A bit of a change with today’s entry, maybe because of my lack of pictures/camera (no funds *sad face*) – if anybody wants to surprise me with a Canon EOS 550d dSLR, I would be ever so

A recent find led me to have a memory filled Sunday; I spent most of the evening in my room looking at pictures of the past 3 years (since graduating from university). I found it strange how the people around me, whom I converse with on a daily basis, were not in my life prior to Q4 2007 or later, and yet funnily enough, it seems as though I have known them all my life. Begs the question, would I be the same person I am today without them around? (Ie: If I took a different route after university).

Our memories together have been amazing to say the least, and despite some not so good periods, I can only say that our bonds (in most cases) have become stronger. With so many of my friends/family graduating this year (insha’Allah), it’s hard to come to terms with the fact things are going to change, but I’m sure the connection will remain… Somewhere… Somehow!

Hmmmm…

Moving on – I have recently been reading/discussing in forums about Religion/Culture clashes, and find that its predominantly the Pakistani Muslims who tend to use their culture as more of a guideline for their way of living, than any other country. I think in most cases this is due to lack of religious education, but this shouldn’t matter, we all have a mind of our own – so if ever led astray, we should be the ones to learn and better ourselves. We just need to know the difference between right and wrong.

With desi-culture rapidly becoming redundant and taken over by the new “modern way of living” I wonder, does this make more room for religion in the future? / Should it make more room for religion in the future? Logically it should.

Change is a horrible thing if the result is negative, but thinking positively we should use it to our advantage, learn from our mistakes, prevent similar situations arising, learn to be patient and deal with issues better… All of which will always have room for improvement, nobody’s perfect.

This leads me to my most recent read ‘Men’ – I mean this is the most heterosexual way possible, so please refrain from jokes, Haha!

I read about a man who believes that men should be more relaxed and have less worry than in previous years, he stated that after millennia of being providers, warriors and leaders we no longer have to slog our guts out being the “bread-winners” if we don’t want to, as we now have a choice.

I guess this is true, but I personally think the “worries” are still there, just for different things, ie: money… material goods etc. also with women working these days, it may be that men don’t have to go out and earn anymore, but I still have it in me that it’s a mans responsibility to provide for the house, does that make me old fashioned?

If it does, so what…!!!

I, like so many others, am understanding that its time to find out who I really am and what I really want/need before I commit to making it happen. How I do that, is another question altogether….