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Rain in Dubai... LOVELY :)

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:07:00 GMT

It was a lovely after noon! Really Really nice! It was raining in Dubai....

It started raining at around 1:00 PM... while I was starting to think about lunch :) Then it just got soo gloooomy and wow it started raining.....

I couldnt resist but get out and enjoy it :) ( I know it might seem so odd to some of you but WE APPRECIATE RAIN OUT HERE ) :) :)

Went for a cruise in the car.. it was awesome.. sorry I was too occupied enjoying it that I forgot to take pics but you can always manage to steal some off google :)

It was freezing cold... THANK YOU God.. Winter is HERE :)

And last but not least... some idiot has to ruin the fun ;)

Love,

Reema

Belated Tag :)

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:54:50 GMT

Khalida and Laith have tagged me AGES ago :) I just got the time to do something about it :)

This one is actually translated :)

Are you satisfied with your blog ( looks and content wise)?

Looks recently yes a lot….

Content also yes… I right whatever that comes to my mind.. Whether of high value or merely a random thought it still means something to me

Does Your family know about your blog?

Hehehe YES… My brother checks it from time to time, my sister couldn’t care less.. the little ones mmm no they don’t… MY MOM AND MY DAD mmm well let me tell you what my does to check his email : he calls me saying reema please open my email and see if I have new ones.. and then when I say yes then he opens his email and then reads it and then he asks REEMA to reply!! My mom I tried explaining the blogging experience to her once… mmm well she seriously didn’t check it out… and she doesn’t believe in the internet and she doesn’t believe in technology …

Do you find it embarrassing telling a friend about your blog? Do you find it a personal matter?

Well it is embarrassing when the post talks about them hehehehe

No not at all actually I MAKE all my friends see my blog from time to time.. is that true Abdullah??

Has your blog positively enhanced you way of thinking? If yes then give us an example

Well ofcourse it has… reading is always a positive enhancer of the BRAIN! Nomatter what the subject is then you should have got a benefit out of the lines written. Example mmmm nothing in mind now..

Do you only go through the blogs of people who comment on your posts or do you go further to explore more blogs?

I love reading new blogs and post and not merely the ones who comment.

What does the visitors count mean to you and do you care to publish it on your blog?

Well the more the better, it is just more fun to interact with more people. Otherwise I’m indifferent.

Did you ever try imagine your fellow bloggers?

Hehehehe yes … I have a picture of each and every one of you in mind even if you had no pictures published ever… I always try to imagine how this person looks like J scary huh?? Laith.. you realy don’t want to know how you look like in my brain J kidding

Do you find real value out of blogging?

Yes I do….

Do you feel that the blogging world is segregated from the real world you live in or is it engaged into your normal life activities ( sorry if the translation was not so accurate but this is how I understand the question).

I think it is engaged within my normal life activities. How many times did I read a post and say OH MY GOD yes exactly… some posts are so close to me that I think about them even after I get away from my laptop…

Do you get bothered by criticism on your blog? Or do you think that it is a healthy phenomenon?

YES!!! really honestly YES!!! especially comments that could get irrelevant.. as long as the person commenting is CONSTRUCTIVE then it would be healthy other wise NO!!

Are you afraid or do you try to avoid some political blogs? Did you get shocked when bloggers were arrested?

I don’t avoid them because am scared to see or interact with these people. Im usually scared to comment because I am not very confident about my knowledge in the political field.

Did you think about what would happen to your blog if you die!???

LA ILLAHA ELLAH ALLAH 3ala hal so2al!!! actually yes I thought about it.. and I thought about my email and I thought about everything just in case I die hehehehehehe just in case I am away for more than 2 months then I would probably dead or in jail because I killed someone J

Which blogger has affected you highly?

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm A LOT.. let me sum it up though… the women ;)

Which blogger do you feel is close or similar to you?

Cant judge by the blog!!

What do you like to hear?

Definitely not my bosses voice!!! Nor anyone from the suppliers!! H3h3h3

Well you will be shocked to know that I listen to ANYTHING… I like all genres of music and can appreciate any GOOD song… ya3ni tab3an I don’t like the farfoora ana song! But even boos el wawa could be good when ur feeling like you wanna make fun of something. I do like Tamer Hosni A LOT , I like Sherine, Ellissa, Wael Kfoori, Warda, tony Braxton, Brian adams, shakira, Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, abdul majeed Abdullah, Maroon Five, 7akeem J

People I would tag:

I wouldn’t tag anyone this time aslan am tooooooo late responding J

This song says it all grandma!!

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:10:00 GMT

I was talking last night to my grandma who is in Lebanon now and she said " harabna min 3akka le72oona lahon". She is around 85 years old and has lived ALL the wars anyone could think about it... at this moment she doesnt really care what happens khalas bay3eetha!! What really got into me is when she said " allah ye7meekon ya setti, konna 7abeen t3eesho a7san min 3eeshetna!!" Do you know that deep voice someone could give you with the 3'assa inside!!! It felt so terrible that I couldnt sleep all night!

It really makes you wonder where this is going,

What is gonna happen next...

How our kids are going to be raised!!!

I heard this song on the radio today morning and it just said it allllllllllllllll. I just couldnt help but burst into tears!!!

http://rfaour.googlepages.com/julia-bu6ros_welady.rm

Latest CAR CRASH IN DUBAI

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:29:00 GMT

SPORTS Classes!!

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:00:00 GMT

I have been going to this gym for the past 2 weeks and WOW!

Hala2 never mind loosing weight, and shaping up… It is the feeling of freshness that gets into you even after hours at a gym class.

I’ve always been a member at gyms, and I just totally got sick of treadmills and bicycles, so I tried something new. They call them classes! Classes such as RPM, Body attack, Body Combat, Body Pump, Body Jam, and Body Balance.

Let me give you a brief summary of each as they were to me and you could also get use of them too.

RPM: an indoor cycling program for developing cardio vascular capacity. During RPM you burn 800 calories ( ofcourse if you could keep up with the instructor and manage to do everything he/she says) I personally burn 500 ( alf kheir w baraki) 45- minutes of cycling and reducing body fat!

Body Attack ( the toughest class L) : rapid calorie burner that delivers fast improvement in general endurance and an increase in overall body strength. ( TIP: if you smoke or shisha or haven’t done sports in a long time you wont last for 10 minutes L) I personally lasted for around 30 and then never got into that class again J I was told that endurance isn’t gained in one day and maybe with practice I’d get better J

Body Combat : ( LOVELY) combines moves and stances from a range of self defence disciplines like karate, boxing, and taekwando into an hour of fat burning and FUN! ( personally I liked it and learned some moves to defend myself.. in fact just to try kill my brother every now and then J)

Body Pump: ( MY FAVORITE) They say it is the fastest way to burn fat! I would say it is the fastest way to shape up! Burns fat and builds up endurance and gives you a wellness feeling. ( it includes lifting weights tooo ) loved it loved it loved it

Body Jam : ( bel3arabi ra2es) a dance based work-out! Unlocks rhythmic and dancing instincts! ( personally I thought it was a maskhara class) but it is fun when you are tired and in no mood for heavy sports.

Body Balance: basically Yoga J

These classes are all associated with music which gives you a great push!!!! The instructors are trained to keep you going! Sometimes they are tooo mean but hey atleast as they keep you moving then you like them!

After Gym, you go home and feel so fresh!

In the morning, you wake up with NO ALARM!! You start your day fresh again J

Shopaholics: Are you one?

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:05:00 GMT

Background: I live in a city with ATLEAST 15 HUGE malls in it. I have developed bad shopping habits, which made me find myself broke at the end of EVERY month. I have a decent job that pays fairly well (alhamdullilah), I have no bills to pay since I live with parents, have no responsibilities towards parents family or anything, so my pay check is entirely mine to spend on whatever I want.

So where is my money going? I have tried remembering what I spent and write them down as an attempt to try understand what is happening. I tried earlier putting a certain budget and trying to stick to it… never worked! I went around and asked my friends… MAN WHERE is all this money going? With a laugh everyone says heyyy join the club. Whether they were males or females, I seriously got the same response, and it seems like a real problem around. “Oh my God” I say to myself. Do I have issues? One day (hopefully) I would be responsible of a home and family and would have to know how to manage my own home.

Am I going to be a good housewife, one just like my mom? A woman who can run a family well and knows where when and how to spend? One that would bare her husband’s financial situation and live with it no matter what they were. My dad was commenting that day about the way I spend and was telling me that I should be careful with where this is going and that I buy useless stuff at many times. He said a sentence that hit me right into he brain “ You can work now, you can afford all the stuff you THINK you need right now, but one day maybe you wont even have the health to work and maybe at some time you wont have anyone around you to help you out, so start thinking about your life.” Ever since then and I have been trying to manage my money, and hey it is working. From a person who had NOTHING at the end of every month now I actually SAVE money. I’m so proud of me J

I can’t say I used to be a shopaholic, since I wasn’t very extreme, but it always starts somewhere. I hope no one has this problem, but it is a trend. Marketing, advertising, credit cards, lifestyle, boredom, loneliness, anger, materialism, stress, depression, and many many other reasons behind shopaholics. It is interesting to know that 90% of shopaholics are women. Men, on the other hand, are not excluded. Who needs a playstation1, Playstation 2, X-box, and X-box 360 IN THE SAME HOUSE! Girls: we really DON’T need 7 black pairs of shoes and 3 browns, 2 whites, and OTHER J. Part of curing yourself is realizing you have a problem.

Here are some links to interesting readings on the topic I have came across.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/31/pf/shopaholics/

http://web.mit.edu/cultureshock/fa2003/essays/prachi.html

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2000/05/shopaholic.html

http://www.carolthecoach.com/articles/addiction/shopaholism.htm

Love,

Ramroom

Facts 3al saree3 :)

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:49:00 GMT

You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth. Most males have 40, females have 36.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. (why would anyone wanna do that aslan)

Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names.

No one knows where Mozart is buried. (ya 7araaaaaaam)

According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners. ( leh ya rabbi ma khala2teneesh kalb)

The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.

Chocolate manufacturers use 40 percent of the world's almonds. ( That’s why they taste that good)

Androphobia is a fear of men. ( he3he3he3)

Phobophobia is a fear of fearing.

"Evian" spelled backwards is naive.

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

The world's tallest mountains, the Himalayas, are also the fastest growing. Their growth - about half an inch a year — is caused by the pressure exerted by two of the earth's continental plates (the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate) pushing against one another.

The Bible is the number one shoplifted book in America. (wa ne3ma al akhlaq)

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

Average number of days a German goes without washing his underwear: 7. ( ekhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%.

Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%. ( Men are always disappointing J)