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Youhee subha shaam hoti hai,
Zindagi apni tamam hoti hai.
Na kuch paaya, na khooya,
Jeewan ko apnay tamasha banaya.
Nadaniyon mai guzri apni tou zindigani,
Kadar iss zindagi ki humnay na jaani,
Kuch pal milay jo,
Hass ro kai beethay,
Haqiqat humnay kabhi bhe na maani.
Hy,
Younhee subha sham hoti hai,
Zindagi apni tamam hoti hai!
Been wanting to spare some time for myself, for quite some time now. But all in vain. I don’t even offer my prayers on time. How stupidly lousy I am. How ignorant of the consequences. How imensely oblivious of the outcomes. How ashammed of myself I truly am, right now.
It’s 2 in the morning and I haven’t offered my night prayer, uh man! I hardly ever wake up for fajr 
you know what, one of the identificication characteristics of ‘hypocrite’ is that they miss/ not regular in morning and the night prayer.Damn!
For how long, am I gonna live, 5 to 10 years maybe, make it even 20, what then? After that I’ll have to face all my short comings. Uh!
I disgust myself,
I truly do!
Well, how would you feel if you asked your mum or wife, what’s for dinner? And she replied : Snake-bitten chicken. Well for us Pakistani’s, it’s nothing more than a bad joke but for Chinese, it’s actually “a treat”.
It’s a strange strange world out there. Yes most definitely. And it keeps getting stranger and stranger.
Perhaps you have noticed that restaurants like to give their food interesting/ weird names. Perhaps you have also avoided ordering the dish by its interesting/weird name maybe because it’s completely ridiculous or maybe you don’t wanna make a fool out of yourself, pronounce it wrong and be the joke of the day. So, just say I want item number LE 10053 
But, for a minute, just imagine if this was NOT the case, and you find yourself in a Chinese restaurant. A real Chinese restaurant in China, not in Pakistan. And the menu says, “snake-bitten chicken” is our dish of the day. Well the name is now less interesting and more weird. But beware, When you’re having Chinese food in China, don’t be fooled, they literary do serve what’s written in the menu, Literary!
The image that I’m about to post here might be sickening to few, “delicacy” for many, where a waitress demonstrates how to prepare a Chinese specialty known as “Snake-bitten Chicken,” at a restaurant in China’s southwest municipality of Chongqing
So, a dish named “Son of a botch” okay-ly appetizing in Pakistan is far, far better than a “Snake-bitten chicken” in China
Next time, when you are in Pakistan, feel free to order all the dishes with interesting cum weird names, that your waiter can’e even pronounce hehe, just Thank Allah that you’re in Pakistan and not in China
On this note, whenever you plan to dine out, order the most weirdly named dish on the menu!
Happy eating!
Twitter users are surprisingly increasing. With it’s up-to-date and user friendly applications, tweeting was never this easy. Regardless if you’re going for lunch or need to spread a rumor, a single tweet will do the trick.
It’s fun using twitter. It caters for both professionals ans social butterflies. What more could you ask for.
Happy tweeting folks!
In Chapter 19, Al-Naml (The Ant), verse 19, Solomon (Hazrat Suleman R.A) makes a powerful yet humble supplication to Allah. He says:
“My Lord, arouse me to be thankful for Thy favor wherewith the thou hast favored me and my parents, and to do good that shall be pleasing unto Thee, and include me in (the number of) thy righteous slaves.”
What a beautiful one, indeed! In prayers you communicate with Allah Almighty, do you comprehend how powerful this communication and the word Almighty is? Don’t just say your “dua” for the sake of saying it after every salah but take it as a golden opportunity to forward your message to Allah. Keeping this mind, you’ll be surprised how it works wonders for you. And please, don’t just cram some verses in Arabic without knowing their meaning and true essence in mind, a supplication can be as powerful as one in Arabic, if it comes straight from the heart. There is no point in cramming them without any true understanding, so first learn their meaning and then include them in your daily supplications.
And since I plan to share some supplications from The Glorious Quran here, God willing, you can make most out of it and learn them by heart. Because you’ll be learning from the Best, The Word of Allah.
So please, make this dua one of your daily routine one’s. And please do remember Pakistan, Palestine, Kashmir and other Muslim countries in your prayers.
Pakistan Zindabad!
Do you Agree or Disagree?
Are you familiar with this word? How often do you hear it? No, never, not often, everyday? So, what is change? Why is change important? Is is wise to bend rather than to break? What is change to you?
Change to me, my friend brings out the best in you, it makes you a better human because it allows you to explore your abilities and polish your skills. Opens new horizons for you to explore, so you never get bored of yourself. And who can get enough of the person having gazillion interests. (with a hint of exaggeration hehehe)
You discover new ideas, thoughts, feelings and the best of all, new-world around you. You won’t get bored anymore.
- But the first step to change, is self-assessment and that my friend ain’t THAT easy. All you need to do is, be honest to yourself, filter out all the things you don’t want in yourself by first jotting ‘em down on a piece of paper. Once done get to second level.
- Now the second level is that you, give it your best short and do wonders. Now there there, it won’t happen overnight but it won’t take THAT long as well.
Do it often, filter out unnecessary habits and make some space available for some fresh ones. Those who change will get spiritual wisdom. Conversely, those who have wisdom will decide to change. Because only stones don’t change
Live a better tomorrow.
I’ve been wanting to write an article for the past flippin’ two days and yet unsuccessful. I’ve thought about 4 -5 topics, but keep dumping it for one reason or the other. Ager aisay he raha tou kaam kaisay challay ga ustaad, hehehehehe
I’m afraid I’m actually experiencing “writer’s block” hahahahaha as if… you know the rest 
why, why aren’t words pouring down onto me, who’s stopping me from yelling the truth out, who? who who?
First I was gonna write about something, then…
- Something
- Namaz momin ki Mairaj?
- Albert Einstein
- Feeding the poor
See, such beautiful topics and I don’t have a word to write about ‘em. Tsk tsk tsk, what a shame. Do you ever feel this way? do ya? do ya? Do ya?
Yes, fight for your right. Right to eat a juicy, tender, hard crusted chicken 2 “o” clock at night. The story goes like this. We ( my hubby and myself) decided to have a KFC sehri at home. Now all I had to do was to make a call and I did. I made my first call at 2, roughly. We both knew what we wanted, so placing the order was a biggie biggie time saver.
2:05 am: (Tring trying! hello this is blah blah from KFC may I help you.) Order successfully placed, now we wait for half an hour.
2:30: we wait.
2:40: And we kept waiting.
2:50: waiting! Now that was too much, they had crossed the line, I had to do what I had to. So, I called them back to check what’s going on.
Tring tring: Look Sir, I placed an order more than 4o minutes ago and it hasn’t been delivered yet.
KFC guy: Mam actually there was somekinda ”technical fault at our head office so now we’re taking the orders i black and white, sorry for the inconvenience but now you’ll get your order in less than 3o minutes.
Me: aaaaa okay, but please, make it quick will ya!
3:00 am: And we’re still waiting!
3:55: Oh boy I was crazy mad, there was nothing that was going to stop me from bullshitting the guy. So, I picked up the phone, dialed their number and said what I needed to say.
KfC guy: maam your order has been dispatched and you’ll get it in less than 5 minutes, don’t worry.
Oh hell I won’t, you’re the one who should be worrying boy!
4:15 am: Livid! Livid! Livid! Danger level! Wish I could punch him in the face, kick him hard enough to make him choke.
KFC guy: In a dry tone, maam if you want the order, we’ll get it delivered in 30minutes.
Me: HELL NO!!!
After I regained my conscious, I realized that I was actually letting them win the battle, If I wanted to have my KFC meal, who in earth are they to put me off. I rang them again and asked for their head office number. Got it, rang to his office, nobody picked up hmmm
Rang back to the KFC branch in Cavalry Ground, asked to talk to the manager oof the branch, told him everything, we was being very appologetic and said, if I was still interested he would get me my meal delieverd in 10 minutes.
Me: Hell YEAH!
And withing 10 minutes my hubby and myself were enjoying our well earned KFC meal
Moral of the story: Don’t let your emotions take control over yourself, Takee charge and fight for your right!
Go for it!
You won’t like it – You’ll Love it!
All you need>>>
Patience——————– Two heaped cups
Love———————— One heartful
Generosity—————– Two handfuls
Understanding ———– One headful
Humor——————— a dash
Kindness——————- Two Pinches
Faith———————– Plenty / according to taste
Supplications———— the more the merrier
How it’s made>>>
- Mix together patience, love, generosity, understanding and beat it with humor until desired result is achieved.
- Sprinkle with kindness, add plenty of faith and mix well.
- Add supplications as much as you like.
- Spread over a period of a lifetime and serve to everyone you meet.
Courtesy >>> The Chef In Me
I’m writing this from kalabagh. Suite number 117 g, green spot. The top of the top location. Best of the best place.
I liki in here. Came here on Friday, now planning to go home (Lahore) tomorrow, insha Allah. It’s kinda too cold today but, no problemo, the heater is working 24/7, the geazer never stops pouring hot water out of the taps. This place is cozy, comfy and a something one would wish to go especially to get some break from the scorching summer heat in Lahore.
Mohammad is sleeping on the couch, sohail bhai and unaiza are tucked in, nice and comfyly on the other couch. While I, the royal highness is sitting in a chair with my feet rested on the glass table infront. As relaxed as one could wish for. And guess what we’re watching? Hehehehe
We’re watching madagascre. BBQ is on it’s way, hopefully coz I’m starving.
Having a good old time I am 
Plan A is going great. Plan B has yielded profitable results, and still going strong. Plan C is failing miserably, hmmm the deadline is approaching fast and I haven’t even started working on it. Plan D is also in a bad shape, not as bad as plan C but still not good enough!
Now you must be wondering what are these plans huh? ehehehe well
- Plan A>>> Potty train my two year old.
- Plan B>>> Lose a couple of Kgs and win a bet for losing more than my friend. And 21st of May was the deadline. So I won myself a brand-spanking-new three piece dress I won baby! on yeah!
- Plan C: Get a routine to get up for the morning prayer (Fajr).
- Plan D: Start studying for my Cost Accounting exam, which i happen to write on the 20th of June, 2009, God be willing!
Wish me luck people, wish me luck!
Challenges surely do bring out the BEST in me. Never fails me, Alhumdolillah. Got a worthy challenge? well bring it on
