an adultish way like having a bath with him.. (Ok even if this was just a movie & its just acting.. but the fact that the little boy had to act that he's undressing & getting naked into the bath with already naked Nicole is corruption enough for him!).. then more disturbing meaningless things happen.. when finally the boy tells Nicole he is not her dead husband (while he was having another bath btw), she calls him a liar & she goes back to marry the guy she was already supposed to marry in the beginning of the movie..
Like I said.. a very very stupid movie.. DONT go watch it..
[Final whisper: God help me pass through this in one piece..]

[mood: BORED.. yes unbelievable I know..]
[craving: the gym]
Edit:

Flickr has been officially blocked from the UAE today! I wonder how everyone will react.. =/

You know your brain is messed up big time when you buy your monthly magazine.. read it from cover to cover.. then in the same month.. you buy exactly the same magazine.. and you start reading it till you reach half-way.. (with continuous deja vú-ing) to finally realize that you have bought that same magazine.. & read it all before.. within the same month!..

I guess its my continuous migranes.. but I am really starting to freak out.. =/

Today I was frustrated while watching Oprah's episode in MBC4.. It was about women from different parts of the world.. exploring their culture.. the way they live & what is especially unique in their country.. Even though some did sound interesting & exciting.. but she still ignored that & emphasized the fact that American women are the luckiest people in the world! The biggest frustration struck me when, out of aaaaall the good things we women in the Middle East enjoy, she chose to show the story of Rania Al-Baz.. to represent our lifestyle here in the region! How a 'couragous Saudi woman who challenged everyone & showed her bare face on TV was continuously being abused by her husband.. not only that but got beaten up so bad her whole face was seriously damaged'.. ofcourse it doesn't matter what benefits & privilages women have at that point.. It was all about how "defeated & very badly treated muslim Arab women are.. and that Rania was so courageous to come up with her story on TV.." (mb channa her story flooded our magazines and media for quite a long time)..
Aside from Rania's story, I was very angry that Oprah did not justify us.. as opposed to the other women's cultures from other parts of the World.. she did not choose to showcase a report about our lifestyle from any of the Middle Eastern countries.. but went into the fact of sterotyping the whole society into one irrelevant-not-very-common story of someone not credible enough to be representing us!! It's not like the US is crime-free, and that women never get abused.. She also added the negative points that "women are forbidden to drive, walk a few steps behind men & cannot travel except chaperoned by their male family members.." *GRRRRRRR*
We are all very educated, very well-respected, independent & so out there when it comes to women rights.. We all love our country, our families & how we are living (which is completely different than what is shown).. We are officially the luckiest women in the world & we are extremely proud of it!!
Ok I will stop my ranting & shouting.. I've expressed just a little steam of whats boiling inside of me..

On the work side, I've just got the sweetest director on Earth.. I mean who else would go out of his way and treat the whole department regularly with surprises every now and then.. Today's surprise was two yummy fresh cinnabons for each of us.. ;P *slurp*
[Final whisper: Unpredictable summer.. Welcome back..]

[mood: updating]
[craving: extra time]

I know it's been ages since I last updated.. but I've been caught with alot of things in the offline world.. things are changing & I'm finding myself facing alot of situations that would be turning points in my life..
Despite all that..(& the fact that I already woke up late & need to get ready for work).. yet the urge to update has been like an irrisistable itch.. especially when topped with nagging from friends & emails from people I don't even know (No Rashid.. I have not been kidnapped by aliens..) lol
So here you go.. an update for the sake of updating.. no topic whatsoever until time spares me some pity..

[Final whisper: PinkSushi & Lammtara.. thanks for everything.. =)]

[mood: Passionate]
[craving: Yesterday's dinner again]

I've come this far in life & though it may seem like a short time to many, yet when it's action-packed with incidents, stories & people, it seems like double the time. I'm a very social person by nature, though I still may surprise others by freaking out in special situations around people (I won't mention what kind of situations, my friends will know what I am talking about). When dealing with alot of different kinds of people, in different levels of relationships & different situations, you add experience to yourself & you learn lessons- some good, some bad, but you always come out with a lesson learnt.. always. Here is a little of what I have learnt:
-You know that someone is your best friend, when you are 100% yourself around them. (not 90, nor 80, nor any number.. but 100% - yes, the title is v-e-r-y demanding) That is why 'best' friends are rare, because we don't all score that much with just anyone..
-Don't trust easily (Yes I know this statement is overused, but we take it for granted in reality) so yes: DON'T TRUST EASILY!
-When you least expect it, you get stabbed in the back, especially when you let the wrong person so close to you.. So watch out for those you let in a 'stabbing-distance' away from you..
-Watch what you say, to whom you say it to..
-People LOVE adding their own set of spices to a fresh gossip passed on to them.. Keep your spices away & your hands off that gossip.. You don't want to pass it on.. nor your prints to be all over it..
-When you fall in love, it can't necessarily be justified, coz the heart has a mind of its own.. the same applies when you fall out of love..
-I now came to strongly believe in "Friends from the first sight.."
-Your once very close friends can walk out of your life, without any notice, any warning signs or any goodbyes.. when that happens, (& for the sake of old times), try to save whatever is left by running after them and calling them for the last god-knows-how-many-times.. When there is no response, at least you have done what you had to do, you just have to accept that & appreciate those real friends around you.. So for the 2nd time in my life: RIP my friend.. in the sweet memories of my mind.. (I know you will read this & definitely know who you are)

-To my special someone: Thank you for bringing joy to my heart again.. Thank you for being you.. =)

I've come to know that even after learning all the lessons the hard way, my love & appreciation to those around me gets stronger by the day.. That is the one thing I will be most grateful for.. forever..

[Final whisper: Mabrook to the brides getting married this weekend.. May God bless you in your new lives.. =)]

[mood: Ambitious]
[craving: Sushi Banooshi (3ala goolat ba3'6 ennas) =P]
"The UAE is as I said, still in its early years; book your space in its history now and work to be remembered." -Lammtara
This is how Lammtara ended his very inspiring entry in his latest journal update.. & he's right in every single word he said.. We do have alot of potential in the UAE, alot of hidden talents, alot of creative thinkers, alot of tools & facilities that would make the impossible.. possible.. Infact we are a living example of the very thing.. What were we over 30 years ago?? Who would of even imagined the UAE to become like how it did today?? Our late father, Sheikh Zayed, should always be our role model.. He didn't just sit & accept the emptiness the desert had to offer back then.. When everything screamed that it's impossible, even the common sense, that wasn't enough for him to stop dreaming & working on his dream.. I won't go into stating the obvious that he accomplished but we shouldn't just let him be a legendery story we tell our kids when we grow up.. We learn from him, be as ambitious as he was & work on leaving our print in building our nation.. while the cement is still wet, & while there's alot of room to build your dreams..

Good news to all those girls who were dreaming of continuing their graduates studies & getting their MBA's.. the American University of Sharjah is now willing to open a special class only for females! For those who had the problem of attending mixed classes because of family concerns, now is your chance to fulfill your dreams! The requirements are quite easy & the application must be done during July.. If you are interested, or wanting to know more information about the program & other details, please contact: Noor @ noor_el_3yooon@hotmail.com, or Mr Hussein Hassan, the Graduate Programs Coordinator @ his direct number: +971 6 515 2334

Yes, that special message has been postponed for another entry to come..
[Final whisper: So much to do.. yet so little time..]