لقد أحببت دمشق كثير October 20, 2010
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Cloudy skies hung above me…
The trees seem to hang sadly…
As I pack my bags to leave this blessed land…
I shudder…. and stop my imagination. Alhamdulillah, I am still not leaving yet.
But I do think about the day when I will leave one day….how will I be…to leave this place where i’ve called home for more than a year…
I’ll miss the lessons
I’ll miss the sounds of Adhan
I’ll miss my friends
I’ll miss my halawiyat (sweetmeats)
I’ll miss exploring the Old City again and again
I’ll miss Damascus
Terribly…
For now, I’m glad I’m still here…and will be here till its time for me to leave. Allah SWT knows best.
Damascus and me says a big SALAM to all my family and friends in سنغافورة
Arabic Calligraphy الخط عربي October 10, 2010
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Alhamdulillah, I’m really loving the lessons I’m taking now….
Really a beginner…
لقد فقدت طرقي October 10, 2010
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The day I lost my way
As usual I took the Dawar Shamaly service and then took Bus 35 to get to Kafar Sousseh. It had been 4 months since I rode the 35 bus because I didn’t teach English during Summer…
And with me, was just 35 lera Syria. I was planning to withdraw money from the ATM at Kafar Sousseh when I got there.
When the bus went past Jami3 Rifai’e, I felt something was not right…So I asked the girl beside me, and she said the bus DOES NOT go to Kafar Sousseh. So, I alighted. And I walked…I walked all the way back to Dawar Kafar Sousseh…a good 20 minutes walk. And then it started. I thought I could figure out finally and that I would end up where I wanted to be…but I didn’t.
Asked a lady along the street, and she gave me directions. But she reiterated, it was a DISTANCE away.
I looked at my watch, it was 4.30pm…I still have time…so I decided to follow her directions…till I came to a junction…where I felt lost than lost.
At the junction, there were 2 beautiful Somali sisters and a Somali brother. I asked if they spoke Arabic…and of course they did: beautifully, mashaAllah. So the Somali sister gave me directions, and so did the brother. Again, they reiterated that where I wanted to go was quite a walk away. I decided to follow their directions.
About 5 minutes into walking…I heard a taxi sounding its horn. I didn’t pay any heed to it, as it is normal here for vehicles to sound their horn like “the road belongs to them”…Then the horn sounded again, and next I heard a male voice….
“Yalla ta3i ma3an!”
SubhanaAllah…it was the Somali guy, and the 2 sisters…they told me to get on board as they were on their way to Masakin Barzeh…and I wanted to go to Damasquino…
Alhamdulillah…
I end this post with…: As our beautiful religion teaches us: Never fail to help others in need, even in little things. Because Allah will send his help when you need it…
من يفعل الخير ، الله يعطيه الخير
Autumn is here October 9, 2010
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Salam to all my dear friends
Just an update of what it is like here in Damascus…for the past few days, the weather has been milder and yesterday, it rained! For a good 1 hour it rained…and today, the temperature was a soothing 23 degrees celsius.
Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah for the 4 seasons that you bestow us. SubhanaAllah.
This is a picture of a rainbow I snapped whilst in the سيارة اجرة
