It's ALL about HENNA!
anyways, after some interesting discussions with the redherring, my henna partner-in-crime, i went out and purchased a bottle of (bloody expensive) waterproof liquid eyeliner (maybelline in black) and did an experiment. but first, i trawled harquus.com and the internet for some patterns. i then drew out about six patterns on paper, did up my eyes (for effects), used an eyeliner pencil to first draw out the pattern (as a guide and for symmetry), and finally drew using the liquid eyeliner. it was hard cos i had to work fast and could not afford mistakes. at the end of it, my heavily mascara-ed eyes were teary from unblinking concentration. i must say that i'm pretty pleased with the results! i think it's awfully beautiful and sexy, no? heh.
i guess if i were to walk down the street looking like that, men would flock to me like bees to honey. heh. damn, i feel beautiful and sexy.
*smirk*
now if i could find more "willing" victims to practise on, i wonder who'd volunteer.
*scratch chin thoughtfully*
Jewel mused @ 12:50 AM | | Permalink
uber gorgeous bride. uber dashing groom. superb food. wonderful ambience. pretty decor. beautiful gown. smart suit. happy smiles. fantastic entertainment. old friends. new friends. lovely gifts from dubai. sweet lilies. ooohh, and magnificent view from the suite.
congratulations to raihan and azim. may Allah bless your marriage and may you find love and happiness with each other in this world and the hereafter. amiin!
Jewel mused @ 11:26 AM | | Permalink
i came across these beautiful hadiths and would like to share them. have a great weekend everyone.
abu hurairah narrated that the messenger of Allah said :
"let him who believes in Allah and the last day either speak good or keep silent, and let him who believes in Allah and the last day be generous to his neighbour, and let him who believes in Allah and the last day be generous to his guest."
(related by bukhari and muslim)
on the authority of abu dhar jundub bin junadah, and muadh bin jabal that the messenger of Allah said :
"fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good one and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards people."
(narrated by at-tirmithi)
on the authority of abu hurairah, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
on the authority of abu'd darda, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
"on the day of judgement what will weigh more heavily in favour of the believer will be his good morals. God abhors those who indulge in shameless talk and use indecent language"
on the authority of bahz ibn hakim, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
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on the authority of wathilah, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
"do not rejoice in the misfortune of your brother for God may show him compassion but create difficulties for you"
(narrated by at-tirmidhi)
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on the authority of abu hurairah, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
"the most perfect of believers in point of faith is he who is best in manners"
(narrated by abu dawud)
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on the authority of anas ibn malik, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
"none of you (truly) believe until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself"
(narrated by bukhari)
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on the authority of abu hurairah, who said: the messenger of Allah said:
"a person once said to the prophet, o messenger of God, a certain woman is said to offer salah, observe fast and give alms generously. but she hurts her neighbours by the way she speaks. the prophet replied, she will go to hell.
then the man said, o messenger of God, a certain other woman says fewer prayers, keeps fewer fast voluntarily and offers little in way of alms. she only gives a few pieces of cheese. but she never hurts her neighbours with her speech. the prophet replied, she will enter paradise"
(narrated by ahmad ibn hanbal)
Jewel mused @ 10:54 AM | | Permalink
I can't decide ... yet again ....
those who own these cammies (or know anything about them), could you contribute your worthy 2 cents please?
*feeling shutterbug*
Jewel mused @ 5:58 PM | | Permalink
Jewel mused @ 4:05 PM | | Permalink
thank you, my dearest friends for your wonderful and encouraging comments on my last entry. i'm sorry for being a little on the slow side with replying. exams invaded my life last week (hence the brief hiatus) and then work decided to take a little revenge on me. the mountain of work that greeted me on tuesday was nothing short of awesome and i was only out of the office for 4 damn days! heh. still, it warms my heart when i see the kind of response i get from that totally "sewer-mouthed" entry. i do apologise for the language (cos good and proper girls shouldn't cuss yadda yadda yadda) but the content is honest and heartfelt. i've totally lost it with those narrow-minded people. i told a friend that i'm done being diplomatic and nice. the next idiot who even mentions anything that has the words resembling marriage/wedding/husband/when and the likes, is so gonna get a mouthful of flavourful french from me (or the finger. heh). i'm absolutely serious about that last part of the entry. those people should stay away from me.
anyways, herda, HuS, aliyah, NuRaudha, mystique, ms mumbles, red, bulan, salha, nahuya, princess, diana hairul, rouge, lynn maharet, missyzee, raihan, bee-na, teatea, muliati, hana-is-not-a-smug-married (heh), mrsbeki, roxywahine, dolyah, jetaime, crazycookie, syidzz and everyone else who read and sympathised, here's a BIG HUG from me! thank you for rocking my world!
hokay, now that i'm back to being cheerful and wacky again, i've got some stuff to share. firstly, yep what else but henna! i get to meet some truly amazing people last week and i had an enjoyable time discussing with one about being an "old maid" in singapore (the bride-to-be is a year older than me so she understood my angst). if you're reading this, yes i'm talking about you, my dear. heh. in any case, i think the malay community did not do her justice when it happily berated her for being unmarried for a long time. she is beautiful, intelligent, good-natured, humble, successful and has a good heart. talking to her openly about our shared feelings was probably one of the highlights of my life last week. especially since i was still smarting from the words of that insensitive fool. babe, i hope you'll have a wonderful and happy life with the man of your dreams! do stay in touch, ya?
where was i? ah yes .... henna! here are some pics. oh i have to say that i just love it when a bride chooses a design concept and tells me to run with it. i'd look at her with googly-eyed adoration and try my darnedest to create a brand-new masterpiece. anyways, she loves it and i love her for letting me do something different.
Jewel mused @ 7:39 AM | | Permalink
i would not crawl out from under my comfy rock for anything (well maybe a pint of ben&jerry's ice cream), but i made an exception this time cos i'm feeling supremely pissed. why? i'll tell you ...
cos some people can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes ...
what? are they now handing out awards for blatant rudeness and insensitivity or something? do one get brownie points for being a totally disrespectful son of a bitch? i guess some think it's fashionable to put people down and strip them bare of any dignity and respect. then again some would stupidly assume that being an ignorant and mean-spirited moron endears them to others. seriously these people just need a really hard kick in their ass. only then would their brains move back to the original position and discover their true function: to think, not just regulate flatulence.
anyways, i digress. i needed an outlet to vent. the cause of my ire is really about the stupidity and ignorance of our (malay) community in general. here's a scenario ...
a woman is over 30, comes from a reasonably respectable family, is chaste, dresses modestly, has a good job and of generally good character/behaviour. on face value, people would think, there goes a nice, respectable girl. but find out that she's unmarried, and BOOM suddenly she doesn't deserve respect and love from people. is she less human because she's not somebody's wife? does it make it ok to ridicule her by calling her an "anak dara tua" (old maid)? is that reason enough why she should be humiliated and made to feel small? i guess some like to feel justified about being a smug-married (no matter how unhappy they are). so they put (pathetic?) unmarrieds down by resorting to such name-callings or stoopid, unprovoked, unwarranted questions/statements ...
"you're still not married? don't wait too long or nobody would want you"
malay - "belom kawin? jangan tunggu lama2, nanti takde orang nak"
"you're over 30 and unmarried? hey i know some desperate old men looking for second wives"
malay - "eh dah tua gini pon belom kawin? cik kenal ramai orang2 tua carik bini nombor 2, nak tak?"
"you're getting older, not younger. what are you trying to do? preserve yourself into a crinkly pickle?"
malay - "awak tu makin tua, bukan makin muda. kenapa tak kawin2? nak tunggu kerepot macam jeruk ke?"
"why are you not married? haven't found the right man or are you too choosy?"
malay - "kenapa belom kawin2 lagi? belom jumpa yang sesuai ke awak yang memilih sangat?"
"women over 30 will lose their "value". people would pay peanuts to marry you"
malay - "orang pompan ni kalau umur dah lebih 30, saham jatuh. nanti hantaran $1 je. kah kah kah"
"i know another girl just like you! over 30 and unmarried. no boyfriend some more. that's an old maid for you. haha!"
malay - "eh kawan saya satu ni pon dah tua belom kawin2. takde boifren lagi! tu lagi satu anak dara tua! haha!"
har har har .... go ahead, have a field day of mirth at my expense. i bet you're feeling extremely proud of your f--king brusque humour. what makes you think you're better than me cos you're married and i'm not? f--king imbeciles.
i'm so immuned by the incessant "when are you getting married?" question that it doesn't bother me anymore. i would be more bothered by a flea attacking my neighbour's dog. my automatic reaction would be a nonchalant shrug and a casual "it will happen when it happens, i leave it to God". it doesn't matter to me that people still don't get it. i'm not the least affected that people fail to remember that marriage is in the hands of God. so go ahead and ask that question every time you see me, i won't bite your head off and spit it into the nearest septic tank. it'd only reflect what an insolent barbarian you are. marriage is like death, you don't know when it's gonna happen. morbid comparison, i know but that's a fact. Allah is the best of planners. aren't muslims supposed to believe in qada and qadar? so how the f--king hell could i answer that question then? i'm not freaking married yet cos it's NOT time. or malays would say "belum ada jodoh". get that through your thick skull or did you ask that question just to be a class act ignoramus? f--king assholes.
seriously, if the smug-marrieds are so tormented by the fact that i'm not married, why don't they just leave me alone? isn't it easier to pretend that i don't even exist than wonder and ponder the reason of my bachelourhood? it's astonishing that i could be minding my own business, happy to be invisible and inconspicuous and suddenly some halfwit would just shoot an arrow to my ass, totally unprovoked. i mean, really, i'm flabbergasted. what did i do to you? i don't give two hoots why the f--k you're married so why do you care why i'm not? stop being so f--king pompous. so you're married and you're happy. woohoo, go you. have a good life. i don't f--king care, really.
i really don't know which is worse ...
1) have jealous wives giving me the evil eye cos their psychotic imagination envisioned me as a "husband snatcher" (i must be totally demented to want your f--king husband when there are so many yummylicious single men out there to choose from. f--king bitch)
OR
2) have married men annouce to the world that i'm a pathetic "anak dara tua" (i'd rather be a pathetic andartu than be married to men like you, f--king moron).
i don't see much difference between these 2 evils, really.
to smug-marrieds who don't know what to do with your hands/spouses, do me a favour. stay the f--k away from me. f--k off. FUCK OFF. i mean it.
*crawls back under rock*
Jewel mused @ 5:46 PM | | Permalink
* NOTE *
i'm not taking anymore bookings until further notice. apologies!