Monthly Archives: December 2009

New Year options!

By maya zankoul | Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009 | 17 Comments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Those beautiful billboards ALL OVA THE STREETS have been haunting me! Are there people who REALLY enjoy going to ‘OSCAR PALACE’ to watch Marimar & Toufic Abdo singing and dancing for 800-2000$ per person? Well maybe there is, but please stop those New-year-style badly photoshopped billboards! So my darlings, this is my last post for [...]
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Quid Pro Quo

By maya zankoul | Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | 30 Comments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Nefrah mennik = you get married (translation for non arabic-speaking readers) I thought social pressure for marriage starts for women in their early 30’s. But guess what! From the moment girls are born, they are brought up to “hope” and “dream” of the day they will get married (most women I know dream of this day). [...]
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I can feel it coming…

By maya zankoul | Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | 22 Comments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It’s here! It’s Christmas fever. Christmas is in 2 days and I still didn’t get all the gifts for friends & family, and the TRAFFIC isn’t helping!!  But anyway now is not a time to complain! It’s one of my favourite times of the year (except for the items listed above). I love the [...]
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