... JUST A SIMPLE GIRL...
...WAITING TO LIVE HER DREAM...

Sunday 14 November 2010

THE IRONIC LITTLE BOY !



When they said ‘Little Boy’, this is the image that appeared in my mind… a young boy… innocence… naughtiness… tantrums… and that all. Not 100 miles perhaps did the thought of a bomb appear in mind! A bomb that killed thousands and more!

And they named the bomb ‘Little Boy’ … IRONIC… don’t you think?





NOT SO LITTLE- LITTLE BOY


I wonder if it intended irony
Or sarcasm meant, perhaps
For ‘Little Boy’ it is so-called
And a devilish feat
He portrayed, hundreds of thousands
Allay as deep. Aye! No words endorsed

And I still wonder, like I marvelled
Then, a joke? I couldn’t laugh
It slandered out and that was all
Whats next? I merely reasoned
Mama made me run, naked
As I wondered, where my clothes?

Then I moaned and hushed it
I dozed and wondered if I did
‘Cause real as fire, not funny yet
I whimpered with soundless cries
Treaded on men as i moved, heads
Said sorry but who did judge?

Now phases have passed though
Agony still sears, I still wonder
Why ‘little boy’ they called it
If little was not comparable
For my nation is perishing since
Curse upon thee, I say.

sania harris

Wednesday 10 November 2010

A SUICIDE NOTE...



Monotony is the main reason why I have become an ardent reader. Today, boredom steered me to a suicidal note left by a teenager. A tad more investigation and I found out that it’s not the case of ‘a’ teenager… this is a grave and sober case of ‘many’ teenagers that take their life. Suicide, though being a frequently heard expression, always sends a tremor down every one. And today, I was the recipient…I winced reading the brutal, grief striking stories of students ending their lives just for petite cases like being rebuked by teachers to major events like anti-gay bullying. It is already a struggle to live through the teen years encountering something new about yourself every now and then. To mount it all with bullying is a vast burden and sadly, some just don’t have the strength to hold on. Life is priceless … everyone says so and everyone knows it. But does everyone actually take heed of it? I doubt it! Islam has prohibited human beings from suicide because life is a reward given to us from the Almighty and we should do all we can to continue safeguard it. But when time proves challenging… when actions are heart rupturing … when words harm mightier than swords, don’t we, for an instant at least, loose the desire to live? Many of us revive from this situation, but the aching truth stays fact… that some don’t. They believe that suicide is the solution to all their glitches. Oh how mistaken they are!



Every 90 minutes, a teenager somewhere in America kills himself. “It's more than just common, it's probably at epidemic proportions,” said Dr. Lawrence Levine, Bristol Hospital. The rise in the rate of teen suicide - 250 percent in the past 30 years - has caused it to become the nation’s second leading killer of young people, after accidents!

When a family member commits suicide, the entire family is plunged into confusion and grief. Life is instinctually valued by all of life's creatures. Even a blade of grass or flower fights for the privilege of life. When someone close to you voluntarily ends their lives, your entire value system is thrown into question. Family members may also be consumed with guilt, thinking that they somehow should have seen the signs that led to the individuals suicide. Group therapy with others who have experienced this trauma as well individual therapy may be necessary to help cope.




Teen's suicide left 'a lot of pain behind'

Toby, a loving little beagle, is still howling for his owner to return home. But 18-year-old Scott Hanelt, who hung himself in a park just before Labor Day, is never coming back.
"Toby's really lost," said Scott's mother, Cathy Hanelt.

When Scott chose to kill himself Aug. 27, he deserted much more than just a confused dog. His family, and scores of friends, are also grieving. "If Scott realized how much pain he left behind, he wouldn't have done it," his mother said.

Tuesday 9 November 2010

MY FAV I

Some people that i just simply adore no matter what they do!







This is my Sister's Best friend as well as an amazing person!

A great writer, an avid reader, a gripping speaker, clearly optimistic, respectful, cheerful, friendly and very talkative!

The sky is her limit and her achievements in life are profuse!

Her motto: "there's no better world without a better I"



MY COUSIN BROTHERS!




Shirvin and me..



Shamil and me ..




Hisham and me..



Shai and me (=S i cant remember his real name!)

Tuesday 19 October 2010


Its an amazing feeling, raising kids. I am not so sure of it because I’ve not gone through that stage yet. But I’ve gone through a wonderful stage of raising some kittens. Naughty kittens to be specific. They fight with each other as well as cuddle around each other and sleep. I was amazed by the way the mama cat raised them. I surprisingly have heard the mama cat shout at the kittens too. Its funny as well as amazing!

Some pix that will warm your heart….I promise!

yup...thats how we disturb them and have fun...haha....pick up the kitten and put him/her on the mama's back....weridly it was fun for me and my sister....



now thats the after effect...;p...


kittens on MY mama's lap....they do love her touch a lot! all cats do...hehe...its beautiful when they curl up around us feeling our warmth in them...


Mama cat with her kittens. In the beginning, she used to glare at us. But then she got used to us as we brought lovely cat food along... ;) ...so much for bribing the mama cat...haha



This is how we found them. Outside my building, near some flat. I assume their age to be somewhat a day or two..

MY ANGEL GROWING UP !


Oh guess what! I just found some more pics of my angel. He is some months old in these pics. I’m so excited to have these pics! If you are wondering what is wrong with me, I’ll tell you what. This is the first boy born in Abu Dhabi from my family. So that makes me closer with him. You see, I was born in Abu Dhabi too. And further, he is an amazing guy….so that tops it’s all.

(i will upload more pictures if i get hold of them during my once in a blue moon cleaning process... ;) )

as i would like to call him, Apollo, the sun god.... ;)


Slowly growing his hair back after nappoly (40 days since birth, muslims shave the head of the new born baby) ....


the person holding the baby is me. i guess i was in grade 7 that time (no scarf...horrible stage)...we had gone for DSF (Dubai Shopping Festival) ...he cried the whole way, but we did have fun somehow...


thats my angel trying to drive his imaginative car. See, he has got my imagination powers...;)...this is my fav stage of his life. ...his egg head and round body....bubbly laughs...aww! miss it a lot!

MY BABY BOY !

eah...he can smile pretty well....this is about some weeks old i guess...

my baby....thirsty on my lap...;p..awww...look at his lips!

my baby....just born into this world of Varities. His momma gonna make him famous one day....;)



yeah...he passes out these amazing quirky and funny laughs all of a sudden.

No. Let me clear your doubt in the beginning itself. I am not a mother – which obviously means that he is not my son. I prefer to call him my son because he the only baby I’ve been so mentally and emotionally attached with. He is my cousin brother. Well... kind of. Right now, he is entering into his Kindergarten years. But sadly, I’ve got no present pics of his. I was going through my old CDs and found this one. Here you go, pics of my God Son. (what? I like to believe I am one… =p)

Angels. They’ve always been around. This is my angel!

PS: his name is MAAZIN RAHEES

Wednesday 11 August 2010

MY ANNOYING HUSBAND !



“My husband is annoying! Don’t misunderstand me, I love him a lot. But there are times when he is so damn annoying that I wonder how I’m surviving with him!” said a married woman in her blog.

As I said earlier, as boredom got the hell out of me, I started surfing the web to do something (ANYTHING!) that would be at least a mile close to interesting. I came across this blog in which this woman wrote about how annoying her husband is. I am just a 16 years old, and obviously not married. So I don’t actually know clearly how irritating a husband can be. (“very irritating!” I’ve heard my mom say. Shh…don’t tell my dad!) . According to what the woman has stated, dealing with an annoying husband can be very stressful. Mind you, this woman is pregnant. An annoying husband tops this ice cream story like a cherry. I have decided to check on this web page frequently as the stories are quite funny. Do check it out, laughter is a promise!

http://myhusbandisannoying.com/





MORPHING!


Sitting bored at home, I was googling through the net to find something fun to do; something that will pass time. I came across some funny blogs and among them, one blog mentioned about a morphing website. I decided to give it a try and checked out the web page.

http://www.morphthing.com/

I uploaded a picture of my mother and morphed it with Barack Obama. I just wanted to see what it would look like. No other intentions. And thus, a new face was created.

Tuesday 3 August 2010

CLOSE THAT TAP !

The morning looked beautiful. But the thought of going to school made me hang on to the bed a little longer. My mom who usually pulls me out of the bed if I linger a bit longer, asked me to stay in for some more time. When I inquired about the sudden change in her, I found out that there was a shortage of water in the building. I didn’t know for how long the building was devoid of water, but I surely knew that within the petite hours of it, there was a big mayhem. That day, realization dawned in me, that water shouldn’t be wasted.

‘Save water’, ‘Don’t waste water’, ‘Water is precious’…yes, I’ve learnt all these in school. But never have I given a thought on how life would drive on without it. The surfed the WWW to know about the places with water scarcity. The outcome was more than shocking. One face of the earth is wildly utilizing and wasting water while on the other side; infants to adults are drinking sewage water. The videos I watched etched in my mind and shook me so gravely that I sat frozen for some time. I felt mortified to swallow the bitter reality: WE ARE A REASON FOR THIS CAUSE. Being raised in a hi-5 world, most of us have forgotten how priceless this liquid is in this world. A brick in the flushing tank and closing the tap while brushing will save gallons of water every day. That surely is a lot of water.

It would be a pure blessing if one day in everyone’s life would pass by without water. You will then realized what value water holds in our lives. So change today. Use less water. Think of the people on the other side of the earth. Think of kids drinking all the dirty water. Just place yourself in their shoes for a day and know the difference. It is time for us, the young generation to bring a change in this world. It is up to us how the world will change in the next centuries. If nothing changes your mind from wasting water, then watch the videos like I did, it will surely bring in a change. Just remember, YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Monday 7 June 2010

FACEBOOK AND MOM






This is a piece I've written in malayalam. if i get time in the future, i shall rewrite it in engligh...but for now..this stays original in malayalam. For those who cannot read malayalam, this article is about how facebook has affected my mom. it is a funny piece and a promising laugh...:)..hope you enjoy...



ഫയ്സ്ബുക്. അതെന്തെന്നു അറിയില്ലെങ്കില്തുടര്ന്ന് വായിക്കുന്നതില്ഒരു അര്ത്ഥവുമില്ല. ഫെഇസ്ബുക് എന്തെന്ന് അറിയില്ലെങ്കില്എന്തിനാണെടോ ജീവിക്കുന്നത്? ഇന്നത്തെ ഉമ്മാമാമാര്ക് പോലും ഫെഇസ്ബുക് എന്തെന്ന് അറിയാം. ആദ്യം മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ സഹായത്തോടേ ഒരു പ്രൊഫൈല് ഉണ്ടാക്കും. എന്നിട്ട് സ്വൈര്യം തരാതെ " wall എന്തോന്നാ? poke ചെയ്താല് ഓര്ക്കു വേദനെടുക്കുവോ ? അയ്യോ...എന്നേ ആരോ ടാഗ് ചെയ്തേ!" എന്നൊക്കെ പറയും. കൂട്ടുകാരേ...ഞാന്അനുഭവത്തിന്റെയ് വെളിച്ചത്തില് പറയുകയാണ്. ഒരിക്കല് എന്റെ ഉമ്മ എന്ടെ അടുത്ത് വന്നു ചോദിച്ചു "എനിക്കെന്താ നിന്റെ ഫോട്ടോ ഒന്നും കാണാന് കഴിയാത്തത്?" "അത് പ്രൈവസി സെറ്റിംഗ്സ് ആണ്" ഞാന്ഒന്നും ആലോചിക്കാതെ പറഞ്ഞു പറ്റിപ്പോയില്ലേ! നാവില് നിന്ന് വീണ വാക്ക് തിരിച്ചെടുക്കാന് കഴിയില്ലല്ലോ ! "ഞാന്അത് കണ്ടാല് എന്താ?" ഉമ്മ ചോദിച്ചു. എനിക്ക് മറുപടി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല. വീട്ടിലെ ശല്യം എല്ലാം അകന്നു ഓഫീസില് ഇരിക്കുന്ന ഉപ്പയെ ഉമ്മ ഫോണില് വിളിച്ചു കരഞ്ഞു പറഞ്ഞു , "പെണ്ണ് ഫെഇസ്ബുക്കില് എന്തൊക്കെയോ ഒളിച്ചു കളിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. എന്നേ ഒന്നും കാണിക്കുന്നില്ല" പിന്നേ ഞാന്ഒന്നും പറയണ്ടല്ലോ! ഒരാഴ്ച്ച വീട്ടില് സ്വൈര്യം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല.

അത് ഒരു സംഭവം മാത്രം. ഒരു ദിവസം ഉമ്മ ഉച്ചത്തില്വിളിച്ചു പറന്നു, "മജീദ് പെണ്ണ് കെട്ടാന് പോവുകയാ" . ഞാന്കുറച്ചു നേരം ആലോചിച്ചു. എന്നിട്ട് ചോദിച്ചു, "ഏതു മജീദ്?" "ഓന് എന്റെ ഫെഇസ്ബുക് ഫ്രെണ്ടാ". ഉമ്മയുടെ മുഖത്തെ പുഞ്ചിരി കണ്ടിട്ട് എനിക്ക് ചിരി വന്നു. "ഉമ്മ വളര്ന്നു വലിയ ആളായി. ഗ്ലോബല് നിറച്ചും ഫ്രണ്ട് ആണ്" ഇത്ത പറഞ്ഞു .

സമയത്താണ് ഫര്മ്വില്ലേ ലോകം എന്റെ വീടിലെയ്ക്ക് കടന്നു വന്നത്. രാവിലെ ആറ് മണിക്ക് എന്റെ ഉമ്മ എഴുനേല്ക്കും. കൃഷി ചെയ്യാന്. നടുക, കൃഷി എടുക്കുക. അതായിരുന്നു ഉമ്മയുടെ കുറച്ചു കാലത്തെ ജീവിതം. പാര്കില്പോയാല്, ഉമ്മ അമ്മായിയോട് ഒരു മരം ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിച്ചു പറയും, "എനിക്ക് അത് പോലൊരു മരം ഉണ്ട്" പാവം അമ്മായി വിജാരിക്കും നാടിലെത്തെ കാര്യം ആണ് പറയുന്നതെന്ന് . നമുക്കല്ലേ അറിയൂ ഉമ്മ ഫര്മ്വിലെയിലേയ് കാര്യമാണ് പറയുന്നതെന്ന്.

അതിനു ശേഷം "കഫെ വേള്ഡ്" എന്നാ ഒരു കളി ഫെഇസ്ബുക്കില് വന്നു. ഉമ്മ അതിന്ടെ പിറകിലായി പിന്നേ. ഉപ്പന്റോട് ഉമ്മ പറയും, "ചിക്കന് സ്റ്വും സ്പൈസി കൊഫ്തയും ഇന്ന് ഞാന്ഉണ്ടാക്കി" ഉപ്പ വല്ലതോക്കെയോ പ്രതീക്ഷിച്ചു ഓഫീസില് നിന്നും ഓടി വരും. ഫെഇസ്ബുക് കാര്യമാണ് ഉമ്മ പറഞ്ഞതെന്ന് ഉപ്പയ്ക്ക് പിന്നേ ആണ് മനസ്സിലാവുക.

വീട്ടില് ഒരു ലാപ്ടോപ് മാത്രമേ ഉള്ളു. അതിന്റെ പേരില് ഉമ്മയും ഞങ്ങള്രണ്ടു മക്കളും അടിയാണ്. 24 മണിക്കൂറും കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്വേണം എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞാല്ശെരിയാവുകയില്ലല്ലോ. അങ്ങിനെ എന്ടെ പാവം ഉപ്പ ഒരു പുതിയ ലാപ്ടോപ് വാങ്ങിച്ചു.അങ്ങിനെ കിടക്കുന്നു വീട്ടിലെ കാര്യങ്ങള്. ഫെഇസ്ബുക് എല്ലാവരുടെയും ജീവിതത്തെ മാറ്റി മറിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ഒരു സോഷ്യല് നെറ്വേര്കിനു ഉമ്മാന്ടെയ് മേലേ ഇത്രയും impact ഉണ്ടാകും എന്ന് ഒരിക്കലും കരുതിയില്ല !