Sakinah Abdul Aziz

As I am sitting here, waiting for a bus to Rey's place, a man in his prayers attire cycled passed me. And so my random wishful thinking on a Friday would be how much I wish I'd stayed in the suburbs so I could cycle everywhere I go, like how people commute in Europe, in China and in all pockets of suburbs in the world. Besides I think bicycles are neat, and people can look pretty chic on them! They don't need buses unless they want to head down to the city. And they can head to the nearest bakery and have a lovely morning chat with the baker and bring home some awesome croissants!

I. CANNOT. WAIT. TO. CATCH. THIS! I am so moving on to read the second book. And oh, Peeta Mellark, how can I not love you?

How can I only discover her now?

"The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." - Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi

Sometimes, He breaks our spirit to save our soul. Sometimes, He breaks our heart to make us whole. Sometimes, He allows pain so we can be stronger. Sometimes, He sends us failure so we can be humble. Sometimes, He allows illness so we can take better care of ourselves. And sometimes, He takes everything away from us... so we can learn the value of everything He gave us Make plans, but understand that we live by His grace. Although they plan, Allah also plans. And Allah is the Best of Planners. [Holy Qur'an 8:30]

ser·en·dip·i·ty [ ser- uh n- dip -i-tee ] noun 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2. good fortune; luck So a friend of mine asked if I believe in serendipity. I'm beginning to think that serendipity.. it does exist.

I would think that most of the chapters of our lives have their very special or unique or tragic or ordinary, rightful endings, like the end of secondary school, the end of a beautiful trip, the end of a suffering. I think that closure is a very important notion in our lives. Often we think of closure as something negative when it actually forms the very process of life. If we don't have closure, then we're not really moving on with that particular phase in our lives, like how we're still holding onto the book without being able to turn the pages because we're still stuck on that chapter. Because closure indicates a new beginning. And typically I started analyzing back upon which there could have been a closure. So could it be that the story hasn't ended yet?

"God doesn't give you the people you want, He gives you the people you need. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you the person you were meant to be."

I absolutely love The Cab, particularly this one sung by them. Great lyrics. Living Louder - The Cab If today's the day I die Lay me down under the lights Let me fall in love Let me save a life And let me lose my voice Singing all my favorite songs Let me stare up at the stars 'Cause its where we all belong My heart like a fight Your working my chest My only regret is having regrets Travelled the world I loved every step And all I know is; No one, no one lives forever We will be remembered For what we do right now And baby I'm living louder And dreaming longer, tonight And baby I'm fighting harder And loving stronger tonight 'Cause we're all just kids Who grew up way too fast Yeah the good die young But the great will always last We're growing older But we're all soldiers tonight If today's the day I go Gonna drink with all my friends Gonna laugh until we cry As we talk and reminisce And let me kiss a stranger And rob the local bank Let me become re...

I am so inspired to write probably a short, brief entry on extroverts and our biases about them. It is just an observation that I thought would be worthy to write about, just because (and that I refuse to study right now). Also, I've always been intrigued about people's personality and how these portrayals of "self" can actually influence how others may treat you the way they do. And lastly, while extroversion has its positive connotations, there are some dark sides as well. Based on the layman's definition of 'extrovert', it simply describes a person who is energized by being around other people. So what I think could potentially be a bad thing for extroverts is how people form erroneous impressions of them that might undermine the true substance that makes up the person himself. What I mean by this is how people can easily arrive to the conclusion that just because extroverts possess a relatively wider circle of friends, they do not strive for depths in ...