Evaluation, Hi-Skewl, and more

~The Speech Evaluation~

a Story by N

On Wednesday I had my speech evaluation, the same day S had to go to the High school for a test to see how much she smelled. JK. Right after fajr I had to take a bath and get ready to go. My Mammals Class was at 7 am, and it was 6:30 or so, so I had to rush. After I took a bath and all, I took my class. I was takign the second quarter of the class. Some of the students from last time were not there, but most were. Then, suddenly, the teacher was gone. Everybody was all in chaos, and, to not waste time, one of my friends became the teacher by asking the kids about their favorite mammals and all.Then, like half an hour later, the teacher came back. She said her internet just went out!! LOL. Not. So then, class proceeded, and then we had to go. I was supposed to pack my books last night so as to not waste time, but I was kind of tired, so I didn't do it. What do you think happened? Correct. Scolding. Not scalding. That would have been a possibility, though. So Ummi dropped me off at the place, and then went to the hi-skewl with S.

Fast Forward...

After the evaluation, Abi walked me back to his office. We stopped at Starbucks, where Abi got a drink for free because his birthday was two days ago. He got hot chocolate for me, and then we continued on our way to the office. Question: Why did I choose to drink hot chocolate on a hot day? Well, the evaluation room was cold, so naturally I would want to steam myself a little with the drink.

In the office, Abi passed over the Cookie Crisps cereal and said, "Here, your breakfast," because I told him that I hadn't had breakfast yet. *Sheepish* I drank my hot choc and it steamed my face and made a drop of sweat roll down my neck.

Then Abi gave me my schoolbooks, quite unkindly. :P I did some math, and then when it got boring, I read a book for Literature class.

This is how I sometimes do my math with finger food. If we have cherry tomatoes, I'll grab some and eat one after every question I finish. That's exactly what I did the with the Cookie Crisps cereal. ;D

Well, soon, Abi's phone rang. "Hi, Z!" said Abi.

Ugh, I silently thought. They's here to get meh.

(Speaking of ugh, do you wonder why some people say it like 'ukh' like the kha in Arabic instead of like gha?)

Abi finished the call and said, "They gonna be here in like faav minutes, Newr."

After faav minutes, he said, "I needa pee. Lezgo!"

Then he told me to siap. Boohoo! He put my books in a plastic bag and threw 'em in the trash. (I wish.) What he really did was that he put em in a plastic bag and kindly gave it to me. I wanted to take some last pieces of the cereal, but I didn't want Abi to say "Ehhh, Newr! Laaaa..." So we left the office and abi threw my hot choc cup in the trash, instead of the books. Boohoo!

When we was downstairs, Abi ran into the bathroom and told me to go outside and sit on the bench to wait for Ummi. I read the Redfearn book. It was kinda hard 'cause the sun was right on top of my head. Pretty soon Ummi come driving by, and beeped badly. That's when Abi came out. "Did you see yo' mom?" he said. "Yeah, she just passed by," I said, pointing for no reason at the empty road. Eventually Ummi meekly came driving back. I clambered into the front seat and put the plastic book bag at my feet. After Ummi and Abi discussed some things, we went to the high school to pick up S.

Bwahhahhaaa.

We went in a building and saw S in the first room sittin' at a desk. She seemed to be looking right at us. I grinned, but I guessed she was too scared to grin back. Who would grin for no reason in class, anyway? A weirdo, that's who. Soon S was done and she came out. When S was opening to door to go, her hands were so cold, compared to my sweaty ones.

S said she was hungry. I told her how I got my hot choc, and she said, "Lucka." And then I told her how I got to eat the cookie cereal. "Aww," she said mournfully.

When we got home, H showed us a movie he had made on the iPad about his science project. It was SO interesting.

While I made lunch, I saw some pancakes on a plate next to the stove.  I took one and kindly gave it to S, because she was hungry. After lunch was ready I yelled, "It's lunchtime!"

"Yay!" said S.

The end.

The Virtues of Zhul Hijjah

Ummi assigned us all an assignment to do for Zhul Hijjah. S has to find the ayah in the Quran about Hajj; I have to find the virtue of Zhul Hijjah, and H has to do something that I forgot. Our works are all due tomorrow, which is Thursday. So my works is here, right in my amazing blog. So there.

The Virtues of Zhul Hijjah

FASTING: The Prophet sallAllahu 'allayhi wa sallam said, "whoever fasts the day of Arafat will have his sins expiated for two years (the past year and the coming year)."

Do not cut hair or nails during the ten days if you are the one slaughtering the animal. This is for men of course.

You can recite the takbir during all the ten days, at all times, day or night until the Eid prayer.

There. Done.

Resources: http://theclearsunnah.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/
http://www.allaahuakbar.net/eid/virtues_of_the_first_ten_days.htm

N aka Light aka Kitty Kid

Book Finished!

You needn't worry about the previous post. I finished my book and already some others, like Franny K. Stein: Frantastic Voyage and The Invisible Fran. And halfway through a Goosebumps book called Welcome to Horrorland! And half way through another book called Secrets of a Lab Rat: Mom, There's a Monster in Beeson's Lake!

So haha, you lost.

N aka Light aka Kitty Kid

I Have a Question for You.

What should I do?

1. Finish reading my Beezus and Ramona book.
2. Organize my drawers and clean up the room.
3. Write the In the Jungle story.
4. Take better pictures and videos of my fish UV who is no longer constipated.

What do you think? Put your opinion in the comment box.
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Well, where ELSE would you put it, anyway?

N

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha, insha'Allah will be next week on Friday! Ummi has an Islamic calendar, and it says just that! On my Gregorian calendar, it says it will be on Thursday, beginning at sundown. Yay. We get to celebrate it at sundown. How fun does that sound? xD Personally, I can't wait! Here's my bragging right: I can watch an animal be slaughtered without wincing, closing my eyes, or crying. But silently inside I feel REALLY sorry for the animal.

Here's a nasheed video about Hajj.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=dILMQJubax4&feature=endscreen

N, aka Light, Nurd, or Kitty Kid

A Post for S

Well, right now, S is in class, and she told me to make a post because she wanted to read, so here's the post.

I hate those skin snags on your fingers. They are extremely annoying and painful. I'm TRYING not to bite them or my nails anymore but it's addicting. Scream asterisk scream.

Orthotics are painful. Why can't everybody's feet just be the same and all have arches and no bunions?

Glasses people are mean. I want to get new glasses instead of these plastic pink ones. The glasses person I last saw said I don't need new ones. Grrrrr...

Cracking your knuckles is fun. Yesterday I went to my friend Mnr's house, and she was cracking her knuckles. Cracking your toes is fun too.

There's no more WATERMELON to eat. And my tummy is SO huge, I need to do my workout.

S thinks my fish needs to be returned. I slightly agree, but Abi hid the receipt somewhere, and so...BOOM.

The End.

New Camera and Fish

On Sunday, we went to tennis, as usual, and H had brought some water balloons for us to play catch with at the park. So we tossed them at each other, and H got the most wet. S got the least wet. I'm always in the middle. Then, H decided that we have a water balloon fight with the remaining balloons. When the balloons were all popped, we rollerbladed. Z biked with us. H rollerbladed down a hill, and I followed him down, and S stayed at the top of the hill talking to Z. Then H and I went back up, and S and H tried to make Z bike down the hill, but Z was too chicken. Then we went back to the court and timed ourselves coming down another hill. We timed ourselves with S's phone. Then we took off our blades and played at the playground. H wanted to see us hang from a bar from our knees. We timed ourselves again, and I won the first round. I also won the second round, but S won the last round. H said it was because our legs were fleshier than his. So he offended us by taking off his socks and putting them under his knees to imitate flesh. It didn't work, so haha. Pretty soon, Ummi and Abi were done playing tennis. On Saturday morning, I asked Ummi if I could buy another fish, (since Sunset died) and Ummi said, "How 'bout we buy it on Sunday. You should've told me when we were out on Friday, hari tu*!"
I meekly.
So, we went to Staples and Best Buy first, 'cause Abi wanted to buy me a camera, 'cause S burned my other one. Like a meanie. So, while Ummi, Abi, s, and Z went to Staples, H and I went to Best Buy. Abi told me to find some that were on sale. I found some real good ones, like a real nice red one and a nice blue one. I showed 'em to H, and he was like, "K." Then he went to see if the iPod touch came out. We played with the Macbooks and the iPads and computers. Then, we went to a place that had iPod nanos and head phones and things like that. That's when the rest came in. S failed at trying to scare us. I showed Abi the cameras that I chose, and it took sort of a long time 'cause Abi wanted to buy a hideous small Samsoong. (That's how he says it.) But I wanted to get Fujifilem (that's how he says it too) because my last one was like that, and I'm more used to it. So Abi got me the black Fujifilm camera. Yay! It was $86.04. What a price!
Then we left, and H was obsessed with the camera. He's like, "Cool! Can I open it?"
"Yeah," I said.
He put the string thingy on it, and then he put the battery in it, but there wasn't any memory card. H took a junky picture of us in the van. Then we pulled up into Petco. Abi told H to go to Big 5 to look for some things. Then me, S, Z, and Ummi went into Petco. Z wanted to get a fish too. He took years choosing. So did I. The yellow one that I have been talking about for years was gone, so I chose a purple one. Yellow wouldn't have gone good with my red, pink, and purple rocks anyway. So first I chose a nice purple one, but then ummi showed us more bettas, and so I took a purple and pink and red veiltail male. Z got a white one with blue spots and a pink nose. I think it was a Doubletail? I dunno. Then Z chose a 'No Fishing' bowl decor, and got some new water purifier. Then, guess what? We went to the crazy cashier again. Abi paid for everything. Then we went home. H gave me a memory card for 50 cents (he's obsessed with money). Then S helped me put my fish into its bowl. I recharged my camera, because they don't come recharged. How ruuude is that?

N

Z's Plakat Male Betta named Cloudy.

My Veiltail Male Betta named UV, or Ultraviolet. He's constipated. :( See how he's floating on his side?

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*Hari tu means 'that day'. It's Malay.

I Knew It! See How Smart I Am?

I knew the hawk moths would come out today! We came back from our trip last night at 11:23 PM. My tummy was grumbling all night because I hadn't had a hearty meal yet that day. Just sickly snacks. Like corn chips and Z's cookies. Sounds nasty, right?
Anyways, after Fajr, S told us that the moths came out. So I threw off my telekom* in joy and grabbed my grashes**.
The moths DID come out! OH MY! Squirt was pretty big, and he was on the wall. Nectaris was higher on the wall. Squishy was on the wall also, but you could only see his wing through the window, unless you looked through the window on the other side. Mine, Neptune, couldn't be seen, and everybody thought she/he was dead and didn't come out. WHY is mine always having problems? Anyway, I found it later on, on the ceiling. It was small. Small. Small! Sob asterisk sob. H kept saying the moths were SICK. SICK!
"Aauugghhh, sick, SICK!" he groaned and moaned, rolling on the ground. Not.

The Hawk Moths:
Nectaris - S's moth
Neptune - N's moth
Squishy - H's moth
Squirt - Z's moth
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*Telekom is my word for telekung, which means prayer garment in Malay.
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**Grashes used to be Z's word for glasses. He says it properly now.

Money Jokes and Helpful Advertisements

~THE MONEY JOKES~

    People in Oklahoma make lots of jokes about money. I suppose that's how they are. H says that's the fad in Oklahoma.
    First of all, we went to a place called OK Halal Meat and Grocery. There was a sign above the door that said, 'ENTERANCE'. Please. So we went in thought the Enterance, and Z didn't want to get out of the van, so me and S left him in there. He eventually came out.
    Abi ordered some food, and while the people were cooking it, we bought some things. Ummi got some seeds for honey lemon, and we saw some marshmallows that we gave to Ummi for confirmation with Abi, since Ummi is so persuade-y. Abi said 'not today' to the marshmallows, and usually, 'not today' means 'never'.
    The man told Abi that the meal was ninety dollars. Abi was stunned for a split second and then tried to be nonchalant and said, "O-kay."
    And then the man slapped his knee and blubbered about how good his joke was. Just KIDDING, bro! That would've been hillary.
    What really happened was the man grinned evilly and said, "No, actually, it's $19.00, brother."
    Haha. Do you SEE me laughing?

    The next money joke was when we was leaving the parking garage of the hotel. We had to pay to get out. So the woman said Abi had to pay seventy dollars. I think. I can't remember. Yeah, so that's what happened because I tend to have such a bad memory sometimes.
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~HELPFUL ADVERTISEMENTS~

    As you may know, every hotel has a TV in it. And with us, we always watch TV in the lame hotels, not the big fancy ones. I wonder why?

    Anyway, after Abi's conference in Oklahoma, we went back to Dallas for Ummi's Public Speaking Workshop for Sisters. So while ummi was attending it one day, and abi went there too, me, S, H, and Z were left in the hotel. So we watched Discovery channel like good kids. Some ads came on, of course. 

There was this really helpful ad called, 'Insanity.' It was a workout ad about fatties that did the Insanity workout and got muscle-y and thinner. It was crazy. It was a really long ad. But it seemed real helpful. I could use it. (DON'T SAY ANYTHING, JS AND H!) 

Another ad was about T-shirts. It was called Try Custom Ink. It was awesomely cool. You could design your own T-shirt and order one or a thousand T-shirts, and all for free. That got me to thinking about Zoe and Bo T-shirts. :D

Another ad was about a face cream called Proactiv that took away ugly face spots and aging marks and things like that. It looked pretty helpful. Not only to JS, though. XD

The Busy Day - and the Interface

This Post Is Ten Days Old. But Read It Anyway.

Sunday, September 23, 2012
THE BUSY DAY

a Story told by N

    Sunday was a busy day. First, we went to tennis (and left John at home). It was fun. The only thing I mostly do there is rollerblade around the court picking up tennis balls. After H got tired of playing tennis he wanted to go climb a tree, so he did. After he got down he tried another tree. He found a nice big thick stick (like his head). He told me to climb it first, and when I tried to, someone came to us with her frilly brown dog. Well, actually, it was a puppy. The owner said the dog was only a few months old. So we petted it, and then the owner went away.

    We continued to climb the tree, but I couldn't, so we went to another tree. H found a silly streams spray can and tried to spray it, but it was clogged or jammed or something, so he tried breaking it open with his 'staff'. The can was pretty strong, and after H whacked it a few times, it sizzled. But nothing came out. Then he got angry and hit it real hard, so much that it broke the stick (LOL). Then we played baseball with the can and the broken stick pieces. Then we gave up and went to the playground. We played something (I forgot) and then pap said, "Challo!" (That means 'Let's go!')

    So after we all stunk up the van with our sweat, we went to Unidad Park, which H calls Wooden Park, which is probably H's most b'loved park in the world. We played Obby Course, we swung on the swings, and then we went on the dreaded tire swing. First, H and Z went on it, and I pushed them. Then, Z got on, and H twirled him till Z did his scared cry. Then, I got on, and H twirled me, but Z didn't get out of the way, and my feet were sticking out, so his big old head got kicked by me. H was like, "Z!!!!!! I told you to get out of the wayyy!" Then it was time to go.

    It's really scary when H's angry, so watch out. He can dig his never-clipped nails into your skin and make you have flat, painful-peel scabs.

When we got home, JS was bathing. It was nine or ten AM, and we were going to the soup kitchen at eleven, so we had to get ready. After we were ready, John and me, we went to the kitchen where H was eating a sandwich. He was sitting on the counter greedily eating a PB & B sandwich.

    We brought the plate of sanwiches in the van and devoured them to death. Then we got to the soup kitchen. Joycie was there, and bald ol' Nubby, and I think Dr. Iqb was there too, I don't know. He was like, "Ohh, the whole family's here! That's nice!"

    So First, we badly made ham sanwiches, and then we wrapped them up. We were working with a girl named Kym. She and mom became the best of friends. Then we served the people. I was assigned corn, but then changed to Tray person by mean ole' Beck. I didn't like it, so mom switched with me.

    S did dessert, and H did watermelon. I did the sandwiches. And just how plain sad is that?

    After all that, the animal shelter person, Jn, was supposed to pick us up at 1 o'clock. We saw her through the window. S said bye to Kym and then we ran out.

    Jn said, "Wow, you guys do a lot of volunteering! I mean, this soup kitchen, the quilts, and the animals..."

     Jn's friend Glo was there too, apparently. Unfortunately.

    There was an open house at the animal shelter (which I'll just call SHAS now), so there was a cookout, sodas, and cookies. Plus more dessert. Oh, and fruits. Including STRAWBERRIES. YUM.

    We (Jn, S, Glo, and me) looked at a few dogs, and Glo and Jn talked to some people, which was apparently very boring and made my feet hurt because I had to stand there in my orthotics which is painful. Then we went to go see the cats. There were some nice new ones, and they were all shy and nice.

    Then went to a hut outside of the cattery, which contained the kittens. When it was finally our turn to go in, we went in (obviously) but Jn didn't wanna go in because she couldn't see no nothing.  So we were left in there with a staff and Glo.

    The kittens weren't quite kittens, they were like teenagers or something. The two boys were gray tabbies, and the girl was black. S and I went in there and petted them till they died. The girl wasn't very active, though, and she was kinda wild.

    We finally left that place and went back to the front to eat some. Then we left.

    There's this thingy, that you have to collect cans to save the animals or something. Always after Jn takes us to SHAS, she takes us can scouting. A lot of people in my location drink Bud Light, apparently.

    Jn gave us snacks and healthy soda. Lemon Lime Blue Sky Soda, cookies, Health Bar, Annie's Bunny Cheddar Cheese Crackers, and something else that I forgot.

   Glo talked too much and says she saw a can, and sounded disappointed when Jn said, 'No' or 'It's too far away'. They FOUGHT. When they both left the car, me and S remained, and I said, "Oh my God." And S said, "I know right? Old woman fight!" And then she laughed nervously.

    We finally were done scouting and Jn sent us home. Rudely.

~THE END~

Next story coming up in a few seconds...

~THE INTERFACE~

But first, let's interest you with some advertisements!

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You have survived the advertisements. Now you may read...

~THE INTERFACE~

    I hate the new Blogger interface. It's messy and not neat, even if those two mean the same thing. It's all hideously white and orange, and hideous. It's so unorganized that I even forgot to to put labels on a post because I didn't know where they were. I mean, seriously, bro.

    What were you expecting this story to be about? Seriously. It's barely even a story, because I think I'll end it right now.

    Bye. See ya later.