My parents were getting quite bored in Newcastle because, frankly, there isn't much here for them to do. So last Monday, I got train tickets for the three of us to go to Windermere which is in the Lake District in the north-west of England ( Read more... )

I finally got paid on Friday. I didn't realize they were paying me more for working after midnight.. so I sort of got more than what I was expecting.. which is always a good thing, in terms of money, eh? I'd decided that I'd shop for groceries with the money that I'd earned and then give the rest to my parents (who arrived on Saturday from Dubai) ( Read more... )

I had a busy morning today - I was in lectures or seminars all the way from 09:00 'til lunchtime [13:00]. When I came back home, there was mail waiting for me. I didn't notice it immediately.. in fact I didn't even know it was for me until Laura passed it to me and said, "This must be for you.. it's got Arabic on it ( Read more... )

Some family friends who are returning to Canada have stopped in Dubai and are living with us for a few days. Abeer and I took their son, Asad out to the Mall of the Emirates today in the evening ( Read more... )

Papa got me new sandals, so I wore those to the imambargah. Now, since I'm not straight and I am sensibly trendy, I didn't wear socks under the sandals.

Before I entered the imambargah, I took my sandals off and then went in to sit down near the place where Cute Boy usually sits. Cute Boy arrived a little late and sat down an arm's length away ( Read more... )

For several days now, my dad and I have been musing over the idea of getting a bicycle. On Friday, we decided to go get it at Wolfi's Bike Shop on Sheikh Zayed Road. When we got there, it was closed, so we returned home empty-handed then.

Today, since my father's taken an off day [in honor of Israa' wal-Me'raaj, the nightly journey of the prophet ( Read more... )

Sarah convinced Papa to get a couple of hamsters for her from Petzone ( Read more... )

I have two math exams in another 18 hours and I'm sitting here typing away to glory. Go me!

In my defence, I did a lot of revision on Wednesday and Thursday with callmextc. He was over at my place on Wednesday and I went over to his yesterday. After we were done, we went for a walk to Dubai Creek. There was a nice, cool breeze outside and the yachts/boats ( Read more... )

8 And it came to pass in the wilderness of the land that the Canaanites call England 2a certain woman possessing upright character and a large ass sat on her chair 3checking papers of the International General Certificate of Secondary Education examinations, singing praises to the Lord quietly. 4And that missy came upon the exam papers of Daniyal ( Read more... )

My co-worker, Annie, brought her baby to work today. Aww, such a dumpling! I worked a half hour more than usual today... I didn't go home. I went straight to that Arabic class which I had signed up for. The Arabic class was fine.. just half hour of actual study. Then the other class came in, and we talked about our schools and teachers. Turns out ( Read more... )