Professor Sid

Children are such a beauty to look at, they’re soft hands, cute feet, chubby cheeks, angelic chuckle are all such an invitation for you to hug them really tight and kiss them crazy. But as these tiny people grow up they become unbearable, annoying and at one point you lose your patience with them and you want to toss them out of your house (of course I don’t refer to your own kids – we’re talking about little angels that belong to others). However, these angels that belong to someone else are your devil. How often has it happened that you return home to find out that that cousin of yours is coming to dinner the next day; yeah the same cousin who’s got 3 kids and the ones that drive you crazy when they’re  there. I know there’s no need saying that you love your cousin; you guys had been partner in crime through out your childhood but as you guys grew up you decided to make your career in the corporate world while your cousin decided to get married and make an increase in population.

This may sound a bit weird coming from a ‘woman’ but I’m sure loads of ‘women’ out there will agree with me that fashion for women is sometimes way too impractical and goes beyond nuisance. Only this Eid I figured that sometimes we go to extremes trying to look our most sophisticated and in the end we end up being uncomfortable. My biggest worry these days are shoes. I am very choosy with them. I won’t pick anything that’s not flexible, I want something that is tied, zipped or closed from behind. I hate it when my feet slip driving! And obviously you don’t get this combination in female shoes! Really most of what women sections hold are sandals with heals high and sharp enough   to puncture holes thru the bottom of your car, or some of those shoes have such inflexible soles that I might as well drive like Mr. Bean with a brick! Then there is the problem of the gaudy flashy stones that you are terrified to wear coz the thousands you’ve spent on the stick stones that the guy sold to