It is May 22nd and this would be a long weekend all over Canada, or shall I say the end of a long weekend. All of Canada celebrates Victoria Day today, a tribute to their long gone affiliation with the Great Britain and not-so-long-gone affiliation with the queen of England.
Its afternoon and I have done only what is expected to be done on a long rainy and extremely cold weekend (yes, extremely cold,we are almost entering June and have heat turned on in our apartments hitting low 30's , Fahrenheits of course. Thats Canada for you.) I have sat all day long in this chair and done nothing, I have watched the Cosby show and all possible shows I could watch and sipping my tea (A ritual that makes me feel closer to home than I am). As the afternoon has dragged on I suddenly realize that the weekend has passed, the long weekend I had so much looked forward to has come and gone by. It is almost appalling how the days seem to be fleeting by and all I hear is a wooshing sound as I move from deadline to deadline, living my life in short hasty intervals,skipping lunches to sprint to meetings and trying to catch up on phone calls with everyone at the end of every month. All this always raises a question in my head, have the days shrunken as I have grown older? It has been such a long time since I have actually wanted the day to be over because I was bored and the day seemed to be dragging on and on, these days I normally wish it to drag a little over 24 hours so that I might return that defect which is still tagged against me, or catch up on the research project I still have to file a report for. Maybe its just me, with my insane habit of getting piled up with work, or maybe the clocks have indeed started ticking faster 
, who knows?
I am an avid reader, or well i used to be. I have always wanted to read everything that comes by me, from the wrapping paper of a chocolate box to a thorough discussion of theology; I get that from my father who still manages to read something even after 18 hours of surgeries and complaining patients. On the other hand, I do not recall what was the last book i actually finished, but I remmeber all of them I actually started such as Down by river Piedra I sat down and wept, 1984, the animal farm, memories of midnight, Vernoica decides to die, The portrait of the well beloved, Agnes Grey, tried re reading Jude the Obscure, Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the list is shamefully long. The problem is once I have started, I am engrossed, but then I get caught up in work and by the time I have moments to spare, I have no clue what the book was about, so I start a new one, with hopes of a better ending– it hasnt come as yet.
I wonder when would it be when I stop being such a slave to time, or actuallywhen everyone stops bein such a slave to time. We are all always in a rush, missing out on whats important, what actually matters (not to say that work doesnt, Oh God no! it puts the food in your mouth and clothes on your body, but whats the use if you actually cannot take the time to enjoy the food you are eating as you are gulping it down with one eye on the clock?) On the other hand, I am thinking of opening a clock shop, or watch shop, these tend to be the single most important piece of our everyday life especially if embedded in a nifty cell phone.
So for one day I am sitting back and trying to slow down the days fleeting by me– as my life rushes unnoticed itself.
Hello,
its fun to read your blogs, especially this one, it just so cute
rant on!
P.S. Labeling of the Ahmadis as non-muslims does not deny them fundamental rights. After all, hindus, sikhs, jews and chrisitians are also living in Pakistan. However, I am also totally against the theological foundations laid down in the objectives resolution, which was further aggravated by General Zia’s ammendments. Theology has no role in affairs of the state.
take care,
hehe thanks for the comments. I have weird tendencies [:D]
as per the ahmediat thing is concerned, unfortunately it DOES deny them the basic rights. for starters..the being labelled non muslims denies them the right of followin their own belief system i.e. Islam because they r forcefully labelleed non muslims. it also denies them the right of saying WHO THEY ARE when it forcefully labels them as something they deny being!! its not the same case as christians or hindus as those people are NOT muslims and they dont call themselves muslims either.
and all this creates a hullabaloo in the masses as well.which is evident from the way non-ahmedis tend to explode half the time.
and religion does have place in affairs of the state.especially in case of Islam. the problem is..it is implemented so badly..it turns out as a problem. just as a badly implemented political theory wud cause chaos…a badly implemented religious-political-thought wud as well.