Time in Karachi

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Dave - The 10 yr old boy


Name: Dave
Place: Uganda
Age: 10 yr old
Ambition: Doctor
Favorite Sports: Football
Favorite Hobby: Make others laugh
Cause of Death: Tortured to Death
Last words: To his mom who was also tortured... "Dont worry, UN is coming to help us"

I came to know about this while watching a video of Gordon Brown's Ted Talk at oneness breakfast... I don't have much to write here... The small profile says a lot... and makes us all think...


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Sunday, July 19, 2009

I Hate Rain


Everyone asks me “why?” when I tell them that I hate rain… I’m called different things (all negative) when I say that but still, I really don’t appreciate this weather… So I thought I should answer all the “why’s” (-: (another reason is, World Call is down and I cant be online)

Its said that there’s a child inside of every adult just wondering what the hell happened… So I suppose same is the case with me as well… The child inside me loves rain like everyone else, he gets excited, all giggles, he wants to dance in the water… But then there’s an adult too inside of me and he thinks, he can see… So when he sees the other side of picture the dislike of rain gets bigger than the like of rain.

When that adult sees, he sees the world outside of his home… he sees that there’s a totally different world in the same city, while he can enjoy some coffee sitting beside window looking outside at the water making the lawn look more beautiful, there are people in other parts of the city who at the same time are trying to survive through this rain… for them this rain is just another misery… home is where we all feel the safest, whatever the worries, dangers and hazards the world has to offer… we are safe from all those when in our home… For them rain is an “occasion” when they’re busy getting the water out of their homes.

When for me the problems of rain are like, world call is down today or water went in the fuel tank of generator so I’ve to sit in dark with no electricity… For them the problems of rain are like, taking a kid to hospital who got electric shock or finding a new roof for the house because the old was blown away by the wind before rain…

So when I look at “that” side of the rain, I don’t like rain and the fact that I cannot do anything depresses me )-:

Now someone might ask what did I do? I’d say I used to help people from 2002 till 2004… (-: we used to have a Nissan Patrol back then so me with a friend used to take that out in the rain to help people broken down cars... Sounds pretty “Mother Theresaish”? he he… well… let me give all the readers a tip, if I say something as simple as 2+2=4 then there must be something…

I would say, “accident” got me & my friend into helping others, one rainy day back in 2002, we both were coming from the Mai Kolachi Bypass when we saw this girl standing next to the road with her Baleno all in water… Wanting to be “hero” we both decided to become “superman”. After tying her car with the tow wire, my friend asked her if she knows how to handle when being towed, she said no… Having no clue about it myself (which I learned only last week that how a car is handled when being towed)… My friend decided to sit in her car while she sat with me… By the time we reached her house in Phase V... I had her phone number ;-) realizing this as an “Easy Sport” my friend urged me to get into this “profession”… and like I always say... negativity spreads faster than the speed of light… I was a part of this within no time… (yea I know it was pretty lame & looserish)

Since then we both used to board the Patrol whenever there use to rain trying to look for “Girls in pain”… But when we actually got into that we realized that either girls drive good cars which don’t breakdown OR they don’t get out in rain… thus we ended up providing a service with almost no “market” (sounds like any business, eh?)

Then once there was an uncle with a good looking daughter whom we decided to “help” as the saying goes, “50% of something is better than 100% of nothing”… so one thing lead to another and then we were like, “since we’re out in the rain with no girls needing our help, lets just help the guys too for the sake of it” oh just for the records, we both have been “100% straight” throughout our “careers” so the helping guys thing was some genuine help…

So we helped people in rain from 2002 till 2004 & enjoyed doing so… Then in 2004, my friend got a job and got a new girlfriend there so after that he liked spending time with her whenever it use to rain… so that gives me 1 more reason to hate rain because I don’t get to continue my “sport” anymore…



Puri Sahib… the Hate for Rain continues

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Khali Demagh Shaitan Ka Ghar!

I know the name of this blog is in URDU but "Ye mera blog hai aur meri merzi mai jo keroon"

Today at Oneness Breakfast I found something about myself...


There we did an exercise where we all were asked to write 20 things which makes us happy... and the worst part is, Taronish sitting next to me was not in the mood of "helping" hehe...

Now what amazed me was... it was very easy for everyone to write 20 things that make them happy... and on the other hand... I was all err... after 5... trust me, till the end, I was not able to complete the 20 things, 18 was max I could come up with...

So in the end everyone was asked to read 3 things off their list... People had stuff like sleep, chocolate, food, music etc etc... and then I was like DANG!!! I like all that too but I never noticed that that stuff makes me happy... May be I dont think too much... I just live in the moment... Dont know if its good or bad... BUT my list had stuff like Teasing others, Practical Jokes, Pranks (when played on others) etc etc etc... and thats when everyone wanted to hear whole of my list... Obviously I was not gonna share everything there (gota leave some stones unturned) so I told them that remaining stuff is more of Mother Theresaish...

So thats when the title of this blog comes in... you either start noticing small stuff or you better warn those around you... Now since I dont notice these small things thats why it always has to be something BIG to make me happy... stuff like an unexpected phone call from an old friend, When u walk into home after a long hectic day your mom bringing you a glass of cold water... that can also make you happy... In the world that we live in today... We've to find happiness in small things or we'll be sad forever...

Puri Sahib, Trying to be happy (-:

Monday, July 6, 2009

From Romeo to Responsible


Life of Romeo was a dream life… definition of life was:-

L – Late nights out
I – Insanity
F – Friends
E – Entertainment

No responsibility in life… Wake up after sane people are back home from work, have breakfast, take shower, get dressed, leave home. Friends, Parties and Movies… etc etc etc… Back to bed after waking up the rooster. Next day repeat the same routine of yesterday… Favorite hobby was making friends & buying new cars…

But then life changed… Ah! The dream came to an end… Over the years there came a change…



Today everyone calls him Responsible… definition of life is:-

L – Loan
I – Insurance
F – Finance
E – Economy

Now every morning when he wakes up, the rooster is still asleep… When he opens his cupboard to select the attire for the day, he looks at all the Jeans, Cargo Pants & T-Shirts with a look which a kid gives to candies he’s not allowed to eat yet he’s standing in a Candy shop… He only gets to wear those on Sundays… Favorite hobby is making money & buying new stocks…

BUT

he’s Still Happy


Happy Romeo

Oh I mean…

Happy Puri Sahib (-: