ok first and foremost...

a little something that i learnt yesterday at the museum. this is a picture of a girl who is an Ouled Nail. they are entertainers from Algeria. Between the ages of 9 ad 12, they learn the art of dancing and love making. they are also called the geishas of the middle east. however they are not prostitutes, they adorn themselves with very colourful and interesting costumes and dance for the men in the tents that nomads live in. some say that they would even dance in the flesh. kind of like belly dancers. some of their jewellery are actually spikes, to help them ward off unwanted attention or men who get too friendly. However after marriage these girls usually return to normal like and lead their lives as good wives and mothers.

i thought that this was an interesting piece of information. However what left me perplexed was how come the culture of these kind of women exists in the middle east. from what little i know, Islam is very in grained in the middle eastern culture. though i know that not all arabs are muslim it's so ironic that the arab world is quite known for belly dancing. haha..i should read up more about this. (:

speaking about beauty(well sort of)..on friday..i asked my mom very nicely...whether she would spare a teeny wenny portion of her money to make braces for me..after a looooooooong pause..she said that she "didnt mind". then she added about how she's afraid that i would look ugly after the process and that my bugsy teeth make me who i am. in her words "it makes you special". it sounds like a line from Barney. but ya la i love my mom and we shall see how this one goes la.

oh well tomoro is a very important day..i shall not elaborate more but i wont be able to attend 2 meetings tomorrow....

anyways..
this is so random but i just lasted a whole fifteen minutes of conversation with sufiyan with a fake chinese accent. such nonsense!