Eat Mubarak (updated)

And so to end, as we began, Eid Mubarak from myself and the folks at someecards.com.

Sucks that we can't agree on a date, but hey, we can't even agree on which of the 72 will make it to the finish line.

May your day be a beautiful celebration of Faith, family and food.

To note; fennel, ginger and turmeric are good remedies for indigestion.





One for the Jo'burgers:


And a special rendering for the spokesperson of the Anti-Mehndhi Collective:


The last time I was this excited about new shoes for Eid, must've been when I was around six years old. Please humour this mindless indulgence:

chipping the block

I did it.

My first one ever.

Not a paragraph, not a character sketch, not amputated dialogue, but a whole story. One thousand four hundred fifty five words worth.

It's rough I know, it's still in first draft. It's simplistic, there's undeveloped characters, sparse dialogue, inconsistencies, mixed up tenses, bad grammar, probably a million holes and it doesn't have a title, but I don't care. It may have a face only a mother would love, but this is huge for me. I've never finished a piece of fiction before.

Thank you 5g33k for being such a fucking nag of a muse, couldn't have done it without you Genius.

Read the piece here.

And yes, I want to know what you think. Pat on the head or evisceration, I welcome all feedback.

*July09/08 edit* Have since removed the link for some official purposes. Thanks for all the feedback guys, it's been taken in to consideration for the final edit.

Guess That Typo! Round 1 and 2 roundup

Entries are now closed for Round 1 and 2.

The solutions follow:

Round One
Typo - Rocky Horror Picture Sow
Intended - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Round Two
Typo - Gordon Blue
Intended - Cordon Bleu

Here are the rankings as they stand (included are the bonus points awarded for potential puzzle submissions):

queen_Lestat 15
Naqiyah 10
Mohammed Ziyaad Hassen 10
Sara 7
Waseem 7
Hamza 7

Three more rounds to go before we tally up final scores and determine the winner of the R200 book voucher.

Thank you everyone for playing and look out for more Guess That Typo!

just hours from forever

At 6pm today, my world changes its orbit.
And I'm ready for it.


A grand prize of a bottle of fennel sweets wrapped in not-so-ghagha goldish organza will be dispatched to the first person to spot 5g33k's initial in the henna pattern.

Party like it's 1429

You bought a pack of cigarettes on January 2, took one look at the treadmill queue on January 3 and haven't returned to gym since, you thought negative thoughts, you coveted your neighbour's wife, you ate carbs after 7pm for the last four days, you blogcrastinated on company time, you still haven't smsed/emailed your best friend from high school, you're still on facebook and just added your 256th food fight application, you're not reading more or eating less, you still fall asleep in front of the TV and wake up after four snooze cycles, you're not any more self-actualised than you were on December 31st last year.

But hey, yesterday (or today, so much for ummah unity) marks (-ed) the first day of the Islamic new year 1429. Resolution re-run.

And if you still stuff up, there's Chinese new year on February 7, Hola Mohalla on March 14, Nowruz around March 20, Bahá'í new year on March 21, Balinese new year on March 30, Assyrian new year on April 1, Punjabi new year on April 13, Thai, Nepali, Bengali, Tamil and Cambodian new year around mid-April, Rosh Hashanah after sunset on October 29 and Gujarati new year on October 29.

Here's to personal progress.

ever after

A harbinger.

achtung! this blog may induce labour...

...or you may just pee yourself.
Either way, the ramifications are substantial.

Here's to Aadi, whose water broke after she surfed over here last night.
Congrats to you and Hardy on your little Nanabhai.
A mommy! You're a mommy! Can't freaking believe it.
No fear little one, you're momsie's gonna be so cool.
Ah, the stories Aunty Saaleha will tell you when you're older and start asking the fun questions.

:)