Yumna

2004-12-30T11:36:00.000+02:00

Something very strange has happenned, I can't view my blog - it's just a blank page :( - that's so depressing. I can't believe that the last time that I posted something was 10 months ago !!!! I've received some good news last month - that I'm pregnant alhamdulillah. It's been really exciting. My mum's ecstatic, hubby's also just as excited. Will keep myself posted as to the developments as I

2004-02-25T15:59:00.000+02:00

As Salaamu Alaikum, It's just over a week that I'm back from my Hajj trip. Actually, we arrived on the 14th and on the 16th I had to start work, which really wasn't very pleasant because I didn't even have any time to rest. All that I can say about the Hajj trip was that it was simply amazing. I expected it to somehow be difficult. I guess thats because everyone would tell me about their

2003-12-08T08:54:00.000+02:00

Time is really passing by so quickly. Alhamdulillah my Hajj package is finally confirmed. I am now waiting for my air-tickets and the visas. As soon as that comes through, I will start getting more excited about this whole trip. It seems unreal and I pray that all goes well. I attended some Hajj classes during Ramadaan on the basic aspects of Hajj and then on Saturday there were some more

2003-11-12T12:52:00.000+02:00

Hard work never killed anybody" But why take the risk!(I don't want to be an exception!) "Work fascinates me " I can look at it for hours! God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends.

2003-11-11T14:31:00.000+02:00

Today's just a crazy day ..

2003-11-03T14:42:00.000+02:00

Ramadaan has been going really well so far, alhamdulillah. Saturday, I felt some thirst and as soon as I opened my fast, I drank loads of water, serbet & juice. I think I used up more than the 1/3 of what I was suppose to ... I don't feel the lameness that I did last year. There's nothing really different from my lifestyle compared to last year, except that this year I am praying Taraweeh in

2003-11-01T09:55:00.000+02:00

I guess I'm about a week late on the Ramadaan Mubarak .. but it's still Ramadan, so Ramadaan Mubarak everyone. This is the first Ramadaan that I am praying Taraweeh in the Masjid, there's 2 reasons for it: 1. My house is now right across the Masjid - which is great. 2. My cousin's wife asked me wether I was going to pray at home or in the Masjid. I usually pray at home but I know that she

2003-10-29T14:09:00.000+02:00

It's been such a long time since I've last posted anything on here .. I guess its partly due to a lack of interest in posting stuff and also because I have been so busy recently. Not that anyone beside AWK noticed !! Someone e-mailed this article to me today and I thought of sharing it with all you cyber peeps. It's amazing that astronomers are now confirming what our beloved Prophet (Peace Be

2003-09-16T16:20:00.000+03:00

What do you think of this .. got it in an e-mail: Bit of Friday trivia ... Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not

2003-09-16T15:42:00.000+03:00

Ok .. been a bit busy so I couldn't complete the details about my weekend Getaway ... all that I can say was that it was a wonderful experience .. the second lodge that we went to had a huge bath and they had an outside shower, which wasn't quite outside .. it was part of the room but opened outside and you could see the sky while you showered... their were walls all around .. not so high that

2003-09-10T17:31:00.000+03:00

My First Ever Bush Experience The weekend was Alhamdulillah just SUPER. Ismail and I left early on Saturday.. just after Fajr... packed the car, headed for the garage to check that everything was ok with the car and then headed for our trip to the scenic Mpumalanga (formerly known as the Eastern Transvaal). I managed to get a complimentary nights accommodation at one of the 4 star lodges that

2003-08-29T15:59:00.000+03:00

It's so quiet at work today .. I've been playing around for most of today .... just got myself some chocnuts ..

2003-08-02T12:59:00.000+03:00

I just realised that its almost a month since I've last posted .. WOW - time surely flies ..

2003-08-02T12:16:00.000+03:00

I'm currently at work and it is dead quiet .. There was another travel agent special that I saw yesterday .. one to Dubai which I knew Ismail would be really happy about... we weren't really on the best of terms in the morning but I printed it out for him anyways and left it for him to read when he got back from work .. Alhamdulillah - all's well now .. and he wants to go ..It's going to be a bit

2003-07-08T16:39:00.000+03:00

Weekend was brilliant.... didn't do too much .. I worked on Saturday but it was ok ... didn't mind because I had a bit of catching up to do. I couldn't attend a wedding that I wanted to either because I was working .. oh well .. my mum and sis got to go .. I spoke to them on Sunday night .. it sounded like they were having loads of fun. There was some Islamic gathering on Saturday which Ismail

2003-06-30T10:49:00.000+03:00

Things get so hectic that I even forget to share my excitement with you peeps. Last week Wednesday I had to go to a "Preferred Partner Workshop" for my company. It was ok .. I learnt one or 2 new things which I hadn't known.. everything else was just kind of a refresher. During the workshop, there were a few lucky draws where one of the peeps drew a business card from a bowl and there was a

2003-06-24T17:00:00.000+03:00

Baby Season Just spoke to my best friend a few minutes ago.. it's been ages since we've last spoken. She gave birth to a baby girl at the beginning of May and I haven't spoken to her since... kind of weird, but we kept missing each other. In any case, I'm really glad that I've spoken to her... she sounds really happy, alhamdulillah. It kind of seems like its baby season all of a sudden because

2003-06-18T17:10:00.000+03:00

Holidays are over I'm back in South Africa again .. was in the UK from the 02nd June to the 15th June. I was going crazy here at work with rounding up all of my work before going on leave ....since it was a very last minute decision ...Here's a quick back-track. I only decided that I wanted to go to the UK on the 23/24 May since there was that brilliant Swiss Airlines special. I wanted to go

2003-05-17T13:10:00.000+03:00

I must be the worst blogger out in cyber-world... I have been so busy at work that I haven't had a chance to even pop into SV never mind blog. Some times I even don't have time to eat ... my mum says that I'd be better off fasting .. maybe I should consider that ... The only thing that I get just enough time is to pray my salaah and that is also very limited time.... Ismail thinks that I'm crazy,

2003-05-06T16:41:00.000+03:00

Got a lot of catching up to do ...

2003-04-26T12:35:00.000+03:00

I'm a little cheesed off today ... for one my maid has been playing hide and seek with me for the entire week ... she only comes thrice a week ... and didn't wait for me on Tuesday and Thursday ... and today, she didn't pitch up for work at all ...the house is a total mess and I'm having peeps over for dinner tonight. That's not all, I'm working today, so that would mean getting home at 12h30 or

2003-04-22T15:55:00.000+03:00

I just realised that I haven't blogged for ages ... This long weekend was lovely ... Thursday We left quite late to go to my mum's, that was mainly because Ismail takes so long. He had to explain every action of his to his brother and to tell him not to forget to water then plants, who to contact in an emergency etc etc .. how to get to the Ijtimaa that they were going to go to for the weekend

2003-04-09T16:38:00.000+03:00

Some People Are So Sick I heard about this story (see below) from one of my colleagues earlier today... Here's the article that she forwarded to me: TEEN BEATEN, FORCED TO HAVE SEX WITH DOG A 15-year-old girl was allegedly shot at, beaten and then forced to have sex with a large dog on Tuesday by the family who employed her at a business in Kempton Park, police said on Tuesday. A 24-year-old

2003-04-04T16:29:00.000+03:00

Jumuah Mubarak to everyone !!! It's now 15h26 or 3:26 pm and I still haven't had my lunch ... I've ordered from a halaal take-away about an hour ago and they were suppose to deliver .... they still haven't ... oh I see the guy at the door ... He brought my lunch .. Laterz .. I'm going to start digging in .. :)

2003-04-02T11:43:00.000+03:00

Just did some IQ test on the net ... don't know if it suppose to mean anything important in my life .. but this was the result: Congratulations, Yumna! Your IQ score is 127 This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode's Ultimate IQ test. The even better news is that at Emode, we've taken your IQ test one step further. During the test, you

2003-03-31T12:35:00.000+03:00

This weekend was ok ... had to work on Saturday and thankfully it was quiet so I got quite a bit of work done ... when I got home, I had to cook for the week, which is always a pain .. but I had my mum to help and she had already prepared lunch for us .. the usual .. kahri and kitchti .. if that's how you spell it in English <= that is so cute .. Ismail wanted to make some sweet rolls, which

2003-03-29T10:39:00.000+02:00

It's a quiet Saturday morning ... I hope that it stays that way because I've got so much of catching up to do ... The last week was stressful, to say the least. My mum and sis have been around since last weekend, which has helped me alot. They're going to be with us for another week before schools open. I love it when they're around, the house isn't so quiet and at least when I get home, I don't

2003-03-29T09:45:00.000+02:00

Pink: You see the world in bright pink. The world is ahappy, happy place! You love all people andthings!! Life is great! You're just like ahappy child. Spread the cheer. *this quiz was made by href="http://www.uinmind.com/sara">Sara What color do you see the world in? brought to you by Quizilla I don't think that this is entirely true ... it's just a quiz anyways ...

2003-03-24T16:03:00.000+02:00

I don't think that I would be able to give any more details on more holiday due to time constraints ... On the whole, I can say that it was lovely .. and I got to meet some really nice people. Today's a weird day .. started out rainy and now the sun's shining again ... yesterday was kind of scary .. we were heading from my mum's place to our's and as we headed home pass Wanderer's Cricket

2003-03-17T18:42:00.000+02:00

I'll continue about the trip later tomorrow ... I'm beginning to stress now ... I'm all alone at the office.. it's dark .. just passed Maghrib and Ismail still hasn't come to fetch me .. He took the car to work today and now I'm worried... the cell phone goes onto voice - mail .. he has my cell phone and the house phone just rings ... I'm going to panic very soon cos the only shop that is open at

2003-03-17T18:33:00.000+02:00

I can't believe how the time is flying ... it's already 2 weeks since I've last posted. Ok , so those of you ... few are you may be, that want to know about my recent travels, here are a few snippets: Tuesday Had to get up real early ... Ismail and I slept late on the Monday sorting a few things out and having to go to my mum's so that my bro could take us to the airport. We were planning to

2003-03-03T12:58:00.000+02:00

Today's my last day at work before I get to go on leave for a whole week!!!!! The flight to Zanzibar is tomorrow, insha-Allah ... I'm really looking forward to it... seems like it's been ages since I've been on holiday. I've been reading a bit about Tanzania and it sounds like a wonderful country. My Arabic isn't up to scratch but at least I can greet the peeps

2003-02-27T13:05:00.000+02:00

So much has happenned over the weekend ... the Consultants Congress was brilliant. We left on Friday at about 4h30 pm, my 3 colleagues and I. When we arrived at the hotel, a bus had also just arrived with some consultants and the reception area was packed with travel agents trying to book in. We were given our keys and were off to our rooms ... they were lovely spacious rooms .. more like small

2003-02-21T16:18:00.000+02:00

Jummuah Mubarak to EVERYONE !!! Alhamdulillah, my day started out a bit hectic but started getting better as I progressed through it ... Earlier today, I got a call from American Express Card Division to inform me that I had won a competition that they were running in conjunction with SAA... I won a R 500 shopping voucher at any shopping centre of my choice !!! A few hours later, one of my

2003-02-17T16:35:00.000+02:00

Friday It rained just as we reached home ... so the braai that we were going to have had to be started under the car port and not under the stars. Just after Ismail started the braai, the rain stopped, so I asked him to take the braai upstairs onto the balcony ... that way we wouldn't have to keep going up and down the stairs... just as Ismail brought the braai stands to the top, it started

2003-02-14T15:27:00.000+02:00

This is an interesting article that I got from Soundvision. I got the link to this article from Young Muslims Valentine's Day: Some history you should know St. Valentine's Day: Paganization of Christianity or Christianization of paganism? Christians were aware of the Pagan roots of Valentine's Day. The way the Christians adopted St. Valentine's Day should be a lesson for Muslims. In fact, the

2003-02-14T12:47:00.000+02:00

Nearly caused a huge fire This morning I got up early.. for one it is Friday, had to read my Surah Kahf and Surah Jummah, and I intended to wax this morning while Ismail, my mum and sis were asleep and I didn't have any interruption. Ismail advised me to do it tomorrow. He thought that I'd get tired because we're getting peeps over for supper tonight... actually a braai that we're having.

2003-02-13T16:37:00.000+02:00

Alhamdulillah, yesterday was a lovely day ... I got to go to my mum's this Eid , unlike last Eid when we went to Ismail's grandparents - it was really boring and there was no atmosphere what-so-ever. This time round ... there was a huge Eidgah ... only the men go to the Eidgah and my bros were saying that it was awesome because you could see hundreds and hundreds of people. After that, my bro's

2003-02-07T09:39:00.000+02:00

Got this in an e-mail : SAND & STONE A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they

2003-02-05T14:54:00.000+02:00

Having 2-minute noodles that are over-boiled is not so nice ...

2003-01-31T09:55:00.000+02:00

The day that I really wanted to blog, I was really busy and couldn't and then yesterday and the day before, I just didn't feel like blogging at all. Call me crazy ... There are some days when I wake up feeling fantastic and then there are some, where I just dread getting up... not because of work or anything ... but I want some free time desperately... just be alone to do my thing. That's

2003-01-27T14:34:00.000+02:00

This weekend was a blast... I got to spend it with my mum while Ismail went for 3 days Jamaat. He hadn't gone for a long time and thought that it was a great idea to send me to my mum so that I get to spend some time with her while he spent some time in the path of Allah. I still haven't found my fave sandals ... I'm quite fussy with my shoes / sandals ... so now I'm hoping that I will find

2003-01-21T16:04:00.000+02:00

Some Good News ... My flights to Dar-es-Salaam have come through confirmed, I'm just waiting for the internal flights and accommodation to come through now. I'm so excited but at the same time, I get a bit nervous ... I just always have this feeling that something terrible is going to happen and then I won't be able to go at all. ... Insha-Allah all goes well. One of my cousin's was getting

2003-01-17T16:10:00.000+02:00

Wow - I haven't blogged for 1 week ... so much has been happenning recently ... for one, my mum's sister has been diagnosed with cancer. This is the second of her sister's to be diagnosed with cancer. The other sister passed away during Ramadaan. I hope that this sister recovers ... it was sad, because she had to go for a check-up at the hospital a day before her Iddat finished and they admitted

2003-01-10T15:51:00.000+02:00

I've made up my mind. I cancelled the South America trip and am now concentrating on Zanzibar. I've been told that it is lovely and besides, 2 people have already told me that I would blend in perfectly with the culture there since I'm Muslim ... that's another plus point. I love going to countries that have a large Muslim population and Tanzania has a Muslim population of about 95-97 %.

2003-01-09T16:14:00.000+02:00

Oops, I forgot to mention the other things going on in my head. I've got my confirmations for my South America trip for next week. I didn't think that it was going to come through confirmed because the flights looked quite full. Today, I was planning a trip to Zanzibar in March for myself and Ismail. Hopefully by then, he'd have his passport sorted out.... so now, I'm confused... I can either go

2003-01-09T15:50:00.000+02:00

There are so many things that are going through my head today. One of my clients came in today, she's a really sweet lady ... very efficient and very precise. She's had a rough life so far... gone through a divorce and had to raise her 3 kids ... anyways, sorry of you're already bored but I've just got to write about this. So she comes into my office and she looks really really happy and then she

2003-01-08T15:40:00.000+02:00

I've just checked my Guestmap and there are only 4 PEOPLE on there ... Come on peeps, I want to see a whole lot of dots from all over the World, or is that asking too much

2003-01-07T14:35:00.000+02:00

2 more hours left before I can leave ... Today has been so slow ...

2003-01-07T14:28:00.000+02:00

I didn't really feel like blogging today... so I decided to read a few blogs. Some were interesting ....

2003-01-06T10:55:00.000+02:00

Had to attend another wedding over the weekend. We were due to leave at about 3h30 pm on Saturday but Ismail was delayed at work. My maid never pitched up for work either, so I had to do the laundry ... only finished at 3 o'clock ... just as well, Ismail was late. So I packed all our stuff that we're going to take with us so that we don't waste any more time when Ismail gets back, but typical

2003-01-02T11:45:00.000+02:00

I went to a wedding yesterday ... it was sooo lovely. They had the wedding at home in the garden ... a marque was set up and the best part was that the ladies were completely seperated from the men. The bride was so lovely - Masha-Allah. My cousin and his wife came to greet us yesterday, they're planning to go for Hajj. I'm so happy for them ... I sooo want to play some games now ... I wish

2002-12-27T16:00:00.000+02:00

I haven't blogged for a while now ... kind of seems strange. This month has been kind of strange... weird feelings, weird thoughts ... but my clients have been the best. On the 13th Dec ... one of my clients gave me a huge bouquet of flowers and a box of Cadbury's Milktray, my accountant's mum made a milktart especially for me (Yippeeee!!!) . Then on the 17th or 18th another one of my clients

2002-12-20T14:31:00.000+02:00

Today has been really terrible for me. Friday's are one of my best days but something went wrong somewhere today and I'm really depressed. I know that I've been really bad blogging these past few days or weeks rater, but I'm soooo busy that I don't even have time to eat sometimes. Please pray that everything goes ok for me for the rest of the day, I hate feeling this way and I cried for the

2002-12-11T10:12:00.000+02:00

Got this quiz from Cindy's Blog Are you British? this quiz was made by Erin I don't want to be British !!!

2002-12-09T16:12:00.000+02:00

Check this out : Dear Travel Manager VISA TRAVEL AGENTS INCENTIVE Many thanks to all agencies who participated in our 'Travel Tips' incentive. The draw took place on Friday in Johannesburg. The lucky winners are: The Travel Company - Harveyworld Sure Travelmaster Halfway House <------ THIS IS US !!!! Sure Jet Travel PE Rennies KPMG Your prizes of R5000 Woolworths vouchers will be

2002-12-09T15:25:00.000+02:00

Had a hectic week last week. I was planning to leave early on Thursday but then I had some serious problems where an airline cancelled one of my passengers that was travelling the next day !!! I was sooooo mad and then had to sort out all of that before leaving the office. I still had some biscuits that I needed to bake and others that needed decorating. I landed up only decorating some of the

2002-12-05T15:41:00.000+02:00

I'm up to my ears in work !!!! Arrrrrgggghhhh ... I don't even have any time to send out Eid mubarak cards. Yesterday was mad hectic. I had to leave work early so that I could go and hunt for some material for a scarf for my outfit. I couldn't find anything ready-made matched when I went looking over the weekend. So, I had to pick Ismail up from work so that he could take me to this material

2002-11-29T10:57:00.000+02:00

Here's a cool place to get some smileys. I got this link while visiting Vitamin X's blog. There are some really cute smileys. Check it out when you have a minute.

2002-11-29T08:41:00.000+02:00

I just found out that I'm like Fozzie You are Fozzie!Wokka Wokka! You love to make lame jokes. Your sense of humor might be a bit off, but you're a great friend and can always be counted on..Take the What Muppet Are You? Quiz!

2002-11-27T11:47:00.000+02:00

I realise that I've been really bad with blogging recently, but it has been so hectic once again. Got some choccies from a lovely client of mine yesterday. Some Belgian ones that don't have any alcohol !!! woohhoo. Then I got some kind of a health bar from an insurance company that our company deals with. I'll only be able to taste it at Iftaar but from what I've heard so far, it tastes terrible.

2002-11-22T15:50:00.000+02:00

Today has been such a lovely day again, Alhamdulillah. I won 2 tickets internally in the US with Delta Airlines. Thing is, I need to get to the USA first. Any Sponsors ???? Somebody posted this link on one of the comments section. It makes for some interesting reading: Working clothes By Rachel Dickinson Humans are excellent adapters. They live happily in rain forests, the Arctic, even in

2002-11-21T12:51:00.000+02:00

I haven't been blogging these past few days for a number of reasons. Saturday I had people over for Iftaar. Alhamdulillah it went really well. I was busy from the morning preparing etc etc. .... so by the time everyone had left I was exhausted. My feet also hurt terribly. Sunday was a really lazy day. I didn't do too much, just relaxed and caught up on some of my reading of the Quraan. I

2002-11-15T11:07:00.000+02:00

Fridays Finally HERE !!!!! This week was THE most hectic week that I've had in a really long time. As you can see I haven't blogged anything since Monday. There was a training session that I had to attend on Tuesday and then for the next 2 days, my colleagues went on the same training course, so we had to cover for each other. I'm getting some peeps home for Iftaar tomorrow. 2 of them are my

2002-11-11T09:17:00.000+02:00

Another Comment on Black On Friday one of my colleagues wanted to know why I didn't have black on ... and I was like, " Oh no, not another comment on the black clothes" .. She thought that it was something that had to do with Islam that I had to wear black on a Friday. I told her that it was quite the contrary, since it was Sunnah to wear white, just that I didn't have any nice White clothes.

2002-11-07T11:36:00.000+02:00

I know that I've been bad and haven't blogged for a really long time. This week has been so hectic that as soon as I log in, I have to do something else ... Anyways, last Friday was just fabulous. There was a program by Mufti Abdul Kader Hussein from Channel Islam after supper in the Mosque. He gave a brilliant talk about Iraq and how much of knowledge emanated from Iraq as well as all the

2002-11-01T16:26:00.000+02:00

Just testing some stuff

2002-11-01T16:01:00.000+02:00

2002-11-01T15:40:00.000+02:00

Black, Black and More Black I never realised this before or maybe thought that I wore quite a few different colours ... but recently I've got a few comments from peeps that I like the colour black. It's not entirely true, just that its a convenient colour to wear and the few black outfits / cloaks that I have, are really cool and comfortable. Hmm, I guess I should wear more colourful clothes

2002-10-31T09:58:00.000+02:00

9 Bomblasts in South Africa Yesterday there were 9 bombblasts in SA ... one of the blasts destroyed a Mosque in Soweto. Read more .. I think that the World is really going mad and one wonders when all this madness will now end.

2002-10-29T11:43:00.000+02:00

Systems Down Our systems were down for at least half of yesterday, which made it really frustrating because I couldn't access anything ... The weekend was ok - I didn't attend the wedding and nor did I go out in jamaat .... the ladies part of the jamaat was cancelled and only the men went, so I went to my mum, since they were going to my home town. Everything was a rush as usual ... reached

2002-10-25T12:51:00.000+03:00

I don't feel like doing any work today ....it might be the weather or the fact that we're not that busy at the mo'. Suppose to go in Jamaat for 2 days this weekend ... but now it looks like I've got a wedding/nikah to attend. I'm still undecided ... it would have been the first time for me but now this wedding has come up. It's someone from Ismail's village and they invited us yesterday. To go or

2002-10-24T14:35:00.000+03:00

I've just visited Maliha's Blog after a really long time and came across this beautiful quote that she had posted : Hardships and difficulties make up the touchstone of morality. In the same way as some plants must be squeezed to give out their perfume, so also some natures have to be subjected to hardship in order that their essential talents and merits become manifest. It's brilliant and

2002-10-24T12:39:00.000+03:00

Ok - So I'm still not legally married. I went yesterday to get court married and the person asked me whether I wanted to get married in Community of Property (what's Ismail's is mine and what's mine is his) ... Ismail said yes ... don't think that he realised that there was another option i.e Anti-Nuptial Contract (what's mine is mine and what's his is his) ... so I said that I wanted the ANC one

2002-10-24T12:18:00.000+03:00

What Color Eyes Should You Have? brought to you by Quizilla Interesting ...

2002-10-22T13:38:00.000+03:00

Yesterday went off pretty well, alhamdulillah. I managed to complete everything in time and it was so good getting home before sunset or at least an hour and a half before sunset. I'm planning to start working early during Ramadaan and then finishing off early as well, so that I can make it in time for all the preparations etc ... yesterday was a kind of trial to see how bad the traffic would be

2002-10-21T15:57:00.000+03:00

I went shopping around for lace or some kind of border for my outfit on Saturday and I was drained by the time we had actually found something. I must have been in and out of at least 6 - 7 different shops, all a distance from each other , before I found something suitable. Talk about annoying shopping. Besides the weather was 36 degrees Celcius .... I've got guests coming over for supper

2002-10-18T14:45:00.000+03:00

What's Your Bedroom Personality? (For Her) brought to you by Quizilla Off course I deserve/deserved royalty ;) ....

2002-10-18T14:00:00.000+03:00

Yesterday was a real scorcher with temperatures reaching a high of 35 degrees Celcius in Pretoria (where I stay) and 32 degrees Celcius in Johannesburg/Midrand (where I work). Alhamdulillah, today's a beautiful day with it being Jummah. I feel really alive, don't ask how I was feeling all the other days ;) ..... I had a sweet client earlier today that brought me a gift ... a token of her

2002-10-16T16:35:00.000+03:00

I've been hectic as usual. I don't think that there's anything really exciting happenning at the mo'. My mind is partially blank and my desk looks like it has been hit by a tornado.

2002-10-14T16:54:00.000+03:00

Our systems were down for most of today AGAIN ... and it is extremely frustrating ... arrrrgggghhh ... it was working fine this morning until one of my colleagues decided to 'fix' something that went wrong and then everything was down, e-mail, internet and our systems. There's a huge backlog of work now, so I guess I shouldn't be blogging right now. Here's a result of a quiz that Cindy gave me

2002-10-12T13:05:00.000+03:00

I am working today which is somewhat depressing, but the good news is that I'm about to go home. I'm also getting married today ... ... and for those of you thinking that I'm gone nuts, it's a court marriage thingy that I have to do since Islamic Marriages are not yet recognised by the Government. I think that they're still in the process of getting that sorted out. Presently, I licking an

2002-10-11T17:22:00.000+03:00

I haven't done one of these for a while ... I took a quiz that I found on the Muslimah Ya - Ya Site, here are the results : What Pattern Are You?

2002-10-11T13:42:00.000+03:00

Finally Friday Friday's Finally here !!!! I'm so glad ... even though I'm working tomorrow, I'm still happy as ever. Someone must have put some happy pills into my breakfast this morning. Yesterday, I was feeling a bit exhausted when I got home and I wasn't in the happiest of moods. I still have no idea why I was feeling a little down. Feeling like an Idiot I felt like such an idiot yesterday

2002-10-10T17:00:00.000+03:00

I'm so excited ... one of my colleagues is going to Dubai and I'm arranging the whole trip for her. Its an Agents Special ... don't ask me why I'm so excited for her ...but I am. I guess that maybe its because I went on the same special last year ... I sooooo want to go again this year but Ismail's passport is lost, so I'll have to wait until next year if I'm still alive and well, insha-Allah.

2002-10-09T12:07:00.000+03:00

I'm stressed today .... loads of work to do. Sometimes I wonder when I won't have anything to do, no people to visit, no phone calls to return, no annoying clients to deal with. I guess there wont really be such a time ... so I've got to continue plodding along, smiling and just taking life as it comes.

2002-10-07T11:28:00.000+03:00

It's days like this that I wish I wasn't working and could catch up on some more sleep. This weekend was fairly uneventful, just had to visit some peeps that I hadn't visited for a while including an aunt of mine that is still in Iddat. I was just thinking how difficult it must be for her to have to sit for 4 months and 10 days in the house, Wallahu A'lam. She wasn't one that used to sit in the

2002-10-03T13:00:00.000+03:00

Yesterday was so hectic ... I was rushing around issuing tickets for a group of doctors flying from all over the country and having to confirm that all the details were correct, blah blah blah. In the evening, Ismail, my mum, aunt and I went to a tailor to have some outfits made for me. They had some really lovely patterns, I hope that what I've given them to make, comes out nice or else I'd be

2002-10-01T14:53:00.000+03:00

I've eaten a whole lot of toffee sweets today ... something makes me think that I'm going to suffer toothache soon ... oh well... got to take it as it comes.

2002-09-30T13:04:00.000+03:00

Back in Action I'm back !!!! I went for about 5 days to look after my mum. Alhamdulillah, she was discharged on Sunday. It was kinda hectic with all the visitors etc but kind of relaxing at the same time... if that makes sense.

2002-09-23T17:10:00.000+03:00

I've got the rest of this week off from work ..woooohhoooooo ... only sad thing is that I won't be able to do any blogging or surfing.

2002-09-23T12:39:00.000+03:00

Weekend I really wanted to go to the Islamic Exhibition on Saturday but unfortunately couldn't fit it into my plans for the day. I was working on Saturday and then after worked, picked Ismail up from work and we went to see some cars. We're thinking of buying another car, so I had to wait around in the burning sun while we looked at some cars. There wasn't anything really interesting that I saw

2002-09-21T11:42:00.000+03:00

Spider Woman :) I forgot to share my spider woman adventure with you peeps yesterday ... As I was about to turn the shower on, I saw something on our the shower curtain. At first I thought that it was a huge cochroach ... but then I decided to look a little more closely and realised that it was a huge spider. My first instinct was to scream, but then some common sense prevailed and I realised

2002-09-20T15:46:00.000+03:00

Our systems here at work were down from this morning right until now .. i.e 2pm ... I've got sooooo much of work to do ... guess, this isn't a good time to be blogging :)

2002-09-18T17:30:00.000+03:00

My fingers have been itching to change the template ... again. I've lost alot of stuff which I'm still trying to get back.

2002-09-18T13:24:00.000+03:00

I forgot to mention that Islamically, on Sunday it was exactly 1 year that I am already married. This Monday, the 23rd Sep, it will be 1 year according to the Gregorian Calender. I can't believe how quickly time has passed. I spoke to my mum yesterday, she was in alot of pain. Insha-Allah, I'll be going to visit her in hospital this evening. She sounded really bad yesterday. With Ramadaan

2002-09-16T13:15:00.000+03:00

This is scary - I don't even know this person but I'm supposedly like him. Got this survey/test off Tara's Blog : You're almost like Yaser...keep it up! Take the "How similar to Yaser are you?" quiz.

2002-09-16T12:19:00.000+03:00

I just didn't feel like blogging much last week, I don't know why .... The weekend was hectic as usual. We were due to leave early on Saturday to go to my mum's but Ismail had some work and came a bit late. I was slightly annoyed having to wait for over an hour. I had some printouts from SV, so I decided to catch up on some of my reading while waiting for him. After he arrived, we packed the car

2002-09-11T15:57:00.000+03:00

There's so much that has been happenning recently. There's an Islamic Exhibition starting on the 16 Sep - 22 Sep ... I really want to go. I've already checked with husband and he's ok about going, so I'm hoping that nothing serious comes up that will prevent me from going. Wallahu A'lam. I just spoke to a really stupic customer services person today.... I wonder how some people can be so dumb.

2002-09-10T10:59:00.000+03:00

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah - our car problem was solved yesterday, so I've got my wheels back again.