This blog started with the purpose of me discovering more about Islam,yet I have never become a Muslim.One day I will write about the reasons why I am not a Muslim,but in the meanwhile please take from my blog what most fancies you and feel welcomed.However,also know that in my little world I might not be a Muslim,but I definitely will always have a great passion for Islam and its teachings which have with no doubt enriched my life.May God bless me and you! Sooo :)...here follows my little world...



Thursday, 15 March 2012

OUR CAT'S LOOT :)

A few weeks ago,just orund breakfast,we heared our cat mewing behind the house door and in panic that there must be something wrong with her we swiftly opened the door.Boom!There she comes with this precious bird in her mouth!Ohhh...how engry we were,but I guess she just wanted to show us proudly her loot.I took it out of her mouth thinking that the poor thing is dead,but I was wrong.The little bird was breathing,but wouldn't move.It was so scared!Our cat kept looking at all of us with anger and to distract her we gave her one of her favorite snacks.


We then put the little bird on our table and under a pasta-drainer so that he could calm down.It took him a while to calm himself and when we saw that he wasn't injured - he lost just a few of his feathers - we let him go.All of this brought a smile on our face and we were happy that our unexpected guest survived our cat's attack.It's incredible though how nature works.I assure you that our cat gets every single day planty to eat,yet she still has now and then this need to hunt.I guess God knows best :)...
Genesis 1


The Beginning





1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[
a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” 29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.




(The Bible - Old Testament - Genesis 1/1-31)






Genesis 2



1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.




(The Bible - Old Testament - Genesis 2/1-3)



Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

(The Quran - 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)/117)



Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason.

(The Quran - 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)/164)



O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

(The Quran - 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)/168)




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Thursday, 12 January 2012

A LITTLE TRIP

I'm going to Belgrade for the next few days.When I'll come back,I'll blog a bit more.
I send you all a hug and stay well.
Kiss,kiss...

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

A BIT OF A CHALLENGE



Top by Fishbone - NewYorker

(14,95 €,reduced to 9,95 €)


Two days ago I went for a stroll in a shopping center near my village in Slovenia.Whenever I am there I make sure I stop by NewYorker,even if it is just to have a look and with no intention of buying something.NewYorker is a German clothing company who has stores in Europe,Russia,Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia.From what I have heard or seen on YouTube and various blogs I think it is a bit similar to the U.S.A clothing company Forever 21 with a very modern and up to date fashion.I like it very much and I shop there a lot - that is because between all the very trendy pieces I always manage to find a nice classic piece with an edge that makes me look smart and modern at the same time.Not to mention that they also have very nice bijoux!I am also very happy with the quality of the clothes.In regards to that I was disappointed only once when I bought a coat there.Even though I adore the model of it,the fabric is very strange and it always attracts a lot of dust.Anyways,I still like to wear it,but only for short walks around my village.The prices are very affordable and I do not think I have ever seen a piece reaching the 100 €.

However,what I wanted to tell you,is that two days ago when I was all happy around the store and inspecting all that they had to offer,I saw the above top.It was a love at first sight!This top just has everything I love in a piece of clothing: vibrant color,bright and colorful sequins and it is flowy around the body.It is just perfect in my eyes,but I also think it is quite inappropriate for my age.This is the problem I have with it!The colors and all are just great in my opinion,but the style of it just screams - teenager!

To make it short,when I saw it,yes I thought it was very nice,but I also could hear a small voice in my head telling me:"Woman,you want to look modern,not ridiculous!" So...I left the store and that was the end of story for me...or at least I thought so...

Back at home I could not stop thinking about it and I was trying to find a way to wear it without looking like a thirtyseven year old woman who does not understand that she is no longer seventeen.Yeah...but you know how it is with love - the heart does not listen to the mind - and so yesterday I went back to NewYorker and I bought my top.Needless to say that I felt like a burglar and so I sneaked out of the store as soon as I could and hid the loot in my purse.

Now I have it and I love it,and dear God it makes me so want to go out and party like a queen!I just have to find a way to wear it - so this is my challenge.I have to find a way to wear it with style and appropriate to my age,because one thing is for sure - I want to be a good looking thirtyseven year old woman,not a crazy one!

If you have any suggestions my dear readers,please let me know obout them.Oh...and any ideas from the muslim readers are also very welcomed...you know I trust in your sense of modesty.

When I will have a look in my mind and I will feel sure about it,I will make sure to dress like it and post some pictures here on my blog.


P.S.:If one of you will come up with a really nice idea,I will prepare a surpise for you and send it to you,wherever you are.You do not need to be a subscriber to this blog for this,but when choosing an idea I will give a priority to my subscribers.The challenge will be completed when I will find a look that I really like.I am waiting for your ideas :)! (Oh...and you have to be 18 or older for this...thank you...)


My ideas,your ideas...let's see what we all come up with ;)!Mwah!



Before one even starts thinking about fashion,one needs first of all three things: a healthy,well taken care of body,a serene mind and a happy heart.

(Me.)


Kiss,kiss...








Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Bethany Hamilton short documentary by - This Iz My Story



This story really makes me think!I doubt I'd be so strong in the same situation.Bethany also talks about her faith in God,so I thought I'll share this video with you my dear readers.I thought it would somehow go well with the themes on my blog.Please also enjoy the video down below...it's beautiful...
Kiss,kiss...

Bethany Hamilton & Alana Blanchard



So calming...

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Saturday, 12 November 2011

"BIBLIJA"

For the past week or so I have been thinking a lot about my native language (Slovene) and how I relate to it when I read the Bible or the Quran.Allow me to explain myself better...


Some of you maye have noticed that at the end of my last post,I published a passage from the Bible and a verse from the Quran.I chose both of them in regards to my feelings and thoughts of a certain moment of my life.


At first there was an idea going on in my mind and then I looked up for some verses related to it in the Bible and in the Quran.By no means I did this in search of any comparison between the two holy Books,but just out of mere curiosity about how might the same subject be seen through two different lenses.During my reading and researching of the Bible and the Quran I might stumble upon passages or verses that strike particularly my emotions and so I might wish to share them with you my dear readers.This is just to explain that the way I might choose the passeges or verses to publish at the end of a post is purely subjective and personal.Of course,I would be more than happy to read your thoughts about the passeges or verses I decide to publish,but in no way are they put there to be polemized about - because you can not really polemize with God's words.


Now,I know I should explain to you why all of a sudden I decided to publish passeges from the Bible together with the verses from the Quran ( probably my older readers might remember that for a certain period I used to publish only some verses from the Quran at the end of each post ) , but the time for me to do so is just not right yet.Even though all of it has something to do with a decision I took in regards with my religion,at the moment I do not feel like talking about it.At the right time I will tell you everything,trust me.Back to my native language and my reading of the Bible and the Quran...


I do not have the Bible or the Quran in a book form,but I read them on-line.When reading only the Quran I usually consulted only the English version,since this is the language in which I write my blog and subsequently the language in which some of the words from God might be published at the end of a post.When reading only the Quran this system was quite fine with me and if per chance I would have not understood some words or the meaning of a verse I would just have looked for its translation in the Italian ( which I consider my second language ) version and most of the times this was enough for me to fully comprehend the meaning of a verse.Rarely would I have felt the need to look up into the Slovene version of the Quran in order to have the certainty that I grasped completely the meaning of a verse.Of course,I can only hope that I really undersood the true meaning of the words from God.


However,when I started to read the Bible I had a lot of difficulties understanding it,and here I do not mean so much the words ,as much as I mean the actual meaning of some passages or even just verses.I went down the exact same road as when reading the Quran,by consulting it in English first and then maybe also in Italian,but that just did not seem enough.I had to read it in Slovene,too!It was like I would meet a Slovene person in a foreign country,but we would speak in English.In my eyes,that would be very strange.Thus only after I started to read the Bible in Slovene I had the feeling that I was fine and that at a certain point I will understand the meaning of its passages or verses.Or at least this is what I humbly aim and hope to achieve.


By this I do not want to say that the Quran is easier to understand as the Bible.No it is not,but probably in my mind I was looking at the Quran as a holy Book which is completely different from my culture ,my way of life and from any kind of religious notions I had before.I guess I saw it as a subject I had to study first,before considering the idea of letting it enter my heart,mind and whole being.With the Bible it was different.It came spontaneous to me to read it also in Slovene.In the same way as it would be completely normal to me to speak in Slovene to a Slovene person if meeting her abroad.Let me put this in a more detailed example...


It is like when a person who has been living abroad for several years and is very familiar with the language of a given country has a big personal problem.Most likely this person will search for an advice from a person who comes from the same native country and therefore speaks the same native language.That not so much because he might trust the other person much more than he would trust a person from the country he is living in now,but simply because he would feel that he can express himself much better in his native language.In my opinion you can truly express your emotions only in your native language.When you speak your native language you feel in the right place,and that means a lot when you have a problem and you want to talk about it.It is a kind of a good start and maybe you even feel more secure that there will be a solution to your problem.I feel confident that someone who lives abroad will understand what I am talking about.


Sometimes when in Italy I get this strange feeling that I just can not express myself right.Not that I would not be able to find the right words or make good sentences,but it is a feeling within.It is like I know I can say and mean from the bottom of my heart "I love you" in Italian or in some other languages,but only when I say "ljubim te" it comes from within my whole being.This confidence which comes from speaking in your native language,is the same confidence I get when reading the Bible in Slovene.It might even be that I do not understand some passeges from the Bible as well as I understand some verses from the Quran,but still the Bible is something I know and something that comes from my culture,from my home.


Maybe if I had started to read the Quran in Slovene things would be different by now.Who knows...


I hope I made any sense with this post.I guess I just wanted to say,that even though I really do like to read the Quran and it always gives me so much that I can not even tell you,it is not a holy Book that I would know or feel as my own.Probably at this point I do not even feel that the Bible is something I really have in my heart,but I sure do feel like it is something that comes from my world,if I may say so.The first notion I had of it or the first time I heard or read of it it was in my native language - and that is something that stays deeply inside.


To sum up,I think I want to say that there might be a correlation between our native language and how we perceive religious texts - especially the holy Books.




P.S.: Today I will not publish any holy verses.Before doing again so I will make sure I will get the Bible and the Quran in its book form and in Slovene,just so that I will be even more sure of the verses I decide to publish and understand or feel them even better.


So...maybe I could post a verse I came up with on my own.Just a little something that came to my mind thanks to my own experiences.It does not have anything to do with today's post,but at least it is a verse,and this time it is only mine ;)...




Never trust people who are too nice.



(Me.)



XOXOXO

Monday, 31 October 2011

SMALL STUFF





About two weeks ago,I had one of those very sad days when something or someone makes you so desperate that all you wish for is the comfort of your home,some cocoa and possibly a good movie on the TV.At least that is what makes me feel better when I get in such a melancholic mood.

However,on that day I was right in the centre of the city and thus too far away from my home,so that the idea of me going first to my house seemed at that moment like too big of a job.I needed a quick fix for my sadness and so I decided I will go to Sephora and buy me some pretty little things.How wonderful it was going through all those cosmetics and parfumes!In a moment I flew in another world and in an instant I felt happier - and more optimistic about the situation that made me sad in the first place.


Here is what I bought: VOLUPTE' SHEER CANDY in number 1 (lush coconut) by YSL (24,90 €) and STAR POWDER in number 920 by MUFE (19,00 €).





What looks like a lipstick is more of a glossy balm (that's also written on the package) and it does not give you any strong color,but a nice and very moisturizing sheen.You could call it a deluxe lip balm :o)!

The pigment / eyeshadow on the other hand is very pigmented and of such a beautiful yellow / gold color.It has been for a really long time that I was in search of a yellow eyeshadow,because I saw some make-up tutorials using such a color and I really liked the different looks.I am looking forward to recreate some of those looks.I like so much the color of this pigment that sometimes I just open the little pot and look at it in amazement :o)!




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(Bible) Luke 12:13-21




13 And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
14 But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.





(Quran) Sura 2 - Al-Baqara (MADINA) : Verse 280 And if the debtor is in a hard time (has no money), then grant him time till it is easy for him to repay, but if you remit it by way of charity, that is better for you if you did but know.


(The verses from the Bible and the Quran are not meant as any comparison whatsoever,but are just verses that I liked and decided to post.)