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Where Has Meqsi Been?

Hello all you wonderful people!

This place has been idle from last weekend and for those of you who have been coming in to check up on me and dropping in emails, thank you so much for the concern. It's been busy these last few days, including the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Adha. I have consistently stared at the Compose New Post screen every night but failed to come up with something to write. This isn't really a writer's block; it's one of those times when you've got so much running through your heard that it gets difficult picking up a single (cheerful) thought to share. My mind has been up and running on maximum capacity, to the point of leaving me absolutely incapable of jotting down anything. I want then every time you come here, you leave with a smile. And when that can't be managed justifiably, I just want to stick around to keeping it idle.

I just got a call from an aunt telling me she just discovered this place and that she read my something-something story that I wrote some 2 years back. It was about a brother and his little sister, Meenu, who were poor and probably missed out on so much that makes up our every day lives. But they were HAPPY. Happy like, really really happy and content with what they had. It's one of my fave short stories, and you can check it out {HERE}. I loved writing stories back then and I still do, but right now, I find it hard to sit and get myself in the mood of the scene. You can check up my old short stories on my old blog here. Do you think I should go back to writing stories? Tell me what you think about them.

Do you like my new header? I just felt like filling this place up with crazy, random colors.

For all of you who have requested free site banners, I'll start working on them shortly. Just have to take care of a few things before them.

Keep Shining!

Muhammad Ali Best Quotes: The Black Superman

Welcome to this week's edition of Fantastic Friday, where we talk about happiness and inspiration and everything that goes in between!

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This week's inspiration is Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time. The boxing icon talks about his life and views from someone unknown to the biggest star that the field of boxing has seen in his book The Soul Of A Butterfly. Here's our pick for you this week. Have a wonerful weekend!

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

― Muhammad Ali

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

― Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

― Muhammad Ali

The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.

― Muhammad Ali

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

― Muhammad Ali

Find More: The Soul of a Butterfly, Autobiography by Muhammad Ali

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It Takes Two -- A Haiku

love takes two and so

does passion; our souls tied together

catch me when i fall

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How do I love thee, let me count the ways

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight...

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"A Thousand Years" OST Breaking Dawn -- Tunes I Like Tuesday

Welcome to this week's Tunes I Like Tuesday and see what's on my play list this week.

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Love is in the air... This week presenting to you:

"A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri

OST Breaking Dawn

Enjoy the tune! :)

For more on our music collection:

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Love music back from the 1990s? Who doesn't!!

Click here for our collection from the 1990s Billboard hits

New Books On My Shelf

And I'm thrilled that I have quite a list for now. I love to start a new one as soon as I'm done with one!

Here's my new list:

The classic by Bram Stoker

The aristocratic vampire that haunts the Transylvanian countryside has captivated readers' imaginations since it was first published in 1897. Hindle asserts that Dracula depicts an embattled man's struggle to recover his "deepest sense of himself as a man", making it the "ultimate terror myth".

Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life--even after death.

A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did for Afghanistan.

From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth.

Appearing in a single collection for the first time, these five stories are considered to be Dostoevsky's very best short fiction of the period of his great novels.

The classic by Emily Bronte; my personal favorite

An intriguing tale of revenge in which the main characters are controlled by consuming passions.

What's on your night stand?

Happy Weekend!

Finding The One -- Fantastic Friday

Happy Friday people!

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13 Things Girls Want Guys To Know

1. Don't be all over us. We like a little challenge every once in a while. If you make yourself look too available, you end up looking desperate. We like the courting game to linger on a bit before we settle down in a romantic routine.

2. One of the best ways to make up to us is to tell us how beautiful we are and how we fill your otherwise boring life with colors. Chics dig compliments! ;)

3. You don't have to buy us expensive gifts. We love the little things far better than the big stuff that screams pompousness after a while. Sometimes, it's the tiniest thing that has us falling heads over heels in love with you.

4. We are perfect homemakers. We're born to do that sometime down the line. And though we always seem to have a problem with how you work in the kitchen, sitting in front of the television leaving it all up to us isn't the solution either. Okay go ahead and watch the tele, but be sure to stay tuned to all the efforts we put in for you in the kitchen. It keeps us happy and makes us want to do better for you.

5. We like to be swirled into a sudden couple dance in the middle of our tv lounge, at the oddest times, to a sappy, mushy number. And when we're done, we want to tip up on our bare toes and give you a kiss for being such a romantic.

6. You don't always have to be so dressed up. We love it when you look lazy and casual. It drives us mad.

7. We can put up with everything, absolutely everything, except a bad body odor. Bad breath's worse. Seen all those "Axe" ads where all girls go gaga over a single man whose wearing the perfume? Even if he's not hot? Or those minty tooth paste ads where the girl seems to get hooked up with a guy who has an awesome fresh breath? Well, there're not all bluff you know. Pay attention.

8. So you're least favorite sport is shopping. But we love it when you take out time to spend a day with us shopping and even better, participating in it generously in helping us find the color that's perfect for us. We're modern women and we are independent. We're smart shoppers, you know. Just come along and we will really appreciate your interest in something just because it interests us.

9. We think you're sexy when you're shaving, fixing things, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, driving, and when you're holding a baby. We love it when you're sweaty. Gives us all sorts of nasty thoughts!

10. We want to hear "I love you" as often as we can but make sure you mean it when you say it. When you don't mean it, it shows and nothing hurts more than an empty confession of love.

11. We love it when you hold our hands in public. It's something all of us girls secretly drool about. We want to know you're possessive about us and we want it to show too! Hold our hands, pass a comment in our ear, make us laugh to a joke that's just meant for us both. We want you to be very much aware of our presence even in public, and we want you to show me off to the world like your pretty diamond!

12. Trust us and let us trust you. It's better to leave us than to cheat. Don't lie. It's better to hurt us with the truth than to comfort us with a lie. Yes, we mean it.

13. And most importantly, respect us and respect our individuality. Respect our principles, respect our dreams and respect our body. Don't look at us as a mere body but look at us with a person full of strengths and weakness just like yourself. If you respect us as a woman of substance, you will get a woman of substance back. And if you respect our family and loved ones, well, then you've just earned yourself the most loyal partner!

This list is barely done! Wanna add more?

What's the thing you want your man to know?

Things I Love About Winters -- Wordless Wednesday (48) W/LINKY

warm apple pie dipped in slightly melted vanilla ice cream

chocolate fudge cake, creamy and soft to the core

holding hands...

nutella! yaay!

cute colored gloves

the warm sun

nothing beats a hot cup of coffee on a cold morning

blankets, warm and soft, blankets and more blankets!

warm pink socks on a lazy day spent reading a book, and yes, coffee and cookies :)

the lazy mornings

late night bonfire parties

and last but not the least, the romantic fog!

Excited about winters?

What's your list of favorite winter things to do?

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