.: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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