Bamboo

Salam girls, so the pic is purely for one muslimah... i had to chop it down when i left my old apartment cause with being in the basement it didnt really see the light so was all yellow and stuff... however, I still think its bigger now than when i first got it and Im pleased with it.. I wonder if I can chop off a bit to make another main piece, although it wont be as thick as the other pieces.

So on another note, I finished the work in my bedroom last nite, alhamdulillah... then i sent pictures of my place and my hand to all my peeps in UK and some here too.. now i have to choose my next room to finish, and im thinking its either the bathroom or the kitchen. Decisions decisions.

Ive decided not to go to the xmas dinner, i know i would feel too uncomfortable there with the drinking and dancing (please, no lectures girls.. Im NOT going) and the fact that i would turn up late and leave early to remove myself from as much of this, although i know how i deal with pressure (lets just say not very well) so thats all over now. The guy at work, Dawoud, he told me he can ask his wife to help me with my arabic of a weekend insha'allah so im looking forward to starting that insha'allah. He told me they would take me on a little tour of their area (Brantford) show me his masjid (which is full to the brim of women masha'allah and the committee is mainly women) and to the local shops and stuff... so insha'allah once i have my flat sorted i can look into this. Also he told me that the masjid i started going to, the big one attached to the school, has classes and stuff.. so insha'allah one day i will see this starting. I was also introduced to another brother at work Aiyub, who lives in my city (dont worry girls, hes old too) and he told me a few places for halal shops. U see, it isnt the meat that i want cause im veggie... its just the atmosphere if u catch my drift. I dont think i wrote it here... but the masjid i got kicked out of the other week... well i found out that one of the guys at my work, he is the president

Anyways, id best get dressed for work... bought some new saftey shoes yesterday (free from work) from marks work warehouse... they are brown and are shoes, my other safety shoes are dr marten boots and are killing my legs (esp jammy knee) cause they are soo heavy and im wearing them for 9 hours a day. roll on proper shifts of 8hrs a day insha'allah soon.

We;;, Fi amenallah... comment all u like girls, u know i love to hear from u.

My weekend

Assalamalikum girls,
so this weekend was pretty cool, yesterday i drove back to my old place to pick up some bits i had left behind and the mail, i received a cheque from WSIB for $800 for loss of earnings when i was off with my hand. Then stopped in at Nadias, we prayed dhuhr and chatted for abit, it was good to talk to someone.. dont really have anyone to talk to here! :( then i potted off to Food basics & price chopper (both of which i have now found in Cambridge) then i drove back to mine via IKEA. Spent over $400 in there on 2 main items, a chest of drawers ($300) and a bedside table ($75) my mum is being me the drawers so thats ok. Then i set off back to my place with the intention of setting everything up. Well I got the bedside table almost done, until i realised that my hand wasnt coping well with screwing things into place with a knife, so i added a screwdriver to my list for the next day. I said salams to a friend online and headed to bed at around 930 but didnt actually get to sleep til about 11pm... was pottering as usual ;p

Today, sunday, i woke up and went to canadian tire for the screwdriver, i was also going to buy some glass mixing bowls and i saw a microwave stand in the magazine, cause i have very little work surface... but in the end i came away with an alarm clock, and 2 single screwdrivers that actually didnt end up working... so i came back, and then it was nearly time to set out to the islamic centre of cambridge. I wanted to go for dhuhr to see if there was anybody there, namely some sisters... alas the sisters area was shut and there was noone around!! Saddens me, but i dont know whether i have the times all wrong. So i prayed anyway then went to home depot (B&Q) for a cordless screwdriver.. alhamdulillah its working perfectly. Ive got my bedside table finished and now im 1/4 way through the chest of drawers... the only drawback, one of the wooden pieces snapped, it wasnt my fault i picked it up and there was a knot in the wood causing a weak spot which i didnt know of.. which in turn caused it to snap :( oh well... ill let ya all know how it turns out.

Insha'allah when im finished today ill find my camera cord and upload some pics of my new place for you all to see. Fi amenallah girls.

My day...

.... was really busy alhamdulillah, and i fasted today too... trying to make up from my Ramadan fasts, only 8 more to go i havent been able to do them cause of the hand issue, is that a lame excuse? Allah (swt) knows my intentions, thats all that matters. I also had to deal with a massive issue on my forum today in which i had to ban someone, wont go into details but some of the things she said really hurt and i didnt like her 'tone' a few girls were worried too... so that was it, masha'allah dee helped me through it and gave me the push i needed. JazakAllah Khair sis.

Well, Ive just been to Rogers to sort out my phone, cable & internet so insha'allah dec 14th i should have them all set up. Cant wait... i dont really need the cable for anything other than background noise, oh and CSI so now im home and im going to shower and stick some chips in the over insha'allah. Catch u ladies soon. Fi amenallah

Sunday night

Assalamalikum girls, ok so its sunday night, Ive been cleaning with my mum today, spent $200 in Walmart on apartment stuff now its all good. Still got loads of cleaning to do, still no curtains just random pieces of paper stuck to the window lol.... but insha'allah tomorrow or the next day my stepdad is gonna put up the pole for the living room and the blinds in the dining room (which cost me $3 may I add) and hopefully tomorrow ill be able to pick up some blinds for my bedroom too. The guest room isnt that important just yet heehee... got no visitors yet. Subhanallah, I feel soo grown up ;p now, with my own place.. insha'allah once i sort out my stuff and find my camera ill show u all some pics. Fi amenallah

Im away for awhile

Assalamalikum girls... ok, so insha'allah after my college course finishes tomorrrow im completely moving my things down to Cambridge. I dont know when I will have the internet there so im writing this to warn you, you might have some peace from me. Just have to see if anyone in the building has an unsecure wireless account. Im gonna miss you all, but dont forget to write to me, insha'allah ill be able to pick up emails and check my blog at work when i can. Fi amenallah