I am not sure where to begin, so I decided to throw around a few points to start off the new year with a post. There are many things we experience in life that make us grow a little more where we decide for our selves what is right or wrong. But what if my right is your wrong, or vice versa. Then what is it that we can define as right?

I am not talking about what we were taught right or wrong religiously. I don’t defy my religion in any way because I believe religion keeps our minds clear and focused on what is supposed to be right. But what if there are things that have no answer in religion from what we were taught and lived by all our lives?

So, forget religion a moment and let’s think deeper within ourselves. To decide if some things are right or wrong are based on how we feel about the situation and the consequence of it. Sometimes we have to make a hard choice to come up with a decision that is defined in our heads as right. But is it 100% right? What is right then? Who decides? Shouldn’t we as individuals decide that for our selves? Maybe our logic and choice of right is not the most acceptable, but do we just stop and just go with what others say?

No, I don’t think so. I believe that we choose what is right or wrong because if we really believe in it, then we have to go by that decision. It is called following your heart. Try it sometimes. Make a decision and only your heart is allowed to decide of its worth. I think that is how new creative ideas come true. Cause no one else believe we can do it but us.

Therefore, begin the year making the right choice by just following your heart.

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Have you ever wondered if you are part of the blog circle or out of it? I do wonder sometimes. You see, if I was part of the Arab blog groups or anything like that then I would have a lot more people commenting on my blog just to get noticed. That’s why people join groups, to find each other and get noticed by their fellow peers. Believe me, it is nice to be recognized sometimes, and what is good about writing is that I am not being recognized for the way I look or act, but the written words on my site.

Fortunately, I got out of the whole group thing a long time ago. I do not participate in any. I don’t even advertise my blog anymore. I have not done so in years! I was in many Arab blog group sites in the past, and some contacted me later to join, but I just don’t want to deal with being part of any clan anymore. If I am part of one, I will get people saying, “You are only doing it to get people to come to your blog and your blog sucks!” If I don’t join, people will say, “Why are you not part of one, who do you think you are!”

Honestly, who cares about the above. Who needs groups to get noticed now a days.

Strangely enough, because I don’t advertise and I don’t go around marketing my self in any way or form, I get people saying that I write this way to just get more and more visitors. I ignite fires just to get noticed. So, explain this to me logically so I can make sense of it all, I do nothing at all but write in my private blog whatever the hell comes into my head, and I do not go around advertising just to get noticed, but my writing is the big NO NO!

Hmm. Yah, that makes sense. Hell, last time I checked this friggen site was a blog where I write run on sentences and have several syntax error. I do not use Microsoft Word to type my blog essays or an English editor to make sure everything is perfect before I click on that damn blue Publish button.

You know what I despise about certain people’s personality? I despise fake people. I despise people that are too anal about other people’s words and like to correct them to just prove how articulate they are. Finally, I despise people that think they can come here and freely insult me, and I know for a fact that they are scared shitless to do it to my face in real life.

I rather stay out of every circle, out of any association with certain people, and just be my SELF: a stubborn, egotistical, selfish blogger who only writes crap on her blog without thinking twice who reads it.

There, I got it out of my chest. I can sleep now.

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I can’t believe this year is almost over. It has been a long stressful year. I am just beyond tired and I can’t wait for a vacation.

A month ago I planned to have yesterday off because I was scheduled to work the Sunday before. It was peaceful, relaxing, I watched a movie, I ran some errands, and oh, I had to still wake up at 7 am because I had to get ready for an interview.

Wow, did I say interview? Back up a little bit and think about it. I had Friday planned a month ago! So past Monday, as in 6 days ago, I got a call asking me for an interview on Friday. I was like WTF! What are the odds of having an interview the day I had a day planned off already?

So, I went to an interview for a job that is pretty much the same stuff as I am doing already, but it is at a very big place. Anyways, I hate interviews, but I had to go because I felt like I needed to explore new options before I feel like I am glued to my current job forever. You know how people feel really comfortable in their current positions even though they may not like it very much, but don’t want to look for another and explore better options? Well, that is not me and I feel I am at an age where I need to find new things. I still have lots of energy and I need a change.

Well, I am trying you guys to come up with a business plan, but I need sponsors or a lot of people to back me up. I want to program something big, from scratch, because I feel that I need a back up plan in life.

If anyone is interested with coming up with a great online idea, then please email me to rebelliousarabgirl@gmail.com. I want to start something big. I feel that I am wasting my talents and it needs to be put in to good use.

Only serious people please!

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Define rebellious in your own terms please, and don’t give me some dictionary phrase.

I wanted to write blog after blog the past few days, but I have very important things to do in my life. This blog is not top of the list anymore like it used to be. This blog is purely for discussion of various things that go on in my life and the way I perceive some things when I have time to write them.

I know that many of you have emailed me the past few days with the same thoughts almost. Many of you have claimed that you read my entire site and came up with one conclusion. I find it very funny that people come up with the same conclusions about anything. Can you imagine if that is the case for everything in life? So the conclusion was, “you are rebellious, that means you don’t follow the Arab way of life.”

Honestly, I think I am the most Arabized person that you can meet living in these lands because I follow the ethical essence of being an Arab. Do you follow that? Because being an Arab is not just getting married before you are 25,  having at least 3 kids by 30, being the “good wife,” and living in a happy marriage. If not married, you are secluded from the rest of the circle of being a real Arab. I am taught to be a good person first, for others to accept me for who I am, and to show others the proper way I was raised by following great traditions and morals.

Why is that so hard to understand? Where in my blog did I say or claim that I should HATE everything about being an Arab and act like a total slut? Where do I say that I go around dating a different guy every other week and go clubbing and drinking? Is that how you define rebellion for an Arab girl? Because according to your definition, a Rebellious Arab Girl is a girl who doesn’t follow the rules of being an Arab or even her religion. There are no rules! Believe me. There are raised morals that we all should have learned growing up as part of this culture.

I didn’t chose to be rebellious. It chose me. This blog chose me to be a Rebellious Arab Girl in order to speak up; by proving to others that I don’t need to follow this group of Arabs that think life should be this way and that is it. Unfortunately, as years pass, far too many Arabs are living in diaspora, and a huge gap between the generations have emerged in the past century because of this culture clash. The traditions have slowly diluted to cope with another, and being a true Arab or defining an Arab is becoming harder and harder every day.

All I can say that I am tired of emails that begin with, “please read this to the end,” or “I am sorry I have to say this.” Why apologize or make sure you grab my attention to tell me the negative? I would appreciate it more if you stick up with what you believe in and say, “You know what Mona, I don’t agree with you because so and so.” That I read. Everything else with an introduction of reason to even begin reading it is something I don’t even look at.

I am tired of preaching to the choir. I am going to go back to the days when I started this blog and what my true beliefs are. If you disagree with me, then dare to comment about it in the comment box below. Start a real discussion and stop hiding being a screen name. It is almost the end of 2010 and people represent themselves for who they are with their real photos and their true image. That’s how we accept one another in the real world. We represent who we really are with no shame with what we say or who we are. Why can’t you dare do that?

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Out of all the 5 “wordilicious” years that this site had, this look is the longest one that survived. However, as we all know, the reason the lack of change is because, well, let’s be honest here, I am lazy.

I need to come up with a new theme for the new year. I am planning a vacation. Yes, a real vacation over Christmas break! Then I can spend my days not making kick ass websites at work, but making a cool one for this blog.

Anyways, I want to ask you guys if you think that change is good. If I get at least a 100 people saying yes that this blog is over due for a makeover, then I will change it. Otherwise, I am sticking to this look. I hope you guys say yes, because when I hit 30, this blog better REPRESENT!

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Also, if you want me to add different areas to my site, like a community forum, photo album, vlogs, etc, then tell me in the comments below so I can plan it right. Alright?

The following is so Nostalgic!! Such an evolution..

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