Good Mood!

I'm playing the following track on repeat for over 2 hours now...

"You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak,
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you.

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay..
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you.

I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you."

How often do you come across a situation when things that matter more to you are not going in the direction you want them to go but there are other less important things which are going in the direction which is beneficial for you and because of those less important things you’re able to over look the more important ones and feel happy about the ones which you’re getting?

I normally don’t feel this way… So yes I’m in an exceptionally good mood tonight… The week on the whole was good, oneness brunch tomorrow after a gap of few weeks, those small things, small gestures made by some random people to recognize your efforts are very motivational. So even if after those small things, something BIG and more important goes as you don’t want it to… You don’t get ticked off like you would normally… Okay now Mona (my elder sis in KSA) is bugging me on IM, so let me talk to her, I’ll be back in a bit…

Rumaisa (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=62363&id=504055961&op=12) is going to have her Tonsils removed on 6th Oct, so please pray for her health. Thanks!

So where was I? Yea so how would you feel if your big plans don’t go as you want them to go? Pissed? Exactly!!! But I’m not feeling ticked off… I’m no where near to that feeling… Infect I’m trying to understand the situation, after all everyone has problems and issues and preferences… So one has to give space… But hey! One thing for the records! “Plan ‘B’ Achey Hotey Hain” (Like Surf Excel slogan “Daag tou achey hotey hain”?)

So highlights of the week… I’ve finally started working on my book i.e. wrote a few lines, people have been extra generous, got 2 really cool gifts this week, got myself involved with 2 new projects and the Facebook page Mind Talk (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mind-Talk/146227751049) that I made also got 88 fans within first week… Apparently life is good (-:

Btw did I tell you that Aisha makes delicious “Bhindi”? I know its English is Lady Finger but “Bhindi” sounds more delicious, also I’m sure we all at least meet one person in life who gets annoyed when people call him / her “Bhindi”

Puri Sahib in Good Mood!

Toy Baby

I should be sleeping at this time but since I'm waiting for someone to safely reach home thats why I've nothing better than to write a blog... As you all should know by now that I happen to be a king of Bloopers but what I did today is THE cherry on top...



Today I went to Makro with Mom & Aisha for some Pre Ramadan grocery shopping... (there should be another blog written about the experience of shopping but something more interesting right now)

So when we were done with shopping & standing in the billing line I saw this Stuffed Toy Baby which was lying on top of grocery in a shopping cart in the next lane... Now this baby actually looked real so I got excited about the finishing of this Chinese product...

Me : Aisha check this stuffed baby.
Aisha : Nahi bhai! thats a real baby.
Me : Beta you're mistaken, its toy, look its still and lying on top of grocery... nobody puts their real baby on top of grocery.

Now while we're having this discussion while looking at the baby cart (and pointing towards the toy baby) the lady behind the cart asks us "Kia Hawa?" (what happened?) now due to her high pitch voice "the toy baby came to life & woke up..." (yes Aisha was correct)

The Lady : Kia Hawa?
Her expression was as if she's not really pleased with me & Aisha and if you happen to know me & Aisha then u must be aware that we are the most non violent people EVER!!! so to cover up the situation I made the most funnies face I could in that situation and
Me : he he... I'm sorry but I thought it was a toy ka baby!
The Lady : ha ha... No no... its a real baby

"And is taraan Puri Sahib bharey baazar aik aurat k haatoon pitney se bachey..."

But seriously? who keeps a real baby on top of grocery? and look at the baby! such an actor... playing toy so people get beaten up... not done )-:

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

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 (-:

Negativity

I was not able to write here for last couple of days only because its June and I was dealing with annual closing which means I was writing a lot of payment remainder letters and that's why I was not able to give much time to this blog. Like one of my most favorite blogs once said "And then life happened" (-: (http://maygandutp.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-then-life-happened.html)

For last couple of years I was living on the principle of "Do in Rome like the Romans do" and recently the urge to "connect with myself" was felt necessary... They say "when there's a will, there's a way" so when I decided to connect with myself, I found out oneness breakfast.


I personally feel that the session of yesterday was most fruitful and I learned something which I was trying to deal with for a long time. When things are going right everything seems to be pointing in the same direction... Recently I was having a discussion with someone on negativity and that person said that "negativity travels faster than the speed of light" so true...

Why do we as human beings take everything negatively? Someone opts for commerce then our first question is "why not science?" if that SAME person opts for pre-med science then we say "why not pre-engineering?" (-: why everything has to be negative?

Take my personal example of yesterday, I was asked by 3 different people the same question "So when do you plan to get married?" as if there's a following list in life & people cant wait for things to get checked out...

My list would go as follows

Birth... Check
Education... Check
Job... Check
Stability... Check
Marriage... ... ... Why is the check missing here?

People, I'm more than happy with the "cheques" that I get ;-)

Why do people doubt that if I'm not getting married then there must be "some secret behind it?" hehehe... I mean I'm just waiting for the right kind of a girl whom I can connect with because this is once in a lifetime decision and I dont need to rush, simple...

A conversation I had some years back with a friend of my dad. I strongly remember that it was 2001 and this gentleman moved back to Pakistan after spending a million years in Saudia Arabia with his family. One evening I came home after playing and he was sitting in our lawn with my dad thus I went to say Salaam (if I ever write top ten mistakes of my life, this is going to be in the list... Such Salaams have created a lot of trouble in my life)

Mr.X "So Omer! your abu was telling me that you seem to have a lot of information about cars, what do you think? shall I buy Corolla or Civic?"

Me "Definitely Civic"

Mr.X "And why is that?"

Me "Corolla is the same shape which was launched in 1992 and it was discontinued back in 1995 worldwide while Honda launched the latest shape of Civic this yr in Pakistan, the car has better drive, better options and more advanced than Corolla."

Mr.X "But don't you think Corolla has better resale?"

Me "In cities like Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad this is not the case since both the cars are equally in demand. The resale might be an issue in small areas. Even I've got the new civic so if you want I can give you a test drive."

Mr.X "But Corolla is more reliable, cheaper parts and then I love Toyota"

Me (smiling and realizing the situation) "Well then I guess you should go for corolla as that would probably suit you better."

Mr.X "I thought so"

hehehehe... this dialogue is a lifetime laughter for me...

Advice is the easiest thing to give, no loss & 100% profitability...

If it goes right they can say

"I told you so"

And if goes wrong, they can say

"So? why are you blaming it on me? dont you have any sense?"

Recently a friend of mine got this job at some place where she was dealing with direct sales. She left after 10 days, following is the conversation I had with her.

Me "So why did you leave such a good job?"

N "You know they dont pay if you're not able to sell"

Me s-: "Are you on commission only basis?"

N "No"

Me "Then? how come they wont pay you?"

N "They dont give salary if there's no performance"

Me "What bullshit!! how is that possible. Who told you this?"

N "My bla bla colleague did and you know what? she didnt get a sale in 4 months and they havent paid her for last 4 months"

Me "So did you confirm this with your management?"

N "No"

Me "You're such a fool! why didn't you ask that colleague of yours that if this is such a bad organization then why is she working without any pay for 4 months?"

On that, my friend realized what happened to her and I know such is not the case in that organization because I know her bosses.

I really dont know what people get out of such things...

Anyways... the reason for writing such a long blog was:-

1. This is what I brought home from Oneness Breakfast this week, Say NO to negativity and people who are trying to spread negativity. Just do what you feel is right and live your life happily (-:

2. I felt like writing... LOLZ



Puri Sahib... Minding his own business