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Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life
1. As a child worked in candy factory with 3-5 rupees (5-10 pennies) a day.
2. In College days, worked as private tutor.
3. Worked night shifts without any off at gas station.
4. Working as a physician in a big health system 

Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have
There are many movies but I watch particular scenes from my collection as I recall them. One scene was from movie "Sharabi" when Amitabh go to his father to inform about "Munshi ji's" death. I believe that was Amitabh's peak of acting. Also watched one song and pretty erotic dance of Madhuri in movie "Beta" - dhak dhak kerne laga. Or like last scene from Jack Nicholson's About Schmidt . And many more !!

Four Places I Have Lived
1. Karachi
2. New York
3. Ft. Lauderdale
4. Chicago

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch
1. Seinfield
2. Everybody Loves Raymond
3. Twilight zone
4. Any show from Moin Akhtar


Four Places I Have Been On Vacation
1. Hawaii
2. Vancouver/whistler/victoria
3. Montreal
4. Toronto and Niagara Falls

Four Books I Love
1. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
2. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
3. Nuskha-hai Wafa - Faiz Ahmad Faiz
4. Raja Gidh - Banu Qudsia

Four Websites I Visit Daily
1. CNN
2. MSNBC
3. Pakistani newspaper - JANG
4. Google - hahaha

Four Favorite Foods
1. Biryani
2. 16 ounce well done steak with lot of A-1 sauce
3. Dahi bare
4. spicy Shirmps cooked in oil.

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now
1. Any place with snow
2. Toronto
3. Karachi
4. New york walking in Manhattan

Four People Whom I Tag Next
umm....none

A fine thin red line

Every human brain has a fine thin red line, and once it gets tripped, any sound mind can act in any illogical, unbelievable, and bizarre manner.

Baap (A Picture)

Photo from David Guttenfelder for AP is First place, General News Singles. Sabir Hussein Shah holds his nine-year-old son Zeeshan, who was injured in the Oct. 8 earthquake, as he is treated after having his arm amputated at a field hospital in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan on Oct. 30, 2005. I saw this picture and was so broken, previously posted on blog with title - enough to break me.

Ramzan Bhai

Ramzan bhai dimagi taur pe thore kamzor the. Woh apni biwi aur do bachhon ke saath hamare mohalle main rehte the. Un ke bachhe hamare hi ghar tuition parha kerte the. Ramzan bhai mohalle main thela lagate the, jis pe kubhi pakore bechte, kubhi bachhon ke khilone aur kubhi kuch. Unhe ye itminan tha ke main apne biwi bachhon ka pet apni kamaii se bharta hun magar suna tha ke ghar ka baqi-maanda kharch un ki biwi ke bhai uthate the. Ramzan bhai ka ye jumla mohalle main mash'hoor tha ke, "mujhe to ghari ki zaroorat nahi magar aate jaate aurtain bachhain time pooch lain to kaam aati hai" - ye jumla unki shakhsiyat ko biyan kerne ke liye kafi tha.

Mohalle main safai suthraii ke liye nayi committee bani jis main mohalle ke nami girami badmaash log shamil hoke mautabir ho gaye, aur Ramzan bhai ko mohalle se apna thela uthane ka ultimatum de diya.

Aik khamosh dopher Ramzan Bhai ne pankhe se latak ke khudkushi ker li.

Main jub un ki mayyat main gaya to sufed kafan main noor bhara chehra dekh ke na to mere aansoo nikle na mujhe dur laga. Main saare jazbaat se aari tha

bar-gashta āsmān se goyā na tū na maiñ 

Yun Jo Takta Hai Aasman Ko Tu,

Koi Rehta Hai Aasman Mein Kya,

20 baras se ziyada ka arsa guzar gaya per ab bhi haat pe agar kabhi ghaRi baandhta hun to Ramzan bhai yaad aate hain.

Organ donation

Say Yes to organ and tissue donation!!

Aziz Bhai

Meri umer us waqt koi 13 ya 14 baras ki hogi. Hamare bilkul paros main Aziz bhai rehte the. Aam se sharif se bhole aadmi the. Magar aaye din biwi se jhagarne ki awaz aati rehti thi. Aik din jab aawazain kaafi unchi ho gai to main aur amma un ke ghar main daakhil huwe. Aziz bhai teesri manzil se chalang lagane ke liye tayyar the. Amma ne haat joR ker, minnat samajat ker ke unhe roka. Mujhe ye baat samjh hi na aayi ke mian biwi ke jhagRe main khud-kushi kahan se aa gai.

Magar aaj aik zamana guzar jaane ke baad - I can see how a woman can drive a man completely nut to jump from balcony.

E-mail

"In the professional world, e-mail is like a sharp sword" - use it responsibly and cautiously. 

One Question

At the end of the day, only one question is important - Was my day worth?