Power trip!!!!

So i went to Philadelphia over the weekend.. well technically it was friday-monday
I was to meet two of my friends (i met in Miami August 2007 and have been friends ever since).
The first day was in Philly, making Chicken Karahi and Chai at B`s place. B is into movies like me so he decides to show me and M a movie. We went to his college at night just to find the auditorium full of Chinese students watching an animated movie so we move to another auditorium which was also filled with ... yeh Chinese students... so we tried our luck at the library showing them our university ids and they let us in yeh... we goofed around in the library .. took some silly photos, found some books in Urdu (well it was an american university). Then i came up with a brilliant idea to book a group study room and watch the movie there... so we watched the movie in one of those.. made plans for next morning`s NYC visit, booked bus tickets
The next morning..our bad luck .. NYC was freezing cold .. -11 degree and chilly freezing winds
after every half hour of walking we had to go inside some building and defrost our selves. I finally got to see the empire state building, rockerfeller centre and then the new year`s ball at display in Macy`s. Had chai at a desi restaurant
At a shop M was looking for some Vitamin water and i saw this Power drink and i said "M---- power le lo" and the shop keeper was deprived or frustrated repeated after me "M---- power le lo" hehehe.. only in NYC will this happen so we went crazy laughing...
at luch time we bought chicken over rice from my cousin`s recommended cart on 53rd and 6th avenue and then realized that we can`t eat out side it was so freaking cold.. So another brilliant idea stroke me .. and we went inside the subway station and sat on the stairs there and ate :)
Next day was for Franklin Mills mall .. crazy crazy shopping... cheap watches i got there :)
then at night dinner at a Pakistani restaurant (haleem,kababs,biryani,nihari,korma and nans) ...
then B`s movie watching worm was bothering him so we watched another movie
next day was back to reality...
the trip was one hell of an experience.. especially the smell in the china town bus

the friends

I have been very lucky in meeting old friends......
I come across old friends at random times and places , friends who i have not seen or talked to in ages, friends who have become mothers,doctors,engineers,teachers and what not
I will narrate a few stories here
1. BM: So this guy was my class fellow in 9th and 10th grade and then i came to know that he is becoming a doctor , studying at KE lahore. Khair he found me on orkut through some old friends and then actually came to visit me at my office , he has become a doctor at that time :). Yeh alag baat hai that i made fun of him and called him a vetnerarian and asked how many he had killed :p
2. M &J: These two girls were with me till 11th and 12th grade and then i randomly met them at a market shopping :D. and now am in contact with them

3. F: This girl was my friend in garde 8th i guess and then left for karachi. I saw her at a wedding after so many years and guess what, she was herself getting married after two weeks so she invited me to her wedding and i went, we have been in contact since then. She has a very cute little baby girl now and lives in karachi

4.Z: Was my class fellow on and off during the school. Her dad got posted somewhere and we lost contact . I found her on F`s wedding :). She was married and had a child :)Now she is here in Boston with her family, we meet quite often

5. FH: Found me on orkut after almost 9 years , now we are talking every day. She is a doctor in karachi now

6. S: This guy was my class fellow in maybe 6th grade and found me this year on facebook. He is a pilot in PAF now.

7.M: Was my class fellow in almost all schooling. After that i lost contact with him. Found that he was working in the same company as me. Met him at one of the trainings we were having and met A through him who was a common school friend. a is now married. I met them a couple of times but then lost contact after coming here

Hey there delilah

Careless whisper

I feel so unsure
As I take your hand, and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all it's sad goodbyes

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better, than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance, that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you - ooh

Time can never mend
The careless whispers, of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is the whole you find

And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better, than to cheat a friend (should have known better - yeah)
And waste a chance, that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you, ooh

Never without your love

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe, it's better in this way
We'd hurt each other, with the things we want to say

We could have been so good together
We could have lived, this dance forever
But now, who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better, than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance, that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you - ooh

my mom

As i mentioned that my mom is extremely funny. She can make jokes about serious situations and make everyone laugh.
My brother and I love watching cricket with her. She has an ultra sharp eye :D....
She is in full support of Pakistan team . The thing is she has started watching cricket only a few years ago just because my dad developed an extra likeness for cricket and would not do anything on a cricket day ...Ami point out silly things during the match and will defend her favorite player even if he does not perform well.
She makes random statements about almost everything which makes us laugh like anything
God i miss my mom
She would try speaking in English with me after i came here ... just for the fun of it, it`s so cute.
That day she said to me "i have a good news for you".... it brought a smile to my face.
not the news but ami`s sentence and the ways she delivered it

The shoppings!!!

I have been shopping since i came here but the official thing has begun a few days ago....
since mom told me that "tumharay aanay k aik do maheenay mein tumhara kaam tamam ho jaey ga". My mom is very funny , i have so many stories to tell about her... so shopping has started. Unlike the other two times i went back, i am not taking any chocolates. I hope i will have enough space for the shoppings i do.. i have a lot of stuff already and i am visiting philly and NYC in some days .... obviously one cannot come from philly without shopping. It has the biggest mall in Amreeka :) And NYC is ah well every one knows what NYC is and how much shopping is there so i am going to ahve a shoppingful life ahead ......

amna and Golden gate bridge

I went to San Francisco and obviously went on the golden gate bridge....
rented a bicycle... biked about 16 miles(both ways) on the bridge and the area before/after it
There is an area for bikers on the sides of the bridge which is wide enough to bike freely.
I took advantage of it by biking with my eyes close..... Well for sometime at least
Ahh
i can`t tell you how good a feeling it was
did i mention that i love riding the bicycle ?
i loved it even more on the bridge because of the view and the breeze....

i likes

A few of the random things i like

1.riding a bicycle
2.mixing milk and sugar with snow in muree and nathiagali and eating it
3.the big swing in our lawn
4.ice cream
5.smell of new rubber mats in the gym changing area
6.shopping
7.attending weddings
8.looking up while it`s snowing
9.Adventures
10.tube roses
11.watching movies
12.milk
13. challi and makai k bhunnay huay danay
there are more ...... coming up

Farz karo

Farz karo hum ahlay wafa hon,Farz karo deewanay hon,
Farz karo yeh dono batien jhooti hon,afsanay hon,

Farz karo yeh ji ki bipta,ji say jhoot sunayee ho,
Farz karo abhi or ho itni,adhi hum nay chuppayee ho,

Farz karo tumhien khush karnay kay dhonday hum nay bahanay hon,
Farz karo yeh nain tumharay sach much kay maykhanay hon,

Farz karo kay yeh rog ho jhota,jhoti preet humari ho,
Farz karo is preet kay rog mien sans bhi hum par bhari ho,

Farz karo yeh jog ka hum nay dhong rachaya ho,
Farz karo bas yeh hi haqeeqat baqi sub kuch maya ho.

can`t do yet

So... I have started blogging out of .. i don`t know which feeling but i still don`t know how to do a lot of things.
Being an Engineer and almost finished with my MS as well i feel ashamed of not figuring out stuff with blogs.
I didn`t search that much either :S
So what i am looking for is:
How to post youtube videos?
How to ummmmmmmm go to your own blog without having to visit Shahnaz`s blog first and searching your name through the followers and clicking on my blog next to my name there.
I am sure i don`t a lot of other stuff too but I don`t know what i don`t know...
i mean i don`t really know what things i don`t know
makes sense ? :S

Aakhri chand din december ke

Aakhri chund din december ke
her baras hi giraan guzarty hain
khwahishon ke nigaar khany se
kaisy kaisy gumaan guzrty hain
raftgaan ke bikharty saayon ki
aik mehfil si dil main sajti hai
phone ki diary ke safhon se
kitnay number pukaarty hain mujhay
jin se marboot benawa ghanti
ab faqt mery dil mein bajti hai
kis qadar pyare pyare naamon per
reengti badnuma lakirain si
meri aankhoon eain phail jati hain
doriyaan dairay banati hain
dheyaan ki sirhiyon pe kya kya aks
mash'alain dard ki jalatay hain
aisay kaaghaz pe pail jatay hain
haadsay ke muqaam par jaisay
khoon ke sokhtay nishanon par
chalk se linain lagatay hain
har desember ke aahri din mein
har baras ki tarah se ab ke bhi
diairy ik sawaal karti hai
kya khabar is baras ke aakhir tak
meray in bechiraag safhon se
kitnay hi naam kut gaye honge
kitny number bikher ke raaston mein
gard-e-mazi se att gaye hoonge
khaak ki dherion ke daaman mein
kitnay tofaan simatt gaye honge
Her desember mein main sochta hon
aik din is tarah bhi hona hai
rang ko roshni mein khona hai
apnay apnay gharon mein rakhi hui
diary dost dekhtay honge
unn ki aankhon ke khaakdaanon mein
ik sehra sa pailta hoga
aur kuchh benishaan safhon se
naam mera bhi kut geya ho ga

Niagra!!!!

So much has been written about niagra falls.... i am sure it muist have been photographed more than a million times. My experience seeing the falls was similar to everyone else who has seen the falls and immediately fell in love with them. It was July 5h 2008 when i visited this wonder of the world. The trip was very tiring Boston-philly-DC-NY-Niagra in just about 3 days. But the sight of the falls made all the faigue go away .................the beauty of the falls was all worth the trip
It was a special July 4th weekend bus tour.... so had to see all these places before we actually see Niagra Falls . The fiery ride to the middle of the falls, the night illuminations , everything was awesome
here are a few pictures

DISNEY WORLD!!!

When I was coming to the US, I only had three things in mind to visit.
1. Disney World
2. New York City
3. Niagra Falls
It didn`t take me long to go to New york City since I live in Boston and New York is merely 4.5 hours away by bus :)
It was not before August 2008 that I could finally make a plan to visit Disney world, Florida

This is a story of my trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando ........
It was October 2nd 2008 that i visited Magic kingdom in Disney World . It was magical!!!
Cinderella`s Castle, the parade, all the theme rides ... everything was awesome

October 3rd I went to Animal kingdom. Would never forget the parade there
October 4th was for Sea World which was a 5 minutes walk from the hotel i stayed in...My cousin`s husband still wanted to drive.... That`s another story :)
I saw animals perform for the first time. The highlight was the huge whale "SHAMU"... which was so cute and performed so well.
On October 5th , i went to Kennedy Space center (NASA). I would say it was not that good. Even if you are into space and NASA stuff..

Anyway it was a cool trip , I enjoyed it to the max even the part of us missing our flight to Orlando and the ending up going back home booking flight for next morning, paying a penalty fee for missing the flight and then boarding the plane the next morning on time ...
It was my first time missing any flight.....my cousin on the other hand proudly declared that she could not ruin her record of missing flights :) and was not at all unhappy about missing this one.

The best part about the trip was the there were hardly any lines in any of the parks :) We streamed in all the rides and that`s why were able to do 4 parks in 4 days (the people who have been to Disney would agree with me that it was quite an achievement)

hillarious!!!!!

watch

I challenge you to watch the whole video
no laughing!!!

one red paper clip

weird ... and random.. just like my style