My Poem

Okay guys here's the poem that has been long overdue!

The tree that wasn't tall
Stood silently alone
Looking shorter by the minute
'Front the fancy suburban home

The rock that wasn't gray
A leader in it's river
The keeper of the land
Quiet, silent giver

The sun that wasn't hot
Rises from the setting stars
An opposite reaction
To the ending of the moon

But where amidst all this does come
A glimpse of commonality?
To see the uniqueness of each hand
A fingerprint never the same

What truly is normality?
And who's to say what's right or wrong
When all perfection lies in relativity?
And nothing is but wrong

Did you know?

1. Those who seem the strongest, are usually the most sensitive.

2. Those who seem the kindest, have often been mistreated.

3. Those who reach out to, and care for other people, are usually the people who need some help themselves.

4. Those who smile the most, rarely have the perfect life. If you look behind the smile you will often find a lot of pain.

5. The three hardest things to say are “I’m sorry”; “I love you”; and “Please help me.”

Childhood Best Friend Dilemma

I'm so stuck. What do you do when you find an old childhood best friend online? Do you just like type to her saying "hi! Remember me from like 10 years ago?" What if you just found out her mom died? Do you say sorry to her online? Is it stalking if you look at her tumblr alot because you just so badly want to see her or remind yourself of her or you feel like you can relate to her so well, or something? I know this problem isn't half as hard as other people's but LIFE IS SO HARD!

Sunday Morning

I witnessed the most beautiful sunrise today. We were all up at 7:00 today and by 7:30 we had all packed ourselves in the car ready to return home. It was then, that I saw the sun. So slowly it started as a small flicker and I could see it erasing the darkness of the night. The next thing I know it was brightening the whole sky in a pastel yellow glow. To my right I see the bright sky holding the sun in it's palm. To the left, is the small bit of dark cloudy sky that's left. It's amazing how God creates the alternation of day and night, its so slow but absolutely miraculous, words cannot even describe it's true beauty. That's what I see in the morning. Its kind of strange but I feel that the sunrise is more beautiful than the sunset. It reminds me that God was merciful enough to give me another day to live. To me,
it represents a new chance and another beginning as opposed to the sunset and it's representation of the end of the day. I used to wonder why God made the world the way He did. I mean the way we perceive it, is that how He wanted us to see it? I'm so thankful that I have Islam to give me these answers. There are so many mysteries about the world. Scientists try to find the answers and discover, but if they had just read the Quran they would have known these things so much earlier. That's the thing, Islam follows no trends or times in history, we have our own trend and guide which is Islam and our guidebook is the Quran. For example, women used to cover their hair and wouldn't go out if their ankles were not covered! Now women walk around practically half naked. We Muslim women don't follow the trends, to this day we continue to cover ourselves from head to toe when we leave the house. At the same time, we've known about these discoveries (such as the separation of salt and fresh water) for centuries, 1400 years earlier, but scientists are only discovering them now. This is the truth of Allah. God's words can be nothing but true. God's words are in all three books (the Bible, the Torah and the Quran) but over time people have altered it. They've changed things and replaced words. Only the Quran's words have been unchanged and if you don't believe me, please read it for yourself, and discover the beauty of Islam.

Hey guys, so the marathon has been extended until Dec 2nd. Please, anyone who can donate please do, it will make a difference and the donation uses SSL to secure your billing information and encrypt all donations so that your information is safe. Remember go to webuildon.buildon.org/saadiamali Thanks again to all those who have donated! P.S. Thanks so much Bailey, a big shout out to you!

Add On to BuildOn

This is just simply an add on to my buildOn post, but this is a marathon that I am doing and it lasts for four weeks. Three weeks have already gone by and the fourth is almost done!If i can reach my goal within these four weeks (2,000 dollars)I will win! Please remember to donate because this week is the deadline and it will end this Saturday. Don't forget those small children in Mali just waiting to be able to read! Make a difference by helping me in giving our future children the one tool they need to pull themselves and their families out of poverty!

buildOn

IMPOTANT NOTE GUYS!! I'm raising money as part of my buildon club to raise money to build schools in Mali! Those small little children will finally be able to learn to read and pull their families out of poverty! But we need your help!! In order to donate, go to webuildon.buildon.org/saadiamali. Click the donate now button and donate!!! Remember the more you give the more of an influence you will have on a child's education in Mali. My goal is to raise 2000 dollars so please please please help out! Thanks again!

New Post Suggestions

Okay guys so I really need to be doing better at this whole blog thing. I mean before I was posting fun pictures of weird cakes and now I'm just like using this blog as like a boring, complaining, diary or something. That's not what I want my blog to be like. So anyone, please leave a comment below of what you think I should post! Ask me some questions. Any specific topics you want me to talk about? Any picture requests? Anyway, this time you guys get to choose! So leave a comment and I'll try to answer as best I can :D Bye!

The First Day of Every Week= Depressing

Today I just feel tired. But not so tired to the point where I'm absolutely sick of life. I'm just tired. I know, I probably sound like a very depressed student right now. I guess this is what IB dies to you! Not that I'm trying to scare you off, I still love my school and I wouldn't want to go anywhere else. It's just i hate those days when you have all this time, but you know you totally wasted it. And instead of feeling refreshed and relaxed after taking a break you just feel lazy. It's like I'll waste 3 hours of my life and you'd think by then I'd be rested enough to do my homework, but nope! I was wrong. And then I waste more time not being able to focus on my work. It's Monday today and I found this pic that I use as my background. I really am thinking of it right now, heres the picture, and that's exactly what I'm thinking. Doesn't he look SOO cute!!

Family time!

Today was my Aunt's birthday. I didn't know for sure though until this afternoon when I saw my cousin's beautiful cake. I'm telling you he has real potential in the baking industry. Anyway today was another waste of time. I finished none of my homework and I hardly even left the house. I basically was a lazy bum today. But then came night time! Yesterday my Mom was criticizing my Dad on how he's always addicted to his phone. Whether at home or at work he's constantly checking his texts or using it for something. It's really ironic actually, because my dad hates it when he sees one of those addicted teenagers who text even as you're talking to them! Thus, when my mom criticized him he suddenly realized his addiction and went on this whole idea that we should have 'family time' together. Surprisingly though it was not a disappointment. My dad actually played the board game. On the downside 5 minutes into the game, i realized one of our cards were missing and it messed up the whole game ( we were playing Clue). After that my parents went to bed while my brother and I acted in a game of charades. It was so funny I couldn't stop laughing. After tiring out from that, we lay down on the couch and played "Fortunately Unfortunately" until we fell asleep. And that was how I spent my Saturday night!