Dancing, Reading, Horse Ridding, Diving, Skiing, , Skating, Surfing, Roller Blade Skating, Singing, Swimming, Netting, Fishing... etc

Those are some of the things that people in my office would do in their weekends. during a friendly chat they asked me: "what do you do in your weekend Hala?" And I posed!! I think this was more difficult than an algorithm question to me.

I was thinking about what we usually do in our weekends in general. I looked at my internal environment (my family) and then I looked at the external environment (my friends and relatives) and I found out that 70% of the time during the weekend is wasted in sleeping and watching TV- while 25% is wasted in fights and shouting at each other- and we are only left with 5% which we always to waste in Dubai's/Sharjah's traffic jam.

This is depressing to me. I want to do things/ activities with my friends and family but we need to plan first. We don't know - or even believe [for what it matters] - in planning. 

We always are the slaves of the last minute change/ amendment to the plan because this plan was actually prepared two minutes a go only. You want to go out with your friends so you call him/her up and the following conversation takes place;

- Cool dude: Hello- wass'up man!!

- The man: Hay- great. wass'up

- Cool dude: wanna go out- interested? 

- The man: yeah why not- where about?

- Cool dude:  I don't know! We'll talk when I pick you up

You are both in the car now...

- The man: so, where are we going dude?

- Cool dude: I don't know- where do you want to go man?

- The man: I don't know- wherever you like. I have nothing in mind.

Half an hour later;

- The man: okay- let's go home dude! I'm tried from the shisha...

They go home and they call it a day : )

A couple of weeks a go I was talking to a friend of mine and I told her about the movie (Poseidon) which was supposed to be on the movie theaters by June 9th in Dubai and I asked her if she would like to go with me to the movies! She said "Hala- it is still May- what is wrong with you- befrijha alla la3ind June 9th)...

That is how we live- day by day. I'm not criticizing this friend nor any of us in fact. I'm just saying that we need to think/plan a head of time for things that might/will happen, things that we would love to do together. People have different lives not to mention totally different life commitments. Why not think of something really big and interesting for every one to do a month in advance and mark this on your calendar so that you have something to look forward to do. You will even get the chance to say "No- I’m engaged that day" to someone who is trying to invite you out in that day/date!! To me- this is cool :D

Try it- I did- you will enjoy it : )

Was just trying to make a point here- I hope I passed it on to all as clear as possible!!

Regards,

H.