Delish Picks
I never thought I would say this but there is one thing you can’t find here in Canada that you can find in Jordan and the Middle East.
Galaxy chocolate.
When baba 7aki went to Dubai it was the first thing I asked him to get me. I said:” I NEEEEEEED galaxy”
And baba 7aki delivered.
Behold the galaxy:
Yes, it says 24.
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Since I was a kid I LOVED hello kitty and still do!
I was in Toronto in Mid January and found a beautiful hello kitty necklace. Little 7aki saw it and said”Wow this is pretty is it for me?” I was like “Nooooooooooooooooooo. This is Mommy’s, but you can borrow it .” Heheheh.
I wish I could take a picture and show you but me no have the camera. The camera is in Dubai. but it looks something like this but more blingy:
Another thing I am addicted to, kinder surprise, she is not allowed to play with my collection, YES I have a collection and it a big collection and she’s not allowed to touch it. I tell her ” Get your own” HAHAHAHAHHAAHA.
Sigh. Will I ever grow up?
Filed under: 7aki revealed, Addiction, Childhood Memories, chocolate, comercial, dysfunction, Food, Little 7aki, ramble, random, Shallow | 10 Comments »
Today I will share with you THE BEST brownies recipe you will ever EVER eat.
You will lick your fingers after you are done eating them.
It’s my secret recipe.
Are you ready to handle the brownies, OK here goes.
First you need this:
Then follow the instructions on the box.
HAHAHAHAHAHHA. I swear they are THE best brownies, screw from scratch when you can get boxed heaven. And nobody has to know it’s from a box. Mwahaaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaa.
(Sorry Summer if you thought I will actually have a recipe, hehehehe)
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Audio books!
As you all know I have been a bit preoccupied and my hands have been a bit tied up.
As I felt my brain shrinking from all the things I was not doing ( like say working and reading) I went RUNNING to my public library to try and solve the shrinkage problem. As I was browsing the isles I glanced something that made me jump up and down with glee … an audio book , non other than “Shopaholic and Baby“. Granted taht this book is for brain dead people which , ummm I was on hte verge of becoming, and since I did not want to start reading books that could cause me to hurt my brain after not using it for a while I borrowed it and OMG did I enjoy reading listening to it . I finished it in a day. I never knew audio books are so much faster to read listen to!
The fact that it took me 1 day means that I can go through MORE books now while peanut is latched on sucking the last brain cell that is left feeding!
There is still heaven on earth! And the best part is, they are FREE!!!!
So my book review? The book was funny, light and brainless just like the doctor ordered.
currently listening to “The Undomestic Goddess” another light book, baby steps people, baby steps.
A word of advice? Don’t listen to it while there are kids around unless you are using headphones ; there is a bit of swearing . Try and explain to a four year old why the lady on the CD was saying bad four letter words.
All new Mommys out there (or any book chalanged people), go visit your public library NOW!
Filed under: Addiction, Audio Book, baby, Book, Book Review, Books, Check these out, fiction, Funny, Good read | 6 Comments »
Yup, I can’t hide it anymore, I am addicted, BIG TIME. I can’t stop so shoot me.
I am addicted to sniffing her all over; her little neck and her little toes (sometimes they smell funny, hahaha) and her hair and OH MY GOD everything.
I can’t get enough all day and night.
Well I am not addicted to her poop, nope. And I wouldn’t mind sleeping at night. And my boobs hurt like a MOFO.
BUT sniff sniff sniff ALL DAY.
FA3EEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
OK so I fa3asetha the other day and little 7aki came running and said stop, don’t be so rough, hehehe, but I couldn’t help it I had to. And then I kissed her really hard and little 7aki yanked my face away, HAHAHAHAHA.
I think little 7aki will be the protective older sister.
God I love my girls.
Filed under: 7aki peanut, Addiction, baby, fa3es, family, Little 7aki, Mothering | 9 Comments »
Little 7aki loves cartoons. I present you with a sampling of what she likes to watch and some questions that plague me every-time I sit there and watch.
1) Toopy and Binoo.
Little 7aki’s favorite, she is mesmerised every-time she watches it.
Where do I start on Toopy and Binoo, my goodness.
I can sum it up pretty easily; Toopy is a cross dressing mouse on LSD.
Look at this picture, that is a dress and an apron. Dude, what’s up with the dresses, this guy wears dresses every chance he gets, and makeup too! Every Halloween he dresses up as a tutu wearing ballerina or a princess. It’s been 3 years and every year I check he’s in a dress.
This mouse(or creature) is always hallucinating and dreaming up rainbows and weird things, like he once had a daydream that he was in a bowl of cheerios cereal and that the spoon was a big water dragon following him. Seriously, he is on LSD. (The Wiki page is facinating)
2) Little Bear.
This is little 7aki’s 2nd favorite show, she loves it. I like it too because it’s very soothing, they play classical music as background music and it’s all charming, I really don’t have any issues with little bear. But I do have one question.
Why is little bear naked while his mom and dad wear clothes? It’s a mystery to me.
3) Max and Ruby.
Oh I hate hate hate Max and Ruby. It’s the bossy little sister that is ALWAYS looking after her little brother.
WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS.
Look at these pictures, she sweeps AND changes her brothers clothes, I really need to know where the parents are at.
4) Barney.
We are a Barney free household, he is banned at our house, little 7aki is not, under any circumstances, allowed to watch it. I just wanted to share that piece of information 
. BANNED.
Here is what I like to see done to Barny
5) And since I am asking questions, I have another one. Why does Donald Duck always wear a top and no pants but when he comes out of the shower he puts a towel around his waist? Always puzzled me as a kid. Another unsolved mystery.
ps: Thanks to everybody who emailed me or showed concern over my absence (Tinker you are so sweet), I was away on a trip and then came back and was sicker than a dog but I am back on track now and will delight you with some more 7aki Fadi .
Filed under: Addiction, Check these out, Childhood Memories, fa3es, family, Mindless Crap, random | 17 Comments »
** A post contirbution by William **
Yes, it’s the final instalment of the saga.
As a last ditch effort last week to get the DS Lite, I decided to resort to sympathetic magic. I went to Future Shop and purchased the 18-in-1 accessory kit for the DS, complete with case, screen protectors, car adaptor, etc. The theory is that you create an environment that will make the desired object want to be there, so it makes itself available. About an hour later, my wife called to say that she had found a DS Lite in stock at a store. Coincidence? I think not!
The really unusual thing is that Mrs. William isn’t nearly as enthusiastic about all things to do with video games, so her actually looking for the system and then buying it is sufficiently out of character that I am willing to believe that the sympathetic magic approach worked!
I love the system, the kids are already deciding what games they are going to buy for when they “borrow” it from me and everything is good.
And contrary to what Bob predicted, finally achieving my goal hasn’t resulted in my losing the will to live.
In the comments to the second post, Hamza provided a good example of what I WON’T do for a DS Lite, although that list was getting smaller by the day. If only I had realized that all I needed to do was sleep with someone (i.e. my wife) to get it . . .
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**Guest post by William**
The same day as my last post, I got home to find out there had been a phone message. The blackboard where we write notes to each other had a cryptic comment in my oldest daughter’s handwriting:
Dad – DS rain-check
Unfortunately, I had walked in the door only about two minutes before said daughter headed out to a movie. Since she had taken a cell phone so that she could call for a ride home, I tried getting hold of her right away to get more details.
No answer. No answer. No answer. I guess she was going to wait to turn on the cell phone until she needed to reach us.
Meanwhile, daughter number 2 offered the opinion that the call had come from Rogers Video. Since the only inquiry I had made at Rogers was with regard to the Zelda DS Lite bundle, I was especially anxious to find out whether that was the reason for the call; the only problem with that theory was that I didn’t remember giving them my contact information.
Later on, my wife went to pick up daughter and friends, and brought them back for a snack. I managed to work it into the conversation unobtrusively: “DS Lite rain-check! Phone call! Explain!”
There was little more in the way of details. The caller hadn’t identified a store, hadn’t left his name or number, and didn’t provide any more information. “He asked where he could reach you, and I panicked. I didn’t think you would want me to give out your work number.” (I obviously haven’t been clear enough with my family my level of DS-peration in this quest!) He had hung up before she could get anything else.
“Just out of curiosity, why did you panic? Did you think it was the police trying to track me down? How much trouble do you think I get up to in a typical day?” I asked. She had no answer. By this time, the stores were closed.
The next day, I called the stores where rain-checks existed, and was met with derision. “DSs? We don’t got no steenking DSs!” they said, in a pathetic “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” accent. Dead end.
Meanwhile, support from the 7aki Fadi crowd has been awesome: Qwaider is going to hand deliver a copy of my last rant to the Nintendo headquarters. (Probably not really.) KJ is shopping for a special edition DS in the Middle East. (Even less likely.) 7aki is scouring her city of residence to see whether she’s a better shopper than I am. (Not so far.) Bob has offered to test any games I buy on his son’s DS Lite. (Isn’t he a trouper?) Dana has offered up a Game Boy Color. (Thanks, but we already have a healthy supply of every model that came beforethe DS.)
On the Friday, a massive snowfall made it impossible for me to commute in to work. I ended up driving other family members to their school and work. I dropped off my wife at the department store where her company leases space, opted not to park and go in (the snow was really coming down hard), and instead went home to try and accomplish some work of my own. At the end of the day I repeated the route, and ended up having to wait while she finished up the last of her duties. Wandering through the video game section, I asked about DS Lites. “We got some in overnight, but sold the last one about an hour ago.” So close, and yet so far.
Only two stores advertised in the weekend flyers that they had the DS Lite, one with a game and one without. Naturally, neither of them actually had any in stock.
On the weekend, I recorded the numbers and extensions from all of the electronics departments in all the stores in the surrounding area that could conceivably have DS Lites in stock. Each morning, I called each one. Each time, no luck.
On Monday, I went into the Future Shop across the street to check again, to no avail. Since I was there anyway, I pulled out the raincheck they had issued me a couple of weeks before. “You’re going to call me when this comes in, right?” The woman said, “Oh, I think Dave was trying to get in touch with you last week.” Maybe Dave needs to learn the basics of leaving a phone message! “He’ll be in around 11:00am, and I will get him to call you.”
I return to the office, and update 7aki and Bob on my progress. There is talk of getting a cake and streamers, just in case. My phone rings at about 12:15pm: “Hi, yeah . . . I think someone sold the DS Lite I had put aside for you. I may be getting some more in later this week. You had asked about the black or the red/black one; would a pink one do?” Now that’s a dilemma: the girls would love a pink one, but I am not sure that is quite my style. “Sure, whatever. I can always cover it with a ‘skin’ that depicts manly things, just to send the right message.”
End of the day Monday, I call all of the stores again: no new shipments.
End of the day Tuesday, same thing.
Today is Wednesday . . .
Filed under: Addiction, DS-peration, life, Rant, technology, william, William says | 5 Comments »
**Guest post by William**
I have always been something of a video game geek, but I have also been something of a late adopter to the technology. I am generally at least one step behind the latest thing, and if I do “bite the bullet” and decide to get whatever the top model is, it is almost a certainty that the company is about to replace that model with something new, almost immediately.
I am now looking at getting a Nintendo DS Lite. I have a daily commute of 1½ to 2½ hours each way, and I can only spend so much time reading or doing crosswords. I like the portable aspect of it, the ability to play games in short intervals if need be, and I have no desire to watch movies on a very small screen, which is the selling point of the DS-L’s closest rival, the PSP. I can also share it with my kids when I’m not using it, since they are video game fans as well.
In late November, I had pretty much reached the decision to buy. There was even a bundle package that came with a game I was interested in (Legend of Zelda – Phantom Hourglass) and a special gold-coloured version of the DS-L itself. By the time I made it to the store in early December, however, they were sold out of the bundle. “We’re getting more, soon” they told me, and I believed them. I decided to just buy one of the regular DS-L systems. “We’re out of those too,” was the response.
Time passed.
December ended.
January began.
Still no DS-L units on the shelves.
Major retail chains would advertise the DS-L for that weekend’s sale, and I would either call or visit them as soon as they opened. “We haven’t gotten the shipment yet, so call back later.”
The Zelda bundle? “Oh, that was just a limited edition release, you’ll never see those again.” What about eBay? “Buy-It-Now price: $225US”
I finally got one store to issue a rain-check to sell me a DS-L at the advertised price, if/when they get them in. “Try in mid-February.”
It turns out there is a shortage everywhere, which is ridiculous: This is technology that has been available for at least two years at this point (four, if you count the DS itself), and Nintendo still can’t make enough of them to keep up with the demand?
Why do I bother? Well, there’s the “addiction” thing again: I have actually started buying games. I’ve seen deals on new games, deals on used . . . heck, I even bid on several on eBay this weekend! (2 successfully)
I’m even considering buying a couple of DS-L units that have different things wrong with them, and building one good one out of the pieces.
7aki just laughs at my obsession. Bob has suggested that it would be a disaster if I ever actually buy one. His rationale? This gives me a reason to get up each morning, and something to strive for, a goal. If I actually buy the DS-L, then what will be my purpose?
Bob also thinks I should get an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 instead, at 4 or 5 times the cost, since they are more grown-up options. Of course, carrying the TV and power generator with me on the bus is the main obstacle to that plan, since this is supposed to be for commuting purposes.
And the worst of it? There is a stigma attached with being so fascinated with “children’s games”. I suppose I could take up smoking or gambling, so that my obsessions were more adult . . .
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Remember when I was telling you about little 7aki and how she’s bugging her dad to stop smoking?
Well guess what! He did!!! So wooooohoooooooo.
Cold turkey for hubby is not an option so he’s been taking this new stop smoking medication (CHAMPIX) and it is making him not only stop smoking, but hate the taste the smell and the after feel .
Wish him luck, it’s really hard to quit something that’s ingrained in your daily routine and that is proven to be addictive he’s trying really hard and I am so happy for him … actually happy for all of us .
Filed under: Addiction, family, health | 20 Comments »
OK so for the past 4 days (is it four? I lost count) I have been playing those addictive grow puzzle games and I am hooked.
The goal is to reach all the maximum levels for every component you add, it is soooooooooo cool , you have to be careful about the order of adding these things.
I grew a cube, one of my faves
I grew an Island, was tons of fun and such a cute ending
I grew the castle thingy one , the steps on this one are long but fun
This was sooooooooooo cool, I’ll call it the grow space
And almost everything on the left side bar here
This I am unable to solve, (grow shapes) grrrr, if you do it give me the steps, it’s just so un-colorful so it bores me 
, but I want to solve it.
They are truly very addictive, when I am sleeping I am dreaming of the game components, lol. Seriously. And now that I finished them all I have no more puzzles to do and I am seriously in withdrawals. I guess I will start blogging again.
Thanks bambam for showing them to me
PS: Bob and William are no longer working during the day, they sit there and work on the puzzles and compare notes, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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I was watching a special show that talked about a virtual reality game / community called “The second life“.
It’s basically an application you install on your computer that allows you access to a virtual world where you can have a character that lives a second life virtually, your real actual life is referred to as your “First life”.
First you pick a first name then a last name from a list that is provided, then you pick the character you want to be, customize it, the height the weight the color of your eyes the clothes ,EVERYTHING , you create an identity.
You live in this virtual reality where you can buy a house, land, clothes, shoes, guns , even sex toys and anything you can imagine out there with money called Linden money which you buy with real money.
Second life is so convincing since in it you can get married , get a job , auction property on eBay.
It’s free, naybody can join, but you can’t buy stuff if you don’t become a paying member.
It’s a community where it’s all virtual people with real people behind them. People are making a real living out of this and making a lot of money! Real money, the show featured a clothes designer that sells virtual clothes for 7 dollars a pop. She spends up-to 13 hours a day living in her second life!
I was freaked out, there are people who do not have a first life what so ever, they only have a second life as if it was all real.
I was fascinated and disgusted and sad all at the same time, I mean it’s cool if it was just for fun and games , imagine if I create a virtual 7aki Fadi and have an office and have Bob and William there… that would be hilarious and fun, but when you seize to have a first life and all day and night you live in your second life then , dude, you need therapy.
I went to check out the website and I saw they had a blog which had a guy announcing that he got married in his second life. Here is what he said:
“Hello! *smiles and waves* Because of stuff that’s happened in my Second Life, I’m in love and moving house in my First Life”
I clicked on the love link to go to flicker to see a picture of the happy couple
This is real for some people, this is their whole life, I was also amazed by the comments left on the photo:
” May your love grow as you’re blessed with many, many children!”
“It still amazes me what an effect that SL has with our lives. This romantic photo of you two makes me miss my girl even more.”
WOW, I don’t know what to say, have humans become so lonely and so depressed by real life to do this? I think I lost any hope for humanity after i saw this.
It reminds me of bambams post “Guys & Dolls…. I am scared for life now” .. shudder..
Filed under: Addiction, bizzaro land, computers, life, random, The begining of the end | 29 Comments »
Remember the post when I said I am a Bookaholic? Well I have been kinda not reading as much for the past 3 weeks and listening to more music. It’s so weird that for the life of me I can’t concentrate and read more than 10 pages a sitting, ME, who read a book a week! ME, who goes crazy without reading! ME who reads the cereal box at breakfast if I don’t have something to read???? Did I say ME?
So, Hi, my name is 7aki and I am a Musicolic too!
The world is coming to an end I tell ya!
This is why I bought the IPod because for the past 3 weeks I got sick of my 512 MP3 player and the limited amount of( is it 20 or 30) stupid songs it holds.
So I have 30 Gigs of music to fill (7,500 songs) and I am running out of song titles to download and I need your help!
Give me names of 3 songs that are your favourite favourite favourite and you think are a must must must have in my library.
You can give me more than 3, but 3 is the minimum!
Oh, album names are welcome too .
Oh oh, and easy on the Arabic.
Oh oh oh…I use limewire, is there a better application?
Oh oh oh oh oh… Audio books are welcome too. Where can I download them? And 2e7em…for free.
Filed under: Addiction, I Pod, Music, Songs, Soundtracks | 17 Comments »
Here I am sitting here and bawling like an idiot….
Why? Because I love something. Something that is taboo, something I should not love. Logic says stop. My cool friends tell me to stop…even my uncool friends tell me to stop!!!
But I do and I don’t care and I will admit it.
I love Indian movies.
Here. I said it and I don’t care, un-blog roll me, don’t read my blog anymore. Go ahead judge me I don’t care.
So I am crying because of the stupid movie that I am watching is stupid…the hero of the movie loves this girl, this girl has a really good friend , the hero who loves the girl has heart problems so he wants to set the girl up with the friend , then the girl thinks the hero loves her and she loves him back, but then the hero tells her he is married (to his doctor) but he lies so she can stop loving him because he is dying, then he hooks the friend up with the girl with this elaborate scheme.
The hero then gets sick and goes to the hospital, the girl by a fluke meets the doctor while buying the engagement ring and the doctor tells her that they are not married.
The hero sacrifices his love so she can be happy after he dies.
Tab leh haik ilfilm il hindi? And she cries and he cries and the guy friend cries and I cry and then he dies after she gets married to the guy friend.. and she cries, her mom cries her new husband cries and I cry.
Tab lesh ilka2abeh, alla yikhrib bait ilaflam ilhinedieh.
But one thing, wouldn’t you love to like break into song and dance in reall life?
Picture this:
I would be sitting in a meeting room then all of a sudden I get up and start dancing and singing my update.
OR OR I would be at the cafeteria and then I would order my food and then break into song and dance.
Or I would be having a family mansaf reunion and everybody will break into song and dance between consuming the mansaf and the knafeh.
I tell you the possibilities are limitless!
I feel that I shared too much in this post ….I am officially not cool right now, but I don’t care.
Damn you Bollywood movies. It’s all my friends fault, she keeps getting me those movies.
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10. You check your blog stats a LOT. You occasionally get up in the middle of the night and sneak a peak.
9. Your significant other suspects you are having an affair with your blog. Even when you’re alone with your special person, you do find yourself thinking what your blog might be doing right then…
8. You “mental blog” while driving or on the train, and sometimes even when you are alone in the shower.
7. You filter everything through your post-writing. You can’t watch a movie, see a play, read an article, or share a sweet moment with your child without thinking of whether it’s blog-worthy.
6. You suffer from “blog envy” when another blogger posts something juicy before you do. You suffer “comment envy” when said post gets 40-something comments – the jerk!
5. You “binge blog” 3 or 4 posts at once—only to feel guilty and empty afterward.
4. You ditched all your real friends for blog friends, because, well, “they understand.” You bypass Bowling Alone at the bookstore (who really cares?) while you reach for Naked
Conversations.
3. You think, “I can stop at any time.”
2. Your lunch hour has become your “blog hour.” You keep a few posts tucked in your desk in case you need them during the day.
1. After 5 minutes of meeting someone really interesting you ask, “So – do you blog?”
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