out of the comfort zone and into the fire.

So last week, I leaped.
After weeks of thinking about it, wondering if I still had it, and then procratsinating some more, I whatthehecked myself and jumped into the sizzling crackling fire of change. If there is one thing I have noticed about myself in the last few years is that I continuously suprise myself in [...]

the time of our lives.

As Obama was sworn in as the first black, 44th American President, my grandfather bellowed out for the cake to be brought in. Sharing this momentous day with Obama, were my grandparents, turning 90 and 86, respectively. .Mashallah. (Technically they are born a day apart but we always celebrate on the day in the middle.) Nadi ran [...]

The School Run

It is a very popular urban legend here in Karachi, that one must get their unborn child registered into the better preschools in the sheer hope of them making it to the admissions list almost 2 years later. Almost mothers and new mothers are always confused by this insistent question of what eductaional future they have thought [...]

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We used to be cool. And then we became parents.
It’s like a rite of passage that no matter how urban/hippy/chic/bohemian/coolio/awesome you were, one day your kid will look at you and wonder what planet you are from. I remember when showing a thumbs up meant you were uber with it; it was a statement of [...]

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As Nadis vocabulary develops, it’s hilarious to know that so does his sense of connecting ideas, and ability to tune into the funniness of a situation. A recent word added to his list was when he accidentally broke something recently and whoever was nearby remarked “Aww toot gaya.”,
 So all’s quiet until one day,  Nadi while [...]

resolve.

The last year has been anything but resolved so making 2009 new year’s resolutions felt weird. But as Hussy said, it is restart time so you can’t help but think of certain things you would want to do differently just to add to your bit in the general universe management. So I decided to ramble [...]