I met Cute Boy. The hour at which we were meeting was odd, but we did anyway. We were at the imambargah again. Abeer was with me ( Read more... )

"The distance between [Mount] Safa and [Mount] Marwah is 378 cubic meters, and the distance between the shrines of 'Abbas and Imam Husayn is 378 cubic meters. I'm speaking from the mimbar, you can check the distances on Google Earth. It's 378 cubic meters," said the speaker in the English lecture today ( Read more... )

Papa got me new sandals, so I wore those to the imambargah. Now, since I'm not straight and I am sensibly trendy, I didn't wear socks under the sandals.

Before I entered the imambargah, I took my sandals off and then went in to sit down near the place where Cute Boy usually sits. Cute Boy arrived a little late and sat down an arm's length away ( Read more... )

I had my Biology Unit 6 exam today. There are three questions, two structured ones and an essay-type question. For the essay-type question today, we had two choices: either we could write about lipids [er, fats], their structures and functions OR we could write about the role of hormones in [don't throw up] oogenesis, the menstrual cycle, birth and ( Read more... )

I saw him today. After a cruel 346 days.
It was.. nice. He's got a goatee now. It's resting on the thin line between cute and outrageously stupid. But I still like him. After the majlis was over today, he walked right behind me as everyone was walking out of the hall and his arm touched mine ( Read more... )

Pa'arah kadushah! Holy cow!

I found this video on Google Videos. It's a lame x 1054 attempt to prove how wrong and disgusting homosexuality and gay people are.
Unfortunately, it's not very long [less than two minutes] so you can only have a few laughs.

In other news, I had a dream about Cute Boy from the imambargah last night. We were in the ( Read more... )

Location: A-levels Room 1, Physics class.
Time: 12:00 noon and later.
Words uttered by: The anointed of the Lord, the Messiah of the Physics teachers, Mister Paul.

"Your anus is shaped like a potato..."

{laughter}

Danu [covering mouth to hide laughter]: What?!

"Yes, the planet Uranus is shaped like a potato"

{more laughterWhat a relief! I was ( Read more... )

After the Imam Husayn had been killed, the soldiers of the Yazeedi army stripped him of his valuable clothes and jewelry and then proceeded towards the Imam's camp to burn and loot the tents.

( Shaam-ay-Ghareeba )

Tonight, the tenth night of Muharram was the night of 'Ali Asghar [Ali the younger], or just Asghar for short. Six-month-old Asghar was the youngest son and child of the Imam Husayn and unfortunately, was one of the casualties of the battle of Karbala'.

( 'Ali Asghar )

In the first few minutes of the English lecture today, my mind was wandering as the speaker was slowly easing into his topic for today. I was thinking, "Aw, wouldn't it be the best if Cute Boy came and sat beside me? Hmmm ( Read more... )