Dontcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Dontcha? Dontcha baby?

That’s all Pussycat Dolls seem to sing about isn’t it? Themselves. And if it’s not that then it’s about what they have and what they can do and what they can give. Wait, that’s talking about themselves too. My bad.

Some of their lyrics are just absolutely ridiculous, they make me LOL. I mean ‘loosen up my buttons?’ What the hell? How desperate can you get woman! Where’s your self respect and modesty?! Ok I admit she is quite good looking but she just shows everything she has; she just lays it all out for the whole world to see. And then what’s left? Nothing, because everything has been seen. She hasn’t Read the rest of this entry »

Newham is a place where winter comes alive through the many different people, culture and celebrations!
Did you know there is more than presents and shopping when it comes to December, the month of Christmas celebration? Did you know there are many other festivities and events occurring at the same time every year like…

Hanukkah a Jewish holiday that celebrates the regaining of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from the army. Hanukkah is celebrated by lighting a candelabrum (special candle holder) each night of the holiday. The candelabrum has 8 branches that represent the 8 days of the eternal flame in the Holy Temple because it remained alight from a single container that contained oil to keep the menorah (candelabrum) in the Temple lit. The magical thing was that the signal container of oil lasted the length it took to press, prepare and bless the fresh olive oil 8 days instead of one day. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi. Call me “Girl with the Pink Bag” because that’s my undercover name. Anyway I’m writing this because each month I want to tell you and just only you about my life. You may be wondering if it’s going to be an ordinary life. But open your eyes as you will begin to read the most extraordinary chapter of my existence as I reveal all.

It all started on the Night of Halloween a few years ago. I was sitting on the sofa watching TV along with Dragon and my two brothers, Lanky and Greedy. It wasn’t long before we heard a loud knock on our door. Of course, it was the trick or treaters. We had a small bag of unwanted sweets near the door. I got up and opened it to a chant of “Trick or Treat?”

In front of me stood a girl and a boy, one wearing a wolf mask, and the other a witch’s. Because there was only a small amount of sweets, I dumped the whole lot into the boy’s bag. The girl in the witch costume stood there staring at me, as if she was waiting for something. I was confused. Oh, of course! She wanted some sweets too. I thought that they were going to share, but ah well, my bad. I shut the door in her expectant face and sat back down. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi. Call me “Girl with the Pink Bag” because that’s my undercover name. Anyway I’m writing this because each month I want to tell you and just only you about my life. You may be wondering if it’s going to be an ordinary life. But open your eyes as you will begin to read the most extraordinary chapter of my existence as I reveal all.

Brothers. They can be annoying. No, very annoying. Do you ever find it annoying when you have a big brother who’s always picking on you, just because you’re the smallest? Well I certainly do. I just hate it when it happens to me. It’s like they see me as a harmless fly, and they think they can do anything to me. Well it’s not long before I snitch on them, on which they’ll stomp upstairs, like enormous elephants nearly breaking the house down.

If there was to be a vote on who is the most annoying brother, I would definitely choose my older brother. Yes, my brother, the one with the silly voice that has no life and always picks on me. To make him anonymous, I have given him the name Greedy. He is so irritating. Ooh, he’s coming now, best hide what I’m writing, because, believe me if he found out that Read the rest of this entry »

Are you no longer in an everyday routine? Have you been slacking off and lazing around? Been overeating because of boredom? Well today is the day you change your ways and once again become that person who was healthy and outgoing.

Summer is all about having fun and relaxing but also staying in shape, so you can go back to work or school looking even more fabulous than when you left.

Firstly make sure you stick to a routine where you are having a balanced diet and plenty of exercise. To avoid feeling sluggish try to avoid ordering too many takeaways (ooh that’s greedy) and instead have home cooked family dinner whenever you can. Although the weather has been hotter and hotter don’t use that as an excuse to overeat on ice-cream (Even when heartbroken). Read the rest of this entry »

Its 4.05 in the morning, looking at the alarm clock from the corner of my eye, pressing the snooze button from time to time, unaware that today may be the last day of this blessed month of Ramadan. As usual, no alarm clock had been able to wake me up on time but the non-stop alarm of my mum dragged me out of bed and got me ready for Sehri (The morning meal before fast). After finishing the meal, I rushed to my local mosque for the sunrise prayer.

It’s 6.25 in the morning. I am the only one awake, with everyone having gone back to sleep, I finish reciting the Holy Quran. Sitting down near the window observing the time between dawn and sunrise, a thought is triggered in my mind about my Ramadan last year. I rewind my time to the point of my first day at college. I remember, in the fasting condition, I was passing through the library. It was a short while before I noticed the poster of Mahatma Gandhi on the wall ahead of me. That was the time when I was more proud to be an Indian than anyone and anything, so I went close to the poster, gazing at it for a while and reading a quote below it from Gandhi, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Unaware of the value of the quote and ignorant of the value of Islam, I smiled at it and walked away. Today, I realised Read the rest of this entry »