Au Revoir 2009

Its 8:18 PM of the New Year's eve and I am sitting in front of the PC at my grandmother's place, pondering over the events of this year... As I have nothing constructive to do at the moment, so thought of writing this note...

Looking back, 2009 was a year which I shall remember mainly for its political events, what with frequent suicide bomb blasts, the ongoing global economic recession, the military operations in SWAT, Waziristan, the US drone attacks, the loadshedding and catastrophic rainfall in Karachi over the summer...

Nobody likes to recount the bad events that have happened in their lives. I am no different; just another human being - flesh, bone, blood..

Sitting in this mild Karachi evening, looking forward to the clock striking mid-night when the streets of Karachi would resound with firing and fire-crackers and what not, it is only the good events of this year that I want to recall: my brother got admission into LUMS, I took courses such as Pakistan's Foreign Relations, Global Cities, bought my camera, went on so many trips, became an MFR in LUMS EMS, made so many new friends who created so many good memories for me to cherish over the years to come..

When I think about it, I do look forward to 2010; it is the year after which I will enter 2011, the big year, year of my graduation, God-willing..

I end this note with a silent prayer. May Allah Almighty make this new year a blessing for me, my family and friends, for Pakistan, and for all humanity, and may He make it a year which is safe for all of us, a year for us to remember with fondness...

Amen...

Farewell 2009 A.D.