When your mother gives you things she's looked after for you since you were a child, but not because you're old enough to look after them yourself from now on, but because she feels she won't be able to look after them much longer...
Many of the non-Muslims I know have asked about Ramadhan - the nine month of the Islamic calendar - and why I would put myself through the process of fasting from the break of dawn until sunset every day for a month. So, to that end, I thought I'd write why here so that it's all in one place for people to read at their own leisure and pace :)
A somewhat unsuccessful attempt at explaining mountain-climbing and double-pendulums as an analogy of relationships...
I was recently blessed/privileged enough to be able to go to Hawaii as part of my work (collecting observational data at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, located near the summit of Mauna Kea). Of all the amazing experiences I had, though, there was one thing in particular that stood out to me, and that was what my travel-buddy did, for which I am very grateful :)
Certainly haven't forgotten or abandoned this site; just an 'overdensity' of being busy, it seems! Will re-commence posting soon, insha Allah!
From time to time, I may write about a particular song and what it means to me. This time, that song is:
Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World