The " Am so bored, I got nothing better to do " Post

What am doing : On my bed, laptop infront of me.
My day : Crappy, First day of Uni :S
Dinner : 2 red apples
Listening to : Elsewhere by Sarah Mclachlan
Thinking : Of someone i had a dream about
Obsessing over : Whether i'll ever get my internship evaluations
Waiting: For a phone call
Worried about : waking up at 6:30am
Missing: Not having to worry about waking up at 6:30
Hating: My unbelievably annoying non-cooling AC
Loving: My new Poster of the world
Friends: Still on vacation, AArrGGhh
Family: At the movies
Tv: Just watched the first episode of Prison Break's second season. AMAZING!
What just crossed my mind: Whether i should choose Kabul or Dubai for my Studio project.
What i should be doing now: Forcing myself to sleep, if i ever wanna make my 8:00 class


A.

As i came to realise!

As i came to realise that i am back to my normal life i felt a sudden depression, not that that i am not happy with my life, yet my summer experience was extraordinary. i have spent 2 months of my life that is equivelant to all the joy i could have had in the past couple of years. yes, i always had a comfortable and descent life, but ive never experienced reall joy. what we hear people say that they live once just hit me!!

I now believe that i have no time to waste on regret or sorrow, every hour of my life is gona be spent on something that i really deserve and enjoy, you may call it my new resolution. i mean seriously where was i from all this, i thank god for letting me realise what i realised before its too late.

You can say am a new person now, its kind of scary for me too, but i think i like it. i am a stronger, more confident, determined and happy person, gona enjoy living to the fully with preserving my ethics and respect of myself and others.

Things that effected me to become who i am now:

Once in italy i was having a discussion with an italian guy.. he asked: do i drink?, i answered no! He then said: but how do u experience pleasure if you dont get drunk! here i didnt know what to say, yet i said what is the pleasure in getting unconsious and making a fool of yourself.. He was like, doesnt matter who cares!, thats the fun of it. we ended the discussion with neither of us convinced with the other's point of view, but that certainly taught me something. i thought and thought, and thats when i came to understand life, to love my life, and take it simple..

The trip this summer alone taught me to enjoy life, italians love to live and i believe they had a great influence on me. i became a person who hates to complain and say am bored.. coz i realised that even if i was doing nothing i can enjoy life. i believe i can almost smile all the time, i can be nice even to rude people, not for them just for me, coz i wouldnt want anyone to affect my happiness.

Most important is to learn how to appreciat every moment in life. THE FACT THAT WERE ALIVE IS A BLESSING!!

trust me on this..

i dont know if my words made much sense to you, it just does to me!

Thank you god for everything and everyone.. :D

This post was influenced by A. post.. i do feel everything you have said, and i couldnt say it better, ive just added something to it!!


N.A.O

The end of summer post ..

Its almost 6am in the morning, and i cant get myself to sleep. The thought of starting university again is really freaking me out. I got accustomed to the life of no responsibility, of no agenda's and no deadlines. I always critisized anyone who would waste almost the entire day sleeping and basically not doing anything productive at all, but these few weeks, i turned into a rotten vegetable, and guess what, I LOVED IT.

I loved not having to wake up soo early in the morning. I loved not having to sleep early. I loved watching the sun rise, and going to breakfast with friends at 8:00 in the morning. I loved staying up all night, listening to music, and reading books. I loved talking to my friend 3aloosh till 5:00am in the morning about absolute garbage. I just loved the fact that i let my guard down and did everything i was not accustomed to.

Summer is almost over, and when i look back at this year, i am quite astonished by how dramatic and eventful this year actually was. My friendships, relationships, the way i precieve life, the way i precieve myself. I think it is a very healthy way to start a new year, a new age, a new chapter in my life. This year was a mixture of everything i never thought i could handle. There was true happiness, sever pain, brutal backstabbing, new friendships and wild adventures. I experienced and learnt many things, things that taught me to be the person i am. And whatever that experience was, or how painful it really was, i am forever grateful. These are some of the things that i came to realize.

I realized that life was soooo GOD DAMN beautiful to be wasted on greif.
I realized that i should step up, and finally take responsibilty for my behaviours.
I realized that People always take you for granted if you let them.
I realized that if you got hurt, you should let go.
I realized that there are Hundreds of people out there who are just dying to meet someone like you.
I realized that octopus doesnt really taste that bad
I realized that Greg behrendt really knows what he's talking about
I realized that those of you who never appreciated you, arent worth your breath.
I realized that if you only let your guard down, you would really find the one for you.
I realized that POP music, is just a sad excuse for music
I realized that i look waaaay better with my eyebrows plucked and dark wavy hair
I realized that being alone is a bitch
I realized that spanish guys are FINNNEEE
I realized that there's a side of me that actually liked babies
I realized that flirting actually helps you out in some situations ;)
I realized that the only way people are going to respect you, is if you respect yourself
I realized that we will NEVER get over boy drama lol
I realized that Jennifer Aniston's movies SUCK
And I just realized that i can go on forever ..

The past few weeks, i've met a variety of people; people who have truely touched my heart, and taught me just how simple and fun life can be. If someone had asked me if i was happy 6 months ago, i would probably said yes, because to me, back then, being sucked in a drama where i knew i had to get out of was happiness. Did i believe i was happy, yes i did, why though is something i am still trying to figure out. Perhaps i was infatuated, or just scared of admitting otherwise, but only when i came to taste true serenity that i came to the conclusion that i was nothing but fooling myself. This may sound a bit cocky, but now, and only days before my 21st birthday do i feel confident, satisfied and in control. So to all of you who stood by me through these months, thank you, I am forever grateful.

A.

I miss...?

My Mood: what's next?
My Music: Butterflies by Alicia Keys

Im missing the reaaalll hot Belgian waffle, ahh I just miss its taste, especially when eating it while it's raining, damn it felt good!

Im missing the long hour CALORY BURNING walks, in the rain, & in the sun, which we rarely saw.

I'm missing the gurlies back there "if you're reading this gurls, I MISS YOU SO MUCH.

I'm missing the WHERE THE HELL AM I RIGHT NOW feeling. I walk in streets that I might have seen before, and I discover that these streets are the ones I walk by EVERY SINGLE DAY, what type of a brain do I have? I really have no idea.

I'm missing the funny 90's style'd UAE-an guys, they looked so stupid in what they wore. Especially that really high waisted white jeans guy with a flashy orange shirt, and an A|X black leather belt, he was FUNNY, and I MEAN IT, u saw him Mai didn't u ;p ?

I'm missing washing dishes, ironing my own clothes, but that doesn't mean I do want to do this again, I just miss it.

I'm missing not wearing an Abaya, it felt weird when I wore it again on the plane.

I'm missing the balcony, and the gatherings + chit chats it held.

I'm missing the beautiful weather.

..and I'm missing you :)



Noora
p.s. the list is in random order, guess who comes first?

I'm home

(For a better view, click on the image.)

That's a dedication to A. my friend. I saw this n I remembered her :).

Luv ya, and I sure luv my friends too.


Noora

Knight of shinning Armour

a Poem I Liked:

You are my happiness when my world is showered with tears
You are my bravery when I am immersed in fears
You are my comfort when my world shatters to the ground
You are my shinning knight when no hope can be found.

~~~

You are my thoughts when grey clouds overshadow mine
You are my star when I have forgotten how to shine
You are my shelter when a thunderstorm roars
You are my strength when I have collapsed on the floor.

~~~

You are my compass when I have lost my way
You are the sunlight that brightens my day
You are my smile when I'm feeling blue
You are my golden saviour when I'm unsure of what to do.

~~~

You are my lighting bolt that appeared in beautiful grace
A striking beam, like an eternal brace
Like a flash of dreams released into the night sky
Together we entwined in a love so devine.


By: Olivia McDonald

M.

My updates

Hey,

Lots happened since my last contribution to this blog, and the reason remains unknown = D

So, an update is needed

1. I went to the US for a month (July), it was my first visit to the states. Before traveling we had the prospective that the states is nice and everything but the people may treat us differently just because we are Muslim Arabs. But we were surprised !!
Going there was an experience I wont forget the country is amazing, beautiful and just fun to be there. My idea of Americans as people just changed they were nice, friendly and just curious. People kept asking us about the scarves we were wearing, about our excellent English, about our country.
When we were there the Lebanese – Israeli war started out. We didn’t feel afraid or any of this sort just we felt pity for Americans. They are fed ideas through their media, ideas about Arabs and Muslims. The idea of everyone being a terrorist and Americans are always the target of these acts. I'm not saying suicide bombing and trade centers blowing is right or is the solution. But there are extremists in every religion and culture, they don’t understand the other side of the story. Americans are just victims of their own media.


2.I had my 21st BIRTHDAAAAAY !!! …8/8/1985 = D

Thank you Gurls for a great night - and miss U Noora, wish u were here :'(



3. Family Tragedy. My family went through the tragedy of loosing a family member, my cousin passed away(Allah yer7amah).
The weird thing of family tragedies if you would call it is that it brings people together. My family is not the closely related type of family, long time ago they were but life and time passed and everyone had their own lives. Everyone got busy either with school, jobs or just living their lives. Today I saw family members that I never saw in my life or just forgot they exist, ironically it made me feel happy. Because I had the chance to see my family members together.
And another thing is that how fast a person can be forgotten, one minute people are paying their condolences to the family the second minute they are talking about silly stuff and laughing out loud. Today I couldn’t speak a lot or didn’t want to which is weird of me, but I just sat there observing people who they act around such a situation. Some cry, some smile weakly when eyes meet, and some just sit there thinking and some just talk talk talk about everything. It just makes you think of your own life, what do you want and what do you have. Think about your goals and mistakes, think about your sins and why do you do them. I'm not saying that at this moment you become a total saint without any sins and mistakes, but you just critically and thoroughly dissect your life and acts like no one else.

M.

Hidden talents we didnt know about lol

After staying up for almost 30 hours, Me and 3aloosh ( Who happens to be one of my closest friends/cousin) came to my place. We napped for like 3 hours, and by the time we woke up, we were beat, and didnt have the energy to go out again, so we decided to call Noura, and this is what we did. We sat on my bedroom floor, spred newspapers, and took out the finger paint. We splashed paint, stroked the brushes and just painted. It was one of the most expressive, and liberating experiences ever. These are some of our master peices Lol .







And the Auction will be held Saturday afternoon. The bidding starts at 500$ .. Enjoy

A.

It's raining

Rain rain go away,
come again another day.
Little Noora wants tp shop;
and never ever gonna stop!

Rain rain go away,
I just don't know what to say,
I reaallyy reallyy wanna shop,
but I don't think it'll stop

Rain rain, go to Spain,
I am sufferin'...I'M IN PAIN!

Noora >_<

Not Tagged!

I've been checking out blogs recently and I found this blog, and I thought of tagging myslef since no 1 tagged me; as he said "You wanna be tagged, tage yourself." and yes, I'M BORED, DAMN IT!
Here I go,

Best:
1. Male friend: My imaginary gay friend :P
2. Female friend: Them.
3. Vacation: Summer 2002.

Worst:
1. Time of day: Morning.
2. Day of the week: Friday.
3. Color crayon: Brown, it's just too shitty to handle..lol.

Last:
1. Person you talked to that goes/went to your school: Mai.
2. Talked to on the phone: Khalid.
3. Text: Sara.
4. Person you instant messaged: Sara.

Today:
1. What are you doing now? Other than this, am sitting in the balcony, IT'SS FREAZING!
2. Wearing: A|X shirt n pyjama pants.

Tomorrow:
1. Is: Sunday
2. Got any plans: hang out with my friends.
3. Goal: HAAAAVE FUN TO THE EXTREEEEEEEEMME!
4. Dislikes about tomorrow: all shops are closed.

Favorite:
1. Number: 2.
2. Song: AAAAAAHH MANYYY.
3. Color: YEELLOOW.

Currently:
1. Missing Someone: YESSS :'(
2. Mood: TIIIIIIIIIIIEERED AFTER SPENDING A LONG DEPRESSING DAY IN DUSSELDORF.
3. Wanting: A CHOCOLATE BROWNIIE n vanilla ice cweaaam!

True/False:
I am a cuddler: Yupsss.
I am a morning person: LOL No.
I am a perfectionist: at times.
I am an only child: I WISH! I WISH! I WISH!
I am currently in my pajamas: Haven't I mentioned this before?
I am currently pregnant: u should guess the father! lol
I am currently suffering from a broken heart: No, but I know some1 who is :P
I am left handed: not not!
I am addicted to Blogging: no, I blog when I'm bored.
I am online 24/7: no, I have a life.
I am very shy around the opposite gender: Hmm.. depends on who the person is :P
I can be paranoid at times: aha!
I currently have a crush on someone: Yes, my moisturizing shiiimmeryy body mousse.
I currently regret something that I have done: yup
I enjoy country music: when I'm depressed lol!
I enjoy talking on the phone: yeaaah, my friends suffer alot!
I have a hard time paying attention at school/work: yes ='(
I have a hidden talent: I sing in the shower n I like it, lol.
I have a lot to learn: YESSSSSSSSS, A LONG WAY TO GO!
I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal: No No *evil grin*

Anger:
1. Are you currently mad at someone? Yes.
2. Which of your friends has the worst temper? M.
3. Have you ever thrown something at anyone? Yes, my clothes at our EX-Maid, she left some of my clothes for about a month in her room *I don't know y* and when she got them back, they smelled like shit!
4. Ever had something thrown at you? NEVER! How rude! lol
5. When youre mad do you prefer to stare angrily or yell and scream? Neither, I walk away, take a shower if I was home, cry, eat like I've never aten before.

Excitement:
1. Has anyone ever thrown you a surprise party for you? NO :@ I'M HATING YEW ALL RIGHT NOW!
2. Are you easily excited? Veeerry!
3. What are you most excited about? Shoes, shoes, and more shoes, handbags, and clothes.
4. If you won a million dollars what would be your first thought? NEW YORK BABE! Nothing for the poor :P sowwyy!
5. If you could have anything right now what would it be?
Beside a navy blue balenciaga, LV speedy 35, & a Marc Jacobs black stam bag, I'd luv to own a beach house with a classic 1960's caddiii parked by the front door, wear a Harry Winston watch and a graff 20k diamond ring..and much much more, I can post it if ur interested ;)

Self-Discovery:
1. Name: Noora.
2. Where were you born? Dubai.
3. What's your main goal in life? Umm., never thought of a goal, I just live each day to the fullest and I believe I'm too lazy to work hard to reach something, I'm sure this something will find it's way to me one day ;)
4. How do you want to die? A death that would lead to Heaven insha'allah, a peaceful one, and surrounded by the people who I care about the most.

Opinions:
1. Sex before marriage? What happens in LA stays there, but what happens in Dubai, spreads all over Dubai, so NO! lol
2. Gay Marriage? What difference does it make when gay couples get married?
3. Lower the Drinking age? Why not NOOOOT drinking?!
4. Recycling? Recycling is good, yeah really good!

Dreams:
1. What was your latest dream? Hmm, I was wearing a Carolina Herrera CHANEL-ISH style dress, walked into our living room and was told that today is my engegament party. Although the dress looked amaazing on me, it was loose on the waist and I ddnt know how I'd walk it in since it made me look fat! lol.. Ahh I still love the dress.
2. Have any of your dreams come true? I don't think so.
3. What was the weirdest dream you've ever had? Hmm.. I remember this dream, I had it when I was about 6 or 7. We were in my dads car when we had an accident and the car flipped over, then this donkey came out of no where and bitted my fingers and he was like chewing them and I was cryyyiiinnggg myyyy heaarttt out. It really freaked me out for a year or two.

Love-Life:
1. Straight, Gay, Bi? Straight.
2. Do you have a bf/gf? No.
3. Do you have a crush? Does myself count?
How many beds did you lay in yesterday? 2, Sofa BED, so 2!
What color shirt are you wearing? White.
Name one thing that you do everyday? LAUGH.
What color are your walls? Striped in light pink, white, grey n navy blue thin n thick lines.
How much cash do you have on you right now? 20 euros *i'm always broke at the end of the day*.
I can't wait till---? I graduate from Uni, and live happily ever after ..LOL !
When was the last time you saw your dad? 2 weeks ago.
What did you have for dinner last night? Coke.
What's the last piece of clothing you borrowed from someone? A bikini top from A.
What website(s) do you visit the most during the day? THE FASHION SPOT, HOTMAIL, BLOGSPOT.
Does anything hurt on your body right now? My toes *wrong shoes*.

Have You Ever:
1. Have you ever failed a class? In high school (American history), In Uni (Math).
2. Have you ever sung in front of a crowd? I wish!
3. Have you ever not taken a shower for 3 days? Yes, a coupla times in my finals, I know it's gross!
4. Have you ever slept with a night light? 4 Years ago, it felt gooood!
5. Have you ever danced in the rain? YEEEESSSSS.
6. Have you ever lied? HAHA, yes, I lost count!
7. Have you ever had contacts? No!
8. Have you ever tripped over something stupid? Yes, A BANANA!!!

Pick One:
1. Samosa, Pakora, Kebab: Brownie?
2. Bollywood, Lollywood, Hollywood: HOOOOLLLYYYY SHIT!
3. Love marriage, Arranged marriage: Whatever, u'll get married anyways.
4. Honeymoon, no moon: HUNNNEEYYY BUUUNNEEYY.
5. How many kids would u like 1,2, 3+: ahh, many, and I want twins.
6. Kulfi, Ice cream: ICEEEE CWEAAAM.
7. Shah ruk khan, Orlando Bloom: Orlandoo.
8. Meenar-e-Pakistan, Eiffel Tower: Huh? Eiffel Tower, r u okay?
9. Lahore, Khi, Islambad: Is this done by an open minded Talibani or what?

I better go sleep now, it's 3:40 a.m!

Noora

Halo ..

I never promised you a ray of light
I never promised there would be sunshine everyday
I'll give you everything i have
The good, The bad ..

Why do you put me on a pedestal ?
I'm so up high that i cant see through below
So help me down, You've got it wrong
I dont belong there

One thing is clear
I wear a halo
i wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here
You wouldnt say so
You wouldnt say so if you were me

And i just wanna love you
Oh, oh i just wanna love you

I always said that i would make mistakes
I'm only human and thats my saving grace
I fall as hard as i try
So dont be blinded
See me as i really am
I have flaws and sometimes i even sin
So pull me from the pedestal
I dont belong there

One this is clear
I wear a halo
I wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here
You wouldnt say so
You wouldnt say so if you were me

And i just wanna love you
OOhh, I just wanna love you
I just wanna love you ..
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Halo

A.

Day 1

My first day as a trainee at Harvey Nichols

Visual Merchandise Team

i started working with the VM team at Harvey Nichols yesterday. It is my first experience in the field of work and i chose to do it as a summer job. Basically our job is to design display windows, the interior design of the store, the organization and distribution of allllll famous, luxurious, most expensive brands in the world.

I arrived at the store at 10:am, i was escorted by the security to the HR manager who is in charge of my temporary employment. She welcomed me very warmly and introduced me to a lady who was supposed to direct me to different places around the store. We went all around until we met the "Level one Manager", in charge of everything in that level of the store. He, by himself, very clearly and specifically enlightened me with the process of the business, and the distributions if the products. He was very nice that he introduced me to each sales person we crossed by as a member of the Harvey team. Then he took me to the store, here comes the best part; i entered to a huge store filled with the newest collections of over a 40 brand of shoes and handbags. I WAS ALMOST GOING TO CRY, how am i going to spend a month between all this!

Later after the store tour, i was introduced to a VM Designer,
That was such a pleasure. He, as a manager, briefed me with the nature of the job and what is expected from me during my stay. Allora, the best thing is that he was Italian! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!! You would not believe the happiness I felt. We connected so much, and started chatting in Italian / English. In 15 mins was my lunch break, so I went to meet a friend who came all the way from RAK to have lunch.

We headed to Armani café, sat and skimmed through the menu. After ordering a Moroccan waiter came over and started chatting, through him we met an Italian waiter who used to be a friend of our Italian friends back in Perugia. Imagine the conversations! It was amazing, the guy was really happy to finally have some news coming back from his country. We communicated for a while, and all the local guys, jaws opened and ears eager to understand what we were saying. Thank god they were talking in Italian and we tried replying in Italian. Unfortunately it was soon time for me to go back to work.

I went to find Matheo, who is my manager, yet couldn’t find him in his office. A very typical Italian, never on time. We were supposed to be going around the store to see what has to be done. I really enjoyed our conversation; he was really kind and asked me for my opinion as if I was one of them. After we were done he kindly suggested showing me around other stores that are under his supervision, like YSL, DG, EA. I seriously loved him; if he were not married I would certainly fall for him. He spent an hour and a half just showing me around out if his very busy schedule. Such a gentleman, a vise that most guys lack!

At last he invited me to work with them in their studio. He said that it is going to be ready in 2 weeks and I can come work with them even after I finish my commitment with them. I was over the clouds. I certainly would want to work in such an environment forever.

That was my first day experience; I can’t wait for the upcoming days for I am sure it’s going to be extraordinary.

N.A.O

Pump it ..

Well these couple of days were really productive and eventfull. Lemme first wish my dearest friend M. a happy birthday. She turned 21 today, well technically yesterday. I Love you gurl.

My room : For the past few days i've been really struggling with the whole unpacking process, AARRGG i hate unpacking. My room was a total mess, a shit hole. After many failed attempts and hard laboring, i finally achieved what i wanted; a total makeover. The room now reflects me.

Social life: Well ever since i came back i've been going out with friends. My Grandma keeps complaining that i never visit, God i feel soo guilty. Other than that, am having a blast. Cruising around with friends, making total fools of ourselves and dancing, God i forgot how good it felt when we danced. I finally opened up to my closest friends. My parents travelled again, sort of on a second honey moon lol. So we're like all alone here, hhmmm did i hear the word " PARTY".

Uni: Its coming up. AAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHH ,, need i say more.

Music: Its not what i usually listen to, but i thought it was appropriate :

* Buttons by Pussy Cat Dolls
* Hips dont lie by Shakira
* Dance Dance by Fall Out Boy
* Pump it by Black Eyed Peas
* Mas Que Nada by Black Eyed Peas

Private Life: Well, theres a ray of light, and it feels warm.

Enjoy

A.

Amore..

where do i begin
to tell the story of how
brave a love can be...

for some reason i feel like i am in love, thoug its not even close. I have no one to share my love with. Anyways it doesnt matter, i believe i can fall in love alone. Call me crazy or insane, maybe thats it. I am crazy, damn it feels sooo gooooood.

Listen to:
"Andy Williams-Love Story"

"Dean Martin-Thats Amore"


Trust me you will certainly fly over the clouds when listening to these songs.
il be back with more, maybe different styles..

Ciao ciao

N.A.O

Munich, Or Is it?

What am Thinking : Man i've got alot to pack.

Ok so its finally my last day here in Munich. I didnt realize i would miss Dubai this much. I miss My friends, I miss the unbelievably humid weather, the unbearable traffic, I miss my bed, and my own laptop. But most of all i miss home.

To tell you the truth, being here in Munich is not much different than being in Dubai ( And i say this with So much love) " Cough cough, being sarcastic". Thanks to the arabic population, which i might add, exceeds the German's, you feel that you, as a tourist, are not very far away from home. Let me repeat that i say that with much love and respect, but if i dont blurt this out, am going to explode.

The Marine Walk, where hundreds of tourists and locals come every day to shop, chill, or pick up girls, in the case of our dearly beloved locals. The very thought of our locals decending to the level, where they dress up, and walk around for hours talking up girls and sticking their fronts to girls asses, is sickening. Not only is it sickening, its pathetic. I've been here for almost a week, and this is what i found out:

Guys, obviously wake up late in the afternoon, just in time for them to wear what i would call the most hideous crimes in fashion, shower in Cologne ,then head up to the Marine Walk. There, they walk around for hours with their tucked in shirts, their pants pulled up to their chests, and a mobile headset glued close to their lips. Thinking that their the next Brad Pitt, they continue their accustomed acts and persist on embarassing the rest of us.

Now i dont mean to be a traitor to my own kind and people, but COME ON! Not only are the guys embarassing, and this i know from the bell man who works in the hotel we're staying in, that Arab behaviours are outrageous. They FREAKIN' COOK BERYANY IN THE HOTEL!. I mean what the F***. Yesterday, as we were leaving our rooms for dinner, A women was pushing a cart with Beryany. So need i say more. Actually, yeah i do. The bell man also said that they trash the hotel rooms, order ice 24/7 ( If you know what i mean) and scream their lungs out from their balconies.

The girls are no saints either, and i repeat once again, no harm intended, are dressed as if they're walking through Emirates Mall or City Center for God's Sake. The matchy matchy brands, the BLING BLING, Smoky eyeshadows that without doubt took them atleast an hour to paint, Seriously ! Serisouly!. And God forbid if they saw women without " 3abaya's" ( the local clothing) they stare at you, making you feel your walking Naked.

Munich is unbelievably beautiful, the weather is amazing, and the people, contrary to what alot of people think, are extremly nice. So my dear friend noora, if you think that people there in Brussels are sort of rude to the arabs, i absolutely do not blame them; Hell i would be rude to them. I mean you would think after the extreme development in Dubai on a daily basis, people would grow out of their shells and start progressing and evolving, but no, i think they still need another Decade or so.

A.

Frozen

My Mood: What the YUCK!
My Music: Le Beirut by Fairuz


Hey awl!!!! ahh I miss blogging, I miss the internet, and NO, I dnt miss Dubai. The weather is amazin' here, it rains almost all day *ahh how lucky can I get* lol!

My flight to Belgium was reallyy funny n adventurous.
1st: The plan was to fly from Dubai's airport to Amsterdam, wait 4 the next flight for about 40 mins, n fly again to Belgium. Things didn't work this way although we thought it did after reacheing Amesterdam's airport.
After the 40 mins, we got on the bus, reached the plane, stayed in the bus for almost 10 mins, then back to the waiting area. we were told that a passanger was missing and for safety reasons, we have to take the train, I was like "this sounds interesting, let's do it!".

We picked up our luggage, made our way to the train station. We had 6 huge n heavy trolley baags and poor little Noora had to pull 3 of them, n dnt ask how I did it coz I really don't know..lol.. Anyway, we thought we were in the right station, but we weren't so we had to pull the luggage again and find our station. While I was fiiiiiggghhtttiingg haaard to pull my moms bag, I slipped over my bag, and GUESS WUT?!! I fell on my back, broozed my leg and hit my head to the floor, I was really in paaiin and EMBARRASED so bad, but thank god we made it on time to the station. The greenery streched all around, the weather, and the graffiti all over the walls on our way to Brussels relieved the paaaiinn and the headache I had lol.. :p

I'll leave u now with the pictures:

Every1's asleep, except MOI

A coffee shop at Amesterdam's airport, i simply luv'd it!

CheQ out the orange ribbons, by my grandma..lol

A Pakistani lady on the train, couldn't stop clicking once I saw her sleepin! lol

Hmm.. BORED? OOH Ur nooot, I'm sure ya awwlll miss me, yes I know it, I know it.
Hmm.. what elseee?? OOh yeaah, almost 60% of the people here are RUDE, and I mean REAAALLLYY RUDE! It's like whenever I smile to anyone, what I get is a BUZZ OFF U SHORTY ARAB GAL I HATE U look. AHH who cares!

Another dressing room incident, but this time it's a good one:
I was in a dressing room in SOME shop in SOME mall trying SOME clothes on lol. A Belgian sales person came up to me after asking for a size exchange, I noticed her staring with her jaw open "U look gorgeous" she said "why do u wear that scarf on ur head, u look better without it, I didn't know that ur the girl who just entered the shop". "I'm muslim, I have to cover up my hair :) " I said. "I never knew muslims look more beautiful without their head scarves, but now u proved me wrong!". She was one of the nice 40%, I was flattered, she made my day!

Here'z another incident, a bad one, that happened to a friend of mine "she'z in Belgium as well":
I've been to a place called "Knock", it 's somewhere on the costal side of Belgium "I think", u shop there, rent bicycles, and restraunts are scattered all around the place.
Anyway, my friend called today she was like "NOOORAAA, u will not beleive what happened to us today", I was like "WHAAAAT?!!" she'z like "we went to knock today and guess what? WE WERE CAUGHT BY THE POLICE, DRAGGED TO THE POLICE CARS AND WERE QUESTIONED FOR OUR PASSPORTS AND THE REASON WE WERE VISITING THAT PLACE".. me sheock'D "WHY IS THAT!" .."U won't beleive me, they said they were checking our identities, it's as simple as this to them". I was like “AREEE U KIDDIN,” she swears n stuff.. I was like that's soooo rudeee,, shes like I KNOOOOOWW, We told the uae ambassador about the incident and they'll investigate and KNOCK'EANS SHOULD APPOLOGIZE FOR WHAT THEY DID! IT'S SO RUDE OF THEM,.. Then me in shock all day, “I always thought Belgium is my second home country that's my 7'th, no 8th, 10th, I lost count time here, why are they rude at a sudden? Belgians WE'RE reaaallyy niice back then, aaahhh I dnt think I'll be able to make it to Belgium again, my brain is so shock’d that it can’t take anymore rudness lol! I'm sorry Belgium, ur loosin’another very loyal tourist after loosin' my very loyal dad..

Tc awl!
Noora

Back

Everyone says it feels good to come home after a long vacation... NOOOT

i really wish i did not come back, i loved italy, especaily Perugia! its amazing. though it was so different than my life here in dubai, yet i loved the simplicity of it. we stayed in a small town in italy. it is where students come from all over the world to study in its famous university. even though i wasn't in my country i felt safe and as if i was home. the people a amazing, its as if we were living in a bubble away from globalisation. its original, u feel like you are living with typical italians.

i can soo live there forever, even though there is no starbucks nor shopping malls. i can live there even if i had to sleep on a couch.. which i did for the last month. i slept on a couch coz basiclly the bed turned into a closet.

aaaaah il talk about my experience another time...

i have to get over the fact that i am back in Dubai..!!!!

Ciao,
N.A.O

And the Oscar goes to ..

Ok so i know the Oscars is months from today, but i have a gut feeling, No not a gut feeling, i know for certain who is going to win this year. When i saw her performance the other day, i couldnt believe an actress can pull such a performance. I mean the level of commitment, the passion, the complete surrender to the role. It was pretty astonishing to see an actress with such great personality deliever what i would say the best acting skills in years. Not even Hillary Swank could top that; and i mean in both her Oscar winning performances. It is with no doubt that the critics would not only appreciate this actress's work, but also applause such excellence. The role the actress played was soo authentic and sincere, that 5 minutes into the performance you forget its acting.

This actress gave her heart and soul when speaking the other day, that it would give me great pleasure and pride to announce to you that the Oscar winner for the best Actress category is :

Condoleeza Rice. Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hands together for Condoleeza Rice in her memorable performance during the Israeli- Lebanon conflict, and her inspiring speech after the attack on Gana.

A.