YOU KNOW

You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave me There's no words to describe it In French or in English Well, diamonds they fade And flowers they bloom And I'm telling you These feelings won't go away They've been knockin' me sideways They've been knockin' me out lately Whenever you come around me These feelings won't go away They've been knockin' me sideways I keep thinking in a moment that Time will take them away But these feelings won't go away.

LIKE ANY THING

Like anything, you don't force kids to cook. It just becomes part of life - have them be around it, keep them informed - talk about it. I try to relay my passion for it in these ways. The second you try to force anything on your own kid, they rebel.

Like anything, you don't force kids to cook. It just becomes part of life - have them be around it, keep them informed - talk about it. I try to relay my passion for it in these ways. The second you try to force anything on your own kid, they rebel.

FEELINGS

I sometimes love to be in pain.
Do you know what the best thing about pain is? It tells me that I am not dead yet and so I can cherish the joyous time we've shared together. 

100 Useful Arabic Words

I'm so grateful to my Sudanese colleagues and friends who have so patiently helped me learn their language and given me encouragement even when I didn't make a lot of progress.  I'm especially grateful for their help because I started from scratch, without the help of books, etc., and they brought me from knowing nothing to where I am now (although I'm not sure where that is).

Because I originally learned from friends instead of from books, I got to learn words that were immediately practical for me.  Here are 100 words I find useful and may be useful for anyone when first arriving in Sudan. I am indebted to my dear Arabic teacher for graciously reviewing them. (These words are in the Sudanese accent.)                 

Numbers
1	Wahid
2	Itneen
3	Talata
4	Arba3a*
5	Khamsa
6	Sitta
7	Sab3a
8	Tamanya
9	Tis3a
10	3ashara
11	Hidasher
12	Itnasher
Greetings
Peace to you	Assalam alaikum
And to you, peace	Wa alaikum assalam
How are you?	Kaif? (literally: how)
I’m great	Tamaam
I’m fine	Kwayis/kwaysa
[I’m well] praise to God	Alhamdulillah
Fantastic/100%	Meya meya
Common Verbs
I am going	Mashi/masha
I want	Dayer/dayra
You said	Gulta/gulti
I thought	Fakarta
I ate	Akalta
We live	Sakneen
I have	3indi
Give (me)	Jeeb/Jeebi (first to males, second to females)
I work at	Shagala fi
Yes/No
Yes	Aiwa
No	La
Not (negation)	Ma
Pronouns
I	Ana
He	Hua
She	Hia
They	Hum
We	Nihna
You, you plural	Inta/inti, intu
Question Words
What?	Shinu?
Where?	Wain?
When?	Metain?
Who?	Minu?
How much?	Bi Kam?
How?	Kaif?
Prepositions
In	Fi
With	M3a, Be
From	Min
Without	Bedun
Inside	Juwa
Outside	Barrah
Beside	Janb
Before	Gabli
After	Ba3ad
Directions
Right	Yameen
Left	Shamal
Straight/directly	Tawali
Measures of Time
Minute	Dageega
Hour	Sa3a
Day	Youm
Month	Shahar
Year	Sana
Time	Zaman
Days of the Week
Sunday	Youm alahad
Monday	Youm alitneen
Tuesday	Youm attalata
Wednesday	Youm alarbi3a
Thursday	Youm alkhamees
Friday	Youm aljom3a
Saturday	Youm assabit
Nouns
Street	Shari3
House	Bayt
University	Jam3a
Church	Kaneesa
Pen	Galam
Water	Moya
Food	Akil
Tea and Related Words
Tea	Shai
Coffee	Jabanah, gahwa
Sugar	Suker
Milk	Laban
1 spoonful, 2 spoonfuls	Mal3aga, mal3agteen
Adjectives, Adverbs
A little	Shwaya
A lot	Kateer
Far	Ba3eed
Near	Gareeb
Full (I’m full)	Shab3aan/shab3aana
Hot (I'm hot)	Sakhin/sakhna
Here, there	Hina, hinak
Just	Bas
Now	Al’an, hassa
Other Words
Cellphone	Telephone, mobile
Cellphone credit	Raseed
Cellphone charger	Shahin
Taxi that is a mini minibus	Amjad
Money	Guroosh
Change (as in coins)	Fakka
And	wa
But	Lakin
Bread	Aysh
Juice	3seer
Congratulations	Mabruk

HISTORY OF KASHMIR

This article covers the history of kashmir  from earliest recorded times to the present day.                              

A Muslim shawl making family in                         Kashmir.         1867.Cashmere shawl manufactory, chromolith., William Simpson.

  

Etymology

   General view of Temple and  Enclosure of Marttand or the Sun, near Bhawan. Probable date of temple AD 490-555. Probable date of colonnade AD 693-729.Photograph of the Surya Temple atMartand in Jammu & Kashmir taken by John Burke in 1868.

According to folk etymology, the name "Kashmir" means "desiccated land" (from the Sanskrit: Ka = water and shimeera = desiccate). In the Rajatarangini, a history of Kashmir written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, it is stated that the valley of Kashmir was formerly a lake. According to Hindu mythology, the lake was drained by the great rishi or sage, Kashyapa, son of Marichi, son of Brahma, by cutting the gap in the hills at Baramulla (Varaha-mula). When Kashmir had been drained, Kashyapa asked Brahmans to settle there. Rishi Kashyapa, reclaimed the land of the Kashmir valley from a vast lake, known as "Satisar", named after goddess Sati, the consort of Lord Shiva.^[1] This is still the local tradition, and in the existing physical condition of the country, we may see some ground for the story which has taken this form. The name of Kashyapa is by history and tradition connected with the draining of the lake, and the chief town or collection of dwellings in the valley was called Kashyapa-pura or by other sources Kashyapa-mar, which has been identified with Kaspapyros ofHecataeus (apud Stephanus of Byzantium) and Kaspatyros of Herodotus (3.102, 4.44).^[2] Kashmir is also believed to be the country meant by Ptolemy's Kaspeiria.^[3] Cashmere is an archaic spelling of Kashmir, and in some countries it is still spelled this way.
According to the Mahabharata,^[4] the Kambojas ruled Kashmir during the epic period with a Republican system of government^[5] from the capital city of Karna-Rajapuram-gatva-Kambojah-nirjitastava.,^[6][7]shortened to Rajapura,^] which has been identified with modern Rajauri. Later, the Panchalas are stated to have established their sway. The name Peer Panjal, which is a part of modern Kashmir, is a witness to this fact. Panjal is simply a distorted form of the Sanskritic tribal term Panchala. The Muslims prefixed the word peer to it in memory of Siddha Faqir and the name thereafter is said to have changed into Peer Panjal.^[13]
According to legend, Jammu was founded by Raja Jamboolochan in the 14th century BC. During one of his hunting campaigns he reached the Tawi River where he saw a goat and a lion drinking water at the same place. The king was impressed and decided to set up a town after his name, Jamboo. With the passage of time, the name was corrupted and became "Jammu".