They might shun you, she said

This over-maturity is a curse 

I was 14

A true teenager

Loving the mirror

Loving make up

Loving boys

And their attention 

Loving songs 

I was a normal teenager 

But did she curse me

Am I cursed with this 

My friend says I am unique 

Well this uniqueness 

Is not easy to live with 

Some call me crazy

Some want me drugged 

While I desperately hold on 

To being normal 

I was 14

And she said,

Your peers might shun you

20 years later 

Who am I? 

Just a nobody 

Who is...

Whatever you want to call me 

Sinatra

And now, the end is here
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
"Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way"

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!

Note to self

Note to self
Talking to myself
as if talking to her

yes, my footsteps behind me
are pretty messed up
and the roads in front of me
look pretty scary

but these footsteps are mine
and these roads are mine
and i love them all.

i love soups too: recipes

http://www.familyfreshmeals.com/2014/09/25-comforting-crockpot-soups-and-stews.html

Apps for kids - educational

http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/7451/free-educational-apps-for-kids

Memories in Turkey: Day 1 to 5

we went here too

can you spot saiful nang? he sat opposite of us and chatted with those uncles. soon after, we were given teas, complimentary. how nice. oh, they came from the uncles la, not from encik saiful. 

we were there to pray

my tag

morning walk to discover this place

i love leaves

our program

Memories in Turkey: Musa :)

they wanted to climb up one of them. and so did i!

ugh! he moved it. alhamdulillah it didn't land on his toes!

halil pasa kulesi @halil pasa tower, the minister who opposed the building of rumeli hisari :) politics :)

eminonu spice bazar. i love those lamps

yums! turkish delight!

i wanted musa to know that the man was blind. i remember that the man tried to explain to me the price of his product by showing me what he had in his hand.

learning opportunity: the world is our classroom :) uncut gemstones- semi precious

street food

the bridge: was this where the chains were?

:) musa wanted to smell the flowers <3 td="">

garfield!

i like to see him observe things

musa and dondurma :)

<3 br="">with Fayyad and Fatih at the Prince's mosque