Oh Lord!

So I was studying for my Religious Studies final yesterday and then got bored so I was like, maybe I will check my blog and read some of my old posts. The truth is I have been kinda wallowing in nostalgia a lot these days. Listening to old Bollywood songs (please note when I say old, I mean my old, around 2000-2010) and smiling to myself. Nostalgia is such a sweet feeling and lately I have been dwelling in it so much. You know when you have had an awesome past (MashAllah) you like revisiting it. Often.

Anyway, so I decided last night that I will update my blog today after my exam. So yeah, although I have a kazillion bazillion things that are waiting to be done, I decided to write this first. Wow, I haven't written here for so long that I keep backspacing to reformat my sentences. Since all I did this past year was write academic papers, it's kinda hard to get out of that and just write without caring about the structure of the sentence! Geezz!

So just a little update about myself, Almost done my first year in university. Today is my second last day! Yayay! :) Finals next week! Hope hope HOPE I do great. Super scared! Eating a lot, growing fat, NEED to start working out. Ummm.. Whatelse, oh yeah, I got a new camera! Which is so darn awesome. Also, a random fact, I make bubbles almost everyday after school since the weather in Calgary is so darn amazing these days! ^_^

About my plans for the summer, umm LOADS of school! So yeah spring and summer semester and loads of work, since I need to save up for next semester.

You know since my blog traffic is so dead these days, I feel like I am writing more for the future me then for the readers. But if you are reading my post right now, thank you for being here. Appreciate it! =)

Oh also, my Anthropology prof sang a song and played a guitar in class yesterday. Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry, and it was amazing. I have to confess I hardly went to that class this semester but I am glad I was there yesterday, it really was amazing! =)

About my plans of going back to Pakistan, I don't even know when that's going to happen. I have so much school to get through and many other things I am trying to pull of in my life. What I am really glad about though is that, I am still in touch with a lot of my friends, they are such epic people. I am glad I held on to them, it's always a pleasure being around such awesome group of people even though all of them are scattered now.

Umm.. I don't know what else to write. So I will stop. If you are reading this, I am guessing you made through my very disconnected unstructured post, so thanks, once again, for hanging around. Maybe sometime down the road I will start writing more regularly again OR start a new blog ;)

Hope you have the most amazing day/night.

Tata :)

P.S I am so addicted to this song these days, the song is amazing and this guy is cute! =)

My motto for today:- Let's get CRAAAAZZY!!

Okay so today I skipped my high school to visit my old school today. My old school is a really nice place, and now I miss it soooo darn much. Back when I was studying there I was super popular among the teachers and the students. I was a straight A student, really active in literary activities and playing pranks, a total tomboyand all the girls used to love my plucky style. I was valued there and I really felt like someone.



So today was the Eid milan Party at my old school and everyone came in their casual dresses. All of my old friends, who were in my grade skipped their high schools too, to visit school.



It was totally off-the-hook meeting all those people, people I used to goof around with. Teachers whose classes I used to skip. My English teacher appreciated me a lot and I appreciated her a lot too. It felt sooo nice meeting her again and meeting my computer teacher, who really appreciated me for my computer skills but hated my pranks!



We shared our eerie experiences from high school life and laughed at stuff which usually worries me. I met my best old school buddy and we laughed like hell today. Together my time at school was something i really needed. A big break from my high school life!!



Once the school was over, we planned to go to Pizza Hut. But the problem is how do we reach there? So what we did was we got on an already over crowded school van and stuffed ourselves in! I had to stand all the way but it was totally fun. when we reached there we did all sorta crazy stuff, laughed like hell and everything went great!!

By the end of the day I was just happy that i had got the much needed break from my high school life!!

I call it a day!

29 July 2009

I had to go to school for the rehearsal of our Matriculation convocation (matriculation equals to sophomore year), so I decided to spend the rest of the day at my friend's place. Sarwat has been my friend since sixth grade and she is the only friend who I am allowed to visit. Why not others, well let's just say that there are somethings we call as limitations in our society.
In respectable Pakistani societies (the one where I belong) girls are protected from an outsider's eye. Girls don't move around as liberally as men do and they have to carry a dupatta, a large piece of cloth, with their dresses to cover themselves. It's not necessary that one covers her head with the dupatta, but a duppata is otherwise very important. This doesn't mean that girls are held back, girls are allowed to get educated and work. They even study with guys, but we have limits, such as pre-marital relationships and physical contact with guy is regarded as utter vulgarity. Guys and girls don't mingle around a lot and we have a strong system of arranged marriages, which work out most of the times! But please keep in mind that I talk about respectable Pakistani families here. Other family types, I'll cover them sometime later!

This is how a our Pakistani national dress looks like, it's called Shalwar Kamiz (btw the girl in the pic is not me!)



So the reason I am allowed to go to Sarwat's place is that they are a respectable family and I am pretty fine with it!
It was fun to visit school (Let me state that I went to an all girls school). It had been so long since I had seen faces I was used to of seeing everyday (two months to be exact). I got to meet a lot of people; some really nice ones, some not soo nice ones and some what can I say I hate 'em.
While I was waiting for Sarwat's driver to arrive I had a little thought provoking chat with a friend of mine (can't mention the name), who is a genious student and a really nice person. You might be wondering why I introduced the talk we had as thought provoking, well the thing is that while we were sitting she just started talking about the hard times she is going through. Her dad's inconsistent job and how bad she feels for that. Her voice was soo watery and her eyes were all teary! It just put me to the thought that how spoiled I am and how I just get everything. It made me feel ashamed of myself that I am so unaware of what people might be going through! Their struggles, of how it feels when you want something but you know you can't get it! I was speechless, I didn't know how to console her. My thoughts were enough to keep me engaged within myself while I delved my vocabulary for the right words. Before I could utter much Sarwat beckoned me to the door. Her driver was there. I took my friend's number and promised to keep in touch. I was too pensive to say anything else!
So what did Sarwat and I do when we got to her place...umm...Talk talk eat talk and laugh! For me it was more like I poured everything right in front of her until my head felt empty and light! I think she did the same 'cos by the end of the day we were feeling soo light and refreshed that we laughed on the most stupidest of things! It was certainly a day!
After I came home, I was sooo damn tired and sleepy that unintentionally, I had to make my way to my bed. It was not what I'll call a sound sleep but it was certainly a necessary one. While I snoozed away my brothers used the laptop to play games, but after an hour I was up again so they had to leave! Usman, complaint that he didn't get a chance to play a single game! Oh well!
So I browsed around here and there for a while and then went back to my mere nothingness, my sleep! I call it a day!!!