The Craft of Living

Is it just me? A couple of days ago i was on my company bus back home. I wanted to be dropped in a different stop than my own and take a taxi home since i reach faster that way. So i needed 5 pounds. And i didnt have change that day. Well i had 4 pounds and was short on one. So i was telling this girl beside me who is not a stranger but not a very close friend either. We sit by each other and talk all the way from work to maadi (an hour ride). Anyway i decided to share my problem... that im one pound short to go home early.. otherwise ill have to wait till my stop which is the very last stop. Ok if you were in her shoes... what would be your natural reaction? If it was me i would have two options. 1. I would sincerly look for a pound and give it to her OR 2. if i dont want to give her the money, i would say "let me see if i have any change" look in the bag carelessly and then say "Sorry.. im out of change too" Is that normal or is it just me!! She on the other hand....

Whats up with bosses these days!! Have they gone totally nuts? SOmetimes they give themselves too much rights that literally come out of no where. One of my friends had a henna party she attended. So she had some Henna drawn on her hands. Next morning she was surprised to find her boss so disgusted and told her that she wasnt allowed to have henna on her hands!! Where did THAT come from. So she simply told him... my husband doesnt mind... what is it to you!? He on the other hand told her that he doeant like his secretary to have this kind of art on her hands and ordered her to either wear gloves to work or not come to the office until the henna fades!!! Ofcourse she took the day off (NOT from her annuals) Another time one of the kitchen girls came to work for the management kitchen. SHe was a veiled girl. However, the rule was... if she wanted to work up in management floor she had to lose the veil. Yeah...and they say only arabs discriminate!!! These are foreign rules and not national...

Ive noticed that i always take a humourous approach to everything. Happy, Sad, sarchastic, grief, accidents, pains, insults.... EVERYTHING! My memory is so down the drain and my humour usually saves the day. One of the incidents that my memory gave up on me and my humour saved me was the time when i went in to my company chairman to pay my respects for one of his inlaws death. Im not really fluent when it comes to paying respects... so i learn what i want to say like "elbaka2 lellah" and keep repeating it in my head with nothing else to distract me. On my way to his office... i asked his secretary if he was inside and she said yes go ahead. Upon setting foot in his office.. my mind went blank... the my mouth blurted something that i honestly dont know where it came from. While i had my most serious face and grieving face possible i said "Happy New Year". He smiled and said... same to you. But ofcourse i was on the ground laughing at my goofy.. and so was he. When i ...

Oh lookey...I've been given a Beautiful Blogger Award by my childhood friend Bassi. Tamar feeha el 3eshra! :) So look like there are some rules I have to stick to .. just to be worth the award. Hell why not. 1) Thank the person who nominated you for this award - THAAANK YOOOU BAAASSSIIII 2) Copy the award and place it on your blog - On the top 3) Link tot he person who nominated you for this award - Ok 4) Tell us 7 interesting things about yourself - SEVEN??? Wow... i cant think of anything interesting about me.. ok maybe umm lets see! a. I am glad some people think im funny.. coz i dont see it!!? b. I wish i could read more informative stuff c. I wish i could REMEMBER whatever informative stuff i read d. I was hoping that id stay in college in dubai since there were so many subjects i wish i had studied like Zoology, astrology and photography! e. Sometimes i think of learning french again... but the images of Mrs. Derajy drive me away from the idea EVERYTIME f. Finally... my lo...

Happy new year everybody... may 2010 be full of happy and fruitful events. I hope all of you had a very special new years eve... kind of like mine but in a VERY different way. Oh yeah.. my new years eve was very eventful. I was out of town for the week with my family and we were on our way back this Thursday. When we came back we were stunned to know and see the back door triangular window of our parked car broken and our back seat speakers stolen. The front door has been a little damaged due to the forced entry trial... and error... hence the broken window! Yes indeed. My husband spent his new years eve in the street between the police station to file a report... to the car wash to remove all the glass in the backseats and finally to the glass repair shop to fix the little window. At the end of the day, we thanked god that there was nothing valuable in that car which could have caused us a lot of damage. We also thanked god that the theif was so dumb that he took the speakers and left...