Rain Rain Rain

It’s been raining all afternoon and now its about 12.09 and its raining. It never stops raining here, and to be quite honest it gets annoying sometimes. I am always wet, my pants get damp and Im always cold. I guess thats part of living in a place that has reasons though, but today I like the sounds of the

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I DONT WANT TO BE A BURDEN

“There’s a lot of things I understand And there’s a lot of things that I don’t want to know” -Splendor Every since I was a kid, I hated asking my parents for money. This is why I have always strive to become educated and resourceful. I felt I should be able to do things on my own. In high school

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BUCKET LIST: RUSSEL PETERS YOU TOTALLY ROCK

Stand up comedy is huge in the US, but before coming to Vancouver I had never even heard of it. Although Arabs have an amazing sense of humor, the pop culture of watching someone tell jokes is still non-existent. One of my friends introduced me to this Indian origin Canadian stand up comedian who focuses his humor on cross cultural

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Another Day

So looking at my blog, I realized I haven’t written anything personal in a while! Well been going crazy, alot more school work! I dont know how I didnt open my books last semester!! Well I have been going through alot lately, firstly alot of questions keep coming up! Also i realized how painful words are… For the past month,

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BUCKET LIST: EXPERIENCE -40 DEGREES AND SURVIVING

Those of you who follow my blog know that I have grown up in Cairo and Jeddah. You can imagine, the idea of ever experiencing -40 degrees was unimaginable. For the longest time, I thought people couldn’t survive in places like this, which was why the need for so much booz was needed. This past week, I took the week

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BUCKET LIST: MY FIRST GONDOLA RIDE

Since, we don’t have snow, the Middle East is not really known for the number of Gondolas they have around. So when the opportunity to take my first Gondola ride came. I didn’t hesitate and jumped to take the opportunity. I know you must be thinking, isn’t the Gondolas rides in something famous in Venice. In Canada their version is

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BUCKET LIST: VISITING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

I grew up in Jeddah and Cairo. The Middle East is not known for its seasons. So you can imagine, how exciting Vancouver has been from me, to see how the city transform completely. From colorful summer, to the changes in the colors for Spring, to now winter, where its become a winter wonderland. The city looks like its been

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BUCKET LIST: MAKE A SNOWMAN

The past two weeks had been full of sunshine and beautiful weather here in Vancouver. Nazly and Reem came to visit from Seattle and we couldn’t believe what we were seeing! People that didn’t know us, may have taken us to be crazy and insane as we started dancing, laughing, playing and screaming in the sudden snow fall! We weren’t

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BUCKET LIST: ZIP LINING LIKE A BIRD

Today I added another item to my Bucket List – Zip Lining. Zip lining is also been called Flying Fox in ages past. Many of you reading this may not even know what Zip Lining is, I didn’t myself, until today. Basically, the easiest way to explain this activity is to describe it as a modern Tarzan experience. You fly

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BUCKET LIST: ROAST A BIG FAT TURKEY

I know that Thanksgiving is probably one of the biggest holidays in North America, if not the biggest. What I didn’t realize of think about, that even Canadians celebrate this holiday as well. However, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving a bit different than those in the lower part of North America. They recognize the holiday a month earlier as they are truly

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