The Sunday Blog # 182

Today is the Sunday the 29th of September 2019 , the 29th of Muharram 1441 H till the Sunset ( 6:22 pm ; Karachi ) And this is my the Sunday Blog # 182 ( Hundred and eighty two ) .

Wow What a crazy week this has been for me ...Had a scheduled Rain and Thunder Almost all week . Yes it was  kind of a little funny how i used to wake up to a hot and humid sunny or partly sunny day and then suddenly the sounds begin to be heard from far off ...yes the sounds of Thunder ...just we have a jinni crying out loud ...Adam boo ! Aadam boo ! ...and then THUMP his huge feet on the ground and move in a particular direction ....

So almost all week we had the repeat of the same rain ...and Thunder ...after noon . But Friday it seems was the tip of the iceberg ...the Cherry on the Top .
Since it was the friday ...i had to go out for the Juma Prayers ....by One pm when i started to prepare for the prayer ...it was a clear sky and there was no rain anywhere near ...but in less than half an hour when i got out ready to go , the rain had started ...it wasn't very hard so i decided to go and as i was half way to the mosque it got faster ...By the time i reach the mosque it was raining cats and dogs ....And then the ...Lightening begin to fall ...so it seems . It was quite an experience ...Instead of going in the Airconditioned hall of the Mosque ...i went upstairs in the covered from the top yet open from the sides ...like a corridor ...or a veranda ....So as far as the Sounds was concerned ...it was like standing in the rain .The open veranda of the mosque downstairs was all wet and filled with rain ...so nobody was there ...must have been the smallest crowd for the juma mubarak prayers ever ...the ladies portion was also opened for the gents as no ladies showed up ... The Friday Rains in this city has always been so gentle and predictable ...I have not seen a thing like this ever before ....And now that i have survived the rain i am glad that i went ...it was a very tough decision and believe me it was for the first time i felt like every single decision i make that day ...proved to be good and right . Amen !

The most amazing thing that day was that nobody was interested in the flooding down below ....Everybody was amazed by this spectacular display of Lightening and Thunder ...The Moods really changed ...Everybody was taking selfies and making videos of the Rain and thunder ...Strangers was talking to eachother ...Everybody was surprised What happened today ...Since the Rain had become a regular and scheduled thing for a week now ...and there was no warning or Alert for a storm just the rain ...
So anyways ...by the time my Juma prayer ended ...the rain had stopped ...so i started my way back home trying not to be electrocuted or fall into the open drain or dug up by the very helpful utilities and the roads destroyed by the Builder Mafia .  The Kerbs and pavements in my almost converted to commercial , Residential Area have almost all been land grabbed ...so there is no way you can walk safely on them on a rainy day . Honestly if it had not been the Friday ...i would have never got out and be walking back home on the flooded roads and streets . Ever since my childhood i have seen water flowing down like stream on Tariq Road . It flows during the rain ...And if the rain is too fast and hard ...then the stream is very fast and hard ...But on this day i was so sad to see the same stream of Rain Water flowing down towards the Shahrah-e-Quaiden ...The Sindh Govt was so proud of this project and spend billions of rupees ...and had the Billo Rani inaugurate it if you remember . What i had expected was that i would find a dropless dry road and i would take my selfies and say look here i am standing on Tariq road soon after the rapid fire Rain ...

I am sure now you would agree with Mr Bilawal Bhutto ...who said something like this ....Jab corruption ata hai toh NAB ata hai ....Jab Zayada Corruption ata hai toh Ziyada NAB ata hai .....

I did take lots of selfies and video of the after rain effects on my way back home ...but i have not yet uploaded them on the youtube or any blogger friendly sharing site ...so may be sometime later ...This one Video i took with my mobile phone camera is really awesome it shows how i am standing on a Block in the middle of the road as the water flows and the Namazi from the mosque are using about a dozen blocks (8 inch ) 

I am sure that most readers will say that Why are you so worked up on just eight inches of water ...that may have run down in an hour or so ...you should go back and see that it is very dry right now or was the very same night ...after few hours of rain stopping ...On the other hand there are places in the very same town where there was water many feet high and at some intersections even motorbikes were drowning ....and had to be carried away ,,,
Well the reason is that the Honerable CM of Karachi is so fond of boosting about the Tariq Road project and so is the other party spokes persons on Talkshows and pressers

"Apart from that, he explained that a storm water drain has also been constructed and all the roads leading to Tariq Road have been carpeted. “Tariq Road won’t get inundated with rainwater anymore,” he assured, adding that the storm water drain has been constructed with a proper slope. The entire project was constructed at a cost of Rs560 million....."

Four months on, Tariq Road is finally complete | The Express ...

https://tribune.com.pk › story › four-months-tariq-road-finally-complete

Apr 17, 2017 - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurates completed road as well as Baloch ... Ironically, the Sindh government completed the project in four months ...

Amazing from what i saw my self and what the twitter uploads suggests is that the lightening was targetted towards the clifton area ....WHY ?
LOL !

Okay time for the first break

2:26 am Break ( 1079 words)

3:50 am Good Morning !  The New Moon is 0.3% waxing ....it will be about 1.2 % by Sunset ...So i guess the First Month of the Islamic Lunar year is over ...We did not have the Haleem / Khichra this year ....and neither did anybody else in the family and friends and neighbours ...Not sure about others but our main reason was water ....

From Nixor to Waterloo ..... LOL
ROFL !!

le temps passe si vite ..... wasiq réveille-toi

le temps passe trop vite ..... oh ne t'en fais pas de continuer

So mean while ...a true mean act by a religious minority ...against others ...was reported by the Express tribune this week ...

Machiyara Residency

Khaliq-uz-Zaman Rd, Block 8 Clifton, Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh 75500




So far this is a very one sided story ...and non of the residents or the Owners and Builders or anybody from the community has commented or denied ...probably printed in support of the Indian Media ....

Yeh aaina hai ya tu hai
Jo roz mujhko sanware
Itna lage sochne kyun
Main aaj kal tere baare

Tu jheel khamoshiyon ki
Lafzon ki main toh lehar hu
Ehsaas ki tu hai duniya
Chhota sa main ek sheher hu
Yeh aaina hai ya tu hai
Jo roz mujhko sanware..

Khud se hai agar tu bekhabar
Bekhabar rakh loon main tera khayal kya
Chupke chupke tu nazar mein utar
Sapno mein loon main sambhal kya
Sapno mein loon main sambhal kya

Main daud ke paas aaun
Toh neend mein jo pukare
Main rait hoon tu hai dariya
Baithi hoon tere kinaare

Yeh aaina hai ya tu hai
Jo roz mujhko sanware

Tanha hai agar tera safar
Humsafar tanhai ka main jawab hoon
Hoga mera bhi asar, tu agar
Padh le main teri kitaab hoon
Padh le main teri kitaab hoon

Seene pe mujhko saja ke
Joh raat saare guzaare
Toh main savere se keh doon
Mere sheher tu na aa re

Yeh aaina hai ya tu hai
Jo roz mujhko sanware

Okay its 5:06 am the Sehri time is over ................Here in Karachi the Most Dangerous city in the World ....Fajr ki Namaz ka Time Shuru ho giya hai .............There is still time in the Prayer Azan ...
the Chances of a Chaapa is about eighty percent ...Not sure about the chances of Rain today ...........the match between Pakistan and Sri lanka has been postponed till Monday due to major faults and damages occured in the newly constructed (renovated) National Stadium Faisla Cantt . Honestly it was looking very good ...especially the greens ...But you know how the Karachi ( the most dangerous city in the world ) Rain exposes the ill designs and corruption . SO now it is believed that they needed time to make repairs ....talk about the preparedness ...is it a word ...i think so ....no auto correct or auto suggest ...red dotted line for it .

It is a Shame ....that International Cricket returned to the city after so much and the game had to be called off for a little rain .
The Media Slogan is very right .....Karachi Sub ka ...Karachi ka koi Nahein ....
@#$%^^&**)*&^%%$#

 Okay the Sunrise is at 6:23 am meaning today the day is of twelve hours ...a fast should have been very easy ....But without rain it will be very hot and humid ...all day long ...
So here i take a break for prayer with a prayer for my dearly departed Parents Papa and Ammi
May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!

Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!


5:30 am Break ( 1716 words)


12:11 pm Good morning ! yes i am up before the noon ....cannot believe that ...i woke up or tried to get up expecting a brunch and a chaapa ...and when i got up i was told that i missed it ...yes we had a chaapa very early today ...and it was so sudden and so short that nobody remembered to wake me up ...the door was shut not locked ...if it had been open i would have got up with the voices ...Anyways ..here is the first tweet of the day

Sun 29th Muharram 1441 H
33°C
11:48 pm Good Morning ! After fajr I had breakfast and instantly fall asleep and woke up before noon . Now back to the Sunday Blog .

yes this was the breakfast after fajr ...and after that i fall asleep ...should have stayed up ...but i don't think i could have ...

Okay there is no sign of the thunder or rain today ...yet !

i really can't believe this ....a cyclonic development in the north is moving the rain system away from the south ....this is what it seems from this Skymet weather map of the region a few hours ago .

Cloud build-up of monsoon rains pan India in just 30 seconds | Skymet Weather

Must be double reversal of the Monsoon winds ....
Anyways no matter what ...the indian state of Gujrat is getting a very serious bashing these day ...the monsoon season usually begins in july and ends in early september ...but this year it has extented its stay and this is almost the october with no signs of monsoon season ending ...

Anyways ...rain is very good for Karachi the most dangerous city in the world ...people will eventually think of ways to store and save all this water somewhere . And also develop better means of communications during the rain so that their normal everyday life is not disturbed by the rain .
Again the most important part has to played by the basic utilities ...like the karachi Electric and KMC , KWSB and PTCL . A good local government could have saved a lot of troubles by continuous works . The political campaigns are just a gimmick to divert attention and extortion .

Okay time for a break ....so here is take a prayer Break with a prayer for my dearly departed Parents Papa and Ammi
May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!

Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!


1:03 pm Break ( 2178 words)

6:12 pm Good ...so i over sleep ...no problem ...yes ...i had the sunday Brunch with a facebook meetup ...after the prayer ...then i fall asleep and tried to wake up ...but i only wake up now and first i had a bath ...and prayed with a prayer for my dearly departed Parents Papa and Ammi
May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!

Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!

and then i sat here ....the head is heavy ...and hot ...lets see how it goes ...so here it is what i had for Brunch 

Okay now the time is up ..yes so soon ...

So here i take a break for Maghrib prayer with a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi
May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!

Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!

6:22 pm Break ( 2446 words)


Sun 30th Muharram 1441 H
33C
8:22 pm Good Evening !  The Safar moon not sighted Moon: 1.3%
Waxing Crescent ....So the Month of Safar ul muzaffar 1441H will insha Allah begin from Tuesday ( Monday Sunset ) .

OKay so for future references ....a 1.1 % illumination of Moon between the moon set and the sunset is not enough for the moon sighting .....Noted !

There is so far no Rain prediction for the Match tomorrow ...BBC gives no rain all week ...other predict some early morning showers on tuesday ...and a sunny day later ....so lets see what happens .

Anyways ..since i have the Net right now ...so i better do the Movie of the week first ...So it was a very short week ...I had many movies ..But i just did not have the time to watch ...Enjoyed the Rain most of the week and then eat more and sleep more and played the farmville 2 country escape game more ...so i only got to watch six movies ...which included one on HBO which is watched while eating ...So

• The Keeping Room (2014)Rated 7 Stars Have you ever wondered why the Americans call everybody against them terrorist while they call their war ..Civil War ? Anyways its about three women who tried to save themselves from two rough soldiers at the very end of the American Civil war . 

• Monkey Trouble (1994)Rated 8 stars ....An awesome Monkey show ....you will love it ...
• Karma, Confessions and Holi (2009)Rated 5 stars ...Yes it must be tough to have a cultural event house party when the invited friends are allowed to bring their diverse guests ...you never know ....LOL
• Dil Juunglee (2018)Rated 5 stars ....Okay i thought i have seen this movie ...but it was some other movie maybe with some other actors ...anyways it must be a very common story ...in the Business and finance world ...definitely not in the show biz world ...there when you move ahead ...you can't look back ...Tapsee looks great as usual ...
• Breakthrough (1979)Rated 6 stars ...I believe i must have watched this movie on PTV ...not really sure ...
• Vikingdom (2013)Rated 6 stars ....Getting in is so easy ....Bloody Hell ! Now i am very confused because all the movies i have watched so far ...shows Thor as the good guy ...the wronged prince ...a guy who saves the world and the universe ...and here it is exactly the opposite ...so now i will have to read about it to make sure which version is correct in the mythology and myth ...etc etc ....by the way it was good to see the credits of the movie had a malaysian 

  Yusry Abd Halim

  Visual Effects | Actor | Director
  
   Okay this is it ......

So now i take a short Break

 9:32 pm Break (2892  words)


10:49 pm Okay so i have eaten the dinner ....and now i am sleepy very sleepy ...so i better hurry up and end this my the Sunday Blog # 182 ( Hundred and eighty Two ) ...

I don't know what happened ...I was feeling so good this morning ...and now i feel exhausted ...have had more sleep today than i usually do ...and have not wasted any energy ...did not go for a walk or shop or prayer ...you know what ...i should have gone for a walk ..yes that is it ...i need to go for a long walk ...only then this tiredness will go away ...also i need to eat something cold ...like qulfi or icecream ...or have lassi ...
okay anyways ...lets move to the most important event of this week ....

Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2019 #SDI19

No i did not get to follow most of it ...as i was enjoying the rain here ....but how could you have missed the young and the future ... 

But while i was following the twitter comments and stuff the social media does very it likes somebody or something very much ...., came across an amazing lecture youtube video explaining the World poverty and immigration ...remember this lecture is way before the President Trump even thought of running for the presidency of the United States of America . 

Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs - NumbersUSA.com

NumbersUSA is an anti-immigration organization that seeks to reduce both legal and illegal immigration to the United States. It advocates for immigration reduction through user-generated fax, email, and direct mail campaigns. Wikipedia

Founder: Roy Beck

Founded: 1997

Revenue: 10.61 million USD (2016)

Endowment: 8.97 million USD

Location: Arlington County, Virginia, U.S

Key people: Roy Beck, Rosemary Jenks

So what do you think ...are the gumballs winning ...? or is the mad race winning ? 

But Not to worry ....At the UNGA our beloved Prime Minister has made a speech full of dire consequences ....and the best part is that his Nuclear consequences got an Applause ( clapping ) ...from a very tough audience most of them with stereo Head Phones ....the best in the world ...The United Nations General Assembly ( #UNGA) . 

So What should i make out of this ...are there yet ...or are we getting away further and further ....As a skipper ...I know he knows much better than anybody else that speeches don't win matches ...never have never will ...

Also Our war is with the Neighbour and not just with a Prime Minister ....making a case against a democratically Re- Elected head of state will never be seen positively by the world community . It is not our dear Nawaz sharif ...who could be easily caught showpiecing the ill-gotten in the evanfields or somewhere where the world could see . We can't go blaming the Prime Minister of a country unless its own people and their parliament protests against him . 

But then , Propoganda is a word that has sometimes done magic ...so you never Know ...indeed ! 

okay ...so here we are ...just fifteen minutes away from the Mid night ...so its time i better pick a youtube song video to share ....and then take leave ...
Okay so today i have chosen this Solo Qawwali By Sajjad Ali ...Baas ka kaam thora Hut K hota hai na ...that is why you could have never guessed that it is a Qawwali ...with background music ...instead of the live instruments ...
Any ways the time is really up and i have to go ...Lets hope the match tomorrow is very interesting ...and the week ahead has some more rain and good food ....movies ...

All the Best 
Allah Hafiz ! 

 Sajjad Ali - Allah Hu ( Director's Cut )

Allah Hu - Sajjad Ali

Allah hu Allah ..
Allah hu Allah ..
Allah hu Allah ..
Allah hu Allah ..

Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah

Mere Maathe Pe Pairon Ki Matti Rahe
Mere Maathe Pe Pairon Ki Matti Rahe
Ye Zubaan Unki Mardhaa'n Karti Rahe
Ye Zubaan Unki Mardhaa'n Karti Rahe

Unpe Qurban
Unpe Qurban ho
Unpe Qurban Ho Mera Kalaam
Saara Kalaam

Bhejo Drood o Salaam
Bhejo Drood o Salaam
HAaaaa Bhejo Drood o Salaam

Allah hu Allah Hu..
Allah hu Allah Hu..
Allah hu

Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu

Yaa Ahmed-E-Mujtaba ki badaai Hai
Jinke Liye Tune Mehfil Sajaayi Hai
Jinki Shafa-at ka kayil Zamanna Hai
Mere Muhammad Ka Aisa Gharana Hai
Humne Kisi Na Kisi Sai To Shekkhey Hai
Hubrat ne walo ke Apne Tareeqe Hai
Haq Pe Rawaan Kaafilo Sai Mila lena
Haske Meri Galtiyo Ko Bhula Dena

Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah

Saare Galliyo Baazaro Sai Hote Huein
Saare Galliyo Baazaro Sai Hote Huein
Hum Bhi Haazir Ho Jayenge Rotein Hue
Hum Bhi Haazir Ho Jayenge Rotein Hue
Mooh Pe Kalma
Mooh Pe Kalma Ho
Mooh Pe Kalma ho Hotton pe Naam
Aaqa Ka Naam

Bhejo Drood o Salaam
Bhejo Drood o Salaam
HAaaaa Bhejo Drood o Salaam

Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah

Mere Maathe Pe Pairon Ki Matti Rahe
Ye Zubban Unki Mardhaan Karti Rhe
Unpe Qurbaan Ho Mera Kalaam
Saara Kalaam

Bhejo Drood o Salaam
Bhejo Drood o Salaam
HAaaaa Bhejo Drood o Salaam
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu Allah hu
Allah hu
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