Gemini - September 28, 2009
An increased focus, clarity of mind, and sense of concentration could lead to success in career matters and an increase in income, dear Gemini. Intuitive insights can provide practical guidance that helps you along the path of advancement. A friend could give you some good advice with regard to savings plans, investments, or a more efficient use of your resources. This could be a fruitful day, opening up new doors for you. Make the most of it!
After going through the bestest motivational factor required at a lil incident at work today I am bound to really start believing in this Zodiac thing.
AK on Cloud Nine!
Monday 28 September 2009
Sunday 27 September 2009
Monday 21 September 2009
Basically in a nice mood
I had a pretty detailed discussion with my family last night which has made me get into some serious thinking mode. We had all gotten back from my grandmother's place after having dinner. The evening had been nice. A typical first Eid day at Nano's which we all look forward to. If you take a closer look at both my maternal and paternal side of the family you would notice that we have a greater number of women then men. Reason why im sharing this piece of information here is that girls being in majority we basically LOVE getting together on such occasions to check out what everyone is wearing and who has the best designed hena. Some of my cousins looked adorable wearning light baby colours, some had on amazing jewlery and my self was labelled as the expert on eye makeup (Yes I had on a bit more then a teensy weensy makeup last night which every one found unusual but complimented me on the good job I had done)- Anyways, the dinner went pretty well. My grandma looked totally cute wearing precious piece of hair clips made out of stones which Maham and Mahira (My 2nd Uncles two elder daughters) had forced on her. Afer my Grandfather's death I have never seen my Nano wear anything colorful and my grandpa died when I was an 8 month old fat baby so you can imagine it's been 23 years since I have seen my grandma in greys, browns and whites only.
Ok so im getting side tracked again. It's just that it felt good to get together with the maternal side of the family last night (Not forgetting the fact that it felt recieving cash without working my ass off on customer account, branch audits, staff training, making presentations and analysis and going through AML transactions). We got back home around 11:30ish and my dad had this new DVD called "The Secret". I am not going to put in details regarding what I saw and learnt as I plan to start a new blog sometime soon and such kind of topics I would best leave for that blog. After sitting and chatting with ma, pa and bro for two hours I went to bed and was woken up by bro at 6:00 am in the morning to offer my Fajar prayers and then later go out for jogging. I have always thought that watching sunset is the most romantic thing however when I saw the SUN RISE today it gave me a totally different feeling. Yes watching sun set is STILL romantic in my books but the effect which watching sun rise leaves on a being is incredible (Atleast for me it is). I started taking in the fresh oxygene (Trust me this is a rarity in a city like Karachi) and lightly jogged completing 10 laps. It felt great. I was humming to my self and blocked out all the negative thoughts from mind and simply looked forward to what I have and plan to achieve.
The only reason why I am writing this blog on this early hour of the morning is that just being out there in the fresh made me get in to the writing mood and I really felt like sharing my thoughts here.
Ok so my brother is standing on my head and demanding a good breakfast so I guess I better end this entry right here. Will be posting my new blog soon.
AK - Looking forward to having some coffee with Bagels on this bee--OO--Tee--FULL morning :)
Ok so im getting side tracked again. It's just that it felt good to get together with the maternal side of the family last night (Not forgetting the fact that it felt recieving cash without working my ass off on customer account, branch audits, staff training, making presentations and analysis and going through AML transactions). We got back home around 11:30ish and my dad had this new DVD called "The Secret". I am not going to put in details regarding what I saw and learnt as I plan to start a new blog sometime soon and such kind of topics I would best leave for that blog. After sitting and chatting with ma, pa and bro for two hours I went to bed and was woken up by bro at 6:00 am in the morning to offer my Fajar prayers and then later go out for jogging. I have always thought that watching sunset is the most romantic thing however when I saw the SUN RISE today it gave me a totally different feeling. Yes watching sun set is STILL romantic in my books but the effect which watching sun rise leaves on a being is incredible (Atleast for me it is). I started taking in the fresh oxygene (Trust me this is a rarity in a city like Karachi) and lightly jogged completing 10 laps. It felt great. I was humming to my self and blocked out all the negative thoughts from mind and simply looked forward to what I have and plan to achieve.
The only reason why I am writing this blog on this early hour of the morning is that just being out there in the fresh made me get in to the writing mood and I really felt like sharing my thoughts here.
Ok so my brother is standing on my head and demanding a good breakfast so I guess I better end this entry right here. Will be posting my new blog soon.
AK - Looking forward to having some coffee with Bagels on this bee--OO--Tee--FULL morning :)
Sunday 20 September 2009
AK on Chaand Raat
So ends the holy month of Ramadan finally. The month passed by so smoothly and peacefully this year that I didn’t even realize it that tomorrow is going to be the first day of Eid therefore that makes tonight the beautiful and always exciting chaand raat. My dress for tomorrow is a combination of dark and light green. If you could see the kind of jewelry I purchased to go with it you would definitely be in for a shock but what the heck I want to give myself a traditional look this year. Now for those who know the way I dress would get a horrendous image in mind but I’ll post the pictures soon and then see what they think.
The traffic outside in the City is worth watching. My dad and brother always get irritated on taking us (Me and mom) out on Chaan Raat but I have always enjoyed seeing the mob. I just love watching women and kids doing their last minute shopping, trying to find the EXACT shade of bangles to go with their Eid Joraa’s. I suppose it’s a girl thing which a guy wouldn’t understand similarly how women don’t understand a man not paying attention to his wife / girlfriend on a football / cricket night.
The only thing that’s bothering me right now is getting back to work after the eid holidays. I had gotten so used to leaving work at 4. Now going back to the normal 9 to 6 routine where your boss wouldn’t leave you before 8:00 PM is too depressing to even think about right now which reminds me I haven’t applied henna as yet. Gotta go for now. Have a great Eid guys! *hugs*
Saturday 19 September 2009
Anti Airport
Today Saturday, August 22, 2009 I Quratulain Binte Khalid Riaz Ahmed declares my dislike for airports. I had never realized this before today when Omer took me to the airport to gaze at the undoubtedly beautiful view ahead as the airplanes took off and landed before us. The idea was to relax and have some serious “creative discussion” at a place where one is forced to “think” like an artist which I believe we both are in our own ways.
The moment we had entered the parking area of Jinnah Terminal I felt a very old yet familiar feeling of depression coming over me and my mind immediately drifted back to last year when I had travelled to Lahore from Karachi to conduct an audit for a branch our Bank had opened in Lahore a while ago. Trying to still calm myself by silently assuring myself that all is in the past now I still couldn’t drive that uneasy feeling out of my heart. It all really depends on how you look at things actually. To some, like my friend Omer, a positive feeling comes when he sees the passengers eagerly waiting for their relatives or friends to reach the destination after a long wait and also those who bid their loved one’s goodbye with tears in their eyes (in fact we even tried imitating how people cry when departing a loved one right there at the centre of the airport with people giving us both a strange look). Anyways, for me the entire scene is actually very depressing. Like being pulled away from the people you love, places you have a million memories with your friends and family etc. Whenever I am there I feel alone and gazing at the plane flying away saddens me as I feel that it pulls a person away from the solid earth where he/she had once been so happy.
I see a man flying in that plane on his way to a lover selfishly leaving behind a broken heart. I see a young girl flying away in search of a distraction from someone who has so willingly and happily left her for someone who offers him wealth instead of the immense love the girl so honestly gave. I see people eagerly flying off to a destination in hope of striking rich in the new land leaving behind friends and family shedding tears after them.
Gone are the days when I used to be so excited about watching a plane fly.
AK filled with grieve...
The moment we had entered the parking area of Jinnah Terminal I felt a very old yet familiar feeling of depression coming over me and my mind immediately drifted back to last year when I had travelled to Lahore from Karachi to conduct an audit for a branch our Bank had opened in Lahore a while ago. Trying to still calm myself by silently assuring myself that all is in the past now I still couldn’t drive that uneasy feeling out of my heart. It all really depends on how you look at things actually. To some, like my friend Omer, a positive feeling comes when he sees the passengers eagerly waiting for their relatives or friends to reach the destination after a long wait and also those who bid their loved one’s goodbye with tears in their eyes (in fact we even tried imitating how people cry when departing a loved one right there at the centre of the airport with people giving us both a strange look). Anyways, for me the entire scene is actually very depressing. Like being pulled away from the people you love, places you have a million memories with your friends and family etc. Whenever I am there I feel alone and gazing at the plane flying away saddens me as I feel that it pulls a person away from the solid earth where he/she had once been so happy.
I see a man flying in that plane on his way to a lover selfishly leaving behind a broken heart. I see a young girl flying away in search of a distraction from someone who has so willingly and happily left her for someone who offers him wealth instead of the immense love the girl so honestly gave. I see people eagerly flying off to a destination in hope of striking rich in the new land leaving behind friends and family shedding tears after them.
Gone are the days when I used to be so excited about watching a plane fly.
AK filled with grieve...
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