Luvly Weather

Weathers been great just too good, I love winter and this year there is plenty of it. Although am not able to enjoy as much I wanted too, infact spending more time indoors. I guess GIKI was the best place to enjoy winters. Those long walks to khoka(pathan’s food place) and then back to hostel or cycle rides to the tuck shop just too special. Anyways although rain means trouble in Karachi but no matter what I shall keep loving this weather.

Boring Sunday

Today was the last day of 4 days break :( and it was kinda weird. Wasnt feeling well and didnt do anything productive so another day wasted :(. Late at night went to deja vu for an Irish Coffee, for some odd reason I dont think I have taste for a coffee because all the flavors seem same to me :S. anyways it was good so do have it.

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak to Everyone :) and yea dont stuff your tummies much ;)

Shocked

I know this shop keeper since 7 years maybe and we get along pretty well. But yesterday he said something which was quite unexpected and showed how little he know of me. I had couple of soiled 5 Rs notes with me and I just presented those to him and asked him will they work? He burst out saying that the reason I present him with such notes is that I hope that he will accept them because we are in good terms with each other, in other words he meant I take advantage of him and discard my soiled cash to him, potentially causing him loss if those notes don’t get accepted anywhere. I stood there in shock, I wanted to tell him but could not. I wanted to explain it to him that I only wanted an opinion and never wanted him to take any risk. He could have easily say No and not humiliate(maybe he didn’t realize that) me in front of other customers.

But the thing which hurts me most is when someone completely miss understands me and blames me falsely. I never ever try to hurt anyone and taking advantage of someone would be the last thing I do, but he thought otherwise. I hope he changes his opinion.

Four Years

Flying to Houston just weeks after her marriage, my sister has returned after four years. This is her first visit since then, and sure it carries lots of emotions for her. Best part she is not alone, two very cute kids Anaum and Adil (mashAllah) accompany her. I had once posted their picture clicky. Me and Anaum are already best buds and its real fun talking to her :D. I am definitely looking forward for more of it.

Dancing Under The Red Blooded Sky

Couple of thousands danced, sang and cheered like that there will be no tomorrow and yet there were many who suffered by the hands of Tsunami wished for that they didn’t have that day. Under the same sky which witnessed the destruction we all danced, the same sky which was washed with blood of millions we had forgotten our existence. I cant even ask for forgiveness, I cant even apologize, I was there with complete presence of mind.

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It was a stupid , f----d up and a irritating day and it’s a cruel night.

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Ongoing tensions at Sui has caused major breakup in Sui gas supply and as a result there will now be “Gas Load shedding” in Karachi. Wasn’t electricity and water shortage enough? I just wonder why this city gets hard hit, is it us? or is it our local government or is it our capital government? Whatever the reason is this city deserves a lot more, a lot more effort and sincerity. There is hardly any infrastructure out there, alright there has been major upgrade of roads and new bypasses have been constructed, but the rest of the structure is ultra pathetic and best of all Karachi itself gets blamed for it. Why O’ why?

To Kofi Annan

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on visiting the Indonesian island of Sumatra

"You wonder where are the people? What has happened to them?"

Annan said as he toured Aceh province, one of the areas hardest hit by the December 26 disaster.

"I have never seen such utter destruction mile after mile."

I have few words to say to you Secretary General, I know this has been a devastating event which has shook the world, taken many millions of lives and completely changed the lives of those which were left surviving.

But did you ever gave a second thought about the destruction caused by humans, did you ever try to visit those places or even thought about setting up relief camps or reestablishing those devastation struck cities of Iraq. Iraq is under an illegal occupation and the hell unleashed on its citizens by the occupying forces is not much lesser if not equal to the one caused tsunami. Cities like Baghdad, Mosul, Najaf, Fallujah have been made into ruins. Not a single day goes by when there isn’t a bomb blast or some military raid on civilians or some miss-guided missile ending up killing tens of innocent members of a single family(followed by an apology as if lives can be traded for a small word as such as “sorry”). Seriously its about time world pays its attention to Iraq and do something more concrete about the situation there. Simply calling for elections wont solve a thing and will not bring any change to the lives of sufferers

Neither I have been updating regularly Nor I have been visiting blogs of any of my friends. Either it is my laziness or my usual habit of “losing interest”. God knows better.

New Year and Tsunami

Happy new year to everyone. May this year bring more success and happiness into your lives and bring more peace and less sufferings to this world. Ameen

Last week was a terrifying experience, the destruction caused by Tsunami was devastating. Many generations wiped out. Children became orphans, parents lost their children, mothers lost their babies, wives their husbands, husbands their wives. It was complete chaos. They say it will take a decade to rebuilt all of those cities and towns, billions of dollars will be required. But I wonder the damage done to the humanity and human lives will that ever be undone? Will those children who are left with no one will ever have any joy of living? Their lives have been almost taken from other, you might call them living dead. But I can’t question the reason behind all of this, my faith doesn’t allow this and I will not cross the line, though my mind wanders at times but I need to hold myself strong.

I wonder how many more lives will it take? How many such disasters are required? How many more destructions will follow? before us humans choose the right path which was given to them, before we stop betraying the one who created us, before we keep polluting earth with our sins. They say those are the sins of us which keep getting accumulated and keep corrupting our world and once it crosses the limit it takes it out. It’s our deeds which bring out such disasters. I just hope and pray that times get better but I am not hopeful and I am scared.

In the end I would make an appeal to everyone of you to contribute as much financially as you can to help the ones who have lost it all. There have been couple of fund collection schemes set up and you can submit your donations to any one of them.

One goes by the name of
“President Tsunami relief fund”, all the local banks are collecting funds for this one.

There is another one set up by Mir-Khalil-ur-Rehman Foundation you can submit cheque or cash in the name of “MKRF Tsunami Relief Fund” Account # 010-2462-3 to any branch of UBL. its helpline is 0800-22133

Then Edhi Foundation as usual is involved too you can submit your donations there.

Whatever is convenient to you but please do donate, for humanity for youself.