They Called it Life

august 30th, 2011

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:47:33 -0400

spending time with my mom today made me happy.

August 23, 2011

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:35:14 -0400

Finally taking the initiative to exercise today made me happy.

I feel good.

- jkd

The love of my life - my 3 year old nephew Kabir. He’s my...

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:31:50 -0400

The love of my life - my 3 year old nephew Kabir. He’s my sisters son.

I love him sooo much. I didn’t know it was capable of loving someone so much until he was born. He makes me want to become a better person, so he can look up to me when he’s older. He is the sweetest little boy. He calls me to tell me he loves and misses me almost everyday.

And I suddenly miss him even more right now.

But this picture my sister sent me just made me happy.

15/08/2011

- jkd

I watched Friends With Benefits today! I also hung out with one...

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:42:54 -0400

I watched Friends With Benefits today! I also hung out with one of my best friends, it was overall a nice evening. We went out to dinner and then watched the movie.

I must say Justin Timberlake looked fiiiiiiiiine. He’s also a great actor! Mila Kunis is stunning. Overall, they had great chemistry. I just loved the movie and I’m a sucker for romance, since they end up together.

Moreover, to top off the evening - I recieved good news from my Kinesiology TA, looks like the class grades will be scaled, which will allow me to pass.

THANK YOU GOD.

So naturally, I am so fucking happy!

14/08/2011

- jkd

I haven’t posted anything in a while. What makes me happy these days? Hmm. Pretty boys? Hehe.

peachesandkimchi — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:26:17 -0400

I haven’t posted anything in a while. What makes me happy these days? Hmm.

Pretty boys? Hehe.

Finally getting “Watch The Throne” by Jay Z and...

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:25:04 -0400

Finally getting “Watch The Throne” by Jay Z and Kanye West. It’s their new album and this collaboration is making me very happy! :)

- jkd

13/08/2011

August 11th, 2011

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:44:59 -0400

Today I took my last final for the semester. I feel this immense sense of relief of not having to do any homework for the next 2 weeks. I will be able to do what I want, when I want!

But the happiest piece of news today is, that my math professor helped me out and bumped my grade in math which made me pass the course.

I cannot put into words how HAPPY I am. I will finally be able to graduate next semester.

I am thrilled.

- jkd

August 9th, 2011

peachesandkimchi — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:58:10 -0400

New phone = Happy Nafiza.

*happy dance*

Spending time with myself made me happy today. A long bus ride, time with my thoughts without the...

peachesandkimchi — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:32:59 -0400

Spending time with myself made me happy today. A long bus ride, time with my thoughts without the barrage of information and advertisements - that made me happy. The sunshine, the breeze, the music in my ear. It was a lovely day.

My new 5-inch heels are making me very very happy today. :) -...

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:01:18 -0400

My new 5-inch heels are making me very very happy today. :)

- jkd

08/08/2011

I haven’t posted in a bit because I am quite upset about...

peachesandkimchi — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:45:00 -0400

I haven’t posted in a bit because I am quite upset about what’s happening in Africa. It’s just…a shame. So much shame. But when things get too overwhelming, I look at the sky and remind myself that I’m just a dot in the grand scheme of things.

Nafiza.

My website

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:21:00 -0400

My website:

So I spent all night trying to fix the layout of my website. I finally got it done and I am pleased with the way it looks.

I’m pretty happy!

- jkd

This says it all. Hehe.

peachesandkimchi — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:04:49 -0400

This says it all. Hehe.

August 5th, 2011

peachesandkimchi — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

I was relatively happy until I saw the pictures of the people starving in Somalia. I even had something in my head that would show my “happiness” and then those pictures happened and I learned that 29000 children had died of malnutrition.

29000 children.

That took the happy out of my day and replaced it with a guilt so intense that I sat down and felt sick. They are dying from lack of food and water. Their bellies swell with hunger, their throats grow parched with thirst. And here in North America, people throw food away. They make it in copious amounts and then they throw it away. They have food fights. The disrespect, the waste, the tragedy of it all just made me weep.

29000 children who could have lived. 29000 children who didn’t. How do we live with ourselves?

I think this picture says it all. (I spent about an hour making...

peachesandkimchi — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:35:26 -0400

I think this picture says it all. (I spent about an hour making this. Yes I have no life but look how pretty it is.) All the little things that make me happy. Looking at this made me happy today.

3rd August, 2011.

Nafiza.

today, reading this made me happy. i realized that i need to...

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:06:22 -0400

today, reading this made me happy. i realized that i need to keep going and to remember to never give up.

- jkd

august 2nd, 2011

estaperpetue-deactivated2011110 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:58:00 -0400

making coffee for the first time in my new coffee maker made me very very very happy today. i drank coffee after a 15 day haitus, and boy am i glad to be drinking it.

- jkd

August 2nd, 2011

peachesandkimchi — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:27:16 -0400

It’s difficult to find things to make you happy when your entire being has coalesced into one intense sensation: hunger. Everything else seems like fripperies that your fingers itch to saw away. I realized today that so many times in ourselves, it is we who make things and situations unnecessarily complex. Why care what other people say about what you do? You have your own life to live. A life that precludes commenting on theirs. I think to a certain degree, the troubles we encounter are the ones we welcome. Because it serves to deepen the sense of accomplishment we feel about something if there are obstacles to overcome. This is what being hungry teaches me. Thirst is another matter altogether.

August 1st, 2011

peachesandkimchi — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:28:00 -0400

When you are fasting, you don’t have energy for much. Every single time you move, every breath you take, the thirst deepens. I went for seventeen hours without food and water today and really, it wasn’t all too bad. What made me feel happy - no, happy seems a bit too frivolous in this case, grateful would be a much better word - what made me grateful today was the fact that I am lucky enough to live in a place, in a situation that I am not starving. That I have water to appease my thirst and food to satisfy my hunger. The people of Kenya to whom fasting and hunger is not limited to a finite number of hours in the day - they know what true hunger and what true thirst is.

July 31st, 2011

peachesandkimchi — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:54:44 -0400

Happiness today was in the little things. Wandering the isles of the supermarket. Sipping a drink designed to get me sugar-drunk. Snuggling up to my mom. Teasing my brother and bickering with my sister in law. Reading a good book and wishing someone the best. Today was a day where nothing stood out by itself but fit together with everything else. Just right.

Nafiza.