Tuesday, May 15, 2007

I just hugged Ooji and Waseh over the phone, and said good-bye. I told them I'm hugging them and then I asked them whether they got the hug, and both said they felt it. Bliss.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Alhamdo lillahe Rabil Alameen, being able to see clearly is still so unbelievable, I keep thinking I need to take off my contact lenses before going to sleep.

Saturday, May 05, 2007

I've been in Umreeka since March 18 and yet the moments that I've been most reminded of home in its truest essence are ones I spent with Afshan. She reminds me of my childhood, my only proclaimed hometown amidst all the places we had to move to due to Abu's service, and she reminds me of all the things I was and all the things I became to be. Her now abandoned house in KDA even reminds of my Umreekan high school despite the fact that she wasn't with me there. I feel more at home tonight because Afshan's sleeping over, more than I felt spending the last month here.
Is that how important truly growing up with someone becomes as we grow older? To think I was only in school with Afshan for barely four years, and yet the nine years growing up with her as my friend after that made her more home to me than, well home itself.