Neighborhood Nuisance

Neighborhood Nuisance

It was about 9:30pm on Saturday 17 December 2022, someone knocked our door hard – first I thought it was an Amazon delivery guy but didn’t see anyone or nothing was left on our doorstep. We checked the footage from our security camera and saw someone was running away...

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Family Vacation 2022

Family Vacation 2022

We (my parents, two brothers with their families and I with my family) went on a family vacation in upstate (Peck’s Lake) NY this year. My only sister and her family live a few thousand miles away from us, so she couldn’t join us this year. The vacation house was...

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My worst experience with doctors

My worst experience with doctors

It was December 2015, my second son was playing with colored cotton balls and I thought I saw him putting one small cotton ball in one of his nostrils (he was 1 year+ at that time). We saw something red in his nose but we weren’t 100% sure because the inside of a nose...

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Graduation Party

Graduation Party

On Saturday 02 July 2022, we celebrated important milestones of our children. We had four graduates this year in our family - one graduated from kindergarten, two from elementary schools, and the oldest one among them from middle school. Kids were free to spend as...

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Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak

Eid-ul-Ajha is a two-and-a-half-day celebration. Today is the first day and this morning, we went to pray at our local Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center. We attended the first jamat at 8:00am. The main Eid prayer took place in the front yard of the mosque, but we...

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Eid Jamat @ NEP Islamic Center

Eid Jamat @ NEP Islamic Center

Eid Mubarak! Eid Mubarak! Eid Mubarak! There will be two Jamats of Eid prayer at North East Philadelphia Islamic Center (Baitul Mukarram) on Saturday 09 July 2022 (tomorrow). First Jamat at 8:00am, and Second Jamat at 9:00am Everyone is invited... I made the following...

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National Pride vs. People’s Lives

More lives could have been saved but the Bangladeshi government reportedly refused to take assistance from some friendly countries in rescuing garment workers from collapsed “Rana Plaza” because of national pride. I am not sure where is the pride coming from. Other...

Just Business

Last Saturday, there was a community fair at Max Myers playground in northeast Philadelphia. In the fair, they were giving out free foods sponsored by local politicians since election is in the horizon. Also, some companies were giving hot dogs, red Bull, etc. in...

Demise

This morning while driving to work I was listening to morning news – 71 dead bodies of Syrian refuge were found from a refrigerated food delivery truck in Austria of which 59 were men, eight women and four children. Most likely they suffocated to death in the back of...

#whirlpoolsalescrap

Last year when we remodeled our kitchen we bought a microwave oven (over the range), dish washer and a regular oven (free standing gas range) manufactured by whirlpool. Within first week the handle of the microwave was deformed by heat. It had warranty for a year, so...

A Terrifying Night: When a Nosebleed Turned into a Nightmare

Parenting is a journey of love, joy, and challenges. One fateful night, after a trip from New Jersey, my baby boy started having a nosebleed. At first, it seemed minor, but soon after cleaning up and trying to keep his head back, things took a frightening turn. The...

Obnoxious Driver

Around noon on Saturday 13 July 2019 I was driving towards Queens, NYC on Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) and little before exit 23 (still in Brooklyn) I was trying to go to the right lane but a car came too fast and too close to mine in the right lane, so I went...

Sequestration Sickens Me

I thought working for our government is rewarding in itself. I am sorry to say that our legislatures love to belittle us every chance they get. We were deprived of any pay raise for the last two years when living and insurance costs went up. We already got 2% pay cut...