muhajab babes

im back in canterbury, in my favourite place (after my room) here, which is lavender mews, and waiting for my boyfren to wake up.

SCHOOL STARTS IN 2 DAYS!!

haha wat a joykill i am. well, im in the living room of 18 lavender mews and in front of me is ka nadz reading her notes (while watching gilmore girls lol)on the couch and just behind her, on the dining table is ka sel, on the laptop doing HER coursework.

i feel left out. maybe theres a coursework that i've forgotten. actually, no thanx. i'd rather blog.

so, this post has an interesting title. i saw ka nadz reading this book called muhajababes. i havent read it, but just reading the blurb i can tell i'd like it. the book's about young muslim women who wear the hijab, but still haf fun and basically have socially active lives. and thats a cool thing, balancing what Allah wants us to do with stuff that WE want to do.

okay, i know this may sound hypocritical, seeing as i've just started wearing the hijab about 2 months ago, and i've always been kusut before when asked to wear the hijab. but somehow, Alhamdulillah, i found the calling to wear the hijab here, in canterbury, in a country where hijabs are only worn by the real muslim women. im not saying non-hijab wearing muslims are not real muslims, im just saying those people who were them here, in a foreign country, have a lot of faith to go thru wearing it, what with all the temptations to not wearing it.

i didnt get that calling when i was back home in brunei, where wearing the hijab was drilled into every young female by either parents or institutions. but i got it here, in a foreign country where skimpy outfits are acceptable. so why? i guess without family pressure or the goverment making me wear the hijab, i found that i actually do want to wear it. i guess one of the reasons why i didnt want to wear it was probably coz i wanted to rebel against what my parents wanted. im glad about this though. now i know that when i wear the hijab, its not because of my parents or school but for Allah and because i want to.

And i can also safely say that i can call myself a muhajab babe. i wear the hijab, but i dont lead a restricted social live. i know my limitations, but i know that i can still have fun. like last nite, me and the canterbury gang went to azouma for a nite of shisha (well, the others did. i dont shisha) and we saw some belly dancing. and (get this) i also got to dance with the belly dancer. yes, me, a hijab wearing girl dancing. nothing wrong with that right?

and i still shop, wear nail polish now and then and wear tank tops. i just dont wear sexy outfits out. just in my room. and i still wear earrings under my tudong and altho nobody can see my ears, its okay, coz i know i've got vogue earrings on. Plus, with ka nadz around, thre is no way a hijab wearing girl cant have fun. coz she makes the coolest all girls parties with the coolest themes. i cant wait for the next one hehe.

basically, what im trying to say is, wearing the hijab has not restricted my social life at all. and if it scares guys away, think agen, coz it gives me more power. u'll want ur boyfren to love u for u, right? and not that im looking for one, seeing as im attached. and my boyfren has been 100% supportive of me wearing the hijab and i love him for that.

to quote ka nadz and fifi "pakai tudong anie vogue kali ah"

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rabz