Summer Books 2008

I'll be starting school tomorrow so my summer holidays have come to an end, so I thought I'd post my summer reading list which I'm very happy about. I had a To-Read-List for my summer and I read them all and I've read some more. :) So here is what I read and what I thought about it:

The Runaway Jury- John Grisham (It was a great read! I really liked it.)

The devil wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger( It was a nice book, although I think the movie was better which is a shocker since most books are better than movies but oh well...)

Playing for Pizza - John Grisham (I liked it, it was a wonderful read that left me wanting to go to Italy and taste their food so badly. )

A thousand splendid suns - Khalid Hosseini ( Probably one of the best books ever written, I just loved it!!! I recommend it highly!!! I'm a huge fan of Khaled Hosseini's books!)

For one more day - Mitch Albom ( It was really nice.)

The other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory ( I didn't like it, but I liked the fact that I was getting to know a bit of history since it was historical fiction and it was my first time reading that kind of books.)

One hundred years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ( I am very happy to have read it, it is a must!!)

Love at the time of cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ( I just loved it. Simply loved the love story and everything, it was amazing. )

PS I Love You – Cecelia Ahern ( It was a nice romantic novel that I enjoyed. )

Digital Fortress – Dan Brown (I am thrilled that I read it because now I've read all the books by Dan Brown and it's great!!! )

Dubliners – James Joyce ( It had some nice stories. )

Journey To The Center Of The Earth – Jules Verne ( I really liked it, it was nice getting back to classics and it was perfect for that. A must read!)

ذكريات جونو – عبد الرزاق الربيعي

The first arabic book that I read this summer and it was about Gonu, so it was a nice read

ماجدولين – ترجمة المنفلوطي – ألفونسو كار

It was the second Arabic book I read, and this was the last one I read from my Summer reading. My IA obsession led me to read it since they both shared the same name and IA's name was taken from the title of this novel, and it was such a sad love story, it was a really good classic! I liked it!! :D

So that's all that I've read, I think I'll be starting with The Choice for Nicholas Sparks since I'm in the mood for love!! Or for love stories that is... :D Hope everyone had a nice Summer. :)

Apologize

I was tagged by my friend Waed so here we go, the first one is this:

The rules are :
a) Put your iTunes/music player on Shuffle.
b) For each question, press the next button to get you answer.
c) YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!!

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Hero - Enrique Iglesias


2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
I'm movin on - Rascal Flatts

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
She's no you - Jesse McCartney


4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Make up - Jesse McCartney


5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Why Don't We - Tarkan (Gosh, my songs are so very irrelevant!)

6. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (That can be interpreted as in I'm sweet and they looooooove me so very much!!!)

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Make It Work - Ne-Yo (Now, that's funny!)

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Please Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna


9. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Closer - Ne-Yo


10. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Barta7 Ma3ak - 3amro Mostafa (Well, at least that would have DEFINITELY worked if there was someone I liked)


11. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Kaleymooha 3any - Tamer 3ashour (Oh my God, that works! Talk about me all the time, because my life story is me talking about everything and my fav topic is moi)


12. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Guilty - Blue (Ohhh, that's so sweet!)

13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Siberia - Backstreet Boys


14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Dayan Gonlum (I don't know the name of the singer but it's a Turkish song and it means Resist my heart, very romantic! So that's something nice!!! :D)


15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
My Wish - Rascal Flatts (OH MY GOOD GOD! THAT IS SO PERFECT!!!!! ME WISHING PEOPLE TO HAVE A GREAT LIFE.... :D)


16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
My Baby - Jesse McCartney (but hold on, who's my baby?)



17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Save The Last Dance For Me - Michael Buble (That would be nice, maybe my secret wish is to have the last dance, who know? :P)


18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Fever - Michael Buble (That makes no sense but the song is very cool so I guess I think of my friends to be cool)

19. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Apologize - One Republic (lol)

20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?
Ba7bek - Janat (The song means I love you so it defo makes sense, I just love myself!!)


Hey thanks Wa3d!! I liked doing this, I'm not tagging anyone but anyone can consider themselves tagged if they felt like doing this too. :)

Words

Me. Selfishness. Being human. Love. Family. Unity. Activism. Hope. Beauty. Nature. Global Warming. A need for a change. New things. Beginnings. Forgiveness. Compassion. Babies. Tender. Care. People. Busy. Work. Seriousness. Goofiness. Fun. Laugh. Silly. Childish. Growing up. Friends. Life. Short. Long. Purpose. Goal. Find. Lose. Meaning. Joy. Dreams. Night. Darkness. Fear. Courage. War. Poverty. Problems. Ending. Happy. Blessings. Enjoying. Traveling. Places. Things. Materialism. Modern. Technology. Progress. Moving. Cars. Pollution. Olympics. Sports. Walking. Productivity. Ramblings.


*I just had to do this, it's been on my mind a lot, finding a word and then seeing where I end up with, I just associate words that are connected... Do try it, it's fun*

News

What's up fellow bloggers? I'm kind of bored at the moment and I figured I'd update you on what's happening at my end of the world. Weekends aren't really awesome when you're on holidays, specially that one of the awesomest tv shows we're watching nowadays doesn't air on weekends so that's a bummer. But today wasn't so bad, because we had a girl's night out, with my sisters and it was nice to leave the house for a while.

Other than that, I've managed to finish 1000 Splendid Suns, and it's just perfect. I was left deeply moved, and it's just such a beautiful story. I do recommend it highly!!! My summer reading has been really fruitful and I'll be sure to dedicate a post for it when my summer holidays are done.

Now that I'm back from Turkey and trying to learn Turkish, I'm totally hooked to Turkish songs. They're simply the BEST!! :D

Oh and here's a random thing, even though I don't really follow sports or anything, I'm glad that the Olympics are held in Beijing because the Chinese authorities are doing their best to make the games greener and provide a good environment for the players, because athletes need a clean air so that they can perform their best. I actually heard this piece of news on the airplane and right now I checked it online because I'm bored. Here's an achievement, I checked to read some important news and actually read an article about it, all this volunteering by myself. Here is more information: Beijing Scrambles to Host 'Green Games'
I only read the first part of the article so yeah.

Right now I'm reading Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Joules Verne. And just watching a bit of tv and nothing much really. Hope everyone's spending a nice time. ;)

Ramblings!

My two front teeth are separated. I remember clearly going to the dentist for one obvious reason; fix my teeth! I didn't ask for them to be more screwed up. Seriously, my two front teeth weren't so bad, it was just that one of them was a bit on the other, so I wanted them to be nicely standing together. Now they're separated! I have an appointment next Thursday with my dentist and I am hoping that he does something about them!

Another thing is that I'm really useless these days, like all I do is watch tv or movies or read. It's fun, but I need to be doing something, get back to posting in YFCI and looking for articles for Viva, which by the way, if you're reading and haven't already written something for Viva, do write something. ;)

And another thing, everyone is asking about school and how are our preparations. There's still a month and obviously we don't want to be thinking about that now. Still some time to be worrying about it!! :D
Well, I think I've whined enough today, but I just want to get productive again. I think I'll start doing something productive now, because like an hour ago or so I tied the room a bit, the shoes were everywhere and now there's not one to be seen! I know, a big accomplishment that requires a celebration but there's no time for that now, I'm all about being productive now! Or at least for the next hour or so!

Enjoy!

So I got some really shocking news from mom the other day. T was engaged (let's refer to the girl as T). I was like, mom you're kidding right? The girl is like a year or two younger than me and well she's just way too young for her to be engaged. Of course, the girl had absolutely no say in the matter since she was marrying her cousin who is probably a graduate, and her family forced her into it. So it's arranged marriage and she's way too young. Well, you know I really think her family is doing her the biggest injustice in the world, because she's going to have to leave school, worry about getting children and looking after the house when all her concerns should be doing well in school and looking for a brighter future.

I really hate when these things happen. I mean ok even if they asked the girl about her opinion, she'd be too embarrassed to say what she really thought to her family, because in some families here the girl doesn't get a say in matters, or she just saw that it's what happened to her sister so it's what's going to happen to her too. That girl used to go to my school, we used to help her with English. She's just one of those girls that you know had still a lot of years to really know what's going on out there in the world. I know I'm still really young too, and haven't seen anything of the world, but I mean come on, doing that to her, how is she ever to break free from that cycle without getting her education? Well, hopefully in a way it'll work out for her and she'll be able to at least finish her education and lead a happy life.

Oh and let's not over-look the possibility of her actually wanting to marry, but at this age she doesn't know what she wants so yeah anyways, just had to mention that!