Friday, October 3, 2014

A New Project

Hey!

So much time has passed since I had last laid my fingers upon this beautiful keyboard to write...but alas, it is now time. The main reason is a new project I'm working on with my fellow friend and blogger. Before I share with you the details of the project, I will entertain you with some thoughts that I have had over these past few weeks.

The first of which is death. I know that this is not a pretty subject, but recently it has been crossing my mind a lot following two deaths of people that were close to me and my family, one of which is my friend Tala Dissi, God bless her soul. As I think about it more and more, I am constantly baffled by the concept. I understand that the soul leaves the body, but it seems so odd that someone's soul is there, then it's gone. It still confuses me the more I think of it. 

Another thought related to this morbid process, is the effect of death. Death is easy on the person who dies, but for others close to him/her, it isn't at all. Worse even, what if it was. What if I just go away, and I leave no effect on the world? As I was discussing this with one of my friends, we both agreed we didn't want our time to be up before leaving something valuable behind. Some thing like a life-changing book or an invention that will change the course of history, but it is a known fact that we have no role to play when it concerns the time of our passing, and that's even scarier.

On a less serious note, glitter is made of plastic. Henry Ruschmann found himself with a bunch of plastic, and after he decided to grind it all into tiny bits, he discovered glitter. Yay! It truly is spectacular, the way random things can occur from an issue. I guess a lesson can be learned from this. If you have a bunch of issues, grind them and get some glitter!

This left me thinking how glitter could be used as a weapon. As I was studying, I thought of how odd it is that Molotov cocktails existed. It's proof that humans can make weapons out of everything. At the very moment, I thought of how glitter and Steryllium could become a weapon, since they were in my peripheral vision. The end result is this: You add the glitter to the Steryllium then you shake it up. After you're done, you spray the mixture at your attacker. At this point, you can either run and be gunned down by a henchman, or laugh and be gunned down. You choose. If you can think of other ways glitter can be used a s a weapon, please tell me in the comments. I have too much glitter, too many enemies, and too little time.

Finally, I have stated in my previous that I joined the school magazine. On Wednesday, I sent the editor-in-chief my first article, and as soon as the school magazine is online, YOU WILL KNOW! I'm so excited about it! Yay!

Now! The project is a joint project with Jad, my friend and fellow blogger of the wonderful blog throughmyseriouseyes.weebly.com. The plan is to write a story with each other. However, I'm going to write one chapter, without telling him about what I'm going to write, and then he will follow suit on his blog. Each week one of us will write a chapter, until eventually we will reach the end. I don't know what we'll do then, but until then our writing will continue in this fashion. The first chapter will be written by me, so keep a close eye on this stupendous blog of mine during this Eid holiday.

Alas my friends, this is the end of our journey for now, until next time.

-Yara :)

P.S.: I bet most of you have realized the change in the blogs theme. Please tell me what you think in the comments! Thanks!

Monday, September 22, 2014

The Doppelganger

Hello!

So I got accepted into the school web-zine, and I have decided to share the short story I submitted that has granted me access to this beautiful opportunity. I hope you like it, however, keep in mind it is a thriller, so for those of you who are weak of heart, I must warn you

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Marian was taking her usual afternoon walk when she saw Mr. Clementine running in her direction.

“Why, good morning Mr. Clementine.” She said astounded.

He shook his head and placed a finger on his lips.

“No time to talk, I've finally done it Marian. I've done it!”

“I don’t believe you! Show me at once!”


Tuesday, September 2, 2014

First Day of School, and the Lost Notes from Canada

-Got into airport
-Went to check-in after going in the wrong lane
-Dad took my bag, then returned it after I tried taking Sara's
-Took a shortcut to passport control where a guy with braces checked our passports
-Went to duty free and saw a cool magazine with free stickers included...it was a card magazine (I want it even more now)
-We went to business lounge for about an hour and my sister and I explored the place and ate the food from the buffet
-Saw a place that served fruits (in business lounge) and it had turkey sandwiches with weird-smelling orange bread (apparently I also ate it...says a lot about me, hehe)
-Sara tried to put hot chocolate in a small mug, it overflowed and then she cleaned the mess and got a new cup and filled it from the machine
-She ate cheese with it
-Went to an isolated TV booth
-Wanted to go to Sara's booth, but instead entered a random guy's booth
-Went to Sara's booth and told her about it, we could hear him laugh as we laughed too
-Went to gate 216
-Wanted to run down slanted hallway to plane-request denied
-Went through a wrong turn into the wrong airplane entrance thingy, and a nice stranger redirected us
-Got on Plane
-Row 2 AC
-Got hot towels while I watched the little TV
-Listened to music

*Everything in parentheses is not original, added by me, as I was typing it

So...yeah, those were my Lost Notes From Canada that I found in my pocket on the day right before school started. Dearest father, this is what I was writing that I wouldn't let you see. I wanted to continue it throughout the vacation, but I didn't finish it.


Thursday, August 21, 2014

Woohoo! Diary Entry!

Hi there!
It has been while since I lasted posted a diary-like entry here, so I will warn you now. This post will be long, random and my thoughts will be ultimately scattered. 

Let's start out like the typical movie format. Start all the way from the back, and make my way to the front. At the beginning of the summer, I didn't do much. I swam often, drew a painting and went out with my friends multiple times. When Ramadan came, everyone became lazy and woke up at 3 PM. However...In the middle of July, my family and I went to Canada for two weeks, and it was super fun!

We went to an amusement park (Canada's Wonderland), which was superb! There were so many frightening and exhilarating rides. Multiple rides we rode flipped us over, so we were upside down. Then there was another one that we had to ride standing up, and so when we went on a loop, we were dangling from our feet. Although ALL of the rides were supertastically awesome, my sister and I both favored the ride called Canada's Mine Mountain (I think, it had 'mine' in the name anyways) above all the rest. 

Friday, August 8, 2014

The Girl Who Could Fly

There once was a girl who could fly

She had no wings, but could somehow reach the sky

I could always see her from the garden outside

And whenever I caught her eye I would run and hide

I never saw how she flew

But I guess it's just a thing that she could do