Last Monday, I had my first dissection. I didn't get to slice open anybody or even to watch it being sliced open. We were studying the respiratory system, the ribs and the vertebrae [backbones] associated with it, so the breastplate of the cadaver [a woman, by the looks of it] had already been cut ( Read more... )

The three days of Eid have passed - pretty slowly, I must say - and I just have three more days of school-free boredom/bliss before I return to the unfabulously grinding routine of regular A-level life ( Read more... )

This week has been a pretty short one. So glad the weekend's finally here! We have a nine-day-long Eid al-Fitr break starting from tomorrow, to mark the end of Ramadan on either Sunday or Monday. The chemistry teacher has been considerate enough to ensure we have a lot homework/revision to do so we won't get bored in the long break ( Read more... )

Can you all say 'Eid Mubarak'? It's Eed Moo·bah·ruk. The word eid means 'happy day' in Arabic so 'Eid Meelad Sa'eed' means 'Happy Birthday!' or 'Eid Meelad' simply, means 'Christmas'. Stuff like that. Mubarak means 'blessed'. So say it. Eid Mubarak!

Ok, enough of linguistics. Today was quite a lot of fun. Ammi made sheerkhurma. 'Twas heavenly. ( Read more... )