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My life in shots..

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

A little preview of what’s around me..


My sanctuary, i don’t know when I’ll find the perfect reading couch for my room

I’ve been sketching (mind you, they’re bad sketches) , calculating (very funny since i suck in math) & designing.

I’ve also been consuming lotsa panadol (as usual), doing lotsa concealing (not the best skin at the moment) & buying accessories, which aren’t Gold? it kills my mum, but commmon, I really can’t care less about gold & jewelry in general, I’d rather buy something that looks good, it might cost as much as gold, which could sound pathetic, but Oh well, I really am not in love with gold, unless it’s a special gift from a special person.

Been also in a mood for design, I’ve been re-branding, branding & designing for fun, which I haven’t done in aaaaages. I love design, I love art, I love anything beautiful, but hey, who doesn’t?

& I also visited Abu Dhabi Book Fair for the first time accompanied by dearest Reem. I loved being there, I didn’t even notice how time flew by so quickly while we haven’t even walked through the whole place. I also came out with 4 books? I think i behaved & deserve more books in the near future, ehem.

My bedside table is always a mess, what you see now is an AFTER image, not sure I’m brave enough yet to share the REALLY messy side of me. Don’t you sometimes feel that so many books should remain next to you?  like I’d really read all 13 books that are next to me, all at once? I just can’t help it. I’m used to having my old red bookshelf right in front of me in my room. Now, I’m really trying to cope with having a little library.

I scribble a lot, since school days. Especially during classes or when I’m on the phone. You can actually guess all that’s being said in class or through the phone if you just have a look at my scribbles. I think i inherited this from my mum. Her case though is more severe, for she used to scribble & sketch right on the telephone. actually, it reached most of my siblings too, one of them would sketch in any book laying in front of her, another would also leave some marks on your papers, & the 4 year old doesn’t really care what she draws on, even if it’s a car’s arm rest.

Haraaaam, mum caught her when she was drawing the second eye, she was 3 yrs old here, where’s all the talk about allowing you kids to express themselves, mum? :P

Before i hit Publish, I’d like to know, what type/genre of books would you like to receive in a giveaway? I’ve mentioned earlier that i have some extra copies of some books which I’ve purchased by mistake, the ones close by right now are “The Mill on the Floss” by Eliot and ” The girl with the dragon tattoo”by Stieg Larsson, which is the first book of the famous millennium series. I also have Amr Khalid’s book خواطر قرآنية & much more which I’ve either given away already or haven’t moved over to this library. Anyhowww, do let me know what type of books you’d like in a giveway. Novels? biographies? religious? Self help? Arabic or English… whatever it may be… I also tend to buy two copies of the books i love in case I meet someone who’d love to own the book, so do check out some of my favorite books on my shelfari.

PS. the photos above are taken with the iPhone App Andigraph, love how it resembles a Super Sampler or an Action Sampler, only digital.

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God Bless Books & send Boredom away..

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Lately, I’ve been suffering from boredom, severe boredom that’s driving me insane. I have never experienced such thing as far as i can remember. I’ve always been under pressure, at least for the last 5 years, for most of my time was spent either at university, or at work, or lets say working wherever possible. Leaving work was not a decision that i regret because at the time i took that decision, it was the right thing to do, i couldn’t go on running around like a headless chicken trying to meet work deadlines all the time ,while on the other hand, i was a full time student on the verge of graduating with heavy courses accumulating all over me. So i stepped back & thought, chill girl, you’re allowed to breath in your 20′s, & you cannot go on letting work affect your studies no matter how much you enjoy whatever you do.

& so i did it. I quit despite promises of understanding my situation, I just had to step back & focus on my last semester. I have to admit too, my grades rocketed back to straight A’s again for i had more time to concentrate on my studies.

Now that i have graduated, I literally feel like I’m doing nothing useful. Yes i do have lots of time on my hands, i started to read more, arrange my place & spend time on the internet surfing, researching & designing, but it’s not enough. I need to be involved in something regularly. People keep telling me to socialize now that i have the time, but i cannot stand meeting up with ladies. My friends, those dear to me & whom i feel myself around can be counted on 1 hand, therefore, i do not have any desire to be around other people. I do not enjoy forcefully smiling to people & acting all interested in what they say, it’s such a tiresome thing for a person like myself. I cannot tolerate shallow gossips and lady-talks. I cannot tolerate talking to ladies on the phone. My friends, yes i can talk to them all night long & feel that i have just started the conversation, because i never find myself drifting to silly talks with my close people.

No matter what they say, i just cannot go with the flow with people i do not have anything in common with, whether they’re family, colleagues or whoever. With that being said, I do hope that you don’t mistake me for being a snob, I am no snob, but i know myself well enough to understand the kind of company I’m always in need of.

My incomplete office/library is my sanctuary. I have many plans to use this place to kill my current state of boredom :P


Enough of my rambling, lets talk about books :D

I have a confession, once i mentioned something about a very silly habit of buying two copies of the same book by mistake, well, last month i bought the same book twice in 2 days! i mean how can anyone forget buying the same book just the day before? Now i have a number of duplicate copies on my shelf, and all are of books i haven’t yet read so i don’t even know if the books are good or not! >_< anyhow, I’m thinking of giving away those books to those interested. I will post the book titles once i get the chance and if you’re interested in the book, don’t hesitate to comment, & no you don’t have to be in the UAE, ill happily ship it t your door step, anything I’d do for a reader :P

As i mentioned earlier, i’ve been having more time for my books, I started reading this book “A Week In December by Sebastian Faulks” a few weeks ago, but i couldn’t continue reading, I really REALLY tried so hard to continue, but after reading a quarter of the book, i just had to put it back on the shelf, I just couldn’t stand all the financial talk in there, & besides, i hardly passed my financial management course. So if you’re not into finance and all, don’t even bother.

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Lomography, my first successful shots

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

I finally processed two films from my dust-gathering lomo cameras, the Fish Eye 2 and the Super Sampler (ehem, which is the latest edition that i couldn’t resist).. I’m glad the majority of the shots were actually  VISIBLE, unlike the last rolls, where i shot 90% of the photos with lens cap ON the lens >_<’. Here are some of the shots.

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Because I simply love it

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Honestly, i’m a novice when it comes to photography, although i may enjoy collecting the tools, but when it comes to taking the actual photos, I’m pretty much a point and shoot person… i have these times when i go on searching online for photography tutorials & articles or checkout videos and books and get all excited about IMPROVING, but at the end of the day, i come back down to reality & remain pretty much a beginner. so for 2010, i have a resolution of studying digital & film photography, i really should at least know what Aperture exactly means, especially when I’m holding a camera as big as my head & someone asks me that hehe.

so talking about being no more than a humble collector of cameras, checkout these OH-MY-GOD-SO-ADORABLE minox classic digital cameras!

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they’re like the tiniest & cutest camera’s i have come across so far. i mean look at the Rolleiflex MiniDigi! no no don’t look at the pix, go to Sharaf DG and touch this beauty! yes it’s digital, with a 2x zoom, and it’s 5 mega pixel.. & guess where the LCD screen is ?…. yup it’s inside that top lid, so you actually use it the same way the vintage model was used… i fell in love with this once i set eyes on it, it’s worth 699 AED at sharaf DG…. only 1 thought stopped me from grabbing it… ehem… remember the lomo craze i went through? lets just say I’m feeling guilty for not trying them out properly yet, &… well, i kinda feared mum would end up with a soar throat for obvious reasons.. don’t tell her this, but in my next outing, I AM GETTING THIS!!! I’m so scared it runs out!! I’m in a faja3 mode…

There’s also this model, the MINOX DCC 5.1.. this one is no less adorable! it’s 4x zoom… i can imagine it tucked in my purse somewhere & becoming really handy ! (NOT, it just looks good!!).. i got this one for a dear friend who, unlike me, knows her way in photography.

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Remember the Diana F+ lomo camera that i mentioned in here? well .. this camera uses a 120 mm film, which i couldn’t find around here yet… i researched a bit to find a way around it and came across this of many tutorials that shows how you can easily modify the camera to hold the regular 35 mm film

Here’s my take on this, not bad? i shouldn’t have used white paper though, actually, i shouldn’t have opened that jacket to take the pix

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cover the outer side of the red window properly

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the inside too

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add foam or any similar material to center the film, above and below it

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and finally cover the film with another piece of foam to stabilize it, and that’s it, i can use regular 35mm film now until i find the 120 in Dubai

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I am busy, therefore I update!

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Lately, i’ve been….

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Consuming lotsa Karak tea (or kadak)

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reading 1 page every 3 days, from this book >_< i feel guilty

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Missing the rain..

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loving this Mickey hoodie jumper

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and of course, working on university projects that only seem to accumulate….
Please Fall Semester, end will you, just END .. with lotsa A’s … and oh well, i won’t be very greedy… some B’s too… fine i can tolerate just 1 C ..  and no D’s please, I’m severely allergic to them… like really…
*you prayers are very much needed dear readers*

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