The last curse of the princess

Princess has not been sold yet. My impatience led me to give another ad in the newspaper. The ad appeared last Sunday and since then i am continuously getting calls and calls and calls ..

Initially i was saving each caller's number with name to manage the calls but then my mobile's memory fell short . and so did my endurance. Now i just listen to the calls , tell the people where they should come to see the car and thats it. No management of their names at all.

People are so strange. they will call me any time whether i am sleeping or eating or getting ready for office..and then the questions they ask are plainly stupid.Mostly people ask the things that I have already given there in the ad. Is the car Subaru?? Is it blue?? Is it Islamabad number?? blah blah blah.. All these things ARE plainly WRITTEN in the ad. Why do you ask these things... you freak!!!!

And then they dont show up on time. They would tell me to stay in office so that they may come to see the car and i would leave the office late cursing them for not showing up for 4 hours. Those who come , come very late and when they talk - they have to tell me the details of the cars that they have kept all their life and about their family and other irrelevant blah blah.. come on guys.. why the hell am i going to be interested in YOUR story and YOUR cars and anything about YOU at all...

Khair.. this is how things happen in life. Now i usually dont wait for people when they tell me that they are coming to see the car.

People.. please pray that i get rid of this car..

I am staying in Islamabad this weekend. Just for the sake of the car.. wanna get some car deal done this weekend. wont have the fun of playing starcraft. :( Bodz and KB might go for a brood tournament in Sweden . Lucky them ..

I am still happy that i did the Art of Living Course. I am so happy. I am still doing the breathing exercises and I feel good and fresh the whole day.

Art of Living Foundation

Week before the last week , i attended a workshop by Art of living Foundation. It was a 6 day workshop with nearly 3 hours every day ; a wonderful experience which i enjoyed a lot.

This is my first workshop that made a lot of impact on me. They focused on teaching breathing techniques and yoga. I have been studying many things about yoga and breathing on internet from a long time and i was feeling the need of such kind of a workshop.

The basic concept of Art of Living Foundation is to teach exercises that increase prana. What is Prana? Its a life energy - probably the same as qi/chi. Through Yoga you can considerably increase the prana in your body.

The effects of the workshops are lasting. . There were a number of spiritual lessons which might become a part of my life now. There was one exercise which i will mention as it had a very deep effect on me. In this exercise, the participants were told to sit in pairs facing each other with eyes closed. Then we were told to open our eyes and look at each other silently and then a question was asked. "If God ever comes to you in this face, will you be able to accept Him as God?". It was a very deep thing. The question hit me somewhere deep. and it still echoes in my mind now in my free times.

Earlier i was told by someone that Art of living foundation is promoting hindu concepts. What i have learnt is something that is beyond the domain of any religion (or may be i havent studied enough religions). The founder of the course is an Indian . true !!! ..his teachings are not . He is the follower of the Maharishi guy - the one who started Transcendental Meditation. The main exercises of the Art of living course are clearly given on their website . see. This is unlike other workshops as other instructors usually try to keep their teachings secret and sacred - making it impossible for a person to know what will be offered unless he/she gets registered for the course. Art of living makes it clear as to what they do and thats why they seem honest.

I came to know about Art of living when i was in Michigan , US. The course would have cost me some 400$ , had i done it in US. but lucky me!!.. i found them here and did the workshop at a much much much much lesser price .. :D ..There are only 2 Art-of-living instructors in Pakistan. luckily both are based in islamabad . . Btw, one of them is a VP in Mobilink.... kool ..

Ali Bhai and Noman also attended the workshop. Ali couldn't complete but Noman completed it and is as happy as i am.

The advanced level of the course will be offered after Ramzan. and in that we will have to go and stay at somewhere for sometime... for some 3-4 days.. isolated from the world.. What does that sound to you.. kool or weird.. :d ... well. ...kool to me atleast.. Reminds me of the time when i used to go on Tableeghi Seh Rozas - (a 3 day trip to a mosque) . Those , too , were days.

Oh btw!!... i lost 2 kg weight during the workshop. :D

My life for Aiur!

"My life for Aiur" - this is what a Zealot says when it comes out of the warp gate. Zealot is a unit in Starcraft and along with starcraft it has made its appearance in my dreams as well when my starcraft addiction was at its peak in 1998 or 99.

Anyways, these days my life is for Aiur as my starcraft addiction is growing again and why shouldnt it grow when i spend two nights every weekend playing this game with my old gikian fellows and have started winning few of the games. .

I have been a loser in the game for a long time. Failing to understand the basic concepts, i make mistakes that usually provoke my allies. Long time ago, while in Giki, while on bnet (the server on which starcraft is played) I made a mistake - ( to be more specific , i had a dozen dragoons but i couldnt make them cross a river bridge when my ally needed them badly to protect his base ). My ally got pissed . He sent me a few angry words & left the game. On that day , like a priest who takes the vow of celibacy , i took a vow that i will never play starcraft on bnet again. This was a stupid vow . As then i started playing against computer only and a computer AI is extremely predictable .You can neither have fun nor learning by playing with it.

On May 19, Blizzard announced that starcraft II is in production and so i finally decided to listen to bodi's constant calls to join bnet . Thus I shifted from playing-warcraft-daily to playing-starcraft-daily , got DSL at home and came back on the bnet server again.

Last weekend i followed a good routine of staying awake all night for the love of starcraft. Bodi and KB were too nice to teach me to overcome the main mistakes that i usually do. Bodi went out of the way by giving me a proper walkthrough lecture on the very basic build order in the game . Now i daily follow this practice religiously to improve the game.

I dont think of Starcraft as an addiction anymore.(earlier, i used to) Although it distracts me from my life routine and has all the ingredients of a proper addiction but now i have surrendered to the fact that of playing Starcraft lifts my mood..it keeps me happy.. it keeps me running . :D

Nomi and Timmy

Two of my very good friends started blogging. They are both a gift from Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) to me . I worked in PTA as Assistant Director for nearly an year and these two guys were my colleagues there.

Of Nomi.

Noman Yasir Jelani (NYJ) was hired in PTA with me and we got the same "Engineering" department. I was in "Type Approval" section and all kind of telecom equipments imports used to make their way to approval through me (please dont get impressed- the work sucked big time!! ) . Noman was/is in the Numbering Plan section. All kind of telephone codes, UAN numbers etc. make their way to approval through him. When i left PTA , Noman started handling both the areas. He is quite an efficient and hardworking person and is a really fun work partner. Together we have seen a time of hardships and frustrations. I consider him quite mature and I guess i can discuss almost everything with him .A few of my present day concepts have resulted because of my long discussions with him . He doesnt usually know about the cutting edge mumbo jumbo (IPod, Iphone wagheera) but grasps new ideas very quickly. He is a very very very good friend of mine and i always enjoy his company a lot.

Of Timmy

Timmy is in some software related department. I never understood his work . :D . He is a luminite (graduate of LUMS) and has interests in japanese animes and gadgets. He is the one who introduced me to the world of Naruto though he curses it now as i keep telling him the spoilers. See! he only watches the anime (cartoon) whereas i also read the manga (the comic book) and I am always more updated about the story than him as the manga's story is always ahead of the anime. When i returned from US i brought a Naruto action figure for him and he is still keeping that in his office. He owns a Nintendo DS, an Xbox 360 and a PSP and i am waiting for him to buy a Wii as well :D . (you can see the naruto action figure along with Timmy's other gadgets in the picture) Now all these possessions clearly give an idea that he has a good knowledge of the latest technical Mumbo Jumbo . He can easily talk for hours about the various differences of the different gaming platforms, their future strategies & plans and their upcoming games and blah blah ... but sometimes it becomes impossible for me to bear him and that happen mostly when he is making a request and when he does that , he makes use of a long-duration low-frequency low-amplitude sound that becomes so irritating that the listener finds himself with no choice but to accept his request .. not only to stop the sound but also to stop his lower lip that vibrates aimlessly to help him generate merciful feelings in the hearts of the others.

Of these days

Life is going all fine. Unusullay, Princess is going fine. No customers yet. I received calls but very few people actually came to see it. bad :( . Islamabad is having the Lal Masjid issue , not sure wether its over or not. Once you are in office you are not connected to the real world anymore - there is no TV here :( and you have to wait for things to appear on internet to know about them. Lal Masjid is near to my living place . Its in G6 and i am in G7 but nothing crossed the sector borders. Life remained peaceful in my area. I am completely unaware of the latest update but its really sad to see people doing such things. Once i used to have such kind of thinking (yeah! I used to be a devoted Tableeghi) but I am happy that now i have chosen the right path :D

Of Spiritual

I might start a 6 days class with Art of living Foundation . I came to know about them while i was in US. Got their Pakistani branch's address from there and now the Islamabad branch is going to have some classes next week. I might attend them . Unlike the fourth dimension and mind power , this seems to be more oriented towards Yoga and breathing exercises. I am not sure of the course contents yet but i hope it will be more of a practical thingy. You can read a wiki about them here.

Of today

Me leaves for Peshawar today - For the love of Starcraft . Bodi gave a sacrifice last weekend by being my ally in the game - As expected we lost all of the games and then a frustrated bodi taught me a Protoss build order (though i still think i can play better with Zerg) that i am suppose to follow religiously to increase my chances of winning. Lets see how it goes this weekend.

Princess For Sale

I gave the car Ad in Jang Newspaper. The ad appeared this Sunday. I also gave an ad on the internet site that deals with car sales in Pakistan.

I have been receiving calls since sunday. One guy came to see the car. Others are planning to come to see the car.. The calls are still coming..

The ball has started rolling.

My life - 20 June 2007

Of the sister

Finally I met my sister. after some 2.5 years. She arrived Peshawar last Wednesday (14th June) and I was so happy to see her. She was in Ireland for a long time and now she is back to live in Pakistan again. Before coming to Pakistan she went to Switzerland with her husband on a vocation trip and had a blast of time here.. Looking at the pics and videos that she made there in Switzerland , I wish I could go there too.  Now I just hope to get the Switzerland project next time. :D

Of the starcraft

I took two days off from office which eventually turned into four, thanks to the adjacent weekend. On Friday night I played starcraft till 5 in the morning with 3 of my Gikian friends. The thrill and enjoyment that i get from playing the game is out of this world. I lose a lot (and that is usually my default play style :D) but still i just cant stop playing this game. 

Of the car

I returned to Islamabad on Sunday (17th June) and found that my car , the princess, was not willing to start the engine. Damn you proud princess!!! I had to get the mechanic next day to get it fixed again. No wonder my friends ask me to put the mechanic's mobile number in Mobilink Friends and Families. :D lol.

Even today the car was angry. I reached the office a little late. When i parked the car, a guard asked me to park the car on the other side and the princess went all mad and refused to start at all :D . Khair,i went to Mechanic in the evening again who sent me to the car battery shop who told me their stupid version of solution of the car's problem.They proposed replacing the wire that links the car generator with the battery. Now i might be stupid in car problems but i understand this very well that the generator has got nothing to do with starting the car . This princess has made me learn a lot the hard way. Anyway my car-saga ended with an electrician who worked for some 3.5 hours to fix the engine-starter. i returned home too late - near 10:45 pm. See!!! Isn't keeping this car a full time job in itself.

Of the food

My weight is still the same. I am still maintain it you know :D. Every day there is one or another reason to escape dieting. This Monday, we had our NCR batch reunion as after a long time all the people of my batch (the 8 of us) were in Pakistan .So first the boys of the batch went to Savour Foods at lunch.  Savour is so tasty ; eating less there seems like a sin. On Tuesday we had another batch reunion and this time it was without gender discrimination. we went to KC grill . How can you diet at KC grill?? :D then today a friend who returned from Turkey took us to Papasallys . again!! how can you even think of dieting there. :D .  I hope the rest of the days in the week will go normal.  Every single day you get one reason or the other to celebrate.

Current plans

Have to sell the car....

Have to sell the car.....

Have to sell the car.........

June 2007

its been a long time since my last post .I wasnt really busy its just that procrastination rules my life now.

Back to office

Back to Pakistan, Back to Islamabad, Back to office , Back to my seat. Happy to be in a good AC . The place where i worked at Dubai had a pathetic air conditioning system and it was really difficult to work there.Now its so relaxing to sit in a cool place with relaxed environment.

One week vacation - Starcraft & Peshawar

I had a week off from office which was spent in Peshawar with family . Got DSL installed at home for the love of Starcraft even though it meant messing up with all the telephone wires at homes.It took so long to get all the phone lines fixed. Later i played a few starcraft games with Bodi , lost in all of them as expected :) but the thrill and enjoyment that i got from playing the game ; its always awesome.

Life is changing again - I am beginning to like Peshawar. now this is something that i never expected to happen . Sometimes, I even think of settling there. I just wait to see how long this phase last.I am just getting tired of being alone all the time. Cant take it any more. Thanks to Naruto (an anime - Japanese Cartoon) , which let me understand this problem .

Islamabad - my room

What else, my return to my room in Islamabad was greeted by a computer that was not working and an AC that was not turning on . Computer is still not working. The AC turned on later but it wasnt showing any display at all. I was worried for a week but just a few days ago i found the button on remote-control that says "light" and that turns on the display of the AC when pressed. :) - problem solved - .there was some cooling problem with it too but last night i cleaned the AC filter (jaali) and now my lovely Dawlance is super kool again.

Islamabad is really hot these days... i am talking about the weather ;)... i really hate going out in the sun.. luckily there is no load shedding in my area.. but i know there is too much load shedding going on in other areas..

Of the princess

The princess has returned.. My beautiful car Subaro is back.. it stood idle for some 6 months at a friend's home (thanks for his patience) since nov 2006. the battery was down ... i got it fixed this sunday..and i am still tired because of all the khota kaam (donkey work) i did on sunday. now i am planning to sell it as soon as possible.

Of the project

I am back to my old project -the one for which i went to US. but no scene of going to US now as I didnt accept going out again so soon. I want to stay here for a while . Why? I dont know.

- now -

I wil be leaving for Peshawar today. My sister is coming back from Ireland.. its toooooooooo long since i met her. and i really want to see her now. I hope there wont be lot of load shedding in Peshawar for these 3-4 days..i hate garmi. and my home at Peshawar has been designed in a way that its always extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter.

Plans:

• have to get the room cleaned
• have to get the PC fixed
• have to sell the car
• have to give SQL paper (2nd paper of six for my Teradata certification)
• have to start exercise (current excuse = the weather is too hot)
  

Going Back to Pakistan

Last weekend i went to Abu Dhabi to see the match between Pakistan and Srilanka . I am not a cricket fan. but i enjoyed being with the crowd in the Abu Dhabi cricket stadium. The shouting and halla gulla; it was all so fun. The crowd was doing strange and funny things. People were really crazy. :D but i enjoyed it all .

One big news is that Starcraft 2 is coming.. I am so happy..so excited about this. Blizzard has not announced the game release date yet. Starcraft is the first game i ever fell in love with. It remained in my mind for so long. Now i just cant wait to see its part-2. New units , new graphics , new strategies ; It will be all so fun. I just wish i get some multiplayer gaming environment somehow.

Rest of my life has been uneventful. I will be flying back to Pakistan today. I didnt get any time to do much here in Dubai.It was a boring place indeed. I feel i am close to nature and so i dont like living in cities like Dubai. Life in small cities having lesser traffic and short buildings is better.
The perfect ideal place to live for a person like me is GIKI , my university. I miss the place too much. Probably its the only place i have fallen in love with ever. On a side note, i feel i have started liking Peshawar as well. Why? The reason should be very obvious . :D Anyways, now I am so eager to meet my family (and the extended part of it). Its been too long since i have seen my parents and its been really really really long since i have met my sister. I miss them all and now i feel that I am turning into a family oriented guy.

Spiderman 3

I saw Spiderman 3 last night. it was good. The effects were good but storyline was not as strong as i was expecting. Actually i read it somewhere that story of Spiderman 3 was written before the story of Spiderman 2, and so Spiderman 2 was written keeping Spiderman 3's story in mind.

so i was expecting something real kool in terms of the story line. but it wasnt as kool as my expectations. Some parts in the movies are really funny.

What else ,
Still office - home - office routine...
havent checked my weight for a while... :D

-changed the looks of both of my blogs but they dont look as good as i was expecting....need to work more.

General Motors Diet Plan - Part 2 0f 2

Thursday: DAY 5

breakfast:i had sausages (they were bit oily) with cucumber
Lunch: i had some salad . most of which was tomatoe.
Night: i had a Roasted beef salad from SUBWAY.

Friday: DAY6

breakfast: again, i had some sausages with cucmber.
Lunch: i had chicken breast salad
dinner: i had canned fruits (pineapple + cocktail)

Saturday: DAY7

breakfast:Sausages again . cucumber again
lunch : subways salad + rice+ sauteed vegetables + mixed fruits
Night : Strawberries + RANI orange juice


so this remained my diet. It doesn't conform very strictly to the plan given by GM people, but whatever, the deviation is not tooooo much. ..Its ok .. isnt it??

Khair, having said that. Just guess what i achieved. ???

And when i let you have some time to guess about my weight loss, here is a hint .

My colleague, the guy here at Mashreq Bank Office, who started diet plan with me lost 4.5 Kg.

so make a guess, how much did i lose...


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only 0.5 Kg.. :( ..


My whole day was sad today. (Checked the weight today morning before coming to office).

and now i am feeling homesick. Akheer bore.. spent one WHOLE FREAKING WEEK.. and what i got was only and only and only and only 0.5 KG.. ISNT THAT FREAKING DISAPPOINTING.. :( :( :(

Khair.. All is well that ends IN A well. (yeah, this is MY english!!).. there is always some reward hidden in hard work and in my case this HARDSHIP of 7 days has resulted in a good thing that now i FEEL lighter. i don't know how to make use of that though. But i know , such kind of feelings help one a lot in overcoming their goals. A colleague here floated the idea that probably the FAT converted into muscles OF EQUAL WEIGHT. I cant rule out that possibility yet. :D

but with time , i will see how effective was this diet plan. Cause presently i feel no kind of attraction to Fatty foods. Lets see how long it lasts.

And NO!! i haven't lost hope yet. Next time i am going to have a more strict diet . This time i let some oil pass to my stomach but next time it wont..

And please...if you want to make any comment, don't ask me to start exercise.I know that i am supposed to exercise and i have been trying to start doing it "from tomorrow" for so many months...

General Motors Diet Plan

DINNER CRUISE
The dinner cruise i talked about last time was good. We went on a dhow (small ship) and saw the whole dubai through the creek area. We had a good dinner . then there was a lot of Hala Gulla as our sponsor happened to be lively people and they had planned a good interactive programme for us in which they distributed a few gifts as well. I liked the experience , even though there was no belly dancer there :D . The client people are really good and cooperative. Dubai for the first time looked good. Maybe because this was my first chance to look at these tall towers from a distance.

DIET PLAN



These days , I am on diet I am following General Motors diet plan that promises to reduce 10+ lbs in 1 week.

It makes you eat only type of food each day.I am on day 4 today. so i had bananas and milk today.

My weight this saturday was 102 Kg. (please dont faint with shock). I started this plan on sunday. (Sunday is the first working day of a week in UAE).



Sunday: DAY1
I had only fruits whole day. In breakfast i had lots of water melons or may be melons (whatever it is, that has red pulp and black seeds) . In lunch i had lots of fruit salad with so many different fruits. At night i ate apples which i think was a bad idea as apples have caffein and i shouldnt be taking caffein at night because then i cant sleep for hours.

Monday:DAY2
Only vegetables. I had some beans in breakfast (Vegetables naheen thay hotel kay free nashtay main) along with a few cucumbers. Lunch main i had vegetable salad. then at night i had a salad from Subway with ALL sauces except mayonise. It was very very tasty.

Tuesday:DAY3
I was supposed to have vegetables again. but i started the day 4 diet by mistake and had two glasses of milk :( i realized it soon.. and remained sad the whole day. .. had some cucumbers after finding out the proper diet. In lunch i got Subway Salad delivered to office. it was very tasty again. then i also had some fruit salad. At night i had a mixture of fruit and vegetable salad. Pineapple and Apples taste really good with salad.

Wednesday : DAY4 - today
I had bananas and milk whole day. I bought a biiiiiig banana, nearly a foot long, but it had not rippen properly so i left it after 2-3 bites. then i had other small bananas and milk. The milk here tastes really strange . :( .. and bad.

Thursday DAY5 - tomorrow
Tomorrow i will eat tomatoes and lean beef. now i dont know what the hell is "lean" beef . I guess its fat free beef (as told by 'HER'). I guess i will be taking some Salami beef wagheera.

There are different version of this diet on internet. All are same but they just change it on the 5th day. i.e some sites replace beef with rice , probably for vegetarians.

Anyways, wish me luck. wish me feel happy on this coming Saturday, when i will check my weight again. 2 kg bhi kam hoya to i will be happy.. :D.. I dont know wether i am following a diet fad or what but i just hope it will go good. I just want to get rid of this fat tummy of mine. :( .

now Dubai

Since my last post just a few things have happened.

1st Feb. as you know i got engaged in a very drammatic manner.

3rd Feb. My parents went to ireland to be with my sister.
(so you see the whole plan was to get me engaged and leave the country so that i may not be around to complain for what they have done to me)

14th Feb. I had my life's first ever valentine's day :D. (we didnt meet each other, but we sent gifts and shared greetings ) :D.

26 Feb. I came to Dubai for Project on Mashreq Bank. am still here..Dubai is a boring place. I didn't even enjoy Desert Safari .

April 8. My parents went back to Pakistan.


Hmm. so these are all the events during this period. Kitni uneventful life hay..


Other small things:

• Naruto's new episodes are being aired now.
• I bought a guitar. havent used it yet. :( My colleague (who is in Dubai with me ) said that he will teach me how to play it but he didnt. :(
• I have finally started liking informatica. The ETL tool that i am working on these days. I have also started liking my work. Not the repetitive part of it though.

Generally:

Life is again all work. Late night sittings.. working on weekends.. The Team i am working with is good . All people are Pakistani/Indian but the medium of language in general is English+Urdu.

I havent had much chance to see much of Dubai. Thats why i say Dubai is boring. Probably i will enjoy it when i will come here after marriage. (though i dont think its a place to visit if you want to have fun) . I have been eating Shawarmas mostly . thanks to the my colleague who likes to have shawarma & mountain dew in every meal.

-Weight is still the same i guess. :( kaafi arsay say check naheen kiya..

-No spiritual experiences. :(

bus only work..


About Friends:

• A very good friend of mine did 4D level 2. Unlike me she was able to bend the spoon. I wish i was there in Pakistan to attend the workshop.
  
• Bodi got a job in Hellsinki.(some place in Finland) He is very happy now. Now he is so rich that first he bought a laptop and now a PSP. He even had a hair cut.
  
• Jazz decided to come out of his slumber and started blogging again. His blog is not accessible to the common people as i have told him a trick to hide his blogs. :D
  
• Amjad went to Turkey for a Project. His first long duration foreign trip.
• Noman lost his "Networking Fundamentals" book after his exam. He has already lost a few things before.
• Timmy bought a new gaming console. ( i dont really remember him telling me so but based on my previous experience , i am sure he will have bought one in this time duration :D )
• SHE , the one i got engaged with , is becoming a good friend of mine. :D

Ok me goes now. My colleague is extremely mad. He had been downloading stuff from net whole day. and now there is no one to chat with or nothing remaining to download from Internet.. so he has to leave .. means.. we have to leave...

Btw tomorrow I am going on a DINNER CRUISE with my team... sounds kool. :D ;)

I got engaged

I got engaged in a very dramatic way.. It really amazes me now that i look back in time . let me take you with me to a few fragments of my memory..

30 Jan 2007 11:00 pm

I am in Detroit in my hotel..My flight is at 1:00 pm.. I should have been at airport at 11:00 pm.. its already 11:00 while i am here at my hotel.. i am worried 'cause i already have an experience of missing a flight once... it seems i will be missing it again.. .. I am worried their is too much laggage to pack, i cant have any interruption in this packing process.

but i get an interruption when My mobile phone beeps.. i dont want anyone to call me right now..i am damn busy. i have a flight to catch.. i pick up the mobile.its a message from my mother asking me to call her home. Oh god.. there is no time to call her.. i am already late.. but i am calling home, am asking my brother to ask mummy on phone QUICKLY as i am already late.. mummy comes and now she is telling me that I am getting engaged on Friday.. I am angry.. What the hell is this..its just one of those plans that never wear the practical-shalwar (amli jaama) ...i havent even seen the girl.. There is no way i am going to accept any such stupid arrangement..

I am finishing the call and am running in the room..trying to pack all the lugggage.. i know there wont be any engagement. it just cant be..I wont even be thinking about it.. it was just an interruption in my work to pack my luggage.

(2 hours later)

12:50 pm

I just made it to the Gate for my flight going against all odds (refer to my previous blog entry) .. i had been running all the time.. i am so tired.. i am taking quick breaths.. havent thought of that call from my mother for a long time...soon i will fly to Newyork and then from Newyork to Dubai..

(12 hours later)

11:45 pm

I am onboard.. flying from newyork to Dubai.. i havent thought of that call from my mother for a long time ..i know its not going to happen..so i am not even thinking about it..i am watching "Peacefull Warrior", and i am wondering oh my god, i am watching this movie at the perfect time...there could not haven been a better time to watch it ..

(14 hours later)

31 Jan 2007

10:00 pm

I am at Dubai Airport.. I have a flight at 3:00 and i am stuck here since 8:00 pm. i hate such a long wait period.. An NCR colleague whom i met here on Airport , took me to Emirates waiting lounge where they offer free food and internet.. i am chatting with my sister on internet. she is telling me about my engagement.. and i am getting angry ..i am telling her that there is no way i am going to get engaged .. .. She is trying to convince me that i will like the girl.. and i am all against her ideas because i know that my family doesnt know me.. i cant marry anyone without knowing her first...My sister tells me the name of that girl..she too is not sure of the full name...Anyways, i know there is going to be a bad scene at home when i will reach there... i know i will be extremely chirchira because my lack of sleep will start my depressin-cycle by that time..and there will be too much fight at home..i am already depressed..

(8 hours later)

1st Feb.

7:10 am.

I am at the Peshawar Airport. I am waiting for the passport stamp people to come and stamp our passports.. the whole flight is waiting for the officials to arrive.. everyone is angry on the airport people.. there is a big crowd yelling and shouting , i am a part of them and i am cursing the staff too..

(1.5 hour later)

1st Feb 8:50

I am out of the airport . the stupid staff wasted so much time..though all they had to do was to stamp our passports showing that we have entered in Pakistan.anyways , i am outside the main building,..My father is greeting me..he is happy.. i see my my brother & mother..everyone is happy..

(1.5 hour later)

1st Feb 10:30 am

I am at home. have had breakfast. had talked with everyone..have opened my luggage to show them stuff that i brough from USA.. My father has left to get Mithai for some event in evening.. They havent asked me about my willingness yet.. they are just telling me that they are taking me to the girl's place to make us see each other.. i am not interested.. i have got a jet lag to get rid of... but they are all happy .. full of energy.. i am going to sleep now..

1st Feb 6:30 (8 hours later)

I just got up from my slumber.. My mother has asked me to get ready..to wear my suit . i am all sleepy and bored.. there are guests downstairs.. Why are so many people going with me when the plan is to see the girl only..

1st Feb 7:30 (1 hour later)

I am downstair meeting all the guests.. They are congratulaing me..oh.they are congratulating me because i just returned from America.

8:30 pm (1 hour later)

I am at the girls place..there are so many people here.. what the hell is going on .. i havent even seen the girl , why is everone congratulating me.. we havent been engaged yet.. i havent given any approval ..dah!! will anyone even ask me for my willingness..what is my family doing.. I start pretending that i am enjoying.. and realize later that i AM enjoying it ...Why?? . fortunately , my lack of sleep has started my maniac cycle instead of the depression cycle.-and its giving me enough energy and life to last for that day..but thats crazy .

10:00 pm (1.5 hour later)

I am sitting on a wooden swing (Jhola) wearing phoolon ka har..SHE is sitting with me.. There is a whole bunch of people looking at us.. they are all happy . My mother is giving me a ring and asking me to put in the HER finger..

i havent even seen the girl.. i havent even looked at her face yet..

I have got a jet lag..

I am trying to put the ring on her hand...somebody is shouting.."hey! hold her hand with your other hand ".. I am holding her hand , putting a ring on her finger. She takes out a small box and puts a ring on my finger...

The crowd shouts ..Mubarik ... Mubarik....

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I am officially engaged...

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Deep down , inside (at the time of the exchange of rings)

i am thinking that its ok.. i dont know what will happen next.. but i am accepting it.. .everything will go good.. i dont know how she looks like .. i dont know about her personality at all..but i am accepting it..I am thinking of my sister's words.."All girls are same.it doesnt matter whom you chose".. I am thking of my mental state that i had a few weeks ago at Meijeir departmental store in US when i spent two and a half hours to buy a single pair of steel toe shoe ...i had spent all the time (2.5 hours) comparing this one pair that i liked (and later bought) with all the shoes in the that store ..and i had thought

"Come on man!! If i am taking so long to chose a shoe, i am going to spend life times in choosing a girl.. I should better let someone else do the selection"..

I am also thinking about THE Answer from Daughtery..... THE Answer completely sealed one one aspect of my life... and now it seems completely fitting that i entering a new phase of life . The timing is perfect.

i am happy .I am satisfied ..

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I am accepting the engagement , I am accepting the script...

Sameer coming back , against all odds

I left US today on 30th.. (and now at night..this part of the world say that its the night of 31st..My mental time clock is totally screwed)

AGAINST ALL ODDS

My first flight was from Detroit to Newyork at 1:00 pm and i made it to the gate just 15 minutes before the gate closing...I had so many odds against catching this flight . they are all worth mentioning :

• First i got delayed in packing my stuff. i had planned to do it on 29th (the day before my flight) but all of a sudden i had to attend a dinner - it was a goodbye dinner to me :) so i had to attend it , then i had to visit a guy to return him some money, then after coming back from his place i had to go visit him again 'cause he called to inform me that i had given him 20 bucks more.. then i slept late..woke up late..couldnt start packing on time..
  
• had too much stuff to pack. (i went with one bag 1 hand carry. am coming back with two bags, 2 handcarries with 2 jackets on arms)
  
  
• Usually , in my hotel ,at the front desk , people can give you your complete bill whenever you aks them but For my complete hotel bill detail , the front desk lady had to go to get the accountant. a long process that wasted my time
  
• it took time to clean snow from my car.. It snowed that morning..
  
• I took a wrong exit on my way to airport..and in US ,taking a wrong direction can not be fixed very quickly. luckily somehow i got a sense of the road directions (even though the place was new for me) and got back on track again...
  
• Before Returning the car to car rental , we are supposed to fill it up with fuel. When i reached the fuel station , the car's fuel lid was was frozen , it didnt open ...
  
• After fuelling, i was supposed to make a U-turn on the road, the way i take U-turns in USA is that i keep on going my road until i find an empty street on the right side, i drive into that street , take a U-turn there , come back towards the main road , and take a left turn - this results in a complete U-turn.. This strategy didnt work today, i didn't find any street at all on the way forward, all the streets that i got were entrances to some other Car Rental companies . and you can not get your car out easily if you mistakenly enter in there..
• I had two luggage bags, two hand carries and was carrying two jackets.. and i didn't find any trolley in the airport area...i had to take my stuff one at a time.. u know taking few pieces forward, putting them there, coming back to get the rest of the stuff, then moving forward with some parts... The most difficult of this was climbing the elevator..
  
• when i finally made it to the boarding pass issuing area, i was told that one of the bag is overweight.. I had to make some luggage adjustments right there..
  
• there was something in me that beeped in the security door.. even though i had removed my jackets, belt, steel-toe-shoes, wallet, mobile..everything ..the door just beeped...so the guard took me to a side and kept checking me for some 10-15 minutes.. (it was a descent checking - mind you!! )
  
• I kept kept racing the car all the time (even overtook a few cars, a big acheivement for me) , at airport i was running all the time, , remained frantic all the time.. It took me some time to stabilize my breath when i finally reached the destination... (thanks to my motapa)
  
  With so many hands (hands ; the verb , not the noun.), I made it . I got the flight.. Now thats an improvement.. (Reminder: Last time i entirely missed my flight from New York to Detroit). I don't know how i got his flight . some may consider that time stopped for me, some may consider it a CLEAR sign of some divine existence , some may consider it just a coincidence and some may consider it just a part of the the script .
  
  Anyways, I made it to New york near 3:30. ..stayed on airport for some 7-8 hours (with nothing to do).. had an 11 hour flight to Dubai (watched four movies)..and now i am in Dubai. once again i have to spend some 6 hours on the airport here.. :(...
  
  

THE SPIRIT WITHIN

Now when i look on my travel accomplishments...to me it seems i learnt a lot from this trip. Probably i might be able to label my recent life in terms of this trip (like the sameer before the US trip and the sameer after the US trip) ...It was a big paradigm shift in my life.. Thanks to the answer.. (Referring to my last blog).. I am a happy being now.. nothing is eating me inside anymore.. A psychic read me and said that my state is like a tree whose trunk has recently been shaken. The answers i got from the Jean and Don Daughtry were really amazing.

I have realized that people are more important than places..For the first time, i felt i was missing people.. may be i got too social in previous years.. or may be i have improved my relationships.. may be i have started giving more importance to the friendship bonds.

I have also learnt about many new spiritual concepts..new ideas that make sense to me.. new spiritual practices.. new beliefs...

My belief in the script is increasing ... The way things go , and their sequences.. it really amazes me.. Even on this flight that i just had from Newyork to Dubai...well.. there is a Movie - "The Peace full Warrior"... For some unkown reason, i wanted to see the movie.. bus dil karta tha..when i was going to Newyork (in Novemeber) , i thought many times of watching the movie on plane but skipped it every time for some reason or the other.... Now ! when i watched the movie tonight during the flight ... i realized that it had 2 very important messages for me ..which i would not have caught at all , had i watched the movie before the US stay.. i mean.. something that i learnt in US, made me properly understand the message..this sequence of events in my life . it is so amazing... these Lessons - coming in the order they should be ; I just cant call it a coincidence...

Anyways, I am happy that i am going home.. i am happy that I have got "Eternal Sunshine of the SPOTless mind". "SPOT" being the name of my project.. This project had made me extremely busy ..since August .. thanks good that i am not working on this project anymore.. i want to live my life now.. working for 16 hours a day doesnt leave you with a normal life at all..

and oh! My parents are cooking up something for my future ... I feel something coming my way SOON.. a further BIG change in life .. I don't know wether I will be accepting their decision or not. but.. well.. i dont know.. the coming 2-3 days are going to be very important. ... but!!... when i look inside, i dont feel too much motivation in going against their desires ..

PS. oh regarding my achievements , i forgot to mention that i finally learnt how speak the word "pork" , earlier for some reason i couldn't speak it properly .. every time my tongue slipped on "k" , making it an "n"... Just imagine a guy making this mistake at a restaurant enquiring ," Has this stuff got any pork in it?" :)

PPS. pray for me to recover from the Jet Lag soon... i am completely different when my sleep is disturbed..

Sameer gets THE answers

The scripts of my life took me to Jean and Don Daughtery.. An excellent spiritual couple whose life is all full of unbelievable things.. I met these guys at the Psychic Festival . They gave a live demonstration of Consultation in Trance . The way it is does and what it does is that Don (the husband) goes into deep trance and the Jean (wife) asks him the questions which are then answered by Don.. while he is in the deep trance state...

I was lucky to get a free reading ticket from Jean and Don .. I was even luckier to get some help from a guy Harry. Harry happens to be an iridologist (Iridology or iridodiagnosis is an alternative medicine practice in which patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris are examined for information about a patient's health ). I got a chance to get my eye examined by him and he told me some health problems that will arise soon if i dont take any necessary precautions.

Anyways, Me and Harry went to see the Daughtery couple at their place.. It was some 40 minutes drive.. and i was really scared by the traffic Jam..

It was a good talk that we had there.. I felt my self all inside a pool of knowledge.. They have a Greeeeeat weatlh of knowledge about things and the good point is that all their concepts are original i.e They have not been derived by any other person's , cult's or religion's teachings but by their own life experiences and their personal abilities which have taught them a lot . Jean has been seeing spirits since her childhood and the guy has been too much regular in medidation, Out of body Experinces and Near Death Experiences..

I had prepared a list of questions with the help of Harry , most of which related to me , my sister and mother... i only had some 55 minutes to ask the questions..cause Don cant stay in his state more than that.

I got satisfied answers to all the question that i had . i asked all the important things that were bothering me ..Especially my biggest problem.. something that has been bothering me for quite some long years. something that had completely changed my view of life, religion , society and everything that relates me for i dont remember how long......there is something that was there and i just could not accept it ..the only way out was to accept it completely and bear the resulting difficult life... but a part of me was not willing to accept it..and i was under some internal conflict that was affecting my life..so i posed this qusetion to Don.... and the answer that i got filled with me with happiness..it was completely according to my expectations....It was so strange an answer that Harry even shouted and requested Don to answer that question again.. And I was all full of Joy , amazement , happiness.. I just wish i could write things clearly... I tend to tell everything about me.. but there are things that i just cant tell , not because i am shy but because of the complexity in understanding it....so.. for you ,my dear reader!! ..the summary is that once again my view on life has changed and its good now.....i just want to share this new joy and happiness with you.. Just feel happy for me..

Haaaaah!!! i finally solved one big issue of life..Now i just wait to get new tensions and problems... Lol...

And i am about to go back to Pakistan.. Now that my purpose to come to USA has been fulfilled, i guess its time for me to leave the place.. .I was thinking of going to the couple again to ask few more things.. to know about my past lives, to know about the unfinished business that i carry from the past lives... but i guess the script doesnt want me to have more knowledge. May be its not needed..

Hmmm!!!.....Its a good script.. I am enjoying it...

Sameer meets psychics in USA

Long ago when i dived into the world of spiritual knowledge , i thought there are not many people in this field ..it was always difficult for me to find people with this same interest and explain the things to those who have no interest in this field at all.... i have seen some people explaining it in a very good way to other...... but whenever I try to do it ..I start feeling stupid myself during the conversation... lol..

when i came here to US , i thought it will be now more difficult to me to tell people about all the spiritual things cause they are so developed and realatively more logical..

but i was wrong.

last week i attended a meditation seminar in a library here.. It was good... its an organization called "Art of living Foundation" which also happens to have a center in Pakistan..in islamabad (which is probably not active)...they gave a good demo of a breathing exercise that they wanted to teach in a course later..it was a good exercise.. but the class is like 200$ (this is special discount for me when i did some runna pitna that i am a visitor and wont be here for long) .. so i am still thinking wether i should go for it not.. havent i already done enough courses...

After the meditatin class i was just checking out the library and i found a magazine there from which i got to know about a Psychic Festival in Sheraton Hotel nearby..

so Today (7 Jan 2007) i went to that Festival...and i was amazed by the size of the crowd and the amount of activities going on.. There were so many things there.. the list goes as:

-Psychic readers and Clairovoyants ,who were using tarrot cards , astronomy , nuemerology , palmistry and so many other things and stuffs to tell you about you....they were charging some 15-30$ for it...i couldnt get time to get a reading.. i regret that...

-People selling crystalized water (based on Dr Emoto's research..RAZA are you reading this..:) ) , they process the water so that it maintains the internal symetrical crystalline structure on the molecular level(even in the liqud form) and then they sell it..... they claimed that a drop of it can be used to convert some gallons of water into having that kind of structure..

-then there were Meditation cassettes by a company that i already know about, Minroe institue.. i dont know wether its a company or a proper institute..they had some CDs that can make you have Out of Body Experience.. the cost was nearly 100$... :(..

-then i met Christian tableeghees who spent some 20 minutes around me to brainwash me in belieiving that in every problem i should call the Jesus name as he is still alive and still listens to us .One woman became very emotional and she gave me some dozen examples of her life in which she was about to have some life threatning accident but all of a sudden she called the name of the Jesus ....and bingo!!! she was saved... in her opinion , that was enough to convince people.. ..anyways, They did a special prayer for me and my family specially my sister....they also asked the holy jesus to cure my throat (i cough a lot.. for no reason at all.. )... it was all free .. they didnt take any money from me.. :) they did take a lot of time from me.... :( ... once i left their stall i didnt go even near to that corner again... and oh!! my coughing never stopped...

-then there were Dianetics people who even took my emotional test through the legendary E-meter ... The lady was so much worried about my mental stress that she was asking me to buy the book again and again.. it was 8.95$ .. could have bought it ..but c'mon !! its available in Pakistan too...probably at a cheaper price..

-then their were full body reiki massages.. there were beds and massage machines and people were getting massages there...

there was so much there.... Free lectures on so many things.. i missed many of them cause i was late.. i still curse myself for being a lazy @$$...

-then there were aura photographers.. one guy was taking aura photograph with a krillian photography tehcnique.. i got my aura picture through a Bio Feed Back Machine.. See my aura below..

This picture comes with a 28 pages report about me .. telling me that i am all fine... there is no problem with me at all.. Shit.. there is no point in wasting your money on knowing that you dont have any problem at all.. lol.. but the 28 pages report is really great.. i always love people talking about me (the main reason why i always miss my Giki time : we , all the TAs, used to discuss ME in our spare time in cafeteria).. so a 28 pages report is really kool...It tells me a lot..

See my aura on the right . According to the report , it seems my chakras , my aura , my yin / yang , my male/female within , my energy levels........everything is balanced.. all my things are in total harmony.. i felt good to know that... good to know that all my chakras are all fine.. good to know that my cough is not because of any problem with throat chakra.. good to know that my too much relocations is not causing any problem to my root chakra.. good to know the reason of my not being able to have an out of body experience -> the lady says that its because i am too much grounded (i dont know what it means..)..... good to know that i have a good amount of connection with the angels up there who are trying to guide me..its even visible (to that lady who took the pic) in my aura picture.. .. the diamond above my head in my aura picture depicts that there is already something going on for my Psychic development, some divine help is already going on..some thing is making way for me.. and yeah! i feel that too.. sometimes i feel as if my life is scripted... its a kind of feeling that somehow someway i always find spiritual people/events ... but its just a thought...

Anyways , i wasted sometime in having the lunch buffet there.. it was 10$ only ..seemed good..was cheap..so i went for it.. but it kinda turned out a waste of time..as i didnt know about the free lectures going on as well in a seperate room...i would have preferred attending the lectures then going for food...

The first lecture i attended was on breathing.. there was some new kind of breathing that the guy was teaching.. a new technique that i really liked..usually we are supposed to use our nose while doing the breath meditataion... but in this technique we used mouth.. the effects were good...

Then there was a lecture on stones... i learnt a good deal about them.. and now i may start this new interest...cause stones are KOOL,,. The lecturer also told a thing of Palmistry...according to which, it seems , i am carrying a big amount of knowledge from my past lives...

Later, I attended a demonstration of consultation during Trance...where a man went in trance in front of audience and told us that there will be a polar shifting in 2018 .. he told us about its effect on Michigan ....he predicted that there wont be much loss in michigan..the north pole will shift by 45 degrees...there will occur some difference to the number of hours in a day ..probably an additino 2-3 seconds.....and a few more things will happen that i have forgotten....They had a Qura_andazi too .. in which they offered a free reading to one of lecture participants.....and lucky me ...i won a 220$ free reading .. i.e the guy will go in trance specially for me and i will be asking him the questions......so i will be knowing about MY future soon....or probably i will just ask about my present..that is of more interest to me...My present and the information that i carry from my past lives...

It was a fun festival.. I still curse myself for going late.. would have done so many other things.. would have learnt so many other things.. but well. i guess..may be it was scripted that way.... that was best for me..cause if i had known more ,it would have taken me longer to post this blog..lol...

one month remaining...

New year passed , bari eid passed, my birthday passed.. first time out of country...out of Pakistan.. These celeberations are already boring; i mean, i already complain about these days as being boring,but this time it was boring than ever before....

We were/are having very narrow deadlines for the current project...so we worked non-stop without a break..for nearly some 28 - 29 consecutive days.... There were no weekends, no holidays, no breaks etc..i had started getting my latent depression getting over me....infact i guess it did.. i dont think that is the proper way to work on a project..a break is always needed to increase productivity...thats not what i say , thats what psychology says. .. you always need to spend some time out of the box..

Anyways , we finally had a break ...a long one.. on christmas..starting from 23rd Dec to 1st Jan..most of the part of this vocation was spent in bed......Three people from Pakistan NCR left .two are not billable on project anymore (they wont return) .. so i am left with just one person to hang around with.. Its really boring..

The only great thing that has happened is my own car.. i finally rented a car.. a Chevy HHR.. i guess its 2000 CC...Its great.... more than enough for all of my requirements.. has a roof window , automatic gears, remote ignition (that is you can start/ignite the car engine from the remote ) , seated heats , a big diggie.. its a complete comfort... i am gonna miss this car later....i wont be able to enjoy THE PRINCESS at all when i will return to Pakistan..

There happens to be an Auntie of mine who lives nearby .. at a distance of some 35 minutes .each time i visit her my driving time decreases.. Driving is very very easy here.. but i am always scared .. especially on free ways/high ways.. Visiting my auntie was the only good thing in the vocations.. the only time i could conversate with people for long times.. She is in US for some 26 years now..and her children are all Americans now..

Google map is a real fun thing now. i visit a certain place and then keep on looking it on map for sometime to see all the area around.. its really beautiful , the way it shows all the roads and building , amazing.. i always take my driving directions from there..

In the vocations , i once visited the Detroit Science Center.. It was amazing.. I finally saw I-MAX cinema there; something i had planned before coming to US...an I-MAx cinema covers nearly the complete vison angle... in a normal cinema when you just you just look in front on a flat screen .. in an I-MAX , the roof is the screen .so you sit and rest your head on the head rest and look slightly upward.. Its really Amazing..I might visit it again before leaving..if i will get time..

I have started feeling really bored now.. want to go back to Pakistan.. This place is good .. its really beautiful and all organized.. but i dont have friends here..

Work started again.. soon i will be all busy .. but my countdown has started..today is 2nd.. i have to stay here till 31st.. 30 days remaing...

Right now i am in office.. there is no task to do right now.. but when they will start coming , it will be like raining..i wont have anytime or life then..

Ali bhai blogged about our newyork trip on his blog here . Ali bhai is my colleague in NCR... basically my batch mate.. happens to have very good knowledge about every topic of the world.. He has written a very very very very long narration of all that happened in Newyork.. (still his post doesnt beat Raza and my war on Professor Eugito mototo or whatever ) ...thanks Ali.. His long boring narration has become funny with my slight interruption in the writing.. (those who have been reading for long can easily find my touch there :) )...

And you people can see my pics here.. and of my car here .. see some more here in the order they are ..do give some attention to the captions ...they explain a lot...

Sameer is working in America

I am at office.. at the Daimler Chrysler's office.. Its all silent. i am just hearing the sound of people tapping the keyboard keys . they are all busy. I am free and am waiting for someone to leave so that i may leave too..  I dont have my car yet... :(

Its night.. It was raining outside in morning.. not sure wether its raining now.. work is there... and i should be the last person to complain as i am the one with lowest amount of work load.. but still.. I complain..there is too much work...even if i am free after 13 hours of work

my stomach is so full... Had an omelete in morning...with apple juice..then had fruity yougurt -Banana and strawberry mix . Its tasty and You can find the fruit at the bottom of the cup... had a chicken with tomoatoe in lunch.. it wasnt tasty.. Just a plain chiken piece with some tomatoe on top of it and some boiled vegetables along it.. Ali bhai had turky pot... that was better.. it tasted like the usual curry food that we have in Pakistan... that was tasty ...Food here usually contains boiled items..no spices..

Had a green apple later in evening .that was tasty. and then there were lot of choclates.. There is a very kind lady in my project who usually brings left overs from the Office Parties for us... Yesterday , she took us to a party left over areas..where i ate a lot..Today shebrought choclates for us from a meeting.. we ate so many of them.. .. and i am feeling so full of choclates right now.. :).. i may not have dinner tonight...

I dont like this growing tummy  of mine now. day before  yesterday , i broke my trouser's button.. now thats a clear signal of the coming storm.. I am eating too much here.. much of it for the sake of TRYING it.. but now I want to reduce even though i am not fat by the local standards.. i mean, in America a person like me is not  considered fatat all.. There are real FAT people here.. and oh my gosh!! there are too many of them..and oh my gosh! they come in all genders, shapes ,sizes and colours.. :).. so i am happy that i got my name removed from the category of FAT people without doing any effort.. :)

Oh.. and i got a mobile now.. bought it on black friday..but it wasnt working uptil now.. got it working yesterday.. if you wanna call me email me and i will send you my number.. :) .. but  what the hell.. most of the times i am unreachable... the place where i work is in the basement... and there are no mobile signals here.. Telecommunication system is not very good here.. I feel Telecom system is better in Pakistan...Its cheaper and is proper.. Here i buy a calling card for 5 dollars .. use it to call home.. it claims that i can talk for more than an hour.. but it always ended up giving me some 15-20 minutes..  I have used Long Distance Calling Cards in Pakistan, they mess up too but not as much as these American cards..

What else...the weather report says that it will snow here on friday..

oh and the work report says that i will be coming to work on weekends too... Probably there wont be any free weekends till Christmas..

I am feeling sleepy.. there are talks now in office.. my project people are working. i am not..i dont know what they are working on.. but i am here and waiting and wishing them to leave.. cause i wanna leave too but i need a ride to my home..

 Oh! Chuck is leaving..me goes to catch him.. :)

Sameer has reached US

so i reached US on morning of 15 Nov. I landed on New York JFK Air Port.. where my entrance in US had to be registered with the US security department ... It is something that i was very scared of from the very start.. They usually take a long time to check non-US citizens.. and it is recommended to have a gap of atleast 4 hours before the next flight from JFK to Detroit because the time taken for checking is usually that long...but in my case, my flight was the only flight that landed on the airrport.. so i was kinda lucky as there were no long lines..i was the first one in my line..then the whole  procedure went quite smoothly, i was all clear in some 45 minutes...great!!!!...

 

but then i had nothing to do.. so i just roamed around the airport...checked my next flight terminal , got the boarding pass from there.. I didnt checked in then as there was no point going inside cause they dont let you come out once you go in..

I started feeling tired very soon.. so after having lunch , (Rice with Sweet and Sour Chicken) I slept on the bench for a while. My flight was near 2 , i started going towards my terminal near 1:20.. i thought it was a reasonable time for me to reach the GATE ..... I was wrong..

In the Airport , there is an air train that takes you from one terminal to another..There i asked the lady at duty about my terminal ..she asked me about my flight and when i told her...She exclaimed.."Hey you have already missed your flight".. Scared!!! i ran... i ran to my terminal ...reached there.. but oh there was a checking first ...a complete checking that required removal trouser belt, shoes and laptop from its bag...err..they wasted my time.. then i ran again ..at a very good speed.. but even then when i reached the gate, i was informed that my flight had been closed... I was late by minutes only..

:(

 

 

i then had to take another flight..... blah blah blah!!!!

 

 

(writing the rest of it on 29 NOV)

 

well .. i didnt get enough time to update my blog.. the story continues.. I reached to Detroit near 9. where my team welcomed me at the airport.. Then i was taken to my hotel after food... My hotel is different than the other team mates.. cause there was no vacant room in thier hotel.. so they are staying at Marriot Spring Suites and I am staying at Embassy Suites.. and i beleive my hotel is better...Its two big rooms.. and the bed room has got a real big window from where i can see the highway .. so i really enjoy seeing Amreeka from there.. :).. Detroit is a cool place.. both in terms of exclaimation and the weather conditions..  :)

 

What else... We were not allowed to have a free weekend the first weekend of my arrival... and then all of a suddent there was this four day leave of Thanks Giving in which we had a trip to NewYork..

NEWYORK

NEW YORK is a city full of people..

we visited Empire State Building. we wanted to go on top of the building but the que was two hour long so we dropped the idea.. we planned to see the Statue of Liberty but we didnt have enough time to reach to that area from where we can atleast view it.. :( .. We went to see the Rock Feller Center, its a high building and they too have an observatory on top of building to see the whole Nework.. there werent too many people in que as its a new observatory and not every one knows about it..

 

Thats it.. There is too much that i want to write.. but i cant.. i dont have time. I have to call so many people..i cant.. i dont have the calling card ..I got a prepaid mobile connection last Friday..It has not been activated yet..seems that Telecom Services are better in Pakistan...I dont think I will be getting my own car soon cause i am a bit afraid of driving here...besides i havent driven automatic cars before..but i guess that shouldnt be a much problem.. The only problem is to shift to the left handside driving ...and the new kinda traffic signals/rules...

I havent enjoyed much healthy time here.. I have been coughing for so many days...My sleep is not proper yet.. I am still underslept..

 

People are really nice here...you usually find strangers greeting you and giving you a smile.. Most of the people happen to have a sense of humor.. a very well developed sense of humour... They are friendly and cooperative..  

In few days , i dont think i will have any time for internet... even right now i am typing this all because Informatica (software that i work on) crashed and it locked the mapping that i was working on .. Somebody is trying to get it fixed.. and i am making use of the time to write...

Sameer goes to US Part 2.(On flight : Dubai to NewYork - date:15 November Time: i dont know)

I am on my flight to New York.. (uff!! i am so happy to write it).. its a 14 hours + flight .. I have never ever had such a long travel before..not even a land travel..

I guess i didnt write much about the reason of my travel in the part 1 of this post.. here it goes: I am working on a project for an american company DAIMLER CHRSYLER FINANCIAL SERVICES. Its a financial services provider of a car manufacturing company.. It was/is because of this project that my online life is not active for a long time. Since August , I am continuosly busy..but oh thank God (IIE) , atleast i was called onsite .....  From a pessimist point of view, this is not very great, cause i had been working like a donkey offsite till now.. (even my weekends and legal holidays were on) .. and now that there is rest on the offsite team and the work load focus has shifted to the onsite team, i have been called onsite..the onsite team has already started working on weekends from now on.. Its going to be a difficult job i tell you...I am seriously expecting that i will fall ill soon..But from an optimist point of view , HEY MAN!! i am going to America ...  i dont care what they make me do there.. :)

[If you think that the words Pessimist and Optimist have been wrongly placed, then sorry.. I know the meaning of both but i am not always sure which means what..so kindly make that adjustment yourself for your 'READING PLEASURE']

 

In recent past, a few things happened which i missed to blog, thanks to the my project... Let me just recall..

My Family Life:

 My sister had a very major life/death operation...Doctors who operated her said they would not have been able to save her had she been half an hour late.. it all happened on her Eid Days in Ireland.. She is fine now .. is resting now..not as much as my mother and I want her to .. I just hope she will heal and recover soon..

Personally i feel my bonds with my family is getting stronger now....Its a new change... Its a new me.... I just dont feel very good to see my parents' condition now...The fact that they are old is very apparent now..They too have realized this and thats why they are urging me to get married soon.. but now with my sister's recent condition they have once again forgot about my marriage plans.. :)

Anyways, i have also started feeling very social.. I am very excited on my travel ,  but i am also feeling bad for missing a few things like seeing my sister this december when she will come to Pakistan, Missing a good friend's wedding this weekend, missing meeting my very good friend and an ex-mentor who will come from France to Pakistan for a few days, missing the new-hire party at my office for which the office people have already collected money from me :(..

 

My Psychic Life:

My Psychic life is improving now.. Finally i have started picking words what the other peoples are about to say..It doesnt happen all the time..The frequency is once a week ..but the point is that it has started happening ..now when i am not meditating any more.... Oh! and I had a dream in which i saw myself present in US ..this dream was out of blue.. i mean there were no chances of me going to US  .. and exactly that same day my tech lead told me there are chances that i will be flying to US.

 

My Princess Life:

Princess has started behaving better now.. I had no problem in Ramzan .. but just last week , the generator belt was broken.. I have now posted a FOR SALE notice on it and after my return from US, i will be selling it through newspapers ads.. I was definately going to give this ad on this sunday's JANG.. but i could not do it because of this suddent travel. Oh, and i found the problem atlast.. It wasnt the car all this time.. it was the mechanic..

 

Office and Travel Arrangements:

There have been too much work in office..There was no official leave for me to prepare for my travel. I was assigned work as if i was not to do any travel preparations at all. It was really troublesome getting my International Driving License, and a air breaker jacket and other important travel arrangements.. The most difficult thing was to get things done from Office.... I had to inform a few people at office about my travel and had to ask them to permit me a few things like increase in credit card limit, travel advance money etc. etc. but things went at a pace slower than my expectation..I hope i will receive all the approvals and the money soon..

Back to the present:

The plane shakes like shakira every now and then.. but its a comfortable flight.. An Emirates flight it is..Had heard so much about it..Food was good..I dont know why arent there any AEROPLANE FOOD restaurants in the world.. I watched ICE AGE 2 .. didnt enjoy it very much as I was not feeling very well.. but its a good movie.. I would have enjoyed it more had i been fine.. I am sleepless for past few days...I just hope my sleeplessness and my happiness of going to America ---Comibined, they wont trigger any thing.. I just hope my depression will remain in control.. though i wont mind getting slightly maniac :) ..trust me...Its a great feeling when you are a maniac..:) ... Oh..i just saw the map of the flight, and they showed Tampere in the map.. Bodz!!! I just passed your area!!..and hey man!! i am really sorry for not being able to socialize much with you..

 I am losing the sense of time and space.. what is the time here..what is the time in Pakistan..is it night outside..i dont know much..Will be writing something on my pocket notebook ..

The laptop battery is going down.. so me goes ..

And yeah!! i have decided that i will write my blogs in a single go..  the WRITER inside me doesnt let me post things without a million reviews and tweaking... but i am tired of so much reviewing of text.. So now you are going to read my raw thoughts..

This is my first post through Windows Live Writer.. Lets see how it appears on my blog...