Nugطa is nostalgic this week.. 💋
We reminisced on the old days this weekend and decided to write about some of our past experiences… :)
HighSchool & The Populars
We are all in this together 🏀 … no we’re not.
Surprisingly popularity here in Riyadh is very similar to what you see in ✨chick flicks✨, without the boy drama. You didn’t hear it here, but a couple of girls were rumored to be in “relationships” though… that’s a story for another day.
We grew up in the same schools, surprise surprise. We only became close towards high school though. Abeer is still bitter that Shawg doesn’t remember her as part of their 4th grade شلة.
The term popularity was kind of understood by our fellow دفعة, but it became a goal when that one girl joined our school. A Teacher once said, and we quote:
"كيف إجت وخلت كل حدا بدو يصير رفيئا"
From our observation, there were two types of populars; individuals that were popular by nature and didn’t really care about “fame”… they befriended people for their personalities. (We were friends with 1; Hi S.B💕… thanks for the validation)
Their cool aura was a creation of their following attributes:
Nope, they were never the eldest sibling.
They have unique voices.
They don’t wear jackets during winter.
Effortless.
Chillllll. Overthinking is something they don’t know of. ☃️
Lunchboxes and Pencil Cases never accompanied them.
Posture. That they have.
The other type was the popular group, always led by a girl, similar to that one girl اللي إجت. They need to have a hint of coolness that will make them eligible to be part of the group. However, once their association with the leader is non-present, their popularity trait disappears.
The group moves in packs 🐈 thinking, actually knowing, that everyone wishes to be a part of that pack. They threw the coolest parties and never wore braces.
PS: We lovvvved changing our braces’ rubber bands colors. 😁
Weird things we used to do at school..
Explains a lot about how we turned out.. :p
Creating صلصال from erasers
Using the corrector as nailpolish 💅🏼
Speaking of correctors, was anyone fond of its smell? 👀
Breaking off the tip of ROCO pens, to have a cooler brush effect.
Thinking that sea monkeys were actual beings (pets)..
Making friendship bracelets off of the نسوية kit … Disclaimer: Nassawiyya wasn’t feminism back in the day.
Performing surgeries on erasers using الفرجار
Creating watercolors from طباشير and water
نخرم غطاء قارورة الموية بفرجار أو القلم.. (وزارة الصحة يصيحون بالزاوية)
The magic trick of turning six lines into a diamond-shaped S
Let us know what you used to do in the comments below
Finally, school after-hours were spent watching the following 📺:
بعذرنا بدأنا نلبس نظارات طبية من أول ابتدائي
Rollie Olie Polie | Knowing that there are several head shapes demolished our racism #بالغنا 🔲
Bear in the Big Blue House | Singing to a moon was part of our night’s routines.
Power Puff Girls | Blossom is Shawg. A leader by nature. Buttercup is Abeer. A wannabe rebel.
That’s So Raven | Our Moms’ favorite. Seeing the future won’t hamper anything from happening. That was deep.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Living in a hotel isn’t a bad idea and being rich = stupid while being poor = smart. We aimed to become poor. #يعنني
Hannah Montana | A blonde wig is the best way to go undercover.
Recess | Our first crush T.J (طارق) 🧢
Courage the Cowardly Dog |Many sleepless nights of that show. We didn’t learn anything.
دامو مستحيل | اذكر اسمي بسرعة ألبي أمحو الخاطر من دربي 🕵🏻♀️
سابق ولاحق | ساابق لا تتردد، لااحق الفوز مؤكد
أنا وأخي | ما لك إلا أخوك
أبطال الديجتال | عشان بوكيمون حرام ⚡️
الدرب على الجزيرة للأطفال | تعلمنا معلومات ما نقدر نعدها. بس بلا إحراج لا تسألونا.
دمتم سالمين
عبير وشوق