Fill in your answers and then scroll for the meaning behind it. Don't mess up the fun, do the answers first.
1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods. Who are you walking with?
- My sister Jehanie.
2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal is it?
- A huge, mutated beast of the fantasy-novel kind.
3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
- A psy-war or a physical power struggle.
4.You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing with your dream home that looks like...
- A small wooden house by a river.
5. Is your dream house surroundedby a fence?
- No.
6.You enter the house. You walk in to the dining room and see..
- A wooden table with writing tools and a book (possibly a thesaurus). Yawn.
7. You exit the house through the back door. Lying in the grass is a cup. What material is the cup made of?
- Glass. It's a champagne flute.
8.What do you do with the cup?
- I step around it and leave it there.
9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at the edge of a body of water. What type of body of water is it?
- A river.
10. How will you cross the water?
- I will wade through it.
*****
What the answers mean:
1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most important person/s in your life.
2. The size of the animal is representative of your perception of the size of your problems in your life.
3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal with your problems.
4. The size of your dream home is representative of the size of your ambition to solve your problems.
5. NO fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed personality. You'd prefer people not drop by unannounced.
6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you are generally unhappy.
7. the durabililty of the material with the cup is made of is representative of the perceived durability of your relationship with the person you named in #1.
8. Your disposition of the cup is representative of your attitude toward person in #1.
9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your sexual desire.
10. How wet you get in crossing the water is indicative of the relative importance of your sex life.
*****
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Riding In Cars With Boys
One of the many things I took for granted when I was outside Jeddah was, you guessed it, riding in cars with boys. I first realized this last year when my cousin PJ called me up at 2am to ask if it would be ok in Jeddah if he came to pick me up so we might cruise around the city, something we used to do in Manila.
IMHO, it's one of the most entertaining pastimes and rites of passage any girl worth her guy friends can go through. Boys play nice music, they drive fast and efficiently, they know how to park, their cars work properly, and you are safe in the knowledge that if and when the car breaks down, it's all taken care of. In addition to that, some of the funniest, nastiest, most disgustingly hilarious jokes and pranks take place inside a car with boys. Even on mild-joking days, there's always the oldest trick in the book, popularly known as Who Farted.
I remember spending time inside my guy friends' and cousins' cars. Sometimes, I ignore their crass jokes, sometimes I pitch in my two cents, sometimes I block them out when they become really dirty, and most of the time, I just roll down the window and let the bad air out.
In Jeddah, however, things are a little more complicated than just calling up a guy friend and getting in the car. I'm not encouraging youngsters to step out and meet random members of the opposite sex. I'm talking about people who have known each other forever, or people who are friends, cousins or otherwise related, or girls who just need rides home.
For these people, when it comes to transportation, there are other considerations to make. There's an age-old process that had been established by many young men and women before us, a sacred ritual that may not be overlooked. It could cost you your social life. The three major ones:
The Type of Car
Jeddah was never a place for single people. It has always been agreeable towards married couples, or families. Not boys with nice cars. Boys with nice cars are not married. Or they say they're not. Either way, they are Police magnets, especially if the abovementioned cars contain women. Therefore, guys who are planning on transporting women friends are encouraged to use the family station wagon, preferrably one with a sticker in the back that swears "Baby On Board".
The Relationship
Friends must establish their relationship way before they even THINK of getting in the car. This is crucial because, in the unfortunate event that you are apprehended, you could at least say you're cousins N-times removed. Don't forget to memorize each other's middle names, parents' names, addresses, and tribes of origin. It's a long shot, but a shot nonetheless.
Body Language
According to an unofficial study conducted by the National Riding In Cars With Boys Association, the number one reason for busts involving Friends In Cars is the little telltale signs of body language. Be comfortable. Think brother-sister. Try as much as you can not to dart your eyes from side to side. Don't be stiff. Don't be afraid to use hand gestures. Hit the driver for added effect. If you can hit him on the back of the head like his mom or sister would do, even better. Act as natural as possible.
There are many other precautions to take, but those, I shall leave to your sense of common. Bottom line is, unless you absolutely have to, don't ride in cars with boys. In a city like Jeddah, it might not be worth it, anyway.
However, if these two happen to be your friends, by all means, ride.
(Squeek and Sonic Boom, courtesy of Shari)
Some of my friends who are fun to ride in cars with: Aymen, Fayez, Ahmed, Waleed, Abdullah, and Majed, just to name a few.**
** Names may have been changed, and real names used, to protect the identities of these young men.
IMHO, it's one of the most entertaining pastimes and rites of passage any girl worth her guy friends can go through. Boys play nice music, they drive fast and efficiently, they know how to park, their cars work properly, and you are safe in the knowledge that if and when the car breaks down, it's all taken care of. In addition to that, some of the funniest, nastiest, most disgustingly hilarious jokes and pranks take place inside a car with boys. Even on mild-joking days, there's always the oldest trick in the book, popularly known as Who Farted.
I remember spending time inside my guy friends' and cousins' cars. Sometimes, I ignore their crass jokes, sometimes I pitch in my two cents, sometimes I block them out when they become really dirty, and most of the time, I just roll down the window and let the bad air out.
In Jeddah, however, things are a little more complicated than just calling up a guy friend and getting in the car. I'm not encouraging youngsters to step out and meet random members of the opposite sex. I'm talking about people who have known each other forever, or people who are friends, cousins or otherwise related, or girls who just need rides home.
For these people, when it comes to transportation, there are other considerations to make. There's an age-old process that had been established by many young men and women before us, a sacred ritual that may not be overlooked. It could cost you your social life. The three major ones:
The Type of Car
Jeddah was never a place for single people. It has always been agreeable towards married couples, or families. Not boys with nice cars. Boys with nice cars are not married. Or they say they're not. Either way, they are Police magnets, especially if the abovementioned cars contain women. Therefore, guys who are planning on transporting women friends are encouraged to use the family station wagon, preferrably one with a sticker in the back that swears "Baby On Board".
The Relationship
Friends must establish their relationship way before they even THINK of getting in the car. This is crucial because, in the unfortunate event that you are apprehended, you could at least say you're cousins N-times removed. Don't forget to memorize each other's middle names, parents' names, addresses, and tribes of origin. It's a long shot, but a shot nonetheless.
Body Language
According to an unofficial study conducted by the National Riding In Cars With Boys Association, the number one reason for busts involving Friends In Cars is the little telltale signs of body language. Be comfortable. Think brother-sister. Try as much as you can not to dart your eyes from side to side. Don't be stiff. Don't be afraid to use hand gestures. Hit the driver for added effect. If you can hit him on the back of the head like his mom or sister would do, even better. Act as natural as possible.
There are many other precautions to take, but those, I shall leave to your sense of common. Bottom line is, unless you absolutely have to, don't ride in cars with boys. In a city like Jeddah, it might not be worth it, anyway.
However, if these two happen to be your friends, by all means, ride.
(Squeek and Sonic Boom, courtesy of Shari)
Some of my friends who are fun to ride in cars with: Aymen, Fayez, Ahmed, Waleed, Abdullah, and Majed, just to name a few.**
** Names may have been changed, and real names used, to protect the identities of these young men.
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