Like seriously: anything you don’t like about me; anything that annoys you about me, anything at all. Just do it.
Make it true, though. None of that joke hate.
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April 2, 2012
Can people send me hate?
April 1, 2012
March 10, 2012
helpmeflyyy replied to your post: your blog has always been boring. write a poem or something. spice it up.
So much anon hate these days. Bakwaas
I honestly see it all as a joke. I don’t mind this anon or the bobblehead anon or any of them. I actually love ManBoof!
I haven’t ever been sent anything that is particularly hurtful or offensive, alhamdulilah. People commenting on my face and how deformed it is doesn’t really bother me in the slightest - wallah.
These messages make me smile more than anything else.
March 7, 2012
Things I hate about being home…
- Family politics and drama
- The fact that all the best restaurants don’t have halal food
- It’s so cold right now
- My driving licence not being worth the paper it’s printed on
- Having to live under my parents’ roof
- cool people being far away
- Bradford and how dead it is
- CHAVS
January 25, 2012
-Getty Images
The atmosphere on the streets is amazing. People aren’t motivated by hate. They’re not motivate by destruction. They just want what is best for themselves and their brothers. It is a movement founded in love.
In Alexandria the police surrendered to the protesters and were given water and food.
May Allah help Egypt, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Reblogging today because it’s the anniversary of the uprising in Egypt.
The Egyptian people have come so far but they still have so much further to go. Here’s hoping peace comes to the Egyptians as soon as possible as well as to other Arab states where the people are going through strife. May Allah help them.
January 22, 2012
Running with Waq
| Waq: | Come one... just 500m more |
| House mate: | I hate you |
| Waq: | You can do it. Just keep going. |
| House mate: | I fucking hate you. Shut up. |
| Waq: | We're nearly there. Stronger. Faster. |
| House mate: | You sadist bastard. |
| House mate: | *makes it to the end of the run* |
| House mate: | Awwwwww yyyyeeeeaaaahhhhhh |
January 20, 2012
Oh my God, I’m so tired
My housemate ran his first mile! He was amazing tonight.
Instead of covering the normal 12km/7.5miles we actually ended up covering 14.5km/9miles.
He hated me at the time but he thanked me when he got home. We’re really loving this running/walking thing. He’s improving every single time we go out and he’s pushing himself so hard to get fantastic results.
A week ago he wouldn’t run a step. Today he ran a mile. I aim to have him running all 12km within a month! Let’s see if we manage…
We ended the session by getting a delicious salad at Subway!
October 25, 2011
I’ve been really reflective these last few days…
about the path my life is on and where I want it to head. It’s no secret that I’m really hating Saudi Arabia at the moment. Not the place, but it’s just my own personal mindset. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about what I need to do and how I need to go about doing it and I have four potential paths that I could walk when I’m finally ready to move on from here…
I don’t really want to talk about what the paths are except that one is similar to the path I’m on right now, one is going back to a path I was on before, another is the craziest most idealistic path in the history of the world, and the fourth path is one that has only really become clear to me over the last few days and is the one that is taking up most of my thinking time.
I have it in me to make it work out and it’s going to be exceptionally difficult for me to make it happen but I have faith in myself that I can do what needs to be done. When I’ve really gotten a feeling of what I want to do in the past I’ve never failed. I’ve never given up without giving my all and making sure I’ve gotten what I wanted to do, done.
Anyway, this post is kind of pointless. Maybe I’ll be ready to share details with you guys in the future but I’m not right now. I still need to think about all four options some more, three of them more than the fourth, and really understand which one will be the best for me in all areas. It also means I’m going to have to radically reassess my time in Saudi Arabia and I might end up leaving sooner than I anticipated to pursue that fourth path.
May Allah make the future easy for me.
October 14, 2011
I couldn’t not post something ahead of the game tomorrow…
Just for you, Soumia!
(stolen from facebook - source unknown)
September 28, 2011
Waking up for work at 6am is inhumane
I hate being awake this early!
AND I have to work cover which means double the teaching today. FML!
September 25, 2011
Replies…
dawnofwinter said: thats my fifth favorite book. :D so much better than the kite runner. that one sucked. i love the women in the book
I found your message really funny… What are your numbers 1-4 favourite books?
bermudianabroad said: you aren’t alone… i wasn’t aware two of the political parties back home dissolved. months ago. it’s like you finding out in august the tories had decided to join the green party… back in january. shame….
Seriously, I don’t know what’s wrong with us. I made a resolution to read more news and I’m going to start… tomorrow :S Tumblr is full of so many politically active people and it makes me sad.
avixo replied to your photoset: I’ve been growing my ‘beard’ for the last two…
George & I say you look really good here! :)
Thank you, Avi and George. I might have looked good but I trimmed my beard off :D
rumrum-muh replied to your photoset: I’ve been growing my ‘beard’ for the last two…
keep it v.v
I’m sorry… I decided to trim it. I just didn’t like it as much.
dawnofwinter replied to your photoset: I’ve been growing my ‘beard’ for the last two…
lol your hair blows. but keep the beard its awesome. (just shave it before flying to the US, you know how they are) haha.
:/ Haha! Thanks for the beard love but no thanks for the hair hate. The problem with my hair is that I’m growing it and it’s in that intermediate stage where I can’t do much with it without putting tonnes of crap in my hair!
abdmwenabennis replied to your photoset: I’ve been growing my ‘beard’ for the last two…
KEEP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, yo. It’s gone!
bermudianabroad replied to your photoset: I’ve been growing my ‘beard’ for the last two…
dduuuuuude! eat a sammich. if it rains, you’ll have pools in your neck. also keep the beard.
The beard has gone. About the sammich… I listened to you and had a huge subway today. I’m on a new diet where I eat more… I need to stick with it. I forget to eat too often.
flufflogic replied to your photoset: I’ve been growing my ‘beard’ for the last two…
It’s a great beard! Keep it!
Thanks for the beard love but I don’t feel I’m ready for it yet…
manalsmusings replied to your post: You know what I think? I think you’re handsome. Keep the beard, but…
hahaha, gorilla!
Manal! You’re not supposed to laugh at me, yo. It’s not nice. So what if my eyebrows are bushier than the Amazon Rainforest… I’m not a gorilla :(
laaavvvandthensome replied to your post: You have beautiful eyes. :)…
NAHIIIIIN.
The beautiful thing about facial hair, Mehwimoo, is that it grows back!
September 1, 2011
The sadness of the airport
So I went to pick up my brother and sister-in-law today at the airport and I really hated it. Not that I was picking them up, I’m so glad to see them, but I meant the atmosphere of the airport.
Let’s just say I’ve not been in the best of moods over the last 20ish hours. Actually… I don’t want to talk about that here. Regardless, the airport was really depressing this morning. People running to each other at arrivals, the love on display was too much for me to handle. I tried to ignore it, I tried to walk away, I tried to get over it but I couldn’t. It broke my heart. My heart was broken.
Airports are messed up places. I really don’t like them at all, especially today. I think the tears of departures would have been just as bad. The love, although flipped, it just as intense. I can’t be around love right now.
Seeing my brother and sis-in-law was so hard. I was too sad to appreciate them but later in the day I opened up to them and they’ve been amazing. I love them both so much. They’re some of my favourite people in the world. They’re so understanding and sensible.
August 10, 2011
I’m leaving Saudi!
These last two weeks here have been pretty tough. I’ve been feeling lonely, I’ve been hating my job, and I’ve been feeling down for all these reasons but I’m trying to put on a brave face. Well, I’ve had enough… I’m leaving this place. I’ve had enough of the desert. I’ve had enough of the most insane heat I’ve ever experienced in my life. I’ve had enough of the same thing day. in. day. out! I’m going in two weeks time…
July 21, 2011
Things I’m not happy with…
I feel like this trip home has been really great in so many ways but there are a couple of things that could have been better. I know there’s the thing about being grateful but there were a few things I really wanted to do before I got home and the thing is that I haven’t really lived up to those things… yet. The only problem is that time is running out… I’m back to Saudi on Wednesday. Time has flown by.
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