Laws of the Universe!

1. Whenever you have enough money to go shopping, the probability of finding a somewhat appealing dress diminishes logarithmically!

2. All the good guys are already taken.

3. Whenever you happen to be late for work, your boss is on time and wants you in his office.

4. The day you have a spot the size of Jupiter on your nose is the day you bump into a guy you fancy. If you look drop-dead gorgeous then the universe makes sure you don't bump into anyone remotely interesting.

5. As soon as you decide you have lost something and buy a replacement, the original item will appear out of nowhere.

6. Never ever let your laptop know that you're in a hurry.

7. Time slows down when a student is sitting through a boring lecture, or an employee is sitting through a boring meeting. Time will make up for itself in these situations by passing too quickly when trying to cram for a test or working to meet a deadline that’s up in an hour.

Can you think of anymore? :))

Who I am...

Well, since this is my first entry (and hopefully not my last!), I'll start off by trying to introduce who I am. Not the regular "My name is blah blah blah, but rather a 'self-analysis' type blog. Hehehe....in short, I'll start with el7adota beta3ty!

For as long as I can remember, I have been described as cold, stiff and unemotional. Over the years, I have been called nicknames ranging from "Miss Brains" to "The Ostrich", with people assuming that since I'm very practical and unemotional, I wouldn't be hurt by those words. My closest friends seem to think they have me all figured out…that I'm actually a nice and decent person, who's also very practical, leading to the false impression of cockiness and self-centeredness. What they don't know is that even though they have managed to pass most of the barriers I build around myself to isolate 'me' from the outside world, they certainly haven't understood me completely, and have no idea who I am.

It's not that I lead a secret life or anything. It's just that I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to reveal to those around me what's going through my head. I prefer to keep my thoughts to myself. My friends would tell me that I lack spontaneity. "Be more spontaneous and out-going" they say. Once upon a time, I was spontaneous. I was very spontaneous and too frank. Much too frank. So frank that I lost some of the best friendships in my life because of my straight-forward, honest opinions which I directly voiced back then. People, despite what they might say, like to hear what they want to hear, not what they should hear. I have kept many more friendships as I became older because I recognised this fact, and only told people what they should hear when they were ready to hear it, not when I thought they needed to.

Why do I think so much before I do anything? Well, other than keeping the people that matter the most in my life happy, I also hate when I regret doing something. Regretting a decision I made is a feeling I would much rather avoid, because it simply tortures me. My brain works round the clock, never stops analysing and re-analysing everything and everyone. It's just who I am. I can't help thinking about everything because it's just the way my brain functions. It's 'me'.

Why do I appear unemotional? I'm not sure. Maybe it's because I take the principle of keeping my thoughts and feelings to myself one step too far. Maybe I subconsciously take it as a sign of weakness. I have to admit that I'm not sure about the reason. What I know is that I have feelings, and that not revealing my feelings doesn't mean I don't feel them…it's just that I prefer to keep them to myself. Maybe it's why people have come to know and describe me as a good listener: I vent my feelings by talking to people about their problems and feelings.

Well, that's my 7adoota in short. Hopefully, this blog will be about my 7awadeet as well as my friends', so let's see how this goes!