Bhoooooooooooooooooot

Probably this happened last year, or end of 2003. Mom & Dad were not at home. Me, my Sis, and Bro were at home. I was making Pilao, I guess for the 2nd time in life. I wanted to give Mom a surprise, beacuse I did'nt know how to cook then.

Anyways, cooking had finished. On Kuwait TV we were watching a program, I think, "The Extraordinary", which was quite interesting. That time they showed about the real strange experience of an old Hollywood filmstar. Once his car stopped working on a very silent road. There was no hope of any car coming towards him so that he could ask for help. So, he took the empty can of petrol, and decided to go walking, searching for a car garage or petrol pump. While he was walking in the dark, there was a car in which sat a strange man on the driving seat. He looked at this actor and said in a low but very high pitch sound "I will give you a ride!". The voice was of a very scary kind. Anyways, the actor took the strange man's help because he had no other choice. After they got the petrol for his car, the strange man dropped the actor back to the place where he had been picked up. The strange man gave him a chit with his contact telephone number. About 2 days later, this actor decided to call on the strange man's number. When he dialled, a lady picked the phone up and when he asked for the strange man, the lady told him that it was her husband who died 2 years ago! The man was totally shaken hearing this!

This was what we saw on TV. And we are not among those who get afraid of watching any horror movie, or anything like that. Infact we laugh at that kinda thing. Anyways, now after watching this, I went into the kitchen, and that time heard as if my house' main door was opened, so I thought my Bro went out. When I came inside the drawing room, I asked my Sis where our Bro had gone. She said she did'nt know. Now, we both were alone at home. Just then, we heard if something fell in the kitchen. I said "It must be the kettle that must have fallen in the cupboard", because I knew I had kept it carelessey in the cupboard. I acted brave, and went to the kitchen to check what had happened. My Sis followed me. I opened the cupboard, and found the kettle in the same old position like I had kept it. Before we could say anything to each other, we heard a loud banging noise. This time it was from our bedroom. My Sis looked at me and said in a very scary + confusing + nervous voice "Andar koee hai" (Someone's there inside). And then, we both screamed "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"........... Actually its not that I thought that its a ghost, the scary part was, that "somebody" was inside, and we were alone!!!


Oh God!!! It was so horrible!!!

Just then our Bro came from our bedroom asking "What happened?" I was really startled to see him, because all this while we thought he wasn't at home. He was at home, in our bedroom, banging our old PC... :) He thought we screamed because of some fire (beacuse I was cooking that day) or that some cockroach had come :)

Disgusting People

The weather in Kuwait these days is unpredictable. If today I switch on the heater, the next day I might have to switch on the AC. Today its foggy. You could even keep the windows open sometimes.

Yesterday, at around 4 a.m., when there was alot of time for Fajar prayer to start, somebody in our lane put on Qawwaali so loudly in the car. Its actually so disgusting when you are sleeping and then somebody puts on loud music. Huh!!! Being asleep, I was annoyed but still sleeping :). I heard people screaming at that idiot. I got up and peeped through the window. The white car moved from our lane and turned to the other. That made me think that this fellow did it deliberately and will come again. That's exactly what happened! He came again. He moved his car slowly so that every1 could get irritated...

All I could hear was "sunle Muhammad k pyaaray" with music behind. Perhaps he wanted to wake the people up for prayer for which there was alot of time :). But, is this the way to do so???

Teacher Teacher!!!

Hmm, had a chance to teach tuition to students of 8th and 9th standards. Plus some more of junior classes.

The best part was teaching an LKG boy, named Omar. He was from Bangladesh. My sis used to help me. And we used to do "chher chhaar" with him as well. When my sis teased him, he'd tell "Teacher, woh ama ke dishtorb kori !!!", meaning, "Teacher, woh mujhe disturb karrahi hai". We taught this lil boy the poem "Johnny Johnny". We always used to have fun with him. And then my sister, for fun translated for him "Johnny Johnny, Yes Papa" in Bengali, although we ourselves donno this language :D

So we explained to him

Baba bol bay Johnny kay, Johnny, tumi sugar khaayi bo?
Johnny bol bay, Nihi Baba, ami nihi sugar khaa bo.
Baba bol bay Johnny kay, Johnny, tumi jhoot bol bo?
Johnny bol bay, Nihi Baba, ami nihi jhoot bol bo.
Baba bol bay Johnny kay, Johnny, tumi tomaar moonh kholo.
Johnny bol bay, Haa haa haa!!!

This really makes me say Haa haa haa, :D, LOLZ

And then we taught him
1-2 buckle my show
3-4 shut the door
5-6 pick up the sticks
7-8 set them straight
9-10 a big fat hen...

He used to enjoy the last line alot. Now remember he likes this "Fat Hen" alot.

Next we taught him "London Bridge is falling down"

So, he'd learnt it... Now he reads it, or say, sings it

London bridge is falling down
falling down, falling down
London bridge is falling down
My "Fat Lady"


LOLZ :D
heheh
He made the fair lady a Fat Lady!!!


So, any1 planning to come to Mariam for tuitions ??? ;)

Shampoo Types

Well, you know that should buy a shampoo according to the hair type you've got. These days you get to see variety of shampoos for different hair types... But theres a confusion... According to some people, if on a shampoo you find "For Curly Hair", then it means that this shampoo will make your hair curly; and if you find "For Silky/Straight hair" , then it makes your hair silky and straight.

If you keep on taking it the above way, then I should write what each shampoo type does to your hair.

Shampoo Effect on your hair

For Dry Hair Will make your hair dry, as if its autumn season with no leaves on a tree.
For Greasy Hair Will make your hair so greasy as if you applied grease to your hair.
For Dandruff Will make your hair full of dandruff as if you used a talcum powder on your hair.
For Weak Hair Will make your hair weak.
For Split-Ends Will make split-ends in your hair, thereby dividing your hair by 2.
For Hair Fall Will make your hair fall, ultimately making you bald.
For Lifeless Hair Will make your hair lifeless.


Hehehe :D, isn't this philosophy funny ????

Rawalpindi/Islamabad mein Isha ki Aazaan ka waqt hogaya hai!!!

In Pakistan, one thing I find very awkward is the different prayer timings of different Masjids. If you hear Aazaan from one masjid, then for about half an hour you keep hearing Aazaan from different Masjids. Whereas its not like that in Kuwait. Here all the Masjids give Aazaan at the same time.

Anyways, when we were staying in Karachi, Mom heard Aazaan on PTV and so she offered her prayer. But later she heard Aazaan from the nearby Masjid, and realised that she had offered her prayer on the Rawalpindi/Islamabad timings :).

Now on TV, you might hear "Rawalpindi aur Islamabad ke masaafaat main Isha ki Aazaan ka waqt hua chaahta hai. Doosre shehron k muqaamen apne waqt k hisaab se namaaz parhain."
I often tease mom saying that the 2nd sentence is put exclusively for her :)

Similar thing happened with me as well. Last year I visited Pakistan in Feb. I asked if some1 heard Asar Aazaan, he said yes, so I offered my prayer. But later, I heard Aazaan myself, I was like, sarcastic ^o). Then later I thought that probably he also must've heard it from some other Masjid and hence told me :)

If I get a chance to give a suggestion to the Govermnet of Pakistan, then I'd surely talk about this issue of the timings of Prayers :)

Our House, that got demolished

This was when I was in 12th grade (Science with computer). Such an important year for studies, life full of tension. Get up early morning, go to college, afternoon come back from college, spend 1-2 hours at home, then go for tuitions, without which you cant do anything in exams, then come home at night, have dinner, go to sleep. And then the same routine repeated everyday! Once coming back from my tuition, my Dad said that our building was gonna get demolished and we would have to change our flat. Actually what we think that the caretaker of building did not inform us earlier so that he could take the rent to his pocket. Anyways, Allah knows better! So, just 1-2 months time was given to us. We started searching for flats. Unfortunately we couldn't get any. Slowly every1 from the building started shifting.

We found a flat in the same lane. The caretaker of that building said that this flat would be empty in few days. We had already started packing. The time was drawing near! The owner of our building was in such a hurry that whenever a flat used to get empty, he used to call the workers to remove things from there, like doors, windows, etc.

Now the new flat guy, was not leaving the flat. Kept giving reasons, huh! Just our family and one more family was there in the old building :o... Imagine when u open the main door of your house, in front u see that the flat in front has no doors and no windows, u can see other building thru that! It was terrific, as if v were staying in a cave, or some jungle...

We were so helpless at that time... Then the new building's caretaker spoke rudely to that guy who wasn't emptying the flat... We kept packing. Our building's staircase railings were also removed. Then from my kitchen window i saw a bulldozer or crane right in front of my window :. I shouted, and told mom. We thought they started demolishing the building with we inside it! We called an uncle who found out that they were removing the water tank from top of building.... HUH... Without water, who will stay in the building!!!

Now it was decided that we would shift in the new house, even though that guy's belongings were there. Man, u shud have seen the drawing room with his things and our things, one on top of the other!!! Plus house was so untidy. Anyways one room he emptied, where our family could stay... and the same night he left with his things in our house :). And that fellow dint come to take his things even later :), so our new caretaker threw his things out of the house....

Anyways our building was demolished, I think the next day itself. But I just cant forget that scary time that there were no people in that building, only we were the residents of that old building that time!!!

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