365 Day Project, Day 83

A picture, of a picture, of yet another picture, of one of my favorite places.

365 Day Project, Day 71

This is how the modern generation of students takes notes.

I knew I loved you before I met you

I knew I loved you before I met you

I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you

I have been waiting all my life

A guy is sitting at a bar in a skyscraper restaurant high above the city. He's slamming tequila left and right. he grabs one, drinks it, goes over to a window and jumps out. The guy who was sitting next to him couldn't believe that the guy had just done that. He was more surprised when, ten minutes later, the same guy, unscathed, comes walking back into the bar and sits back down next to him. The astonished guy asks," How did you do that???? I just saw you jump out that window and we're hundreds of feet above the ground!!!" The jumper responds by slurring, "Well, I don't get it either. I slam a shot of tequila and when I jump out the window, the tequila makes me slow down right before I hit the ground. Watch." He takes a shot, slams it down, goes tot the window and jumps out. The other guy runs to the window and watches as the guy falls until right before the ground, slows down and lands softly on his feet. A few minutes later, the guy walks back into the bar. The other guy has to try it too, so he orders a shot of tequila. he drinks it and goes to the window and jumps. As he reaches the bottom, he doesn't slow down at all....SPLAT!!!!!! The first guy orders another shot of tequila and the bartender says to him," You're really an asshole when you're drunk, Superman."

It's amazing how you speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark

Try as I may I could never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing

My first paragraph reminds me, 'American Standard' is usually the way to be.

Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
to hold her when I'm not around
when I'm much too far away
We all need that person who can be true to you
But I left her when I found her
And now I wish I'd stayed
'Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired
I'm missing you again oh no
Once again

I'm enjoying the holidays. I have guests staying over at my place who're from my family's ancestral home, Larkana, and relatives  from America, so it's a pretty diverse atmosphere. Music and new technology mixing with prayers and chaos.

I've never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight,
I've never seen you shine so bright, you were amazing,
I've never seen so many people want to be there by your side,
And when you turned to me and smiled, it took my breath away,
And I have never had such a feeling,
Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight.

Oh, and does anyone else have an Acer laptop that's been giving them trouble with overheating? Cause this is the second Acer laptop I've bought and both have the exact same problem, it's turning into a family joke, that the first problem with the laptop is that it's an Acer. Imma buy Asus next, anyone have one of those?

When the visions around you,
Bring tears to your eyes
And all that surround you,
Are secrets and lies
I'll be your strength,
I'll give you hope,
Keeping your faith when it's gone
The one you should call,
Was standing here all along

I got into another university Alhamdullilah, this time the University of Texas at Dallas. So now I can choose between the East Coast, the West Coast, and the South.

The biggest mistake you'll make is walking away from the person that stood there and waited for you.

Stop & Stare

Taking pictures is a birthright.

It was cloudy today and therefore the most amazing sights were there to take pictures of.

See the sun's light coming down through the clouds? See it? Yeah? That's called awesome light.
It's like a natural spotlight.

Now I know what it feels like to stare into the camera and into the sun. Hard to take a picture, yes.

Here's your dare, Areesha :P

Would you make me number one on your playlist?
I woke up feeling sad and down and now I feel.. better. It's not a bad life. Just a few bad days.


The One Who Leaves Me Breathless, I love you soo much, and I'm sorry for every little mistake I've ever done. I used to live life with no regrets-every time I upset you though, I regret it and wish I could change it.

Because I'm like a boy with a new toy

I have a new cameraaaa.

And I love taking pictures.

So I'm posting some of the eighty pictures I took today. It took an hour just to upload them.

The first one is of my one year old cousin. She kept running to me so I would take a picture of her. Bet the next word she learns after 'smile' will be 'camera.'

Shadows.

My Cameraaaa.

Me?

I just love this one.

This was actually a birthday present from my Great-grandmother.

This clock is older than I am.

My brothers were playing with legos. So yeah.

This chandelier is  ancient. It's been with my great-grandmother since.. ages.

I couldn't resist, you know?

 Reflection. Upside down, everything still can make sense.

And that tells you everything about my dayyy.


The One Who Leaves Me Breathless, I love you.
Thank you so much for helping me pick this camera.

Something funny!

Most people hope for presents from Santa every year. Santa hopes for presents from Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris can win a game of UNO without throwing away his cards.
Chuck Norris once stared at the sun for hours… the sun then blinked.

So I was researching funny poems for my mom-She teaches Grade Three-and I found some that I thought were funny.

I've added images of three poems that I wrote when I was Nine-Yes, Nine-and all three of them were published in the National Newspaper in East Timor.. in 2001.
East Timor, for those of you who don't know, is a tiny country off the coast of Australia, which fought for its independence from Indonesia.

Lovely Teacher by Linda Knaus

Lovely teacher, lovely teacher
eyes of periwinkle blue.
You are such a pretty creature,
and I’m so in love with you.
How I long for your attention,
so I’m acting like a fool.
Put me down for some detention,
just don’t send me home from school.
Oh, I’m filled with pain and sorrow,
for my teacher is so cute,
but she won’t be here tomorrow,
’cause she’s just a substitute


Food Fight by Kenn Nesbitt

We’d never seen the teachers
in a state of such distress.
The principal was yelling
that the lunchroom was a mess.
It started off so innocent
when someone threw a bun,
but all the other kids decided
they should join the fun.

It instantly turned into
an enormous lunchroom feud,
as students started hurling
all their halfway-eaten food.

A glob went whizzing through the air,
impacting on the wall.
Another chunk went sailing out
the doorway to the hall.

The food was splattered everywhere—
the ceilings, walls, and doors.
A sloppy, gloppy mess was on
the tables and the floors.

And so our good custodian
ran out to grab his mop.
It took him half the afternoon
to clean up all the slop.

The teachers even used some words
we’re not supposed to mention.
And that’s how all the kids and teachers
wound up in detention.

I'll leave you with a sad picture today. It's of me.. When I was One-and-a-half. I went into the kitchen, and my mom was cooking. She had just taken the frying pan off the stove-and it was filled with oil-and I ran into her.. and the burning oil fell on my face.
Those are burns, yes. I used to think that it was ketchup on my face until my mom told me.. And it's an awesome picture of me. I really don't know why I love the picture.

In my next post, expect many funny pictures. MANY.

Oh, andddd. The One Who Leaves Me Breathless. I really wanted to write your name here, but you asked me not to.
You are amazing. You may not think that you are, but you really are awesome.
Everyone usually runs away from me when I have a migraine. But you, you stick with me and you make sure that it goes away, even when you have a big test that you need to study for the next day.
I love youuuuu.

Put your hands in the air; show me that energyyyyy!

Everyone's posting about Eid and all.. so I shall too. A bit, at least.

Eid Mubarak to everyone =D

I spent my entire day.. texting. :P
And taking pictures. For some reason, I was really in a picture taking mood.

Even though I took them all from my cell phone's camera, I still had fun doing it.
And even though The One Who Leaves Me Breathless has the camera that I would love to take pictures with, that still didn't stop me from taking more and more pictures.

It reminds me of a really embarrassing time in Grade Six. My class went on a field trip to Lahore for three days.. And back then, we had the camera which works on the film rolls and has to be developed. I took pictures.. and spent most of my money on those film rolls.. but I was only in two of those pictures. In fact, people were only in five of them. The rest of the pictures.. had scenery in them. By scenery, I mean the fields, the brick kilns, the salt mines, the trains, the museums, the statues..

It made my dad so mad.

Thankfully, we have digital cameras now.

I spent the day with two really entertaining babies.

They're Nahyan & Ayesha, and both of them are my cousins. And yes, that's my great-grandmother in the first picture.

I kept thinking of Aral & Ayza the entire time, while playing with them. If you don't know who Aral & Ayza are, then you need to see this.



It's kind of hard to remember the rest of the world while I'm talking to The One Who Leaves Me Breathless. I was so focused on texting today that my brothers crept into my room, grabbed my bag, and went out without me even noticing that they were ever there.

It's a good thing that I always text with my back to a wall or laying down.

The new blogger is really interesting. And pretty cool. But then, that's me.. and I love a good change after a while.
I usually keep the six Shawwal rozas, but I have a cough and a cold, and I think I'll celebrate having been able to keep all my Ramadan rozas without any major migraines.

Thank you, God, for everything. Thank you, God, for letting me keep all my rozas. Thank you, God, for giving me hope for the future and for helping my dad relax a bit more. Thank you, God, for bringing some peace to my city for Eid.
All I ask now is for peace in my city. All I ask now is for people to be able to find a solution to their problems. All I ask now is that you help us improve, keep us on the straight path, and safeguard our health and families.