America's Got Talent (Chicago) - Kashif

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Girl's feet sliced off

Girl's feet sliced off on ride at Six Flags
(http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/440201,CST-NWS-rides23.article)

June 23, 2007

BY BRETT BARROUQUERE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl's feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky.

Officials visited the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the Superman Tower of Power, where the accident happened Thursday. The ride lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops them at speeds reaching 54 mph.

A cable broke loose on the ride, striking the 13-year-old girl in the legs, said Bill Clary, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which inspects amusement park rides.

The girl was taken to a hospital, where her condition was not immediately available Friday.

A similar ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee was among those shut down as a safety precaution, spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg said.

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Hadith of the Week: ARRIVING at a REST STOP??

[Quran]
"The life of this world is just the enjoyment of delusion"
- Surah Al 'Imran, 185

[Lessons from this verse]
See the materialism of this world for what it is. It's just a
rest stop, just some shade, on the highway to the hereafter.
Treat it as such.

With best wishes to see you succeed at the highest level!
- Muhammad Alshareef

Grad Time Round 2

Its that time a year again....again....Graduation fever is over is Arizona, but its just beginning in Cali! I'm almost on my way to the airport to spend the weekend with two wonderful graduates Sumi and Samboosa!!

Mabrook to them both. May Allah bless them and help them to acheive all that they dream of.

Hadith of the Week: SUCCESS is calling YOU

[Hadith]
"Come to Success" - The Adhan, called 5 times a day from the
homes of Allah.

A blind man came to the Prophet, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam,
and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide to lead me to
the mosque, so grant me a leave from attending the congregational
prayer in the mosque."
The Prophet, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, gave him permission.
But after he turned away, he called him back, and said, "Do
you hear the call to prayer?"
He said, "Yes."
He said, "Then respond to it."
(Muslim)

[Lessons from this Hadith]
Nothing in this world will give you success like turning with
your body, mind, and soul to Allah ta'ala. Find your comfort in
the Masjid, find your success in Salah!

With best wishes to see you succeed at the highest level!
- Muhammad Alshareef

Indian Baby Vs Indian Cobra Only happens in India

my husband sent me this video...
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAZY!!!!!!!!

Away for the Weekend

Salaam!

AF, HS, and I are off to the exciting land of San Francisco, CA for the weekend. I've never been there. Pretty excited. We are going for the MAS Youth Central Annual Meeting. If you visited Pedro's blog a year ago, this was the same meeting we went to in Boston. I will miss all my friends that I usually get to see at Jummah and Friday nights.

Countdown: 8 days until my nikkah!

Locked Out

I got in the car to drive downtown for class but I needed to get gas first. I went to the Arco right by my house but it wouldn't take my debit card and I had no cash. So I drove down to the next station anticipating the fact that I could run out of gas at any moment and I'm already late for class. Alhumdulilah I get to the next station fine and get out to fill up. Oh joy it won't take my credit card and I have to go inside to pay. I locked the car and went inside to find a semi long line with one cashier. Waiting waiting waiting.... losing patience...already going to be late for class. Finally I pay and get outside to pump the gas. Finish and going to get in my car but its locked! Where are they keys?? Oh shoot. INSIDE! SubhanAllah.

My sister has the other key. Call her...no answer. Call again....same thing. Call my mom, asked her where LN is...in class gets out in 30 min. Texted her emergency...kept calling maybe she would pick up. No luck. Waiting waiting decided to leave the car there and take the city bus to class. Told the Indian dude inside that I was leaving the car there, he said its fine. Just as I was going outside LN called! She was on her way Alhumdulilah :)

Made it to class only 40 min late. Not bad considering its 3.5 hours long.

Alhumdulilah ala kulli hal.

A FOB?

Apple IRack

For BK

Woohoo!

Long awaited spring break is finally here! Alhumdulilah!! After getting only 2 hours of sleep this morning thanks to 2 papers that were due today i'm totally ready for a break from school. No big plans for me. Just gonna work and chill. Anyone else going anywhere?

I'm off to bed! Goodnight!

I Love My Friends :)

Back Pain

Yesterday I went bowling and I really hurt my lower back. I don't know howI did it but it HURTS!! I could barely bend down to the sink to make wudu let alone make ruku. I looked extremely retarded trying to pray. I didn't sleep very well either since I couldn't find a comfortable position and everytime I tried to move pain shot up my side.

This morning I put some of that back pain cream stuff. After about 20 seconds it burned like crazy!! Lasted about 5 minutes and then it got really cold. Alhumdulilah it helped. Today it doesn't hurt as bad.

I'm just about to leave work. I'm so tired and sore. I want to sleep.

On a positive note, I finally had Hawaiian today after sooo long! It was so yummy! :D

I'm Special!

Wednesday night I got out of class downtown at around 6:30. Me and a couple people from my class were waiting for the shuttle to go back to Tempe. Of course it didn't show up when it was supposed to so we ended up waiting an extra 30 min for it to come. While we were waiting there was a incoherent drunk, possibly homeless man chillin' on the curb near us. He was fine for a while, then he decided to come talk to us. He asked us generally where we were from but then he looks at me and freaks out. "WHOA WHOA WHOA" as he backs up twirling his finger around his face, "shes got that MUSLIM thing on".

After this he completely diverts his attention to me. "Where are you from?" Arizona... "Are you sure?" uhh yes... "What are you guys doing here?" We go to school here... "Where?" over there.... "Whats it called?" ASU... "Is that a university?" yes.... "Are you going to stay in it?" yes.... "Your not going to quit? Your coming back tomorrow?" yes.......

He then proceeds to lecture me for 20 min about how good I am for being in school and how good university is. He tells me to stay on the road, pointing down the street, the road of university. Not the 'other' life. Drugs are bad. He continually repeated himself about how good school was. He then starts talking about drinking. You shouldn't drink in the street. Its OK in your home. You can invite some friends over and drink.... (me and smiling and nodding the whole time)

He also says that he can tell that I come from a beautiful family. And he knows when he sees a good thing. (me being in school is a good thing) Then he tells me I'm special. He looks to my classmates confirming to them how special I am.

This whole time my classmates are just standing there. More people started to gather waiting for the shuttle. Some of them were a little disturbed. When the bus FINALLY arrived I started inching my way around him. Then he says.... "I guess I'll let you go now."

On the bus, this girl who must have been on the downtown campus for the first time says to another girl, "do things like this happen a lot here?" hahaha.... Alhumdulilah it doesn't. And Alhumdulilah there were people around, otherwise I would have been very scared. That was one of the most awkward and uncomfortable experiences I've ever had.

Mark your Calendars...

to see me and half the Muslims in Arizona in The Kingdom!

Opens April 20th 2007.

Fire Wha?

At our hotel in Toronto, one morning after Fajr, Atifa and I were awaken by the sound of a fire alarm. Neither of us seemed to alarmed by it. We just laid there annoyed that it wouldn't stop. After a few min we took a peek in the hall way to see if anyone was going anywhere. We didn't see anything. We decided to call the front desk to see if we needed to evacuate or something. When there was no answer some people may have been worried, but were we? Nope. We continued to just be annoyed at the blaring sound ruining our sleep. We called the front desk again in a few min and they said it was just in the kitchen and that everything was fine. The alarm finally stopped shortly after that and we went back to sleep.

This incident just goes to prove my theory that school fire drills do more harm than help. Ever since our periodic fire drills in elementary school and even highschool, I've always been desensitized to fire alarms. God forbid if there was a real fire in school, everyone would have cared less becuase they would think it was just another drill.

I was just talking to my cousin and he thinks I'm retarded. He thinks that fire drills are very useful. Oh well...

I'm off to DC tomorrow. Email me any dua requests for the last leg of my journey.

and finally...

Eid Mubarak!