Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

ahh...i havent posted here in A LOONGGG TIMEE. but inshallah i decided too cuz i just went 2 ICNA man..mashallah it was sucha good learnin experience n alsoo a lot of fun..here are some highlights of it..

Speech's: mashAllah the ones that i did get to attend were very good. Br. Nouman Ali Khan like always was amazing, Imam Zaid Shakir was very powerfull and just hits the heart, Imam Abdul Malik well we kno he says it how it is, Altaf Hussein had some good lines, and ofcourse Imam Siraj Wihaj was great. Sadly, i did miss Sh. Yasir Qadhi, whom i was lookin forward to since he taught me last year the almaghrib class, Light of Guidance. mashallah great teacher. but alhamdulilah all went well

Bazaar: ahh the bazaar was awesome, i didnt buy many things, considerin im leaving for pakistan 2moro inshallah. so my mom wud kill me lol. but i bought 1 hijab, 2 shawl hijabs and i bought Imam Zaid Shakir's book, Scattered Pictures, which he signed as well. mashallah ive ready only a few chapters n im lovin it already.

Seeing Everybody: ahhh that was deff the best highlights. i saw SOO MANYY PPEOPLEE.. it was like my old islamic school [[ crescent school ]] reunion. the principal, asst principal, my whole class and the other classes.. so many ppl. alhamdulilah it was awesome seeing everybody. alsoo madee new friendss bcuz of the YM booth..and just was lovely to see everybodyy

YM BOOTHHH!!!!: well any1 who knows me, knows im a YM person, i was at the YM booth a lot of the time, most of friday and all of sunday. saturday was my speech day. so the otehr days i was at the YM booth volunteering. ah felt so good meetin new sisters, this is another reason i love ICNA. just unites every1. alhamdulilah =) i miss every1 already..inshallah i cant wait for next year!!

Other: we were at marriot. so alhamdulilah my dad wasnt callin me every 2 secs askin when i wud get back 2 the hotel..when i get back every1 wud be sleepin..fridayy nigh i got 2 the hotel like at 1ish after the sisters entertainment night and sat night i got back at 2 am. no we werent doin anythin pagal. we were  on that rooftop thing, mashallah it was so beautiful. me n my friend sana. were abt 2 go back 2 our hotel room, but we stopped 2 get that pizza sheet thing from the hotel. we were gettin it, n sum aunty comes up 2 us and says if u want we have a large pizza upstairs in our room, its cold, but u can have it. and we were like no no its ok, but she insisted, so the uncle came n we went with him. he gave us the pizza and then he gave rice too. aw so sweet of him, hah alhamdulilah so we went 2 sanas room and ate.. ahh man funny story hah

but alhamdulilah overall it was great. esp seeineverybody and havin eman rush b4 i leave for pakistan. btw im leavin 2moro!! ahh inshalahim excitedd. although i com eback sep 2nd..5 days b4 jr year starts. inshAllah itl be worth it.

well im gon go pack and what not!...inshallah ill update my wonderful trip when i come back!

wa alaykumussalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

-Sania