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I went to Al-Abraj (Source) restaurant yesterday with my (male) cousin. We went upstairs but the employee told us that it is a section for families only. I tried to explain that we are a family and that he is my cousin but we were told to go downstairs.

What really made me angry is that I know that the section was not for families only. Females could go to the families section without being asked, employees would not ask old men to go down. And even if a guy came with a girl they can never know if they are family or friends or lovers, the only way to know that is by asking for the marriage document! It is pure discrimination, everybody is allowed to have privacy in a closed cabinet if they are not young males!

I don’t think that this is the right business model and as far as I am concerned I will never go to Al-Abraj with boys again!!

While browsing some blogs I came across a post where the owner is talking about wedding parties.  In his post, the author is condemning all the people who allow songs to be played at their wedding ceremonies to hell and suggesting that they should write in the invitation card that there will be songs in the party.

After reading this post I decided to write a comment because I felt that he doesn’t have the authority to decide who will go to hell and who will not.

Anyway, my comment was not published by the author.  Perhaps because it was “not Islamic,” or because I asked him how many people that he know will go to hell after issuing his own Fatwa.  Only “Islamic” comments appear to be approved.  You know, sinful comments could polluted the spirituality of the blog!

Some years ago, the majority of people would bring singers to the women’s wedding party.  However, after the importation of the DJs to Bahrain, a group of women in Bahrain that refuse having DJs in wedding parties started to boycott or leave any wedding which involves DJ’s because they were un-Islamic.  A solution came after few years which is called “Islamic DJ” a DJ which plays Islamic songs.

People would go to hell if they watched “bad”  TV shows.  And today people would be immortal in hell for playing songs in their wedding parties.  Who would go to hell next time?  Perhaps anybody who shave his beard!

When would THEY understand that a sin does not necessarily lead to hell and that they are not the people who will judge!

I stayed awake all the night long yesterday doing some university projects.  Then, I prayed Al-Fajir prayer and made some touches on the projects.  At 6 A.M I decided to go and get some sleep.

However, once I placed my head on the pillow I heard that sound, ” Knock, Knock, Knock,” iron was hitting iron hardly.  I forgot about sleeping because it is impossible to sleep with the sound of a cruel hammer. I wondered what  evil men  would work at this time of the day and rob us from a relaxation moment! I AM TIRED I NEED SOME SLEEP, THEY SHOULD NOT BOTHER US AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY!!

Then, I stopped to think, is it their mistake that they work now or not?  I will not work at that time of the day at this cold winter.  Their boss is the person who should be blamed.  He is the one who made them do it.  He probably chose that time in order to exploit them more by making them work for longer hours for the same tiny payment.

I flipped my memories and I remember the strong protest done by the construction contractors when the government banned them from making the employees work under the hot sun. of course they will because it would harm their business because in their dictionary profit is more important than any soul.  They would protest when somebody suggests that workers must have suitable transportation methods which should replace  Six-Wheels.  But no, it would be too expensive for the contractors to treat their employees like human and some contractors might stupidly pretend to feel sympathetic toward workers and claim that if he provided workers with air-condition transportation they will catch cold because of the transformation from an air-conditioned area to a hot dry area :S

As I continued thinking, more ideas came to my head and with time the hard knocks of the hammer turned into smooth music and I fell asleep.          

A new year was born today, as we left 2007 and received 2008.  some of the people feels enthusiastic about this new brand year, and some thinks that it would be a complete disaster.

The concept of a new year means for some people that they have a new sheet in which they could rewrite their entire personality or life.  Some people have what they call a “New Year’s Resolution” where they claim that they would be committed to doing or not doing something. For example, someone could say that his new year’s resolution is to stop eating junk food. Anyway, most of the times people would forget about their resolution mainly because they made a decision in the new year, and they will likely forget about it when they feel that the year is not new anymore.  I think that any person would feel more committed to his resolution if he did not connect it with time. Time passes fast, but believes stay still.  If you cannot stick to your New Year’s Resolution try to stick to what you should call, “My Own Resolution.” Ignore time and make your move whether it is January or September.

On the other hand,  some people feel afraid about what problems will occur in this year.  They would watch or read about the Astrologers‘ predictions, and they will really believe what they are told and that there is a relationship between Mars and Earth even though they deny believing anything they heard.  Anyway, I think that if someone listened to New Year’s Prediction ( Or Horoscope ) and denied believing it then he would contradict himself, why should you notice something that you do not believe without a clear reason? it would be okay if you said that you listen to these things for fun, or for curiosity. But discussing the predictions and the results of them and then claiming that nothing should be believed from this horoscope is totally contradictory.  If you do not believe in horoscope for any reason whether it is religious or mental, then do not discuss it.            

At the end, everyone has his own preference and would receive the new year according it.  but it would be the same for me, I had to read for Yesterday’s (Last Year’s) lecture, and I must read for tomorrow.      

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In the first week of school, I saw an ugly image that cannot be forgotten. What appears to be a mother is carrying her child in a strange way at the university. She must have no experience with children, as she was HUGGING the poor kid. Anyway, I didn’t pay much attention to that scene because sometimes children becomes energetic and might want release themselves from the hands.

Later on that day I saw the woman again, she was carrying the child in the same way! Which made me conclude that SHE CAN’T EVEN CARRY HER OWN CHILD! She was hardly holding him, and he was inches away from slipping away from her hands!

After three weeks, I still remember this encounter with that unpleasant moment, and I ask myself “If the mother can’t hold her child, HOW THE HELL WOULD SHE BE ABLE TO RISE HIM?”

Motherhood is not funny game, if somebody thinks that she lack responsibility, then my advice is not to be a mother before learning basic things about children and how to take care of them. A good start would be to look how mothers look after their baby.

Finally, mothers are not made automatically, they should be guided when seen doing mistakes in their way of treating their children. Where is her family, or the family of her husband? It won’t take much time in teaching her the basic things like carrying the kid or changing the diaper!

PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME SEE THIS SCENE AGAIN!

Delaying is something I am used to, I delay any task given to me whether I have one day to finish it or 1 year. I can tell stories about the bad management of time, but would I ever learn from my mistakes?