Hoping to be human someday!

The Origin of SAWJ

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

This may be the last of cheerful posts for a while as hopefully Muharram starts on Monday and then I’ll be running Zakir Naik’s ass all over the place, as promised to someone. :)

And I’ve quit smoking so be happy guys! :P

And be happy too that the Los Angeles Lakers brought the 19-game winning streak of the Boston Celtics to a halt on Christmas. Yippee-kaiyeay (find rest of the sentence at the end of any Die-Hard movie)! ;)

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I’ve always been one of those guys who wanted to be cool. At times, I would try and make cool things out of my name. One of them was summing up my initials to see what they formed, i.e., SAWJ.

But I wasn’t happy with it then. I mean, it does sound cheesy. :D

Khair, I was on a similar mission during my Intermediate years, trying to make something cool out of it. And then I discovered that SAWJ could be distorted to sound “savage”. ;)

So I made an email address as lethallysawj@hotmail.com and asked all my friends to pronounce it lethallysavage@hotmail.com. But friends can be real assholes and they did the exact opposite. They started teasing me by the name SAWJ.

As time passed, I actually started to like it. It was unique and it did give me a sense of closeness to my friends. And now I’ve become used to it. Almost all the dudes call me that now.

Now, I am…SAWJ!

But that don’t mean I don’t like my real and full names. Because they are my identity. My pride. Hell, if I tell you guys the real meaning of my first name, you will all call me a heretic and send a suicide bomber over. :P

SAWJ also acts as a cover for my real name, a box which protects the valuables.

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Cheesy post? Sorry! :)

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UPDATE: I forgot to write this. :D

My new jacket has been acting as my second skin these days. I wear it all the time, everyone’s praised it and it’s very cool! Cost me 3000 ruppees and my father was well-beyond angry. I saw a leather jacket at the shop too, made of sheep-skin and still smelling of sheep. It was 6000 ruppees! Had I bought that, my father would’ve made a jacket out of SAWJ-skin!

There’s something good about us…

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

I was asked to write on the topic

There’s something good about us…

Well i would like to recall here two incidents showing that there is indeed good about us, among us, within us! These incidents did not occur with me but they show the love and humanity in us as a nation.

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On May 7, 2004, congregational Friday prayers were being offered in Masjid-e-Hyderi belonging to the Shia sect, inside Sindh Madrassah-tul-Islam, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s alma mater.

Suddenly, there was a blast inside the mosque, killing and injuring many.

The blast was heard in a neighboring Sunni Barelvi masjid. The Imam of that masjid addressed the gathering to leave their prayers immediately and to rush and help their Shia brethren.

The death toll in this blast was 25, with 100 injured. This was the first big blast in a series which would haunt the country for the next 3 years.

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On May 30th, 2005, two more bombers tried to enter the Imambargah-e-Madina-tul-Ilm during Maghrib prayers. The Sunni policemen posted at the gates tried to stop them. Upon resistance, one bomber opened fire. In the gun battle that ensued, one bomber and two policemen died. The other bomber managed to enter and blew himself up.

The two Sunni policemen gave their lives in the line of duty, to protect the citizens of Pakistan, irrespective of cast, color or creed.

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Forget your sects, forget your nationalities, put everything aside for the sake of your country. Learn something from the example above, set by the Imam of the masjid, the worshippers and the two policemen. May Allah bless them for their good deeds, in the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) and His Family (A.S.)!