From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Tiny Apartment of Gold

by Daughter of the Horn on April 27, 2010

in Inspiration

This man’s brain works in an amazing way. How efficient! I’m moving into a studio apartment next week and the orderliness and efficiency of Gary Chang’s space caught my attention – not that I can have sliding walls installed… but it would be nice.

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Lessons from Science

by Daughter of the Horn on April 22, 2010

in Inspiration,Life

Studying for my physiology midterm, and this line really stuck out: “The strength of the stimulus is coded into the frequency of the action potentials that are generated and not in their amplitude.” Therefore, just because you took it that extra mile, once, isn’t enough. Consistency is key.

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The number of back-and-forths with this despicable airline company, Wizz Air, have been draining. After all those letters, they have the nerve to come at me with this nonsense. Who in their right mind prepares their luggage for it to be lost? They really think they’re being cute when they ask me to provide video [...]

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Remembrance

by Daughter of the Horn on April 10, 2010

in Inspiration,Islam,Life,Spirituality

“but hooyo, i’m bored.” “you shouldn’t be bored. go pick up the qur’an.” “haye, hooyo.” —————– “hooyo, i had a really bad nightmare.” “did you read your adhkar last night?” “erm, no.” —————– It’s so easy to slip off. So easy. And you don’t even realize you’re slipping off. Or you completely distract yourself until [...]

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