where to start

I am not sure why i am starting this up again but hey its a conduit for my ramblings.

Most people are on facebook which has taken over the whole blogging sensation.
So where to start, well Bangladesh was a disaster as it rained the whole tym i was there so i gave up hope in regards to getting a tan.

But i was nice seeing people that i hadn't for a while some people had changed good and bad but others where the same.

Came back here slightly slimmer not not by much then decided to go on a two milk shake a day diet which helped me lose a bit more weight but not much.

Then it was Ramadan which flew away to rapidly.

Which lead me to shalwal where i just missed out my six day cos i am a lazy git.

Fungus got married, two workmates of mine have had baby boys and my cousin has extended his family with a new baby girl.

One of my mates is expecting and another has left for another country.

And where am i , still in the same situation i was in a year ago. it seem everyone else is moving along with their lives shouldn't i be?

I am not been ungrateful as i have a great life at the moment thanks to Allah , it i can't help but think that tym is definitely passing me by and i am missing out on something.

So that me all up to date and nothing else.

Oh yeah i don't have a car anymore !!!!

Lost count

A.a everyone

Am fine i have contacted most of you but some of you your mobiles won't accept my msgs.
So sorry.

Am in dhaka at the moment getting ready for my road trip to cox bazzars its like a seaside resort thing not really sure never been.

Well in the days that i ahve been here it has rained and rained its like i never even left england arggghh there went my plans to sun bath on roof.

My mum has found the need to see every relative she can find and drag me along as shams point blank refuses to leave the animals my aunt keep. he has also adopted my cousin(kajol) as his personally person who he eats sleeps and plays with.

other than that its cool people.

I will be seening you in two weeks tym don't habe too much fun without me.

Love ya

Me

Where's wally?

Its about england 5 am and i am sat in duabi aiport.
For those who don't know i am off to humid bangladesh.

I need sleep people i have been to sleep since i i got up at 10:15 yesterday morning.Even then my mum rang at 2.30 and then my aunt at 6.00 its like a conspircy to not let shiuli sleep.

Oh well. I sat next to a really nice old bloke to was traveling to down under!!!

I am wanna finish off my harry potter book so i keep sneaking reads at the duty free (3 pgs at a time).

So thats about it. But to those i didn't manage to say goodby to. Pls forgive me any transgressions and pls pray for me.

I am gonna try updating once a week.

So netchat to you soon.

Love ya

Shules

What do we see

How many bucks do you see?





This one makes you blink!!











Sail away sail away or is across the bridge to teribitha?








Is this art imiating life of vice versa?





I can only see one person can you see the other










On this one i can see the full group of five people








Hows that to relive boredom?

Gutted!!!!

Mars starts using animal products

Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians.

Also affecting brands such as Snickers and Maltesers, owner Masterfoods said it had started to use animal product rennet to make its chocolate products.

Masterfoods said the change was due to it switching the sourcing of its ingredients and the admission was a "principled decision" on its part.

The Vegetarian Society said the company's move was "incomprehensible".
'Extremely disappointed'

Masterfoods said it had started using rennet from 1 May and non-affected products had a "best before date" up to 1 October.

Rennet, a chemical sourced from calves' stomachs, is used in the production of whey.
It will now also be found in Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way products, and the ice cream versions of all Masterfoods' bars.

"If the customer is an extremely strict vegetarian, then we are sorry the products are no longer suitable, but a less strict vegetarian should enjoy our chocolate," said Paul Goalby, corporate affairs manager for Masterfoods.

The Vegetarian Society said it was "extremely disappointed".

"At a time when more and more consumers are concerned about the provenance of their food, Masterfoods' decision to use non-vegetarian whey is a backward step," it said in a statement.

"Mars products are very popular with young people and many will be shocked to discover that their manufacture now relies on the extraction of rennet from the stomach lining of young calves," it added.

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/business/6653175.stmPublished: 2007/05/14 09:23:28 GMT© BBC MMVII

Another addition to the begum Clan

This is my newest baby cousin at half a day old.

This the one and only baby girl in a family of five boys .






There are all her older but none the wiser brothers who will be doing her head in when she grows up.




Welcome to the world Baby!!!
May Allah guide you and keep to the right path
May Allah make it so that you are happy and content my love.
Ameen

Heres another articles for the bored people other

Muslim and traditional, but finding love on the Web

By Luke Baker Reuters - Tuesday, May 1
LONDON (Reuters) -

When "Sweetgal", a 29-year-old British Muslim from central England, began looking for a new husband last year, at first she didn't know where to turn.

The answer, it turned out, was on the Internet.

She'd been married once -- a union arranged by her parents -- to a man from Pakistan. It lasted seven years and produced children but broke down due to cultural differences and she didn't want to go through a similar trauma again.

At the same time, being a respectful Muslim who wears hijab, she wasn't going to start "dating", and knew her parents would have to be involved in her new search in one way or another.

Over the past two years there has been a boom in the use of Web sites that introduce Muslim men and women, not for casual dating, but for those actively seeking traditional Muslim marriage.

Where once young British Muslims might have had a marriage arranged to a spouse from the country of their parents' origin -- perhaps Pakistan or Bangladesh -- it is now much more common for them to marry within the Muslim community in Britain.

"Sweetgal", who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, has been registered on www.singlemuslim.com for several months, in which time she's found someone she hopes could be a marriage prospect. She does not allow her picture to appear on the site.

"My parents are coming round (to the idea)," she said. "He's a British Pakistani Muslim and more in line with what I'm looking for.

Where marriages used to be fixed up solely by parents with the help of religious leaders, the Internet now plays an influential role in bringing partners together, even if parents remain part of the equation.

Singlemuslim.com, which calls itself Britain's largest Muslim introductions agency, has seen registered users more than double over the past year to 100,000, as word has spread about its service, not only among singles but their parents too.

Such is the demand for trustworthy introductions that its founder is now opening sites in the United States, Canada and Australia to cater to large Muslim communities there.
"Our success rate is extremely high," said Adeem Younis, who founded the site from his base in West Yorkshire six years ago.

"Two people a day, on average, are coming off the site having found success, which is a lot really. We're seeing the number of traditionally arranged marriages dropping quite rapidly as this becomes more popular."

"MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD"

"For some people it's difficult because I've got children," said "Sweetgal". "I want someone who is caring and understands where I'm coming from. That's why the site's really useful -- I can be so much more straightforward on the Web."

"Sweetgal" is not alone. One of the most marked effects of the growth of sites that cater to Muslims as well as Sikhs, Hindus, Tamils and others across South Asia looking for traditional marriage, is the empowerment of women.

On some sites, more than half the registered users are professional women with above-average incomes who use the service to save time and broaden the scope of their search. They are direct and demanding about what they are looking for.

"It's been a major revolution," said Geeta Sri Vastav, the UK head of www.shaadi.com, which calls itself the world's largest matrimonial service, with 10 million registered users, most in South Asia -- in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

In Britain, where 700,000 people are registered, 40 percent of users say they have an average annual income of 40,000 pounds.

"In the past, an Asian woman who came of age didn't have too many choices in terms of marriage. But the Internet has increased her options immensely," Sri Vastav said.

"Whereas before she would meet 10 or 20 people through her family, now she potentially has millions to choose from. She has the initiative. It has put power in her hands, allowing her to shape her destiny when it comes to marriage."

FAMILY-FRIENDLY

Another impact of the sites, particularly in Britain, where there are approximately 1.8 million Muslims, is to increase the tendency for young people to "marry in", rather than looking to marry someone from their "home" country.

Rapid changes in lifestyle, wealth and outlook have increased the gap between Britain and the countries where most of its Muslims originally came from -- Pakistan and Bangladesh -- making cross-national marriage a much trickier affair.

New immigration laws introduced since September 11, 2001 have also made it more difficult for potential brides or grooms from countries like Pakistan to enter Britain for marriage.

"Anita", a Sunni Muslim and typical user of one of the sites in Britain, is a case in point. In her profile, she makes it clear she does not want a non-British Muslim partner.

"MUST BE A UK CITIZEN, preferably raised in the UK," she writes, adding: "Once compatibility is established, would prefer family involvement. My family know I am looking so would prefer someone who is looking with permission from their family."

There are no precise figures on Muslim marriages in Britain, but community leaders say trends have changed rapidly in recent years, particularly as far as strictly arranged marriages go, and point to education and the Internet as the main causes.

"It's just not as common anymore," said Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, the head of the Muslim Parliament of Britain.

"People coming from abroad find it difficult to adjust, and people living here find they have much more compatibility with Muslims who were also born or grew up here, so the demand for the old traditional arranged marriage just isn't there."

A side-effect of Muslim women's increased confidence that he's noticed, however, is that there now appear to be fewer "good Muslim male" marriage prospects to go around.

That's led to some women marrying outside their community, so a British Pakistani woman might marry a British Bangladeshi.

i like the whole idea

By Madeleine Coorey AFP - Thursday, April 26
SYDNEY (AFP) - It's close to midday on one of the busiest streets in Sydney's centre and Juan Mann is getting nervous. Known to millions as the "free hugs guy," he is worried about the lunchtime rush.

And with good reason. Every Thursday for the past three years he has stood in Pitt Street Mall holding a sign reading "FREE HUGS" and gladly putting his arms around anyone who takes him up on the offer.

But ever since a video of Mann appeared on the YouTube website last September, he has become something of a celebrity in his hometown.
"The majority of people who approach me now comment on how they've hugged me before the YouTube video, but they've returned to congratulate me on the international success and acceptance," he said.

It's a far cry from when he returned in Sydney in early 2004 after living in Europe, lonely and unhappy at his parents' divorce, and decided to take up his unusual campaign to hug complete strangers.

"I was alone. My family was elsewhere, my friends had all moved on. It was just me. It was just me, and I had to do something," said the famous hugger, who goes by the name Juan Mann (One Man) but keeps his true identity secret.

"And I sat around for months doing nothing. Noticing, just watching the world. I didn't have a lot of contact with people. I was just on my own. And I thought I would try to step out of that and try and do something different."

Initially, he didn't hold high hopes for his hugging campaign. He thought he would last an hour at most. He had a friend stand by to keep an eye on him and left his wallet at home in case someone tried to steal it.

"I genuinely expected the worst," he said.

But after 15 minutes, a woman approached and told him how her dog had died that morning, which was also the first anniversary of her only daughter's death, and she really needed a hug.
"And that first woman, it was more than just a hug, it meant something to her," he said.

The impact of the "Free Hugs" campaign has now gone well beyond that woman.
The video, which was put together by the lead singer of Sydney band Sick Puppies, Shimon Moore, who became friends with Mann after they met in the mall, has been named by YouTube as the most inspirational clip on the site.

At last count, the video has been viewed almost 14 million times, and from Taipei to Paris to Peru to Tokyo admiring followers have set up their own "free hug" practices.
The irony of the situation is not lost on Mann. Here is a man who was told in high school he didn't have much aptitude for humanitarian work and who doesn't consider himself to be a social person, now acting as an "emotional sponge" for Australia's largest city.

"Every week a number of people will tell me their story, how they have suffered and how they get by, the mistakes they've made and the lessons they've learned," he said.
"I'm very fortunate in what I do in that I learn from everyone else's mistakes as well as my own. I am very fortunate in that I have a lot of other people's perspectives."

-- A free hug better than a session on a psychiatrist's couch --

Mann said his "junk food emotion" fulfills a need people have for someone to listen to their problems without the stigma of calling a help line or seeking out a professional counsellor.
"There's just no anonymous place where people can go and dump their guilt, their suffering and their anguish," he said.

Sydney clearly loves its hugger. When local authorities threatened to stop Mann's campaign for public safety reasons, some 10,000 people signed a petition to keep it alive.

Mann said his original intention was to personally take his campaign to each country and territory in the world. But the Internet beat him to it.

"The Internet has changed the way it happens. Now it happens online. I spend four hours a day answering emails."

And every Thursday, he puts on his soft purple velvet jacket and takes up his place in Pitt Street Mall, hugging shoppers, tourists and workers, particularly urging those he feels miss out on human contact, such as old people and businessmen, to come over and "lay it on me".

"The businessmen walk by because they are preoccupied with the suit. I will point at every single last one of them" and invite them for a hug, he said.

Standing at six-foot-four, Mann is hard to miss. Many people walking past mention they have heard of Mann and ask him to pose for a photo with them. One teenage girl comes up to hand him a letter in which she says he is an inspiration to her.

"Around Sydney, I go anywhere and someone will spot me. I shaved my head because of it," said Mann, who had sported long curly locks.

Mann estimates he has now hugged about 500,000 people over the three years since he devised his "absurd approach" to give the city a human touch.

"If I could sing, or dance I would have been out there busking. Or trying to be a comedian," he admits.

Despite being known to millions, Juan Mann still clings to his anonymity.
"It's not about me. What I do and who I am are different," he said. "I'm 25, I can go and get a normal job and lead a normal life now."

Recent experiences, including threats and comments from some Christians that with his curly dark hair and beard he resembles Jesus Christ, have only further convinced him of the need to protect his identity.

"I've had death threats. A guy pulled a gun on me in New York. He said: 'I should kill you now and save your message. You will live forever'."

But Mann, who is writing a book about his experiences, said he will keep hugging people "until nobody wants me, until I look like a dirty old man.

"I've got to do it. It would be selfish of me to stop and selfish of me to walk away."

And despite the fame, he remains committed to his task. To a woman hurrying past carrying her lunch, he calls, "Would you like a hug with that sandwich?"

From Sal (Smelly melly(who isn't really smelly) mate)

Well, I never knew that !!!!

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beathis wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "therule of thumb".

Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled"Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF enteredinto the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fredand Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg inthe air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. Ifthe horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bedfirmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-lawwith all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and becausetheir calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month,which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in oldEngland , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get thephrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into therim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it..........

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch atCmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in awrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer bein the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raedit wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed erveylteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amazing huh?
~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

2nd letter to Naima

Its been over a month now that you have been gone and to tell you the truth most of us haven't missed you in the slightest (joke).

I can’t believe shukri has popped over to Egypt for a week. But its good new for you as we piled Shukri with all the goodies me a muna could think off.

Life definetaly goes on things that have happened:

I ‘ave been adopted by muna cos she loves me ha ha ha.

The party was such a danceathon my feet were so sore it’s not a joke. Then when we got back home Jude and dizzy decided talk till the crack of dawn I could have killed them both.

The next day was the wedding and was that a manic rush I was incharge of the project which Scout twin had asked me to set up but when I got there I couldn’t get the screen to work then once I did that we couldn’t find an extension lead to plug in the projector.

The Teacher twin looked like a proper princess she was gorgeous. The setting was informal and you missed me looking Wooohooo he he he.

Sadia was there with Nadia, Sofia and Shabham it was nice seeing everyone together. Sadia wedding is only six weeks away. Arghhhhhh (I haven’t thought of a present yet). She is soo stressed poor little bunny.

The weather here keeps fluctuating between windy and clear. One minute it looks like it’s a nice summers day the next it looks like the storm of the century. I give up.

I brought a car lol(with Dizzy of course). Its navy blue with a couple of scratches but for grand and 100 what more could I ask for.

Right enough about us and now to you

Where are you now in the wider sense of the word?

You’re probably feeling slightly homesick but you are still buzzing that you are here.

You still have to pinch yourself that you are here and its not a dream that some is going to wake you up from.

You will look at the beaches (well the nice bits) run the sand through your fingers and know that you are here.

You can stand at the sea edge and wander in amazement of the sea crashing at your feet and how small you are in comparison to the sea. That every pull of the sea pulls at you to join some thing bigger than you.

Watching the sea and you will feel the calmest you have ever been and the best bit is it will only get better. You will hear the roar of the sea in your soul and sometimes you can hear it lulling you to sleep even though you may not be anywhere near it.

By now you will have found the nice places to eat i.e. the grand and the fish market (near Abu Abbas) which is expensive but for a Friday night out its cool.

You will have smelt Khalid bin Walid the longest road in Alexandria. You find the weird and wonderful things that are available. You can get an eyeliner for a pound.

Scarves are more expensive here so wait till you do a visit to Cairo and you are more fluent in the language.

Hows the food?

There is the fish bloke at the end (or the of the begin depends on your point of view)of the road he’s really nice and for 90p(English) you can get like 2 fried fish.
If you across over Khalid Bin Walid and walk toward the sea on the same road you will see the internet café but more interesting is the bread man you get five pieces of bread for 10p.

Grab some lemons of the cart and you have a ready made meal.

Breakfast may be an issue especially if you have morning lesson as most place are just getting ready.

But if you have a nice fridge, get some fruit the day before and you will be fine.

Say salaam to Shireen and tell her I teach one of her ex students Serena

Have you made any mates? Silly question I know you could make friends with the guy sat next to you on the bus. Ha ha ha

Hows Sara ? she getting ready for her wedding and she is the one to ask about the specs but make sure that you have your prescription ready.

Blow a kiss into the air for me in the air to say I miss Egypt.

Love ya

Its a manic monday (some should sing its a manic life)

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks since I written so here goes what I have done since I last wrote:

Went on Half term which would mean that I was on break however its didn’t work out like that every morning it was trip to the aquatic centre for Mr Sunshine’s swimming lessons.

After that it was all the errands I needed to do.

Monday it was a mad rush to post off all the exam papers that I had marked over the last week, meeting a mate who had a rare day off.

Tuesday I was suppose to go tutor someone but I got the days wrong so that didn’t happen but a trip to the myf end my day there.

Wednesday I can’t even remember where that went. Watched harry Dresden Yay yay

Thursday was tutoring day then go shopping for dizzy as she had a couple of things she needed me to pick up for the party.

Friday was Jumma, waxing and getting ready for the party. Then going to the party.

Saturday was Teacher twins wedding sob sob!!!

Sunday was getting down to marking all the coursework I was supposed to have done over the last week.

Then it was back to work.

Monday brought a car!!!!! Me an’ dizzy are official drivers. Pls make dua’s that we don’t encounter any accidents and that car runs well Ameen ameen

Tuesday drove the car to work so I could go to the gym later on. Went to Myf and caught up with everyone.

Wednesday I had a miserable day which was partially out of my stupidity.

Thursday I am sat here writing this.

The end well for now.

Who is Harry Dresden? Wot a question to ask !!!

OMG !!!!!!! People

Check out the links.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files_%28TV_series%29

I didn't realise it was soo popular that someone(egghead) had written a whole breakdown of the factions in the book.

Again OMG

Some interesting info about starfish below….

I thought it was funny so i thought i would share!!!!

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
It's like a human jumping the length of a football field

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (Okay, so that would be a good thing)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. ( I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains (I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread these crazy facts and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to, maybe even a chuckle.

Letter 1 to Naima.

To my long bean of a friend who decided to abandon me for the dizzying joys of arabic

Its been 2 weeks since you’ve gone. And man does it feel strange not only cos there is no one to beat up but when you text I have to text back instead of ringing you back damm it. Things are nice an' slow in terms of change here.

Oh yeah the insurance company where not going to give me a replacement phone so I rang on the hour every hour until they said they were going to give me a replacement or money to replace it.

They soooooooooooo had no idea who they were messing with. That’s all the excitement that’s happened so far.

On Saturday we did a do for Sara and Eman they are off to London. Gutted!!!!!

And that was the start of the really funky weather. There was so much fog that Jude didn’t make it to Manchester. And everyone was driving about 10 miles an hour.

We are in the middle of a frost snap. Its like -1.5 at the moment and at night it falls down to -3 or 4.

So while you may think its cold in Egypt its got nothing on Manchester. Its also suppose to snow 2mrw emmmm.

I have been to 2 Arabic lessons with Native uncle. He’s really sweet. My last homework took about 4 hrs to do on a Saturday.

Cos of your blog there is nothing to ask really bout how things are going and how settled you are.

Your flat mates sound really nice. Man I wish I was there , I can’t even afford the airfare to come over in Easter. And you are coming back to England before I can come over in the summer.

I am glad the books are coming handy, I mean there wasn’t much that I could give or advise you on. As your parent had already given you the religious knowledge to fall back on, your sisters had given you love and support, and me I gave noodles and books.

My gift to you isn’t a thoughtless one as some may think but those who know you and me know that reading is not a hobby or just something we do for the sake of it.

Its like the need to drink water, if we don’t get the right amount of water we get slightly grumpy.

The noodles were the emergency food as I wasn’t too sure of your cooking skills been the last time you cooked for me was ermmmmmmmm never.

Dude you have to see the size of my new bag, its huuuuuuuuuuge and all because my green bag has taken a trip to a different continent, sigh! sigh!

Wot else is there!! Nothing much but guess what’s coming on TV over here…….

Harry Dresden the series ha ha ha

You can see the trailers on you tube.

Love loads your nutter of a friend

point me in the right direction

Looking around me I wonder where everyone fits and where I fitting.

Sometimes I feel like a square peg trying to fit in a slot that’s circular.

I want to foster I really do but then I get the but shouldn’t I get married first or aren’t you a bit young. Apparently been in your twenties is when you should be selfish.

That a load of crock. I can be selfish when I want to be, when I just want to shut everyone out and read or hide my junk food from everyone. That’s my selfish I can’t see wot other things would bother me about having children.

Plus has anyone thought maybe just maybe I am not meant to be married and this is wot I am suppose to be doing. Think about all the money i would save that could go towards a nice house. Can someone explain that to my family pls!!!!!

I don’t think its like I want to be know as martyr or a saint I want to do something that changes the society that we live in.

Some people are great cos they have the political ambition, can take the time out to join groups that kind of thing. Others speak out in their art whether its written or drawn.

Me I just want the one to one change. I believe that if every capable muslim couple took in a child who needed care we would not be in the situation that we are in. Did you know there is only a small minority of people who are muslim foster parents in Manchester.

Why fostering………………………………………………………………………

Because at the end of the day that one child that I may have had a chance to save from harm or future harm.

Also there are so many forms of fostering, I can become a foster parent straight way or start of with lodgers i.e. kids who are 16-17 that are going to be exiting the care system.

I can have this conversation with loads of different types of people but there hasn’t been one who has said yeah actually go and do it, who cares if you are married or not.

I mean why am I dependant on a fella who I then have to take into consideration.

I want someone to say yes you are right and maybe it’s the thing you are meant to do.

Which is why I feel like a square peg cos I want children and I don’t mind if they are mine, his or anyone’s.

To feel the unconditional love that children have for their carer is the one thing you can never buy.

Again people there is only a limited amount of things that I can say that happens in my life. Much of which is unlikely to amuse, or entertain you.

Let me break it down

I go to work, go the gym. Come home, mark exam papers, annoy Shams if he’s not a sleep and that is it.

If I manage to get a spare minute I am doing my Arabic homework, helping out college at the annual play or trying to read.

Oh and trying to find a car, a job for a couple of people and applying for TESOL courses for over the summer.

Marriage wise there have been some serious disappointment.

I am no further in my 2 year than I was 3 months ago.

Ladies my life is sooooooooooo mundane. The only spark at the moment is reading new books.

Everyone has managed to get away or something is happening in their lives which is why its nice reading other peoples as they have things to say.

Actually I do have things to say but they are more rhetorical rambles of a really bored person.

So people that cover its.