Time in Karachi

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

LIFE

p.s. (yes I know it’s supposed to be in the end… my blog – my rules) All you need to get in the frequency to write is when someone tells you they read your blog… (Those who you don’t expect to)

Today was Eid-ul-Fitar… One of the most boring days of the year… yea yea I know I know… it’s a religious festival, holiday, great importance & bla bla…

Personally I don’t have anything against this festival… it’s just the routine drill that I don’t really appreciate… I’m sure everyone has a set pattern as how they celebrate their Eid day… Same here, I mean how cool is that? You get bored of your routine daily life and then comes a festival, a day which is supposed to be different but DANG! There you go spending that day as per its defined routine… Between you & me, I don’t think it’s cool at all…

Anyways… so my day started off with the routine “Eid Drill” that is performed on every Eid day, every year and will continue that way for many years to come… So finally when the day was getting over and we finally planned to return home, Aisha from back seat thought (loud enough for us to hear) that it’s a sin to have dinner at home on Eid Day. (Again nothing unexpected)

So we went to this famous restaurant in the vicinity of Clifton… Boy! Was that place crowded? I mean people were getting nuts over food… too crowded… When we got a table & finally started eating, I realized I was not liking the ambiance at all, (tough it was one of my most favorite places) so I didn’t enjoy the meal and wanted to get out of there ASAP…

So after getting home I started thinking about the reason why I acted that strangely… and now I finally know… What I didn’t enjoy was a hundred people gathering to contribute their share in noise pollution.... I don’t like the “Yo” places anymore… I don’t want to dine at a famous joint; I only want to be somewhere quite… I’m changing… Now I only like to be around a certain type of people… I would’ve loved the meal if it were just my family or a certain group of friends…



Now this thought made me think of something else too which I’ve been discussing with a few people for last few days… I don’t know if I should write a separate blog about that or shall I include it here, anyways… here’s an exercise… Go through the phonebook of your cell phone, list of contacts on your IM or FB etc… and start going through the names…

Some of the names are your close contacts, you stay in touch with them and you know what’s going on in their lives… Then some names will be of some people whom you know but not very closely… You just know them through one way or the other; you know the information which is only required to know about them… Now comes the most interesting bit… the remaining set of names will be of the people who were a part of your life at one point, but then something happened and now you don’t talk, or may be nothing happened but still you don’t talk to them, you see them online on your IM all the time but you never bother to message them, if I talk about myself, I’ve a total of 1000 friends, how many of them I regularly talk to? 25 at max… May be this is also circle of life, people come, play their part & then take off… May be this is also one big routine game… May be… Who knows?

So, look at those names & think, think when was the last time you spoke to them, why did you never call them back? What do you know about their current life? Those names on screen are not just names… They also are human beings, just like us… They have a life like ours too… Don’t you want to know what’s going on in that life now? Would you like the idea of catching up? I would love to…

If you feel the way I do… then promise yourself that you’ll casually say Hi to them every once in a while… Sometimes, acknowledging that someone exists is all that is needed to make a difference… Now you know why p.s. was in the beginning?

Puri Sahib… Just Puri Sahib for today…

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Blog with a Reason


Okay… Normally I only write when my mind is in a specific frequency… But today I’m no where near to being in that frequency however I still am writing just because I want to…

Now if I’m writing without a reason then there has to be some really good reason for you to bare this (-: so I have reasons… like more than 1?

1. Alta & Annie two of my most favorite bloggers made new entries today so why should I stay back? Right?
2. I’m in exceptionally good mood today. Why? I’ve reasons for everything (-;
a. No work till Thursday due to Eid Holidays
b. I went out with Ricky & Annie today and it was great fun, had iftar / dinner followed by ice cream… (Ricky! If you’re reading this, I would’ve been happier if you weren’t there :-P)
3. Finally Annie & I decided what my book is going to be about… (Did I mention that I’m thinking of writing a book?)

So enough reasons eh? But now the problem is… I don’t know what to write about… lolz

Hmmm… so lets start with highlights of the day.

Work usual, Karsaz Naval Mart – over crowded as it was last day before eid so that was a pain, Kushi didn’t clean car properly (probably had a fight with wife before coming to work), Asif’s topis at the top of the world AND once again, evening with Annie & Ricky…

Hmmm…. What else? Oh yea…

Had this discussion with Annie & Ricky, they’re of the opinion that after being in a relationship for over 3-4 years, one looses the spice of it… as in things get too much of routine & thus one looses interest, what do you all think? I strongly disagree… If its love then its supposed to get stronger with time… It may change its face but it is there… like after being married for about 37 years (my ma & pa) and 5 kids, 3 kids-in-law & 5 grand kids… How would you feel if my mom comes out of kitchen singing “urain jub jub zulfain teri, kawarion dil machley jind meriye!” if she does any such thing then we all will be saying “budhi gori lal lagaam” right? So she can’t do that, that’ll be too off… what she does is, dad doesn’t need look for his medicines, his food is there on time, the things which he’s allergic to stay out of home, his clothes are there all ready & on time, mom remembers when he’s supposed to see the doctor etc etc etc… so that is love, right? So Annie & Ricky! Beat that!

As I write this I'm having the same discussion with Mannu on msn and she says, "u dont need the spark when something more stronger is there :)" I strongly believe in that... Thanks Mannu!

Ouch! Just now I tried… I think my sore throat is turning REAL BAD!!! (Annie you’re to be blamed because I only ate that stupid ice cream to give you company)

Okay Enough with his blog... Time to close


Puri Sahib in a different mood ;-)

Friday, September 11, 2009

Just like that!


I was not able to write in last few days... No major reason other than life happening :) things are going smooth, at a nice pace... No major complains :)

Ramadan is almost over, Friends, Family, Work... all is keeping me busy... Like I always say... My mind has to be in a certain frequency for me to write... For last couple of days my mind is simply refusing to go in that frequency :) (not a bad thing, infect a very good thing) :)

Even today my mind is not in that frequency... but I'm still writing just for the heck of it & just so I can send the message across that I'm still Alive...


Puri Sahib... Alive :)