Wednesday, October 17, 2007

3eed Mubarak!

Salams to myself and to my blog readers,
Eid Mubarak to you all, and I hope you had a nice time.
This Ramadan was kind of quiet for me. I hardly got that "Ramadan" feeling. I wonder why...
Eid was the same,
The first day: breakfast at my in-laws, late lunch at my mom's...
The second day we met with family and friends at a fish place for dinner...
The third day: more visiting...
The fourth day: there was a big party at my sister's in-laws. They rented bouncy castles for the kids to play in. There were two ladies playing the kids games, and they also had that soapy soccer field.
But the coolest thing was that they had snack stands: cotton candy, ice cream, hot dogs, waffles, crepes, burgers, corn in the cup, and a candy and cereal stand too!
Too bad I was on one of my diets!

Friday, September 7, 2007

Secrets, Lies and Democracy

Noam Chomsky
Interviewed by David Barsamian

Another illusion-shattering, fact-filled masterpiece from the man the New York Times called "arguably the most important intellectual alive." Here are a few, brief excerpts:

  • In 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment -- more or less productive things -- and 10% for speculation. By 1990, those figures had reversed.
  • Haiti, a starving island, is exporting food to the US -- about 35 times as much under Clinton as under Bush.
  • The US government spent more money per capita to get the presidential candidate it favored elected in Chile in 1964 than was spent by both candidates (Johnson and Goldwater) in the 1964 election here in the United States.
  • The gap between how much income is held by the richest and poorest 20% has increased dramatically over the past 30 years -- about double for rich vs. poor countries and far more for rich vs. poor people.
  • What the public wants is called "politically unrealistic." Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Baby Left to Die in Car!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpZTQ3xBHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIxbsPCw_I&NR=1

Are these Americans idiots or what?
I have a two year old and I know where she is all the time!
Even if my child was six or ten, how the hell do you leave a child in a car alone? In a parking lot?I think she did it on purpose, pretending she forgot, yeah right!

Really she should've given her to an orphanage or something.

Imagine what they would have said if a Muslim did that???
they'll call human rights watch...

Really really stupid people.

Saturday, August 25, 2007

THE SECRET



I've been watching this documentary recently. I must have watched it about 8 times. it's called "The Secret."


"The Secret" that the teachers in this video are revealing to us, is "the law of attraction." And to give you an idea, I got this informatiom from Wikipedia.com:


The Law of Attraction is commonly associated with New Age and New Thought theories. It states people experience the corresponding manifestations of their predominant thoughts, feelings, words, and actions and that people therefore have direct control over reality and their lives through thought alone. A person's thoughts (conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions are said to attract corresponding positive and negative experiences "through the resonance of their energetic vibration." [1] The "law of attraction" states "you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your experience."[2] The idea has received intense criticism from multiple circles in the media, the scientific community, and even other areas of the New Age Movement.


NOTE: As a Muslim, we don't ask the Universe, but we ask Allah All Mighty...


Where the grass is greener

Cities in Australia and Canada are rated the most livable in the world
With low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed transport and communications infrastructure, Canada and Australia are home to the most livable destinations in the world. Four of the ten most livable cities surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit are in Australia, and two of the top five are Canadian. Vancouver is the most attractive destination, with a livability index of just 1.3% (see table).



While livability considers factors of recreational and cultural activity, the "big city buzz" can hamper the scores of some cities, although not to the extent that a city will present significant challenges. Global centers such as New York, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong and Paris may find themselves let down precisely because of their size and attractiveness.

Traffic congestion and higher crime rates associated with large urban centers have, to some extent, offset the obvious cultural gains of living in such locations. This has also been compounded by fears that large centers like London and New York will remain targets for high-profile terror attacks. Despite this, most major centers do not present any significant challenges to livability.


Of the 132 cities surveyed, only nine cities present the worst-case scenario in which most aspects of living quality are severely restricted, reflecting general improvements on a global scale in areas such as education, health care and infrastructure. Four of these are in Asia, mainly South Asia. The other five are in Africa (accounting for three) and the Middle East (accounting for two).


The threat of terrorism and civil unrest is a major contributing\nfactor to the cities that suffer from the worst livability scores, as\nare poor development indicators. Algiers is the least livable\ndestination in the survey, with a score of 64.7%.


The threat of terrorism and civil unrest is a major contributing factor to the cities that suffer from the worst livability scores, as are poor development indicators. Algiers is the least livable destination in the survey, with a score of 64.7%.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

The King of Torts

I just finished reading John Grisham's The King of Torts (that I borrowed from Sheryza). I have to say it was a very good read.
I am a novel addict. Give me any novel and I'll eat it up as fast as I can unless it's really dumb like The Devil Wears Prada. It was so dumb I couldn't even go past the third page.

I'm not saying all John Grisham's books are good, but most of them are. Out of all his novels, the best of the best were A Time to Kill and The Pelican Brief. Those and others really left a print on my life.

Back to The King of Torts. I was so into the novel that I was dreaming about lawyers and settlements and money and yachts, and everything. One morning my husband was waking me for Fajer after I stayed up til 2 in the morning reading it, and I was so tired I slept while I was sitting up in the bed, and I had a dream: I was kind of aware that I was sitting up and that I was tired, and I told myself, if the clients want me they should come to me. I'm gonna sleep now. And so I put my head back down and sleapt. Astaghfirulla!
My husband (knowing my ways) came back and said: "I thought you said your getting up"?
Lo0o0oL. I was about to tell him about my clients and plaintiffs, but I remembered that I'm not in America, but in Saudi and I should get up quickly before the shaytan pees in my ears!

I have another John Grisham right here: The Testament, (also from Sheryza) and I'm ready to read it. Sometimes it's better to let the story sink in. Especially if the end was shocking, like in Harlan Coben's novels. I'll talk about his books on another post inshallah.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Le Le Le Le LeEeEeEeEeEe

That's a Za'3roota!
I'm SO glad I'm finished with the tests, and I think I deflated instead of exploding.

I'm really looking forward to enjoying this summer with a lot of laying back and picnics. Some reading too. I think I'll be calling Sheryza, because we need to start planning...
Oh! I remembered I need to do some shopping for my sister's wedding that's on the 28Th of June!
Mmmm...
But we can still do somethings here and there...
And after the wedding I'll be back in Madinah Insha Allah, and I'm gonna make up for all those times I missed going to the 7aram.