Sometimes in my life all I have to do is say I want this this this... and it so easily comes to me.. I don't have to even think about it or run after it once I say it out loud..
I know that someone listens.. and grants ease after hardship .. and pities me whose heart is broken and whose purse was lost..and who knows I hate troubling people more than anything..
Alhamdlillah, with patience and zikr, I was guided to people who helped me keep my head and make cool, calculated decisions.
Alhamdulillah, my purse came back to me..
Alhamdulillah, my face, which I was so worried would betray my emotions, was only depicting my very real worries about my purse.. my searching eyes had no time to portray sadness or shed tears..my head was totally absorbed with digging my memory of the day..
Alhamdulillah, I reached back safely..
Alhamdulillah, there are always people I can rely on..
Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest "
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I've been thinking (out of the blue, yes) about my obituary and all..
Couldn't think of one .. Instead, I just came up with the following: I wish that people would remember me as someone who's : 1- never troubled others with any kind of favours 2- never harmed others by word or action 3- punctual 4- helpful to people who know her 5- always kept her promises 6- always smiling 7- kind & friendly to strangers, family, children and the elderly 8- never been in debt (always returns money before people ask for it) 9- generous 10- trustworthy 11- good at listening and someone whose: 12- speech is kind words that are always helpful whether advice or ideas yo, I've not forgotten that i should give you some advice :P
i think it suffices that i say these points: 1- whatever happens between u two should stay between u two.. don't divulge too much, lest others get annoyed with the marriage, or get a reason to talk about u, or envy you, or misuse that very information at the wrong time against you.. 2- when there is a small fight, don't submit it to your parents.. parents love their children too much that they cant see their fault or allow compromise, and they're not forgiving of something done to their child, so sometimes their advice causes trouble.. (I've trouble keeping this point crisp and inoffensive towards parents.. but this is just something I've had the misfortune to witness some time back) 3- don't think of what you do as giving..understand that and you wouldn't have to work so hard 4- you're married, you didn't suddenly become transparent or your actions understandable..voice things u think about just as when u were courting her (pardon the old-fashioned terminology).. sous le ciel de paris - Jacky TerrassonA nice track for coffee table jazz..
Good for office work and lab work too. What first caught my attention is its name- under the sky of Paris. Two months ago I had the pleasure of presenting a paper at a conference in Penang island, Malaysia-an event I was dreading that turned out wonderful.
As we had the conference on a weekend, my friend and I took the Senandung Langkawi 20 night train from KL to Butterworth on that Friday. We arrived very early the next morning, and took the ferry (paid about RM2 or 3 per person, a kind of two ticket since the ferry from Weld Quay back to mainland is free) to Penang Island, and upon arrival at the jetty took a taxi from the RapidPenang bus terminal to the hotel (Heliconia Hotel, a small one but suffices for a couple that will be out most of the time, coming back only to shower and rest). As it was too early to check-in at the hotel we left our things at the hotel's store and went walking around enjoying the fresh air. We found a mosque, which was occupied by an old Indian man whose Malay words I could hardly discern(must be a Penang accent), to pray Fajr in and then had our first long walk in Georgetown. That area of Georgetown's (Lorong Kinta, Jalan Burma, near KOMTAR ) was quite disappointing however as we could hardly find any cafes even around 8 or 9am. After a tiring exploration that nearly ended at the beach, we finally returned to the kopitiam that was closed earlier (Old Town White Coffee) to sit down and have breakfast . The coffee was too strong for me and at some point I added water to it and sugar of course. I did/wanted to do the same to the lime juice I ordered after it. After an appetizing Nasi Lemak however I was energized and so we walked back to our hotel to check-in. Guess what we did after that? Sleeeeeeeeeeeeep We considered ordering food using Food Panda (found Kashmiri food and got all excited!!) but became lazier and lazier about going out to even accept the delivery. We did end up eating McDonalds/KFC later on however. The following day we spent the whole day at hotel (Bayview hotel) and after that went back to rest for a while. The taxi driver, Mr. Vasan, who took us there was very friendly and eventually we took his card as he offered to show us around Penang whenever we wanted, at a very cheap fare. On Monday, we went shopping at Prangin Mall and then we gave the taxi driver a call and went around. We went to St. George's church- that's South East Asia's oldest Anglican church. It was my first time in a church!! Here's where I learnt about the stations of the cross. I took pictures with the angels too. Unfortunately, Penang Hill was closed that day, so we couldn't climb it. Instead, we went to the Botanic Gardens, a walk we enjoyed immensely and would never forget. I guess this is where we took the most pictures, and spent the most time. We took the RapidPenang bus No.10 ( a very useful way to get a bigger picture of daily life in Penang and a closeup of the people) back and checked out, again keeping our luggage at the hotel. We then went to the Penang 3D Museum (got charged RM 40 here :( ) Again, a fun place to visit, especially if you have a lot of time to take awesome 3D pictures.. Or if you want to learn about Penang's history in a fun way. We went to a church, and then went to the Floating Mosque (at Tanjung Bungah ).. I was most upset here, because I suddenly had an upset stomach and had to use the toilet there- which to my disappointment didnt flush properly. Anyways, I was a mess and was really upset. :'''( The mosque itself was beautiful. Finally, we hurried to Batu Ferringhi beach !! Sipping fresh coconut water with this close friend of mine, after worriedly watching & videotaping her parasailing , I lost all my worldly worries for a brief moment. It was time to go and get our luggage back and go to the jetty. Back in Butterworth, the railway station was under renovation and we were afraid for ourselves as it was dark and there were only 2 guys sitting nearby. They looked homeless, and later on one asked us for money to buy food, which we gladly gave. :( After eating the McD/KFC(they look the same from outside and inside, and you can get similar food so don't really remember which since we visited both) we had bought earlier and finding a place to pray (some sort of a shipping container), time was finally starting to pass and more people showed up.. We encountered a blind young man and helped him get about. I mention him because I met him in KL Sentral the next day and helped him again :) and I feel that I'll meet him again some day. If we had had more time, I'd surely have visited : 1- Gurney Drive and eat all the food there (gelojoh) 2- Penang Hill 3- Tropical Spice Garden 4-Butterfly Farm 5- Kek Lok Si Temple 6. Snake Temple 7. Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple (i heard about the reclining Buddha a long time ago) 8. Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion 9. Fort Cornwallis 10.Weld Quay clan jetties 11. Dr Sun Yat Sen's Penang Base (to get a feel of history) 12. Syed Alattas Mansion (read books, so need to see the mansion too) 13. Khoo Khongsi 14. Queensbay mall 15. Han Jiang Ancestral Temple 16. Kapitan Keling Mosque 17. Penang City Hall 18. Penang Peranakan Mansion 19. Penang Tropical Fruit Farm (hoping there's a lot of sampling involved :) ) 20. Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower 21. Penang War Museum (great place to look at weapons, i hope) Postscript: You know all this time I've stayed in Malaysia, I've rarely looked at it from a tourist's perspective. I've seen it as an expat and sometimes as a Malaysian coz it's my second home- and very few people would go about acting as tourists in their own country. Langkawi/Redang/Perhentian? nope KLCC sky bridge? still not yet KL tower? nope Mines? no Batu caves? didn't go Melaka? no How lame ... سبحان مقلب القلوب
Today, I started the day very late - at 2.30pm to be specific and you'd think that the worst part is over. How was I to know what a hell of a day it'd be? Well actually i had an idea; when my friend Whatsapped asking if i was sleeping, i replied "Ya... Y do i feel like there's bad news?" For starters, I burnt my favorite shalwar kameez! I just spilled coffee over myself. And it's already 4.25pm and I have no ironed clothes with a matching scarf to wear to the lab. In half an hour, the lab that i need to use might be closed for the day. I am homesick, and I need to do a lot of shopping, and I can't possibly leave things and go home. By now my sample in the dryer has been in it for nearly 40 hours.. Which is bad, coz i only meant it to be there for 24 hours .. Worse still, I got invited to a wedding but I can't go with a partner, which means I have to find someone else who is willing to go and knows me and HAS BEEN INVITED! And thinking that I'd not be invited, I had not prepared for the going at all!! (tsk tsk doubting people's intentions) All this time I had been busy looking for a gift that I did not buy myself a new formal outfit (I really need one) and a purse (and a scarf to match probably) and wrapping paper! And I've only 1 or 2 days to prepare all this, because I have to spend one day at home this week in preparation for the arrival of the lady of the house !! :D Now despite all this unfortunate "hurry hurry" nagging eating at me, I've managed to stay positively unconcerned, like Abbie is someone else and not me. Been listening to jazz and classical music and drinking cold instant coffee that is gonna trouble me soon (I'm lactose intolerant and this one has a dairy creamer, because I boycotted Nestle's products. Duchess look at me, I managed to blog about my preoccupations that were supposed to keep me occupied. I guess I am just thankful that I am alive still and I know that this too, whatever it is, shall pass. So, have a good day peeps and don't forget to stop and smell the flowers, or point at the moon and stare in awe!
It is only fitting that since this is the blog on the thoughts of a polyglot that this polyglot should at least talk about polyglotism once.
So, let's start the way we learnt in school- by defining polyglotism. According to Wikipedia, the source for everyone, from everyone, polyglotism (or polyglottism) is the ability to master numerous languages. Multilingualism is a word with a similar meaning. Literally speaking, 'poly' is many and 'glot' is tongue.. A person with many tongues. A person who speaks many tongues (languages). Now I consider myself as a polyglot, though I don't consider myself to have mastered these languages at the same level ( which is a biiiig problem with polyglotism) : 1- Arabic - mother tongue 2- English 3- Malay 4- French 5- Spanish 6- Hindi 7- Mandarin 8- Japanese 9- Cantonese So in a way, I'm a hyperpolyglot.. though my french listening/speaking skills suck, though my hindi writing skills suck, and though I haven't spoken 10 words of spanish in 5 years and haven't had to listen to it for long periods of time since 2006.. (To be continued) Hello!
Remember my earlier posts about food I've made? Remember that Jalebi was my next target? Well, target reached.. Here's a pic: This is a dream I had (13th August 2014) that was so complex, that when i woke up the first thing i did was Google up the name Megan Beth Fuhler/Fugler . BTW Megan Beths exist, Beth Fuglers exist, Fuhlers exist..
Yellow Na'vis surprisingly don't. I dreamt that I was with my sister and we got down at 2 different spots from a bus. Then I threw her phone at her so she can contact me. And we attended a wedding. ---- Then I dreamt that I dropped my purse and a lil girl (from a group of girls, one of whom looks Indian) handed it back to me.. then I was in a train(looked more like a road trip on the last seat of the bus) with an African guy, a Kashmiri guy, and someone who looks like Iqra/Isra.. We were talking about Antarctica when some guy turns from in front of me and says "guess where i did my arm training?" and the girl next to me doesn't guess so I took a guess for her, that being Antarctica.. Then the couple beside us correct me on it being Arctica , not Antarctica,I think (or the opposite). The girlfriend of the guy gets really comfortable with me and we snuggle together. At some point I learn her name and a lot about her.. She's so adventurous and wild and knowledgeable. Later on, amidst some confusion, I leave the train and end up meeting the child who helped me earlier with my purse. The child says that her phone is dead and is searching for her mother. Weirdly, she can't even remember her mother's name. However, upon helping her I realized that her mother is the girl who sat in the train with me earlier. I try really hard to recall her name but couldn’t. We finally search and find the guy who was with her (still at the back) but he says the girl, Beth, had disappeared although they promised to meet up at the station. At some point we became a 'we' searching for Megan Beth Fuhler/fugler the child and at least 2 other women(one looks like Obama's wife), and even eat creamy pies .At one stage, I even asked if anyone was found at that station dead. Then we used social networks to get info from those who knew her. But still Beth fuhler didn't surface. Then we received a call,from,a guy who claimed he knew her and was with her. However, he then mentioned that she disappeared. His story is quite unbelievable though. According to him, when he informed her of the missing child, she disappeared suddenly, and immediately. By which I mean disappeared from view, like disapparition in Harry Potter. I found this hard to believe.. Yes, she was well versed in stars and astronomy, and geography and enjoyed intelligent talks. But to disappear? Then, the girl next to me said 'yes, disappeared..she's an, alien' and she too morphed into Robin Scherbatsky's blue eyes and disappeared in an instant. Suddenly, knowledge came to me in a flash.. That slender neck,a beautiful yellow color and glitter, glitter. Beth fugler was an alien. That's why she traveled so much. And that's why she disappeared so much. She has many boyfriends, but she had tempted them with easiness , she disappears suddenly and whenever she comes back they still want her, and she had approached them first too.. As I look at her child, I wonder if she's a human child, adopted perhaps, or an alien child oblivious? There are a lot of chunks missing from my story, but that's as much as I can remember, though I know there's more. I had instantly connected with Beth, and thoroughly enjoyed the time with her.. I must have said some things, she must have said even more. But Why cant I remember?? I dreamt that I was with my sister and we got down at 2 different spots from a bus. Then I threw her phone at her so she can contact me. I always take pride in whatever I write..
however today I realized, as I typed something to perfection and pressed ENTER, I should also fear that my writing, eloquent as it can be, can also be too sweet and misguide people.. Astaghfirullah.. Robin Williams- the humble man we don't know...
And yet, even without knowing you, we hope you didn't choose to die.. Because that wouldn't just say that you finally became broken after years of fighting After saying: "I love you. I miss you. I'll try to keep looking up."? But that we did nothing to help.. "Robin was a lightning storm of comic genius and our laughter was the thunder that sustained him," said Steven Spielberg, who directed Williams as Peter Pan in the 1991 film, "Hook." Did we stop laughing? Did we become too demanding? I refuse to believe it's suicide.. I'll always remember you as someone who persevered. Not a coward. A beautiful view: http://thoughtcatalog.com/anonymous/2014/08/robin-williams-death-is-not-a-tragedy-and-we-should-stop-calling-it-that/ Yellow!
Long time no see.. Hope you are doing better than me.. Nothing's up with me, just been drafting posts and not publishing them, and doing stuff and taking lots of pictures.. so bear with me until I complete them , ok? You know my father maybe a messy man when it comes to cooking, but when it comes to
TIME he's the best.. Mashallah So, I thought nothing could go wrong if I ask this time keeper to wake me up the next day.. Boy was I wrong.. If it's something important, as in a meeting with someone else.. he'd wake me up If it's something like me having to wake up early because I wanna go out or if he doesn't know why, he'd never wake me up!!! I didn't understand it, it's not something difficult.. But, let's pretend that after pondering on it last night I finally got something! Maybe this is his way of trying to say the following: "My beloved daughter, I love you very much, but I can't protect you and be always there for you.. I am an old man now and you're a young lady.. like I always say in Arabic, our grain/bread has matured/cooked.. you gotta be responsible and sleep deeply but wake up right in time to live your own life, your own way. I can wake you up today and tomorrow, but what will that do for you? It's better for you to teach your body to pull you up" It's hard to believe, since this is the same man who always protected me from even the kitchen knife as an adult.. Perhaps he's realized at last that a parent can not always protect his/herchildren, instead parents must teach their children to protect themselves. 1. open doors
2. sniffing/snorting/sniffling sounds 3. making clicking noises with tongue n teeth 4. playing with stationery in the class (click click goes the pencil up and down) 5. nose/teeth picking 6. people who interrupt while someone else is talking 7. loud men (see Arab men in conversations and you'll understand) 8. women badmouthing women 9. burping noises in public 10. Noisy eaters. 11. people messing up my table in the lab 12. Guys (and apparently girls) who leave the toilet seat up 13. Celebrities claiming to be environmentalists but can't care less for human rights 14. people who leave bathroom doors open when they're in 15.People who clear their throats in a disgusting way. 16.Men on trains who insist on sitting with their legs spread wide open. 17. people with horrible grammar/spelling 18. unexpected company (except on holidays) 19. noisy neighbours 20. litterbugs 21. people who eat off your plate (or ask if can try your food every damn time u eat with them) 22. indecisive people (say at meals?) 23. people who use 'ana' and 'anta', instead of 'i' and 'u', in Malaysia, thinking it makes them more Islamic. 24. People who don't control their children and bring them to public places, e.g.Teraweeh at a mosque 25. deodorant haters 26. people with no respect for time and delay you as well 27. when you buy something and it spoils/expires before you get to use it all 28. hotel toilets with glass &/ sliders for doors (i don't want people seeing/hearing stuff) 29. loud people, especially loud complainers (in public, when nothing can drown them o.o) 30.Going out to dinner with a big group, eating RM15's worth of food and having to split the whole bill and ending up paying much more than you ate. 31. slow people walking and blocking my way 32. food wasters 33. Grandma, or Dad, saying "oh here , talk to --------------" 34. Sneezing in your hand and shaking someone's hand afterward 35. people who call instead of message 36. scraping noises during cutlery and plate contact 37. super loud commercials 38. spittle 39. getting a lot of fat when i had clearly ordered meat 40. people who invade my seat space or practically sit on a small part of my thigh BEFORE YOU READ the letter, I want to say that I only read it up to the oft-repeated "who started../who did../who killed.." segment.
I am just too tired to read now (sleepy too, it's midnight here) However, the message touched me in its appeal right from the beginning, so I hope I won't regret sharing it with you all.. If any part needs clarification/verification, let me know.. Our commitment should always be to truth, even if you hate the truth, or even if its too wild to believe, or it sounds like the work of a conspiracy theorist, or as much as you like to trust otherwise..... I know that acknowledging the truth means that you have to work hard after it, for as long as you live.. As bitter as it may be, truth will ultimately give us happiness, so le Dear non Muslim, We are not your enemy. You are not our enemy. Islam does not say to kill the non Muslim. When Quran talks about killing non Muslim, the context is Muslims were at war with non Muslims, a war Muslims didn't start (Muslims are not allowed to start a war). The verse was revealed then. To kill them (not to run and hide). Even when killing them not to kill children, women, innocents, animals, trees, their worship places, etc. And if the enemy surrenders give them full security. That is what Quran says. Do you think these days when enemy surrenders (in fear or not) the US gives them full security? Torturing people to death, Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, secret prisons, lifetime in prisons without any trial, gang raping teens and burning them with their families? The US and Israel govt wants you to hate Muslims. If you want to know Islam read Quran just once. You cannot judge a Ferrari by a bad driver. Islam prohibits killing innocents and suicide, and also lying. There is nothing called "taqiyya" in Islam. You cannot learn Medicine from books of Accounts, likewise you cannot learn Islam from Media. You have to read Quran. Lying is a major sin in Islam. So is killing. If anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land - it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind. [Quran 5:32] Religion is not mentioned. Race is not mentioned. Age is not mentioned. Country is not mentioned. Gender is not mentioned. Color is not mentioned. Like you say Saddam/Osama represents Islam we can say Hitler/Bush represents Christianity. In the last 50 years US alone has killed at least 50 million people. Bush and Hitler nearly 8 million. Some say all terrorists are Muslims. Think about it. Who started the first world war... Muslims? Who started the second world war... Muslims? Who killed about 20 millions of Aborigines in Australia... Muslims? Who sent the nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki... Muslims? Who killed more than 100 millions of Indians in North America... Muslims? Who killed more than 50 millions of Indians in south America... Muslims? Who took about 180 millions of African people as slaves and 88% of them died and was thrown in Atlantic ocean... Muslims? Who killed nearly 2 million Iraqis and Afghans... Muslims? Who were behind 9/11 and London Bombing... Muslims? Who owns the God damn media that deceives us... Muslims? Who kills for oil... Muslims? Who Invades foreign countries more... Muslims? Who rapes women every 32 sec in US and 2/3 women in US Military... Muslims? Who killed 12 people in Colorado cinema... Muslims? Who killed 30,000 Muslims Burma... Muslims? Who spies on other countries' peoples and governments... Muslims? None of these people are called "terrorist". The people who give the label "terrorism" is at war with Muslims. That is why you see the people have the label "terrorist" are Muslims. Terrorism and Religions http://www.juancole.com/2013/04/terrorism-other-religions.html --------- 7/7 London Bombings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnkNoNIgnK8 9/11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igX7Z8VstN4 Fallujah, Iraq - The Hidden Massacre Warning: Highly Disturbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5qgfUjzbj4&oref Fahrenheit 911 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLT_8S_Tuo Occupation 101 (Palestine-Israel) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jvXnPG9Xc --------- When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "We are only peacemakers." [Quran 2:11] Isn't this the case today... in the name of Freedom and Democracy! Law of current world Muslims = Guilty (until proven innocent) Non Muslim = Innocent (until proven guilty) Some say Muslims kill Americans. This is my message for them. //You invaded my country, you shot my mother, beat my father to death, raped my sister, took my water, burned my trees, destroyed my home, hospitals, schools, stopped electricity, took my job, still stealing our oil, bomb my country daily, starve and humiliate us all. Yet you want me to greet you with flowers and candy? When Muslims fight back you call them TERRORISTS? But they are Freedom Fighters. We don’t say they are completely right, we don’t say we agree with everything they do. Your troops wouldn't die if they were with their families and let us be with our families happily. The whole idea of Freedom Fighters is glorified, it is honorable to defend your country, except if you are a Muslim? The Muslim is not supposed to defend his country? The Muslim is just supposed to get out, walk away, live like a dog, be humiliated, allow his wife to be slaughtered, sister to be raped? A Muslim is supposed to accept this to be a good and an acceptable Muslim? For Indians Mahatma Gandhi was a Freedom Fighter, but for occupiers he was a Terrorist. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is simply which news paper you are reading. Terrorist is a buzz word used to push an agenda, to push the masses' button, go get them to not think.// --------- Islam is not responsible for the behavior of few reckless Muslims. The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said: "They are the losers, those who make the religion hard and tough. They imperil themselves who enforce tough practices of Islam. They destroy themselves, those who are extremes." The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said: “Those who go to extremes are doomed.” The more you know about Islam, the more you realize how much you don't know - the less you know, the more you think you know. “Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.” ― Malcolm X --------- Zionism behind all the major problems in this world. The enemy of my enemy (Muslims) is my friend (Christians). Every time Muslims get along with Christians they create a diversion. The more the Christians get closer to Muslims the more they get away from Zionists. So they don't want this to happen. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152108317865089&set=a.297996550088.320623.681630088&&theater --------- “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” ― Malcolm X “Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” ― Jim Morrison 1500 newspapers, 1100 magazines, 9000 radio stations, 1500 TV stations, 2400 publishers all owned by 3 corporations. Six Zionist Companies own 96% of the World’s Media If you're not careful, the Media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. There is nothing between truth and falsehood except what is false. When the truth shifts its ground, even by an inch, it loses its status as the truth. Muslims and Media, check this link. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152875664720089&set=a.297996550088.320623.681630088&&theater --------- Muslims love Jesus, we defend Jesus and Mary. A Muslim would never say a word against Jesus. One single word against Jesus and he is no longer a Muslim. A Muslim cannot be a Muslim if he doesn't not believe in Jesus. We have seen some people insulting Islam/Mosques/Muslims/Mohamed/Allah, but we have never seen a Muslim insulting Jesus or Mary. Israel has insulted Jesus and Mary on live TV. It is on youtube to watch. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the Bible."I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you unto all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me". [Gospel of John 16:12-14] God revealed the Quran to Mohamed, he read it to his companions and they wrote it down. Quran does not have a single letter of Mohamed or any human being. [Jesus: "he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:"] Mohamed is the only one who glorified Jesus who came after him. [Jesus said: He shall glorify me] Quran has a chapter [19] by the name "Mary". --------- "Allah Akbar" does not mean "3, 2, 1, boom", it means "God is great". In Arabic "God" is "Allah". Check Arabic Bible, they use "Allah" instead of "God", ask an Arabic Christian to translate "God (as in Jesus or whoever God is) is great" to Arabic. "Jihad's" English translation is to "strive and struggle", NOT "holy war"..."holy war" in Arabic is "Harb al Muqadasa"... That is nowhere found in Quran and Hadith. Holy war has nothing to do with Islam. Eg, If a student is working hard to pass the exam, he is doing jihad. US soldiers fighting Afghans to win the war, they are doing jihad. A parent forces his son to go to Church or to school, s/he is doing jihad. I'm trying to unite Muslims and non-Muslims, I'm doing jihad. Beating wives, female genital mutilation, sharia law, honor killing etc, all these are just propaganda. "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance". - George Bernard Shaw "Whenever you get information, check it up before you pass it on to third person" [Quran 49.6] "Ask the People of Knowledge if you do not know" [Quran 21:7] ------------ The money required to eradicate hunger for everyone in the world has been estimated at $30 billion a year...... about as much as the world spends on the military every 8 days. The US provides Israel $8.5 million in military aid each day. “Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear: Don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it.” - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon to Shimon Peres, October 3, 2001 They could use that money on education and health care. --------- Pentagon reports that almost three rapes occur every hour in the US military. FBI statistics: every 32 sec a rape takes place in US. Many victims fail to report sexual assault out of fear of vengeance or lack of justice under the US military’s system of prosecution. 72 women are raped every 24 hours in India, that's 1 woman every 20 mins. Those women didn't deserve it. And Muslims do NOT blame any religion. There are blacksheeps in every community. NO Wife Beating in Islam. Beating is just symbolic (tapping with a handkerchief, either on hand or leg and should not leave a mark) Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said, “The best of you are those who are best to your women”. Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said, "None but a noble man treats women in an honorable manner, and none but an ignorant treats women disgracefully". Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said, "I urge you to treat women well". It is strictly forbidden to hurt a woman." Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said, "Be kind to the women, because verily they are in your truth". Womens Rights in Islam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pESXwJYYcGo 50 year old Muslims marries a 15 year old girl, Breaking News, every TV screen every hour on every news. (but with her will, with her parents will) 50 year old man (non Muslim) rapes a 15 year old girl, news brief for few minutes. (against her will) ------------ Education: The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said: "Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim". 1st creation: a pen. 1st message to the Prophet Mohamed (pbuh): "read". In Islam, it is a must to get education and make the world a better place, whether you are a man or woman. I have seen Muslim women pilots, bus/car drivers, motorcycle riders, big bike riders, nurses, doctors, presidents, ministers, parliament members, general managers, construction workers etc etc. It is not a must to stay at home. Pakistani Malala was a tool the Media used to attack Islam. They took the advantage. ------------ Dear non Muslim, the Zionism is destroying the world, by spreading hate and corruption. The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) foretold us (1400 years ago) about the wars between same religion (WWII, between borders), wars between religions (whats happening now). Just like you didn't blame borders don't blame religions. Blame politicians and sick minded people. The Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) said "an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white". Speak the Truth –- Quran 3:17 Speak Straight –- Quran 33:70 Speak Justice –- Quran 6:152 Speak Kindly –- Quran 2:83 Speak Politely –- Quran 17:53 Speak Fairly –- Quran 17:28 Speak Gently –- Quran 20:44 Speak Graciously –- Quran 17:23 Speak not in Vain –- Quran 23:3 Speak no Lie –- Quran 22:30 Speak not to Backbite –- Quran 49:12 Speak not without Proof –- Quran 2:111 Speak no Slander –- Quran 33:58 Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant [Quran 7.199] We are not your enemy. You are not our enemy. Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred gives violence. That is the equation. In the age of information ignorance is a choice. Thank you A Muslim [English is my 3rd language] If you could decide the menu for your last meal ever, what would you pick?
Here's what I came up on a few hours of thinking: pineapple juice/mango juice milk tea (yes, i crossed coffee off the list) almond milk omelette caesar salad strawberries (surprisingly, not my favorite fruit) chicken wings (don't know why they made the list) rice and rendang mahshi (Sudanese vegetables stuffed with rice and meat) Vivo's fresh shitake mushroom baked rice (can you believe that it's a vegetarian meal? I don't) dark choc (small piece will do) cham cham Basta (Sudanese baklava) Kunafeh coconut ice cream goat colostrum (tried eating this as a kid, when i didn't know what exactly I was eating, delicieux!) LIST STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION (thank God I'm not your prisoner ,right?) Title: You Who Came from the Stars Genre: Fantasy Romance Stars: Kim Soo-hyun (The Thieves) & Jun Ji-hyun (My Sassy Girl). Wikipedia writes that it is South Korean TV series about an alien who landed on Earth in the Joseon Dynasty and, 400 years later, falls in love with a top actress in the modern era. First of all, despite enjoying & recommending Jewel in the Palace (starring Lee Young Ae) in another post, I DON'T like period dramas, of any country. Perhaps I've just watched too much of the Chinese ones to bear with other period dramas.. So if you are like me and the word Joseon Dynasty just turned you off, my advice is : keep disliking but the amount of Joseon-ness is quite bearable here.. Would've preferred it to have been even less, but like I said it's bearable.. Drifting off a little into Jewel in the Palace, I think what I loved about that show is the sight of Korean royal cuisine. Looked so good in every episode.. Watching Feast of the Gods also made my air liur meleleh every damn time! Actually, forget the Joseon era, the title itself has a hint of alien and that's enough to turn me off. I like fantasy, but no aliens, UFOs, alien invasion, or action. "So, hypocrite what made you watch it? ", you ask? My sister,sir, only the most powerful force in the house, sir. She literally begged me to watch one whole episode, and pulled and pulled me, dragged me off the sofa and into the next room to watch the drama with her.. So i relented, after many many 'no's.. And then I just watched and watched.. until one week later, it's over.. **Facepalm** Anyways, it was worth it. Overall, modern korean dramas tend to be cheesy or corny, this one's no exception. But it's refereshing, since I took such a long break from Korean dramas. I needed to get some hormones back anyway.. Ji-hyun's come back to the small-screen is spectacular! She's so pretty too... #WomanCrush While I did not fall in love with the alien, I did like the guy's acting.. Would've fallen in love for the good-looking brother, portrayed by Ahn Jae-hyun, but i truly believed that he was too young for me! Funny 'cause last time I checked I was born in 1989, and Jae-hyun shshi was born in 1987.Funnier still that the main actor is even younger than him. Perhaps what I liked the most about it is that there was mystery, a murder mystery to be specific, and the unrequited love line stuff.. and something to heed about friendship.. That of Se Mi & Hwee Kyung, that of Se Mi & Song Yi, and that of Mr. Jang (Kim Chang Wan, love this man!) and the alien. Ooh.. and i loved the casual, yet frequent, references to popular culture ====> Harry Potter, E.T. etc.. And how often is our main character this thoughtless and rash?? I wish we could see more of those. The ending was a little open..but if i say what's on my mind or what disturbed me about it, I'd ruin it for you.. Rating: 3.9/5 Trivia: http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/television/story/my-love-the-stars-gianna-jun-the-richest-korean-female-star-20140806 Words I learnt from this drama: 1.Chaebol 2.Eomeoni I guess I've been too touchy feely with my posts lately :D For a change, let's have some ladylike things I have a friend (2 friends actually) getting married (yes, to each other) this month. So I've kept myself busy trying to find the perfect gift! Granted, there's no such thing as ONE perfect gift, for two people, from me, with such a mixed reaction ..hehe.. - but seriously, i want to get them something special, useful, worth keeping, and most importantly adult-like.. after all the tomfoolery.. So i was thinking something that I actually have taste in, and would be awesome, not like clothes/shoes/bags/ fabrics where you have to worry about so many things at once... I was torn for a few days between cooking utensils, since the bakal pengantin likes to bake at least, if not cook, and wedding China.. Now I used the word wedding China loosely here.. initially it would either be a proper set of dinnerware, or a tea set.. and frankly, i was set on tea sets of 2 or 4.. didn't wanna go too far After all, tea => chai => coffee ya chai (some sort of slogan of the groom).. everything connects in my head..yes..yes.. So I've been looking everywhere (ONLINE :P).. combed Amazon, Lazada, blogs & Facebook pages of tea-set lovers and was dreaming of an Hermes tea set-like (though they're flexible enough to be espresso) stumble.. If you didn't watched Densha Otoko, this is what I mean: Anyways, found even prettier Hermes cups, but man that's wayyy beyond my budget.Speaking of getting ideas from dramas, see this : http://theedqueen.livejournal.com/6853.html On Amazon, some stuff were really pretty.. like the Lenox Butterfly meadow, but they felt casual and modern. I wanted the classic touch, even though I'm new to this China vs. porcelain vs. ceramic stuff. Lazada, on the other hand, was completely useless on the subject.. Somebody needs to open sellers' and buyers' eyes alike in this country.. I love English tea sets, coming from a commonwealth country, I guess that's expected.. As a child, I'd just get so happy seeing all the different China sets on display at my grandma's home, and can't wait to use them.. My mom did have a wedding collection of her own, but they were mostly glass- the beautiful blue kind. No mention of teacups is complete without the Royal Albert collections.. my secret favorite is the mint one in Polka dots. :) Now I somehow feel that it'd be beautiful to imagine him and her seated, drinking noon chai (salt tea) from my cups, cups of high quality that they can use often and for many long years.. Cups that came from me, sincerely.. Cups that were not too glittery and colourful that they're white beauty is forgotten..Preferably no animal motives too.. Perhaps hand-painted, blue Salvia lightly scattered on the cup like Holly Lasseter's Blue Salvia design below.. And then these caught my eye, so beautiful that I want them for myself..and that's without looking through the entire list.. http://www.lenox.com/dining/dinnerware/fine-china/marchesa Suddenly I want a wedding registry for myself.. Lenox is an American brand btw. |
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AuthorA girl who likes herbs..likes some poetry, but write only once in a blue moon.. she's for ever fascinated by language..a night owl too..loves nature and Man too.. She likes crowds, but only when she can drown in them and be an observer.. |