I am back!
April 18, 2013 at 9:07 pm | Posted in Algeira, Home and familly, I love, Intrests, Life, School, Working | 3 CommentsOh my god.
It was been ages, innit? I forgot my password (very intelligent of me, I know), got a sarcastic attitude, grew up (kind of), got engaged, left school, got addictions, made mistakes, cried a lot, laughed a lot, went through so much. you guys would never guess what’s been going on in my crazy life.
Curious? I started a new blog ages ago when I lost hope in getting this one back, so go check it out and catch up on my fabulous new me! http://www.hiwearewanderection.wordpress.com
ignore the name, okay. i haven’t come up with a decent one yet!
I’m not deleting this, but I won’t be updating it anymore, so just go follow my new blog which is basically the same as this: me blogging about my life and whatever is twirling around in my head!
I recently started another blog which is dedicated to helping mainly teenagers with the many issues they all struggle with today. I talk to people, give out advice and share inspiring stories about teenagers who have recovered. So would reallyyyyy appreciate if you could at least check it out? http://www.staystrongyall.blogspot.com
Thanks a billion guys! xo
Photos
August 20, 2011 at 10:46 pm | Posted in Algeira, Home and familly, I love, Intrests, Life, School, Videos and Photos | 2 Comments
Post out of pure boredom.
Shopping!
August 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm | Posted in Algeira, Celebrations, Holidays, I love, Intrests, Life | 7 CommentsThe last shopping trip I remember was four years ago, me and my daddy ♥ went shopping one night for Eid clothes. He spent all night telling all his friends I had a great taste, which made me feel so happy :’). He is Algerian, so everyone reading this thinks I have a freaky taste – Well, yes, I probably do. But, my English side does come out every now again, and it makes me very proud of my taste.
Last night, my mum told me that we were going shopping for Eid clothes, I was super excited as I had my own money as well as I was going shopping… for clothes… for ME!! Yay! Haha. I got offline and went to bed at around midnight. Me and Hamza joked about it until around 1:30AM, then he fell asleep, an hour later, I managed to fall asleep too.
I opened my eyes the next morning, it was 10:00am exactly. It felt sooooo early :’). I got dressed and wait impatiently for my uncle who was gonna drive us there. But, he is Algerian, so he arrived an hour late. >.<
He dropped us off at auntie Umm Zakariya's house, we then waited for the lovely Mayble to get ready and went, heading for the market. It was extremly hot, and it was far, I was tired by the time we arrived. I stopped in the middle of the street and drank LOTS off water. And old woman walked by and told me to be ashamed of myself and that I was rude, I didn't hear her thankfully otherwise I would've told her to mind her own buisness. (Mayble told me) but I forgot about that as I was really excited to start shopping.
We walked through looking at each stall, looking through everything. Hamza and Sumaya both needed shoes, mum wanted to get some hair accessories and Abdullah needed a T-shirt and I needed a shirt, two hijab material and a few scarves for school.
I went into a shop that looked really intresting, it was waaaay too expensive but I saw this T-shirt with Taylor Swift on it – I LOVE her so much!! She is AMAZING! Even though it was bloody awful and like May said "Taylor would scream if she saw you wearing that." … and she'd sue the people who made it too. I still couldn't help asking the guy to hand it down to me and I kissed it and gave it back. Everyone was like O.o what the hell! And may called my a lezbo. I walked down the street yelling "I am a lesbian, listen, world, I am a lesbian." and my mum was poking me to shut up because a guy was looking at me. I looked up and saw this dude looking at me laughing his head off. I was SO embaressed. I swear. How the hell would I have guessed he knew what a lesbian was. When I call all the guys at school "gay" and they don't understand and gay is more famous then lesbian….. ANYWAY!
We looked through everything, I saw so much stuff that I liked, but didn't love, and most of it was horrible quality, so I was really dissapointed and felt like I wasn't gonna find anything. Hamza bought his shoes, and Sumaya FINALLY did too! She went through 340967830222676898996894873 billion shops!! I swear, by the time she bought her shoes, I was exhausted. My feet were killing me and I was really feeling down and just wanted to go home.
We walked down the shopping center/mall, and we went into a shop that sells clothes for teens, which was mainly jeans (my parents don't let me wear Jeans 😥 😦 ) but anyway, this extremely bright and lively shirt caught my attention, I was in love with a really lovely shirt. We asked the dude how much it cost.. but it was too expensive. I was really dissapointed but I just walked out and told mum "let's go its expensive." as I know we're short on money, but my mum stayed and called me back and we bought it! YAYAYAYAYYYY! Thank you mummy ♥
I was so happy. Alhamdulileh! Then we passed by a little material shop, bought black and pink material from my hijab, Walking back home, I saw a make-up stall! I had to stop by and ask the lovely, funny May what everything was called. I ended up buying eye liner and mascara. The first make-up I've ever bought :') Haha, I feel like a proper teenager now! We continued our walk home feeling hungry, thirsty, tired, in pain but happy! We finally arrived back at Umm Zakariya's ( livelovelearnafrica.blogspot.com she has an amazing blog!) house and one hour later my lovely uncle (thank youu!) came and took us back home again. I took a shower and tried my clothes on and I CAN'T WAIT FOR EID!! Haha :')
It's maghrib now and I'm starving, soooo.. Hope you enjoyed reading this. Sorry if I'm making a big deal about a random shopping trip… Actually, I'm not sorry because it's exactly how I feel :D. Drop me a comment if you're reading 😉
A British teenager in Algeria.
July 31, 2011 at 2:39 pm | Posted in Algeira, Intrests, Islam, Life, My imagination., School, Videos and Photos | 15 CommentsBeing a British teenager in Algeria is not at all something you’d want to go through. Algerian teenagers do get that sense of wanting to look nice all the time, they start being all trendy and fashionable, but they all focus on the same thing: Marriage & house work. Its like who can cook more, can you make cakes? Can you cook lots of different sorts off food? Do you clean? When British teenagers are all about fashion, music, hormones, going out and enjoying life. Algerian teenagers probably go through that too, but parents don’t seem to be aware of that! So not much attention is paid to that. They treat girls like house wives, practising to become a good stay-at-home wife. It is really annoying for me, when my dad keeps on saying “You’ve grown up so much! You’ll soon be married!” It’s so awkward and I just feel like telling him to Shut the hell up! By the time girls reach 16-17 they’ll start getting marriage propsals. I am dreading that because I won’t hear the end of it! I got my first one when I turned 14. My dad said I was too young, but I guess he felt a sense of pride & told like all our family & he wasn’t planning on telling me if my mum hadn’t! Then my brothers heard of it & they tend to tease me sometimes. It’s so awkward. I feel like walking outside with a sign saying “Too young for marriage.” or something like that!
When it comes to socialising, it’s…. Let me just say it depends. I can be very Algerian with Algerian girls & English with non-Algerian girls. Algerians focus a lot on gossiping, food, marriage, critising people for what they do/wear & talk about their crushes. It’s so annoying to me. Being the crazy, wild person I am, I tend to randomly shout in the middle of a group of girls “Shut up! Talk about something good, why do we gossip all the time?” Even my aunts and cousins have their own “secrets” I feel very left out when they are whispering & they even can read eachothers lips. I would love to fit in but my dad doesn’t like it because he doesn’t want me to be badly influenced in anyway. So, to be honest, I don’t have any Algerian I can call my “Best friend” or a good “friend”, just school girls. Even though I adore my school friend, you can never trust people, just in case. We talk alot & we keep eachothers secrets but at a special point.
I would LOVE to be an English teenager & go out with friends & stuff like that. It would be so fun. But, unfortunately, haram. So, I stick to my few half Algerian, half British/American friends. We don’t get to see eachother often as we don’t live very close & it’s hard to get them to come when a meeting or something is organised.
Recently, I have been chilling on the terrace wall, almost five floors high from the ground, chatting to my neighbours. It’s so fun, but, being bored young girls, they come like every five minutes begging me to go up to the terrace & talk to them, and I end up thinkng of excuses not to go because I don’t like hurting people & just saying “No, I don’t want to.” But, it’s the only way to talk to someone, even they just chatter about their lives, I just sit their laughing & nodding or shaking my head. They can be entertaining when I’m in the mood to listen. LOL. Yet, again, I can’t trust them cuz they seem to tell eachother everything that happens here & it’s a sign that you can’t trust them.
I have a great time talking to people online though :D. I know so many amazing people that I’m hoping to see/meet soon 😀 ♥
Alhamdulileh!
The Future.
July 30, 2011 at 3:19 pm | Posted in Algeira, Babies, Intrests, Islam, Life, My imagination., School, Videos and Photos, Working | 11 Comments Quite recently, I have been constantly thinking about my future. Will I live to see it? Will my dreams come true? Or will I end up like a typical Algerian woman, married, serving an Algerian husband? Only the future will answer these questions.
I’ve been enchanted by dancing, it’s such a beautiful, artistic way of expressing yourself or simply moving to the melody or the beat. It can be so elegant and graceful, yet wild and fierce. If I wasn’t a Muslim, I would’ve probably begged my parents to let me take dancing lessons. But, it’s haram (forbidden in Islam), so I gave up on that.
Coming to my future, I don’t want to get married. The idea of loving someone who loves you back, being there for eachother & just having someone always there is really sweet. But marriage means children, children means responsabilties… Lots of them! I seriously don’t want to work so hard on having a proffesional career, then becoming a mum & having to stay at home to statisy my husband & children’s needs. I believe that a person can be perfectly happy single, surrounded by friends & family. I love children, and the idea of being a mummy is really sweet (Uthman, my baby brother & Auntie Kat’s son, Zaki, inspired that!), so I might adopt a couple of children & do my best to be the perfect mummy one day!
Speaking of a career, I want to be a doctor. A Paediatrician or a Psychologist. Right now, I’m trying to decide which one to go for, but I have at least 5 years to make that decision! So, I’ll just focus on reaching medical school & not just floating through school & end up not knowing much. Next year, I have my GCSE’s, so I’ll focus on getting top marks for that & making my family proud, insha’allah. (Congratulations to my dear friend Assiya for passing hers this year, masha’allah! Proud of you 🙂 )
But, what freaks me out is the fact that I don’t want to live in Algeria & work here. I want to go to the UK and work there. I want to experience life out there, I don’t care how bad it can get, I want to try it out.
Learning here is in Arabic (obviously), so if I work there I’ll have to probably take a test to become a qualified Doctor in England in English. I just hope the education here is good & up to standard cuz I might die if I find out I’ll have to take courses & stuff! But, we’ll see what the Future brings, insha’allah.
So, insha’allah, some of my dreams will come true & I’ll live life the way I wanted and always dreamed of living. And not just end up like most young women do here, throwing away their education just to get married. I’m not critising! Everyone lives life the way they want it, so I respect their decisions even though it’s not a life I’d choose for myself.
Until next time, insha’allah! 😀 ♥
Almost a Year!
July 28, 2011 at 10:00 pm | Posted in Algeira, Holidays, Home and familly, Intrests, Life, Pets, School, Videos and Photos, Working | 10 CommentsYes, can you believe it? It’s been almost a whole year since I previously blogged. Time sure flies by!
This year has been quite eventful yet pretty boring.
After Eid, we went back to school as usual, me joining year 9. I finally understood why I’ve seen my cousins & older friends complain SO much about how hard school was at this point. Especially in Maths! Counting all these letters & finding the X. It took me two terms to get the hang of it! Our whole class got disgraceful marks. It was so awkward. Apart from finally learning how to do these awfully complicated sums, I learnt not to cry if I got under 10/20 – LOL. I think most of our class did. Haha. But by the third term, I got my good marks, Alhamdulileh! 😀
I’ve probably changed so much this year, not really this innocent little girl anymore. Learnt so much more things. I’ve developed some obsessions, had fights & arguments, broke up with friends, made new ones, smiled, laughed, cried, grew up & finally lost weight. So much that all my clothes are loose. Mainly from starving myself – LOL. I know, I know, not healthy! But I can’t really help it, tbh! Our cat passed away too, he was taken away & gassed to death 😦 we got another kitten that was SO annoying, my uncle got rid of it cuz it kept pooping in the Shop – LOL. 
My amazing Grandparents came from the UK, it was SO good to see them, but very sad to see my grandma being ill even though they don’t look any different, masha’allah! We had so much fun with them. I hope we get to see them again very soon, I miss them loads! 
So, yeah! Preparing for Ramadan and other happenings insha’allah! So, until next time (Soon I hope!)
Its been a long time….
December 10, 2010 at 11:49 pm | Posted in Algeira, Babies, Home and familly, Intrests, Life | Leave a commentI just realized how it was since I updated my blog… Wow! Time flies.
It is nearly 2011, this year has flown by. It has been a hard year. But, it has had some great stuff in it, like visiting Tlmcen and meeting amazing people in real and online.
Uthman is two years old today :’). He is my adorable little cheeky monkey baby brother. I love him to bits! He is so cute, and just learning to talk. He calls me “tutu” and I love it! I spoil him rotten, and he knows it. He always comes to complaining when he wants something. I give him whatever he wants and defend him all the time. If I am mad at him, he comes and kisses me. He is just so cute!
Eid came and went. We didnt get pictures on Eid ul adha, but I got lots of picture on the first eid, Eid ul Fitr. The Eid’s were quite boring, and quite a handful. But, alhamdulileh!
Back at school, first term over next week. We get two week holidays which I am planning to work. I want higher notes, insha’allah. I got 14/20 for my overall resaults (same as last year). teachers dissapointed and want “more work” … I want excellent marks too. So, I guess I’ll have to work when I have exams and not just laze about pretending to be learning and going to school not knowing a single word. I must say it has been a really hard term, year 9 has certainly proven to be a really hard year. Especialy maths.. God, that subject is really hard! Like, I find it really hard to understand the lessons + a new teacher who is crap.
Thats all for now, I promise I’ll get an update sooner!
Tlemcen!
August 6, 2010 at 6:33 pm | Posted in Algeira, Holidays, I love, Intrests, Life, Videos and Photos | 1 CommentWelllll!! Been a looong time!
I got back last week from an AWESOME holiday in Tlemcen.
Tlemcen is a place in West Algeria, near morrocow. I stayed at my friend Shaima’s house!
She and her awesome familly are really good company. It was really fun staying at their place. Probably, my best holiday ever! Away from my siblings too made it even better :P!
We didnt do much chores, we just had an awesome time!
We swam in her deap pool, watched horror movies, played about, had lovely chats, laughed, laughed & laughed!
I never imagined it would be so fun, and Shaima and her familly stole a place in my heart. They are very precious! I really miss them now I am back home :(.
I’ll leave you guys with some awesome pictures!
Beb El Oued.
July 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm | Posted in Algeira, Babies, Holidays, Home and familly, I love, Intrests, Life, My imagination., Videos and Photos | 1 CommentWe Finally got to go out as familly, after a loooong time! We went to Beb El Oued which is the next to Algiers. It is near the Sea, there is wonderful beaches. People where swimming till around 9:00 at night! It was soo hot.
I watched the boys play a game of football, I really was goiing to join them but my toe is ill ;)! And my muscle in my leg is REALLY painful when I run.. So I had to be contented by watching.
We had a great laugh me and my mum! It was so fun sitting on the bench and watching me dad playing football with young boys! He kept on falling over, it was hilarious!
At about 10:00 we where all too hungry! Little baby had just finished her bottle so it was our turn to eat something, we all drove down the street and my dad and the little ones went to get something to eat. Me, my mum, Baby and Uthman, and my 12yr old brother stayed behind. I was happy by hanging outta window and smiling at everyone who stares! While mum was trying to find a non-secured wireless.
After what felt like hours, my dad finally arrived with yummy sandwiches of roasted chicken and chips. We all enjoyed our meal after feeling starved!!!
We then decided to drive home the long way! it was really fun, esp as we stopped by to have some Ice-cream.
We arrived home around 1:25 am, and we all retired to bed!
Here are some pictures 🙂
Returning to normal!
June 22, 2010 at 8:41 pm | Posted in Algeira, Cooking, Football, Holidays, Home and familly, I love, Intrests, My imagination., Working | Leave a commentPhew! Finally, the baby is two weeks old, the guests have came and gone, my cousin who was staying with us left. And life can return to normal.
I can hear the regular shouting of my siblings, and us fighting about whose turn it is for the dishes (my cousin used to do them when she was here) and my mum dropping the mop down the stairs (it must be some kind of familly tradition because she always does it!), the baby crying and god knows what else I can hear out there! You can imagine how chaotic thing get around here!
The aqiqa, which was very busy and noisy(like loads of people came: Aunt#1 with 4 kids all under 6yrs old. Aunt#2 with her very noisy but terrible cute 4yr old girl. Aunt#3 with her two kids, 6yr old boy and 12 yr old girl. Aunt#4 with her 22yr old girl 12 yr old and 10 mnth old boys. All of them had their husbands BTw. Uncle#1 with his wife and two lil kids, uncle#2 with his wife and three yr old daughter + my parents and 7 ibs and me + my grandmother, grandfather and his mom +my cousin who is 19 and came here alone with her 20 yr old friend.) You can imagine how noisy life was on Saturday but very fun, with kids fighting and screaming and singing no, SHOUTING football songs. The women in the kitchen either cooking in enormous pans like as tall as me or talking (rather ludly) and laughing their heads off (even me, my aunts are realy mad!) and the talking and watching the World Cup matches and shouting at all the goals.
I love that kind of noise and such hapiness all in our house, especially the ‘Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoooooooooyeeeeee!’
The aqiqa was a great success, masha’allah I loved it! But sadly they all left, and we where home alone, the house felt really quiet only the memories remain in my brain. I had a fabulous, hard working, funny weekend! And I enjoyed because I know it wont happen again soon. 🙂
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