Story of the picture:

The last time I was wandering in the backyard, I saw this beautiful parrot on our neighbour’s tree trunk. I pulled out my camera and took a picture of the parrot. I usually like to take more than one picture for the same object so I took another picture but the parrot has already gone. I stared at the trunk in the two pictures. I was amazed how it looked alive in the first one. However, it seemed sad and lonely in the other picture.  That’s why I named it: Nothing Stays Forever.

Friends and  people we love will leave suddenly and we will suffer, feel sad and empty just like this trunk. But there’s always a place in our hearts for another love to come <3

Eight days ago my niece told me that she’s coming over to spend Ramadan with us without her mom. I was so happy when my sister-in-law called me and said:Get ready! Roby is coming. When she arrived with my brother, everyone was so happy since we don’t have little kids in the house. My cousin, Areeb, loves me as much as she loves her mother. Wherever I go she follows me like my shadow. Bathing her,feeding her,taking her to the bathroom,combing her hair and dressing her up all is my responsibility.

Before Ramadan, everything was ok because I’d nothing to do except taking care of my niece . But after the first day of Ramadan, I found it difficult to balance between my duties at home,worshiping and looking after her. I usually pray at hom unlike my mom and sisters who pray at the mosque. So she and I spend alot of time time together.I never have the time to relax  when she is awake. All this make me think of the maids who look after children. It’s actually  more than looking after children. Maids cook, wash dishes,do the laundry, clean the house. After all, they’re mistreated by some family members. I don’t say that all families mistreat their maids, but It did happen. I always wonder! we as old sisters sometimes ignore our baby sisters/brothers. We sometimes mistreat them when we are angry. Mothers go for work, come and sleep, wake up and go out for shopping or visit their friends and we expect the maid to be an angel! No screaming! No complaining! I still remember that fight between my cousins and their maid. The maid was screaming: Don’t treat me like a “5adamah” because I’m treated like a princess by my family!

I really appreciate the way my father raised us. His most important rule of  life: RESPECT OTHERS. No matter who they are, we have to respect them. We are never allowed to scream at maids or drivers. We are never allowed to disrespect them. Whenever we cook something, we give them fresh food not the left-overs. If they help me in a school project (coz they were talented msha’allah), I’ve to reward them. Noriani and Odeh were more than a driver and maid. They were a part of our family. I grew up with them since I was 6 until my first year in college. I  wish that people one day consider the servants as human beings who have rights in  life and start to treat them with more respect

Yes. it’s my birthday. Do you see this little kid inside the frame? It’s me ! Oh gosh, I can’t believe it! I’m 22 and still daddy’s little girl   3>

15-June is my birthday and a day of tragedy. I used to have final exams on my b-day and yet, i’m enjoying my day but this time I screwed up. I went back home fighting my tears back. Dad was talking to me and I could barely answer him. Mom started giving me a speech on failing and how it’s something normal and everyone experiences it at least once in their life. That was somehow relieving althoug I was so overwhelmed with disappointment but al7amdulellah. Sleeping was the only cure to get over the feeling of faliure. I woke up to my friend’s call saying that she’s come from Jeddah and she wants to meet me. I wasn’t in the mood to go out so I invited her to our house. We had so much fun and I was able to forget about the exam for few hours until I received a message from a classmate laughing and asking me if I’m still upset or not! arghhhhh that was like rubbing salt into wound. After my friend left the house, daddy pinched my cheek and gave me a box of chocolates and told me that nothing deserves to be sad on my B-day. So, I rushed to my laptop, open my collage file and made this design to cheer myself up.

Yes it’s my birthday, It’s a new year to be added to my life. A year that hides for me another chances and surprises.

*closing my eyes,making a wish and blowing the candles*

My wish goes to my sweet Nour  :love:

I never get tired of trying out new chicken recipes. This one has the best combination ever. Let’s start

Ingredients:

Yogurt – Skinless chicken breasts – Black pepper – Salt -  Apple Vinegar – Paprika – Tahenah – Mustard – Italian seasoning – Myonise – Minced garlic – Mushroom

- Mix yogurt, 2tsp vinegar,minced garlic,black pepper,2sp Myonise. Apply it to the chicken breasts. Rub the mixture on the chicken breasts and put it aside for 30 mins.

In the meantime, prepare the chicken sauce. Mix the tahenah, mustard and Paprika together. Add water until it becomes a little bit creamy. Add black pepper and salt..

Now, preheat the oven to 350 dergees. Pour olive oil into the roasting pan and add the chicken breasts  and cook until it becomes golden. Before you take it out of the oven, place the mushroom over the chicken breasts and cook until brown.

- Add the sauce we prepared earlier to the chicken and sprinkle the Italian seasonings. Serve it along with the remained sauce as a dipping. 3>

Finally, I decided to post some of the photos I took last eid. I hope you like them :wave:

“ The challenge is to tell 7 things about yourself, and then challenge 7 people to do the same.”

1-When I was 3 baba was angry and he shouted at me(I don’t really remember but he told me this story) and I couldn’t stop crying the whole day. I hid myself in a small space under the stairs and they were looking for me but I never showed up. Then Mom found me and asked: why are you crying? Baba was  just behind her and he heard me saying: why did he shout on me!! I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM. Since that day Baba promised me that he’ll never ever makes me cry and he always repeats : I don’t like to see your tears  3>

2-When I first learned how to pray, I used to lock the door and the windows before I pray. I just didn’t want anyone to know that I’m praying because I always feel embarrassed when I get compliments from others.

3- I’ve always been different from my sisters. In everything, my thinking, the way I act, my style ect. I can’t find anything common between us. No matter how much I try, I always fail. To be honest, I gave up because they just don’t like anything I do (except my lil sis)

4- I cry ALOT  and when I cry I usually listen to Marc Anthony- Do you believe in loneliness.

5- Last eid when we went camping at the beach, me and other 7 girls were riding quad motorcycles. It was 4:00 a.m and that guy told us we’ve to stay near  the camps. BUT we just ignored whatever he said and headed off to Movenpick Hotel. That was crazy. They were screaming and singing but I told them to keep quiet cuz the boys will be following us. Two mins later, a crazy guy in an old red car was driving fast toward me ,he just wanted to frighten me. I felt so scared  cuz I promised mama to take care of my lil sis and now I’m the one who’s making troubles. I told the girls that I’ll go back to the camp but they completed their way to the hotel. When I was on my way back to the camp, a police car stopped me. Thank God he was in a good mood and there was not a lot of ppl around. I begged him to let me go. Suddenly, I heard someone calling my name. It was MOM. She was on her way to the public toilets when she saw me and my lil sis talking to the police man. She called me and when I answered my phone, she burst out  into tears. Well do you want to know what happened then! Humm nothing she shouted at me and then she hugged me and shouted at me again LOL (btw I can’t believe that I did such a thing. I think it wasn’t the real me that night)  -this happened after the story of my lil sis in eid-

6-  When I was 12,my auntie died and my family went to Riyadh. I stayed at  home with my lil sis and the maid until my uncles come and stay with us. In the meantime, I was REALLY bored, so I just picked up the lighter and put it near to my lil sister foot and lighted up  :blank:

7- The most embarrassing moment in my life. I’d my period when Mom was in Riyadh and I was wearing a white pants. My 13 years old cousin told me that there’s chocolate on my pants. He thought it’s Kit Kat. I went to the bathroom cursing myself and crying alone. Now whenever I meet him wearing a white skirt or pants he just start laughing nonstop :$

Woho I talked alot.Now It’s the time to tag some ppl   :inlove:

Rin

Candy

Smart Cookie

Funny ha !

I thought I totally  forgot about the C+ I got in LIS until I came across this caricature while reading a language book.I laughed.Yes I laughed and hated the title as the same time.She’s smart if not the smartest kid ever. What I hate is when some stupid doctors focus on the word limit more than the content of an essay,a reserch or whatever. They keep saying;”if you did not reach the word limit I will not look at your paper”. Okay if they think that is encouraging,it is NOT. I had to write a proposal  about the best library catalogue system for our college. It was a team work and we were three.The thing is they didn’t help and I’d to do it all myself.I wrote more than 4000 words and gave resources and references.The good news is that she accepted it and was happy with it and chose it as the second best proposal.  But at the end she gave me C+ and gave the girls on my team,who did not write any single letter, a B+.

Why!

Why!

BECAUSE she didn’t like me.I’m not that type of girl to be offended and keep silence.I don’t care if she’s giving me C+ or even F she has to respect others. Calling us children when we are all grown up and Junior college students is disrespectful. You know what makes me angry is that I spent a whole month working and worrying about that proposal.I tried my best and I did my best. This is not only my point of view but the other faculty who attended my presentation and  loved it so much and  all told me that they are proud of me.Even so I got that creepy C+, I’m glad I gave a good impression.

Back to the caricature , that was really funny. For those doctors who only care about the word limit not the concepts and contents, a student must repeat the words over and over.Because,some doctors do NOT read. That’s a truth. I got C+ also in LIS midterm because I didn’t fill the whole lines were there. This wasn’t my fault.I have a neat and small handwriting.I swear my answers were really good but for every answer she wrote a comment “lack in depth”. When I looked to my friend paper, I found that she has repeated the smae answer in a different style just to fill up that space.Two hours later,someone told me that this is her way in teaching and grading.You have to fill up every white space and you will get an A.  :duh: what a stupid and useless way of teaching..

I hope this semester will be better without her boring lectures  :hmm:

This is one of the recipes that you’ll regret not making it asap.It’s literally; yummy  :silly:

Ingredients:

1 red onion cut into small squares

1 carrot cut into small squares

2 bay leaf

3 tomatoes cut into quarters

1 tsp of tomato puree

1 cube of Maggie chicken stock

2 tsp of lemon juice

1 tsp of red pepper

1 tsp vinegar,salt and black pepper

water

Preparation:

Dice the carrot and onion. Melt the butter in a large heavy-based pan; add the chopped vegetables and bay leaf. Cook for 3-4 minutes

Add the tomatoes, the tomato puree, the chicken stock and the water. Bring to the boil for15 minutes.

After that, mix the soup in the blender and bring it back to boil.

Then,lower the heat,add salt &pepper,red pepper,lemon,vinegar and cream.Stir a little and serve it hot.

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I usually cook when I’m sad,depressed or angry. I feel like releasing all the anger inside me. Sometimes I cook two or three types of  food and sometimes more. It depends on how sad/depressed/angry I am. Also, the thing I cook once I don’t cook it again. I don’t memorize the recipe or add the link to favourite. Except for some reciepe which I’m in love with. When people ask me and I don’t remember how I made it, they think I’m a liar  :blank: .

well tha’s all for now. Enjoy the pics and I will start posting more pics with their recipes  :coolwink:

Nothing cheers me up as my impossible dreams so let’s start first with ‘em before I come back to reality:

1- Be one of Victoria’s Secret Models  :inlove:

2- Get married to a Spanish guy  :2inlove:

3-Pierce my belly button (it’s not impossible but i’m afraid it hurts that’s why i think i’ll not do it)

4-Go bungee jumping (I’ll never do it but i want to)

5-Lasik surgery(daddy wants me to do it but i refused)

6- Hug a stranger in the street (of course i’ll be killed for doing that)

7-Slap my nasty aunt on her face. Oh you can’t imagine how much I wanna do this. Beileve me I’ll be happy for the rest of my life   :وناسه:

8- Tell daddy about my only secret (I hope I have the courage to spell it out one day)

9- Be a celebrity for only one day.

10- Go back to teenager years and change many things

Now let’s come back to reality. Since I won’t be one of Victoria’s Secret Models  I’ve to think about my future as a normal girl   :ya:

1- I wanna keep on reading Qura’a everyday

2-Learn Spanish (this is a must)

3-Hold over my honorary membership in one of the companies here.

4-Lose only 6 kgs (It’s another must)

5- Be less sensitive

6- Spend more time with my parents

7-Develop some of my crafts esp. in decoration and painting

8- Sleep more and more

9- Think less about criticism of others

10-  I always beileve that everyone  has at least one special goal/ dream to keep to themselves. That’s why I’ll keep this one for me   :coolwink:

Happy New Year