If I can be a teacher like this

What a teacher, and what a fun way to say happy holiday and have fun .

In The News

The Threats Against the creatures of South Park

All I know about South Park is that it's a comedy cartoon show from Comedy Central.

And lately their creatures was threatened to be killed because they portrayed Prophet Muhammad in one of their latest episodes wearing a bear custom .

A group called itself "revolution Muslim" said "We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show".

Muslims in general are against portraying God or Prophets . So you will never see a picture for Allah or any of the prophets specially not prophet Muhammad.

While other religions are OK with that and we can see millions of pictures of Jesus. And movies are filled with actors playing the roles of God.

And while we still -in the Islamic and Arabic worlds- have problems discussing religious issues or even question them, the west are way ahead in their freedom of discussion and they can criticize whomever they want, any way they wanted.

This so-called Islamic group are based in America-New York exactly- and they are well aware of their right to protest, to complain, to discuss , to explain. But they have decided to go with their not right to threat with death.

Why is death the answer ?

Is it going to end the problem you are facing ? .

Is this all the problems the Muslims are facing today - the portraying of the prophet- ?

What would prophet Muhammad would say about the killing permits they issue day and night if he was here today ?

why do you force people to see things you believe in the way you see it ?

how do you want them to respect your religion and your believes if you have no respect for their lives ?

Is our religion this weak to be threatened by a cartoon?

Is this the way to show our respect and love for our prophet ?

Remember that when a poet said an all hate poem against the prophet at his time, the prophet didn't issue a fatwa to kill him.

I am against killing and threats of killing whatsoever. There are MILLIONS of ways to show our protest and killing ain't one of them.

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Naked Women Against Iranian Muslim Scholars

A group of women in America decided to strip naked against the belief that women nudeness and clothes are the reason for earthquakes in the world.

An Iranian scholar said that the clothes women wearing in Iran are the reason for any possible earth quakes. That came after news that the capital of Iran, Tehran might be hit with an earth quake.

The leader of the group asked women to wear nothing or less clothes to prove that women's clothes got nothing to do with natural disasters.

Well, it's common believe amongst Muslims that there are no such things as natural disasters and that all that happens are the results of God's anger. And I have seen and heard of so many Christians priests who claimed the same thing. I don't know if this is common with all religions.

While I think that they are natural disasters, I don't think nudeness is going to show anything , but at least it's their way of protesting peacefully and not protesting by killings.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/23/boobquake-cleavage-cause-earthquakes/

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Protest and use your head to come up with genuine ideas to stand up for your own religion but killing is not a way to protest.

Update on Not a Good Week.

Well, I talked and yelled and said it loud and clear

" I need help and you are doing nothing, losers" .

From the day the landlord said that we should leave, my brother decided to help by not going to work. I yelled at him twice and each time he said he will help and swear he will. I told him that if you want to help then give the money to my mother. Even my mother laughed and said "will see".

We know he won't give a dime from the money he promised and he made big promises , how can he when he didn't go to work for five days !! . He locked himself in his room the whole week watching TV and only come out when he hears our voices talking about an apartment my mother checked and ask his most important questions " how many bed rooms are there ? " .

Well, yesterday was the day I yell again and that was because it was the turn of my sister. I told her to go ahead and check the free training and that no one is going to hire her with no skills . she kept saying that she felt sorry for me when she knew about us leaving the flat and wondered how am i going to have the money . I told her to stop feeling sorry for me and to help, she said that she knew they can not guarantee her a job and i told her to at least try.

Then my brother came and promised his big promise . He went to work yesterday barely !!!.

As for our mission to look for a flat goes .

We went to our previous landlord - they have an empty flat right now- at first they said that they will give it to us and then SOMETHING happen and they said that it was giving to a man and he had paid the deposit and would be here in two months.

We kept looking but nothing.

We thought of going back to our grandfather buildings and I told my mother to tell my uncle that we will take two flats- cuz one is way too small- and give him extra money-god help me find that extra money- but then we changed our mind because there are people living in one of these flats and we can not do to them what's been done to us, though we know that my uncle would love the extra money.

The next day, my mother told me that another flat will be evacuated in the same building of our previous landlord, in about three months. So this time my mother and I went to talk to the landlord and I told him i will give him a deposit right now to keep it for us. But he said no.

you can tell that he doesn't want us back and there are questions and things he wondered.

He seemed a good man and i was not going to leave easily so i kept talking to him, so he told me that we are close by and we can come back for the flat when we see the new tenants leaving. Me and him even discussed the way I am going to pay.

And then the question came- the thing that was lurking in their mind, the thing that made them say no before- . He turned towards my mother and ask her a simple questions " where is your oldest son that is living with you? " ,she explained that he is married and with his family.

But he said no, the other one and my mother and i looked at each other because we knew whom he was asking about.

He was actually asking about "the younger brother" -but because he is big everyone thinks he is the oldest-.

He was asking because that's the one who has been and still is drinking , making trouble and annoying everyone. He is actually the reason why our previous landlord asks to leave the place in a week 12 years ago.

Neighbors complain about him and his drunken friend coming and going of the building. They were afraid of them . And who can blame them.

The man also told us how our reputation was damaged because of him and the police coming a lot to our places. My mother told to him that we kicked him out a long time ago-probably 10 years now- but of course he doesn't know because he still comes to see mt father and my brother -the one still living with us- and usually meet them at the door of the building .

See how people can remember the bad things, we have been asked to leave that building about 12 years ago and people still doesn't want US because of HIM- and some dumbasses still asks us to take him back the poor he.

He sounded relief when he knew that he doesn't live with us anymore. And Said inshAllah things will be fine, will it ? I don't know. I am hoping and we are still looking just in case.

One of the good things about the whole situation is that i explained to my mother that i need from 3 to 4 years for all my debt to be paid. And then we can have our own place.

I am willing to pay more to the banks than to live in the same situation again.

I never thought that I could dream big dreams:) .

InshAllah .

P.S: excuse my french, I guess I have a bad mouth when I am mad .

Beautiful Old Camapgins

I could not post these three ads in my previous posts. I tried and they are not working, so here they are. They are in Arabic but check them anyway.

Maids in Saudi Arabia

Let me begin by saying that my family is probably the ONLY family in Saudi Arabia who has no maid working at our home or a driver.

So what ?

In a country where almost everyone should have a maid or two at their houses then we are truly UNIQUE.

The BBC has an article called ( UN begins Gulf human rights tour in Saudi Arabia ) .In parts of it, it discussed the treatment of works in The gulf and that inspired this post of mine.

The Countries:-

Most maids in Saudi Arabia come from poor countries like South-Easter Asia specially Indonesia. Then Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Indonesian are preferred because they are Muslims. Filipino is chosen because they are the cleanest !!! .

The Conditions:-

They have to be young. not married ones are better. Speak some Arabic, that would be great.

The Salary:-

You have to pay at least SR5000 for the visa and god knows who first. Her salary will range from SR600-800. The Dollar is 3.75 Riyal , so you figure.

The Work:

She has to work 24 hours a day , 7 days a week. You are here as maid but you can be a baby sitter, a nanny, a cook..... any thing the house wife feel like asking ( ordering sounds right) you.

Not Allowed:-

To have a day off. To leave the house at any condition unless you are asked to go to the store to buy something you are asked to bring.

P.S:-You can be lent to a family or a friend if they have an occasion and they need a help.

The Salary ( again) :-

Most people won't give you your money until the day you leave. Some are human enough to let you transfer that money to your family in your country.

Passport:-

The moment you land in your passport will be confiscated from you and be held so you run away because you are definitely are going to run away.

Clothes:-

You are required to wear a head cover ALL THE TIME in the house with and without the presence of male .

P.S:-Sometimes you won't be able to know who the man of the house is because you are not allowed to see him.

Malls and Stores:-

You can go to a store to buy something you are asked to bring. Mostly you are going to be accompanied by a child . If you are taken to the mall- Saudi Arabia national parks- you are there only to carry the bags your employee purchases has been stuffed in. To push the carts or carry the children. To follow the children while they are running around.

Extra Information:-

You will always looked at as a witch and trying to do something wicked . You will always try to let the man of the house marry you. You will always try to kill the children. You are a slut and try to sleep with any man around.You may be hit occasionally or tortured because you are stupid enough not to understand or did something horrible like burn the clothes or broke a plate.

How will you end up :-

Some dead on the hand of their employee, some by their hands -who couldn't endure such treatment- . LOTS do run away to end up in the hand of horrible men. Some work freelance!!! and go working in another house .Some manage to reach their embassies and the embassy send them home with almost nothing.

Maids in Saudi Arabia is an ongoing problem. Most people believe that they are a MUST. They need them to help. By the way, help means you lend a hand but nobody lend a hand to the maid. They do it all, all the work.

You want to figure out our way living here and why do we need a help ??

Because men CAN NOT help, it's unmanly to work at home-despite the teachings of their prophet, btw we think we are the most religious people in the world and we follow the foot steps of prophet Muhammad and the teachings of Islam- .

we have so many kids that we don't care about the way we raise or feed them , it's just for the idea of having kids-( I wonder how many parents will have their rights taken by courts in Saudi Arabia if we were country that runs by law).

Now let's see about the housewife who needs HELP, she either work or doesn't.

a Huge percent of women work as teachers or in the educational system. Their work beings between 6:30-8 and finishes around 12:30 -1 .That's it 6 hours of work ,

so what do they need help with ?

The rest are either doctors and you can understand them having help

and those who don't work who also must have a help because that neighbors of her is not better than her.

Yes, yes. Having a maid or two or three or a bunch of them is a show off sometimes.

If someone was wise enough to advise people to treat maids better and in good manners it's not because Islam order us so and it's not because you should treat others the way you wanted to be treated and it's not because they are human beings.It's just so they won't hurt your small children , the babies and the ones who are not at school yet.

Shame on you .

BTW: The Gulf countries are not better than us, just a slightly.

P.S: Not all Saudi treat their maids this way but MOST do.

One Last Thing:-

These works are human beings who endure all hardship to have a better life for their loved ones, they are not here to do us harm. And like all works, some are good and some are bad.

The BBC article : -

UN begins Gulf human rights tour in Saudi Arabia

The UN high commissioner for human rights has begun a visit to Saudi Arabia, a country much criticised by human rights organisations. High Commissioner Navi Pillay said countries in the region need to address the issues of abuse against foreign workers and improve women's rights.But the government has improved its co-operation with the UN rights body, the high commissioner said. Saudi Arabian law does not grant equal rights to women or foreign workers.The high commissioner is on a 10-day trip to the Gulf region, in which she will visit six countries. "Some countries are reconsidering the sponsorship system that rigidly binds migrants to their employers, enabling the latter to commit abuses, while preventing workers from changing jobs or leaving the country," Mrs Pillay said in a speech at a university near Jeddah.

There are an estimated 12 million foreign workers in the Gulf region.They are admitted into Gulf countries under a system known as Kafala, where the employee, labourer or servant must surrender their travel documents to a guarantor, which in effect renders them bonded labour human rights groups say.Domestic workers are often subject to abuse, and in 2008 the government began an awareness campaign to combat the abuse of domestic workers.

'Patchy'

Much more needs to be done by Gulf states to improve women's rights, the Ms Pillay said."Discriminatory barriers continue to hamper women's right to shape their own lives and choices and fully participate in public life. These barriers must be removed."It was also time to "lay to rest" the concept of "male guardianship" which bestows control over women to their male relatives.There is an "encouraging level of government activity" around women's rights in recent years, Mrs Pillay said."[But] positive developments for women's civil and political rights are still patchy and uneven in the region," she added.Women continue to face severe discrimination and are inadequately protected against domestic and other violence, according to Amnesty International.

Not a Good Week

First it was my sister refusal to have a job and now we are asked to evacuate the flat. !!!!

Well, we live in a beautiful flat which is not ours of course, it's rented.

And the landlord was a nice guy who never complain about the yelling and screaming . About the police at the door of the building, the drunken people coming and leaving.

He even reduced the rent because of my mother and how sweet she is and how everyone thinks of her as their mother ( yes my mom always give people that impression and makes them feel at ease around her :) ) .

About a year and a half ago, he and his siblings started to ask people to leave and they and their families live in these flats (they are beautiful and spacious after all).

He promised not to ask us to leave at all . We believed him .

Today, he came and asked to talk to my mother in precise . He apologized and said that his son is getting married and he wanted us to evacuate. What a surprise !!!

Well, the good news is that he gave us till the end of the year to leave, which is 8 months to go.

But moving form one place to another is not easy at all. We can not afford buying a house. And it's only me working and moving is not cheap. Oh yea i forgot to say that they guy was so generous that he said he wont take any rent money for staying this year.

I am positive that good people do exist :)

What do we need is to find a flat that we can afford and close by cuz we can not afford a driver, too. yes it's going to be tough and i need all the help i can to have more money, i know that my mother will borrow some from behind my back -though we already talked about not doing so but she can not stand not doing anything -.

In the middle of all the talks and discussion, my sister kept on sleeping ( thou she can hear our loud arguments- i hate admitting that she is selfish ) .

My lazy brother who barley brings a thing to the house, was so upset and sad as if it was a personal problem he has. And when my mother asked him to go with her to check on an empty flat near by he said no .

I was complaining to my mom about the help I need, so he said that he will help with whatever he had which is nothing. And for the first time i yell at him telling him that he is irresponsible and how can he help if he keep not going to his work , sleep at home, get angry and decided not to work with this and that, keep changing work and staying at home with nothing for a long time, giving mom a small amount of money and then humiliate her saying "i give you and all you want is money and you ruined my life" when in return she gave the bastard LIFE. i was so mad and so angry at him. And guess whom did he blame for this ?? My father for not being a man with money to buy us a house a long time ago !!! . oh yea and he deiced to take today off, doing what? nothing. he just needs his beauty sleep.

Are not dysfunctional family great ?? .

While my brother staying in his room being sad and refusing to do nothing and my sister sleeping, i was looking online for flats And my beautiful mother actually left and went around the places to look for an empty one.

She is worried and asked me not to get upset so my sugar wont go high. I don't know if it's high but all i can feel right now is huge pain in my back . I am trying my best to be opptimistic.

I am not mad right now, i am just disappointed and a bit sad. But I know that we will find something nice soon isnahAllah and as i said to mom "who knows maybe this is good".

inshAllah it will be :)

Scams

Anyone with an email account, have experienced junk mails and the stupidity of it. Lately i have been receiving huge amount of emails that can only be called scams. Here are some examples :-

(1)

Mr. Ling Tia Liu.

Good Day,

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bank.please contact me on {liuling_icbc@yahoo.com.hk} with your Full

names,occupation,private phone number,current residential address.

why do I need to do a business with someone i don't know or meet or without checking about them ?

Does anyone fall for this stupidity !!!

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(2)

Herman Y Isaiah

I have many good quality American Contact Lists at much lower prices than most sites. Contact me here: Benita.Holmes@listmasters2 .co.cc for a complete catalogue of what we have.

Best Regards

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Why do I need good quality American contacts? Do they think i am a business woman or something ? . Do really people fall for this !!!

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(3)

Aldo sincere

To get additional details, samples and counts for our USA contact data please

email me at this address Staci.Price@listmasters2 .co.cc

we have lots of different lists in many fields and this week is the time to buy with lowered list prices.

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Establish 3-way conferencing call

Same questions as number 2 !!!

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(4)

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Wow i won £450,000, lucky me. Now that's tempting , if i didn't receive the same message from different companies and brands. It was Nokia, coca cola , MacDonalds, .....etc.

Tempting but still stupid. cuz no one is that lucky every single day.

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What's going on? why are scam people back in business this fierce ?

It was a while since receiving such emails and with this eagerness. lol

The question remain the same .....Does anyone fall for these scams ??

I know that we got warnings every time about these but please people be careful . Don't believe that it can happen to you. It happened to me before, you know how ? because of a virus that's got into my computer and instead of taking it to be cleaned or formated. I went with the warnings had on my computer about a virus and that they are they only one who can get it ( the warnings were from the same people who install the virus through another program i used and i was updating ) so i was stupid enough and desperate so i paid ( thank God it was not that much). And guess what? the virus was still there.

And be even more careful because the scam business is way various than we can imagine .