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A private room with a sea view on the world!

Luxury

spoil me. Revive the child in me. Remind me of my feminism. Take me back to minimalism. Teach them what glamor is. treat me to my status. Wrap your self around me. Live my simple pleasures. Be all you want yet be gentle , for I am made of Porcelain… My dear closet ;) Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat

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Confession:I take life too seriously

I am turning into someone I can not recognize!! therefore I need to talk to me and figure it out and rewind back into the real 7arfal3ain.
I am 22, I feel like am 60::: a lot tell me I do not know how to enjoy life, well I dont!:::the tiniest criticism from my Mom is a curse to me:::I can not just DO things! come on its too scary! i must plan and evaluate and Re-evaluate and then try:::suddenly I am full of contradictions because the original me is being invaded by a molded character::: I became very and I mean VERY negative, no sun only clouds:::I guess being the first child will continue being the same and so will the life style package which comes with it::: I am sharing this only because I have not been sleeping very well, thought if I clear 25% of whats in my head then there is chance for me to get a good quality sleep.

If any of my twitter besties were here: miss being present on twitter, sorry for becoming such a lousy bird! its temporary ;)

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chinese rice

my BB service is still unavilable for the time being- sorry my dearest bbmrs

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raining-our home in brighton

raining afternoon- stayed in at home in Brighton

king prawn kabsa- late night cooking fiesta

cooking fiesta’s

JCT view

this amazing view- used to spend hours out here on the balcony at night when everyone is asleep listening to m7mad 3abdu lol

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finally at Emirates Lounge waiting impatiantilly to fly back in Dubai

long,Cold & Stressful

still here, eighth floor at JCT , dubai TV in the background and fancy cars va-va-vooming beneath my balcony…was raining today ,,light cold showers..its been a VERY long trip for me, indeed. I can not call it a vacation, not this time London! my vacation starts once I am back in dubai ..but I do not regret.
I have learned a lot and on top of everything I am glad that I was of help to someone when they needed me..
I found yet another example which taught me that no matter how impossible everything once seems,,Allah is always watching and never forgets us..

lots of shots , little time to post them… maybe next time :$

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eid preps
peek a boo at one of my eid outfits ;) my own design
eid preps-traditional
traditional Emirati jalabyas,,not really in love with the embroidery this time..
my baby queen
my baby is back from the workshop <3 the first ride is never like any other

mini qatayef
mini qatayef

::very easy and super delicious::

ingredients:

- mini Qatayef Bread -got it from Al Reef Al Lebnani

-  1 pack fresh cream قشطة ;)

- pistachio for garnishing

-2 cups sugar

-3 cups water

- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

- 1 teaspoon rosewater

method:

fold  half of the qatayef bread from the centre leaving the other side open.

stuff the open side with the fresh cream

do so for the rest of the breads

prepare the sweet syrup الشيرة:

boil water+sugar+lemon+rosewater until it turns a bit thick

pour over the qatayef using a spoon and in a swirly move

garnish with the pistachio and serve :D

Blueberry heaven

“For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.”(Ecclesiastes)

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and A time for my heavenly Blueberry Cheesecake ;)

Ingredients:

Base crust:

1 small pack of Light digestive biscuits

20 grams butter

Cheesecake:

- 300 grams Philadelphia cheese

- one large Rainbow Sweet Condensed milk container

- two Nestle cream containers

-3 large eggs

- 1 table spoon vanilla

Blueberry Topping:

-3 cups frozen blueberry

-2 table spoons butter

-3/4 sugar

-1 table spoon corn starch

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method:

-preheat oven to 180C.

-crush the digestive biscuits  using a food processor and mix with butter.

- press in a baking pan (length of 1cm-1.5 cm)

- bake for 8 minutes then cool it.

- Using the food processor again: beat the cream cheese, condensed milk, cream, vanilla.

- add the eggs and beat well for 5 minutes.

-pour over the crust and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.

To prepare the Blueberry topping:

heat the butter

add the blueberries+sugar+cornstarch+lemon juice and cook on low heat for 10 mins until the blueberries break and release juice.

-when the cake is ready refrigerate for at least 4 hours. then add the topping and serve :D

Speciale give away:Dates Mousse Recipe

to make it happen you need:
- 250 grams pitted date.
-1 small pack al Marai Whipping cream.
-2 sacks of gelatine (dissolve using warm water)

method:
- make dates puree: cook with 1/4 cup of water for 10 mins.
-let it cool then mix it with whipping cream.
- add the gelatine and mix thoroughly.
- cool and garnish.

Tip:
you can put a layer of dates cake below the mousse :)

-cool

Dates season

I luv introducing our amazing traditions with an international flare. Since, summer calls for all kinds of delicious dates, I decided to experiment something with a twist! In the past I used to bake dates muffins which do taste amazing for breakfast or with coffee.

A few days ago I wildly decided to make dates Mousse.. Which turned out really good.. A nice gourmet dessert with an emirati infused taste ;)

I am getting another inspiration to make dates cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and pistachio garnish <3 ..will work good for Ramadan season!

Btw Ramadan Kareem evryone!
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The rise

Its about time and get in charge of my life again, and prove to myself that i am still worth putting up with what i deserve and not what people want me to think i deserve… I am not going to let someone dictate my way of living… I am not going to let anyone weaken my strengths or shake my morale just because they elluded the whole world into seeing in them what they could never have.. I will stop dwelling about my not very successful experience with this organization… I applied for a new job… in my Emirati Google :)

until then,,, i hope my thoughts streamline into clear directions!

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