New dawn...

Not having posted for about 18 months, I have no idea what to write about. So many things have happened...mostly great things. I'm of to Amreeka again...this time for a Masters...in Public Health of all things! How I went from an Econ and Math double major to a candidate for an MPH in Global Epidemiology is a bit woozy to me too. Suffice to say I'm off and this blog has been rejuvenated. I maintain that I only blog when I'm away from home...something about the ranting and whining I do here has the same effect on me as being home cocooned by the family. A few pertinant things to mention about the jaunt to the US this time around:

1. I'm going to Emory University which is in Atlanta which is in southern United States for my fellow geographically challenged collegues.
2. It's an all expenses paid trip. And I mean ALL EXPENSES paid.
3. I will miss my family very much this time around...especially Abbo.

Cheerio

2 months and counting...

So it has been a little over 8 weeks since I started calling the city of lights my home again. It has been a....shall we just leave it at an interesting? transition. I had such high aspirations...I thought I won't be able to stay at home all day; that I'll go crazy etc. etc. Saari hawa phus!!! :D I became the laziest bum there ever was!!! It was glorious! Getting up whenever, doing whatever all day, fighting with the younger siblings, soaking up maternal (and to a certain extent paternal) favoritism.....ahhhhh.....bliss I tell you!
As to the addmisions front....3 rejections and a waitlist so far. But umeed pai dunya qaim hai! And I beleive (and am praying most fervently!!) that the bulawa will come! After all I'll only be going to ONE place. So ONE acceptance is all I am asking for.

3 more days before I call Karachi home again...

Ummm...

What do you say when your younger siblings say they look up to you? Even when it fills you with pride, all the not so good things you've done, flash before your eyes. You feel like shouting to everyone who's put you on a pedestal that you have feet of clay, that you are ofcourse only human, and you have, and will countless times again, made mistakes. You've just been fortunate enough to've made them where no one of consequence was present, you've made them in front of people who are highly unlikely (I hope!!) to meet your family. Or you've made them in front of/with very very good friends who are going to keep your confidence till death do you part.
Moral of the story: please please please keep in mind, I am human, and have done many things I am not proud of.
On a lighter note...7 more days till I'm home.

I am a college graduate!!!!

I have one more paper to finish but its my independent study and the prof is in no hurry to get it. I will get it done before I leave for Pakistan. I only slept for 3 hrs last night. Was finishing up a paper. Saw King Kong today. I don't know, I didn't like it very much. It is very very sad. Makes me want to scream at ourselves for being so prejudiced and bigoted. You can probably tell Im new new out of college :P
More to come soon

Cheeers! 

Me and Neha, Havovi's friend, at Thanksgiving dinner at Havovi's friends' place 

Told you so!!!

The word "shams" (sun) is feminine, and "qamar" (moon) is masculine. The sun burns itself out to give light and life to everything around, and the moon is muneer, meaning it reflects the light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of the sun. So when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the glorious light of our women. May Allah Subhanahu wa
Ta'aala be pleased with them.
- Shaykh Abdullah Adhami