... over 2 years since I've written an entry here. I mean, can you believe that??? It feels so crazy.

A lot has happened in those years.

I graduated from senior high in December 2007 and got a job in a Swedish speaking kindergarten as an assistant to disabled children. I worked there for 1.5 years, until the end of June 2009.

I got in to Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (or Polytechnic Univ., as it's also known as) this fall. I'm studying in the Finnish program of Business Administration, hoping to specialize in finance. It's been so crazy and busy at school, and I've been there only for a little over a month. So many new people, new things to learn, projects after projects... I'm pretty confident that I'll do just fine with my studies, once I get used to the new system and pace of life, though.

Oh yeah, the most important and the biggest thing in my life is that I'm a Muslim now. Converted quite recently, in August this year, and it's the best that has ever happened to me. Islam feels so right in my heart. It's a calling, and I'm sure that it was foretold that I found Islam and Allah.

Now that I look back in my life, there has been signs of this path. In the 7th grade, I once said to my friends that I want to be a Muslim. I've always had a huge fascination towards hijabs and I'm pretty sure at that time, it was mainly because I wanted to wear one.

Also, in senior high, I participated in a photographing course. In one assignment, I took a picture of myself wearing a scarf over my head and holding a globe, creating an atmosphere of desperation and yet of hope and peace of mind and soul. I hadn't thought of those pictures for a long time, until I recently found them. It made me feel so peculiar, and I started to understand these little signs better. I realized that this is what I am and what I need to pursue. So, I converted, said the shahada in my heart. I still want to go to the mosque and say it in front of the imaam - I'm trying to get that organized by next weekend or so. And, as you can see from my pictures here, I'm wearing the hijab full-time (work not included. Nowadays I work at the airport and as we have very strict uniform-code, the hijab would probably create suspicion and even fear among the passengers. Unfortunately.).

Also, I have a husband now, alhamdulillah (thank God). Well, according to Islamic laws and traditions, we are married, but we haven't made it official by the Finnish laws yet. Maybe in the future, we are not in a hurry at all. I still have my studies and everything.

He is Kurdish, from the South-East area of Turkey. He is amazing... I love him so much, and I feel so blessed I have met him. I strongly believe Allah sent him to me, as he is a very devoted Muslim. I believe we were meant to be, we have such a unique bond that it cannot be just coincidence that we met. We've been together for almost 1.5 years now.

It's amazing, how my life has evolved during these years. When I look back, I could've never imagined my life this way. I was so unfinished back then, believing I would never get to this point of being an adult, a muslim, a wife, a business student... Well, me. I am so glad of everything I've experienced and gone through. Without it all, I wouldn't be here today.