Hands in Prayer

Hands in Prayer, originally uploaded by Elysium Exposed.

My sister's hands in prayer.
I am often envious of her mindset, because it seems, being less aware means more honest you can be. And when you pray.. you need that feeling in your heart, where you plead with all honesty.

I recently got a new toy. It's a russian Helios 40-2 85mm 1.5 prime lense off of ebay. It takes FANTASTIC portraits. This is a sample :)

EID Mubarak!

Fall 2005 #2, originally uploaded by Elysium Exposed.

Caption: A friend wants to get married under this tree after seeing the photo. It's the bright fall colours in canada. Enjoy the view folks, it won't last long. Soon it'll be all brown and gray, and then the snow shall fall.

Eid Mubarak :)

Yesterday night while breaking fast I told my dad, that 10-20 years from now, we'll no longer have different days for parts of the community inshallah, because the younger generation is getting sick of the difference of opinions based upon bias that divides our celebrations up.. just because we dont want to hurt some grandpa's feelings back home, or not celebrate with our uncles in another part of the world on the same day -- and we impose tradition over reasoning, rather than working together as one.

We're young, we're smart, and soon we'll be the ones making the decisions. And we hope to do it right, insha-allah :)