Falconry – The Heritage Symbol of UAE :-)

 

Stream-of-consciousness: Part 1 :-)

I'm told that my great-grandfather was from Arabia -- I don't think that we've a family tree -- but I'm proud to be of Arabian descent -- I love Bedouins -- My lifelong romance with 'em started in the United Arab Emirates LOL ROFL -- I don't know what I'm gonna write next -- This is a stream-of-consciousness style / post -- Let's see..... -- I'm goading myself to write this -- Honestly speaking: I wanna listen to some more music or have my siesta, instead -- but it's too late for a siesta, isn't it? -- It's 4:30-ish PM in India -- By the way, folks, the day before yesterday was my birthday -- My birthday resolution this time is to stick to all of my past resolutions! LOL ROFL -- You know folks, long-ago I tried quitting (smoking) cold turkey -- but I started (smoking) again! -- I like the word: "cessation" BTW -- LOL ROFL -- I love saying NRT -- it's short for: Nicotine Replacement Therapy -- I take Nicotine Gums -- I read somewhere that people smoke to think about quitting smoking LOL ROFL I'm one of 'em -- I don't know what my wannabe girlfriend thinks about my smoking habit -- She's very different from other girls -- I don't think she'd pester me to stop.... -- When people around me are happy -- I'm ditto -- otherwise I'm :( as well -- I mirror moods of people around me -- Someday I'd like to have pet falcons -- Like Emirati People -- I wanna be a falconer --

To be continued . . . .

“The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘There is no one among you who, when he is stricken with distress and grief, says, “Allahumma inni ‘abduka wabnu ‘abdika wabnu amatika naasiyati bi yadika maadin fiyya hukmuka, ‘adlun fiyya qadaa’uka. As’aluka bi kull ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsaka aw allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw anzaltahu fi kitaabika aw asta’tharta bihi fi ‘ilm il-ghayb ‘indaka an taj’al al-Qur’aana rabee’a qalbi wa noora sadri wa jilaa’a huzni wa dhahaaba hammi [O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave and son of Your maidservant, my forelock is in Your hand. Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You named Yourself with, or You taught to any of Your creation, or revealed in Your Book, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You, that You nmake the Qur’aan the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety]” – but Allah will remove his distress and his grief, and will give him joy instead…”

(Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 3582; it is a saheeh hadeeth).

A small maze with one entrance and one exit.

 

Silver coin from Knossos displaying the 7-course "Classical" design to represent the Labyrinth, c. 400 BC

 

Stream of consciousness / Interior monologue (First draft) :-)

The definition of "maturity" by Cambridge Learner's Dictionary is: "the quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like an adult" -- By the time you're an adult -- your 20 - 25 years have elapsed -- I'm an old man -- My actual date of birth is: 14 Nov. 1972 i.e. I'm 51 years 11 months 27 days old -- Why am I writing this post -- in the first place? I think--deep down-- I want clarity -- What I intend by clarity is: "the state of having a full, detailed, and orderly mental grasp of something" -- Today -- This morning -- I'm very fuzzy-headed -- I think--deep down--I'm a hypocrite -- I don't have courage to tell the truth -- You know they made us write a shortened version of our autobiography in the Rehabilitation Centre -- I did write that -- but I couldn't tell the truth -- at least the whole truth -- I think it takes tremendous courage to write an autobiography -- If you can't write the truth -- then there's no point writing the autobiography -- That's why I don't write it -- But in a way I've some spunk LOL ROFL -- I'm telling you the truth that I can't tell the truth -- I'm courageous enough to admit / confess that I don't have courage -- LOL ROFL -- By the way, slowly but steadily I'm turning into a writer -- I'll tell you the secret of becoming one i.e. to write nothing but the truth -- Brush up your language skills a wee bit -- learn lots of words -- that's all -- write about yourself first -- it's easy -- because you know yourself very well -- slowly you'll become one -- like me! LOL ROFL -- it does take time -- few years -- Try writing in English -- you'll have a large readership in English -- than in any our regional languages -- And, with all due respect -- I believe English is more expressive -- because it loans / absorbs words from other languages -- You'll have more elbowroom -- Refer multiple dictionaries -- Anyways, I don't know what I'm going to write next -- I'm just having a conversation with you -- chitchat -- I want clarity -- I don't want to prove anything -- I'm just having a casual chat with you -- I read somewhere that a book is actually a conversation with the author -- you can't speak with everyone -- then you write a book -- to chitchat with everyone in one go -- 

To be continued....

A whacky rhyme.... LOL ROFL hehehehehehe

Trance, trance

Demons have no chance.

I'm a Shaman

Princess or Begum.

I'm a Defender of the Crown

I may retreat but never flee: The battleground.

No talismans. No daggers. No shield. No sword

Battle hardened Daemons on my left. Warrior Angels on my right flank.

I'm Ashoka. I'm Chanakya.

I'm your worst nightmare.

What're Sorcerers? What's Sorcery? What's Witchcraft?

You're Diminutives, Weaklings and Dwarves.

My Dominion knows no thresholds 

Jupiter or Neptune -- Don't tell me: I didn't make you swoon.

Don't you dare show your teeth

I know you're in crocodile-infested swamp -- already -- knee-deep.