that a chance trip to the lake side residence of a friend and teacher (later renamed the ’soul sanctuary’) would lead to new friends who you just ‘connect’ with, and with whom all of your outer walls and shields just melt away, was unimaginable.
and that it would just be the start to a beautiful ‘group [...]
When it is needed, a change can bring about a wonderful sense of achievement.
When it is not, the very same change can leave you devastated..
Thankfully.. my changes are good
After mulling it over for almost a decade (ever since a cousin got hers) i finally got contact lenses today!
I’ve literally changed my [...]
When i moved to Islamabad and started interacting with a variety of institutions in the capital, the one thing i realized was just how much was happening under the surface. Success stories like the HEC, NADRA, NR3C, ITP and PTCL among others have literally changed what it meant to interact with government (or ex-government now [...]
When i first visited HelpCounts.org, i thought to myself, it would be just another relief collection website asking for money. But what i saw on it almost blew me away. They’ve got live running stat’s on the people they’re helping and how they’re helping them.
Mostly providing atta bags to registered IDPs, as of this writing, [...]
over the last couple of days, i’ve discovered TEDtalks, and the experience has been truly life changing. I often wondered about what it would have been like to have access to some of the greatest minds in the world, and to, potentially, life-altering idea’s. to hear them speak, to explain and put in their little [...]
i guess the hardest part of life, which obviously no one tells you because it was so damn simple for them (or so they say anyway), is starting something new.
so much indecision, so much of the unknown…
i used to think i thrive in this environment, and maybe i do, but that doesn’t mean that i [...]
About a week back, i was excited. The Shanaakht festival was back in Karachi, and even though i couldn’t attend, i was excited nonetheless.
The reason for that is simple, it’s because what Shanaakht stands for.
For years, i’ve been lamenting the fact, and telling any person who will listen, that we need to celebrate our own [...]
breakfast in karachi, lunch in islamabad and dinner in lahore!
how’s that for a full day!
sometimes, i think i may actually be doing something in life onwards to greater things i always say!
oh, and i also managed to get chalaned in all three cities within a week too! another milestone :p
i made & printed the following for my desk this afternoon, following some insight from a book i’m reading and a blog post that came across my attention…
and in a couple of hours, had a serendipitious event.
it’s funny in how many ways life can be funny…
“Morning Jawaid, how are you this beautiful morning?” asked Shiraz, as he entered into the office. Jawaid was office assistant and could normally be seen hanging around the reception, when he was not running around fixing tea for someone.
The morning had turned out to be a truly breathtaking one. Heavy clouds, a light spinkle of [...]
