Yallah Middle East 2.0

[amal 4]

hey ladies/gents! We have been violently ill in my house the past week. Sorry I haven't been able to post lately I really haven't forgotten you...

Angel! I saw your SO got here! Mabrook!!! My husband has been asking every day since he got here about how your case has been. If you need to ask me anything..I will be more than happy to answer any questions or just lend an ear if you need. You can email me anytime and you know my yahoo id..don't be a stranger.

Everybody I hope all is well with you and your SO's.. I keep you all in my thoughts. By the way..I also can't hear anyone talk about doing their laundry without thinking of the meaning in this forum

Be prepared for things to be less than your dreams wanted them to be...but also be prepared for the good times to be better than ever imaginable!!! Good luck

[esperando 0]

Hello everyone i'm still here waiting. I have not been approved for my NOA2 yet they need some more information but i have not received the letter to see what it is. i'm going to Syria in 5 weeks and will have an engagament party while i'm there. i'm not to worried about the visa because i'm going to be with Samir soon, I just wish I could stay there and not come back here, but i'm a home owner and have so many responsibilities here. I started arabic lessons and have almost learned the whole alphabet. It is fascinating and really different from the other languages i speak. Just thought I would say hello in case someone remembers me.

Allison

[dawnnhatem 0]

Hi Allison -

5 weeks, how exciting!! I hope you post pictures of the engagement party, I know I'd love to see them. If I may ask, where are you taking arabic lessons? I mean is it classroom style or more of a private lesson situation. How is that going? Anyway, its nice to see you posting here.

Later

[lostinlove228 0]

Has anyone noticed that everytime you go in the OFF TOPIC Forum there is something racist being said by a specific few who keeping putting Anti Islam Posts?

[dollface41601 0]

Its not Anti Islam....its just people trying to stir up a religous debate

[~Jackie~ 30]

I disagree, it is anti-Islam. The posts started are not to enlighten or educate. There is no religious debate. I have learned to stay away from off-topic.

Jacqueline

[Bosco 1]

I disagree, it is anti-Islam. The posts started are not to enlighten or educate. There is no religious debate. I have learned to stay away from off-topic.

Jacqueline

I have to learn to do that myself

Rebecca

[honeyblonde 0]

Yeah, me too. Off-topic is the only place that has ever gotten me banned on here. This forum is the only one I post in most of the time, unless I have to go to the one for my current status to look things up.

I am so tired right now I should be taking a quick nap, but this place is so addictive!

We finished grouting the bathroom tile about midnight last night and didn't get to sleep until almost 1. Then it was a cold night and the heater ran all night because the laundry room ceiling is still down so I'm heating the attic, so I woke up at 5:40 and couldn't go back to sleep because the air was so dry.

At least we have the bathroom floor down now! Tonight we mortar the border in place, tomorrow Abdel grouts it and Friday night we can seal it all and be ready by the weekend to finally put the sink and toilet back in there for the first time since July of 2004. My son will be so happy we don't all have to cut through his room to use his bathroom now.

All we got done on the laundry room this weekend was moving the dryer vent and some preparation to install the drains. Oh yeah, and shopping. We found a ceiling fan and light fixture that will go perfect in that area.

Amal, that is terrible you have all been sick! Abdel was lucky he had no problem with the food, but I think he was very careful too. He won't drink milk because it keeps him in the bathroom but he had no problems with the water.

Dollface, I agree, you've been away too long. By the end of the second week in Morocco I was starting to get homesick for our food and work. It's nice to relax a little, but I'm way to high key to relax for 18 days! Of course after all this renovation I might change my mind. Even our honeymoon wasn't relaxing - we walked all day every day.

Esperando, I know how you feel about the homeowner part. I love having my own house but sometimes I wish I didn't have so much responsibility. I wanted to go to Morocco and wait with Abdel, but now that he's here, the wait is just a distant memory. I just wish the 20 pounds I gained during it were too.

Thanks for the welcome back Angel. I'm really glad things went so well for you. You two make the cutest couple. I wouldn't worry about how you'll react when you see him. When Abdel walked toward me at the airport I went to take his carryon and all he wanted to do was kiss me. He's a little shorter than me so he was kindof hanging on my neck the whole time we were walking around the airport. I was all business because his bags were lost and I was a little embarrassed that he wanted to be so affectionate right in the airport which I happen to work right next to, but he was just all smiles and hugs and kisses. Now that he's been here a while I'm used to the constant affection so it doesn't bother me any more.

The only other adjustment that was a little hard for me was not having any personal space. Even this morning I woke up with not even enough room to turn over. He sleeps glued to me some nights and since I was used to sleeping spread-eagle on a king-size bed, that is a big adjustment for me. I love having him there, it's just different.

You'll find things like that you have to adjust to, but overall things will be much much better with him here.

[lostinlove228 0]

I am planning a trip to go see my baby for a couple of weeks before the end of February. As long as inshallah everything goes as planned, (unlike the way things have been going for the past few months) I will be spending my birthday with my fiance. I am soooo excited.

[esperando 0]

Dawn,

I called some teacher assistants at my college I had attended and they hooked me up with an arabic proffesor who is just starting off. I hired him for 15.00$ an hour and i go three hours a week privitely. He is a young man who just came from Iraq in Aug. he translated for the Army for two years. So it worked out great.

Honeyblonde,

I think we have a lot in common I as well gained twenty pounds, I have 6 weeks to loose it I refuse to post the pictures if I am fat!!!!

LLLLOOOOLLL!!! I went to the craft store today and got stuff to make invitations for our party, I am just making a few to have as a memento for me and our parents and stuff oh and of course so samir will have one for the interview !

Good Night all!

Allison

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Ok, I'm confuseled. Which thread am I suppose to be posting in?

In any case, if ya'll have time, wander on over to my thread in Off Topic on the Complexities of the Muslim world. I spend a lot of time online and this last week, I've basically given up in frustration. I'm sick and tired of being the scapegoat for every stupid thing some muslim does somewhere. I know the thread will go right over some people's head, but maybe someone will read it and a light will go on in their head.

[AngelK96 0]

This thread!

Rahma if just one person reads it and gets it that will be enough. Some people in off topic I'm not sure if they are afraid of arabs or muslims but they are the ones always posting something about islam, or being muslim or something that happen in the middle east. Actually if you go into off topic and see who is making this topics you will see it's basically one person. Obviously he has something against islam, arabs, the middle east and can't confront in person so he does it on here because it's safe.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Hmmm, no replies yet to my thread

[tnh9479 1]

Ok, I'm confuseled. Which thread am I suppose to be posting in?

In any case, if ya'll have time, wander on over to my thread in Off Topic on the Complexities of the Muslim world. I spend a lot of time online and this last week, I've basically given up in frustration. I'm sick and tired of being the scapegoat for every stupid thing some muslim does somewhere. I know the thread will go right over some people's head, but maybe someone will read it and a light will go on in their head.

Well...I had not ventured into off-topic in quite some time. Now I know why. What the freak! I forget there are truly some ignorant people in this world.

Twila

[cbd2cai 0]

Hmmm, no replies yet to my thread

Yeah, I tried to get some interest going about the Albert Brooks movie "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" and there weren't many takers either. The movie isn't so great . . . interesting premise, but the execution leaves a bit to be desired. I did get a couple of good comments so I know there are some "thinking" people hanging around in VJ . . . but "Off Topic" can be a battleground at times . . . where else can you find so much interest in Britney Spears being pregnant again . . . who cares???