Maioush

A couple of days ago I bought this lipstick that’s supposed to plump up the lips to 40% of their normal size, one of my friends bought it convinced me to buy it. It’s got collagen or something in it. I really hate these kind of things, as mine are fine and I don’t need these weird products. But I thought I’d try it myself to see if these things work.

There’s meant to be this sort of tingle after you put the lipstick on and I did feel something, but not that much. Anyway, after I’d applied it and seen nothing particularly amazing in the mirror, I decided to go clean-up the living room. Whilst doing so, I discovered a bag of carrots on the fireside rug (don’t ask, I have a very strange brothers). Feeling peckish, I took a carrot out of the bag and bit hard on it.

WRONG. I didn’t bite hard on the carrot – well I did, but only partly. I also bit hard on my lip. I totally misjudged the position of said lip because it was sort of stuck out more than usual. I also learnt something new, namely that carrot and blood do not go together well in terms of taste and the combination is therefore not recommended for those without vampiric leanings.

Conclusion: The lipstick works, but should carry a health warning.

Yesterday was one of my best friend’s birthday, although it’s still today to me as I haven’t been to bed yet. Will be going very soon though, as I’m knackered and falling asleep.

Hopefully my eBay items will arrive tomorrow (today), although knowing my luck they’ll arrive on Thursday (tomorrow). I actually did better out of the deal than I should have, as when I checked my inbox earlier today (yesterday), I discovered that eBay had actually sent me an email on Monday telling me that they couldn’t process my card. If I’d noticed that and corrected the details, I would have probably had the order yesterday (the day before yesterday).

As to what I’ve ordered, well it’s a set of covers for my cell phone (including a baby pink one!!). Look, I’m into that sort of thing, don’t knock it. I’ve also ordered some new headset; the current ones are getting old. They probably need a good spiritual cleansing, but I don’t go in for that sort of thing, I’m too lazy. It’s easier to just buy new ones, besides it’s too scratched and you can’t tell what the color was anymore. While I was at it, I ordered very cute dark sunglasses (although I hesitated, because when it comes to glasses, I like trying them on before buying them). I thought I might wear it when I go to work or the local shops so everyone thinks I’m a super cool and keeps their distance. An Arabic lady can never have too many “keep your distance” objects about their person.

Oh, and for anyone who is confused, my best friend’s birthday was on Tuesday, 4th of September.

My sleep pattern seems to be totally mucked-up now. Last night I went upstairs at 8.30, intending to have a nap. I set the alarm for 10.30 and woke about 10.40, but went back to sleep again. Next thing I knew, it was 6.45 am, so I’d almost slept the clock round. I got up at 7 o’clock and although that’s normal for most people, to me it seemed as if I was getting up in the middle of the night. I mean, it was still a little dark! Chances are I’ll be tired again by early evening, even though I’ve had more than enough sleep for one night.

I’ve noticed that my preferred sleep pattern seems best-suited to the Middle East time zone or the one before it, so maybe I should go live there. I find this somewhat perturbing insofar as people who live there are further back in time than anybody else in the world, but maybe it’s because I’ve never wanted to grow-up. Having said that, chances are that if I did live there, I’d still stay-up way into the early hours and need to move to Australia or something. Eventually I’d probably end-up back in the LA where I started.

I mean, even my Google mood ring (Google Mood Ring: Nervous, on edge, uncertain) proves that I am just not suited to being awake at this ungodly hour! Yeah, I know it’s totally random, but it does fit. Well, sort of. I’m not really feeling like that; I’m more bored than anything. Maybe I should go to sleep…

 If I could teach your

heart to sing..

The world would hear

our music,

and echo back the

joyous strains of our

sweet verse.

If I could teach your

spirit to fly..

we would soar above

the clouds,

floating along on an

magical wave of celebration.

But until you open yourself

to life and brave to take

that chance..

the heart will remain mute,

the spirit grounded,

and all that could be will

pass you by.

Is your courage there to try?

Will your heart be open?

Questions.

Fear.

Hope.

Joy.

Await just outside

opportunity’s door.

‘What are you doing?’ asked the cat.

‘I’m hiding,’ said the partially blind mouse.

‘What are you hiding from?’ inquired the cat.

‘Cats’ whispered the mouse.

‘But I’m a cat,’ purred the cat.

‘DAMN !’ yelped the mouse.

‘It’s okay,’ smiled the cat, ‘I’m not very hungry at the moment’

But it was too late – the partially blind mouse, presuming the worst, had thrown himself from the tree and was now lying dead on the pavement below.

Lots of things irritate me, on account of how I am easily irritated. Most of all, I am irritated by stupidity, especially stupidity caused by lack of attention to obvious detail.

No more is this demonstrated than in my total aversion to the misuse of words and one thing that really drives me insane is the inability to differentiate between “lose” and “loose”. Why do so many people get these confused? It should be obvious from the pronunciation alone what they both mean, yet so many people insist that they are going to, for example, “loose their mind” … what does that mean exactly, that they are going to send it on some sort of rampage?

Let’s get this straight once and for all. When the word “loose” is pronounced, it has an “s” sound; when the word “lose” is pronounced, it has a “z” sound. If that simple difference is borne in mind, there should be no margin for error and no excuse for it. To make it even clearer, “loose” is the opposite of “tight” and “lose” is the opposite of “win”. So, if you say “I know I am going to loose the game”, what you are really saying is “I know I am not going to tight the game”, which makes no sense whatsoever. It also makes you sound like a complete idiot.

Oh and while we’re at it, the words “to” and “too” are pronounced differently, too (not to). So, you would “go to work, too” (light “u” sound followed by heavy “oo” sound), you would not “go too work, to”, although you might “go to work to work”.

During my life I’ve been the one known to hang out with guys more than girls, not because I grew up between 3 of them, and that had nothing to do with me being e tom boy (I’m not, don’t you dare say I am!!), girls, I love you so much, and I really enjoy hanging out with you, it’s so much fun, but I believe that guys can be better friends (although I can remember some cases where they were not) for very simple reasons

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1.  He would never steal the guy you like from you!!!

2. A guy will keep your secret (although I can remember some exceptions).
3. if you are going out together, and you are picking him up, you don’t’ have to wait 3 hours on the car waiting for him to get ready.
4. When you ask him to do something, he does it!! And he does it right.
5. He doesn’t gossip about other girls (unless he is gay).
6. You don’t have to take the crap from him just because he is freakin PMSing!!
7. he doesn’t cry like a baby when ever you face him about something you don’t like about him, or tell him that he did something wrong.
8. If you have him as a project partner, you know that he will do his part completely, you don’t have to worry that you have to finish his part later just because he didn’t feel like it, or he was “busy” shopping.
9. You don’t have to spend DAAAYS with him in the mall trying to pick a shirt to wear on a friend’s birthday.
10. When you are carrying something heavy.. he is there :D .
11. If you are not interested in what he is saying, all what you have to do is just say so, and he will stop immediately.
12. When it comes to other guys (and I mean by that a guy you like), you can ask him, he is the best to help in these situations :) .. and he will tell you what you never thought of.
13. He can hook you up with his friends ;) .
14. He is a batter study buddy, you won’t waste your time on talking about stupid stuff, and end up getting a C.
15. he is ok with you telling him that certain clothes doesn’t look good on him, there is no way he will think that you are saying so just because you are jealous of him.
16. You can call for directions when you are lost, just describe 1 or 2 building, and he will locate you where ever you are.
17. In genera,l they are betters drivers.
18. He can change tires.
19. You can sit with him for hours not talking, and he would be totally fine with it.
20. He wouldn’t get offended because you forget his birthday.
21. He wouldn’t freak out because he broke a heal, or chopped a nail.
22. He doesn’t ask you every 2 minutes to check his hair.
23. When you go out to eat, he wouldn’t keep nagging about his diet, and how he is being careful about what he eats, or worse… order SALAD till you lose you appetite to eat.
24. There is a bug on the floor!!! No problem, don’t freak out, he’ll kill it
25. Late night order.. you got it right, he is the one to call :)

The list will go on and on and on….  So if you have any updates, you are more than welcome to share it, this list is constantly updating :)

Yesterday as I was invited my friend’s birthday party, it was one amazing party with all means, and I had the chance to meet one of the most amazing characters ever.

Kadeeja, a 21 years old girl who recently converted to Islam, not because she was married to a muslin guy, not because somebody asked her to, she did because she WANTS to.

She was carious what is Islam all about, she started reading books, and little by little, she started to get more and more interested every day, so she started asking questions, she went to the mosque few times to talk to somebody and to find answers, and el hamdolla she did.

2 years ago Khadeeja found the answers she is looking for, and decided that she wants to be a Muslim, for all of the good things she found out about Islam, starting with how Islam treats women, to how does it help to deal with our daily life.

She was so excited that Ramadan is coming soon; she was looking forward to fast and get more Hasanat, she explained to me how everybody started treating her differently since she started wearing Hijab, and she kept repeating (و من ترك لأجلي أعطيته فوق المزيد), I was extremely amazed by her mashalla.

You can’t imagine how interesting our conversation went, 3 hours passed and I didn’t even notice, we talked about almost everything, I even invited her over to our house, YAAAAAAAAAAY I made a new friend… a great one :D