I am satisfied with my life
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well. Today the weather is very cold here, even my hands are freezing while I am typing on my phone. It was foggy in the morning, so I woke up a little late, but after having my breakfast I waited too long for sun to come out, so I can do laundry, but it doesn't come even for a while, and clouds were on the sky till the evening. So, I delayed it for tomorrow, and I hope the sun will blaze tomorrow to give me an opportunity to wash my clothes...Lol
Anyway, I have finished my dinner a little ago, and now I am on my bed after washing plates. Today, I was out of any topic, so I decided to read the articles of my fellow writers here, but while I was reading and commenting on wonderful articles, suddenly I came across an article by @Pachuchay in which she answered some questions which she found on Google. I enjoyed reading her answers, so this also inspired me to write my own. Thank you dear for providing me something to write upon....Lol, so let's move towards it.
**1)What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?**
As I have completed my master's degree a year ago, and also came across with blogging world few months ago, so before I was totally dependent person for my needs. I was studying in University, and there was not any source of income for me, so my parents were providing all my needs. But after the completion of my degree, I have started to tute some students at home, and I am also writing articles on these amazing platforms, so I am able to earn something for me, which has made me an independent person. Now I can fulfil my needs by myself, which was not possible a year ago.
**2)Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?**
My biggest problem is that I always think too much about different things, and being to worry about little happenings. It has deprived me many times to enjoy the delightful things in my life. But now I want to be a happy person, so I will definitely go for joyful simpleton. It will help me to enjoy even the evening single moment of life.
**3)What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?**
Since my childhood, I wanted to join the army, but I live in an area where it is considers awkward for the girls if they go for any such field. So if I knew nobody would judge me, I will certainly go to join an Army to serve my nation.
**4)What is the difference between living and existing?**
To me, living is all about, peace, happiness and satisfaction, if you are deprived of all such things you are only existing in this world, but unable to live your life. So for a happy and good life, trust, happiness and peace is necessary.
**5)How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?**
I would be of 18 years old, if I didn't know about my age, because this was the best period of my life.
**6)What makes you smile?**
Whenever I see my parents smiling, I smile, because their happiness is the only thing which matters to me. They sacrificed their whole life to see me happy, so now it's my turn to make them proud and happy. So Whenever I saw them smiling, I wish to be the cause of their smile. Moreover, whenever I see natural and beautiful landscapes, I smile, because like everyone I also holds some great attraction towards nature.
**Can you describe your life in a six word sentence?**
**"**I am satisfied with my life.**"**
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Unlock your potential
Hi everyone! What's going on? I hope you are doing well. I just come home after attending the birthday party of my cousin, and her Dad, as they both share the same birthday. They live near to us, so we all were invited there. Although they wanted to have great celebrations, as my cousin turned 14th, but due to some reasons it was not possible, so they only ordered cake, and prepared some pastries at home.
Last night, my cousin rung me to give the invitation, so in the morning I asked my mom to come with me to the market, to buy some gifts for them. I bought a wristwatch for her, as she always likes to wear different kinds of wristwatches, so she was excited to see my present. We were there at 6pm, but they cut a cake at 7pm, as only we were invited, because it was not the biggest celebration. So after having some cake and pastries, we have just returned.
Anyway, this is not the topic of the day, as today I want to share something motivational. In the morning I was watching videos on TikTok, where I also saw a video in which a man was crying because of the continuous failures. He was hopeless, and was pleading for other's help, but no one was agreed to help him. Finally, he decided to be beggar, and started to degrade himself to fulfil his needs. I was shocked to see his plight, how he could choose to be a beggar, when he was physically an able person. He was actually devoid of real potential and strength, which was needed to achieve anything.
Never let your inner demon hold on you, and always seek the mercy of your maker in your every matter. The path of good and bad is in front of you, so it depends on you what you select for yourself. Although, challenges and hardships will come in your way, but they are just here to build you more strong, so never let negativity hold on you, and be on the path which is meant for you.
The thing you needed to achieve your selected goals is inside you, so what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for someone else, who will come to help you? Then let yourself know that your only helper is your maker so believe on him, and start your journey because he will never leave you alone.
There was a man who was used to complaining about the poverty, although once he tried hard to get out of it, but all his efforts were useless. So after the failure, he left everything on his fate, and never moved to make struggles in his life. He was unaware about his inner power, and the stamina, and neither tried to know his real wealth. He was actually waiting for someone's arrival, who can help him to get out of this pit.
But, one day he met with a wise man, who made him understand his potential. He said, can you drink glass of water without using your hands? His answer was no, so he said, in the same way you can't achieve anything without doing hard work. No one will come to take this glass of water to your mouth, unless you have the power to do this. After hearing his words of wisdom, the man decided to be zealous in his next life.
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I yearn to feel its cool breeze
**I yearn to feel its cool breeze on my face,**
**The serene and beautiful waves which are peaceful,**
**The horrific and appalling solitude of the heart,**
**Get the peace and fulfillment which seems blissful,**
**Sand slipping from my hands is the sign,**
**The wilderness of this world is not forceful,**
**The seas and oceans are the blessing of Almighty,**
**For which I am happy and grateful...!!**
Since my childhood, I had a great wish to visit sea and rivers, but unfortunately I live in an area where, there is no sea or river is found. Although, there are so many beaches, seashore and rivers are available in other part of the country, but I never get a chance even for once in my life to visit such peaceful places.
But last night, I was on seashore...Lol, it was actually my **dream**, but I can't put into words my happiness and the pleasure I received to find myself there. It was actually a planned trip with my cousins to spend our holidays in Karachi, where we went to visit famous Karachi beach. On the Sunday morning, we booked our tickets by train, and after the long journey of 8 hours, finally we were there.
Upon arriving Karachi, we decided to stay at one of our aunt's house, as she was already informed about our arrival. So she settled a special room for four of us, and gave us a tasty dinner prepared by her. We were already hungry, and tired, so after having our dinner we slept. In the morning, after having our breakfast we decided to left for **Clifton beach,** and in almost one hour we were there.
I was happy to see the beautiful and serene waves there, it seemed the beauty of whole world has been gathered there.
We all were walking and enjoying the weather at the seashore, while I felt something under my feet, Can you guess what was it? Seashells! Yeh we found beautiful Seashells there, and I hurriedly picked them in my hands, and began to capture beautiful snaps.
We wrote our names in the sand, which was always my biggest wish. While we were having fun, we heard a voice of a man, who was there to sell some spicy foods on his little stall. We were already hungry, so we buy some tasty food. He enclosed the fact that he is selling this food on sea for 5 years, and it is the famous and most demanding food here. We paid him 1000 pkr, and he also enclosed some interesting facts about sea.
We spent whole day on the seashore, now it was time to return. But suddenly, one of my cousin screamed to see the beautiful view of sunset which was reflecting on the waves to increase their beauty even more. I hurriedly opened my camera to capture this beautiful sight to keep as a memory. In the evening, we left for our aunt's house, but the memories we made there were enough to mesmerize us. In short, it was a delightful day, and I was excited about the fulfillment of my biggest wish.
But suddenly, my mom came to awoke me for breakfast...Lol. Actually it was my dream, but I am happy that though in dream, but I fulfilled my wish. But I am sure, a day will come, when I will be there in real. **Do you like visiting seashore? Or how many times you have been visited any beach?**
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In the garden
Hi everyone! What's going on? I hope you are doing great. Today, when I woke up the battery of my mobile was down, but when I went to charge it, the electricity was gone already. I waited for it too long, but it was not back, so I decided to do my house chores which delayed for few days. In the meanwhile, one of our neighbor come to inform us that today the electricians are working for the maintenence, so electricity would be down till the evening. I was sad to hear this, how could I be able to interact on social media, this was all in my mind.
Anyway, I spent my day hardly as you can understand how difficult it would be without my mobile, but still I am thankful that in the evening the electricity was back, so I run to charge my phone, and later after having my dinner, I decided to write an article for today. But I couldn't right it at that time due to some reasons, so I writing it now and it's already too late. But my fingers are moving fast it to complete before I fell asleep...Lol
In the afternoon while I was getting bore, and my mobile battery was also low, I decided to have a garden tour, as it's been a week, since I haven't spent much time there, so today was a good opportunity. It is the coriander of my garden which is growing well after the rain, as before its crop was not well due to the coldness, but now rain has showered its drops to make it grow in good quantity.
I hardly remember, if we had ever buy coriander from the market, as it grows in great quantity in my garden, specially in summer season. Even our neighbors also come to have their share from its fresh crop. Coriander is usually used in every food, but sometimes we avoid using it in vegetables which appear greenish.
At first, I was used to capturing the step by step photographs of the vegetables of my garden to have a check back on their growth. But this time I couldn't do so due to my business. Almost two weeks ago it just sprouts out from the ground, but now it has fully grown, and my mom has already started to use it in kitchen. There are so many uses of coriander, we can use it in every food and most importantly we can prepare tasty coriander sauce which is my most favorite.
We have also grown chilies in my garden, which has special part in our spicy foods. This photograph I took almost two weeks ago when the little chilies just sprout on the plants.
But, yesterday finally I went into my garden to pluck the fully riped chilies to use in my meal which I was preparing, and I saw, spicy and fresh chilies which were ready to use. So I plucked them in great quantity. My mother was happy to see the fruit of her efforts. Seriously, it wouldn't be possible without her, as she daily spent hours in our garden to make the vegetables grow well. Although I also help her many times, but sometimes it couldn't be possible because of my busy schedule, but I try my best to help her. We have also grown ladyfingers, potatoes, peas, spinach tomatoes and lemon grass, and every year we get good crop of it.
**Do you have your garden? If yes, then which are the common vegetables which you have grown since yet?**
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Are you facing hair problems ?
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well! Finally, after a week of continuous rain, the sun is fully blazing in my area. There were heavy clouds on the sky for so many days, and we were unable to go outside due to the heavy rain, but today the sky is clear, and sun is out to bless us with its warm rays, as in the winters this is what we ever wish for. So let me know, what is the weather condition in your area?
Anyway, weather is not my topic for today, but my today's article is for those who are facing the hairs problems like me...Lol. As I am facing a severe hair fall, and hair damage for too long, and I applied so many remedies to avoid it, but nothing was working for it. Now my hairs are weaker than before, and their length is also decreasing.
So I contacted with hair specialist, and she suggested me some medicines, and vitamin C capsules, for my hair's growth. She also prescribed a mild shampoo, and hair massage cream. But apart from the medicines, she also recommended me a house remedy to avoid it, which I will share today with you. So let's move towards it.
Ingredients:
**Coconut oil 200ml**
**Castor oil**
**Black seeds (Kalonji)**
**Fenugreek seeds (Methi dana)**
These four are the necessary ingredients to prepare this hair oil. So let's move towards the method to prepare it step by step.
First, insert 200ml coconut oil in the glass jar, the jar must be of glass because it will be better than any other. You can also add 100ml oil, but I wanted to prepare it in more quantity, so I added 200ml.
After the coconut oil, now its turn for Castor oil, add 3 tsp of it, in 100ml coconut oil, and mix it well for five minutes. We can also use castor oil in normal routine, it works better for hair growth.
After mixing the both, coconut and castor oil well, now add 2tsp of black seeds and yellow seeds in it, and mix the four ingredients well for 5 minutes. We can add black seeds without grinding them, but to get the good results, it's better to use its powder.
Now put this glass jar in the sunlight for minimum one week continuously. This will help the ingredients to mix well in the oil. Now after one week, our oil would be ready to use. Here you can see my oil, which is ready, and I am already applying it on hairs.
**Method to use this hair oil:**
We can apply this hair oil with any sponge, but it's better to apply with hands. Took a little quantity of it on hands, and first apply in the roots of your hairs mildly. After the roots now apply on all your hairs, and left it for 3 hours. We can also apply at night, and then can wash in the morning. Mostly, I apply at night to wash in the morning. Now wash your hair with mild shampoo. We can use it twice a week.
I have started using it almost two weeks ago, and I can say that it's working well for my hairs. I know I need to wait for some more time to see the good results. But, one thing is for sure, that it has not any side effects, so I will suggest everyone who is facing hair problems.
Warning: If you have any allergy, you can confab with your doctor before using it.
Images are taken by me.
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Joy turned into sorrow
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and doing great in your lives. I have just finished my dinner, which I ordered from Ajwa bakery, as I was busy in doing house chores with my mom, so we couldn't get a chance to prepare something for our dinner. She always avoid eating something we buy from outside, and prefers to eat homemade foods. But today there was not any option available, so she had to confine on it..Lol. Anyway, I have just finished my dinner, and prepared tea for my mom and me, and now I decided to write an article for today.
I couldn't publish anything due to the sad news which I heard yesterday. As it's the season of snowfall, so in my country the Northern areas are filled with snow, and so many tourists are going to spend their holidays there, to have some fun. I am already watching their videos, and snaps which they captured while having fun with their family and friends.
But what happened yesterday was tragic, it was the heavy snowfall, so roads were blocked there, even the vehicles were covered with snow. There was not any way to move their vehicles, as the municipality informed, about one lack vehicle's entered there, but only 12,000 could make their way back. People were forced to stay in their cars, as the hotels were already filled there. The rescue team arrived there, and they started to clear the road with high machines.
But sadly, they found a number of people dead there. Since yet, they confirmed the death of 22 people, of which kids are also included. Eight of them were belonged to the same family, a father his 3 daughters and son, his sister, nephew and niece. There were also four friends who, were posting their videos of having fun there in the morning, but they were unaware about the deathbed which was waiting for them. The rescue team is still striving to clear the roads, and they are providing people with food, and warm clothes.
The main reason of their death, which was disclosed in the morning, is the heater in their cars. As the vehicles were covered with snow, so the turned on the heater to avoid cold, but they were unaware about coming calamity. The amount of oxygen was decreased, due to which they embraced death. This is shocking news, and everyone is sad to hear about their death, and about the ones who are still struck there.
So many people are blaming the government authorities who let this huge number of vehicles entered at the same time there, but the weather conditions were already declared. As it was predicted that 7th, and 8th of January will a great snowfall in Murree, but still people were destined to go there. They never cared for their life, and consider it important to see the heavy snowfall.
I think the responsibility held on both parties, if authorities are responsible for this struck, people are also not an exception. They should check the weather conditions before visiting any area to avoid the later consequences, and authorities should also ban the entry of people in the case of any negative weather prediction.
Although we can't bring back the ones who are dead, but we can be careful to avoid the further loss. **Please! never use heater, where there is a danger of decreasing oxygen because it can cause your death.**
My condolences with the families who lost their beloved ones. May their souls rest in peace. Ameen
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Deception in love
**She flew like a butterfly, emerging like stars!**
**There were delicate dreams in her eyes,**
**Serenity and beauty of paradise, away from the dark!**
**She was used to living in utmost delight,**
**Clouds of sorrows, soon overwhelmed her joys,**
**All the bright colors are now fled apart!**
**Now she woke up at night, having tears in her eyes,**
**Mourn at the deception which made her apart.!!**
**Jenny** was living a peaceful life, there were no worries in her life, and her only aim was to being an independent person in her life for which she studied hard. She was in her last year of graduation, and was more destined than before. One day, while she was moving hurriedly towards her classroom, she stumbled with someone, and her books fell on the floor. He helped her to pick up her books, and saying thank you she left for her lecture, as it was already too late.
After the lecture, it was a lunch break, so she was at the canteen with her friends. They were having a great fun together, but suddenly the same guy came to join them. **"Excuse me, can I have a seat here?"** They allowed him to sit with them, and he also ordered something for him. Then suddenly he started to talk with her. At first Jenny couldn't recognize him, but this is what he said to remind her,
**"**Aww...Mam! You forget me too early, I am the same one with whom you met on the track this morning. I helped you to pick up your books**."**
After the short introduction, she immediately recognized him, **"**O sorry, actually I was in hurry.**"**
In this way, they met with each other, but after this meeting they were used to spending a lot of time together. So eventually, they both fell in love with each other, and one day the boy arrived with ring to propose her, but at first she was hesitant to accept his proposal as she wanted to keep herself away from such relationships to focus on her studies. But finally she realized the love she was holding in her heart for him, so she accepted his proposal.
They both talked to their parents, and they were also agreed, so soon they were engaged. The marriage was scheduled after the one year, as they both were bounded to their studies. The first three months of their engagement spent well, as they were excited to choose each other as a life partner.
Jenny was pure and softhearted lady, she was happy to find him, and now her every little happiness was connected with him. But he was a moody person, who began to show his real colors after few months. The first thing to hold any relationship is respect, but the one whom Jenny chose as her life partner, never gave her any respect.
He started to ignore Jenny, and never cared for her true love, but she did her best to make him happy. On his birthday, she planned to surprise him, so she organized a party, where all of their friends were invited, but she kept it a secret. On the final day she runged him, and asked him to reach at the decided place. The party was begun, and everyone was there expect him.
She rang him again and again, but there was no response, as he had powered off his phone. In short, they waited for him too long, but he never cared for her feelings. She was in pain, and wanted to cry hard. So she decided to go to the beach, as it was the place where she always felt relieved. But upon reaching there, she saw something which was beyond her expectations. Jenny saw her fiance with another girl, she was shocked to see this, but having control on herself, she handed him her engagement ring, and said,
**" You broke my heart....It's over....!!"**
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Behave well with your servants
Hi everyone! I hope you all are doing great. Always make haste to give your labors, servants, and employees their payments on time. They are our nation builders. They work hard, day and night, and no achievement is possible without their persistent work. No matter what they do, but its only because of their efforts that we move to the better things.
They performed different jobs like, welder, painter, construction worker, medical technician, housekeeper, guardsman, traffic controller, bus driver, and tractor driver, and so many other. Their day begins and end doing hard work to provide living to their families, but they never complain even for once.
If someone is working under your control, behave them politely, always treat your servants well, and fulfill their needs, apart from the money you paid them for their work. Because sometimes, their all hopes and needs are connected to this single way of income, so never deprive them of it, because it can lead them to loss even their life.
Once I heard a news, that a man committed suicide just because he lost a job, which was his only way of income. Actually he had a little fight with his boss, and later he also apologized for it, but his boss hadn't accepted his apologies, and fired him from job. He was the only supporter of the family of seven members, so his family was forced to live in hunger. He tried hard to find other means, but couldn't, all his efforts were wasted, so finally he tied himself with selling fan. In the morning his family founded him dead in the room. I was shocked to hear this news, if he hadn't lost the job, he might be alive with his family. But his owner preferred his ego over his life, and forced him to take even his own life.
Moreover, if you will behave well with your servants, they would be your well-wisher, and supporters in difficult time. They would try to do their best to be loyal with you. But if you would mistreat them for their little mistakes, they would also be disloyal with you. There was a man, who was arrogant and egoistic with his servants. He was used to offending them for every little reason, but they were enduring this behavior due to their needs.
But one day, he was caught by police due to illegal shipment, but no one was there to speak good about him. Everyone was blaming him for his evil deeds, even his servants were presenting proofs to prove the allegations against him. They were fed up with the life, they were passing under his dominance, so finally they decided to get rid of him. So he was locked in the jail due to the crimes he committed throughout his whole life.
But there was also another man, who was used to behave well with the people around him. Even he was used to helping them as much as he can. But one day he was attacked by his enemies on the road, and they fired him on the spot, but one of his servant run to save him, by putting his own life in danger. He got the shot on arm, and luckily he survived it. By being good we earn good name in this world, but also hereafter. Our good deeds can earn heaven for us, and we would be alive in the hearts of people even after death.
We all are equal, and no one is superior to other, so never degrade anyone for the worldly wealth. Because your wealth, fame and money would be lost one day, and only your good deeds will remain behind.
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My busy day
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well. It's raining in my area since yesterday, and weather is cloudy, so we are unable to go outside. We were waiting for it for too long, and everything was seemed to be dry. But now rain is pouring its beautiful drops to irrigate the land. Trees, plants and every living being is happy to receive this blessing. Although it's too much cold here, but still we are happy for its arrival.
Yesterday, I was busy with my sister as she is at my place after a long time. She came to visit us for only a day, but rain hasn't let her go back, so she is still here...Lol. Last night, we planned to watch a horror movie, but my sister was not in the favor of it, as she prefers funny movies instead. So finally we end up watching a funny movie.
I also prepared Macaroni for her, as it's her favorite food, so whenever she came here, I try to prepare her favorite meal to make her happy. As she's staying here for two more days due to the weather, so tomorrow I will cook Chicken Corma, with the help of my mom.
So this was the reason, I couldn't manage my time to be active here, as I am used to doing every day. I have just finished washing plates, and made my mind to write something for today, because I have already missed two articles during the first week of January, for which I will try to publish two articles per day for next two days ahead. But for today, I haven't anything serious, so let's ride with me to read my boring story....Lol
As weather is rainy here, and electricity is down, so we are unable to use electric heater. So, I have burned coal fire to avoid cold. It is the most beneficial way to get heat specially in winter season. My whole family is around this little heat provider, and we are sharing different stories with each other...Lol. I think nothing can match the pleasure we receive being with our lovely family.
While sharing our stories, we also remembered about one of our cousin's wedding, on which we sisters wear these beautiful red kangan made with flowers. There is also another beautiful memory, when we visited northern areas, in my country. It was a time of snowfall, so we enjoyed a lot of throwing snowballs at each other. Then we laugh to remember the slipping of my cousin, who was preparing to throw snowball on us, but suddenly she slipped and fell on the snow...Lol. It was the enjoyful day of my life.
In the morning my cousin rung me to inform that she has finally bought IPhone 11, to gift herself on her birthday which is coming in five days. As it was her biggest wish, and she was collecting money for three years, so finally she has fulfilled her wish. I am also happy for her, and seeing her I have also developed an urge to buy for me...Lol, but I really need to work hard to collect that much money...Lol, so pray for me.
Thank you for reading my boring story... lol, as I have told you before that I have nothing special to share today, so that's all for today. But I will try to find something interesting to share in my next article...lol, but now let me hear what mom want me to do, as her voice is already echoing in my ears...Lol
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Lost childhood
**He was adorned with the beauty of his pureness....**
**His eyes were full of dreams of innocence...!**
**Running behind the butterflies and holding glowworm in his hands.....**
**His desires and wishes were begun to expand....!**
**Hardships and Worries of this cruel world fell on him....**
**To make him realize the reality of this land....!**
**From the early age he strives and struggled for his family....**
**And harshness of others he learned to withstand....!**
I don't need to explain the whole thing because my words are enough, to describe the dilemma of the situation, as in so many countries, child labor is very common, and the saddest thing is that people has accepted it as a normal. But did you ever think for a moment, about the little dreams which these children were holding in their eyes are squashed recklessly. Their wish to play with toys, would be extinguished completely.
I feel really sad, whenever I see children doing hard work to earn money to fulfil the needs of their families. They must have an urge to play with different toys, they also want to eat their favorite cookies, they also wanted to have a look of affection towards them, but this society forced them to pick up hammer in their hands at this little age.
Once I heard news about a little kid who was only of 7 years old, but due to the poverty his family forced him to work hard for their needs. So he was left at the shop of the mechanics, where he was used to doing hard work, but still his instructor was not happy with him. One day he brought a steel wire, and beat him recklessly. He was in bad condition, so people brought him to hospital. I was shocked to hear this inhuman treatment. How could someone be so heartless. But thank God he was saved after treatment.
There was also another girl who was only of 10 years old, but her family was not in position to provide their needs. So she was hired as maid in someone's house, but they were not human. They torture her badly, even burned her arms with cigarettes and her hairs were cut off. What was her fault? Maybe she dropped some pots or did something opposite to their expectations. But did she truly deserve this severe punishment?
Few years back a serious step was taken to reduce child labor in my country. The ones who were caught by forcing children to do work, would be dropped into jail. So this practice was shortly reduced, but now again it has rapidly increased. So it's the responsibility of governing forces to implement this law again.
**Here are three major steps through which we can eradicate child labor.**
**1**) We should spread awareness, which is possible, through education. So education should be increased, because it is the only way to educate people to avoid this practice. We can make them realize the pain of losing your dreams at this young age.
**2)**Improve economic growth: Government should produce different jobs to the unemployed people, and the ones who are living their life below the poverty line.
**3)** Stakeholders should take the responsibility, and should make effective implementation of laws.
I hope in this way we can be succeeded to save our children. I know it's complete eradication is not possible, but still we can do our best to make it less.
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We missed her a lot
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and celebrating this new year with your families. Although I was just at home, but my siblings came to have some celebrations with us. I prepared chicken curry, and mutton Karahi with the help of my mom to serve them. After having our lunch and a lot of gossips, we also took so many pictures together to keep as a memory.
Later we had this delicious sweet dish, which is famous here specially in winters. It is normally called "Gajar ka Halwa" in my language, which is prepared with carrots, and this white khoa is evaporated milk solids, which is added to increase its taste. We can also store it in deep freezer, and later can stir-fry. We usually cook it in huge quantity at the beginning of winters to store it for later cravings. Anyway, our day spent well together, having gossips and making plans about future...Lol. We also decided to plan a trip soon to northern areas.
But despite all these things we still missed our beloved aunt who passed away a year ago. She was so kind, tender and passionate to everyone, and she never kept malice for anyone in her heart. The day she left us, a bundle of happiness was also gone. It seems me the matter of yesterday, as I can still hear her voice, I can still feel her touch, I can still see her laughing loudly at my silliness, as I was used to putting some jokes to make her laugh.
But how fast the time flies, it's been a year that I haven't seen her at my sight. I still can't believe about her demise, this happened unexpectedly. She was in good health, and we were enjoying our every day gossips. Suddenly her BP shoot up, and she was unconscious. We hurriedly rang the ambulance, which brought her to the hospital. After having CT scan of her brain, doctors diagnosed that her brain veins are damaged due to the blood pressure, so they will operate her. We were shocked to hear this, but before doctors can operate, she got a heart attack and left this world forever. May her soul rest in peace.
Here is a short piece of poetry which I wrote on her first death anniversary.
**Since the day you left us,**
**Life is not the same,**
**We laughed but not by heart,**
**The voice of your heartiest laughs,**
**Remarks and lovely gossips,**
**Still echo in my ears.**
**The memories we shared together,**
**Still firm, and fresh in my mind,**
**You were as tender as the cool breeze,**
**Your words were ever lovely and genteel,**
**You have no idea how bad it feels,**
**To see your absence around,**
**I know you're in better place,**
**But, you left us so Soon..!**
O my beloved aunt, I miss u every day. I miss your voice, your smile, your jokes, your eyes and your face. May you rest in peace and Almighty give you the highest rank in JINNAH. Ameen
I consider myself lucky because I have her beautiful memories to cherish, and although she is not here, but will continue to live in my heart. To all those who are missing their loved ones, I want to make them realize to feel their presence in your thoughts, because they are only hidden from our sight, but would continue to live in our hearts forever.
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Happy New Year 🎊
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well. Happy New year to everyone..!!!🥳🎊 Finally we are entered in year 2022, with new hopes and ambitions. So what are your plans for it? Are you celebrating it with your family or friends? Or what is the food which you would love to cook on the beginning of this new chapter of our life? I know some would spend this holiday to sleep, while others would be making plans for family trips. As for me, I am going to prepare my favorite dish, and later we siblings would go out for walk.
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It seems me the matter of yesterday when we were just wishing each other 2021, and now 2022 is here, how time is flying. I pray this new year be filled with blessings, prosperity, happiness, peace, love, and joys for everyone. So many of us would be married this year, so many of us would be graduated, so many would step into their practical life, and so many would be able to get job. So my good hopes are all for this new year.
I want everyone to start this year with positive mindset, because when we think positive, then positive things happens. So never let your negativity take away your happiness. If you are passing through a difficult time, just sigh a breath of relief, and welcome this new year, with new vigor. Your sadness would be turned into something pleasurable, so be positive
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My goals for 2022
**1BCH goal**
I joined Read.cash about four months ago, but still I am trying to complete my 1bch goal. I also faced a hard time, so couldn't achieve it before the end of the year, but I will try my best to achieve it as soon as possible. I just want to remind myself about the resolution of this new year.
**To buy my sister a mobile phone**
My sister has a mobile which have so many problems, so I can't discuss the only one here..Lol. Although, she hadn't complained even for once, but still whenever I see her using her mobile phone, and the way she managed to use it with great difficulty, I feel urge buying her a new one. So after achieving my 1bch goal, my next target would be to buy a phone for her.
**Learn to drive**
To have a dream car is always my greatest wish since my childhood, which I will purchase in the future. But for this purpose I need to learn how to drive a car, actually I want to be prepared already. So from February I will start my driving trainings at the training center near my area.
**To save something for rainy days**
To save something for hard times is the necessity of everyone, as we are not sure about the coming disaster. So, no matter big or small, but we should always try to save something from our monthly income. Although I am not doing any permanent job, and my only source of income is blogging, but still I am planning to save a little part of it every month, to avoid being worry in rainy days. I will make it my habit in 2022.
**To care more about myself**
Usually, I don't care much about my health, as I am a careless person lol. My mother always scolds me for this carelessness. She advise me to take my meal at time, and sleep well, but I hardly take anything serious. But, with this year, I am more ambitious to took important measures to take care of myself. I will try to sleep well, and wouldn't bother her.
So these are some of my goals, which I am consistent to achieve in 2022. I know in the beginning we always made so many resolutions every year, but forget to act on them later. But I will try my best to be determined and consistent to achieve my goals. I also wish everyone the strength to work for their selected goals.
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My 2021 in 3 pictures
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and doing great in your life. What are weather conditions in your area? Here it's already too much cold, and weather is also cloudy since morning. Although I like winters as compared to summers, but seriously no one would wish for this much cold where everything seems to be frozen, specially hands..Lol, as I am writing this article with great difficulty.
Yesterday, I was reading the article of @McYusuf in which he described his journey of 2021 in three pictures, I really enjoyed reading his beautiful journey in 2021. Moreover, he also mentioned me to write my own, so today I decided to share my experience. I am thankful to him for giving me this opportunity to share my 2021 in different way.
**So here is a flashback of 2021.**
This photograph I took in January, when I was attending the marriage ceremony of my cousin. I was so excited then, we also planned so many things to make it memorable. The bride's house was in different city, so we had to travel there through bus. On the way, all the girls were sitting together, having a lot of fun and singing songs. We reached there almost a day ago before the wedding day, so we planned everything according to our expectations. At that time, this deadly virus was slowed for a while, so all the functions spent well, and we enjoyed a lot. One of my cousin is also married recently, in December, so my 2021 started and ended in attending the weddings ceremonies of my cousins....Lol.
But sadly, again this virus took the whole world under its claw, and there was a lockdown everywhere, and was a no hope of survival. But under this hopeless period suddenly a little angel ( my nephew) come to light up our world, as I shared about it in my previous article. Yes, we were being blessed with my nephew who was the bringer of happiness for my family. I was happy to hold him in my arms, it seemed the entire world is happy at his arrival. I decorated his room with balloons, and other accessories to welcome him in home. After few days, we also had Aqiqa party, where all our relatives were invited, and they brought beautiful gifts for him.
This photograph I took last month, when my best friend came to surprise me on my birthday. We were unable to meet for a long time due to certain happenings, but she came to make my birthday memorable. We spent a lot of time together, having our funny jokes and secret gossips...lol. I was not able to celebrate my birthday last year with her due the exams, but this time she had already informed me about her arrival, so I asked my mom to prepare her favorite dish, and we also ordered cake and some pastries for it. She brought a bouquet of flowers for me, and gifted a beautiful watch which you can see above. I am grateful to her for always making my birthdays special.
Although, I also had a tough time during this year, but here I only want to talk about my good time, which I spent in 2021, and I think these three pictures can explain it well. I am grateful to Almighty for all his blessings, which he shared upon me and my family, and its only due to his mercy that I am able to come this far.
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A recap of 2021
Hi everyone! As the 2021 is going to end in two days, so everyone would be excited to meet the new year with new hopes and ambitions. Everyone have already planned their goals for new years, but still there are some who are striving hard to winding up their 2021. My best wishes for everyone, and I pray this new year bring happiness, peace, prosperity and accomplishment for everyone.
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Although everyone had a good and hard time in 2021, but still we are lucky to survived through the year. Good and bad is a part of life, and this is called the life cycle. So never let your negativity diminish your courage and hope, and be happy at every beginning to see the positive outcome. Before we step into the new year, I want to share my experience of 2021. So let's move towards it.
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In the beginning of 2021, I was very excited because it was the final year of my Master's degree. There were several hopes and dreams were attached with it, as after the completion of my education I was going to step in my practical life. Dream of a job and being an independent person was already throbbing in my eyes, and I was fully ready to step into the practical world.
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In March, my degree was completed, so it was the first step towards my success. I applied in different institutions for a job, and fortunately I succeed to get a job. It was the completion of my biggest dream, although in the beginning the salary was not according to my expectations, but still I was satisfied, because it's better to have something instead of having nothing.
But sadly, this deadly virus was once again sprout up, and all the institutions and other departments were closed. The whole world was under a serious threat. I also losed my job, and we were forced to stay at home once again. I was deeply saddened by the entire situation, but nothing could be done, as the clouds of darkness were prevailed around, but its true our creator is most merciful who wouldn't leave us alone. No matter how hopeless or pessimistic we become, he always offers his hand to help us, and we can't imagine his bounties.
So the last ray of hope appeared when someone introduced me with Read.cash, I was happy to found this wonderful platform which helped me in my difficult time. Although I am only four months old here, but this was only my source of income in my difficult time. It has helped me in different ways.
With this, I also received other good news, as my cousin got engaged and married in December. Not only that a little prince (My nephew) also came to light up our world, and brought a bunch of happiness for us. Although 2021 was tough for me in the beginning, but it's rightly said if bad time comes, good time also follow behind, so instead of being pessimistic we should always be hopeful. The happiness I received in the past few months are enough for me, for which I am grateful to Almighty Allah.
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But one thing which I learned is that, we should always be ready to face the difficult time because it is unexpected, and can come at any time, and apart from having money we also need a strong will power to fight back.
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His mercy is not hidden
**Clouds of darkness are around,**
**Never-ending heat and thunder which surrounds,**
**Hopes are higher than courage, with the brightness of the sun,**
**Which come to calm the world, and to make the weaker strong**
**There are emotions of anger and envy,**
**Which are veiled under the goodness and benevolence,**
**Heart is filled with pain and suffering,**
**But the day will come when tables will turn down..!!!**
**The beauty of your character is enough,**
**To earn for you the reward of your good deeds,**
**No matter what you are facing now,**
**Or this world is trying to make you down...!!**
**A day will arrive, when the negativity will be blown,**
**The reason of your power and the peace to your heart,**
**The bringer of calmness and healer of your wounds,**
**A perisher of your worries and pessimism which surrounds,**
**Bringer of lightness and happiness around,**
**Whenever the hardships, pushes you to drowned,**
**There is helping hand which you would always be found,**
**His mercy is not hidden, but everywhere renowned,**
**The effect of which is always profound,**
**So, whenever you stumbled to choose the good or bad,**
**His light will come to save you from the negative and wrong...!**
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Today, when I woke up, I found myself surrounded by the negative thoughts, I was just hopeless due the certain happenings in my life, but then I realized the helping hand which is always beside me to, to save me from the calamities, which would never let me fall in the pitch of darkness, who love me more than anyone, and who is the holder of all my affairs. He is no other, but my creator, who have shaped me into to beautiful being, who has bestowed his blessings upon me, who had provided me with lovely family, and friends.
Every day, I woke up as a healthy person, I haven't any prescribed medicines, or anything else. I can walk miles away, I can see the different colors of this world, I can touch beautiful assets of this nature with my hands, I can hear the beautiful voice of Azan, I can also feel the sweet smell of flowers, so what I could more wish for?
If we ponder just for a second, we can find thousands of things to be grateful for. So if our creator is around us, to have mercy on us, what we could more ask for? Although so many of is would be dejected with the present circumstances, but they need to understand the fact, that nothing lasts forever. These hurdles are just for the sake of your test, so it depends on you, how good you perform in it. So try to prepare for it, to prove yourself as the strongest being.
Although your melancholy and sorrow, can ruin your inner strength, but always try to muster up your courage to fight them back. Once my friend was discouraged, due the barriers which were creating fence on the way of her goals, she was almost going to give up, but I reached at her place to make her calm at the time of her sorrows. I made her to appreciate for what you still have in your life. At first she was hopeless, but finally she learned to be happy and was contended for what she still had, and next she promised to be a responsible and grateful person in her life.
I hope this is something to you.
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Way to find real happiness
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and would be busy in doing a lot of work. As Monday is tended to be busy day for everyone, so we can hardly find time for ourselves. But still we should be thankful to Almighty for every single day we are given to breathe soundly. I pray the coming year out turn the doors of prosperity for everyone.
Sometimes we overreact to small things, and then the consequences are even more negative. There lives a little girl near our house who was bitten by the yellow wasp(bee) few days ago. Although it's not a big issue, because it can only cause little swollen. But the family took her to the hospital, and at their insistence doctor injected her to give relief from pain. But as soon as she got injected, she fainted and foam started coming out of her mouth. Later, a CT scan revealed that she had accumulated water in her brain which was due to the injection, and the doctors said that she would have to undergo an operation, so they have asked for a lot of money for her brain surgery.
If they hadn't made it a big issue, as cutting of a bee is normal, she might be fine today. We should learn to put up with things, and shouldn't take every little thing as a big one. It will save you from a lot of trouble.
**Anyway, let's move towards the topic of the day.**
**Life is not easy,** but it has to be made easy by forgiving someone, by tolerating someone, laughing with someone, believing someone, breaking yourself for others, by doing good deeds, and keeping promises. We are not only ones who are facing this trauma, but there are so many who are passing through the never ending agonize. But there's not a single groan comes to their mouth, and their whole life passes in praising their maker.
You are not here only for pleasure instead there is motive behind your existence for which you should learn to strive for. Believe me your life would be easier if you only knew the purpose of your being here. Always remember, this world is mortal and would be ended soon, but you will always be rewarded for your good deeds which are eternal, and for which your name will always be counted among the good people in the world.
**Every night and day, and the blowing wind,**
**The changing of the seasons, and the shining sun,**
**The darkness of the ditch, and burning of fire,**
**I swear, will teach you..!!**
**The blue bright sky, and the long and tall trees,**
**Plain and green grounds, and cold water streams,**
**The colorful flowers, and fully ripe fruits,**
**I swear, will teach you!!**
**The growing of the seeds, and butterflies on flowers,**
**The floating of the boats, and flying planes,**
**I swear will teach you..!!**
In short, everything in the universe holds some meaning, which is only revealed to us when we would try to find out its reality by being determined. It's not only about material things, but we also need to know understand the reality of these living beings, which are called humans.
Don't be impressed by the good looks, job, and higher status because happiness and peace which is needed to live a happy life can't be found in these things. These are just material things with which you can only maintain your social status in the eyes of others, but for spiritual growth, and real happiness you need to strengthen your bond with your creator.
When your relation with your maker become strong, everything looks peaceful, and success comes to your door without striving. The motive of your life is not only to maintain your good position in this world, instead you should also be ready for the day of judgement.
There are so us, who possess material things, but it doesn't take them far in life. There are also some, who in spite of having their desired property always stays in the search of real happiness. But they are unaware that happiness comes with having your beloved ones around you.
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Hard to forget
Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great weekend, and enjoying the weather conditions in your area. As in my area the weather is very cold today, and it has been raining since morning, so I spent most of my day in blanket...lol. I was out for some time to prepare my lunch, and dinner, but now I am fully back to avoid this cold weather.
But, when I was preparing my lunch in the afternoon, and rain had just stop for a while, I went out to have some photographs. So in the picture above you can see that I was holding this leaf by placing it in front of the trees, and clear sky, and you can see how beautiful the clear sky looks. When I was taking pictures, the birds were flying overhead, so I took a picture of them too. Isn't that beautiful?
**Anyway let's move towards the topic of the day.**
Sometimes there are certain happenings in our lives which are imprinted on our mind so badly, that no matter how hard we try to forget them, but whenever something like that happens again, we remember it, and feel the same pain which was felt before. It put us again in never-ending stress which become the cause of suffering.
"**Believe**"
This is the word, in my life which made me realize about the reality of this hoax world, and every time I wish it wouldn't have happened to me. Few years ago, when I took admission in my Masters, you became a very good friend of mine. We spent most of our time together, having lunch, funny jokes and never-ending gossips. We were used to sharing every little thing with each other, and there was nothing hidden between us.
Although I had so many other friends, but no one was as close as she was. I never trusted anyone the way I trusted her. I grateful to my creator, for such a humble friend. Furthermore, I was used to thought, that I must have done something good in life, to have such a good friend.
But do you know what happened one day? We had a small fight with each other, as it's common between friends, and as it strengthen the relationships. But she became my enemy. She hurled insults on me, and tried to make my classmates and other friends against me. She disclosed our every secret, and created mess about me everywhere.
I was sad, and cursed myself why I did the biggest mistake to believe her so quickly, and why did I give her so much respect and love. She doesn't deserve it. But today, I am glad to find myself on this point. I also learned a lesson from this incident that we should not trust anyone so quickly, and now in my next life I will not trust anyone to this extent.
This is not my story, it's actually happened with cousin, who lives a little far from me. So at weekend she came to have some gossips with me, and she shared this painful experience of her. But I am sure, this is happened with most of us here, and it would be painful too, but everything happens for a reason. Every situation holds great lessons for us, we just need to be positive. So instead of being saddened, we should try to learn from our mistakes, and avoid to doing this again in the future.
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Integrity and Charity
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and enjoying lovely Christmas with your families. I hope everyone has exchanged gifts with their beloved ones, and did their best to make them happy. Such occasions come only for once in a year, so never let any negative thoughts to ruin your happiness, and try to be happy in every single moment you have with your loved ones, because it's the biggest blessing of Almighty.
Today, I come to talk about two different topics, which were popping up in my mind since yesterday. So I thought it's better to discuss today to share my thoughts on the both topics. So let's move towards it.
**Integrity (uprightness)**
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Another name for the integrity is honesty and uprightness. It's not only about being good in front of others, instead it's the virtue to do the good even, when no one is watching. But bitter reality is that we only pretend to be good in front of others, and try to show what we are not. Every human being is wearing a mask to hide its real face.
Sometimes we change the truth for our own benefit, and tell what is not true, but we should learn to speak truth even the truth is ugly. Always remember one thing that your smartness will not work on the day of judgement, or you wouldn't be able to find anyone to help you, so avoid being a lair, and always holds integrity and honesty as a great virtue of your character.
**Charity**
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It's a way to do kindness to others, by helping them in financial way, it also makes us realize that everything comes from God and belongs to him. Whenever we find someone in difficult situation, we felt sympathy for him, and craves to help him in every possible way. But if we are cold-hearted person, we don't feel any sympathy or affection towards others.
**How charity can help others:**
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Charity is actually a good way to help the ones who never ask for other's help, no matter how difficult circumstances they have to pass through, but they always stay contented, and satisfied with their lives. Actually asking from others can hurt their self-esteem, so they think it better to stay quiet. But by helping them silently can make them happy even in the midst of hardships. It is the way to make others realize that they are not alone, and have a right to share happiness with us.
But they hardly accept any help from others in open way, so it's better to find indirect means to help them to avoid hurting their self-esteem. But nowadays, mostly people help others for bragging, which is not right. Once I was scrolling on my Twitter account, where I saw a tweet, where an organization was providing food bags to the effectors of Covid_19. There was also a camera man along, who was taking shots of the authorities of the organization, when they were handing food to the needy people. A lady was also there, she started crying. Someone asked her the reason, and she said, I am in ultimate need of this food bag for my children, but I can't go ahead to take it, due to the camera. What a painful thing....!!! She was a great lady, who never compromised on her self-respect. So always try to help them in secret way, without letting others know about it.
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Be filled with gratitude
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and would be preparing for Christmas. I hope everyone has reached at their decided place to celebrate it with their family and friends. The ones who are couldn't go to celebrate it with their family, would be sad, but I pray your next Christmas would pass with your loved ones. Anyway, what are your plans? Are you celebrating it at home, or outside?
Today, I was busy with my siblings, as they were at my place after so many days. At first, we prepared our favorite dish Macaroni, and enjoyed it together. Later we downloaded our favorite movie, and watched it with whole family. My brother want to watch a horror movie, but preferred a funny movie, because it's better for family gathering..lol. They left for their home at 6pm, and later I was busy in washing plates, so couldn't get a chance to publish my article before, even I couldn't read the articles of my fellows, but now I am planning to read as soon as I will publish this article. So let's move towards the topic of the day.
Nothing is predictable in our life, even a single second can change our entire life ahead. If we are happy today, tomorrow can be bad for us, because good or bad are together. So be always good and kind to others, never be the cause of tears in someone's eyes, always promote good deeds, and instead of mourning for unfulfilled desires, be thankful for what you already have.
I heard very heartbreaking news. Few days ago a lady in my area fell down, and her arm was broken. She was treated by many doctors, but when they took him to another doctor a few days later, he said that her arm is poisoned, and she should have it amputated immediately. It was shocking for the entire family, but what could be done, so they cut off her arm. She was pregnant, so I am really sad to hear this heartbreaking news. The moment in which she fell down, changed her entire life, and made her deprived of her arm.
In our life we always mourn for the unfulfilled desires and for material things, but we are ignorant about our health and body, which is the great blessing of Almighty. Its true we can't understand the importance of the things we hold unless we haven't loss them.
Few days ago my cousin also had a knee fracture, so she was unable to take a single step, so she was depending on others for her needs. Doctors suggested her to have bed rest for one month, but it was impossible for a person, who hardly stay on bed, but she hadn't any other option. But this was the most difficult time for her, as she was crying for her dependence on others. But now she is well, and can walk slowly, but still she is happy for her recovery. Yesterday she was on video call with me, so she was explaining the hurdles she faced during this tough time. She said, we are the luckiest people in this world as we are enjoying sound health every day.
Its true there are so many people in this world, who holds piles of wealth, but they are deprived of sound health. Their biggest priority to have a good health, and what about us? Are not we are lucky? We should be grateful for this.
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Festivals
Festivals are a way to celebrate our cultural rituals, heritage and traditions. They are a great source of entertainment. Most of the festivals are connected with religion therefore they hold extra importance for us. Festivals are of great importance, they connect us with our culture and family and also a great source of enjoyment. They also transfer knowledge and our culture from one person to another, from one generation to another, and promote harmony to keep us closer to our religion and culture.
Festivals of Pakistan:
**Eid-E-Milad-un-nabi:**
This is the birthday of holy prophet Muhammad (SAW) which is celebrated throughout the world by Muslims with great enthusiasm, and a lot of charity is given throughout the country. It holds special place in the hearts of Muslims because this is the month in which our Last Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was born.
He (SAW) preached the teachings of Islam, and always speak truth in his life. He (SAW) taught us the right path and the ways to live a peaceful life. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) also taught us to behave politely with our neighbors, relatives, strangers, children and servants, and taught us the lesson of kindness. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) possessed the highest moral goodness, and he is perfect example for us, and his path can surely lead us to success in this world and hereafter. He (SAW) always behaved with poor and needy politely and always offered them a helpful hand. His kindness was not only for humans, but for animals too. In short, the attributes of his (SAW) character are impossible to put into words. May Almighty's blessing and peace be upon him.
**Eid ul fitar:**
It is the great festival which is celebrated at the end of Ramadan. It is marked with wearing the new clothes and exchange of sweet dishes. Ladies wear hina(mehndi) and bangles on their hands. It is the most delightful festival which provide us an opportunity to meet our loved ones.
**Eid ul adha:**
It is celebrated in the remembrance of beloved prophet Abraham (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He offered his son to please Allah, so on this day all the people who can afford sacrifices the goat or sheep in the name of Allah, and distribute the meat of these animals to the poor people and relatives.
On the ninth of Dhu'l-Hijjah, the Muslims perform the Hajj to the House of Allah, and on the tenth of Dhu'l-Hijjah, the Muslims celebrate the Eid al-Adha. Every year millions of Muslims from different countries go Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj to the house of Allah.
**Ashura**:
This festival is celebrated in the commemoration of death of Hazrat imam Hussain (R.A).
**Shab e barat:**
This is the night of forgiveness and to seek the blessings from Almighty Allah.
**Sibi mela**:
This is the most colorful festival which is marked by the exhibition of dresses, Jewelry, traditional sports, cattle show, horse races and camel dance.
**Non-Muslims religious festival:**
The Christian community celebrate the Christmas, Easter and other festivals throughout the whole country. Other minorities also celebrate their festivals with great enthusiasm, and they have a full freedom to live their life in a way they want.
Mela chiraghan: This is the biggest event which is celebrated in Punjab during the last week of March. It is celebrated by preforming different activities at the shrine of Sufi shah Hussain.
**In short, all these festivals are celebrated with great enthusiasm in Pakistan, and they represent the culture and traditions of our beloved country.**
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Let's praise our teachers
Hi everyone! Do you like strawberry shake? It's my favorite, and I have just finished a glass of it which I prepared a little while ago. There are a lot of benefits of it, as strawberry is fat free and low colarie food, so it loses weight. It is full of vitamin C, guards our heart, and lower blood pressure. Specially during Ramdan, when we are with fasting, it can be helpful to give us more energy.
Anyway let me share with you the piece of poetry which I wrote for my teachers.
**When I stepped first in the school,**
**They were there to taught me the rules,**
**How to behave kindly with others,**
**and how to treat our sisters and brothers,**
**We are responsible for our words,**
**So try to be good with others,**
**Goodness and kindness is not only for humans,**
**But also behave politely with animals and birds,**
**Good and bad is a part of life,**
**So never let your pessimism break you apart,**
**Your parents are your world,**
**So never try to make them hurt,**
**You are not immortal to live in this world,**
**So live your life in the way you deserve,**
**They made me honorable to live in this world,**
**Several lessons I learned, and**
**What they did for me, I am unable to put into words...!**
Since my childhood, whenever I was in difficult situation, I saw my parents who ever come ahead to console me. They were beside to hold me whenever I was going to fall. But, when I first joined school, I was worried to find myself at the new place, the surroundings were new for me, and you can understand the plight of child who have just started to go to school. I was weeping hardly, but there was someone else who came to console me, there was someone who tried his best to give me the comfort. She was one and only my teacher.
I remember, when I was in grade 7th, our teachers divided us in sections, my best friend and I were separated, as she was in section B and I was in A. We started to weep at this separation lol, but our teacher came ahead to ask us the reason, and immediately transferred my friend in my section. She never let us shed tears, and gave us some sweets.
Although our teachers changed over time, but luckily at every step I met with lenient and kind teachers. They were very cooperative, and always appreciated me for my performance. Although it depends on us that how intelligent we are to achieve good grades, but our teachers has a great role to play to make our performance outstanding. Their method of teaching or the way they deliver concepts, holds great importance for students. That's why the teachers who are aware with practical method to deliver things, should be given the responsibility to teach beginners.
Before I was a shy person, who ever feared to spoke at the public places, but the confidence I gained was also due to my teacher. As she made my mind to participate in speech competitions, and helped me to deliver my speech even in better way. Once a competition was held between the students of different schools, I was nervous and shy, but she was the one who build my confidence to speak on the stage. She made me understand, it is not the success which matter, rather win or loss is a part of game, but the thing which matters is the courage with which we participate. I would always be thankful to all my teachers, for what they did for me.
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A Christmas Story
This was the first Christmas, which she was planning to celebrate with her kids in delightful way. Before that every Christmas spent, in the worry to provide something to eat. She was a single mother of two kids, while her husband was died in car accident almost three years ago.
This was the most difficult time of her life, as she has to raise her children alone, and no relative was around to help her, as it is always said, no one will come to help you in your difficult time. In the beginning she survived on the savings, which she and her husband were having for the future of their kids, but no one was aware about the coming tragedy.
But after few months she was penniless, so her only worry is how to provide living for her kids. She started to knit sweaters and other warm garments, to get at least a meal of three times. She worked hard for day and night, but could hardly manage to fulfil their necessities throughout these years, so it was not possible for her to make her children happy at such occasions.
At every Christmas, her children asked her to buy their favorite toys, they wanted to receive the gifts from her, as their friends were used to get from their parents, but they were unaware about the hardships their mother was passing through. So they only wanted to enjoy the Christmas in majestic way, like all the other kids. Her little daughter was only 6 years old, but at the previous Christmas, with teary eyes, she gave her favorite hair tie to her mom, and said,
**"Mummy go and sold it, to buy Christmas gifts for us...I want to see the Christmas tree in my house, filled with gifts. Mummy please!! Go and do it for once...!"**
She burst into tears and hugged her daughter tightly, she said,
**"My little princess...I promise you, your next Christmas would be delightful, like all the other kids."**
So to fulfill her promise, she started to collect money till the next Christmas, she worked hard day and night, and able to collect enough money, to at least buy gifts for her kids and to embellish their house with Christmas tree and other accessories. The month of December was started, she was happy that, this Christmas would be delightful for her kids.
But sadly, before she could buy anything for her kids, some of the thief's came and stole all her money. In the morning when she woke up, everything was scattered in her little house, and nothing was inside the money box, she was left penniless again. Seeing this, she began to cry. All her hopes were shattered, and she couldn't utter a word. **What about the promises which I made with my children? How would I be able to face them? So this Christmas would be same as before?** These were the questions which were running in her mind.
But suddenly, someone knocked at the door, she wiped her tears and went to open the door. A man with beard was standing outside, he gave her a white envelope with grateful words. He came to return the debt which he took from her husband few years ago. She was speechless, but tears fell down from her cheeks with gratitude. She was happy, that now she would be able again to celebrate this Christmas, with her children in delightful way. The little gloomy house was filled with happiness again.
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They bring color to your world
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and your Monday spent doing a lot of work, while I was at home, so it was normal day for me. I just prepared my lunch, and served it to my family, and later I had some rest.
Finally, I started blogging on Hive yesterday, and I am glad to meet all the lovely fellows there. They gave me a warm welcome, and I was delighted to see their response. I created my account on Hive in August, but was not in position to work on both platforms at the same time. So I was just delaying it for too long, but finally yesterday I made my mind to start it with my introduction post, and now I will try to be active there too. Seriously, it's an easy job to find two different topics each day to write something, but those who are doing their job regularly are real achievers.
Anyway, let me share with you something which I captured today, while I went to the attend ceremony at my cousin's house. There I saw some flowers, which they brought for decorations. They were in plates, but when I saw them, I couldn't restrict myself to hold them in my hands. As soon as these flowers came into my hands, I felt a special kind of peace, which I had never felt before, as if all my sorrows and worries were gone.
**I wanted to do something creativity, so I put these flowers in large plates, and arranged the yellow to make the border, while pink were inside the yellow bars. Isn't that beautiful?**
We have a unique relationship with the nature, as it holds some kind of attraction, so wherever we look something like that, we can't stop ourselves from approaching it. Both our heart and mind are drawn to it. I don't know about you, but whenever I see natural beauty, I forget all my worries.
Two days ago I was very upset. I had some problem which made me reluctant to eat or talk to anyone. But I made my mind to visit my garden, where I found these beauties, and I was delighted to see their beauty. My heart felt a peace, and I forgot about the stress I was passing through. Their different colors, their beauty and their fragrance make us realize how beautiful life is, and seeing their soft and supple texture, we feel the softness inside us. I can't even describe in words the kindness of these flowers. Look like I run out of words, all praise to Almighty Allah, for creating this colorful world for us.
My passion for nature is instilled in my soul, with my birth. So since my childhood, I was a nature lover, as I remember the way I was used to roaming around the garden, which was located near my house, to pluck some flowering plants to plant in my home....Lol. Once, I was wandering in search of new plants with my cousins, and we were almost going to enter the garden, but the owner of the garden arrived to threaten us with his terrifying face....Lol. I almost started to crying, but Thank God, he was lenient that day.
Nowadays, I do some extra efforts to save my plants from my nephew and nieces, as they consider it mandatory to pluck flowers whenever they get a chance....Lol😂 Anyway, what's about you? Do you have a garden to cherish its beauty?
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It was a beautiful Journey
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and your Sunday spent well with your lovely families. I was busy in doing house chores, but now I am free, and have just taken my breakfast. So I decided to write an article for today. The topic was already in my mind, as few days ago I got this idea from @Princessbusayo where she shared her journey on Read.cash, so I was also inspired to share my own.
So let's move towards it.
**How long have you been on Readcash?**
My journey on Read.cash with this new account is only three months. As before I was not much active here, so my previous account was marked spam. I tried hard to spend quality time here, to restore it, but it was of no use. So I decided to create a new one, and this is only three month old.
**What was your background in cryptocurrency when you first came to Readcash?**
I don't have a good background in crypto, as I knew only about, Ethereum, steem, and 1ups before joining read.cash, so here I found lovely BCH.
**What was your background in writing when you first came to ReadCash?**
I started blogging in 2020, when one of my friend suggested me to work on Uptrennd, and later I joined noise.cash, steem and swirge, but I was not much active there, as now I am on Read.cash. It is the best platform which I found yet.
**How many people did you know when you first came to ReadCash?**
When I first joined Read.cash, I only knew @Princessbusayo and @George_Dee as we were together on Uptrennd, and Uptrennd University which was a great initiative to educate people to make their writing skills better. They are the people who were my inspiration.
**How did you meet people when you first came to ReadCash?**
When I joined Read.cash, I started to subscribe all the seniors members who were, @tired_momma @bmjc98 @Jane @Peter-Molnar @JonicaBradley @HappyBoy @Ruffa and so many others, to learn from them, and seriously I learned a lot from their amazing work. I was used to reading their incredible articles leaving beautiful comments. There were so many whom I met on my articles like @Lucifer01 and @Greatwolfman. They are with me since the beginning, and always come up with encouraging comments, and always appreciated my work.
**Whom did you look up to when you first came to ReadCash?**
@Princessbussayo and @jane and @tired_momma...They are lovely people who were my inspiration, and still are.
**How would you describe your first three months on Readcash?**
It was a wonderful journey, seriously I haven't right words to explain the love and support I gained from here. Everyone was so cooperative, and caring, they helped me to reach the point on which I am today. I am thankful to all my subscribers, readers, and sponsors for believing me, and always leaving encouraging comments to my articles.
**Has being a part of Readcash changed you in any way for the good?**
Absolutely, before I was not so good at writing long articles, but now I have improved my writing skills and it was only due to the punctuality which I followed to work here. Apart from it, Read.cash has also changed my mindset from being idle to do something creative, and it has helped me alot in financial way, as its my only source of income.
**What is your favorite memory from your time on Readcash?**
The first one is when Rusty started visiting my articles, and the other one is when I received a notification that my articles have reached 2500 views. It was a great victory for me to realized that I have did something which is appreciated my people.
**If you could advise a new person signing up to Readcash, what would it be?**
My only advice for them to be active and create original content to avoid plagiarism. By interacting with others, you can gain huge number of quality subscribers, who would appreciate your work with lovely advices. Beginning would be hard, but your consistency and hard work can do wonders.
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Anger is like a ball of fire
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and happy for Sunday. I am sure everyone has made different plans to spend it in good way. Some would be at home to have some rest after working for whole week, and some would go for outings with their families.
Anyway, I was doing some house chores in the evening, when I received sad news. An uncle who lives in our neighboring, arrived to inform us that my mother's cousin has received a severe injury while he was working in a building which is under construction. My mother was sad to hear this and she started praying for his well-being. I rang my cousin, who lives near to him to ask about his health. She was even shocked to hear this, and told me that nothing such thing is happened to him, and he is in good health.
I explained to her the entire thing, but she again confirmed from his wife, and she also told the same thing. I thanked God, that he was fine. But shocked at the same time, at the behavior of neighbors, how could someone say such bad things about someone. I don't know what led the neighboring uncle to give such fake news about him, but he should at least confirmed it before conveying it to others. How could someone be so irresponsible? That's why its always said, do your own personal confirmation before reacting to anything.
Anyway let's move towards the topic of the day.
A wise man was asked, **what is anger?**
He gave a beautiful reply!
**"It's the punishment that we give to ourselves for somebody else's mistake."**
Anger is actually our biggest enemy, sometimes in our anger we utter some words for which we regret our whole life, but nothing can compensate their intensity. It is like holding fire in our hands the outcome of which you can understand. Because in our anger we are hurting ourselves more than the others. We should try to turn our anger into something beautiful, by controlling it we can escape from the hundred days of worries and sorrows.
A lady live in my area, she had a fight with her husband few days ago, so in her anger, she committed suicide. She had four children, but she never thinks even for a moment before doing such serious act, the outcome of which had deprived her of her life. Now her husband and children are left behind in great agony. She must be in anger, but no matter how serious was the issue or argument, but she shouldn't commit suicide. May her family have a lot of patience to bear this loss.
There was also another man in my area, who was in anger, and he gave divorced to his wife, but later he was regretting for it. But nothing could be done, and he left alone. Therefore, its always said, never make any decision in anger or annoyance, because it can lead us to considerable loss. Personally, I always try to be calm whenever I find myself in such situation to avoid the later regret.
**Here are some tips, through which we can lessen our anger.**
If you ever found yourself in anger,
**1)** Change your surroundings, try to move from that place, and left the other person alone
**2)** Take a walk
**3)** Drink a glass of water
**4)** Go for exercise
**5)** Draw something
**6)** Think about any funny memory, you have
**7)** Allow the negative thoughts to flow
I hope these tips will help you to lessen your anger.
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My biggest wishes
Hi everyone! I hope you all are doing great, and happy for the weekend again. I always like to capture the photographs no matter what it would be, as my phone always stays in my hand, because I don't want to miss anything...lol, even sometimes my mother gets irritate to see mobile in my hand as you can understand this situation well...😂 No matter what we do, but our phones are always culprits in our mother's eyes...Lol
Yesterday I was in my garden, so I captured this white flower from the pumpkin vegetable, and as it was looking attractive. Pumpkin's vine always stay attached to the earth, I mean it's always lies on ground, and never stood like others plants so the beautiful flowers on it were looking like stars on the sky. Green leaves of the vine were adding to the beauty of the flowers even more, It's actually the great bounty of nature that its every hue is created to add beauty to the universe, like the beautiful combination of green and white.
For me these two colors are very special, because our national flag holds the same two colors, therefore it holds extra importance for us. Green is the larger part and white is short, so does here. The whole vine is green and only flowers are white. Isn't that beautiful?
**Anyway let's move towards the topic of the day.**
Everyone holds great wishes in his heart, and with each passing day, the will to get these wishes would become more intense. Hence, his night and day passes in the worry to see the fulfillment of these wishes. I also have some great wishes in my heart, and I am doing my best to put my wishes into reality.
**My biggest wishes**
**My first and biggest wish** is being an independent person, and who will not wish for that. I grew up watching my father working hard, I witnessed the wrinkles on his face due to the hard work he did, just to raise and support the family of nine members. My heart cried whenever I saw my father working hard, but he never complained about anything, instead always tried his best to see us happy.
But then a change came, my brothers grew up and began to help my father. One of them went abroad, and finally our situation started to get better, but after a while he lost his job and came back to Pakistan. We had a very difficult time then, and at that time I only wished I could do something for my home and support my family. With this goal in mind, I began to study very diligently, and finally finished my studies last year and then started looking for a job, so I could do something for my family.
I got a job, but unfortunately things got worse since then due to the Covid_19, but still I am trying to get a stable job, and I am glad to find Read.cash which is helping me in this hard time. Thank you so much everyone for giving me so much love and support. I am hopeful that one day my consistency and vigor will fulfill my biggest wish to being an independent person.
**My second wish** is to perform Hajj and Umra with my parents. Every Muslim wants to visit the holy place at least for once in his life. I pray to the Almighty that he let us reach his home. Ameen.
**My third wish** is to help the poor and needy people, and to open a big hospital for them in which they can get free medicines. I know it's not an easy thing to do, but I believe on the mercy of Allah. To his power nothing is impossible, and I am sure he will help me to make it possible.
So these are my wishes, the accomplishment of which is my biggest aim.
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They went to school and never came back
**You are the flower which will never wilt,**
**Your smile is the gift which will never droop,**
**Your little dreams were squash mercilessly,**
**And you were laid enshrouded in blood..💔**
**You were the star of your mother's eyes,**
**She couldn't see you in the plight, you were that day...💔**
**Your absence in a sudden is the cause of her illness,**
**The pain she received would always be in her heart...!**
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7 years back today, the 6 gunmen made a terrorist attack on the **Army Public School** in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. They targeted the students and staff. **Total of 144 people, of which 134 students, and 10 staff members** were martyred in the attack, and more than 100 were injured. The student's age ranges from 8 years to 18 years. There was some ceremony was going on in the school hall, and great number of students were attending there, but these heartless people entered from the back side, and killed them recklessly.
**Seven years have been passed,** but still my heart is crying, as I am writing it today, and nothing can measure the pain which mothers bear to loss their children. The principle of the school headed to stop the terrorists, but they dragged her to the ground and burned her by sprinkling the oil in front of all the innocent kids. How could someone be so heartless?
Of the martyrs, there was little **Khaula of only 6 years old**, it was her first day in school in one class for which she was excited. According to her father, before she was studying in another school, but she insisted on studying with her siblings, so her parents admitted her to the same school with her siblings. But no one was aware about the deathbed which was waiting for her there.
**Muhammad Mobeen** was the only male kid of his parents, and he was 16 years old. He got 2nd position in pre-board exams, so his mother wanted him to maintain the same grade in the final exams. He was very confident, and he told his mother that he would do wonders. But he was unaware, that he wouldn't be able to give the exams. He embraced the death, and left this world forever. There was also a **Shahzad**, who wanted to be a pilot, and he had collected so many pictures of air force, but his death wouldn't provide him the opportunity to fulfil his dream.
**Shahzeb** from 8th class was also a brilliant student. His classmate later revealed that shahzeb sacrificed his life to save him and other students. He was a brave boy, who never let the terrorists attack his friends, and opened the door for them to run away. There was also another kid, who survived in spite getting 8 shots on his face. He gave an interview later, in which he described the fear and pain he had been gone through that time. He said, I was hopeless, and the only thought which was running at that time in my mind was about my mom. I was not sure, whether I would be able to hug my mom again or not. He actually experienced the death very close, but Almighty gave him another life. https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/realistic-blood-drops-blots-set-illustration_7251952.htm?query=Blood
I have described here the stories of only few students, but there are so many who were holding dreams in their eyes, but heartless terrorists deprived them of their innocent dreams, and put their families in never-ending pain. Every December brought us their hurtful memories, but we couldn't do anything expect mourning at the loss of innocent souls. May their souls rest in peace and Almighty give them the highest rank in Jinnah.
At the end, I only want to ask the killers, **What was their fault? Do they really deserve what you did with them? Never you thought even for a second before killing 144 innocent souls? Do you really deserve to be called human?**
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Competition
Hi everyone! I hope you all are doing great. Language is a gift from Allah through which we can communicate with our fellow beings. It is present everywhere, in our meditation, experiences, thoughts and in social matters. It is through the language we can describe our desires and dreams, what we want and why. It's make or unmake human relationships, and it is through the language that we can transfer our traditions and culture from one person to another, from one generation to another.
It's also the language that makes us unique, and different from animals, without it, we would remain only a dumb animal. It's the precious asset, so we should always be thankful to Almighty that he blessed us with the language.
Today I was scrolling in my phone, while my nephew come and hugged me tightly. He is only 4 years old, but always do something new to make us happy. The love between aunt and nephews or nieces is of special kind, pure and free from any hypocrisy. Nothing can worth it, I am the luckiest one to have nephews and nieces, and they are great blessing from Allah Almighty. The best part of my day is one, which I spend with him, and I want to spend rest of my life loving, protecting, and spoiling them..lol. I love being their aunt, and I have most beautiful gems ever. I just want to say,
You are the children's of my dear ones, and my love for you is endless.
Anyway this is not my topic for today, let's move towards it.
**How do you define competition?**
Competition is actually a position which we strive to gain by defeating others, we want to be superior to others, and it is the spirit which keep us going in spite of facing so many hurdles. For example two different clothing brands, try to be on the top by providing the good material, and definitely the one who do extra efforts would be the winner.
**Competition in student life is necessary to built his confidence and inner strength.** Specially the competition of speech or public speaking is very necessary, because it increases their skills to face the people confidently without any hesitation. They develop themselves even more confident and comfortable.
**A spirit of competition develops the inner skill of students** to face the challenges of life, and take healthy risk in life. Although I'm not a good speaker, but once in my student life, my teacher selected me to participate in speech competition. Although, at first I was hesitated, but later I prepared with full confidence to give my best performance. The day came, the competition was held in another school, so we went there. I was a bit nervous when I saw all the students were preparing good.
Then the competition begin, one by one all the students performed well. Finally, it was my turn, as my name was announced, so I went to the stage and gave my best. Although I couldn't win the competition, but the thing I learned that day was the best thing of my life. I built my confidence, and got the skill to performed on the stage.
Loss or win is a part of life, so it doesn't matter, the thing which matters is the lesson we learned from that competition. So we should always try to participate in such kinds of competition, as they will build us strong from inside. In short, in every field, competition is important to make us alert.
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Cousin's wedding
Hi everyone! I hope you all are doing great, and excited to celebrate Christmas with your loved ones. I pray, all your heartiest wishes come true on this delightful day. I was busy from past some days due to my cousin's wedding, as I already talked about it in previous articles.
It was scheduled on 12th of December, so 11th December was her Mehndi function and yesterday was her reception ceremony. By God grace, the whole wedding ceremony spent well, and we enjoyed a lot. Our cousins from far off places, came to attend her wedding ceremony. I was already convincing my cousins, so finally they were agreed and came to stay at our home almost three days before the wedding day.
These nights were pure fun, with full of enjoyment, having late night gossips, spicy foods, and singing songs. Every day we planned something new, and tried to make every moment memorable with our blunders...Lol. Seriously having your cousins around, specially with ones you spent your childhood, is the most pleasurable thing, as you can cherish to reminisce the beautiful memories.
From all the wedding functions, the one I like most was the Dolki function. All the girls sat in a circle, and sang different songs with this little Dholki. We also encircled the bottle, and in the direction in which it stopped was used to sing a new song...Lol. I also become its prey for several times....hehehehe. This function stayed for almost three days, till 12:00 AM, and different sweets and drinks were served to the guests.
Another delightful event was Mehndi function, where we all cousins were putting Mehndi on each other's hands. All my cousins are expert in creating different designs, but I am the only one who have a zero talent about it....Lol, so I was just appreciating their amazing work...😂
The Mehndi function started at 9PM, when everyone was back from the parlor. We decorated beautiful mehndi plates, and prepared gana (hand bands)with different dry fruits. It's the most interesting thing which is the gift from bride/groom's friends to them. Some people try to prepare this gana too long, so It's always difficult for the couple to hold such heavy gana...lol. Anyway the mehndi function ended at 1am.
Next day was official wedding day, where the couple signed the wedding papers, and Nikaah was performed in beautiful way. This was also the saddest moment for us to say goodbye to our lovely cousin, but we tried our best to make her happy on her big day. We also performed Juta Chupai rasam, where we have hidden the groom's shoes, and asked for money. Anyway after arguing for some time, we succeed to extract money from groom's pocket...😂
Next morning was her, reception day, so we all went to her new home, where a splendid meal was served by her in-laws to all the guests. She was happy at the beginning of her new life, we also took so many pictures to kept at a memory. In the evening we returned at our place, and next morning my cousins were also going back so I was sad. But we decided to make the last night memorable together, so my brother took us to the nearest restaurant, where we had a tasty dinner, and ice cream.
In short the whole wedding was a pure fun, and we enjoyed a lot. At the end we prayed for another cousin's marriage soon, to get the same pleasure again...Lol
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Christmas contest gertu13
Hi everyone! I hope you all are well, and your Monday spent well. As it was working day, so everyone would be busy on the first day of week. But don't worry, a delightful day of great celebrations is coming soon, to turn your sadness into happiness. May all your wishes come true on this happiest day, and this Christmas would be the best one of your life.
Although the whole world is facing the deadly virus, and this Christmas wouldn't be same as we were used to celebrate it before, but try to celebrate it in different way, send some beautiful gifts and wishes to your beloved ones. If you live far from your beloved ones, make them video call, to feel the presence of one another on this enjoyful day, and make this event a memorable one. Also plan different games or decide any movie to watch.
Although, I never celebrated Christmas in a proper way before, but I was used to see my Christian brothers and sisters, the way they celebrate this festival. Christmas is the festival which is celebrated in the remembrance of Jesus Christ. People also visit church to worship Jesus Christ as its their birth anniversary which is celebrated on 25th December. People celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm, houses are decorated and different sweets are served.
**Christmas tree**
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One of the most delightful thing about Marry Christmas, which I always cherish, is the way they decorate a beautiful Christmas tree, with lights, tinsel and ornaments, which is revealed on Christmas with different gifts under it's branches. This beautiful tree symbolizes Christ and new life. Fraser fir is the most selling Christmas tree. Once, my cousin who live abroad, shared some pictures of the Christmas tree which they decorated in front of their house, believe me it was really delightful. I was craving to decorate it in the same way.
**Santa claus**
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The other most interesting thing is Santa claus, a man with white beard who wears red dress, and people make their wishes to him, who also comes at night to present gifts to the good children. Santa is also known as father Christmas and Saint nick. Santa is legendary and traditional figure on the Christmas, who present gifts to the children and also help the needy people around.
**Christmas socks** https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1511600173735-a896042389cf?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=812&q=80
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Children keep Christmas socks to their windows, with the believe that Christmas father will fill it with presents for them, like sweets, fruits or toys. Christmas stocking trivia started in early 19th century. Once I heard, that Christmas Father Saint Nicholas, helped three needy sisters by putting some coins in their socks.
**Visiting church**
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As Christmas is biggest event for family gatherings, so people are together to celebrate this festival, and they also go to visit church. In some areas it is considered important for people to visit the church on Christmas, but still there are few who don't consider it important, and visit it very seldom.
**Christmas foods**
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The famous Christmas foods are, mashed potatoes, vegetables, gravy, Cranberry Cocktail Meatballs, Christmas Goose, Honey Glazed Ham, and Roast Turkey. Mostly the foods are served between 2pm to 3pm.
**Other Christmas traditions**
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Expect all these important traditions, people also love to read Christmas story in Bible, play family games, watch special movies, open gifts and go to watch different lights around.
In short, Christmas traditions are loud all around the world, and provide us pure fun. It's the biggest event which is celebrated all over the world with great delight. Although, I don't celebrate it, but I always love to see others celebrating it in delightful way.
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