Sudoku to me holds a very special place. It triggers nostalgic memories of what was a testing time for me. This is a throwback to memories of once upon a time, when my spare time was filled with sudoku.
Crowning Glory?
PoetryIt’s a wrap
PoetryIt’s that time of the year… where everyone seems to look back and think about resolutions made at the dawn of 2019…
It seems like yesterday that I wrote a post on What a year it’s been! and here I am 12 months later…
This post is actually “Take2” of “It’s a wrap! Take 1 alas, I forgot to save 😔
Wind
PoetryA cool wind that takes the fatigue away
A cool breeze to ease the worries away
A smile to show that here I contently lay
As the wind continues to blow my way
Downpours
Poetry, WeatherSuddenly and out of the blue
With little or no warning at all
Pours the rain
In torrents
Break Free
PoetryI hear you…
PoetrySocial media and keyboard warriors
Where the power of words
Have caused such mayhem
Where everyone seems to be judging another
And then going on to say never judge a book by its cover
The Need of the Hour
PoetryAt this tragic time enveloping my beautiful isle – we’ve all been reduced to “keyboard warriors“.
Google describes a keyboard warrior as:
“A person who behaves aggressively and/or in an inflammatory manner in online text-based discussion media”
I dislike the term aggressively or in an inflammatory manner! There’s no need for aggression and ignition of any sort!
Instead, to me a keyboard warrior is someone who resorts to expressing their feelings and opinions using words as a tool – no need to rebuke or ignite!
It’s peace all the way 😊
#notinmyname
PoetryAtrocities committed
We denounce and deny.
Disrupting lives
We hurt from the ache and the pain this has caused
Ocean Giants
geography, Poetry, TravelsAfter Embarking on a whale watching escapade – Alhamdulillah I made an addition to my Eeman Booster – III series. That was a rambling of sorts.
This post is an attempt to capture my thoughts through poetry…
Eeman Booster – III
geography, Ramblings, TravelsAnd (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said, “My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.” He (Allah) said: “Do you not believe?” He [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: “Yes (I believe), but to be stronger in Faith.” ….
(Surah Baqarah : Verse 260)
Certainly we believe in Him who created us and all that exists. But occasionally witnessing the marvels of His creations, their synchrony, their might and power gives us that eeman boosting moment where, as Prophet Abraham said it enables us to be stronger in faith and affirm our faith in He who created us and all that exists.
Write what you want to read about
RamblingsAll writers (or at least wannabe writers as is my case) will understand, finding their yen, finding a prompt to get the juices flowing, the mind ticking and harnessing this whirlwind of thoughts, opinions and emotions is nerve wracking.
Mercy
PoetryThe well runs dry
And I wonder why
The skies withhold
The merciful downpour
The flow from rivers
Is reduced to a trickle
What am I to do?
Knowledge, PoetryYou came to me for comfort
You came to me for solace
You came to me for words of advice
I can’t help but panic – for
What am I to do?
Eeman Boosters – II
Knowledge, RamblingsThey believed when no one did
They turned a blind eye against ridicule and scorn
They forsaked their wealth and their lives
They forewent abuse and torture
All for their belief
Time
Knowledge, PoetryIt seems the Day is nearing
I shall run out of time I keep fearing
For in my race to succeeding
I fall short in commandments ordering
#TBT to Motherhood
Parenting, PoetryNew mum –
I was one once!
I realize the excitement, the ardor, the need for the “best”.
The best of everything that we can possibly give them and surround them with.
A post which made me go down memory lane- 13 years down memory lane.
Alhamdulillah for those souls that give us both joy and drive us insane. 🙂
Eeman Boosters- 1
geography, Knowledge, RamblingsAs Muslims we believe that everything happens according to Allah’s plan and will. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that my teaching Geography would have a relation/ connection on my faith to the Almighty.
I never thought that it could increase my Eeman
I never thought that I would appreciate this faith so much
I never imagined that it could lead me to affirming my Rabb’s Lordship
Certainly
أشهد أن لا إله الله و أشهد أن محمد عبده و رسـوله
I attest that none has the right to be worshiped except Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.
SubhanaAllah.
Alhamdulillah!
Family, Ramblings“An attitude of gratitude”
We all have those good days and bad days. I’d like to think we are allowed to- after all that’s what makes us human. Like many of you out there, we always always find something or the other to make us annoyed and fret about. So like you out there, reading this post – ironically in between all those mooning and moaning I do spit out Alhamdulillah as often as I remember.
Water
PoetryWater, water everywhere
We waste you, without care
Water, water everywhere
Abundant, yet so rare.
Speak
UncategorizedStepping out of comfort zone and talking to a group of strangers is no easy feat. Voicing our deepest thoughts and feelings takes courage. This piece titled “speak” was delivered at an evening titled “Express Creativity through Positivity” a forum by iiwords for sisters to share their ramblings.
Barakah
PoetryTis the season that I am going through my drafts. All those poems written but never published. Here’s me polishing them up a little bit and sending them out for the world to see.
Fitter
PoetryThe past two years were different. Different for everyone in every-way. I’ve always been lean – Alhamdulillah. But with age, I was slowly adding on inches around my waist and little day to day simple tasks kept me panting and breathing hard. I realized I needed to do something about it whatever that meant.
This led me to a research of sorts – I had to unlearn and relearn a whole attitude, a mindset that I had within me which defined what healthy meant, what an active lifestyle meant.
I was always and even now – someone who hates to sweat. You may be rolling your eyes. But no, seriously, even in my schooling days, I stayed away from sports – simply because I hated to be sticky and sweaty. Electing to consciously sweat and tire myself out – that was for me a MAJOR step beyond – my comfort zone.
Point two was the face that I LOVE my food. We are from a community surrounded by food. We celebrate everything with food – birth, marriage, achievement, accomplishments – they are all somehow made better and enjoyed with good food and good company!
It was always portrayed at least to me that healthy food, meant bland, tasteless, unpalatable food. It was also somehow, somewhere inbuilt that healthy food meant exotic, expensive food. Diet was that – restrictive, constrictive, a deprivation of sorts.
My research led me to unlearn and relearn and adopt a totally new mindset.
As for embracing them – I’m taking it like a new student – baby steps. One day at a time.
Here’s my take on trying to make my fitness journey a little humorous 🙂
Faith
PoetryEvery Time
Every reel I watch,
Every place I travel,
Every video I scroll,
Every book I read,
E.V.E.R.Y T.I.ME.
I am humbled.
Humbled by my Creator and His amazing creation
At His immaculate integration
At His oh so perfect color combination
At His oh so exotic unimaginable creation.
No fiction, No photoshop.
Simple yet intricate,
Complex but seemingly so simple,
Beauty, magnificence and grandeur.
His creation humbles me – EVERY TIME.
December 2022.
Its been a while…
PoetryEvery-time I think to write, I seem to pause and reflect, there’s much to say and much being said – what can I say in retrospect?
Its been a while peeps!
My blog has been idle, but I definitely haven’t.
I’ve embarked on many projects while I’ve been away and here I am with lots to say!
No Pain, No Gain.
Poetry, RamblingsWith the pandemic, when physical movement was lacking. I found myself somehow accumulating inches around my waist, and grams on that scale, aches and pains from simple activity and frequently falling sick.
I faced a hard truth.
I needed to take action. I needed to a total re-haul to my lifestyle and re-think my attitude towards health and fitness. for I found that I was totally UNFIT.
So this is a lame attempt by me, to make light of a ‘monumental’ start to a journey that I never imagined that I would be part of. .
Baby steps I’ve taken…
2021 – You are almost done.
PoetryIts been a while.
A while since I wrote.
Let me re-phrase –
A while since I made an ‘effort’ to write.
It was time to pen
See if I could still rhyme.
For 2021 was almost done.
CHEAT DAY
Poetry, RamblingsEvery so often we come upon a day, when suddenly we switch off. Do nothing, say nothing.. It’s that kind of a day today.
Hustle Up
PoetryThe power of Intention
PoetryWhen the soles of your feet scream
When every step you take
Is amidst great pain
And yet
You keep going
It’s because – you have purpose.
When your to-do list overflows
When every chore you attend
Gives you immense satisfaction
And Yet
The list shows no sign of abating
You keep going
It’s because – you have purpose
Keep going little one,
The road may seem unwinding
The path may seem daunting,
Never ending and intimidating.
Keep going little one,
What matters is – that you keep going
Though the steps may seem to falter
Though the tread may be at snails pace
Keep going
Because – you have purpose.
Sleep well, little one
You need to rest.
Sleep well, little one
There’s much to do.
Sleep well, little one
Rest if you must
But give up not.
For you – have purpose.
Pick your battles – take 2
PoetrySo much happening around
So many thoughts unfurling
So much emotion involved
At the news that’s kept repeating