2 hours of pure and utter bliss...

were the ones spent watching Pirates of the Carribean at world's end!

After a long long wait - i finally watched it, and the wait was worthwhile!

the saddest thing is that the film had to end :(

uhhh talk about the best 2 and a half hours i have had in a long long time

now i will sleep with a smile on my face

the cook, the winner, the smart one, the clumsy one and the STAR!

Those were the participants of this week's version of scrabble night!

The cook - Mr. Kent Babin

The smart one - Annika with her yummy Jordanian sweets

The clumsy one - she almost broke her ass

The winner - your truly (no surprises there)

and The star - Brit boy Chris P.

The real star of the night was Chris - his effect was evident when Kent almost rolled on the floor with laughter and when my lungs started to object from all the laughing.

I will safely conclude that the reason why i lost the first game is because of Chris's commentary on his almost-ribbon-of-participation-worthy performance.

He even left a heartfelt note for our clumsy little girl who managed to make break a chair and her butt, well almost

Mr. Peace envoy to the middle east!

Ok, i think the news has just become more entertaining than it has ever been.
Yesterday the front page of CNN was filled by none other than Paris Hilton coming out of prison, no no not the other news around the world - no - paris comes out of prison, hard core news!

Today BBC has the most entertaining "Have your say" about Tony Blair - Bliar as some like to call him - being the new peace envoy to the middle east.
For once i am speechless - i will let the masses on have your say speak for me..
I especially want to point out this comment which had me laugh out loud in the middle of the quiet office.

"very amusing! what next. Salman Rushdie to be appointed UK's High Commissioner in Pakistan? George Bush to be offered a Chair in Philosophy at Oxford? Prince Charles to become King of England?"
haward, düsseldorf

Seriously - who needs comedy channels and E!

School was in session!

So we've decided to make Tuesday the weekly Scrabble night.
A strong new comer has emerged: Annika, the first guest at Casa de lulinis.

Kent was schooled! Schooled like never before! Even nisrin beat him. Not a good day for "the babin"

He however was the King of the kitchen - he made my i-want-to-live-till-i-am-a-hundred-diet seem so easy with his italian chicken and peppers and risotto-like rice.
My mom could very well have a shrine and temple dedicated to kent for making me finally eat peppers.

It's sunday,,,,,

the beginning of the week

Bring it on Babin

Ok i said i will say something nice about Kent, so i will keep my end of the bargain..

So we've decided to turn our Scrabble challenge into a league instead of a tournament.
So after i beat him the first time (and i didn't gloat at all!) yesterday it was his turn. Although 1 points and 6 points difference is small it still counts - so i humbly accept the loss of a battle but not the whole war :D

(P.S. nisrin did not stand a chance)

Well i guess kent nailed the night, 2 games of scrabble won, awesome french toast for desert and a colorful apron with a beautiful bow at the back!

Add to that the company of two gorgeous young women and you've got the luckiest guy in the world.
Guys, feel free to envy him ;)

6 flights - 10 days

I just finished that! An interesting conference at work, a refreshing weekend with a good friend and a much needed business trip that i can finally cross off my list.

So I spend the last weekend in Mamlo, Sweden - a beautiful little city that is connected to Denmark with a long bridge. My friend, Sandra, studies there so i paid her a visit.
Sandra, as an encouragement decided to let me take charge of the whole weekend

Now, if you know sandra, you'll know that it's a hard thing for her to do - she's a lot like me. Which also means she's GREAT!

So day one - shopping and talking and eating light, fat free food! Best way to spend the weekend..

Day two COPENHAGEN!

OH i have not had so much fun in a LONG LONG time!

So first we ventured out (an hour late of course) to see the little mermaid,,, my childhood star!

After a good hike in acceptable european weather, beautiful ice cream and loadz of pics we decided to take a boat trip around all the canals.... that was almost perfect! if it werent for 5 loud abnoxious italian guys sitting at the back being.... italian!

Then i FINALLY made it to an amusement park! YAY - roller coasters and swinging from 63 meters above the earth.
I was scared! but i am glad i did it... i did miss the pantomime show - it would have been awesome to see one for real :(
We also saw some sharks,, and my friend thought i was crazy as i sang baby shark all the time


I had been inspired by Jen in this video:

I got home on thursday at 3:30 and had to be ready in party mode in 4 hours. Clean house, shower, look pretty, oder drinks and snacks and make sure surpize welcome back party for nirsin goes as planned.
It was a blast, partly due to the fact that is was FULL of nomadlifers!
superluli, nisrin, dodyg,kent,tom,christhebrit, brodie, arthur, farzina, mustafa, purveya el hindeya, askoura, maidaoud, meyouka, martha, nora,kaitlin.
There were also a bunch of other almost equally as cool as the nomadlifers,,, almost!

Thanks you guys, you were PERFECT!