Comfort

Topic: 

Friday, September 20: React to this term: comfort

What is comfort to me? Comfort is...

...Time spent with family,

TV with my dad,

Cracking jokes with my mom,

Nights on the balcony with Leen,

Taking silly pictures with Amin,

Drawing with Rafah,

Singing with Yaman,

Friends I can trust,

And people I can discuss ideas with..

Comfort is...

....Books, books, books,

Sitting near the fire in winter,

Hoodies and pajama bottoms,

Autumn and rain and red tree leaves.

Doing what I like,

Coloring, Reading, Writing, Drawing..

Knowing that there are people there for me.

Comfort is living healthily and positively,

Comfort is envisioning a bright future,

Comfort is dreaming..

-----------------------------------------------------------

What is comfort for you? What comes up to your mind when you hear the word comfort? :]

10 Reasons Why (Lebanon: The Controversy)

5 Reasons Why I Love Lebanon:

REASON 1:

Family.

REASON 2:

Friends.

REASON 3:

Long walks with Leen.

REASON 4:

Beautiful places.

REASON 5:

Memories.

5 Reason Why I Hate Lebanon

REASON 1:

Slow internet.

REASON 2:

Wars & problems.

REASON 3:

Garbage everywhere.

REASON 4:

Selfish people.

REASON 5: 

Black nights.


What makes you love or hate your country?

Out at the Mountains

My aunt & uncle invited us for a feast at the mountains yesterday (Aug. 10th). The place we went to was nice; there were lots of trees and lots of kids. We arrived a little late, and a little late  was just in time for lunch. Lol. Anyways, we had meat and salad and potatoes and onions etc... then we had desert, cakes and fruits. Leen & I went for a little walk, & Leen took tons of pictures.

Lots of people were invited

Special Dish: 'Sfeeha' with a bee!

Lots of people=lots of water

The biggest salad bowl. Really, you had to see it!

Onions & potatoes

Mega watermelons

This looks yummy, & tastes even yummier. Can you imagine!?

Healthy Greens

Idk, maybe I'll never understand what people like in coffee.

Why would anyone need this in the mountain? Hmm..

Leen & I go for a walk

And of course, 'bizir'  was an essential (for Leen, not me)

Beautiful scene #1: you can see a lake in the distance

Beautiful scene #2: my  piece of watermelon

Then, le familia (smaller familia, me, mom, dad, sibs) went to the lake. I was feeling very inspired and I wrote some pretty nice stuff (I'm not even joking). We splashed in the water and Yaman stepped on a dead fish and freaked out. It was funny because he wouldn't go neat the water anymore!

Kara'aon Lake

Cool foam. Really, it's cool- I've never seen anything like this before!

Not so cool dead fish.

Le dad with kids

Le mom with kids

Le me with le converse

Guess what? I love you. (Me talking to my ice-cream cone)

In case you thought those cool pictures were taken by me, then you're wrong. Pictures courtesy of Leen Khateeb-my sister. (Check her out on instagram: @KhateebLeen)  

Eif Fitr 2013 (Day1)

This morning of Eid Fitr was frustrating. FRUSTRATING. I was exhausted (Couldn’t sleep until 3 AM. & my post about insomnia did not include taking sleeping pills or anything to help you sleep). Plus, I was having a bad hijab day (which is basically like a bad hair day, just substitute the hair with the hijab).

Finally, I managed to fix my hijab into some shape, and Eid started. I realized that it’s not Eid that I don’t like, just bad hijab days :]

#1: EID FAMILY PICTURES!

With our newest family member (that would be the four wheeler)

Me, mom, & Rafah-with-straight-hair

#2: EID CHOCOLATE!

Mom bought the best, tastiest, yummiest Eid chocolate. First thing to taste this morning. Yum.

Love.

And we have this like, stash in the fridge- full of chocolate and sweets. Not helpful.

#3: EID VISITS!

We visited my grandparents’ houses. My aunts and uncles (who weren’t always at home), then mom and dad dropped us at home and I changed into my flip-flops and comfy pink shirt. So I had about 5 hours or something of Eid taste. Like real Eid taste. And then some relatives came over & saw me in my homeless granny state. (ha-ha just kidding)

#4: EID LUNCH!

Which is basically regular lunch, but on Eid (leftovers, to be exact). Below are some pictures of the leftovers from the leftovers. (Did you know that there's a dish called 'freaky'? It's similar to rice- the thing in the small glass plate on top)

Those were the main highlights of the day. I guess. Oh, and God bless people who don't think 16 is too old for a Eid gift. So how was everyone's day? :)