Ramadan Kareem to all my blog friends out there. Take care and enjoy this holy month. May God bless you and your family. I promise this month I will be positive and won’t post anything bad. So I might be really boring.. Hehehe.. but I will talk about other things like what we had for iftar and some recipes and just my daily life.

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So I just got out of work to go to campus to pick up something from the bookstore. As I was walking and waiting to cross the street, again for the millionth time in my life crossing that same exact red light I see an accident. Not any accident, an accident caused by a student! Not the drivers this time being idiots, but students!

I was waiting for the pedestrian light to turn green so I can cross. Out of no where I hear a car hitting really hard and the light was green for them to keep on going. Why did the van abruptly stop and a car hit it from the back on a green light? I didn’t notice what happened until the van and the car behind it moved out of the way from the cars to the side.

A student still ran to the other side and it was GREEN for the cars to go. Why was this idiot running to cross the road when cars are MOVING? As he was running another car beeped so loud at him. He still ran to the other side and kept on walking really fast.

The guy from the van got out of the car and RAN RAN RAN so fast to the other side and yelled at the student and made him cross back. Then I realized aaaah.. It was the student’s fault. He was trying to run away. I mean what idiot would cross the road when it is red for pedestrian and green for cars. I mean for crying out loud, there are CARS moving at 50km/h.

This is what I really hate about the University area. STUDENTS are dumb as hell and can’t tell there are moving vehicles coming. Maybe the student was just suicidal. Poor kid, school has only been in session for one week and he is already attempting suicide. Tsk tsk tsk.

Angry

noor shared this response:
September 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pmhi mona i just like to u hardly ever respond to my comments ,it’s like i type them for nothing ,even though i like u r blog and i check it out every day am not a blogger am just a reader , i always like to share an opinion on most off ur post but then i say y bother she wouldn’t reply back ,i mean if u don’t like my comment s let me know or if u think there stupid let me know too ,will any way i like ur blog even if i just read with out comments .thank u

Hello Noor,

I apologize if I don’t reply to your comment directly. It is either you posted it in an old post which I tend to ignore after a week, or you have posted a similar thought to someone else that I generally replied to you and them.

Anyways, thanks for sharing your opinion and liking my blog.

Asmaa shared this response:
September 10th, 2007 at 1:21 am

Hi Mona,

I have some questions for you:

1- If you were completely free to choose how to live, what would you do ?

2- You seem to get along with guys more than girls, what is the reasons ?

3- If your ex come now and kiss your feet and ask you to forget all what happen then ask you to marry him, what would you do ?

4- What is the profile and characteristics of the man of your dream ?

5- If in the future, you have a daughter, how would you raise her, would you raise her just as your parents did with you ?

That’s all.

Hello Asmaa,

Thanks for posting a comment and I will reply to each of your points.

1. If I had a choice about my life, I would move out of the house and go work at a very large company. I would travel freely a lot more and wanting to enjoy my life without any guilt or constraints to my family.

2. The reason I get along with guys more than girl is because I don’t have to keep comparing my self to a girl. I don’t have to worry about this girl being prettier, or smarter, or getting engaged or married b4 me. None of that jealousy which I can’t stand.

3. I would never do that. I even tell people this and you are not the first person to ask me. Even people I know (not from my blog but in person). I tell them one thing. The glass of water has been broken many times. I tried to glue it many times. The more I try to glue it and fill it back with water, the water just inevitably kept leaking more and more. Until the end when it just completely shattered to many smaller pieces that the glass no longer can be glued. So a direct answer to your question is no. Never. Not in a million years. I would rather be alone my entire life than even remotely thinking of a guy who treated me like I was nothing and just used me.

4. If you asked me a few years ago this question I would have a completely different view points. I can honestly tell you and even advice Arab girls and guys to actually try and find someone and get to know them before you do the stupid arranged marriage crap. Meet someone. Get to know them. Have lunch together and just be purely honest with each other and talk. If you cannot talk and have good communication between you two then you won’t at all after you get married. So if I ever thought any time in the future to like someone again than I would have these criterias. 1. honest. 2. honest. 3. honest.

5. If I had a daughter I would want her to be strong and have good self confidence. To be respectful of others and of her self. To learn to analyze people and any situation before making any judgments. Other than that, I am really open minded and I would let her do whatever she chooses to do with her life and not constraint her into an Arab mentality.

Tauqir Rana MD shared this response:
September 10th, 2007 at 2:09 am

Just a thought why there is so much black colour and shades of black on your blog You yourself seem to be a normal cheerful girl

Hi Tauqir,

The site is not black. It is a shade of grey. Hmm. I like dark colours because I have extremely sensitive eyes and I don’t like bright colours. I don’t even wear bright colours my self. I am not gloomy or anything, but my eyes are very bad and can’t stand intense colours.

asma (amma15) shared this response:
September 10th, 2007 at 3:34 am

can you link my new blog to your site? LOOOL

Hi Asma,

No problem. I will add your blog to my blog roll.

marianna shared this response:
September 10th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

Out of all the events that have happened in your life:

1. What was your most cherished?
2. What was your least favorite?

And why

Hi Mariana,

You like to ask the very personal detail questions.

1. Probably when I went to University and got my student loans. I felt I was free and not constrained financially to my family. Also when I got a job I felt I was completely independent and happy.

2. My least favourite and one that I regret is falling in love with someone who didn’t like me back.

Robert shared this response:
September 11th, 2007 at 8:55 am

Hi…I enjoy your blog on the days when I’m in the office instead of out fixing industrial equipment.

Whats the best cure for a broken heart? People say “move on” but it never feels that simple, especially when it feels like she was “the one”. Some others say, “Just replace her by going out with others”…What if you have no desire to do so? Is it just pathetically sad…or deranged? Do you have a cure? Its been 9 months…

AND…have you ever had the desire to be Dear Abby?

Hello Robert,

I am glad you like my blog and spend time reading it. However watch out for your work! Work comes first. Anyways, to answer your questions.

1. How to mend a broken heart? Hell if I knew. I tried to just forget and have no association with the guy. Then he kept crawling back which caused even more pain. Then I decided that the best way is to learn to hate him. He left me and made me a horribly sad person, then that was my first step to convince my self that I hate him. The more he got in contact with me the more I wanted to hate him. I tried to just pin point every possible thing he ever done or said that I disliked and turned it to hatred. I know it sounds wrong and very hateful but I tried every other way. This was it. It used to be my blog. I started this blog cause of him cause I couldn’t express my self in any other way, and I had no friends to listen to me. Now I am better and I think I am no longer heart broken.

2. Moving on will not work. I am sorry to say this. If you loved someone that much, breaking up one day and “moving” on is complete ludicrous and absurd. People who do that never loved the person at all to begin with. It is called high school love or just pure infatuation or puppy love. It takes time. One girl told me that it takes half the time you were in a relationship to get over them. So if you were with someone for 2 years, it takes 1 year to get over them, and so on.

3. I really don’t have a direct cure. I mean I am completely over him and hate him passionately and I can write a book about the horrible things he has done to me (I didn’t write even 10% of the things he did to me on my blog). I donno. I just don’t think it is that easy to get over someone if you loved them more than you loved your self and you felt you had a future with them. It is just not that easy.

4. Desire to be dear Abby? I never even read a dear Abby article. So no I never thought about it and I cannot really help others because I am still trying to help my self.

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Hi guys, here I am doing this again. The opportunity for anyone to ask any question and I will answer it as honestly as possible. I won’t answer anything till tomorrow or after. So ask away and don’t be shy. It can be about me, any of my previous posts, anything about my thoughts and ideas. Anything. Post your comment in this post only. Thanks!

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My vacation came to an end today. I really did not do much except read my book. I finished reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It took forever! Over 600 pages. Phew. So it took me 2 weeks. I went to the book store in the mall yesterday to get the 5th book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The lady at the bookstore said, “we don’t have a paper back copy of that book, only hard cover. I can search for it at other locations.” I said to my self, “great! Now I have to go to another location!” She said, “only Chapters in the south have it, and they only have three copies left in paper back.” I said, “well, how much is the hard cover you have behind you?”

I thought in my head, maybe $30 or $35 bucks. She then said, “$45 bucks!” I was dumbfounded! I was like wtf. The paper back is only $18.95! Why that much price difference between the two??? Argh.. I said, “no thank you!”

So I tried to go back to Zellers cause they have a collection of famous books. They had it, but they had the adult version. A thick little book with black cover. It was hideous looking and I was collecting them in their fun colorful covers.

I remembered that the bookstore at the University has it. It’s funny that I seldom bought books for classes, but I check out their best seller fictional books. At least I know they won’t cost me over 100 bucks! I went there at 8:30 in the morning to make sure I got a copy. Like any other person would grab one? All those little kids probably finished reading the whole series by now, and I just started a month ago.

Did I say the 5th book is way better!

Anyways, after some reading, I decided to head to the mall. I know I am broke and I spent far too much and it is only the 7th of this month. I got paid a week ago, and now I am broke. I spent the entire salary almost. However, I went to Sears today and I saw a digital camera I wanted, but I can’t buy it till tomorrow. Tomorrow it will be 10 dollars off. A nice Sony little camera. I need better pics, and I got a Sears card!

So earlier today I was looking in the mirror and thought to my self, “God I need to pluck my eye brows!” I didn’t do it cause I was lazy and I am really sleepy till after 12 or 1 pm anyway. As I got to the mall, I decided to try out this nice looking beauty spa place. I didn’t need an appointment. I just went in and the lady was pleased. She took me into this little room with a bed in it. This is comfy I thought. Better than sitting on a chair and have to tilt back my head. I was sore for the past 3 days cause of gym. So I needed to really lay down. She waxed and plucked my eye brows and tried to make small talk with me. I can’t talk when my eyes are closed. She asked me to close them or the wax will get on my eye lashes. So she asked how is the weather outside and if it was still raining. I bluntly said, “Nop!” After 10 min or so, when she was nearing the end, she said, “do you think it will rain again tonight?” I thought to my self, “what the hell? Am I the weather network!” I said, “I don’t know, I doubt it.” I hate rain, so I will always doubt it! Then when she was completely done, she then said to me, “do you put any cream or anything on your eyes, they are a bit dry.” I didn’t want to lie and at the same time I wanted to act like a lazy bum since I came all the way here to pay 12 bucks to someone who will do my eye brows for me. So I said, “well, I do have cream for my eyes and I know they are dry.” I paused, I smiled, and then said, “but I have been lazy lately to put it on!” I hardly wear make up, just Arabic powder eye liner (kohl), and that’s it.

After that I thought, God my neck hurts and my feet are sore. I need a massage. I was dying to go to the Aqua Massage place. I was always hesitant because it cost $20 dollars for 10 minutes. Or $25 for 15 minutes, and so on. I had cash on me, and I seem to be eager to spend and I felt I needed a proper massage. I wanted to extremely pamper my self today.

I went in, and I said, “Hello, I need 10 minutes.” Yes, it sounded horribly nasty.

After I paid, she said, “this is a box where you can place your purse, make sure you take your belt off, (I wasn’t wearing one), and we will lock it for you, and the key you get to hold with you as you are getting your massage.” I was a bit astounded by that, but before I went in, I did question my self of the location where I would be placing my purse.

She sat me in the machine. She said, “sit facing down on your stomach. There are headphones here for nice relaxing music, and this button control will pause the water motion whenever you need more message on certain areas of your body.”

I said, “ok, that sounds good.”

She closed the thing on me, and she turned the thing on. The moment it started I started laughing. I am very ticklish person and I burst out laughing and for a moment I wanted to get out of it. I am beyond ticklish that I can’t stand anyone touching me.

I then felt the water go up more beyond my feet, and to my back. I was like God!! I needed that. The pressure of the water on my back was amazing. Then up to my neck. I thought to my self, “who ever invented this thing was a genius!”

I had my head down and the music was so soft, I wanted to seriously sleep. However, I wanted to test the controllers on this thing. So every time it got close to my lower back, I paused it. I was like aaaaaaaaah..

When it got to my feet I laughed. It was ticklish.

It kept going back and forth and I thought, wow, this is taking a while. The 10 minutes of massage felt like 30 minutes in my head. As the machine stopped, and the lady said in a quiet soft voice, “how was that?” I said with my eyes very droopy and sleepy, “that was nice, but I am so sleepy.”

I went to grab my things and my shoes and she then said, “here is a bottle of water for you as well.” I said, “thank you so much!”

I never felt such a nice sensation. Now I know where I will be going every time my body aches.

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