Awesome Photos From Andrew’s Trip To Northern Pakistan

Hey Sweet Hearts 🥰

Hope beating positively on the rhythm of life ♥️

I believe you gonna enjoy today’s post more because it provides some awesome glimpses of higher northern parts of our country Pakistan!  They are new to me as well as we have traveled to Kashmir but not much farther.  Once again heartfelt thanks to dear Sue who brought these stunning and remarkable images to me. Actually one of her close friends Andrew Heppleston has visited Up higher northern areas of Pakistan recently . Andrew joined the tourist group for two weeks trip . Sue found it interesting to share the link of photos with me because she knows that I have great fondness for travel and watching our strikingly beautiful areas of up north. If I haven’t mentioned this before then Sue and I talk on video call once in a while and it’s when she told me about it. I asked her if I can share photos on my blog and she asked Andrew ,special thanks to Andrew who allowed me to do so🙏🥰

I am sharing this message as well in which Andrew has mentioned the names of places he visited.

 Here is what Andrew said about his trip to Pakistan.  "First week we went up the Karakoram Highway ( a 810 miles highway that connects northern Pakistan to western China , the highway is known for the highest paved road in the world ) by jeep into Kashmir in northern Pakistan. Stunning Karakoram Range scenery, good food and really friendly people. High altitude passes, glaciers and trek to Nanga Parbat 8,126m base camp at 3,550m.  Second week in Northern Pakistan we explored the Hunza and Yasin valleys with huge glaciers, landslides and floods. Crossed the infamous 194m Hussaini suspension bridge and zip-lined back."

I found these photos incredible dear friends.it was amazing and such a pleasure to peek in higher and farther parts of my homeland that are famous for their breathtaking beauty throughout the world 🤗🥰♥️

  This photo has my two most favourite things in nature water and mountains,third is man mad but still serves nature’s purpose of connecting two ends , I felt grateful to Andrew while looking at each single image because being from northern part though not that higher I have great affection for these natural phenomena 🥹♥️

 Breathtaking! I used to stare at hills surrounding my village for hours as growing girl,they just fascinate me. They seem to say that a height can be achieved by slow and gradual movement in desired direction!

    I believe this is Andrew Hepleston  standing on Babusar top 13700ft high from sea level. Board behind him is showing names and distance of all places around it. All these places are very popular for national and international tourists. Andrew visited in June yet mountain peaks were still covered with snow which means when other parts were suffering with severely hot weather upper north was cold and pleasant!

   Another excellent shot of bare but very beautiful mountain, they look like their snow melted just a while ago,so neat and stunning 🤗

    Dear Sue had a zoom meeting with me this Saturday so we can go through the photos together,precious Gabi joined us as well. Sue asked why only men are out and no women. I told her that despite things are changing slowly here like other places our country too has few parts where people are conservative and women stay at home mostly. Men are seen out playing,chatting and dancing but women are not allowed to wander around. But it’s not true for all northern places. When we travelled to Kashmir a couple had good chat with hubby throughout the journey and I was happy to see how the wife was participating confidently. It was reflecting how minds are enlightening gradually☺️

    Polo is famous game of higher north here, Shandur polo ground is considered highest polo ground in the world where yearly festival takes place in July in which rival teams compete and cultural events are held. So many tourists go there to attend the festival.

    Ah ,that reminds me my childhood days when one of my uncle had two trucks, both were decorated so beautifully,one was run by eldest cousin.sometimes when trucks would get ready with loads of watermelon we children would rush to the place they were parked and our cousin would hand each with a watermelon.it was fun🤗 I grew up seeing such jewelled trucks and their walls written on wise phrases or best wishes 🥰 I can bet that such decorated trucks and beautiful uplifting quotes would have inspired so many who encountered with them. Talking with personal experience and observations! I consider this part of our culture not just fascinating but very important contribution to senses and perception of the people ♥️👍

    Very familiar sight as I grew up in tiny village. I recall those old beautiful days when people were much more close to each other and nature . After the harvest people would help each other out to carry such hay stocks or dry crop loads to drop at covered areas so rain can’t spoil them . In return people were favoured by similar help or portions of grans. Things are changed back in my town now as machines have replaced the people.but in rural areas progress is slow until now.thanks to hubby who recognised the corn man is carrying. Yes in thirty two years few things are blurred 😅

Another gorgeous truck embellished stunningly 👌♥️ it has three phases,first most above says “ God’s will “ prefers to faith that this journey from start to finish is on God’s will whether safe or harm everything is because God wants so! Second in Arabic on windscreen says” God is the best provider” 🙏 third below on the windscreen is a praise for the town driver belongs to it says long live town of  ,sorry couldn’t get the name correctly 😔 everything so positive and sweet isn’t it 🤗

I didn’t know but according to dear friend Sue Andrew told her that these horses were being taken to polo ground for the game. I wonder how that vehicle carried many horses and still running,maybe they don’t weigh more as I think they should be 

   Around the world people living in higher parts of the land look different than rest who live in plain land , this is really fascinating how nature favours everything in their growth so they can fit in and survive in certain places and conditions 🥰 this is view of simple family life with less opportunity to earn more. Talking through personal observations of past village life. Many men worked hard in fields, men with no piece of land did labour work in surrounding areas. Some flee to the big cities like my father to earn bread and few went to other countries of Middle East.

I assume this is Buddha’s temple from two thousand years back,such temples are scattered around the country but sadly not much cared by authorities specifically in northern parts.  This is impressive how Buddha’s message of love and peace was delivered throughout the subcontinent !

I think Andrew has captured a family sitting front of their house, it’s lovely picture despite lady has covered her face .what I find nice is that in June they have worn the warm clothes,how cool 🤗 we feel imprisoned in compressing excessive heat in June instead 😭but I am happy for them at least 🙏🥹♥️

                              A cute child with a pretty hat 🥰👍 

  Sue could spot a hut beside the water and I wish I could have stayed there for a while 🤗 such an elegant and tranquil place,captured with mastery I believe 🥹♥️

    Great. Shot of a man who reminded me of some old British army in red uniform with massive beard,I think i might saw that in some historical Netflix show

   Looks like it had been a water passage for long time but now water flows through it only in rainy seasons or when ice melts in summers ,I love that snowy peaks though 🥰

                   A busy bridge ,must be quite populated area 

     Mesmerising scenery and  intriguing  pattern of mountains that provoke curiosity to know how it formed that way, I mean very spiky peaks😄

A busy road indeed, maybe seeing cattle on busy road is rare sight for you but it’s pretty common here except the few big cities,everything though adds vibrancy of life to the this image 🤗👌♥️

    Captivating and spectacular view 😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️♥️ worth framing 🥰 fiery sunset colour has created a magical affect in this capture 🥹♥️loved it ♥️👍

    A sweet waving by little fairies,look how cute and pretty they look 🤗🥰♥️ so much happiness and excitement in their eyes and innocent smiles 🥰 may life treat these precious souls kindly ♥️🙏🥹♥️

Thank you for being with me so far dear Friends 🙏♥️

Your support is my strength 🥹🥰♥️

Please share your thoughts about Andrew’s photos,I am thankful he allowed me to post them on my blog ♥️🙏

Health,peace and happiness to you and to all you love 🥰♥️🙏

Happy Birthday And Some Beautiful Photos

 

Hello kind hearts 🥰

Hope beating on the rhythm of life with positivity and hope regardless of  odds 🙏

If you think I am bit late please accept my apologies. As you know that winter means a mild weather which allows people to visit each other often and attend family functions and gatherings. We are in the same situation these days dear friends.Even right now I am having guest at home .

On pleasant note dear Gabi our son’s girlfriend had a birthday on 7th of October 🥰 Dear Sue shared with me a clip of video of birthday gathering which is so sweet of her🤗🙏

I will trying to visit your blogs asap . Sharing a beautiful photo of birthday girl with her sweet boyfriend 🥰🥹♥️

Happy Birthday To Dear Gabi ,Wishing both of them a happy and prosperous life ameeen🥰🙏♥️

This photo is shared by younger son who visited some interesting place with friends,sorry forgot the name ,loved him looking at Buddha smilingly 🥹♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

                Our last day at out most favourite rental this year during summer trip to Islamabad 🥰

Taken in a saint’s shrine my friend asked me to visit while she was staying at our apartment,it was two to three kilometres away from where we stayed.I liked it’s  elegant architecture and soothing colour 🥰

     Few pictures of flowers I took during our evening walks in Islamabad 

                                         Isn’t it delightful 🤗

     One of the my most favourite flowers,they appear in our yard in mild weather but in Islamabad they were bloomed in July ♥️

       If I can remember correctly  dear friend Sue has shared the lovely sunset from one of the her trips 

                                           This gorgeous bloom smiled in our yard this summer 

            Lake view park Islamabad, a beautiful day and tranquil nature offers deep sense of healing 🥹

Heartfelt thanks for being with me precious friends, and thank you for all the supportive words you leave in comments 🥰🙏 I really appreciate your kindness  🙏♥️

Health ,peace and happiness to you and loved ones 🙏🥰

Freedom ! A poem by Me

He  was weird he was strange 

Tried hard though couldn’t change 

His  stupid  habit  of  loving  all 

Without boundaries 

Without man made wall

Some people would look him down 

For many he was such a clown 

Always ready to give up his will

Just to make others feel chilled 

It would leave some people annoyed 

Some puzzled and some surprised 

How a such thing is even credible ?

Doesn’t he  wanted to be respectable ?

Doesn’t he have some cast or name ?

With everyone this man is the same !

Most imprisoned in chains so hefty 

Couldn’t imagine that he was free 

From the shackles of  discrimination 

Cradling in the lap of realisation 

Of being able to see beyond closed doors 

Governing everything underlying force 

A Sad Transition Of Places Where Common People Lived Differently

 Hello Beautiful Souls ♥️

Hope finding life interesting despite all odds around the world!

I often think about the days of innocence that I lived not long ago. I think it’s just hardly three decades ago when world was peaceful place as compared to today. I mean don’t you feel that certain desperation , ruthlessness and selfishness have been rapidly growing recently?

I know that world was never a utopian place ever since it’s been created. But things were not that bad,specially before the arrival of media and internet. Like everything is made in pair knowledge comes with price  of depression,anxiety and constant stress over what is happening and what can happen next . When look carefully it seems so obvious that few power seeking individuals are pushing the world to the edge of destruction!

Anyway I was thinking about days of innocence. Actually hubby and me watch an interview show regularly,one episode daily while having our morning tea.  The guest actor was answering why new movies are not being made in Pakistan anymore. Specially when our country had fair and very successful history of creating beautiful and great movies rich in cultural flavours and moral values.The golden age of Pakistani movies is considered from 1960 to 1980. The guest replied that the downfall of success ratio accrued when basic way of entertainment available to the masses was snatched away by capitalism. The old cinema building were demolished or converted into something else. Those cinemas were easier and cheapest source for the public to escape the physical and mental hurdles of reality struggles . The new movie theatre were built in the other highly maintained locations called cineplex situated in shopping malls. Such places are great attractions for rich to show off but are simply beyond the approach of common people specially the labourers and those working on daily wages.  This was heartbreaking change for those who were deeply attached to this mode of entertainment since years . This shift hurt the self confidence and self esteem of a common man. He felt that he was unable to provide his family a simple way of pleasure and enjoyment!

Today only some can take advantage of cineplexes that are few and in big cities only. Filmmakers spend so much on making and marketing but loosing main audience is stopping them from making new movies.

Hubby and me have talked on this topic many times before,  specially when we go to cinema in Islamabad and watch movie. It makes me feel sad because I remember that not much longtime ago I also once was among those people who would enjoyed going cheap cinema on regular basis for long. Yes as I mentioned many times that I belonged to lower middle class family but luckily my parents and hubby’s as well fond of cinema. Both families were neighbours for few years . I was little girl then ,according to hubby less than six maybe. My parents and his parents both loved watching films. And because it was only way to enjoy after hectic day so it was a regular routine after dinner to watch movie together .Even this  small city had three cinemas can you believe. Our families would repeat the movie if all three movies in different places were watched. These are the memories told by hubby. When we moved to our native village my parents visited hubby’s family once or twice a year. So in my memory chest I too have very shiny pearls when we would stay here for a month or two during summer holidays ( my mom hated increasing heat afterwards but she said back then heat was bearable so she wouldn’t mind to stay for a while) 

We would spend days in playing with girl cousins but evenings would bring lots of vibration of family get together and outing adventure of movie watch. We children feel so excited about our coming adventure. Elders would get busy in choosing what to wear.Dinner was made and served before 8pm and everybody was dressed up and ready to go for theatre.That  joy and excitement was something so priceless I miss today. It makes me think how important is being carefree attitude in life and having days of innocence when our minds were pure and quiet,no noise of worries or unrest in emotions because thousands of crazy things to deal with.

I wonder if you all or few friends have witnessed similar or any other kind of such sad  transition ?

Thanks for bearing with me dear friends 🥰🙏

Health Peace and Happiness to you all and to all you love 🥰♥️🙏

Non perfectionist

Today the morning  was pleasant but as sun grew up weather felt hot. Despite it’s raining here and there little bit our October is warm ☹️

After morning chores in the kitchen and reciting for an hour hubby and me took our morning tea. Then hubby left for groceries and I went to kitchen.  I had to make dough prepared for lunch time so I picked up the big pan ,pour the wheat flour in it without straining ( I don’t use strainer to keep the fiber saved .I started to  make  dough , and then I left it in the middle undone( I learned accidentally long ago that this way dough is made more soft and flexible),covered the dough pan and  turned towards the sink where freshly spoiled cups and tea pot were waiting to be washed. I started to wash them and suddenly I felt a smile inside my heart. I realised that I was never perfectionist in this business of dish washing ☺️  Actually while washing my aunt ( mom’s sister)and one of my sisters in law (hubby’s brother’s wife ) came into my mind . Both were considered best in keeping the dishes not just neat but very shiny . My aunt was kind of mad about keeping dishes untouched once they were washed by her . I would visit her once or twice a day when I was little till my mid teens ( she died before I was sixteen in childbirth) . I would see how she would rub her dishes intensely and will hide them away so no one can use them. She would do so when kids are around whether her own or visitors. Once they would leave she would take out and place them on their proper place. If any kid would come and try to grab the bowl to have water aunt would shout and run to stop. That would make me laugh always. Basically I wouldn’t understand why she was so obsessed with keeping dishes cleaned. And secondly I hadn’t seen my mom or other aunts doing so. 

After my marriage I observed same thing in one of my sisters in law . She seemed more concerned about dishes actually. She would rub them so hard that her cooking pots and dishes would get shrunk and holes soon. When she would visit me and ask me to rub dishes harder I would reply that I don’t think it’s necessary because I have cleaned them as much they were needed to be cleaned. I could feel she would not look happy about it. 

She surly thought how non perfectionist I was 😬 

So when it comes to dish washing I wash them until I find they are cleaned totally and that’s it . I don’t want to waste my energy and time on something which is not important to me. 

I don’t feel guilty for it but I wonder what you my wise friends think or say about it. Have you noticed someone with such extreme habit to do something?

Thank you for bearing with me in my simple world precious people 🥰🙏

God Bless You All !🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💕🥰

Some Beautiful Quotes

Thank you for bearing with me dear friends, I had a busy week so couldn’t think of topic to write about. Sharing some beautiful thoughts from sublime minds who inspired the world 🥰

God bless you all and to all you love 🥰🙏♥️

Good News And Self Healing According To Ancient Wisdom

 

Hey Sweet Hearts 🥰

Hope beating beautifully with hope and strength on the rhythm of life 🙏♥️

I want thank you all my wonderful friends who visit and  share their thoughts , I really appreciate and value your support and I feel strengthened by your kindness you all show in your heartfelt words dear friends!  This blog is my very personal space where I share my heart with my friends and I love this ! 

In prior to previous post I have shared how I have received a threatening email from google that  my storage in google photos and email is full and I have two options first I should manage the storage by deleting videos and large files and cleaning email box or I should pay for additional storage.  Most of my friends said it was fake email and I wanted to believe it I felt slightly uncertain too because I had never received such email before. Anyway in short by the grace of God my younger son who is in Karachi due to he studies in university promised to help me on Sunday. When he called first thing he did was to guide me how to share screen. And it make rest piece of cake . But one thing that  my son noticed instantly that my google photos has been added with three Hollywood movies recently. When he told me that I was shocked because I would never do such a thing. Luckily during this youngest son passed by and asked what’s wrong, When his elder brother asked him if he had uploaded movies to the google photos. Youngest son replied no , “but yes I have insert my sim in mom’s phone  ( since he has lost his phone lost in Islamabad he uses mine and I use my iPad) and uploaded them in my account. Younger son said that you uploaded them in mom’s account because it was her phone. I deleted those movies immediately and younger son asked me to check my storage once again. And yes I have got my storage back thankfully. But at heart I was bit embarrassed that I couldn’t noticed extra movies videos in my google photos. The fear of looking my account and photos particularly has panicked me and blurred senses couldn’t notice the videos right existing front of me. How scary is being panicked in delicate situations I realised later 😔

I am thankful to younger son who has always helped me with such difficult situations since his elder brother has left to abroad! He also made me WhatsApp on my iPad which lessoned my phone requirement. Hubby is waiting for some version of phone which is expected in two months probably. He will then buy youngest son his new phone hopefully!

Dear friends today sharing a video of ancient wisdom that reveals how  God has given healing in our own hands. There are numerous various pressure points in our bodies that if press correctly can help one to heal from certain symptoms and aches within seconds. I have had felt heaviness and pain throughout my body always due to lack of essential vitamins about which I had no knowledge before. I learned and used a technique from this video in which I sat straight and hold my both hands like fist .then I took deep breaths for three minutes continuously. It worked wonderfully and after a while I felt very and peaceful! Though video is in Hindi but it has big subtitles. You can watch in instalments if interested in learning self healing according to ancient wisdom!

Thank you so much for bearing with me kind friends 🥰🙏

Health ,peace and happiness to you and to all you love !🥰🙏

A Journey To Nowhere poem by me

 When she awoke was completely in the dark 

Without any clue of light    and spark 

She  didn’t know what was that place 

And she didn’t know what she was 

Could be a desert or could be a room 

Loveliness , suffocating and gloom 

All she could hear ,her own breath 

But she did not know life or death 

She was certain   of that she is !

Though rest of everything was a mist

Wondering in awe and uncertainty 

Maybe that’s it ,till eternity 

She waited with urge to see

What she was and what could be 

Then with the help of hurts and lack 

Time created in the wall some cracks 

Her first introduction to the  light 

She realized that she had a sight !

Nurtured by her curiosity to know 

Her realization irresistibly  grow

It took ages but she broke all walls 

 First everything looked pretty overall 

Despite of the  ups and downs 

Worth wearing was life ‘s crown 

This  feeling gave her sense of liberation 

Her tools were compassion and imagination 

She thought she was good as nurse 

So why life will give her any curse 

She didn’t know that life is game like test

She challenges no matter how best 

Every moment and every day 

For what you get you have to pay

To save herself from any harm 

She  thought place of high and calm

She created her nest so high 

So she can avoid the sorrow near by

But she forgot when see from top 

Whole reality is in your grasp!

Peacefully sipping a cup of tea 

Seems impossible when you see 

People below are in so much pain 

This makes peace of  one’s soul drain !

It’s not only world outside 

Same thing  true world  inside 

Have you pondered on your thoughts as whole?

Pulling us in  numerous black holes 

Falling in can be risky or fun 

If you have a “ self control “ none 

Once she got this game as whole 

Rest was spent in how to “ hold”

But  it wasn’t just black hole’s pull 

Everything around appeared like insane bull

A comment, a gesture, a smile or look 

Can push her in a darkened brook

It could be fixed with meditation 

Confronted with next examination 

She could sense another intrude 

This time it was her own “food “

Though she was tired of constant struggle 

Thought it might be  last to tackle 

She  kept check on what she eat 

This  made her feel good at least 

All she did for one  true feeling 

Which seemed  only thing  as Healing!

In this world of full of choices 

She chose  “Faith “ to rejoice!

Faith in someone so Supreme 

Who created everything from his Gleam 

She doesn’t not understand His ways 

All  she knows  Above He stays 

This  liberates  her from the dope 

She can believe in “try” Pry “ and Hope!

Heart Talk

 Hey kind people 🥰

Hope spreading your light around you blissfully 🤗♥️

I am sorry if I am falling  behind in my posts. As I said the current situation in my homeland had made everyone feel sad ! The videos and photos say that people who lost their homes , animals and belongings will suffer for long to reach the point where they can feel normal or settled again. These days I felt strong urge if there was some NGO in our city who would want to help victims,I would have been very happy to gather some help with others to send to them! But I don’t  think if such a thing exists here.  If one are two city has they operate school systems for primary classes only.There are other two reasons to delay my guests and a mental trauma I went through because of an email from google. My eldest sister in law (hubby’s sister) came to stay for two days and one night. She comes after some months so we had some nice light chat and I tried to serve her good meals. She was in her teens when she had been married to a village farmer. He was tough man to live with because of his very dominant attitude and quarrelsome nature.  She was widowed one year back. But her test stays with her as she has a mentality disabled son. He is in mid twenties but depends on his mother for all physical care. I feel happy when she manages to take break and comes for one or two days. A little time to breathe and relax 🥹 Good thing is that she likes to watch old indian and Pakistani movies. And we have fifty inches tv which becomes a good source for her to enjoy 🤗 This makes me happy when look at her sitting leisurely without worrying about anything 🥰

She left today and I am writing this post after taking a twenty minute nap 😅

Second reason is horrible (for me at least) , I don’t know if I mentioned before that being a housewife I hardly keep check on my email. When I opened it few days back there was an email from google of August saying that “ your google photos and gmail account will be deleted  in 11 days ,  manage your account and delete videos and photos or get more space by paying “  with thought of deleting videos and photos I felt terrible and ran to email box to delete extra unwanted content. But was shocked to see that despite google told me same thing I knew already my inbox page is not showing button of “select all” which made me feel miserable. Anyway I went to manage box shown in the email and deleted the videos 😭😭😭😭😭😢 worst part that today it was written again on my gmail page that 80% storage is full. I opened inbox and started to delete messages one by one 😞😥

Dear friends if you know what to do please share ! I forgot to take picture of the email I received sadly. I am unable to unsubscribe sites I have joined long long ago because they ask sign in and password which is another issue because I don’t remember the password I used long time ago ☹️

At the end of this post I am sharing two disturbing photos of my recent shingles disease. It’s before and after pic .you can avoid if want to. I am sharing only if anyone felt curious how it looked.

Before

                                                                   

Thank you so much for being with me precious friends 🥰🙏

God bless you all 🙏♥️

Health,peace and happiness to you and to all you love 🥰♥️🙏

Floods And Gabi The Script Supervisor ♥️

Hello Beautiful Hearts🥰 

Hope  beating with hope and faith despite all the ups and downs life brings ! 

I am little late for my weekly post sorry!  It’s just situation caused by cruel weather conditions has made me feel low these days. Hundred and thousands of people have been shifted to shelters because their villages and towns are almost drowned. More rains have been predicted. All the rivers are overflowing and water is entering in area near by in miles unfortunately. Some parts of the cities are included as well . The floods have been declared worst in the history after 1954. Our river Indus is supposed to get maximum water on 6th September,around 9 to 10 lac cusec . We live 29km away from sukkur where Indus River passes by. We haven’t received any warning yet but there seems intensity in the environment. All we the people can do is wait and hope for things will not go to extreme 🙏☹️

I couldn’t think of anything better than beautiful pictures dear Sue shared last week. Actually I have thought that I will write about it on 7th of the October On Gabi’s birthday 🤗 but to lighten up the gravity of this post I am going to share it today.Hope you will enjoy 🥰

My eldest Ashen and Gabi at night of the screening 

Gabi’s parents Sue and John and my son attended the screening party of the short film made by Gabi that has entered in few festivals. GabiGabrielWood is working in film industry as script supervisor since she was eighteen. Sue told and my son Ahsan as well that it’s pretty tough and demanding job because She has to be very careful about the continuity of the project. Isn’t it quite inspiring 🤗🥰👍

Sue took shot when Ahsan was recording Gabi talking to a director on stage. I am already feeling feeling very much inspired by Sue and John and how wonderfully they carry their life . Gabi indeed inherited this amazing talent to grow and groom  from her parents 😊👌♥️ I truly feel proud of her 🥹🥰♥️  she will be busy in creation of her new project in this month which is next season of Horrible Histories! 

 

Heartfelt thank you to all for being with me dear friends and leaving such heartwarming comments on my precious post🙏

You guys are so generous and amazing 🥹🙏🥰♥️

I feel blessed to have you all by my side 🥹🙏

Sending heartfelt best wishes,lots of love and prayers 🙏♥️♥️♥️

Stay Safe ,Stay Healthy 🙏♥️