So it's now 1st January 2012, last year kind of felt like it flew by, a lot was happening around the world, but nothing much happening for me. I always think back and reflect, and all the good things that happened were for other people. I can't help feeling down about it. Probably the best thing was Libya being liberated and the oppressor/dictator Gaddafi being rightfully killed. Say what you want about him, but he never hid his evil, so I am free to celebrate his death if I want to. Actually, the Libyan community here had a party exactly for that. It was pretty cool and the food was nice. (Thank you to the Libyan Embassy in London for funding our party!)
Alton Towers was a good highlight of the year actually, thinking back. I went with my family on 29th October 2011, almost at the end of Scarefest. What an amazing time to visit, what with Terror of the Towers and the Zombie Scare Zone. Don't ask me why, but I really liked the Mutiny Bay area, it just seemed really fun and the guy operating Marauder's Mayhem was really cheerful. A lot of the staff there looked happy, but in Flamingo Land they all look like they'd rather be elsewhere and sometimes act pretty cocky and unhelpful.
Recently I've been having tons of thoughts about being stuck in limbo. That's how I explain how I don't feel settled and how incomplete my life feels. I feel like I shouldn't be living with my parents, that I should be married and having children. I'm really not the type of person who will cope well with being single for a long time. The only way I would feel better would be to get my own place, but I just can't afford it right now, and my parents would take it as an insult to move out, even though that is not my intention.
hay new year.
ReplyDeleteinshllallah this year will be a blessed one for you and your family!
your post are quite entertaining mashallah.
and good luck this year !
if you dont mind me asking where do you live around in england ?
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Hey, happy new year and thanks for reading. I live in Middlesbrough. Check out my first ever blog post in October 2010 to read more about it.
ReplyDeletethank you . i read your first post . your like me i live in a small town in yorkshire and i so want to get out of there . i am hoping to move out of england . everything is so boring here .i have a libyan friend whose hoping to go back to benghazi this year .i want to go uae or something. it nice to meet you by the way .
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Yep Middlesbrough used to be part of Yorkshire a long time ago, now we are just pretty close. I just want to move to a bigger place, I like England, it really is my home. Ah does your Libyan friend want to live in Benghazi? For now I am content with visiting Libya, I have such a British feeling towards weather, I can't handle too much heat! I'm too used to cold lol! Nice to meet you too.
ReplyDeleteno what i meant that i want to get out of my small town and so do you .i didn't mean you were from Yorkshire and i was too.never mind.About the benghazi friend :yes she wants to go but i think she wants to study here first .i visited Morocco and the heat of north africa is quite hot so i don't blame you.on the other hand i hate the british weather .
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Ah ok sorry for the misunderstanding. The best time to visit North Africa is Winter or Spring, it's really too much heat to bear in the summer. I never understood people going on holiday in the summer time anyway, it gets quite warm here, what you really wanna do is escape the cold. I think we have had quite a good winter so far though, no snow and mild weather.
ReplyDeleteheloo.oh no need to apologize, i should have been clearer . well as i am a student i really wanted the snow so i get time of school . sadly it didn`t happen :( .
ReplyDeleteso where are you from in libya and did you go there during the revolution ?
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Ha yeh snow days! Well my dad grew up in Tripoli, so that's my city in Libya. Only ever been twice though, been here (England) my whole life. My dad came here as a student in the late 70's so he's been here quite a while with barely any visits to his home as Gaddafi's regime made things difficult for a lot of people who left Libya. I didn't go during the revolution, too dangerous I think. NATO were bombing and there were other issues like food and water shortages. Inshallah we will visit sometime this year.
ReplyDeletecool cool .one of friends is from tripoli she really wanted to go libya but couldn't due to similar circumstances . it was probably risky during the revolution if you were going tripoli it didn't get liberated till august so would have been dangerous . my friend the one from benghazi went though in the summer holidays .by the way have a fun time in libya!! don't 4get the suncream. :)
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Yep I'm starting to get a little excited, I'm thinking of the plane too, I haven't been on many flights in my life, only a few so that's something to look forward to. I want to get presents for our cousins and we will also very likely travel down to Sebha while we are in Libya inshallah. I have an aunt there and a ton of cousins who I don't really know! Yeh ur right about Tripoli, it was dangerous for much longer there and kind of still is, what with criminals pretending to be fighters and doing bad stuff. I hope by Easter things will have calmed down, its our planned time to go inshallah. There's also the issue of direct flights, they are still only getting started on that. Before this you would have to land in Tunisia or Egypt and be driven across the border to Libya. I really don't want to go in like that!
ReplyDeleteyes i prefer direct flights to . the friend who went to benghazi i think she stopped in egypt and then had to cross the border and continue . i dont think the tunisian border was liberated when she went and benghazi was closer to egypt so she went through egypt . when we indians go to india we just take clothes and shoes -indians love western clothes. its good that things are getting good libya but its sad to see what`s happening in syria and yemen and the other occupied or oppressed countries like palestine and afghanistan :(. last year through wafa relief we send aid to libya and inshallah were hoping to do a event for palestine to raise awareness in my town and school.and i said before have fun and by the way easter isnt it gonna be hot??
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's too hot at Easter time, but it's definately hotter than here! I'll have to check the average temperatures. I'm willing to put up with a bit of heat if it means seeing a free Libya. That's interesting, about Indians being grateful for Western clothing. You find in Libya everyone is wearing Western clothing anyway, they only wear traditional clothes if they are older or for a special occasion. That's really great, how you sent aid to Libya, I think there are many countries that always need help and Palestine is defo one of them. It's so sad and Syria and Yemen though, they will never get the help Libya got, and that is a shame.
ReplyDeletesalams.how are you ? true about syria and yemen because libya has oil the world eyes were on libya. its good that they got help especially the fact they got a no fly zone.true its a worthwhile sacrifice to make to see you home-country free .i agree Palestine defiantly needs help especially gaza and Ramallah and west bank and those little villages . i cant wait till the occupation ends.i am hoping to be a peace activist inshallah and then ill kick those Israeli soldiers out ( i wish).
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Hey, I'm good, hope you're doing well. Yeh I agree with you, having NATO intervene was a worthwhile sacrifice. I see people complain about it online, but usually they are not Libyan or have absolutely no sympathy. I think it's great that you want to be a peace activist, what an awesome thing to do!
ReplyDeleteHey!! thank you .u2.those people who had no sympathy for the libyans under oppression have no humanity .yes i really want to be one(peace activist ) but only god knows whats in my fate .hopefully there will be peace in the world do i wont need to be a peace activist .
DeleteYeh I know what you mean, such a job wouldn't exist if humanity could get along and treat each other right, but unfortunately it's not like that. Even poor animals suffer, what with killing them for their fur and bones and whatever else these evil poachers do. I am strongly against animal testing as I believe we can achieve better results using human tissue grown in a lab. That would give better results as rats are not really enough like us to test medicines and other products on!
ReplyDeletetell me about it .you should do a petition for against animal testing on change.org or do something to raise awareness. itd be cool .so whats you future ambition or do you already work (if you dont mind me asking) ?
ReplyDeleteI am a volunteer for WRVS. I guess I'd just like a paid job really, I need money to live! Yeh I used to be a lot more into animal rights when I was younger, unfortunately not many Muslims seem to be bothered about it. Animals automatically have rights in Islam anyway, so we are not supposed to harm them. Even the animals we can slaughter and eat, there are rules on how to do that.
ReplyDeleteyeh i totally agree.i hate real fur stuff , gives me the creeps thinking about how they get the fur .poor animals. why don't you get in touch with a muslim charity and let them know .
ReplyDeleteWhat great cars. There is nothing wrong with either of them to be honest. Would I take one over the other? Maybe the Vauxhall to be honest. However I have two constraints- money and space. I need something a little bigger with a boot due to work constraints but in an ideal world that would be a nice car to own. I’m also a big fan of the Vauxhall Insignia (which suits my needs perfectly). The Sports Tourer looks great and is every bit as stylish as an Audi or a Mercedes. Im sure its a little costly to purchase straight out but I think I could do it using something like Insignia leasing for low monthly payments rather than one big cost upfront.
ReplyDeleteHey Matthew, thanks for reading. Not sure what other car you were talking about, as I think I only mentioned Vauxhall Zafira? I personally like driving it, but obviously it's seen as a family car so I guess most people would put it down, but it's a good runner.
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