I went to gap two days ago, I really like gap for kids but I didn’t like their store in the Avenues at all and I would rather shop online instead, I’d really feel more at ease esp. after having been stopped by the security guard because I was holding my baby’s juice in my hands. It was not allowed inside the store! I felt embarrassed but I handed the juice to him. He gave me a look and said: what can I do with it? Then I grabbed it back from him and put it down on the floor next to him, as I was about to get in the store, he said: as long as you come back for it. I didn’t!

I didn’t see any signs outside the store saying no food or drinks allowed inside the store. I’ve been to gap in the UK and I’ve always had food or juice with me, never did I encounter such a thing, no one seemed to care either.

I had to share with everyone the following Quran site, it has some cool features to help with reciting the Quran. Am I the last to know about this?

[Quran Explorer]

Hassan continues to impress me with the new words he’s learning, to name a few:

1. ‘elow’ = as in ‘helow’ meaning nice.
2. ‘ashoof’ = I want to see.
3. ‘khalee’ = leave it.
4. knockes on the door or headboard and says ‘minoo.’
5. ‘eeeee’ = yes.
6. ‘dodo’ = he’s hurt.
7. dada = a doll.
8. di deed = want to go out.
9. tisou = as in tissue.

I seriously hate making salads but I love eating it, though I really love the smell of finely chopped cucumbers.

I haven’t been posting about what I’ve been up to lately, I just don’t feel like posting, now I do. Two days ago I traveled to Dubai on Jazeera Airways to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. It was Rami’s surprise gift and what a surprise it was. I must say that this time round, the flight was a little more organized than last time. The lemon chicken was not as good as last time, could be because I had a cold, or probably it was an allergy whichever it was, nothing helped relieve my aches.

First thing we did was grab a taxi and go to Burj Al-Arab, let me say it wasn’t that impressive from the inside. We toured around. The rooms were wow. They’ve experimented with different colours and I thought it was very stylish. By the time we were done, it was 12:30 and our reservation for Mahara seafood restaurant was at 1pm, so we took the lift down to the restaurant, just in time for the submarine ride. It was a joke and I thought it would be a real ride in the waters!

I’d like to point out how ridiculously expensive the menu was. Of course there was nothing on the menu I liked or Rami. There was nothing tempting but we placed our own orders anyways. I was so hungry and I was glad they got us the bread basket but they had a weird selection of buns with caviar and butter dip? It was so fishy and tasteless. My salad was good but Rami’s salad had a curly hair stuck on the plate, and he didn’t finish it up, he was just so disgusted. The manager was in a state of shock when the waiter told him about it, in fact he was in a state of denial too and he was inspecting the plate, and so in disbelief. They all said they were sorry but that was not enough for me because I couldn’t finish up my main course, I couldn’t get rid of the image of the long curly hair. They even gave us some complementary sweets at the end but still that didn’t work for me. It was a mistake but a sweet experience!

The rest of the day we shopped in the Mall of the Emirates and what a good way to end it. I got myself two shoes from prettyfit. Rami got himself two formal suits, three shirts and a video cam. I had sore feet by the end of the day and we had to catch a plane back home before midnight, it was so painful to walk but I walked. It was fun just getting to spend the whole day all alone with my husband. I think that was the best thing about all this. On the plane I tried to take a nap but there were two girls laughing and giggling in the back and they didn’t stop till we landed. It was so annoying ..

P.s. at some point the manager looked at Rami’s hair and implied it could have been his hair, even though my husband’s hair is cut short and straight?

Here are some new words my baby’s saying almost everyday, just to pass time at work:

1. Bas.
2. Bizy = busy.
3. Aneesa = a housemaid.
4. Mai = water.
5. Mami = Rami and when I first heard him say this I laughed so much.
6. Mako.
7. Kaho.
8. Batli.
9. Abee Kakow, his first meaningful sentence.
10. Pesi = pepsi.

There’s a bunch more but I’ll post them once I hear them from him again.

Today I dropped my sister-in-law to the airport when she finished checking-in her bags and as we were walking out to Debenhams, a guy in his 30′s wearing a dishdasha approaches my sister-in-law whispers something to her, she replied “NO!” Suddenly he walks towards me and leans very close to me, then says “are you going to Cairo” with a dirty smile. I gave him a dirty look and walked away! I couldn’t understand him!