We call this humanity?

Where love and respect varies

Between Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

We call this bringing peace?

Instead of dropping weapons

Bombs are dropped on streets.

A child unable to speak but only cry

Sees his mother covered in blood, but doesn’t know why.

A child unable to understand but feel

Is hungry, for where is his mother with his meal?

A child so innocent and so alone,

Doesn’t know he’s on LIVE.

For in other parts of the world

He’s on their screens

Yet they’re all at the living room table

Ignoring him, living like kings and queens.

Tell me again why we label others, as though there’s no connection?

As a child you and I have been surrounded by love and affection,
So what makes a Muslim, Jewish or Christian child any different?

I know for a fact that right now most of us don’t have that same motivation we had when we first started school or university. So I’m going to post my back to school/university post, I may be 2 months late but I believe that now is the time where we actually need the motivation.

Don’t stick to routine:

In order to stay motivated you must enjoy what you’re doing. Sticking to the same routine of studying in your room every single day it very boring!! Try to study somewhere else, maybe a library or a quiet café! Trust me it works, especially a library because seeing others busy doing their work will motivate you to do yours.

Keeping track:

It’s very important to know what you’ve learnt from day 1 (of this year) at school or university. Write a list of what your subjects are including the topics. This helps you see exactly what you have to study. Not having a plan can easily frustrate you because all you’ll know is that you’ve got “a lot to do”, you need to know how much is a lot? It might not even be that much! You might be stressing more than you should. lol

Organize your time:

Set little daily goals, I wouldn’t say weekly because I tend to just leave today’s work for tomorrow and then by the end of the week I would have so much to do that I’d give up. So daily goals are much more effective because you’ll have to finish your daily task that day otherwise you’ll never be able to study those topics again since you’ve already organized a specific task for the next day.

MEMORISE!

Must of the time we tend to take a lot of notes, we just write notes after notes but we NEVER actually learn them and this is the main reason why student don’t do so well. Yes you’re notes look colorful and nerdy but what’s the use if you haven’t actually learnt anything.

Enjoy!

Enjoy studying! Make it interesting, play some calm music while you’re studying, watch youtube videos on the topic you’re studying, most of the time the videos are full of humour and animation you’ll be surprised with what you might find.

Don’t schedule a break:

Must of the time this is how students organize their time:

9:00 – 11:00 Math

11:00 – 11:30 Break

This is a plan I follow for maximum 3 days because it just makes me hate studying! If you’re studying and you feel like nothing is going into your mind then stop! Have a break, leave your room then come back and study. If you want another break 20 minutes after that then do that! Just as long as you cover all the work you need to do on that day then take as many breaks as you want! You’ve got 24 hours in a day and lets say you sleep for 9 hours that leaves 15 hours for you to complete your daily goal!

Before studying imagine yourself holding your results and getting straight As! No seriously what makes you any different than the students that do? You all study the same books, have the same teachers, so why not you?

Anyway I must go back to my coursework lol I hope this blog helps you get those straight As for your upcoming exams!

Study well & Good Luck <3

Lots of love

The Girl In The Headscarf

xoxo

Saturday 26^th September 2015 - 11:56pm

Dear Diary,

Today I slept at 2-3am because my brother and I had to catch the train to Manchester for two reasons:

1) My cousin’s engagement party! 6pm

2) Manchester United vs. Sunderland match! Finished 5pm!

The problem was, was that we only had 1 hour from the moment the final whistle blew at Old Trafford to get back to the hotel, get ready and arrive at my cousin’s party on time!

3:00am: Before heading to Manchester I took a shower and styled my hair for the engagement because I knew that I wouldn’t have time to do it after the match lol.

5:30am: My brother and I left home and made our way to the train station.

11:00am:  We arrived at our hotel in Manchester. I called my cousin, more like my best friend (R) to see where his room was and it turned out that he was just down the hall! We looked like such freshies waving from opposite sides of the corridor lol!

The plan for the day was that we watch the match at Old Trafford, rush back to the hotel, get ready in 30minutes and leave for the party.

11:00-12:00pm: I made sure my dress, abaya and scarf were all ironed and ready to be worn in the 30 minutes I had.

12:00pm: My brother and I made our way to Old Trafford!!

I love being in Manchester, I spent all my childhood here so coming back after 12 years is just amazing!!

12:30pm: We arrived at Old Trafford quite early, so we spent about an hour walking around the united shop and reading the captions off the black and white pictures around Old Trafford.

13:30: We stood at THE parking lot waiting for the united couch to arrive. Once it did and the doors opened I saw Louis van Gaal step out along with Ryan Giggs, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Memphis Depay, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and many more!

I took a video of it!! I’ve posted it at the bottom for you to watch! 

After the players from both teams went inside, the gates to the stadium opened and so we made our way to our gate!

In all my experiences at stadiums, my favorite part of all is when I take that last step and the whole stadium is in front of me. I always look down when climbing up the stairs and on the last step I raise my head and omg the atmosphere is just mind blowing!

Our seats were at the Stratford End it’s where all the crazy supporters are, It’s where all the songs at the stadium start, and It’s where NO ONE SITS! No I’m serious no one sits at the Stratford End, I wish I knew why lol! So we stood in front of our seats though out the whole match, surprisingly it wasn’t that bad because the atmosphere just takes your mind off the pain lol!

 Okay so remember how I wrote that my cousin’s engagement was at 6pm and the match finishes at 5pm? Well we agreed that if we were to make it on time it would be best to leave 10 minutes before the match ends so that we could easily make our way to the hotel without traffic.

4:50pm: We left the stadium and jogged to the nearest street so that we could catch a cab... BUT to our surprise the roads were all blocked and by the time we got to the right street the game was already over and the streets were packed with Manunited shirts!  (Now 5:20pm)

5:30pm: We found a cab! Oh how nervous I was sitting there checking my phone every minute 5:35pm… 5:40pm… 5:41pm.

5:45: We arrived at our hotel and we jumped out and ran straight to the lift! As we were standing in the lift I grinned and said, “I’ll be ready in 10mins.” My brother laughed, I knew he wouldn't believe me because "I'll be ready" meant that I’d take a quick body shower, put my dress on, fix my hair (wearing a scarf doesn’t really give that volume effect lol) AND do my make up!!

5:55: I was actually ready!!! Until this very moment I still don’t know how on earth I did it! How did I get ready for an ENGAGEMENT PARTY in 10mins! Who does that? Lol

Everything from then on went very smoothly! We were a few minutes early and the funny thing was was that so many ladies asked me who had done my make up! You could only imagine their faces when I told them about my 10 minute mission.

Anyway, I’m so tired I can barely keep my eyes open it’s been such a long day but it’s memories like these I’ll be replaying in my head over and over again <3

Sweet Dreams.

Fasting in the month of Ramadan isn’t a surprise to anyone. Fasting the first ten days of the last month of the Islamic month (Dhul al-Hijjah) however, could be new to many.

We are brought into this world for a purpose, a test. We are brought into this world to prove where we deserve to be once we take our last breath. All this is merely a test, it’s not an easy one as we unconsciously act upon the whispers of our enemy.

God wishes to reward us and have mercy on us. He knows that we all commit sins otherwise he would have created us as angels and not humans. Therefore, he gives us chances throughout the year for us to ask for his forgiveness and further strengthen our love for him.

These first 10 days of the last month of the Islamic Calendar is one of those chances God has given us. In these 10 days the rewards of good deeds we act upon are amplified. Therefore, Muslims take advantage of these days.

5 things to do on these 10 blessed days of Dul al-Hijjah!

The Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h) said, “There are no days more loved to Allah for you to worship Him therein than the ten days of Dhul al-Hijja.”

I hope this helps you for the next 6 days, as today marks the 4^th day of Dhul al-Hijjah 1436

Remember who are truly are <3

Lots of Love

The Girl In The Headscarf

xoxo

            While the rest of the world get all excited from the word “Shopping” I am that one person out of the group of friends who sighs and has no choice but to drag herself along. I know, how is it possible for a girl to hate shopping! Well I’m going to point out 5 reasons as to why I dread shopping…

Until next time

xoxo

Love of Love

The Girl In The Headscarf