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Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Friday 17 June 2011

Thank you to my TATA (my FATHER)

 
It’s not so common anymore to have a dad who’s really there and who is the provider for his family;  who comes home every night, whose predictability creates a sense of stability and security in his household.
Your routine may not seem valuable to you, but it’s worth a lot to me.
I’m thankful that I can depend on you! You always you - a real father, responsible, trustworthy, and a great role model.
I’ve learned a lot of good things from watching you.

Always There For Your Daughter
 
Every day the whole year through,
I feel grateful you are my father.
Some fathers don't have time for their kids,
But for you I'm never a bother.
 
You always make the effort to listen and share;
You're there whenever you're needed.
Because I know how much you care,
My problems are all defeated.
 
Dad, you are truly admired and adored,
And I hope you always know,
Your daughter's affection for you is strong,
And my love continues to grow.
 
 
Everything Dad
 
A little girl needs her daddy
To love her with manly charm,
To soothe her when she’s hurt,
And keep her safe from harm.
 
A girl needs her dad
To show her a man who’s good,
To help her make right choices,
As only a father could.
 
A woman needs her father
Just to be aware,
He’ll always be there for her
To sustain her and to care.
 
You’ve been all these things, Dad.
I hope that you can see
How much I treasure you;
You mean everything to me.
 
 
Life Lessons
 
You may have thought I didn't see,
Or that I hadn't heard,
Life lessons that you taught to me,
But I got every word.
 
Perhaps you thought I missed it all,
And that we'd grow apart,
But Dad, I picked up everything,
It's written on my heart.
 
Without you, Dad, I wouldn't be
The woman I am today;
You built a strong foundation
No one can take away.
 
I've grown up with your values,
And I'm very glad I did;
So here's to you, dear father,
From your forever grateful kid.
 

To be a WOMAN

This article is dedicated to two great women from my life: my MAMA from Romania (I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD and SHE will always have the special place in my heart) and MAMA from Egypt (I LOVE HER VERY MUCH and SHE is My second MAMA).

When Allah/ God created woman He was working late on the 6th day.
An angel came by and said: “Why spend so much time on that one?” And the Lord answered:“Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her ?"

“She must be washable, but not made of plastic, have more than 200 moving parts which all must be replaceable and she must function on all kinds of food, she must be able to embrace several kids at the same time, give a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart and she must do all this with only two hands”. 
The angel was impressed. “Just two hands....impossible!“ And this is the standard model?! “Too much work for one day....wait until tomorrow and then complete her“.  

“I will not”, said the Lord. “I am so close to complete this creation, which will be the favorite of my heart”. “She cures herself when sick and she can work 18 hours a day”.










The angel came nearer and touched the woman. 

“But you have made her so soft, Lord” “She is soft", said the Lord, “But I have also made her strong. You can’t imagine what she can endure and overcome.“ “Can she think?" the angel asked.  The Lord answered: “Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate." 






 
The angel touched the woman's cheek.... “Lord, it seems this creation is leaking! You have put too many burdens on her.”  “She is not leaking....it’s a tear” the lord corrected the angel “What’s it for?" asked the angel. 

 

And the Lord said: “Tears are her way of expressing grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride.” This made a big impression on the angel; “Lord, you are genius. You thought of everything. The woman is indeed marvelous!




Indeed she is! Woman has strengths that amazes man. She can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens. She holds happiness, love and opinions. She smiles when feeling like screaming. She sings when she feels like crying, cries when she is happy and laughs when she is afraid. 
 








 
She fights for what she believes in. Stand up against injustice. She doesn’t take “no” for an answer, when she can see a better solution. She gives herself so her family can thrive. She takes her friend to the doctor if she is afraid. Her love is unconditional.

















She cries when her kids are victorious. She is happy when her friends do well. She is glad when she hears of a birth or a wedding. 
Her heart is broken when a next of kin or friend dies. But she finds the strength to get on with life. She knows that a kiss and a hug can heal a broken heart.  














There is only one thing wrong with her. 

She forgets what she is worth..

Monday 13 June 2011

"Habibi boy" type or "My Granny habebty" :)))))))))))))

When a man is old enough to do something wrong, he is old enough to do something right.

In the last years I heard about a lot of new cases of intimate destruction between old foreign women from USA, Europe, Asia, Australia and Arabian men. 
The number of women attempting to form, what they believe as a long term relationship, with men young enough to be their son or even grandson is increasing. 

The majority of these women are quite intelligent which makes their behavior more baffling, statistically more than 75% of these cross cultural relationships or pseudo marriages end in divorce or abandonment,
When a dark eyed 22 year old man holds you in his arms and whispers he wants to grow old with you, try to remember you are already approaching 45, 55, 65,  and that you are biologically, organically and every other ally one could describe, you are already old. Doesn’t take a genius to work out when you are 80 this guy will still be so young, you’ll be using him as a Zimmer frame.

It seems middle to old age foreign women are acquiring the label ‘sex tourist". Unlike most European or American and Asian holiday destinations, sex outside of marriage is not accepted in Arabic countries.
However in the side alleys and back rooms of certain Lawyers in the Arabian countries you will find the ‘live in sin license.’ The ‘Urfi’ is a piece of paper, a formal contract of intent to marry. It is being used by growing numbers of young Egyptian gigolos simply as a way of getting around religious strictures against having pre-marital sex.

For the older post menopausal, sexually active blinkered woman the Urfi is simply a piece of paper which allows her to bring her young gigolo into her home.

Most Arabian guys have a high sense of honour and behave in an appropriate way towards members of the opposite sex.

However tourist areas attract a certain type of predator, the ‘Habibi Boy’
The ‘Habibi Boy’ is only in love with money or the determination to get a visa to a destination where he is simple enough to believe the streets are paved with foreign gold.
Any elderly lady who is conned into thinking the ‘Habibi Boy’ is really in love with her needs her head tested.
Remove your clothes lady, stand in front of a full length mirror and tell me, does your body compare in any shape or form to a 25 year old woman?
Then ask yourself this question: “What normal young man would actually want to sleep with his Granny?

You might have gone to great lengths to explain to this ignorant juvenile the meaning of the female reproductive system, you no longer have the ability to provide him with offspring. You might even take the softly, softly approach because you are too embarrassed to say ‘my reproductive organs have shriveled up to the size of raisins.’
‘Habibi Boy’ will swear he doesn’t care, he doesn’t want children he only wants you. You are his life, his soul and two thousand other descriptions he can fabricate from the romantic songs of Amr Diab.

So an year down the road, why is it he disappears to his hometown or in the village he came out from after convincing you to invest in a little business, one which his brother can run for you both? The little business  usually involves Shaorma.

Your financial investment is used for a big slap-up village wedding with a young bride his family have chosen for him; nine months later he becomes a ‘daddy Habibi Boy.’ You are crushed, your whole world has fallen apart, you remind him of all the beautiful lies he has told you. He insists everything he said was true. He swears he didn’t want to marry the young, beautiful bride but his father insisted and he must obey his father.
He also tells you nothing will change and in his head he believes this. The only difficulty in this equation now is your funds are getting less and you will have two more members of a family you didn’t subscribe too.

Of course you do have a choice, accept the situation where your little love nest becomes the little half way house, or kick him out.
Unfortunately many women are accepting this situation for some unknown psychological reason known only to them.

Their lives are miserable, confused, always checking ‘Habibi Boy’s texts and Facebook page.
These women are under the illusion that the power exerted over them by these juvenile delinquents is because he loves them so much!
This isn’t love, this is ‘control’ you are his meal ticket or maybe his future status of emigrant relies solely upon you.

“I love you, I love you, I want to grow old with you, you are my sun, moon and stars!”  Think of how the two you would look walking arm in arm down the high street in Wigan? Think of the derision you would suffer from friends, family and strangers and get a grip.
Don’t anyone tell me ‘MMD.’ (My Mohammed is different)! If he is so different why do you carry your purse in a holster strapped under your arm?

He might look like Captain Charisma, but believe me under that handsome exterior is a Neo Fascist.
Once he has your money, bye bye love, once he has sped off with the car you just happened to put in his name because he conned you into believing it would be much easier to register. Once his name is on the deeds of your apartment he will disappear, you might even be lucky enough to get a text from him which says “Good bye you old bag,”

Delusions are sometimes romantically linked with adolescence, after that we stop trusting like a child and think like an adult.
Love and friendship is not painted in broad strokes.
Relationships are not time-shares, functioning is not enough, your happiness comes from within you, you don’t need anyone else to complete it.
There are many cross cultural marriages that work, however these unions did not meet in the artificial holiday environment of exotic Arabian resorts.

Before you dive into the murky waters of a relationship with a young ‘Habibi Boy’ look on the internet and see if his name has been put on one of the many Blacklists.

REMEMBER THESE WORDS:

The man who asks  a woman for money is not a man.

Saturday 26 February 2011

Egypt - The Mother of the World - part I

 Bismillahi Rahmanu Rahim!
Once upon a time, there was a land where the Sun was sacred! That land was Egypt! Today, Egyptians offer you their most precious treasure: the Sun! Egypt - where all begins! Nothing compares to Egypt! Egypt - Mother of the World!
I just love this video so much and I was thinking to share it here...  Today I want to describe Egypt - Masr - Om el Donya...
When I speak to someone about Egypt, I see that people get fascinated... but they are like this because they see Egypt from the side of curiosity, from the side of a tourist... people who don't actually feel the soul of Egypt, can't reach the heart of this country.
My beloved husband call me "the daughter of Egypt" "enty benty Masr"... he knows and understands, as also he is not jealous at all because my heart was kidnapped 20 years before I met him, by Egypt. Therefore, he is so proud with this, as he is with my knowledge and reading about Islam, years before we found each other. 
When I speak about Egypt, I get confused and I have millions of ideas in my mind how to describe it. Some are seeing Egypt as the land of pharaohs, the place of the pyramids, and Sphinx, sand and dust, Red Sea and the resorts from there... for someones Egypt is similar with the best vacation they had or with the riding of a camel... 
Others see Egypt as a country of Third World, so poor and dirty and after they have the chance to see it once, they came back to their ordinary life with the idea: "Egypt - yeah... so much dirty there and omg... did you notice the smell from the streets? and those people how they live??? horrible"... 
None of the situations above don't actually contain the view with the heart, the view with the soul, as a simple person... not the tourist who comes and goes, who's unique desire is to have a real "cool" story to say it when he returns home! Visiting a place, even if it is or not Egypt, has nothing to do with the thing "to be cool"! You can be "cool" too even if you feel and breath the feeling and the soul of the places you walk, you can be "cool" even if you stop a moment to admire and see what others can only imagine and hope that one day, they will see!
 
Allah have granted me the possibility to visit many countries from Europe before I reach Egypt... I still remember when I first visited Le Chateau Versailles - I was 19 years old... the minute we entered inside and I saw the beauty from there, my heart was like stopping... I could hardly breath... I was looking to all the amazing things creating by humans hands and keep thinking that Allah gave us the possibility to create beauty, as also the possibility to destroy it! 
When we reached Nothe Dame and Sacre Coeur, my eyes and my entire body were swimming in tears and keep thanking to my parents, to Allah - that they have made this dream possible for me! I still remember even now how my father was so proud to hear that the high school selected me to represent the city in France to the IUFM Arras - L'Institute des Maitres" - my father did everything that time to make sure I will be there!
After this first chance to see the world with my eyes, Allah gave me other opportunities and one of the most precious is the one when I first visit Egypt.
 
The first thing I remember from that trip is the people from outside the airport after I arrived. I keep see in my mind not the clear images, but many people dressed in white clothes, brown or black and from one place to another, a spot of blue or green or red color... the spots were the women... Little voices you could hear all the parts - kids jumping next to their parents... taxi drivers who were asking you if you need a cab or not, hopping to have a new customer, so that at the end of the day, to return home with some pounds... they know that the tourists can be generous, especially the Europeans and they count on this!
It is impossible not to feel as soon you get out of the airport, the hot dry wind of the Egypt and the power of his ancient God - RA! No wonder that in Antiquity the ancient Egyptians were seeing the sun as their God - RA and were so happy that they are blessed by His gifts.
 As soon I got in the cab, my mind relaxed again and I started to enjoy the view. Some of you could think that what view??? Sand and Dust? well YES! for some.. but for me was more!I was following the line of the road with my eyes and watching the sides to see behind the dunes... I was keep thinking all the time to the wonder of those sand mountains and how that the powerful wind was not vanishing them from years... Because the wind is so powerful!!!!
When I reached the hotel, I remember that the manager, an Italian lady was waiting for me and I was amazed to see a non local actually living and working there and feeling so good!!! But more amazed I was when I heard her speaking Arabic with the employees and give them particular requests!And I can tell now after years, that she is not the only one! 
When I was entering in a fruit shop (I am crazy about fruits!!!), the seller from there was always having with him 2 little assistants: his 2 little boys, all contrary with what I was hearing before - that women are the only ones who take care of the kids and are the only ones responsible for them! The kids were so shy, but with really good manners.
All the parts I was going, you could see all kinds of people: from tourists to locals Egyptians as non locals too... in every shop you enter, even you don't actually buy something, the seller was thanking you for visiting his shop:"shokran ya oustez/ shokran ya anisa". I hear many times from the tourists who went in Egypt that the sellers were after them to make them buy something from them... well... I wonder if those tourists ever informed before how to avoid these situations and what to say to sellers (we don't speak about the sellers from the stores, but from the ones near to the touristic points - pyramids, Sphinx, etc). 
Believe me, it is enough to say a simple "No, thank you sir" or "La/a, shokran ya ustez" and they will not continue to bother you! After all, no matter how poor they are many of the Egyptians, all of them possessed the Egyptian proud! Also, we have to think that this people are living from the trade with tourists and to sell their products, they just can't stay like statues and wait, maybe a tourist will go and buy something from them! I mean... let's face it... if you see a local Egyptian sellerr and you are for the first time in Egypt... would you just run to him to buy quick souvenirs? Me I was not knew what to do first and where to go first! 
Tourists are the "kawaaga"... the ones who come to see Egypt and take a part of Egypt with them when they return... because Egypt leaves marks in everyone of us, after we saw it! And some of us, wish and pray to come back...
Speaking about wishing... I remember that I found a fountain and I dropped a coin on it, wishing from all my heart to come back in one year! AlhamdulilAllah, it happen and after one year I returned in Egypt, that time as the fiancee and the future wife of my beloved husband.
To tell you the truth, when I was in France... I dropped coins in all the fountains from Versailles and Paris, wishing to come back... but  don't think I actually did it with the wish in my heart! I did it because I saw others doing this thing and I said..."Me too"...
When I returned in Egypt, this time I was seeing the Egypt from other side... as a future local from there... as a future wife of an Egyptian... many of you could think that the first trip in Egypt was the one who bring together me and my husband... As a matter of fact... it was Allah's hands and our destiny... because nothing guarantees you that a true friendship can turn into real love and a blessed marriage! But that time... none of us was searching to get married and sure not with a foreigner... 
The man that is my husband he was actually having my destiny in his hands from years before he knew me... my destiny locked in a stone... jade stone... When I look now to the jade necklace, I see on it my past, my present and my future...
Egypt was preparing my destiny from far away... I can look back and see a little girl carrying a huge book in french language about ancient Egypt... I look back and I see a teenager drawing Egyptian antique images... I look back and I see a young lady devouring documentaries and movies about Egypt from yesterday and Egypt of today... I can loo back and I can see a sleepy student reading about the Mystery of Egypt... I look back and I see me... 
But when I look to now and in front, I see US together... I see family...
Egypt has everything what you can find in all the other countries and even more! Egypt has luxury and poverty, technology and rudimentary ways, Egypt has cleaning and dirty, sand and dust as also so good roads, good people as bad ones, children, women and men, old and young people, hard workers and lazy ones, single and married, divorced, Muslims, Christians and other Non Muslims ... shortly Egypt has everything that could make you feel home or stranger... it depends on the eyes of the one who see Egypt and on each one of us way to feel the breathing of this country! And lately Egypt got back something so precious: Freedom!
Above of this, I can tell you for sure that for the Egyptians, the dust of Egypt is much more precious than anything in this world!
Ya Masr Om el Donya!

Saturday 19 February 2011

LOVE in different shapes and ways of expression

Those three little words, "I Love You", hold a lot of meaning, but there's more ways to say them than you think. Here are 101 different ways for you to verbally express your love to your sweetheart. 


  • I adore you.
  • I am infatuated with you.
  • I appreciate you.
  • I can't live without you.
  • I can't stop thinking about you when we're apart.
  • I cherish you.
  • I dream of you.
  • I live for our love.
  • I love being around you.
  • I need you by my side.
  • I need you.
  • I respect you.
  • I value you.
  • I want a lifetime with you.
  • I want you.
  • I worship you.
  • I yearn for you.
  • I'm a better person because of you.
  • I'm blessed to have you in my life.
  • I'm devoted to you.
  • I'm fond of you.
  • I'm lost without you.
  • I'm nothing without you.
  • I'm passionate about you.
  • I'm thankful for you.
  • I'm yours.
  • Me and you. Always.
  • My love is unconditional.
  • Our love is invaluable.
  • Take me, I'm yours.
  • The thought of you brings a smile to my face.
  • Ti tengu cara (to female) or Ti tengu caru (to male).
    • Together, forever.
    • We were meant to be together.
    • You are a blessing in disguise.
    • You are an angel from God.
    • You are like a candle burning bright.
    • You are my crush.
    • You are my dear.
    • You are my everything.
    • You are my heart's desire.
    • You are my life.
    • You are my one and only.
    • You are my one true love.
    • You are my reason for living.
    • You are my strength.
    • You are my sunshine.
    • You are my treasure.
    • You are my world.
    • You are precious.
    • You are the light of my life.
    • You are the reason I'm alive.
    • You bring happiness to rainy days.
    • You bring joy to my life.
    • You cast a spell on me that can't be broken.
    • You complete me.
    • You drive me wild.
    • You fill me with desire.
    • You fill my heart.
    • You give me wings to fly.
    • You had me from hello.
    • You hold the key to my heart.
    • You inspire me.
    • You intoxicate me.
    • You lift me up to touch the sky.
    • You light my flame.
    • You light up my life.
    • You make me hot.
    • You make my heart skip a beat.
    • You make my world a better place.
    • You mean the world to me.
    • You motivate me.
    • You rock my world.
    • You seduce me.
    • You set my heart on fire.
    • You simply amaze me.
    • You stole my heart.
    • You sweeten my sour days.
    • You turn my world upside down.
    • You turn the darkness into light.
    • You're a dream come true.
    • You're a gem.
    • You're a twinkle in my eye.
    • You're absolutely wonderful.
    • You're all I want.
    • You're as beautiful as a sunset.
    • You're beautiful.
    • You're charming.
    • You're enchanting.
    • You're heavenly.
    • You're my angel.
    • You're my perfect match.
    • You're one in a million.
    • You're priceless.
    • You're sexy.
    • You're the apple of my eye.
    • You're the best thing that ever happened to me.
    • You're the best.
    • You're the diamond in the rough.
    • You're the one for me.
    • You're the one I've always wished for.

    If my life would end tomorrow... and if I knew this today...

    If for a moment, Allah/God would forget that I am just a rag doll and HE would give me as a gift a piece of life, I would take advantage of it as much as possible I could.
    Probably I would not say what I think, but certainly I would think before I say something. I would give value to things, not for what its represent, but rather for what it means.

    Maybe I would get just some sleep, sure I would dream more, knowing that for every minute we close our eyes, we lose sixty seconds of light. I go where others stop, I would wake when others sleep

    If God would give me just a few more days to live, I would dress with simplicity, I'd long with my belly on the ground, sticking with my body and soul of the earth. I would show people how much they are wrong thinking that they cease to love when they get older, without knowing that when they cease to love, actually they are getting older.

    To a child I would give him wings, but I let him learn to fly alone. The old ones I would teach them that death comes not with old age, but rather with the forgetting.

    I live between people and I learn everyday... I wish I could have time to learn more... I wish I did this before when time for me seemed to be an endless space.
    I learned that a person has no right to look with superiority to another one, except when this person is helping the other to raise up.

    Say always what you feel and do what you think!

    For my beloved husband

    If I knew that today is the last time I see you falling asleep, I would hug you strongly in my arms and I would ask Allah to watch over your soul!

    If I know that these are the last minutes I see you, I would tell you I LOVE YOU and I ignore it, ashamed, the fact that you already know it.

    There is always a 'tomorrow' and life gives us another opportunity to do things right, but if I am wrong and this is the last day we have left, I would like to tell you how much I LOVE YOU and I'll never forget you!
      


    Tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone, young or old. Today could be the last time you see your loved ones. Do not wait, act now, because it is possible that "tomorrow" never comes and surely you will regret the day that you have not made time for a smile, a hug, a kiss and you was too busy to address your loved ones one last wish.



    Keep in touch with those you love, whisper to their ear that you need them, love them and care for them, take time to tell them 'I understand you', 'forgive me ',' please ',' thank you 'and all other words of love that you know.



    Nobody will remember you for your secret thoughts. Ask Allah for strength and wisdom to express what you think.

    Prove your friends and your beloved ones how much they mean for you!


     With love for my husband,
    With friendship for my friends,

    Kadreyah