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Me, My Family and I

My recent trip to Bombay made me relaise (amongst many other things) that my family really means a lot to me. The forthcoming trip to Dubai, might just be my last one with my parents before either the residency or any other twists and turns in my life takes me away from them.

Hence, I've agreed to accompany my parents to Dubai and it is for this reason I dedicate this trip and the coming months till Diwali next year, to them.

Let the celebrations begin I say!

A MOTHER'S DREAM.......I was awarded the Medicinæ Baccalaureus & Baccalaureus Chirurgiæ by the University of Karachi today.

Henceforth, I shall be, Dr. Vinod Dilip Kumar Motiani!

Tuesday, December 20, 2005
14:59 PST

all i asked you was to see things the way i do

and what did you give me?

"You don't know anything to know what is right or wrong.. And your always wrong about these things.. Do what the fuck u want"

wow! i'm so happy that i have a brother like you! Thanks.....

"he is a second son to us!"

WOW! i didn't know i meant SO much!
Thank you Mehveen Aunty :-)

Aero Asia
airblue
Alitalia
Cathay Pacific
Continental Airlines
Emirates Airline
Jet Airways
JetBlue
Indian Airlines
Pakistan International
Philippines Airlines
Qatar Airways
Shaheen Air
Thai Airways
Trans World Airlines
Virgin Atlantic

My fascination with flying knows no bounds.....

ATQ- Amritsar
BKK- Bangkok
BLR- Bangalore
BOM- Mumbai
BOS- Boston
BUF- Buffalo Niagara
CNX- Chiang Mai
DAM- Damascus
DCA- Washington, D.C.
DEL- Delhi
DOH- Doha
DXB- Dubai
FCO- Rome
FRA- Frankfurt
HKG- Hong Kong
HKT- Phuket
HOU- Houston
HYD- Hyderabad
ISB- Islamabad
IXU- Aurangabad
JAI- Jaipur
JFK- New York
KHI- Karachi
LAX- Los Angeles
LGA- New York
LHE- Lahore
LHR- London
MCO- Orlando
MNL- Manila
MSY- New Orleans
SFO- San Francisco
SIN- Singapore
STL- St. Louis
SXR- Srinagar
UDR- Udaipur

5 SENSES

sweetheart lock lips
mother ruffles ur hair and kisses forewhars
father lays his ahnd on sons shoulder

a hug from a freind
babay palm hand- holds on

HUGS

home town

earlier this year, on my travels abroad, a friend found it quite entertaining to ridicule me for changing the location on my orkut profile to the city i was styaing in at, be it for as short as five days.

my reply- my profile asks for my current location, and that's what i'm indicating. simple!

unlike loads of desis whoa re more than happy to relinquish their desi connections back home once they set out for abroad, i am an exception. perhaps my friend thought i was one of the many he probably knows of. if only he knew. if he would ahve taken some time out, he'd know my hometown still reflects 'karachi', jsut liek it did, the first time i signed into orkut. also, i agree, i was quick to update my profile as far as my current location went. but i was even quicker, and happier to change it to my home town, when i got back.

karachi- thy shall forever be- my home town!

friends.....

during my eng gen classes in a levels, i had once said, the older ones friends are- the better 'freinds' theya re. admitted, each phase in life brings about changes in ones character and with it a whole new array of people that one takes ona s friends. and obviously some of my friendships in college are more 'deep't han those simple friendships in junior school where all iw ould do is share my slims with a friend and play hop scotch with them! but going down memory lane, one can't help but realise how corrupted we ourselves have become when it comes to makign friends- doing so for some rhyme or reason, atleast in the inital phase. my earliest friends were so cos it just 'happened'. whereas msot of my latter ones happened cos either i needed help from them, needed someoen to talk to or i was interested [;)] int hem- there was always an 'i' and a 'want' attached- get what i mean?
so here it is to all my friends- the older the better!!!

''Papa...''

''Jee Beta?''

You're

Clownlike, happiest on your hands,Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled,Gilled like a fish. A common-senseThumbs-down on the dodo's mode.Wrapped up in yourself like a spool,Trawling your dark, as owls do.Mute as a turnip from the FourthOf July to All Fools' Day,O high-riser, my little loaf.Vague as fog and looked for like mail.Farther off than Australia.Bent-backed Atlas, our traveled prawn.Snug as a bud and at homeLike a sprat in a pickle jug.A creel of eels, all ripples.Jumpy as a Mexican bean.Right, like a well-done sum.A clean slate, with your own face on. Sylvia Plath

My Dream

NSVD- First Class International, DOH-JFK

Donate Blood and Help Save Lives! 21.....and going strong!

• 05 Sep 1998 Fatmid
• 15 Feb 1999 AKUH
• 01 July 1999 AKUH
• 08 Dec 1999 AKUH
• 08 Mar 2000 PWA
• 17 Jun 2000 AKUH
• 06 Dec 2000 PWA
• 11 Apr 2001 PWA
• 23 Aug 2001 PWA
• 02 Jan 2002 AKUH
• 10 Aug 2002 AKUH
• 24 Feb 2003 HBB
• 31 Jul 2003 AKUH
• 25 Feb 2004 KGS/AKUH
• 01 Jun 2004 AKUH
• 12 Sep 2004 AKUH
• 14 Jan 2005 PWA
• 08 Jun 2005 AKUH
• 16 Sep 2005 AKUH
• 17 Dec 2005 AKUH
• 15 Feb 2006 KGS/AKUH

Stay.....Just a little bit longer!

Well your mama don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
And your papa don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
If we have another dance, oh yeah,
Just one more time

Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer
Now please, please, please
Now hello, well are you going to

Well your mama don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
And your papa don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
If we have another dance, oh yeah,
Just one more time

Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer
Oh let me hear you say you will (say you will)

Won't you put your sweet lips to mine
Won't you say you love me, all of the time

Oh, oh, oh yeah just a little bit longer (whoa yeah)
Now please, please, please
Now hello, well are you going to

Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer
Now please, please, please
Now hello, well are you going to

Well your mama don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
And your papa don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
If we have another dance, oh yeah,
Just one more time

Oh won't you stay, yeah

Oh won't you stay, yeah

Oh won't you stay, yeah

Oh won't you stay

Wish to see it.....

Canada
Greece
Maldives
Mauritius
Nepal
Qatar
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Turkey

Seen it....

Republic of India- 1982, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland- 1984, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (hopefully)
United States of America- 1984, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2006 (hopefully)
Republic of the Philippines- 1987, 1990
Hong Kong- 1987
United Arab Emirates- 1991, 2005
Kingdom of Thailand- 1998, 2001, 2006 (hopefully)
Republic of Singapore- 1998
Canada- 2006

friends.....

why is it that, when you are mad at your friends and they eventually call back to explain themselves, you don't want to hear a word they say?!?

instead, you'd rather just reach out to them through the phone and hug them and kick them in their balls, all at the same time!

hmmm.....friendships.....complex!

For Sadia- I'm waiting ;-)

The journey home is never too long
Your heart arrives before the train
The journey home is never too long
Some yesterdays always remain

I'm going back to where my heart was light
When my pillow was a ship, I sailed through the night

Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah...

The journey home is never too long
When open hearts are waiting there
The journey home is never too long
There's room to love and room to spare
I want to feel the way that I did then
And think my wishes through before I wish again

Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah...

Not every boat you come across is one you have to take
No, sometimes standing still can be the best move you ever make

The journey home is never too long
Comes helps to heal the deepest pain
The journey home is never too long
Your heart arrives before the train

Open up, open up.....

You can be rich
With no money to spend,
You can do everything
When you understand...

You can be mother
When you are a man,
Open up...
You know that you can...

Open your eyes
Open your mind
Open your thoughts
Don't stay behind...
Open up, open up...
Open up, open up...Nescafé

The key is inside you
To open your mind,
You know what is out there
Your heart can't be blind...
Open your eyes
And open your mind
Open your thoughts
Don't stay behind...

Open your eyes
Open your mind
Open your thoughts
Don't stay behind...
Open up, open up...
Open up, open up... Nescafé

Erase all the borders
And start in your head
Open your mind
To thoughts seldom said...
Open your eyes
And open your mind
Open your thoughts
Don't stay behind...

Open your eyes
Open your mind
Open your thoughts
Don't stay behind...
Open up, open up...
Open up, open up...
Open up, open up... Nescafé

Mubarakan!!!

it's great to know that a friend, in who's life you played an important role, is now married!

it's a strange feeling!!!

at one point you wish to go hug and congratulate them and yet, at the other, you know this new twist in their life means that they will set off on yet another journey- a journey where you might not feature as much as before.....

.....guess that's what life is all about- twists and turns!!!

dost, here's wishing you a very happily married life!!!

i'm truly 'Vinod' for you today!!!

Sunsilk

Have you seen the new Sunsilk ad with the women bouncing up and down, tossing and turning- their hair moving to and fro?

The music's amazing!

I just love it!!! So full of energy and life!

If I could.....

Some dreams live on in time forever
Those dreams, you want with all your heart

And I'll do whatever it takes
Follow through with the promise I made
Put it all on the line
What I hoped for at last would be mine

If I could reach, higher
Just for one moment touch the sky
From that one moment in my life
I'm gonna be stronger
Know that I've tried my very best
I'd put my spirit to the test
If I could reach

Some days are meant to be remembered
Those days we rise above the stars
So I'll go the distance this time
Seeing more the higher I climb
That the more I believe
All the more that this dream will be mine

If I could reach, higher
Just for one moment touch the sky
From that one moment in my life
I'm gonna be stronger
Know that I've tried my very best
I'd put my spirit to the test
If I could reach

If I could reach, higher
Just for one moment touch the sky
I'm goona be stronger
From that one moment in my life
I'm gonna be so much stronger yes I am

Know that I've tried my very best
I'd put my spirit to the test

If I could reach higher
If I could, If I could
If I could reach
Reach, I'd reach, I'd reach
I'd reach' I'd reach so much higher
Be stronger

Mt. Sinai Maharani says...

'u hav a resident shaitan in ur libido center'


Hey! Isn't that a great thing? ;-)

Little Black Grape in..... 

.....my Mouth!