Hi all!!!

I know it's been a while but things have been quite hectic. I have my regular job. Then I have the fan club to work on...helping my best friend Paris. His album is going to be out in fall, around September. I can't wait all excited...still waiting to hear the demo! Now there's a wedding going to happen...that's right my friends. I'm getting married somewhere between late January and early February. So we are going ahead with it and when I get back from marrying him in Egypt I will start filing the sponsorship papers with Canadian Immigration.

Just wanted to let you see what has been happening. The previous post I had made was of pics of my wedding dress, still not altered...and yet still it has not been altered. Everywhwere I go now to find things for my dress or outfit I bring the dress along.  I went to Fabricland and the woman there helped me out. I got some lace...it's not really lace. I can't even explain exactly what it is. I got that last week. I also got some jewelry but I'm not sure if it will go. Then on Monday I went shoe shopping with my friend Christine in China Town. It took us 3 hours to find these shoes. My feet are so small. I found two pairs in size 35 but still I need an in-sole.

Here are the pics I took of everything. The dress unaltered is in the previous post.

  So this one picture is of the dress, shoes and lace.

Work, work, work, sleep, eat, some online time....and that's been this month at a glance. Right now at work (which is retail) shifts are as early as 7am and as late as 11pm. Glad when that's over. The Christmas music playing is making me batty!!!

Well, it's been a hectic time for me...and an interesting year to say the least. Anyone who is anyone, knows what I mean. The month is almost over, the year is coming to its end. Here I am with hopes up high wondering where the new year will take me....2008 here I come.

From frantically saving enough money for a vacation I truly wanted to happen at the beginning of 2007...to actually making the trip happen, to being in Egypt..... Getting to spend time with family over there and meeting new people to making new friends and what not....And here I am again, wanting, hoping and praying to go back soon, but knowing it might take longer than I'd like. Maybe that's what holds in the new year...hmmmmm...

Life is like a box of chocolates....you never know what you're going to get.....Forrest Gump....or Life is like a bowl of cherries (including the cherry pits)...either way I look at it, it should be full of surprises, some really good, and some not so to some well unwelcoming, but hey...c'est la vie.

Today, I've found a way to add my blog here to facebook....it's nuts...it's great!!!

I should go, I've got a cousin coming over. It's our holiday today...we call it Eid.
Whether you're celebrating Eid, Christmas, The New Year or some other celebration....have a happy one. Enjoy the time you get to spend with all the special and important people in your life.

Lotsa hugs, lotsa love.

Monday morning,my mom was getting nervous about my flight. She never used to get nervous, or maybe she did, she just never showed it till now. I got to chat with some friends online beforehand. I spoke with some co-workers also, all wishing me well. Then Dad came home for lunch and we left early due to the 'wonderful' weather in Toronto. The girl who was checking in my luggage and who gave me my boarding passes, works in the same stinking store as I, upstairs in swimwear. How strange is that!!! Anyhow, I ate whatever Mom made for me before I passed thru security. I sat for a bit but there were a bunch of students, so hurried on ahead.

On Tuesday, still on the first flight, going to Milan, I ended up sitting next to one of the teahcers from that group of high school students. Apparently they were headed for Paris, one this teacher takes every two years with the school with a new set of students. He was pleasant to talk to and sit next to. With my dietary and health problems, some of the food was unedible, but I did what I could with what was available. I didn't sleep much at all. Once I conqued out on the flight going to Milan, but that was a short lived sleep. I did get some time to relax though, so not too bad. I was exhausted once we landed in Milan, I went to the washroom and just found a seat and ate. Then I went downstairs to board the plane. It was only a few moments before I had entered the shuttle bus that was going to take me to my destination flight.............woooohoooooooooooooooo!

 I need to recuperate from this jetlag.

By the way, my cousin is here for a visit too, from Montreal...visiting his wife, the cousin I'm also visiting...HAAHAA.

Here I've been eating, sleeping, reading, getting acquainted with the family and relaxing. It's been a By the way, Egypt is 7 hours ahead of Toronto, so I"m leaving you now at 7:46pm. Ignore that time showing above this post.

Yes, I"m here! I'm exhausted! I didn't get much of any sleep. I just wanted to let you know that I have arrived here safe and sound.

I will try to keep you all updated.

Ciao.

It's actually 5:42pm here.

OMG! Time has come for my trip. There have many moments in the past few months where my nerves have been shaken over the whole idea of what will happen or may not. I've been extremely excited. Right now, I think my objective is to get on the plane and get there. I don't know if I'll get nervous on the flight or before meeting him or what. Maybe my mind just believes that whatever happens will happen and to just enjoy whatever it will be. Maybe because he's been consistently excited and around that my nerves are alright. I guess time will tell.

I woke up early today hoping to go to bed early tonight and wake up even earlier as my first flight is 8 hours giving me sleeping time. Whether I actually sleep, I don't know, but I sure will need it.

I will keep a diary on hand, so if I don't get the chance to blog, I will be able to give you details of the trip. I will take so many pictures, so no need to worry. I'm pretty much all packed, just a few things that need to be washed first.

Anyhow, Friday I went to work and afterwards there was a party for a manager we used to have. I had fun. Here are two pics of that day at work and evening.

Last night before I went to bed I got to speak with my Ahmed and I slept so well because of it. Then as I woke up this morning and literally went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face, my sister wished my a happy birthday. When i came downstairs to fix my breakfast my sister was on her way out to buy me a birthday cake. She wasn't sure what I could have as I have major food problems. So either she'll come back with

• blueberry cheesecake
• strawberry cheesecake
• strawberry shortcake

Then when I came into this room, the den, my mother wished me a happy birthday. Now she's sleeping.

My very first birthday card was given to me last week from work, a company card. I got an electronic e-card from my dear dear online friend, Ariauna and happy birthday wish e-mail from my co-worker, Andrea.

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Happy Birthday! 11 February 1974 Your date of conception was on or about 21 May 1973 which was a Monday. You were born on a Monday under the astrological sign Aquarius. Your Life path number is 7. Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7. You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22. You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11. The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442089.5. The golden number for 1974 is 18. The epact number for 1974 is 6. The year 1974 was not a leap year. Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/23/1974 and ending 2/10/1975. You were born in the Chinese year of the Tiger. Your Native American Zodiac sign is Otter; your plant is Fern. You were born in the Egyptian month of Parmuthy, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil). Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 19 Shevat 5734. Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 20 Shevat 5734. The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.0.10.5 which is 12 baktun 18 katun 0 tun 10 uinal 5 kin The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 18 Muharram 1394 (1394-1-1 . The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1974. The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1974. The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 27 February 1974. The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 2 June 1974. The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 9 June 1974. The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 17 September 1974. The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 7 April 1974. The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 26 February 1974.   As of 2/11/2007 2:10:53 PM EST You are 33 years old. You are 396 months old. You are 1,722 weeks old. You are 12,053 days old. You are 289,286 hours old. You are 17,357,170 minutes old. You are 1,041,430,253 seconds old. Celebrities who share your birthday: Kelly Rowland (1981) Matt Lawrence (1980) Brandy (1979) Mike Shinoda (1977) Jennifer Aniston (1969) Sheryl Crow (1963) Segio Mendes (1941) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (1940) Burt Reynolds (1936) Tina Louise (1934) Leslie Nielsen (1926) Eva Gabor (1921) Sidney Sheldon (1917) Thomas Alva Edison (1847) Top songs of 1974 The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand Seasons In the Sun by Terry Jacks The Streak by Ray Stevens Having My Baby by Paul Anka Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas Billy, Don't Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods Annie's Song by John Denver The Loco-Motion by Grand Funk TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB with the Three Degrees I Can Help by Billy Swan Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.7174168297456 years old. (You're still chasing cats!) There are 365 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 34 candles. Those 34 candles produce 34 BTUs, or 8,568 calories of heat (that's only 8.5680 food Calories!) . You can boil 3.89 US ounces of water with that many candles.   In 1974 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US. In 1974 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile. In 1974 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%) In 1974 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000) In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds. In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds. In 1974 the population of Australia was approximately 13,831,978. In 1974 there were approximately 245,177 births in Australia. In 1974 in Australia there were approximately 110,673 marriages and 17,688 divorces. In 1974 in Australia there were approximately 115,833 deaths. Your birthstone is Amethyst The Mystical properties of Amethyst Amethyst is used to increase spiritually Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources) Bloodstone, Onyx, Moonstone Your birth tree is Cedar, the Confidence Of rare beauty, knows how to adapt, likes luxury, of good health not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, determined, impatient, wants to impress others, many talents, industrious, healthy, optimism, waiting for the one true love, able to make quick decisions. There are 317 days till Christmas 2007! There are 330 days till Orthodox Christmas! The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous.

The Life Path 7 suggests that you entered this plane with a gift for investigation, analysis, and keen observation. You are a thinker of the first order. You evaluate situations very quickly, and with amazing accuracy. As a result, you are thorough and complete in your work, the perfectionist who expects everyone else to meet a high standard of performance, too.

A Life Path 7 person is a peaceful and affectionate soul. But you guard your connection to people carefully. It's easy for you to detect deception and recognize insincere people, and you avoid them. You aren't one to have a wide circle of friends, but once you accept someone as a friend, it's for life. It's as if you must get to know someone a lot better before you allow the wall surrounding you to be penetrated. Chances are you are a very charming and refined individual with great poise and a quick wit. Nonetheless, there is an exclusiveness about you. You probably aren't a very social person. Your reserve is often taken to be aloofness, but actually, it's not that at all. It is merely a cover up for your basic feeling of insecurity. There's no rush, It takes time for you to warm up to new friends. Clubs and organizations hold little interest for you; you are not a joiner.

You actually like being alone and away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. In many ways, you would have fit in better in much earlier times when the pace of life was less hectic. You need a good deal of quiet time to be with your own inner thoughts and dreams. You dislike crowds, noise, distractions, and confusion.

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You rely heavily on your experiences and your intuition, rather than accepting advice from someone. Your hunches usually prove to be very accurate, and knowing this, you follow the directions they seem to guide.

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Fortunately, the negative 7 is not the typical 7, at least not without some mitigating positive traits. This number is one that seems to have some major shifts from highs to lows. Stability in feelings may be elusive for you.

Anyhow, I hope you are all having a wonderful day.

The other day, I found a family friend online and we started chatting. I asked her how things were going and if there was anything new going on in her life. I hadn't seen or heard from her in some time. I think she was over at our place in the summertime, with her new husband, and the rest of her family. She tells me some shocking news...."waiting for the baby to come out," were her words. I'm thinking, ' baby?' and she just answered back with, "yeah".
"WHAT BABY!!!!" is what a typed in.
I saw my mom walk into the room and asked her if there was something I should know about her and my mom stared at me, as she had realized what the news was, her eyes bulged out a bit and she said, "She almost 9 months pregnant."
I really must be in my own little workd, but nobody even bothered to tell me this news. This is the way I found out.
Anyhow, hope everyone's having a wonderful weekend. Ciao

The book is all done...and I'm releived at that progress. If you want to check it out, please visit: http://www.lulu.com/content/467991 and you can see my other books at www.lulu.com/aminabhimla.

It contains 100 poems 2 which are title poems (which inspried the choice of picks for poetry), 3 photos and 3 pices of artwork originally taken and made by me. It's printed on white paper, high quality so the colors come out great. I'm not trying to sell this to you...just giving you an idea of what the book is all aobut.

At the moment I'm somewhat confused about something that happened today, but it's too fresh of an incident I'm not sure if it's too early to share it with you. Soon enough I will, when I figure out for myself what it all means.

Well, dinner's ready and waiting, so I gotta go.

Weekend's on the way, so have a good one. ciao.

I have three date options of leaving for my vacation Jan 2, Jan 9 and Feb 3, which one I don't know but I prefer the earliest. I can't wait anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Egypt here I come!!!! Woohoooooooooooooo...heehee .
Well, Saturday was not the best day but it was eventful to say the least. I was hoping to go skating but the ice wasn't prepared eventhough it was supposed to be but thanks to the abundance of rain....it was impossible for them to surface the ice. So there I was in the cold by the lake, sitting on a bench looking at what should be the ice rink I so wanted deparately to skate on, I went with my shoes on and glided though not quite the same was all I could do to keep myself from going completely bonkers. I wasn't the only one doing that, then I called my friend Carin for a little chat, then decided to head over to the building I work in to change into my clothes to start my evening. I went to the restaurant where I seemed to be the earlies for Megan's goodbye thing...and though my food got messed up, it was still nice to be there as I also got to see an ex-co-worker, Ikuko who I hadn't seen since she left the company over two years ago.
Today....I went to get an ECG done (EchoCardioGram) as I have a slight heart murmur and they check it every few years just to take pre-causion. Then I went to the bank, no luck getting what I wanted but that's ok. By that time I was famished...completely out of my mind with hunger that when I went downtown, I headed right for a huge bagel and cream cheese and gobbled it down like it was a glass of water and still I was hungry. I finished eating then went to the passport office down the street and got that all done, so my passport will be here in two weeks exactly.

Things are looking up...as I'm working on filling up my Visa next, I know two weeks before I can even send it, with my passport, but I can't help it, I've got the free time so I might as well.

All the best to you and hope things are going well, Ciao....

EGYPT

I'm all exited! I can't believe how close I'm getting to going. Everyday, I get just a little closer. I'm planning to go to Egypt sometime in January. I bought a new set of luggage. Actually it's not a set to be exact. I bought a 26" which is not part of the set that I recently bought only because it was at such an incredible price. Then I bought a 20" and a carry-on bag.

I started taking out some of my clothes as some of them are only for summer and soon I will be putting those clothes away in storage and bringing out the winter clothes.

In less than four months from now I will be in Egypt. Sounds like a dream. I have had Egypt on my list of places to travel for some time now. I can't  believe that it's coming true, it's going to happen.

All I have to worry about is the plane ticket. I have a cousin who lives in Cairo. So not to worry about food or hotel expenses. It's going to be great!!!!

Not to mention I'll finally be able to meet my Ahmed. Now if that wasn't a good enough reason to get exited, I don't know what is.

Yesterday, I picked up a passport application as I need to renew mine. It has been about six years, and it has to be renewed every five years.

Just a little closer to getting there....

Have a wonderful day and take care.

Oh and by the way, I've put up a new website where you can view webcams all over Canada. Enjoy!