Posted by mansoor on 30 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: blogthings
And my blog went through another facelift!!!
This time… its Lush! no, its literally LUSH! as in the name of this theme is Lush 
Plus, just below the comments form, i’ve got two new widgets
1. Related Posts
2. Latest Posts from Each Category
Way coool!
Posted by mansoor on 29 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: wednesday wanderings
Life’s really weird!
And that just the way i like it. Its the “not knowing” about it that makes it all the more appealing. You plan, and you organize, and you plan some more.. then something comes along and dashes all those plans.
And yet.. you survive.
Yea… life’s definately weird!
Posted by mansoor on 28 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: heart 2 heart
“Will i loose her today?” he asked, ashen faced! The first time i had almost seen him about to cry!
“Not today! Definately not today!!”
Can words comfort? What is it like to see someone you love so dearly going through so much agony!? My grandma fell yesterday in the balcony, after which she suffered from high fever almost till the point of being delirious. We (us three cousins) spent the night there, tending to her and keeping an eye open and by the grace of God, she’s recovered pretty well this morning. Well enough that we could leave for our respective workplaces.
Last night, we also discovered what true love was. The following is a conversation i had with a cousin while we were out getting food and listening to the song “sajna ve”
cuz: mansoor, i dont think true love, i mean real devotional love doesnt exist anymore. Its all hype and myth!
me: it does and i can prove it.
cuz: how?
me: look at those two people back home. Thats true love
cuz: hhhmm…
Posted by mansoor on 27 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: heart 2 heart
its songs like these which make you realize… just why you fell in love in the first place.
Lyrics here.
p.s.
i had the biggest crush on rinkle khanna when this movie came out… im not ashamed to admit, i still do.
Posted by mansoor on 25 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: lifes anomaly's
or the lack of it. Thats what characterising my life as of late. That, and procrastination! The perfect recipe for…. apple pie? No wait! mmmm.. The perfect recipie for disaster.
Over the last week, i’ve been reading “Piled High and Deep”, which very rightly characterizes what its like to be a graduate student and in the middle of a research phase. I’ve been doing my research at a very slow pace over the last couple of months basically because i realized what i set out to do is not really that possible here. Its research based on the industry, which sadly… sucks big time! Atleast in karachi. So i might relocate to lahore to get some good data.. but thats for another day.
I need to get my research finished ASAP. And yet, i need it to be meaningful. Whats the use of replicating something which cannot be used. I mentioned this fact to a couple of senior people and here’s what they had to say.
Me: I need it to be meaningful, so that it can bring joy to the world and end suffering of millions of people!!!!
Them: ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! huh?? what?? did you say something?
I think im meeting the wrong people. *sigh*
Posted by mansoor on 23 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: lifes anomaly's
When you use this phrase twice in one day.. you know something is definately wrong!
taken from www.phrases.org.uk,
20-20, more often written 20/20, is the standard for clear vision. When an eye doctor measures eyesight, a reading of 20/20 represents clarity. Hindsight, looking back on what has already happened, allows us to see clearly the course of action we should have taken, but perhaps didn’t. So … if you nag me with what I should have done yesterday, I will gently remind you that your hindsight is 20/20, but where was all this good advice when I needed it?
I think that sums it up quite nice…..
Posted by mansoor on 22 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: heart 2 heart
Over the years, i’ve been accused many times of being a mammas boy.
At first, i used to reject it… then started defending my position against it… and finally stopped caring what the world said altogether.
Why?
Because, when you take away all the layers and coverings.. you’ll find that i really am.
Because of the mother i have, what she’s giving up for me over the years, what she’s sacrificed and what she’s suffered.. thats the least i can do for her. I love her to death! I keep her on a pedestal and i literally worship the ground she walks on. Over the years, i’ve unleashed a lot of suffering on her myself… from tantrums to nakhray to ignoring to shouting. Yet, she stands besides me, wishing nothing but the best for my life, praying for my success and pushing me to achieve everything possible. What more could you want from a mother??
I love you mom! Whatever i am today, i know its because of you (and dad too). You’ve taught me so much, taught me how to love, how to respect women, and how to try making this world a better place. You’ve taught me how to stand on my own two feet, to take criticism and to acheive what i want. I’ll probably always be a mammas boy.
Posted by mansoor on 22 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: wednesday wanderings
SSShhhhhH!
I cant tell you this….. because its a secret.
Secrets.. they bring us together.. and they take us apart.
How dare you keep such a big secret from me!! Why did i have to learn about it from someone else!!! she said.. Should i have told her i couldnt because i couldnt bring myself to utter those words to her? Couldnt bear to see the hurt in her eyes?
You keep my secret… and just maybe… i’ll keep yours! Mutually assured destruction?
Blood brothers.. sharing a secret agenda! Sadly.. not a secret anymore… but it was fun while it lasted!
Posted by mansoor on 20 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: heart 2 heart, lifes anomaly's
I’m at a loss for words…
ideas are blooming in my head at the same breakneck speed, yet i can’t seem to put them down on the keyboard.. i think i need a blog-vacation for a while…..
Hell! who am i kidding! I cant do that. Hence im back here again… and since im here.. lets recap the last couple of days.
Mom came to karachi!! Now that was a surprise! She didn’t even tell me.. just called me over to nani’s place on some pretext and pounced from behind a door! So very mom of her! But it was lovely to see her. Spent saturday and sunday with her. In the evening she went on to other places for visits, and i sidelined quietly.
In other news, IDEAS 2006 has begun in karachi. My first clue it had begun were the two hours i spent trying to find a parking space, cars clogging up all the sideroads behind the office building, creating total pandemonium. Now im wondering how the heck am i gonna get out office and back home.
Took on a couple more projects for ‘pocket money’.. the next couple of nights will be spent on those.. Can u believe i cant even etch out a living out of my salary??! Which is quite handsome for a 1 yr experience guy, but still…. After all the katoti, i’m left with a meagre sum of Rs. 3k for managing my month! Living in karachi, thats not even seem feasible much less managable 
Mom’s pissed off at me today too…. dunno why??! Pray i can manaofy her! She’s a jaan but sometimes she can be really hard to please. I guess all mom’s are like that.
Thats about it… all the thoughts going in my mind at this moment.. now i’d better get back to work.. took off long enough as it is.
Posted by mansoor on 18 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: blogthings
to this website
The Word of mAn[S]o0r
and so it shall be written.. and so it shall be done…
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