Worst Robberies Ever

Pull not push!


OKay, in my humble opinion, this is the WORST robber EVER.

A man robbing my old work, dropped his wallet (DL and all) on the way out. I have yet to see a robbery in Muscat.

From a former alcoholic, why is there so much alcohol in Muscat?

I don't understand why alcohol is available in Oman at all, really, I don't.

Please, old aquaintances, forgive me for the bad influence I might have been in the past, thinking myself the perfect party girl.

But M to me says "I don't see why you have a problem with eating fish sticks battered in beer... You used to be quite the lush."

OPNO (that's me): "doesn't that say something about even a little bit of alcohol?"

M: "That Muslim man thinks it's okay to eat here."

In full dishdasha I might add. At least he isn't a hypocrite about his actions, trying to pretend to be a tourist.

OPNO: "Um, he's drinking a flagon of beer. I don't think he's the example to go by."

M: "You've become an extremeist."


You’re hand was wrapped
around the bottle
You’re arm wrapped around her waist
You were running that full throttle
Big smile upon your face
You were the life of the party
But it was only in your mind
I hate to be the one to tell you
You didn’t have a good time

Well I bet you don’t remember
Knelling in that bathroom stall
Praying for salvation
And cursing alcohol
And you went right back to drinking
Like everything was fine
But let’s be honest with each other
You didn’t have a good time

So take a good hard look in the mirror
And drink that image down
I’m truth that you can’t run from
I’m the conscience you can’t drown
And the happiness you want so bad
You ain’t gonna find
Until you start believing
You didn’t have a good time

When you woke up this morning
I guess you just assumed
That you got something out of
The empty bottles in this room
There ain’t an angel that can save you
When you’re listening to the wine
And the demons want to tell you
You didn’t have a good time

(Chorus)

Somebody had to tell you
You didn’t have a good time

What He Gives and What He Withholds

"On the Day when We will say to Hell: "Are you filled?" It will say: "Are there any more (to come)?". [surah Qaaf, v: 30]

Sometimes in this Dunya (world) we are given what we do not want or ask for, and sometimes that which we wish for is just not attainable. Allah `azza wa jall keeps some things away from us, things which our hearts may ardently request, and yet He at times places the world at our feet. He chooses, He commands and He runs our affairs out of wisdom which belongs only to Him. We thus remain suspended between being given of our wishes and being given other than that. The smart one therefore realizes that he or she remains suspended between patience and gratitude…
Were He to let the Dunya loose on us and give us of our every want, will and desire, then indeed we would have forgotten Him and we would have become arrogant in the land without right. So He, Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, withholds some things and gives us others in order to keep us as believers, humble ones, constantly in a state of iftiqar (dire need) to His Majesty.

وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِ لَبَغَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَّا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ

“And if Allah were to expand the provision for His slaves, they would have surely rebelled on the earth, but He sends down what He wills by a due measure. Verily! He is in respect of His slaves, the Well-Aware, the All-Seer.” [al-Shura: 27]

Rasulullah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) taught us to say after each prayer the following supplication, and he himself was foremost in saying it:

اللهم لا مَانِعَ لِما أعْطَيتَ ولا مُعْطِي لِما مَنَعْتَ
‘O Allah, nothing can withhold what You have given and no-one can give what You have withheld.’

It is a true beauty, which reminds every believer and renews his/her strength, belief and reliance. It’s a powerful wall for us to lean on whenever difficulties arise and it is an ascending set of stairs for us to use when we need to walk out of each and every calamity.

Sufyan ath Thawri rahimahullah said: "Verily, when Allah withholds, He actually gives, because He did not withhold on account of miserliness or stinginess, but rather He looked at the benefit of the servant.

So the fact that He withheld is actually His choice for the servant and His excellent decision.”(Madarij as-Salikeen 2/215)
--
on the way to guidance.

Traditional woman's dress, Salalah Oman

Though I am a Muscati girl at heart, I envy the dramatic trains of Salalah's traditional garment.

woman's dresses from Muscat,Oman

Traditional Men's Dress

Traditional dress for men in Oman consists of the dishdasha (robe), kuma (omani hat) or musyr (headwrap), and is accessoized for special occasions (namely weddings) with the khanjar (silver dagger) and rifle.

Omani men wear traditional robes called dishdasha. The Omani dishdasha differs from other styles in that it has a short (often perfumed) tassel at the neck. The dishdasha in Oman are often white but may be dyed another colour, brown and navy being popular. If wearing a coloured dishdasha, the musyr (headwrap) is often styled to match. I think they are the best looking dishdasha in the Gulf, honestly, but nasty to iron.

Often you will see men wearing an emboidered pill-box-style cotton hat, called a kuma. He he he, I own four. I wear them with skirt suits (as a joke). Ladies, please don't prance about in dishdasha and kuma. It horrifies the men and goes against a ruling in Islam. I speak from experience. Yes, I am Majnoonah.
The Musyr (which I am a bigger fan of than the kuma) if often a bright printed piece of fabric but the boys from my old hood wore keffiyahs ("you know for Palestine?").
Can't complete your outfit without a khanjar strapped to your waist. I was gifted one in Nizwa. The shopkeeper found me off, that I took a dagger over a necklace...

Also, sometimes a (I forget the name but WILL fill it in) is worn on top of the dishdasha.