Rumi Collage

The black circle in the middle (sort of the middle) has been filled with these words now:

"If all you can do is crawl, start crawling." -Rumi

Witness

The

Awesome

Collage Cover for the Folder :D

Covered By Labels

Hey Lubaina,

Don't look for words to describe yourself.

"Oh, I cannot post something related to football since I'm not really a football fanatic. Or, I should only read fictional works because I'm not really a non-fiction lover." These should not be your thoughts.

You can be anything and everything. Don't try to hide under the cover of labels, be bold and be yourself, So, what if two to three words don't define you? A thousand words surely do.

With Love,
Lubaina with a brief moment of insight.

No Shoes Friday

Do you wear shoes? Well, I know that you do. And, how do I know that? Well, I tried NOT wearing shoes (wore just socks, it is cold here these days) the entire day on Friday and noticed that I was the very extremely odd one out because everybody else was wearing shoes.

Friday was that one day when we roamed around entire Islamabad probably, Mama Baba had places to go to and I tagged along. And, know one good thing about not wearing shoes the entire day? I actually looked down on the ground to watch my step, with all the looking I noticed the beautifully patterned sidewalk, the cement patches to smooth down the road, the bricked design in the lawn that I walked on and, since looking down equals seeing lots of shoes, the creativity that is bursting out of the shoe industry.

Why 'No Shoes Friday'?
Well, one might expect a wisdomatic solution but there is none.

I actually roamed around in socks the entire day because I was too lazy to wear my converse and tie the laces. True Story. My converse just relaxed in the car the entire day.

Converse Doodles :D

When in doubt what to do, DOODLE! That too on converse :D

And, yes. I didn't post Summer Holidays Part II because nothing much happened after the first ten days except a lot of family time and binge watching of TV shows. Home for Eid holidays these days! :D

20 Days of Summer - Part I

Yes, I am guilty of not posting much ever since I joined Med School. But hey, that was kind of expected. Alright, so, AKU has given (read: mercifully blessed) us with like twenty days of holidays (ask for more holidays and they'll make you bow down to their mercy for 20 days is apparently enough). Anyways, the plan is not to let even a single day of holidays go to waste.

And, here's what has been happening so far.

Day before Day Zero and Day Zero: 
Watched X-men and flew home the next day. So, the last time I went home I checked in like a minute before the check in was about to close and ran to the boarding area. This time I checked in two hours before the boarding. Call it a lesson well learnt or living on the extremes, I made it home and that's the point :D

X-men: Days of Future Past. Best movie with the best 3-D graphics *_*
And, flying home. Look, they're even showing off their plane tickets in the bottom left photo.

Day One:
Just lazed around at home. Slept whenever I got the chance. Well, I couldn't possibly sleep whenever I wanted to because Labibah (my baby sister) was too happy to have me back home and couldn't bear the sight of me sleeping. Yeah. Happens.

Didn't get time to doodle much. Hopefully this shall suffice.

Day 2:
Breakfast at Khasala Dam. Yeah. We packed food and ate it by the waterrrrr :D

Pre-Breakfast: In search of a nice spot for the breakfast picnic.
Post Breakfast: Splashes in the water.---The picture's taking a lot of time to load. So, later, maybe.

Day 3: 
Visit to Islamabad. Met my Dadi, Dada, Nani, Mamoo and Maami. Yeah, that's a lot of relations. One just can't NOT visit them. I love my family.

Captured the sunset in Islambad as we were going to Nani's home.

Day 4:
Off to Lahooooore! Yeah, one of Baba's random trips. And, of course, we love tag along and add flavour to those long drives with our useless arguments, stopovers at almost every rest station at the motorway and sessions of watching old movies to revive all the memories.

When it was my turn to sit at the front. Yes, we usually tend to argue over who gets to sit at the front too.
(Note: Only applicable when Mama's not there. Otherwise, the front seat's reserved for her)

Day 5:
Meeting AKU friends at Lahore. I've been to Lahore many times but have never had any hang outs with friends there. This one was a first. And, spent hours and hours at Readings too. (Well, DUH)

Well, obviously I can't reveal the faces unless I get consent from each one of them for displaying their picture on a publicly open blog. Yes, I hid my face too. It seemed odd in the midst of all the colorful circles.

Day 6:
It's craft tiiiime. I sewed a bag! Yes, I spent almost the entire day doing so. So proud of myself :')

Note: The beads, key chains and shizz to funkicise the bag have yet to be added.

Day 7:
Off to the North. We had planned on camping in Naran for the night but got late so spent the night in Balakot. Know what, if you really actually want to experience the sceneery that surrounds the not-so-straight road then stick your head out of the jeep or out of the sunroof. Depends on your choice of vehicle. A Sun Roof worked excellently for us though! ^_^

View from my room's window. That's Kurram River flowing from Babusar Top right there.

Day 8:
The day that's can be perfectly called as 'One Heck Of A Day'. Well, Baba sprained his ankle and realised he can't really walk when we reached Naran. We headed off to Batakundi from Naran where the Lalazar Hotels are very homely and best for a person who can't walk much. Cancelled the camping and trekking plans because Baba couldn't accompany us so it wouldn't have been worth it.

Photographic experiments at Batakundi Take #1

Photographic experiments at Batakundi Take #2

Day 9:
Came back hoooome. Well, our van had a lot of troubles so spent like three to four hours in Mansehra just chilling at the mechanic's.

Ok, so there are a few places where the glaciers have taken over the roads. The area has been cleared up (as shown in the picture just as science books show images with texts) but one of the ways wasn't very smooth and that spoiled our van. 

Day 10:
That's Today. Well, I blogged. That counts for something. And, just watched She's The Man with the sister. One of the best childhood movies :')

I'm a HUNKY DUDE!

So, that's ten days down and ten more to go. Time sure does fly by very very verrryyyyy fast. 

On The Move

 If I ever write an autobiography, this is is what it would be titled:

On The Move Since 1994

Born in Rawalpindi, I soon moved and journeyed to many places. My dad's the one who is always in for an adventure and mama wants us to be brave. So, yeaaah, we've been out a lot. Even then, we might have shifted homes and cities and countries because it was needed but we travelled because we wanted to. I can't imagine how it would be to live in just one city our entire lives. It must be amazing but then again discovering new places is even more fun. I love moving. I love travelling. But, know what, no matter what place one is at it's the people at that place that matter. They are the ones that make the city what it is for one.

Just Another Rainy Day

Because, it's the first time that it rained today since I moved to AKU. And, when there's rain there has to be a blog post. Imagine thise, your alarm rings but you hit snooze and go back to sleep. Only a few minutes later do you realise that you hear a sound that's not usually present at 6:30 am. You take time to register it. And, it's the sound of rain. Such a perfect start to a good rainy day.

One of my early morning tries at photography after waking up to the sound of rain.
It's obviously not a good picture but it does capture some of the essence of the rain. So, it works.

It has been over three months since I last posted at this blog. I have not forgotten about it. I visit this blog almost every day but never have the energy to write about all the happenings at AKU.

For one, hostel life is pretty different from what I had thought it would be like. The people here are way more friendly than I had imagined them to be and I think I manage my finances efficiently too. I mean, I have the prices of a lot of things learnt by heart! That never used to happen. Well, maybe it did happen somethimes. Oh well.

Anyhow, apart from the hostel shizz, medical school's actually turning out to be pretty amazing. Ofcourse, there's study and ofcourse there are moments of uncertainty but ,then again, one can't escape those. I 'try' to study, usuaully end up creating new mnemonics for everything that I read though. Which helps. And, gives me loads of stupid stories in my head to think about and laugh to myself later on.

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Oh and, I doodled ^_^
But, that doodle's for another post.
For now, few of the most special cards I've ever received:

Yeah. Cards from home. :')
All nicely pinned to the softboard.

November

November 2013, the month that turned it all around.

The winters, the love for coffee and baking cupcakes after eons.
The feelings as I pack for my hostel.
The realisation of the love I am surrounded with.
They say one turns over a new leaf, I say I jumped on to a new leaf and it started raining.
Not all rains are good, by the way. But, I love rain nonetheless ^_^
I've heard that snow's better than rain, I believe that to be true :D

Just because... :')

Autumn Liebster Award

In all the days I was busy, my blogger friends made sure that I felt special whenever I decided to resume my blogging stead. And, guess what? Their mission was accomplished. I got two awards and a tag while I was away. And, they have indeed made me feel very very very very special ^_^

Liebster award exists only on the internet, and is given to bloggers by other bloggers. It has German origins – the word “liebster” has several definitions: dearest, sweetest, kindest, nicest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, welcome and the likes... Yes, it's very special indeed :) [via http://lorrainemariereguly.wordpress.com]

The first Liebster Award is from none other than Miss Ridx. She is one of the most amazing bloggers there is :'). You are missing out on a lot if you haven't visited her blog.
Then, the Midnight Autumn Tag is from Miss Ridx too (She specially designed this one herself)
And, the second Liebster Award (I love the award she chose, I mean look at the cute heart ^_^) is from Harshini Naidu (She writes the most spell-bounding posts). Do visit her blog, Talking in my Dream. 

Now, I have to answer ten questions each, in return for receiving the three awards/tags. But, since I accepted them together I'll answer a combination of questions asked by Ridx and Harshini which will be ten in totality.

Q1. (Asked by Miss Ridx) Have you ever made a prank call? 
Oh yes. Many times. This one time we called our school teacher and ordered pizza from him. When he told us that he does not sell pizza, we asked him if he knew a good 'Chinese Pizza Place'. Haha. Chinese Pizza. The nerves tend to do that xD

Q2. (Asked by Miss Ridx) Do you prefer blue or black inked pens?
BLACK ALL THE WAY!

Q3. (Asked by Miss Ridx) Would you ever want to learn to fly?
Know what? If their is one superpower I'd love to have, it would definitely be the ability to FLY ^_^

Q4. (Asked by Miss Ridx) Favourite drink?
Coffee.

Q5. (Asked by Miss Ridx) Go to the color of the eyes?
I like Dark Green eyes.

Q6. (Asked by Harshini) If you could describe yourself in one word, what would it be?
Odd.

Q7. (Asked by Harshini) What is the best gift you were ever given?
There are two, actually. A Lava Lamp (It turns purple when switched on) and a Pen (It's a very special pen).

Q8. (Asked by Harshini) Where would your dream vacation be?
Doesn't matter where. What matters is with whom. :)

Q9. (Asked by Harshini) Your best attribute?
I have a super long nose :p

Q10. (Asked by Harshini) Why do you blog?
I love writing. I usually don't make sense when I'm writing. That's not good if one wants to write a book. But, it's perfect if one chooses to blog. :)

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Since Liebster awards and Autumn Tags are to be passed on. I came up with a combination of both that I can award to my favorite bloggers :D

BEHOLD! The AUTUMN LIEBSTER AWARD! ^_^

Created this award myself, specially for you guys :')
Oh, and the background is a painting of mines that I painted on a wall.

Now, the receivers of the Autumn Liebster Award :D

Abdullah Ehsan from Banoony Phanoony-You are the funniest young blogger out there.
Labibah Ehsan from Purple Sparkles-Your posts make me smile every time.
Nadal Hadi from Til' I Clear My Head-Your blog is the one that inspired me to start blogging in the first place :)
Ifrah Ishfaq-Even though you don't write a blog but the way you encourage me each time keeps me going. Thank you so much.
Yusra Hussain from Biting Blissfully into a Divine Cupcake-You're one of the first bloggers who made me want to keep blogging. Awesome hou.
Shonazee from Life Goes On-She's a Doctor-To-Be who has been there to tell me that something special out there is waiting for me.
Raaji (I Romanticise) from Writing For Life-Your blog is my place to be at when I need to calm down my mind. The way you write is peaceful, no matter what you write about.
Ph_  from Cascading Thoughts-Because, you are one of the first readers of this blog :')
Momina Latif from Everlasting Thoughts-Don't you ever abandon us again. Cyber-world seems incomplete with you.
Zeba from Zebra Talk-One day, I want to write like you. Your words never fail to inspire me.
Aqsa Faisal from Living My Own Legend-Your blog posts are so full of life. They speak of strength, bravery and adventure. I love that. Also, you make me feel good about myself :3
Ariba Shahid from iAriba-No reason. You're a PAFIAN blogger who dedicates her posts to me, what more can I possibly say :')
Raiha from Raiha Khan's Blog-I don't usually read much realistic stuff. But, when it comes to your blog posts, I do just that :D
Rajesh from Seasons in the Sun-You're one of the few bloggers out there whose poetry connects, makes sense and is worth being read over and over again.
Irene from Melodies in the Sand-Even though I haven't known you for that long but I adore your posts and the fact that you're an artist.
Nupur from Purple Fantassyy-The way you write is cute :) And, I love your blog's name (even though I've told you this before).
Ovais from 18 Downing Street-His posts are real. No lies and no exaggerations. One of the best Paki bloggers out there.
Smile Khan from My Everland-She's a French Pakistani who writes patriotic posts at times and lives in Paris! You're teaching me french someday :D
Fahaad Humayun from Special One-Yes, I get how much you hate responding to blogger awards but this one is just to say thank you for being there at my very first online writing venture at tVOY till now. You're awesome. I love reading your blog. And, you're good at making your point. :)
Ayesha from Berry Talks-Oh, Berry. ^_^ Berry and Benny till the end of times.
MS-Because, you read my blog when nobody else did ^_^

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Follow the following steps if you are one of the Award Receivers (The ones who run their own blogs)
#1. Answer the Ten Questions I have typed below in a post at your blog
#2. Tag people in the post whom you wish to pass on the Autumn Liebster Award to.
#3. Ask ten questions from the award receivers :)

OR

You can just save the award and post it at your blog. Sometimes, we're unable to pass it on. If you can do that then it's awesome. Otherwise, just know that I did this to let you all know that each one of you is very special to me. :)

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The Ten Questions

Q1. Describe yourself in three words.
Q2. Your best Home Alone experience?
Q3. A perfect evening is?
Q4. Think quick. Fish or Fries? 
Q5. Which place will you travel to if you have the option to visit any place in the world (free of cost)?
Q6. Winters or Summers?
Q7. Reason for Q6?
Q8. Is the concept of having a good hand-writing over-rated?
Q9. Comics or Novels?
Q10. What is the best part about being a blogger?

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Whoa. Posting awards takes up a lot of time. Well, this shall be it for now.

Cheers :D

Wait, What?

She looked out the window, wishing it would rain. But, that would not happen. Could not happen, in fact, because it was snowing. Were it really snowflakes falling from the sky or was it her little brother on the roof tearing up one of those packing material things that the new Air Conditioners came in and making it seem like it's snowing. Wait, what? How could it snow when the new Air Conditioners came in JUST a few days ago. Oh yeah, it is summers. Seems like winters. The fan is turned on, so is the Air Conditioner. Yeah, it is summers. No snow. No rain, either. The maid's outside vacuuming. Ohhhh, the Air Conditioner's not switched on, that is just the sound of the vacuum cleaner. Air Conditioners do not make THIS much noise. But, there is too much light. Better close the curtains. Or, is the light turned on? Wait, what? But, how can she see snow if the curtains are closed.

Meh.

Nothing makes sense. Means it is not time for her to wake up yet.

*Closes her eyes. Blocks out all the thoughts. Pulls over the blanket. Goes back to sleep.*

I just pulled over the blanket. It is definitely not summers!

*Shut up, Lubaina. Just sleep. And, goes back to sleep*

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Found this Calvin and Hobbes comic. It perfectly describes the story of my life. 

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Yeah. This is pretty much the most happening part of my day when I have to decide whether to wake up or not. Better catch as much asleep as I can. Medical studies don't let one sleep, or so they say ;)

Medical College does not start until Mid-December. Yayayayaay! So many holidays. ^_^

Doctor-To-Be in Winter

So, where was I when I left off around 24 days ago?
Oh yeah. I had my doodle-making mode on, started the Doodle Liners too. You can view them here. I was comfortable in summer clothes. And, was very very very nervous about my Medical College Admissions.

Well, guess what? The tables have turned! Well, not the doodle tables, just the medical and summer ones.
Yes, I feel very cold these days. And yes, I did get into a Medical College that I have dreamed of getting into since I visualized the possibility of becoming a doctor. *Alhamdulillah.

Oh yes, I am one of those Doctor-To-Bes now who flaunt off their lab coats even when they're eating out. Although, I might not wear my lab coat everywhere. You know, this world can't handle THAT level of awesomeness B|

Haha. I sound so self-obsessed. But hey, who's judging.

Anyways, apart from getting past the admission-mania there was EID.
I love Eids.
Even though nothing much happened at Eid other than meeting my family, eating good good very good food and wasting time on Facebook liking the Eid Pictures uploaded by everybody.

Apart from Eid, there is cold in the air. The feet freeze at night when one's not wearing socks and the nose turns red. Yes, WINTER'S COMING ^_^

Oh and, the rest of my family roams around in summer clothes while I shiver in the winter ones. This might give you an idea of the extent of the 'winter' and my health level at the moment. I am A-OK, just by the way. It's just that I've embraced the winter too dearly this time around. I think.

This shall be it for now.
Oh and, do not re-read Toxin by Robin Cook if you wish to eat Meat Burgers and not be haunted by gruesome diseases caused by bad meat. Well, if you still plan to read or re-read it: I DID WARN YOU!

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*Alhamdulillah (Arabic: الحمد لله‎) is an Arabic phrase meaning "Praise to Allah". It's most commonly used to thank Allah.

Crow Liner

Once in a while, there's this one line that takes up all the space in our heads. It roams and runs around, it rolls and jumps up high, until this line has become a part of us. 'Liner Doodles' is where I write those lines and create my own doodles for them, these lines are meant to be preserved. 

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A very disturbing picture made it to the front page of one of Pakistan's leading newspapers.

My Baba handed the newspaper to me in the morning, he's the one who got me into the habit of reading them. But, I closed my eyes. He made the Is-Everything-Ok-Question-Mark face. I explained that there's a picture I'd prefer not looking at on the front page. He laughed. And said,

"Have you heard of the crow who closes its eyes just before the cat is about to attack? Or, the ostrich that buries its head in the ground when a flood is approaching?"

Love you Baba <3

Two Shout Outs!

Here's to the two who keep me sane as I miss the third one.
Here's to the two who make sure there is not a single boring moment in our lives.
Here's to the two who brim with life and smiles... and, colours.

Abdullah and Labibah, my little brother and sister started their own blogs. I know it's late but this post is dedicated to them two, and their blogs.

Here's a shout out for Abdullah's blog: BANOONY PHANOONY!
(Inspired by monkeys, bananas and the joy in life)

Visit Abdullah's Blog: http://banoony.blogspot.com/

Here's a shout out for Labibah's blog: Purple Sparkles!
(Inspired by all things pink and purple, happenings and daily life)

Visit Labibah's blog: http://purple-shurple.blogspot.com/

Here's a shout out for Huthaifa! He's truly missed at home.

That would be all three of my siblings :')
MashaAllah*.

Also, I'm planning on posting regular Shout Outs and Guest Posts of my favorite blogs and bloggers here at blog-o-sphere. There's always room for some goodwill ^_^

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*Mā shāʼ Allāh (ما شاء الله) is an Arabic phrase that expresses appreciation, joy, praise or thankfulness for an event or person that was just mentioned. (wikipedia.com) 

Star Liner

Once in a while, there's this one line that takes up all the space in our heads. It roams and runs around, it rolls and jumps up high, until this line has become a part of us. 'Liner Doodles' is where I write those lines and create my own doodles for them, these lines are meant to be preserved. 

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"You will put the 'star' in starting over and over." -Sarah Kay in her poem "B".

Gave Shape-Poetry a try :)

Sarah Kay's TED Talk is one of the best TED talks I've listened to. You can watch it here.
Yes, still no Youtube in Pakistan. I miss Youtube though.

Back at the Road Not Taken

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey BLOG ^_^

No, I shall not keep calm. I've missed blogging, I've missed having no study to do and I've missed reading whenever and wherever I felt like it. Well, even thought this won't last very long. I will be going to a good Medical School in a few months (I really really hope and pray that I do). But, I still have free time on my hands for now.

Well, nothing much happened in the past few weeks except the study-eat-sleep routine. 

Apart from that, remember how my family randomly plans road trips? Yeah, that happened. This time, we headed off for Abottabad. Of course, I took my pile of course books along and while they explored the city I sat back in our room to study.

This one time I went out for a walk with Mama, Baba and my little brother Abdullah just after the sunrise. We came across this road among the woods that reminded me of 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost.

I happen to be NOT a photographer, just captured this one because it fit the poem so perfectly.
And, my very awesome friend, Maheen Khan, thought so too. ^_^
P.S. The title of this photograph is not the same as the poem, that would be stealing probably. I guess :p

Also, started The Book Thief. Many say it's the best read ever. *fingers crossed*

Nineteenth

A Wise Penguin one said,

 "The only good thing about birthdays is that we get to talk to our friends whom we've not had a good talk with in a long long time."

That wise penguin was so right.

In fact, I got to meet my friends whom I hadn't met in a long long time when they came over to give me a Surprise Birthday Party. Seeing them was the most indescribable moment of happiness :') WITH AN AMAZING CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH THE BEST ICING AND BUNTIES DECORATION ^_^

Also, got wishes from my family whom I hadn't reached out to in a long long time either.

Not to mention all the popularity I gained as my Barney Nutcase Family flooded my Facebook timeline with all the wishes and the posts and the pictures AND kept my cellphone busy with all their calls trying to do as much as they can while being kilometers apart.

I love the people I have in my life. I am so so so so blessed to have them.

Yeah, I had one of the bestestestest 19th Birthdays one can ever have, yesterday. ^_^

Lettering that my out-of-the-world amazing friend did for my Birthday :)

Also, I'm stuck under a pile of books preparing for my Medical College Entry Test. And, watching Suits, of course.

The test's on 22nd September 2013, till then 'Hey Blog and fellow awesome When It Rains readers, I'll be taking a break from my sanctuary. Will be back with a whole new Flashback Series :D'

Have any ideas? Mail them to me at whenitrains.blogspot@hotmail.com :)

CHEERS ^_^

Trip to the North

Warning: Below are not-so-cheery emotions that contradict with the motto of this blog. 

Read at your own discretion.

I remember how I gave my blog a Green theme last year on 14th August. That day was special and amazing, because last year I got the most unexpected yet the most amazing results. Alhamdullillah.

I've spent an entire year floating on that 'Happy Cloud'. I made it when it was least expected from me to.

I guess, I had sketched out a mental image of the same happening this year too. But, it didn't.
My grades turned out to be lower than my own expectations, let alone the expectations of those around me.

"Expectations torment us, in the end. Yes, they do."

Well, just as I thought I had lost it all and would not make it through, my family planned a road trip!
Did I mention before about how random my family is? I LOVE THEM.

It was supposed to be a one-day trip to any Northern City. Instead, my Baba drove all the way to Malakand. He then randomly decided to go meet a friend in the Swat Valley. And, then just as randomly we headed off to Malam jabba as well. Yeah, it turned into a two-day trip to beautiful areas. I guess, sometimes all one needs is a trip to the North.

"It's the green, I tell you. Green has this calming effect; a soothing aura."

I had not gotten out of bed since I got to know about my result. I detested every minute of the way that I had not wanted to be on a road trip; I'd rather watch rerun of Friends at home. I do not remember any hour that passed without a crying tantrum from my end. What was I supposed to do? I talked to my friends, didn't attend most of the calls or return the messages asking about my result and lent out the anger on my family who have a lot of patience for bearing with me and well... didn't write it down until I read Fahaad's Blog Post. You can read it here.

"Our own problems seem way way easier when we know that someone out there has faced the same that we did."

A view from Malam jabba I captured using my cellphone.
LOOK AT THOSE CLOUDS ^__^
Oh and, did I mention that Malam Jabba is on top of the mountains?
It's the place where the phrase 'ON TOP OF THE WORLD' suits best :D 

"Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best. Let God take care of the rest."

A the end of the day, this trip cured me. It could have been my worst fall ever. But, it wasn't. And, it isn't. I'm ready with my newest battle armor,  my newest strength and my even more newest resolve. Yeah, this can count as an over-use of the word 'newest'. 

"We are not born once, but again and again" -William Charles.

Out Of The Eid #1

Since every EID experience is an out of the odd experience, this post is the first of its kind under my self made category of 'Out Of The Odd' at When it Rains. You can read more Out Of The Odd posts here.

Even though EID comes every year, just like my birthday. But, I'm usually almost always (Yeah, the un-sure-ness does exist) more excited at the thought of EID than my birthdays. Nobody likes getting old after all. I'm already legal even though I don't feel like it.

Anyways, practiced hand lettering, all in the Spirit of EID :D

Pencil-ing the letters :D

On a totally unrelated note, I LOVE *GULAB JAMUN :D

(You know, just making a point if somebody tries to visit me on EID and then decides to get me *Mithai. You never know, anything can happen)

And, here:

After the addition of colors :D

On a totally related note this time, our camera broke down like two years ago and my Baba hasn't bothered buying a new one since. Thus, the pictures at my blog are taken using my 3.2 megapixel cellphone camera. Thus, ignore the quality. Yeah, the point was to explain the not-so-good 'image quality'.

Also, also, also,

Yes, I learned how to create my own GIF images ^_^

EID MUBARAK TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING EID TODAY :D

EID MUBARAK TO ALL THOSE WHO WILL CELEBRATE EID TOMORROW :D (Most Probably)

Oh and, lastly on a totally unrelated-ly related note, I LIKE TYPING IN CAPITALS :D

*Gulab Jamun is this delicious *mithai: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1tHau2UDgxefqkQocSufVxtFjGALPHnd07amYl1B2h2Bfq4N0vwSITJrTF0u9-vvUMZA2POb9ygf8rz39MIICxJnO1Cg3Ymf-Jx4Y3hkA9bw-qbp9YjIejXiS8w3w-dNIqLuhDGtaxzI/s400/gulab-jamun.jpg. *Mithai are the South Asian Sweets usually made of sugar, milk and condensed milk. Learn more about them at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_sweets

Noodles Doodles Schmoodles

Came back from Karachi day before yesterday. It sure was a wankydoodle-ish trip. 

Well, before I get time to write about all that happened among the winds of the city I love, here's the Ink on Watercolour doodle I mentioned in my last post. 

In progress with just the Watercolor.

With the ink :D
Yeah, I messed up the Pink Ribbon and the Ladybird.

Also, the title of this post is not the name I gave to this doodle, it's just a combination of rhyming words I like.

Baba says I could name this doodle as 'Time Shift' or 'Time Travel' since it depicts most of what has been or still is close to me and some of the most memorable memories since I've been born. Oh well, I'll go with Baba's name suggestions then.

I have to start studying again for Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

I'll get on with the Karachi Trip post during my study breaks InshaAllah.

I know it's early but I can't wait for Eid! ^_^

Barrel Roll ^_^

Remember how I wrote about the skin burning Summers in the last post?
Well, the very next day after that post it started raining. A LOT.
LIKE, VERY A LOT LOT LOT ^_^
And, the weather has been pleasant since then.

Also, I'M GOING TO KARACHI TOMORROW!
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAYYY!

Also, also, I recently finished this Ink on Watercolour Doodle.

I've been experimenting with Synthetic Enamel Paint these days and trying to paint the wooden boxes at my home to make them look worthwhile. Will post updates on that after I return from Karachi.

I SO HAPPY ^_^

A Barrel Roll to Happiness, maybe?