'Twas a Beautiful Summer Day

'Twas a beautiful Summer day. 

My friends and I went out to play

We frolicked about having fun. 

Then laid down to enjoy the sun. 

We looked up longingly at the clouds.

"I wish to fly" we said aloud. 

Not in a jet or in a plane

With my own wings flapping again and again. 

We went inside when darkness reached the sky. 

Though that night we all dreamt that we'd done it: Fly! 

That poem was off the top of my head. Literally flowed out just now. Hope you like it! 

I just thought maybe I should update my blog with a little something. Haven't been up to much recently. Just going to Teen Fashion Apprentice events, working on my design, and reading. That's about it. 

Well that's my little update on my life. Signing off now, bye, annyeong, salaams, au revoir, hasta luego, sayonara! 

Sumiyya <3 

Let There be Light! and Internet...

Today we were sitting in the house and my father had gone out to do some stuff with his motorcycle(change the battery and stuff like that). He'd left the door open and we'd heard a male voice talking to him. Something about "shutting it off". I relayed what he was talking about to my mother and she was like: "It must be the electricity." So after a few minutes, true to his words, the guy shut off our electricity taking with it our lights, Internet, and stove(not that we were going to be doing any cooking at the time).

So after the guy left, my father hurries up and calls the company, pays the bill and gets informed that they will turn it on in about half an hour. Well, they lied. More like 5 and a half hours. 

So we sat around in Internetlessness for a bit(mostly reading) and then went to the library(we were planning to anyway). When we came back, it was even darker of course but still light enough to get a bit of reading in. So we did, until we couldn't. Well, some people got out the rechargeable lights and used those to read. I just took Kana and French quizzes on my iPod. 

My father had recalled the people and they said that the Internet would be on between then and midnight. Midnight! We debated going to my grandparents' house even though they're not there only my aunt is. We didn't go but it still kept getting darker. 

Finally, about 10 minutes ago, I heard someone outside. My mom went to see if it was the guy and it was. She said to shh and keep it a secret from my father(who was feeling bad for forgetting the date the payment was due) so it would surprise him. She flicked the main switch on and yes! Whatever lights that had been left on shone again and the house hummed to life. 

Experiences like this aren't so bad. They make you think and also make you remember. 

Sumiyya <3 

"The Woodsy Effect"

So since we moved to this house, keeping the yard straight has been a pain. However, we've been grooming our yard regularly just like everyone else on the street. There was just one thing: leaves. 

You see, there are a lot of trees right by and behind our house. We are the only people on the street with such a problem. I mean, everyone else has little cute trees in their yards to deal with while  we are stuck with a mini forest. :(( 

In fact, this past winter, we had to clean up all the leaves left from the fall. Do you know how many bags we used on just the front yard? 31 or 32! Crazy, right? 

When the people came to our house to inspect a little problem we'd had, we told them about the yard troubles. They said: "People like this house for the woodsy effect." Really, though? Because this "woodsy effect" has sorta been getting on our nerves. 

However, when the woodsy effect lets you take pictures like: 

And: 

And: 

I think I can live with it. :) 

Pictures taken and edited(through Instagram) by Sumiyya Abdul-Rasheed. All rights reserved. Lol :P 

Signing off for now, bye, annyeong, salaam, au revoir, sayonara, adiós!!

Sumiyya <3 

Birthday Freebies!

So my brother's birthday was 2 days ago. You already know that though since I made a blog post dedicated to him. Anyway, we'd signed up for free ice cream for him at both Rita's and Baskin Robin's. He didn't go collect it at either. :( Well, he had good reason: my father had the car all day and when he finally came back, Jawaad had to go to practice so...

Anyway, I decided that on my birthday I would fully take advantage of such offers. So I thought, why not see what other birthday freebie offers there are? I could get a boatload of stuff, for free! Yes, I am so cheap and shallow. :P

So I'm going to go on the quest and post here what freebies I've found and signed up for.

1. Ben and Jerry's Free Ice Cream:
http://www.benjerry.com/contact-us/chunk-spelunker
Oh, yeah! I had free ice cream at Ben and Jerry's for Free Ice Cream Day and I loved it! I do kinda feel bad though because if I go here, it'd be the second time I came only to get free ice cream.

2. Sephora Free Fresh Sugar Kisses Mini Lip Duo:
https://www.sephora.com/profile/MyAccount/beautyInsider/beautyInsider.jsp
So I was hoping there'd be free stuff besides food. And there is! I'm so happy that this is free because all the other birthday deals were like: 20% off, 10 % off, etc.. and I'm like: "No, gimme the free!"

3. Krispy Creme Free Doughnut and Small Coffee or Fountain Drink
http://krispykreme.fbmta.com/members/UpdateProfile.aspx?Action=Subscribe&inputsource=w&FriendContact=true
Ooh, free donut and drink, I'm defs gonna go for this one.

4. IHOP Free Pancake or Meal
http://ihopcorp.fbmta.com/members/UpdateProfile.aspx?Action=Subscribe&_Theme=30064771093&Inputsource=W
Skip the meal but I've been wanting to try IHOP pancakes for a while.

5. Planet Smoothie
http://planetsmoothie.com/Contact/join
Ooh, smoothie! It may be at South Park but I so wanna go!

Ok, so the hunt will go on tomorrow because I have to catch the train called beauty sleep. So, signing off for now, bye, salaam, annyeong, au revoir, sayonara, adios!!

Sumiyya <3

P.S. no, I don't celebrate my birthday, I just like free stuff :P

Welcome to Teenhood

Well, today my brother Jawaad turns 13. So I'm making a blog post dedicated to him.

Jawaad, you are a great brother, a pain at times, always have your mind set, sometimes rude, you're awkward and silly, and then you're mature and smart. Sometimes I can't stand you and others I can't live without you. This is my welcome to Teenhood, this emotional roller coaster, this time of rebellion and mixed up feelings, can also be a time of happiness. I wish you the best with your teendom. 생일축하해요 Waadi!

Sumiyya <3

Nails!

I did my nails today, I did my nails today!

Yup, today was one of those days when I get to paint my nails and so I fully took advantage. I decided to do a nail art design as I wanted to enter the Sally Hansen nail art contest. 

Unluckily for me, only after I submitted my design did I actually read the rules an they said each month has a theme and this month's theme is: Texture. So my sister and I came up with an idea: I can do a textured design on her nails and she can submit it! So that's what we will do, tomorrow. Until then I'll be waiting. But it's okay, I'll just admire my own nails in the meantime. 

Also guess what! You can admire them too: 

Whaddya think? Pretty cute right? If you don't think so I don't mind. :) 

Anyway, signing off for now, I'll be back tomorrow with Laila's nail art design(after it's submitted of course). Well then bye, annyeong, sayonara, adieu, ciao, adiós, ma'a salaama!!! 

Sumiyya <3 

The Misadventures of Temple Ox Abdul-Rasheed

Yesterday, someone we know gave us a box turtle that they found.

 My brother, Jawaad, came in and asked if we wanted a turtle, said someone was giving us a turtle.  I said no but everyone else said yes so we ended up getting the turtle. They decided to name it Temple because its shell looks like Temple Run and also Ox because he's a box turtle and they couldn't very well call him box(their words). So Temple Ox it was. 

So they brought him in and put him in their small tub we have. However, he kept trying to get out the tub and nearly succeeded a couple of times. We would snap at him each time to teach him not to do that. 

Today, when my sister and I came back from shopping with my mother(she dropped us off to go elsewhere), Laila goes to see Temple and he's not there. So she asks Jawaad where he is. He says he's where he should be but Laila and I both knew that he wasn't. So we told Jawaad that he was gone and so we decided he must be around the house somewhere. So Laila went down the hall to look and was shocked to find him: on her bed?! Crazy right? 

They decided that they would hurry up and make a habitat for him but while they were doing that, I had to watch him to make sure he didn't get away again. He tried really hard and even succeeded once but I got him back in and made it so he couldn't go out again. Not that he still didn't try. XD 

Well, now they've taken him to put him in his habitat. I still think we really don't need a turtle what with all the other pets we currently have. 

Well, that's the misadventure of Temple Ox. Signing off for now, byee!!

Sumiyya <3