Saturday evening was Nubz’s Nikah and Mayoun. Saddy called me in the afternoon so I could take her with me and I said I would on my way back. I called up shan and his cell wasn’t responding. By five o’clock there was still no sign of shan & I was worried. By 5:30, I had freaked out completely. Zamir sahib had given me his script to edit and I was just sitting staring at the paper, going out of my mind. I finally decided to take the office car and pick up saddy. I had just started on my way when shan calls me up, sayin’ that the battery had died and he was at his friend’s place and totally forgot that he was supposed to pick me up.
KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saddy and I got home late thus and I hurriedly dressed. We reached Nubla’s place some ninty minutes late. The Nikah ceremony took place mashaAllah and now she’s MashaAllah married though the rukhsati is at the end of this week.
I met Sadia & Mohsina’s mothers at Nubz’s. Sadia is dear friend who is now settled in Dhaka with her hubby. She and I were classmates in school. Mohsina and I were together in M.A eng lit classes. Both of them are MashaAllah married now and have a kid each. I was standing and talking to sadia’s mother when she asked me about my good news. I told her I cleared my CSS exam. She said that’s nice but when are you getting married? You know, this is actually getting ridiculous now.
I enjoyed the ceremony despite myself thanks to the D500. I think I took pictures of everything and everyone. I am a maniac with a camera, I find everything interesting and take every picture like it’s the last picture to be taken on earth. And this is no exaggeration, saddy, sanny and nubz will readily attest to this fact.
Abu was supposed to come back Saturday night as well so I made my exit and shan and I drove to the airport to pick him up. The flight was late and I was standing on the airport in the middle of the night like an idiot without any sweater. Abu finally arrived and we drove back home. Went to sleep around two a.m.
I woke up relatively early Sunday morning and took to cleaning my room. I spoke to Hassan briefly. Poor guy has a really bad flu. Then Ali called to yell at me for not calling him since he’s moved to Karachi. I think he’s settling down rather well there though he insists that isloo is the place for him but I think Karachi has its own charm. We talked about our favorite places in Karachi and he told me to make sure that I visit khi in Jan. I wish I cud…but I still have to find out my interview schedule.
We went to Phulgiran after lunch to see the place where inshaAllah our family home will be constructed. It’s a lovely place. My father wanted a place on a hill and we found this spot. It was a pretty good trip.
I came back home and spent the evening downloading pictures from dad’s trip to China, Nubz’s nikah and the trip to Phulgiran. I was supposed to decide between attending Sidz’s Valima and Saqib bhai’s valima. So I took the easy way out, I decided to stay at home and watch a movie.
I had been meaning to watch the new Pride & Prejudice movie starring Kiera Knightley and Mathew McFayden. Pride & Prejudice is one of my favorite books and movies. I have the original Greer Garson & Lawrence Olivier movie on VHS and it is absolutely my all time favorite movie. I love the pomp and show in the film and both the actors settled into their roles perfectly. I wish I could say the same for the new movie. I mean Kiera is very good looking but Greer Garson was enchantingly elegant. Lawrence Olivier brought Mr. Darcy to life like no one else. His mannerism, his attitude, his attire, and the tone of his voice everything was perfect. Though the movie went a lil offline to the real story but I enjoyed the arch dialogue thoroughly.
I think the cricket fever is rubbing off on me. I am supposed to be monitoring the match in any case so no harm in enjoying it right. Pakistan has elected to bat and I have my fingers crossed.