:+: The Kerbala Diaries :+:: 4th September 2006

I wasnt really feeling sleepy after Fajr so i decided to get some 'peace and quiet' (:O)
so i took my book and went outside on the deck to read it ... the weather was really pleasant so it was nice and the wind was blowing too :D
i read for about an hour then i started feeling sleepy..
when i went to our cabin everyone was sleeping and people were sleeping on all four beds (Sana, Tahera Baji, Shahnaz Aunty, Zakeeya) Shahnaz Aunty had shifted to our room for that night :/
when i knocked on Roshan Aunty's room no one opened it ...
and when i went to mummy & daddy's room ... they were sleeping & the two top bunks were empty but i didnt feel like sleeping on top ...
so i went to the lounge (aka namaaz room) and went to sleep their while sitting on a chair and put my legs on another chair :D
i dont know how long i slept but yeah i decided to go to mum & dads room and slept on the top bunk

i woke up pretty early for breakfast and we started doing tayyari for Zakeeya's party ... decorating the party hall and everything ... dressing up etc.
Zakeeya wanted to come with us but i told her to stay in the room cause the ship crew was chacking for cockroaches :P
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We got ready and told everyone to sing Happy Birthday when she came in ..
we dressed her up in a pretty pink dress saying that you can wear a pretty dress today cause its your birthday... but we cant have a party..
everyone was waiting at the entrance with cameras and she was all confused "why is everyone taking pictures of me? 0.o"
when she entered no one san happy birthday everyone was aaraam se having their lunch i got soooooo upset .. D=
but when she came inside and saw all the decoration and the cake she got SO surprised ... and she was all OMG!!! hehe :D
After everyone had lunch ... Shujaath Uncle and Raza Sirsavi had written a few shaurs for us which they recited :)

later we cut the cake and gave out the goody bags ... and all the close ghar wale people took pictures and opened the gifts she got ...
we sat their till about 4:30 something
she was really happy and hyper the whole day :P

We (Sana, Me & Zakeeya) were really tired so all three of us had a pretty long nap ...
woke up in time (well sorta late) for Maghrib namaz ...
after which we had dinner
then had a majlis in the lounge/prayer room. Maulana Muntazar Abbas (Maulana Uncle) recited a majlis on the benefits of ziyarats and loootttss of stuff about ziyarah ...

tis was a good day ...

Pictures!!!