expect the best, prepare for the worst...

since im blogging for me, hello self:)

now..some twists and turns have taken place in ninaland since the last time i decided to blog. another chapter closed, so subsequently another opens.
i always used to say that there werent many things that could surprise me, but the things going on definitely threw me for a loop. i wouldnt say that i was surprised, just disappointed honestly. as if there wasnt already enough going on, you know? you dont heal a wound by throwing salt on it. i mean this shit was big chunks of sea salt. i shouldnt have expected much from the pre-adolescent, after all this individual owed me not a thing. that doesnt mean its okay, it just means that aspect of it all was the least hurtful. but i definitely expected a whole lot more from the person who is supposed to protect me, defend me, love me, have MY back. i mean, i would never even consider doing something like that to someone i say i love. is it too much to ask to expect the same in return? why is that so rare? to love and be loved. to respect and be respected.
i thank Allah that i am not vindictive or vengeful. alhamdulillah that i am able to let things go because if not i would be one big bag of sour candy.
at the end of it all, i find that it is another beginning. i paid for a life lesson with my time and energy, but its just another thing to keep me on my toes. im happy with where i am, the people i am with, and the decision that i have made. what i am NOT happy with is people being so DAMN nosy. MIND YOUR OWN! lol

on another note, there are some interesting things unfolding. lets see where this is headed.....

Umar, may Allah bless you with jannah, make your grave spacious, and bless your good deeds to perpetuate until the last day..AMIN

next blog may be resolutions, lol. should be interesting.

signing out...nina faith

i LOVE these dresses...omg

i have to try and copy the the bottom one. i think i can make it..

thought for the day...

lol

nina

making history!

today, people, i voted for my man Obama. i am so excited, i dont know the results and none of us will until late tonight....but for our future im praying he wins. so far its a landslide though! here are a few pictures from my experience:)

ABOVE is the line at some point. it was long but they got us in and out. BELOW are the nice people who decided they were gonna cut me in line. me being the calm cool and collective individual that i am, decided not to act a fool...lol. they were like german i think

BELOW the line behind me about 20 minutes after i got there.

i am very excited to have been able to participate in this years election. cant wait to see how it ends, or begins:) if Obama doesnt win, which he BETTER, im fleeing the country so dont wonder where i disappeared to. GO OBAMA, GO OBAMA, GO GO GO...lol

nina

i don't need him

i was thinking today about a professor i had last summer. she was a very nice woman, of Indian descent. she was a religion/philosophy professor, so thats the direction im going in. she once said, she didnt believe that a girl raised without a father could be a good parent. i was appalled. i mean absolutely hurt by what she said. i couldnt even hold my tongue. not only have i seen it done, insha allah when i become a parent i plan to be a damn good one. may Allah make it easy for me. anyway, i told her she was wrong. my mother didnt have a father around and she did a great job raising us. i have close friends who didnt have a father around for whatever reason, but they turned out magnificent. my stinkin daddy wasnt there for me but my children wont suffer because of it. alhamdulillah. my point is, that is bull crap. its just interesting that people say things like that, but once again everyone is entitled to their opinion.

signing out

nina bina

i hate popcorn...BUT

i know this is my fattest blog by far, but i had to share..lol. a friend of mine works at dale and thomas corporate division, which is a gourmet popcorn company. this stuff is so frikin good. i hate popcorn. never get it at the movies, but she put me on and i love this stuff. the two i have below are cinnamon creme and peanut butter white chocolate. i dont even like peanut butter, but the combo is just undeniably good. go to http://www.daleandthomas.com

SHARE SOME;)

i have been watching random videos about the presidential campaigns, which i have received through email, or just came across on youtube or any place of the sort. i wanted to share two of these videos, and share my opinion of the matter.
here goes it...
now, the first video was the lesser of the two evils, but crazy nonetheless. a few McCain supporters put together bumper stickers making a mockery of Obama and his alleged "association with Islam" by combining the symbol for communism and a crescent and star within the slogan "Obama for Change". a few muslims that support McCain (lol) and others found this offensive and drove them out of the rally. now i would hold back, but its my blog so why should i?
first of all, when did a crescent and moon become the symbol for Islam? this has always been a mystery to me, and probably derives from the fact that Islam is commonly associated with the Middle East. second, how dare he make that prejudice ignorant comment that Mohammed SWS said Islam spreads by misleading the infidel or something of the sort. people so openly broadcast their ignorance. the only thing misleading about this religion are the lies people tell of it. but my thing is, we have all been blessed with intelligence, and the ability to seek knowledge. people who say things like this are lazy and ignorant because they lay down their ability to learn for themselves and believe whatever they are told. third, how is it that you can be a muslim, and support a candidate who is pro-war? and not just any war, but the war in iraq that kills many muslims everyday. INNOCENT muslims might i add. idk, just a thought. i could go on, but i dont feel like it. bottom line it is ignorance.
this second video takes the cake though. this is a newscast from al-jazeerah. they were covering a republican rally for Sarah Palin in Ohio. this was offensive to people of African-American descent, as well as muslims. now, i am not racist in the least bit. but these people are trash. me feeling this way about them has nothing to do with the fact that they are caucasian, but only to do with the fact that they are IMMORTALIZING THEIR IGNORANCE on television. you want racism, here it is.
now, when did it become an insult to call someone a "muslim"? just wondering.
this one woman on here says she doesnt like Obama because he thinks white people are trash. wow. his mother and the grandparents who raised him are white, which makes him half white, so why would he think they are trash? then this other lady, lol, says the "blacks are gonna take over". i mean she sounded pretty upset, lol. just craziness. i cant say enough, or more than they have said for themselves.
someone commented in response to this video that people are only voting for Obama because he is black. well, it is obvious that these people are only voting for McCain because he is white. they dont know anything about Obama, but have so many negative things to say about him. they clearly took one wide-eyed glance and said "i aint votin fer him". its scary that this type of mindset is still present, but all we can do is make sure we do not fall into it.

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

apparently i am having trouble copying the videos, so i will give the links until i can fix it.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1417423198/bctid1866657225

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0

abortion is murder

i'm at Temple law school today right...we do this LLM thing where we sit in on mock trials. its pretty cool, im always a juror. one time i was a witness. i felt like a SUPERSTAR! lol. back to the point. 

so im talking to one of the girls on our panel, and she is a sophomore at Temple. she looks fairly young and clueless, but talkative nonetheless. so she is listening in on me and my home skillet Felicia's conversation about babies and taking responsibility for your actions. when felicia excuses herself to go to the powder room (all law schools have them), the girl starts talking about how she isnt ready for children and how would you do that without your parents help OMG. blah blah blah. then she says something crazy, one of the most preposterous things i have heard to date. she said, TO ME, that she would rather get and abortion than have a baby and give it up for adoption. im like WHAT?!?!? i was like i COMPLETELY disagree. if you could say capital letters, that is what it sounded like. she looked shocked, lol. im like that is murder. if you dont want the child someone else will, but dont murder them. then she said well if i give my baby away all i would be doing is killing them slowly anyway by giving them to someone who wouldnt be a good mom. im looking at this girl like ur retarded. we are all gonna die someday, but why would you want your child to die by your own hands? and if your a bad enough mother to want to kill your baby, then it seems the baby would be better off with a toothless junkie than it would be with you. her face looked like she expected me to agree with her, lol. i dont get it but everyone is entitled i guess. i still say it is murder. May Allah guide us all..amin

insomnia?

i try, and try, and try

but to no avail. why am i still awake? i have been trying to fall asleep for about 3 hours. i am most definitely sleepy, tired, all of that. ugh. isnt it horrible when you are exhausted but cant manage to do much more than stare at the ceiling? i guess i should start looking for and finding inventive ways to use this time. not more inventive than productive. maybe i can read quran, reading always rocks me to sleep. maybe i can write a story about a sweet little muslimah who cant seem to sleep at night but still jumps out of bed fabulous..lol. no beauty rest over here, just beauty. on the inside i hope. maybe i can scheme to take over the world, but i dont really want to take over the world so that would be a waste of time i guess. im perfectly content being the ruler of ninaland. im gonna try this sleep thing again, maybe it will work this time. and it will stop me from babbling on my blog. this is sleep talking, not sleep walking....

peace & love to you (unless u suck)

nina

its just a dream...right?

bismillah

This morning I had a dream, and when I woke up I was devastated, angry, all that good stuff. It was very realistic and detailed. Everything from the sweat to the blood to the suitcases to the tears to the 911 call to the getaway. I had to collect myself for a few minutes but couldn't manage to get out of bed. Crazy

What's funny is that these type of dreams happen often, the ones where u wake up trying to differentiate between reality and the places you travel to in your sleep. I find myself asking whether it was a dream or did it really happen much to often, lol. That's strange I know. but you know what I mean. I used to have dreams that made me wake up feeling like I was in love with a person I wasn't thinking about the day before, somebody random like snoop dogg or N.O.R.E lmao. Or dreams that had me angry with a person who may not have done anything to me (that I knew of at the time). I always get over those in a few hours though, lol.

But one thing I learned that was interesting is that in islam, there are only three types of dreams. Some are from shaytan (the devil), some are prophecy (revelation of something that is to come), and some are from your nafs (human desires). I need to find exactly where I read that.
All I'm saying is I hope my dream from this morning is not something that is going to happen. Til next time, smooch.

Nina

I have arrived...lol

This is my first blog coming straight from ninaland. I guess it would be appropriate to introduce myself. I'm ME, from baltimore, my hearts (family) in GA, and I live in phila-stinkin-delphia. Go to Temple U and I absolutely love it. Why is school so expensive? With all the education in the world I still couldnt figure it out. The one thing I am grateful for more than anything is that I was blessed to be muslim, and after that my mother. She is like the best person ever. I love my brother as well, couldn't leave him out. He has a large head, but we are Ethiopian so its to be expected. I'm random, but it begins to make sense after a while.

I am beginning this blog entitled "ninaland" simply because I wish to spill my guts and keep record of it. You can join me if you'd like:)

Peace to the middle
Nina