EDIT: 07/01/2012. Although I was planning to take part in this I have changed my mind……….sorry! I came across the Mamatography 2012 challenge after reading littleboo_21‘s blog. The challenge is that you have to take a picture every day during 2012 and then post the pictures once a week. I am going to give the
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Will 2012 really be different?
I did a tweet last night about how I hope 2012 will be better and then I thought how is a number going to change the way my life is heading? I don’t celebrate New Year, I am usually in bed when the clock strikes midnight. Islamically it is not our new year but because
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Friday Wisdom
Friday Wisdom 29/12/2011
“What is destined will reach you, even if it be underneath two mountains. What is not destined, will not reach you, even if it be between your two lips!” An Arabic proverb
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Does money really make you happy?
I recently had a comment on one of my posts here and it got me thinking enough to do a blog post. As it is an anonymous comment I am sure they won’t mind. The gist of the comment is basically that money will solve all the problems and make the person happy. So will flash cars, going
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Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community
No need to look so shocked. It happen’s, even in the muslim community. Even if you try to pretend it doesn’t. I came across an organisation, Noor, which is trying to tackle this very issue. Taken from their FB page: Nour is an organisation which aims to tackle the silent, yet prevalent socail issue of domestic
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Friday Wisdom
Friday Wisdom 23/12/2011
A friend texted me this one a few days ago and had to share it here: ‘The world is a vehicle for you. If you drive it, it will deliver you to your destination. If it drives you, you will be destroyed.’ Al Hasan al-Basri
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Time to get fit in the new year.
My mission for the last 5 years has been to get fit. Yes you read that right – 5 years. Well pretty much since I gave birth to munchkin in 2006. I put on a bit of weight which I never lost and I turned into this unfit thing which rarely walks and is quite
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Loss of respect for parents.
You know what? Growing old scares me. It scares me as I worry about how my child(ren) will treat me when I am older. So much so that I am actually content just having the one child. I did a post about looking after parents in old age here. I find society these days