Seeing the amusing side of conflict too....

The pope and the Sheikh

Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Muslims had to convert to Catholicism or leave Italy.

There was a huge outcry from the Muslim community, so the Pope offered a deal.

He'd have a religious debate with the leader of the Muslim community. If the Muslims won, they could stay in Italy; and if the Pope won, they'd have to convert or leave.

The Muslim people met and picked an aged and wise Sheikh to represent them in the debate.

However, as the Sheikh spoke no Italian, and the Pope spoke no Persian, they agreed that it would be a "silent" debate.

On the chosen day the Pope and Sheikh sat opposite each other.

The Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.

Why i couldnt sleep yesterday:
I slept upside down.
I usually stare at the moon (ohh what a beautiful shiny thing) but yesternight was cloudy T.T
I had this MASSIVE nap until 8pm =/ (very wise i know, but hey ho! i had my reasons...)

One of Wudu's biggest dilemna (while fasting):
Not spitting on your arm.

When you're making Wudu you need an intention right? Then what if you're making wudu just to "hang out" in wudu, just because you're there and there's water so you're making wudu. What's your intention then?

This, in my thought process, leads to the 2 rakats after Wudu. Can you do it the other way round? Like, you have some spare time and feel like praying the two rakaats of Wudu, so you go make wudu?

I was disputing about what to write today, mainly because I found myself on here during the day today and was able to add all my replies and stuff earlier than normal (its like I want a routine – The Revival after Iftaar - but it doesn’t really want me- alas it’s rejection sigh – if you get what I mean).

So I was a no show yesterday, I apologise. It kinda ruined my plan of being consistent, I had a nice pattern going: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday .. (orrrr: Al-ithnaayn, Ath-thulaathaa, Al-arbiaa’, Al-khamees, Al-juma’, As sabt, Al-ahad, Al-ithnaayn, Ath-thulaathaa.. – in Arabic [may as well get a little practise in]).

Always brilliant with a range of desserts. Especially cake. And disastrous should you get it wrong!

Ingredients

• 2/3 tsps Vanilla Essence
• 250ml of Milk
• 250ml of Double Cream
• 4 Egg yolks
• 100g of Golden Caster sugar
• 1 tbsp of Cornflour.

Step 1: Place the milk and cream into a saucepan and heat. Add the vanilla essence and stir. Bring to a slow boil and then take off the heat.

Step 2: Whisk the egg yolks and caster sugar and the conflour (this is optional for thickness... i like thickness. That sounds wrong :/) until pale and thick.

FOR ALL THOSE YOUTHS - brothers, sons and friends you will always be remebered!!!

You won’t tell me how its been
How you’ve lived, what you’ve seen

But the walls speak of the pain
The street shows me your gain
Your “boys” don’t give a toss

Your cell number shows me your loss …..

But your eyes tell me your story
Your gang warfare and so called glory

A stab wound, a slash, right on his chest
Ya boys are buzzin
What will it be next ….

Your pockets getting heavy
Your egos getting bigger
You thinking your solid
Then somebody call you n****r

Your anger and pain get blown out of proportion
Plus your all high
Buying crack for extortion

You wanna kill him
Cuz you think you’re all fly
Shoot him to the ground

R.I.P all those brothers that have lost their lives

When listening to the Let's Talk show on the Muslim World, the guest on the show mentioned how the US was leaving Iraq in defeat and other Muslims seems to be of the same view too...

but is that not foolish to think the US is leaving in failure and instead never got exactly what it went?

Firstly its not a withdrawal (as there are still 50,000 troops there and some permanent bases have been built...) and secondlt, I would question wether it really is defeat too.

To assume that it is losing in failure, you have to assume or accept that America is not getting exactly what it wanted in Iraq - a state of general chaos.

One of my amigos rang me today, I hadn’t spoken to her in a while – it’s kinda cut down (actually it's cut down a lot) since she decided that she wanted to ditch London for Manchester (why oh why oh why?) after she and the Mr. got pronounced “man and wife”.

It wasn’t a long conversation either, mainly just a quick catch up and stuff. But one thing that I didn’t expect from her was asked: “so when are you getting married?”

You what?! Marriage is cool and all but I just finished uni man - Said I (in not so many words - I think I said "Ah whatever" or something)