Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Satisfaction
Forget about chocolate and midnight cravings. In the long run, what satisfies you the most in your life? Is it:
But, what if one of them breaks?
An alternative is always available, I had these days when things got rough at work, I always told myself, it's al'right, I'm going back to see my family. Or when neither of that was going well, I had my friends, who never miss a chance to cheer their LuLu up :)
Find you inner satisfaction and build on it. It will never let you down.
- Your family? The big Fridays lunch
- Your circle of friends? Where each of them has her own personality, her own joy of heart
- Your health? The ability to run continiously for an hour and let these happy hormones pump up
- Your work? Being recognized among others for your achievments
- Your faith? Knowing how to thank god for the countless blessings
But, what if one of them breaks?
An alternative is always available, I had these days when things got rough at work, I always told myself, it's al'right, I'm going back to see my family. Or when neither of that was going well, I had my friends, who never miss a chance to cheer their LuLu up :)
Find you inner satisfaction and build on it. It will never let you down.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Day I Gave My First Speech
"Layla, WAKE UP, we have to be at the marina port by 11 am"
My friend's screams made my heart jump.
I squeezed my eyes to look at the room clock, its 10 am. My God!
Rushing to get ready and leaving the house in 15 minutes was a breaking record for me. Also, making sure I eat my usual breakfast “A Banana". I'm a strong believer in the whole good mood effect stuffed in bananas.
Me & Phenomenal Z, who is a dear bestie and workmate as well, were chosen to give a small speech to a group of young girls, telling them about our experience working in the private sector.
It was a great opportunity for us to teach those girls what to expect when they leave the carefree life and join the stricter "time management" labeled environment.
Back in the port, we waited for an hour for the water taxi to reach. The weather was unusually windy; I could see the waves hitting the boats so hard and splashing back to the sea. I whispered to my friend:
"Tara I don't know how to swim"
"It's okay, I'll save you, just don't pull me back to the water, relax and I'll hold you" She replied calmly.
The water taxi dude made us wear colorful life jackets and he started the engine. 20 minutes ride in the sea of my beloved city was a pleasure of its own. I'm not a sea person when it comes to actually being in the middle of it. I just enjoy the other senses, let me dip my legs, touch the sand, hear the sound of the waves and that's it.
Those 20 minutes passed so fast as we reached Al Futaisy Island!
The young girls were having a leadership camp for three days. We proceeded to the cafeteria where they were having lunch. A bus comes to take us from the cafeteria to where we will give the speech.
An Airy room with theater style chairs lined up. Girls were supposed to be there, but half an hour passed and the 30 girls were coming one by one. How frustrating, yet funny! I was in their shoes a year and a half ago. God how much I changed.
Two girls were sitting in the corner of the room, they seemed like good friends. Communicating softly about their work plans, how much they like to do volunteer work and the fact they are looking forward to our speech.
I wouldn't want to bore you with the details of the speech, other than it went really great. We saw a response from those stubborn girls. We tried to feed them the fact that "you have to love what you do, in order to succeed", all what they were thinking “how can you sit in an office for 9 hours"
As we were about to leave, I approached the two girls in the corner and wished them good luck in their life. I left with a tear that was about to fall, but I held it so hard.
It's fascinating how much hardship of life makes up a person. The two girls lived all their life in an orphanage house, they never saw their parents. One of them was on a wheelchair. She looked so perfect, so complete to me more than any of the 30 girls filling the classroom nudging each other and joking around.
I went there to teach them about myself, not knowing how much I needed to learn from them.
My friend's screams made my heart jump.
I squeezed my eyes to look at the room clock, its 10 am. My God!
Rushing to get ready and leaving the house in 15 minutes was a breaking record for me. Also, making sure I eat my usual breakfast “A Banana". I'm a strong believer in the whole good mood effect stuffed in bananas.
Me & Phenomenal Z, who is a dear bestie and workmate as well, were chosen to give a small speech to a group of young girls, telling them about our experience working in the private sector.
It was a great opportunity for us to teach those girls what to expect when they leave the carefree life and join the stricter "time management" labeled environment.
Back in the port, we waited for an hour for the water taxi to reach. The weather was unusually windy; I could see the waves hitting the boats so hard and splashing back to the sea. I whispered to my friend:
"Tara I don't know how to swim"
"It's okay, I'll save you, just don't pull me back to the water, relax and I'll hold you" She replied calmly.
The water taxi dude made us wear colorful life jackets and he started the engine. 20 minutes ride in the sea of my beloved city was a pleasure of its own. I'm not a sea person when it comes to actually being in the middle of it. I just enjoy the other senses, let me dip my legs, touch the sand, hear the sound of the waves and that's it.
Those 20 minutes passed so fast as we reached Al Futaisy Island!
The young girls were having a leadership camp for three days. We proceeded to the cafeteria where they were having lunch. A bus comes to take us from the cafeteria to where we will give the speech.
An Airy room with theater style chairs lined up. Girls were supposed to be there, but half an hour passed and the 30 girls were coming one by one. How frustrating, yet funny! I was in their shoes a year and a half ago. God how much I changed.
Two girls were sitting in the corner of the room, they seemed like good friends. Communicating softly about their work plans, how much they like to do volunteer work and the fact they are looking forward to our speech.
I wouldn't want to bore you with the details of the speech, other than it went really great. We saw a response from those stubborn girls. We tried to feed them the fact that "you have to love what you do, in order to succeed", all what they were thinking “how can you sit in an office for 9 hours"
As we were about to leave, I approached the two girls in the corner and wished them good luck in their life. I left with a tear that was about to fall, but I held it so hard.
It's fascinating how much hardship of life makes up a person. The two girls lived all their life in an orphanage house, they never saw their parents. One of them was on a wheelchair. She looked so perfect, so complete to me more than any of the 30 girls filling the classroom nudging each other and joking around.
I went there to teach them about myself, not knowing how much I needed to learn from them.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
I Love It
Makes me dreamy all the time.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Happy Moments
Living every second of it with a big smile and a loving heart.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Mend That Heart
I gazed outside the car window admiring the beautiful weather today. My imagination started drawing vertical and horizontal lines. The more I closed my eyes and wandered into those lines, they formed something like:
A triangle on top of a square.
A square with two little squares inside and another rectangular in between.
On top of the triangle, a bit to the right, there is a Chimney!
Yes, that’s a house, the oldest and most common picture we learned to draw. Ever since we learned how to hold crayons in our tiny hands, we are born to know, one day, some day; we will have a home of our own. With everything that comes along with it.
A loving family
A pet
A vase full of white lilies
An oven that hides a “burnt” cake inside
But hey, a warm smile that welcomes everyone to our world
If fairytales mean living happily ever after, then be it. I want that
And no matter how simple our imaginations draw that happy life, we should always be ready to draw the dark cloud of top of that house.
I woke up from that moment of day dreaming and realized, I saw that silver lining already.
A triangle on top of a square.
A square with two little squares inside and another rectangular in between.
On top of the triangle, a bit to the right, there is a Chimney!
Yes, that’s a house, the oldest and most common picture we learned to draw. Ever since we learned how to hold crayons in our tiny hands, we are born to know, one day, some day; we will have a home of our own. With everything that comes along with it.
A loving family
A pet
A vase full of white lilies
An oven that hides a “burnt” cake inside
But hey, a warm smile that welcomes everyone to our world
If fairytales mean living happily ever after, then be it. I want that
And no matter how simple our imaginations draw that happy life, we should always be ready to draw the dark cloud of top of that house.
I woke up from that moment of day dreaming and realized, I saw that silver lining already.
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