13th February, 2006
3omrah
The trip was amazing, overall. The below pic was taken Wed (8-Feb-06) afternoon:
Al7mdla, It didn’t take long to complete el 3omra. The next couple days were a different story. This picture was taken Thurs night (10-Feb-06):
Friday, there was barely room to walk, especially prayer time; it was packed full! It was simply amazing seeing the thousands of people there to pray.
Unfortunately, during fajr prayer on Friday, as we’re praying, this one lady starts screaming her head off. No clue what the problem was or who she was screaming at, but it made it difficult for most people to concentrate on their prayer! Why would anyone do this fee bait Allah, I will never understand.
Of course, that’s not taking into consideration people who bring their young kids who start running around once prayer starts and throwing Quran on the ground!!! Or, while I’m sitting in front of el Ka3ba trying to concentrate on reading el-Quran, waiting on el sherooq, a couple girls sit behind me, start talking in English about this other girl they know, the skirt she was wearing, and one of them commented saying ‘Can you believe what she was wearing? I mean, what the hell?!’… then they sat there for several minutes gossiping loudly, while i just proceeded to zone them out and concentrate on reading.
There were many incidents that REALLY tested my patience and my respect to the place I was in. Luckily, I managed to keep my mouth shut and continued to focus on the main reason i was there!
All in all, very peaceful, purifying, and fulfilling, al7mdla
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11th February, 2006
Back
I’m back.. while it’s always good to be home, I don’t want to be back just yet! :/More updates later.
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6th February, 2006
Away…
I will be away for a few days, starting tomorrow. Should be back next week. Till then, fee Amant’Allah..
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6th February, 2006
Weird? Me? Min Egool?!
Thanks to Hussa-G for this tag. Not sure why she hates me and is making me do this ;)Like I said, I don’t think people need a list to know about my weirdness (no moon walk islands! u know who u r!!) :@
Here goes:
1. If I need to get out of my car, for whatever reason, while it’s still running, I have to roll down the window! I’m always fearful that somehow I’ll get locked out while the car’s running 
2. I do my tea at work the exact same way every day. First two tea bags, then the sugar, followed by hot water. Stir. Remove and throw out 1 tea bag. Add milk (shway!). Stir until desired color. Remove second tea bag. Drink. It tastes different if I do it any other way! :/
3. I can’t swim … I can only swim with my head under water. The minute I pull my head up above water, I panic (could be attributed to me almost drowning twice when I was younger.)
4. I’ve mastered the skill of blocking people out. I can be sitting across from you while you yap yap yap away, and I hear absolutely nothing. It’s like having my own mental mute button. This has worked wonders for me, especially if there are children around! 
5. Though I’m female, I hate shopping! When my sister used to ask me to go shopping with her, I felt like she was punishing me! I’ve become a lot better now. However, I still cringe at the thought of going shopping with someone who loves shopping! I hate crowded places and how insane people get when they see a sale sign!
6. In complete contrast with the above, I love watching sports! I would actually prefer watching a football, soccer, or basketball game over shopping any day of the week and twice on Sunday!! SUPERBOWL TONIGHT!!! (not the team I wished to be there, but I’ll have to stick to the AFC.. GO STEELERS!)
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3rd February, 2006
Facts of Life
Most females dream of their wedding day. They envision this whole romantic fairy tale of how they will meet their knight, how he will sweep her off her feet, how they’ll have the most amazing wedding and how they’ll live happily ever after. That’s just an illusion and that’s where the problems first begin!Men on the other hand, don’t necessarily think that way. Some men don’t wait till they meet the right one. They live their life until they realize that they’re ready to get married. They then look around and find the most suitable available candidate. (Before people jump down my throat, i said SOME.)
Knowing how different men and women are, knowing the culture we live in and how it’s evolved (backwards instead of forward, unfortunately) and how people have drifted away from religion, it’s no surprise how high the divorce rate is.
One of my friends is currently in the process of a divorce. For the past 4 years she considered her life with her husband as happy. They barely had a couple disagreements over the duration of their relationship, only to have him tell her on their anniversary, “Marrying you was a mistake.”
The problem is that men can end a relationship, not necessarily because there’s something wrong with the woman. It’s not always ‘personal’. Women don’t understand that though. And what women don’t understand, they find hard to accept.
There are no guarantees in life. However, I honestly think we’re looking for the wrong things in a partner. People want: open minded, educated, romantic, faithful, and no one says: ekhaf rabbeh, strong ties to his family, respects people!
I’m not here to preach anyone. I would just like to say that we reap what we sow! And if you feel like you’re getting the short end of the stick when you haven’t done anything wrong, then wakkil amrek li Rabbek o just say: 7asbee Allah wa n3m el Wakeel. Anything else, is just a waste of time and energy. You can’t control others, you can only control how you react to what’s going on around you.
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