RAMADAN MUBARAK!!!!!!!!

OK. I'm sorry. I know I should have posted this earlier today, or, technically, yesterday. (It's 12:26, so, it's the 21st now). But, as it is, the first day of Ramadan always (Astaghfiruallah) catches me off guard and so I was too lazy to post anything. And I'm posting now because I just finished my taraweeh. (long story. couldn't pray with Jamaa'ah because I was too busy taking care of little brothers while trying to get my dad to get the other brother's car out because it was in front of us and my mom couldn't drive home and......)


But it's Ramadan!!! Time to forgive, right? So, let's see. This is how my first day of Ramadan 2012 went:


Suhoor: I was the first one to wake up! Just like last year!! Poor Baba, he was so stressed out and tired, especially having to wake up in the middle of the night to give Ibrahim (1.5 years) his chocolate milk because he had no dinner, Baba didn't go to work today. Oh well. I guess a day won't hurt. (YES IT WILL!!!!)


But, I wake up, then I wake up Baba, then I wake up Mama (not mom, as you should remember from one of my old posts, but uncle) and then Baba wakes up Ammi (this one is mom) and then Mama wakes up Nana (grandpa) and then they all walk to the kitchen like zombies with bad breath and bad moods, and I'm all stirring the meat and acting all cheery, like, "AsssalAAAAAAAmualaikum!!!!!!!!! It's suhoor time!!! Nana, would you like some juice? Here Mama, let me heat up that bread for you. Ammi, do you want meat?Baba, aren't you gonna eat anything else?" and basically acting like an old Nana, trying to keep all the zombies in good moods.


I had some bread and meat, 2 glasses of water, a glass of juice, half a glass of chocolate milk, and then another glass of water. But of course, all of that liquid was unfortunately out by 10:00 am. 




Well, I did my Quran, finished up some cross stitching, and then slept for 3 hours. And was I in a bad mood after that. I'm not used to taking naps, so if I see that the sun is about to go down when I wake up, and get MAD, which explains why it took me half an hour to pick out a matching hijab for my purple anarkoli (kind of like a knee length dress with matching pants.)


We were late to the Masjid, so the samosas were already gone, but we had lentil soup and tabbouleh. And after praying Maghrib, we had a dinner of rice, meat, and carrots and string beans. (not what I expected, but the meat and rice was mashaAllah, really good).


And so I take my plate and sit at my friends' table, and we're like talking and everything, and then the topic of  mathhabs come up. I don't consider myself to be of any particular mathhab, I just follow whatever is in the Sahih sunnah and Quran, so, I didn't really say much. And so one of the girls are talking, and saying, "there is Sunni, and Shafi, and Maliki, and Hanbali, and Sufi" 


And then I said, "OMG, Sufi's are creepy. They do all these stuff like stick kni-"

"I'm Sufi" says the girls talking about the mathhabs.

And let me tell you, I was SO EMBARRASSED. I mean, I'm not the type of person who'll suck up and say, "Oh, I was just kidding, I love Sufis," or something like that because I do believe that Sufi's are a deviated group of Muslims (no offence to anyone out there). So, instead, I said, "Really? Well, what I was saying was that you see videos of them sticking knives into there heads and electrifying themselves and stuff like that."

And then, she was really cool about it, alhamduliAllah, and went on to explain how "they have to lose their minds in order to get close to their heart to become close to Allah" and I just looked at my other friend J  and shared a "meaningful look". But, thankfully, the girl said that she's not "that kind of Sufi" and that she would "never do things like that". AlhamduliAllah. Cuz' I didn't want to think I was hanging around with a lunatic. And AlhamduliAllah she's not that far into all that Bid'ah.

The girls on our table were HORRIBLE about food. They literally left they're plates heaping with rice and meat. When J and I asked them to finish it, one of the girls replied, "I don't like the meat"

OK. Why did you take it?

"I forgot"

(How do forget things like that??????)

OK. Why don't you at least take it home?

"No one's gonna eat it."


I had enough. So did J. And we just left them, and I ended up telling my mom, who's a biggie of food wastage, and she went and totally told them off. When she was walking (more like jogging) towards the girls, I was like, "ooh, they are so busted. My mom's gonna TELL THEM OFF!! And J was like, "Can I watch?" and so we ended up watching them get chewed out by my mom from behind the wall.

Then J and I decided to clean the tables. And then suddenly I'm all:

*Just with a hijab and a sparkly dress on.

 So we get soap water and rags from the kitchen and wiped all of the tables clean. Just when we were doing the last table, my mom came, saw us, and then went to go and get the "I don't like the meat" girl. You could tell she was really steaming about my mom now. But oh well. You gotta do what you gotta do. And so J and I made her wipe the tables all over again. Which she finished faster than the two of us could. Hmmmmmmm.........




Well, that's enough drama for one day, I guess. This post is getting too long anyways. Salaams! And have a wonderful Ramadan!!!

Baba's Back!!!

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but my paternal grandmother has lymphoma cancer, and well, the doctors in Bangladesh aren't exactly the best in the world (more like one of the worst). So, they did something wrong, and my grandma was very close to leaving us forever. My father had to leave in a day's notice, and here is, back, 3 weeks later.
As you can see, my mother went through a lot to make this Saturday brunch (the guy on the side is not my dad. He's more like my dad's BFF :)

AlhamduliAllah, my grandmother is much better now, so, as usual, my aunt sent us lots of goodies.

My sisters got "princess dresses" and "m n m jewelry"

My goodies and jewelry:

My brother's awesome shirt:

Also, my brother's necklace. Last time my aunt sent this for my sisters, and he loved it so much, he was the one who wore it for most of the time, until, of course, he ripped it. But, this time, my aunt sent it for him - just so he doesn't attack my sisters' necklaces again. I guess this is what you get when you have a boy after three girls :)

The note says, "Ibbin (my bother Ibrahim's nickname) your necklace"

My great grandmother's paner bata. A small box where one keeps her things for her pan, a special leaf filled with flax seeds and other things. My father was able to bring it back. It's more than 50 years old. Totally vintage and antique. It's a part of our family history.

Last but not least - CHEESE!!! This is special one-of-a-kind Bengali cheese. It's unbelievably delicious.

GUESS WHAT???!!!!!!!

I JUST HAD A NEW BORN BABY BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(thats why I wasn't able to post this last week)


I AM SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7.2  pounds and 20.25 inches long

Isn't he cute!!!! <3

FuN wEek!!!!!

Hey, salaams everyone! How's everybody's life going? Mine is pretty great so far, alhamduliAllah. My uncle and grandpa are here, like I said before, and I have spring break, so, we're pretty much having a festival in our house. We're going to go strawberry picking on Saturday inshaAllah. That's also the day I try to make my special breakfasts. My uncle wanted to have pancakes, so, this is what the menu is probably going to look like:

• Pancakes (from mix, unfortunately, I don't want to experiment with scratch just now)
• Eggs (scrambled or just poached. Whatever the preference)
• Beef sausages/Turkey Bacon (which ever one I can find. Though I would prefer the turkey bacon :)
•  Fresh Fruits and Berries
• Coffee
• Smoothie (if possible. Though I doubt   anybody would want to have something so cold in the morning. Unless its warm)
• Juice
• Whipped Cream, Maple Syrup, Butter, (basically, the works)

On Sunday, my dad's going to try to take my gramps to deep sea fishing. He loves those type of things. MashaAllah, one thing I love about him, is that he's still so fit at his age. I mean, everyday, he goes outside, and walks or sits in the morning sun. Then, he comes back inside, and eats all these things, like a spoon of honey, a spoon black seeds, dates, and many other things similar to those. After that, he'll go out and stretch. After stretching, he'll go and take a shower. And then he'll eat the breakfast my mom or someone prepared for him. And he does this every single day. I mean, I can't do that. I guess, because he was left hand colonel in the Bangladesh Military, he's used to routine and sticking to it. I gotta enroll myself in something like that. I mean, I'm the most not-sticking-to-any-plan-I-make person I know :)

A Muslimah

Water Fight!!!!!

Hey Salaams girls!

Sorry haven't posted for so long. HW and testing coming up. Not to mention midterms just passed. I am very proud of myself though. I am NOT the goody-two-shoes anymore. I have officially gotten rid of that title. Here's how it happened.

Well, the whole last week, at break, the girls and I would get into "fights". More like bonding by hating. Every day, someone would do something to somebody else, like, push one of them into "Lake New Dimensions" (a HUGE pond that is created in the basketball court every time it rains). I did that :) Or we would pour juice/water on each other. Well, on Friday, things hit the climax. We divided into two teams. J, S, and N were on one, and T and I were on the other. So, we were all sitting on the benches, eating our lunches, when S gets up and says, "I'm gonna tell a joke, OK?"

Now, this sounded kinda weird, somebody announcing that, but I let it go. So, she tells a pretty lame joke, and everybody titters politely, right? So me and T were sitting next to each other on one side, with J and N sitting on the other. Suddenly, J takes a HUGE sip of juice, and sprays it all over me and T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


At first I was laughing, thinking it was an accident, until it dawned upon me that THEY HAD DONE IT ON PURPOSE. I had nothing to spill on her, so I just sat there, gaping in horror and disgust. Then S's sister, B, took her whole bottle of water and just threw it on me!!! So, now, I was in fighting mode. I saw S and N shaking hands and laughing, so I took S's water bottle and splashed as much as I could on the opposing team. Didn't get much. So, when S came and stood in front of me, I got a plan.

 "Who's water bottle is this?" I asked.
 "Mine" S said
"Can I do a waterfall?"
"Sure"

And so I filled my cheeks with water, and sprayed it all on S.
"That's what you get" I said, laughing. We all were. It was hilarious. And the look on her face was priceless. And so, we were all laughing, until J took water again and really soaked my hijab. I ran to the restroom. I got another plan.

I got the "istinja' bottle" or rather, the watering can, and filled it with water. When I step outside the building, J surprises me with a whole cup of ice cold water on my face and chest. But I act fast. I run after her with the watering can and completely drench her back. Pouring water while running after one of your best friends. Best pass time ever. 

And so, as usual, the teachers go all, "What are you doing?" and "What were you thinking?" and the classic shriek, "SAMIHA!!!!!"

We were ordered to go dry off in the restroom. We went there, gasping with laughter, apologizing for making each other so wet, and then breaking into fits of laughter again.

And so, the teachers go tell the other teachers.
And then a student/s over hear.
And then they go tell others
And then they go tell other.
And then in a matter of 10 minutes...


EVERYBODY KNOWS about the "water fight" we had. 


Talk about gossip people.

And then we get reprimanded.
And then we become celebrities for a day.
Oh, how fun.

And so, I have become the girl who played with water and drenched her friends.

THE END








Have YOU ever had a water fight?

Long Time No See Eh?

Assalamualaikum everybody!!

Just got back from BD/Dubai yesterday. Do a big post complete with pics later on. For now, I'm gonna post some cute tops from Ideeli

MY GOD I luv this dress. I think It'd look great if you paired it with this shrug

But the only problem with the dress is the height. I mean, I just can't figure out what you could wear. Because, Unless you wear pants or a skirt, there's nothing else you can wear that's not skin tight. Oh well. If anyone has ideas, please share.

This is a dress I SO want but would probably wear only once. It's so simple but fancy. That's why. But it's still drop dead gorgeous.

O MY ALLAH I am dying for this one. I mean, you could wear it practically anywhere, with a camisole or a shrug. Then pair it with some cite accessories, a pair of heels, a simple hijab, and VALA!!! You've got the perfect outfit for a small get-to-gether at a friends house or a wedding. Just wonderful I tell you. Wonderful.

OK. these are not from ideeli but somewhere else (Allah knows where) but I though they were cute. Check these out:

Very nice and feminine. All you need is matching sleeves, a hijab, a charm bracelet, some cute flats, and your ready to go. Very good for a casual outfit.

Where this with a white crochet shrug or a green cardigan and you will look FABULOUS. I mean, I love the color blocking on this one. Don't you? Perfect for just slipping on. You don't need many accessories either.

Well, that's it for today folks! See ya later!!