Home-li-ness.

It has been ages since I came here. I know, I know, I've been negligent. I'm sorry, I was in Islamabad and shifting and moving into a totally new place isn't child's play. Especially in such cold winters! Sighs. I loved my new house so much, mash'Allah! I chose my room only because I loved the bathroom attached to it. lol. My three-day trip to Islamabad was totally cool. I fell in love with my new house, I loved the area around, I met up with my Oona for life and I enjoyed the weather to the extremes. Alhamdullilah, it was a wholesome experience! Part of me didn't want to come back to Lahore, but then of course I couldn't celebrate Eid alone without my relatives. I just came back yesterday and I miss my house already. We set up 80 % of the house already in the first 2-3 days we went there. Just a few knick knacks left to sort out and insh'Allah that will be all done with when we get there on the 11th or 12th this month. As soon as my mom and I got there, we were so excited about our new house that we decided to sleep in our house instead of going over to our relative's house. That night, we shivered to sleep, literally. There were no carpets and no heaters in the notorious Islamabad-ish cold. So just imagine the height of discomfort we experienced, but one benefit out of the experience was that we realized 'what' exactly we'd need to beat the cold. The next two days we were out, sometimes in Rawalpindi, sometimes within Islamabad, shopping for grocery, plants, or random electrical devices. It was quite interesting. I must say that Islamabad's plant nurseries are just so very amazing. I could just sit there the whole day and enjoy watching the grass grow, especially in the kind of weather it was that day. We spent around an hour and a half sifting through different plants and deciding which ones to get for our verandah. As we were busy selecting plants, a street vendor showed up with freshly sliced and seasoned carrots, which were coated with radish juice, brushed up with fresh orange juice and chaat masala sprinkled all over. It made my eyes and mouth water! It was amazing, although my jaw hurt later due to the massive chewing job that I had to do! The vendor's basket looked so cool, perched up on his old bicycle and all organized and so colorful. I even took a picture when he wasn't looking! I will post it up later. Gosh, I have so much to do. I still haven't put up my PIA experience up. I really want to. God knows when I get the time. Please bear with me and my delays.

Just another entry.

Currently I am listening to the title track of one of the biggest hits of Indian cinema, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (K3G). I'm sure to some of you, this title might be very familiar, it's more of a household name than a movie actually. This is one of my all-time favorite movies, the major reason being that this was one movie that I watched immediately after its release. I used to gloat about the fact that I am the first person to watch it so early, but later I was disappointed to know that I was about one of the first set of gazillion people who watched this flick as soon as it hit the cinemas. Lol. Talk about bursting bubbles. :P I always had a soft corner for Shahrukh Khan and this movie just increased my fondness for him as an actor. *blush* I'm going to be very honest over here that my favorite scene throughout the whole 129 minutes of running time was when Shahrukh Khan comes back from university, steps off the helicopter and runs to his mom! :P I don't know why I'm even discussing about this film today! It's just a random start to one of my many pointless blog entries. So anyways, today was cool. Why you ask? Because I talked to Anam for around 30 minutes! We gossiped, laughed and shared lame jokes as usual. Talking to old friends always makes my day! It makes me feel so grounded and so secure, actually "warm" is the right term. I also finally got the privilege of talking to Madamoiselle Naseeha Musheer, who took out some time for me from her "oh-so-busy" life. Then I also got some time to catch up with Needz (haha. Nida, I mean :P) & Hibah as well and Samir too! So, I got some time to catch up with many of my close friends, which was truly amazing. :) Haha, right now, I'm in a very whacko joint-conversation with Samir and Hibah. It's hilarious the way they both pick at each other and crack such ridiculous jokes about each other and others. Lol. They are both busy hooking up each one of us. haha. They are currently contemplating on who's going to hook up with me. Both of them are always all hooked and booked, I wish I could take names of 'THE' chosen ones, but unfortunately I can't make the names too public. Lol. I'm so sleepy and tired, thanks to the intense shopping I did today early in the morning, but I don't feel like abandoning the conversation at such peak levels of hilarity :P Okay, we just decided to play a prank on someone. We're evil people. Lol. Whenever the two are together, Barf and Bengal Tiger are two topics that never seem too old or too boring to discuss. :P

Anyways, I'm ending this. Just wanted to add another random update. After all, I didn't want my blog to be rusting with dullness.

Sayonara!

Talk Shawk with Ms. Satti

Calling Anam is one of my favorite pastimes. We literally spent 85 % of our time giggling and laughing non-stop at such lame stuff. I talked to her today after such a long time and we had one of our "capital talks".. haha. 'Capital talk' refers to serious analysis of the latest scoops in town, national and international level. She updated me about her Pak Studies exam fiasco, how she didn't know that "so much" had happened before Pakistan came into existence, when Mohd Ali Jinnah was born, and how she needed tutorials for this subject from her friends. Then I updated her about Saudi, bursting into sudden giggles in between as we commented on people and hot gossip. Although I wrote an entry just a few minutes ago, I felt the need to writing this one too. lol. My Anam deserves some importance! I told her how someone had put me on limited profile on facebook, so that I could only access her photos, which were obvious proof that extraterrestrial species do exist. I updated her about how much fun it was to see Hibah after five long months in Saudi. It was amazing. Lol. She told me she might leave Islamabad and convince her parents to send her to England or the States, but I'm going to tie her to the Pakistan Monument in Islamabad if she tries to run away. Lol. I'm not letting her leave. Insh'Allah :P While we talked I could hear her cell phone beep frequently at the back as people send her messages, I was wondering if Anam had already mesmerized Islamabad to dance around to her tunes. haha. I don't know how a ten-minute phone call could send me into fits of laughter, but you know what, it did. :P

Anyways, I'm going to end this. This was so not planned. :P