Thursday, October 29, 2009

some stats while cleaning my room....

... I had the following items lying randomly around me -as opposed to placed neatly somewhere-:

  • 13 books (only one of which is not a novel, and only one is in Arabic -Tawfiq El Hakeem, and only one I didnt read yet: NG's Graveyard Book)
  • 2 movie DVDs
  • 3 magazines (Karembu you can guess them!)
  • 1 unopened puzzle (Cat in a Ruff)
  • at least 2 Cairo maps
  • several G-Mags
  • 1 Qatari Riyal
  • Mirqah's Learning Methods card deck (got you curious about that, didn't I)
  • a yoyo

Feng-Shui my life please! I found the source(s) thats sucking all my energy!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Overheard at Dentist

"Did something break inside last time? Because this definitely couldn't have happened today, it must be last time."

This is the kind of thing I definitely didn't want to hear lying down at the guy's mercy!

... and I had to pretend I didn't hear anything.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Dear Cleaning Woman II

Seriously?? Even 5 minutes after I _asked_ you not to do it? What are you, a memory-less automated sprayer?

Thank you Endorphins

Since we are (I AM) always blaming it on the hormones, I thought today would be a good day to thank my endorphins...


Thank you endorphins... you sometimes make life good.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

My Mini-Wisdoms (you can thank me later!)

The following is a collection of phrases said by me over the last weeks.. I amaze myself sometimes!

"I don't _have_ a moral fiber.. My moral fiber got torn" (said to D who thought it was way too visual and disturbing)

"They're not wrinkles, they are laugh lines" (I am proud of this one, you are all allowed (read "encouraged"!) to use it, quoting me)

"You are ALL older than me, how come you ALL don't have a single white hair and I do." said in spite and envy.. now everyone I know will blame me and my curse at the sight of a first white hair..

*frustrated tone* "oh, but that's not how _we_ do it" (everyone is dying to know who is this 'we', and you can replace 'do' with eat/say/wear, etc.)

"ugh! I am having a hormonal rage!" (also said to others, "why are you being hormonal?")

and this masterpiece is from a friend, she saw a mobinil billboard saying "3eesh 3al net", her next thought "mana already 3aysha 3al net!" then the following thought was "I should sooooo share this with N." (we've been spending a LOT of time recently online!) The thought and the after-thought are both hilarious and sad.. I don't know which is sadder, her response to the ad, or sharing it with me!


"I was abused as a child, that's why" - said on several occasions as an excuse for my weird behavior.. other runners up include:
"I fell on my head as a child"
"I am autistic sometimes"
"I blame it on the stuff I smoke" or "it's the cannabis I take in the morning"
"I live mostly inside my head"


And the finale, "I dont really like people, you know"


Bisous,
N.


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Monday, October 12, 2009

Other People's Lives

This conversation was overheard yesterday in Starbucks Korba.. The group was 2 women, one in her 40s and one in her 70s, and a man in his 70s (older woman's husband?). The younger woman doesnt seem to be their daughter but more like a niece or so.. the conversation captivated me so much that i started typing what i could catch of it.


Old Woman: di kan esmaha Palmyra, konna bneegi hena neshrab beera.. ma3rafsh ghayaro esmaha leih!

Younger Woman: *laughing* La2 Starbucks di chain kebeera bta3et cafe', di maogood menha f engeltera w fransa w lebnan.. ento maba2etoosh tenzelo.. lazem tenzelo 3ashan te3rafo el donya.. maba2etoosh te3rafo 7aga..

Old Woman: la2 ne3raf menein, kan zaman.. 7atta wala zaman...

Younger Woman: ana 3arfa ento leih 7abseen nafsoko fel beit keda.. seneen mabtenzeloosh..

Old Woman: aslo el sha3b elli 3eshna ma3ah zaman mesh maogood.. kan geddo bta3 7afalat w bridge w keda.. konna lamma nenzel el balad no3od 3and Groppi w neshteri 7agat men west el balad...

Younger Woman: w da emta da? men arbe3een sana? (in an exaggeration tone)

Old Woman: *thinking* aiwa ta2reeban men arbe3een sana.. bass kan 7elw Groppi wel nass kano mo7tarameen...

---- a while later

Old Woman: mesh bey2oolo eskendereya 7ateghra2? eskendereya w port said.. el mayya mortafe3a.. 2areit keda fel gornal el sob7


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