vick's vapor rub. counted 5 of them in my sister's room. she had them from different countries. i recognized arabic and urdu. what is up with that?

grooming made fun 101 by chai
1. brush your teeth at the computer
2. sing in the shower
3. clip toe nails during commercial breaks only

got viral pharyngitis. you would think things couldn't get any worse

not better yet. my car's a/c isn't working. my cheeks are finally coming down from tomato red

completely. and i mean completely. missed the mark and squirted perfume in my right eye. i hope the rest of the day turns out better than this morning

apparently i've had a thing for cheeks from the very beginning

i don't have a favorite sweatshirt. but i know of someone who does. this one kid. in one of my religious studies classes. he would wear a navy blue sweatshirt that said quarry in yellow. as a ritual almost. it was all faded and stuff but looked comfy. comfort. i wish shalwars were a little more comfortable. instead of running up your legs while you're asleep and getting stuck. ugh. yucky i'm having a hard time swallowing. i think i'm getting sick. my tonsils feel like they're swollen. and i got the sniffles. i could use a favorite sweatshirt right about now. duas will do nicely

met up with an old college friend. very random. my throat is sore from chatting it up

jummah mubarak! enjoyed my friday studying woo hoo. i'm over worked you guys. this whole med schoo thing is pretty demanding. not just that. the actual commute is killer

the mother of a colleague of mine passed away. may Allah swt have mercy on her. and us. Lord. i can't even begin to think about what she's going through

hate eating alone at lunch time. well hate eating alone generally. but during lunch time usually hate it cause i have to. end up gulping everything down which without fail leads to a stomach ache. maybe it's cause i like eating so much that i want to enjoy it with family and friends and take my time with every morsel. what would make sense is if i just ate slowly. but that would, like i said, make sense

for the first time in my life a friend of mine has given up on me. i don't make friends easily. it takes me time to decide i want to trust someone. this doesn't mean i'm not friendly. although my sister would think otherwise. but the people i consider friends are only a few although i'll call you a friend the moment i meet you. so this friend of mine who was my only friend in pakistan over the past few years is caught up in all that is said about me. and has decided he no longer wants to be friends. people have the ability to hurt you so much without even knowing. i hope i forget how this feels soon

my lords, my ladies, and those of you who can only afford the cheap seats, i present to you my first novel. the thickest book i had ever seen. mummy read it to me. we never finished it. one day. mark my words. one day!

in honor of my nemesis
stop me if you've heard this one before

2 kids are introduced to their new imam
imam: what's your name?
kid1: yaseen
imam: mashAllah what a nice name. do you know how to recite yaseen?
[kid1 recites yaseen]
imam: Allah hu Akbar. that was beautiful
[imam turns to kid2]
imam: and what is your name?
kid2: taha...but they call me kauthar for short

Isra & Mi‘raj
Muslims believe that Muhammad’s teachings began in 610 CE, after the astounding experience of being visited by the Angel Gabriel and told that he was to be a prophet. He developed a small following in Makkah. In 620 CE, he had another miraculous experience: he was transported from Makkah to Jerusalem on a winged steed, and then he ascended to the heavens from Jerusalem and had an audience with Allah (God). During the experience, he met the prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and others, whom he led in prayer. Islamic sources state that this experience took place within one night, and he returned to his place of sleep in Makkah before the dawn prayer. For Muslims, the event confirmed Muhammad’s role as God’s final messenger, and ushered in a new phase of his effort to spread monotheism

just found out you got me this. thanks. it's my fav color

it no longer matters whether i shower or not. it's the monsoon season here. this means either it's raining enough to completely soak me or it's so humid i'm drenched in my own sweat. yucky

jummah mubarak. although not much to celebrate. listen to the world news bulletin on bbc world service

today i worked my ass off. look. no ass. i studied for 3 hours [that's, 3 productive hours] straight although my friends were beckoning me to waste my time with them. when i got home i had the rest of the day homework/study free. raf had a playdate so i tagged along with smalls and raf to "day spend" with my other cousin whose got 4 munchkins. there was turmoil. there were tribulations. all in one afternoon. also watched mi3 which was hot. and now i'm planning on taking a warm shower and watching casablanca. thanks to broheme's recent classic movie madness. alhumdulillah life is good

if those cheeks aren't cute, then i don't know what is cute anymore. she's my cousin's baby. can't wait to shake this overprotective feeling and start teaching her how to master the family pout and beat up people

i need driving gloves. i say need as in i need to know which care bear i am. i want leather ones. i want to be the person that you guys know or have heard of who owns [and wears] driving gloves. on a daily basis. fyi i'm grumpy bear

Provided By MetroLyrics

bought the nice nice version of langman's medical embryology. 9th edition mind you! inside is a simbryo cd with embryology animations. try the full lecture version. it's got an excellent soundtrack. no clue how i'm going to study it when i just want to dance to it

there's a baby lizard in my guddi. this afternoon it was discovered by, hunted by, randomly screamed at by, beaten with a stick by and completely ignored by a few of my friends after school

been feeling like a total bum lately. hook me up with a track list for a workout cd for 1 hour. grazie infinite! and jummah mubarak

not exactly a fan but we've got a mcdonald's in pindi now. guess that finally puts it on the map. opening's tomorrow

i tag...hbiddy, chanc and ob

mc tagged me. this is my one and only so like it
10 things you don't know about me
1. i'm not afraid of dying - just of not pleasing Allah swt
2. i like to share other people's things - not mine
3. i don't speak chinese - but i want to live in china
4. i enjoy fruit - more than any other food
5. i wish i could teleport - right now would be good
6. i love to dance - usually alone in my room
7. i want my feet bare all the time - regardless of where i am
8. i played the cello for about 2 minutes - it was bigger than i was at the time
9. i think about my grandmother every day - and how much love one is capable of
10. i miss abu ji and mummy - more than i would admit to myself or others

today this girl at school gave me a gift bag. it was very light. i checked inside. there was nothing. she asked if i liked it. i said thanks. i think the gift bag was the gift. i didn't have the heart to tell her

i am now sad because i can check my email and reply standing at my laptop. it's either a dream sequence back to iago during iu days or i'm not getting enough email

when i was younger. much younger than today. nano taught me how to crochet. sometimes i have this urge to construct. i should crochet something

jummah mubarak. discovered baby monkey's cheat codes for neopets. why would you want to do that? that's sick ism

got quiet a princessly [first time made up word usage] headache. stupid jetlag

feel like eating enough reese's pieces to give me a nose bleed. alas i have none to even dampen my appetite

fate won't let me meet her under normal conditions, times or places. a riot much the same