The way it is!

Last night I cried myself to sleep. I had been crying for more than three hours and I was extremely hurt. They say the ones you love the most hurt you the most and yesterday it was asserted.

I was sitting in the terrace yesterday with my cousins when my youngest brother joined us. He wanted the empty milk can I had in my hand. I refused to give it to him, at the same time my cousins were making harmless fun of him and asking him to go away. And then suddenly my brother got all aggressive and between all the argument for the milk can; slapped me my right in the face. So dumbfounded was I that I seriously didn't know what to do. My right cheek was aching and my cousins were giggling around me. The next thing I knew my eyes were burning and I couldn't stop myself from crying.

I ran downstairs and locked myself up in the bathroom for over an hour with my cousins banging the doors and shouting how immature I was acting and all that stuff. But you know, I wasn't acting immature at all 'cos I was extremely hurt. I had never felt this disrespected. I was hurt 'cos I never hurt my brothers or ever hit them. 'Cos I always sacrifice things I love for them. 'Cos I value them but I guess they can never understand that!

Anyway, my youngest brother never came to properly apologize and we are still not on talking terms and neither the eldest or the youngest even slightly bothered. But I guess, it's fine; rather than being hurt all the time by them, it's better not to talk to them!

Other than that, I would like inform that the month of Ramazan has once again enlightened us with it's presence. I posted about it last year as well. Ramazan is a month in the Muslim calender in which Muslims around the world fast and spend their time engaged in praying to Allah. We fast from dawn to dusk and during our fast not only do we prevent ourselves from eating but also from bad worldly deeds. Staying hungry from dawn to dusk enlightens us with the realization that how difficult it is for people who don't have food and water, to survive. Allah wants us to feel the pain of the needy ones which gives birth to the feeling of responsibility that we should help those in need.

I am already done with my first fast, and today is the second day of Ramazan. So for the next 28 days, every morning I'll be getting up before dawn to eat and then at dust I'll be breaking my fast. I really love Ramazans! :) They make me feel intimate with Allah.

My cousin visiting from Canada will be leaving this Sunday. So finally after two months I'll have my house to myself. with the usual people around. The summers have been so busy I don't believe time elapsed this quickly.

Well, that's all I had to say. Thank you for being such regular visitors every one. Love your comments.

Tata! :)

Eid room makeover!! :)

Guess who's camera got fixed???? MINE

Today is the final day of our Ramadan fast and InshAllah tomorrow will be Eid. Now the Islamic calender works on the basis of the moon cycle. The moon repeats its shape after every thirty or twenty nine days. So what actually happens is that the last day of every month is the day when the moon is in it final phase and after which the moon repeats it's shape. Now as the moon can repeat it's shape after 29 days as well, we aren't certain when the new month will start. But it's always after either 30 days or twenty nine. So we are expecting that the final phase moon will be today, signalling the end of Ramadan and and beginning of Shawal (Islamic month after Ramadan) . Eid is celebrated on the first,second and third of Shawal. I am planning to take a picture of the moon and put it on. Though spotting the moon is really difficult!

So as I have mentioned in my earlier posts Eid is a major festival for Muslims! We wear knew clothes, decorate our houses an prepare delicious food. And therefore today I spent almost the whole of my afternoon in giving my room a little Eid makeover.

I have taken a decision that for the next three days of Eid, I'll be keeping you updated with all the festivities, I'll call it the "THE EID PICTURE MANIA"!! For all those who visit my blog and read through my pointless chitter chatter, for the next three days I'll try my level best to keep the babbling low and pictures high!! :) So here goes, my room makeover:

Check out my new beady curtains and the huge Manchester United Poster on my door!!

Come on in!

So I went really really girlie this time with my room! Check out the ribbon and the bow! Simple yet cute!

I love the huge window and my cozy little bed :)

My mirror and my dressing table!! BTW my mirror agrees that I am the prettiest one of them all!! lol

I have a really small dressing table, 'cos I don't use many beauty products!

And to top all, a super cute dustbin!!! :)

Eid coming!!

Okay so it has been ages since I last updated my blog. The truth is that I have sooo much to do, homework, making eid cards, shopping, high school! I don't even get enough time to write on my blog.

Anyways, Eid is just two days away, WOW! I am soo excited. I wanted to put up the pictures of my shopping trip but couldn't 'cos my camera aint working properly!! :( I'll get it fixed and soon put the pictures on!

About high school, things have been kinda wierd, can't write anything about it due to privacy reasons! :S Though I would looove to share, but my hands are tied. My exams are starting from Monday and I haven't even touched my books yet! I hate studing in Eid holidays, why should I? Eid only comes once a year, exams come every month. Anyways, as my mom wouldn't let me off like that, I don't have a choice.

Today is the final Friday of the holy month of fasting, Ramadan. We call it 'Jumma-tul-Wida'. My mom has made a really pretty pink and silver dress for me. I loove it, I wish I could put the picture on, but darn it, my camera bailed on me!

Anyways, I would love to listen to your holiday experiences; Christmas, Holi, Eid, Thanks giving! Happy weekend!! :)

AWWW!! I love Ramzan!!! (Scroll down for an awesome video!!)

Okay so I have mentioned Ramazan in my earlier posts as well!! But those of you who still aren't fimiliar with the concept here is what it is!!

In the holy month of Ramazan muslims fast from dawn to dusk, they pray to God and spent the month doing things that please God!

If you're still not familiar with Muslim tradition of fasting, lemme explain. We get up before dawn and eat a little before the morning prayer, this time is known as Sehri time and food for this purpose is Sehri (just like breakfast).From then onwards we don't eat or drink anything and stay hungry until the dusk! Once the dusk prayers are called out we break our fasts. This time of the day when we break our fasts is known as Iftar time and the food prepared for this purpose is called Iftar (click here to see how it looks like). Our religion gives us this concept, so that we learn patience and we experience what the poor and hungry experience everyday. In the Muslim calender, the month is called Ramazan when we fast for 30 days and then once Ramadan is over we celebrate Eid, a festival for those who have fasted and prayed to Allah.

Now Ramadan is like a culture; and in every different part of the world it is celebrated in a seperate manner!! Here in Pakistan, arrival of Ramazan is pretty tangible!! The Mosques (the place where we worship) are all lighted up! Bakeries are filled with Ramazan food!!! The T.V blares out commercials, which are all related to Ramazan!! And it is all really nice!!! I love Ramazans!!! :)

I am soo busy these days, I hardly get time to blog! After Sehri I get ready for college and when I come back from college, I am sooo darn tired; I go to sleep!! I get up, help my mom in preparing Iftar, and by the time I am over with all this, it's nine and I have to do my home work!!! So right now I am missing out on my Iftar to write all this, I didn't get much time to eat either!! :(

Well here is a commercial of a local milk brand, which shows the Ramazan culture at its best! It's on the TV all the time!! Well here goes, a video is better than a thousan pictures and a billion words!!!

And I fasted!

7 August 2009

Okay, so I had already stated in the previous post that I'll be fasting on this day and so I actually did fast! Please read the previous post (last paragraph) to get an idea what I mean by fasting. So anyways, I spent the day in praying 'cos that's what fasting is about and also on the internet (I seriously can't live without it) and I slept a little! At dusk I broke my fast and my mom had prepared all these wonderful things for the Iftar!!! Mmmmm..mm!

The off-white bowl contains Dahi Baray, which is a spicy combination of yogurt and fried things known as barays! The plates contain Paqooras (fried oninions and patatoes covered in some kind of flour!), Samoosas and egg rolls!

In the jug with a bow (my mom loves going all pretty) we have plum juice! In the big blue bowl we have chic peas, sweet and sour! In the light purple bowl we have a fruit chat, a combination of many fruits with sugar, pepper and lemon juice!

Now this people is pure Pakistani cuisine! And I can honestly say that there is nothing in this world like this!!! I absolutely heart it!!! And trust me ate like hell, and was almost about to burst!!!

P.S: Forgive me for giving such incomplete descriptions about the food! I am not in to cooking at all! I am just into eating!! hehe! :P

So is that the way junior year works??? hmmm...

6 August 2009


By far I call it the best day of junior year! Well, it's only been four days, but out of the four, today was certainly the best one!

Why do I say so? Here are some reasons:

1. I have made two new friends, who are actually really nice. As far as I know! Although I don't like being the first one to attempt for a conversation, but if I wouldn't have, my friend Ayesha (from my old school) and I would have been isolated from the whole class forever; considering the seats we prefer in the class, the corner most seats at the back! So in the Physics lab I finally broke the ice with, Salima! Who later introduced us (me and Ayesha) to Rida! For now I am pretty happy with them! At least Ayesha and I have someone other than each other to talk to!

2. I was also able to find a very nice van buddy, Sakina! Now not only have I got new friends in my class but also in my van! Could it get any better for a day?

3. Now I am also able to categorize the people in my class, with a little help from Salima and Rida; Ayesha and I have come up with the following categories:
-The totally funny one: Mr. TS
-The one who think she is all that but she is not: Miss. MCO
-The class flirt: Mr. M (though my friend Farwa, another girl from my old school, thinks he is a wanna be, I actually think he isn't that bad!! OMG..he is a good flirt :P)
-The over-smart hateful one: Mr. S (He is desperate and eeeww)
-The really confident, not-afraid-of-anyone, don't-care one: Mr. ZA (he is such a don't care person, he can pass the rudest most hideous comment and not care, though he doesn't do anything like that until triggered to do so!)
-The girl who sits in the corner and observes: Okay so that would be me!

Other than that as it's just been two days since I have started going in a van, I forget which one is my van! And I have to ask this guy to tell me which one it is , so I'll categorize him as The one who knows where my van is!

I think that's it! This is how much I know my junior year class, but then again It has just been four days, eventually I'll know everyone!

Anyways, so today is a holy night known as Shab-e-Barat. We stay up the whole night to pray to the Almighty, and beg for his forgiveness, assistance and mercy. I have plans of praying as well!

Here in Pakistan young kids, mostly tweens and teens of the male species, have this tradition of spending the night blowing off firecrackers! Now the adults are totally against it as it is total disturbance in their prayers. Girls are not into this stuff because they are not allowed out of the house with guys! That is what the ethical code of the society states.

So I have never ever indulged into these activities rather I pray and hate these people for the disturbing! But boys will be boys or should I say animals!

Anyways, I am also planning to fast tomorrow! If you're still not familiar with Muslim tradition of fasting, lemme explain. We get up before dawn and eat a little then after the morning prayer to dusk, we don't eat or drink anything. Then at dusk, after the prayer calling we eat, which is known as Iftar. Our religion gives us this concept, so that we learn patience and we experience what the poor and hungry experience everyday. In the Muslim calender, there is month called Ramadan when we fast for 30 days and then once Ramadan is over we celebrate Eid, a festival for those who have fasted and prayed to Allah.

I'll soon be posting in pictures of how Iftar looks like! Ramadan are about to start too! Hope days to come are good ones! InshAllah!