I feel awfully pressured to blog again, I can't write on instruction though, I'm not a trained journalist you know!
Well here's some gossip, my family don't tell me anything! Found out today I'm expecting another niece/nephew and that my aunt is being hospitalised with a possibly malignant lump! :0
Today I went to a religious talk - needed some spiritual enlightenment. I felt really odd being the only one not wearing a black cloak- most of them were wearing veils. I'm used to being the overdressed one and instead today I felt like a ho in jeans and a pink scarf. Literally they were like an identical army shrouded in black. I listened to some really powerful teachings about the importance of good actions and manners and the evils of gossip. I then came home and shouted at my dad, gossiped with someone on the phone and then backbit about someone else. Man I'm such a hypocrite.
I wish I'd bought that book in Oxfam today - Fishing for Salmon in Yemen or something. Instead I bought Edward Said's book to decorate my shelf. I tell myself I shouldnt waste time reading fiction and try and stick to mostly non-fiction buying but it just means books end up standing unread for years on end. Titles which I purchased after intellectual whims include: A Biography of Genghis Khan; Joe Simpsons The Road to Afghanistan (or something), Wild West China, The Snow Geese, Bosnia: A Short History. Materialism won't let me give them away. Ironically I bought a New copy of Affluenza yesterday, the book about modern affliction of materialism, when I know I could have bought it second hand off Amazon.
Speaking of Bosnia, something really embarrassing happened last week. I went to a talk about Shariah in Britain and this old white lady happened to sit next to me. She went on to try and have a really intellectual conversation with me! I coped fine for the most part by opening my eyes wide frequently and saying "Really?" and giving knowing smirks here and there. Then she asked me: You must know alot about the situation, what do you think about Kosova? Eek!
Man have to wake up in 6 hours... last thing I feel like doing tomorrow is going to a FunFair. Urgh. Must. smile.
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hey i think everyone has an affinity to buy nice intellectual books so they adorn the shelf... but u know the bio of genghis khan is actually pretty amazing! it's a really good read, especially when it talks about how much he managed to conquer within such a short space of time and the amazing strategic decisions he made... ok im not making it sound very exciting but it really is!
assalamu alaykum
doesnt have to be juicyyyyy...just keep on blogging
second person in a week to recommend genghis khan. I might - because I think Mongols are quite a handsome race in a way. As are the Senegalese. Bengalis on the other hand were dealt a poor card. :p Joke- shees!
Hey zo :) so happy you could join me. 'So nice and jUIcy!'- thats one of my fave lines from a Regina Spektor song- called Remember. Ah reminds me I should charge MP3.
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