Assalamalikum,
What a bright friday, I love the way all my Friday's turn out so happy and fun, but the thought of school next day is a drool, anyway, I love school, and the lesson going on currently in Math is fantastic! So everything's fine and dandy, but there are loads of projects uphand, which means I have to basically put my thinking caps on...And now, I have no idea what to write, except things which will prove pointless, so lets give it a break for now,
CHAO!
For some of you out there, who are feeling down, go to
www.jokesgalore.com and have the laughs of your life.
Don' t exactly have time to write much..
so, Bye
**************Nash*************
Hey,
I got another one I wrote when I was 11. So, all I can say is...enjoy reading it!
Magic
wizards or witches
goblins or fairies
they never were real
just amusements for kids
that boosted their imagination
or perhaps plain distraction
to their studies?
there are no such things as ghosts
frightening and scary
its just a magical world
where everything can happen
yet nothing seems to be
to say in brief
a gifted illusion
where dreams come true
and nightmares die
infinite emotions and
innumerable joys
that last short
but still last long
is it not finny or wierd
to have everything so
ENCHANTING?
but there is no regret to it
a strange fantasy
to a wild world
that just is not real
coming out of heads
of small children
who wonder something
as magical as this!
~~~~***~~~~~
Ok, so to make today's post juicier, I decided to share another joke with you all.
'It was our English class, just a period before recess, and the whole class was simply hungry! It so happened that nobody was in the mood to study, when the teacher took grammar,
''Ravi, stand up and tell me a proverb.''
Now you may have heard the proverb -empty vessels make much noise-
And the reply came ''growling tummies make much noise.''
The class burst out laughing, thankfully, the teacher got the message and let us out early after we all had a hearty laugh.
Assalamalikum,
So, I thought why not stick to old is gold and post some old memories, heres a poem I wrote when I was 11.
WINNERS
They are different from others
They stand upright
While others brood
To take a short route
But they must understand
How much winners withstand
The obstacles that deter their way
Its only their painstaking preperation
And indomitable determination
Those unremarkable adventures
They undertake and venture
While losers choose the beaten track
And their hopes always become slack
But winners are dedicated to their work
They are resolved to achieve their goal
Poised for every anguish and fear
And beam at the standing ovation that congratulates them
But prior to this victory
The obstacles they have to face
Its arduous for them but still they never give up
And never stooped by to hear the jeering throng
They strive and strive for the summit to negotiate
And have always anticipated everything positively
But this is just the genesis
In a child, a winner is a prodigy
And have blazed a trail for others
But are also auxiliary
Who have resolved to accomplish the crowning moment
But no matter what milestones are there in their path
They are always self-assured
And have always inspired nad empowered
Innumerable people
Astoundingly facing every barrier
That they come across
No need to be urged! They lead themselves
To achieve their mission
Those are the winners
They are EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVERS!
''To be brave does not mean not to fear, but to have fear but still not give in.''
If we would conquer our fears, it would be so easy to pass every hurdle coming across and to win every battle. So very easy....but why do we fear at all? Why are we subjected to being weak? Is it because we let our mind play with our emotions. Why do we let ourselves be tricked?
Fear is natural, its inevitable. But what we can control is the way we analyse things. To become depressed is what we all go through, one time or the other, but if we fight through that, we are not weak, we are strong. When we become sad, we let our emotions and fellings in a free-flow phase. It means, that whatever we think, whether it is a reality or not, we tend to believe it because our mind fromour past experiences wants to fill in the gaps that are left unanswered to assume something without knowing it.
If you have some question unanswered, some thing bugging you, getting on your nerves and annoying you out of your wit, do remember this, if life was a perfect bed of roses, we wouldn't have faced difficulties. We cannot expect all our questions to be answered...emotions and feelings can tie you between pain and pleasure, At this time, it is best not to feel anything at all, as our mind only causes illusions which in our desperateness we believe.
If somebody else cause us pain, we are not those who take revenge.
Because, if we do, then we are only joining them, and not helping us.
Don't lose your identity, don't become someone else, be you.
so here's my new poem, I seriously had no time to fancy with the font....
Hollow
By NMK 14th nov'08
Every moment has melted away
Every joy seems miles apart
And even though I have much to say
Its all imprisoned inside my heart
I feel hollow and helpless
Lonely and worthless
And though I realize I'm here to stay
My own feelings to myself I betray
I just can't stand here with tears that rolled down
I just can't wait longer for life to frown
At who I was or what I am
I'm not myself anymore
I feel hollow and helpless
Cold and expressionless
To forget pleasure so dear meant to me
To feel those emotions which were so happy
The future I cannot say, even though its mine
Just seems to reveal nightmares with passing time
And even if I want to move on, to fulfill my dreams
I feel shattered and empty
I feel dreary and motionless
My feelings I can't express
I feel solitary and depressed
With all reveries suppressed
Just lost here in stressCuz' I feel hollow and helpless….
I had my social studies exam today, but thats not what I want to write about, Just before the exam started I whispered to my friend, ''we are going to hit the world record on cheating today.''
I am a die-hard fan against cheating, but a lot of girls do it in my class. They don't really mind, I guess, but they also don't realise that they are failing themselves, a girl who sits beside me does it simply all the time. I have a heck of a problem telling her that I won't be telling her the answers during a test, but she only opposes, kind of like becomes crazy over it that I'm s'posed to help her since I'm her friend, but I don't think friends encourage each other to cheat?
I believe that if you don't study, its also not right to take credit from girls who did. A lot of girls just succumb to this pressure because they don't want to see their friends down... but thats not all, even the toppers cheat! Are they even worth being called toppers if they do all that illegal stuff? Nope, not for me.
Its so sad that the only methods most of the students are resorting to nowadays is through totally unfair means, true, they are concerned about their marks, but if they were so concerned at all, why not study in the first place. This has become hardcore reality.
You'd see the scene at a typical mall here, and you would say everything has modernized, the wrong way of course.........from fashionistas to gadget maniacs, fitness freaks, blah, blah.
Teens nowadays, trying to create a style statement wherever they go, just can't be left out of all the fun, but the hot topic is , they just forget their limits.
I don't say that they shouldn't have their freedom, but when you are just overusing everything, you are the most likely one to fall into trouble.
Here's the major headlines on girls, if our dress code is abaya here, then we as may follow it, hmmm, it seems not everybody is happy with that, a sheer black drape but inside you wear body hugging tees and skin tight jeans, because you think you are the next miss universe, for me, doesn't make any sense.With tons of makeup(this exaggeration may turn into reality, who knows!) and pumps which just torture your heel at the end of the day, just for the sake of it?
Puh-leeze!
And then, what's with the boys, they can prove more than a match...a guy walked right past me who seemed like a regular show-off (eve-teasing) with ''yeah-right'' written on his t-shirt while the look on his face showed that he barely knew what it meant, another peculiarity in saudi boys. No way, thats not peculiar, thats what everyone is doing around here, just so that they get coined as, let me say, someone ''kewl''. Thats seriously not it, but there are exceptions.
A few people who still have the word called ''decency'' in their dictionary. And this not only refers to teens but also adults who just are bent on folllowing the same trend.
Mom and dad just trying to make us youngsters (who think they have become Barack Obama )understand, that all this is just plain ''INSANE'' but nah! We say, ''who cares, ma???? This is what all my friends do, I gotta keep up with them!'' Parents do care, its not like they raised us for nothing. So it all has to end here, doesn't it, kids say they are getting bugged, parents say they are getting nagged... WHEN IS THIS GOING TO STOP??? But sometimes, we are mistaken, because we will be like trying to quench our thirst of sitting on the web, and then we will study, but nope, according them, nope, we won't.
But I'm not going to let my parents down on this, I'll make them proud.
But at the end of it, any teen would say ''yeah, right''
I'm practically on a roll now.......................veered through all the tests and practicals with flying colours! Thats half the battle won, and I gotta win the other half.
This is gonna be fun, exams are gonna be fun... nope, I'm no nerd. I'm just seeking for the pleasure of this exam aftermath, you know what I'm talking about-THE HOLIDAYS! I get out of this mess as soon as I can, time does fly, lets give it a little motivation, shan't we?
And then there are a lot of creative things I'll hook on to in my free time, books or reading can be a personal fav, and there are of course many things to do, lets just say we can't really list them.
A busy week ahead, I'm hoping I'll top again, Inshallah. But yeah, this is going to be my bread and butter...
I was wondering what I should write about, I'm so running out of ideas!
love,
xxx NaSh xxx
You get used to the pressure from school and the innumerable number of things you have to finish, talking about the future........nope, I am just getting stressed. Everything's just gone ay-okay for a week and then its like, my brain keeps spinning like a carousel. At least, thats how it feels right now. I have a crave to be with my best friend right now, because I know she'd help me a lot through this.......And I'm pretty much bored of whats happening around. No adventure, no thrills, (sigh) what a pity. This week is gonna be one heck of a riot, I'm hoping I'll get by fine and dandy by the time it all ends and no one ends up in a mess.
I have a joke to end today's post with,
A guy just sets up his own business but it doesn't prosper. But one day, he sees a man outside his office, so this guy thinks that he has to impress the other man and picks up the phone (although it doesn't work) , starts talking about really awesome deals, contracts and a million-dollar investments. When he finally puts the phone down he asks this man, ''how may I help you?''
And pat comes the reply ''I have come to repair your phone, sir!''
BYE!
Woaaaaaaaaaah!
Did I have a totally hectic and outrageous day at school! Just when everything's turning topsy turvy and exams are round the corner (what a hopeful thought!), projects, assignments, loads of revision and at the end of the day you would wonder, do I just have enought time for everything that I used to do back before. And it takes about a second to reply, ''nah!''
This is just a really big mess, and we have not the slightest idea to get an edge, well, thats about it. After all, no pain, no gain, you gotta get serious, work hard and then get a good result....Inshallah. And then you wait for the vacations, ever so-delightful and calm and, and? The options are listless. Time to put your thinking caps on, and get fast and furious!
wish luck to all my friends, they'll need it!
We may have been practically be expecting the same dreary monotonity of tuesday-of school. And just to make things worse, we had an economics test, which could be a bit of trouble(if you didn't learn) It wasn't until before break, when there was a stir of excitement in our class, that we realized it may be going to rain, since nobody failed to notice the overcast clouds, which would certainly bring hopes of freedom of getting wild out in the rare showers that arrive in Jeddah.
Which meant, we didn't have any patience to wait for the bell to ring, so pleading the teacher and enticing or tempting her too, we burst out of the door, waiting to see the miracle........
If it was lunch, everyone skipped it so that they could get drenched, literally, the sky was the limit to ecstacy! And then, as they say ''time flies'' the recess got over, but the passion to enjoy didn't. We had Math next, and we didn't like to look like some chemically imbalanced nutties in front of sir, so while we came back to our class, like we just went swimming, it was a while before the populated playground got empty.... That was yesterday.
On monday, we had our practicals for biology, which couldn't be anymore boring; but the major fun was when we had to identify the cell under a microscope which took the concentration of a brain surgeon........until.........yeah! We finally discovered what it was!!!! The label of the slide was covered with tissue, when we last saw the slide it was perfectly covered hiding the cell's name we had to identify, but the next time, some wacko had ripped the tissue and we the cell's name got revealed. Of course, we didn't forget to thank God. The cell turned out to be what we thought it was, in the first place, honestly! So you coudn't call that cheating at all. No offence committed.......
Thats it for now, I mean, everyone has been busy studying and so was I.
see ya next time,
Allahafiz!
This kind of refers to what happened umm, umm don't know when, in my physics class, and believe me there's no girl who likes saturday in our class, because we have two physical science periods.
And yeah, that obviously means you have to break your head trying to understand about mole concepts, molar mass and ever formidable empherical formulas. And of course, that also meant that no one wanted to leave school in a pretty lousy mood, so we just went beyond our limits, I mean, anyone would have to be an 'ideal' bookworm or teacher's stuff if they want to get that crap explained to them, and as the saying goes''what goes in one ear, passes out from the other.'' we followed that religiously. Not bad at all, because the teacher was disgusted with our unruly behaviour, and we kept cracking a series of jokes to annoy her even more...
By we, I mean the whole class, not just me and my clowny friends, two sitting at the back were asking me, like, maybe every two seconds? ''are you getting what mam is talking about?.''
Oh yeah, thats when I got angry, if you are topper, who said you can't have fun?Pointless, totally to solve the intensely exasperating numericals that she kept showering at us. So I just told my friends,''hey, i'm not 'trying' to understand what she is saying, okay?'' Nobody wanted to become a crackpot anyway. Thats when the atmosphere became really hilarious, and it didn't take long for our 'poor' teacher to understand that we were restless nitwits. And with the girls glancing at their watches, now and then, last class, wanna run back home. I'd swear i'd have raced a ferrari back home. (exaggeration, of course). Then she shot out a question, about the molecular formula of some bizarre element, and because some part of my brain just responds to the word''study'' , I was the only one, ended up giving the answer, in a second, left the class gaping at me.
well, thats that, I had no intention to embarrass my friends, Its okay, though because we keep having a lot of fun, and a lot of girls just keep telling me that their mum and dad, you know, keep asking them, ''is that all you got to do in your class.'' Of course, they only get a face with a question mark on it as a reply. No new thing, whether you take that the serious way or the funny way..........
And there was this other day, when a friend's chocolate got stolen, hehe, funny thing about that is, the poor chocolate would never have imagined that it would get such a lot of attention like making wanted posters, or offering a reward for it! (there's a story behind that too, the reward was first 50 halalas, now thats bad, so yeah, I decided to become a bit more generous, we changed the reward to 50 lakhs for a stupid twix, that didn't look as funny when I changed it to 5o lakh to the power of infinite!) The kiddos obviously cheered me, and I said, ''this chance comes once in a lifetime, you don't wanna let it slip, anyone got the choc in their tummy, give it up.'' too bad, nobody was interested in becoming a gazillionaire. We can thus, conclude that the girls in my class are no greedy, but plenty smart, after me of course :) Don't mind, that I'm overacting, its just for fun, just to give a few giggles. And now, changing tracks, to the renowned history class, where no one fails to keep their eyes, uh, what should I say, shut? I mean, yes, there are exceptions, but thats the real challenge, and after the class, we'd be like oh, we would be better at a slumber party, but nobody ever does sleep in slumber party's, right?
okay,....... I might be confusing you guys, sorry for that. There was a time before the vacations, when some gals from our class were caught throwing water on each other, which of course, calls for detention? Or.... maybe not, because when you get to be in my school, we don't get detention, because if we do, then we just follow snicker's slogan. ''don't stop'' . And our class teacher got the fun of it all, when she said that we had to get a boat to get in or class, which was headlines.
Now what makes me perfectly wonder, why on earth a lousy boat, why not a titanic???
Because it got sunk? no way, that can't be at right.
But yes, just to keep my blog going, I'll keep posting tid-bits from school, and spreadin a smile across your face whenever I can, have a couple of more instances to share, but I have to go, go? where? I have no idea, but I'll keep writing!
:D CHEERS!!!!!!! :D
ASSALAMALIKUM,
Oh, boy! I'm back in Jeddah! Alhumdulillah. But thats not all. School's up ahead, and its like, i didn't even touch my holiday homework. And now i'm wondering at bed at night, yes! Meeting with friends again, having the ever-delightful chitchats, entertaining others or vice-versa, yeah, thats when you think of the bright side of it all. But if you are that kind of guy or girl who gets freaked up or a pessimist, you can't help being annoyed at the thought,''Oh God! how on earth am I going to cope!??''
Well, thats natural. But if you have topped your form then, its a bit creepy, when the teachers kind of expect you to be that ''outstanding'' student. At least, thats my condition. About the time I left the airport, it was like my brain froze or something; when reality just sinked in and it gave a jelly-like feeling in your stomach. I didn't go out a lot this time, just kept spending time with family. But this year I got kind of real close to all my realtives, you know, grandparents, cousins....
And you just don't want to leave them, I tried to ignore the thought that I would be leaving them, but it kept popping just right back into my head. And when I realised that it may be a whole year before i meet them again (hope so, Inshallah!) it was almost like I was choking.
''what? go away from them? Are you kidding me?''
Anyway, guess change does change everything, and I'm ready to adapt.
And about Eid, this goes to family, friends and the rest of the world!
EID MUBARAK!
AHLAN WA SAHLAN!
(which is a greeting in arabic
Its the 27th odd night in India today, and i still found time to post something useful for all muslims on my blog.
My friend has sent it, a few things we could do to please Allah.
''As Salamlalikum!!
As we head on to the last ten day of Ramadan, I thought I'd share an article which explains how to fully benefit from this period :)With Ramadan fast approaching to an end, lets try to increase our worship as much as possible
LaylatulQadr (the Night of Power) is described in the Quran as, 'better than a thousand months' (97:3). Any action done on this night such as reciting the Quran, remembering Allah, etc. is better than acting for one thousand months which do not contain the night of Qadr.Allah's Messenger used to exert himself in devotion during the last ten nights to a greater extent than at any other time.' (Muslim). Allah'speace and blessings be upon our beloved Prophet.The Prophet said: 'Whoever prays during the night of Qadr with faith and hoping for its reward will have all of his previous sins forgiven.'(Bukhari and Muslim recorded from Abu Huraira).
Here are some tips of things we can do on the Night of Power and the time before and after it.
1. Take a vacation for Allah.We take a break from our jobs for almost everything in life. Why not this time to focus on worshiping and thanking our Creator.If this is not possible at least take a few days off if you can. This can make it easier to stay awake at night to do extra Ibadah, not having to worry about getting to work the next day. It will also facilitate doing Itikaf.
2. Do I'tikaf.It was a practice of the Prophet to spend the last ten days and nights of Ramadan in the masjid for I'tikaf.
3. Make this special Dua.Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: I asked the Messengerof Allah: 'O Messenger of Allah, if I know what night is the night of Qadr, what should I say during it?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, You are pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.' '(Ahmad, Ibn Majah,and Tirmidhi).The transliteration of this Dua is 'Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu'annee'
4. Recite the Quran.Perhaps you can choose Surahs or passages from the Quran, which you have heard in Tarawih this past Ramadan to recite.If you attend a class where the recitation of the Quran is taught, this is a great time to put your knowledge into practice.
5. Reflect on the meaning of the Quran.Choose the latest Surah or Surahs you've heard in Tarawih and read their translation and Tafseer. Then think deeply about their meaning and how it affects you on a personal level.
6. Get your sins wiped out.Abu Huraira narrated that the Messenger said: Whoever stands (in prayer) in Laylatul Qadr while nourishing his faith withself-evaluation, expecting reward from Allah, will have all of his previous sins forgiven. [Bukhari and Muslim).Don't just pray using the shorter Surahs that you know. Try to makeyour prayers longer, deeper and meaningful. If you are familiar with longer Surahs, read the translation and explanation and then pray reciting these Surahs, carefully reflecting on the meaning while you pray.Even if you are only familiar with the shorter Surahs, read the translation and explanation beforehand, and then pray reflecting on the message of the Surahs.This is a good way to develop the habit of concentration, even in regular prayers, where many of us tend to be fidgety and/or easily distracted.
7. Make a personal Dua list. Allah loves to hear from us. Once this list isready, you can do three things:Ask Allah to give you those things.Think about what actions you have taken to get those things. Develop a work plan to get those things in future.
8. Evaluate yourself. Do an evaluation of where you are and where you are going. Let this evaluation lead you to feel happiness for the good you have done and remorse for the bad you have done. This latter feeling should make it easier to seek Allah's sincere forgiveness when making the Dua mentioned in tip number one above.
9. Make long, sincere and deep Duas. One of the best times to do this is during the last part of the night.Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet said: When the last one-third of the night remains, our Lord, the Glorious One descends towards the heaven of the earth and proclaims:Who is that who supplicates for Me, and I grant his supplication? Who is that who begs Me for anything and I grant it to him? And who is that who seeks My forgiveness, and I forgive him? (Bukhari, Muslim).That means for instance, waking up one hour before Suhoor time to ask Allah for anything and everything you want that is Halal. This can be done using the Duas of the Sunnah, but also Dua in your own language,with sincerity and conviction.
10. Memorize a different Dua every night. They don't have to be long. They can be just one line. And be sure to know what they mean generally at least, even if you don't know the exact translation in English.You can put them on index cards (or and keep them with you during theday, glancing at them during work, while driving, waiting in line,etc.) Then practice them at night in prayer.
11. Have Iftar with your family. If you've spent Iftar time on weekdays in your cubicle at work alone with a couple of dates, now is the last few days you'll have this Ramadan to spend with your family. Use it wisely.
12. Take the family to Tarawih. Have your spouse and kids missed Tarawih most of Ramadan becauseyou weren't there to drive them to the Masjid, which is too far away to walk to? If so, do all of yourselves a favour and bring everyone forTarawih in these last ten nights.
13. Attend the Dua after the completion of Quran recitation. Almost all Masjids where the Imam aims to finish an entire reading of the Quran in Tarawih prayers in Ramadan will be completing their recitation in these last ten nights. They may try to end on one of theodd nights and read the Dua at the end of a reading of the Quran.Attend this particular night's Tarawih prayer with your family. See if you can attend different Masjids' Tarawih prayers the night they finish reading the Quran.
14. Finish reading a book on the Prophet. Read about the Prophet's life, which can increase your love for himand Islam by seeing how much he struggled for Allah's sake. It may inspire you to push yourself even harder during these last ten nights.This community is built on sacrifice.
15. Plan for the next year. Once you've done a self-evaluation, you can plan on where you want to go, at least in the next 12 months. Laylatul Qadr is a great night to be thinking about this (without taking away from your worship),since you'll Insha Allah, be in a more contemplative state. You may choose to dedicate one night of power for evaluation and one night for planning for the next year.
16. This should define how you would like your night, the one better than a thousand months,to be used. ''
Thats all for today, till next time....
ALLAHAFIZ!
HEY THERE....!
I'm back with a bang(exaggeration).
however, speaking about my time in India, I'm a bit upset it hasn't been as exciting as it always was, well, so far. And I believe 9 days make it hardly enough time to hip-hop or have fun, play pranks on my cousins, blah, blah..
by the way, I've a profile on facebook, by the name Nash Khan, if I promote myself on my blog, I may end up getting more friends!
well, so far so good, I'm able to post on my blogs daily, once I get back to the monotonous routine of studying, I guess, I won't be so regular.
back to learning about the british rulers again, back to doing geometry and what not.
praying to have my last 9 days here, the most enjoyable, inshallah.
I'll also see if I can post my poem tomorrow,
nash khan, signing off,
<kudos!>
YOOOOHOOOOOO!
Its eid up ahead and i'm sooo excited.
and now there are only a couple of days left, afterall, you don't get together everyday.
i'm also looking forward to loads of surprises this year cuz' I'll be celebrating it in India.
A totally new experience, and with all my cousins and granny and grandpa.
Anyway, I've been pestering mom for a few days to buy me books .and when you are bored, BOOKS ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS. I love traveling into the world of adventure and magic, suspense and thrillers. it all adds to the pure delight of leafing through those pages.
changing tracks,
i've got to go myself to pray and do Ibadah since its Ramadan.
till then, KUDOS!
