Our Life

After being absent for a couple of days, due to an increased workload (at the office) and being dead tired by the time I get home, with time to do a couple of chores only, today I have decided to dedicate my lunch time to going over blogs.
First of all, thanks Shahrazad and congrats on your new twin sisters !
Now my question is : how come only foreigners get to see the weird stuff that is going on in our society ? Is it because when they are around, they are considered not even there ! or is it because the women present think that they dont understand so they just talk about anything and everything , no matter how trivial it is !
I know that in every society there are these little myths or cure miracles or whatever one wants to call them but I dont think that it is in each and every gathering that KT goes to, unless her entourage is a little bit uneducated !
Anyway, I would think that the Ajnabiyas living within Libyan society are somewhat even revered to put it mildly, and given priority treatments wherever they go, correct me anybody if I am wrong, so I was hoping that we can maybe get to hear how they enjoy living the life they do, and maybe they should compare themselves with their peers from back home, or their school friends and what they have become and what type of life they are living !
I know that we all have our opinions, and like it has been pointed out to me over and over again that we all have freedom of speech, but speaking for myself I find it a little too hard to digest that someone would pour medicine over their head to straighten their hair, (oil, lemon juice, BEER ) maybe, but .....
So folks like they say, the longer you live the more you see and hear.

LET IT SNOW

Just when I started thinking that snow was over and I kind of had all heavy clothing separated and readied for putting away, it started all over again. It ruined the weekend and it has been snowing and snowing non stop. Sorry sis, I didn't mean to upset you, and please dont worry about me or the kids, we are all doing great, and last week's depression was only because I am homesick and thinking of you all in Tip. As you can see from my countdown I am keeping good track of time. Writing it on the blog is not like sending you a depressing email, so there is really no need for you to create a storm and have everybody worried. Now I will have to be careful with what I write, since you are reading it. I will attach some really nice pictures once I have a free moment, you know I can't get my hands on the computer at home, cause of the kids of course ! and in the office during lunch time it is never really free time so ....
How come there are no updates on your blog ? baby keeping you awake ?
You know time passes and this will soon be history, so enjoy it while you can.

I am having a really shitty ( excuse my language ) day today at the office. I dont know why coworkers could be mean and spiteful, is it because they are jealous maybe , or maybe it is because they cant understand how people different from them could be smart and clever . They have to understand that when you do not originate from the same country as them , that is actually gives you an advantage because you have a different set of experiences and you come with a different outlook, we come from a bigger world where we mix more since we are not on an island at the end of the world like in their case. Please try not to be offended by what I am writing, this is just me letting off steam after a bad incident, and this is my way to complain.
Thank you for being patient and understanding and just knowing that there is someone out there who can understand the feeling is enough.

Here we go again, a new day and the countdown starts towards the weekend. This is really becoming very weird, ever since I started counting the days towards a certain date which has a special meaning to me I have found that it appears as if the days are slides in a projector where they just whiz past.
I dont know if this is just me, or it is actually happening. I find it very hard to believe that today is already the 18th of the second month in the year. Children are already looking forward to the spring break, but for us poor office people, we only have the yearly vacation.

It is interesting to notice that all working women are the ones who complain the most about working, I thought I was the moaning type but this morning I met a nice lady at the bus stop, and we started chatting and the first thing she said was that she was fed up of working already even though it was her second day at work ! can anyone believe this and here I am thinking that I complain after nearly 15 years of hard work, but what can I say ? Maybe all women are the same ! they all like to complain ! Anyway it was something for me to think about and make me feel GREAT.

Blogging

Hi Music lover,
I am really surprised by your comment, the whole idea about blogging is to actually make friends and share your daily experiences without having to judge anybody, it is like having a diary but where it can be shared. As for not saying that I am a muslim ( why not ? ) . I have been repeatedly asked about being a muslim and by our different lifestyle by non-muslim people, and when I wrote it, it was to stress my view of certain topics.
I would also request you to refrain from being insulting ! What are you going on about voodoo, black magic , etc... are you really living in this day and age.

Being in the office today, after an absence of 3 days, it really piled up the work, but I have found the time to read my post and to wonder why some people like to dampen your spirit by being critical or just assuming that you are a stereotype of someone they know and dislike or is it just being spiteful.

That's all for now , and I hope that I haven't offended anybody today.

Friday the 13th

Something really strange happened to me today, I went into my boss's office for some papers, so he was signing something and asked me about the date, so I automatically told him Friday the 13th, and he actually stopped what he was doing and stared hard at me and said how can it be that today is Friday 13th ( which is considered bad by supertitious people ) and that tomorrow would be Saturday 14th which is Valentine's day, so of course I told him that being muslim we do not believe in either one of the above , and I am sure that he must have started thinking that this was just me being a snob, so anyway as soon as I sat at my desk I started getting this feeling that maybe he was superstitious and I kind of made fun of him and that it wasn't a clever thing to do ( me and my big mouth ...... ) I should really think before I open my mouth but, what can you do this is human nature , and of course you guessed right, when he went out for lunch his car skidded because of the frozen roads and he ended up in the ditch, so the first thing he did was call me and yep you are right gave me the stick. As he got into the office, everybody went running to ask him what exactly happened and I was the only one being chicken and hiding in my office, but of course I insisted that this was just his bad luck and nothing to do with Friday the 13th.
The good thing is that I am looking forward to the long weekend and my plans with some friends to take the kids out skiing .
So long and have a good weekend everybody !

At last

At last I can look forward to the weekend, even though it is still not till tomorrow Friday that it starts , but I guess I am used to the Libyan weekend where it starts on Thursday afternoon. Luckily enough my youngest son has only a half day today at school, but of course tomorrow is a full day, at least he can enjoy the afternoon since the sun has come out a little bit today and we are only at -15 with the windchill factor. They are saying on the weather forecast that this weekend is good for skiing and toboganning, so maybe that will be our plan for this weekend. Other than winter sports there is not much you can do. With all your outdoor clothes, even walking is an effort let alone trying to run or ride a bike. I personally would prefer to curl up in my pyjamas and watch tv and the only arabic channel we have is AbuDhabi and with the time difference the only time to see a decent show is during the weekend but with children I think that is practically impossible, oh well c'est la vie.
As usual work is always the same, busy the first part of the day then I end up doing nothing for a couple of hours, which I find really frustrating but...
I am still waiting for someone to help post my blog on the Libyan Blogs page so any help ????
That's it for today, my lunch time is finished and I have to get back to doing some work.

Today is Tuesday February 10th, 2009 and it is only the second day in the working week and it already seems as if I have worked for more than that. I personally like it when work is stretched out over the whole working hours, but it is never the case or maybe it is because I dont take my time doing it, I dont know but it really is a problem for me to find myself doing nothing after a couple of hours at my desk. Maybe I should learn to do my work slowly and then I won't have this problem anymore, because even to pretend that I am busy is not easy for me, and you can imagine when you are sitting at your desk and staring at the walls and someone passes by , what kind of impression you give, so I think I should come up with something to overcome this problem. Maybe if you bloggers can give me a hint that would be awsome. I am actually looking forward to the weekend, specially that we will have Monday 16 Feb off as well since it is known as family day in Alberta. The problem is that the winter time is very boring and difficult, the days are short, the cold is extreme and everybody looks or feels depressed. I have come to realise that the sun actually affects people's outlook to life. I dont know if you guys agree with me but this is my feeling and it also my personal observation of the people around me. Anyway enough for today , and write to you later.

Bored

Hi, like I said previously I am sitting at my desk at the office and I am quite bored. While checking other blogs I would like to compliment Shahrazad on her Shakshouka and it made quite hungry and I even decided to pass by the supermarket to buy Jerki and make my own shakshouka later, and just thinking about it changes my mood, otherwise nothing interesting going on at the moment.
p.s . I have a question , how can I have my blog published on the all libyan blogs page.
Thanks for letting me know.

Happy to join

Hello Everybody,
At last I can reach out and be with my fellow libyan bloggers. I am a libyan residing in Canada and it is boring, so this way i can at least keep in contact with my homeland. I miss it a lot and hope to visit this year inshallah.
Hope to hear from you all.