Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Some more of my favorites: Edited by monnik, 14 August 2007 - 08:16 AM.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-14 08:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	For Tamara: Monnik do you have some kind of secret stash that you're not telling us about? Nope. Just using google and yahoo search to make people happy!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 23:01:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	I was just kidding.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 22:52:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Clooney or Lopez?	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 22:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Heyyyyyyyyyyyy. What happened to my 3rd image?? Here's the link if it doesn't show up and you're curious.... http://wetmen.provoc...reynolds_02.jpg Do you like the new pics, J? Edited by monnik, 13 August 2007 - 10:40 PM.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 22:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 22:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	I don't particularly go for Marco Antonio or the guy from Lost. They don't do anything for me.....but, that was what she wanted, so I gave it to her. Everyone knows how I feel about the Rock. I like Ryan Reynolds. (has anybody seen the Amityville remake with him in it as the dad?- jeez, he took his shirt off 3 or 4 times and I loved it!) I think I will look for that pic, now. I am glad I reminded myself!!! Hope you like the next pic, Jackie.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 22:20:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	You ladies have yet to post a photo of someone that I find attractive. Am I the only one that doesn't think any of these guys are hot? ESPECIALLY the one from Lost. You are not the only one, but I think Jackie likes them, so she deserves to see them. Make a request and I will do my best to find someone you like. What's your flava? Edited by monnik, 13 August 2007 - 10:06 PM.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-13 22:06:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Here is a funny (and true) story about my mom and my stepdad that happened a couple of years ago. Enjoy. My mom and stepdad were having a conversation about my sister and I and our teenage rebellious times. My stepdad had thought about it a lot and decided that it was best to start a conversation with my mom about their options. The conversation went something like this. He: Honey, I think the best thing for the girls would be to join the circus. She: Huh? He: Well, don't get me wrong. I know it is not for everyone. And, it can be dangerous at times. But I have thought about it a lot and I think that they would be happy there. She: (starts to puff up a little) What's wrong with you? He: I'm just trying to say that the experience would be good for them. They would get to travel, meet new people, learn how to do different jobs, and they would get lots of exercise. She: I'm not putting up with this! How can you suggest that? He: It's the circus, baby. They take care of eachother there. I know they would be uncomfortable at first, but eventually I think they would see that they belong to the group. It won't be that bad. They could always come visit us when they are in town. She: Stop it! I'm not talking about this with you! My kids misbehave sometimes, but they don't belong in no DAMN CIRCUS!!!!!! He: She: What's so damn funny?! I just might throw something at you, you know. He: I said............. I think the kids should join the SERVICE! As in the Army, etc............. You are so funny!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-12 20:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	I got a new piercing today. I now have a little crystal in my nose. I love those small diamonds in the nose. Like Joss Stone and some other artists have. I think it's cute.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 20:55:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Wow. I am intrigued. My sister pierced her own belly button once. With just an earring....can you imagine?	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 20:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Omg-Jackie I just noticed your new ticker. Can you give us a hint at least????	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 20:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Yeah dipsticks. I sang Paquita during karaoke in Mexico once. It was hilarious. And the crowd loved it of course. We could translate the songs for everybody. Heehehehe Every other word is either : useless, waste, damned, dog, rat, beast, or cockroach!!!!!!!! (my favorite song of hers is Me Saludes a la Tuya - it's so funny)	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 18:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Or Charles, we could mix hotties and guns!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 18:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Ladies start preparing for the world cup lol! "Soccer" sounds so funny to me I guess Im used to calling it football as that is what we called it in Mexico. Actually I think Americans are the only ones that call it soccer....for the rest of the world its football. jejeje Or in Arabic, it's KORA. Yalla kora!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 18:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Good for you Jackie. That's why we're here; to help. I also have some man-bashing songs by Paquita de la Barrio. Her songs are so bad! If you understand Spanish, you can listen to her rip the men a new one.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 17:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Just ask doodle......and I will find it for you. Here's a sweet pic of Tamer from the movie Omar we Salma And glitter........ Edited by monnik, 11 August 2007 - 05:49 PM.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 17:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Hi, madame. Are you lost? Can I give you a lift?	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 17:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	looking for pic of Marco Antonio Solis...... Jackie, if you say you like Los Temerarios too I will adopt you! Do you have any more requests?	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 16:44:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Amy - you did it all. Great post. I loved the Hello Kitty pastries. How sweeeeeeet!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 16:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Soccer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 16:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	Awwwwwwwwwww. I knew it. Marco's songs make me wanna cry. I can't bear to post some of my favorite songs here! They are too sad and romantic. I don't think we would make it J.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 16:33:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	I love his songs Jackie!!! ETA: Y Los Bukis!!!!!!!! Edited by monnik, 11 August 2007 - 04:30 PM.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 16:26:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	I missed him!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 16:14:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA distractions as therapy	WOW! Those were some funny videos! Jenn, I had to download that baby video because it was soooooo cute! My volume was turned all the way up for Cyndi Lauper. Thanks! I love S'mores! Now I have another item on my wish-I-had-it-in-Egypt list. Jackie- You don't bring me down by sharing your feelings. I think you are wise to open up. Keep sharing with us. Hmmmm. Now what can I contribute? Inspired by Jackie's comment on tattoos/piercings.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-11 14:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	We were involved in a wreck this morning.	QUOTE (m&n @ Aug 22 2007, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (monnik @ Aug 22 2007, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh my goodness! That looks so scary. I am so glad you guys are ok. God bless you guys and the other parties as welll. I feel so bad for the guy on the motorcycle. I witnessed my boyfriend get hit by a car while making a left turn on his motorcycle, and he died later at the hospital! This brings back some awful memories! OMG I can't even imagine how horrific that must have been............ It was pretty awful. He was wearing a helmet, but he landed on his head and the fall broke his neck. I was following him in the car to take the bike to the repair shop. Anyway. So, that makes me worry about the poor guy on the motorcycle and Meriem you should check out your injuries, too! They could turn out to be pretty serious. Good luck and health to you guys.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-22 10:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	We were involved in a wreck this morning.	Oh my goodness! That looks so scary. I am so glad you guys are ok. God bless you guys and the other parties as welll. I feel so bad for the guy on the motorcycle. I witnessed my boyfriend get hit by a car while making a left turn on his motorcycle, and he died later at the hospital! This brings back some awful memories!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-22 09:27:00
Middle East and North Africa	Good Morning MENA - It's Saturday!!!!	QUOTE (jessNgeorges @ Aug 25 2007, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! its been a pretty laid back day today. since ive been lazy about the whole photobucket and pics thingy, just thought id let people know that wanna see i got pics on my myspace page..the link is in my siggy. i added a few more pics yesterday of a bbq we just had at his sister's house!........ alright take care I like the pics, Jess! The dog is so cute. Your house looks nice and cool inside. I didn't see any steam coming off of you guys!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-25 13:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Good Morning MENA - It's Saturday!!!!	Wow. Allousa, yard work will keep you trim. I am happy that you are working yourself towards your goal! The only good thing about the babies waking up so early, is that they either sleep early or take a nice nap in the afternoon. (which you may not get to enjoy cause he's with grandma ) So, next time just look at it as a "Go to bed early Card "! Jackie, I know you are psyched about this weekend and I hope you enjoy it soo much! The hot tub sounds terrific! Today is a lazy day for us. We slept all day, but we woke up to some piping hot homemade pizza! Thanks Ma! It was delicious. Have a good weekend, everybody.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-25 11:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	I'm going to Egypt	QUOTE (JODO @ Aug 25 2007, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (MelindaandTarek @ Aug 25 2007, 05:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cheryl & Medo @ Aug 25 2007, 12:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Great news What airline are you traveling with? I will be going to Egypt in November too! And im looking for a great deal. I will leave Nov 25 thru Dec 23. I actually found a great deal through Northwest through Cheap Tickets. I always do a 30 day search for the length of trip and assess the best deal..I am flying to Amsterdam....have a long layover....and early am arrival and departure but like another said, who cares I will see my SO.... I am so excited thanks everyone for the support!!!! Have fun Melinda! My first trip to Egypt, we flew Northwest->KLM and we had a long layover as well. I believe from 10-9pm. Anyway, what we did is we went out into Amsterdam and came back at about 2 hours before flight time. I assume you are flying into Schipol? If so, it is a very user-friendly airport. We NEVER ride public transportation anywhere when we travel,but we did at Schipol and it was super easy to do. Just follow the yellow arrows to customs and on the floor you will find the booths to buy tickets for the train. Simply purchase your ticket and take the elevator down to the metro. You will want the main train station stop and from there, if you want to take a boat ride, you go to a tourism office and buy a ticket for a boat leaving "Lover's dock" and take a boat ride. Also, you can buy a ticket for the central tram and go visit the Anne Frank Museum and walk around the city as we did. Too, we had lunch at a place called the Pancake House , http://www.pancake.nl/ that was near to the Anne Frank museum. The tram drivers are very nice and just ask them to tell you when it is your stop and they will. Too, Schipol has things for you to do as well. There is a mini-museum, lots of good stores, and lots of lockers to leave your carry-on as we did and plenty of cafés. Now this was almost two years ago,but I think most of this info should still be current. Have fun! Wow! I am getting deja vu reading about your guys' plans. Melinda, I had almost the exact same flight with the long layover in Amsterdam and I arrived at 1am (after customs, etc. I was the last one out of the airport at 3am and hubby thought I had missed my flight!!!). Jodo , you were braver than I was. I wanted to venture out and see something in Amsterdam because it was such an opportunity. But, I was sooooooooo scared to miss my flight. And, I was terrified of getting hurt or lost and noone would be able to help me. So I wound up just cruising all of the stores (I wound up just buying some postcards for my nieces ), taking a nap, and walking a loooooooot! I think I got on the internet for about 15 minutes, but it was EXPENSIVE. ($8 or $12 I think) And..........the airport (schipol or something like that) is one of the nicest I have ever seen! I haven't seen many, mind you. But it was beautiful and I enjoyed the 7-8 hours I was stuck there!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-25 11:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	I'm going to Egypt	Congratulations Melinda! That's the days that I travelled here last year! (one day less or more but who's counting?) It is so exciting! I think several people are travelling to Egypt this year! Good luck and have a happy reunion.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-24 22:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	Sunday	I have heard of the outlet devices that kill pests, but haven't seen any here in Egypt. It is worth me looking into, though. Round after round of Nicky vs Mosquito is wearing me out! They come after me one at a time. And I have managed to swat-kill 3 of them, but I hate them!!!!!!! awey awey awey I also took a Naproxen for my itching and pain. But, guess what! There's no mineral water in the house, so I had to take the Naproxen with tap water. Another illness to look forward to the day after tomorrow! I think I'm going to bed now.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-26 19:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Sunday	I am pretty sure they have some Avon products here in Egypt. I think I saw some once. Between the bites from the mosquitoes and me slapping my arms to try and kill the little bloodsuckers, my arms look awful! Anything from the kitchen I could use? Does anybody know the active ingredients in SSS? AAAAAAAAAAAGHHHH. One of them wants to land on my face now!!!!!! DIE DIE DIE!!!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-26 18:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	Sunday	I am getting devoured by the mosquitoes! What in the world???? How can I keep the buggers off of me?? Or set a trap for them? There is some kind of trap for gnats with vinegar. Would that work for mosquitoes?	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-26 16:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	Sunday	Is everybody still asleep? How is everyone? I am hanging out while Mon goes to a wedding! I am so bored, but I have to admit I like the quiet time. Now, if I could just find some sleeping pills for the little brothers.........................................................	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-26 11:13:00
Middle East and North Africa	Guess what!	That's great news!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-28 09:08:00
Middle East and North Africa	Back from Jordan	We were in Egypt, but the church was just as scrutinous. The abouna who was gonna baptize me and marry us called my mom from his cell phone to make sure she knew I was getting married! (She didn't answer because it was an unknown # ) We were already married at the ministry of justice, but the preist told us that he could be using me and that we should live together as brother and sister until he could marry us. Anyway, the whole backwardness of that situation is that if he was really using me, why would he want to get married in the Coptic Church that doesn't allow remarriage after divorce? I guess my husband was gonna travel with me to USA and lose ALL of his morals. Sorry you had troubles. Hopefully, the finace visa will work out better for you guys! Good luck and God bless.	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-22 11:29:00
Middle East and North Africa	MORNING MENA - ITS TUESDAY	I love cabbage and cabbage soup. I hope you make it and look great in your dress! My favorite way to eat cabbage is fried/steamed with fat back & black pepper and with a big slice of my mom's homemade cornbread with butter slathered inside and dripping down the sides! mmmmmmmmmmmm That's not diet talk, but I love cabbage & cornbread!	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-28 14:11:00
Middle East and North Africa	MORNING MENA - ITS TUESDAY	Melinda, I love fresh blackberries! There was a big blackberry patch/farm (I don't know what they are called) close to my hometown. We used to go and get a quart or two of blackberries a couple of times during the summer. Once, I was craving them terribly and I stopped by after class to buy some. Well, the guy that owned the patch? was nowhere around. I called out and noone answered. I even looked up and down the rows of blackberries (from a distance) and I couldn't find him. There was a little refrigerated trailer that was on his property and I knocked first, then opened the door to see if he was inside. I didn't find him, but I did find two quarts of blackberries!............................................................................ ...... sooooo.............I wanted to take them!!!!!But, I didn't have the exact change to pay for them! I was dying!!!! I started digging all around my car to try and find the change I was needing. ( I don't remember how much it was ) And I think I found a dollar between the seats and some quarters in my trunk from laundry day! I must have spent about 30 minutes with my legs hanging out of my car! I finally get the money close enough to the right amount and I took one container of the blackberries and left the money under the other container (sticking out just a tad) . I was so appreciative that the blackberries were already picked and were nice and cool , I couldn't NOT take them, and I definitely couldn't NOT pay for them! I was amazed that he or anyone else never showed up while I was there! It started to feel creepy being on that property and everything looked deserted! Anyway, that's my blackberry story. Doodle, what are you reading? Allousa, how is the baby's preschool going? Cairo Embassy (heck, ANY embassy), can we get a flippin visa over here (in MENA)??	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-28 11:02:00
Middle East and North Africa	MORNING MENA - ITS TUESDAY	I'm just hanging out......wanna hear from Tamara about her flight! I hope she is safe and sound. How is everybody? Well, a better question......WHERE is everybody? Jackie - do you like other types of music in Spanish besides Marco Antonio? I know of some songs that made me think about you by Diana Reyes. (She sings the duranguense type of music.) Have you heard of her? Take care everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~	monnik	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-08-28 10:09:00