the new "it" thing

you can own your very own chinese iphone for half the cost of the real thing.. a philippino lady comes in once a month with the chinese versions of the latest electronic, and if you are lucky they last longer than 3 days...

so everyone in my office has an "iphone" and are in a competition for the coolest ring tone...after 2 weeks of alien sounds and the latest lady gaga hit, we now have the sound of a guy p*ssing and flushing the toilet...greatttttttt...

i love my 2006 motorola pebble, even if it dies on me after a 5 minute conversation...ring tone: real sound of a real phone DRING DRING!!!!!!!!

July 5th 2010

it is the week of freedom and celebration...first came Quebec's day, then Canada's day, then 4th of July, and today is Fadi's birthday AND the day i became a legal resident in the UAE...

how can I explain the weight that has lifted from our shoulders? no more hush-hushing, no more illegal worker comments with allusions to mexicans, no more possibilities of ending up in jail and facing deportation...

today is a great day!

even thinking that I will eventually have to go through this again when we move to a different country doesn't put a damper on my parade :)

oh happy dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!

time flies like a vulture in the sky...

we're already at the end of june...tommorrow I will have been married 1 month!!!!!! already!!!
that means christmas is right around the corner :)))))) SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how i long for snowy days, frost that make your nostrils stick together, warm fires in my parents living room, ski days with my friends, cheese fondue, hot wine, christmas trees (and music...that's the first time i'll ever say that...probably because last year wasn't my traditional xmas and I missed out on my mom's frenzy)

how do I convince Fadi to move to the Rockies????????????

happiness is...

welcoming two brand new lives in the world...
to the proud tatie mamanou, i share your feeling of pure happiness and burst of love you felt yesterday...you'll see it never goes away!
congratulations to your whole family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xxx tatie kat

Finita la musica, passata la festa, evviva la vita...

married.
back @ work.
groceries.
laundry.
dishes.
slap in the face.
reality.

the taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn...

one of my favourite song since i'm a kid is this Peter, Paul and Mary "Leaving on a Jet Plane"....i don't know if it was a premonition of my world travelling "piqure"...

so i'm leaving Dubai today, arriving in Switzerland/Germany tomorrow , and leaving and arriving for Montreal after tomorrow...wow thank goodness for air miles :)

i'm super excited to see little nephew, sister and brother-in-law, super excited to see my family and friends in YUL, super duper excited for wedding day, but extremely sad to abandon love of my life for 3 weeks... what's he going to do, what's he going to eat, will he be super lonely???

"when i'll be back i'll wear your wedding ring....so kiss me and smile to me, tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you'll never let me gooooooooooo"....

Volcano ellldfdjfjkgnoiejps

Tsunamis, Earthquakes left and right, mud slides, now volcanos....I think Mother Earth is sending us not so subtle messages...

lets hope that when i can fly (hopefully on the due date because i'm just wayyyyyyyyy to excited not too, i mean my nephew is waiting for me :) my plane doesn't drop because of volcano spit hardening in the the turbines...

i'm too excited, please Mr Volcano i want to goooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!