What is time? Time is not tangible yet everything revolves around it. Sometimes there isn’t enough and sometimes you just want it to pass. We are in rush due to it or bored because of it. But, one thing is for sure as time passes by, you never do get it back.And as I sit here typing away time is passing by.
How do we spend our time, wisely or for granted? We should treat time as a gift and be grateful for it. We should slow down and take it all in. We should stop and observe. We should at times slow down and take our time.
Then there are those days where time is too slow! (hopefully not when reading this blog) you look at that second hand and swear it’s not budging. So, you go off and do things you otherwise would not do. Keep yourself occupied and spend time wisely.
You might be wondering what made me think about time and to be honest it’s the thought of school approaching and summer ending. I still think we are in July and the thought of school does not seem so pleasant. School is a time where time is abused to a pinnacle that can’t be described. Those assignments and studying time allocations procrastinated to the very last minute. Time wasted on facebook, movies, msn…. You know. But, now with school and Ramadan coming right around the corner we have to keep above all time management to an extreme priority.Every moment of Ramadan is blessed so cherish it.
We all are trying to be different and unique especially at this age. This is me and that’s you!
But, how much different are we? On my commutes I look around and see someone with the same shoes as me, the shirt I wore last year, hear my ringtone coming from another phone… I feel the same as everyone else: happy when I find a job, sad when I get a poor mark, cold in the winter… So what sets me apart from anyone else? Not my name that’s for sure, not what I own, not my title… Then what? It’s the imperfections: that scratch on my phone, that tear in my jeans, the way the sole of my shoe is worn out.
Being different the way we see it is flawed the only difference that sets me apart from you is my flaws. We are more alike than different. And if we start looking at the world through this angle I think it would bring us back on the ground where we ought to be instead of having our noses in the sky. Stop trying to set yourself a part by being materialistic or someone you’re not and realize that you are a part of something bigger.
This is me and my commuter thoughts. Look out for more commuter thoughts throughout the weeks.
You know I got a little peeve I want to bring up with you all.
It's when someone tells you that they said something bad about you when you weren't present. Come on! Firstly, that's backbiting and then you tell me to make it all right?
IT'S WORSE!
For example Steve talks to Ahmed about Joe's bad body odour. Then Ahmed decides to tell Joe, "Hey, I was talking to Steve about your body odour and we both believe it's really bad. You should do something about it!"
I don't need you telling me this! At least not in this sort of fashion. I now doubt what kind of friend you are of mine that you talk bad about me with others and now that you mention this I wonder what else you think and have said about me.
STOP IT.
And PLEASE ask the person for their general forgiveness, don't say I said this and that about you, can you forgive me and always look for the positive of others.
It's narrated that if you you hide a fault of someone else than Allah will hide yours on the day of judgment.
How many times have you been hit by a virus, the blue screen of death, an accidental format or lost your USB key?
What? That has never happened to you? You freak do you even use a computer?
Now back to what I was talking about. Yes, I get sidetracked very easily... Oh look there goats over there... I mean urr... so yes, I happened to stumble upon a site that offers a virtual computer!
What you can do is save your files on their server and never have to worry about losing them. But, wait there's more if you call within the next 5 minutes (actually there is no time limit) you'll find out it's a computer of it's own. Now you can have the convenience of your own personal desktop anywhere you go! So, now you have access to everything you need anywhere you are as long as you got internet access!
They offer 15GB of online storage of all your essential files on this virtual computer, IM, applications and a lot more.
All you do is open a web browser enter g.ho.st in the address bar and login. It's as easy as that. I think it's a very useful tool especially after I lost all my first year notes due to an accident format, sigh.
The registartion proccess is very easy. Find out more at g.ho.st today!
Maybe you noticed my last two entries both mentioned incidents about violence towards Muslims. It’s quite emotional to hear these incidents occurring and there is only one solution!
What is it?
We have to go outside and rally, burn flags, and scream death to the west! Yes, that is the only solution.
Wait? What? Oh yeah I live in the west! But, everyone hates me… Well… almost everyone… hmm actually I think I’ve only met one or two people ever who have been really been unfriendly with me because of my religion.
Okay, back to the point. Everything is a two way street. Like respect, you give some and you get some. We as Muslims have narrowed down our solution to these protests with obscure chants that have no basis.
We want everyone to consider us based on our own actions! Yet, somehow when one incident happens somewhere it’s “death to America” or “Germany hates Islam”! Yes, as if that one person was elected by the nation to represent their views towards Islam.
How goofy can we get? I know it’s emotional, it quite really is. Especially the case of the now dubbed “Hijabi Martyr”. How something like that happens in a courtroom is something to look into. But, that one case does not define the view of Germany towards anything.
So, what can you do?
BE A MUSLIM AND ACT LIKE ONE!
And if you don’t know what that means you got some learning to do.
SEATTLE -- Police here have arrested a man accused of threatening a local woman and her baby because of their race and religion.
The incident took place on July 1 when the 25-year-old woman and her 6-month-old baby visited the Seattle Indian Health Board at 611 12th Avenue South, according to the statement of probable cause.
Investigators said Eric Gardner reportedly made derogatory comments like "You Muslim people scare people when you wear that clothing," and "When I see a black woman, it makes me want to throw up."
The alarmed mother said she asked him what was wrong, to which he responded, "I'm talking to you (expletive), Muslim people," the document said.
When the woman said, "What I wear does not make me a bad person," Gardner told her, "You scare people," and cursed at her, the woman told detectives.
The woman tried to move away from the aggressive man, but he followed her. He then pulled out a sheath knife with an 8- to 10-inch blade, held it in front of her face and said, "I'm going to cut you and your baby with this knife," the statement said.
Gardner slammed the knife on the counter, struggling to get it out of the sheath, detectives said. A staff member of the health clinic reached over and took the knife away from the suspect.
"I just heard a big slam on the counter and I looked over and it was a knife," said employee Alissa Stewart. "My first instinct was to grab it and get it out of reach."
Gardner then lunged over the counter, grabbed the knife out of Stewart's hand and fled, investigators said.
Another clinic employee who had dealt with the boisterous man earlier in the day identified him as Eric Garner.
Police found Gardner walking in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood the following night. They said Gardner, who was carrying a knife, admitted he had "pulled a knife on a Muslim woman earlier in the day because he was 'doing his part to defend America,'" according to the statement.
The threatened woman said she was scared for her and her son's lives when a man came after her at the clinic. She said she believes she would've been stabbed if the employee hadn't interfered.
"I feel scared and disappointed that he judged the Muslim people," the woman said in a statement. "It's not only about the judgment. He wanted to kill me and my 6-month-old son. I just want people to look at Muslims as human beings. There are a lot of good people in America. Muslims are not bad people."
Gardner, 24, has a long criminal history with prior convictions for assault and felony harassment. He is being held at the King County Jail on $100,000 bail.
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