Ha...
NO blog entry for such AAAA long time! Couldnt have imagined that. Lack of literary activity makes me physically lethargic too, i guess. So many happenings, so many stories, so many experiences have I had in the recent past, that it is difficult to put them into neat categories.

Good old Ramazan in Pakistan...It was my first one after marriage, and a good one too. It always does you good, this holy month. I don't know which future Ramazan I will be able to spend in Pakistan again! I will miss the daily gatherings and discussions on the Quran that we used to have over there.

And after that, the major party time, December, the season of innumerable weddings and match-makings! So many overlapping invitations, and you sorting out same-date functions, deciding where to land first and where next. Eating up to your full, all the Chicken, Fruit and Veggie Salads, Biryani, Chicken Qorma, Chicken Karahi, Mutton Qorma, Paaye, Kebobs of all kinds, desserts of all kinds and what not. Yummy! But the tummy needs to be looked after too. So I always had to remind myself to 'eat moderately' when going to a wedding banquet  :))

Bhai and family's visit was another major event. Its always fun to have him around, his stories and jokes never letting anyone bore. And it was lovely to meet his wife and kids, the little one barely 3 1/2 months old! So the dinners and parties in his honor also kept us busy.

The mixed feelings on the announcement of our immigrating to Canada were very understandable.
Of course, when you have spent your whole life with your parents and loved ones, you do feel very very sad to leave them and go so far away, and the feeling is two-way. However, there was hope and exploration waiting too. So we finally decided to surrender to the second option for the time being. It has been the fullest experience of life this time. Together, Ahsan and I used to go out without any guidelines, finding bus routes, subway stations, offices and Chachoo's apartment, thanking our stars that we are together. Exploring Greater Toronto all alone would indeed have been a spirit-dampening experience in such harsh weather conditions, with snow storms and gusts of cold winds.