[What's This?] Indicate much?

....I don't think so!

So I'd like to know, what is the indicator function in cars used for here? Do you know what for? Absolutely NOTHING! Shocked much? I don't think so!

Seriously, I don't know why they're built in the cars here since they're not used for their only, sole purpose. I hate it and the people that don't use indicators when turning left or right I call them "Retard" or "Freak on a leash" or "Stupid Idiot"! I mean what the hell?! What annoys me more is some are already too lazy to just flick their finger to work the indicator so imagine someone with a phone in one hand and the other on the steering at an intersection or a roundabout. Oh oh! The hand that's holding the phone is the left which is the one you need to use the indicator...

=_____________________________=

I think one of the toughest areas on the roads of Oman are the roundabouts. Exclude the fact that one is supposed to slow down, and check for on coming traffic but here it's full on speed into the roundabout. If there's on coming traffic they're supposed to stop (which I don't understand for your information). Then there's me. I'm waiting for those cars to pass by with their full on speed thinking that they're going forward (passing in front of me since they didn't indicate that they'll turn and the speed they're traveling in gives you the impression there's going to be no turning!) but instead and sometimes last minute, they turn! WHY? Why did you not use the indicators? Why did you waste my time? People here drive as if they own the roads or that there's no one else on the road except for themselves. Or they expect you to read their mind or something. This is where people really need to think about others.

*sighs* One should give it a small thought really. Like what's it going to do if you indicated when you're turning? What's it going to do to the person(s) you indicated to? I know what! You won't be sworn at (in cases like me) and the other person's time will not be wasted and heck you might be praised even if you might not be able to hear it!

I don't want to generalize but so far I've only seen two people using the indicator so don't blame me.

[What's this?] My nose drowned...

I am gobsmacked by the heavy amount of oud that has forced it's way through my nose and up to my brain during the number of times I've gone out! It's so strong that I teared in countless occasions where also I felt my head spin. It hurt even! What I'm surprised by though, is that this vivid oud scent came from...women. It's not like I'm getting close to them and sniffing their oud but more like whenever a lady passes by me (or vice versa) I get this whiff straight to the nose. Actually, it feels like a slap to the face because one instant I'm in odorless air then in another BAM!

"What the?" expression on my face and eyes tearing from the concentration of the oud.

I mean do they drain themselves with oud or is it just the one drop that could cause this much odor and/or...damage? Seriously. The men that pass by do not give off such strong odors, maaaaaan! Actually I think they either wear a lighter perfume or oud, which I considered really good compared to the women. What's annoying is, after the women have left the area, the odor of the oud lingers. God have mercy!

I'm definitely sure some will find the strong oud, or oud in general, nice and/or attractive, etc, but I'm not a big fan of oud - it's really, really...really strong and some do not even smell that good. There are a few that have a lighter scent than others which I don't mind or may even like but seriously, I don't think a woman should reek (yes! reek.) of something strong; may it be perfume or oud. It's only for her own good.

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Thanks to those that voted on the poll (Whether I should change my template or not)...um what can I say, the fifty-fifty split helped a lot lol I have picked out some templates but I'm not sure whether I will use one, being quite indecisive lately. But thanks! =)

No way, José!

:: I can officially and finally say I'm done with my Bachelors. My marks for my four papers came out last Friday, and hamdulAllah (Thanks to God) I have passed with good grades and managed to do well in a paper that I was worried about. I carry a Bachelors Degree in Computing and Mathematical Sciences (BCMs) now. How cool is that?! Looking back at the days, I remember when people came to ask me what I'm studying and I'd say the full name of my degree. It was a mouthful lol but yay, I'm done!

:: I've started work on my clients third website and I'm enjoying it since I've missed designing and coding websites. Here's a sneak peak.

It's still under construction. First thing I need to do is re-size those icons on the top-right corner; they're too big. Check out that name at the bottom =P

:: I hate goodbyes.

:: G is officially a Full License holder baby-eh YEAH! I had my 1 hour long test yesterday, and I have to say it was nerve wrecking and quite hard. To be honest, I was beyond shocked that I passed because I almost killed us. When that huge mistake occurred, I gave up all hope. I was told to take us (instructor and I) back to the station and that's when I was telling my self while driving all the way back that I failed. "Oh my gorsh! I have to take the tests in Oman. How the heck will I ever pass?!" and all those negatives thoughts just rushed through. What they usually do is they tell you if you passed/failed when you've parked the car at the station. So I parked the car, in a retarded way, and waited for the bad news.

Instructor: Well...*pause*....you passed, BUT! ...
G: I PASSED?! *surprise in my voice*
Instructor:...you need to be careful with your speed (yeah I was speeding) and intersections. Other than that, you did well.

I went into a fit of thank you's, then the instructor went for smoke. I guess I stressed him out lol

:: the countdown to going back to Oman (for good) has started since Monday. Twenty Seven days to go. Day by day I get more excited yet impatient because I just want to get there. Stress is in the air since we're trying to sort out everything quickly so we can be on the safe side. Though at the same time, we're trying to enjoy as much of the days we've got left here in NZ; especially the driving in my case.

Black Coats

This was taken in Rotorua last Saturday.

:: besides all this busy-ness with work, traveling within NZ and packing, I manage to get some of the things I consider fun for me. I've said this before I guess but my freakish-ness for movies has returned so I try to get down a movie a day.

The new set:

• The Women (drama)
  
• The Love Guru (comedy)
  
• The Man Who Cried (drama)
  
• The Haunted Mansion (family)
• Gone Baby Gone (drama)

Surprising isn't it? Not a single thriller. I guess I've been abusing them lately or maybe not many have caught my attention at the video store, hence the "light" choices. I think I will write movie reviews, for every movie I watch, from now on so that this place stays alive. One is on "hold" at the moment.

Also, I've been playing one of the scariest games out there. Yes! It is. Fatal Frame III The Tormented (aka Project Zero 3) is the game. I'm more than half-way through, so I'm hoping that I finish it before I leave. I didn't go through any dramatic screaming fits like how you'd find on youchube (example below). I'm usually silent except for the few "Oh my God" (s) and "eeeeeeh" that escape me without knowing. There were a few days (maybe a week) where I had hardcore paranoia...at night. Yeah! The game had it's effects especially on my sleeping because I kept thinking that a dark figure is going to pass by my door while I'm in bed, so I had to keep myself awake, checking the door every 5 seconds just in case. Yes! I sound like a baby and I know it's just a game, but I have to say it is one of the scariest games I've ever played. I'm over it now, I sleep fine lol and I WILL FINISH IT! I have to. I came all this way and went through all that to give up in the end? No way, José!

Warning: excess swearing (they're a bunch of guys, so go figure).
I played this part and it was horrible.

:: Summer; what I don't like about summer is Sushi. Yes! Shocking as it may sound coming from yours truly, but Sushi just looses it during summer.

:: I'm addicted to m&m's O.O

[What's This?] Who decides this stuff?

So I would like to know who decides that a certain movie is good, funny, scary and so on. No really! You find these little quotations on the back or front of a DVD cover along the lines of:

"Scary as Hell" Dustin Putman, themovieboy.com
"Mind Blowing" Philadelphia Weekly

you get the idea. Okay, they do state who said these but seriously, seriously how reliable are these sources? Some of these quotations are just a bit too much for a certain movies sometimes. Like you expect for a movie to be really scary but instead it turns out to be just pure gore and if you're lucky you get one tiny horrific, scary scene. Where's the "scariness" they're talking about? Or take a comedy. They say that it's so funny that you will fall of your chair (something like that lol) and surprise surprise you crack a laugh once or twice and that's it. I didn't fall of my chair! Where's the part that's going to make me fall of my chair!!?

I think they add these , just to boost the movie and get people to watch but how would you feel when you read something like that or you're the type of person that relies on these quotations and after you watch the movie you're probably disappointed by it? I mean come on, let's be honest here and admit that these little quotations are actually doing their jobs to a certain extent. I mean how many movies, that I've picked out, mislead me to thinking that the movie is going to be "something" or or (second 'or' intended) I've watched the movie first then I read the quotations on the covers to see how they exaggerated about it when the movie was just...average.

Okay okay! I know "to each his own...something something" but we're allowed to disagree and have our own opinions at the same time right? I mean aaargh! they can be quite frustrating. I think it's best to either rely on yourself or get some feedback from someone's taste in movies (especially if that person is interested in the same genres as you) you trust OR (!) the quotations should come from a "reliable source" (for example, I'M a reliable source! *Kidding*). Yes! Some of these quotations can be accurate and spot on but others, honestly, whaaaaa!?

P.S. This post might seem useless, will make you think "who cares!" and does not make sense. Well, it's 12:40am NZ time, I can't sleep, and I'm feeling drowsy but this topic came up while chatting to a friend the other day so I thought about it and decided to let it out here lol Also, I'm a movies freak so that's why I would care plus, I've seen many disappointing movies whether I read the quotations before or after watching the movie.

G'Night from Kiwi land!

[What's This?] "Analyzer "

I will always and forever be an "analyzer" (or a thinker) unless some kind of miracle happens where a lightening bolt strikes me and stops me from this madness.

Thursday night, I had quite a long chat with a good friend of mine which kind of went into the late night hours (11:00-11:30pm) and since my friend knows the kind of person I am, I was told to head to bed early since I "need", at least, one hour and a-half to analyze and think about "whatever I think about". I immediately defended myself by saying that that is not true.

It was true...

One may ask, what in the world would G think about? Well, that night I ended up thinking about my last assignment for my COMP437 paper - which is having to write a wiki article on "Feedback Relevance" and designing an interface to complement the article. I just kept getting ideas and sentences of how and what to start my wiki article with. After a while, I realized that my friend was right about me. Here I am, lying in bed, 12:30am and thinking about what to write for my assignment. O......kay! At that point I got angry and finally admitted that this is a problem because I could've used the one hour or so of thinking, by sleeping! Hence, came thinking part 2. I started thinking that I'm going to blog about this particular..."thing" and include it in the category "What's This?". I also started thinking how should I start it, what to write and so on, which all basically took about half an hour. Oh! I also thought if I should include a picture with this post and what should it be. Am I crazy? Yes, I think I am.

I stopped myself from all this madness and decided to get a drink of water. When I got back in bed, I finally fell asleep. So, I guess I should've done this earlier if it was going to make me sleep.

Next morning, I lost all my train of thoughts, all my ideas for my assignment and "this blog post" (which is about three days late by the way) and everything just turned out differently than what I thought about. What I thought about seemed cooler (!) but it's all forgotten now due to my incredible power of remembering things.

Word of the day: "think"

Are you a ?

P.S. If you're wondering why I used that picture, well, that's L from an anime called Death Note (best anime out there) and he is a major thinker! It's part of his job though.

[What's This?] Your Own Advice

Have you ever found your self in a situation where you can give good advice and boost up the person you're advising, yet you don't apply this advice on yourself? I will not deny this but I'm constantly in such situations and I only realize it when I'm in a stressed out mood. It's a good thing to give advice to people, especially if they were friends. It makes you feel good that you cheered up someone or you gave them a little push to get them on their way. Then after a few days or so, they come to tell you "I did what you advised me, and I'm so happy everything is going well...". It's a nice feeling isn't it? ^^

I've been told a couple of times that I'm good at advising people yet I'm the worst at advising myself or following my own advice. This sentence might've sounded weird to you. I mean, you might ask yourself "What the hell, you already know the advice so just take it?", but it actually doesn't work that way. There's a bit more to it. I have to agree with this sentence; I also doubt I'm the only one agreeing and surly there's absolutely nothing wrong with it because after all we're only human.

I've discovered that most of the times it's best to hear advice from others even though you know it already. It's just different when it's coming from someone, especially if they were close. The best thing is when they feel that there's something with you even though you're doing your best to hide it. It's nice. Plus, feeling good afterward comes with the package so there's nothing negative about that. One may say, "No, I don't need advice, people don't need to know what I'm feeling/thinking. I'm not that type of person. I'm strong...", surprise surprise you may find yourself, one day, in need of a person with the right advice that will lift you up and change this idea that's in your head.

There you go!

[What's This?] Just a recap

Note: I've changed the name of these posts at least three times. First they used to be "I hate #" where I got the comments hate is a strong word. Okay! So I changed it to "Segment #"...and I thought that was just to dull so I finally changed it to a categorical title "[What's This?]" and I'm planning to stick with it :D

What's "[What's This?]" about?
I quote what I wrote in my first post for this category:

So I'm starting this new, let's call it..."segment" =P where I state something that I hate. May it be daily life stuff, food, games, actions, clothes, whatever. I can start a segment where I state the "something I like"...but there are too many good things in this life (right?) so it's just those few things that may annoy/anger/tick/etc you that DO stand out.

So here it goes.

Examples of some previous topics I've blogged about that you can check out if you're interested:

* [What's This?] Don't Do This!
* [What's This?] Gangsta Wannabes
* [What's This?] Patience Test -- This is a really long post but surly you will enjoy reading it =P
* [What's This?] A Salam and A Smile
* [What's This?] You're life must be boring

I've got two pending [What's This?] topics one of which is being written at the moment. So yeah!

Stay tuned.

Mama says: Is everybody here?!!

So back to uni and 2 weeks of the holy month, Ramadan, have already passed. It was nice to have a 2 week break which crossed with the start of Ramadan so we'd only have to fast 2 weeks while at uni. Not complaining.

I haven't updated in quite a while which is odd I guess...but seriously, for once I have nothing to talk about or something that I would share on here anyways =P

For the past 2 weeks, I just sunk myself into my duties as a Muslima, gaming (yeah! I got into gaming), so many Iftaar gatherings...*off topic: just noticed a scratch on my arm O.O*...and trying to get as much sleep as possible -- which was impossible (sadly) because my sleep is just seriously messed up.

Anywho, on a lighter note, as I was putting on my shoes this morning, to go to uni, I spotted a bunch of baby ducks and their mother walking from behind my brothers car. I was so happy to see such a cute "scene" that early (11am...lol) in the morning. Made my day really. I've assumed that they were in our back garden eating left over rice and bread from last nights Iftaar, because they were coming from that direction. Of course, I carry my camera everywhere I go now, so I immediately took out the camera and started shooting. I tried to get as close as possible but that only scared them and made them walk faster. Aaaw, I just wanted to grab one of those baby duckies and hug it.

I feel in this shot the mother is saying: "Is everybody here?"

I think they were heading to uni because they were going in the same direction as I was. Well, the closest lake is at uni anyways. Safest place for them so hope they made it there safely.

Taqabal Allah 9iyamakum!

G'Night

Ramadan is upon us!

First of all I'd like to say Ramadan Mubarak dear readers! I wish you all a blessed month for you and your families...for all of us. May Allah accept our fasting ya rab!

It's almost going to be a whole year since my first post in this blog. Can't believe it. A whole year (on 9/9/09)!! Looking back at those days, so many things have changed. I'm looking forward to Ramadan. Actually, I'm always looking forward to it. Even though I'm in NZ and there's a different feel to it in the Arab/Muslim countries, it still feels like something else. Not like any other day. I just love it!

A mini update on me:

Well what can I say, it's been a pretty hectic B-semester for me with lots of weird, crazy, stressful and pressuring things happening. On top of all of this, I had gotten really sick with a flu, recently. Yes! I totally suspected that swine flu has finally gotten to me, but el 7amdulellah it turned out to be just the usual winter flu.

All of these things happened but I'm just thankful that I had wonderful, amazing friends by my side supporting and pushing me to do what I can. You guys well know who you are (some will not be reading this because they don't know about my blog xD) so just know I'm thankful for you guys! <3 Also, love goes out to my Mama!

So a two week "holiday" has started here, today was the last day, and I'm pretty glad that we'd only have to fast two weeks during uni. The reason why I used quotations marks in holiday is because, well, you can't say it's a holiday really. I mean, I've got 3 assignments to hand in next week so I'll be going into uni to do some work plus I have my full semester project. Crazy right! A lot to do...which is good because I'd like to be busy rather than not.

Lately I've been interested in Horror Games O.O Yeah! I know...where did that come from? Actually it came from my Game Studies course that I'm taking this semester. The main focus is on horror games, and for our first assignment we have to play a game and analyze it by writing a 2000-2500 word essay. I've been playing Resident Evil 4...and I LOVE IT!

Anyways, this is it from me. I should go sleep, since tonight we will have so7or inshallah (3 hours and a half to go....I'm so going to be cranky xD).

Ramadan Mubarak all!
G'Night

Suheir Hammad - Def Poetry

Okay! So I had to share this because this video is one of those videos that just moves you powerfully. This young women is amazing and her words are just...*cannot think of a powerful word to describe the words*

Honestly, I'm amazed and happy by this. No matter how many times I watch it I still get fascinated and moved by it like it's the first time I watch this video.

A must see!

Thanx to Sarz for sharing this with me! <3

Noodles guy

So a break from my travel posts and let me talk about what's happening at uni lately.

Nothing exciting really. It's my last semester of my 4 year Bachelors degree and I can't wait till it's over. I think this could be the toughest semester out of all the semesters that passed and I say that because I'm doing 4 papers where one of them is a full semester project. I'm trying to keep my spirits high, stay positive and not let the pressure and stress get to me. So inshallah 5air. Having said all those stuff, I'm quite enjoying my papers (except for one =P) and I don't know, but there's a certain, different feel to this semester.

So today in my Game studies lecture, I witnessed what one would call an outrageous...scene (?!). Everyone is seated and the lecturer is talking away about today's topic when one guy enters and heads straight to the front of the lecture room, right in front of the wide lecturers desk, carrying a small transparent container that had white stuff in it. He sat down and I turned my attention back to the lecture.

The lecturer walked back and forth, so I followed him where he went till he got to the place the guy sitting in front was. He caught my attention again because I saw something...unusual. lol. The guy has opened his container and separated the lid from the container, where the noodles...YES! Indemo noodles, rested on the lid. He was adding the sauces/flavors/mix to the container. Mixed the mix with a fork then, in an unbelievable way, added the noodles, that were on the lid, to the container. Then he mixed the noodles with the sauce mix, and slurped away the content of the container in...probably under a minute.

I was utterly shocked! The person I truly felt sorry for though was the lecturer. He actually turned red with anger and was totally distracted, maybe disturbed, by this guy. The worst thing he probably dreaded is walking over to the computer to click the mouse so that he can go to the next slide of the PowerPoint. The computer he used was directly opposite of noodle guy, so he can see him even if he didn't want to.

After noodle guy finished eating the noodles, he put his fork down and used his index finger to wipe the container clean of the left over sauce. At this point I was completely disgusted! Damn, where are the manners and respect gone?! After all of this, he took out his laptop and started surfing the net.........

It's a 2 hour lecture, so when the first one ended and we were given a 10 minute break, noodle guy got up and moved to what seems like the last row of the lecture room. Yeah! Now he moves to the back, where no one could've seen him eat his noodles.

He got made fun off. 2 Kiwi guys sitting behind me described him as an "ass" and "what the hell is he doing cooking and eating noodles in class, that's so retarded...wahwahwahwah"...serves him right!

So much for freedom when it's being abused in such a way.

Though as much as I found it disgusting and totally a stupid and disrespectful thing to do...I also found it funny =P

G'Night ^_^

[What's this?] Your life must be boring

I was washing my face yesterday night getting ready to go to bed around 11:45pm when I hear a bunch of people shouting and talking loudly in front of our house's driveway. At first I didn't pay much attention to them, because it was very obvious that they were drunk and I was really focusing on washing my face lol. But then I heard this guy shout out, loudest of all:

Drunk guy: "STACEY!!! I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABY!!!"

I laughed and said out loud "what the hell?!". Then I started remembering and thinking how (mostly) students here seem to only have fun when they're drunk. It's not what I came up with, it's what I've been told. Getting drunk here is like the only way you can have fun...if you don't drink then you are told that "you have a boring life" or "what do you do for fun?"...so on.

I remember back in my first year, where a friend was telling me, that his friends and himself have a special gathering every Friday at a bar where they'd drink so much at 12pm in the afternoon. That's pretty shocking and he was only 18. He used to say, that he didn't understand how 'we' (Muslims) don't drink...how do we have any fun if we don't drink?! I ended up explaining to him that you don't need to be drunk to have fun. There's a million ways of having any sort of fun with the advantage of being fully awake and aware of what you're doing and what's happening around you. At least you won't end up regretting anything the next day when you realize or remember what happened the day before. Here he replies that that's the 'beauty' of being drunk...even if you do something stupid/crazy/messed up, you won't regret it because you were drunk. You had no control over yourself. You basically can do whatever you want and won't even think twice whether to do it or not. You just do it, because you can! Shocking right?! lol. The conversation went on, where I was trying to convince him that what he's saying is stupid (lol) and that you don't need to be drunk to have fun, while in return he tries to convince me that I must go for a drink to really understand what he means. Yup! Over my dead body =)

I remembered another occasion - though I wasn't there, I was told about it by Sarz xD - also in first year of uni, where the Engineering Department had a boat race day for the students that took a certain engineering paper where they had to build mini boats with motors. On that day, each team with their built boats are to race each other and so on. They were having a bbq and stuff so that's normal, but what wasn't is the beer. Students actually ended up getting drunk during the day, where lectures were still being given even after the boat racing had ended. I remember when I met up with Sarz for lunch, she told me that T, a former class mate, just came over to her and H, where out of the blue he says 'ALLAAAAH' and made a toast like gesture at herself and H as if he was saying 'cheers' to them. How retarded is that?! lol.

I truly feel sorry for these people. I can't believe that they rely on getting drunk just to have any sort of fun. How sad is that?! It's the worst, most shocking thing I've ever heard while living here. I guess they only look at the 'good side' (if any) of drinking and ignore the bad side. It's bad enough that most, if not all, end up regretting something that they might have done or gotten into because they were too drunk to control the situation and for the fact that they 'can do whatever we want' idea when they are drunk. Sad!

All I say is...El 7amdulellah wal shukur =D

[What's this?] A Salam and a Smile

There is this saying that goes like..."a smile is contagious", right?! WRONG!!

So the Muslims, especially the Arabs, have this problem with smiling back when someone smiles at them AND...get this, when someone says "AL SALAMU ALAIKUM" to them also. I seriously don't get that @_@ This has been a "abnormality" since a long time, but it seems to get worse and worse as years go by.

So there are situations where I'm walking in one direction and a Muslim girl (particularly the Saudi's and Somalians) heading in the opposite direction. So basically we pass by each other. Us being "sisters" in Islam we should at least say Salam or if too lazy 8-\, then smile. But apparently, smiling has become a mission itself O.o In both cases, I get no reaction *fashla*. Once I said "Salamu alaikum" and smiled too. All I got was a long stare and no reply.

G: "O....K! What was that about?! O.o"

So after that, I just smiled to any Muslima I see, but still no use with some *don't want to generalize*

I remember another occasion that happened a while back, where Sara and I were at Bongo filling (=P) our containers with sushi, and there was this Muslima with her husband, looking around seeing what's there to eat. The place somehow got crowded and Sara and I stood against the wall waiting for people to clear the place so we can select the sushi we want. The girl passed RIGHT infront of us. She was looking at us hard out so I smiled and guess what?! She looks away =S Then Sara tells me...

Sara: "I just smiled at that lady and she ignored me O.o"
G: "Even me. I smiled and she ignored...how rude =S"

This is something I really don't like. Fine, if you don't want to smile back okay, but when someone says el salam, you should most probably reply back - rodoo el salam. Also, when they flippin stare it's as if it's the first time they see an Arab, Mu7ajaba (wearing a scarf), Muslim girl. That's just weird, because Mashallah there are many mu7ajabat at uni from all over the Middle East + Asia. So what's the problem exactly?

This doesn't happen with the majority of the non-Arabs/Muslims, it's more like they take the "first move" and they don't stare much either (and if they do stare, then it'd be because of the scarf - 7ejab, which in a way is understandable), which I find disappointing knowing that our fellow "sisters" (in our case) don't do that even though they don't take the "first move"!

(^______^)

[What's this?] Patience test

Warning: The following post may disturb some people...naaah...it's just a really long post! Really!

It's been a while...since I (8) talked about a thing I "hate". As you can see, "I hate" has been changed to "Segment #" due to "hate" being a really harsh, too strong word to use =P

R: girl that won't stop asking for help!
G: yours truly
Sara: classmate
J: classmate
H: classmate

So! It's the end of the 7th week of uni. So uni work is starting to get heavy, right?! Now the thing is, there's this girl (R) who won't stop asking for help with her assignments! She asks me, Sara, and 2 other classmates of mine. We're basically starting to pull our hair out. At first, in the BEGINNING, we felt sorry for her. We said she's new, doesn't know the system yet...so let's help her out. And that's exactly what we did but I guess some people just have to abuse the good things they get -____-

I don't know about my 3 other classmates, but I think I'm the most that's suffered with her. She seems to find me where ever I am *cries* The thing I hate about her is when she starts complementing me, then over complementing just to get me to help her out. sheeeeeeeesh!! God I seriously can't stand that especially if it was for THAT purpose. Another thing I don't like is when she says stuff like "Ooh I'm new here, and I don't know anyone. Everything's so hard so please help me!".... no comment. She uses those exact words every time she needs help. Honestly honestly, any day now I'm waiting for her just to say "could you do my assignments for me" xD lol...wallah!

I don't want to come off as a heartless person, but seriously there are limits. I'll be really happy to help out anyone if they're actually willing to try to solve/research/read (for flips sake) the assignment before giving up from the start and going to someone for help. This girl wouldn't even try to read or search for things that may help her with her assignments. The worst thing also, is she misses lectures and she asks for notes as soon as she sees the person that's with her in that class. This happened yesterday, where one of our mates (H) came , he said his Salam to us and was going to ask us if we were prepared for the test (I'm assuming) but she just cuts him and asks straight away...

R: "do you have the lecture notes for <paper name>, I didn't go to the lecture you know."

...will is it his problem you didn't go?! The look on his face was just utter annoyance and I actually said out loud "Ya ellahy" (oh my God) when she started asking him for the notes. As for today...it was pretty messed up/hilarious. I arrived at R-block and there she was sitting on a chair.

R: "Hi, Ghofran...where is J?"
G: "Hey! I have no idea."
R: "When will she come?"
G: "I have no idea."
R: "Did you see her at uni today?"
G: "Nope. I just came to uni."
R: "You just came?"
G: "Yeah....ok, see ya"

I go into the nearest lab and started working on my huge COMP451 assignment. J came in, sat next to me, we talked about the assignment and helped each other with things. Then R came in...deh deh deh deeeeeh! She sat next to J and the questions started pouring out!

"help me!", "how do you do this?", "I have no idea what to do?", "Can you show me what you did? I won't copy I just want an idea."

...and on and on she went. God gave J and myself the patience to deal with her. First to suffer was J. Sara came in and straight away sat far away from us so she wouldn't have to deal with R xD J eventually got fed up and changed her position. So I was left alone, with that girl asking me a kajilion questions per minute. Now the CRAZY thing is, the lecturer gave us an EXAMPLE code on how to go about attempting the assignment. I kept telling her to use it as help, but she just wouldn't effin' listen!!!

Earlier on, when Sara came in I had asked her let's go to lunch and then change the lab to avoid R. But she wanted to do a bit of reading before heading for lunch. Though in the end, she was my savior! xD At least after 15-20minutes of me suffering, she came and stood next to me, ready to leave. I guess she wanted to put me out of the worthless misery I was in xD

R: "So sorry Sara you have to wait."
Sara: "Yeah yeah! Hurry up G."

I started rushing with R, and kinda ditched her in a place where I needed to do more explaining! But heck! I wanted to get out of there asap *cries* Sushi made my day!

So we left J in the lab...alone...with R. We asked her to join us, but she wanted to stay and work. We were having lunch and Sara started telling me:

Sara: "G you seriously have to do something about this girl...5ala9, this is too much!"
G: "I know. That's it...if she asks for help, I'll tell her sorry I can't. I already have too much work on my hands, she's not the only one with assignments =(. I can't believe what she's doing. You know Sara...ana aste7ee when I come and ask any of you guys (friends) for help. Like you guys are my friends and yet I don't want to annoy you or bother you."
Sara: "WTF!?"
G: "Wallah Ma ye3jibnee!!"
Sara: "Bes it's 3adi >.<"
G: "anyways, we have to find a better place to do our work."
Sara: "We should go into R1, sit in that far corner so if people pass by the door they won't be able to find us."
G: "hahahaha!! Yes, that's a perfect place."

We headed back to R-block and who comes out...poor J.

Sara, G: "Hey! How was it?"
J: puts hands on face "aaargh...marah hell!"
G: "where are you going?"
J: "to commit suicide."
Sara, G: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Miskeena. See you."

Here's the funny part, we had to SNEAK!! Yes!! Sneak into the lab we decided to work in, just so she doesn't see us through the window of the lab she's in.

Sara: "You go first."

Okay only Sara can explain to you how I went in.

Sara's explanation:

Well, we had to sneak in like soldiers undercover. I yelled at you "go go go !" and pushed you on your back. And you like bounced to the door in a weird way, its like your knees were gonna touch your chin, and entered bsur3a (fast) then turned back and gave me the all clear. I counted to 10 then did the same thing, but without the weird bouncing.

The way I opened the door and how fast I got into the lab, freaked the hell out the people that were in the lab. Though I was laughing hard out...they probably thought I was crazy or something xD Then Sara comes in a few seconds after me! It was like as if she was doing something wrong lool! So we sat down. I wanted to get my papers out of my bag and guess what?! They're not there >.< I left them in the other lab where R is in.

G: "I can't find my papers O.O"
Sara: =O
G: "They're in the other lab =S"
Sara: "G, if she asks for help, just tell her sorry, I have too much work to do. You do have a lot of work to do you know!"
G: "Yup yup"

Goes into the lab and as soon as she saw me going in and heading towards her, the look on her face was "There is hope after all" >.< My papers were right next to her and as soon as I came to pick them up...

R: "Please help me Ghofran...I don't know what to do."
G: "Hi! So sorry, but I have so much work to do right now...don't have time."
R: "=(...ok but can you help me with submitting the assignment on Monday?!"
G: *major eye-rolling* "yeah ok, see ya"

I actually got angry. Seriously! Submitting the assignment?!! How did she flippin' submit the previous one?! O.O So anyways, went back to the lab and was able to work and read peacefully with out any annoying disturbances.

So the thing I don't understand is...she's a masters student. Basically someone who's finished their bachelors degree and therefore has way more knowledge and control on how to do everything. I also don't understand why she wouldn't use resources giving to her, like google, books, and the friggin' good example (which most of my coding is based on) giving to us by the lecturer. Why?! WHYYY?! At least she should try to do it before asking for help. Also, what is with the excuses and the complementing?! God that is just weak and lame! It's the 7th week of uni...how can she not know anyone else but us?! I remember when Sara and I were 1st years, we made a lot of friends (not for the sake of getting help, but for the sake of having FRIENDS) who till now we know and talk to, but it's tough with those from other departments, but still. Yeeeeeesh!!

I don't know what to say, but these kinds of people annoy me so much! The over-doers especially who abuse the fact they are getting help and just want to take the easy way out. Messed up! I seriously don't know how she will pass like this =S

Bleeh, I don't know bes (but) it seriously got out of hand, and I blame myself!

Yes! My patience has been greatly tested and hence that is why I'm becoming less and less patient every day...which kinda sucks. I've always been the patient person, but seriously someone who get's put in this kind of situation, can't help it.

Hey! That felt good =P

[What's this?] Something else

hmm...sometimes I think of things where in a away I plan them out or imagine the outcome of a situation. I think of every possible side of a situation, so I go prepared if the outcome was good or bad.

Sometimes I'm freakishly sure of what's going to happen or how it's going to be, and when it's all done, I'm happy with the outcome (was expecting it because I decided it) but something hits me afterwards (I realize something after a long while), because I end up feeling down when I think about it. I realize that I'm not fully, let's say, satisfied with what's happened, or how things turned out. Like as if I was expecting more.

I don't like this feeling...because it confuses me. I start thinking even more if I did the right thing or was it useless to me (?) or am I regretting doing the right thing (?), is it the right thing (?), etc. The thing is, one cannot just rewind time and change a part of a certain plan. Like it's there...it's done. If I think of trying to do something I might just end up making things worse.

hmm...I guess lesson learned from all of this is never to plan, or imagine an outcome, or expect something more. It could be disappointing later on.





*I have no idea what I just blogged about O.O*

[What's this?] In the middle

OK...to me this is quite a sensitive topic to talk about and I think most people would find that as well.

Closed and open minded-ness....

Where should I start! Let's just say I REALLY HATE IT when someone calls me "closed-minded" and not just that, it's worst coming from a close friend. I find it in a way very disrespectful and it shows/tells me that my friend(s) don't accept me for who I am, or what I think and believe in. Isn't that just wrong! Friend(s) are not supposed to be like this. The thing is also I feel that some people misuse this word....a lot!!!! They misuse it because the reason(s) why they'd call someone "Closed-minded" are just simple and stupid (especially the reasons that I get called that "word" for) and don't deserve such a big/harsh word.

Now here's the crazy thing. Some time after being called "closed-minded" or sometimes in the same day some other friend comes and says to me "You're so far away from your culture now...and you've lived in NZ for too long that you've become westernized..."...and this was all said because I decided to learn the guitar, which somewhat gave me an idea that I'm "too open-minded". Is that even a good enough reason to say ALL that stuff...."westernized"? I remember asking that friend...what's the difference between playing a 3ood and a guitar? Aren't they the same family and it's music?! I got "The 3ood is part of our culture" as an answer............

So where does this put me between my friends? It's like I'm stuck in the middle. The too too "open-minded" friend(s) want me to become like them....and at the same time I have those other friends (I don't want to call them close-minded but sometimes...) that think playing a guitar is "westernization" and the feeling that I got -- "open-minded" want me to become like them. This is what I feel...like I'm not accepted by either side =S

Bottom line is...I am who I am and there's no way in hell I'm changing over stupid reasons like the one's above and the ones I didn't mention (here's my stubborn side for yah =P).

That's all!

=D

A letter....xD

"You have received the enclosed Infringement Notice because you either own, were driving, or were lawfully entitled to a vehicle photographed by approved vehicle surveillance equipment. This notice gives the details of the alleged offense, the infringement fee and methods of payment."

Fee: $80.00 NZ (equivalent to R.O 20.000)
Road/Street: River Road
Time: 16:45 hrs
Speed limit: 50km/h
Speed Alleged: 61km/h
Limit Exceeded by: 11km/h

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So we received this letter from the police saying all that stuff that I wrote up ^ there. You're probably are thinking that I'm the one speeding..........a big fat NO! I don't get caught....that's my secret ;-) It was actually my Mother xD She was absolutely shocked...hehehe. Mama is like a law freak...sticking to the road rules, etc etc, and for this to happen to her just shocked her xD I can't help myself but laugh because I truly wasn't expecting it! I thought the letter was for me at first but since it has the name of the road the "offense" was caught on, it turns out I was "innocent" because I never go down that road xD I started freaking my mom out by telling her she has a criminal record now xD Poor thing she believed me. ROFL!!

Naaah...it's all good. The only thing my mom said is that she wouldn't be going down that road ever again xD

[What's this?] Gangsta Wannabes

"Gangsta" wannabe's....

Let me explain that more clearly.
What I mean by Gangsta wannabe's is those guys that dress up in parachute-y pants + low-riding to the point that they could fall off, t-shirts the size of Mt. Everest (xD) , lots of "bling bling" *rolls eyes*, black sunglasses, a bandanna with a hat on top, and a cigarette (=S). Seriously...what the hell?

NB. You're probably wondering how could I notice all that....do I stare?
-____- No I do not stare...those guys are so out of place that it won't be so hard to miss them even if you tried...plus the colors they wear...Oh the colors they wear xD =S Far out!

Oh oh...when I say wannabe, I'm referring only to Arab guys =D Of course no generalization, so don't get me wrong here. But we all gotta admit, they're out there and there are HEAPS!

At uni, they're almost all over the place. They're mostly Saudi and Kuwaiti guys. Every time I see one of those guys dressed in that way I just want to laugh and it's annoying as well...for many reasons:

- It doesn't suit.
- No matter how you (you as in the gangsta wannabe's) dress up, you're still an ARAB.
- It does not look cool...AT ALL!
- They do look funny... -____-

I don't understand why they dress up like this (maybe they think it's cool...?)...because those clothes look weird on Arab guys...specifically Arab guys! I don't know why but they just don't suit! They totally look out of place as well...cos everyone around them is dressed "normally"...even the non-Arabs xD

Plus, SMOKING! SMOKING!! Far out! Smoking can/will kill you...just not straight away. But who ever smokes is just shortening their life span and it does not look cool at all (to those who actually think smoking is "cool"...are you kidding me?! =S).

Meh...but who am I to talk. Just an opinion xD

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On the side...I have 3 mosquito bites on my left foot just around my ankle and they're all very, very, very well sized. They hurt so bad and they're very itchy!! Worst mosquito bite(s) ever...I have no blood left in me....lol...nah not to that extent xD

Laters =D

[What's this?] Something about it

Now I don't hate the "innernet" (internet =P)....but here's something I don't like about it =D

Misunderstandings (O.O big word =P), facial expressions and tones!!

*Misunderstandings:

I've come across these quite often either when I'm chatting to someone or e-mailing someone. Especially if the "conversation" was serious. It's either I'm the one who misunderstands the person I'm talking to or the other way around. Now the thing is, these misunderstandings could lead to hurting the other person, angering them which may lead to some kind of za3al between the 2 people. Then we try to explain our selves...clearly and try to convince to one another that something else was meant.

After that it can go one way out of 2:

1- Things are sorted, everyone is happy and the conversation continues as if nothing had happened.

2- It goes downhill...where one of the 2 people doesn't believe the other or something. This is where the other "I hate" comes in =P

*Facial expressions and tones:

When you're talking to someone in real life you can see their expressions and the sort of tone they're speaking in...right? So this kind of helps with not misunderstanding (even though you might not know what's in the person's head) one another. Now, e-mails and sometimes chatting on msn/yahoo/etc, lack these "important" factors (expressions and tones =P)....in my opinion that is. Well, for me, facial expressions and the tone of voice tell me a lot of things when I'm talking to someone.

Talking about this won't change anything though xD
Though to avoid it...we can just be careful with what we're saying and who we're saying it/talking to (especially if they were sensitive) or when it's a serious topic meet up with the person instead xD

That's the end of my rant =D

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Time is going super slow today...far out *sigh*
I really miss the rain!

[What's this?] Don't do this!

So I'm starting this new, let's call it..."segment" =P where I state something that I hate. May it be daily life stuff, food, games, actions, clothes, whatever. I can start a segment where I state the "something I like"...but there are too many good things in this life (right?) so it's just those few things that may annoy/anger/tick/etc you that DO stand out.

So here it goes.

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What drives me crazy and what I hate so much is when someone, who you've had some kind of argument/fight/disagreement/etc, which led to not talking to each other for a really long while (depending who the person is)...sends you some kind of message, may it be an e-mail a txt a comment (just as long as it's NOT face-to-face, I'll explain later)...just some sort of communication message, talking to you as if nothing happened between the both of you. *Long sentence O.o*

Seriously...What.The.Hell?!! I would really like to know what goes on in someones mind when they do something like this?

What's even worse though, is after you ask them ("Me" in this case is me, you, anyone):

Me: "Ah...excuse me. What do you think you're doing?"
*Sarcasm intended...though you try your hardest not to sound mean xD*

Then they lie (yes they lie) to you by saying something that should be "caring" (or whatever...it's just to make you feel bad or something...God knows) but probably does not mean a cent/baiza to you. Then you go reminding them:

Me: "Ah...remember when this and that happened last time we talked? What's changed?" ---- Something like this anyways (depends on the situation) =D

Then they send you "the" (read it as thee) reply that just makes things worse instead of making them better. Yup...you get something like "I'm right...you're wrong" or "I'm still going to think this way", etc...in a surprised way as if they weren't expecting something like this to come out from you.

Confusing and annoying right! Seriously *rolls eyes*

You start asking yourself questions like "So what's the point of talking to me if nothing is going to change??", "What do you want?", "Isn't this confusing to you as it is to me?", "Don't you feel weird or disappointed in yourself for doing this?", and "It totally back fired on you!".

There is a 99.99% chance of you replying with the first question but you won't be getting a reply back because the person would have realized by then what they've done is pointless, worthless, and useless. They have NO IDEA what to say back to you...

Now you might say to me...why don't you just ignore them in the first place.
Some of these people may be close friends to you...I mean come on! You can't ignore you're close friends. But a close friend or not...I'm an honest person, and I want to know what the HELL were you thinking xD so I will put you on the spot if I have to (6) *innocent*

Now imagine this situation face-to-face xD Oh...My...God (Janice's voice from F.R.I.E.N.D.S) xD

I'll write a short play (this did NOT happen in real life btw xD).
Person 1 is going to do the thing I hate.

Person 1: "Hi!! So what's happening with you? How's Naruto going? =D"

Me: *stares at person 1*....*laughs*..... "You're kidding right?"

I swear I would totally do those 3 stuff. I can totally imagine it xD

Just Aaaargh!!!! People!!! Don't do this to other people. If you're BRAVE enough...FIX the "problem" before anything so that there won't be an awkward/complicated/mean moments/conversations.

I have never done this to anyone and I will never do it either because it's just wrong! Wrong I tell yah...WRONG!!! 2 people have done this to me so far and AAARGH it was just...so...stupidly annoying!!

Well that's the end of my rant =P
Stay tuned for the next one -____-

=P