An insight at random rantings

Friday, 15 January 2010

Solar Eclipse


'As Salatul Ja'amiah'. 'As Salatul Ja'amiah'. 'As Salatul Ja'amiah'. The words on a Friday morning that woke me up at 9. It was a clear and inviting voice. 'The Congregation Prayer' is what those words in Arabic mean. Are they calling for prayer? Is it time already? Is it from the mosque newly renovated that they want to hold Juma'ah prayers or is it for Solar eclipse?

My questions were answered shortly by my uncle, who came barging into the room as a person bringing glad tidings. I didnt comprehend one syllable he uttered. I got up from bed and went into my parents room. My mother had seen it. She asked me to come and see the eclipse. She looked amazed. I was wondering what would be visible at such a cloudy weather. I went and peered at they sky it was cloudy and foggy. My eyes settled on the sun. It was staring to eclipse and for the first time I spent my life on earth, I saw a solar eclipse! A breath of astonishment. The phenomenon in my field of vision was so beautiful! It pulled me close to it. I stole many peeks at the sun as I did not have any protective eye shades.

I grew up and had learnt about eclipses. What happens during that phase when the moon hides the sun it all its glory. How a small satellite body blocks out chunks of rays emitted from the sun and thereby plunging specific areas on earth into darkness and giving off joys of light for its spectators. Never had I seen such a manifestation of Allah's Might. His Makings and Doings.

I got hold of my camcorder and started shooting the eclipse. I captured a few minute video. I was awed when I saw the playback. Next time I hear about the eclipse I am going to prepare myself and never miss it ever again!

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

~GD~

We came up with the groups today. There are two groups of six. I and Kulsum form a same group whose name we are still pondering on. We decided to exchange our roles and she is now the Crux and I am the Myriad. I haven't even started ticking of names. Once I do that we need to reassemble and discuss a few stratergies. Once that is done we hope to Inshallah win this task.

what a time!

The day before we were told that the debate has been cancelled and instead we will have a Group Discussion. Apparently it would help us for our near future job placement. The idea didn't make the competition seem fair. So we, i.e. Kulsum and I came up with another stratergy to make this activity better. We finally banged on the right chord. It was my job then to tell Linu Ma'am and try convince her to adopt this plan.
I had to spend almost 15 mintues to make her perceive. She told that she would think about it. I was worried that she would change her mind and all that cottoning on would be a total waste of my time (as it is I couldn't have done anything better during that time). Then she comes to our class and she says that the group discussion has a new approach and she said the EXACT same thing I said. I felt so good that she really liked our idea. I was happy that after she told us and left our class I went to inform Kulsum about it.
I took Juhi with me and went to the 2nd year B.Com's class. I went into the class and asked if Juhi wanted to come in. I barely noticed that the teacherless class was quiet. Then I heard a voice that was similar to Sayeeda Ma'ams' voice. I practically entered the class and decided to go to Kulsums seat. Its only when ma'am spoke up she was dictating some test questions to them. I felt so embarrased as I did not have the foggiest that she was in class! I backtracked from the class and nearly stepped on Juhi's foot. I caught a glimpse of Nayefa and Kulsum laughing. I slapped my forehead in utter embarrasement. I tried to open the washroom door that was nearest to their class with my full force and it was locked and I just ended up banging myself against the door multiple times. I was moaning and had a strong urge to scream. But then all the teachers were sitting outside so I dragged myself to the other washroom, which I knew was open with a laughing Juhi in my awake. I was so speechless that I completely forgot to aplogize to ma'am. After all that emotion taking out I went headrush to my class just to find Sayeeda Ma'am again! She was talking to a friend of mine. I felt contrite and apologized. She said that it was alright. I got over it finally!