1969 - B&Q was founded by Richard Block and David Quayle and the first store opened in Portswood, Southampton.

1995 - First 'true' B&Q Warehouse opened in Aberdeen.

2001 - www.diy.com, B&Q's transactional website launched. Largest B&Q store worldwide opened in Shanghai, China, on the traditionally lucky date for the Chinese - the eighth day of the eighth month. The Yangpu store was B&Q's third store in Shanghai and fourth in China.

2004 - B&Q announced a four-year partnership (until 31 December 2008) with the British Olympic Association to sponsor Team GB to the Turin Winter and Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

2005 - B&Q sponsored Ellen MacArthur to become the fastest solo sailor non-stop around the world.

A girl standing in the middle of the room, holding a diamond in her hand, so strongly that her hands started bleeding, darkness have taken over the place, no light, no dancing colors on the walls, poor girl, standing all alone, bleeding...her hands, eyes, heart...

What happened to this world? why is she afraid? why isn't she letting light reflect on her diamond?

"worthless it is" she screams, "it won't shine like all the diamonds in the world", suffocating her diamond, underestimating the powers within that small diamond she carries...

sweat drops race her tears down, so afraid she is, so lonely she feels, trying to stand on her feet against all that darkness around...

I’m no angel, I’ve sinned, I’m still sinning and I might still be sinning and not be aware of it. But one thing I’ve managed to change about myself is that I don’t listen to music anymore

I never used to then had a low in faith and started listening to it, then felt bad and stopped then started again then stopped then I think I started again and stopped, but you get the picture, I did the yoyo thing.

Ok im not the ultimate un-listener of music…I don’t run out of a room with my hands over my ears, screaming whenever I hear music, I don’t not go into a shop because they are playing some music. I just feel uncomfortable and bad for standing there watching my friends (muslims) move around to the tune…and for me not to be strong enough to actually walk out.

I stand cold. . .

I stand alone. . .

I stand in desperation. . .

I stand in faith. . .

I stand in love. . .

But as the enemy confronts you,
No longer do you stand for anything but your own desires...

Think - is this the way forward?

So, You have a name, an age, a nationality, a religion maybe, a family, a community, a medical health record, a fitness status, a criminal record (or not), a race, a skin tone, a life, a pet elephant, a mansion & a flash car or a cardboard box, a bank full of money or the change in your pocket. We all have different things, be that culture, religion, nationalities, bank status's, wealth, families, there's something that causes me to be different from you.

Used on cake or as filling.

You will need

6oz of butter
1cup or 6oz of icing sugar
Some good chocolate or coca powder

Method
-Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (I dont mean until feefi shows up).
-Add the chocolate powder and mix until nice and snooth.

Add on cake etc and enjoy.

I posted this blog a year ago today, & wow was there some controversy regarding it, but today, I want to say that the dream really hasn't changed very much. I feel slightly closer and that today on the anniversary of the attack of the Mavi Marmara in international waters by the Israeli Offence Force I say that we should honour the 9 human lives which we lost and we should stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Gaza, today and every other day. They need us to protect & demand their basic human rights & as Muslims that's more than something we feel we should do, its an obligation. The more people who recognise the suffering & help the Palestinians the more hope of a brighter future for the children of Palestine.

Image by Sherif Arafa On the Isreali attitude towards aid to Gaza. After the Gaza Aid Flotilla Massacre

What do you think?

Were you not the leader of the party that was most sane on the issue of Palestine? Were you not for an arms embargo on Gaza?

Has that changed since your alliance with the Conservatives? You seem to have sold your soul.

Where is the Prime Minister to state the terrible nature of this assault?

And how about condemning this act insted of Mr Hague being forced to deplore the loss of life? Mahdi Hassan explained it well: