Two New Quest-Type Blogs To Check Out!

Stumbled on two new "Marriage Quest" type blogs today, thought I'd put them here:

• Half The Deen
  
• Diary of a Bachelor

The first is written by a female. The second is by a guy, who weirdly enough, sounds a lot like me.

I have one comment on his Love in San Francisco article. He describes how he meets what looks to be a most perfect girl, but then drops her right away as soon as he hears her backbite.

I don't know the entire picture here, but my advice in general is not to be quick in judging people. People make mistakes, they have faults. Show her the higher ground, and maybe she'll follow...

More Quest-Like Blogs

In response to my previous "The End" post, a person emailed me asking for some tips to help promote their new "quest" blog. 

Her blog is http://questfortherightone.blogspot.com. Seems like she's off to a good start!

But...can you say trademark infringement? ;-) hehe. Just kidding.

She also asked me for some tips on getting traffic. Off the top of my head, here are my tips:

1. The key to getting people to read your blog is to read other people's blogs and comment on them. Write interesting comments and not just comments for the sake of commenting! People will click on your profile link and check out your blog. If they like your blog, they'll subscribe to it.
2. In the same theme of #1, engage other bloggers. Reply to posts of other blogs via your blog. Then go to that blog and tell them so via the comments section. This will get you new readers.
   
3. Last but definitely not least...write good material. If your writing is interesting and useful to people, they will keep coming back.
   

You can also google for more tips. I'm sure there's a ton out there.

And if anyone else has a "quest-like" blog or site that you'd like people to know of. Just email me and I'll post it here.

The End!

Well, this is it folks, last post!

Life has become, um...sweeter. 3u'bal eljamee3 inshallah!

One day I'm going to write a short "So you wanna get married?" letter to my 20 year old self, summarizing all the lessons I learnt. If I get to writing this letter, I'll post it here. 

But until then, goodbye! I hope you enjoyed the ride. 

:-)

The Party is At Happy Hijabi's!

If you like marriage-quest type blogs, then check out Happy Hijabi's blog!

She's been updating it frequently and the content gets better by the day. Plus, it looks like she's moved on and been meeting many potential Mr. Rights. I think she's engaged now.

I'm so happy for her! This is awesome.

Inna ma3al 3usri usra!

Outsourcing Cooking

I once had this idea if I ever become a stay-at-home dad. Glad to see that someone tried it and it worked out very well for him.

Two Iftars

Two mosques. Both had good food. Good adhan. And helpful organizers.

One was completely segregated. I didn't even see my biological sister (whom I knew was at the iftar).

The other was mixed. Families sat together. You're free to roam about. No tension in the air. Everyone's friendly and open to talk. Mother, father, sit beside each other, among other couples whom they are friends with, and their daughters and sons. You get the picture.

Both mosques are in need of money. Which one is getting mine?

This Sheikh Reads my Mind

I stumbled on this article, and got a strange feeling that this Sheikh knows me and has been reading my mind. His repeated usage of the term 'quest' doesn't help either!

It's one of the best marriage articles I've ever read. Check it out.