British Blogger, Desi Dreamer, Mad Muslimah
// May 1st, 2012 // No Comments » // Photos
I took several photos during my recent visit to the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. You really can't help yourself, it's too beautiful a building not to capture, māshā’Allāh. But this was my favourite from the set.
// April 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Photos
How I stored my earrings before.
Let the organising commence!
Oooh... pretty, shiny things.
How I store my earrings now. :)
You can find the same product, or similar products, on eBay and Amazon by searching for “earring organiser”.
// March 22nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Photos
Poached Egg with Wholemeal Toast
I love how the Instagram iPhone app turns the most mundane photo into something special, māshā’Allāh. :)
// October 17th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Photos
Taken using a 4th gen iPod Touch… with a little tweaking in iPhoto. It's annoying how Apple has allowed the iPod to shoot HD video but the photos aren't up to scratch in terms of quality, as you can easily tell when you view the pic at full size.
// September 13th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Photos
I finally got round to baking some ‘Īd treats this morning. Kinda went a bit wonky in my haste. At least they taste better than they look, māshā’Allāh! Same recipe as here, but this time I used dark chocolate.
// September 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Photos
‘Īd Mubarak! I didn't have much time to take (or post) the number of pics that I usually do. But I quite like this one, cuz it captures some nice little moments, māshā’Allāh. Have a look through and see what you see! =)
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// July 28th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Photos
I attended a calligraphy workshop a few years back with my best friend, SimSim. Though I had a lot of fun, it was clear that I didn't have much skill with a brush!
Later, I scanned in the piece I brought home (top), and eventually fiddled with it in Adobe Illustrator, printing it out on canvas as a wedding present for the same friend (bottom).
I think this is proof as to why I should stick with digital art in future!
// July 15th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Photos
A selection of photos from the wedding day of my best friend, SimSim.
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// July 14th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Photos
For my best friend, SimSim.
Drawn using a Wacom Bamboo Pen in Adobe Illustrator CS5.
// May 9th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Photos
I've gone a little 'macro' nuts, lately. I dig how the shallow depth of field makes the most mundane of things look, like, totally awesome, māshā’Allāh.
Btw, I've realized just how lazy I've become wrt my camera. When I bought my first digicam way back in 2002 (a Minolta summit or other), I was so excited by my shiny new purchase, I insisted on fiddling with every manual setting available. These days, I normally shoot on auto-mode. It works out okay in well-lit environments, but the picture quality becomes extremely naff (I mean, more so than I'd expect) in anything less than daylight. I keep reminding myself that I need to figure out the best settings for indoors – especially as I hate using the flash – but bah… laziness.
Then, the other day, I lent my Canon to another sister from the ISoc, and within a few minutes she'd taught me five new things about the camera, like how to control the flash intensity (I had no idea I could do that), and change the aspect ratio to widescreen (though I'll probably stick to doing that during post-processing). This is one of the few times in my life that I've been outgeeked by a fellow Muslimah! I am totally going to leech off of her knowledge, inshā’Allāh. In a good way.
In other news, the first meeting of the Sisters Film Club went well, māshā’Allāh, in spite of clashes with the Muslim Medics AGM, and general exam stress all round. We have our sights on the first project, which should be ready for June, inshā’Allāh. More details as they become declassified for public release.
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