It’s been a lazy and yet productive Sunday today. I woke at one in the afternoon with Aniraz poking me and saying, ‘This is your one-o’clock poke-up call!” And my brain was like ‘zzzzzzzz….pppbbb?…rrrrr!’ (that’s the sound of the brain’s engine going from sleeping (0mph)…
Instant English Instructor: Just add water. Well, it was raining and pouring on my way to work today. That wouldn’t have been a problem except that I was going to work on my father’s motorcycle. (!!!!) My father and I were about halfway to the…
Goober is a funny word.
Computer is fixed! Alhamdulillah! Finally! Now I can type a new blog to make up for the following substandard one. Here’s yesterday’s post, today. I blame blogger. Aaak! I can’t type while listening to music but I’m doing my best. Scout’s honor. But on the…
The Lizard is Quicker than the Eye Well, my momma’s arrived safely in the states, Alhamdulillah. Life is dull but going on. –sigh- On a more entertaining note, we have a stalker! He’s got medium yellow skin, beady black eyes, four legs, a detachable tail…
Chaos. My mother is leaving in two days. I have relatives from Karachi coming up in three hours, the house is not ready, the bedrooms are not guest-worthy. I actually missed a class today because I was so busy that I just forgot to go.…
My fifteen seconds of fame. Yesterday, my mother, sister and I were out shopping at one of the larger, smellier, busier bazaars here in Islamabad. It was rush-hour (just afore Maghrib) and it was insanity in the parking lot. I was blocked in by a…
We’re playing hide-and-seek with the electricity today, so I don’t know how successful I’ll be in getting this blog typed. (save) I’m afraid that anything I (save) type will be lost if the electricity (save) goes out again. So I’m (save) trying to (save) as…
English Night
Thanks to the help of my beautiful, wonderful, marvelicious momma, everything was ready in time for English Night. Alhamdulillah, it went well. This time one of my students brought a chess board, and there was Scrabble and chess going at the same time. I played…
I usually don’t vent on my blog but now seems as good a time as any. Besides, if I wait to blog any longer I may set a record of some sort. I try not to let more than two days go by without typing…
Sensei dizzily presents: How to Mortally Wound Yourself While Doing Class Work. or- Amnesia and You: Making the Dream Come True. Proudly and smugly finish your class work exactly half an hour before you have to leave for class, and then try to print it…
We’re fresh out of electricity more often than not these days, and that makes typing a blog hard. I’ve started two only to have the electriity go out and my documents get destroyed. Aaaargh! Here, have an article I wrote instead. It would’ve featured in…
Randomness. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that Allah has said: The first of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable for on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they…
And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, Usman has FINALLY sent his guest post! (and the audience goes wild!) Roll camera in five, four, three, two….action! Are we live?? *spits in hand and straightens out hair* “Hi there, this is Aww Smfreek reporting…
I win! Haha! I beat my dad in a best-of-three checkers match. (That’s draughts to all you Britishers). I also creamed my sister in two matches of backgammon. (That’s Tavla to all you Turks) I haven’t actually purchased or made a backgammon board, I’m just…
Aha! I knew it! My mental thermometer is accurate. Yesterday I thought it was about 41 Celcius/102 Fahrenheit, and I was right! :::does a sweaty victory lap around the computer chair::: :::dies of heatstroke::: Ever since moving to Pakistan I’ve been trying to come up…
Yes, the rape stats in the US are MUCH higher than here in Pakistan. True, not all rape is reported in Pakistan, but nor is all rape reported in the US. If we’re going to compare the two rape rates, we can’t just compare America’s…