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12.17.17

● i got approved for my second major - education! and a few classes overlapped so it’s even shorter to complete. ALHUMDULLILAH i’m so excited for my education classes. 

● i have enough credits now to be considered a senior!!! it’s not a big deal but I like seeing “senior” in my profile ahaha

● is it just me or is everyone getting married/engaged/nikkah’ed this winter break??? 

● my colourpop package is arriving tomorrow woohooooooooooooo

● i have not worn any foundation/concealer for 3 weeks and I am seeing a difference in my skin....i think i am going to stop it all together. 

● need movie recommendations! preferably indian and pakistani movies. i’ve seen most of them but if you know any good less popular/known ones please share! thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu.

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12.10.17

●  i’m craving pani puri right now....we have the puri but not the garbanzao beans

●  i just finished my last paper of the quarter and submitted it....14 pages done and out of sight

● today at our event, one of our servers was Palestanian...from Jersuleum and he was so happy to host us and work with us. he had the biggest smile and was so sweet

● i have that “aye wataan pyaari watan” song stuck in my head

● i just ordered a kohl from sephora with my VIB coupon because apparently, it goes on great in the waterline 

● my nani comes back on thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!! and also thursday is my last final

wish me luck and good luck to everyone else with finals xxx 

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Jan/Feb in bullet points

OMG WHAAAT I’M DOING ONE OF THESEEEE

LAST TIME I DID ONE WAS IN NOVEMBER I THINK! I have a minute tonight so here we go (most likely won’t be in order):

● Last night was our Afghanistan dinner and it was honestly the BEST, today all day I was having event withdrawals lol. It was so much fun with everyone, everything [mostly] went smoothly, and no major issues with seatings and guests. We just didn’t get a childcare room so that was the biggest thing. Other than that it was all good, after the event we did a little get together/bon voyage for a volunteer/intern who’s been with ir for few years! Going to miss her, we just started getting close and now she’s off :(

● I’m one of the heads for msu’s college dayyyyy! APRIL 22ND 2017, just about two months iA. So excited, so far going well. my only concern is transportation. i’m worried with that and have heard horror stories dealing with it so LET’S HOPE ALL GOES WELL WITH THAT, everything else shouldn’t be an issue iA, not worried. SubhanAllah thought i remember when i was in 10th grade and attended an msu college day and i remembered that I was FREAKED OUT bc I wouldn’t get into the school bc you needed some ridiculous high GPA. Look - 4 yrs later and I’m behind it! 

● Classes are going well aH, taking all soc classes this quarter. My stats sequence class, a lower and upper div soc class, and a required research class. The research class is so boring and i hate the TA but it’s not too bad. My topic is studying abroad and students of color, I’m studying trends between that and what are the reasons that POC students have low rates for studying abroad. It’s week 8 this week, 3 MORE WEEEEEKS. Thank God, i’m about done with these classes lol. I love my soc 176 class, it’s called International Cities Divided. Love the professor and the papers are not too bad. My papers have been about Karachi, that was the city I chose to explore this quarter, so it’s been interesting. 

● I’m really torn between my 3 yr or 4 yr program. If i want to graduate in 3 years (meaning next june 2018) I need to take summer classes this year. Which I don’t mind. OR, should i take it slow and stay a 4th yr? Depends on the IR position too and what I have going. Should I just stay a 4th yr and take it easy the last yr, like 12 units per quarter?? i honestly don’t know and it kinda depends on this IR position as well. 

● Speaking of, I have an interview with the IR DC headquarters this Wednesday. I think my plan to graduate in 3 or 4 years all depends on this. Right?? Let’s say I don’t get it, then I SHOULD just stay in school for an extra yr. BUT I HATEE SCHOOL and feel like I could be interning or something. I have to decide by this month bc I need to enroll in summer classes if I decide 3 years. I MUST take 2 summer classes. I feel like the most important decision of my life has to be made by the end of this month ahaha. I honestly don’t know. Usually, I know what I want and what to decide, but not regarding this. My parents are okay with either, so it’s literally just up to me. HELPPPPP

● Duas for @omami91 needed bc, well, she needs it~ May it all work out for the best. 

● One more month til spring break, and also one month til our next event, it’s for Syria iA. ALSO, I got tickets to see Vidya Vox and Arjun (honestly, who is this guy?? he probably sucks im just going for Vidya) on April 9th!! So excited! And on april 1st i got myself into volunteering at a cair event in the VALLEYYY omg, should be fun though! then college day April 22nd. Busy few months. I just hope I get all the classes i need/want when my window opens, then I’ll have a better sense of what my schedule will be like April. 

● So BADRINATH KI DULHANIA is coming out next week, YESSS so excited. I watched dear zindagi the other day too, ugh i didn’t like it, I just liked aditiya roy kapur’s  [ark]5 minute part at end lol. Raees sucked too, but Ok Jannu was good. OFCOURSE BC of ARK lol 

Thanks for reading if you did, and here’s til the next time I get around to doing one of these....

Zulakha xx

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this month(s) in bullet points

MAJOR LIFE UPDATE, happy reading lol. I have not done one of these for a while....

●  First, Eid Mubarak to you all! I hope you all had a wonderful and productive Ramadan, and a joyous Eid! 3 weeks of ramzan I was in school - 2 for classes, 1 for finals. but finals I didn't have to fast so it worked out fabulously. super thankful to have prayed taraweeh (almost) every night next to my mom and nani once again

● Quick spring quarter wrap up: all B's. about what I expected lol for what I put in. I AM DONE WITH THE STATS SERIES FOR MY MAJOR woo. I don't think I have to take any more math classes yesssssss. And also I finished a stupid comp sci requirement, that class was complete BS, i am not even kidding. the assignments were about google drive and microsoft, i was SO annoyed, how have you even made it this far in life or school without that knowledge. ANYWAYS, i am done and I passed and that is done. i hate useless bs class like that. useless major reqs. I wrote a paper on Islamophobia for my soc 3 social problems class...and for this useless comp sci class I wrote a research paper on cyberslacking....those were my main papers of the quarter. andddd..thats about it. My schedule for next quarter in the fall is M, T, Th. 3 days a week...the class i really wanted was full. i am so mad about that~i would have knocked out TWO reqs. writing and soc seminar. oh well...

● I am working my same job next year on campus!! aH. I applied for it once again, and i'm happy to say I will be continuing. ANNNND I applied to be a discussion leader (like a TA) for a summer class for incoming freshman. I got the position aH! This class will start Summer session 2, so I will be working starting early August. I am so excited, I have always wanted to be a TA/discussion leader and have a "class." Very excited and thankful for this. but in the meantime, I have nothing going on lol (which I am working on). So pretty much my july is free....

● I also applied for a summer internship program with a start up company, it was a consulting firm based near me. The founder/CEO is someone I really respected and admired, so I was happy to have gotten the position. I accepted, and worked one week, but then I resigned this past Friday, 2 days before Eid. I wasn't feeling it and the workload was not what I was expecting. And also i really felt overwhelmed, and usually I never do but it got to me. I mean I understood it was a lot of work, as is anything of course, but I didn't "feel" the position, you know? like my instict was I am not fit for here, so that's why I left. I felt thrown into a lot of things and I also didn't think was qualified. But my main reason was that I got really overwhelmed and felt I was being thrown into work. I probably chicken-ed out. I know I did. Like i was being CC’d in a million MSA west emails, like who am I to get involved now? if i wanted to work with msa west dont you think i would have accepted all those nominations the past yr? like i have no background with the org and you want me to do all this behind the scenes work, how would MSAW feel with this random girl coming in and doing stuff. i don't like jumping in mid way and all that, so yeah. But overall I know that I chickened out....i'll probably regret this lol but at least I know it and acknowledge the fact.

● We got a third cat; her name is Noor. My dad was driving us nuts to get a third one. We already have 2, is that not enough? he went on Saturday morning and got her from the pet store. she's cute no doubt, but like im really concerned about her getting along with the other 2...we shall see. its been 3-4 days now. he decided to name her noor, I liked it so we went with it!

● Hmmm...for IR, we had our grand iftar early June. and I had my toy drive the week before Eid. it was at my parents office and so my family came out and they were all there. it was a kid friendly and family event. we collected 155 toys. aH we didn't run out of material like paper tape etc. We have enough of everything...if only it was a little less hot...just bc of roza of course, i know people were thirsty. on a normal day it would have been perfectly fine. I did A-Z for this toy drive. we had banners, balloons, snacks for kids, water bottles promo items, certificate of appreciation, etc. we had everythingggg.

● I think that is all for now......Eid mubarak once again xx

'Til next time iA! -zs xx

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This month in bullet points 11/27/16

So I know it’s the 27th, but I’ve got some time now so I’m gonna go ahead and write and post! Alright let’s try to remember everything from this past month...

● On the 4th I went to a Morrisey concert with my friend Neha! It was at my school’s venue so it was perfect. Tickets weren’t too bad and we got AMAZING seats. It was very politically inclined and as always Morrisey ended with playing and showing “meat is murder” on the screen lol, he’s a hardcore vegan. Glad I got to see him perform once more! 

● That weekend also I witnessed my 1st formal rishta experience lol NOT FOR ME! For my cousin ;) we did well if I may say so!

● On the 9th we got a buffoon elected as president. All I’ll say is one thing my professor said. “You’ve got to hit rock bottom before you rise up.” And so for the US, we’ve hit rock bottom and iA afterward we’ll move in the right direction. I did my part to vote, so happy about that! Campus was so quiet and off the next morning after election. It was so weird. 

● On the 12th my cousin and nani leftttt for Umrah and Pakistan. They’ll be gone for a while. Bummed I didn’t get to go to Pakistan as well but oh well. Miss talking to @omami91  :( But bless Whatsapp lol

● Found out Yoshi has feline leukemia, but Alhumdullilah he’s doing a LOT better than when I first found out. I was giving him pills for his fever but he’s doing well now and has lot more energy. So things have been good for him aH.

● On the 16th we had  fall potluck at work on campus, it was really nice to handout with everyone and all the students that freqently come to our office. I brought a bean salad (but really my mom made it lol). That was an enjoyable evening. Oh also it was Nylah’s 6th birthday so that weekend we did cake/gifts at her house. 

● On the 19th was the CAIR LA 20th anniversary fundraising gala, and my god it was hands down the best event I’ve ever gone to. EVERYTHING was amazing, and soooo put together and organized. mA the volunteers had great uniforms and did well. The program was great and the lineup was perfect, there was Linda Sarsour, Omar Suleiman, Mohammad Ali’s daughter, and comedian Jeremy McClellin. Over all though the whole CAIR LA team did wonderful and they passed their goal of 500k, they made 730k I believe! I was at IR table bc we were sponsoring. My parents and bro went too but they were at separate table. Over 2k guests came it was wonderful. So happy for CAIR LA, they really did well mA.

● This past week was week 9! I came home early both days and did some MAS IR stuff, and also bc our office closed early Wed. so I was able to come home. I skipped class Tuesday afternoon though woooops. OHH I GOT A 100/100 on my second paper of my writing class, and now that is all! I got 95 on the 1st one so I am sooo thrilled aH. This writing class was awful and the most difficult class I’ve taken so far but surprisingly I am surviving lol. 

● My schedule for next quarter sucks but I can’t do much because I need that stupid stats 10B class that follows the A class I’m in now. I’ll have class M, W, Th, and F. I have not had class on a Monday or Friday IN OVER A YEAR. I am dreading it. I already sense schedule conflicts lol. At least it’s just for a quarter and hopefully for spring I’ll be back to my normal T,W, Th. 

● I’ve been going to IR last few Mondays, our new events coordinator is great. We’ve been working on MAS stuff for a while. Our booth was great if I may say lol. We had videos playing, backdrop, a stamp giving tree when someone sponsors an orphan, lots of promo items, and snacks too. If I’m not mistaken we raised 8k during the 3 day convention! And got lots of volunteers. It was a great balance I got to enjoy the convention as well as work at booth, it was perfect aH!

● MAS convention was at same place as last year, I even stayed at same hotel lol. It was really fun and beneficial aH, one thing I got out of it was I’m going to start taking consistent classes, such as on SeekersHub (which is funny bc he had just told me about it the same week!) IA this winter break going to start taking consistent classes and really going more in depth on subjects. I’m excited iA. Of course everyone was there (and I literally mean everyone) during the weekend but it was still fun. Went by fast! OHH I got into the MAS West coast Tarbiya and Ilm camp from Dec. 18th-24th so I’m looking forward to that too! I mentioned it to my dad today once I drove back and he seemed okayyy with it. Gala is 17th, and I’ll take off for the camp on the 18th iA. Should be fun! Looking forward to winter break in two weeks. 

● Week ten is this week, last week of normal classes. I’m going to miss my schedule and professors, overall they were really cool and I liked my classes. Then finals week, I technically only have 3 finals because for my writing one the papers are complete. 

All the best to everyone who has finals coming up, winter break will come soon enough. TIL NEXT MONTH IA xx (my last one on 2016 woah!)

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This month in bullet points 10/25/16

Yuppp I’ve officially transitioned to monthly posts bc weekly was too much. I was doing so well since January, messed up so close to end of year lol. So last time I posted was before school, so here’s this past month briefly, whatever I can remember! And I oddly have time tonight so chaalo: 

● Our family who were visiting left this afternoon! They were here for 3 weeks and my mom and I were socal tour guides lol, amazing how fast it went by. I spent a lot of time with them and took them out a lot, and we just hung out at home often too ofc, so we got pretty close. they were crying before i left for school this morning and my mom said they cried tons at airport too. They are stopping in chicago where their older brother lives, then pakistan. house is quiet again and we can all get back to normal routine but will miss them a bit for sure. happy to have had made their socal experience fun haha

● SCHOOL: it’s week 5, THANKS GOODNESS. always half way done. can’t wait for winter, my dads going to Pakistan for a month and i think my nani too, so it’ll be nice to just be with my mom and bro. ia. so far quarter is okay..had this huge paper due today for writing 39c class, that class is hell and is probably the worse class I’ve take so far. oddly, i did well on the paper though, when I submitted the draft (which i wrote half asleep post fajr one morning) my prof really liked it and said it was strong, so hoping for good news. i got an A in writing 39b but that class was a whole other story. this professor is a good guy but annoying and not the best teacher. I’m in an upper div human trafficking clas which has taught me a lot and I am enjoying. the work is manageable and interesting, love the professor. in my stats 10a class, doing okay. I got a B on my midterm last week, not bad for barely studying lol. im really behind on my soc class reading, love my professor but my god the readings are ridiculous. going to read 3 week’s reading this week ahah. will do after this. work has been good, im enjoying it and am productive with HW too. last week at our staff meeting office did birthday cupcakes and group card! i know i just met everyone last month but all my coworkers are so amazing and I respect/like them a lot, especially from across our office in the transfer center. everyone is really great aH!

● So I took my cousin to meet her (idk what to call him lol??) guy that her family arranged lol, they’ve been texting for a while and she doesn’t drive yet so i took fer few Fridays ago. I know him and his family, good guy good family. very respectful. Anyways, I met him that night too and I see it working lol..iA of course. But i’m happy for her, she and him both are into it and it could quite possibly happen. Praying she doesn’t get hurt in any way regardless. I’m so excited though haha <3 

● Last week was my birthdayyyyyyy! Had a good weekend celebrating aH. Wednesday my family got a early cake, then Thursday (actual b-day) I left after my 3rd class, no traffic woo. Had lunch at home, I had some errands to run (so fun lol) and then just hung out. TBH i fell asleep in the evening, I was just out of it idk why. Oh btw he called me in morning to wish, which I am still completely in shock at. I was not expecting a phone call lol, very grateful and happy but also it threw me off a lot too. so IDK. was good to hear from him though nonetheless. 

● Saturday my family did a birthday dinner for me, we had taco bar lol, was a really fun evening aH, we got all dressed up did my hair, everyone’s makeup, was a fun night in :) Sunday there was an event will collab with Zaytuna College on my campus, was an amazing event mA. Wish more people from my campus/MSu came though, not too many. Was about 190 attendees, I did registration and cash box, I got to hear in for some sessions. Imam Zaid Shakir was amazing and overall the topics were understandable and very much relatable. I made little name tags for all the volunteers. i think we did good if i may say so haha. also I saw him Sunday too! terrible and wonderful. he literally flew back night before just for the class. it was really rainy that day and drive back was really depressing alone lol

● A lot more happened this month that is not coming to mind..like welcome banquet, All-University leadership conference, Universal Studios, and more but can’t (and don’t) wanna elaborate on it all haha. this is good enough haha. 

Week 5 almost done, meeting new events coordinator Monday, midterm next Thurs, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil releases Friday...anddd yup lol. Excited for the movie. Anyways, have a great day/night/week/month everyone. 

TIL NEXT MONTH IA xx

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This week in bullet points 9/21/16

Heyy, these are getting hard to stay on top of - considering making these “this month in bullet points.” Lol, especially since school is starting I might shift to that. 

● Eid al Adha was few weeks ago! I filmed a GRWM video that morning of Eid lol, I got this editing app and filmed my make up outfit, etc. It’s 16 mins long lol. I just wanted to do one for fun since I watched SOOO many vids this summer. I quite liked it, I would like to start a Youtube channel but then I’ve read some frightening things Islamicly like putting yourself out there in public, etc. And so no I would never. But I really enjoyed it. Eid evening we went to my great grandmothers place in IE, it was a full house, even a few relatives flew in from Europe (and also for the walimah). Eid was fun, even though it was a Monday!

● The following Tues-Thurs I had job training on campus from 9-4 everyday. I would leave house at 7, and made it aH. The Training was pretty long and I got sleepy in the afternoons, but made it thru lol. Also getting paid for the 3 days training lol, I didn’t know. The office staff is really nice and iA it should be a good year. I got a name tag, notebook, and shirt coming sooooon hehe :) I would get home around 7ish because I was doing wedding errands before I got home. Each night that week too I would be doing walimah stuff with my mom. My mom was exhausted that week, she ran soooo many errands. It was a rental house as the venue so it was extra work! The couple and the parents were useless (sorry), idk how my family got involved to pretty much do everything. Oh well it’s done and over now. Friday it was errands, working on favors, Jummah, nails, eyebrows, etc. 

● Friday evening we had a mendhi (mostly a work party) making favors, doing mendhi, etc. It was our own little “under the table mendhi” lol without the bride and groom lol. We had bunch of desserts and played music, made the favors, etc. It ran late but it was fun aH. Saturday morning, around 10ish, me, my mom, and my cousin went to the rental house to set up. The tables/chairs were there, so we just placed the favors, reserved signs, guest table, etc. The couple, again, were absolutely useless. They were SLEEPING that morning. And they were overall really unappreciative and disrespectful, my entire family is kinda done with them after this wedding. My mom only helped out because her khala (grooms mom) asked her too and she felt bad. But the walimah is all done and we’re done with the couple - they were ridiculous. byeee

● We went home, got ready, then headed back to venue around 4. Photographer came, food arrived, we had al watan desi food and they made fresh naan at the house and everything. I’m having al - watan at my wedding lol - that’s decided. 

● Groom’s dad did a pathetic speech, my god it was so awkward. I’m proofreading EVERY single speech at my wedding lol, from my dad to my mom to my friends. NO WINGING IT lol. And one of our other aunts made the slideshow and omg it was literally a minute and no music and ugh, again, the worst. Not to be mean but, pretty  much everything that was not in our control SUCKED. not even exaggerating, my god it was terrible. 

● my friend anajli came and we had a lot of fun taking pics and stuff, did lots of boomerangs lol. the pool was nice, but one little boy fell. WELL the parents needed to watch your kids so. this generation of parents I feel like do not watch their kids, there is no discipline anymore and its annoying. They just let them roam around doing whatever they want. Don’t be a parent like that. 

● Walimah formally ended around 9ish, people stayed around 10, then my and family left around 11. We were doing cleanup, enjoying the house, etc. I sure learned a lot from this walimah about my wedding and what I want/don’t want etc. Good learning experience haha. Thankful that chaos is done, it was fun and all but needed to end lol. Sunday my family was exhausted, just relaxed and cleaned up. 

● Monday I went to campus for work, just for an hr though, we had an open house. And I tabled for my msu for a little bit, I love tabeling lol, I can officially say tabeling is a hobby of mine hahah. Didn’t hit much traffic at all- left at 11, made it home by 3ish. Yesterday, Tuesday, went to IR for a little bit. It’s just so different and there wasn’t much for me, we need to hurry up and find and hire a new events coordinator bc we’re missing out, fall is a busy season with dinners and things and we need a EC ASAP.  i hope ag gets to it and finds someone good quick. we don’t even have that many events planned, just a san diego one and the gala in december. 

● I’ve got HW to do before school begins tomorrow. got classes 9:30-3:20, then a leasing apt at 5, and then I’ll had back for the weekend. I’ve been busy with stuff for @her-culture and the blog as well, we’re doing a giveaway soon! And bunch of stuff for her campus, I’m a high school ambassador this yr, it’s nice to be on the other end bc I was an ambassador for 2 years and now I’m an advisor, loving it aH. I just wish I could be more involved with IR right now bc I miss it and that’s what is truly beneficial. Need to get into something similar, perhaps helping hands, ICNA, there’s a lot, gotta look into some stuff.

● My brother made the basketball team for his school! he’s on the frosh soph team! 

TIL NEXT WEEK IA xx

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This week in bullet points 9/7/16

Exactly 2 weeks til fall quarter, got an email from professor about a textbook today so it’s all near ugh. It’s okay I’m ready for a new quarter and yr and iA it will be good. Everything is gonna pick up times a million in a few weeks.

● This past labor day weekend my family and I were in Arizona! Wednesday I spent the day doing errands to go, and Thursday night we left. y cousin came Thurs morning, and so it was a total of 15 people. We drove there; we took a giant sprinter bus and my dad’s car. It was 6 hour drive to Cave creek where we stayed. The ride was fun aH, we listened to indian music the whole way - we covered everything from old ghazals to Kala chasma haha

● We got there around 3:30am, we rented a home to stay at with a pool and hikes near by, so we were all together. it was like Chicago 2.0 haha, Friday we were just at home, we swam, ate, Jummah, just enjoyed the house. Saturday was my bro’s 14th birthday. We drove to Sedona 2 hrs away and hiked there at the Red Rocks. I didn’t make it to the top top of the trail on the rocks, I was really tired 3.4 of way so stopped there. yah yah I know that was pathetic lol I shoulda just sucked it up and gone. We had thai food afterthat and headed back. We had a quick dinner at home and did my bro’s birthday. We got cake, I decorated, sang to him, gifts, etc. all the usual birthday stuff. Sunday we also were just at the house, swam, ate 24/7 lol…

● Monday we left at 1ish after having lunch, we had few stops for baja fresh and so many accidents on the way. we got home at 10 omg! i felt bad all the little ones had school the next day. my cousin stayed over Monday night and we dropped her off Tues morning. we had thali for lunch then dropped her home in LA. Today I tried to get new glasses but didn’t work out. my god the customer service was terrible so I left, i’m gonna spend all this much money on my frames and lens and they don’t even have BASIC customer service skills. I’ll go somewhere else, need to do that ASAP. then me and my mom were walimah shopping for my cousin. his walimah is next week omg. i literally can’t imagine the stress (but also fun) me and my mom would have at my wedding stuff haha. we were having so much today. we have a lot to do for next Saturday omggg. gonna need all my friends’ help lol

● Tomorrow going to IR, it’s my 1 yr at IR tomorrow!!!! I missed it I’m glad to be back tomorrow iA. Eid is Monday, i’m excited! going to be a very busy week next week bc I have my job training on campus T,W, and Th and also it’s the days before walimah. Yikes. should all be fine and fun though, it’ll play out iA

● Friday Baar Baar Dekho comes out but I’m gonna wait til after Eid to watch it. Maybe I’ll catch a movie next week before the Walimah lolol. If you guys watch it, lmk how it is :) My cousin and I were watching humpty sharma ki dulhania again this weekend and omg varun dhawan is my new fave actor. You guys gotta watch it it’s on Netflix with subtitles too so GO WATCH IT after eid! I also have a file if you want me to email it to you lolol. It’s that good of a movie, WATCH IT. you’l fall in love with humpty sharma lol ;) 

● Friday right at magrib i got a text from him with a pic of this excerpt from this book and it was honestly the most random thing ever, I had to read and figure it out soo much. That's what I'm doing rn as well omg. ● OH also friday night 

Have a wonderful Eid xxx TIL NEXT WEEK IA xx (probably after the Walimah?)