Baby Martyr

I’m six and seven
And up to eleven,

Then I’m an adult
In an Israeli court

My hands tied in the back of my back
He comes to me with a punch and a sack.

He covers my head with a hood of Zionist stench
Though my belly is tough, it will not flinch.

The noise is loud and pierces my brain.
My pathetic shirt hangs proud with a fresh blood stain.

My poor mother is worried sick, I’m sure.
She burried my brother before me. She will endure.

And my dad too, depression got him in the end
With no home, no land, no olive trees to tend.

I’m in here for days on end
Or is it months or even years, I no longer comprehend.

The noise is too loud
And I can feel the shroud.

He beats me again today
Then its another’s turn to play.

I’m broken now, but I’ll not confess.
I’ll leave my body, let those murdering bastards clean up the mess.

A few more thoughts before I go
I am human. This you must know.
You’d never know it `cause I’m tough as the rocks I throw.

I had hoped to grow a mustache so fine.
Maybe marry Muna. I’d be hers and she’d be mine
Maybe be a father….our children free in Palestine.

                                                                                           by Susan Abulhawa

 On Monday the 7aki family went for an ultrasound appointment and we saw peanut.

Peanut right now is 15 cm long and appears to be 19 weeks old, awwwwwwwwwwwww.

And we saw the little toes and the little fingers, and peanut has a stomach and is swallowing and has a bladder and is peeing, Awwwwwwwwwwwww.

And we saw the heart beating . A tiny little heart. Awwwwwwwwwww.

Peanut is really REALLY CUTE… And I am already in love : dreamy eyes:

I need your guys’s help, I need you to help me with baby names so please suggest your favorite names boys and girls.

Criteria:
1) Has to have a meaning
2) Has to be English friendly, so it should be easy to spell and not a lot 2a’s, 7a’s, kha’s, 3ain’s …etc etc
3) Should be unique

So show me what you got .

And also what do you think we are having? A boy or a girl? Cos yeah, I forgot to tell you, we know .

AMAZING

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When are they going to add the word blog and blogger to the dictionary? I am sick of it getting underlined via spell check EVERY TIME.

Since I am talking about things that piss me off, you know what else pisses me off? Crazy eyebrows, like WTF happened to some girls eyebrows? They pluck them and pluck them until they have crazy eyebrows, like GIRLS, don’t you have a mirror? Stop plucking already!!!

This is how you do it properly:

Sheesh.

Friend who happens to be MALE who I haven’t seen for 2 months and who does not know I am pregnant and only after 5 minutes from meeting me: So 7aki, did you gain weight? You look plump

7aki: .

Friend: What?

7aki: Well yes I gained weight, I am pregnant.

Friend: . OMG congratulations.

7aki after like 5 minutes: So the whole you gained weight comment, you lucked out that I am pregnant otherwise I would have kicked your ass for saying it. Like DUDE, what were you thinking asking a woman if she gained weight???

Sheesh.

Check this out.  Soooooo funny. The audiance goes WILD.

I love “Britain’s got talent”. It’s were I first heard of Paul Potts, you should DEFINITELY check the link out, he is soooo good he sends shivers down my spine.

Number one: AQUA DOTS

This Innocent looking craft toy that came out last year intended for children 4 and up has beads that are laced with the date-rape drug GHB that would cause people to become comatose.

I knew our neighbours 3 year old boy was up to no good when he got this for little 7aki on her birthday. I KNEW IT. I better keep an eye on that kid. Hehehe.

 Number 2: Lawn Darts

Or Jarts.

A seven year old  in 1988 apparently was hit by a jart on his head.

Like , seriously, WHO is the genius who invented this game? Oh yes, let me give my 4 year old kid a spear and let him/her play around with it with other 4 year olds. LOL. HILARIOUS.

Number 3: Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab 

It is a radioactive learning set , complete with four samples of uranium-bearing ores.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Do I have to even comment on this one. Jeeez. This is by far my most favorite dangerous toy.

Number 4: Bat Masterson Derringer Belt Gun

Ok so this is a belt buckle that is a gun and that is fully operational.

I can soooo picture this conversation:

Woman: So dear, tell me, why can’t you father any children.

Man:Well when I was 6 years old my dad bought me this belt buckle that I wore right over my merchandise and the rest is history.

I can’t belive a parent would actually buy this for their child. LMAO.

Number 5: Johnny Reb Cannon

Yup, It’s FULLY operational. Yup, you can load it and fire it. Yup.

Number 6: Creepy Crawlers

The 1964 Creepy Crawler Thingmaker from Mattel, came with a series of molds, tubes of “plastigoop,” and an open-faced fryer, which could heat up to a nerve-searing 310 degrees.

Holy shit man. 310 ?????

Go here for the full list, you should, lots more crazy shiznet.

Have you ever read a book that was sooooooo good you couldn’t stop reading but you didn’t want to keep reading because you are worried it’s going to end?

This is how I felt while I was reading the book Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet . I absolulty LOVED it. all 950+ pages of it.

A page turner, I read it on the train, when I woke up, before I went to bed , at lunch time and even on the weekend.

It is a novel that occurs in the eleven hundereds which evolved around building a cathedral.

What I loved about this novel is the fact that every single good person in the book has plenty of faults but they were still able to be good and do good and overcome evil while the bad characters in the book were so bad that they never had an ounce of commpasion in their soul.

Full of defeats and tiumphs for both good and bad but who wins at the end? You have to read it to find out.

Currently reading: Sophie’s world: A Novel about the history of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

I was reading this post and the blogger asked what are the 3 nasty words that make you cringe. The words aren’t necessarily meant to be disgusting but you always cringe when you hear them .

My words are:

1) Chafing .
Especially when used in the context chafing dish . It just sounds dirty!

2) Ooze.
Ewwwww. 
Well, the only time I like the word ooze is if something is oozing with hot molten chocolate, that does not make me cringe.

3) Moist. 
I have to agree on this one, it’s just wrong, it sounds so gross. Try saying it three times in a row slowly while imagining something moist. It’s never a good image. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

So what words make you go ewwwwwwww?

The new blog Stuff God Hates is soooooooo funny . Check it out. I am laughing out loud every time I read it.

WARNING : If you are religious you will be offended. If you are not religious you still might be offended so I hold no responsibility if anybody gets offended so enter at your own risk.

Enjoy!

Princess N tagged me in what seems like 10 years ago to list 10 random weird things about me so here goes.

And oh, it’s not gonna be pretty!

1) I am afraid of the dark, especially after watching a horror movie. I have no problem with sitting in the dark, or sleeping in the dark, I am only scared when I have to move from room to room in the dark because the scary exorcist girl is going to get me. So when I am moving through the house I am lighting up the rooms as I go and then I turn off the lights and run to the next lit portion of the house, LOL.

2) I eat French toast with ketchup, yup, sometimes with mustard too. I don’t like it with syrup or powdered sugar. It’s not yucky, I mean it’s a piece of toast covered with egg and then fried, so why do people think I am gross when I tell them that? Makes no sense they feel grossed out.

(I couldn’t even insert a real pictureof a cockroach, I saw a picture on-line and my skin crawled)

3) I am deathly scared of cockroachs , like I would have a heart attack if I see one. I have no problem with mice or spiders or even snakes, I pet snakes, but put a cockroach in a room with me then I will confess to anything. Which reminds me, I have to share the story of 1:30 in the morning , me, sister 7aki and the cockroach.

4) When my glasses slip down I wiggle my nose to lift them up instead of using my hand, LOL. Try it, it’s very effective especially if your hands are busy, but try it in private, not a very attractive sight.

5) I have NEVER slipped and fell on ice, EVER. Isn’t that weird? I mean I am 32, lived in Canada for 7 years and I have yet to fall. Bizarre, and salloh 3ala ilnabi so you don’t i7sidoony. 

6) I have telephobia. It is physically painful for me if I have to make a phone call. I have no issue at work but when it comes to personal calls I cringe if I have to return a call or make a social call. I HATE IT. I have no problem picking up the phone and answering a social call, but I hate making it which gets me in trouble all the time.

7) I used to have 2 different colored eyes , one was lighter than the other, until I was 9 or 10 years old. But now I don’t anymore. Or if I still do it’s not very noticeable.

8 ) If I am getting a needle, for a blood test or a shot, I have to look at the needle going in my arm, I just have to, I stare at it. Is this normal? 

9) I am the worst person when it comes to surprises. If I buy lets say an anniversary present for hubs a bit early I can’t wait till the anniversary to give it to him, last anniversary I gave him his gift 5 days early , HAHAHHAHA. hopeless case. And if anybody gets me something and I know it’s in the house I go on a treasure hunt till I find it and take a sneak peak, that’s why my husband hides my presents at his work until the day comes.

10) I can’t make Arabic coffee to save my life, for real, I make it and it tastes like socks soaked in dirty water. I can make gourmet food but I can’t make Arabic coffee.

11) I like to eat fruit cake, hehehehe.

12) I can’t spell the word “business” EVER from the first go, yeah, I can’t, I tried and I can’t and I don’t know why this word is sooooooo hard to spell. Speaking of spelling, they say “I before E except after C” Well this is not true!!!!! “Weird” is a word with E before I and there is no C in sight. Who the hell makes these rules? BASTARDS.

So here you go , not 10, but 12 things that make me human, ummm, actually weird   .

What makes you weird?

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From left to right:
Stuffed cabbage
kubbeh and samboosek
Lentil soup
Stuffed grape leaves and stuffed zucchini
MANSAF , bidddddddddddiiii mansaaaaaaaaf
Spinach pies, bidddddddddi spinach piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies like grandma makes them
Sfiha
Shawerma
Fattoush

Biddi my mother in law .

I would have said biddi Mama but my mom can’t make any of these to save her life, LOOOOOOL.

No no she can make them, but my mother in law makes them better, and i am pregnant and I need PERFECTION hehehehe.

But never the less, biddi mama too, so she can itdali3ny .

PS: I LOVE wordpress, did you see how the pictures are so neat and tidy? You now can upload as many pictures as you want at the same time and load them as a gallery, LOVE IT. Otherwise this post would have taken me hours to load, hehehehe.

Being Gay anywhere in the world is not easy but it is extra difficult in the middle east and other conservative/religious countries.

I always wonder, is it harder to be a Gay man than a Gay woman? Is it easier for the women because in some way it’s kind of a bit more acceptable and is actually a fantasy for some men?

But what I want to talk about is that every human being has maternal/paternal instincts that are really strong. In countries where homosexuality is not accepted and in some cases is illegal and punishable by law you find a lot of gay people who get married just to satisfy that instinct and also to appear “normal” in the eyes of the society and chose to live a secret double life where they get to have the happy family life and  have a gay partner on the side.

There are a lot of Gay men who do it because it’s easier than facing society and it’s not only restricted to the countries mentioned above ; the latest case that was all over the  media was the Governor of New York who was married and had kids and just recently came out of the closet and admitted that he was Gay which put an end to his political career.

I think it is hurtfuland damaging to the kids and spouse when they find out the truth. The spouse who thinks they have a perfect marriage just to find out their partner is gay, the kids who, depending on their age, might have trouble understanding the situation.

The issue though is that Gay people are doomed if they do and doomed if they don’t.

If they choose to come out of the closet then they are shunned by society in countries that have no legal rights for gay partners , no gay marriage or any adoption laws which means they will never even dream of having a child On the other hand if they do get married and have children they are living a lie and deceiving everybody around them ; their kids, their spouse , but most importantly themselves.

I think that both decisions are hard but being true to oneself and to the people around you is the most important thing no matter at what cost.