~Thanksgiving Weekend~

I hope all of you enjoyed Thanksgiving with family and friends. I am so sad the weekend is over and its back to hectic school. =[

Here are some pictures I took over the weekend. 

1. A Red Velvet cake I got at a bakery I went to with a friend for Thanksgiving. I ended up sharing it with my sisters who loved it as much as me.

2 & 3. View of the Skyline from the East River. [Took picture on my phone in the dark...it didn't really capture the beauty]

  4. Frozen yogurt from a new place we randomly walked by. I got peanut butter cups and lots of cookie dough and one rainbow cookie on top of mine. [The rainbow cookie wasn't that great ended up throwing it away but the rest of it was tasty!] I got a small but it was so big that I was able to take it home and eat it the next day.

~Coral Love~

Salam Sisters,

Thought  I would pop in and say Hello.

This semester is going by fast! I feel like I just took midterms and finals are just around the corner. Can you believe its almost Thanksgiving then December!! Thanksgiving is coming right on time I really need a break from school. Thanksgiving means Black Friday is coming as well but I don't think I will be shopping then [because I'm broke :( ] 

I am really loving the color Coral right now and realized I have nothing this color. I know its Fall and coral is more of a springy color but I feel like you can totally incorporate some of these pieces into your outfit.

All items are from Forever 21

Anyway, I should get back to the essay I'm supposed to be writing...

Allahafiz, 

~Update: Snow and Eid~

Salam Sisters,

I can't believe I haven't updated since October! I'm sorry about that but being in College/University really takes up time. October was so hectic with midterms and essays I didn't even have time to breathe [not literally lol]. I still have a couple more tests this week and next but now its a little more manageable so I can stop neglecting this blog.

I can’t believe how fast time flies and that it‘s already fall and almost winter! I love fall from the cool weather to the awesome clothes. A couple of weeks ago it snowed here where I live which was crazy, snow in October! That day my family and I had went shopping and it was snowing lightly when we went into the store and when we came back out our car was covered in snow and it was windy and snow was falling like crazy. The ride back home was hard because we couldn’t see properly. That night we went to a birthday party and I wore flats and the snow had actually stuck on the ground in some places so my feet were wet and freezing by the time I got home. Flats and snow do not mix!

Eid Mubarak once again to everyone, I hope all of you had a wonderful Eid!! My Eid was good I ate a lot of good food and took a break from worrying about school. As you all may know I love putting on Henna even though I am not that good at it but I believe practice makes perfect and so I always find excuses to put it on myself or someone else. Of course preparation for Eid includes putting henna [in my house it is anyway]. I put it on myself as well as my sisters. Here is a picture of what I did:

Anyway Inshallah I will be doing more posts now that midterms are over. I still can’t believe its November and before you know it it’ll be December and Finals time. =[

Take care,

~Eid Mubarak~

Salam sisters,
Eid Mubarak!
I know I have been neglecting this blog but I am back!!!

~Pink and Navy~

Hello Ladies,

I hope all of you are doing well! So today I was on the Forever 21 website looking at their stuff and wishing I had money so I could buy things when I decided to put together an Imaginary/Dream/I wish I had this OOTD! Inshallah I can get some of these things soon they aren't that expensive but when your in college you can't just spend money on clothes! =]

All items can be found on the F21 website! Pictures aren't mine they belong to F21!

Don't you just love how well the colors navy and pink go together?

~Memory Spraking Quote~

Salam Sistera,

I love reading quotes by various people and I tend to use them as my status messages on AIM, Skype etc. So the other day I found this quote which I have heard before but this time it reminded me of an incident. The quote:  “This world is a prison for the Faithful, but a Paradise for unbelievers.”- Prophet Muhammad [saw]

A couple of years ago, I was 17 at the time and I was at my grandpa’s house back home with my cousins when one of our distant cousin’s came over to visit. She was a year older than me and she covered everything including her hand and feet [she wore gloves in the hot weather!] When she was getting ready to leave and putting on her gloves one of my other cousin’s asked her “why do you wear all that? It’s not mandatory.” She replied “We have to make little sacrifices now for a bigger reward later.” [You could say this incident is what sparked my interest in wearing the hijab.]

I love reading quotes and I love when they can relate to your life. What are some of your favorite quotes?

~Muslim Tag~

I decided to do this tag today which I saw on Rabia's blog.

1)Are you a convert or born Muslim and how about your parents?  I was born a Muslim and so were my parents!!

2) What's your ethnicity and if it was related at all too how you were born then how? I am Sri Lankan Indian American and now I know what many of you are thinking HUH Sri Lanka? Where is that? Well I'll tell you where it is in 3 easy steps...first get a map of the world. Second find India on the map. Third look below India at the tip on the Indian Ocean you will see a tear drop shaped island that is Sri Lanka. [Seriously you guys won't believe how many people ask me this question and how many blank stares I have gotten when I tell people where I'm from. lol]

3) Where are you from and have you been to the Middle East? If yes why and how did you like it? I am from Sri Lanka and came to the US when I was a baby. I have never been to the middle East unless a stop at the airport to switch flights counts...=P

4) What's your favorite Arab/Middle Eastern dish? Umm...IDK does Falafel count?

5) What's the most interesting Islam/Arabic related saying you use day to day? Walahi...does that count as interesting? lol

6) What's the most attractive/unattractive trait and or physical attribute you find toward a Muslim/Arab man? (Vice versa for a male): Most attractive would have to be a friendly smile and I find haughty, arrogant people unattractive.  

 
7) What do you love most about Islam and what do you struggle with in Islam? The thing that I love the most is that Allah [swt] is just a prayer away. The thing I struggle with the most is interpreting the Quran. Since I don’t speak Arabic I have to rely only on translations and I hate that I can’t read and understand everything myself and that I have to go and read a translation.  

8) What's the most interesting item in your house related to Islam/Middle Eastern culture, excluding the Quran? Probably would have to be this painting of the aytal kursi...I know not very interesting. 

9) Do you speak Arabic? If yes then please say something: LOL I am not a fluent Arabic speaker the only Arabic words I use is inshallah, mashallah....etc

10) List all the Prophets you can remember by heart? So I would like to warn all of you that I am going to do horrible on this question! So with that let me begin...
Muhammad
Adam

Noah

Musa

Isa

Idris

Haroon

Ibrahim

Ismael

Yusuf

Yahya

Yaqub

Dawood

Ishaaq

Zakariya

Salih

Peace be upon all of them. I'm surprised I actually got more than 3! [They only reason being I have family members with these names lol]

Okay so now TAG your it!!! Let me know if you do this tag so I can see it.=]