My Two Cents.

We've all had those times when there were some things we wanted to write about but somehow we just couldn't get to actually write it. Well I've had that for quite a long time now, I don't remember how many times I've logged into blogger and then unfortunately had to log out.

But now there's this "issue" that I'd really like to write about. I'm calling it an issue because that's what our people have made it into. A simple,very unfortunate though but a very simple to understand for even the stupidest people, thing happened. Malala Yousafzai, the "Jewish conspiracy" as some refer to her, got shot in the head. Now let it be clear that she did not get shot for being a girl seeking education in the "terrorist producing country i.e Pakistan" she got shot simply for raising a voice against the barbarians who call themselves the taliban. After this most people don't use this word for what it means. "talib" means student, taliban is the plural form, now if someone refers to you as a talib, well God help you then, because America might let lose a drone aimed straight for your bedroom.

The taliban are promoting violence in the name of Islam, not understanding that Islam is a religion about nothing but peace, it teaches us to be good humans before teaching us to be good Muslims, many might argue about this, but a fact's a fact. How many stories have you read of the Prophet SAW killing someone simply because they didn't agree with what he said? Now, how many have you heard about him preaching peace? Have you read the following verse from the Quran: "let there be no compulsion in religion"? What do you make of this verse? Does it tell you to force religion down someone's throat or does it tell you to be patient, to preach what you know but not force people to follow what you preach? Let them make their own choices. Are they not sane adults? Can they not differentiate between right and wrong?

Anyway, back to my point, Malala, the little girl who happened to be the victim,one out of many, who got exposure. I've heard people applauding her courage and I've seen people calling her an agent who's part of a conspiracy. I, however am not part of both.Where I admire her courage and strength to recover from such a traumatizing incident I would like to criticize her a little, not much, don't worry don't go all moral brigade on me. She got shot for raising her voice against the terrorists (I refuse to refer to them as taliban) and that's something! But with the exposure she got she should've portrayed a better image of Pakistan, not ridicule it further. As Pakistanis, living abroad, some of you might have gotten the cold stare from some islamophobe or for being a 'bloody paki terrorist" isn't that an insult enough? Shouldn't we be building a positive image instead? I mean we're already known as terrorist and now we're known as cowards afraid of an educated woman. The whole of Pakistan isn't like that, I happen to have gotten all my education from Peshawar, in the very same province that is now known as a terrorist hub, and I have never faced any problem re my education, being a woman. There are many more in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, and other cities. This incident has portrayed us, collectively, as a nation that has failed to give the women an equal right to education. Our country hasn't taken the right away from us, the terrorists have taken the right of peace and freedom of speech away from us and no American forces or any other power can fix that till we do something about it ourselves. Our leaders are all laid back since oh well, America's handling it, who cares if a dozen other people die in the process, as long as I get to sit in my air-conditioned room/office and enjoy this amazing cup of tea!

Oh and don't go blaming the Jews or any other non-muslims for putting us in this situation, the problem lies with in us, even if they are conspiring against us, we shouldn't give them a chance to get involved in the way OUR country is run.

With the exposure that Malala got and when she flew to the UK as an ambassador of Pakistan and got the honour of speaking in the UN assembly, it was her duty to portray us as a peace-loving nation who want an end to the power that these terrorists now have over us. Instead of giving the image of women living as slaves here and no one wants to do anything about it, she should've been speaking against the bacteria that SOME areas are now infected with and that something should be done to rid us of them. Just like when a cut on your finger gets severely infected you amputate the finger, instead of saying your entire body is infected. She should've appealed to the current govt. to laumch a mass killing spree or something against this, this plague!! Idk, something that could've benefitted us in some way.

I sincerely hope that Malala, her friends and other victims of terrorism and American drone strikes all get the opportunities to complete their education and accomplish all their goals. But I want them , if they get a chance, to talk about Pakistan positively! This is our country, our responsibility and righting all the wrongs is our duty. As they say, 'your shit, you clean it.'

A Eulogy For My Grandfather.

  For those of you who don't know me, my name is ____________ and I want to say a few words in memory of my Grandfather.

  My grandfather lived an exciting and remarkable life, one that inspired me greatly. His adventurous nature and broad range of interests made him an amazing person to know who always had tales to tell.

  One day he would tell me how he'd missed his final board exam because he'd had a football match and the next he'd be showing me historical artifacts and places he'd help uncover and show to the world.

  He was generous and patient with his time and affection. He always took an interest in the people he met and it was very rare that he would not engage any person that he met any where at any time.

  My grandfather pursued his many endeavours diligently and with honesty and he expected the same of us too. He was philosophical in his approach to life. Never displaying anger or impatience instead facing everything with a great dignity. Never stopping in the face of failure. He used to say to fail is not a crime but to give up when you fail is one of the greatest.

  I will miss his tales of his adventures in faraway places, his perspective, his humour and his encouragement. I'll miss the surprising depth and scope of his knowledge.

  I will miss one of the greatest men I will ever have the fortune to meet, my grandfather, may his soul rest in peace.

(Credits: My sister)

Err..

You know that feeling when you just want to stay away from everyone and lock yourself up in your room? Where all you do is either read or listen to some music..You feel weird, upset in a way but you have no idea why, coz everything in your life is perfectly fine, so you're still wondering where all these sad vibes are coming from..

Then when you sit and think about it, you realize how much your life has actually changed.. Nothing drastic but the little things have changed.. I remember when i actually had lots of things to do, my friends and I used to be talking all day about weird things, my mom was surprised at how we could be talking ALL day after spending like half the day together, she'd be like "don't you guys get sick of each other?" i'd just laugh it off of course.. I miss em.. My old friends, from school.. We're all in different places now.. Haven't met since idk when.. I do have more friends now but they're just not the same as the ones I grew up with.. But that's just how life is, people come and go, and there's nothing we can do about it..

Back then I hated reading, thought it was boring.. Just looking at those books made me sleepy.. Heck! It took me 3 months to finish reading one tiny goosebumps book.. I'd doze off after reading half a paragraph and now its like the opposite, I'm reading ALL THE TIME! I used to be so annoyed when my sister would read n I'd just sit next to her talking n talking but she'd be so engrossed in the book she hardly even blinked, I see myself becoming like that now..

I'm not saying its a bad thing but I miss the old times, somehow they were happier.. Stupid, small things made me happy.. The happiness lasted longer too.. Now, things do make me happy but it just wears off, you know.. Sigh-

I know I'm rambling, I feel emo today.. Been a few days actually.. This post is so confusing, I don't think ima put it up, its 4/12/11 9:20 pm right now.. Lets see when I actually post this..

No More Cursed Wednesdays!

So I always thought Wednesdays were cursed.. Idk why but this day was always screwed up in one way or another.. In college we have a class at 8 on Wednesday which means early studying which means dead me.. I mean come on, who can study THAT early? And that too an Islamiat class in Urdu, though I take it in English but there aren't any classes arranged for people taking it in English so I'm forced to take the class that is in Urdu.. I don't even get all the names n stuff..

 Anyway, today, surprisingly, was different.. I actually had an awesome day! =D What we(friends) did shall remain a secret but it was AWESOME! ha-ha..

And when I came back home I made this amazing something(that's what I'm calling the dish since it doesn't really have a name=p) ..It was mustard, mayo, ketchup and HP sauce mixed together on a roti topped with chopped nuggets and cheese.. I added the cheese just in case it turned out to be a disaster since it makes everything taste good.. =p

Ok so I dont really know what else to write so ima end it here=p

Blankness

I've been wanting to write a new post for so long now! I get these amazing ideas but as soon as I turn my PC on it's like the idea never existed.. =/ Sad, I know. Then I just stay logged in, in case I get an idea of what to write lol, like that'll happen..
Staying home doing nothing for as long as I have does weird things to you, it's like you don't have anything to talk/write about coz there's nothing going on in your life, (read: nothing worth writing about)
Well I'm glad things are about to change in a few days! College starts on September 6th and I'm so excited!! lol.. You know that feeling when you were a kid and you couldn't wait for the first day of school? Packing your school bag like 2 weeks before school starts? Writing your name on all your notebooks? Yeah, it's the same feeling =p Hey! You cant blame me, I've been home since November last year, it's been like almost a year!
Well I don't have much to write about now so I guess I should end this.. I doubt if anyone's even going to read this, but if anyone is, then thanks =)

The Heart Or Brain?

Trick question..

Had a discussion with dad and he got me into this confusing state.. Which is the king of our body? Brain or the heart? Almost everyone would say the brain, but how can the brain be the king? Coz if the heart doesn't work neither will the brain but if its the other way around, like if the brain doesn't work, the heart still does, right? Like people can survive with the life support thing..

Other thing is, your heart is just a muscle that has to pump blood around, it has nothing to do with your feelings etc, then why do people say stuff like, "dil kharab ho raha hai", "he/she broke my heart", "kuch khane ko dil nahi kr raha", etc.. Its not just a number of people who say this, these phrases are used all around the world. There might be a reason why the first person, to say something like this, would have said it.

According to what we study, all these feelings have nothing to do with the heart.. You get my point right?

Instead of saying, "you broke my heart" why cant we say "you broke my brain", instead of "dil kharab ho raha hai"  why not "dimagh kharab ho raha hai"? I know it sounds crazy but think about it..

The Man With Nine Lives..

So I wake up and open my twitter account, all I see on my timeline is "Osama bin laden dead" bla bla bla..
Is he really dead this time? Or is it just another publicity stunt by the president of USA for the re-election campaign? You know how G. W. Bush always found a tape out of nowhwere, somewhere near the elections.. How can we be sure about OBL being dead now? The sudden burial, and that too in the sea (I'd like to have seen that) all that makes me even more suspicious.. Will Osama re-incarnate for the 3rd time? 

Ok let's just say he DID die (I hope) why is America taking all the credit? Every American just goes like 'it's all because of our army who gave their lives to serve the country bla bla bla" Where are the countless innocent Pakistanis/Muslims, who were killed, mentioned? Did their families not sacrifice?! Thousands of our troops died fighting their war and yet we still dont get any credit! Lets not forget that for every American soldier that died thousands of innocent Muslims also died or were killed.America is not the only country who had to suffer at the hands of these terrorists, many other Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Pakistan also suffered great losses, not to mention the discrimination Muslims all over the world faced at the hands of the West.

Don't the people of Pakistan, deserve even a 'thankyou'? Let alone a reward after all the sacrifices we made..
Our country could not prosper because of all the bombs and drone attacks, I saw images of people celebrating at Ground Zero, America has only one Ground Zero where as because of their "war on terror" our entire country is Ground Zero!

I would really like to ask Mr. Barack Obama this, now that Osama Bin Laden is dead can all Pakistanis live in peace?