Bahiya, May Allah grant you highest level of Heaven .. Ameen الله يرحمها برحمته يارب Hello, I like this blog.
Sorry not write more, but my English is not good.
A hug from Portugal

مرحبا ، انا احب بلوق.
فقط أكتب ما يمكن ان يترجم.
أ الحضنه من البرتغال May Allah accept all her good deeds and Forgive her..

Allah yer7amha I don't know her
But i was touched by your message

May Allah grant her Gennah and cover her with his mercy! Allah yerhamha. May she rest in peace :( allah accept her. hi umqusai/umazzan!
i am dr. samskrati. i am doing a study on omani blogs. i would to have your opinions too. if u can email me at samskrati@hotmail.com, i could fwd the questionnaire to you. hoping to hear from u soon.
thanks in advance.
rgds
samskrati Welcome to Motherhood! Alf alf alf alf Mabrook on the newborn! :-) THANK YOU! (F)

Not a 100% mother?! After nine months and birth you've earned it!

How have your experiences with diapers been so far? =P

I always felt you had this warm motherish personality, I believe many people would agree. Lucky Azzan.

Don't want to be annoying, but you forgot to mention how Bu Azzan feels about being a father! =D Mabrooooooooooooooook Dear
I was waiting for something

You know!!!

but it is okay

Take your time
Enjoy your life with this new era!!

Miss you alot

Kiss Azzan for me :* الحمدلله على السلامة يا اميرتنا العربية
يا ام عزان .. جذي ينكتب الاسم لو ماكنت غلطانة !!
:)
الله يخلي لكم هالولد و تجوفونه شي عود جذي تفتخرون فيه , و قبل هذا كله يكون مدون محترف >>> تدوين , هذا وقته !! صج يعني كلن في قلبه شقى اللي له :p
تمنياتي لج ان تقومين بالسلامة و تمتلكين حكمة جبارة في ادارة الوقت , عشان يصير عندج وقت حق دور الام و دور المدونة و دور المرأة العاملة و دور الزوجة و دور الابنة و دور الصديقة و دور القريبة ... الخ من ادوار كثيرة :D الحمد لله علي سلامتكم اثنينكم
اعتقد صعب لو احد يسألج عن دور الام وتقولين نعم احسه فيه
سألت السؤال لكثير من صديقاتي وكانوا دايم يحتارون في الاجابه
امي كانت تقول للامهات الجدد بشأن هذا الشي انتظري بس يمرض او يصيده مكروه لا قدر الله وبتحسين بمعني الامومه
اعتقد عزان راح يزعل لما يكبر ويشوف اسم امه بالدونه ام قصي
:-)
اقترح ابقاء الاميره العربيه كأسم للمدونه واسم لصاحبتها Amjad, Thanks :)

Um Khalid, I dont mind dipers .. I mind changing him .. he is so delicate for me .. I am scared I will dislocate his arms or legs :p
I am praying he will be a lucky kid .. so far I dont feel he is :p

Bu Azzan is excited .. but since he doesnt live with him yet I dont feel its fair to judge .. he keep blaming me if he sees something wrong with his son .. he claims I am not taking care of him well awain :p

(Btw, I wrote an arabic post about motherhood and wanted to dedicate it to you, but this laptop doesnt have arabic in it ..will post it some other time)

Samaaaa,
wallah I keep scraching my head for what I've promised you with .. but I cant remmber .. I have a feeling it a pic right??

Wara8:
(sorry this laptop cant write arabic)
Yah I really need time managment. So far, my schedual depends on him .. once he cries I have to leave everything aside and listen to him .. but yallah will try to be manage my time better esp. when i am back home.


Layal,
Everyone says that .. I think the feeling comes slowly especially when there is interaction between me and him.

Good suggestion, will try but it will be hard to say goodbye to qusai :p I am so glad that you made it through after all that time hoping.

I thought the comments about motherhood coming slowly and being learned was very astute. But you have a natural kind of nurturing quality, so I'm sure you'll get more and more comfortable with it.

They are demanding creatures, those babies, aren't they? :p Salaaaam Arabian princess,

Congratulations again..

About motherhood well you'll not feel it instantly but it'll be coming slowly.. and once you go back to work you'll know how it feels worrying about him and call every hour to ask whether he had his milk or changed his diapers..etc.
It'll come!

I like the name (AZZAN) aham shai that both of like it :)

well about the blog's name.. mmmm i knoooow how hard it is to leave your imaginary son's name and use your real son.. like me I felt it hard at first till I got used to my real son's name.. so you can change it later on..when Azzan's love yegha6i 3ala Qusai!

Um Ibrahim ;) Just checking back to see how you guys are getting along...but you're busy, I guess! :p A thousand congratulations on this wonderful news.

May God protect and bless him, ameen.

xx Jeff,

They are demanding :p .. but I guess the fact that they need you makes you love them even more :)

I am busy, but I am trying to use the time when he is sleeping so I could enjoy my time :)

Um Ibrahim,

Ya halla wu ghala in my blog :)
Like you said, aham shay we both like it and people are getting used to it more now.

and I guess by time I will get more attached to Azzan and feel comfortable about changing the blog's name. Ruhbab,

Thanks dear :)
Ameeeen I dont know why but i have goose bumps reading this entry....maybe cuz after a long wait Allah has granted you his blessing.

Allah yi7fath Azzan we yij3lu min il thurya il salee7a.


Um Ethaar n Renaad :) Congratulations. Tell me what resolutions you made as a new mother. Any plans for school, college?

Alf mabrook.

Nash and the waiting starts ... تقومين بالسلامه ان شاء الله
اهم شي صحتج وصحته/ها :-)
اممم
i guess it is better to have ur e-mail
ومتي التاريخ الموعود???
dizzy_knight at hot They say women become mothers the moment they are pregnant, however, men only become fathers the moment their child is born. Safe and happy delivery :-) El7amd le Allah that's you are almost there.. I hope things go smooth. Try to read qul howa allah a7ad especially during the delivery .. it helps.

I'm a father and believe me, a baby girl is the best to be the first.. but all what comes is absolutely accepted and great.

Good luck. Layal,

sure, my e-mail is arbprnces[at]hotmail
I am inshallah due on 26th of June .. but I am hoping before that :p


Kay,
I totally agree with that saying .. its different for a mother when she feels the baby kicks .. the father have to hear it from her.
Thanks dear :)

Anynomous,
Inshallah, I am asking my mom to be there and remind me of all the Dua and prayers to say during deleivery.
Exactly, whatever comes from Allah is great. Inshalla bil salamah 7beebti

Waiting to hear the good news :)
I'm excited too and so happy for you We were absolutely sure that Billy was a girl...but no!

I still remember how shocked we were when he came out...

"It's a BOY!"

Hope everything goes perfectly...it did with my sister yesterday. So I hope everything is still going well and all is ready...how is the baby's room coming along? What color are the walls? That 'ninth month' reminded me of some poetry:

OUT of the cradle endlessly rocking,
Out of the mocking-bird’s throat, the musical shuttle,
Out of the Ninth-month midnight...

etc.

Hope you've gotten yourself a good cradle! :p Wardah .. thanks dear .. keep your phone on emergency mode .. any time you could hear the good news :)

Jeff,
lool I know, this is why I insisted to keep the colors neutral .. I dont want to be shocked !

Well the baby will be staying in my room for the first 6-12 months .. the bed is ready, and I hope he would be happy with it :) Neutral colors? They don't take sides in the Battle of the Sexes? ;)

When I was a boy I painted my room dark purple.... Why my mother let me do that I don't know. But it was fun! :p Bel salamaah inshallah :D
I'm really happy for you :)
reading this blog made me feel soo excited and as if I'm becoming a mum soon xD!!

26th June is a perfect birthday :D.. Lucky baby, s/he'll celebrate his/her birthday away from school stress :D I read you were worried about the baby all week and then you heard his heartbeat...

What's up? Salma,

Thanks for passing by :) and any date is a good date now .. I am already tired of waiting I stopped choosing dates :p

Jeff,
No everything is alright .. its just that the appointment at the hosp. is every week now .. so I wait to hear the hearbeat at the next appointment. All the best, InShaAllah مبارك يا أختي الغالية

مبارك عليك المولود
جعله الله الابن البار و فخر وذخر لوالديه


أنتظر منك تحقيق الوعد اللي وعدتيه

لا تكوني نسيتي

:)

قبلاتي لـــ عزان اقدر اقول لج الحين الحمد لله علي السلامه ؟؟؟
:-) So it is a boy and named Azzan… a beautiful name!
May the Almighty (SWT) makes him of the pious and may he make out of him a joy in his childhood and a support in his adulthood.

I know he will be family-oriented but moody!

Pygmalion Tell us how it was to first see your son! Tell us! Tell us!

=D

Al 7amdlellah 3ala salaamtch Ok finally I managed to escape from the very demanding baby, Azzan

Thanks all for congratulating me .. I really appreciate it .. I was very happy to know that a thread was opened the same day I deleiverd .. thanks again all

Azzan is a such a good boy, alhamdulilah .. except when he needs to have his meals .. which stresses another demand on me .. I need to restrict my self on certain foods (yes chatty, gola wu 3asal is one of them .. I bored of it already!!).
I am already realising that this stage in my life is not going to be an easy one .. but inshallah I will try my best to be a good mother.

Thanks again and Ah I cant wait to be ONILNE again .. and once I am .. I will sure post some pictures here and I will also post about my feelings after being a mom (dedicated to um khalid) Great site,this information really helped me , I really appreciate it.Thanks a lot for a bunch of good tips. I look forward to reading more on the topic in the future. Keep up the good work! This blog is going to be great resource. Love reading it.
nice tip معرض مسقط للكتاب Sunday, March 9:

Nice to see you posted! Next Sunday I'll look in to see if you've had a chance to put up the English yet! :) as salam alaikum umm qusai.
Mabrook for ur pregnancy. May Allah bless u both ameen.
I was searching here in blogger for an expat wifes community for women who are married to omani men..maybe u would know of anything?
would be grt to hear from u.
hiyyak Allah.
mariam zawja ahmed March 24, Easter Monday:

Hey! You seem to be an infrequent visitor here these days...getting busy and preoccupied, I guess! :) March 25, Easter Tuesday:

"I promise I will come with an english post soon :) "

Uh-huh... :p

You doing okay? You're worrying me a bit. March 25, Easter Wednesday:

This is Billy's spring break and he is going away to see his Nana in Memphis for a few days...

The house will be lonely without him! March 26, Easter Thursday:

Hmm. I'm running out of things to say about this post.

I could ask, "What was the book exhibition?"

How's that? :) March 27, Easter Friday:

I guess I'll have to ask another question:

WHERE was the book exhibition? This comment has been removed by the author. سعيده جدا جدا بمروري في مدونتك الجميله

واطلاعي على صورك


تمنياتي لقصي وام قصي
بتمام الصحة
:)) salamu 3alaycom انشري مدونتك
في مدونة /مدونتي
http://mdwntey.wordpress.com

حياك الله Just missed the blog, so I thought I'd come by and leave a message, Arby! :) للأسف زيارتي جاءت متأخرة لمدونتك
اسامي الكتب توحي بمحتوى جد مفيد، إن شاء الله بقدوم المعرض القادم سأطلع عليها Great site,this information really helped me , I really appreciate it.Thanks a lot for a bunch of good tips. I look forward to reading more on the topic in the future. Keep up the good work! This blog is going to be great resource. Love reading it.
nice tip In Al Mar'a Nice! Congrats! :D.. that's really cool.

I remember muscati saying awhile back that Al-Mar'a magazine was looking for female Omani bloggers to interview them...

BTW, you mean Al-Mar'a magazine and not TV, right? :P

Congrats once again! loooool Amjad, that shows how excited I was :p

I will correct it :) Friday, January 25:

VERY COOL! I don't know Al Mar'a magazine. But it is thrilling to see you up there. Let's hope it brings you some readers! :)

But then...you will have to update more frequently! :p Saturday, January 26:

I hope the "Storehouse of Creativity" idea will be able to come to fruition.

You have no idea until you are actually taking care of your own every day how much trouble a baby is. They are all consuming. You think you will have spare time here and there, but so often it seems like there is nothing! :p

Still, there are little cracks. And I hope you will be able to post a little about your experiences, that it will spur your "creativity". :) ^ I remember when one of my friends had a baby, she was so busy we wouldn't hear from her for months. Then when we find her online at last, she would suddenly have the 'Away' status on with a message saying: Baby woke up!

Gaaah! >_<


But still cute ^_^

Great to see you on Al-Mar'a!
I hope your scanner works soon. :( Sunday, January 26:

Just a wave! Jeff, I know .. I am hoping that the new life will not take over the existing one .. I dont want to be those kind of mothers who cant go anywhere because of thier kids. I just pray I can do it!!

um khalid, inshallah will post more about pregnancy .. but I dont want this to turn into a pregnancy blog :p Monday, January 27:

Oh, heck let it turn into a pregnancy blog for a while! It's what you are thinking about. And we read because we are interested in what's on your mind! :)

There's always time to do other things when you're thinking about them. Tuesday, January 28:

So have you had any ultrasounds yet? If that's not prying too much... Jeff,

I did an ultrasound when I was in week 9 .. last week I did one but the one my Dr had wasnt clear. She set for my an appointment on March 4th of the big colored one. I cant wait for that :D Wednesday, January 29:

They are really neat aren't they? I remember when they were brand-new and really unbelievable. But they are still so cool... Thursday, January 30:

Just a wave! Friday, January 31:

So what is Al Mar'a magazine anyway? Its a women's magazine :) Wow mashalla congratulations..

great to hear that ;) Monday, February 3:

Golly, I don't know what happened to my weekend comments!

Maybe they didn't register somehow. I need to remember to check and make sure they get properly received...

I THINK I might decide to give up the internet for Lent. That would mean that I would only be around on Sundays...just to let you know! :p Tuesday, February 4:

Well, if you only see me around on Sundays for a few weeks, you will know why! :)

I hope they are good and blessed weeks for you... ooh easter is back .. alright all the best in lent :) Sunday, February 10:

Thanks!

Just popping by on my Sunday run.

Who knows? Maybe next week, I'll see a new post on UmQusai's Thoughts? :) Sunday, February 17:

Golly! No action here all week..

Hope you're okay, Arby.

Greetings from Lent Land in any case! :) Sunday, February 24:

Ol' Faithful, that's what you can call me. Ol' Faithful!

Wassup? Have you gotten discouraged with your blog? Hope you're just busy and nothing's wrong... Sunday, March 2:

Welll...

...seems empty around here.

Hope you're okay. Hi there
I don't know if you have seen this article

http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/10196058.html

very good one. ساحر عشق جنية It reads "this audio file is no longer available"... 7amasteena, I wanna hear it, do something please! Sunday, December 30:

Back again... Hi! :)

Does this help?

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80259 Monday, December 31:

New Year's Eve! Almost finished with this one.

By the end of 2008, Qusai will be a strong and growing healthy baby girl (I assume she's a girl, since she's not a boy)! :)

I spent quite a bit of time walking and bouncing my sister-in-law's baby over Christmas vacation. It's tiring but fun! :p Tuesday, January 1, 2008:

Happy New Year, UmBabyGirl! :) Wednesday, January 2:

:)

What's that music all about? Can't quite catch the lyrics but the rhythms are cerainly snappy! lool Jeff, its about a magician who fell in love with a female Jin.
I said in the post that the song makes me laugh :)

I think its a tradition song or something from Dhofar. Not sure though. Thursday, January 3:

Ah hah, falls in love with a jinn, does he? Aren't they made of fire? That's an ouchy, it seems to me.

"Look, but don't touch." Friday, January 4:

Dinner tonight with a half-Arab and some quarter-Arabs.

Tomorrow, a Twelfth Night party. Saturday, January 5:

Twelfth Night party. Scrambling around to clean and make things ready. Lots of guests and lots of children. But we didn't invite any jinns: we didn't want trouble! :p Sunday, January 6:

And the party went very well, I thought. Everyone seemed to have lots of fun and left late. سلااااااااااااااااااام
والله ما أدري شو أوصف ؟؟
غريبة هالاغاني
بصراحة ما أسمع و لا اتابع أغاني
الا فيما ندر وعرفت ان فيه أغنية حلوة
ممكن حينها أسمعها
بس هذي عاااااااد عجبت
لما أنزلتها و سمعتها
كنت مندهشة أكثر
بس منو اللي يغني؟؟؟

شو أخبارك أنتي؟
ان شاء الله تمام

بالتوفيق Monday, January 7:

Come back, Princess. You've abandoned us... :( Tuesday, January 8:

Just a wave! Wednesday, January 9:

So where did you first find this song? Thursday, January 10:

So...how are you? You're not being a very enthusiastic blogger. That must either mean you are having lots of fun preparing to be a Mom or else you're not feeling too well...

Health update! :) Friday, January 11:

I think your poor blog is becoming an orphan! :'(

Just teasing: take your time and come back when you have leisure... Heeey all I am very sorry for abondoning my blog .. it wasnt intentional at all.. its just that the past week was a very busy one .. I had a course that lasted until 4:30 every day . and after that I went to abudhabi on wenesday and just came back today.

Sama, I dont know who sings it .. but I guess a man from dhofar .. this is what I got from the accent.
I am fine alhamdulilah :) thanks for asking.

Jeff, I am fine dont worry .. alhamdulilah things are alright so far .. its life thats making me busy .. not the lil baby :p Saturday, January 12:

Who is the little, yellow blob with the blue shoes and how come he fell over and died? Sunday, January 13:

He seems to have eyebrows, but no eyes... Monday, January 14:

Just a wave! :) Tuesday, January 15:

Maybe he fainted because the girl with the flowers rejected him... Wednesday, January 16:

Semper fidelis! Looool Jeff, I am terribly sorry for making you alone here :p

I was sick with the past week :( the flu wanted to visit me again!! Thursday, January 17:

Well, I'm glad you're feeling better. :)

Poor Qusai, I hope he didn't feel bad too... كل سنة وانتي طيبة و كل عام واني بألف خير اختي

اخوش ... روسونيرو

Happy Birthday, may all your wishes come true.

Rossonero Friday, January 18:

Yes, indeed. Happy Birthday! You're a pretty good blogger for a 65-year-old! :p Happpy Birthdday princessaa... 7oal 7oal
Wish God bless u and protect u min kul shar in shaa allah..

i should come with a poem next time for such event.. Saturday, January 19:

What do you know? It's Saturday, January 19!

Hope you had a happy day... Rosso, thanks bro :)

Brain, I will be waiting for the poem :p

Jeff, it was a quite birthday .. you know when you are 65 you just want to sit at home :p
naah, had dinner with family and they surprised me with a cake :D Sunday, January 20:

Well, good. A cake is always good. I hope you blew out all the candles with one breath! :p

Soon you'll be teaching Qusai that trick. :) Lil Qusai on the way!! Really :)
That's a great news, I did not know you are pregnant.
I wish you a safe delivery and wish the baby a blessed life.

:) This was the dream I talked about here .. after 5 years of praying and dreamin :) :
http://umqusai.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.html

Thanks Catsim. Saturday, December 15:

So will you call him Qusai if it IS a boy? :p Mubarak sister. Very happy for you and your family. May Allah bless the baby and give you the strength and health.

Al7amd li-Allah. Sunday, December 16:

I'm glad all is still going well! :p Jeff,
I am hoping, but my husband is not keen on the name. I guess he is bored of it already :p

Bu Tayma,

Thanks brofor your prayers Ameen. :) and I am glad you passed by :) Mabroooooooook!!
This is so cute!
And LOL at how you're calling him Qusai and your husband doesn't like the name! Hahahaha
That's sweet actually.

I hope everything goes perfectly! I heard that once that kid is out, it's like nothing ever happened. Think of it as.. hmm.. constipation? :D Lol! But I don't know.

Anyways, I wish you and "Qusai" all the best and yetraba fi 3zkm inshallah! :) Alf mabrook Arby. Bil Barak inshallah and wish u a safe pregnancy. Anan,

Allah yibarik feesh and thanks for the wishes :)

Yah people tell me that once you have the baby in your hands you forget all the pain .. dont know really bas inshallah khair!


Kay,
Allah Yibarek feesh :) Ameen. الف مبروك
والله ينقلج ايها ليه تمامه
:-) Hi Jeff
happy X-mas :-)
in advance Monday, December 17:

Well, you can NAME him Flibbertygibbet, or whatever your husband likes, but you can still CALL him Qusai!

That's how several women I know from your area of the world handled it! :p Layal,

أمين ومشكورة :)

Jeff,

oh no, Qusai will have two names .. I dont like that :p I will work on softening my husband's heart .. no problem :)
and this all will be eaiser if it turned out to be a girl :D Tuesday, December 18:

Ah, going to use your feminine wiles on him, eh? :p

Here's what you do. Get him to stay in the delivery room with you til after the baby is born. Afterward, you can turn to him, exhausted and covered in sweat, and say, "Darling, after all that misery, don't you think we could call him Qusai?"

Game, set, and match! ;) Wednesday, December 19:

You haven't told us how you've been feeling through all this. How are you doing? WoW .. A great news dear =)

Really happy for you .. May it be a easy delivery inshallah ^_^

Eat well, your baby needs to be the ever cutest baby in the world =)

Beslamah inshallah

Eid Mubarak ^_^ الله

شو هالخبر السعيد
والله ما صدقت
فرحتك لك واااااااااااااااااجد
صار العيد عيدين ان شاء الله
صبرتي ونلتي يا حلوة
الله يوفقك ويسعدك ويرزقك الذرية الصالحة
سواء بنت او ولد
كل شيء من رب العالمين خير وبركة
وافينا بأخر التطورات عندك
ونحن ندعو لك من قلبنا
الله يسهل دربك وتكون هالمرحلة أجمل مرحلة تمري بها
وفعلاً بتنسي كل تعب والم وهوان لما تحملي طفلك بين ذراعيك
قبلاتي لك

عيد سعيد
وكل عام والجميع بخير Mabroooooooook Princess

May Allah bless you inshallah with a lovely baby Thursday, December 20:

I'll be away between Christmas and New Years and not posting here probably... :( الالاف المبروكات يا اميرتنا العربية
:))))))
و سمعوني سلام كبير للامير او الاميرة " ما تفرق وايد " اللي ياي بالطريج mabrook thats such exciting news - due when exactly?? (cant be bothered to count the 188 days so humour me) Jeff,

I am feeling alright, nausated from time to time but not very bad :)

Sweetness,
Thanks dear, yah I know I should eat well .. I dont even need that advice since I am taking it litraly :p

Sama,

مشكورة حبيبتي .. بس محتاجة لدعواتكم .. لا تنسينا :)

Stormy,
Thanks dear :)

Jeff, merry christman in advance .. enjoy your time and dont worry about my blog :)

بحرينية
تسلمين خويتي

3anoooda,
Thanks, I am due end of june inshallah. make it 3rd of July <---- my birthday. LOL Mabrook! :-)

Sorry it came a bit late (or too late? :-p) Congrats once again! MAAAABBBROOOOOOOKKKKKK PRINCESSA!!!! So glad to hear the good news :):):) mashalla.. hope its a smooth one ..

PS. Okay its my first time writing in ur blog. Remeber during the pre-ramadhan gathering/talk at ur mom's house.. I was with Bimi and u and i had a lil ride together back home .. ;) Mashallah
Am very happy for you 3anooooda, if its up to me I want it 1st of June .. the earlier the better loool yallah who knows maybe lil qusai would decide to to come on 3rd of July :)

Amjad, its never late unless you wish me after I give birth :p

Anyon, loooooooooooooooooooooooool wooooooooow I am flattered .. the amazing I vists my blog!!.. thanks :)

Balqis,

Thanks dear :) I'll just settle with: Miracles do happen and dreams do come true :D

Alf mabrook to the greatest sister in the world, Ok the greatest eldest sister in the world 3shan Um Mohammed matiz3al (although I doubt she'll ever read this, if she even knows what a blog means, lol maskeena (joking <- this's just in case she reads this :p) Omg, this is the greatest newa I have heard/read all day. You actually made my day and I am genuinely happy for you because I know how much you wanted children.

Alf Alf mabrook Ya Um Qusay o 3oqbalna ;) Shahrazad,

Exactly, everything is in Allah's hands and having patience and beleiving in ALlah is the only way miricles happen.

Lym, Mashkora dear :)

and yesssssssssssss 3uqbalik too!! :) Mashallaaaah! Mabrooook AP! Inshallah it all goes well :)! Congraultions once again. Alf mabrook 7abibty... Thanks ya Allah

Fisha ONE MONTH TO GO!

Allah Eyyeebah/Eyyeebha bel salama Eid Mubarak Eid Mubarak to you .. may Allah grant you all your wishes and all your dreams become a reality and that your entire family lives in eternal happiness and bliss, inshallah

:o) Eid Mubarak dear =)

May it be cheerful eid inshallah for you and your respectful familly too ^_^ Friday, October 12:

Happy Eid to you and yours! May you have joy on earth and afterwards.

God bless,
Jeff وانت بخير وصحه وسلامه
وجميع من تحبين امين عسى ايامج كلها سعادة ف سعادة يارب
آنه طلبت من سما عمان عيدية
و اللحين اطلب من اميرة عربية حلوى عمانية :P
>>> لا و توزع الطلبات بعد لووول Saturday, October 13:

Nice to see the greetings from everyone!

And I hope your day has been wonderful... Sunday, October 14:

Just waving as I pass! I don't know if I will get back online Sunday and since it's after midnight, I thought I'd stop by again and see if anything had changed...

Nope! :p Monday, October 15:

So, "Eid Mubarak" got me thinking:

Does it sound funny in Arabic that the President of Egypt is named Mubarak? Do they say, "Eid Mubarak, Mubarak" to him instead of just "Eid Mubarak"?

I guess it means "happy" or "blessed", right? Still it works out that it's kind of funny as I last name, to me at least. I usually think that Englishmen and Americans have the funniest last names in the world, though... Oh, and German Jews too: Finkelstein and things like that... Sweetness, Sleepless in Muscat, Layal, and بحرينية

كل عام وانتم بألف خير .. إن شاء الله تكونو ستانستوا بالعيد

بحرينية .. أفا عليش بس .. حلوة عمانية أصلية بتكون في طريقها لك .. بس عطيني عنوانك في البحرين وما يصير خاطرك إلا طيب

Jeff, Alhamdulilah ..my eid was alright.. spent it at my husband's village and mine .. the only problem is eating .. we had lots and lots of meet in those 3 days!!

lool at mubarak .. well yah its funny but well its a very common name .. and I guess arabs dont notice the funniness in it :) Tuesday, October 16:

Yes, when we get used to things we often don't notice that they are funny anymore... :p Wednesday, October 17:

Are there Eid songs? Eid Mubarak to you my dear, nice blog, have not caught up with you for awhile, how are things in Muscat? check out my new blog at www.vintagedelights.blogspot.com:)
Take care now

Adla Thursday, October 18:

So does Eid advance or retreat each year? Is it going to be earlier next time or later?

I'm not all that lunar so I don't know about these things... Friday, October 19:

Just waving Hi! :) Adla,

thanks for passing dear .. had a look at your blog and its nice :)

Jeff,

if you mean traditionaly, I dont know any .. but Oman tv had thier sets of songs that we used to know when we were kids ..

about eid, next year it will be earlier .. I think early sept. its getting closer summer. Saturday, October 20:

So when do the Eid decorations usually come down?

It's starting to feel a little Halloweeny around here! :p Sigh!!! if you ask me, both of them were useless at that situation but the more helping is the first one who responded that he would try to do something about it.

this second manager sounds like a non-omani to me because he/she put the whole responsibility on you saying that its up to you when you clearly told him of the situation at hand that it was something that only just came up.

so how were you to know?

I hope my answer helps you - good luck in solving your problem. Both are Omani .. and the soloution was solved by the first manager as he did what needed to work things out ..

what ticked me is that the second manager is the one closer to what I am doing and he knew that it wasnt my fault.. but I guess, he didnt want to feel accountable! I'd have them both report to me and give them hard time for not being efficient enough!

:P I am more to report manager B, sounds he was trying to act funny :s and by the time of the msg, manager A response was of not a great help yet comforting.

ps. have you replied back B's sms? Qatar car,

I dont understand why did you all get the impression that manager A was useless?? he did solve it the problem after all! :)

Amna, no, I was very mad and I didnt want to say something I regret :p

the difference between the two, one look for soloution and another was looing for someone to blame!! Umm I never thought Manager A was useless! But I would rather boss others than be bossed :P

And nobody is efficient enough when it comes to MY standards!

ROFL Aaaaaah QC, thats every one's dream to be thier own boss :p Sunday, August 26:

Gee, A sounds nicer. Maybe B was just having a bad day.

Sometimes I think everybody including me is just crazy. People just are so unreasonable sometimes.

Is B always like that????? Jeff,

knowing B .. its a usual atitude .. we always feel that we are on questioning when we are with him .. never supporting what we ask .. another big Sigh Monday, August 27:

Boy, that's not a very good way for a boss to behave.

You can get some people to work harder because of fear, but even there if they feel that nothing they do will make any difference, it won't inspire them in the end.

And most people will look for other employment if they are treated with constant suspicion and rejection. you can't blame anyone dear.

Honestly... they are responsible and every minute is counted and important in your work...especially your company...your field ...i know smeone there and she told me how much it is important to work and not waste even a second....one second without working is GREAT waste....so don't be mad and take it easy...

Have a nice day. Tuesday, August 28:

I don't know Sama.

If the work is that important, then the managers ALSO have to take it seriously. They can't go around not knowing their employees phone numbers and pretending that they should have anticipated problems that are impossible to anticipate.

The managers are also a part of the team. Good managers of important enterprises don't try to shuffle off responsibility on their employees so they don't have to do anything themselves. Wednesday, August 29:

Well, how are these guys treating you now? Any improvement? Sama,

I understand that they are help responsible .. but the way to improve work is not making it difficult but working in a team to acheieve it!!

Jeff, well no imporovment .. I think I will have to be patient until a good change happens around! BTW, I will be going to the beach this weekend with my in-laws. I will likely not have a computer from about Friday til about Tuesday! So, don't think I've dropped off the face of the earth... Have a great time Jeff :) ماشالله
يعني فوق ما انتي اميرة بعد مهمة
يا عيني يا عيني :)
سلامات و ما تجوفين شر ياااااا عربية
شكرا على البوست يا ريت مهمة .. العكس تماماً :)

الله يعافيش إن شاء الله I'm sick too :(

Get well soon, Princess!

:) Cisco phone?

We have Nortel in my office. It doesn't show the number of missed calls. If it did mine would be in the hundreds. Qatar cat, ooh hope you are well .. I am much better now .. alhamdulilah!

Muscati,
yah, we didnt have it before, and I was gratful because now whenever I miss a call I dont have an excuse that I dont know who called :p 10 Things I love We are so alike after all. With all the differences!

:P I find peace in a bookshop or the book exhibition more than a clothes shop (I know many women find that strange)!!
اتفق معك بهذا الشي
بأحدي المرات جلست مع صديقتي بالمكتبه علي الارض ولم يكن هناك احد بين قراءه ومراجعه ومناقشه وكأننا في البيت ولم نحس بالوقت (علي اساس اننا رايحين نشتري كتاب )
شكرا علي التمريره
عشر اشياء احبها
من الاشياء اللي احبها
1- الكاكاو الداكن المررر
2- البحر
3- البر وكل واحد منهم له جوه الخاص
4- الكتب والقراءه
5- غرفتي
6- المسابقات مثل من سيربح المليون :-)
7- الاماكن الجديده والغريبه والمتاحف
8- حضور المحاضرات متعه بالنسبه لي عموما اي شي فيه فائده
9- التصوير (هوايه جديده)
10- بعد شنو .....
اعتقد اني احب اكتشاف كل شي جديد
تحياتي Qatar car, see, we are not so different after all :p

Layal,
واو أتمنى أسوي مثلش .. أكيد الوقت مر بدون ما تحي :)

شكراً على الإجابة .. وفي أشياء كثيرة أحبها أنا بعد مثل الكاكاو .. كيف نسيته!!!ـ So happy you are back!

Tell us more about how you got started on the the internet! :)

I'm going out of town to visit my mother who is sick with cancer for a few days. I may not be around ...

But when I get back, I'll come to my favorite blog of course... بس اتصدقين معظم اللي قلتيه كان مبين انه من اهتماماتج من قبل لا تكتبين عنه
بس نظل عرفنا اشيا يديدة عن اميرة عربية من بعد حل الواجب
:p
شكرا لج يا اميرة على البوست و ولكم باك :) Jeff,

really sorry to hear about your mom .. I can imagine how devastating it is for the family to go through that .. I know you are strong and inshallah with prayers god would make the sickness go away.

بحرينية
يعني أنا كتاب مفتوح؟ :)

العفو وشكراً على تواصلك عزيزتي :) Wow
Well Done
you did so good and I liked what you said..........
as always. you are so special.

since you love to cook.....I'm ready here to eat :D

LOL Thanks Sama, and you are more than welcome to taste my food .. I just need to have a full day off from work so I can be creative :p Lovely :)

I do love many things from your list as well.

And you know what, I feel the same about bookshop :p many find me weird for that Back .. or not? عمان الصامدة الفيديو ما يفتح
ولا قدرت افتحه من الوصله اللي كتبتيها :-(
ممكن تعطينا وصلته علي
youtube Wednesday, June 20:

What is it? Its a video that I couldnt upload into youtube :(

Layal,

'3areeba the link didnt work .. it worked with me .. will try to do it again .. I think the file type is not supported by Youtube .. so I will have to find a way to convert it to mp4

anyway, Layal check the link again because its working with me Thursday, June 21:

So if I paste the link I should be able to watch the video?

We'll see... I couldn't watch all of it...the films stopped playing 4 minutes and 39 seconds in and wouldn't start any more.

But it was very poignant. Going through the storm with y'all on the net, I came to feel almost as if Muscat was mine, too, and I had lost something even though I've never been there.

How are people feeling, what is the mood now? Are people starting to feel as though things are settling back in to normal? Is repair work on roads and bridges and cleanup on the cars and things proceeding at a reasonable pace? Friday, June 22:

Who produced the video, by the way? There is an icon or something in the top corner...is it a national production? Or Omani TV? People are back to normal I guess, but there are few who lost someone I am sure the storm will never be forgotton for them. Personally, I still feel unsettled until I move back to my house .. the roads are getting cleaner but I guess it will take time till it get back to how clean it was (muscat was one of the cleanest cities of the world)

The video was produced by amature I think .. he calls himself "bahlawi Omani" .. I liked his choice of music and pictures .. the icon there however is of Oman TV. Saturday, June 23:

When do you think you will get to move back to your house? Well my husband is hoping this week .. but I doubt it .. lets say its early next week .. they finished the tiles in two rooms, now they are painting my room BLUE :) .. and slowly they are moving to other rooms .. Climate change is awful. Hope You had no casualties to mourn. Is it true that You have a disposition to melancholy music? It seems to me that You are a very tender woman. That's beautiful. Ciau Ciau للشاعر جمال الشقصي Tuesday, June 12:

Well, I can see it's purple! And I guess it's about Muscat because of the picture... Wednesday, June 13:

I wonder if some good writing will come out of the storm... خطاكم السو يا اهل عمان وما تشوفون شر انشاء الله نهضة لى الاحسان
واسقاط لجميع الذنوب عنكم وعن المسلمين Thursday, June 14:

What is the white space-ship looking thing on top of the hill? الف سلامة اهل عمان الحبيبة
ما تشوفون شر

تقديري

اخوك Jeff,
Its about Oman and the storm, so you were not wrong :)
the white "space ship" is a francinsense burner that is places in a park in Muscat .. if you go up there, you can see an nice overview of Muscat

Mishari,
شكراً أخي .. وبالفعل إن شاء الله يكون إسقاط لجميع الذنوب

نشيج المحابر الأدبي
شكراً أخي Friday, June 15:

And what about your writing? Have you thought of trying anything since Gonu?

I miss the days when you used to send me to read your stuff... :( for some reason the writer's block is still there .. I am thinking maybe I shouldnt write anymore :( Saturday, June 16:

Nooooooooooo! Don't think that way...

The way to cure writer's block is just to write. Write anything. Write garbage. But just write every day and keep the writer's juices flowing.

Then one day, while you are writing or maybe when you sit down to write, it will come to you what you really should be writing.

But don't give up! Sunday, June 17:

Just my Sunday drive by... Monday, June 18:

And how do people come to know the work of Omani poets? Do they sell books and people buy them? Are they published in magazines or newspapers?

Or is there some kind of public forum where they read them? I got this one in another forum, but some poets write in magazines or newspapers. Actually, the poem is a modern one .. not that the kind I usually like .. but I guess being down because of the cyclone I was touched by the words. Tuesday, June 19:

Yes, it's interesting how there are not absolute rules for these things. Maybe you hate a certain style of writing, but then you come on one example that really moves you or touches you...

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, we say. Tagged by Catism Sunday, May 2:

I remember about oranges! :p

I'll answer when I get the chance! Thanks for the answers.
I enjoyed reading them :) Monday, May 28:

What does Catism mean? شكرا يا ام قصي
علي التمرير ولاني اكسل وحده تحل التجات
تعرفي اني املك 5 تقات غير محلوله :-(
فشله
لذلك اتخذت قرار ان احل التجات عند صاحبها واتمني تقبلين هذا الامر

Available or Single: available

Best friend: many

Cake or Pie: sure cake- rich one

Essential Item: items??
can i say pencil ??

Favorite Color:brown ,gray & blue


Gummy bears or Worms:
Gummy bearsما فهمت ال

Home Town: Manama
بسألك عن البحرين كيف حال المنامه

Indulgence: I was with cat once :-(


January or February:
first i said in my mind Jan more cold more nice then i
remember short Feb days and salary but
over all Jan

Kids: not that much- i love active kids if i am in mood to play with them

Life: like sea

Marriage: responsibility

Number of Siblings: 1 sister -no brothers -can u believe it ??

Oranges or Apples: both

Phobias: high places

Favorite Quote:
الله لا يضيع اجر من احسن عملا

Season: winter as long as we do not have spring

Unknown Fact About Me: studying & working at the same time

Worst Habit: sleeping to much


Your Favorite Food: Italyen food


Zodiac: i am Capricorn too

علي فكره الاخضر لون الحكمه
this comment wrote in English (Jeff) :-) Tuesday, May 29:

Thanks so much, Layal! :)

Available or Single: Neither. I am UNavailable. Because I'm married.

Best friend: My wife, Elizabeth.

Cake or Pie: Hmm, that's a toughie. I guess I'll choose pie. Cherry pie!

Essential Item: Another toughie. Maybe a rosary.

Favorite Color: Purple. At least, that's what it used to be. I'm not sure I have a favorite anymore!


Gummy bears or Worms: Bears.

Home Town: Arlington, Virginia near Washington DC.

Indulgence: Classical music.

January or February: February, it's short!

Kids: Yes, I have two. I love them and I spoil them when they belong to someone else. When they're mine, I'm very tough...

Life: is not a bowl of cherries.

Marriage: Forsaking all others; for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to have and to hold from this day forward til Death do us part.

Number of Siblings: 2 sisters

Oranges or Apples: Apples, especially sour ones!

Phobias: Work.

Favorite Quote: Can't think of one!

Reason to Smile: To lighten someone else's day.

Season: Spring

Tag Three People (optional): Non (if anyone can find her!)

Unknown Fact About Me: I'm not a good dancer.

Worst Habit: Biting my fingernails.


Your Favorite Food: Anything Italian, with tomato sauce and garlic!



Zodiac: Taurus the Bull Jeff, TWO KIDS??????????

Catsim, you are welcome :) thanks for giving me a reason to post :p

Layal, its ok .. you are free to post the tag anywhere :) Wednesday, May 30:

Yes! :p Xavier is almost your age and lives in New York with his wife. I always thought you had only bill :p Thursday, May 31:

Nope. Billy and Xavier. But Xavier is grown up and doesn't live with me. Maybe that's why he didn't get into the blog comments! :p Friday, June 1:

Going away to visit my sister Melissa and her tyke for a couple of days. See you Sunday or Monday.

Stay happy! HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLO

MISS U
ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL


HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

I did mine as well....LOL....
thank you dear for remembering me...Hope to meet you soon.

SALAM Monday, June 4:

Back again. Random Thoughts May 2:

Nothing happening? And you just got back from Malaysia and Brunei? :p I wish some nothing would happen in MY life!

I will try to watch that YouTube if I can get it to work... We don't usually hear the story of Zanzibar from the Arab viewpoint. When you read about it in history books, they just make it sound like a joke: the government that lasted for five minutes. But I know those revolutionaries were a bloody bunch of people and there must have been a lot of suffering among the Arabs. Jeff,

This is the problem, after the Arabs were kicked out .. they refused to speak of it.. the story of one side is being told .. and the deaths that happened from the Arab side was never mentioned.

My uncle is writing a book about Zanzibar .. collecting information from everyone who lived those days .. so hopefully more and more of those stories will get heard! I hope u can talk about ur trip to Brunei

one more thing i thought being away from tv will let near pc more to write one more post for us :-)

jeff
how r u ?
:-) Layal,

ah what shall I say, and what shall I leave .. my trip to Brunei was very nice especially that I got to see lots of my old friends .. I saw our friend's son .. and I went back to my university .. its the same, yet still very difference!

Any way, I really enjoyed my time .. and wish I had more time to spend around friends :) Thursday, May 3:

Well, I hope the book will be in English; I'd like to read it.

If everyone would remember that in 99.99999 cases out of 100, there are two sides to every story, the world would be a better place.

Hello, Layal! I'm fine. Wow, Layal is writing in English and talking to ME. It's my lucky day... :) Friday, May 4:

So did you get a new TV or did you get the old one fixed? Saturday, May 5:

You said:

"what have been happening in my life recently .. nothing much"

What was the period of your life when you felt like the most was happening? Jeff,
The book is in arabic so far.. dont know if he has intention to translate it.

We fixed it, didnt cost much .. although I was looking for a reason to buy a plazma tv :p :sigh: next time when the tv gets burned again :p lool

well I guess uni days were the days where everything was happening .. miss those days :p Sunday, May 6:

Nice days, hm? But humid... Monday, May 7:

And what do you watch on your TV besides Bill O'Reilly and Zanzibar documentaries? I had a strawberry tree once, at home. It was tasty =D
Saw the maalaysia pics on ur flickr.

If you're still wondering, its Rossonero Tuesday, May 8:

Rosso?!? Here?!? Wow!

A strawberry tree??? I dont wounder .. I know who A7medino the football fan is :p

Welcome to my osasis :)

Jeff,
I watch MBC4 .. it views the american series viewd in America (we even get good morning america :p )
We are being americised .. its an invasion lool j/k Wednesday, May 9:

Aha, our secret plan to take over the world is working! (Evil laugh....)

It's kinda funny because as you may remember, I don't watch TV. We have a set, but it's not hooked up to anything; we just watch DVDs or videos every once in a while. The last time I watched TV in my house was when the Pope was elected two years ago! That was too exciting to miss. And my favorite candidate was elected, too, when everybody said it was impossible.

Occasionally, I see TV at someone else's house. Or I see a video something online. But since you watch TV and I don't, you probably know more about American culture than I do. Sometime you'll have to explain it to me! But not too much: I don't want to get Americanized... looool

Okay, by May 20 we need a new post for your faithful reader Jeff. Coz that's a special day... ahaa whats special about may 20? ;) Thursday, May 10:

;) Friday, May 11:

Can't think of anything brilliant to say, but here's my footprint for the day...see you tomorrow! Saturday, May 12:

I've been reading a three-volume book about the Soviet prison camp system in which millions perished called The Gulag Archipelago.

Anyway, when I was looking at your post about how "nothing much" was happening in your life recently, I thought how rich even a boring day must seem to those imprisoned and enslaved...how looking back on all these things we take for granted, it must seem like Paradise! Sunday, May 13:

Let's hope Qusai got you some flowers for Mother's Day. He can give them to you in a few years...

So, have you considered posting any pictures from Malaysia and Brunei for us to see? Jeff,
today is not our mother's day .. we celebrate it on 21st of March :p

pictures are there in flckr .. you can check the link :) Monday, May 14:

Well, I kinda knew that, but still...

I'll go check flickr! Tuesday, May 15:

So, you like to eat strawberries? Or just look at them?

Elizabeth and Billy like to eat them with cream and sugar, but I like them just plain.

Do you like other berries? Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries? How about cherries?

I looooove cherries.

What is the Omanis favorite fruit?

(BTW, the bananas have caught a terrible blight which they are unable to cure. In ten to twenty years, there will be no more bananas...so they say...in case you like bananas.. :( ) Wednesday, May 16:

Just coming by to say hello and leave my footprint! Jeff,

I love strewberries with everything .. they are just yummy :)

I like rasberry too, cherries are ok . but I dont like blueberries or blackberries ..

Oh god not the bananas .. I love bananas :(

There, a new (very serious) post is up there .. will translate it soon for you :) معرض الكتاب 2007 غادة السمان
اي من كتبها-كلها روعه
عاشقه في محبره -القلب نورس وحيد AP baaack again, so ahlaain

Didn’t pay a visit yet, but hopefully Tuesday this week, and will see what would take my attention from the exhibition menu.. but I normally do is that I will look to the weird names of books and choose so don’t expect me to tell the whole truth here…yeah sometime I have weird desires..lol I was awaiting for this book fair for long time!!
but i didn't visit it till now.......what happened last week disordered every plan I put.
anyway....i will see if i get a chance to visit or even send someone instead!
wish I was there with you! Layal,

حاولت البحث عن كتب لغادة السمان ولكن بسبب الزحمة لم أجد إلى مجموعات شعرية وأنا لا أستسيغ الشعر الحديث كثيراً ..

Jeff, there is a line with all english books .. but I dont think it that good .. most of the bookshops avaliable there are arabic

Brain,
it would be intresting to know what you bought :)

Jeff,
actually NO, I got tired .. but I will go back to it one day :)

wow you liked the song? hehe no its not Omani .. He is from UAE .. but most of the gulf have simmiler style

Sama,
I understand and I am really sorry you still feel sad.. if you want any paticular book let me and if I went again I will sure get it for you!! Arby....Thank you sweetheart!

I will tell you tomorrow what the books in my list! :D *JK*

no need dear! if God granted us a long Life till next year...i will get all what i want...i found new way now. Jeff, because its a bit different .. I mean not everyone finds gulf music apealing ..

Sama, yallah inshallah next time then .. if you want to borrow any of my books I will allow you, but you will have to pay a fee :p JK أولاد حارتنا لنجيب محفوظ
I thought this book is banned in all muslim countries. It looks like there are many Omani writers now a day. am proud Najeeb Mahfood's AWLAD HAREETNA(Nobel Price Winner), its not banned .. it was very avaliable!

and ya omani writers are getting better, I know a couple who I would definatly buy thier books when they write new ones. http://www.phat-beast.blogspot.com/
http://www.phat-beast.blogspot.com/
http://www.phat-beast.blogspot.com/

shokran...elek ..mowaaaaaaaaaaaah Julia Boutros - Ahibaii That's a very powerful song, music too. Thanks for posting it, we don't get to know about such things here. Noblese, you are welcome :) .. Just go to youtube and try searching around .. you would find quite a goood number of them

Jeff,
She is a Lebense Singer,and yes I think Boutros could be peter .. she is Christian .. I thought that it was a touchy song!! Nice indeed!! Sue, yes very touching :)

Jeff, lool well ghali means precious .. so I guess this petter petter precious did keep his wife :p

I didnt know his wife was a jew!! Jeff, If I am not mistaken, here for noblese is Switsserland (Sp?)..

ok I hope the icy weather was alright and no serious damages .. I can imagine how bad it would be with ice everywhere .. so slipery!! ee i heard her song marh 7elo.. a7la song forlebanon
o '3er ketha i like her soo much Balqees,
ya hala wu ghala .. ya it is 7ilwa and she always choose the right words ..

Jeff,
God I wish if I lived in America .. lots of holidays :D Tuesday, February 20:

Hey! The old template is back! Nice to see it again and nice to see you thinking about your blog!

Billy came home early because of the ice storm last Wednesday. Then Thursday and Friday they were off for ice and Saturday and Sunday were the weekend and Monday was an extra day off for Presidents' Day! :-0

This morning he went to school, but I could see that look on his face: like, "School? What's that?" Ash Wednesday:

Remember us, if you are allowed, in your prayers. Jeff,

Yes luckily my friend had the old template with her so she managed to restore it back.. I am happy :)

why are you posting with Anynomous? Tagged by Sama =) !

Thanks for the tag your Royal Highness Princess of Oranges =P

I'll post it soon inshaAllah. lool Ok now I am starting to regret exposing my orange secret :p

Jeff, I dont complain? :p I think its the opposite I always complain .. but hide it in a way or another :D

Arabian Prince, you better do it soon, I dont want to wait till next year :p Well Done Girl!

I liked ur answers

LOL Jeff Knows Burtuqala!! :D
i guess u got all these words from English Sabla!?

Well, Nice to see something new here...

Yes, I waited u on msngr...
u took so long to come and you know me (Businesswoman)
HaHaHa

Take Care Sama,

Check your mail, I am sorry I was away from msngr ..

Jeff, loool NO my friends named me that way before that song .. I hate that song by the way, it has no meaning!!

Where did you hear that song? LOL..Jeff..i was thinking for a while that u might heard that stupid song, but i was unlikely to me!
Waaaa3
i hate that song....so ugly and that dancing was plain dirty!

anyway, Arby...plz i will be waiting. okay!

Hey...I LOVE history too :( Your answers really simple and meaningful.

I wouldn’t pick on the ‘orange’ story now ( lol) .. but I would pick on ‘chocolate’ love, why u put directly after religion ? Brain, I tried to push choclates away but whenevr I mention something it comes up so I put it in the list :p

Jeff,
what is cleaning monday?

What do you mean Oman has limited sizes>

Sorry guys (I dont know how long I will be apoilogising) I've been busy .. every morning I will try to post a reply but then I get caught up with work .. I am coming soon with an update :) lool hehehe this Orange thingy i never knew about it.... i will start callin u botoqala!! hehehe i guess u gonna edit this post and remove the Orange part!! heheeh... lool Sue, now its getting spread to the family .. plzzzzzz Sue I dont want any other cousins knowing :p

Jeff,

loool well Oman dont have much quality clothes with my size because I am bigger than the majority .. plus the common thing hehre esp for people of my generation is to make the clothes not buy them .. and the young ones are thin .. so I dont have lots of choices ..
and promode is a brand .. a famous one here.. and since I cant buy from there I end up taking my ssisters skirts and ask the tailor to make me simmiler designs.

You will never look stupied .. so aaaaask Very interesting answers! Enjoyed it ;) *thumbs up sweetheart* علي اعتبار انك مثلي من برج الجدي من صفاتك اللي فلتيها اعتقد فينا صفات مشتركه
وااايد
:-)
تحياتي Alia, Thanks, and thanks for visiting here :)

Layal,
وانت من برج الجدي؟؟ أي يوم؟

Jeff, it was a nice bday :) I got few cool gifts .. a head jewlery, a new phone, a necklace, perfume :) What is the march of life?

I like different things .. but mostly I like creamy stuff mmmmmmmm
I am not fussy as long as I like the ingredients سوري علي الرد المتأخر
28 DEC Sallam dear,

Alhamdullilah 3ala salama.

Inshallah you and every one there are feeling better now and you are done with the flu bug!

So, Oman is drowned now with blessed rain, Mashallah. :)

It's nice to see my beloved country with the rain. Its been a long time since i was there with the rain around.

Inshallah they are a blessed rain. But the outcomes is always a typical thing, many people die or get affected and cars are always washed away with the heavy flood.

Allah help them inshallah. :)

BTW, the pictures are great in your flicker. :) Salaaamat and welcome baack..

Matshofoon shar in shaallah..

hope u are coming with full energy..and will be keen to know more about ur touring in next posts.. HIIIIIIIIIIII SWEETIE

Hope u r doing well now.
Sorry to hear this.
thank u so much for ur e-mail, and i was worried too as u didn't answer me quickly as u usually do!

Hope ur friend enjoyed her trip here.

LOVELY!
u went to really interesting places.
Hope u spent great time!

this week i went to Muscat many times...and i really enjoyed that rainy weather, but sadly that was too much to make things out of control.
Hmmm...but people should be careful on roads during rainy weather.

LOL....
Jeff..it's mean Rustaq's wellspring and its name is "Ain Al Kasfa". i went there many times...i love it! hot water gives u refreshing feeling. :) Jeff,
yah this year I got a good share of flu .. I need to take vitmine c more :)
We do have drains but they are very small and when heavy rains drops it over flows .. I think they really need to work something out ...

Ain al Kasfa is a hot spring in a village called Rustaq .. Sama explained it :)

Solafa,
yah rain is always nice .. and it has been long since you last came to Oman right?

I got an email of how cars got affected by the rain .. I think people should be careful when its raining and should remain in thier house

Brain,
yah I am back with full energy .. and ready to compete you in updating :p

Sama,
yes I did enjoy my time and my friend loved Oman .. she said she will have to come back here again .. she went to more places actually like the desert in bidiya and wadi bani khalid..

yah Muscat is lovely these days :) أجر و عافية إن شاء الله


رائد أجر و عافية

ما تشوفين شر انشالله

:)


طائر بلا وطن Salamat, I hope you get better soon.

Try my remedy, ginger tea, all day all night. Keep a tea bottle next to you, make it as strong as you can stand it, you will be up and running in no time.


Jeff,

There are places you can bathe in hot water spring, by hot its really hot, not just hot, but not boiling hot :) Sallam,

Indeed, it has been over a year since last time i came back to Oman.

but inshallah in 3 days time i am travelling back to Oman and i'm sure i will be witnessing the rain there. Although it will be fot a short time, as i will be in Saudia most of the days. :)

This is the link/ address to my blog :

http://what-my-pen-wrote.blogspot.com

I hope you will visit it one day when you are free.

Thank you alot. Sallam,

Indeed, it has been over a year since last time i came back to Oman.

but inshallah in 3 days time i am travelling back to Oman and i'm sure i will be witnessing the rain there. Although it will be fot a short time, as i will be in Saudia most of the days. :)

This is the link/ address to my blog :

http://what-my-pen-wrote.blogspot.com

I hope you will visit it one day when you are free.

Thank you alot. Sallam,

Indeed, it has been over a year since last time i came back to Oman.

but inshallah in 3 days time i am travelling back to Oman and i'm sure i will be witnessing the rain there. Although it will be fot a short time, as i will be in Saudia most of the days. :)

This is the link/ address to my blog :

http://what-my-pen-wrote.blogspot.com

I hope you will visit it one day when you are free.

Thank you alot. Sallam,

Indeed, it has been over a year since last time i came back to Oman.

but inshallah in 3 days time i am travelling back to Oman and i'm sure i will be witnessing the rain there. Although it will be fot a short time, as i will be in Saudia most of the days. :)

This is the link/ address to my blog :

http://what-my-pen-wrote.blogspot.com

I hope you will visit it one day when you are free.

Thank you alot. sallam Araby,

sorry for the repetable posts in here. its just that the computer was slow and i thought it was never sending a thing!

i tried to find a function to delet but was to late.

sorry :shy:

solafa I believe that if you will click on my name in here it should direct you to my blog; that's only if you are logged into your own blog. :) I believe that if you will click on my name in here it should direct you to my blog; that's only if you are logged into your own blog. :) رائد

مشكور على المرور :(

Solafa,

its ok .. and yup I got your link and I already visiteed it .. i had a comment but then was in a hurry .. will go there again soon :)

Jeff,
well yah most of muncicple workers are non Omani .. I dont know where they live but I guess in normal houses .. and they are allowed to bring thier families here but its much expensive here so I guess its better for them to leave thier families there and come to work here. Jeff,
I am uploading pictures of Jabel Shams great caneon (SP?) in my flicker account .. check them out :) (but they are taken by moibile phone .. not very clear :p Seems you had fun after all :)
Salamtik w ma tshoofi sharr

Sorry I was away for quite a while, busy with my studies :)

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