"ShoeTube after YouTube"

Today Sarah called me at 3 p.m. in broad day light during working hours and asked me,hey what are you doing this evening?
I said "you know,today is my cooking day for the week".
She said, I know,I know but you know I have an emergency,I need your help!
"O' sorry! yeah,what can I do for you? I offered my help.
Sarah said with a deep sigh: "Dan,I have this huge party to attend and I don't have a matching shoe and bag".
So what is the emergency? I asked her in surprise,is this is an emergency!
She said "you don't understand,for me as a girl this is an emergency and as a friend you should help me out by going with me to mall for shopping and you can't say no to me"

So I said,only if Sam join us.She agreed and we decided to meet at the mall:Sarah,Sam and me!
I called Sam and he was available as he always is"single and available"his famous line!

At the mall,Sam set the rules and said " we will not buy at the first store,we will do a survey first" I looked at Sam and I smiled at him because I knew exactly what he meant by this suggestion and I liked that too !

Sarah probably had no clue,what we guys were up to, by just so much supportive for her shopping spree!

Any way I asked Sarah"so what is all this love about shoes and bags in women".
Why women love shoes and bags so much?

She was not interested in my question at that moment as we were entering "Coach" store and Sam was busy in his business.So I end up talking to myself,which I can share.

I have seen "Brain Diagrams" with a specific "shoe and bag centers" in woman's brain like a specific center for the "thing" all man want all the time!

No culture,region and religion seems immune from shoe and bag love,where ever women exist!

As we were doing our window shopping and entering store by store: Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Fendi,Chanel,Prada,Coach and finally Bottega Veneta,I asked the same question to Sam, as Sarah was looking for a perfect match of shoe and bag for her dress.Sam was also not interested, he was in his good Samaritan mood, helping others in decision making with a small price of a smile!

Finally Sarah shouted with a glowing face "This is perfect! what do you think guys!
I said perfect! Sam said perfect!
She smiled back and I felt not just good but very good!
We all were happy as Sarah was very happy!

Today with this shopping trip,I think I found something really important for guys!
I think if at any time in your life you are asked by your special One that how much do you love her,you may simply say that as much as she loves her shoes and bags!
Probably this is the secret of living happily thereafter!

And now on the news is an Internet site called "Shoe tube" http://shoetube.tv/ like "You tube", where women get together and share their love for shoes!
This may also prove my point.
What do you say about women love for shoes and bags? It may be genetic!
But the real question for women is this:If you have to pick either a shoe or a bag,which one do you love more:either or probably both !

"She forgot,He forgot"

She was an educated and talented artist.
He was an educated and talented artist.

She was unhappy with her life.
He was unhappy with his life.

She was complaining about her life.
He was complaining about his life.

"I feel so empty"
"I am so full of creative juices but"
"I did not accomplish anything yet"
"I did not put my mark in this world yet"

She forgot that she was a mother.She had a daughter!
He forgot that he was a father.He had a son!

"Mind Your Language"

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE,always told by mama and papa,so I always watched my language.
Though I confess that I did try to say "some" words in the comfort of privacy just to have a feel, but never in public.Even then a voice came upon me:"Words are like food,you might end up eating them someday.Make them sweet"

Then I was tested,as the saying goes:"The dark night comes when we are most content"
I failed the test.I said,and I said what I was told,no to say.
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE,I forgot in that brief moment of amnesia !
I said hurtful words !
I forgot in that brief moment of amnesia !
"MIND YOUR LANGUAGE"

Sins of bodies hurt bodies but sins of tongue hurt soul.
Wounds of bodies might heal with time but wounds of soul might not heal forever.
That's why our tongue is caged by 32 sharp teeth.Like a WARNING:Be careful.

This is my daily resolution: "MIND YOUR LANGUAGE"
Can you make it yours too !

The saying goes:"Each day take down one boundary between you and the Devine"
"MIND YOUR LANGUAGE"

"New Year Eve"

(You can take my breath away
I can be your hero babe,
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away!
Song in the background)

(Song change to:
I will fell down on my knees,
Kiss the ground that you walk on baby
If I just hold you again)

(Crowd: cheers,
Faces,kisses,hugs all around me)

I am thinking (looking at my phone)
I called her !
But she did not called back!
Then I called her again and
Left a message!
But she did not called back.
It has been a while
But she did not called back.
I told myself:
She loves me.
She is just busy!
I am thinking (looking around)
She is every thing to me !
This is the New Year Eve,
I should call her!
But then (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,.......... New Year Count Down in back ground)
I told myself:I should wait!
She loves me.
She may be busy!

(I can hear back ground song again:
I will never gonna dance again
The way I dance, just with you )

P.S.:Lovers,feel free to interchange "she/he"according to your own love story!
Just don't loose the flame.Don't afraid to cry.This is the "New Year Eve "

(And song changed:
Listen to your heart before you tell him good bye)

"Visitors are Welcome"

Today was a sunny,windy and chilly day, all in one, so I left home bundled up.

At a traffic stop,as an ambulance was passing by,I looked on my sides. I saw there was a large entrance to this graveyard on my left, nothing new about this, it was always there. But what I saw at the main entrance was thought provoking. A big board at the entrance saying:
VISITORS ARE WELCOME

and there was a second board standing on ground with a direction arrow saying:
INFORMATION

The immediate thought came to my mind was a dialogue from movie "Gladiator":
"I will see you again." " But not yet" "Not yet"


"Visitor are welcome", I thought about this whole day and while driving back home !

The usual question we ask is like this:
Do you think,death is an ending or beginning of something like life?
The answer may depend on how you define death.

But the real question is this:
Once we accept this "visitors are welcome"invitation, are we still visitors?
As we know, almost everyone ends up staying there for good!
No choices.
No RSVP!

eFriends:This one for you!

Wishing you all the very best of wishes for 2009/1430 and the years to come!

I would like to share this with you, as a NEW YEAR GIFT; please read even if you may have read it before !

People are often unreasonable,illogical,and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind,people may accuse you of selfish,ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you 've got anyway.
You see,in the final analysis,it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway !

Mother Teresa

"Rab Nay Bana De Jodi"

Today I saw the movie,and during one of the moments a drop of tear came out of my eyes!
I could not hide my secret,but no familiar face was there to share with or hide from!
I know this was not so macho, but it happened!

This movie is yet another LOVE STORY and who says LOVE is easy!
LOVE IS NOT EASY!

We all are in LOVE sometimes secretly, sometimes openly!

We all fantasize about true love,happy ending,forever together,soul mates, and match made in heaven!

We all suffer from the "First cut is the deepest", denials,walking away,pushed away, sighs, insomnia, moon gazing,stars counting,cry,tears and heart breaks!

We all become some types of either a philosopher,who know the real meaning of LIFE as such it exist (sweet,sour,bitter,salty) or a poet,whom words become a medium to promote LOVE, the ONE in which we did not succeed or a blogger with rantings!

We all believe that OUR lives are empty with a missing portion of LOVE,somewhere out there,the ONE which can complete our existence!

Person we love the most end up hurting us the most !

The whole notions of being in love,being loved and falling in love are just prism angles of a life so unknown as life on Mars!

Love has bring thousand questions and thousand answers!
The simplest one is "I LOVE YOU ?"

But the real question is this: If LOVE does hurt so much then why are we so desperate about it?

The answer may be as simple as LOVE IS NOT EASY!

"Jab We Met"

"Jab We Met "I liked this movie!

The movie thought came as I was driving back home in a very snowy filmy view(as in the movie) and I remembered the song "phir jenay ka maza yuen aanae laga".


I enjoyed my ride though too much traffic as these are the last few days before Christmas!

I also thought about my days spent enjoying PIDC kay paan, Cafe Students key Biryani,Camel ride at Clifton, Lahore key Gallian,Pindi ka Raja Bazaar,Islamabad ka Chuk Shazad,City's chaos, People's suffering,no law no order, just disgraced politician !

Here I am sitting in a traffic jam and I remembered seher's blog : http://2short2sweet.blogspot.com/2008/12/listing-outs-and-outs.html :"If you are ever jammed in a similar circumstance, don’t curse, just get a paper and pen and start to roll! I mean roll the list which requires your immediate attention."

So I did this ! I am stuck in a traffic jam and I am happy (no cursing) !

I counted my blessings:I am sitting in an organized traffic jam.

Every one is staying in their own lanes, no honking,no mini buses, no motorcycles,no helpless traffic constables with whitish uniforms!

Living in two worlds has its own perks but the price we pay,only people who are wrap up in these time zones know.We live in two worlds and we miss what we love !

But the real question is this :Can a traffic jam defines a city's inhabitants moral civilised values?

The answer for metropolis Karachi,Lahore and Pindi is shameful! It has definitely nothing to do with education or corruption!

"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

Since I heard this "Kay Jewelers" commercials "Every kiss begins with Kay."
I did this cool mind search, just to share:

Marilyn Monroe sings "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" in the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)

The name diamond is derived from the ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas), "unbreakable, untamed", from ἀ- (a-), "un-" + δαμάω (damáō), "to overpower, to tame"(that's why I like Leo diamonds)

Diamonds are specifically renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities; they make excellent abrasives because they can be scratched only by other diamonds (or another woman)

They are commonly judged by “four Cs”: carat, clarity, color, and cut (and also fifth "C": cash)

Buy this premium quality 'Diamonds are a Girl's best friend' T-shirt. Select from various styles, colors and sizes or create your own(for dumb and losers!)

Finally this,Dr. Helen http://drhelen.blogspot.com/ writes: I never understood the whole concept of a woman wanting jewelry from a man, especially diamonds, until I read the book Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. In the book, two evolutionary psychologists explain why people do what they do. Why are diamonds a girl's best friend? The authors conclude that women have to discriminate between "dads" and "cads" among male suitors. In order to find the guy that will stay with her and help her with children, she looks for two qualities: "the ability to acquire and accumulate resources, and the willingness to invest them in her and her children." A good way to screen for men who are both willing and able to invest is to demand an expensive gift--known as a courtship gift or nuptial gift in evolutionary biology. Not just any expensive gift will do. A Mercedes or house does not usually fill the bill--for these might have intrinsic value to the man if he likes European cars or is interested in real estate. A courtship gift, according to the book, must be costly and lack intrinsic value and be useless.Diamonds and flowers are beautiful and their beauty lies in their inherent uselessness; "this is why Volvos and potatoes are not beautiful." So guys, apparently, gifts that are "costly but worthless"--facilitate courtship, according to a recent study mentioned in the book."The researchers note that such extravagant gifts have the added benefit for men of deterring 'gold diggers,' women who promise to mate in exchange for a gift but then desert without mating after receiving it." So, it seems that diamonds serve as a litmus test for how a woman feels about you!

I may say that I like diamonds with five "Cs" and I know that the "First cut is the deepest"!

But the real question is that if "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" then who are we (guys) ?

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment

"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment" Jalal ud-din Rumi.

This December 2008, besides other occasions including Haj,Eid,Quaid-e-Azam' s Birthday,Chanukah,Christmas,Kwanzaa, is the month of Rumi.The famous Sufi with ecstatic poetry in the thirteenth-century Turkey.As his funeral procession moved through the streets of Konya,Turkey,at sunset, December 17,1273 on a snowy winter evening,his family and closest colleagues were joined by throngs of Jews,Christians and Muslims,all claiming that Rumi's heart brought illumination to their traditions.Seven centuries later his resonant heart inspires unity and friendship among those of many religions and paths worldwide.

I am attending a Rumi Night on December 19,2008.I am inspired !
I would like to share some of Rumi's rememberance:

"When we have totally surrendered to that beauty,
We shall be a mighty kindness"

"Beloved....come,come,whoever you are
Wanderer,worshipper,Lover of leaving
Ours is not a caravan of despair
Come,come,come again"

Be destiny leads me and you where:

"We shall be saying finally,
With tremendous eloquence,Lead us"

Do you have a Rumi poem, lets share here !

Hall of Fame

The other day I was reading about Baseball Hall of Fame and quite impressed by how fans and nations keep their heroes alive,respected and honoured for generations to come.This holds true in this part of world for all heroes including statesmen, actors, musicians, intellectuals, scientist, generals, baseball players, basketball players, cowboys and the list goes on.

I think this is one of the greatest feature of developed civilised world.

Contrary to this,underdeveloped countries have no mechanisms to get this self booster shot of pride.

Countries like Pakistan have heroes but no mechanism to keep that politics free, merit based remembrance:Hall of Fame.

I don't know this but lets talk if you know that we have anyone of those:

Cricket Hall of Fame
Science Hall of Fame
Polo Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
Squash Hall of Fame
Poet/Writer/Singer Hall of Fame
Great Mountain Climber Hall of Fame

We even don't have a Star Pavement in Lollywood to honour our actors and actresses.

I am not certain that as a nation we care much about our heroes,but we should,as we are very rapidly running out of heroes and as we know that the left overs belong only to the Hall of Shame !

Who Invented the Lipstick?

History is always a fascinating subject to me, especially when I have questions like:

Who invented the Lipstick?

"Lipstick is known to have been used around 5000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, when semi-precious jewels were crushed and applied to the lips and occasionally around the eyes. Women in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization applied lipstick to their lips for face decoration.[1] Ancient Egyptians extracted purplish-red dye from fucus-algin, 0.01% iodine, and some bromine mannite, which resulted in serious illness. Cleopatra had her lipstick made from crushed carmine beetles, which gave a deep red pigment, and ants for a base. Lipsticks with shimmering effects were initially made using a substance found in fish scales called pearlescence.[2]

During the Islamic Golden Age the notable Arab Andalusian cosmetologist Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) invented solid lipsticks, which were perfumed stocks rolled and pressed in special molds, and he described them in his Al-Tasrif.[3] Lipstick started to gain popularity in England the 16th century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who made piercing red lips and bright white faces a fashion statement. By that time, lipstick was made from a blend of beeswax and red stains from plants................................................." (reference:Wikipedia)

The article goes on, thanks to Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Two important points worth to be noted:

1.Indus Valley Civilization (make me proud)

2.Islamic Golden Age (make me proud)

By the way,I searched this history about lipstick because I saw this article:

"The Hottest Lipstick Colour Is"............surprisingly!

http://netscape.compuserve.com/homerealestate/package.jsp?floc=MM-mant2&name=fte/lipstickcolor/lipstickcolor

On a personal note,I like almost all lipstick colours as long as it is non-sticking!