Dubai Works

Things make sense to me now. I always wondered why people would be sitting on a bench in the park and be randomly smiling. I always wondered why a person walking on the street would suddenly look up at me and give me the biggest and widest smile. There were so many questions in my mind. There were things that remained unanswered; things that never used to make sense until now. Those people that sit at benches in the parks, those people that walk on the street and smile at you, those people that you wave at and they wave back with a smile, plus other people that you encounter at different places that always seem to be so cheerful and always seem to be smiling, all have something in common and the thing they all have in common is the reason why they are all smiling. I finally understood that they were all content with their lives and with what they have and are blessed with. I also understood that there is a difference between being happy and being content. Being happy in my eyes, is...

I thought no one would enter my miserable world, Until you came along to brighten it in every way I felt like everything in my life is getting better, Even the sun started shining at me every day I felt your love and care; sitting at a distance, Made up of tender and sweet devotion; hurray I knew that my bad times are here not for long, God finally wants me to be happy and I obey I wouldn’t want to lose you or your friendship, That I get to spend my lifetime with you; I pray. - Aisha Yaqub. (my original)

Porsche , a photo by Dubaiwali on Flickr. So, many cars caught my eye at the Dubai Motor Show 2011, but this is the one which I fell in love with. Not because I am a Porsche fan as such, but it is because the way the car was lit up, the positioning, the show casing of the car by the Porsche people was amazing. I took this photograph and it has become on of my favourites from the Motor Show. I love the contrast. I love the Blacks and the Reds. I love the Silver gleam of the car itself in the picture.

What is it with everyone becoming a philosopher these days? Half of the time, the thoughts do not even make sense; even though the people whose thoughts it is insist upon others that they do. Sometimes and it is rarely the case, you can justify a thought, by your reasoning. However, it is not so that everyone gets your thought, or even understands your reasoning. Most of the times, your thought is merely just another sentence for the other person. The other person whose reading or hearing your thought, does not know what thought process went behind it, so cannot fully understand the thought, neither can he/she fully relate to it. Before, it was very hard for people to get their thoughts out in to the public. Thoughts used to be such a private thing, only kept in the inner deepest most corners of the mind, or shared with people really close to you. These days, thanks to the phenomenon of communication and the different mediums by which people can communicate, it has be...

I was going to name this blog entry/note 'Not another darned blog entry on Friendships' but then, I thought I won't name it that. I would name it 'In the name of Silence' because that is what this blog is going to be about. How there is so much silence, a lack of communication and not enough understanding in Friendships these days. Friendships does seem to be a very favourite topic of mine, but what can I do? I have gone through so many things, seen the many facets of people and life, that nothing surprises me any more. There is a popular saying of Marilyn Monroe, "If you are going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty." I agree there are two-faced people, but more than two-faced people, their are people with many facets to their personality. For me personally, that facets of personality are more important, than whether a person is a two-faced individual or not. Multi-faceted people are more unpredictable. They are ...

Uske khoobsorat hone ka ehsas tabh hua, Jabh ek din samandar kinarey chand ko dekhna hua, Yun tou bazahir maine chand ko ghoora, faqat qalb hi jaanay us mai deedar-e-rukhsaar tera hua.

Want to know something? Last week someone actually asked me if I watched porn. My reaction to her question was a big what the fuck? NO! It is not unusual for people to watch porn these days. People don't even take in to account if their religion prohibits them from doing something. Like this girl, that asked me this question, did not take in to account the fact that she is a Muslim and she should not be indulging in so called sin. My second reaction was, oh my god, but she is a Pakistani! How can she watch porn? Then it hit me, since when has nationality stopped anyone from doing anything. People do much worse things in Pakistan, than watching porn and it has been happening from ages. Difference is people don't talk openly about it. Guys might whisper to their friends, girls -those that do watch- might watch it in secret and never let it be known to anyone else. So why was I so shocked here? Even though her asking me that question, I felt was a bizarre thing to do; it did get...