Post quiescency!

I have been quiet for a long time.
I have not blogged for a fortnight now, though each day passed with me promising myself that I will blog at the end of the day. I broke the promise every night.

And it was not because of lack of events.

On the contrary.

I was extremely busy and I had many things to blog about like birthday surprises, good looking men, birthday gifts, good looking men, movies, and oh did I mention good looking men?


But I have time to blog today….why? because I’m in the office since 6:30 am!!!
The company is recruiting some new staff and one candidate, coming from India, woke me up at 2 am!
Of all nights, I didn’t have my mobile on silent. The lucky b@$t@rd!
He didn’t have a copy of his visa and wants to know if I can fax it!
Did he expect me to leave my worm bed at 2 am, let alone go and find a copy of his visa and a fax machine?
I stayed up for an hour trying to email him the soft copy I have. But of course the internet connection, like me, was not happy to work at that hour of the night!
So he missed his flight and I had to come early to the office to fax him a copy so he can catch the second flight.
I will be interviewing this guy today.
I already know that I don’t like him.
And I already know that he won’t get a good review from me.
I actually know that I will lobby against him joining the company!!


So, what was that about good looking men?
I went to a conference about 10 days ago. It was not one of those big ones with more than 200 delegates attending and which you can melt in the background without anyone noticing you. It was quite small with about 25 delegates, most of which were men from Saudi and Oman. And most of these were good looking men!
So of course, I did what I usually do when I meet a good looking man.
I wiped the smile off my face, and put on my most arrogant guise. And of course none of the better quality species bothered to ignore my straight face and disgusted look and to come talk to me.
And the conference ended with knowing a couple of nice ladies and a couple of the “is he a real human?” type!
I swear sometimes I want to hit myself on the head!


I saw few movies since I last blogged.

I saw Dark Waters (Jennifer Connelly). You can read about that experience at Hiba’s blog!

I also saw Cinderella Man (Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger). Although it was released in the US ages ago, it took very long to reach us in Dubai. It seems that it didn’t do well in the US box office and that’s why its release in Dubai was delayed.
The movie met my expectations and I was glad I went to see it after all. Crowe & Zellweger can act and they gave Oscar-winning performances!
The great depression tinted the whole movie blue. A gentleman in a full business suit sitting next to Hiba wept during some sad scenes!
I rate it as a “must see” movie.

I also saw Red Eye (Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy). The only thing that I could say about this movie is that I came out from it shouting “Girl Power!” I say: go see it with your girlfriends and feel good about how we women can’t be victimized! (Yeah Right!)


Back to good looking men.
As I said earlier we are recruiting new staff and that means we are interviewing candidates.
The company I work in seems to have a condition when it comes to recruiting men. A man can get the job only if he is below the good-looking level. Way below!! If it was a limbo stick, you’ll have to lay down to crawl under it!
So when a couple of candidate came for interviews and who were, well, good looking, an unprecedented interest in them rose from the female staff.
Being responsible for the human resources affairs, I got to meet and interview those fine specimens.
However, as hard as I tried, they didn’t get offers!!
But being the sweet woman I am, I invited both to contact me whenever they had questions or help in the future!
I am happy to declare that this is an improvement in my character!


I went to see a play last Thursday, a cheap production of “Driving Miss Daisy”. It was not that bad considering that I only paid AED 35 which went to MSF.
Of course Maya, Christine, Hiba, Shahd, Bader & I had more fun arguing, squabbling and bickering than watching the play. It was also fun to silence Maya and Shahd as they were on a high (for some unknown reason) and wouldn’t stop giggling (for some unknown reason!).


I got hooked on a game which tests your detective skills. You are stuck in a room and you have to collect clues to escape. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Here, try the Fasco Room and you can ask me for help. You won’t be the only one!!


Ok I have to start working now…oh how I hate being a “career woman”!