Simple moments with rich memories......

Assalamualaikum.......


It has become a mammoth task for me to sit and do any work on my computer..mashAllah I have 13 people right now in my home...aunts and cousins.Though i'm not complaining..its soo much fun specially when we go to sleep with all 6 or so cuzins stretched out on the floor..fighting for the Cooler Fan to be turned in their direction and recording our voices by singing wedding songs and in the midst as some one bursts out giggling all start laughing uncontrollably (for no reason at all)..ah! the fun in stupidities with your loved ones is so cherishing....But no fun is complete without the presence of a dictator who is feared by the mischief makers and this role is rightly played by my dear Mother..
the moment footsteps would be heard on the staircase all of us would just dart here and there and lie in a sleeping position with the plug of recorder pulled mercilessly by the sensible one.And never did it turn out to be mother ..always it was someone of our group whom we hadn't noticed missing and was kind enough to bring a bottle of chilled water for everyone(it soo hot nowadays that we r forvevr thirsty and its a daunting task to leave even a second of excitement amidst a game going on - to go downstairs and fetch a bottle of cold water from the refrigerator so all lazy fellows wait for someone to go down for some work and come along with water )...Ever heard of Murphy's Laws? Well i would like to add one more law to them..whenever we thought it was some kid coming up and kept on talking till late hour ..we found my dear mom standing in the doorway and we all sheepishly scurried hither and tither....
Some moments are so simple yet with rich memories...which always make you feel fresh when you recall them..like- Long talks on the prayer mat..(then realizing how late it was quickly getting back to pray)...listening to nasheeds,islamic lectures and recordings of our cousins and uncles when they were kids (and some who are no more in this world)...going to a cuzin's place coz we got the news he's got engaged and without any notice all reached his place and sang songs and whatever our aunt bought we just wiped the plates clean despite my dear mom glaring at us..hahaa..(no no we r not spoiled brats..just coz all were togethere after such a long time all were going bonkers).
Then by Allah's grace in the past few weeks the weather used to become so pleasant in the evening with cool breeze followed by rain and POWER CUTS...it was soo heavenly...all playing "chinese whisper" and getting punishments...One cousin of mine had come to study shakespeare from me and in a span of 15 days we studied i guess for hardly 10 hours..the moment we started studying ..we drifted from "othello" and "CAndida" to childhood days, sharing our problems and stuff! We also had sessions of tye and dye ( dying clothes in different colours with beeautiful designs emerging)...Pulling eachother's leg and teasing my elder cousin who is to be engaged inshAllah...... Going to the railway station to see off one cousin who was going back,(i'lll post the pic of the old station in my next post inshAllah)..man! these past days were so good mashAllah....thanks to Allah...btw 6 of my cuzins left today....it seems so bad...but still Alhamdulillah there are many people...and finally on 11th of june all will leave , even my mom, and only my younger sis , me and my aunt will be left *sniff*.
But on 23rd my younger sis and me will also leave and join mom,and my bro INSHALLAH..yippppeeeeee.

Well....i guess this is the most silly thing i've ever written...sooo childish is my style in this post...but i'll publish it anyway and for those of you who have been bored to death by going throught the ardent task of reading it till the end..i appreciate your patience..mashAllah.

TAGGGEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I have been tagged by Ambareen
so here goes:

1. Do you think you are hot?
Nah Alhamdulillah i have a normal temperature..not running from fever!

2.upload your favorite picture of you?
Ah! this beauty is hidden by the command of Allah ...

3.why do you like nature?
Becoz it gives me a feeling of peace and brings me close to Allah as i ponder on Allah's creation..

4.when was the last time you ate pizza?
maybe 5 or 6 months back...

5.The last song you were listening to......?
"Sing Children of the world..."- Dawud Wharnsby Ali Sing Children Of the World

6.What are you doing right now besides this?
writing a mail to my friend, chatting with my cuzin and listening to nasheeds

7.What name would you prefer besides yours?
I just LOVE my present name alhamdulillah!

8.people to tag:
Pen Marks

9.who is no.1?
My younger sis.

10.no.3 is having a relationship with?
no.3 is very pious and a practising muslim ..mashAllah..he doesn't get involve in haram raltionships muhahaha

11.Say something about your best friend?
She is someone with whom i have shared the best of my sweet memories an who's always there for me with a sound advice.............LOVE YA MATE..Alhamdulillah...

12.how about your enemy?
enemy...i have no enemies Alhamdulillah.

13.who is the best person in the world?
Prophet Mohammad (Salallaho Alayhi Wassallam)

update

Assalamualeikum people,
this is just a quick (instant) post to say that I'm going for a trip to my grandmother's village, where i have spent my best childhood days and which hold my most cherished memories.....will be back soon inshallah, so hoping that i bring some more memories back with me and have some of them to share with you............ah, it's nostalgia time.......catch you soon again, friends.
until then,
wassalam.

I'm BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Assalamualaikum....
Its been ages since I posted ( oh! i have often typed this statement on my blog..hahah)..and i should admit my mind is still blank and my writing skills have quite rusted in the past stagnant months (or years..hmmm..can't remember).
Anyway inshAllah will come up with something...Just finished my exams ("just" means almost a month..hehe) .

Exams bring an important aspect to my mind.. Exams always bring me closer to Allah or I should say I am more focussed in my Salah and more fervent in my duas..ISn't that selfish?? But I remember 2 years back i lost my brother's and mine passport..you can imagine the tension it can give mainly because it meant we won't be able to travel to meet our parents , plus undergoing the tedious process of getting it issued again.. Anyway, the moment we got to know my bro and me both started parying nafl,doing duas ardently and reading Quranic ayahs for retaining lost items...It made me question my Aunt that isn't it soo selfish on our part? She replied in her soothing manner that when a person strays away from good deeds Allah subhanota'la makes the person undergo a small trial..if the person is patient and turns to Allah then Allah is happy but....if he still doesn't pay heed then Allah leaves him to his own state. and man that's scary...what are we without our Lord? So never let that damned Satan trick you into thinking that -like, "duh! its so selfish of me to pray when in misery or during exams"...Yeah! ideally we should be thankful and devoted to Allah in every state of our life but what teeny bit of good deed you can do don't let it go waste..coz on the day of Qiyamat even a small good deed can save us from hell fire..(just like that sinful woman who was forgiven just coz she gave water to a thirsty dog!).So be steadfast as much as you can. and Allah knows best.
P.S-In the unlikely case that you have endured reading uptill here..then first of all congratulations for your patience and thanks for taking the pains to read my post..JazakAllah...have a nice day. ~Cool Muslimah~

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Assalamualaykum all muslim and muslimas!!

RAMADAN KAREEM!!

I just want to write ANYthing...so this post maybe boring.

Whenever we do something first time the excitement we go through is amazing and you can never feel it the second time you do it. The nervousness, the eagerness, all such emotions rise in a very ecstatic manner..

Few instances of my life are perfect example of this:-

1. The first time I was returning home after spending 4 months in hostel (or dormitory) .. the excitement i felt on returning home was sooooo much... i remember that as soon as it was announced that the plane was landing on the airport I felt butterflies in my stomach and the moment the plane touched the ground and came to a halt I immediately stood up , grabbed my trolley bag and was the first one to come on the airport.. Even my family was soo eagerly awaiting my arrival.. My brother and cousin were standing in front of my home.. my sister had decorated the room we share. All my requests were fulfilled, i was pampered and the time to go came soon..One month just flew by.. As the time came everyone tried to hold back their emotions.. I recall the night i was packing .. my Father kept pacing from his room to my room..he asked 'is there anything you want., any restaurant you want to go, any place you want to visit?" I felt so heavy hearted.. . Everyone put up a happy face and i departed on the airport controlling my emotions very skilfully.. But the moment I sat on the airport waiting for the announcement to board the plane ..i opened my diary .. saw 3 statements written for me by my mother, lil sister and my sweet caring brother.. I read them and silent tears slid on my face.....................

2.This memory is so embedded in my mind.. i'll never ever forget it.. it is one of those moments which leave a lasting impression on you.

We were going for umrah .. though Alhamdulillah i have done umrah twice but the journey of the first trip is etched so vividly in my mind.. Our bus reached /meeqat (the place where we put on our ehraam) and then we came back and sat in our bus..From that place onwards all male passengers were reciting the talbiya-"labbaik allahumma labbaik.................." and the whole bus was echoing with it.... With our bus on its way to Mekkah, big boulders on either sides of the road, vast desert.... and the talbiya with its words " I respond to Your call O Allah, I respond to Your call, and I am obedient to Your orders, You have no partner, I respond to Your call All the praises and blessings are for You, All the sovereignty is for You, And You have no partners with you" .. The whole atmosphere was electrifying.. I cried and cried ....
Then my father pointed out the board which marked the beginning of Masjid-Al-Haram boundary.. My brother asked where?? I couldn't bring myself to speak out .. i felt so emotional on thinking that I had at last reached THE place...Alhamdulillah.

BEST and MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT- when our eyes first rested upon the MIGHTY and GLORIOUS Kaabah.... A lasting impression which can be felt and not described.

~ that's all for now folks~

~take care~

It was time to go to india..gifts were purchased...suitcases jam packed!! We reached india and i had specially remembered 2 bring some things for the womenfolk who work at our place-cooking cleaning making roti..............U might be thinking what's thr gr8 deal in buying a gift for some house maid? wait wait...i'm coming to the point.I happily gave her the pair of slippers and earrings i had bought for her and the toys for her kids..But............................she just turned the pair of slipper in her hands and said"that's all u have bought for me?" ..I felt stung,bad!! Its not that i wanted her 2 bow or curtesy me or even thank me.It was just her ungratefulness that shook me.
It made me realize that wait!.........don't i do it many a times.When i buy something i badly wanted i just frown and say with a sigh "how i wish i could get a better one"!! Never giving a thought that Allah subhano ta'ala blessed me and i'm turning it down without even thinking of the scores of people who do not have it.....instead of saying "alhamdulillah" for the thing i have bought i am already thinking of some other "good and better" thing that i now want desperately.
It happens with us many times.We get some awesome set of clothes, a beautiful mobile set.....how many times do we thank our creator Allah...do we always read the dua of wearing new clothes?? or we tend to forget it in our ungratefulness.Our exam goes fabulous do we thank Allah or r v so naive that v think its our own genious mind which did it? fail to look at the so many blessing (naimat) that Allah has bestowed upon us be it parents, siblings, good frenz , eyes to see , legs to walk and lastly the biggest blessing which can be bestowed on any human being-I AM A MUSLIM!! isn't it the greatest thng one can get...to be saved from the hell fire, to know Allah is always there for u.

LATE COMEBACK!!

Assalam-o-alaykum

I was away since sep....whew!!

anyway.. a lot happened since then.The latest being Saddam's execution.Some people say he was a tyrant so he got what he deserved.Had the iraqis themselve hanged him i wouldn't had any problem..but who is the US to butt in every matter??
They themselves are killing thousands of iraqi civilians, torturing innoccents in abu Ghraib,Guantonamo..........and hanging a dictator of his own country in which they themselves have created a havoc.What an irony!!

May Allah forgive him and give everyone hidaya,ameen.