Bonding Time

It snowed a lot last night :S I am really getting sick of the snow!! Can't wait for it be sunny and warm again :D

So back to my story, the driveway was completely covered. Papa comes home and he's like, "Come on Sarah, let's go shovel the driveway!"... like I'm really gonna do it... what good is it having brothers/sons around? So i told him to wait for them to come home. Besides, Papa shouldn't do it.. it always leaves him aching, even tho he denies it and all of the news reports say to not overdo it. But nooooo, he puts on his boots... so then I was like okay okay I'm coming too (seriously, it's been years since I've shovelled the snow). I put on my lumberjack Kangol hat so that I don't freeze my butt off and I grab a shovel... then Papa's like "No, Sarah jus keep me company!".... Awwwww. But nah, couldn't jus watch him do all of the shovelling... so we shovelled together. Rarely do me and Papa get a chance to bond... just the two of us.. especially nowadays, always working. But when we do, we have the best conversations. We talk about everything: family, politics, investments... you name it. Those are the times you get to see your parents as people with opinions and thoughts, not just as parents.

HIGHLIGHT: got to hang out with Papa

On a sour note: my girly skinny arms are gonna be sore tomorrow :S

Some random pics

Some pics from our trips to Karachi and Kolkata and some random moments.

Me and my cutiepie, Hiba. Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen?! Mash'Allah.

Here's my nephew, Iyad doing a little dance.. drenched from the rain.

Below, is my so-called grandson Hashir.. don't you jus wuv ur naani!Papa and Abbu at bro and bhabi's walimah #2

Sahar looking stunning, MashAllah!!

The YUMMIEST dish in the world, PAV BHAJI. If you ever go to Kolkata or Bombay.. you've gotta try it!!

Ammi looking sho beautiful at Walimah #3 in Kolkata... even her drink is matching her.

Nizam Mamu, Mami and I on a mini-cruise on the lake

Sahar and Faiza arm-wrestling.. and Faiza won!!.. she had a two-hand advantage ;)

Romana, Marria and I.. on the way to Shabina's BBQ Dawat

Anisa, Umar and I on Eid ul-Adha '06

Sarah's BACK!!

My inspiration for this is Roohi! Wowww.. she is has really got her blog going... I'd better catch up!

The last time I posted was like 3 months ago... sorry y'all, it's hard to find time to update this these days. Work and the commute is really taking up a huge part of my life these days. I get up at like 6:30, catch my train at 8 then get start my trek from Union to work. Get home around 8:00... and I'm in grandma mode :P. And then I've started this HR course since January and my midterm is coming up next week.. make the duas for me :)

Some good news on the job front though and I thought I'd share it. I've been working on contract and my contract is up soon, but alhumdalillah Sarah's getting a permanent position :) Yay!

Last night, I went out for dinner (Spring Rolls) with my work people. I never go out with them.. usually because they go out to ajeeb places and I gotta take the GO back and stuff.. so last night it was in honour of one of the girls, Naseem she is heading to India to get married.. so i thought I'd go for a bit and hang out. Apparently, they had calculated the odds of me showing up... and they weren't good... something like 50 to 1.. but there is this other girl who never goes.. and the odds of her showing up were like 400 to 1... so yeah, I proved them wrong and she proved them right.

And Marria left for Pakistan yesterday!!! Insh'Allah, hope she has a safe and exciting trip and comes back with some awesome stuff... and i hope her significant other doesn't miss her too much.