Tuesday, April 10, 2007

bearded perception


lately i've been too tired to do anything (or in other words just lazy) to the point that i didnt feel like shaving my beard...so i just let it grow n grow..but now that i've started back on my routine i decided to let the beard stay for a while longer.

i have to admit that having a beard has somewhat changed the way people act around me..for instance when in the gym the other guys actually ASK if am using the machine instead of just cutting in...also, a number of older men who usually dont look at me actually come up to me and say "salam 3alaikom" and some actually start small talk...so i have to ask, is it just me or do people in general give more respect to a man with a beard??

another situation i was put in happened today...am taking an advanced week long coarse in my field, this workshop starts from 5-8:30 or for those who dont know starts before 9alat el magharb and ends after 9alat el 3isha..so if anyone doesnt want to miss el magharb we had to pray over there..so we go into the designated prayer room and there we were 10 or 11 guys mostly twice my age standing there and one of the guys starts to eqeem el 9alaat..when he was done we all stood there, i was looking for the person who was gonna be the emaam when all of the sudden the guy on my right and the guy on my left simultaneously grab my hand and push me forward and say "yala 9al feena"!!!!!

i was like

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" "MINOOOOOOO" "ANAAAAA"

so there i was standing in the middle and everyone was standing in a straight line looking at me, so i turn around and slowly walk up to the emaams sijada (heart racing) mino egoool matiwahagt! so i look back and try to remember what emaams do, so i stand and say loudly "ESTAWOOOO W'ESTAQEEEMOOO" loooool...

so kabart and i started praying and everyonce in a while i peek behind just to make sure these guys are actually following me :P la ohwa 3gaaal ma6aaaa7, ehya qitra mazligaat lol

anyways, i guess responsibility comes with the beard ;p

13 comments:

Mrs. said...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL !
7elwaa salfat el wehga :P

Hehehe cant imagine u with a beard though ;p

'Estawoooooooo' LOL MAYLOOG!

Anonymous said...

LOL! 3afya Wahga ;P
Lo i stumble upon an incident such as urs . I'd Run out of the room lol.

And well yeah .. akeed le7ya makes u look older :P

eshda3wa said...

i love beards
but not the were competing with the devil kind

khafeefa
i think its HOT

and yeah i think ppl 7attan ana give more respect to a man with beard as apposed to a man imale6, madre laish ... ymkin cz it makes the guy look more mature

Bu Ziyad said...

either you have a beard or if you happen to be the only kuwaiti you get selected by default to lead the prayer! it happened to me few times.. its a nice feeling i must say to be emam..

Anonymous said...

As we live in a hypocritical society where looks matter the most, it has come to my attention that the longer your beard, the more respect you have from the society.

With a long beard comes respect, money, and power.

Danah said...

loool!

i agree with eshda3wa;p

Dakhtour said...

Hehehehe i really liked what happened to u dude...

Buy hey tara mo 7elwa 3ala kel wa7ed so be careful of that :P

GLAMOROUS said...

LOOOOL now that was funny ;pPp

Kil hatha e9er if someone just had a beard !! WOW 9ij e7na mota5alefen !

i kinda agree with what Anonymous Coward said ;/

Anonymous said...

a67aaaaaaaaaas :P

bored said...

lol today was the last day and i went wearing jeans and a polo shirt, one of the guys looked at me n smiled when he said, "mayfeedik el jeans dam lama al7een 7a6 li7ya bit9alee feena" ;p

Elijah said...

LMAO @ estawoooo haha

Good for you man! What an experience!

Mother Courage said...

LOL, they probably thought you were "miltizim", people pay more respect to young religious men! and look at others as "3if6iyya"!
the beard gave you the "look"

3ad leish itilifit? ballah wa7ed 6a7 3leik! ;-p

anonymous,yes its a hypocritical society, just like the rest of other sociaties in all around the world!

Anonymous said...

laaa ...cant imaging u with a beard...:P