ITS ALL ABOUT BAGS

I have developed an obsession...This obsesion is making bags...yes you read right making bags. I have no idea why...I don't really use bags to be honest with you...I think I just like having them...

So anyway since I've developed an obsession with bags there's no point keeping my new found talent all to myself is there? So I'll share with you a couple of pictures of my handy bags..and when I make a couple more (which I'm sure to do) I'll show you them too!

So there you are..The buttons were an after thought (shame I didn't have matching ones...lol). I'm ashamed to say that this wasn't my first attempt at making a bag...this was the third...so there aren't many excuses for it looking that dogy but never mind! All my bags are made from scrap material found around the house...and take only half an hour to make(wink)(smug smile) (is it any wonder they turn out dodgy?)

The bag on the left was the first attempt at a bag (and in a bid to make it sound more professional...) is lined with white material and has, as you can see a piece of white ribbon throught the middle...and in the middle of the bow a little pink bead (it's at this point that I need one of those cartoon grins with that ever so fantastic PING!)...I have made another bag with a draw string and a trouser leg...please do yourselves a favour and don't ask (it did as you imagine go wrong ...but stll manages to look nice funnily enough). I also made another with tassels pulled off a traditional African dress (the dress was not damaged in the process). Apart from making (dodgy) bag's I've also been working on my Islamic art...and why?...because I'm thinking of selling them...they're good enough to be sold so why not? it would earn a little money so I'm all for it...My mum is to be my manager (which is way cool, lol) and were intending to set up a website so peeps can order them online...I'm not sure if it will work but I'm willing to give it a go insha'allah. I'm also half way through my book YAY! It's actually a really good book...so I might read another of hers (one of the Bronte sistahs...dunno which) when I'm done with this one insha'allah.

So there you are...thats how I've been using (wasting) my time...I did go to my keep fit class yesterday...so not all my time was spent sitting down doing nowt much...

TWIRLY CHAIRS

Ok, so today was the day of my second set of exams...and how did it go? Ok masha'allah...Alhamdulillah I managed to complete all my papers and all questions were answered...not sure if evrything was right though...so that's pretty depresing. We arrived at the college at half eleven (exam WAS supposed to start at twelve) and guess what? They told us the exam was actually at two in the afternoon! what a cheek! (my mum had confirmed the time the day before)...cos we live far away, my dad couldn't take us home so we (me an sis) had to wait in the college for three hours solid until our exam began! (our time was spent twirling on twisty chairs, eating museli bars and playing stupid games...(lol) A nice bro did get us some lunch masha'allah and everyone was really nice so...it did kind of shatter my confidence a little cos I was all prepared for the exam had (kind of) revised before going and then had to wait three hours so that wasn't exactly the best day ever but alhamdulillah...
Oh...on my way to the college some Muslim sis stopped me and my sis and asked us if we knew of any Mosques in the area with ladies sections (we were across the road from one) she said she'd tried that mosque and two others and that the reason she wanted to know if there were any more mosques in the area is because that morning she'd run away from her abusive husband and needed somwhere to stay and some money aswell as she'd forgot her purse when she left...subhana'allah we weren't able to help and she said the mosque had told her to come back the next day!! subhana'allah! astaghfiru'allah! Is this the state of our ummah? that we can't even help our bros and sistahs when they are in need? you'd of thought it would have been simple enough for them to have given her somwhere to stay...but no! (insha'allah I hope that Allah(swt) helps her in her time of need if no one else can or rather won't bother!).
Came back home from my exam to be told by my dad that my mom had to go to hospital cos she'd been sewing and had sewn her finger up...needle went right through one end and out the other! OUCH!
So that was my day really...a little more interesting than usual(I think) but not interesting enough! Exams took up most of the day...so there you are another day in the life of a stranger...lol

Kitty Katty

Ooooh look here It's my cat..Honey's the name and scratching my hands to shreds is his game ...naa hes lovely masha'allah! and very pretty too masha'allah! Though he's got a habit of attacking my bird!! (grr!) this I'm not too fond of, but never mind...hes still a lovely cat!!!

TeA

Here you are a picture made by moi, nothing much just a cup of tea lol. But hey I thought I'd show of my artistic skills to those who are willing to veiw them...and there you are thats it!

EXAMS AND JUGLING...

So today was the day of my exam...and how did it go? Alright I suppose...better than I expected but not as good as I would have liked if that answers the question. There are five sections in the exam papers I completed four, which is more than I can usually do...Seeming as there are two exams I may do better in the next...all the points are added so I suppose I still have a chance of passing insha'allah. I was just a little disapointed because I wanted to at least complete some of the fith section...it would of made me feel ALOT better...but never mind evrything is qadr Allah so I suppose I've just got to be happy with what I did acheive and make Dua that I do better next time round. Aside from that I've got another two exams tomorrow in Arabic (lovely)...I doubt that's going to go well...And then another two exams I think in June. To be honest I'm completely fed up with studying, it's boring me now..and that's not what I want because believe it or not I really enjoy studying...so hey! always look on the bright side of things (if there is one).
Apart from exams I've been learning to juggle...yeah I know loads of exams coming up and shes learning to juggle! But hey you've got to have some enjoyment hey? (not thats its really enjoying but never mind). So yeah thats me done...and as you can see I've had like the most exiting week...not

Random To Don'ts

I have decided after much thought that to do lists are completely unsuccesful. They never work, and the to dos never get done.
So enicialy what we all need is a "to don't" list... a list that states all the things we should "to Don't"...Now being a Muslimah puts me at an instant advantage...my "to don't" list for the week could go somthing like this...
Do Not
eat pork
go outside without my Hijab on
Drink wine
Drink blood
Eat donkey
Hurt any animal or beast(siblings not included)
And so on and so forth...
And hey presto! I have already succesfuly compleated six of my tasks. Not only will it make you feel less of a failiure but also incorage you "to don't" more(which I asume will eventualy make you a much better person).
So thats somthing to brighten up my day..hey?

INTENTION...

The accepted hajj has no reward other than paradise...

Ok, one of my many ambitions are to make Hajj...I suppose its one of those things that every Muslim wants but not all are going to get. And so bearing this in mind I have decided that i must try my best to at least learn the rituals of hajj. Because Islam teaches that everything is by intention, I have come to the relisation that i need to have the intention, because just praying and wishing i'll get there isnt enough. So I'm now going to try and learn as much as possible insha'allah, and hopefuly this will be accepted by Allah(swt).
Aside from that I also need to work on my Qur'an insha'allah...after calculating it (with my ever so handy calculator) I know realise that if I learnt ten ayat a day I'd have memorized the Qur'an in two years! Twenty a day and I'll do it in one...
When you look at it that way its nothing...So I realy have to nuckle down and get a grip...I'm also presuming that it will be far easier to learn the Qur'an while I'm still young, so...yeah...

So...

Ok, so today didn't go so bad...I acomplished three chapters of my book (Emma) (they were very small chapters...but that doesnt matter). And I went to the opticians (having problems) only to be told my eye sight has deteriarated (lovely)...my lenses are already quite thick ...so if this continues I may end up with lenses that look like the bottom of a bottle (as my lovely sis put to me) in other words lenses an inch thick...(even more lovely). My study books have not been seen today...and are nicely tucked away under my bed(yes you read right...under my bed) and so I daubt anything remotely like studying will be acomplished today. I do intend to draw today...although what I'm going to draw I've still to work out ...is it any wonder all the worlds artists are suffering from depression? it takes alot of hard work (cough) (yeah right)
And apart from that I've not done that much. At least I did somthing hey? lets hope life gets more interesting...

RANDOM THOUGHTS

I have come to the conclusion that I spend far too much time doing nothing and too little time actualy doing somthing. Infact i have just realised that the majority of my time is spent doing...well nothing realy. It is should we say a major fault in my charicter or in other words "an inability to use my time suficiantly". When I think about it there are only twenty four hours in a day...I'm asleep by 10:30 and awake at 7:00, so thats 8.5 hours asleep and the rest of my time is spent on the computer, eating, studying (lie) and nothing much else.
So I've decided that I need to take a good look into my life, and start doing a bit more, to put it lightly. So I might start painting again (havent in a long time), and I need to start reading again (havent done that in a long time eather) (so yes the thing at the side of the screen is infact a lie), I also need to read more Qur'an and Islamic litriture. So I will have to draw up another ambition list (the last one accidentaly fell of the wall and then walked to the bin...so I'm not to blame for my faliure to do anything of any use), this time I will try to stick to it (lie). And hopefuly my life will be filled with loads of exiting things...(also to be a lie)

Stop While Your Ahead...

I like this phrase alot. After studying for many weeks in the draw up to my exams, I've finaly come to the conclusion that I have to stop while I'm ahead...and so am taking a break. An excuse to be lazy? (maybe) but being the kind of person who refuses to aknowlege this I prefer to use the term "taking a break"...it sounds more sophisticated if you look at it from where I'm standing.
Today I have neglected my pets ...cages which were supposed to get cleaned..were not...and the cat has lasted on a tin of tuna...alll day...that does not mean i don't intend to feed him...it means I accidentaly forgot, much like I do with evrything...all the time.
Today I also hijacked the computer...using it for a record breaking three hours..to some this may not seem to extravegant, however when your living in a house of eight...it is totaly the oposit. I have five days left till my exam...I may study on monday but then again I may not...
And having said that...I retire to a messy room...and two cages...(not forgeting the cat)