Pick of The Week. (vol. 1)

So I finally decided to issue volume 1 of Pick of The Week. I was flipping through some old pictures today and found a whooole bunch to choose from, BUT I chose to go with some old goodies. This was a couple of years back, (okay so it was actually 1999, which still seems like only a couple of years back for me alright), in the old Lahore airport. I was standing there in the visitor area where people usually wait for their loved ones to come out of the door. If you're familiar with the old Lahore airport, it was that section to the extreme left, right by that little shop that sold overpriced 'bottles' and chip flavours you never knew could actually exist. We were waiting for my dad to finish sorting out all our luggage that was 'MIA' as we went outside and greeted our relatives. As I was standing there, and yeah, we were waiting for quite some time, I couldn't help but notice this bright red sign on one of the marble pillars. Now tell me, if there was a fire in the building, what would you do? Get yourself out of the building, or follow these instructions?

Quick! Dial 01192432538675!! Extension 56433!!

And since we're talking about signs, I took a picture of this one sign through my car once. It turned out only partially visible cuz of the pollution (And the scanner isn't so great). But when I cleared it up, this is what it read:


Now imagine your name in the sky like that!

But honestly, as if sights like these next ones don't make you feel like you're a part of something great.

"Abu why aren't we movi.. oh. ok."


and this one:



If you take a look at the guy sitting on the top with his chin on his hand, 4 people from the left, you might easily picture him sitting right next to you on the subway on your way to work. But is he in an enclosed subway moving relatively close to the speed of sound? No. He's on the top of a bus moving relatively close to the speed of sound.

And then if you look closer (click the image to get a larger view) there's a guy on the right with something held up to his ear. (You can't miss him, his butt's hangin out the window). At first I thought it might be a cell phone, but this picture was taken in 1987 so it definitely wasn't one of those! I leaned in a little further and thought, "Wait a second! Is that...?"

Yep, you guessed it! We all know desi's were the original crew to start sportin their ghetto blasters. :P But tell me, can you imagine yourself on a two hour ride, standing like the guy right next to the guy with the radio? Now that would be a breeze!

blue skies smilin' at me

a play off the happy thoughts aka closet good muslim post

when you find a conservative side to someone you totally were judgemental towards. how cool is that? not just when it comes to boys but girls as well. how cool is it when you find out that the reason you didn't know that someone was the way someone is is because it's between them and Allah swt and not for others to see? yeah that's cool

Happy Thoughts

I just saw someone praying in the praying room that I've seen around campus for the loonngest time but had no idea he was Muslim. *sigh* It was so nice. Warmed me heart it did!
Ok but yah, not for the reasons that some of you might think of, but just cuz you know, when you don't see someone associating with other Muslims or ever doing anything that'll make him seem like he was muslim, suddenly in the prayer room praying, and no one else is around, it's nice. He's got his deen on and he knows who to show it to. :) Me. No jk! hahhaha MashaAllah.

Anyhow! I also saw a reaallly broken down old box-like toyota corolla type car while dropping my mom off to work this morning. Similar to trucks with that huge sign at the front that say "Wide Load" (hehe I know I'm not the only one that gets a kick out of that), this one had a huge wooden blue sign at the front that said, "WHEN I GROW UP I'M GOING TO BE A CADILLAC!"

child labor in full form

musa cutie

school of rock

i went to watch school of rock with hbiddy and ism on the wall outside fountain city coffee in the freezing cold. still funny. jack black is a riot

Hey guys. I don't know what's going on but something's definitely going down. Du'aas would be appreciated. And to my lovely contributors, keep it going kay? I wanna see pictures and laughable posts galore. Actually thought provoking posts are good too. I believe in you. hehehehe wassalam.

happa happa happy

eid mubarak & happy bday shaheen *surprize*

my baby monkey

heh this kid

lemon fresh mixed with lavender

sure it sounds like it would smell horrible. i made the mistake of remoisturizing with a different scented lotion. it wasn't as much a mistake as a discovery. mmm. smell good. it's going to be a lovely day. lovely day. lovely day. a lovely daaay [the fact that it made me burst out into song must mean it smells really good so try it ]

Oh, but one more thing. A couple of us winnipeggers put together a student agenda book for MSA National. It's filled with hadith, important islamic dates, important du'aa, and all the msa national stuff you're ever gonna need to know. Not to mention all the regular day planner, contact info, and academic essentials you find in student agenda books (i.e. cheat sheeets!!). There's still a box-full left from ISNA so go buy one! or order some for you msa's. If not, I will find it in my heart to forgive you. heheh bubbbyee!
http://www.msa-natl.org/merchandise.html

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Honestly, don't you guys think this 'chai' character is so cool? MashaAllah M&M, what would this blog do without you? :))))) It's not like the other 'contributors' are contributing anything. *gollum cough* Get to it people!!! ;)

I have to apologize right off the bat though; I had no intention of posting anything until everything was kind of freed up. But uhhhh, I feel guilty for letting chai do all the work around here. And unfortunately, you'll all have to deal with the fact that I'm currently in the state of pure delirium (that's a word right?), and have no brainpower whatsoever except for whatever's signalling my fingers to type. :) So with that said, here's my post, about nothing at all, and inshaAllah you have the choice to read it, or not read it. Simple as that. It's a free world. Unfortunately, people still voted Republican. :(

Hmm.. let's see, what do I talk about? Ok, I'll post one thing, and one thing alone. And chai, I want you to know that all this nonsense is for you, and to recognize your devotion to sustaining 'Get Yo Groove On'. (All rights and dues are properties of the owners and operators of the website. Violators of these laws will be shot.) hehehe

As most of you know, Qamer and I took a trip down soutthh for a week, all on our very own. We always wondered what it would be like to take a trip with just the two of us. Having gone so late in our 'prime', we lacked all sorts of extensive outbursts of energy that we originally assumed we'd exert, and in the end, it was a very calm, normal, relaxing, and not to mention expensive vacation. Here then, is a picture of the people driving beside us on the way home. We don't know what happened, but all of a sudden these guys started mouthing obscenities at us. At first I was shocked; Never had I seen so much hate in a stranger's face before. Every time they'd pass us, the two men in the car would be swearing, and the two women were glaring at us. So typical. All I could do was give em the deadliest dirty look I could muster. (It probably looked more constipated than anything unfortunately). But my partner in crime was more cool than I was... *ahem*. Anyhow, the next time they passed us, I took a snap at them. And this is what I mean by snap.



BUSssTEDDDD!!! hahahahha that really got us cracking up. I wish the guy in the back hadn't turned away, cuz his was the most nastiest face. Actually, I guess they both tried to ease up when they saw me with a camera, cuz MANNNNN did they look crude. They looked like they were about to come out of themselves while swearing. Ewwww I still remember it clearly in slow motion. *shudder*

They took a picture of us next time they passed us, but we were ready, and posed quite nicely. kheheheh I wish I could get a copy of that. They were actually laughing afterwards.... It was interesting how they stopped being mean all of a sudden. But they kinda had to since they were DEFEATED!! weirdos. But honestly, watch out for people like them man!! Illinoisians. Americans!!

On another note, we caught a truckdriver with a memorable sign. (If you can make it out)


And on yet another note, and despite the distractions, we still managed to keep up with Cindy Lauper.


Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah. And that's my post for the next two weeks. :D Eid Mubarak!!

shrek 2

oh man. it's so money. go rent it now

hair care

when it comes to hair i'm always in a state of confusion. what should i do with it? where do i put it? my hair is thick. and it's curly. making it wild. oh and there's lots of it. i've had this problem ever since i can remember. my siblings have continuously made fun of it. called me mop top. the pic shows exactly why. now after getting all sorts of haircuts i went in earlier today for yet another one. i walked out with a mullet. i am not satisfied. i am not feeling better about myself. that's what i get. i mean i should have known. curse thee! cuts by us! $11.95 per cut. that's the service i get

aaap bohat jokey ho

ok we were exchanging jokes the other day during sahoor. and this one was easily the dumbest one:

jock1: dude i can't believe we have to take this aptitude test
jock2: i know dude this is dumb
jock1: dude what's the answer to the first one?
jock2: ughhh dude old macdonald had a ____?
jock1: dude yeah that one
jock2: oh i know that. it's farm dude
jock1: dude how do you spell farm?
jock2: oh that's easy dude. it's in the song. it's e i e i o

so what does your family talk about during sahoor?