More than a Year!

Dear Reader, 

This post is exactly 2 months and 2 weeks overdue. :-S 

Image courtesy of  justcalendars.org 

You see, on April 13th 2010 I published my first blog post. And now I've been posting letters to the great wide interweb for more than a year now. Alhumdulillah. If you, dear reader, had told me two years ago that by the time I finished my degree I would be addicted to reading blogs and blogging myself, well I wouldn't have believed you, thought you were being absurd and dismissed the comment altogether. But I suppose LIFE is full of unexpected turns. I suppose I should given myself a virtual pat on the back for having gotten through a year of virtual blogging, but honestly it seems rather childish ... fine I'll do it anyway, since you insist. Thump, thump. And Inshallah, I'll still be blogging years from now. 

I'd also like to thank you, dear reader, for actually taking the time out of your own life to read about my silly obsession with books and poetry.    

As occasions like this usually require some form of reminiscing, I went back and re-read my first-ever-post. It made me laugh. Probably because it was full of jokes that only I would get. ;-) However, there was this one paragraph that I found particularly humorous because, even though so much has changed this past year, this particular statement still hold true:

"Well, it all began with my brothers - as much in my life does. I have two (quite an unremarkable number) one older and one younger than myself; being stuck in the middle has not been easy. Both of them had been loitering around my bedroom door comparing the size of their muscles - typical male behaviour, the details of which I'm sure you would not want to know. Anyway, having no other book addicts in my house, I am constantly trying to engage my brothers in some even marginally intellectual conversation."     

Also, I noticed that the entire post sounded as if I was telling a story. I like that. I haven't written a story/anecdote on my blog for some time now. If you would like me to write more story/anecdotal posts rather than just reviews of books and poems, then let me know in the comment section below.   

Anyway, I have a few surprises in store for the month of July, as it promises to be busy with activity. That is if the lovely British Summer weather, decides to hold out, Inshallah. Until then.    

Nida