What Did You learn Today?

MuslimSister —

Salaam

It is said that "knowledge is what you hear from the mouths of men as they only repeat the best of what they have heard"

I think it’d be useful to post tid-bits of invaluable information-religious/non religious here in this thread.

It can be stuff that you learnt in work/Uni/Mosque/in a talk/something a wise elder told you/a life experience or something that you suddenly realised.

It can be minor or major stuff. It has to be stuff that you never knew before.

Today I learnt…

1-Why I shouldn’t trust, join or think highly of the Sufi Muslim Council

2-It’s quicker for me to get to Uni by Car than public transport.

3-Rubicon Pomegranate juice is tasty and apparently very good for you.

4-Spending so much time typing on computers leads to illegible handwriting and poor spelling

5-Being in the spotlight on a regular basis results in a higher chance of insincerity in actions and can negate all good work.

Keep this thread updated regularly…

Wasalaam

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Ya'qub — Tue, 1 May 2007 - 13:37

Does that mean its on TheRevivalForum's list of banned words? And if not, why not?

I assure you I will use asterixes next time I write that words

Ya'qub — Tue, 1 May 2007 - 13:47

thats your excuse for everything:

its raining: blame prince philip
war on iraq: blame prince philip
death of diana: blame prince charles

Ya'qub — Tue, 1 May 2007 - 13:52

[quote="Mr Honey's Day Out"]People spend so much time on more complex explanations, going round the houses, might as well be honest.[/quote]

lol!

MuslimBro — Tue, 1 May 2007 - 16:08

I learnt that I can sleep for 5 hours instead of the usual 8 and still function properly.

Good thing being that I can sleep like a baby at the end of the day as I'm so tired.

Dave — Wed, 2 May 2007 - 02:27

I learned I'm haunted by freaking ghosts. I'm going to call a priest or something... they've got Holy Water.

I could put that in like a super soaker and be a ghost-fighting Rambo.

You — Thu, 3 May 2007 - 00:19

Apparently with kids the less you praise them, the more effort they put in!

[quote][size=18]How Not to Talk to Your Kids[/size]
[b]The Inverse Power of Praise.[/b]

...According to a survey conducted by Columbia University, 85 percent of American parents think it’s important to tell their kids that they’re smart. In and around the New York area, according to my own (admittedly nonscientific) poll, the number is more like 100 percent. Everyone does it, habitually. The constant praise is meant to be an angel on the shoulder, ensuring that children do not sell their talents short.

But a growing body of research—and a new study from the trenches of the New York public-school system—strongly suggests it might be the other way around. Giving kids the label of “smart” does not prevent them from underperforming. It might actually be causing it...

[url=http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/]Read extremely long article...[/url][/quote]

Mr Honey's Day Out — Thu, 3 May 2007 - 04:10

I enjoyed that article. It is not necessarily urging less praise, it is urging specific rather than general praise. I especially liked how you tipped us off about its length. That somehow encouraged me to read it all. 🙂

Seraphim — Thu, 3 May 2007 - 09:47

[quote="Don Karnage"]I learned I'm haunted by freaking ghosts. I'm going to call a priest or something... they've got Holy Water.

I could put that in like a super soaker and be a ghost-fighting Rambo.[/quote]

Are you serious?

You — Fri, 4 May 2007 - 00:46

Abraham Lincoln apologied to the people of Manchester over the American Civil War.

MuslimSister — Fri, 11 May 2007 - 22:23

-I have an unhealthy obsession with food. Eating out in a decent restaurant with friends - all the time is fast becoming one of my favourite pastimes.

Ya'qub — Fri, 11 May 2007 - 23:37

Me too.

We all live at opposite ends of London and tend to meet in central. In means we eat together usually on edgeware road. its a very expensive way of living my life but atleast I don't have to do the washing up!!

MuslimSister — Sat, 12 May 2007 - 12:09

[quote="Ya'qub"]Me too.

We all live at opposite ends of London and tend to meet in central. In means we eat together usually on edgeware road. its a very expensive way of living my life but atleast I don't have to do the washing up!![/quote]

I had a meal with my friend last week...there was only two of us and the meal came to £37 :shock:

Both of us are still unemployed at the moment...so we cant make a habit of this sort of thing.

She also has an unhealthy obession with food...she told me that some place in London serves really good Steak and chips....and we spent hours driving around one free afternoon looking for that place.

Ya'qub — Sat, 12 May 2007 - 15:22

Theres a place in farringdon called tinsel town that is an american style diner that does steak, burgers, barbecue chicken wings and SIXTY varieties of milkshake, plus its all halal! they even have kosher beef bacon! its excellent but VERY expensive

MuslimSister — Sat, 12 May 2007 - 20:29

Lol. Don't tempt me with expensive restuarants. I don't have the time or money at the moment...

BTW have you ever eaten in Haliano's (sp?)

Mr Honey's Day Out — Sat, 12 May 2007 - 22:12

Just ftr that restaurant is absolutely not kosher, even though the menu does list "kosher beef bacon", whatever that is. The menu mixes meat and dairy and lists non-kosher meats and shellfish, all of which renders the kitchen [i]treife[/i].

Ya'qub — Sat, 12 May 2007 - 22:51

[quote="Mr Honey's Day Out"]Just ftr that restaurant is absolutely not kosher, even though the menu does list "kosher beef bacon", whatever that is. The menu mixes meat and dairy and lists non-kosher meats and shellfish, all of which renders the kitchen [i]treife[/i].[/quote]

i wasn't saying the restaurant is kosher, i saying that it is halal. Muslims are allowed to eat meat that is slaughtered in a kosher way, although there is not the strictness in terms of moxing dairy and meat etc. sorry to confuse you

Mr Honey's Day Out — Mon, 21 May 2007 - 22:49

Today and for the coming weeks I had set myself targets for cutting down on coffee and time on the web, productivity benchmarks and an exercise schedule. I didn't really get there. For tomorrow I had forgotten to factor in two appointments and that I'm going away for Shavuot in the afternoon. I have learnt that if I want to raise my game in more than one thing at a time I will have to be patient for the long-haul and hard on myself with the little things. By this time next month I want to be able to trust in my performance.

MuslimSister — Fri, 25 May 2007 - 22:01

I’m coming towards the end of my course (5 more weeks to go), and I’ve learnt (more so, that..)

Teaching is SO rewarding, emotionally. It’s not only subject knowledge that a teacher imparts…..its life skills as well. (A year 6 boy is adamant that his future wife will wait on him hand on foot, which is why it’s OK for him to be lazy. I don’t let my brother get away with this mentality either – so I wont let him either. It’s his ‘job’ to keep the classroom tidy).

Teacher’s holidays are GREAT.

The opportunity to actually make a difference is the best job satisfaction in the world.

Being firm with unacceptable behaviour is very difficult - esp when you find ‘bad behaviour’ incredibly hilarious. (I told my year 6 class to create maths word problems…they made some up regarding other members of their class…for example “so and so is a tramp, he needs £1 to buy some milk, unfortunately he only has 5p in his pocket, Miss MuslimSister only gives the smelly tramp 20p as she is too busy spending all her money on her colour co-ordinated outfits, how much more money does so and so need…..)

Pushy parents with unrealistically high expectations for their children are responsible for making their life hell.

It’s incredibly important for ones profession to suit their personality.

Everyone has a opinion on something…but to get a true insight into something its best to ask the experts in that field of knowledge...Don’t listen to the self appointed, inexperienced ‘know it alls’

You — Sat, 26 May 2007 - 00:04

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]--5 per cent of all men and 1 per cent of all women are psychopaths or antisocial individuals[/quote]

It's lovely how they mix psychopath and antisocial into one group...

MuslimSisLilSis — Sat, 26 May 2007 - 00:06

[quote="Admin"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]--5 per cent of all men and 1 per cent of all women are psychopaths or antisocial individuals[/quote]

It's lovely how they mix psychopath and antisocial into one group...[/quote]

does Mr Antisocial have a problem with that?

is he going to get all psycho with me?

:twisted:

Angel — Sun, 27 May 2007 - 18:52

[quote="Admin"]Hey, I aint anti social!

Just not very social either.[/quote]

Just a wee bit psychotic i guess 😛

You — Mon, 28 May 2007 - 23:13

Don't tell me you were weearing sunglasses today!

Up here we had rain, rain, hail stones, rain and rain.

MuslimSister — Mon, 28 May 2007 - 23:21

[quote="Admin"]Don't tell me you were weearing sunglasses today!

Up here we had rain, rain, hail stones, rain and rain.[/quote]

We had rain here too. All day long. Its been a depressing, grey day. I had cousins over from Manchester too..I actually forgot for a moment that we were in London and not Manchester!

I havent had the guts to buy/wear sunglasses yet. Its still a novetly amongst Hijaabi's at the moment...I'l prob hang around a bit more, until they become more common.