exams, tiramisu, and sheesha! LOL

*dances around*
yayyy!! im DONE with finals!!! no more of university for a WHOLE month:D no more of waking up early in the morning and feeling like crap!! haha, this is VERY exciting. at times i almost go like 'shit, have to study for control systems' but then i think to myself SCREW EXAMS! SCREW CONRTOL SYSTEMS! SCREW UNIVERSITY!! whaao, saying this really feels good:P i just hope i get anything above a C in that one class =(. cant be bothered with THAT ever again!

anyways, soo yesterday all of us got done with exams together:P me, manx, and hodhod! and we wanted to do something 'FUN' for the post-exams celebration:P haha, so we decided to go get professional pictures done!! right after the exams we went to the salon and got ready! *wink* al of us were SOOO excited about the whole pictures and stuff but when we saw all the photo places closed we were reallllyy bummed! manx almost cried:P hahaha, heyy, we WERE reallllyyy upset! the place was gonna take a while to open so we went and had lunch. oh oh oh, we got the free glasses from mcdonalds:P in PINK!:D hahaha. anyways, so laterrrr we went to the place and got them done. we looked sooooooooooooooo pretty!! (mashallah) hahaha, not that im full of myself or anything but i thought we looked REALLLLLYYY nice. surprisinly nice actually *wink*

so, just for the heck of killing time manx and i went for sheesha! totally NOT cuz i was craving it and i had passed an ultimatum that if we dont go for sheesha im gonna kill someone:P hahahaha *halo appears* and OHMIGOD! we had the craziest time EVER. we were laughing SOO loudly in the cafe that im sure everyone thought we were high or something:P oooh, we ordered apple with cherry sheesha (thanks to bored for introducing it to us:D) oooh, and we had some AMAZING tiramisu. it happened to end VERY quickly:P we took VERY random pictures and had a realllllllyyy good time. one of the best sheesha times EVER. hehe, im glad i have friends who dont make me feel 'out-of-place' looooveee them!

sooo, im off to pakistan soon. wont be blogging for a while. so take care aaaaaaalll!!

manx: ill misss you!!

don: misss mee:P

bored: good luck with alll that:D

hodhod: pick up that aussi accent!

moaaz/saad: STUDY well!

saud: hope your cars alright!

hira/yasmin: CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS!

sadaf/feef: lemme know what you all want!

finalllyyyyy =P

"i HATE going to 'the craziness~ must go on..' and seeing the [stupid] professor post there"

hahaha, after hearing this for the 197th time from manx, i decided to update my blog:P its not that i didnt have stuff to blog about its just that i didnt have the time to! i actually had a whole list of the titles of my posts sorted out in my mind [hehehe] but i guess now its just wayyy tooo old to talk about it. more like blog abt it:P

so i guess to sum it up, i have been extremely busy the last month. the wedding first, then eid, and then finals, which im still not done with! *goes to the corner and cries* i have my HARDEST exam on saturday. all you people out there who exist, WISH ME LUCK! i neeeeeeeed itttt:P hehehe, well being me, id still manage to screw it up somehow:P hahaha.

ooh, im REALLLY full right now. had an amazing meal at hardees with manx and darkshine:D im glad they took me there:P hehe, thank god manx felt better after the horrible ride back home. i mean it did mess up her head a bit but thats EXACTLY what was fun about her being sick:p hahaha or maybe it was just me and DS who thought so! hahahahaha

anyways, time to go sleeep now! am really tired from the past couple days.
oh, and i just realized its the weeeeeeekend:D *yaayyyy*

50 Fun Things For Professors To Do

hahahaha, this post is all thanks to darkshine! we were sitting in class and she saw it online:) while we were readint this, both of us had tears in our eyes from laughing and our stomaches started hurting. REALLLLYY funny. enjooooyyyyy


This is a list of fun things professors can do to for fun on the first day of class.

1. Wear a hood with one eyehole. Periodically make strange gurgling noises.
2. After confirming everyone's names on the roll, thank the class for attending "Advanced Astrodynamics 690" and mention that yesterday was the last day to drop.
3. After turning on the overhead projector, clutch your chest and scream "MY PACEMAKER!"
4. Wear a pointed Kaiser helmet and a monocle and carry a riding crop.
5. Gradually speak softer and softer and then suddenly point to a student and scream "YOU! WHAT DID I JUST SAY?"
6. Deliver your lecture through a hand puppet. If a student asks you a question directly, say in a high-pitched voice, "The Professor can't hear you, you'll have to ask *me*, Winky Willy."
7. If someone asks a question, walk silently over to their seat, hand them your piece of chalk, and ask, "Would YOU like to give the lecture, Mr. Smartypants?"
8. Pick out random students, ask them questions, and time their responses with a stop watch. Record their times in your grade book while muttering "tsk, tsk."
9. Ask students to call you "Tinkerbell" or "Surfin' Bird."
10. Stop in mid-lecture, frown for a moment, and then ask the class whether your butt looks fat.
11. Play "Kumbaya" on the banjo.
12. Show a video on medieval torture implements to your calculus class. Giggle throughout it.
13. Announce "you'll need this," and write the suicide prevention hotline number on the board.
14. Wear mirrored sunglasses and speak only in Turkish. Ignore all questions.
15. Start the lecture by dancing and lip-syncing to James Brown's "Sex Machine."
16. Ask occasional questions, but mutter "as if you gibbering Simps would know," and move on before anyone can answer.
17. Ask the class to read Jenkins through Johnson of the local phone book by the next lecture. Vaguely imply that there will be a quiz.
18. Have one of your graduate students sprinkle flower petals ahead of you as you pace back and forth.
19. Address students as "worm."
20. Announce to students that their entire grades will be based on a single-question oral final exam. Imply that this could happen at any moment.
21. Turn off the lights, play a tape of crickets chirping, and begin singing spirituals.
22. Ask for a volunteer for a demonstration. Ask them to fill out a waiver as you put on a lead apron and light a blowtorch.
23. Point the overhead projector at the class. Demand each student's name, rank, and serial number.
24. Begin class by smashing the neck off a bottle of vodka, and announce that the lecture's over when the bottle's done.
25. Have a band waiting in the corner of the room. When anyone asks a question, have the band start playing and sing an Elvis song.
26. Every so often, freeze in mid sentence and stare off into space for several minutes. After a long, awkward silence, resume your sentence and proceed normally.
27. Wear a "virtual reality" helmet and strange gloves. When someone asks a question, turn in their direction and make throttling motions with your hands.
28. Mention in passing that you're wearing rubber underwear.
29. Growl constantly and address students as "matey."
30. Devote your math lecture to free verse about your favorite numbers and ask students to "sit back and groove."
31. Announce that last year's students have almost finished their class projects.
32. Inform your English class that they need to know Fortran and code all their essays. Deliver a lecture on output format statements.
33. Bring a small dog to class. Tell the class he's named "Boogers McGee" and is your "mascot." Whenever someone asks a question, walk over to the dog and ask it, "What'll be, McGee?"
34. Wear a feather boa and ask students to call you "Snuggles."
35. Tell your math students that they must do all their work in a base 11 number system. Use a complicated symbol you've named after yourself in place of the number 10 and threaten to fail students who don't use it.
36. Claim to be a chicken. Squat, cluck, and produce eggs at irregular intervals.
37. Bring a CPR dummy to class and announce that it will be the teaching assistant for the semester. Assign it an office and office hours.
38. Have a grad student in a black beret pluck at a bass while you lecture.
39. Sprint from the room in a panic if you hear sirens outside.
40. Give an opening monologue. Take two minute "commercial breaks" every ten minutes.
41. Tell students that you'll fail them if they cheat on exams or "fake the funk."
42. Announce that you need to deliver two lectures that day, and deliver them in rapid-fire auctioneer style.
43. Pass out dental floss to students and devote the lecture to oral hygiene.
44. Announce that the entire 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica will be required reading for your class. Assign a report on Volume 1, Aardvark through Armenia, for next class.
45. Ask students to list their favorite showtunes on a signup sheet. Criticize their choices and make notes in your grade book.
46. Sneeze on students in the front row and wipe your nose on your tie.
47. Warn students that they should bring a sack lunch to exams.
48. Refer frequently to students who died while taking your class.
49. Show up to lecture in a ventilated clean suit. Advise students to keep their distance for their own safety and mutter something about "that bug I picked up in the field."
50. Jog into class, rip the textbook in half, and scream, "Are you pumped? ARE YOU PUMPED? I CAN'T HEEEEEEAR YOU!"

You Know You've Lived In Saudi Arabia When...

found an itneresting thing online... i dont think anything here is offensive but still, it if offends anyone, im sorry. didnt mean to:) ehehe

You Know You've Lived In Saudi Arabia When...

You think SR500 is a good price
You enjoy channel 2
Your idea of housework is leaving a list for the housekeeper
You think black is appropriate daytime wear
You wear a jacket inside and take it off when you go out
You know which end of a shwarma to unwrap
You think that the further you inch into an intersection the faster the light will turn green
You give directions by landmarks
You have more carpets than floor space
You expect gold for every birthday
You send your friends a map instead of your address
You begin admiring other women's "Designer" abayas
You expect to pay more for water than for petrol
You've heard of or tried "hubbly bubbly."
You get confused because US money isn't color-coded.
You remember not eating in public in the daytime during the holy month of Ramadan.
You know someone is referring to Pepsi when they say "BEBSI".
You have ever had to wait for prayer call to be over to finish shopping.
You have friends from 50 different countries.
Rain is still one of the most wonderful sounds in the world.
You have sat in a "men's" or "women's" section in an airport, hospital, or restaurant.
You think anyone with a cane is out to get you.
You think a desert storm is a war.
You think a red light means "step on it."
You don't think it is ostentatious to own more than one Rolex.
Your school closes early because of sandstorms
You are not surprised to see an 8 year old driving the car next to you
You can't buy anything without asking for a discount
You think cars only come in white.

zeeshan..

i have been thinking about writing about zeeshan for quite some time now but i just havent been able to gather up enough courage to put it down in words. actually, im not even sure if i would be able to...ever!

well, its almost gonna be a year on december 20th. he died in a car accident and they say it was not his fault. i had known him ALLL my life!!! god, soo many memories with him.

6th grade: got to know him for the first time in 6th grade thru a friend (haris). apparently he wanted to ask me out and back then i HATED guys. well, i mean most 6th grade girls hate guys anyways:P it obviously came to me as a shock since he was the first guy ever who wanted to be my 'boyfriend'! i remember walking with him to the bus and being all pathetically shy and not being able to tell him that i was 'so-not-interested'. that was it. didnt talk to him for the rest of the school year
7th grade: we took urdu together but we always managed to sit at opposite ends of the class and tried our best never to make eye contact. but one day out urdu teacher made us sit together and he couldnt resist cheating off me on the test:P hehehe, that sort of got us started talking again but we still had that awkward thing between us.
8th grade: we got reallllyyy close since he was dating my best friend and i was dating his. i remember those times the 4 of us would hang out together and skip classes and all. FUN! everytime id be upset id always go to him and he would figure stuff out for me. he was SUCHH a jaaaan (sweetheart, i guess?)

after 8th grade, he left saudi and went to pakistan and i left for states. we would talk once in a while and it would be just SOOO much fun. he would flirt around, crack stupid jokes, tell me im the most pathetic girl hes ever met and yet make me feel SOO special, talk about old days, bitch about our ex-es:P, and a whole lot more. then, one summer when i went to pakistan we got REALLLLYY close. id talk to him every single day for hours! and every day he would say "sarah, just admit it! no ones gonna marry you and i know ill end up marrying you" and id tell him, "id rather die than marry you" hehe. he was SUCH a flirt but thats exactly what i loved about him! everything was soo much fun with him! anyways, i came back to saudi in august and he was getting ready to go to canada in january. we would talk every once in a while, and hed be the same stupid person he was:)

the last time i talked to him was a couple days before he died(sunday, 18th december 2005). he was telling me how hes gonna be in dubai for new years and i should go there so we could party together. told him that wasnt possible since i doubt id get permission to go to dubai for new years:P hehe, so he made me promise that if he could come to bahrain, id take a day out for him and i agreed.

the friday after that, 23rd december 2005, i was online and this friend told me how she heard on orkut that zeeshan has passed away in a car accident. i was SOOOOO MAD at her. told her NOT TO GO THE F*** AROUND TELLING ME MY FRIENDS DEAD! i was sooo upset, went offline and was gonna call him to make sure he was okay. i told myself that its stupid, i KNOW hes fine and i dont need to call to make sure. so, i just left it there and went to eat. i couldnt stop thinking about what that girl told me and WHY would she tell me something like that. but then, i knew he was FINE! he wasnt about to leave us!!! but it kept bothering me, i HAD to call him and talk to him once before i jumped to conclusions.

all i had to hear was his brother answer his phone for him, and i was a wreck! i burst out crying, couldnt even talk to his brother (which i probably should have since he was in the worst place) i dont even remember how long i cried for! at that time i knew i could only talk to one perosn who would understand EXACTLY how i feel and that was abeer! (thanks hun *HUG*) called her up and we both just cried on the phone for 15 mins. for some reason it made both of us feel better. but it wasnt over. i couldnt stop thinking about it! the stupidest thing would make me cry. if someone told me i was pathetic, i would cry just cuz it would remind me of him. i couldnt even go to the vending machines since they would have a drink named 'shani' (his nickname). it was SOOO hard. id look at my phonebook in my cell and know that hes never gonna call me again or hes never gonna sms. i knew that a lil window in my msn wont ever say "shani has signed in" i knew i would never hear his AWESOME australian accent EVER. it was just reallly hard.

ever since december started, i couldnt help but think its almost gonna be a year! i wont say i have thought about him every single day of the year, but i have thought about him ALOT! there was sooo much that would remind me of him. everytime i pray for my nana (mom's dad) and my phopho (dad's sister) who have also passed away, i pray for zeeshan. everyday before aftaar this whole ramadan, i would pray for him. whenever id get the chance, id pray extra 'nafil' for him. only cuz i know he needs it:( lets just hope he rests in peace now. may Allah give him the best there.

zeeshan-you know i loooove you! and you cant even imagine how much i f-ing miss you!

this isnt even half of what i feel and im not great writer to put it in excellent words. just tried to make myself feel better. and like i say, a part of me has died with him whereas i try to keep a part of him alive with me.

i prolly dont make sense, so just ignore this.

like/dislike list =P

i would have LOVED the title to be love/hate list but my mom says that these are really strong words. esplly 'hate'. she says its toooo strong of a word to use when referring to lil things. (and, im a good mommy's girl:D)well, so here it goes..

i 'like'...
-happy people
-smiling
-laughing at stupid lil things
-watching LOTS of tv
-internet:P (what would i do without it?haha)
-*gasp* how could i forget SHOAIB MALIK and ELIJAH WOOD! (they actually make it to my LOVE list *wink*)
-RANDOMNESS! surprise me:P
-pink and yellow. actually for that matter any color thats bright and happy:D
-skiing (i miss it:( )
-curly hair (only on guys)
-well dressed people!!
-particular people in thoob!! (HOTNESS:P)
-shaved heads (only on guys again, hahah)
-sheeshaaaaaaaa:P and people who appreciate it and go all crazy on it:P
-painted toenails


and my 'dislike' list..
-narrow-minded people
-unorganized folders
-crumpled/torn papers
-waking up early for some stupid class
-people who DONT KNOW HOW TO SMILE!!
-people who never have anything nice to say
-people who hate life! (come on!!!)
-insects:P
-my university at the moment (im not too sure tho:P)
-high heels (they make my feet hurt)
-messed up hair (guys can pull off that look, but girls.. PLEASE brush your hair in the morning)
-romantic mushy icky guys!! *puke*
-the thought of 'being in love' and EVERYTHING revolving around that
-biology:P
-animals

aah, this is getting too long. i know theres lots more but for now im gonna end it here:P

aah, confusion!!

why is it that everytime im in class i think have soooo much to write in my 'next' post but when im actually here i cant think of anything. god, blogger's block prolly:P haha oh well..

lets see, this week has been ALOT better than last week:) and thank god for that. hmmm, didnt do much yet. ooh, actually i did:D today saud and i went out killing time and we ended up in front of this ice skating ring and bowling alley. i dragged him with me to see how thier ring actually is and if women are even allowed to skate (like mall of dhahran, only kids??) hehe, it was soooo nice:D i cannnt wait to go there with FUN people. and i repeat FUN! anyways being there made me miss those times we would go ice skating every weekend with nikki (misss youuu girl) she tried rlly hard teaching us but that apparently didnt work out. we even went with samia once and thats was also fun. the best part is falling down and then laughing like crazyy and then trying to stand up and then falling again and then laughing and on..:P hehe, miss those crazy times. which reminds me i need to post about skiing too:D oh welll...

oh well.. didnt really have class today. just sat and talked to the masoud in class and complained:S was pathetic until this friend of mine walked into class an hour late. and it made me go like "*gasp* HOTNESS" hahaha, seriously he looked super hot today. i liked his style and all anyways but whaaaooo, the whole saudi look with thoob adds to it:P and then of course there are those 3 streaks of dyed hair (dyed by his sister, i might add), and the pierced ear:P hahaha, NO i dont obssess over him and stare at him. its just that when i was helping him with one of the assignments i noticed these things. hahaha, oh well.. randomness!

what else? oh, theres this guy i have to stop talking to and i cant get myself to tell him that =\ hes actually a friends friend. well, WAS a friends friend and thats how i got to know him. and now they dont talk so i dont rlly feel right talking to him. thats one thing i dont like about myself. i can NEVER say anything mean on anyone's face. ill sms/email, but cant ever on the phone or in person. for that matter, i cant even say 'NO' to anyone :S i have gotten myself into sooooo many situations where i end up doing stuff i dont want to only cuz i cant say no. let it be going for coffee with some wierd guy or going over to a random persons house to study! oh well, thats just me:P

hmmmm, oh im gonna skip school tom! *yayyyy* hahaha
anyways, time to go spend some time with the tv (he rlly misses me:P) hahaha.
eennjoooyy:D
love to all