Realm of the Soul: June 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sandwiches & Tea

i just took a few pictures from my phone camera and they're not bad.

the Belhasa Driving School Cafeteria i mentioned in Realm of the Desert with the empty plate and cup signifiying the only remains of my 6 dirham sandwich and tea combo. i was just telling my cubicle mate at work about the delicious toasted egg n cheese omelette sandwich with fresh coleslaw and frenchfries INSIDE the sandwich :) and a piping hot cup of sweet tea at the Belhasa cafeteria. The taste of food is inversely propotional to how much you've paid for it. i have yet to have horrible tasting free food. somehow thats never happened. i think the euphoria of having free food masks any negative aftertastes.

anyway.. i will now endeavor to snap silly pictures of inanimate objects and share the visual experience..

Cheerios

Princess of the Gemworld

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Monday, June 22, 2009

a late blog

i wrote the below blog last week.

Then Allah mian sent me lots of blessings. so there i was feeling all alone. and sad and forgotten. and then me fwiend anie called me up and said lets do a girls morning out.. movie and breakfast. and my hungry little tummy jumped for joy.. :)

so saturday morning bright n early at 10:30am amidst protesting husbands we set out on our girls only outing bursting with excitement and joy uncontained. and it WAS FUN.

first we hopped over to Ibn-e-Batuta and saw 17 Again which my hubby wouldnt have watched like ever. both anie and i love silly high school movies :) im so happy. and then we came out all teary eyed at the grand finale sigh sigh and went to this totally adorable cafe restaurant called The LimeTree. was slightly expensive in my opinion but the eggs florentine was nice and the chocolate cake was very nice too. my vanilla chai was below expectations but i shouldve investigated that.

i will return to try the caramelised banana pancakes with maple syrup.. yummmmy... and we talked and talked and talked.. something we hadnt done for sooo long.. :) i came home happy.

then i installed the webcam and showed hareem shareem the blinds in action :) lol.. it was so exciting.

then Pakistan won the T20 Championship and it was the icing on the proverbial doughnut lol.. we had doughnuts at work to celebrate courtesy insights :)

and i spoke to Geet and Sara and Hareem and Anie and smsd Als and it was so great. and today a dear friend is visiting and another dear friend is planning to visit sometime this year inshAllah :) future joy.. .MashAllah...

All the good stuff is nearly making me forget the slight back pain i have developed as of yesterday afternoon between my shoulder blades accompanied by tingling sensations up and down my spine. the hypochondriac in me is imagining the worst. hmmm..

may Allah mian keep us all in his protection and favor and bless us and our nation with peace, health & prosperity. its been a long time coming..

joy to the world :)

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it feels like theres noone left in the world. Theres no one to call. No one to make plans with. No one to go to a nice restaurant with. I feel alone yet at the same time i have no time to be alone. Its wierd. There has descended a complete lack of feeling other than spontaneous frustration upon my being and i can lay the blame at alot of doors but not at Allah mians. Hes trying to give me lots to be happy about. And i am to a large extent. I just want to feel like ive made it. U know. Like inspite of all the negativity and the questions and yes even my own lack of drive, i want to believe that inspite of me ive made it. is that possible?

I dont know.

As usual the insecurities are my most loyal companions. They never leave. I ignore the hell out of them sometimes. But woh bhi dheet hain. All it takes is one little clink and they rear their ugly heads ready to strike.

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we end with joy.. :) cheerios

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Friday, June 19, 2009

a morning walk

its funny. i remember writing an essay on the same topic in 10th grade. :)

so i got up at 5:50am in the morning and decided to go for a walk.

For a change, i decided to go to the big lake. it was looking pretty. the sun was just rising over the horizon. it hadnt gotten hot yet. i started walking keeping my pace slow so i could enjoy the experience. tried catching the grassy aroma of fresh grass but my olfactory lobes felt a little slow. did manage to catch wiffs of natures smells here and there, some flowers, fresh leaves. but it wasnt overwhelmingly fresh like briarcliff.

there were the beautiful white flowers with yellow centres growing on the trees. the sort that were in nanas garden in 2B link avenue. i used to collect those in plates while i was younger :)

saw a sign for a garage sale from 8am to 10am today with books and toys. thinking of going. hmmm...

there was this nice old gentleman walking who said "morning" as we crossed. i responded in kind. there was this special comeraderie between us "morning walkers" :) i had seen him around the small lake a couple of days ago at around the same time :) i have a "morning" friend lol.

there were very few people on the walkway in the morning. and it was nice and serene as i waslked by peeking into peoples back yards looking at the peices of their lives lying outside telling a story. suddenly i heard a hello in a little voice and i looked up at a lawn and there was a little girl, about 4 years old sitting on her bicycle giving me a huge crinkle eyed smile :) i smiled back and went on my way..

i passed this other old gentleman who looked from our part of the world and reminded of nana so badly i had a latent urge to suddenly turn back and hug him. kept thinking of nana standing there in this white vest and shorts surveying the garden as he did every morning and tending to his roses and other plants.

near the end of the track after i had walked the ENTIRE very very long width of the big beautiful lake,i came to a point where the ducks had come out of the lake and were walking around trying to dry themselves off. they wagged their feathery little tails lol and looked so cute and adorable. i wished i had raiyna with me and my camera. she wouldve gotten a total kick out of it.

finally i made my way back home and started writing every thing i had been thinking on my walk that i would share and suddenly i heard a door knob turning upstairs and a slightly weepy "ami".. rushed up the stairs to find a sleepy head Raiyna on the 1st step of the stair case so now shes in my lap relaxing while i type this out :)

its been a good morning :)

cheerios