.:Tuesday, August 31, 2004:.
Busyyyyy
I was sittin thinking what classes I should take this semester, and I realized how busy imma be.. lol.. I need to take between 3-5 classes to secure being able to graduate by the summer, couse I’m going to need to take 4 with Americanschool to get the diploma from them, but that’s next semester. This semester I have to finish up any other classes or I would have to take 8 with ASOC, and that would suck. Either that or challenge the classes with ASOC, but that costs extra. So, I’m going to have that work..
Then there is my hifdh, I just about wasted the whole summer :(. subhanAllah before summer started, I was like inshaAllah I'm going to finish by the end of summer, and here the end of summer is and I’ve done maybe a week or two worth of it :(. So inshaAllah I’m going to go back to a page a day, then inshaAllah try and increase that two my two pages a day.
And me and UmmQ are trying to start the Islamic study thing. So inshaAllah that’s gonna be cool, and its gonna be hard too. Since ya’ani we aren’t playing around, we really want to make it serious. So inshaAllah there is going to be a good amount of work in that every week.
Next to that I have baby sitting, 3 daroos a week, and when Umm AbdulQudoos gets back from saudia end of sept. shes going to give me 2 sessions of tajweed a week. Also since she studied in “Al dowra Al shar’iyya” in saudia after High-School, and has a diploma in sharee’a inshaAllah she might help me with my Islamic studies too.. anddd there is Sunday school.. anddddd I need to start up my arabi lessons again, couse ya.. I suck now lol.
So now I'm wondering how am I going to manage all of that, especially since I am really good at procrastinating. And without Tassnym here to push me and get things done.. lol.. who knows how far behind I'm going to fall :P. my mom told me “set a schedule and stick to it”. but I don’t like being so formal lol. ya’ani I like doing stuff when I feel like it, not because I have to at that time :P. anyways my mom told me it doesn’t have to be a formal thing it can be relaxed just something to the effect of “do hifdh in the mornings, arabi after that, later in the afternoon do English studies etc”. So I’m tryin to work on something like that.. but first I have to figure out everything I gotta do..
And then, after this semester is done.. when my birthday comes.. Imma have to make one of the hardest decisions of my life :/ khair whatever..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/31/2004 02:22:00 PM
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.:Monday, August 30, 2004:.
Kunyati
ya ya, I know you guys are going “oh no not this again”. lol. but yes I need your help in kunya picking. :D for now I am Umm Abdur-Rahman.. since like everyone calls me that. Especially Umm AbdulQudoos.. lol she calls me “ Ya Umm Abdur-Rahman Maryoooooooma” and I tell her to shaddup.
Anyway right now other than Umm Abdur Rahman.. I like Umm Mohammad Abdur-Rahman.. lol for a few reasons.. Tassnyms mom was sayin how all her brothers are Mohammad something.. “mohammad kamal” “mohammad saleh” and so on.. and I thought that was tight.. also that’s the name of the aweesomeeeeee shaykh masjid assabr up in Portland.. anyway you guys.. pick outa this list :D
Abdur Rahman
Mohammad Abdur Rahman
Muthanna
Muhannad
Yusif
Jihad
Mujahid
Yasir
Ammar
Taariq
Haythem
Haazim
Sinnan
Mus’ab
Osama
Zaid
Zeyaad
Ubaida
Ubada
‘Utbah
Usayd
Omar
Umayr
Annas
‘Asim
‘Aamir
there is more.. but this is enough lol.. so nowwwwww pick please :D
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/30/2004 11:19:00 PM
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Abdur-Rahman..
mashaAllah I love this kid so much, he's over right now.. lol. mashaAllah he is adorable. He left a message on my answering machine today couse I wasn’t home, I recorded it to the computer lol inshaAllah I’ll send it to you guys. He has this new thing were he calls me “Maryam al kabeera” and my sister “Maryam al sagheera” loool.. my sister gets so so so so so mad. And when he wants to annoy me he goes “ya khaltu Maryam” LOL.
a couple weeks ago, me and my dad were out and he had to drop something to ‘amu Mustafa.. and ‘amu qais was there and stuff so ‘amu said we had to go in. I went in and was chillin with ‘aboodi and khala and then he did something wrong.. so khala wants to scare him so shes like “arooh agool la amu Ibrahim (should I go tell ‘amu Ibrahim)” so he puts on the most serious face ever and says “LAA ana ma ahoobik ta roohi ‘and rijaal (NO, I don’t like you going over to men)” I was like “LOL OMG HE GOT YOU THERE” and she was just like “ya”
His mom has this new thing, she comes on yahoo and puts the voice on hands free, and gives him the headset.. then shes like “baby sit jazaakillah khair” MASHAALLAH ITS ADORABLE.. he just goes on and on. *I should record it sometime shouldn’t I?*
Todayyyyyyy lets see what happened with him.. lol. He helped me cook. Got dough all over his hands. lol. Saw my background (masjid an nabawee) and was like “I wanna go there, and I wanna take you with me” I was like “ YES” alhamdulilah he's like the little brother I always wanted but never had. :D Allah yuhfadhu.. Aameen
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chotu-meyeh
@ 8/30/2004 11:03:00 PM
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.:Sunday, August 29, 2004:.
No fear, except of Him. No hope, except in Him.
A sister posted this on the Almaghrib forums.. mashaAllah its nice..
Whatever Happened??
What happened to those days when my faith was strong?
When I wouldn't dare think of doing anything wrong
when my Yaqeen in Allah would lead me through
The good and bad.. the old and new
What happened to those days when my du3aa was sincere?
when there was absolutely nothing on earth that I would fear
when I was certain that Allah was really near
and would run to Him and leave all that is dear
What happened to those days when I could read and recite well?
when I bought al-Janna and this Dunya I would sell
when my heart was pure and all full of light
when my Qiyam was my only source of strength and might
What's wrong my nafs .. Why did you fall?
Don't you know that Allah knows and hears your call?
A little test like this one shouldn't beat you so
It shouldn't pull you down to a level so low
Don't you know that Allah chooses what is best
and that this is all a previously planned test
Don't you know that He hears your soul .. He hears your cry
He sees you fall .. He sees you sigh
Allah is Great .. Allah is Al-Hakeem
His ways are just no matter how dark it may seem
Hold on my Nafs to the fireball in your palm
Hold on to it and when it burns act calm
whenever it falls, bend down and restart
let those tears fall and wipe that heart
Remember my Nafs the beauty of the promised Firdaws
You know it's your dream to build there a house
Get back on your feet and go back to those days
I know this only a passing phase ......
No fear, except of Him. No hope, except in Him.
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/29/2004 08:49:00 AM
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.:Wednesday, August 25, 2004:.
Just wondering,
would any of you really care if I close this down? Since yesterday I have been thinking about it, since UmmQaylah said she wouldn’t comment on it anymore for “reasons”. So I was like ok what's the point really? I mean probably only one other person actually reads it. So I ask you all, do you actually care if I have this up or not? inshaAllah if no one cares I will close it down, or maybe not since I could care less if people care or not :P. anyways if you guys care let me know.. lol.. pm, comment, email, etc. If I get one person saying keep it open inshaAllah I will forsure, if not then its 50/50 on keepin it up or not..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/25/2004 11:12:00 PM
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My MC shout outs..
I saw the mc shout out thread and typed this up to post, but then I thought nah.. so I’m posting it here.. since all of you have the link anyway lol.
aameen @ the du'aas..
I wanna give a great big shout out, to some of the awesomest people I know. People that taught me and helped me grow. People I love for the sake of Allah swt. These three are the best friends I have ever had, been there for me when I needed them most.. Alhamdulilah, I’m sure you guys know who you are but if not..
Umm Qaylah: Man I’ve known you for how long now? We been through a bunch of crazy times but we stuck together. You’ve helped me in more ways than I can express. And I make duaa that Allah swt makes all your affairs easy for you. And inshaAllah we be meeting up in madinah sah?3azee emanee: at first we had our differences and problems, but alhamdulilah we over came them to be some of the bestest friends. You helped me through some really hard times and I really truly love you for the sake of Allah swt..
….. : you been there for me when everyone else wasn’t. you can make me smile without even trying. You taught me so much, and I really appreciate it. ya I could go on but I wont..
another person that I wanna give a shout out to is Sitt Ad Daar..
your like a big sis to me. I love you for the sake of Allah swt. I know things aren’t really how they used to be between us but alhamdulilah, I still luv ya..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/25/2004 12:27:00 AM
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.:Tuesday, August 24, 2004:.
Sweetness..
Ya, this is really sweet..
It was said to Abee Uthmaan al-Nisaabooree, whats the dearest act you have done? He said, my family wanted to marry me off, but I always refused. Until this woman came to me and said..... "I ask you, by Allaah to marry me", so I agreed! Her father came and I married her, and he(the father)was happy. When she entered upon me, She was 3awraa (crosseyed, or Cockeye), 3arjaa(Limps and leans..) and mashoomah, (physicaly deformed).And out of her love for me, she would prevent me from going outside so I would sit with her, so that I wouldnt hurt her feelings and wouldnt show any dislike to her, and I stayed in this situation for 15 years until she died, and there was no dearer act to me, then protecting her heart(by not hurting her feelings).
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/24/2004 10:01:00 PM
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.:Friday, August 20, 2004:.
Maryam The Chotu Warrior..lol
lol, your probably wondering what the title is going to have to do with what I’m about to say. And to tell you the truth, absolutely nothing. Just that earlier in the day yesterday, I was reading some old saved convos, and I came across one were I was telling the person I’d beat up whoever was spreading rumors about them, and they said “Maryam The Chotu Warrior” lol.. and throughout what happened last night, I kept remembering that (especially when I was in my niqaab holding the knife LOL) and would laugh.. and my mom and bro would think I was crazy…
ok where to start from.. hmm.. at around 12AM last night (technically this morning) I was making wadoo in one bathroom and my mom in the other, my little sister was sitting in the living-room waiting. (dads away on weekdays as you guys know, and my bro was with his cousin at my other bros house) She hears some noise outside and gets scared so she goes to her room and she said she “heard two guys talking behind her window”. Said she couldn’t really make out what they were saying but it sounded like “someone’s still there”. she runs out and is like MARYAM SOMEONES OUTSIDE. And I was like no way chill man. And she was like NO WALLAHI I HEARD THEM. Then she told my mom, and my mom called up my brother, told him to come. My brother comes with his friend, and they start looking cant seem to see anything. But my brother was like “I have this weird feeling there really is someone out here”. Then my brothers cousin comes and all three guys look, cant find anything, and leave again.
Now as you can imagine, it took forever to calm my sister down. Finally we got her calm, prayed isha, and then got her to agree to sleep with my mom in her room. So her and my mom are laying in bed, and they hear a big noise behind my moms window.. My mom was like nah its ok its nothing, but my sis is like NO LETS GO TO MARYAM. So they come to my room, and shes so scared miskeenah. Calls up my brother, my brother is like are you sure there is something. Me and my mom said nah. So he didn’t come. My sis goes back to bed, and Alhamdulilah falls asleep.
My moms laying in her bed not asleep just listening couse she has this weird feeling. And I’m in my bed, not asleep either couse I had to keep getting up and putting more ice on my burn. But like all the pain killers I took were getting to me and I was starting to dose off. That’s when I saw/heard my mom grab the phone off of her nightstand go to the living room and dial a number. Right then I heard people running behind my window. I jumped up, put on my niqaab and went to the kitchen. (the whole house is pitch dark btw and it was about 2:30 am). lol in the kitchen I started looking for this one knife. That’s when I heard what my mom was saying. First she was on the phone with my bro and was like “adam, someone is here for real. Call the police and get over here ok?’. Then she hung up with him and called the police and was like “I saw a flashlight go off and on off and on in my window, then I heard and saw like the form of a person moving, that’s when I got up and called” then I was like MAMA I HEARD THEM RUNNING. And she told them. Then she saw me holding the knife and was like what the.. and I was like I'm GOING OUT. And she was like WALLAHI GET BACK IN HERE. And I was like noooooo.. (all of this and shes on the phone with the police LOL) so then I was like man fine I’ll listen.
Then we hear my brother get here, so I run and go to the door. He has the most serious look on his face and he saw me holding this huge knife lol and was like. “Gimmi the knife, and gimmi the flashlight”. So I did and he went out searched some more, police got there. Asked him questions then his cousin came. One police person came in and was asking me a bunch of questions. Then they made my brother and his cousin come in and they brought dogs and searched the place. They said they got a trail, but it ended and the dogs couldn’t pick up another one. The dispatch called us and was like “are you sure non of you are outside” and my bro said “ya” and she said “it seems they might of located someone”. Turns out they saw the flashlight ran after them but couldn’t catch them. The police stayed till almost 4am lol. oh btw during half the time the police were here, I was online and on paltalk LOL. telling two people what was going on.
Didn’t sleep till fajr couse it was so close and couse I had so much adrenalin I was almost jumping. When we got up in the morning we found that one of the cars had a bunch of scratches and things that were under windows were moved and stuff.. but ya it was freaky.. alhamdulilah.. lol it was kinda fun though.. me and my brother were like laughing and stuff.. thought it was like some action movie.. my mom was like man its not funny.. but khair inshaAllah..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/20/2004 03:03:00 PM
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.:Monday, August 16, 2004:.
A year of memories..
This year has been one of the richest in memories, starting from last summer till now.. it has bee filled with some awesome memories, and some not so awesome memories. Both in my real life and online.. anyway I been wanting to write about these memories, and especially last summer and how awesome it was for a few weeks now.. just haven’t had time..
The summer..
*The first Portland picnic: the first Portland picnic of the summer (one every month) our family and Amu ‘Abd Al noor’s were the only people from Corvallis to go. But it was one of the FUNNEST. It was soooooo hot and Amu ‘Abu Owais’s families had got water balloons.. and we got SOAKED. The only messed up thing was the Portland guys.. they need to learn something called “lowering the gaze” (as u will see later on in another story). lol we called up Tassnym from there couse some of the Portland girls wanted to talk to her, then I put my moms cell in my pocket and ummm.. ehmm I kinda almost ruined it. but it wasn’t my fault I kept telling them not to get me wet couse I had the cell but no one would listen. But then again how stupid was I, I really couldn’t think that they would let me SOAK them and them not me. lol
after the picnic was over at like maghrib, Amu Abu Owais swore to my dad that we had to go over to his house. So we went to khala Maryams house (he has two wifes..) and we went crazy over there too lol. mashaAllah ‘amu has 3 sons and 9 daughters.. the house we were at was 6 daughters and 1 son house lol.. and all the girls are in the range of me and my sisters age.. so its always AWESOME when we get together.. they came down later that summer and it was awesome too.. anyway we got home sometime after midnight.. but it was great..
*Dania’s engagement: it was supposed to be her nikaah but then her family from Michigan came a few days before and told them not to. Since they weren’t going to do it through state just like Islamic since she was to young to do it with the state. And they told them how one of their friends in Michigan did that and got arrested. So they didn’t (lol later they ended up doing it anyways.. couse who gives bout da state). So Dania was SO MAD. She wanted to call off the whole party but they were like no we still going to have it.
The hype leading up to the party was great. It was the subject of talk for more than a month before. Getting everything set up and ready. One of the best set up memories was the ma’amool “party” lol. it wasn’t a party but we made it into one. All the khalas were at Khala Ghada’s making ma’amool for the party, and me Tassnym, Dania and Sarah (who was visiting from DC) were there. and we were burning CD’s and stuff. and like LOL Khala Ghada comes and tries giving us “Dance lessons” LOL and me Dania and Tassnym, were like ya whatever and kinda ignored her. But Sarah was shy couse she was a guest LOL and she like kept doing what she would tell her. And we were juss laughing at her.. then Dania decides to do a show of “flirty niqaabs” lool.. she kept putting niqaab on in ways that defute the purpose. Ahh it was great mashaAllah..
The party itself was the best most fun ever. It was better than the nikaah, better than the wedding and everything. We were like high, each of us had about 7 cans of pop… wallahi we were crazy. We stayed till at least midnight, and the only reason we left was couse the men had started calling up. lol. mashaAllah I don’t think any wedding or anything could top that, except ofcourse mine :P
*Chillin at cheldlin: the whole summer we would go chill at cheldlin like at least once a week or more. It was always like me Tassnym, Dania, Sarah, and sometimes other people. Everytime was awesome. But one time that really stands out lol.. we decided to play basket ball. We shot for captains and I was first Dania second. Now I know that Sarah sucks.. but since shes the guest I wasn’t going to be rude and not pick her. So my team was me Sarah and another girl (who also sucks btw lol) Dania’s team was her Tassnym and my little sis (who kinda sucks but is aight). So we are playing and then my team gets down by like 4. and then Dania is like hmmmm the team that loses has toooooo run a mile HOLDING HANDS. I was like ohhh heyyyyyylllll noooo you aint winning.. lol so we tied up the game.. but ya at the end we lost by like 2. so me and sarah (we wernt making the little kids run lol) had to run the mile. Oh mannnnnnn the khalaas thought we were insane. Dania is always like “man you shoulda seen yourself that day, you were crazy you weren’t planning on losing at all..” lol.. but it was fun in a crazy way I guess. After that me and Dania (me and her are like the girl athletes of the masjid) played a game of one on one and I beat her :D so twas all good lol.. that was also the game that me and Dania busted up our knees in. but each of us was to proud to quit the game.. so we kept playing hurt :/
*The first beach trip : ohhhhh mann this trip was crazy.. there was at least 50 muslims. A TON of kids. But it as so fun. because it was like the first trip of its kind. A group had met up infront of the masjid and then started. Now some people were ehmm a little late (like ten mins) lol aka us and Amu Abu Bahaas and a few others.. so they played cell phone tag, trying to figure out where everyone was. Finally about 7 miles south of Corvallis everyone is back together. First we were going to go to Florence, so on the way there.. Amu Abu Hamid decides to take a short cut and goes off. Amu Abu Ali freaks out and thinks he got lost. They cant get a cell connection on him so they make Amu Hussam go look for him (since they claimed it was his fault, since he was leading and going ermm way more than the speed limit lol) anywayyys at the end we get to Florence and go to the dunes.. a little later both Amu’s get there too..
It was pretty fun at the dunes themselves. Took a lot of pictures. lol me Dania and Maryam m. decide to slide down this huggeeeee dune, so we do and then it took us FOREVER to climb back up. it was so hard couse the sand kept slipping and we would go back down lol.. at the end we ended up taking off our shoes (well some of us, not me) and walking couse that way you get better grip..
After that we went up north to “our beach lol”. This place is like secluded and stuff.. but the beach is awesome and there is this area up top were you can sit. So we went there, the ‘amus started cooking lol.. the girls, guys and khalaas went down to the beach. The guys playin football.. the khalaas “taking a walk” and usss chillin goin crazy as usual.. lol. me Dania, Maryam m, my sis, and maryams sis went in the water.. Tassnymo is to much of a chicken.. lol.. so anyway everyone but me and dania went in about like knee deep. Then me and her went till we were TOTALLY UNDER WATER.. lool.. man did we get the lecture of our life.. (not that it really made a difference we did the same thing the next week lol). you see the thing was the ‘amus “got scared” and started looking with binoculars at us.. so our dads got pissed. Anyway we ate chilled played “spoons” and stuff.. prayed maghrib and went home. EXHUASTED.. lol.. couse we were chasing the like 20 kids all day lool..
*Sarah’s house LOL: me and Tassnym had wanted to plan like a get together at my house.. juss the girls to chill and stuff. so we were telling Sarah about it and she was like my brother is going to be gone (she was with her mom visiting ‘amu salim whos her brother) for a few days how bout we do it my place. So we said aight. So it was like a huge group of girls. And khala Rasha (sarahs sister in law) my mom, tassnyms mom, and Sarah’s mom. We cooked, ate, chilled, and it was getting late, like maybe almost 10.
Now everyone had heard of the water fight up in Portland and they wanted to have their own. The plan was to do the water fight earlier when it wasn’t dark out. But ehmm we ended up going out at about 10 to the backyard.. with dim lights LOL. ommmgg khala rasha wants to scare us so she goes “wallah be carefull there is jinn out there.. “ “make sure to say bismillah before you throw anything” and so on.. lol.. now must of us arnt wimps but SOME are major wimps lol. so me dania Tassnym, and my sis are outside filling water balloons. The rest of the girls are inside, so they close the curtains, turn of the light and lock the door.. me and Dania are just like oh god.. you guys are lame. But Tassnym FREAKS OUT.. she starts pounding on the door.. cursing at them.. and like is about to break down LOL.. so me and Dania are LAUGHING, and all the girls inside are.. finally we were like ok guys this aint funny.. open the door.. so they do and Tassnym runs in lol..
After me and Dania filled all the balloons the rest come out, and we said we gonna split into two teams.. then Dania goes “no one can have more than 3 balloons at a time” so everyone grabs three.. and then lol, me and Dania make sure the other team is on the other side so they cant get to the balloons.. and we SOAK THEM.. then we took the hose and sprayed them.. and ya it was fun.. yassmeen ended up getting the house and drenching me couse of what I did. lol it was crazy.. but fun..
*Second Portland picnic: this time the hugest group of Corvallis people went. Like there was seriously almost as many people from here as Portland. Everyone met up early at the masjid and then went together, except my dad.. couse he had to stop in Salem and Portland before going to the picnic. So we left stopped were we had to. And then we met up with everyone on the highway. lol..
We got there kind of early but it was nice.. we put together this spot and it was like all Corvallis people lol. then we went and chilled with everyone we hadn’t seen for a while. Then we decided to have a sports competition between Portland girls and Corvallis girls.. so we split into teams.. it turned that Portland would have had like 4 or more extra players.. so we were like WHO GIVES WE GONNA BEAT YOU ANYWAY.. lol and Dania wasn’t even there. so we beat them in basketball, football, soccer, and races.. While we were playing soccer/football the Portland dudes were watching us.. so we (Corvallis girls) were like what the.. couse we arnt really used to that. lol now the awesome thing was the Corvallis brothers started yelling at the dudes watching.. we were like OH YA. They were like umm why you watching the girls.. get away from here.. we chilled and left about maghrib that day..
*Silver falls: This trip was pretty awesome too.. it was a Thursday so my dad had to work, and couldn’t get time off till around 1.. and Danias dad (amu abu bahaa) had the same problem. Everyone else was either a student or got the time off. So everyone else went earlier like at 10 and us and dania’s family said we would catch up. I thought us and Dania’s family would go together, but they we didn’t couse our dads got off work at different times..
So anyways we got there, and my dad was like hmm should I go through the south gate or north gate.. since we didn’t know which side they were in. so we go in and we looking for cars we know.. all of a sudden we hear someone screaming “’amu Ibrahim” so we look and Bahaa and Yusif are wavin to my dad telling him to park. So we park and find out that they just got there too, and have no idea were everyone else is. lol.. they had brought Khala aisha and ‘amu with them so we were a total group of 12 (my mom, dad, sister, me, dania, Yusif, bahaa, there mom, dad, grandma, khala aisha, and ‘amu) and we were going around looking for everyone else. So then ‘amu Abu Bahaa goes “look for a lot of stuff and you will know that’s were al sinky is (tassnyms dad) all us kids TRY not to start laughing.. but it was true we looked for a lot of stuff and sure enough ‘amu was there LOL.
Everyone but ‘amu Hussien were walking the falls trail. So we were like, should we go after them, or just wait here at the picnic area. The khalas waned to walk but we didn’t (the men were staying with ‘amu) so finally Dania was like “come on lets go with them so they don’t get lost” lol. so we went with them, and the khalas wanted to take one trail but me and Dania were like no take this one. lol then me and Dania switched shoes couse hers were bugging her. So they listened to us and took the trail we wanted. We walked like fifteen mins, and then we saw Amu Abdulnoor walking like towards us.. so we were like oh man.. lol.. then we asked him “’amu were are the nisaa’” and he said “fallowing us” that’s when we realized that in order to reach the women we would have to wait for all the men to pass lol. so we waited and then finally we saw Tassnym and Maryam m and stuff.. so we go up to them wanna give them a hug say salaams and they like brushed us off.. said “get away from us” and walked on.. so me and Dania were like SCREW YOU.. lol
Then me and Dania walked with her mom and khala huda back.. pushing Rudaynas stroller. When we reached Tassnym and Maryam we took Rudayna’s bottle and got them wet. And said “that’s what you get for ditching us” after that we like chilled out and stuff. went into the little creek with the kids couse they wanted to go in. then ate and sat and listened to the dars khala was giving. After that we wanted to go to this little store there just for the fun of it and buy like ice cream or something. but it turned out all we had together was $5 lol. so we started looking through our moms purses but they hadn’t brought money. Finally we were like “ok whos going to go ask the babas” we were all to scared. Finally Dania was like if you come with me I will. So I was like aight (her dad is one of the only ‘amus I don’t get shy with lol) so we go and shes like “baba” he's like “ya” and she was like “you see those girls over there” and he said “ya” and she said “ya we wanna go to the store but we are broke”. So he gives us $20 lol. so we go to the store and find it closed lool.. so we chilled out over there a bit then came back and a little later we went home.
*The third Portland picnic, err I mean the beach :P: lol ok this trip was a little crazy but it was one of the awesomest. It was a Friday night, the night of the Portland picnic. So we were at the masjid, and after the dars we were all talking and planning the next day. Everyone was going but Amu Abu Bahaa didn’t want to go, he wanted to go to the beach lol. (dude we would go like every week couse of him.. but it was tight) so anyway. All the men were at his house for an azeema. So we were like its aight inshaAllah my dad and Tassnyms dad will convince him. and plus they had a backup plan, if he wouldn’t go then Yusif would take Imad (his friend) with him and he would be their mahram. when people started to leave the masjid, khala Ghada told us and khala Faykah (tassnyms mom) why don’t u come over to our house, your azwaj are there anyway then you can go home together. So we went over, and like it sounded like things would work out and we’d all go the next day.
I got up in the morning and my dad was at work (he was supposed to be back by like 11) and my moms all calm and stuff.. so I was like why arnt we getting things ready. And she was like “we arnt going” and I was like “WHAT THE” and she said “ya baba got up, and I asked him what I should get ready, and he said we arnt going”. At this point I am like SO MAD and I come online trying to see if I can find anything out. A little passes and the phone rings, I pick up and its khala Ghada.. and shes like “you going to Portland?” I said “no, you?” she was like “no, you going to the beach” I said “ermm no” she said “oh ok, is baba home?” and I said “nopee” and she said “aight salaams” lol. (ok maybe not like that but u get the point :P)
A little later Amu Abu Bahaa calls, and he's like “waynuuuu baba (wheres baba?)” I said “ermm at work” and he says “I know but why isn’t he back” ”I don’t know”
“what do you mean you don’t know”
“I have no idea why he's not back”
“what time was he supposed to be back”
“around 11”
“its almost 12”
“I know”
“well why isn’t he back”
“don’t ask me”
“then who should I ask”
“him”
“what's his cell again”
“********”
”ok jazaakillah khair”
anyway he goes on like this for like 10 minutes.. wallahi like interrogating me.. lol.. and I can hear Dania and Yusif cracking up in the back.. and Dania is like “khaalaas baba enough” and he would laugh and keep at it. anyway he calls back again like 10 mins later and he's like “your dad didn’t answer his cell” and I was like oh no not this again.. lol.. after about two mins on the phone my dad walks in and im like ALHAMDULILAH YOU COULDN’T OF CAME AT A BETTER TIME.. so they talk and stuff… and it turns out that behind everyone’s back they had planned on going to the beach.. later when everyone came back from Portland lol we found out how mad the rest of the ‘amus got at them LOL.
So we went to “our beach lol”. and mashaAllah it was one of the FUNNEST times. (what's funny is the people that went to Portland later told us it was to hot there so they didn’t have to good of a time) lol.. it was just, me, my mom, dad, sister, Dania, Yusif, khala, ‘amu, Danias grandma, and Imad. We got there, and it was kinda late.. like around dhuhr time. So we prayed dhuhr and asir, then the guys decided to cook. lol.. we waited and waited (they couldn’t get the bbq on) and finally my mom and khala are like ok you know we are going down to the beach for a walk. Me and Dania were like noooo we don’t want to have to run after you. But they went, and told us to cut up the salad. Like three minutes later the guys say that the food is ready. So dania is like PLEASE you go get them. So I go down and run after them and I’m calling and they aren’t answering. Finally khala Ghada hears me and they come back. By the time we got up the men had finished our food, and told us.. to bad your late you have to wait for the next round.. lol me and Dania got mad couse we were STARVED..
After eating we headed down to the beach, of course me and her got soaked, lol. we went in until we were covered by the waves. It wasn’t really hot that day, so after we got out of the water we were FREEZING. So we went up to change and stuff. Yusif and Imad were down on the beach, and Khala Ghada and Amu had went to get something so after we changed me Dania and my sis went over to my dad and chilled with him for a few mins. He made us tea and then we took it and went down to the beach. We were like writing in the sand, racing and just having fun until maghrib.. lol Dania took sand and put it into some of her tea, and made a “potion”. (LOOL Ill tell you in PMS what she said about it). she told me to keep it forever and ever.. lol while moving I found it.. anyway..
We stayed till it was maghrib, then we prayed and looked at camp sites couse we were going to go camping (that’s another story, about how it didn’t happen.. lol our dads (me and Danias) owe us two things now..) then we went up to Newport and looked for a place to get hot chocolate couse ‘Amu said he wanted to treat us all out to some. After a while they find the place and we go in to get it.. Khala Ghada and Danias grandma ask for Ice cream LOL. we were like dude its FREEZING. so me and Dania went with the baba’s and we got the stuff for everyone. Then we drove home and me and dania were texting the whole way back.. ‘twas awesome..
****This is just a glimpse of last summer, there is so much more I could write about.. but it would be way to long and non of you would read it lol..
The school year..
There is also a lot I could write about this, but I will keep it short.. inshaAllah maybe I could elaborate on it another time..
*Online classes/freshman year: It was freshman year for me and Tassnym, and we ended up by coincidence taking some of the same online classes first semester (she goes to public school.. but it was like part of their curriculum). That was awesome, especially English class with Denny. lol Denny was the awesomest teacher ever. she gave us extra credit for doing da’awah on the class discussion board. One night me and Yassmean went crazy and just kept posting stuff in arabi on the board, and like Yassmean doesn’t know a lot of arabi so it was like just random pointless stuff.. mostly saying “Tassnym where are you” lol and Denny was like “you got extra credit for that.. very nice” and I was like ermm wow.. lol.
Freshman year, was pretty nice for the most part alhamdulilah. Failing classes LOL. Tassnym setting limits on me.. Pulling all nighters. ‘twas nice..
*The snow: lol we usually don’t get a lot of snow here during the winter, this year we got SO MUCH. And it stayed for such a long time. It was nice at first but then everyone started to get tired of it. The highlight of the snow was the guys raiding Jalal’s house LOL. Dania was in her brothers car the whole time so we got the full story first hand. The snow kinda messed up the nikaah though, couse it couldn’t be done at khala Majidas it had to be done at Khala Ghadas. But it was aight.. alhamdulilah.
*The nikaah: Danias nikaah was pretty awesome too. It wasn’t as hyped up as the engagement and stuff. but it was still tight. Everyone had a good time, and just the look of how happy she was.. it was enough for me. I don’t think I have every been so happy for someone.. I remember when khala Ghada was crying. lol.. subhanAllah.. and then Dania makes Tassnym sing “mabrook ‘alaiki ukhaya” and that was it.. everyone just started crying.. but it was cool alhamdulilah..
*onlineish: meeting some of the best people I know, and making some of the best friends I have. People I can trust, people that understand me, people that I love.. nuff said..
*Ramadon: the past Ramadon, was sweet in different ways for me. It was the first time my mom made me lead Taraweeh. She told me that, it was the right thing since I knew more Quran. And she encouraged me to do it from memory. Alhamdulilah my recitation got so much better in Ramadon, eh now subhanAllah its back to its old self lol.. but khair inshaAllah im working on it again.
This was also the first Ramadon that one of our “teen shaykhs” led Taraweeh at the masjid. The day he led, like everyone was so happy and excited. Couse it was like mashaAllah this is our future inshaAllah. These are the future of our community and stuff. since the Ramadon before it we had lost two of our Imams, who were hufadh (Amu Yassir, and Amu Adnan) and like Amu Mustafa was the only one leading Taraweeh.. (our regular Imam Amu Awad doesn’t lead Taraweeh) and it was just cool lol.. something funny that I will never forget, is after he finished leading.. his grandma goes “MashaAllah that’s shaykhs voice is so nice.. Allah ya baarik feeh. .” and like me Dania, and khala Ghada just look at her and then we laugh. And Khala Ghada goes “Mama that was Yusif” and tayta was like ohhhhhh lool..
Ramadon, was also when I really learned responsibility. It was when my parents left me and my sis alone.. and my mom went with my dad. It was also a time for a really hard test for me. When my moms cousin called and told me “is mama there” and I told her “no shes traveling” and she said “im calling to give condolences for your grandma” and I was just quiet and had no idea what to say.. then finally I was like “huh” and she said “mama doesn’t know?” and I said “no I don’t think so” and she said “my mom just called me from Egypt and told me, you should call mama and tell her”.
Wallahi I closed the phone with her, and had no idea what to do. I came online, I had to talk to someone.. no one was really on.. I asked someone what I should do and they said you have to tell your mom. A little later my moms cousin calls again and asks me if I called my mom.. and I said no, I couldn’t.. and she told me that I had to.. I hung up with her.. made sure my sis had no idea what was going on, and called up my mom.. she said salaams and I answered.. and then I said “umm mama” and she said “ya” and I said “I need to tell you something” and she said “khair what” and I said “its about tayta” and she said “na’am I know Allah yirhamha” and then I just like held tears, she was being patient why couldn’t I? and asked her how she knew.. she told me she called Egypt earlier that day and found out.. I was like subhanAllah..
Ramadon was also when Dania spent the night LOL.. dat was fun.. lol..
*The Eids: these two eids weren’t really the best ones.. but alhamdulilah.. they were ok. Nothing can beat the eids a couple years back.. but these eids also got their memories. The craziest one has got to be Tassnym skipping a word while reciting an ayah LOL and then going “oops I missed a word dammit” and then re reading it. another nice one, was staying up the night of Eid al Adha juss chillin with some people lol.. it was sweet.. alhamdulilah..
ok there is really so so so so so much more but ya I’ll stop here lol..
This summer..
This summer has been aight alhamdulilah.. nothing like last.. but I cant complain.. things have been a bit rough, not to many awesome memories.. the only one that really was truly awesome was
*Danias wedding: Everyone was pumped up for this.. it was like the talk since last summer. Dania was ready, we were ready.. lol I remember going to her house and like all the stuff for her new house was in her room. The party itself was awesome mashaAllah. Khala Ghada was cryyyyyyyinggg.. subhanAllah.. but ya it was tight..
anyway I am getting kinda tired.. and I don’t think anyones going to even get this far.. so dats it for now inshaAllah…
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/16/2004 07:55:00 PM
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.:Sunday, August 15, 2004:.
moving and stuff..
I havnt been on this thing for the longest time… more than a week.. lol.. I guess a lot has happened… been pretty busy couse of moving and stuff.. haven’t really had the time to update.
My schedule from last Friday till Tuesday was just about, get up at fajr help my mom in one of the two houses till everyone wakes up.. work all day.. till sometime after midnight and then go to bed.. alhamdulilah it was exhausting, especially when you add the 100+ degree weather every day…lol I was living off of caffeine, sugar, and lectures. I would eat almost nothing, but drink like tons of coffee, and juice and stuff. and I would listen to lecture after lecture.
Wednesday-Friday was mostly un packing. I didn’t get internet till Thursday anyway.. alhamdulilah I finished my room (no umm qaylah me hasn’t forgotten the pics I promised) and most of the rest of the house is done too. Alhamdulilah things are more into routine now and stuff..
I lost soooooooo much weight during moving.. ya’ani its not even funny. My parents are getting sooooo annoyed lol.. and on Thursday at khala Umm Mish’al’s EVERYONE was getting on my case couse of it. lol . The only person that defended me was khala Ghada, aka my mother in law lol.. as Tassnym likes to call her
Khair, I really think that was about all that happened this past week.. but I am probably wrong.. lol.. oh ya.. my parents are letting me drive now LOL.. like they tell me to move the car for them and stuff.. its kinda fun.. lol.. my dad said that I can get my permit/license but it don’t mean he wants me driving.. just learn it for the skill.. which I’m cool with lol. my brother was like “just what we need, a ninja like u driving” I told him to shut up.. anyway tis late.. I shall sleep.. there is other things I want to blog about.. but I'm to tired.. might be out tomorrow too.. so maybe Monday..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/15/2004 12:41:00 AM
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.:Thursday, August 05, 2004:.
Three little words...
This was posted almost two months ago on mc sis section, but I was reading it again today.. lol anyway Im posting it with me and yassi's comments after it..
THE POWER OF THREE LITTLE WORDS
Some of the most significant messages people deliver to one anotheroften come in just three words. When spoken or conveyed, thosestatements have the power to forge new friendships, deepen old ones and restore relationships that have cooled.
The following three word phrases can enrich every relationship:
I'LL BE THERE - Being there for another person is the greatest gift wecan give. When we are truly present for other people, important things happen to them and to us. We are renewed in love and friendship. We are restored emotionally and spiritually. 'Being there' is at the very, very core of civility.
I MISS YOU - Perhaps more marriages could be salvaged and strengthened if couples simply and sincerely said to each other, "I miss you." This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted, needed, desired and loved.
I RESPECT YOU - Respect is another way of showing love. Respect conveys the feeling that another person is a true equal. It is a powerful way toaffirm the importance of a relationship.
MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT - This phrase is highly effective in diffusing an argument and restoring frayed emotions. The flip side of "maybe you're right" is the humility of admitting "maybe I'm wrong."
PLEASE FORGIVE ME - Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults, foibles and failures. A man should never be ashamed to own up to he has been in the wrong, which is by saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
I THANK YOU - Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don't take daily courtesies for granted. They are quick to thank their friends for their many expressions of kindness. On the other hand, people whose circle of friends is severely constricted often do not have the attitudeof gratitude.
COUNT ON ME - "A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.""Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship; it is theemotional glue that bonds people. Those who are rich in their relationships tend to be steady and true friends. When troubles come, agood friend is there, indicating "you can count on me."
LET ME HELP - The best of friends see a need and try to fill it. Whenthey spot a hurt they do what they can to heal it. Without being asked, they pitch in and help.
I UNDERSTAND YOU - People become closer and enjoy each other more if they feel the other person accepts and understands them. Letting others know in so many little ways that you understand him or her is one of the most powerful tools for healing your relationship.
GO FOR IT - Some of your friends may be non-conformists, have unique projects and unusual hobbies. Support them in pursuing their interests.Rather than urging your loved ones to conform, encourage theiruniqueness - everyone has dreams that no one else has.
I suppose the 3 little words that you were expecting to see have to bereserved for those who are special; that is I LOVE YOU.
Yassi:-
” I suppose the 3 little words that you were expecting to see have to bereserved for those who are special; that is I LOVE YOU. ”
UMM SUHAYB !!!!
does this sound familiar shotu meyeh?
' how many times a person may long to hear those 3 words'
' I.....Love.....You? These three?'
'na'aam maa shallah they suit you'
'as the Prophet (SAW) did say when u love a person hurry in letting them know'
'I feel like crying.'
yeh anywayz... i love all u sisters for the pleasre of Allah subhana wa taala.... especially you meyeh muwah intee u are my fresh air when i open the window to let the smoke out looool ay ay aymay Allah grant all u sisters jannat al firdous ameen
Me:-
YASSMEANA YOU GOT ME TO CRY
Ya Allah.. jazakumAllah khair.. that was sweet.. but what yassi posted was even sweeter
Yassi:-
meyeh... people dont live like memoriez do... i treasure u habeebtee i luff you
Me:-
na'am memories dont live like people do.. wallah cherish every memory couse sooner or later people move outa your life and only memories are left... yassmeana I love you too... Jazakillah khair for always being there.. wallah I dunnu what id do without you..
Yassi:-
aywa me either, intee u keep me strong and sane... you are a diamond amongst all the cubic zirconia ana bdee hold on tight to you
and maybe we should stop responding back n forth b4 people get mad...
'im all about the love deep down' lol
Me:-
lol ya mumkin we finish it on msn.... and PLEASE stop with the quotes lol ya Allah ... ah whatever ill talk on msn..
lol, ya this is one of the few replying back and forths that me and yassi and Umm Qaylah did without getting it deleted and locked..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/05/2004 11:19:00 AM
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.:Wednesday, August 04, 2004:.
Cleaning..
my mom has this thing, whenever we move to a new house she has to CLEAN it.. ya’ani clean everything. Wash the walls, the cupboards, the floor, the carpet, the closets. So the past two days that’s what I’ve been doing pretty much.. and right now I am dead.. subhanAllah.
I hate that house, so I just want to leave as soon as I get there. So I’ll do anything to get outa there. lol in this case work and work and work, which pleases my mama. She’s like “I wish you worked like this all the time”. But ya, todayyyyyy was way more work than yesterday. So right now I can like barley move. Khair inshaAllah. Looks like we gonna be moving some stuff tomorrow and then the real moving is going to be this weekend.. eh.. alhamdulilah..
Rightttttt now I just feel like sleeeeeping lol.. but I’m hungry so maybe after I eat and pray maghrib and isha..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/04/2004 08:25:00 PM
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Kids at Ross LOL
I just got back from some stores with my mama and sis.. lol and man IT WAS SO FUN.. like usually I’m not a big store person, but today lol I loved it.. ok lemmi tell ya what happened.. I was jus walking around, bored, couse I really didn’t wanna go but ya I had to. This little 4 year old (lalo, they were Mexican) sees me with my niqaab and goes “why you dressed like that” and I said “because that’s what God said to do, I wanna be a good girl” and he goes “I’m a good boy” and I said “cool, that’s nice” and then his older brother Sammy (6) said “I thought you were a ninja” and I said “why” and he said “couse you dressed like one” and I said “really” and he said “ya, you look COOL” at this point his mom is like embarrassed and shes like “I’m so sorry” and I was like “nah its all good, I don’t mind it at all”
Then I just you know walk a way a bit.. and Lalo keeps fallowing me and talking to me and stuff. so I get into a conversation with him. ask his name hold old he is and stuff. Then him and Sammy start playing under the racks and stuff lol. So lalo is like “hey I bet you cant catch me” I was like “I bet I can” so I start chasing the two kids all around the store. Then they were like “lets get HER” and I was like lol k.. and they start chasing me. then I was like “we better go find your mama” and they said “ok” so we went and found her, then Lalo was like “lets play hide and seek” I was like “ok” so after each of us has a turn, we played “tag your it”
Then their mom was like “ok we’re going” so they were like awwwwwwww man.. lol then lalo was like “can I have your phown contact thing so I can cawwl yyou” and I just laughed and he was like “pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaasssse” and I was like “awwwwww” so he was like “: D that’s the magic word” and I was like “yup, *******” and he was like THANKS. (he forgot my number three seconds later so its no biggie) then their mom decides not to leave.. so we chill some more. lol
I had to go see my mom for a bit, so I told them I’d brb lol. they were like “ok but promise to come back” I was like “I promise” I guess I was a little late for them so they started looking for me lol.. So when I went back to where I left them, they weren’t there. So I was looking for them and found Sammy, and we went looking for lalo.. I saw khala amani and she points to Sammy and is like “his little brother came up to me and said ‘I know someone that dresses like you, have you seen her?’” lol.. man it was funny couse like when I saw khala amani’s kids they run to me and I give them each a BIGG HUG and stuff and the two boys were like jealous .
When we had to leave, I kept telling lalo to go stay with Sammy so he don’t get lost. And he would be like “ok ok” then two mins later he’s back next to me saying “I just wanna tell you oneee more thing then I’ll go” he did that like five times.. then finally the last time, he hid behind some racks and when we were going outa the door he jumps and says “BYE”.
mashaAllah they were so cute.. in the car my mama was like “may this be a means of dawaa for their mom and them” I was like ya inshaAllah.. I think their mom appreciated me taking them away from her while she shopped lol.. and they thought “I was a really cool ninja” lol.. but ya.. I showed them my face and they were like “you look norrrrrmaal” I was like “ermmm ya” lol man that was fun forsure.. anyway I gotta get to the dars.. khala Ghada just called AGAIN.. lol..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/04/2004 02:20:00 PM
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.:Monday, August 02, 2004:.
Tassnym!!!!!!!!!
I GOT TO TALK TO HER TODAY. I CAME ONLINE AND SHE WAS ON.. lol ok needa chill. As soon as I came on she was like MARYAM!!!!! And I was like omg omg omggg lol.. then we just talked and talked and talked. She was like “omg wallahi I miss Corvallis sooooooo much” then she had me re cap everything that happened in the past week lol.. and then she told me everything she did.. then she had me call up people and give them messages.. man subhanAllah when she had to go and we said salaams.. like I was crying and she said she was crying, and I was like when will you come on again and she said she didn’t know : ( but Alhamdulilah it was nice. She said there is a chance they might come back, to help her dad and Mohammad pack, then they would leave again.. but khair it was nice alhamdulilah..
Hmm what elseeeeee happened today? I got one of the sweetest messages first thing when I got up this morning, which was really nice.. alhamdulilah that made my day, till I got into a “fight” with my mom :(. Everyone here’s really stressed out about some stuff.. and like my mama usually takes it out on me couse I don’t answer, but today she took her frustration out on my sister (its partially her fault couse she has an attitude problem) but like I was getting annoyed couse of everyone, so I yelled at my mama :( first time since forever. I was like “mama listen we’r all going through stuff, your not the only one. Stop it will you? Please? I cant take it any longer, all I'm doing day in day out is listening to everyone yell about something or complain or something. etc “ and then I told my sister to go to her room don’t come out and don’t make problems, and went to my room. Later I came out and told my mom sorry.. but I think she was still in shock that I went off on her.. khair we’re cool now lol.. she knows I was stressed.. but ya.. I needa NOT do that again inshaAllah.. I haven’t raised my voice on my parents or anyone in the longest time..
Ahhhhh khair alhamdulilah im in a good mood again though.. the kids are here (mish3al misha3il nouf and Abdullah..) lol man reminds me of school time when they would always come over.. lol u guys remember when they were LIVING with me for like a week when there mom gave birth.. mashaAllah that was pretty fun. Nouf still is like my little baby.. lol.. ohhhhhhhhhh I got my grade for my class here’s what my teacher said
“Maryam has completed the necessary requirements for World Geography 1.1 and has obtained a grade of A for her work. She made many insightful contributions, and I appreciate her efforts. Please apply this credit to her transcript.”
Wohooooo so now psychology and geography 1.2 and im done with online classes inshaAllah.. thennnnnn four classes with ASC and maybe a couple challenge tests and I'm done with High-school.. :D then I Graduate :D woohoo lol.. so ya anyways I don’t have anything else to say.. so I'm just going on and on.. maybe I’ll write something that’s actually serious later..
chotu-meyeh
@ 8/02/2004 07:03:00 PM
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