What's eating Nour Naccache?

It had come to my attention that my friend and accomplice Nour had an aversion to Baklawa, delicious Lebanese deserty-sweets.

Our posse was in the process of devouring a whole box of them (which Angela's mother had just brought with her from Lebanon on her last visit), trying very hard to pace ourselves. I couldn't wrap my head around why that was, and I decided it was time for an intervention.

I wanted to help her appreciate these serotonine inducing treats, and I didn't think that would be too difficult, as Nour normally loves everything that has to do with Lebanon, usually in a nostalgically, subjective way. Here is my attempt, and I will not stop trying to convert her.

- Tanya Mokdad

Dearest Azza

Recently, we have been receiving comments about our very first blog post, "Statuses", it's understandable that we offended a few people, after all, we were not targeting specific people, but groups of people who have similar habits on social networking sites.

I can not claim that neither Tanya or I have never posted an update of "how low" we feel today.
Actually, we often post pictures of the food that we cook on Facebook and more recently, Twitter. I have an entire album of pictures uploaded from my phone which has no relevance to other peoples lives apart from my own and my friends.

One recent comment that inspired this blog post was from a fellow blogger, Azza:
 
Dearest Azza, thank you for your comment, however, I believe you misunderstood. Facebook, twitter and BBM are not platforms for emotions, but rather broadcast messages to your friends, colleagues, and family. Telling them where you went that day and how it was, that's okay, however, telling them that on the way there you started your period and had to stop at a gas station to buy Always ultra pad because Kotex doesn't really do the trick... now that, thats unnecessary

Public Hair Removal

Day by day, travelling through the same station, seeing the same people, having the same sandwich, avoiding the same sales representatives trying to sell you the same nail buffer (which one of us has already purchased under duress).

We become habituated to so many things that we don't even notice them or give them any significance anymore. One thing, however, that we just can't get used to is the 'Perfect Eyebrow' stand squat in the middle of `Victoria Place' in the station. We walk swiftly by and roll our eyes at the women sitting back in tilted chairs having their eyebrows or upper lips (i.e. mustaches) threaded.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, what we want to ask is: that's not right, is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mndX851r28

Maple Syrup Diet Thoughts

After our experiences with the GM diet, we asked our friend Angela for her perspective on the maple tree and lemon syrup diet.

I think we can safely say that she was not too pleased.

One of the main points that we would like to point out is that diets do NOT work.

This is not preaching, this is truth.

Adapt a healthy living style, do a detox, but under no circumstances subject your body to your weak minds yo-yoing.

Amen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrDcjh43nME

Our Experience With The GM Diet

It should be noted that after filming this we now intend to watch Food Inc to put us off food and hopefully end our never-ending cravings.
Pray for us.

Sorry for the lack of sense within this video.
One of us was having a tough time without carbs.



Did we mention we can't drink alcohol?
No?
Oh.


http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~jajoo/gmdiet.html
(If you dare)

Ultrasound

It's hard being pregnant.
But what's harder is knowing you missed the bin when throwing your ultrasound in the bin and a young budding creative found it whilst cleaning up the church.

Rude Companies

There are many pet peeves we share, however, one on the top of the list is rude companies who do not know how to communicate and treat their customers.

Recently, after a pleasant dinner in our home my step father ordered a taxi to take the women and the man home. They agreed on a price and all was well.

Until our friend, Angela, forgot her phone at the address they departed from.

"Would you please turn back as I have forgotten my phone"

"Yes"

He began his journey, however, half way through he heard the words "Oh the phones ringing, continue" meant as a private conversation between two customers in his back seat, he took it as "Continue to Victoria as we have miraculously found the phone we had already been looking for meticulously and thought to mumble the words "continue" to you, oh holier than thou cab driver"

As you can imagine, the miscommunication turned both parties angry when they questioned why it was taking so long to go back to the orignal house.

He charged them more for his mistake and even got his boss involved.

This made Nour very angry.

2 days later, after she heard the real story.

She boiled.