Politically Incorrect

A couple of days ago we were talking colors and what’s in and what’s out. Orange is still king of the ring and that’s exactly what I had in mind when I designed Danka’s website. But Green is picking up; it’s not there yet but coming up gradually. Orange is pretty easy color, depicting any mood or feel in not at all a problem in Orange, be it warm, trendy or gothic. Green on the other side, is more subtle and requires in-depth knowledge of colors. Jakob was telling that he had hard time finding the right funky tone with Green when he was designing SOS’s pamphlet. Figures. While I’m on the topic, let’s not forget Ufone change of corporate identity in recent times, changing from corporate Navy Blue to Orange and Green. I don’t know if it’s just by chance, but they have all in this new young, hip, funky and trendy feel of their corporate identity now. I feel this will go a long way in the projection of their image. On the other hand, Mobilink a while back chose old-and-out Indigo, yuck!

For all those women who’ve bitching about us!

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
– Gene Fowler

Now, there’s so much development work up my ass that I’m literally fretting. Yesterday was just an eenie meenie minie moe sort. Didn’t have much to do except this boring developments as my cable net walla severed all my communication ties with the world by shutting down the network in the respect of Moharram. Now, how’s that for respect!  So, I had to actually wake Aamer up and get out of this whole lot of crap. We planned to just roam around for a while and then landed at a friend’s place (primarily Aamer’s) in a far far away land. Spent the evening, back to base. There’s a Greek proverb that ‘there’s no bad in this world without a good inside’, so my good is, after all, I’m getting into the habit of sleeping early.  Phew!

A good thing, I’d be going to Karachi on 18th on somewhat personal visit.  The bad thing is, I won’t be staying long enough which mean, I’ll board again on 23rd.  That’s fast, no?  Actaully, I have to get my teeth done again from the family dentist and still get back to Lahore before 26th. So, if there’s any chance of basant being on 26th, I don’t want to miss it!

It’s out and passing-fad. Find another reason..

Now, this was the outcome of a long business-cum-casual-meeting with a friend after a long time, at Sanjannagar Institute (SIPA). He works at the Philosophy Department of SIPA and has just came from holidays with his family in Austria. We had a long chit chat, discussed this that and everything else that comes in between. It was nice to see him recharged after a long-time. Same had been with me and Aamer, who spent a full week of leisure with our families in Islamabad. Sometimes, misunderstanding cost you a great fortune. Same has been with this friend, but when I joined him yesterday, the air was positive.

Oh well, back to the topic. What’s that keeps you going? 99% percent times, the answer is Money, in one way or another. But there’s a con with all these pros associated with money matters. The more you earn, the more you spend. To balance the equation. It’s nature’s law. You can not save too much for you. With the income, your expenses increases as well. Before you were living in a rented house, now you bought your own. You have to pay installments for your car, you living style has changed, so is everything else. EVen the food you eat. Still, it’s hand to mouth. If I look into my own life, the equation’s still the same. I’m still what I used to be a few years ago, when I was just earning 7k salary. Now, that my shipments monthly bill is about 90k alone, I’m still at square zero. Expenditures have increased but life’s the same. Whatever comes, goes away. And you’re not content with situation. You try to get more, lose more. Get more, lose more. End result: frustration. You lose life, you lose sleep. You lose everything. Family, friends, sleep, conscience, everything. I still admirably remember the days I used to play games with my brothers. You just lose your ownself in the struggle.

Aamer says, “this theory doesn’t apply to you and me”. I think it does, to an extent. I, sometimes, just can’t agree with him. He’s too blunt. He says, we’re not after money, we’re after respect, a status in the society. And that doesn’t come without money. Way of saying things differently. Words don’t make a difference to me, anymore.

We’re just not motivated enough do things without thinking of money involved. There’s no community spirit; just for the sake of helping people. We need to build a sense of responsbility among ourselves. Just little above money and related matters. Money doesn’t provide satisfaction anymore. Giving away does. Money, no more is a solution for me. I can live a life without it

“..shock gives way to disbelief, disbelief to pain, pain to anger.” – Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

I always wondered why people get angry to Allah sometimes. They just can’t stand a shock or a test.