Unwinding

I Want to complain about the things that Piss me off

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to the guy driving ahead of me and going too slow pisses me off, I mean why do I always have to face those slow drivers?

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to the guy who spends 15 mins in the ATM booth when I'm standing outside waiting... I mean it hardly takes 2 mins to withdraw the cash... and why do I always get those idiots before me who take so much time in the ATM booth

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to the motor biker who cant wait in the traffic jam & in order to squeeze out of the very little space scratches the bumper of my new car. I mean the goof doesnt realize that it'll chip the paint off off the bumper?

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to this idiot friend of mine who made me watch Yuvraaj because I actually wanted to watch Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to my mobile network people cuz they charge me so much every month, they're so expensive and no value for money.

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to KFC people, their food is tasteless and too damn expensive, no value for money

Oh Allah please teach a lesson to my Govt. The oil prices are $35/barrel in international market and we're still getting it for Rs.58/litre... such a rip off

Now shall I be like what I have stated above OR shall I go as per following?

Oh Allah thank you so much for the car you've given to me, so what if a guy driving ahead of me and going too slow? I'm still thankful to you that you've given me reflexes better than others so I can go fast and slow down as per requirement.

Oh Allah thank you so much for the money you've given to me that is in my bank, so what if a guy spends 15 mins in the ATM booth when I'm standing outside waiting? I am still thankful because I have money in my account to take out & spend.

Oh Allah thank you so much for the new car, so what if a motor biker scratches the bumper of my new car? I still get to drive in a car when some people use public transportation.

Oh Allah thank you so much for providing me with entertainment and recreational facilities.

Oh Allah thank you so much for my mobile phone which lets me stay connected to friends & family all the time, so what if my network people charge me some extra every month, I am thankful as I'm still able to afford it.

Oh Allah thank you so much for keeping me in a position where I can choose what to eat & what not to eat, when some dont really have any option.

Oh Allah thank you so much for blessing me with a life where I can pay for my own things and not live on the Zakat & charity by Govt.

Kindergardener meets the Graduates - (Karachi Bloggers Meetup 2008)

Date - 6th Dec 2008

Venue - Royal Rodale

Key Speakers:

Dr.Awab Alvi
http://www.teeth.com.pk/blog
Sabeen Mahmud
http://www.t2f.biz/
Haris
http://www.sizzledcore.com/

Saad
Sorry lost his URL

Badar Khushnood
Google Pakistan

Experts:

Dr.Awab Alvi

Shazia Hasan
http://shaziahasan.blogspot.com/
Ramla Akhtar
http://tinyurl.com/ramlaakhtar
Khalid Omer
http://www.offroadpakistan.com/
Haris

Saad

Aamar
http://www.teabreak.pk/

Hosts:

Badar Khushnood

Rabia Garib
CIO Pakistan

Organizer:

Google Pakistan

Disclaimer:

The content of below is entirely writer's opinion.

Some comments are in humorous aspect and no disregard meant to anyone.

I haven't read anyone else's review so any similarity is entirely coincidental.

While surfing though facebook one night I came across the event of Karachi blogger's meetup. I had an idea of what blog is and have been writing for quite a while now. Normally I write to express whatever is going in my head and mainly to "calm down". I never felt a need to have my own blog but use to read my friends' blogs and for my own stuff always saved it on my facebook notes or msn space.When I went through the event page I came across a couple of my friends too in the confirmed guest list. (Tough none of them made it there) The idea kinda excited me so I too registered for that.Now I don’t really know what was in the whole thing but I was very much looking forward to it and was checking the event homepage a couple of times a day for any updates. After registering for the event I even registered myself on blogger.com and copied some of my old stuff there to show off (I was living in my own fool's paradise and didn't know what kinda people I was to run into. lol)

Finally the event day comes and I find myself at Royal Rodale 15 mins before time. First interaction after the registration was with Badar (very nice and polite gentleman) and I got a seat next to Umair Mohsin of Media Idee (if someone can influence Umair's boss then please ask him for next event to let Umair stay till the event ends). Neways, Umair too was a very friendly guy and within mins we were having good conversation.
Later Aamar (teabreak.pk), Shahjahan (myoffstreet.com) and Sabeen (t2f.biz) also joined the same table. Now is the time when I started feeling like a kindergartener among the graduates. The way they greeted each other gave me an impression that they all are old friends and meet each other frequently. Later I found out that they all have known each other online and now they're just connecting names with faces.I seriously learned a lot on that table... Aamar said people blog and they don't even know they're blogging... Like if you post under a thread or update your facebook status... That's blogging, even I didn't see that side of the picture before.Neways... Initially I felt alien among all the blog gurus and thought I've landed on mars or something... Seriously speaking, had someone asked me before this meet if I know about teeth.com.pk? I would have thought the guy's referring to some online "manjan" shop :-)

Rabia started the formal event and she turned out to be someone with a good sense of humor. First to go on stage were Dr.Awab & Sabeen, one of them being a dentist and other IT tech and businesswomen, but both considered "God" in the Pakistani bloggers world. That's when I found that this is THE Sabeen of T2F... I went like "hey! I'm back on earth as now since I also know 1 person who I've heard of before"

Followed was Badar's presentation on "how to make money" (there were other things in the presentation too but lets just stick to the most important thing. lol)

After Badar came the turn of Haris and Saad who came from Islamabad and Lahore respectively... These two are running their own IT & Gaming based blogs and mending money out of it at such young ages. Hats off to you guys...

In the end was a question and answer session with a panel of experts. What impressed me the most was Shazia who irrespective of being blind is an active reader and blogger... She truly lives on the saying "when there's a will there's a way" hats off to you too...

Rabia kept coming up with questions with giveaway goodie bags, I also got one and since it was on a question related to t2f and Sabeen was also present there, I was hoping if not a macbook or an iphone, there must be an ipod in the bag but guess that's not how they do it on mars :-)

The program formally started at 15:00 and ended around 18.30 followed by tea. It was a great opportunity provided by Google Pakistan for Kindergarteners like me to learn about blogging and for the Graduates to share their experiencesIn the end what I'd like to say is the whole thing encouraged me A LOT to read and write more often and I'll definitely be looking forward to similar events in future and hopefully get an apple product in the goodie bag the next time (guess I’m still living in my own fool's paradise)

Reality Check - Published in Sensation Magazine Oct2008 issue

On 20th September, I had to visit my elder sister since she’s moving to KSA with her family so I had to go and transport some of her belongings which she wanted to keep at our place. I dressed as per occasion (old jeans and a worn out shirt). Since I was unable to get any help because of it being a hot Ramadan Day, I decided to go by bus and get the Suzuki Pickup on the way back.

After reaching her place and getting the estimate of the things to be moved, I went to get the Suzuki from Al-Asif Square. The Suzuki driver started off with Rs.800/- for the trip (from Gulshan to Defence) and I being the known bargainer went in for the deal. After a lot of “negotiations” we ended up at Rs.700/- for the trip and I also managed to get an additional labor guy in the same price.

Since it was a long journey to my home so I started socializing with Bahudar Khan, my “chauffer” for the Suzuki Pickup and that’s when he started opening up and I started getting shocked. Bahudar Khan came from Bannu about 21 years back as a boy with his parents. He says he’s never seen school nor has any education on him except for some embroidery work that he learned.

Bahudar started working in a factory at Korangi on the salary of Rs.8,000/- per month. 3 years back, due to the economic situation of Pakistan the factory owner gave the factory to another contractor and left the business. The new contractor had his own staff so he fired all the labor working there at that time. Bahudar Khan tried to look for another embroidery job at different places but couldn’t find any so he started driving the Suzuki Pickup.

Bahudar doesn’t own the Suzuki but he drives it for a “Seath” on Rs.150/- per day. Right now his family consists of he himself, his wife, both his parents and his three children and he’s the sole earner of the whole family of 7 people. He said normal people fast during the daytime only but they sometimes fast at nights as well. That Rs.150/- a day is the only money coming in to feed the whole family.

Bahudar said that he’s still thankful to Allah because some people he knows don’t even get to eat 1 time when he’s at least able to feed himself and family once in a day. He further told me that he knew some “Javed Sahib” who owned an ice factory and he was a God fearing man. Javed used to financially help Bahudar a lot even the place where he lives was also bought by Javed. A couple of months back Javed also immigrated to UK and now Bahudar is again trying to manage with this world in with his limited resources.

After meeting Bahudar, I kept thinking over the last couple of days. He’s managing with a family of 7 on Rs.150/ day which means Rs.4,500/ month. I kept thinking that exactly how shallow are we? We want to drive in a better car, we want to own the best cell phone out in the market, we can spend Rs.2000/- on 1 dinner at café flo and we’re still not happy when there’re some people living in the same society who can’t meet with the basic necessities of life. There are people who call it a luxury if they get proper food for 1 day and for the rest of us luxury has a totally different meaning, who is to be blamed? Is our duty over after blaming everything on the Government? Or is that just an easy escape that we find. We as a Nation like to blame things on someone else and go ahead with life. There are so many Bahadur Khans all around us and so many like us. Can we only think for 1 day about what we have, what more we want and exactly what we need? If each one of us starts cutting down very little on our “luxuries” and start taking care of 1 Bahudar Khan each and providing him with his “luxury”. We might be able to make a change then.

Weather is Changing - 14th November 08

Disclaimer - This is not a note about the instructions of how to wear warm clothes else you're likely to fall sick... so if you're looking for some stuff like that then please refer to www.wikipedia.com

Today when I left home around 5.30 am to go to fishery, I felt the weather has changed (major fact is snow fall in Quetta) but surprisingly I didn't like this change, infect I felt its very cold (not the cold weather but cold as in cold hearted, alien may be)…. I've always loved winter for many reasons but today in the morning when I realized its here… I didn't feel the same like I used to, I was not even indifferent about it… I actually didn't want this change…

Anyways… after feeling cold I went back in the house to grab my jacket, when I opened my closet there were two jackets hanging, 1 was my old 1 and the other was the one I got on my birthday last year from Imran Bhai, I only got to wear it once since the weather in Karachi was almost turning warm and then I left it in the closet looking forward to wear it in this season because I really liked it… But for some unknown reason I took out the old one and wore that instead.

Life is also changing the same way, in 2005 when the "party animal" inside me died, I felt that now I've showered the pace of my life and hopefully that's how it's going to be but that's not the case… I feel that recently I've slowed down even more… I feel much older now, I feel more responsible now… Agreed… my responsibilities have considerably increased in the last 1 year and I am kinda enjoying all this… I am becoming anti-social now…

I don't think CL-9 or 5 Series suit me anymore since they are "Guy's Cars"… I think Grande or an S Class would suit me better now which were once thought of as "Unclish"… hehehe… friends already call me uncle so I don't think there's any harm in going that way… I prefer spending more time at home with family than on the road with friends… now when Mom comes up to me with some domestic issue and I say I'll take care of it... I really do unlike before when I used to "forget" leaving Mom or Dad to do it at the last hour…

Like the weather changes through the year… Human being also faces some similar "weather changes" through life…

May be the change I didn’t like is the change I'm feeling in me... I'll be 27 soon... means more than half of my life is already gone... I've got a lot of white hair now, so may be the change I didn’t like was not of the weather but unconsciously I didn’t like the fact that I'm actually getting old... hehehe

My last weekend was spent very maturely, away from computer, "happening places" and work, reading about John Titor while enjoying the rocking chair… I think I’ll be doing the same this weekend as well, but this time I plan to read about Nibiru and year 2012… But also a part of me wants to go bowling… I guess the change is not completely done yet… hehehe… I am a strong believer of whatever happens is for good…So hoping for something good to come my way in the future as well…

Met a Girl - 11th Nov 08

Met this girl last evening at a friend's house... oh what a girl she was... fair complexion, shoulder length black hair, black eyes, absolutely adorable and extremely cute... she smelled so nice... she was wearing black jeans with red top...

As soon as our eyes met, we smiled at each other... minutes later she came running towards me... hugged me and showered with her kisses... loads of kisses... and finally...

she said, "I love you"

I said, "I love you too"

she said, "One day I'll marry you... will you marry me???"

I said, "Of course I will sweetheart!!!"

BUT

There's this one little problem... (as usual) this girl happens to be only 6yr old... daughter of a dear friend... hehehe... but I was wondering... or hoping... or wishing... or praying... oh I dont know... u figure out urself what I was doing... "OH God!!! please knock the sense of a 6yr old into someone a lil older... ummm I dont know... 22 1/2 may be" hehehe

Guys! are we really what people say we are? - 22 June 2008

Well... this recently happened to a friend of mine which made me write this... Now i've also done the same in past but since I dont consider myself sane so I didnt take much notice of it... however now this friend also did the same so it made me get up & write...

Here it goes...

This friend of mine likes a girl & that girl was sort of inclined towards another guy, recently they had some argument and the girl got ticked off and came to my friend for advice... My friend likes this girl like hell but also knows that the other guy is more settled than him in life so instead of "cashing the opportunity" he tried to convince the girl that she should reconsider the guy with a calm mind... knowing this wont go in his favor but still gave the advice which he thought is better for the girl...

Are all guys like this or there's a certain percentage of insane guys doing such stuff???

If all guys are like this then why do we have an image that we (guys) are insensitive, mean & bla bla bla...

Now I would like to ask all the girls in my friends list that have you also received some similar advice? asking this cuz they say girls know when a guy likes them... they are not dumb like us guys that we dont know until its spoken...

I would also like to ask all the guys in my friends list that have you ever given any similar advice or what would you do if you face such a situation? cash it or give the sincere advice?

Like a friend of mine, "Punto" is doing work for Women Empowerment, i'm here trying to do some work for MEN EMPOWERMENT :p no one ever thought about us so I thought to step in... ;)

Confusuions & Justifications... 28th May 08

There are times in life when you know for sure that yes now finally things are going in the right direction, when you fell like dancing while walking, when u wanna sing for no reason. But at such times life gets so fast that its even hard for yourself to keep a track of everything.

Everything comes with a price afterall

At times you ignore most important things for least important things cuz deep inside you know that inorder to get the most important things you should first need to have the least important ones,

Like they say "first deserve then desire"

But the problem is (like I write without a problem...hehehe)

Is it justified to do so?

For eg. these days I hardly get to spend time with my family cuz of work... now my family is THE most important thing in my life BUT why am I working? cuz its about time I should step up & take all the responsiblities... afterall its time Ami & Abu should sit back & relax without any worries... but ignoring or not giving enough time to Ami Abu for work... is it justified???

Some people complain some dont, we worry more about those who complain cuz we dont even wanna get into "that" so is it justified that we take someone for granted just cuz they dont say anything? or is it that they understand where we're coming from and thats why they dont complain...

Its again all so confusing

*Confused Puri Sahib*

Karachi - 9th April 2008 :'(

Thanks to Alta for his help...

Today when I woke up aroun 16.30 I had my whole thing planned, I was planning to leave for work around 17.00... 03.00 getting free from work and on the way back having "chicken malai paneer handi" with friends from tandoori hut.

I was about to go in the shower when my mom called me in her room & told me about the law & order situation in the city & asked me not to go to work. I switched TV on & saw people & police shooting at each other openly, buses & cars on fire, some injured taken to hospital & fire dept. trying to control a burning building. It looked like a scene from some hollywood action movie.

I was not here last year but am told that similar was the situation on May 12th last year. The day started like anyother day and out of no where a group of not more than 100 people came, did whatever they felt like doing & a city of more than 10 million people got scared. (ashamed to include myself in the list)

Now the same old thing will start when everyone will be asking me to leave this place cuz "ye jaga aab rehney ke kabil nahi" and move to some safe place... My question is "WHY SHOULD I LEAVE MY CITY?" I've lived here for years, this is my city, I know everyone here & everyone knows me... why should I leave just because of such people? I have lived all my life in Karachi and I love my city, the city of lights, not so cold winters, the fast paced life which for most people doesn’t start till noon (at least for me) a city which is the life line of the country the city which pours blood into the country in more ways then one.

When are we going to realize that 100 is very very less than 10 million if 10 million are together? when is all this going to end? we are not in the state of war so why should v see all this? if everyone starts moving & leave this place to the mercy of such people then the day is not very far when in reality this place wont be worth living... Where is the majority we keep hearing about? Where are those who think like me? Hiding in their houses like I have? Or is their no such majority? Maybe I am and people like me are truly the minority and we just lie to ourselves living in a dream land hoping that one day all of us will rise and take our city back. Make Karachi what it was once before, truly the city of lights. That we will too on a Friday march on the streets on shar e Faisal with banners and re claim our city.

But it’s all a dream and we are fools. It’s never going to happen. We are not the majority even if we are we don’t have the balls to stand up together nor are we organized. We karachites are lazy and we just like to complain, we never stand up and take responsibility we never have and we never will. We will be the pawns in this big chess game of politics and power which has taken away the soul of Karachi, the only city in the whole country which has life, has flavor a true metro.

Today once again my Karachi was burning, karachites injured and many dead. I was very young when Karachi burned in the 80’s and I don’t remember much of what happened during the 90’s maybe its because I try and ignore the bad memories, I try to hide them away because I want to dream and feel that my there is nothing wrong with my city. Or more importantly I have never lost a loved one when something like this happens.

Was everything back to how it was in the mid 90’s. With the rangers out on the streets, with orders of shoot to kill. The citizens trapped inside their homes, businesses shut down with a public holiday announced.

Why the rangers or the police didn’t do anything to stop the violence? I think most karachites and Pakistani’s know the answer to that question. We are a country with a majority that supports peace, we have a majority which supports and are moderates. That’s what we and the world are told and I believe that we are, though my faith is being lost when I read the paper every morning (yes I know its afternoon). Every time they kill my city, poisoning it slowly and giving its citizens slow death.

I don’t know, maybe I am just a fool which I am, or maybe I am scared to try something new I am not sure. I do know, but the thought of moving away did cross my mind when I sat in my room watching my city burn again, it hurt and it made me sick.

But I know one thing, I like to dream (of dirty laundry too now) and I love this country and this city. And if I go away things won’t get better, so I shall stay here and do what I do best like millions of other karachites, I shall keep in the background, keep a low profile and on days like today stay in doors watch my Karachi burn and cry.

But when the day comes, and it will trust me. When the silent majority of this country and this great city rise and come out on the streets. when we have had enough and every single one of us has lost someone we love to violence (because this is what it might take) I shall not stay in, but ill be dressed in my Sunday best (shorts and T shirt ok?) and ill be on shar e faisal and then you will see the power of the people of this great city. A city filled with great history, just go to old Karachi and you will know what I am talking about.

Till then I am going to be here waiting for that day, till then I shall keep a low profile and go about my business, I shall enjoy the electricity breakdowns, the summer heat, take it all in like a Karachite is supposed to, call me a fool or a call me a dreamer, I am Omer and I am staying.

Adil (May his soul rest in peace.Ameen) - March 29th 2007

Yesterday when I sat down... everything appeared like a film in my mind...

Never Had a chance of meeting Adil in person which I'll regret for a long time...

There used to be members tech_wiz & faheem12 both owning 2.0D Saloon rollas... They used to treat every other car like shit & when DMMC Launched the range of Mistu Cars these two compared Galant Diesel with Corolla Diesel... I replied to that in favor of Galant & telling those two that both the cars are from different categories & all... there was one more guy from Lahore who posted his Galant 92 pics on the forum & asked those two to compare their brand new cars with his 11-12 year old Galant (since those two were also from lahore)

Somewhere in 2004, one night when I was driving back home I received a call from this guy from Lahore who saw my Galant 99 for sale on PW... he said he's recently sold his 92 Galant & since I got one wanted to know if I have any 95-96 Galant or BMW 316i 1990 for sale... I said I dont have Galant but I can arrange a BMW for you, why dont you consider buying a Merc. on that he replied straight forward that he might not be able to afford that (we were talking for the first time & if I were at his place I would never had the guts to tell the truth that I cant afford it, I would have said I dont like that car) I said that in your budget you can afford a W201 Merc. I also quoted him a Mazda 323 Sports Edition that I had back then which was Lahore Regd. but he refused that saying that car would be a headche itself (Later he found out that that car was previously owned by his friend in Lahore & then he regretted not buying it but I had sold it by then & I always bugged him for not buying a car he wanted to get from his friend). We spoke for almost 10 mins & then the call ending with my promise of emailing him 2 Mercs & 1 BMW's details & pics. I got busy with other stuff & when I sent the promised stuff about 2-3 days later, he replied me telling he's already bought a W201 190E as per my advice, he further apologized for not buying from me & said he's happy with the advice I gave.

That was the first interaction with an Active Pakwheels member & Adil.

After that we kept in touch off & on. the next thing I remember is in Mid 2005 when Jag & Hanif Bhai launched the photo frammed pics of cars from Wheels Gallery... Adil was the first one to place an order & I spoke to him to finalize about the size & all (since I was related to that project of PW)

Then when he bought Crown I remember his posting & asking all the members to guess the price except for usman666 & celica since he had told them before buying... I wrote an approx price (which was near his purchase price) & he asked me which one of them told me :)

In the end of 2005 / Begining of 2006 Adil posted his bike for sale... since I was under "Dhoom" effects I inquired him about his bike & that's when I added him on msn... we discussed different bikes & their prices, his bike some how didnt appeal to me so after eating his brain for more than an hour I apologized him that I wont be interested in his bike & requested him not to get offended... I still remember his reply which was something like "dont worry you dont need to say sorry or anything, inquiring about something before buying is your right & we didnt decide anything" I was more inclined for Hayabusa so about that he said "Omer bhai aap lhr aao mere saath betho Hayabusa pe, 1st gear mai 50, 2nd mai 90, 3rd mai 150. Us ke baad road khatam magar bike mai 2 gear abhi bhi hain" :) I promised him that I'll definately visit Lahore & he promised me hayabusa ride (we both couldnt fullfil our promises)

Then we used to talk over msn quite often & sometimes when he used to be busy with his fiancee on msn, he politely used to say that...

When Hanif Bhai decided to increase the number of mods my first recomendation was Adil cuz I believed that he'll use the powers in the right way...

Then when we pulled the famous charterali gag... once it was over he called me up & sunaofide me for a good 20 mins, Later when Saifi was here & we Pulled Saifi's gag, Saifi was sleeping @ alta's home while I & Alta were messing around with whole Admin & mods section. he called Alta & he was on speaker phone... we bajaofide him for good 10 mins & then said okay now would you like to speak to saifi... after hearing that all he did was busted out like Volcano, he sunaofide both of us for so long just because he was concerned about Saifi... then he said "wasey tum logoon ki waja se meri Saifi se jo narazgi ho geye thi 5 din se woh khatam ho geye". then he said next target for the same should be Naveed. he also warned me & alta not to come to lahore else he sould not be held responsible, when I said he doesnt know me then he while laughing said then tell me when are you coming to lahore & I'll plan my trip to Karachi in those days :) That night I, Alta, Adil & Sameer from Lahore (both of them on different speaker phones) talked for a good 40 mins approx... it was a fun night...

In the 3rd quarter of 2006 a friend of mine needed some medicines from her doctor in Lahore... without thinking for a second I knew who to call, I called Adil & requested him for the medicines... I said give me your account number, I'll deposit the money & you can send me the medicines... after listening to the amount of medicines he said "oh choro ji, itne se paise kia bejho gey aap? maine kaha pata nahi kitney ki medis hain". he went to that doc couldn't find his clinic for the first time, called me & my friend explained the address again, he went there next day again to arrange the medicines, tough for some reasons he couldnt get the medicines but this shows how much he cared for others...

I remember the last time we spoke over the phone was in Nov 2006, there was some misunderstanding & we argued for around 10 mins & cleared everything (he giving in on most of the things & Hanif Bhai can also vouch on that as he was sitting with me while I had the discussion with Adil & Hanif Bhai later said that I was wrong but even then Adil was big enough to give in)

I remember his last post that I read was about the emberassing auto related moments, he wrote when he was out with friends & one of them said "yaar woh black mai check ker" he looked there saw a black Vigo & appreciated the car & its rims when his friend's started laughing at him cuz they were discussing some girl wearing black...

I can write for hours I guess... when I needed Supra from Lahore, he scanning through showrooms looking for a suitable Supra for me, when he joined the Call Centre as HR Man, his taking my advice on that whole call centre thing, his field's trip & I pulling his leg asking him to take his Santro along instead of Crown... When his sister got married... all those Pathan jokes which I threw at him & he taking them all with a smile...

All I can say is... We all have lost a gem of a person... I've cried a couple of times while writing this, I smiled on a couple of things when I recalled them.

Last Saturday night I was on phone when my other phone rang & Hanif Bhai told me about his accident, I didnt want to go to Pakwheels so I told everyone that my PC is out of order (I was praying that he gets well & I be the first one to post the good news on forum)... that night Vajih kept me updated, next 2 days I kept in touch with Saifi... Monday night when I was about to go to bed, I got Sameer's msg that his body has stopped responding & the family has decided to keep him on ventiltor... after that I couldnt sleep for a couple of hours & kept praying for him... at around 4.35 in the morning I got a call from Saifi with the sad news :'(

I was planning to go to Lahore the next month to attend a friend's followed but Saifi's wedding & I was discussing about my plans with Adil that what we can do when I'm there... I dont think I'll be able to visit Lahore anytime in the near future...

Bla Bla Bla - 21st Dec 2006

Yet another day... started off like everyother day... I woke up, took a bath, had breakfast & came to office listening to my fav roxette on the way... now I'll be sitting in office the whole day, will leave for home around dusk time... oh I remember have to pick mom's medicines on the way & the car also needs refueling today... will go home, take a nap, then will watch TV for a while & then will go to bed... life is like that... sometimes I wonder weather I'll continue living like this or there's gonna be something different... I mean why can every new day be different from the previous or the next day... what am i waiting for??? live is going in a routine... the same old boring stuff everyday... no different from the previous day or the next day... what its gonna be like... I dont know...

Hi! I'm new here

Hey All!!!

Omer here,

Just made an account here... so thought to introduce myself... I am Omer & I love to dream...

I'll be moving some old furniture (old blogs) as well as writing new 1s here...


So... keep visiting (-: