Sonya Syed

14th of August exactly 63 years ago Pakistan was blessed with her independence from the British Raj; a long, hard and painful journey in which our forefathers, our elders gave their lives and unimaginable sacrifices. As citizens of this beautiful country which has provided us with incredible opportunities it is our duty to give back to her in the shape of our best of abilities, efforts and intentions to help Pakistan achieve eminence amongst other countries of the world which was the dream of our elders and founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah . This should not merely be a wish but a commitment, a commitment not to fail and disrespect the millions who sacrificed all that they had to give their young generation, us, a blessing in the name of Pakistan. Long Live Pakistan!!! Pakistan Zindabad!! Sonya. (Day 115)

It feels like a privilege to be able to begin writing on the 1st of Ramadan Kareem, a holy month for all the Muslims around the world. By the Grace of God a month which not only gives its blessings to Muslims but the entire world becomes the receiver of the Grace and Compassion of the Almighty, the sole Creator of all Worlds. And I sincerely pray that in this auspicious month of Ramadan Almighty bless all of us with peace, harmony and love. May He bless His creation with rectitude and forgiveness. May He keep all of us in His protection, Divine Mercy and favour, Ameen ! Break of couple days in writing the blog is becoming a norm with me but what else to do, mornings and afternoons have become busy and by the time the day ends I hardly have any energy to think let alone sit and convey my thoughts in black and white. Finally I am making some progress with my training in Acupressure however it goes beyond saying that it is somewhat a laborious training becau...

At last got some vigour and inspiration to come on blog as the constant news coming in of massive devastations in so many parts of Pakistan had completely sucked the energy out of me. It almost felt guilty to sit comfortably in our homes and to talk about trivial things of life, a luxury, and the only wish which would come in these times is that every single person in the country must be peaceful & secured. Having said that it is also imperative in these times to be tremendously and profoundly grateful for all the countless great things which we all are blessed with. Still we want to know that why there is so much destruction and agony everywhere we turn around; I guess to understand the workings of God is rather an impossible task to achieve. It’s quite like a man-made landscape which when we see can comprehend easily because a mind like ours has manufactured it. On the other hand, if we go to a real and natural forest all we can see is trees and shrubs growing everywhere and in...

The irony of life is that irrespective of what goes around us, life seems to have a pace of its own it moves on and on with each one of us always being dragged along, whether merrily or miserably is another issue all together. There are moments when a strong urges arises from within to move to calmness of lush greenery, birds chirping in the nearby village, tranquillity of lake and the sun shining timidly; where there is no hustle to reach somewhere or to be somebody...uhhh.... Merely giving my thoughts an expression has soothed the senses. Well its getting late now and I have to keep the blog short, sorry for the brief and impersonal encounter today. I need to get some sleep before I doze off on the keyboard. Good Night everyone…… Sonya. (Day 112)

111 is such a funny figure but at the same time I feel proud of my consistency and am so thankful to God for the perseverance. Proper and timely lunch followed by a 20 minute nap could do wonders for you really. Tension seems to be diffusing gradually in the city well at least it feels much better at home, children from the neighbourhood playing cricket outside and people moving around in their varied dimensions instils a sense of regularity and peace. And then a strong flash of hope emerges from somewhere within, probably from the heart or spleen or kidney or gall bladder or lungs or liver that it all shall pass giving way to new and blessed beginnings. So in the hope & faith we shall live. Someone on TV was talking about first impressions and how wrong they could be; and that we should not abruptly give judgement on anybody disregarding them completely just because we don’t like the shirt or shoes he or she is wearing. I cannot say about the shirt or shoes stuff however as I l...

Unexpected, sudden & unwarranted time-off’s cuts one from the flow of life and everything becomes stagnated. It’s Tuesday and there is a pin drop silence on the roads outside, silent violence persisting in the city for some time now has finally taken its toll on the residents of this beautiful and dangerous city, Karachi. Moreover, the threat of floods has also reached its most alarming stage throughout the country. With so much events happening around it is rather difficult to maintain our calm and focus yet we all go through these events in the hope of seeing better times. Days are passing in the busiest and proactive manner and I have the satisfaction of not being merely busy but being productive as well as creative with the usage of my time. And after a long while I could get a sense that I am not catching up with time and running madly to get things done rather it’s the other way around. Resisting thoughts or anything else as a matter of fact is not a wise option because wha...

After a long time this Sunday has been full of constructive activity and thankfully I didn’t have to go through a single lethargic or boring moment. And now it’s Monday which is giving me a sort of fright because as usual I haven’t learned or even had the time to sift through my acupressure lectures or reading material. It is observed that we don’t usually have any time for the things which we are least interested in some way. I have to confess sheepishly that medicine or even biology or zoology have never been the love of my life, I went through emotional/ mental crisis when I had to learn biology in college or school and the way I learnt these subjects and how I passed my exams, with respectable grades, is still an unsolved mystery and I believe even National Geographic’s research team would have to spend decades before they could decode the answer to this phenomena. On the other hand law always came effortlessly to me and I never had to learn or try to understand any of its subjec...