Wayh 3areeth
The time has come for me to rant once again, and this time it will be a variation of the "Vampires Congregation" theme that I briefly introduced in the previous post. There is a circle of vampires in Kuwait and their main qualities are as follows:
1-Middle aged kuwaiti women that love to gossip and show off their wealth at each other
2- They are all supposedly 'friends' but secretly are envious of each other's social popularity, husband's business, children's success, family names etc.
3- They congregate every so often in hotel tea rooms to sip tea, eye each other's jewelery, and ever so delicately shred each other's egos like razors cutting through cotton.
4-They feed on their sweeter nicer friend's energy and use them for all kinds of favors!
Mother is one of their sweet sweet niave friends, and has succumbed to be the victim of the evil head member of these vultures, a charismatic but crippled fat woman that nags on my mother's soul to death. Every so often, this evil vulture calls my mother to complain about her tumbling health, criticise my mother indirectly (through me sometimes) and asks for favors. A recent favor this bitch is asking my mother is to have me drag her suitcase with me when I travel to give to her nephew who is living abroad. My mother being the sweet nice woman she is couldn't say no. But you see, I am not my mother. And I can say no. So I picked up the phone and called the Evil Vampire:
CD: Hi Aunitie Vampire, how u doin?
Vampire: I'm so sick, I'm in pain, I've been in bed the whole week, I took two shots of cortizone and I was crying all night, the doctor says that it will take three days for the medicine to take effect...
at this point, i tuned out completely and retreated into my own mental hemisphere untill this old bitch finished reciting her monologue, then I interjected:
CD: uff, ma tistaahlain habeebti. I'm so sorry, wish there was something I could do.
Vampire: Yes there is, I spoke to your mother because I have a package to send for my nephew in X country.
CD: Yeah, how small is this package?
Vampire: its a suitcase
CD: i'm afraid I won't be able to take it with me. I'm checking in two suitcases already.
Vampire: Wow, two suitcases, how long are you going to be gone for?
CD: X days
Vampire: You don't need two suitcases! CD, darling, how about you try to reduce your packing to one suitcase?
CD: No thats not possible, the weather there is cold and i need all my coats, boots etc.
Vampire: How many coats are you taking?
I CANT BELIEVE SHE'S ASKING ME THIS QUESTION. FINE I'LL LIE THEN!
CD: I'm taking 6, three of them are formal, the other three are casual for me when i go out.
Vampire: Oh, so you'll be going out over there huh?
CD: yeah, I will. How about you pack up the things you want to send to your nephew into a small suitcase and I'll just carry it in my hand on the plane?
Vampire: Thats not possible!
CD: well you can ship the suitcase then (you cheap bitch), I think it will only cost you 30kd.
Vampire: But your mother said that you will take it with you.
CD: i'm sorry Auntie Vampire, my mother is not aware of how many suitcases I'm taking with me.
Vampire: Laaaa, tara ana za3laana 3ala umich. Let me talk to her now.
CD: Khalti, 7aram 3alaich, umy ma tadri.
Vampire: 3a6eeniyaah, bakilimhaaaa
So Mother talks to Vampire and I hear mother agreeing with her saying "ee adri, CD wayid 3aneeda, shesawi feeha" (I know CD is very stubborn, what should I do with her?). Rage rage rage! I don't care what kind of pressure the vampire puts on my mother, I don't care how much she will feed on my mother's energy and sympathy and I don't care if she manipulates her into feeling incredibly guilty THERE IS NOWAY ON EARTH I'M TAKIN HER SUITCASE!
and thats that!
22 Comments:
Calm down 7abeebti :) I know it can be annoying taking responsibility for something that is'nt yours. :( If you really are taking 2 suitcases, then by no means take her bag. If your not, it wont hurt? :) 3adi, you'll only check it in and wont have to see it again until u get there and her nephew better be waiting at the airport! If not 3ad china im9akhat ilsalfa??
Be nice, just dont go out of your way. Thats my motto.
DR el 7ilwa,
I'll be more than happy to reach for a pocket knife, cut up my waist, and pull out a kidney for my mother. But I WILL NOT even give the scraps of last nite's dinner to a vampire.
Too many comments..such little time!...First...I'd like to deal with the travelling issue...after many unhappy experiences with people sending stuff..to the point that I not only travelled with the damn suitcase..I was expected to deliver it to the damn house too..I finally vowed never to let anyone know that I am travelling...especially my mother who loves to announce it to everyone...which then everybody wants to send something or another..(I'll never get that habit..it's like expected that you would do that..I hate that!)...then when it comes to the vampires...yes..there are plenty of them around..and don't they just love to hold it again a mother with a single daughter who's getting "older" and not married...(like she's half a person or something!)...and as for your stand on the issue...i hope you have enough browny points with your Mom to afford to do that...I'd start gaining some from now till then if I were you!..:)
wyyyyyyyyyy i cant believe how people can be so inconsiderate and rude.
I hate taking other people's stuff with me on flights .
even if i trust that person a hundred percent, i'll try my best to get out of it.
I always imagine myself stuck with illegal shit at an airport and i get flasdh backs from Nicole Kidmans movie Bangkok HIlton.
Plus would you lie to the BA check-in employee when she asks you if you packed your own stuff and if someone gave you something to carry with you???!!! I always get nervous.
I once got stuck with food, which was to be sent for Mr.poopoo without my knowledge; he apparently wanted his special delectable brought to him. I ended stinking of the stuff since it was "supposed" to be well packed and ended up stench-ing all my other cloths. From then on I refused to carry anything from anyone else.
Loooool I'm sorry but I laughed my ass off at the "3a6eeniyahaahhhh Bakalemhaaaaa" part! I mean I could literally hear her raspy voice! Ship the damn thing.
lol shakhbari a3ti nas stuff to take to kids abroad =P hathy 7ad-ha athareya! I think she's testa3bet tara =P hasn't she heard of MAIL!? it takes alot less time for it to get there than it would if you took it not to mention the trouble she should recognize she's putting you through.
ana agool skip o chena il 3eed the only favor you can do is give her il contacts malot FedEx wela DHL or whatever o kan allaho ghafooron ra7eem.
Ms Baker,
heheh, I'm glad to know i'm not the only coat-a-holic. & I'm afraid i still won't be able to resist the urge to shop for more!
And yes, there are people that have an amazing capability to embarass you into doing favors for them, and they push and push and push untill you break into doing everything they want.
Misscosmo,
Though i usually keep my traveling plans secret, there are still those nosy types that always want to know all your business..(you know the kind, they call you up -or my mother in my case, and DEMAND to know the details of your life)ligaafa moo 6abee3iya!
3asooba,
I only ask close family members to take stuff with them, and nobody else! I mean come on, shipping only costs like 30 kd tops, its not worth imposing myself on anybody.
Geo,
first suggestion rocks! but second will be a little too obvious & the vampire will use it against me in tea room gossip sessions. Not that I care what she says, bas 7aram mabi umy tinqihir.
wardat,
lol, shal 7alah walah! il naas gamow yetishari6oon bil akil ba3ad.
Erz,
I could describe so much more bas mabi afthaa7haa.
spont,
mail costs money and she doesn't wanna pay.
plus its too much effort and she's a lazy biotch.
never take bags from others, even if you know them, and keep being stubborn and rude.
MsB: had to have everything sent to the laundry as soon as I arrived. I never figured out what the contents were since it was "tightly" sealed (with a plastic container and tape)
* eye roll *
CD: la inti ma chifty shay…lool you need to be from my country to understand :S
"keep being stubborn and rude"
Purg! That is the best advice I've ever recieved! Thank you.
LOL@Purg...
CD, I don't think you're stubborn and rude at all! But in a case like that, I think a little persistence is allowed :^)
=^..^=
LoooooooooooL
CocoDelights I must tell you I think it's a testament to your consummate writing skills and knack for story-telling that you actually make us(or maybe just me) envy you having such characters as Vampire Aunt, Big Warden, The Gremlin, Oppressive Cousin, and Degenerate in your life :D !!
If I knew you in real life, I'd totally want to be your friend just because I know you'd depict all my obnoxiousness in such a deliciously villainous way ;D
Gigi, roguishly >:E ©
--AngryFangedEmoticon©Gigi2005--
Those kinds of women are the reason I try to be good...Because Hell will be a room full of them, just chatting away...*shudders*
Don't take the bag. It's beyond principle...now, it's personal. She is getting too personal and needs to back off.
And I hate to be the one to suggest this, but I have to share my paranoia about these women who always have plans up their sleeves... maybe the Vampire wants you to *meet* her newphew (ack!!)
Ewww... what if Caf's right? Blah. Good for you, sounds like you handled the call quite well. :-)
Geo: You cracked me up, I just kept thinking "the dog ate my homework!" hee hee
Hell yeah! You tell her!
Gigi,
7aram 3aliach!
I don't villianize people :P,
I just choose not to write about people i like. After all, this blog is for me to rant, not to declare how happy I am and how much i love the people around me.
But I'm flattered nevertheless...
i could've sworn there was a new post- ikhtifa? The insecurity of vertically challenged men. I know one of those, and he goes out of his ways to share his 'macho' stories tryin to prove somethin. He starts it off with "lay'3urich 6ooly tara.." blah blah blaah..
jan6a,
i deleted the post, i felt it was too cruel.
Are you serious! Who wants you to write about the people you love?? Not me!
I didn't say you villianize people... What I did mean to say is that thanks to your expert story-telling flair you actually make them seem more interesting and funny then they probably are in real life, as does it make the experience of having such bothersome people in your life sound like fun, (ok ok, maybe just in a weird masochistic way, ;) hehehe!)
And you should be flattered girl, cuz it was a compliment all the way.
Gigi, reassuringly
GIGI
sorry babe,
guess i misunderstood...XXX
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