& the quote says it all..

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.”

-Audrey Hepburn

as for the picture, j'adore tiffany & co. <3

Aakhri Din (Last Day)- Day Ten

* One person you can trust:

1. My Mom

Advices

"Excel in ilm (knowledge), excel in amal (actions), and excel in taqwa (piety). And then see how much honour Allah Ta’ala grants you in this very world as well as the hereafter."

“Hell is hidden by the carnal desires and paradise is hidden by hardships.” (Hadith)

"If one were to interact with a non-mahram and nothing was to happen besides the entertainment of a lustful thought, then even in this situation sin has occurred.
For the adultery of the mind is the lustful thought. And it is the constant and deliberate holding of such thoughts that eventually leads one to fornication and adultery in its full form.”

"People complain that we can’t find good company. Well, if
you can’t find pious company then at least stay away from the company of those
who are not pious." (Sheikh Maseehullah)

“It is a ploy of Shaytaan that a religious person weighs his present life with his past life. If he does so, he will think himself to be a saint.”

Rasulullah (saw) said: "Whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah, Allah raises him [in rank], and whoever is arrogant, Allah degrades him." (Bayhaqi)

We are neither able to appreciate the good qualities of others, nor are we able to recognise our own faults.

The first effect of sin is that one is deprived of tranquillity and serenity in his life.

(Credits: shaykh.wordpress.com)

De Nueve Dias (Day Nine)

* Two things you wish you could do

(First, I was thinking of things which are impossible to do, like: reading people's minds or becoming invisible, but then I thought that I should write something which I actually wish to do in reality)

1. Bake

2. Be artistic

Die Octo (Day Eight)

* Three words that you can't go a day without using

1. Basically

2. Anyways

3. Oh my god

Always Complainin'

We humans are very ungrateful creatures. It's true what Allah says in the Quran: "Kaanal Insaanu Kafoora" (Indeed, man is ungrateful). I know I am.
It's like we always have to complain about something or the other. Either lack of sleep (this I'm doing all the time), lack of heat (when it gets too cold), lack of AC (when it gets too hot), lack of food, lack of fun ("oh no, another boring day at home..great!"), lack of energy, yada yada. You get the point. Instead of complaining, we should use our time wisely.
We can never just be thankful for anything. Yes, we listen to lectures and all and our spiritual side all of a sudden "awakens" and "sees the light" but then.. the light goes dim. Maybe the batteries ran out? Who knows.
We are never satisfied with what we have. We always want more of it. If not more, then we want less. We never take out the time to thank our Lord that he even let us see another day. He gave us another day to fix ourselves, to "wake up and see the light". But we don't realize that. We live everyday as if we're going to wake up the next morning just fine. What if we don't? What if tonight is the last night? There are so many "What If's?". We know this too and yet, we don't do anything about it. It's like we're momentarily blinded.
To be thankful to our Lord, the only thing he asks of us is to atleast perfom two rakats of Salat Shukr (Prayer of Thanks). It comes in a hadith that "Man has 365 joints that Allah has given him and to show his thankfulness, two rakats of Salah is enough for all of that" (something along the lines of this).
So would it really hurt us to actually take time out of our "busy" schedules and perform two rakats of Salah? I don't think so.
I hope that I can atleast start doing that. If we don't start off sincere, and we just do it for the sake of doing it, it's better than not doing it at all.
But first of all, performing our 5 times Salah is most important.
We take it very lightly. But on the Day of Judgment; the day when we'll be drowning in our own sweat according to our bad deeds, the day when the sun is going to be above our heads, the day when there'll be no shade except Allah's shade; On that day, the first question that will be asked will be of Salah. Will we be ready? I know I'm not. It's a scary thought.
I pray to Allah that he gives us the ability to remain steadfast on our Deen and that he shades us in his shade on the day when there will be no shade except his.
I'm no scholar or preacher and whatever I say goes to me first.

Dia Siete (Day Seven)

* Four memories you won't forget

1. Grade 8 Graduation (it wasn't the graduating that I remember but all the fun I had that day)

2. When my mom's dad passed away

3. When my dad's dad got sick (thinking about it still brings tears to my eyes; he was one of the most strongest people I knew. He was in all true sense "a jolly good fellow")

4. The day I met two very important people in my life (it all started with cheese strings..) & also when I met the third most important person in my life (it all started when she moved her clothes to my closet..) - p.s: I love you guys <3

one of THOSE days..

It's gloomy out. I have so much to do but I'm procrastinating.
I need to go shopping, but to be honest, I'd rather just sit at home in my bed on the laptop and have ferrero rocher. La Dolce Vita.
Speaking of laptops, I really need to buy one. I want a purple one.
Dell has some nice purple ones. But I don't like their laptops. I like the Sony Vaio which I'd like to get; in white.
Anyways, I'm just having one of THOSE days. The kind where you want to stay in PJ's, curl up in bed with a good book or watch a sappy movie. You know, one of THOSE days <3. I love THOSE kind of days. Actually, to be honest- I'm always having THOSE kind of days. *sigh
Having said that, I will now continue being my bum-self.
Ciao.

De Seis Dias (Day Six)

* Five things that you can't live without

1. Water (it IS a necessity)
2. Lotion
3. My phone
4. Clothes
5. My family

and it is only with the heart that one can truly see..

<3

"Love sometimes wants to do us a great favour: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out"

"Stay close to any sounds that make you glad and alive"

"We are

People who need to love, because

Love is the soul's life"

"Love is simply creation's greatest joy"

"This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you"

-Hafiz

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love"

"Close both eyes to see with the other eye"

"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust"

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do"

"The real beloved is your beginning and your end. When you find that one, you'll no longer expect anything else"

"To Love is to reach God"

-Rumi

Le Jour Cinq (Day Five)

* Six songs that you're addicted to

(what I used to listen to)

1. Real Love (Massari)

2. Perfect (Simple Plan)

3. Halo (Beyonce)

4. Umbrella (Rihanna)

5. Complicated (Avril Lavigne)

6. My heart will go on (Celine Dion) - used to LOVE this one

Dia Cuatro (Day Four)

* Seven fears/phobias

1. Animals (even birds)

2. That I'm going to wake up one day and someone's going to be looking down on me

3. If I look out my window, someone's going to be there to kill me or kidnap me or something (especially if it's one of those eerie nights)

4. Driving next to a truck

5. Driving on the side of the road (I prefer the middle and I hate that we have to "keep right" on the road, especially if there's a ditch or something to the right)

6. Getting paralyzed

7. Losing a loved one

Die Tria (Day Three)

* Eight things that annoy you

1. When lights are left on after leaving a room

2. Dirty socks

3. When people drag their pants on the floor (with which they could probably sweep up the area)

4. Clothes that have wrinkles/creases on them

5. Dirty nails

6. When I'm checking my phone/on the computer/reading a book and people hover around me/try to look

7. When someone snatches something from my hand

8. When people argue with me and I know I'm right about it but the person will KEEP going on about how they're right. That really annoys me.

Deux Jours (Day Two)

First of all: EID MUBARAK

Even though we do nothing special on Eid, just the fact that it's Eid gets me all excited and I look forward to a day of doing nothing.

But today, I know it will be good.

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* Nine things you do everyday

1. Complain about waking up early and being sleepy/tired the whole day and yet, I sleep late every night

2. Listen to 680 News

3. Text

4. YouTube weddings/mehndis

5. Shower

6. Go on facebook

7. See my grandparents

8. Say I'm going to book my driving test

9. Say that I'm going to help my mom in the kitchen

Un Dia (Day One)

* Ten random facts about yourself

1. I love chocolate
2. I will buy stuff without looking at it properly (for instance, once I bought a pair of flats and when I got home, i saw that they were both for the left foot)
3. I am a sap at heart
4. I enjoy reading
5. I adore cleaning. Once I start, I can't stop.
6. I dislike people
7. I like to have things just for the sake of having it
8. Only I can talk smack about my family/friends. I hate when other people do.
9. I have to go on facebook atleast three times a day
10. I love the smell of brand new things

Ten Day Challenge

Ten Day Challenge

(i guess this is the sort of stuff bloggers do..)

1. Ten random facts about yourself

2. Nine things you do everyday

3. Eight things that annoy you

4. Seven fears/phobias

5. Six songs that you're addicted to

6. Five things that you can't live without

7. Four memories you won't forget

8. Three words you can't go a day without using

9. Two things you wish you could do

10. One person you trust

sometimes..

sometimes, you build great bonds that grow thicker as time goes by. sometimes, you meet new people, make new friends, and things are just never the same anymore. it's the little things in life that bring a smile to your face. sometimes, you wonder if you're the luckiest person there is and sometimes, you feel as though you're the most unluckiest person there is.

life is life. it goes on. and no one is really prepared for what's to come.

i read a book today titled, "enjoy your life" - that's true, we should. don't dwell in the past. don't cry over spilt milk, yada yada.

so in this book, i came across this:

"replace the frown on your face with a smile,

depression with cheerfulness,

miserliness with generosity,

anger with perseverance"

i end my first post with the most cliched quote ever: "everyday is a gift, that's why we call it the present"