You know what.. I went back to school to be more educated and learn more things and be better at what I do, and I am still working full time at the same time. I still cannot tolerate the idea of working with other people on a project! People in my group are either fucken drunks, too lazy, their personal drama is way more important or just pathetically stupid who don’t give a crap.

I hate working with groups!! I have a job and no time to deal with idiots!! Weekends are my ultimate free time! I am so pissed right now and I am gonna give my group a very bad review! They will NOT get the same grade I will be getting!!!
Aghhhhhhhhhh!!

Angry

The biggest discussion that I probably argue with people is religion. What is a religion? It’s to be part of a group of people that follow the same belief system. Ok good, we defined that part easily. So what is a Muslim? What is a Christian? What is a Jew? The three most common religions in the world that believe in one God and that’s it. So what’s the problem with that? Far too many. The cultural differences is the key! So let’s get back and explain the culture first before the religion. Obviously a Muslim from Iran is culturally different from a Muslim in Malaysia. Yes they pray 5 times a day. Yes they fast Ramadan and do all the good deeds of the 5 pillars.. But do they really interpret the religion the same way? No. The cultural differences are more over powering. Life maybe as a Muslim in Malaysia is more liberal than Iran. Or vice versa. It all depends on the cultural surroundings.

How about an Arab Muslim and an Arab Christian? Same culture exactly. Different religious views. However when you talk to a Palestinian Christian you can never tell what religion he/she follows. You can’t see a difference in sociological behavior at all. You can never know the difference unless you asked them what is their religious views! Same goes for other religions. How can you really tell unless you know where they are from and how they are raised?

So why am I bringing up this topic? Simple. I believe that as a person raised in North America for over half my life that I have become culturally religious. What does that really mean? Well, first off, no one can ever tell what religion I follow. I don’t have an obvious appearance that segregates me to any religious groups. Ok, so that’s confusing, but Canada is a very multi-cultural country? So it makes sense. I am easily mistaken as a Christian.. why? Well, cause I know a lot about Christianity because I was raised around Christians and I used to live in the South in USA where majority of people are very conservative Baptist. But I don’t follow Christianity. No, I know many things about it, but I was raised as a Muslim. This is confusing now. Not really, I follow my religion because I was raised that way and I respect it, but I am very well educated and aware of other religions and especially Christianity because I live amongst them. Great, but what’s the point? Well, the point is that because I live in a Christian dominated culture, that I am automatically stereotyped as one because I have no other religious trademarks. No Hijab (scarf), and no conservative actions. Nothing! Well, what does that have to do with cultural differences really? Well, when you live in this culture you somehow blend in and loose any differences. But there must be some differences that makes it obvious. Not really, I just follow the standard, no eating pork, and no drinking alcohol. So that makes me a Muslim? I mean what does eating / drinking have to do with religious stereotypes? I mean first thing when I say, “I don’t eat pork or drink alcohol” is that I automatically stereotyped as a Muslim. I am like yes and? What is vegetarianisms? Do you expect me to believe that when a person tells you they don’t want to have any meat in their food is because they are vegans? I doubt it, I know for a fact that they just don’t trust any type of meat and could be Jewish. I mean sometimes I just ask for strictly vegetarian food because I just don’t know what kind of meat really is in the food. So right there I just eliminated the religion/food difference. So religion might not be 100% the cause of it, and I was raised to be abstinent from these things and it just became a habit. Once you are raised and growing up all your life doing something in particular than you just end up hating it and not getting close to it. That’s it. So the cultures and religious views have been mixed. Sort of yes and no. I don’t want to seem nonreligious, but I follow Islam because I was raised that way. So I was culturally raised that way. How? Simple, I am an Arab and Arabs are known to be conservative and morally ethical people. So is Islamic views! Yes, so the religion and culture is obviously mixed. I know many people don’t agree but that’s how I feel about this situation.

I obviously understand and tolerate Christianity and Judaism because I live amongst them and I accept it. I just believe in all three religions and I believe that living in North America, especially in Canada that I have become somewhat mixed culturally and religiously. Whatever the person chooses to follow is their choice. I chose to keep following the main religious beliefs of Islam which is a mix of the Arabic culture. I also chose to blend in the multi-cultured lifestyle of Canada that is Christian dominated in order to not segregate my self from the norm.

So in conclusion, I love all religions and I love all cultures and I just want to mix them all and live a nice morally and ethically liberated life.

So really, I just like all religions, and I like to be culturally religious in Canada and just be part of everything.

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I have a little sister. She is 14.5 years younger than me. She is 11 years old now. All day long she kept looking at me and saying: “I am prettier than you. You are just full of makeup! I have nice light brown hair and hazel eyes! I am not as dark as you..” blah blah.. I gave her an evil look and said.. “SHUT UP! Don’t compare your self to me! You are a kid!” Agghh.. stupid kids are self conscious from that age! It’s insane! They compare them selves to adults.

Well I wouldn’t call my self an adult since I argue and fight with a kid that young on a daily basis.. hmm.. I wonder what I can do to get her out of that ugly/pretty phase. When I was her age I was playing with dolls and watching cartoons! She watches sitcoms and goes on the internet! The world has changed so much! My generation was awesome. We were innocent and simple. Took life one step at a time. Didn’t have so many complicated thoughts and the urge to grow up so fast. We wanted to be kids forever! I never ever looked at other girls or thought I was pretty (which I am not, I am average).. until I was maybe 16 or 17. 18 for sure I was so into looks!

Any who… I wish I was still a kid. At least my spelling and grammar would be a lot better and I would get praised for making kick ass websites!

They said what?, Whatever!

This is the rule: The Rule: “Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!�?

1. I never make my bed. I find it sinful to do so in the morning when I am half asleep and rushing to get out of the house to get to work.
2. I sit on the computer from 8:00 am till roughly 11:00 pm at night. I do get up a lot.. but total sitting around 13 hours hours a day. Lately my back is hurting me. I can’t help it, I got too much work!
3. I am addicted to coffee in the morning. If I don’t drink coffee I get a huge headache and I feel the world around me is spinning. But I only drink one cup a day!
4. I have bad addiction of cleaning my right ear. I keep thinking there is something in it! Agghh.
5. I have a scar on my right eye from falling from a hill when I Was 6. It is my trademark if I ever get lost as my parents tell me. lol
6. When I am angry or nervous I tend to chew on my lips and remove the skin.. so my lips always look dry.
7. I have a bad habit when I am super pissed that I just get up and leave and go sit on a bench somewhere outside and just look at a tree or grass or just nature in general.
8. I obsessed with checking all my emails all the time. I think I am just afraid I am too late to do something. :lol:
9. I always day dream constantly with things I like to happen just to give me some hope and a happy feeling at that moment.
10. I like to always have TV on as long as I am awake as background noise. It helps me get more work done!

Anyways.. I tag everyone who reads my blog to post this tag on theirs. Just leave me a comment so I can check it out on your blog. If you don’t have a blog, than just post your answers as a comment!

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Hey guys.. I know some of you who post don’t have a gravatar. You wonder what it is? It’s a globar avatar that many blogs use. So for blogs that support avatar, your global avatar is displayed next to the comment whenever you comment on someone’s blog. So all you have to do is sign up with http://www.gravatar.com .. post your little picture that you like on there.. and then when you post on anyone’s blog that supports it.. your custom avatar is displayed.. cool eh? Try it out you guys. I don’t think you would like that ugly blue gravatar symbol next to your name all the time..

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