Stuart Chatwood and The Prince of Persia

Okay so lately I've been obsessing over Soundtracks (from movies, games, etc) and just yesterday I managed to get my hands on the soundtrack for "The Prince of Persia - Warrior Within" PS2 game (HUGE Fan here). I've blogged about one of the songs from Warrior Within - "Conflict at the entrance" , which I can fully play on my Acoustic Guitar o.O - before. But here I am again, blogging about the actual person behind this great work.

This dude is pretty amazing. Stuart Chatwood ladies and gents. What a genius!!!
He is the composer of all "The Prince of Persia" games, which I'm glad he is, because his style totally suits the game.

Call me crazy (wth does she listen to?? O.o) because this might be "rough" guitar music. But I love anything about and to do with guitars (since I'm into Rock music), may it be acoustic, electric, bass, classic, you name it. It's all amazing and attractive (get's my attention) to me.

So here's a new song that I'm into and can't get enough of:

*cries* It's so good. It get's better at 0:50 seconds.
It's the next song I want to learn...if I can find the tabs that is =(

So I have a favorite composer now B-)

360° Toothbrush and Anger Management

So I'm using this type of toothbrush....it's a good toothbrush because while you brush your teeth (from the sides) you're scrubbing away the 'bacteria' on the insides of your cheeks. I have never thought of using the...let's call it "scrubber" on the back of the toothbrush, on my tongue. But decided to try it out today.

OH THE HUMANITY!!!! I don't know how people can use that thing xD
I almost gagged to death...lol. I swear I felt as if the mud cake that I ate before brushing was almost coming back up (but thankfully it didn't). I don't know why this happens to me or why it's so hard for me to use. It seems so easy in the ad (?). I don't think I'll be trying it again xD

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I noticed that every time I practice on my guitar, while I'm playing a song, I am cross (angry/mad). I just noticed this recently. My eyebrows are cross (as in an angry look). I also feel that my teeth are so tightly gritted together and my lips are tightly sealed >__<.
Is this how I "concentrate" when I play the guitar?! O.o

Crazy xD It doesn't even matter what type of song I'm playing.

I never thought of myself as and angry person...or am I?? O.o

=D

Mixed emotions

Aargh today...

I woke at 8:42am this morning, in a really grumpy and annoyed mood (crappy sleep, crappy dream), quite early for a person on a summer holiday, had the tiniest breakfast in the history of "G-Chan's breakfasts" xD The "breakfast" consisted of 3 small pieces of Ma3mool and black current juice. Then I washed the dishes, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and started getting ready to go to uni. I was meeting upv(at 11:30am) with one of the Professor to discuss his topic that he'll be supervising...that I'm interested in in making my project for this year. He has been my lecturer before. I think he's good, helpful, etc, but he can get so boring (LOVE's going into detail...no kidding) sometimes. The meeting went really well, and I liked the topic more and more...so the probabilty of choosing this topic is very high!! I have one more lecturer to speak to before I can make a final decision.
The meeting finished at 12pm. I left quite happy with how the meeting went.

Here's a funny thing, I was running down the stairs (of G-Block...e7m e7m =P) when I heard someone running up the stairs. I cautioned myself, not wanting to crash into them. So I stuck to the wall and continued my way. It turned out to be one of those HARDCORE, computer wiz, and metal freak guys that I usually see around the labs. Yes, he wore a black t-shirt, dark dark jeans and had long, well condition frizzy hair. I swear to God, becuase he passed by so fast, his shampoo fragrance was caught in the air and entered my nostrils!! xD It smelt so good. His hair looked fresh, strong, shiny and just perfectly made xD I was THAT *holds out the thumb and index finger...small gap between them* close of asking him what shampoo he uses!! xD It totally reminded of this "Herbal Essences - Biker" ad. It's quite funny =P

I went into homebase (R-Block) afterwards, where the good ol' computers labs are. I tried logging into one of the computers but it turned that my account, in THAT lab, expired. The other labs were locked -____- So had to go all the way to the library to print what I needed to Print.

After printing, got into the car and drove to subway. Bought 3, 12-inch sandwiches =D 2 seafood (for Baba and Mama), 1 tuna (mine). I was starving by the time I got home (1pm) so I ate straight away. Getting subway for lunch when someone is going to leave the country has become a tradition in our family. Yes =( Baba is heading back to 3oman right now as I write this.

At 2pm we left for AUX airport (am I sick of going to AUX...or am I sick of going to AUX! =P). I felt absolutely normal. Like today was another day, another trip, drive, etc. This is the first time we drop Baba to the airport. Usually he takes a small shuttle...so the goodbyes are said at home. But this time (since it was the last time 7amdulellah...we'll be the one's travelling instead back and forth and then back to 3oman to live =D), we insisted to take him to the airport and promised him that we wouldn't cry. It was just Mama and myself. My bros both at work.

So got to the airport. Baba checked in. We sat at a cafe and had some drinks. After half an hour of talking and drinking it was time for Baba to get inside the "Passangers only" area so he can board his plane when the time came. Arrgh I hate this part.

Baba: "Yallah. We should say our goodbyes now".

Then it totally hit me that for sure he's going and I won't be seeing him tomorrow. He said goodbye to Mama first. She actually controlled herself from crying...and instead, turned tomato red from holding the tears back. Then it was my turn *cries* Being super emotional when it comes to these (only) sorts of things I can't help myself. I literally cried my eyes out (even though I knew that i'll see him in 4 months time)...but it's too hard. I know that this has been a routine for the past 4-5 years but wth!! It's one of those routines you just can't get used to.

I kissed both of his cheeks and hugged him so hard. He was advicing me as I did so.

Baba: "Look after yourself. Be good in your religon. Be there for your Mother. Be good with your brothers. Study hard. Get good grades. When you guys go back to Hamilton, don't drive like a crazy person *I giggle*. Be safe."

I couldn't say anything except for "Please take care of yourself! Allah Ma3ak.". My voice totally gave up on me. Then he was gone.
I held Mama's hand/arm to comfort her. But thankfully she was in control.

We left the airport at 5:05pm. Went to a Mall quite near the airport. Reached there at 5:40pm. Walked around a bit (bes bedoon nefs -____-). We got hungry so we ended up having some dinner in the food court (kebab, fries and drinks). Then started the drive home at around 6:50pm.

The drive back was fine. We talked a lot, just so we wouldn't have to think if we were silent (but we did have things to talk about, which is good and it was good).

We entered the house at 8:15pm (yes I reached Hamilton in almost an hour instead of 1 hour and a half =D....=P)...I started closing the curtains (it was getting dark) and Oh man!!! I could smell Baba's 3ood everywhere =(

Allah yewa9lak bel Salameh Inshallah!
Miss you. Love you!!! *cries*

*The time now is 10:45pm*

Warning: Long Post =)

It's Oh So Romantic <3

So went to Tauranga (taow-rang-ah) today...it was good fun! Though the drive back was quite hectic xD

The ride to Tauranga was nice. The country and greenery were just lovely. So nice on the eyes.

You won't believe what we passed by..."The Shire". The movie scene area where The Lord of the Rings was filmed O.O We so wanted to stop there and take a look around, plus take some photos...but we were already running late (we were to meet up with my uncle). We stopped at a place where you can see the whole of the Waikato region, taking some photos and walking around to un-numb (?) our legs.

N.B. The camera is still messed up for an unknown reason *angry/sad* But I shall find a way to get loads of the pictures I took and share them on here. So this post is just going to be a long wordy kinda post =P

Anywho, got to Tauranga, found my uncle (we were 5 people in total. Baba, Mama, Uncle, one of my bro's, and myself), sat at a place, saying our hello's and chatted for a bit. Then we decided to get a move on and head to the beach!!! <3 style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">What you can do in Tauranga:

Climb the famous Mauao, soak in the hot pools, stop for a coffee at one of the regions many cafes. Taste the best fish'n chips, go dolphin watching, take a helicopter flight - the options are endless.

But it's mainly mainly known for it's great beach. The sand is almost white-ish, the water is blue-ish/green, pure, clear and clean, and in my opinion; Tauranga is probably one of the most beautiful and romantic places in the North Island. I don't know what it is about it that I find so romantic...but I truly truly think that it's a great place for a honeymoon. You get to rent villas/houses/apartments/etc, that are just across the beach. The shops are near by, it's beauty is breath taking...you basically have everything you need....except maybe for a special someone just to be the "cherry on top" =P

It's my number 1 favorite city in NZ. If I do get to visit NZ in the future (after I return back to the ME inshallah)...Tauranga will the first place I visit!!

Back to the Trip

We found a good spot between 2 trees (shade), on a grassy area that looks over the beach/sea perfectly. We were all starving so we dug into our lunch. Now this is one of my favorite parts of this trip. Lunch!! Mama had cooked up Biryani (with smoked flavoured marinated chicken, little baked potatoes cut in cubes, salad made by yours truly, and yohgurt) this morning and Ya Ellahy (OMG!!) Was it GOOD...or....WAS IT GOOD!!! I ate so much that I was about to explode and had reached the level where I start giggling xD 7ala xD I truly truly wish that I had taken a picture of it...but due to the the hunger and just the whole thing looking so DAMN good...resisting was an obvious problem =P

After eating, I swear you just wanted to lie down from how full you've become. The breeze and weather is just too perfect for a nap. But we all ended up talking to each other. My bro went for a swim. My uncle (who's like one of my best-friends) and I played soccer. Just passing the ball to each other and some times attacking each trying to steal the soccer ball. He was such a Meany to me. Just because he "know's" how to play he was tricking and mocking me. He also kept on pushing me around xD But it was good fun and a good laugh. Then Baba joined after a while and some how I became the "Piggy in the middle" -_____- that was NO fun at all...I was starting to get tired from all the running around they made me do xD Then my bro joined us; He and I teamed up against Baba and his bro =D It was fun.

We eventually got so tired and hot, that we sat down and started drinking some soft drinks. After 15 minutes, my Uncle, bro and I went down to the beach so the 2 guys can have a swim, and I wanted to run on the muddy sand and stand in the water staring at it's beauty. The waves were so high...they looked like so much fun. I watched my uncle and bro as they tried catching some waves as I dug my feet into the sand. Wow...did I get dizzy when the tide goes back out. LOL! I spotted an Ugly Jelly-fish near by =P I so wanted to touch it but was too scared that I might get stung or something. So I just watched it as it tried to fight against the incoming waves and head out to sea. Poor thing it was truly struggling.

Eventaully I got hot, bored and sick of just standing there and thinking about the many things that are in my mind (since I was alone) so I headed back to our spot to dry up, listen to some music and take a mini nap. As I was heading back I spotted this old skinny lady (I give her late 70's in age) wearing a swim suit O.O I absolutely think that woman at that age shouldn't wear togs at all xD It was absolutely disturbing seeing her flesh...due to her being super skinny her flesh was all...Jelly like and with every step she took made the flesh on her legs move around in a freaky way =S I reached our spot, put out my feet where the sun was (the warmth of the sun on my skin is such a soothing feeling), because the bottom of my jeans were drenched. Put on my head phones and put my hat on my eyes (cowboy style =P) to cover them from the blazing sun. After an hour maybe, the guys were back, we were packing and on our way back to Hami.

The Hectic Drive Home

We took a wrong turn...but that allowed us to do a bit of exploring about in Tauranga which made me fall in love with it more! But eventually we found the road we needed and decided to head to the McLaren Falls, just outside Tauranga. Now those falls were something and I wish I could post some of the pics I took to show what I mean, but...=(
Bottom line is, it was absolutely beautiful!

We left after a few minutes of exploring, to realise that the light for the petrol is blinking...deh deh deh!! Our tank was empty. We realised this after we've already left for Hami xD So it was a bit too late for us to go back to Tauranga city. Now that I think about it...I don't remember seeing any petrol station there =S or maybe it was just me =P Mama started panicing, Baba was trying to calm her down saying that it will be fine till we get to the next city (I don't think so Baba =P), while I was just nibbling on some Salt n' Vinger chips xD talk about being calm eh! Oh oh...this HUGE as bee came into the car and was just flying around my bag...I caught one of it's wings softly (didn't want to hurt it) and let it go out side the window \m/

So FINALLY we found a tiny Petrol station just at the intersection between Tirau, Rotorua, Hamilton and AUX, so we slightly celebrated the find =P We parked our car next to one of the gas pumps (?) and to our shock and amazement, the friggin' station was closed. Wth?! So we stayed sitting in the car. Doing nothing. Just staring into space with shock and amazement, by our failure of finding an OPENED station xD. So we moved on and hoped that the gas left will last us to the next gast station found. Next gas station was a Mobile station. I tell you the celebration for this gas station was quite big! xD But guess what?!?! Surprise surprise...it was closed as well. I mean come on!!! We couldn't believe our luck!! Btw at the same time we were furthering our distance from Hamilton because we wanted to take the route to the closest town.

It's Finally Come to an End!

Third time lucky eh! We were near a town called Matamata that my uncle is very familiar with...so he lead the way to the nearest gas station. And there it was (laaaah *holy music*) a 24/7 gas station opened. Everyone got out of the car except for myself...I was too lazy, too tired to move from my comfy seat. So I just sat there while some went to the restroom, other's bought something, etc, etc. Everyone was reliefed and so happy that we didn't care about what would happen afterwards...the cars tank is FULL. That's all that mattered.

We were on the way back to Hami...and at last I can relax, shut my eyes and listen to my music while enjoying the soft yet fast acceleration of our car. I felt so sad when we arrived at our house. For some reason I found the ride back shorter than the ride to Tauranga =( I just wanted the ride back to continue for like another hour or 2. It was so nice and comforting. But meh...we were back home from a great/fun yet crazy trip =)...

I've reached the limit. I need a break from the road/traveling xD Even though I enjoy it so much...but enough is enough!
For the next 2 days, I just want to sleep, wake up late, watch some anime, catch up with some friends, play my guitar, and just be a lazy person!! xD

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It took me a while writing this post, not because it is long (sorry about that btw =P). I was juggling it with my noodles, e-mailing my boss, ES and washing the dishes. But wa-lah....this is the end of it =P

I'm off to bed.

G'Night

=D

Update of the Updates

Job Update: My employer hasn't been in contact with me for like a week, until recently.
I emailed her on Friday to check on any sort of updates. She was still over seas in Australia. Poor woman she, was on a Vacation. She emailed back saying that she wanted to see me this weekend - which was the only free time she had. So I sms'd asking her if Sunday at 11am be OK with her. It was OK. So yeah...I went and met up with her at her house and we got down to some business.

First thing she talked to me about was the Logo's I made her. I sent her 2 just to see if I was heading in the right direction with what she had in mind. So basically the ones I made were just...let's call them "demos". I was expecting some criticism/advice here and there. But it turns out that she really really LOVED (exaggeration from her...I was blushing =P) the second logo which looks like:

I know! It looks so simple and pretty average, but it turned out to be exactly what she wanted. She even went on some kind art-sy explanation about what each line/circle/color represented. I thought it was pretty cute and awesome =P As for me, I didn't have any thought of representation in my mind. I just....did it. All I know is that she wanted "Purity", "Natural", and "Water" for a logo.

I was pretty happy. My first logo...EVER, to go on my FIRST website...EVER!! *victory dance* I was pretty psyched about this all!!! *cries*
So the decision is made. This logo is going to be used on the new website.

I have quite a lot to do:
- Create a Pamphlet for the Institute which includes my logo.
- Update the first website that's already running on the Internet.
- Change the colors of the new website to match my logo.
- Change or make a new layout (experimenting) for the new website.

Awesomeness!

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Anger Update: My camera is DOWN *angry*...this sucks big time. I don't know what's wrong with it, but it wouldn't connect to my laptop (through it's usb cable). I keep getting "USB Device not recognized". So I tried it on the family computer. Same thing!! So obviously it's the camera. There are some awesome pics from our trip to Raglan (Yesterday) on there that I wanted to share...but it looks like that won't be happening anytime soon.

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Guitar Update: It's going really really well! For some reason my playing sounds better than before - especially the strumming. I'm trying to find time to record my latest...learn (Conflict at the Entrance - acoustic xD), since I'm actually proud of it, and share it. Though I loath the recording process...I keep making mistakes! =( xD

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Music Update: Gavin DeGraw...I know only 2 of his songs - "Chariot" and "I don't want to be" - but never knew his name xD. So yesterday as I was watching American Idol Season 8, a guy called Micheal Castro sung the song I'm going to share for his audition. I liked the song he sung so I YouTube-d it.

Gavin DeGraw - In Love with A Girl

* Official Video Clip *

N.B. No...I haven't forgotten about Staind *heart*. I'm still obsessed with the album. This is just a "mini" change =P

Randomness 2

-- Went to AUX today...Again. I think Thuresday has become AUX day. Family members who went: Mama, Baba and Myself. We were visiting my uncles there and just going around AUX, since it's a HUGE city (nothing compared to boring ol' Hami -___-).

-- Got my handy dandy snacks for the trip...even though I didn't touch any of it =(
Roasted-salted peanuts, dried mango, and Ma3mool *heart*

-- Also my handy dandy MP3 player :D Listened to Stainds Album like 4 times...FULL. Through out the whole driving. 3 hours in total.

Oooooh the misery!!! Look at my fingerprints on the screen of the MP3 player!! *cries*
Sorry about the bad quality of this pic.

-- So on the way...you see lots and lots of cows (cos it's just the country, farms, green land, etc). No kidding ok! So I was looking out my window, listening to good Ol' Staind and just thinking about a Kajilion things *cries* then something...disturbingly ew caught my eye. A cow...OK! Had a little "private" area, far away from the rest of the cows that were sun bathing xD...the area was right next to the fence which was right next to the high way. I dont' know if I should even say this...but the cow was peeing (number 1) xD *excuse e moi* I just have 2 words to explain...this...phenomenon?! xD

1- DAAAAAAAAAAAYMN!!!!
2- Fountain!!

xD xD

Not so "private" eh? Every single human being passing by could see that cow xD
G-chan's reaction: *snort* what the hell?! hehehe.

-- So we got to AUX, went to the center (where the shops/malls/restaurants, you name it, are...HUGE PLACE) and got taken to this Jordanian restaurant (my uncle took us). Just WOW!! Their food was pretty amazing mashallah. I ordered a Chicken Shawarma Wrap Combo (you got fries, a drink and pickles arabic style *heart*). Now THAT is what I call a Shawarma!! It's only problem is it was a bit dry (not juicy). My uncle told me this is Jordanian style Shawarma.
N.B. I don't remember what Jordanian shawarma tastes like :'(
I was FUUUUUUULL!!! Was going to explode...seriously. Also when I get full I get all giggly =S
N.B. I still don't know why that happens xD

-- A pigeon flew all the way in to the restaurant (it was a food court and the entrance is quite far...smart bird) . It landed on the empty table next to us. The plates were there and some left over food, so it picked away at the plates.

Mind the bad quality *angel*

-- AUX has a great harbor. It's a lovely walk there.

I wanted to jump in this water *heart*


=O It's that Pigeon again!!! =P

-- On the way back, Baba drove, but he got tired (miskeen) so I took the wheel (6) I loved the drive back because there was NO traffic at all *cries* It was lovely. Though I think I freaked my parents out cos I was driving a bit fast 120-140k's. The shocking thing was they never said anything O.o *wonders what was that all about*. They both fell asleep later on xD *heart* I guess they felt that I had control *victory dance* and after I slowed down to 110k's =D

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There are people who don't know what they want from something/someone, so they dont know what to do about it, and they end up doing something worthless/useless.
There are people who know what they want, yet they don't know how to get it or deal with it.
There are people who know what they want and know what to do to get it.

This has been proven to me recently.

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Well I'm beat...so I shall go rest a bit. Sorry about the cow thing xD Just be happy I wasn't able to get a pic. LOOOL!! Jokes. Even if I did I wouldn't post it on here xD

G'night

a dream, a reality or the futue

kal 3ada (as usual) I have a problem sleeping now and then (or most of the time actually), so I slept pretty late last night. I slept at around 2am this morning xD =S
So anyways, I was having this really really really weird/awesome dream that I completely don't remember. I just know that it was weird and awesome. But I remember one part of it though. The "ending".
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Dream mode:

It's the early hours of Fajr (5:30am) and I'm sleeping away in the warmth and comfort of my bed, when mama gives a little knock on my door saying:

Mama: "Ghofran time for prayer."
G: "Ok"

So got out of bed, made wodoo2 (ablution), prayed el Fajr prayer, read Quran and went back to sleep (since it was the holidays).
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Reality/future mode:

Just as soon as I went back to sleep in the dream, mama actually came, knocked my door and said those exact words (above). I stupidly - was still half asleep - replied:

G: "I already prayed!"
Mama: "eh?!" O.o

Coming back to reality and senses xD I realized that I prayed in the dream xD

G: "La la nothing. I'm up I'm up. =D"

Yel3an el shay6an xD I was so tired and my eyes were heavy. I was walking like a zombie from the lack of the sleep!
Does this sort of thing have a name or something?! =D

7ala I swear xD
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Staind - Tangled Up In You

*heart*

feel good...and not so good

So the family Computer was totally messed up. About 150 infections, was slow...it was just messed up. So I took the liberty to format it, clean it up and organize it.
I formatted it. Installed the drivers needed. BUT, the most important driver, that was stupidly malfunctioning, the Network Connections driver was not working. Without it, you can't connect to the net. So for 3 days I've been trying to see what the problem is, why it wasn't working, and fix it. I was super frustrated and reached the point where I was going to give up. BUT NO!! G-chan never gives up xD So I dedicated this whole morning to fixing the problem. I did a little searching on the internet on my laptop and smack to my face, there was something that can be used to diagnose the problem. So I downloaded and saved the files on a USB. Thankfully the thing I downloaded had fixed the problem. I was screaming my lungs out from the joy!!

Damnation it feels good to fix something by yourself!! Doesn't it.

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I feel socially retarded (this is the not so good). I don't even check on friends or ask about them =S Don't know why but this kinda 'mood' comes and goes sometimes. Does this happen to everyone?

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Listening to: Staind - The way I am
Reading: Jeffrey Archer - False Impression

[Music] Staind - The way I am

I'm downloading Staind's new Album "The Illusion of Progress" (though it came out in 2008)...so far I was able to listen to, Pardon Me *amazing*, Break Away *great* and The way I am *can't get enough of*....I really like the album so far. Can't wait to listen to the rest. So here's the "The way I am":

Staind - The Way I Am

I'm not really good at just paying attention
I'm not very good at remembering things that you say
I'm not very good at pursuing redemption
I'm not very good at concealing the hand that I play

[chorus]
It's the way I am, you'll never change
The way I am, or re-arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it's the way I am

I'm not really sure of the coming attractions
I'm not really sure of the illusions we read on the wall
I'm not really sure of the preaching we practice
I'm not really sure if we notice it before we fall

[chorus]
It's the way I am, you'll never change
The way I am, or re arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it's the way I am

I'm not really good at just paying attention
I'm not very good at remembering things
I'm not very good at pursuing redemption
I'm not very good at concealing the hand that I play

When I'm trying so hard just to beat you
I'm not really good at controlling my fate
I'm not really good at controlling my anger
I'm not really good at subduing my hate
I'm not really good [x3]

[chorus]
It's the way I am, you'll never change
The way I am, or re arrange
The way I am, just let me be
The way I am, it's the way I am

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Working on a drawing on/about/for Palestine/Gaza. It's going to be a colored drawing. So let's see how this turns out ^__^

G'Night

Randomness

-- I haven't had good sleep the past 2 days. I feel heavy, dizzy (very dizzy), SUPER tired and out of focus.

-- Yay for today!!! Mama and I will be picking up Baba (who we haven't seen for like 6 months) from the Airport in like 3 and a half hours. We have to travel to AUX (Auckland)...I don't know how I will drive with this massive dizziness. I hope it goes away by the time we go out. We leave to AUX in 1 hour and a bit!! Can't wait to see Baba *cries*
Any body want anything from NZ =P

-- Drove to town an hour ago to get lunch for Mama and myself before we go to AUX. The road was spinning and everything was going slow for some reason. I just kept on opening my eyes wide so I wouldn't faint or fall asleep like 0.0 lol...7ala. So got us some SUSHI BABY YEAH!!!! *heart* lol. As I was walking back to the car I started smiling and almost started laughing but held myself. Damnation I'm crazy xD. Do you know what popped in my head! "Meet the Spartans", the scene where the Spartans leave their land skipping and singing 'I will Survive'. If you saw the movie you'll know what I'm talking about. It was like the only funny part in that whole movie. Damn what a stupid movie! xD I repeated the word 'movie' so many times O.o

-- Just finished making salad for the feast tonight xD

-- Blogging

-- Literally worried about putting my contact lenses on. The lack of sleep will make my eyes burn when I put the contacts on -_____- *cries* Let's hope that doesn't happen.

-- I can totally play "Conflict at the Entrance" on my Guitar *Yaaay*.

-- My Employer e-mailed me asking if I can create a Logo for her company O.o That will be a challenge. Though I only accepted to see how I can do in this sort of work. I have ideas and I need to sketch before I take it out on the Computer. She also mentioned that she likes my attitude xD

Argh that's about it...can't think probably of what else to add.

Gonna go eat SUSHI! Ooh while buying the sushi...they ask you if you like ginger and/or wasabi.

G: "Just a lot of ginger please"
Sushi Girl: "Alright =)"

She was holding the chopstick wrong OK! and only managed to put a liiiiiiiittle bit of Ginger. I swear I got angry. I was tired and I wanted my ginger xD

G: "Can you put more please -_____-" + a fake smile.
Sushi girl: "More...Ok!"

She puts but still not good enough. I was like 6aaaaaaaaaaaaf!!
Started reminescing about Good Ol' Uni sushi *cries*
They leave a CONTAINER FULL of ginger and you can put freely how much you want *cries*

Ya Ellahy (omg!) Did I just complain about pickled ginger xD

Yup, here's G-chan for you complaining about pickled ginger.

*sigh*

*goes and eats sushi and prapares to leave to AUX*

Israeli Tourists Flock to Border to Watch Gaza Killings

Gaza war tourism - Keren Levy: I'm a little bit fascist

Tourists are flocking to the Gaza border to witness the Israeli aerial and ground bombardment of Gaza. They are bringing their families and binoculars to witness the attacks.

The war rages on Gaza for the 17th day in a row with at least 800 dead so far. One-third of the victims are children. SPIEGEL, the German newspaper, says Gazan streets smell of death. There is, however, one industry thriving -- tourism in Israel.

Tourists are flocking to the borders of Gaza and Israel in large numbers to witness the aerial and ground assault of the Israeli Army. They are bringing their children and families and enjoying a picnic at Parash Hill, a natural reserve in southern Israel.

Parash Hill is usually a nice vacation spot for tourists to enjoy the breaks from real life but now it is becoming a place to gather with their families and watch the destruction unfold.

Some of the tourists, like the one in the video, calls herself a little “Fascist” justify the Israeli attacks and deaths of Palestinian children. They say “when they grow up they’ll also be terrorists”.

Karen Levy, a Real Estate Agent says in the video about Gaza:

They vhose Hamas to rule them, it's their fault, they got it to where it is now.

And when the German reporter asks her: Don't you think it gets worse bombing them?

Levy replies:

No I think that is the only solution, I think they should just clear off all the city, just take it off the ground.

But not all Jews approve of this place. One calls Parash Hill as “Hill of Shame”.

Eran Shalev, 27, a student told Times Online:

People in Israel are addicted to violence...The way we try to resolve everything with force is not the right way to do it.

The Times says the Gaza war has become the newest spectator sport in Parash Hill, Israel.

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It's disgusting...but expected.
Though people should keep finding out what some/most Israelis are.

[Music] Michael Heart - We Will Not Go Down

Michael Heart - We Will Not Go Down

Decision to make

Yeah *sigh* I have a decision to make and I don't know which action to take.

This morning, after 9alat El Fajr, I couldn't get back to sleep because I started thinking on how to tackle this situation. I couldn't sleep until after 2 hours later =( I don't know why I suddenly decided to do something...it was out of the blue. But I kept on thinking about it during some parts of the day (when I wasn't occupied).
I have a while to choose, since I'm not planning to take the action anytime soon. I'll give my self *thinks* 3 weeks to decide the final decision (and no I'm not getting married xD).

Right now 60% goes to Yes, and 40% goes to No.

This is tough =(

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On a cheerful note *kinda*...I managed to find the guitar tab for "Conflict at the Entrance" by Stuart Chatwood. Yaaay! Finally, someone was nice enough to write out the tabs and I coincidentally searched for it. It's not the full thing, plus some parts are missing and some notes are wrong (look at me talking as if I'm some kinda pro xD) but good enough =D
I've blogged about the song before, but here's a reminder:

Prince of Persia *heart @ the game*

I also searched for "Lateralus" By Tool. It turns out to be easy...I just need to get the tune right for the part after the long intro.

Check out the shots in the video...beautiful!

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It's hardcore thundering right now....plus I smell rain (but it's not raining so much) and chicken -_____-
The weather is just warm today.

Web Developer in 'da' house!!!

=P @ title xD

So I had applied for a job on Monday (sent a CV and coversheet) and the employer (a beautiful and nice lady) sent me an e-mail yesterday saying that she wants to meet up with me today. So 7amdulellah I met up with her and had a chat with her. Nothing formal, just a few questions on my experience and stuff. Oh, the job is creating a website from scratch and connecting that website to her another website.

She gave a puzzled look when I told her that this is my first hardcore web development job (come on...I have to be honest), the rest is just uni "experience" if you can even call it that. But because I sounded confident about it I think she relaxed.

After a few more questions, she just told me that she's giving the job to me...I was like O.O YAAAAAY (not literally. Just in my head =P). So then it was my turn to ask her the questions, since she's my "client" now and as a "web developer" (quotes intended...I seriously can't call myself that just yet =P). I asked her what she wanted the website to look like, and etc. She ended up giving me a pamphlet that has her website address on it. So she told me to check it out and that's how she'd like the website I'm making to slightly look like (though I'm going to do some major changes...to make my website more hardcore than her first =D). She also mentioned if she likes what I do she'll give me an ongoing part-time job while I'm at uni (to look after the website and update it).

A funny thing is, she told me that so many people have applied for this job and she chose me out everyone (even though my name was weird...lol) and my previous job experiences have nothing to do with Web development (so obviously no experience...just from studies) . She chose me because I was a female! lol. She wanted a female for this job and it seems I was the only one there xD I think this was the number one reason. Then the second reason would be that I'm a Computer Science student with a Web development background and studies.

SOOOOOOO 7amdulellah!!!! *cries* I'm really really glad that I was able to get this job and let's hope I do some good work (I'm confident about myself...though I don't want to be too confident just in-case =P) so that I can continue with her and get the experience I need for future jobs!!!

Her other website is very nice and simple!! The colors used are hadya (easy on the eyes colors) and good colors. I totally checked out the source codes of the website, and the person who made it made the layout of the whole website using tables -_________- You're not supposed to use tables to layout a page. Tables are used to store data.

Oh it's ONLY 5 hours a week (better than nothing) and they pay is good. Plus it could be on-going and 5 hours with a heavy uni schedule is bleeeeeess!!!!

7amdulellah!!!! (Thank you God)


I will enkele3 now xD

Ooooh the heat!!

Seriously, today's weather was unbelievabley HOT!!!
Here in Hamilton, 27 degrees =O Trust me it's a lot!! Plus the sun is super super close so the heat rays is felt even more. On the other hand, one of the coldest cities in NZ, Christchurch, has reached 40 degrees! O.O I have no idea how they're holding up. The news showed that almost everyone are at beaches and pools trying to escape this out of the blue super heat.

Pluuuuus, this heat is making us super super lazy, to the point that even eating, talking, LAUGHING, basically any kind of activity, has become a mission *cries*
Don't let me start about laughing (any little thing triggers laughing)!! =S I swear if you laugh just one bit, you'll continue to laugh (uncontrollably) and because it's so hot, it's hard to breath! Then the laugh turns to worry and panic because you can't stop and you can't breath from the hot air.

I am melting!! *melts*

*Goodness...even looking at this picture is painful =(*

Oh Cool Cold weather (not the rain though),

*sings* Where'd you go?
I miss you so
Seems like it's been forever
Since you've been gone *cries*

My mini "website"

First of all, my Love and Du3a2 goes to my dear country Palestine and Gaza (who are still under attack/occupation).
Allah Ma3akum, keep resisting you're doing a great job!!

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*sigh*
I'm really really tired now.
I slept at 1am this morning (was watching news) and woke up at like 5:15 or 5:30am for Fajr prayer; I didn't sleep since then. Maybe because I watched TV (the news) after prayer so I got fully awake (since it's some kind of "activity" for me xD) and couldn't go back to sleep when I tried *sigh*. So what I ended up doing from like 6:30am till like 9am was chat to a friend, checking Press TV website every now and then for any sort of update on what's happening in Gaza and I don't remember what else *is squinting eyes trying to remember =S*

Side note: I think I've watched the most news in one week compared to like a whole year =S

After that I decided to occupy myself by making a mini "website" on the Anime, Naruto, as part of back-up for future "job applying" (wow...job applying?!? =S). I completed it all but I need to arrange some things...like instead of having the css within the html files (I have more than one html file connecting each page and the same css is repeated in each html file), I will move it to it's own ".css" file and have every html page 'refrence' to it.

I made the background image (Konoha symbol) and the "logo" of the "website". Oh...this "website" is called "Naruto Zone" B-) *cool* *nods head with cheeky smile*....*sigh* =P

I like it, the colors are nice. I've never used such colorful-ish colors (xD). It's super super simple also and beginner-ish. I so want to be better at this web development/design and do stuff like on this website. It looks so flash and "high-tech" (if I could say that, and if you know what I mean)! So I'm making my way through this and I'll be making more websites for practice...inshallah.

Oh here's a screen shot of "Naruto Zone" B-)
Don't laugh =P

Before

After

I think you can click on the pic for a larger view...I think!! =D

So how is it?? I will only accept honesty (6) =P (6)

Anywho, my back, neck, BRAIN (like in my head)...what else, ah my eyes (the lids are so heeeeeeavy!), hurts. So I'm gonna go do something that has nothing to do with looking at any kind of screen (requires me to use my eyes), or using my brain xD

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The Dandy Warhols - Sleep

This song is pointing at me (I need sleep) xD

I will Enkele3 now xD

**Edit** I had home-made blueberry muffins with iced-coffee xD *Just remembered*

Ghaza under attack!

So the Israelis have done it. They started attacking furthermore, sending their tanks and helicopters, you name it, into Gaza, killing and destroying. I've been watching the news all morning (from almost the moment this whole monstrosity started).

Absolutely terrifying what's happening there and God knows when it will end.
God be with you all (Palestinians/Hamas), continue resisting and fighting for your country!!! If Israel has has been defeated before, then it can be defeated again. God be with you and give you the patients through this monstrosity.

SHAME on all the Arab governments for actually allowing this to happen. Our elders, brothers, sisters and children are being murdered by the minute...it's TIME to take some ACTION!!!

Part 1

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Here's another video where Israeli soldiers shoot tear gas in west bank against protesters and Press TV's correspondent =S

'Paying the price for being your eyes in the field.'

En-e2Le3 xD

I swear that word makes me laugh...xD

So I was watching this Syrian series (the only kind of series I watch in Arabic. One, for the accent and two, for good stories) on Abu Dahbi +1....I don't remember it's name because it's the longest name for a series I've ever heard/read but that's where I heard the word. I know it, have heard it before but seemed to forget about it. But for some reason when I heard it yesterday I liked it =D xD

En-e2Le3 = Enqale3 (إنقلع)= Go away...but a bit harsher.

So as we all know the ق is turned into an ء (ah) (hamza) when it comes to almost all shami countries accents. So when I heard it, I started laughing but then I tried saying it. I faaaaailed miserably!! xD
I kept on mixing the hamza with the 3. So instead of saying "En-e2Le3" I'd say En-3eLe3. I don't know why xD!!!! Anyways it's my new "frequently used" word...which I got the hang of right now....after practice xD

You're probably wondering why I'm finding this quite a "mission" since this kind of accent should be familair to me (because I'm Palestinian and all)...I'm ashamed to say my arabic is bit weak...well actually now I think about it, my accent is the weak one!!! xD

I've mixed around with so many people from different countries that I end up picking their words/accents and mix them with what I already have - Omani, Iraqi, Jordanian, Syrian - so imagine talking to me...you'll never know where I'm from unless I tell you xD

Was this worth blogging about???

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Happy New Year =)