When people ask me where I’m from, I have a hard time answering. I hear people around me passionately defending their hometowns during never-ending Islamabad vs Lahore vs Karachi debates, and I can’t really participate because I’m not from any of those cities. I never lived in Pakistan prior to LUMS; I grew up in … Continue reading
So before I write anything else, I just want to know: how have I been getting over 50 hits a day this past week when I haven’t blogged anything new in over a week?? I am one of those obsessive bloggers who always checks site statistics before doing anything else and when I did that … Continue reading
So. I haven’t blogged in a couple of weeks. I haven’t really felt like it, because all I could think about writing was stuff that I’ve already said before the past few posts. Stuff about the despair and the hurting and the missing and the moving on. It would be repetitive but honestly, most of … Continue reading
I find it strange how accustomed I’ve become to airports. Specifically, the Lahore and Dubai airports. Every few months, it’s the same process. Try to get done the packing a few days before the day of departure but fail miseraly and end up doing alot of last minute packing till the very end, when you’re … Continue reading
Almost everyone I know has heard about Coke Studio. Pakistanis living in the country, or as far away as the outback of Australia have either heard of or know about the music that Coke Studio produces. It’s a diverse fusion of typically ethnic, groovy Western, and locally inspired music, that showcases the awe-inspiring talent of … Continue reading
I am FINALLY back in Dubai again. I don’t think I had ever been so homesick as I had been the past couple of months. I am just really relieved that the summer semesteris over and that I finally have some free time to spend doing anything, or nothing at all. Note to self: do … Continue reading
So I have been feeling a lot of indignation lately. There are things and people that have pissed me off recently so considering the fact that this is MY blog and I can write whatever I want on it, I shall rant today and vent out my vexations for all the virtual world to read. … Continue reading
I’ve only been on ‘vacation’ for 2 days and I already feel like a beached whale. Ugh. I have oodles of things to do and yet I am being lazy and lethargic. Things to do: 1) Read the first 300 pages of The Brothers Karamazov for Lit class 2) Read and decode the 30-page booklet on … Continue reading
