04.1.2012 

Leaving Tumblr

I have decided to leave Tumblr. While I still think Tumblr is a great place to share what you feel, I don’t think it’s the right platform to express myself. Thank you to anyone who happened to like or reblog my posts, I appreciated your readership!

 04.11.2011 
At the University of Washington. My cousin outside of Suzallo Library.

At the University of Washington. My cousin outside of Suzallo Library.

 03.26.2011 

John Mayer - Half Of My Heart (by johnmayerVEVO)

 03.21.2011 
yallahhabibi: LOL We’re not so different after all.

yallahhabibi:

LOL

We’re not so different after all.

 03.20.2011 

Mac and Jack? I’m just two decades behind the times. Don’t mind me. 

Say Say Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Paul McCartney 

 03.19.2011 

My friend Semonti submitted this video to Nicholas Kristof’s Win a Trip 2011 competition and is now one of the 5 finalists! In this video she highlights her visit to a brothel in Bangladesh with a health organization. Please like this video on facebook and vote for her! Proud of you Anchol!

someaunty:

Reblog if ya diggg!

 03.18.2011 

2,405 Shot Dead Since Tucson. Is it Time for Obama to Act on Gun Control? »

Not Obama. Our legislators. Many fail to realize that Obama has limited power. The best way to push for any cause you want is by talking to your legislators.

(Source: newsweek)

 03.17.2011 

Koi Mil Gaya - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

OMGOSH.

This song has been blowing my mind since I was 8.

 03.16.2011 
giggles But seriously, Thank YOU to my wonderful friends who contributed. $222 by 2/22 is nothing without them. It doesn’t matter if my goal was $20000 or $2, or how big or small their donations were. Every contribution literally felt like a personal gift to myself. I appreciated the fact that they would even pause what they were doing to take out their wallets to support a cause I believe in - fueling microfinance institutions to empower hard working people in hard situations.

giggles

But seriously,

Thank YOU to my wonderful friends who contributed. $222 by 2/22 is nothing without them. It doesn’t matter if my goal was $20000 or $2, or how big or small their donations were. Every contribution literally felt like a personal gift to myself. I appreciated the fact that they would even pause what they were doing to take out their wallets to support a cause I believe in - fueling microfinance institutions to empower hard working people in hard situations.

$222 by 2/22 Grameen Foundation microfinance tweet Twitter 
 03.15.2011 

Plate tectonics and a need for scientific literacy

  • (Watching CNN newscaster explain plate movement that resulted in Japan's earthquake)
  • Mom: So the plate stopped under Japan, that means no more earthquakes right?
  • Me: Well, not exactly. The plate is stll moving, just more slowly than before.
  • Mom: What?
  • Me: Yeah, the entire earth is made up of floating plates that are gradually moving. When they hit each other, we get volcanoes, mountains, and earthquakes.That's why it makes sense that New Zealand also had an earthquake a month ago. We're all on the same plate that's been slowly moving against other ones.
  • Mom: I don't believe that.
  • Me: Uh...it's not something you can choose to believe. It's scientifically proven, like gravity.
  • Mom: Allah made the earth.
  • Me: Allah made the earth...with plates.
Japan 

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