Friday, November 28, 2008

FINDING FORRESTER

The word agoraphobia is a greek word which means fear of market place. This anxiety disorder involves the fear of experiencing a panic attack.A disorder common in both the part played as Forester and J.D. Salinger , they both loved writing but wrote for themselves only, writing was a pleasure but sharing was not. Forrester and J.D. Salinger published only one book in their whole career. The film partly shows the life of J.D. Salinger when he drops from the face of the earth.

Monday, October 20, 2008

SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT: Enemy

The anti-European feeling is very strong among the Burmese people, as they believe that all Europeans to be their oppressors.The burmese were handicap in front of the opposing military force of the White men. If on one hand Orwell shows his sympathy towards the burmese, on the other he also notes that they insult them whenever it seems safe to do so, and always had a feeling of insecurity around them. Lastly Orwell consider himself stuck between his loyalty to Britain and his sincere dislike of British imperialism. As he prepares to shoot the elephant, Orwell mentions several times that he does not want to shoot the elephant in his heart, since the elephant is calm and does not pose any threats to the community. but he had to shoot the elephant, because the Burmese people expect a British officer such as him to be tough and oppressive, he considered imperialism as his enemy since it took away his own thinking and forced him to do things so he can satisfy peoples expectations.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

best summer day

It was a beautiful sunny spring day.The marvelous sparkling newness that always surprised after the long evenings and cold nights. The snows were gone for another year. Though they had a unique charm, always relieved to see new growth break through the bleak whiteness of the surrounding hills. i took a little time to catch my breath. The sun smiled reflecting the crystal pure water of the lake which sparkled like million little daimonds . A 'plopping' sound as a fish breaks the surface and ripples widening out. At the edge of the lake now, the pebbles under our feet, that could be felt crunches.A day which comes once in a blue moon to have so much fun when everything was timed to be perfect .

Monday, September 8, 2008

HOW AS A MOTHER I FEEL WHILE MAKING SEHRI

Now the Ramadan has started and me being the mother has to prepare the two important meals.It's easier at Iftar time but at Sehri it is difficult. First of all getting up early while watching the rest sleep peacefully ,"Hello! i could use some help here". Anyways, as i move into the kitchen and start making chapatis, but before that keeping food into the microwave for preheating. My head keeps turning right after every five minutes to recheck the time .After the food is ready to serve, that is not it ,i still have to make tea since me and my husband have a habit of having morning tea and then a glass of milk for my children. Now that every thing is prepared , I have to go and wake my family up. In case of my husband, "no problem".All i have to do is call his name once ,but "God !can somebody else wake my children up."i just feel helpless when it come to them . I go upstairs, wake them up once , come down and then have to keep reminding them 3-4 times from the kitchen , my throat just drys off. After everybody sets on the table , we eat , then pray and then get back to our normal day routine.

Ramadan is a month of blessings, so i get reward from "Allah"on preparing Sehri. Apart from this i don't want my family to fast empty stomach, what if they fall sick? These are the two reasons which keeps me motivated to do this exercise every morning.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

FACTS ABOUT ME

I am Maleeha , a flexible person and I don't think anyone ever had a problem dealing with me but for me it is rather challenging to handle people who are rude or posers. I try to be invisible when it comes to emotions since I don't want people to feel pity for me. Now this is an odd one , it is to some extent difficult for me to refuse when someone asks for a favour , I know it's good to be helpful but sometimes it can be painful. Another thing about me is that I am not confident about my ideas of writing. I feel the reader might think its stupid. Lastly a crazy one about me is that i am one of those people who just can't watch horror movies , in case i do then i might have to go through insomnia for a week. Yes, it does mean i am extremely emotional and imagen whatever happens on the big screen in front does make sense.