Why I love living here (Part I)

Salaam 'Alaykum...

May the peace and blessing of Allah be with you always...

It's almost 11pm, UK time, and all of a sudden I am in the mood to do a bit of my dissertation. Yes, after a week of pending work (telling myself that I still have time), a sudden rush of 'rajin-ness' came over me and out were my notebook, my notes from the last meeting session with my supervisor and a few printed articles I'm starting to re-read for my literature review. Fun, eh? :D

The title's a bit odd, I know. Why I put such title then? I am not intentionally stating the fact that I'm lucky enough to be given a chance to further my studies abroad, neither it is an intention to menunjuk-nunjuk to others that Alhamdulillah, Allah has given me rezeki to continue taking my Masters level of education. No, my readers, insya Allah that is not my intention.

The reason I state the fact that I love living my life here is because...


Note: this is not a religious-related post.

Personally, ever since I started to wear my hijab seriously, I am somewhat addicted to buying more and more headscarves. And not just the ones from TieRack, but especially the ones available online, and the fact that I have successfully bought things online and having them delivered to my home address makes the addiction worse every time. Don't you just love the fact that you don't have to go out to shop (not that I don't prefer that anyways), but it's cool that I can just sit lazily in front of my laptop and browse through the collection of hijabs available and choose my pick and putting them on the 'shopping cart' before off to the paying section where I have to securely insert my card details.

Ness and I were having a personal and deep conversation about our intentions to wear niqab. Yes, shocker. We were having discussions about all the possible reactions that we might get when we start wearing it, positively and negatively. All in all, in the end, we decided that, insya Allah if our intentions are purely and solely for the sake to seek Allah's pleasures, then may Allah make it and the path towards it easy for us one day. Ameen.

After she got disconnected (a few times actually - *pats babygirl with lurrrve* - good girl), I immediately went browsing through online shops. Another reason why I love living here. So many choices!!

And I found through youtube video, a website that sells beautiful hijabs.

http://www.muslimbase.com

Amazing collection, I tell you. And prices are reasonable.

And after about an hour and comparing, browsing and keeping myself busy, how did it go, you ask? *big grins*

I've decided to purchase (pictures are courtesy of the website: http://muslimbase.com):

::Kuwaiti Hijab::




::Iqal Hijab::




They do look a bit different from the normal square hijabs I am comfortable with, but it's not wrong to try something new, innit?

Masya Allah, beautiful collection. So, my sisters, if you wish to browse through the website and have the intention to 'minta kirim' while I am here, by all means, contact me, either through here, or via e-mail and insya Allah, we can discuss it further. (Promo this! :D)

A few other websites that I tend to shop online (and trust) are:

http://www.simplyislam.com
http://www.thehijabshop.com

So, I have something to look forward in the next coupla days, insya Allah ;)

By the by, insya Allah, will be off to Colne this weekend with Kak Lin and Ida for a bit of summer sale shopping (a girl can never have enough shopping during sale season!) *cheeky grin*. And prolly next week, insya Allah, will be off to Norwich to visit T *clapping*.

On a different note, Gdah and her coursemates had a bbq thingy today at Hyde Park. Pictures were gorgeous, and I helped out a bit preparing this and that since she decided to volunteer to be the chef in preparing every dish. And when she left, I was in the mood to clean the kitchen *grins*, anything to distract myself from thinking about dissertation, eh? huhuhuh..

Orite-y then. I supposed I have to tell myself that research and readings on Work-Life Balance is far more interesting than updating the dailies of my life ;) Until next time, be safe everyone. Allah hafiz.

ALLAHUMMA TAJAWAZ 'ANNA KHATI' ATINA ALLAHUM-MARDA 'ANNA WARHAMINA WA 'AJZINA

Oh Allah, overlook all our shortcomings. Oh Allah, be pleased with us, shower mercy upon us all.

Ameen Ameen Ya Rabbal 'Alamin...