Hi world, I hope you have been well and that you had an amazing Eid with your family and loved ones. I had a pretty good time myself, and I got to do a lot against the grain in these last two days. And I guess we are going to talk about that for this blog post at least.
On the first day of Eid, I got up a little late, and spent sometime with the family, and out of the blue, we actually decided to make a random trip to the near-by city of Kasur, which is approximately an hours drive outside of Lahore. I am surprised we actually did drive out, because everyone is normally busy and or tired from work and school. I had been begging for a long time to actually get out more, and enjoy life you are young, at least in my case. Any way we got in the car, and enjoyed the lovely ride towards Kasur.
Our destination was the shrine of Baba Bullesh Shah, who is a poet, saint and figure of great prestige for the Punjabi language. So if Urdu has Ghalib, Punjabi has Bulleh Shah.He is a writer who has for seven hundred years enchanted readers and inspired the heart of singers. There is something universal in him, that resonates to people regardless of age and time, my parents ave always loved him. So a good way to bond is clearly to explore topics that people love mutually and can grow with. I wanted to go for those reasons and other, I wanted to see things,people, buildings and understand how time can stand still and move in union. I wanted to vlog the event also, and I did so also, but I believe it could have been better. But I did enjoy the trip, and from what my folks said, it turned out to be a trip that they needed for themselves.
So if you ever get the chance do go… you’ll drive into a pristine,historical and clean little town, that has seen a lot of hard times, but unlike bigger cities has remembered their history and always respected it. You’ll be able see the graves of several historical figures, and have a good go on local food. Kasur is famous for Andrassa ( kind of biscuit) and Falooda ( sweet dish).
Since it was Eid, the day I went I want to talk about something the animals we slaughter. I know we normally just pack the meat up and give it around our own neighborhoods, who already are being stacked with meat from the other neighbors. Fact is we do not really need all of this meat, what we should be doing is giving it to poor people. The greater Pakistani population does not have access to meat because they cannot afford it, and because of that they are not growing properly. So we should try to focus our actions in a more productive way, that helps the people around us.
Moving on I’ve been getting a lot of writing things, and that makes me happy and I hope they keep in coming and that I could improve my skills and add to the culture. But for some strange reason, no matter how much I want to improve I end up almost sabotaging my chances and half-assing my way through life, despite actually wanting to do my absolute best. It’s not just with my writing work, but with my studies as well.
That is bad… I need to fix myself …. must improve.
Lastly, just to expand on the last point, It is important for us to look deep into ourselves and tell ourselves what exactly we want in life.We must do so, if are ever to achieve anything.
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