Asalamulakium and hello everyone, today i thought to take some time out and shed some light on my 365 photography project and just a little something about 2012.

okay, the above picture was captured on 1/1/2012 and is part of my 365 series, i have almost stopped uploading and updating it on my blog mainly cuz i am not really able and not really sure to do it on dialy basis on my bog, beside that the project is all set and fired everyday on my facebook may be someday i will do a BEST OF 365 on my blog

now something for 2012, so i am pretty much clear and focused and here is how.

“as most of us, I too want to be successful and to define it in one word, then its all about balance. I want to be spiritually, mentally, physically, economically and socially well balanced. I am focused on keeping a very balanced perspective in my life. Want to be intellectually growing, socially interactive, economically independent and progressive. Spiritually growing, physically fit. We just cant focus on work alone, although work is very important. We need to focus on all the things that in unison can lead to good things.”

thats all about it. and pretty much sure i am gona achieve what i am aiming for

Happy new year

With a heavy heart, I condole the death of Mr. Rauf Khalid in a car accident yesterday. He’s from Peshawar, was residing in Islamabad and died en route to Lahore on the motorway yesterday that is Thursday 24th of November 2011. Apparently his car tire burst and he smashed into the dividing fence.

i have nothing here to share, not even a single photograph. During my one year academic year at NICS where he taught us “script writing”, i never got the chance to capture him in my camera, i asked him once, he said “naved, when i am free we shall do it in the woods”..

Dear sir !

“I am very sad, but i am lucky to be one of your student. what a loss. May you be blessed sir. May Allah be pleased with you, as we were whenever we had a chance to see you and talk to you. you were charming, handsome and inspirational. may you inspire God as well, amen.”

i will share some of his words that truly inspire everyone of us in our batch.

“We are not responsible fro why people don’t understand whats in our heart- that is their limitation not ours. We understand ourselves and know the intensity of our own emotions- why people cant be true in love is because we don’t want them to be so, the reason is simple, we are the people. – Rauf Khalid”

“You are the master of your life. It does not belong to someone else and ideally it should not be in someone else’s hands. Ironically this world and especially our part is not very ideal but at the same time all is not evil. So hope should be the word that needs to guide us. Many gates of life always remain open and the wrong ones keep closing down automatically -Rauf Khalid”

“One should ‘never take life for granted’. The Universe cannot offer a bigger gift than life. Every micro second is precious and will never come again.”

“Love is the soul of the Universe and we are all parts of the Universe no matter how tiny or negligible we may be – we are the Universe- the drivers of love and love has no boundaries. – Rauf Khalid”

“ I don’t believe in the phrase,  ‘everything is fair in love & war.’ I think one should be extremely truthful, exceedingly forgiving and exceptionally caring in love and war. – Rauf Khalid ”

and then one of my favorite

“I will always be in love- for love is the soul of the Universe; it will still be there after the Universe has died. For the reason, that the spirit lives on even after the body has died. By: Sir Rauf Khalid.”

may you be in great peace. amen

When tomorrow starts without me
Don’t think we are far apart
For everytime you think of me
I am right in your heart

went to Lahore last week with my dear for his debut video edit, Lahore for me is always fascinating have no idea why since this is my 2nd visit ever in my life, my trip was quite short went on friday came back on sunday. but hoping to go there again soon for a longer period of time inshallah

below are only two pics that i shoot in Lahore of my two buddies Asad and Affan

and

Please Mr. President – I beg you to leave the Presidential house, YOU KNOW that you do not deserve it
please I beg you on behalf of the 18 carore people of Pakistan
we love you Mr. President but think about Pakistan
you love America, go you America – we have no problems with America
or with any one
America is a friend
no issues
but
we want a stronger Pakistan
does America want a weaker Pakistan
?
??
no America says we want a stable Pakistan in the region
so
let us make it stronger
lets us take these words from a Friend
let us hand in hand with America
Make Pakistan Stronger
even better
so please leave the seat and let us young Pakistanis solve our problems

you want money, take as much money as you want.. but please leave the house and let us do our job

The human being is ever carving for company in this seven colored world. O Lord ! where is a companion for the soul? Let this world descend from my sight, the way sun and moon descend beneath the horizon, let a day appear before me that does not belong to the passing time.

O Lord ! You are my beloved. Your face is my faith and my Quran. Let me see it, for the sun doesnt lose anything by giving out its rays. A passionate soul like mine is not to be found in this age when people are held back by reason. So light up the darkness of my heart with your light like a moon.

O Lord ! we yearn to see you but cannot see. Take away our blindness, speak to us and take us beyond the world of today and tomorrow! take us beyond the world of the moon and stars.

O Lord ! i am a mortal and my light is like a short lived spark before your everlasting illumination. Make me imortal and grant me the strength to tread upon the path that you have laid open before me.

Make my book easy for the youth to understand, for I am going to tell of another world. (Allama Iqbal, excerpt from Javiad Nama)

- what a beautiful piece of writing.

yes friends you guessed it right !! , i am going to start writing again the above lines gave me great source of inspiration to come back to what i used to do before, writing has always been a great way of experessing my inner self and illuminating the light of my soul thank you Dear Iqbal i wish to see my self as your Shaheen Inshallah

hello there the above photograph was taken back in Doha i guess somewhere in November 2009 at corniche early in the morning and i remember before i was leaving fadey called me up and asked me if he could join or not and later he wasnt able cuz his dad hide his sweet heart corolas keys ahah thats was a really funny thing back then in doha with fawad

ok ok what else.. well nothing special just thought to write up something here in my blog, hmm well as of today then Facebook, youtube and flickr is blocked here in Pakistan yaay we rock..lol well for me flickr and youtube are like hard infact impossible to live without.. but lets see and hope that authorities on both sides gets a life and sort out the issues as soon as possible

tommorrow is friday and i m hoping that ill for sure come up with a Friday Wisdom Post inshallah

till then take care

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