            What I do: I am 24 year old medstudent currently studying in Czech Republic. I have a year till I finish medical school inshaAllah after which I will decide where to go to find work. Im a European (UK) citizen but Im planning to pursue my medical career in the US inshaAllah. I was( still am) hoping to find someone before I make the move to the US , so that I can organise my move based on where my spouse maybe. 

Who I am(spiritual/religious): So I wasnt very practicing and was only Muslim by cultural/family association until about a year and half ago. I was asked a lot of questions regarding why I called myself muslim even though there was nothing muslim about my 24 hour day, especially in a day and age where being Muslim is a social obstacle of sorts. Anyway, long story short , this caused me to look into Islam as more than just the religion I was born into and I decided this is a religion I defnitely wanted to embrace. I started learning about the deen through Bayyinah. The following changes came about: I pray the 5 daily, I make time in the day to study the Quran (through Bayyinah) , dress more modestly (looser clothes, full length trousers) and after I leave the Czech Republic want to wear the hijab ( Super excited about those cool turban hijabs! They look fab....some hijabis in my uni have been attacked in public by neo-nazi groups, so Im waiting to leave Czech Republic to do that).So naturally the deen has become significantly more important to me Alhamdulillah!

Who I am (the daily): I love my coffee , but I am not your average coffee lover. I know my beans, I know how I want them roasted , I can taste if the barrista hasnt tamped it down to the appropriate pressure...essentially, you know how people can be such obnoxious snobs with wine? yeah Im exactly that , only with coffee though. Illl leave the house 30 mins earlier than I need to , to go to the best coffee shop in the city to grab my morning brew before class. But I swear this is where OTT-ness ends. In class Im the girl who sits front row. My professors have had to tell me to make sure I take a break. My class mates never believe me whenever I tell them that Im worried failing an exam. Im also the person wholl delay an exam because I feel I havent gone through the material  well enough and will need to be seriously convinced into not delaying it. But Ive always done well on most exams thankfully and have never delayed things to the point where its cost me losing a year or a semester.Weirdly the same dynamic follows me into the gym: my trainer will tell me to take a break unlike her other clients. Yes Im a fitness enthusiast! Infact thats an area Im excited about pursuing after I finish medical school inshaAllah. 

Who I am (personal):However outside of uni and the gym I have very few close friends and these arent all people Ive just met in medical school.Only one of them Ive met while in uni in the Czech Republic and the other 2 are childhood best friends. In total theres only three people Im very close with and these are people I communicate with on the daily (in addition to family of course) through WhatsApp/skype/phone conversations (proper meaningful conversations- not just chit chat). I dont enjoy accumulating large amounts of friends who dont truly know me. I prefer small intimate gatherings with these people Im close to , although can enjoy large gatherings once in a while as long as the group consists of people Im familiar with. To treat myself  during my spare time(for instance after an exam) : Ill look for a good deal on booking.com and check myself into a spa resort for the weekend, lock myself in my lovely hotel room with a novel I want to read and only leave the room to use the spa facility or for dinner (again with my novel in hand). 

P.S: I wanted to add that even though I think I come off as an introvert (which I am -no doubt) theres also another side to me. Im aware and Ive been told that Im the type who will call  someone/something out even in situations where perhaps a more subtle approach would usually be preferred.
