Imam Jafar as-Sadiq once said, "If you see something you don't like in a brother, try to find 1-70 excuses for him. And if you can't find an excuse, say 'There might be an excuse, but I don't know it.' "
This is a quote that I believe would stop a …continue
It's Election day! For those of you interested, I created a small election watcher. Have fun!
"Life is like a coloring book, you should stay within the edges, but too many decide to draw all over the walls..."
--5/18/08
I made a follow-up comment in regard to Muslims. Of course, it can be altered for any other faith that has a book or guiding …continue
"If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything." --Malcolm X
It's also important to know what you believe about a situation before you enter into it. If you know you're going to make a choice in the course of the next week, think about it beforehand so …continue
"You should not compromise the truth or yourself only to seek allies in your fight for the truth."
A little preface to my new Quotes category. These are generally going to be little phrases I think of as events occur and things are said to me and around me. They are generally inspired by those things, and I may add a history for them. If I do not …continue
Sorry about the month.5 wait. I lost all sense of self-discipline as midterms piled upon homework and I just gave in instead of holding strong through it. My laundry piled up, my room became a mess, projects went on hold, everything became either study, eat, sleep or waste time …continue
I realized that the reason as to my failure wasn't due to low motivation or my homework, it was because I had low energy. That low energy was because I tried to start during Ramadan, a month of fasting, and the sleep deprivation plus food deprivation was too much for …continue
Yup, I failed. Well, more like I aborted mission. It was Saturday morning, I had a bunch of math and physics homework and I was in a zombie state. I plan on doing my homework earlier in the week next time and trying again within the next two weeks.
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So, I'm now back and full of food. I'll explain Soohoor later in the post if you're interested in what that is.
As promised, my reason for attempting polyphase sleeping:
I'm a freshman here at UC Berkeley and an Engineering student (Computational Engineering Science, an interdisciplinary engineering that I'll make …
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