Sonya Syed

Its freezing especially in my room, I think the temperature of my room is -10 degrees. I wanted to buy a room heater but I found a short cut. I simply saw the electricity bill of last month and a wave of heat and extreme sweat went through me. I have no idea of what is really happening to this country, when I was little everybody used to tell us that natural gas is one of the resources which we shall never see a shortage of and now this gas load shedding. You can live without electricity but how can you survive without cooked food, if there is no gas how is it possible to live a life. What we need is a positive breakthrough or best a magic wand and all the chaos would turn into peace …. It is never good idea to make guesses or to live in ‘wishful-thinking’ state, because when the suspense breaks and what comes out is not always a surprise but more of a shock.  Few years ago there was lady lawyer who opened up her independent law firm, in those days I was work...

    Many Best Wishes to the entire Nation on the Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. On his 136 th birthday the best gift which we could give him is our determination that in this New Year we will all strive to fulfill our true ideology as a peaceful and prosperous Nation. So tsunami of change has arrived in Karachi. We all had serious apprehensions regarding the safety of this humongous political gathering by Tehreek-e-Insaaf in Karachi but thankfully it all turned out to be safe and peaceful. We frequently curse this darkness of insecurity, turbulence, economic downfall that is prevalent in our country these days but actually we should be profoundly thankful for this darkness, because until we have truly experienced darkness we would not know what is light. If all had been continuing in below average conditions of law and order or economics we would have never opted for different choices in our leadership, it is when we went down the hil...

Faith makes all things possible, Hope makes all things work, Love makes all things beautiful, May you have all the three for this Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to all my Christian readers. May we all live in Peace and Harmony in all the years to come.. Sonya. (Day 255 a)

It’s been quite a while since my last post but honesty speaking I wasn’t in a mind frame to do anything. I was busy doing some hard core internal work but before going into detailed discussion on that subject I think its better to share lighter moments, I attended a very first baby shower of my life. It was a close gathering at my best friend’s house of her younger sister’s surprise baby shower. Although we don’t usually have this sort of ritual in our families but a little get together and delicious food is always welcome.  Besides the food, the decorations and arrangements were simply splendid, every detail was meticulously taken care of. She has prepared for the event with her other best friend and whenever she discussed those details with me I got overwhelmed by her planning.   After the lunch when everyone was at the peak levels of energy I was drowsy with the effect of carbohydrates.  All in all it was wonderful, mom-to-be was happy and all of u...

Five cardinal principles to heal and be healed for a lifetime…. FOR TODAY I WILL NOT WORRY. FOR TODAY I WILL NOT BE ANGRY. FOR TODAY I WILL BE HONEST. FOR TODAY I WILL COUNT MY BLESSINGS. FOR TODAY I WILL SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT TO EVERY LIVING BEING.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Each day is a lifetime in miniature! To awaken every morning is be born again,    To fall asleep at night is to die to the day. In between waking and sleeping are the golden hours of the day. What we think we cannot do for lifetime , We can do for day time . Anyone can strive to be happy for a day and to spread happiness around.   Anyone can rise above fear for a day and meet each situation with courage. Anyone can hold his temper for a day and gurad the words he speaks. Anyone can remain honest for a day and carry his burden heroically. Anyone ca...

For some time I wanted to go for natural alternatives for aerosols like air-freshener and mosquito repellants and anywhere I turned for some guidance I couldn’t find suitable alternative. I have tried incense sticks (Agarbatti) but their sharp aroma gave me a headache and with the kind of toxins that are included in these sticks the idea was quickly rejected. So yesterday when I read somewhere about burning frankincense (Loban or لوبان ) for fragrance it caught my attention. After a bit research I found that frankincense (an aromatic gum resin obtained from African and Asian trees of the genus Boswellia) , is not only a natural bacteria killer and mosquito repellant but it has profound effects on mental states of a person. John Hopkins University conducted a research on the effects of natural aromas and found that aroma of burning frankincense is highly effective for depression, anxiety, bronchitis, laryngitis, ulcers, nausea, hypertension, and so on. The smell of frankin...

What makes one truly rich when there is a lot of money in your bank account or when people pray for you without you asking them to do so. Of course having a heavy bank account is a nice thought but what is more wonderful is when people who are not living in your proximity, or they are not related to you by blood, or with whom you are not meeting on daily basis so they would remember you in prayers and still they pray for your peace and health. I feel abundant and extremely rich today when my childhood friend Maria whom I hardly see or talk in months told me that she always pray for my peace of mind. One of my senior lawyer on his return after performing Hajj told me that my name came to his mind even in the hustle of the pilgrim and he too prayed for my peace of mind. These people who I meet sometimes in months or years not only remembers me but pray for me; what more could I want from life.   It makes me wonder that my not-so-peaceful state of mind is evident to so m...