Good times and Bad / Love him not his Wallet

I am free now but hardly feel so. The burden of bad papers is weighing down on me. Each has been worse than the last. To add insult to the injury, my article didn’t get published in Dawn though the editor said they liked it and WOULD publish it. I feel dejected.

I have to send in the Unilever application today and don’t feel braggy at all. I wonder why companies and universities ask you to write these egoistic essays. They are a blow to modesty.

Little refusals do affect one after all.

Moving on to better things I had a blast with my buddies yesterday. The fact that I had two papers the next day some how did not prevent me from having fun

My friends are a talented bunch. ZT is doing her ACCA, Bee’s a textile designer, Ash’s a dentist and Lucky is the lead vocalist, Hive o 5ive. Incidentally the band’s Marketing Manager is yours truly.

The talk turned to guys as it invariably does if you’ve studied in girls only all your life My friends feel men and infidelity go together. I disagree.

It’s the way you make him feel. If you cherish him and nurture him, make him feel special, he’ll never go astray. But if you nag and discourage or are suspicious of his every move, he’s bound to feel claustrophobic.

But there are always exceptions. Guys do cheat but then so do girls.

Furthermore we, girls have this tendency to measure a guy’s bank balance and not his heart. Money is all very good but are you gonna spend the whole night talking to his money or cracking jokes with it as you take a walk in the rain? The little pleasures in life don’t need money. How will a guy feel about your relationship if he knows you married him for money? And that the person that he is doesnt mean anything to you?

Love him not his wallet.

We’re in love with the feeling of being in love. True love happens when that feeling of love fades away - and you still stick with each other.

Every moment is not magic. It’s up to you to make ‘em magical

“And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves that you may dwell in tranquillity with them and He has put love and mercy between your hearts: verily in that are signs for those who reflect.” (Surah Al Rum 30:21)

The Desire to Sell Soaps

I have this unyielding desire to sell soaps. And for that matter shampoos. And not just any soap and shampoo. It has to be either P & G or Unilever.

Lifebuoy, anyone? Nawww

But hey wait, isn’t lifebuoy Unilever too?

At the end of the day lifebuoy or lux are all soaps after all. Why then do I desire to sell something so inane? What kind of freaking society is this that finds selling soaps glamourous? Why is it prestigious to work in a blue chip company and immature to “do your own thing”?

[Rant and rave because P &G didn't accept you. If they did, you would've sold soaps for the rest of your life happily ever after]

Speaking on a serious note, I think that providing society quality products that it needs at low prices is a noble service. Look at hindustan Lever in India, what services they have rendered for the villages. Actually thats what i would have LOVED to have done. Make these greedy multinationals good corporate citizens of the world. And precisely thats why I chose External Relations at P & G because I wanted to work on their wonderful programs - building schools in Muzaffarabad for the earthquake victims, the READ foundations and donations of medical equipment for neonates.

Sadly, it didn’t work out.

InshAllah, God has other plans for me.