Music, Music, Music, and Music (yes I know music is capitalized)

I love music. If you didn't know that about me, well now you do. I can not live without it. My favorite song as of right now is Needed Me by Rihanna. It's just really catchy. I also really love the song Sneakin by Drake. Warning, if you do not like swearing then I strongly request that you don't listen to Drake or that song. Or any other song that I might list that are by Nicki Minaj or Drake or any hip hop/rap artist. 

My go to playlist is as follows;
1. Only by Nicki Minaj (ft. Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown)
2. Sneakin' by Drake 
3. Trust Nobody by Cashmere Cat (ft. Selena Gomez & Tory Lanez)
4. Feeling Myself by Nicki Minaj featuring Queen Bey
5. Rolling in the Deep by Adele 
6. Black Barbies by Nicki Minaj 
7. Needed Me by Rihanna 
8. Bad & Boujee by Migos (ft. Lil Uzi Vert)
9. Starboy by The Weeknd
10. Bom Bidi Bom by Nick Jonas (ft. Nicki Minaj) 
11. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn & Taylor Swift
12. One Dance by Drake 

But there are some songs that I absolutely hate or some songs that have been played way too much on the radio and that I've gotten annoyed of. Here are a list of those 7 songs;
1. Love Yourself (I still love this song but like I can only listen to half of it before getting annoyed. It's been played way too much)
2. Sorry (It's a good song but played way too much)
3. What Do You Mean? (Again, played way too much) 
4. Same Old Love (Once more, this song is played way too much)
5. Bad Blood (Never liked the song)
6. We Are Never Getting Back Together (I actually kinda don't like Taylor Swift in general)
7. Stitches by Shawn Mendes (Played wayyy too much)



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Dear President Trump

Dear President Trump,

My name is Hareem Riaz and I am a proud American Muslim. I want to find a reason to support you but I truly can't. I hope you realize what you are doing to this country. At the same time, I love that you've become president because it's shown everyone how united everyone really is. 

Please President Trump, for the sake of the country that you and /i both live in, listen to the people around you. 

Thank you and I hope you have a nice 4 years. 

Best Gift Ever Received

Once upon a time, back when I was in 3 grade, I had asked my dear father for something I thought I would never get. A laptop. My father looked like he was trying his hardest to not burst out laughing. A 9 year old asking for a laptop? Pffft, forget it. 

Little did I know that he actually had agreed on getting one. My birthday (June 24) came after forever and so did my birthday party. 

It was time to open the presents. I opened all the presents I had gotten and thanked everyone. Then out came my dad with another box. It looked heavy but really wasn't. And when I opened, trust me, I was crying. There was the laptop that I had always wanted. My dad had actually gotten it. Reason #1001 why to love my dad: he never wants to see his kids sad. The only thing I remember is how hard I was crying to finally see a laptop that was actually mine. :) 

My Name

Hareem. That's my name. Not many people have the name Hareem so that's one thing I like about my name. The other is the meaning. My name means "the walls of Kabba" The Kabba is the one specific place where Muslims go to pray. Yes, I am a proud Muslim. I am also proud of the fact that my name means something this respectful. Whoops I forgot to tell you all one important detail. of you touch the walls of the Sacred House, it's considered a great privilege. :) 

Let's talk about the future shall we?  When I grow up and manage to have kids, I wanna name one Zayn. Whoops I forgot to tell you all another important fact/detail. You know Zayn? The amazingly talented pop artist? Yeah, he's Pakistani from his dad's side. And guess who else is Pakistani? Yup, it's me. Zayn is a Pakistani name that means 'beauty; grace' I love Zayn the pop artist and one of my cousins' name is Zain (spelled with an i) and I LOOOVE the meaning so ;))

I wanna name my daughter Ava or Ariana. I've just always loved those names. I don't know why. But anywhoo. Hope you all know a little bit more about me. 

Woah, That's What You Wanna Be?

If I were "forced" to get a job and the school would range from preschool-8 grade, I would want to be an English/Literature teacher. For starters, that's the one class I get straight A's in. And plus, all my English/literature teachers have been amazing teachers and have truly taught me a lot. I absolutely love reading. People say that I'm a "fast reader" pffft, nah I'm not. But that doesn't stop me from reading. I have my own little bookshelf with over 100 books and I've read every one more than twice. I go to the library almost every day just to check out books all because I've finished the ones I got the day before. I recently read this book called 'Legend' and I actually finished it in less than a day. That's how good it was. I also have a strange addiction with Harry Potter :)

I also love writing. I don't usually write but if I start, you can expect me to be writing page after page after page. When I was little, I always wanted to write a book and I actually did write one. It was about a princess who's parents were always fighting so she ran far far away and acted as if she weren't royalty at all. I wrote it on random sheets of loose leaf paper and my mom put it all in a folder and put it in the basement. But the basement flooded once and the folder was ruined. But anyways. :)

If I were an  English/Literature teacher, i would probably be the happiest I've ever been. :)

My Gratitude List

I was sitting in Mrs.Joyner's while my class was talking about Cailou conspiracy theories. I laughed and realized I had a lot to be thankful for. 

1. My family who's been there for me no matter how crazy I act at home. I'll be forever grateful for them. 

2. My best friends (Amrah, Janie, Skylar) because they've accepted the fact that I'm a crazy person who's always tired.

3. The people in my school/class. Since we have a somewhat small school, we know a lot about each other and there's not much bullying that happens in this grade since we've all accepted each other for who we are. 

4. The teachers we have at GMS. They're always there to help us with whatever and are people who we know we can trust. 

5. My extended family. They're really helpful and are people that have helped my family through a lot of tough times.

6. The food my mom makes. She's a really good cook and has taught me to make a lot of good food. :)

7. The community in which we live in. Everyday, I read about bad things happening in America and I'm so glad that the community we live in isn't like that

8. The technology we're provided. Without technology, I don't know what I'd be doing at home and school would be 10x more boring

9. Books. Without books, I probably wouldn't even have the 1% of imagination I have right now.

10. While we're on the topic of books, I'm also really grateful for the Harry Potter series. That will forever be my favorite series. 

Food Glorious Food

Hot Cheetos. I'm in love with them. When I was young, my Mexican friend gave me something to try. It was really red. I put it in my mouth and internally died. It was really hot. But then, I slowly started liking them and now, I have an unhealthy obsession with hot Cheetos. Whenever I'm sick, my mom buys them for me. My mom hates them. My siblings hate them. My dad hates them. i love them.



I also really enjoy strawberry ice cream. I used to hate it but since the starting of 8 grade, I love it. I love strawberries and the fact that I can get two of my favorite things (ice cream and strawberries) in one is beyond amazing. People say strawberries are "bad" and that "they've had enough of strawberries" but like, you can never get enough of strawberries and ice cream.