A post about lovely events and its takeaways. You see every event has something which is of use to us all. So, I’ve noted these too. There is the bonfire writer’s meet up, the wedding of my loyal staff member Abdul Rahim’s son. Also, the gifts of paintings I’ve received. All these are takeaways of life.
This one is about three trimesters of life. How the media gives us misconceptions about ‘age’ and its stages. It is time to reboot that bit about how we are being perceived by others. Our own perceptions about how we feel should be our own prerogative and not based on whats dished out by media. Its a brief new look at life as we see it today. They say a cat has nine lives, how can we have the same?
It was my birthday last year, and daddy asked me, ‘what age are you now?’ So, I didn’t say, ‘you should know!’ Instead I asked him ‘which age? My spiritual, Intellectual, emotional, physical one, or my experiences’ age?’ That gave me enough time to slip off as he was trying to figure out the complications …
‘How do you get so much energy?’ I’m often asked. I’m nothing, I know people who are far more energetic. It is all a matter of focus, interest, and flow. It is a matter of knowing where you are going, and not letting other things/people get in one’s way. In 1997, I had asked the …
What is life? Is it just this noise of the daily rushing around? Completing the ‘things to do’ list? Meeting deadlines, going from one rushy hour to the next? Always, counting to see if one can make ends meet, or get that little bit of extra too? Loving food, dresses, make up, handbags, car, house …
My voting experience today. Under slept, tired and highly motivated, my daughter and I drove off to Rawalpindi to vote this morning. I knew the drive would take an hour. Weather is hot and humid these days, so we wanted to be there much earlier. But I had to bathe and change my eighty-three-year-old mother, …
In this blog I quickly take you through the past weeks’ events right into the election fever. Now it is Wednesday 18th July, 2018 , late evening. As usual so much is going on, in the international world and within the country. On top of it all that, there is one’s personal life. Many times …
Attending a Shendi Wedding made me realize how this type of wedding can help you save time and money. Best part is to keep all the good parts in it only. 😉
Self-therapy tactics After I wrote my last article, I found out that my dear friend Shahida Apa met her Maker at 7.am. on 7th of February, 2018. Yesterday, the 8th was the burial. Inna lillahe wa inna ilaihe rajiun. Indeed, to Him we belong, and to Him we return. Last night I just couldn’t sleep. …
