Monday, July 25, 2011
Why life is not as bad as it seems #6
Because $3 dollars is better than none.
Useless story
Few months ago I tried to sell this one book I really disliked. The book store guy said "umm $1" first, then said, "actually we don't even have this book in our database." I remember telling my Professor how much I disliked the book and he shouldn't make his students read that book in the future, and he said "NO."
So I took the book in today along with some other books to sell, and they gave me 3 bucks for it. I am really glad to get rid of that book. I am one of those people who can't throw books away. I still have books from 6th grade. So the only way I can get rid of them is by giving them away or selling them.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Why life is not as bad as it seems #5
Because even after crying my eyes out for feeling helpless there is this feeling that "everything will be okay. God will fix it" Having faith in Allah just makes everything okay. He fixed everything before and he will fix everything now.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Why life is not as bad as it seems #4
I saw 3 different movies at the theater today.
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 2 was amazing. I wanted to watch it again the second the movie ended.
I love Movie therapy!
I love Movie therapy!
Monday, July 18, 2011
IWhy life is not as bad as it seems #3
Because I lost friends, and as much as it hurt, it made space for new friends. Friends who make me laugh, who brighten up my day. They inspire me to be myself, and many times better than myself.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Why life is not as bad as it seems #2
Because today I got to wake up at 12:30 pm, and I did not get scolded by my mother.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Why life is not as bad as it seems #1
Because when I say or do something really dumb, instead of calling it as it is my friends say things like "you are so cute" or "I love you."
Sure my brother and sister pretend to dislike my moments but they still can't help but laugh.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Rain in Florida
Just this morning I woke up and found out it was raining. No big deal, I live in Florida, it rains here every other day during this season. Not to mention I like the rain. Unless it messes with my absolute favorite tv show that can't be watched online or a very important football match, I truly don't care much. I don't even care when the power goes out due to the heavy rain and I end up driving on pitch dark roads at night, alone. The sight of seeing south Tampa flooded doesn't scare me. I am usually so used to the hot weather, such things tend to make my life more interesting. So this morning I didn't care that the rain ruined the cook out plan I made with my friends. If we can't have a BBQ in the park, we can always have it indoors. And that is exactly what we did. I didn't mind going out in the rain to grab things from my car, and when my friends offered me their jackets and umbrellas I said it was not necessary, and they were being overprotective. That was precisely the same thing I told my dad when he offered me his umbrella later on in the day. After all I like Rain :D
But then I got stuck middle of no where. A road I have never been to and have never heard of. The car stopped working, there was no one around not a single person. 911 and 411 was no help. (911 should not be called the emergency line. They didn't even seem to empathize.. The 5 towing companies I called didn't know where I was and water started getting inside my car. Everything seemed to go wrong and all I could think was how thankful I was for everything, and how things could be much worse. I could have a smaller car and my car would've drowned sooner. I could have had no phone, or a phone with no charge but I had two phones at my disposal. I could be totally alone, but I had my dad with me. My dad was really tired though, and he was starving. My dad is my weakness. I thought it was so movie/ tv show like. My sister and I always joke around when such things come up. What if we become the next "Criminal Minds" case? Get stranded middle of no where and get killed. I wish she was with me because if a "Criminal Minds" case was to happen that would be the perfect place. However nothing like that happened. And after cancelling on handful of towing companies, getting yelled by them, and waiting 4 hours middle of no where, a random towing truck came from no where, and the guy dropped us home.
Things I learned about myself today:
Allah is always looking out for me, today could've been much worse.
I am actually quite a strong person, as long as my family is not involved in the situation I always see the bright side of the things.
I can be quite realistic because I didn't mind for a second that I was wearing flip flops and my feet were under the dirty icky water.
I think that's about it. I just had to write it down. Because till today my biggest rain story was when I gave a complete stranger a ride to his work in heavy rain. The guy jokingly hit on me on the way, I didn't know if he was serious or he was just being nice because I helped him. What I remembered most that day was that I had the courage to help a guy knowing it could've gone bad. And when the guy called me an angel and said he hoped good things would happen to me it made everything worth it. I really needed that good wish, because a big test for my family was coming up. And Alhamdulillah it went well.
Before that my biggest rain story was the time I tried saving a bird from a mean cat, but that didn't go too well and it haunted me for a while.
But then I got stuck middle of no where. A road I have never been to and have never heard of. The car stopped working, there was no one around not a single person. 911 and 411 was no help. (911 should not be called the emergency line. They didn't even seem to empathize.. The 5 towing companies I called didn't know where I was and water started getting inside my car. Everything seemed to go wrong and all I could think was how thankful I was for everything, and how things could be much worse. I could have a smaller car and my car would've drowned sooner. I could have had no phone, or a phone with no charge but I had two phones at my disposal. I could be totally alone, but I had my dad with me. My dad was really tired though, and he was starving. My dad is my weakness. I thought it was so movie/ tv show like. My sister and I always joke around when such things come up. What if we become the next "Criminal Minds" case? Get stranded middle of no where and get killed. I wish she was with me because if a "Criminal Minds" case was to happen that would be the perfect place. However nothing like that happened. And after cancelling on handful of towing companies, getting yelled by them, and waiting 4 hours middle of no where, a random towing truck came from no where, and the guy dropped us home.
Things I learned about myself today:
Allah is always looking out for me, today could've been much worse.
I am actually quite a strong person, as long as my family is not involved in the situation I always see the bright side of the things.
I can be quite realistic because I didn't mind for a second that I was wearing flip flops and my feet were under the dirty icky water.
I think that's about it. I just had to write it down. Because till today my biggest rain story was when I gave a complete stranger a ride to his work in heavy rain. The guy jokingly hit on me on the way, I didn't know if he was serious or he was just being nice because I helped him. What I remembered most that day was that I had the courage to help a guy knowing it could've gone bad. And when the guy called me an angel and said he hoped good things would happen to me it made everything worth it. I really needed that good wish, because a big test for my family was coming up. And Alhamdulillah it went well.
Before that my biggest rain story was the time I tried saving a bird from a mean cat, but that didn't go too well and it haunted me for a while.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
20 things that ruin or fix my mood.
20 things that ruin my mood
1. My mom.
2. The feeling of being left out or forgotten.
3. Hunger.
4. Not finiding the right words to express myself or suppressing my desire to tell someone he or she is an ignorant moron.
5. Hearing things like " No one likes it," or " No one wants it." One can't speak for everybody else in the world, so statements like those are invalid.
6. When a tv or movie character I like gets ruined through bad stories, or bad pairing.
7. Being pressured into doing anything I don't like or don't do. It never works, I don't do pressures (okay maybe I give in 1 out of a 100 times) All the persuasion just leaves me in a bad mood and I get irritated, not to mention it makes me dislike the person who was trying.
8. Writing something that doesn't invoke or convey the right feelings.
9. When I don't get a chance to confront someone who makes a false comment about me.
10. Feeling a person doesn't like me, and not knowing why.
11. When other people expect me to like something I dislike. I have nothing against them liking it. I just want those individuals to understand somethings are not my type, therefore I don't like them. Yesterday my mom was telling how this light fuchsia colored salwar Kameez would look great on me. I hate that color, I would never wear something in that color. I am not saying it's an ugly color and no one should ever wear it. I just don't like it for myself. Same goes for political views, great actors, actresses, singers, countries, cities, states. Just because it's great doesn't mean I have to like it.
12. Making phone calls. I hate hate hate phone calls. It's surprising considering I spent almost 2-3 years on phone during high school. Barely slept at night because I was on the phone with all my friends at night. Some nights I didn't even sleep.
Will think of more
20 things that fix my mood
1. Reading, or listening to the Quran.
2. Watching favorite football players' videos, or reading really really good articles on them.
3. Messing with graphics, or Video mixing.
4. Drowning myself in all things pretty. Pretty people, pretty clothes, pretty shoes, pretty rooms, pretty places.
5. A really good book that makes me re-evaluate things.
6. Hearing from a close one what they think of me. Genuine, thoughtful positive comments of course, don't mind a bit of negative as long as I think they are true and they are mixed with positives.
7. Going out to eat with friends or family. It's a must for my life.
8. Cooking.
9. Spending some quality time with my sister. We don't have long talks very often, but when we do have them, it feels amazing.
10. Getting my school work done or any work for that matter, the feeling of being prepared and accomplishing things is empowering. It makes me more confident.
11. Doing something that gets praised by everyone, love it even more when my Professors share my paper with other classes.
12. Making long lists. Lists of anything. For example this one!
1. My mom.
2. The feeling of being left out or forgotten.
3. Hunger.
4. Not finiding the right words to express myself or suppressing my desire to tell someone he or she is an ignorant moron.
5. Hearing things like " No one likes it," or " No one wants it." One can't speak for everybody else in the world, so statements like those are invalid.
6. When a tv or movie character I like gets ruined through bad stories, or bad pairing.
7. Being pressured into doing anything I don't like or don't do. It never works, I don't do pressures (okay maybe I give in 1 out of a 100 times) All the persuasion just leaves me in a bad mood and I get irritated, not to mention it makes me dislike the person who was trying.
8. Writing something that doesn't invoke or convey the right feelings.
9. When I don't get a chance to confront someone who makes a false comment about me.
10. Feeling a person doesn't like me, and not knowing why.
11. When other people expect me to like something I dislike. I have nothing against them liking it. I just want those individuals to understand somethings are not my type, therefore I don't like them. Yesterday my mom was telling how this light fuchsia colored salwar Kameez would look great on me. I hate that color, I would never wear something in that color. I am not saying it's an ugly color and no one should ever wear it. I just don't like it for myself. Same goes for political views, great actors, actresses, singers, countries, cities, states. Just because it's great doesn't mean I have to like it.
12. Making phone calls. I hate hate hate phone calls. It's surprising considering I spent almost 2-3 years on phone during high school. Barely slept at night because I was on the phone with all my friends at night. Some nights I didn't even sleep.
Will think of more
20 things that fix my mood
1. Reading, or listening to the Quran.
2. Watching favorite football players' videos, or reading really really good articles on them.
3. Messing with graphics, or Video mixing.
4. Drowning myself in all things pretty. Pretty people, pretty clothes, pretty shoes, pretty rooms, pretty places.
5. A really good book that makes me re-evaluate things.
6. Hearing from a close one what they think of me. Genuine, thoughtful positive comments of course, don't mind a bit of negative as long as I think they are true and they are mixed with positives.
7. Going out to eat with friends or family. It's a must for my life.
8. Cooking.
9. Spending some quality time with my sister. We don't have long talks very often, but when we do have them, it feels amazing.
10. Getting my school work done or any work for that matter, the feeling of being prepared and accomplishing things is empowering. It makes me more confident.
11. Doing something that gets praised by everyone, love it even more when my Professors share my paper with other classes.
12. Making long lists. Lists of anything. For example this one!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
10 facts about me
1. I am very ambitious. I have a tendency to go after my dreams with full force, rather than the rational small goals I set for myself.
2. I am very passionate. If I don't have a passion for it, then I don't want it in my life. The things I have passion for define who I am. It's often the reason why I tend to be very good at the things I usually do, and very bad at the things I usually don't do.
3. Look wise I think it's important to be classy. Sometimes I can appear a little cold on the outside, but I can guarantee I am a warm person. I don't like it if the word girly is used to describe me, I like feminine better.
4. My favorite ways of relaxing are cooking, thinking about things in Sauna, pottery, eating out and sometimes writing.
5. I have an on and off relationship with my parents. Sometimes I don't care, and sometimes it really hurts.
6. I think along with being religious it's important to be enlightened. Being a Muslim I often see people practicing religion on the surface without caring about the core values.
7. I like intelligent people. I tend to lose respect for people who I don't consider intelligent. I would rather lose to an intelligent person and learn something, than win with a person who taught me nothing.
8. I like to smile and cry at the same time, and I like to laugh. Basically I like being happy.
9. I love watching movies, but I am very picky. I love documentaries, especially historical documentaries. I like certain romantic comedies and comedies in general. I love dramas based on criminal law, thrillers. I love action flicks with good looking men and up to date gadgets. I hate scary movies because it's rare a movie scares me, However once in a while I do find a good scary movie, and it scares the living shot out of me.
10. I am a living contradiction.
2. I am very passionate. If I don't have a passion for it, then I don't want it in my life. The things I have passion for define who I am. It's often the reason why I tend to be very good at the things I usually do, and very bad at the things I usually don't do.
3. Look wise I think it's important to be classy. Sometimes I can appear a little cold on the outside, but I can guarantee I am a warm person. I don't like it if the word girly is used to describe me, I like feminine better.
4. My favorite ways of relaxing are cooking, thinking about things in Sauna, pottery, eating out and sometimes writing.
5. I have an on and off relationship with my parents. Sometimes I don't care, and sometimes it really hurts.
6. I think along with being religious it's important to be enlightened. Being a Muslim I often see people practicing religion on the surface without caring about the core values.
7. I like intelligent people. I tend to lose respect for people who I don't consider intelligent. I would rather lose to an intelligent person and learn something, than win with a person who taught me nothing.
8. I like to smile and cry at the same time, and I like to laugh. Basically I like being happy.
9. I love watching movies, but I am very picky. I love documentaries, especially historical documentaries. I like certain romantic comedies and comedies in general. I love dramas based on criminal law, thrillers. I love action flicks with good looking men and up to date gadgets. I hate scary movies because it's rare a movie scares me, However once in a while I do find a good scary movie, and it scares the living shot out of me.
10. I am a living contradiction.
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