Pakistan

piece of heart breaking away
as if a knife scorched through,
slow trickling blood, tears of brown and blue
the voices scream, soundless
nobody even hears, the remaining echoes
a soul cries for that piece,
wishing to stitch it back
guilt ridden to be so far
thought i would protect you from any harm,
i am sorry.

Patience always wins!

Another day,
another shot at patience and wow how it works.
Smiles and hugss!!
I love summer with rain.
-m

I was in third grade, and we were sitiing in peshawer AC flats and were having lunch in our long two doorway dining room. The table cloth was striped yellow, blue and white. My mom served us spinach and like any other kid i started playing with a little left over. I would squeeze it in my hand and drink the broth that would come out. I did not have spinach for 6 years after that incident .

Then one day, my mom cooked Palak chicken for a party and i had some with white rice and some plain yougurt. I re-discovered the yummiest vegetable known to me!

I cooked today thinking how easy it is nowadays to cook palak. FrozenPackets of vegetables make our lives so easy.

I started with half a cup sliced red onion with 2 table spoons of oil in a pan. Then i made 2 tsps of ginger and garlic paste (mush it up) and added to the onion when they turned light brown on medium high heat.

Then i added two chicken breast cut in cubes and sauteed them with onion, garlic and ginger and added the following spices.

2 tsp of salt.

1 tsp of cayenne

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp black pepper

3-4 whole black peppers

1 cinammon stick

sauteed these spices with chicken for 13 seconds and then add 1/2 a cup of milk or 2 tbs yougurt. Once that comes to boil, add the frozen spinach(a packet) and frozen/fresh tomatoes(1 large) to the mix, cover it and let it cook for 45 mins on low heat. Then once all is cooked turn the heat up to medium high and keep sauteeing it for 10 mins until the oil seeps up. Add cilantro and green chillies for garnish.

Serve it with white rice, pea pilaaf, cold onion cucumber salad and yougurt.

i like gentle surprises!! :)

Friends are important and appear at a time when you need them.
A nice place to have guilty pleasure deserts or just have fun and laugh on silly things.

My life!

Beautiful Eyes
Honest and truthful
Only for me
Best friends
shares, cares
Smiles beautifully
Chanel
Inspiration

-m

Fanta

Pakistan Story 94

Atta gave me 20 rupees

Hot days in peshawar degree college

5th grade, top floor, fans on the cieling, the empty play structures, the balcony, windows...

scorching sun and the bell rang for lunch break, the kids ran towards the canteen and offcourse there were no lines, just a big crowd but i still managed to get a burger for

8 Rs. and Fanta for 8 Rs.

It was a great feeling, i felt on top of the world.

Al Ain story 05

i forgot all about fanta. Canada, States and Syria never had fanta the way pakistan had. Then i went to Alain to see atta ama and we were invited to Uncle S Z house. We talked about Kabhi khushi kabhi gham. We talked about how i was when i was a toddler. Its so good to talk to people that care for you. The food was great and guess what they had, FANTA from Pakistan!! In stylish bottle but the same taste!

Winnipeg

I was in an eat indian store and i saw an old dirty cooler fridge. Through the dirty glass i saw something orange looked so familiar. It was the old style bottle of fanta...

and i had some.

and i still do sometimes....Memories make me happy!

Darkness falls....

Sadness, depression, helplessness are felt throughout the world.
It is so easy to fall victim to these and drown in a vast Dark Space.
But it as easy to get out...
Have Faith....
look around ....
see the pain around
and your problems look so silly...

My way is to believe and then talk to myself....i know its crazy but i need to hear myself say that happiness lies within you and with people you love...

Forgiveness and patience are the qualities that will make you move forward.