Professor Sid

Regretfully one thing that we Pakistanis did not bring with us from India is their ‘Thali’. Had we done that we’d be eating vegetables, daal, salads, chutneys, papads, rotis, chawal and sweets all together synchronized perfectly into a beautiful healthy meal. I’ve tried a range of thalis from Rajasthani to Gujrati to South Indian, and the rare Non-Vegetarian and have occasional cravings for food like that. No matter how many times I’ve visited buffets a Thali brings an altogether different experience that cannot be replaced by any 5 star buffets. It took ages to finally be able to experience that fun in Karachi. I got a marketing email last year about ‘Raj Rasoi’ the thali restaurant in Karachi. And since then it certainly has been on my list of ‘places to visit’. Unfortunately, the chance only came this year. A colleague of mine visited the place and came back with a special recommendation and insisted we all go there for lunch someday. Which we did, and do my surprise

I was born to live free, like the air around, like water flowing, like the sun shining down on everyone without any constraints. I was happy being who I was, even when I was saddened the sun wouldn’t stop shining for me and with the sorrow it simply rained. But then one day I met you, and you told me of all the things that I weren’t you reminded me how hot the sun is and therefore how unwelcome my sunshine is, you told me of how dangerous flowing water is and how cursed I can be, you showed me the anger of winds and said I should never be like that. Like the fool I was I believed you, I believed you and changed myself from free to captive, I became your captive, I let you decide when it should rain and when it should be a bright sunny day, you decided for me where I should flow…   you caught me, held me captive, held me within your embrace… The new confines were just as fun as being free, it was a new feeling the feeling of being longed for, that kept me happy within t

I have allowed you today To touch my heart once again I have allowed you today To love me once again I give you another chance To share my smiles with you I give you another chance To become a part of my laughter I am going to let you Give me your tears to wipe I am going to let you Give me all your pain Bring about that sunshine That you bought with your presence Let that moonlight lighten All my darkened nights Let your eyes become My shining stars Let your smile be My only achievement Let your hands find mine Through the most difficult of times Let my hold be proof Of my trust in you Let the first ray of every sunshine Remind you of my promise to love you Let the last blinking star of every night Remind you that I am there Just let me love you once more Once more and forever And you become mine Maybe just for a moment I have allowed you today Just today to touch my heart I have allowed you today Just today to love me once again

2012 is one of those years for me when I want to be very socially active.   Mind you I’m not usually this active every year. The year before Last i.e. 2010 I didn’t want to see a human face. I have the ability to hibernate on yearly basis from social life, for various reasons. So this year I decided to have a reunion of the old office where I worked. Now there I worked with more than 100 people over the course of 5 years, obviously I made some really good friends and some people I just outright hate, I’m sure they know who they are. So having said that I put aside my differences and invited everyone I knew to a reunion. Also when inviting I made sure I told everyone very clearly that the invitation is open to all just come bring your friends, family whoever, just come we’ll sit down together catch up on the latest, reminisce about the past, enjoy ourselves and go back home thinking the day wasn’t so bad, However, statistically speaking out of the 50+ invitations I sent out, I had

Bol!!l ??? now!!!! You went to watch that movie now? Now when the DVD’s released as well! How slow can you be? Really does it matter when I watch the movie? I am a fan of Shoaib Mansoor and a patriot at heart of course I’ll go watch this movie on the cinema even if its released on DVD. I’d spend money to go watch it on the big screen even though I am aware that the same movie’s been downloaded on our laptop and all I have to do is watch it some weekend. But hell no! Why would I do that? I’m going to go support my economy, show my appreciation for a good movie and go spend on it! I can’t say if the movie was as much fun as the experience I had watching it. Getting up on a Sunday morning at usual office hours to head to Atrium for a 10:30 show; I know some will call me crazy and others already do but oh boy the fun of it I am not going to be able to erase that away any time soon. So rushing thru the ‘get ready in 10 minutes’ process and then driving on empty roads to reach the mall

For those of you who wish to give me birthday gifts here’s a list of things that I’ve compiled that I believe I need and might help you in making decisions. Though I know very few of you are actually capable and close enough to me to buy presents for my birthday and that is the reason I share this list with you… 1.    itab 2.    Digital camera (preferably cybershot with rechargeable battery) 3.    pen holder 4.    mug 5.    A4 Size Leather folder 6.    Baking dish/ Donut Cutter 7.    Jafferjee’s wallet (I already bought another normal thing so the brand’s very important) 8.    hand bag (huge in size) 9.    head scarves…. The ready to go kind. Please don’t bother with clothes, home décor, stuffed toys, cosmetics and thinks of the same sort. I have plenty of those and they become blended with the background sooner or later.  let's hope i get some of this stuff i've got my fingers crossed ;)