Ruby Woo

Epic Freakouts

2009-10-31T05:21:00.002+03:00

I have the swine flu and had been under house arrest for the past two weeks. I thought I would be posting more but boredom really makes people suicidal, hence the not in the mood to post. I finally get to breathe fresh air on sunday yay (which is the day I finally get to be out of quarantine). Anyway, so during these two weeks of having nothing to do and not going to Uni and classes, I've discovered youtube videos that literally make you laugh at loud and since I have no inspiration whatsoever to post something, I have decided to share with you some of the videos that I've found over at youtube.

These here, if most of you had already seen are called the freak-out series. You'll see why..

#1 World of Warcraft Freakout:

#2 The aftermath of video #1:

#3 The Truck Freakout

The video below is a remake of the original WoW freakout but with a break-up twist. Hilarious!

P.S You can find more freakout videos here.

Update

2009-10-02T19:54:00.003+03:00

Dolphins are beautiful, intelligent, passionate among other positive traits. What's not to love? I swam with a dolphin once, and ever since that happened, I've been secretly obsessing over them. I even googled "dolphin training camps". I found a few, one in Hawaii, one in Florida and the other in the Bahamas. My eldest sister (for once) is supporting this idea so I added it on my to do list. Be it next year or in 5, I don't really care as long as it happens.

My new found quest. I want be a dolphin trainer.

P.S Look at the one above, I just wanna mmmmmmmm punch him in the face from how cute he is.

Zain's Guilt Trip

2009-09-14T20:02:00.003+03:00

I hate it how whenever you call Zain and they put you on hold, so the machine asks you to press 1 for Qur'an or 2 for Music. How idiotic is that? I feel guilty because I reallyyy want to press 2 but they already told me I had the option of listening to Qur'an and I know that I'm being watched from "up" there. It's like you're stealing from under a surveillance camera, but you wouldn't do it 'cos that would be stupid. Seriously Zain, stop with the guilt trip already, ufff it's annoying and I always end up pressing 3 to listen to their latest offers and services instead.

P.S My phone bill just got to 36 KD this month. Not bad!

Shit My Dad Says

2009-09-13T00:19:00.001+03:00

LOL!

P.S Click on the link above.

I Used To Be Bald

2009-09-11T06:18:00.003+03:00

I have a grudge on my father since he decided to name me. However, over time I grew fond of it and I can now say I love my name because it gives me character o 7iloo even though my siblings might disagree. But still, I hated it as a child 'cos it was only me in this whole country. No one shared my name fa kids used to make fun of my it since they were used to Hessa, Sara, Dalal, etc... Mayqadroon il asami il ghareeba :p

And on top of all that, he shaved my head when I was around 10-12 months old so that my hair would grow thicker when I grow old (he did that to my sister as well). Without my mother knowing of course since she was against shaved head baby girls!

I was a bald, nafoora-less, non-speaking baby

بذمتكم مو ظلم؟

Knock Knock

2009-09-08T01:16:00.003+03:00

Before I start, let me just say how much I've missed blogging. NOT! I don't miss it at all, matter of fact, I even thought about just stopping cause I got bored. Posting about random things isn't fun anymore, it's more of a chore. Plus with Ramathan, I barely have time to blog or update you and when I do have free time, I make sure that I'm either baking or cooking something for the sake of being productive.

For the sake of posting.. the other day, a friend and I made a deal that when we talk, we should be talking without including english words, even though we rarely do. It's all Kuwaiti from now on. Not even yes, no, ok, goodnight, thank you, you're welcome but instead we replaced it with ee, la, ti9bi7een 3ala khair, mashkoora, il3afo, etc... The only reason I blog in english is that so everyone can understand. Bas in reality I don't talk in english cause mala da3i. You're born Kuwaiti, your mother language is Kuwaiti, so why replace that with a foreign language? We talk to our parents, grandparents kuwaiti, bas why does that changes when you talk to your friends? It doesn't make any sense. Mu 3an shay, bas you know how to speak Kuwaiti, 3an idala3. There are kuwaiti words that A LOT of people our age have no idea what it means. Call me melodramatic, but I have a feeling that il kalam il kuwaiti il 3ateej will be wiped out and instead it'll be replaced with broadcast, blackberry, coffee. Goolaw gahwa laish coffee? I'm not saying I'm perfect, I still ask my grandmother what she means when she says something, but at least I'm making an effort. If you were born to kuwaiti parents, have lived in Kuwait for the most of your life then you have no excuse to dismiss your language. Just because you went to a private school does not give you the green light to talk in english.

P.S In my opinion, being a "chicken nugget" or "mit'amreka (americanized)" is not something to be proud of. It's kind of embarrassing.

Legion

2009-08-17T21:32:00.002+03:00

In the supernatural action thriller "Legion" (out in 2010), an out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael.

-Source

Watch the trailer below.

Now that's what I call my type of movie!

P.S LOL @ the grandma scene.

Snoozefest!

2009-08-04T16:41:00.005+03:00

I need a massage. Pronto!
I'm starting Diet Care tomorrow. I think I'm ready to get back on the dieting track because ever since I got off, I gained 3 kilos this summer. 7asafa, after months of hardship, I lost 13 kilos and I need more so I don't want to stop now. I want to reach my ideal weight by new years!
I'm going to chalet tomorrow. I really hope the weather clears out. I miss ba7ar! I didn't swim last weekend since it was a low tide. Inshalla itisana3 by this weekend.
I'm always tired and sleepy.
I've been boring for the past week.
I have nothing interesting to say.
Yawn.
I'll come back when I have something to say.
Bye?

P.S What should I have as a final meal tonight?

Alice 2010

2009-08-02T22:12:00.003+03:00

Alice in Wonderland is the highly anticipated movie that was adapted from the famous novel turned animated film in 1951. It will be directed by the genius Tim Burton. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway are among the star studded cast, along with newcomer Mia Wasikowska.

I simply cannot wait. The original animated film was great as it is, but to have Burton's hands on it will result in pure brilliance.

Below is the movie trailer. Enjoy!

P.S I adore the trio that consists of Depp, Bonham Carter, and Burton. Put them together and you're in for a treat :)

The Perfect Night

2009-08-02T20:14:00.004+03:00

The perfect night to me is by staying indoors, hanging out with my friends, binge eating while playing taboo and pictionary.

P.S I love board games

Wedding Jam

2009-07-31T15:34:00.002+03:00

I loved this wedding! Weddings are supposed to be fun and memorable to the bride but we can't get that in Kuwait. Our weddings consists of people dancing while the bride comes in 2 hours later to sit uncomfortably waiting for the groom. It's boring to the bride herself. If I get married I want to be able to enjoy it not watch others enjoying MY wedding.

I got a little of track hehe. Back to the video, aren't they cute? I know it's old news by now but I just wanted to share. Ok no no back to my wedding, do you think my mom will let me walk down the "isle" with Jook Gal playing?

P.S Go back to the 1:30 mark in the wedding video. She's too stiff to dance.

I Scored A 136

2009-07-31T03:15:00.004+03:00

Free-IQTest.net - Online IQ Test

Out of sheer boredom, I got an email with a link to an online IQ test. The test is stupid and short, unlike real IQ tests. It's fun and interesting though, so you should give it a try. If you decide on doing it, share with us your score!

Below is the ranges of scores and their meanings:

IQ Range	Classification
140 and over	Genius or near genius
120-140	Very superior intelligence
110-120	Superior intelligence
90-110	Normal or average intelligence
80-90	Dullness
70-80	Borderline deficiency
Below 70	Definite feeble-mindedness

P.S Do not rely on this test, instead you should do the real one for accurate results.

Soak Up The Sun

2009-07-30T03:58:00.004+03:00

Update:

The weather was bad and dusty, so I'm waiting for it to clear out so I can be gone by tomorrow.

I'll be gone tomorrow to the chalet for the weekend. I won't be posting till I get back.

I really hope the weather gets better. I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend of ba7ar. Hopefully, I won't get hit with a bottle of water this time.

P.S Wipe away those tears of yours. It's just a weekend ;)

Any Suggestions?

2009-07-29T17:06:00.006+03:00

I don't want to spend this summer sleeping and eating. I want to do something fun. This is what I have in mind, and if you have anything else in mind, please add to the list. I want to be active this summer as much as I could so think of FUN activities for me to do (with or without friends).

Diving
Art classes in Bait Louthan
Gym
Baking classes
Shooting
Archery

P.S Feel free to add to the list. Merci ;)

Burn in Hell!

2009-07-27T23:18:00.005+03:00

READ!

I'm so pissed off right now like I've never been before. Let me tell you why. I took this summer class yeah? It was stupid and easy. Our professor was a Kuwaiti part-time teaching us for the summer only. He didn't have a syllabus on him and most of his students from last semester told us that he's an asshole. We (his current students) confronted him about him being a tough grader and all, so he was like no I only have one presentation and a final exam which I already give you the questions beforehand so you can study. Easy, we thought. I did the presentation and he was extremely satisfied and told me I did great. Then comes the final which I got a 95% on. Now i check my grade and it says B-?????? B ****ing minus??? I was about to cry and thought noooo akeed mistake so I called him (he gave us his # for emergencies) and told his what why how? B-? Professor i deserve an A 3ala ay asas you gave me a B-? so he was like ok I'll check my papers once I get home. He calls me 30 mins later and says, "ahh yes ruby woo I forgot to include 4 points, so your grade now is B" WHAT? Shove that b up your ass yal 7mar I deserve an A. So i tell him no I want an A. After all that, he tells me come tomorrow bas before that call me so I can tell you where o I'll sign on the grade changing form from uni. "Umm diktor laish mu bil jam3a?" i asked. He then goes by saying, "ee ana gayil 7ag il jam3a ini msafer fa mabeehom ishoofooni hnak" Are you reading this???? What kind of professor is he? Not only did he eff up my grade, but he's not willing to give me my A and on top of all that I have to follow his wherever he's at to sign in places like, "baitna aw ana ayi 3indich aw KU" Ba3aaaaad? tabeeni arkith warak wela it6ub baitna? Ya3alik il tharba goolaw ameen. I'm this close to crying. I got so mad that I left my grandmothers house early o here I am posting this fresh off oven.

I never trusted him from the start. Any professor who does not have a syllabus on hand means there's something about him. Our university lacks Kuwaiti professors and THANK GOD to that. The other kuwaiti professor ba3ad nafsa. I swear they're so lazy to even write up a syllabus to follow. They're grading 3ala kaif kaifhom. Kuwaiti's should not be given PHD's and YES i'm generalizing and I swear if one commenter starts with the don't generalize mo7athara I'm gonna shove my laptop down your throat. YES m3a9ba so I'm gonna say what I want to say so save it!!!!! All my western professors were ALWAYS fair bas the 3 Kuwaiti's? Hell no. La o hatha imkashkheena yaybeena min KU. Malat 3alaih o KU foga. Ya3ni seriously I do not get a B-. I always do good and for the past three semester I got straight A's so do not come to me ib quwwa with a B- 7aram 3alaik. Walla i'm never one to curse or anything bas he deserves it. I really hope Karma comes around and bites him on the ass.

P.S Inshalla iqi9!

Hypocritical Kinkiness

2009-07-27T01:56:00.003+03:00

My mother was having her afternoon tea when she peeped through the window only to see a car parked a few feet away in the school's parking next to us and she saw two people getting it on. She sent my 6 years old cousin and his nanny to check it out if what she's suspecting was real or not before calling the police. So the nanny pretended to walk my cousin and as they went there the nanny saw something disgusting so she called my mother. They were doing "it" in the middle of the day, in the middle of the parking lot inside their red Camry. My mom then points out to them and and signals for them to leave while shouting, "wakhizyaaaa" while pointing her fingers to her eyes LOL. The problem is that the woman was mitnaqba (veiled) and they ignored my mother, the nanny, and my cousin with his bb gun. After they decided to leave and my cousin came back screaming, "Ruby Woo there were two people bil sayara isawoon ashya' mitzawjeen." A 6 year old says that! Where's the innocence?!

Why on earth would someone do that in the middle of the effing day. Is the world out of rooms for you to do that? Of all places, you choose a parking lot thats on the main street right next to our homes. Ok if you're looking for excitement, do that on your own expense but don't do it in clear view to kids in broad daylight.

P.S The girl was getting her freak on with her 3abaya and neqab on. Kinky lol!

The Cinema Smuggler

2009-07-26T00:26:00.002+03:00

I went today to watch Public Enemies in 360's VIP cinema. I was starving and wasn't in the mood to munch on popcorn or nachos. I ordered a veggie burger and fries and put them in my bag as I smuggled them into the cinema. My other friend ordered a McChicken and the other one ordered a quarter pounder and once we opened the bags I swear the place reeked of onions and big mac sauce and fries LOL it was so embarrassing. It was a long movie and we were hungry! Anyway, so out of excitement, the usher was leading new people into their seats so I panicked and dropped half my fries :(

Once we were done, I sprayed us with a few sprays of a baby powder-ish smell so that we wouldn't smell like a food court. I swear, today was the most time I've laughed so hard that we were tearing up. Walla food makes me happy. Really really happy.

Oh yeah the movie.. so it was good. I liked it surprisingly. What's not to like? Gangs, guns, the 30's, Johnny Depp as the bad boy, Christian Bale as the hot cop, Marion Cotillard as the leading lady. Which reminds me, I love the 30's. The accent is unbelievably hottt. The wardrobe was appealing. Men in suits and hats, while women wear these gorgeous dresses with the loveliest hair styles. Men were macho and women were feminine unlike today. I give it an 8/10!

P.S Try smuggling a junk food meal every once in a while. It'll make your night a whole let brighter :)

Some People Call Me Crazy

2009-07-23T03:23:00.003+03:00

Me: a friend of mine goes to university just outside of Paris, and its the same university in which Leonardo DaVinci went to. How cool is that?

My sister: It's cool, but it could also be you. You never know, in the future people might be telling others that they went to the same university Ruby Woo went to.

I've noticed that my sister has been striking me with a few sentences of sheer wisdom that usually get me thinking for a really long time. What are my plans in life? I know that I have my plans laid out. I'm going to graduate, work for a couple of years, continue towards my masters degree and then hopefully my Ph.D. Yet I still look around me. People I've heard about who made and are making a difference in this world. I want to be that. I don't want to live a routined life anymore. I have dreams to become someone, not for the sake of being known worldwide, but to actually make a difference, as cliche as that sounds. I don't mind spending the rest of my life storing homes for african orphans. I don't mind spending the rest of my life committed to preserving and protecting wildlife species from having them extinct. I don't belong in this country. Not that I have anything against it, after all Kuwait is my country. But it's just that there's something in me that just wants to help beyond our borders.

I'm the type of girl who goes to the Friday market every now and then to have a fight with a man who's trying to sell a newborn puppy trapped in a tiny birds cage into handing him over to me. I'm the type of girl whom while driving and spotting a tiny kitten in the middle of a bridge stops and gets out to get the kitten out of harms way. I'm the type of girl who takes a stray cat that got ran over by a car to the vet. I'm the type of girl that dedicates her time to the Kuwaiti Handicapped Society just to make someone's day even if they might not remember me the next. I'm the type of girl who got into a fight with her parents because they wouldn't let her volunteer in Kenya for 2 weeks to help the orphans. I'm the type of girl who dreams of working in animal conservations in Africa. I'm the type of girl, knows that sometimes people think she's stupid for following such causes.

I know that people call me crazy for wanting to help animals, for wanting to risk my life in an AIDS infested country just to "help" others, my own parents say that I take things too far and that I'm too adventurous. It's not about seeking adventures. It's about seeking my dreams, as wacky as they may seem.

I know my abilities are limited to an extent. I know my knowledge and intelligence can only contribute to this world in a micro-small capacity. I don't have it in me to be a doctor so I can help cure others and finding cures for god knows what. I must admit that at times I do feel petty and stupid when I compare myself to other med students. I feel that what does a girl studying finance has to offer to this world? I don't mind knowing that for a fact, but I do however, know that I have it in me to help. It's in my blood. It's what I do most.

P.S It's just something I've been thinking about for quite a while. Glad I got it off my chest!

It's About Time!

2009-07-21T00:25:00.002+03:00

I'm too excited to talk in english so this post will be a 3arabi post.

Ok so ilyom zwarat 3amiti. There we were talking and munching, etc... My brother was talking to a distant relative of ours. Il mohem I wasn't paying any attention to what they were talking about since kint mindamja ib salfa thanya. Anyway, so faj'a I overheard him saying, "khawati 7ilween" I dropped kilshay ib eedi o jabalta. "Na3aaaam? Inta okhooy likbeer ga3d timda7na?" so that relative was like "ee ga3d yimda7kom 3ishtaw, shiftich chan agoola khawatik mashalla 7ilween chan igool e adri ina khawati 7ilween." That my dear readers is a moment that shall be written in history.

Today is the day where my brother who's known for i7ba6a said something nice about us. My brother ili lama akoon qimat il kashkha baroo7 7afla w mistansa 3ala shakli lazem i6ali3 feeni 3aib: 7a6ait ruby woo gali 7omritich chinich makla fareesa, or min zeen rkabich 3ashan talbiseen gi9eer, itha sawait sha3ri straight gali shfeech la7sitich bgara, itha sawaita curly gal shal kisha. In conclusion okhooy I7BA6. Bas not today! Ana ib 3yoon okhooy 7ilwa. Ya far7iti.

P.S Excuse my overexcitement, bas my brother who never says anything nice to our faces so ee ;p

P.P.S If you're a guy who's reading this, try complementing your sister every once in a while. It's really nice.

Latest Celebrity Crush

2009-07-19T02:18:00.003+03:00

Stephen Colbert from The Stephen Colbert Show.

Cheater

2009-07-17T13:28:00.002+03:00

"Ruby Woo, if you put this much energy, thought, and creativity to studying instead of cheating, you'd be the smartest girl in school"

- One of my high school teachers

When I was in middle school and up to high school, I used to cheat in my exams. I never opened a book. I never studied unless I was forced to by my father after his threats. I used to be the godfather of cheating. Every technique a person can think of, I already tried them. Bored of these old methods of cheating, I came up with new ones. Girls used to come up to me asking me to help them with cheating.

I'll share with you a few of my cheating techniques:

The usual writing on thighs. This is one of the easiest around cause whenever a teacher orders you to lift your skirt to see the writings, you can always use the excuse that it's a "3awra" mayjooz. I took advantage of writing on my skin. I even wrote things between my fingers. I used to come back home covered in writings. This one time I wrote things on the palm of my hand and went back home, I slept and when I woke up, my face was covered with prints of my handwriting.
Writing on teeny tiny papers aka barasheem. These are also easy but you have to be quick in case someone catches on to you. Hehe once during finals barshamt all the quran and a7adeeth for imti7an il deen and my teacher came to me so I panicked and swallowed them. I don't know what's worse, cheating with Quran or actually eating it? Going to hell rawasi staghfarallah.
Hiding the barasheem inside the pens. Get a normal pen and empty it from the inside and just roll the birshama in, in which you can read it without having to take it out.
I also used to write everything on my chest. One glance down and you got your answers.
I used to bring in a bottle of water and I stick my birshama behind the sticker. If the bottle is full, they can't see the birshama. So I just drink up the water halfway through the exam and just copy it at the end. I throw the bottle at the way out.
I would also write on my sleeve and fold it once to hide it. I'd just pretend to be adjusting my sleeves if I needed help.
I once used a tiny tape recorder to record Quran. I used one piece of the headphones and covered it with my hair. This is to be done at the beginning cause it's hard to rewind or forward.
I used to tease my hair and spray it with hairspray to get it to stiffen up to hide a few of my barasheem since I'm out of places in my pockets or pencil case.
Last but not least, as my friend once said, "Woo you can just use your giraffe skills to mooch off answers from others" LOL so true!

There you have it. This is what I used to do during exams. I was never afraid of getting caught, I was actually pretty good at it. Of course now that I'm in college, I wouldn't dare do any of the above. I shifted my energy to actually studying which is MUCH more better.

P.S For those of you still in school, don't cheat!

Keep On Waiting

2009-07-14T01:36:00.002+03:00

Waiting.. counting every second of every minute of every day till Thursday arrives. Until then, I'm too stressed out. Whoever said summer courses were easier should just go jump off a bridge.

Anyway, so I was working on my project at a friends house. We were sitting there bored out of our minds so Noor starts telling us about a video she got by email called, "Two Girls, One Cup". I remembering reading about it on Perez Hilton about how disgusting it was so I just thought it was nasty porno. She later tells us the story behind it: Heroin addicts (the 2 girls) needed a dose, but they didn't have any money so a guy offered them some if they complied to appearing in his video under his terms. Curiosity got the best of us and we saw the video, one word: REVOLTING! We literally gagged and were about to throw up what we ate for the past year. I'm too ashamed to say what was in the video. It's not porn, it's just something disgusting 3ama b 3ainhom how could they stand doing that. Would an addict stoop that LOW just to get a fix? I'm scarred for life. I hate people.. They're so nasty.

P.S Warning, do not, I repeat DO NOT in a million years think about watching it.

My Naps & I

2009-07-12T23:41:00.003+03:00

As stupid as this post may sound to you, I just had to declare my love to naps. I simply adore naps, as awful as they can get when a person wakes up mista3sir and cranky. I love napping when I come back from my classes tired and deprived from sleep the night before. I love napping when the weather outside is so hot that I come back to my chilled room and curl under my fluffy blanket and doze off to the most beautiful nap a girl can get. Or when the weather is cold outside and you come back home to your room and curl under your warm covers wearing your gap sweater to warm you up. I love it when I doze off to sleep and its still sunny outside only to wake up to pure darkness outside. I love my 3-6 hour naps. I hate naps that come in less than 2 hours, now those make me grouchy and mnafsa as hell. Still, a I love them naps. I love them that much to blog about them.

If that's not love then I don't know what is..

P.S I just woke up from one :-)

The Cookie Monster

2009-07-10T19:59:00.003+03:00

My sister gave me a cookie recipe to try out. I was stressed out so I needed something to take the edge off. It was my first time to bake cookies so I was nervous and a bit excited; I wore an apron even though it wasn't necessary, I tied my hair neatly and tightly in a bun so that no one would choke on a stray hair ;p. Anyway, so I started whisking and mixing while my sister supervised since she's the cooking expert.

First batch was a bit crunchy on the bottom. Second batch was slightly less crunchy. Third batch was PERFECTION. It's true what they say, Third Time's a Charm.

My brother tasted some and asked me to bake 4 dozens 7ag Diwaniya tomorrow. I'm assuming it's a success, no? Must go celebrate.

P.S It's a secret recipe.

The Perfect Ending

2009-07-08T20:28:00.003+03:00

Just when you think your day couldn't get any worse..

you get 4 flat tires :)