Allah sent me a little gift!

i have been meaning to post this since the first day i came home from egypt. i came home, looked out my backdoor and found cherry tomatoes growing. i went "subhanna'Allah" to myself because i never planted the things. i guess someone was at the backdoor eating something with tomatoes in it, some seeds fell and lodged themselves in the small crack between the cement slabs and a cherry tomato bush started growing.

this was the result:

i love surprises!

the tiny groove between cement slabs that the tree popped up from:

(see if you can spot the lost hijab pin)

i think they are ripe for the picking. what do you think?

this is just weird...

remember the black eyed peas "my hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps"?

well here is the indian version. watch it for a very WTF laugh...

"we dont vant no drama drama"

thank sakeenah over at abayachic for this one!

dancing shmancing

i have decided that i want to start going to the opera and ballets here. i used to do ballet as a kid (and was damn good at it until i began my life long love affair with bad food) and miss it. i think it would be fun and quite enjoyable. i like 'the arts' so why not?

im also thinking about getting back into dancing because last night while out having dinner with the girls we watched a belly dancer flit all over the place while i was stuffing my face with lebanese chicken and rice and i kept thinking to myself "fuck i miss that". i was good at it if i do say so myself and it would be a great way to get myself back in shape because at the moment i resemble this dude...

my mum was a ballerina, even both of my brothers did ballet up until they were late teenagers but then traded it in for rugby league.

i havent done it in yearssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! i used to do mainly classical ballet, thrown in with a few goes at jazz ballet, irish dancing, belly dancing, indian dancing, tap dancing, hungarian dancing (yeah - wtf - i dont know how i ended up doing that one either considering i cant even point out hungary on a map). i tried dance classes at the gym about two years ago but it was quite shite - more aerobics than actual dancing. me and a friend asked about belly dancing classes as well, so may try that. (lets do it chloe!)

(wow - wish i could do that!)

and please dont do that "oh you can learn and dance for your husband" crap. i dont do that. im white - so i need not say that will not be happening. i wanna dance, not perform. so its decided - im gonna get back to what i love...

now excuse me while i re-introduce my body to demi-pliés and pirouettes.

wishi

i wish we could just eat air so i wouldnt have to cook everyday.

the night sky

do you ever forget the stars are above us?

i went outside and looked up - saw them - and thought "wow. i forgot you guys were up there!"

subhanna'Allah, it was a beautiful sight.