I have been so busy lately, exams and shifting, cleaning home.. throwing things away.. closing accounts.. returning stuff
and all this with 3 days of snow storm
and alone
it`s so below freezing point here in boston
i have been stressed , tired and angry
but i am glad that i am going home in 6 days now
there is still some stuff left that i need to take care of before going
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
that fatal day
It was December 5th 2008, Friday
I was working on my final exam and a term paper and suddenly i decided to go out for some fresh air. I went to Newburry street. Scanned through the shops there. I thought i was taking so long but then said to myself "i deserve this break, i ave been working for so long sitting inside". When i reached home.. it was a devastating scene. My apartment had been broken into. My roommates were crying, Police ahd been called and were taking the evidence
Suddenly they started asking what was missing... and i looked at my bed.. Oh my God.. my laptop -it had my almost completed exam and term paper and all my memories from US- GONE
i went in a shock , couldn`t put myself to realize what had happened. There was no way that i could rewrite the whole exam....
I wanted to cry but no tears.............
Aparantly my roommate left the window open and went away, the theif came in the window broke the lock on my laptop, got hold of my jewelry box and little cash in my wallet. My roomate came back in 20 minutes when he was stil inside, so he fled
my most important comodity was stolen... my laptop my friend.... i loved my laptop ...over the last year and a half i had grown used to it. Everyday i switched on my laptop before doing anything else and now it was gone gone forever.. just because of the negligence of
I was working on my final exam and a term paper and suddenly i decided to go out for some fresh air. I went to Newburry street. Scanned through the shops there. I thought i was taking so long but then said to myself "i deserve this break, i ave been working for so long sitting inside". When i reached home.. it was a devastating scene. My apartment had been broken into. My roommates were crying, Police ahd been called and were taking the evidence
Suddenly they started asking what was missing... and i looked at my bed.. Oh my God.. my laptop -it had my almost completed exam and term paper and all my memories from US- GONE
i went in a shock , couldn`t put myself to realize what had happened. There was no way that i could rewrite the whole exam....
I wanted to cry but no tears.............
Aparantly my roommate left the window open and went away, the theif came in the window broke the lock on my laptop, got hold of my jewelry box and little cash in my wallet. My roomate came back in 20 minutes when he was stil inside, so he fled
my most important comodity was stolen... my laptop my friend.... i loved my laptop ...over the last year and a half i had grown used to it. Everyday i switched on my laptop before doing anything else and now it was gone gone forever.. just because of the negligence of
Saturday, December 6, 2008
random pictures i took series part 1
this i saw in a subway station here and immediately took picture. But it was later that i found that there was a comment as well....
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
random conversation at gym`s sauna
This is a conversation i heard in the sauna bath of my gym
girl1: i don`t know what to do about X
girls2: why?
gilr1: i love him and he is gay
girl2: are you sure you love him romantically and not as your best friend?
because i love Y to death but as a friend
girl1: yeh maybe , i am not sure
he usually comes over and sleep with me, we don`t get physical but that is the only time we can be together. So he comes over and sleep with me
girl2: awwwwwww that`s so cute
girl1:i am all wet, i wanna go out and walk like this, people will think i am crazy, why am i so crazy?
and it goes on .... she keeps on talking about her body ....... ufffffffff
girl1: i don`t know what to do about X
girls2: why?
gilr1: i love him and he is gay
girl2: are you sure you love him romantically and not as your best friend?
because i love Y to death but as a friend
girl1: yeh maybe , i am not sure
he usually comes over and sleep with me, we don`t get physical but that is the only time we can be together. So he comes over and sleep with me
girl2: awwwwwww that`s so cute
girl1:i am all wet, i wanna go out and walk like this, people will think i am crazy, why am i so crazy?
and it goes on .... she keeps on talking about her body ....... ufffffffff
BOSTON!!!
So,
Today I am going to write about Boston, the city that has become my second home. It is a place in which i have grown (only in 1 and a half years), a place where i learned so many valuable lessons of life and a place that will always stay in my heart.....
It is strange that when i was thinking about doing a Masters from the States about 2.5 years back, i didn`t even know that there was a city named Boston :S. And here i am after less than 3 years in Boston and am ready to return, leave boston :(.
I have made so many friends here, laughed and cried,felt powerful and helpless............
I was caught up in a snow storm last December. I was standing in the winter cold for three hours waiting for a bus, just to find out the bus wasn`t coming .....
I have taken the famous "freedom trail" on thanksgiving ....
I have stood infront of MIT and Harvard... i always feel the goosebumps when the voice in 1 number bus announces the MIT station (77 Massachusetts avenue, MIT)
I have taken cruises on Charles river ......... have seen it frozen
I have played in the snow and walked in the sun
I have spent a lot of time in the Boston public librar, the second biggest library i have been to in my life
I have shopped and shopped till i could go no more
I have discovered the best ice cream ever (ben and jerry`s strawberry cheese cake)
Every time i fly back to boston, i look for Prudential Centre and after finding it say to myself... this is where i live
It was not before this year that i came across this song which will always remind me of all my time spend in Boston
here`s the link
Today I am going to write about Boston, the city that has become my second home. It is a place in which i have grown (only in 1 and a half years), a place where i learned so many valuable lessons of life and a place that will always stay in my heart.....
It is strange that when i was thinking about doing a Masters from the States about 2.5 years back, i didn`t even know that there was a city named Boston :S. And here i am after less than 3 years in Boston and am ready to return, leave boston :(.
I have made so many friends here, laughed and cried,felt powerful and helpless............
I was caught up in a snow storm last December. I was standing in the winter cold for three hours waiting for a bus, just to find out the bus wasn`t coming .....
I have taken the famous "freedom trail" on thanksgiving ....
I have stood infront of MIT and Harvard... i always feel the goosebumps when the voice in 1 number bus announces the MIT station (77 Massachusetts avenue, MIT)
I have taken cruises on Charles river ......... have seen it frozen
I have played in the snow and walked in the sun
I have spent a lot of time in the Boston public librar, the second biggest library i have been to in my life
I have shopped and shopped till i could go no more
I have discovered the best ice cream ever (ben and jerry`s strawberry cheese cake)
Every time i fly back to boston, i look for Prudential Centre and after finding it say to myself... this is where i live
It was not before this year that i came across this song which will always remind me of all my time spend in Boston
here`s the link
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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
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
Monday, November 17, 2008
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
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
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
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
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 ......
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 ......
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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
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
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