To My Loved Ones …

 

 

کبھی ہم میں تم میں بھی چاہ تھی ، کبھی ہم سے تم سے بھی راہ تھی

کبھی ہم بھی تم بھی تھے آشنا ، تمھیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو ۔ ۔

 

وہ جو لطف مجھ پہ تھا پیشتر ، وہ کرم کہ تھا میرے حال پر

مجھے سب ہے یاد زرا زرا ، تمھیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو ۔ ۔

 

وہ نئے گِلے وہ شکایتیں ، وہ مزے مزے کی حکایتیں

وہ ہر ایک بات پہ روٹھنا ، تمھیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو ۔ ۔

 

( dedicated to the ones I love who have turned me away from their lives )

Software Engineer’s Day Cycle :)

I found a interesting image that quite truly depicts the day of a software engineer

It reminds me of a sher

صبح ہوتی ہے  ۔ ۔ ۔ شام ہوتی ہے ۔ ۔ ۔

زندگی یوں ہی تمام ہوتی ہے ۔ ۔ ۔

* I dont exactly remember from where I found it so sorry for no reference.

Firefox 3.5 is (almost) here

My favourite browser it getting a big boooost .

The release candidate for Firefox 3.5 is already here and PC Magazine and  LifeHacker are reporting that Mozilla has announced it final publie release date to be 30th June 2009 . Yes !! that is today:)

following are few of the enhancements in it :

• Now available in more than 70 languages
• Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
• Better performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
• The ability to provide Location Aware Browsing using web standards for geolocation.
• Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
• Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
• Support for new web technologies such as: HTML5 <video> and <audio> elements, downloadable fonts and other new CSS properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 offline data storage for applications, and SVG transforms.

so Enjoy … i just hope that most of my extensions remain compatible .. if not then i have to wait till they are … fingers crossed.

Request to God

Be patient while the image loads

Requests to God

(Reference: a fwded mail i recieved on a yahoo group

May be …

…………………………………………………………………………

MAY BE . . .

Maybe … we were supposed to meet the
wrong people before meeting the right
one so that, when we finally meet the
right person, we will know how to be
grateful for that gift.

Maybe … it is true that we don’t
know what we have until we lose it,
but it is also true that we don’t know
what we have been missing until it
arrives.

Maybe … it is true that we don’t
know what we have until we lose it,
but it is also true that we don’t know
what we have been missing until it
arrives.

Maybe … you should hope for enough
happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make you strong, enough
sorrow to keep you human, and enough
hope to make you happy.

Maybe … the happiest of people
don’t necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.

Maybe … the best kind of friend is
the kind you can sit on a porch and
swing with, never say a word, and then
walk away feeling like it was the best
conversation you’ve ever had.

Maybe … happiness waits for all
those who cry, all those who hurt, all
those who have searched, and all those
who have tried, for only they can
appreciate the importance of all the
people who have touched their lives.

Maybe … you should do something nice
for someone every single day, even if
it is simply to leave them alone.

Maybe … there are moments in life
when you miss someone — a parent, a
spouse, a friend, a child — so much
that you just want to pick them from
your dreams and hug them for real, so
that once they are around you
appreciate them more.

Maybe … giving someone all your love
is never an assurance that they will
love you back. Don’t expect love in
return; just wait for it to grow in
their heart; but, if it doesn’t, be
content that it grew in yours.

Maybe … you should dream what you
want to dream; go where you want to
go, be what you want to be, because
you have only one life and one chance
to do all the things you dream of, and
want to do

(Taken from an email i received on a group)

What is love?

I found these on facebook album of a friend’s friend. They are truly beautiful and amazing and wonderful answers to this universal question. Your feedback is welcomed J

دعا

مجھے ضبط دے نہ جلال دے

مجھے صرف اتنا کمال دے

میں ہر ایک کی صدا بنوں

کہ زمانہ میری مثال دے

تیری رحمتوں کا نزول ہو ، میری محنتوں کا وصول ہو

مجھے مال و زر کی ہوس نہ ہو مجھے بس تو رزقِ حلال دے

میرے زہن میں تیری فکر ہو ، میری سانس میں تیرا ذکر ہو

تیرا خوف میری نجات ہو ، سبھی خوف دل سے نکال دے

تیری بارگاہ میں اے اللہ میری روز و شب ہے یہی دعا

تو رحیم ہے تو کریم ہے ، تو سبھی بلاوں کو ٹال دے

آمین

سوال ۔ ۔ ۔

 

ٹھکرا کے اس نے مجھے کہا کہ مسکراو

میں ہنس دیا ۔ ۔ ۔ کہ سوال اس کی خوشی کا تھا

میں نے وہ کھویا جو میرا تھا ہی نہیں

اور اس نے وہ کھویا جو صرف اسی کا تھا

Expectations …

Dear Diary ,

سب مایا ہے سب ڈھلتی پھرتی چھایا ہے

Don’t expect from others … Don’t expect “anything” from others !!!

This has been one my life principles ever since “the” incident a very long time ago … That one incident changed my life forever … my world, my feelings, my thoughts, my emotions, my ideologies, my view point of life and people … everything changed.

First thing I realized then that nothing in this world is like the world in literature and movies and dramas. The world which we have been reading and watching and consequently idolizing and dreaming is not there at all.

The “Muhabbat” is not like that depicted by Ashfaq Ahmed (those are very very rare cases), the heavenly made couples or happy endings are not there like the novels of Bushra Rehman or Razia Butt, neither the luck is always with you nor you can always outsmart the unfavorable circumstances as done by the “Pak-Asia Secret Service” in Imran series J.

So considering all the above the 4-5 months were following the incident were spent in self imposed gloom and sadness.

But not everything about the “real” world turned out to be disappointing. I observed and found out that the world is not that tragic as said by Bano Qudsia, Nor it is that much cruel as depicted by Manto, I found examples where the street of bandraban (بندرابن کی گلی)
was not kunj (کنج) at the end , where parmeshar singh(پرمیشر سنگھ) was actually rewarded for his good deeds , also saw examples where “کرنیل کور“
was actually appreciated and accepted for the what she was and not rejected based on her status, past or heritage.

So I realized that this world is not that bad J. It’s just that when you expect things in return and you “don’t” get them so you get disappointed.

So I started trying “not” to have expectations especially from people. Just like hope for the best but prepare for the worst. This doesn’t at all mean that I don’t trust or care about my loved ones or my friends. It’s just that I have accepted the fact that people are not perfect, never can be, they can’t do justice in paying you back just the same as “you” can’t do justice in repaying others. They can’t always care for you the way you care for them, can’t always love you as the way you love them, can’t sacrifice for you exactly the same you sacrifice for them and it’s the same other way around. It’s not that they don’t “want” to … they just can’t because they have their own reasons and circumstances.

All the ramblings I wrote above, of course I don’t and can’t follow them perfectly. But with practice you get quite good at the “no expectations” thing . But lately I have put down my guard and some cracks appeared in my fortress from which some expectations crept in and have wreaked havoc L. The irony is that I “want” to get rid of these expectations but at the same time I “want” to keep them … Any suggestion

Confused,

Ali

کچھ لکھنا چاہتا ہوں ۔ ۔ ۔

 

کچھ لکھنا چاہتا ہوں ۔ ۔ ۔

سوچتا ہوں ، کیا لکھوں ؟

 

پھولوں کی وہ مہکتی خوشبو

بارش کا وہ بھیگا پانی

اور ہوا میں تھی جو روانی

کیا اس موسم کا خمار لکھوں ؟

 

کچھ لکھنا چاہتا ہوں ۔ ۔ ۔

سوچتا ہوں ، کیا لکھوں ؟

 

تھی چہرے پہ اُن کے معصومیت

آنکھوں میں تھی تھوڑی شرارت

اور باتوں میں وہ نزاکت

کیا ان کا رنگیں مزاج لکھوں ؟

 

کچھ لکھنا چاہتا ہوں ۔ ۔ ۔

سوچتا ہوں ، کیا لکھوں ؟

 

انکا آ کر مسکرانا ۔ ۔ ۔

جو روٹھ جاوْں تو منانا

جاتے جاتے پھر رلانا

کیا انکا یہ انداز لکھوں ؟

 

کچھ لکھنا چاہتا ہوں ۔ ۔ ۔

سوچتا ہوں ، کیا لکھوں ؟

 

یادوں میں ان کی اشک بہانا

ہر شام اک دیا جلانا

سو ئی امید کو روز جگانا

کیا ان کا یہ انتظار لکھوں ؟

 

کچھ لکھنا چاہتا ہوں ۔ ۔ ۔

سوچتا ہوں ، کیا لکھوں ؟

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Kuch Likhna Chahata Hoon

Sochta Hoon Kya Likhoon ?

 
 

Pholoon Ki Woh Mehakti Khushboo

Barish Ka Woh Bhega Pani

Aur Hawa Mein Thi Jo Rawani

Kya Uss Mousam Ka Khumaar Likhoon?

 
 

Kuch Likhna Chahata Hoon

Sochta Hoon Kya Likhoon?

 
 

Thi Chehrey Par Unkey Masomiyat

Aankhoon Mein Thi Thori Shararat

Aur Baatoon Mein Woh Nazakat

Kya Unka Rangeen Mizaaj Likhoon?

 
 

Kuch Likhna chahata Hoon

Sochta Hoon Kya Likhoon?

 
 

Unka Aaker Muskurana

Jo Rooth Jaon To Manana

Jate Jate Phir Rulana

Kya Unka Yeh Andaaz Likhoon?

  
 

Kuch Likhna Chahata Hoon

Sochta Hoon Kya Likhoon?

 
 

Yaadoon Mein Unkey Ashk Bahana

Her Shaam Ek Diya Jalana

Soi Umeed Ko Roz Jagana

Kya Unka Yeh Intezar Likhoon?

  
 

Kuch Likhna Chahata Hoon

Sochta Hoon Kya Likhon