This post is based on real events… So real, it just happened!

Some names were changed though… Just 1 name actually, Faisal is being referred to as Batman.

I was in Al Wafra with friends, grilled some chicken and some kebab. Anywho, it was awesome. I totally pigged out. We were there since 3PM. I had lots of chocolate!!

So…

It’s 4 AM now. We leave Dawood’s family’s farm. In Dawood’s car, he’s driving, I’m sitting next to him, in the back seat are Miq and Mr Batman. We’re on our way to drop Miq to his house. So, it’ 30 something minutes of driving listening to really bad music from the radio except for that Phil Collins’ Tarazan song. Dawood’s iPod is all film’s soundtracks, music only. I click on the Disc button. It starts loading disc #6. Dawood says, how about Fairouz? but before he changes the CD, track #3 plays. OMG! it’s Shania Twain’s Ka Ching! I love Shania Twain, maybe I’ll blog about why I do later on, anyway… so it’s 4 guys in a car listening to Shania Twain… 3 are singing along mind you…

The song finishes, and Track #4 starts… I’m not familiar with the music so I skip it *how selfish!*. Track #1 plays… yes, the CD has only 4 tracks! anyway… it’s a Madonna song, don’t know the name… it was, meh… ok-ish. So, it finishes and it’s track #2 it’s Nelly Furtado’s “I’m like a bird”… guess what? we start singing along… and it hits me! We are 4 straight guys singing along to “Ka Ching” and “I’m like a bird”… Dawood and Batman are married guys, mind you, not to each others though! but that’s not important… so we keep repeating these 2 songs… till we reached Miq’s place… Did I mention that Dawood almost got us killed? He drives like a 90 year old! really… ask the guys… and ask him ba3ad! anyway, we drop Miq and I drive instead of Dawood cuz he’s sleepy, or so he says! :-p

So I keep listening to the same 2 songs, when it moved to play track #4 and I was like “hmmm, let’s listen to this one” so music plays and a female starts sing these words

“Don’t look at me

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, I saw debris
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I’m so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say”

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it couldn’t get more gay than that! Not that there’s anything wrong with it or anything…

I start singing along with the chorus, cuz that’s all I know. We reach Batman’s place. Drop him. We head to Dawood’s house where I parked my car earlier.  I take my jacket and what’s left of my yogurt and thyme marinated chicken which Dawood made sure was sealed! Anyway, I’m listening to my iPod shuffle some Dylan, Eric Andersen, Paul McCartney’s “Junk” and some Phil Ochs. I’m thinking that I have to wake up at 10, take my sister to buy her a new bike cuz she got 97.5% at school and she doesn’t want a phone anymore. Then meet friends at 11-ish then I have a rehearsal from 2:30 till 4 and finally attend the cinemagic screening at 7.

Phil Ochs is singing

“Sailors climb the tree, up the terrible tree
Where are my shipmates have they sunk beneath the sea?
I do not know much, but I know this cannot be
It isn’t really, it isn’t really,
Tell me it isn’t really.”

ok? so, I arrive home. Get out of the car, look for my phone… it’s not there!!

Don’t worry, it’s not at Al-Wafra… I forgot it in Dawood’s car. What to do?

I run upstairs, grap my brother’s phone. Call Miq…

He’s not answering! I send him a msg telling him it’s me, so he calls and gives me Dawood’s number, he was 7adda asleep. Meanwhile Mr Batman was online, so I say can you please call Dawood and ask him to wait for my call, cuz I supposed that he won’t pick it up cuz he doesn’t have my brother’s number and it’s 6:12 exactly! . So Batman calls Dawood. Dawood tells him that he’ll drop it tomorrow…

So I ask Batman for Dawood’s number, though I just got it from Miq!! anyway, I call Dawood and tell him I’m on my way. It’s 10 minutes to his house. OK, I remember that my brother might need his phone cuz he might have work. How can I call Dawood when I’m at is place, cuz I don’t wanna wake up the whole house. So I ask my sister for her mobile, it’s not charged. My other sister’s phone has no credit! Mind you they’re all asleep!

So I go to my brother and ask him what time is his work, he says 9. Great!! I’ll be back before 7 for sure.

I leave to Dawood’s, get my phone. I pass by the gas station on the way. just 3 KD.

I love music!

On the way back home.

Ok, now… again, gotta wake up at 10, take my sister to buy her a new bike cuz she got 97.5% and she doesn’t want a phone anymore. Then meet friends at 11-ish then I have a rehearsal from 2:30 till 4 and finally attend the cinemagic screening at 7.

What a day it’ll be!! I love my life!! :-D

Is this over yet?

No!

I get out of the car, reach for my jacket… NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

It’s now a yogurt and thyme marinated jacket!! Dawood!! I told you to seal the chicken well, and you said you did!! the back seat is also marinated shwayya ba3ad… it’s 7:04!

I take the jacket, leave it in the kitchen… go back to the car to get the chicken. Our driver is washing dad’s car. I tell him to clean the back “marinated” seat.

I put the chicken in the fridge after sealing it again with foil. I head upstairs to my room and I see my mom just coming down to make herself breakfast. I was like “Mom, my jacket! in the kitchen!”

We go to the kitchen, she sees the jacket. She says I’ll handle it. I hug her! thanx mom!!

I ask her to wake me up at 9:30.

She says “your sister is sleeping over at your aunt’s house, take her to buy the bike some other day”

Now I’m seeing my friends at exactly 11, not 11-ish… if you know what I’m saying ;-)
I’ll see you guys in 3 hours!

Anyway…

This is “Junk” by Paul McCartney… Actually an impression of him singing it!! This guy is really good, check out his Freddy Mercury impressions…

Have a nice day everyone :-D

P.S. Thank you Lujain’s parents for sending the photos :) I really appreciate it!
Tell Lujain Tin Man says “Hi” :)