Jewellery & Turkish coffee!!

When I think of jewellery I think of investment...All my life I was never interested in wearing rings, bracelets or even earring...not even accessories...Once I got engaged, I got the chance to buy whatever design of jewellery, I prefer white, and I ended up buying the simplest ones I saw...
For some reason, I like how jewellery looks on some other girls but not on me! For example, it looked really nice on Nancy Ajram in her Damas commercial!
I also don't like the idea of "il talbeeseh" in the wedding parties..For me it's a very funny way of showing off...I don't know, but for some reason, many people still do it on their wedding parties!

I never forget to wear my engagement ring or my watch, but as for necklaces and bracelets, I don't even think of them, maybe because I'm veiled, and I don't see them on me while covering my body, so why wear them?!...I sometimes think: What made me bring them with me to the states?! I could have left them in a box back home instead of hugging their bag on my long trip :p

On Saturday, I was invited FOR THE FIRST time to a "Women Party". There is this 9 year old Jordanian girl, who had just finished reading the Quran, and so her mom, who happens to be a teacher at the school I work at invited me to her daughter's party and she told me that I'll get the chance to meet new people in this area...I got excited about it, and Jeeej told me that a 25 min drive to her house won't be much compared to the fun I would have over there...

They were right! Her big house was full of Arab ladies...with their kids...I still can't believe that I was there! Surrounded by so many Arab women!! How come I never knew about such parties?! How come I never met any of them! I had a great time there...the Arabic food was just great! I've been craving for REAL Arabic food, unlike what I cook:(

Tea was served in the regular small glasses, not in mugs! big Turkish coffee pots were there...traditional Turkish coffee cups...I felt so Arab there...and I just loved it...I remember how mama kept asking me to buy Coffee from Amman, and "bakraj" coffee too, she wanted me to buy trays and traditional cups, but I kept refusing...and NOW I regret it!! I should have!! Really...

I talked to many women there, and most of them have been living here for ages now!! I mean for 15 years and up. They kept telling me how I'll get used to being away from home, and step by step I'll learn what's important to get from home and what is not. They were ladies with kids, I was the youngest there, and felt clueless...We sat in the back yard, some women were smoking and others were craving for argeeleh...some women had bad jokes to tell, I didn't understand half of them...I mean, It was a typical Arabic night...I kept looking around me, trying to find a familiar face...like a cousin's face, a sister's...teta's face...mama's face...there were none! I miss my BIG family gatherings...It's strange how you don't miss these things until you loose them...

Now, since it was all women party, anyone would imagine what kind of clothes was worn, and the amount of jewellery exposed...It's funny how women find it so NICE & COOL to show their bodies off, covered with gold!

But mama, guess what...I wore the earrings you got me, and they were shining:)