Bismillaah

I’m gonna have to think hard now because I was tagged by Sr. Aaminah, but I think this will be fun! I’m gonna open up a bit so do pardon me if I say too much.

People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!

1. I can’t whistle. Yup, it’s true. My mom is the type that you can hear from blocks away and though I’ve tried really hard I just can’t do it.

2. I’ve owned about 20 some cats in total. In fact, I had 14 cats at once but yeah they weren’t indoor cats but still they were ours and man did they get pregnant a lot! My husband & I just got rid of our 2nd cat that we have had together because our apt was just not big enough, I was developing allergies (for the first time?), we were too busy to spend time with him like he needed and everytime the heat went on I could smell its litter and gosh even though it had a cover… it just stunk! And yeah it was really hard to give him up for adoption but we found out a few weeks ago that a family adopted him… so maybe this will be better for him.

3. Before Islaam I was aiming to become a singer. I loved singing, I wrote my own songs and tried out at different things. My mom recorded me since I was very little and they (my mom and dad) prepared videos and stuff so they could send it to a program called Sabado Gigante but then I got sidetracked with learning about Islaam alhamdulillaah and all that went down the drain (grateful for it indeed!). I still love to sing and write but it is obviously private.

4. I love that rush you get from rollercoasters, riding a bike down a very steep hill, roller blading (even though I’ve always sucked at rollerblading) etc. Seriously, the rush is just expectacular! [Sippable Milkshakes from Steak & Shake give me that rush too. mmmm]

5.  I cry a lot. It can be because of happiness, anger or whatever but yeah if it’s overwhelming I cry. I try sometimes to breath and relax when I don’t want any tears to come out but the minute I start thinking about it I just cry. And yeah I can’t change.

6. I love when people speak spanish, comment on me being fully covered and think I can’t understand. I just love their reaction when I turn to them and speak in spanish and they realize that not only can I understand and speak but I can also speak their language! Mwahahaha

7. I was teased in school for stupid things. Firstly, because I was a quiet Mexicana; to fit in you had to be loud like the others. Secondly, my parents shopped for me and would always get what I didn’t like or what didn’t fit in and I was teased about it. It could have been the bright Payless shoes my dad bought me or the non-Jansport backpack (everyone had to have them) that I took to school. It was just miserable but it taught me a lot. I didn’t want to be like everyone else but I felt so pressured to be like them so that I wouldn’t be picked on for such stupidity.

8. I really can’t stand putting clothes away. I just think that they are going to end up in the laundry basket anyways, have to be washed and folded again and it just doesn’t seem worth it. Ga3!

9. I really don’t care if I match or not. My husband does. Even though I cover fully he wants it to look nice and though I don’t blame him, I just don’t care lol but I still make sure I match for him. Unfortunately, I have too many khumoor that just sit there because I don’t have the ‘right’ color of niqaabs. (BTW: If someone knows where I can get a white abaya and a white khimaar to go with my white niqaab, please let me know!)

10. I’m such a panzy when it comes to animals (except cats). I can’t pick up our hamster and I have to wear gloves when we pick up our rebellious cockatiel. lol When we had our rabbit, I was sooo scared of its legs and sudden kicks. And it amazes me that my son hasn’t been scared like I have with some of our animals. I mean he did put vaseline on our old hamster, he put the rabbit on the stove (it was off!) and oh yeah put the cat in the fridge. So how much fear could he have possibly had? Not much I say. Poor animals.

Update (April 14 07): I decided to change one of the people I tagged because they aren’t doing it! So I switched it over to my husband. If Najaat doesn’t post it soon, I am going to change you too! (Only difference between you and the other sister, is that you actually said you were gonna do it and I’m waiting!)  So yeah : D. Who do I tag? Hmm.. Umm Hasan, Umm Khawlah (please?), Editor (Yup), `A’ishah, Najaat (I may know too much already) and my husband!

Now make du`aa’ for me please because it kind of hurt my brain to think of things that may show I am not as boring as I think I am.