UAE vs KSA

For some unknown reason to me, I feel like laughing my evil laugh so HA-HA-HA-HAA!

Friends and family are gathered in our house all watching the game between Emirates and KSA, they're all so excited and I'm sitting in a living room next to the one their sitting in so I can just see their expressions but not the match and they would scream and jump every now and then.

I have a feeling that we're going to lose but they got mad when I mentioned that, my grandmother gave me this 'look' and was like 'have faith' and then mom started trying to give the Saudi's the 'eye' and her mom started lecturing her about it and telling her that she shouldn't do that, don't pray against any one and just watch. I really enjoy watching my parents being lectured at by their parents, especially that they're good children and therefore actually listen and in a way I feel like they turn into little kids, I'm sure they don't enjoy it though.

Mom decided that we're going to have '7ameer bread for dinner but she wants to watch the game so they got the stuff in the living room and they're baking bread there – kind of chaotic but the house smells good, I will go eat.

I still think we're going to lose… Those Saudi's are so tall and the Emaratis are so short. And even if we won this game with will lose against Oman! I'm such an optimistic person!

UPDATE:

WE WON! It was the best goal ever in the last minute too! So awesome! Everyone was jumping and screaming and the whole house was shaking!

I was not sitting with them but then went to eat and said 'Now that I'm here, we will make a goal!' and we did!!! (even though I was saying Saudi will win, i just said that because from past experience that team I'm against always win, believe me, it's true)

Now we're going to play against Oman on Tuesday and hopefully we will win, but mom said how they might because they (Oman) will be going to Bahla today.

People are actually celebrating it big, I can see the fireworks and can hear the cars beeping. I wonder if we're going to sleep tonight from all the noise.

I wish I know why

Here's an insight on what my life has been like lately. Since I finished exams I have been basically doing nothing except chilling which means thinking about life in general, then I had to spend some time with family. I have never been one to go on and talk to people; I have my 'personal space' issue, so don't jump on my face and start talking.

I didn't grow up around locals, I actually didn't grow up around anyone except my family and didn't even hang out with my cousins so when I grew up and started spending some times with them I saw things as an outsider would. 3lo g mentioned guys holding hands, I faced a similar problem with my female cousins (since no one else would dare come that close) and in the end I just had to go out and say it loud 'don't touch me!'. Maybe it's the norm and nothing is wrong with it, but I'm going to live my way.

Even with my family, I sometimes don't understand their beliefs and ideas and it almost always starts a discussion that I just end because I feel nothing is going to change them, but then sometimes these beliefs, if not changed, are going to effect my future and might hurt me so I just keep on talking and talking – nothing changed yet. Most of these discussions are what I would consider 'racist' but they say it's not that as much as about the culture and society, but if they're not welling to change then how do they expect the society to change, while if they started changing few things then by time everyone will come to accept it and change too, especially that they do that the power to change.

They're just so happy and proud that they're locals that sometimes that cloud their judgment and they would say things that I don't think are even acceptable in Islam. Most of the time these discussions evolve around issues such as marriage and politics; who is fine to marry and who is not, and who is okay to rule and have a high position and who is not. Then sometimes the debates start because of a simple action or saying and grow into this big issue that makes me so mad (I'm really good at just shutting up when I get mad though).

Like last week I challenged my younger brother to braid his hair in Kenya (global village) and at the time I honestly didn't think of it as a challenge that would cause such an issue as much as something he should do now when he's young and enjoy his life. He went and did it and it was so cool, I would post a picture if I can but I can't. Anyways, there we are walking around and we see dad in India and show him the hair and he gave my brother the evil eye and my brother says "MJ dared me to do it!" and then I get the evil eye so I walk away. I still don't get what the problem was and why did my dad get so mad at us but he did and it was like a complete disgrace to the family, they didn't even ask the reasons of why he did it after he blamed me so maybe my dad was more mad that my brother would do such a thing as a challenge (he said something like 'if MJ dared you to jump off a building, would you?') I remember braiding my hair in London when I was 12 or so and walking around so happy with my hair and white boots and I didn't think my dad minded but turned out that he was mad but let me go with it, his reason was that someone might think I have some (how do I say that?!!) African? Blood in my! Which is so wrong to say and harram!

The summary is, I'm the one who always causes such trouble (nothing new there, at least no one was physically hurt this time!) but I still don't know why!

Can anyone please explain why it's such a 'wrong' thing for guys to braid their hair? (He's only 15!)

Break

This is my favorite time of the day, until sunrise; it's so quiet and peaceful you feel like you're the only person in this world. Of course, most people waste it by sleeping at this time as they are taught to feel that it is the "right thing" to do, when it's just believed so for some unknown reason to me.

I finished exams yesterday and thank God it all went well. If anyone out there thinks that getting good grades is all about being clever and studying hard then I'm forced to just disagree with you, it has a lot to do with luck, or what I would call luck since I don't know what it really is. Now I don't have to think about anything school related until the 11^th of February, not that I think much about it anyways.

We had some plans for this holiday but then some uncle of mine decided to get married and therefore ruin our plans which mean I will be stuck in the country for this holiday. The only thing I know we will do is going to the desert and that will mean I have been to the desert this year more than I went in the past three years.

I watched the opening ceremony for Khaliji18 today and thought it marvelous, my favorite part was when they painted Sheikh Khalifa's picture, and no one guessed that they would do that! The fire part of the show was really interesting to watch too.

Then the game started, everyone was so excited about it and cheering, but we lost. I personally think it was an unfair game which is why I only watch the first half, and the referee has every reason to sleep with one eye open for the rest of his life.

Africa sweet Africa

My house is turning into Africa!!!

I will barrow Biz's African Drum and...

Lala kahle

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight

Imbube

Ingonyama ifile    
Ingonyama ilele    
Thula     

I have my last final exam in an hour and have been studying all night... Almost.

I spent few hours playing wii too.

I will go have some hot chocolate then. I also have a cookie.

in the jungle, the mighty jungle...