7 more days and we'll be done with submissions and critique!

and that's it for Term 1.

Daniel's half brother: "they don't have girls like you in South Dakota."
Amanda: "oh honey, they don't have girls like me, anywhere."

-Ugly Betty.

i imagine myself saying this to you.hahaha.

Khidhir: "they don't have girls like you in Singapore."
Masturah: "oh honey, they don't have girls like me, anywhere."


okay, so lame but hahahah.

this story is so inspiring, thank you Sis Muna for posting it up.

have a read: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Choosing-to-Wear-the-Muslim-Headscarf

great,my group will be the first to present our project. the first of all. okay very very scary hopefully everything will be fine. i will always remember the first time my mam told me to recite this prayer when i was taking my O level oral examination. it has always been the prayer that i recite before i do any presentation. if i'm not wrong, correct me if i do, this prayer was recited by Nabi Musa when he is going to meet a king and in order for him to speak as smoothy, he recited this prayer. i think so, if my memory is right.

and the prayer is this:
'Robbi Shrahli Sodri Wa Yassirli Amri Wahlul Uqdatammil Lisani Yafqohu Qaulih'

insyaAllah everything will be alright for the next 2 weeks.

http://fuckyeahmasturahsaad.tumblr.com/

check this out. Kat, who has nothing to do(have you start on your diagram yet?) did this website for me. since all four of them on tumblr except me,maybe that's why. and why fuckyeahmasturahsaad? because if it's a tumblr dedicated to a particular famous person/movie/etc, it will be like this example fuckyeah___.tumblr. so i should be honoured that Kat did this tumblr for me cause it shows that you are my fan, so please post beautiful pictures of me alright?

love
mas.

my memory is not as good as it was during my secondary school days. now that i'm design,there is no exams and nothing for us to memorise, i began to realise that my memory sucks. it happened when i was learning a bit of arabic words quite recently and that i can't remember that well. i know, if Allah wants to bless you with the knowledge, He will and we have to be patience but i think it's also for the fact that i don't remember things as good like i used to.hmmm...

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don't take things personally and get offended easily. life's too good to fuss over such things. don't let it get to you.

i really want to go Japan(Japan Design Week)but where would i get 2000-2500k? and the really good thing is, the trip will be the last week of October, if only i can get Japan as my birthday gift.hahah, dream on.

Ask me absolutely anything here, anonymous or not.

http://www.formspring.me/massturah

A Woman's Worth.

don't judge me because i have fears.

at last a day for myself.
my weekend will be a bliss.
close to 2 more weeks to competition submission and 3 more weeks to school submission.
prays for the best, insyAllah.

my weekend starts today but got work to do!

do not be weak.
do not let the emotions get in the way.
just do what you have to do.
and it will soon be over.

K has finally completed his national service. the things that i had to go through; waiting patiently for you every weekend, no peaceful conversations, the 5 days you had to stay in the forest with no contact, the 16 days you were in ubin and were totally out of reach and your shitty shift hours. i was there for you right in the beginning, from bmt(army), to oct(police), to pmu(police mrt unit) till the end of it. you completed your service and you completed it successfully. i am proud of you, NSI Khidhir.

no more of you in uniform, not that i see you in uniform..heheh.
ps/: one more week and we're.....?

the past two days in school, we have been having "intellectual" conversation regarding the project that we are doing now. we were discussing how chinatown is a place for tourist blah blah blah and how to do a space intervention blah blah blah.the project is getting on me now..now that we have 4 weeks to finish! prays hard..

someone said to me this a long long time ago, "you have a certain charm in you that makes people wanna listen to you".

hmm, i don't know if i have that charm anymore..

SAN DIEGO – The pursuit of happiness is sometimes easier said than done.

Some scientists have argued that happiness is largely determined by genetics, health and other factors mostly outside of our control. But recent research suggests people actually can take charge of their own happiness and boost it through certain practices.

"The billion-dollar question is, is it possible to become happier?" said psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California, Riverside. "Despite the finding that happiness is partially genetically determined, and despite the finding that life situations have a smaller influence on our happiness than we think they do, we argue that still a large portion of happiness is in our power to change."

Lyubomirsky spoke here Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She and colleagues last year reviewed 51 studies that tested attempts to increase happiness through different types of positive thinking, and found that these practices can significantly enhance well-being. The results were published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Here are five things that research has shown can improve happiness:

1. Be grateful – Some study participants were asked to write letters of gratitude to people who had helped them in some way. The study found that these people reported a lasting increase in happiness – over weeks and even months – after implementing the habit. What's even more surprising: Sending the letter is not necessary. Even when people wrote letters but never delivered them to the addressee, they still reported feeling better afterwards.

2. Be optimistic – Another practice that seems to help is optimistic thinking. Study participants were asked to visualize an ideal future – for example, living with a loving and supportive partner, or finding a job that was fulfilling – and describe the image in a journal entry. After doing this for a few weeks, these people too reported increased feelings of well-being.

3. Count your blessings – People who practice writing down three good things that have happened to them every week show significant boosts in happiness, studies have found. It seems the act of focusing on the positive helps people remember reasons to be glad.

4. Use your strengths – Another study asked people to identify their greatest strengths, and then to try to use these strengths in new ways. For example, someone who says they have a good sense of humor could try telling jokes to lighten up business meetings or cheer up sad friends. This habit, too, seems to heighten happiness.

5. Commit acts of kindness – It turns out helping others also helps ourselves. People who donate time or money to charity, or who altruistically assist people in need, report improvements in their own happiness.
Lyubomirsky has also created a free iPhone application, called Live Happy, to help people boost their well-being.

http://www.livescience.com/health/how-to-be-happy-100222.html

time flies fast. it's almost 2 years now :)

i wished to jump into 5 years time, then all my anxieties and doubts will end.

life would be way better if you have religion and Allah in your life.
too many sins, too many of it.