Spring,

Woha!

Another beautiful day here in Van. city, and am lovin it! We just had enough rain for a week: soaked in it, drank it, had it splashed on us(referring to the pedestrians) even had our almost dry rivers over-flooded and thank goodness for this beautiful weather, today i even shed my winter layer and dared to walk with light tops,

Its spring! A new begining... and for sure one of my favourite seasons for it is neither freezin cold nor skin-peelin hot! Cherry blossoms are highlighting the city streets and Sparrows are twittering... aww really mesmerizing! and those cute and always amazing squirrels are running around riot in the city gardens! the days are long so i can walk after my long day!...the sun is shining so bright and the sky is boundlessly high... with clouds spread here and there...

people are smiling and even when i opt to frown, the brightness of the day reminds me to keep the faith, smile for it is a nice day! tho cold in the am n pm, i still love it!

hope our beautiful days keep brightening our days beyond their cycle, and all the best for each and every one of us!

May Peace be Onto YOU
H.T.M.

Reflection from within...

gazing down on the turbid pond, i saw an image. I cleared my mind from all the things i carried and peered down on it. It was most amazingly fine, with all the contort on the figure... yet it intirgued me with its apparent features. i stared right at it thinking it would go away or rather hoping i was just dreaming... but was i?
i was there minutes ago, dead sure that i was thinking of it! but how can something intangible as my thought have a figure like the one i am staring at? i looked towards the horizon and saw the trees still, their leaves moving in unison where ever the wind blew it.
Bracing myself, i looked back at the pond once again and it was right there- my dream and passion- glaring at me as though saying 'what are you waiting for? go for it my dear' i saw its eyes speaking to me though no words came out of its mouth. i wondered if it would hear what i say..and without willing i started to speak..word after word my mouth tasting the saltyness of the flowing tear...
i couldnt decribe the emotions i was feeling, amazing... and most importantly rejuvinating! i felt as though i was being born once again.. into a whole being...or something like that...i felt a gentle wrap around me-warming me from within- there was love in the air soo sweet to the smell, and i hoped it will wait for me,
love i say for it was the last thing i thought of before i found myself sitted by the pond that afternoon, it was the only thing that troubled me for quite a while and perhaps since the day i was born!
Love for nature- and love for the love to answer the call of a fellow being...love being loved, and love for the sake of LOVE!

GOD knows...

Amazing how time goes fast, amazing how each of us think, and yet most amazing how things keep on going beyond all odds.

I just dont know what to say than think about it; mostly because i am a thinking person... and because it is beyond what i can perceive to explain.

There is one truth though, out of all this crazinnes and all the odds and everything else; there is that calmness- that power that recollects who we are within...

it all comes back to the Central Limit Theorem, out of all the Random, comes an Order. Man i am falling in love with this thing! but its sooo true... out of our feeling of inadequacy or lowness; out of our rat-raced life and all that, there is that knowledge of being who we are; ultimatley we are all human!

Peace be onto you,

H.M.

"think-ing" in english

Salam Ya'll,

Hope everyone is doing well insha'allah, its been quite a while since i posted anything at all; most of the time i would want to post something and after almost getting done with it, i find it tooo philoshophical or grounded in its message.. so i pass- though you might wonder duhh! that's what a blog is for..

for me, its beyond just posting whatever one thinks. its about being sincere with the words we use because it isnt only the clothing that we were that is the showcase of who we are but also the way we talk and think and so much more,

try this if you can: listen most of the time, absorb and be in unison with nature; in harmony with the creation. Look closely to the moon and the stars and the birds and the land; you will see ideally the same thing- harmoniously content to what it truly is.

today am jumping off the board!.. yeah a bit too distracted after failing to study again for an exam just under 32 hours, eeep!
everytime, i tell myself 'this time i shall focus and get done with it'.. yet i fail to accomplish that tiny and overly attempted resolution to use my time wisely-- not that i am wasting my time. infact i have read so many important things and helped in the fundraiser we are planning to hold mid-april( more info on that coming)

you know, i find it under-motivating to do things that have less relevance in real life, like going to class and talk about nothing but Frued's 'projective' theory .. or say Central Limit theorem..though i liked it a bit when our most intresting teacher put it this way " Its most amazing, that paradoxically you see much ORDER in the RANDOM world. you would think RANDOMNESS would bring caios, rather it is in harmony with its compelling TRANQUILITY!" i loved it so much!

anyway, you might still be wondering how i am thinking in english?
well here goes, this 'nice' teacher that i have for my first english course , keeps on reminding me that i have a 'serious english expression problem' and thus need to think in ENGLISH! well, here i am doign my job-- thinking in english, saying everything without living it for fate more precisely-the reader- to figure out what the thing i am writing about is, think about it ;)

may peace be onto YOU,
H.M.

suggestions needed!

Salam to all,
i hope everyone is doing well... with only a few weeks left before the end of the term, i am among many who can't wait for that moment to come... all the best to those who are looking forward to the summer semster...i'll hibernate of course from school...
For sure we all need the break, not only 2 days of 'spring break' per say but, a good break that will rejuvinate the mind and soul...
for those peers who are planning to keep the pace in the summer... i've got some advice... do not take a full load or you would blow your mind into something you could never imagine/ or i can never describe... summer is meant to be a time for a good, decent break .. whether you are travelling or working to save some money for the fall; you need to put your body at ease for all the stress from school work has huge impact on the chemistry of the body! not only that but wait until i prove to the science world that the moment you step in school, your psyche will have an impace on your body especially for those who had a full plate during the term...
thus it is important for one to remember that its when your body is at peace that you would be at peace...
take care of your body and your body will take care of you...!
in any case, i am supposed to be studying right now.. or finish this assgnt that is due tomorrow morning...for some reason, lately i can not focus at all...! i wonder what the remedy would be?!

Ok, back to this software that is most confusing! yeah am talking about STATGP!

May Peace be onto you,
H.

Friends...

Salam,
This message that was forwarded to me from a friend is very nice... and i thought i would share... enjoy!
May Peace be on to you...


A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE. The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone,why?" The other friend replied "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

For you n me sisters

Salam to all,
A friend sent me this poem which i thought was very nice...masha'allah
read along...

Roses are mostly red
Growing mostly in gardens
Lush and green gardens
When a rose grows in a desert
It is of a special kind
Desert rose…
Living through pain
Still holding on for a possible gain
In the hereafter
Where she hears no evil talk
Or even vain
Desert rose…
Wearing her hijab like umm salamah
Most times with the niqab
Never cares who says what
She wears it for Arrahman (the Most Merciful)
Desert rose…
Always traveling with a Mahram
If you ask her why? No drama
She boldly tells you, the Rasul (Messenger) said so.
Deny that and you face trauma
Desert rose…Marries for the deen (Religion)
Waiting for yaumud-deen (the Day of Resurrection)
Where she reclines on green
Sofas I mean
Desert rose…
Her family and friends laugh at her
She most times shed tears
Because of the rahma (mercy) in her heart
For them Allah’s wrath she fears
Desert rose…
May your dreams come true
May you be in the belly of a green bird
Flying around jannah (Paradise)
May we meet in jannah
To continue what we started here
Desert rose…
She is not egocentric
Always Mecca-centric
Follows the Sunnah pure
No matter whose ox is gored
Desert rose…
When a rose grows in a desert
It is a sign of Allah’s rahma
Despite the harsh wind and dry oasis
It blossoms with special radiance
Nuff nuff respect, desert rose!
You know who you are!

NOTE:

Mahram:- refers to the extent of blood relationships within which one may not marry. Within these boundaries, members of the opposite sex may freely associated socially, without the restriction of things like veil.

Sunnah: Literally, a clear path or beaten track. Refers to whatever the Prophet said, did, agreed to, or condemne

through knowldge...

Salam to all,
i hope everyone is doing well...
it's been such a busy semster for many of us... so here are words of wisdom...


Understanding the Reality of this World
The believer knows that this world is only temporary, that its luxuries are few, and that whatever pleasures exist here are always imperfect. If it causes a little laughter, it gives many reasons to weep, if it gives a little, it withholds far more. The believer is only detained here, as the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) said: “This world is the prison of the believer and the paradise of the unbeliever.”This world is also fatigue, pain, misery and suffering, so the believer feels relief when he departs from it. Abu Qutadah ibn Rib’i al-Ansari used to say that a funeral passed the Messenger of Allah and he said: “He is now relieved, and people feel relieved of him.” The people asked, “O Messenger of Allah, how can he be relieved and people feel relieved of him?” He said, “The believing slave (who dies) is relieved of the fatigue and pain of this world and has gone to the mercy of Allah, when the rebellious slave dies, people, land, trees and animals are relieved of him.”This understanding of the reality of this world makes it easier for the believer to bear afflictions, pains, distress and anxiety, because he knows that they are an inevitable part of the nature of this life.(Source: “Dealing with Worries and Stress” by Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)