The devastating flood :(

I always hate switching on to news channels 'cos I hate listening to bad news. But running away from things doesn't change anything. It doesn't change the fact that my fellow country men lost or evacuated their houses due to the flood. It doesn't change the fact that the flood swept away 140 lives with it. It doesn't change the fact that every night millions of children sleep with an empty stomach, with extinguished hopes.

The flood

The worst flood in the last 80 years

Three million people affected

140 people died

Allah has been generous enough to keep us safe from this tragedy but a lot of others have been tested and they had to leave their houses to move to places that were not affected by the flood. The Pakistani government, as always, disappointed the citizens once again by coping with the situation slowly rather than being brisk with their actions. And although our forces are trying their best to rehabilitate the citizens, it's still not enough, 'cos when you're talking about 3 million people even the best efforts are less.

And then again a lot of people question that is this the best Pakistan can do?

Everyday, I feel guilty that I live such a life when my fellow countrymen starve. I sleep in my comfy bed when the houses of my fellow countrymen were flooded by rain water. I want to go to those places. I wanna work there. I want to see people smile. But I know that can't happen.

This blog post is a little effort to lighten that stain of guilt on my heart. Pakistanis all around are donating for the victims of the flood. You can donate too: Here are some links

Hadiya

Islamic Relief USA

You can Google donating sites too.

Feeling glum!!! :(

17 August 2009

Okay, so it is my third week in junior year, and it is not even a teensie weensie bit close to what I expected it to be!!!! I did write in a little about my junior year but here is an explicit describtion of how much junior year actually sucks at this moment!!!!

Let's start with some really general things:

- I go to a co-education college, but the strangest part is that girls in my class don't talk to guys and guys don't talk to girls!!! I mean hello???? What's the point of choosing a co-college when you are sooooo damn shy of talking to guys (goes for girls)!!!! Downright loosers! And I soooo totally am stuck with all such girls that I just couldn't make myself do it either!!! SHIT!! I mean it's good that the girls take notice of the ethical codes we have here, but what's the point in being shy!! UGHHHH!!! MAKES ME SOOOO MAD!

-I don't like a lot of people in my college, I mean this guy today was wearing his pant down so low that his boxers were visible, and it looked soooo gross!!! eeeeewww And my friend and I couldn't help making pukey faces!!! And there is this other guy who seems as if he is drunk on a permanent basis! He even drinks water as if he is taking a swig from a bottle of beer! He laughs, funny and drunk!!! Pathetic!! And let's not forget this another guy who has a really high pitched voice and he is a a text messaging addict! And I don't like such people at all, I mean hello why is is important to inform a thousand others through text even when you breath!!!! With him this seems like a case! The bigger picture I don't like a lot of people in my class!

-A lot of time I get this feeling that people in my class don't get me at all!!! I just don't even have a damn idea of what they think of me or how they really are!!! It takes me such a looooong time to judge how people really are! And I don't like being judgmental or anything but what can I do, I just don't know what to think about them!!! I am sooo stressed!!! :( I really miss my school friend Sarwat, who was sooo good in judging people without being judgmental, and she was always right!! And now I am stuck here without her!!!!

-I don't like any...lemme say it again... ANY.... teacher who teaches me!! I almost passed out in the maths class today, I was sooo dang sleepy and then my friend and I started laughing on really stupid things!!! I mean I was sooo sleepy that I was going bananas, and the same was with my friend!!! So actually I don't like my maths teacher! Secondly, I find it really hard to understand what my english teacher babbles about in the whole period, 'cos I just don't have the super powers to understand a word he says! Thirdly, I hate the jokes that my Physics teacher cracks!! I mean, they are really sarcastic and usually they end up in a sarcastic almost fights between these two students ( they are the only ones who can answer the teacher like that, I mean, I don't think they are familiar with the word respect!) The bigger picture: I don't like my teachers!

-Every morning, I have to fight with the strong urge of staying at home and not going to high school, which seems to have a really huge place to store a lot of things I can not make myself like!!! I hope thing get better! Though there are a few shiny corners; a really nice person, Sakina in my van but I just sit in the van for 15 minutes! There are two really funny guys in my class, but then again, nobody talks!! UGHHH! Even the shiny corners seem blotted!!! *cries*.....*heavy heart*

Anyways let me leave you with some treats I have had in previous days!! Thanks for reading through and sharing my pain and agony!!

Well here they are:

This is called a 'Ras Malai' It is a sweet dish with these soft white things (I don't know what we call them) socked in sweet milk with nut!! LOOOOVE IT!

OMG! I feel like having it right now!

On the left we have 'Samoosas', filled with minced meat, the triangular things! On the right we have 'Jalaybian', fried rings made of flour socked in sugar water!!! SWEET AND STICKY!!!

And I fasted!

7 August 2009

Okay, so I had already stated in the previous post that I'll be fasting on this day and so I actually did fast! Please read the previous post (last paragraph) to get an idea what I mean by fasting. So anyways, I spent the day in praying 'cos that's what fasting is about and also on the internet (I seriously can't live without it) and I slept a little! At dusk I broke my fast and my mom had prepared all these wonderful things for the Iftar!!! Mmmmm..mm!

The off-white bowl contains Dahi Baray, which is a spicy combination of yogurt and fried things known as barays! The plates contain Paqooras (fried oninions and patatoes covered in some kind of flour!), Samoosas and egg rolls!

In the jug with a bow (my mom loves going all pretty) we have plum juice! In the big blue bowl we have chic peas, sweet and sour! In the light purple bowl we have a fruit chat, a combination of many fruits with sugar, pepper and lemon juice!

Now this people is pure Pakistani cuisine! And I can honestly say that there is nothing in this world like this!!! I absolutely heart it!!! And trust me ate like hell, and was almost about to burst!!!

P.S: Forgive me for giving such incomplete descriptions about the food! I am not in to cooking at all! I am just into eating!! hehe! :P