My Journey

 Assalamualaikum, readers old and new! As you know from my last post, if you read it, I haven't finished my life recap! Now this section of my life deserved a post of its own (well, two post, hopefully). I ended the last post with the day I finally flew across the globe to the city many of our little old ladies would mention when talking about sending their children overseas - that's right, it's no other than London! (This information may be inaccurate.) It was a comfortable flight, alhamdulillah, but I would probably say differently if my parents didn't have enough points to upgrade my seat. It was my first flight alone though, and arriving at Heathrow was a little nerve-wracking; I kept checking my passport and travel documents, in case they slipped out of my firmly zipped and secure bag. Who knows what might've happened, right? I had arranged accommodation beforehand with KY super-seniors (a few batches above me whom I never met before coming to London), and alha...

Assalamualaikum, readers old and new! I am once again attempting to clear the cobwebs on this 'web'page, as it has metaphorically grown into, and penning (typing, more like) my first blog post in two years! And guess what? It's the 10th year anniversary of My Journey! Picture little Khadijah at 9 years old, excitedly typing with only her index fingers, painfully slowly too, about her very first travel - the post that kickstarted this whole series of journeys I have embarked on, both in body and spirit. Now picture her 10 years later; let me help you with that. Here I am, 19 years old, sailing through quite the challenging journey of dark storms and great tides - here I am thousand of miles away from home, in London. You heard (um, read) that right. Somehow, sometime in late September, I stepped on that plane in synchrony with a leap into a fresh chapter of my life: university. Alhamdulillah, right now I am relaxing after finishing my first year (yep, I finished my FIRST YEA...