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Sunday 8 September 2019

The Sunday Blog # 179

Today is the Sunday the 8th of September 2019 , the 8th of Muharram 1441 H till the Sunset ( 6:44 pm ; Karachi ) And this is my the Sunday Blog # 179 ( Hundred and seventy nine ) .

Heard a sound loud sound of a blast just now ...nothing before nothing after ...meaning ...mostly the firecrackers with loud sounds have other sounds as well ...nothing is reported yet on the twitter ....so maybe it was just one of those ...anyways ...
as you can see i am here again for this my the Sunday Blog # 179 ( Hundred and and seventy nine ) meaning i have survived the COME SEPTEMBER ....

Autumn's ashes, summer's embers
On the sidewalk come September
Suddenly, I can't remember
Any lessons learned

Now that I'm a migrant picker
Trouble-minded tin can kicker
I wish my skin was thicker
The air has turned

"I can live alone," I said
"I can make my lonesome bed
I don't need a hole in my head
I don't need a lover"


amazing there are two song lyrics with the same title 


Come September
Everything wrong gonna be alright
Come September
The souls that burn will twist and turn
And find you in the dark no matter where you run
she's made her mark but lost her spark
And what she's looking for she can't remember
Everything wrong gonna be alright
Come September

And yet none of them seems to be what i remembered ...anyways ...as i was saying ...i survived the COME SEPTEMBER ... and there are just three more days to go ...in the Ashura of Muharram . 

So from now onwards everything will be closed ...shutdown ....a Big Fat Holiday !! Lucky for us ..isn't it ...we get so many super closed holidays that even the white Christmas holiday of the New York seems nothing at all in comparison ... Here the Downtown of Karachi (-----) is almost sealed during this holiday so no matter what kind of a Boss you have ...he or she cannot call you to come to office or shop on these holidays . Awesome isn't it ? 

Okay ...so anyways ...we are still not in the haleem mood ...and since we are still enjoying the Bakra Eid Mutton ...despite the very uncertain and very hot weather when it is not raining ...i think we have no plans for the Haleem this Ashura of Muharram . I most certainly have tried to avoid the beef even on the days when we have rain this summer ...and maybe that is the reason why and how i survived not only the summer but also the very unhygienic conditions of the ambiance . Luckily my locality does not come under most city authorities ...like the KMC and Cantonment or Bahria Town . Our Black and White mostly belong to the self Service , Khud Mukhtar (خود مختار) Builders Mafia . Most of the residential area is very clean and Business and trading Hub ... usually gets cleaned very regularly unless the mafia does not want it to . Funny for the past one month or more a neighbour of the ghetto Building next door was dumping too much rubble in the back alley in my way and yesterday morning a truck came and loaded it with the rubble and took it away . Same goes for the garbage ...and the sewerage water overflowing ...today i saw that the sewerage water was absolutely dry on my ways ...on the main street ...so i guess that Thanks to the Builder Mafia ...the next block does not have water for atleast a few days ...infact most of the streets of the area are very very dry ...so i guess just like last year ...very few people have excess water or the Builder Mafia is not doing the honours of sucking the water and wasting it ...during the Ashura of Muharram . Just like the most of the City and towns ours sewers are also flowing or should i say over flowing ...But the line man makes a house call very regularly ..some times even without the complaint . The Electric company thanks to the Builder Mafia very recently upgraded the system due to which we had a very relaxed Monsoon Rainy season and Bakra Eid while people in other towns were suffering very badly especially after the first drop of rain every time during the four thunderous Rain spells . The Fly situation is also not very alarming in the residential area ...as well as the meat and vegetable market area . as seen or heard on the News Channels for the other areas of the town and city under the KMC and cantonment and Bahria Town . The Main difference being the corruption . You can't Corrupt the Independent Nuclear Builder Mafia ....Trust me you can't ....LOL !
Frankly my dear ...they don't give a Damn about the Funding or the Authority . And their Mandate is the Number of old houses and mansions they got to demolish and rebuild . Especially the ones that were once owned by the very influential and rich people of the Country . Some passed away peacefully , Others had to runaway to survive . I don't know why but sometimes i feel that seasons change for the Builders Mafia ...when ever it tries full throttle on people like us . And because of it the system keeps in the middle Nor Good Not Bad ....very bad .
The Water System has become a really Big Challenge for the Builders Mafia ...Totally Undecided ...after shutting it down for days ...they somehow make our taps running ...and then surprise again with drying it . or think that they surprised . It is becoming extremely funny .
LOL ! Our decades old water main lines very very good and corrosion free But the Builder Mafia hired the Line staff of the Water Board and Authorized them with Police Protection to make holes and insert white Plastic pipes and supply them to who ever is in dire needs . One of our neighbour has got three such connections from far far off ...the funny thing is that sometimes even he is without a drop ...his hairs are falling very fast and in the past few years he seems to have aged a lot . My dear Brother has been calling him a Builders 's agent since the day he moved into the new ghetto Building in the neighbourhood . Watching him grow with the tough life that has been living here in my neighbourhood has made me relax even more than i ever wished for .

Anyways ...i have crossed the first thousand words mark on the words counter for this my the Sunday Blog # 179 ( Hundred and seventy Nine ) and i have missed the first break so i guess i should take a break here . cannot promise that i will be back soon but sure i will try to be back very soon ....

2:52 am Break (1120 words)

3:59 am Okay now i am here for Just one hour or half more .....
Somebody forgot to make the tea tonight ...so i had to have cookies and milk sharbat ...usually it is given to the insomniac for good sleep ...and here i was trying to stay awake ..but anyways ...

So Serena Williams let a young child win the first Grand Slam title at the US open ....Thankyou !
LOL !

And talking of the US Open ...I thought it was just me Missing My Dear Uncle who left us almost a year ago ...it was really tough to not have anybody to tease on this Bakra Eid who really liked the event , But i was surprised to see that mother Nature also missed him and his home state Florida and uprooted the Bahamas . During the TS Micheal last year he had to evacuate and drive to Georgia with his estranged or Divorced family . Just imagine how tough it must have been for him . Died less than a month later ...Both Micheal and IRMA weakened him greatly ...
Anyways now i will never know if really wanted me or Needed me ....

Okay India moon Expedition seems to have met a setback ....





Indian spacecraft apparently crashes in historic moon landing attempt

okay ...it is still not clear why they wanted to be a the moon it is common knowledge that there is no water of Air meaning its no good for survival outsourcing  ...and if they were so eager to crash on  the moon and why they did not call Pak Army for help or tea on the moon ..

Fajr time  !! and Sunrise is 6:15 am Today ...there may be about an hour from now but i need to get up and pray very quick or i may fall asleep ....

So here i take a break for the 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!


5:15 am Break ( 1555 words)


2:03 pm Good Morning !
the first tweet of the day

Sun 8th Muharram 1441H
34°C
1:57 pm Good Morning ! oversleep ...woke up with Azan washed cleaned had a bath prayed and had tea ....now back to Sunday blogging ...Amen ! 

Wow an amazing and unexpected ...beginning ....Glad to find that we have all the basics ...today ...Power , Water and Internet ( cable) and to top it all ...a remote controlled helicopter going low ...I simply love days like these ...especially the Sunday's . 
The Brunch was not ready by the time i sat here ...so i guess i have skipped it ..because i have already missed the first session of this my the Sunday Blog # 179 ( Hundred and seventy Nine ) .
The Mobile Net is off till the evening ..so No Careem or Food Panda ....as if i was so anxious to use it anyways ....

So today i sleep just as expected after the milk and cookies ...LOL 
and woke up with the Azan of zuhr ...no not the last only the first one ...that is just before the 1:00 pm ...so after the bath and all i 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!

yes i have heard the breaking News ...and infact now i have also seen the Presidential Tweets ...But before i share them tweets i want to say that this week was the best week of the Mango Season ...which is in its last leg ...
I finally got to taste the real ripe farm mangoes that were sweet and juicy ...the trade mark of the real mangoes ...The Normal Price of Rs 100 / - per Kg at the street vendors is now gone up from Rs 150 - 130 /- per Kg ...as it happens at the end of the season ...But the real mangoes have been released just now ...All July and August ...i had been eating a coloured raw mango ...tasteless and fibre less ....Must be really bad for the Dentist ..LOL




Ever since the twitter made some alterations ...i am still trying to fully understand and control what and how i share ...let us all pray that i settle down ...and feel at home once again ...

The Brunch is Ready and Served !!
PAUSE . 

WE ARE BACK ! 
so ...this was absolutely expected ....no Surprises here ...LOL

The Weather is Sunny and Hot ...no dark clouds looms over ...very few hazy not even silver ....so i should not have been eating ...the Mutton Pulao and Choley that i did just now ...with even hotter tea ....in haste to get back as i did not take a break here because i am already late and way behind the schedule . Yes indeed i have taken the pictures ...but today
1. I am avoiding the media ...
2. There is no Mobile Network to share those from the camera ....and i really don't have the time to connect the mobile to the laptop and move files ...right now ...and upload them here ...so i guess we have to live with it ....and love it !
After All ...i choose to live here where ...these forced closures are our Statutory Right .
شاہ است حُسین بادشاہ است حُسین
دیں است حُسین دیں پناہ است حُسین

سر داد نہ داد دست در دست ِ یزید
حقا کہ بنا لا الٰہ است حُسین

 Shah Ast Hussein Badshah Ast Hussein
Ruler is Hussain, Emperor is Hussain
Deen Ast Hussein Deen Panah Ast Hussein
Faith is Hussain , guardian of faith is Hussain
Sar dad na daad dast dar dast e yazeed
Offered his head and not the hand to Yazid
Haqaaq e Binaa e Laa iLaha Ast Hussein
Indeed, Hussain is the foundation of La-ilah (the declaration that none but God is Absolute and Almighty)



So without any regrets ...lets move forward and see what are we forgetting from the important events of the past week ....

As a matter of fact ...after eating the Bakra Eid Mutton Pulao ...during this Facebook meetup ...a few minutes ago ...i felt like finally we realised that we have not prepared anything for the Ashura Fateha ...and even though our Chaudry Store never closes ...but still there will be no Beef ...and trust me ..we can't cook haleem from the Bakra Eid Beef ...No No No ....

So i guess the Haleem fateha is off this ashura .... if my memory serves me right ....Haleem was never a Haleem at our home ...it used to be Khichra (کھچڑا)...i asked the difference a million times from my dearly departed Ammi ( May her soul Rest in peace in Janna Amen ! )  but never remembered ...
it must be the God 's Will ...or the Devil's Distraction ....Who cares ....I am not very good or very fond of Cooking things that are best cooked in a cauldron (دیگ)
And ,
Usually the Khichra Fateha was not offered on the Ashura the tenth of Muharram ...Because we used to go the Cinema on the Bunder Road .....LOL
No Matter how silly and awkward it may sound now ...But that was so true ....Yes Papa ( May his Soul Rest in Peace in Janna Amen ! ) was very close friends with the Kings of Karachi Cinema's ...special arrangements were use to me made for our family and a few others ...where we sit and watch the Tazia floats and the parade ....we used to hurry back from that procession and join the Fateha ( Niaz) on milk Sharbat and Grinded Bread with sugar and dry fruits ....i am just not being able to recall what it was called ...will use a helpline later and update ...Anyways ....so now you know that ...A Cinema Pass used to be a supreme dicta ...so nothing came it its way ever ...
After the Political and Regional changes and upheavals ...that exercise stopped ...and it was just my Elder Brother who used to drive us around to netty jetty bridge ( port grand ) and we used to see the tazia floats going in the water ...it all stopped when MQM was formed ...
So maybe it was after that we started having the Khichra Niaz on the Ashura of Muharram ...but it was never certain ...because some time Papa ( May his Soul Rest in Peace in Janna Amen !) or the family was invited elsewhere ...So our usual Khichra Niaz day was either the twelve 12th or the chehlum the forty day .
During the last years of Ammi after Papa
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!


we did or tried to do everything to her liking ...so we started cooking and offering fateha ( niaz) on the tenth Ashura of Muharram day with cooking over night and saying the fateha in the morning ...and then serving ...or distributing .
One year i remember my dear brother had just came back from the Market carrying the stuff and ingredients of the Khichra ...when the Phone Rang ....My sweet and lovable Grand Mother had passed away in the PN Shifa Hospital . Amen !

I really don't remember if we cooked Khichra that muharram or not ...but we certainly did not cook it on the tenth 10th Ashura of Muharram that year ...instead they served kunna in her soyeum Prayers ...i returned home early from the mosque and did not eat .

So now i must take a break ...have a refill of tea ...lie down ..move some muscles and bones ...relax and 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!


4:15 pm Break ( 3101 words)

6:03 pm Okay So now i have decided not to go out ....for prayer ...instead i will pray at home ....

And this has nothing to do with the Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, 's visit to the Tarbela Dam ...( image containing the US CENTCOM Commander at Tarbela Dam may be posted during the post Ashura  edit ) 

Anyways situation in the region is tense ...and nobody is sure what is gonna happen next ...so to relax i am watching a lot of Geo and family dramas every evening after maghrib till midnight . the foreign stuff has been banned ...even the turkish soap that i was watching on the LTN family Channel ...Probably due to the Ashura of Muharram ...they did not totally turned it off instead they started an old episode shuffle ....no new episode this week ...

okay now ...the Sad news ...one the great legends of PTV died ...RIP ! 
Another Legend of the Cricket Died ...Everybody Mourned . RIP ! 
Robert Gabriel Mugabe( was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. ) Died ...RIP 

Nobody died in the Family or the Neighbourhood .... Praiseth the Lord All Mighty Allah Amen ! 

Shaniera Thomson Wasim Akram ( indian ??) had enough this week ...she said she can't stay silent anymore ....




Okay my time is running out ...its almost break time so before i take a break lets do the movies of the week without any comments or media ....


Wow i watched nine movies this week most of them very good ...and rated ten stars ...by me ...extremely delighted to watch Sheesha ...i guess that is how they break the NEHA DUPIA dying in every movie curse ...with a Double Twin Sister role ....in the end they let go off one and saved the Industry from the Curse for ever ....Awesome !

Okay now it is almost 6:44 pm the Sunset time for Karachi (----) ...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!


6:41 pm Break ( 3586 words)


Sun 9th Muharram 1441 H
34 C
8:59 pm Good Evening !
The mobile Service is trying to get back ...signals are weak ....ThankGod the All Mighty Allah Amen ! i am not required to make an Emergency call now ...LOL
A lot has changed since the early mobiles But not this thing my Sister's mobile has the same feature ...they say Emergency calls only ...when there is no network ...at all .

Watched Sharukh ki bhabiyan ...or something like that on the Geo Entertainment ......I am watching all soaps of Mr Qavi Saab just in case ....LOL
It is strange they are all in Karachi (------) now and most of the shoots are done nearby ...yet i never had a glimpse of any actor  anyways other than the Tv screen ...mostly because of the tinted glass cars and Vans they use to transport the stars around in this city . But the very main reason is that i stopped eating out and going to strangers weddings ...these used to be the two main spots where we used to spot such celebrities and super stars ...way back in my childhood ...and then they all moved to Lahore or Dubai ...now most entertainment talk show like the Dunia News and gnn talkshow introduce most celebrity guest and actors as ...ye bahut dor se aay hain ...karachi (-----) se ...put your hands together ( as if saying humein bhi le chal koi chota mota role dila dey ) ..

When did this happened ...have they shutdown all big and small studios of Lahore and Dubai ....? Why ?
And this reminds me ...if there is no Lollywood no more than what will we call the Karachi (-----) ...Can i make a Suggestion ....actually there is no options available very little room here ...

Kollywood or Kallywood ....lets see if this word already exists in google

Sorry guys ...there is already a very established and rich  Kollywood ...the Tamil cinema of  Chennai ...
Funny the google search engine is not even accepting the Kallywood or Kaollywood ...okay so lets just give it up for now ...and i will get back on this after a thorough research ...okay ?

Okay last and final hour ....and suddenly i am falling ...asleep ...no idea why ...maybe something i had for the dinner ...So anyways ...i am done here ...i have already posted a song video ...with lyrics ...it is a nice song and there is nothing special about the video ...i only shared this because of the song and lyrics ...i hope everybody will like it ...okay ...

Australia won the Ashes series ...

25 mins ago - Australia beat England in fourth Test to retain Ashes – live reaction! England dug .... Will they come up against a much changed England side?

England is in all sorts of trouble these days .... First Boris made the queen to sign a end of the parliament session ...and let the rowdy rathores Go Home to roost while he do the Brexit and live happily ever after ...nope that did not happen ...they came back and took all the candies from him ....Then Boris said okay lets have an early election ....Not done said the House and the parliament ....So lets see what happens as the deadline for Brexit comes near and then pass . 

On the Home front ...the media is digging all sort s of bad publicity about the Punjab Police like the torture in police custody ....manhadling , manslaughter and making a deaf and dumb insane person to speak up and get wiser ....they are even video recording evidence against themselves and sharing on the social media and whatsapp ing to their good friends in the media houses . 

Pti and its allies are trying desperately to milk the Karachi (---) to the fulliest ....on the issue of garbage and other local government issues ...Yet Another distracted minister Mr Khusro bakhtawar is now rumoured to try his luck very soon ....as soon as his targets are achieved ...he will blame the government for not fulfilling the promise of a south punjab province and quit ....

LOL 


PM Imran Khan directs continuation of 'Clean Karachi' campaign

ARY NEWS-3 hours ago
... Federal Minister for Planning and Development Khusro Bakhtiar, Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO) and other members.
Funny thing is that ...nobody in the present Government is taking the Anti corruption drive by the NAB and others against the former Politicians and Party Leaders seriously ... On the other hand the frustration of the people of Pakistan is growing fast . The most lucrative Career is about to lose millions of people who choose it as a second career ....Certainly nobody is ever going to vote for a Sportsperson in Pakistan anymore . Some might even hate the some of the sports enough to stop their kids from playing even for fun . 

All politicians regardless of their views and affiliations are losing Love and respect very quickly ...people are beginning to abhor  the status symbols like Big Cars and guns . I have no idea how will most of them survive the next four years . Those who can will definitely leave the country others might try to keep a very low profile for as long as they can ....

Anyways ...it is time for me to end this my the Sunday Blog # 179 ( Hundred and seventy Nine ) ...

Hope you all have a very good and relaxing Holiday week ...See you all next week God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! willing 
Amen ! 

ALLAH HAFIZ ! 















Never Had a Dream Come True
Everybody's got something
They had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday
That just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back, or wondering
How it could be now or might've been
All this I know
But still I can't find ways to let you go
I never had a dream come true
'Til the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you
Somewhere in my memory
I've lost all sense of time
And tomorrow can never be
'Cause yesterday is all that fills my mind
There's no use looking back, oh wondering
How it should been, now oh might've been
All this I know
But, still I can't find ways to let you go
I never had a dream come true
'Til the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you
You'll always be the dream that fills my head
Yes you will
Say you will
You know you will oh baby
You'll always be the one I know I'll never forget
There's no use looking back, oh wondering
Because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how hard I try and try
I just can't say good bye
No no no no
I never had a dream come true
'Til the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you

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