Timeline (Phases & stuff too)

Okay, so most of you probably know what a timeline is. Since I think you should get to know me better, I've set up a timeline of myself! And, being adolescents and stuff, we have our phases. Some embarrassing, some cool, some lame, some funny. Here are most of the phases I had. Hope you enjoy it :)




Okay, so this picture is of when I was born. This is my grandmother! (For the Pakistanis, my Dadi.)




This picture is from when I was around 9-10 months old. Yes, I was very, very chubby. And huge.


Growing up. I think this is one of the only pictures of myself in Kindergarten that I have. Oh, and the other kid, hes my younger brother :) Im on the right, btw.
(7 years old)







My first spiky haircut! (13 years old)



Bangs Phase. Lol, I actually thought this looked good. All i can say is, I was really dumb. Thank God a friend of mine, who I've blogged about here, made me get out of this phase hahaha. (Fourteen years old)



The Hoodie Phase. I got my first ever awesome hoodie as a birthday gift, and I suddenly started to fancy them a lot. Err... yeah dont ask. Lol.

Okay, now, comes a phase which is extremely hard to explain. Do any of you know what Parkour is? Yeah. I had a Parkour phase too. For those of you who dont know, its basically being all daredevil-ish and doing stunts to get past things. Also jumping up and down walls. Yes, pretty much sounds like what a monkey does, but hey, Youtube it, its really cool.


This is a picture of when I was fifteen, from my building, back in Sharjah, UAE.



























Okay, now along with the Parkour phase, I had another phase too. This was the "BMX Phase". Now for those of you who dont know what a BMX is, its a stunt bicycle on which you jump things and do cool stuff. Yeah, those were the good old days :/
This was also, when i was fifteen.




Okay, so this is from when I started liking messy hair. Plus, my first shave ! :D

MY FIRST HUUUUUUUGE SLIDE! This was in Atlantis, the best waterpark everrr.

Okay, now comes the time when I got my braces. Yes, its ugly. Its horrifying. Its freaky. But dont worrry, I dont have them anymore, and I now have STRAIGHT teeeeth :D Eeeeh. And yes, the colour is reedddd :D Hahahah

Moving on, the next phase was my "Lame Edits Phase"

Now, this phase took quite a while to go. I dont know why I liked this, but it was REALLY lame.
I think this was when I was about to be 16 in a few weeks.  I also owe my realization of this being lame to the friend I mentioned earlier. :P

Along with my lame edits phase, also came the Beanie Phase. Now, I didnt think it was half bad? Tell me about it in the comments !

Ok, so AFTER this whole phase of the Lame Edits, the Parkour Phase returned! But only for a while. It was when I was in the gym phase too ! But I dont have any gym picturess. But I do have a picture of me jumping over something quite high :) This was when I was sixteen !

Superman Tee Shirt Phase. To be honest, I STILL havent got over this. I love superman shirts. And Superman IS most certainly the greatest fictional hero. :D

The next phase is one of my favourites ! Its the Nerdy Glasses phasee ! :) Haha

Now comes the DSLR Phase. I just started to LOVE the amazing picture quality of the DSLR Camera :P

I am currently still in this phase. Sort of. I mean, I prefer a DSLR now, over any camera. :)

Another one of my phases was the Funny Shirt Phase. Now, I STILL have this shirt. And I HAVE worn it in public :) Its really cool.

The Cowboy-hat Phase ! This only lasted for 3-4 days though lol.

Now comes the Aviators phase. I love these sunglasses ! :D
PS, the guy on the right is a friend of mine :) butt you probably wouldve figured that out. Lol

And lastly, me now, in my sideburns phase. Oh, and I still fancy aviators ! :D

Oh well, thats the end of it finally ! Haha. I hope you liked it ! And please, comment telling me which was your favv phase/timeline picture and why ! Thanks :D

"The Necklace of Immortality" (Original narrative by me :D)

Long ago, when the world was a very dark place, life was scarce and survival was difficult, a gift was sent down to man by the Gods above. The sky was full of light, there was a whiteout and an object resembling very much to a  fireball, crashed to the surface of the earth. When man discovered this mysterious object, all that was left of it was a simple rock.
The old man who had found it decided to keep it, since it was the only rock present in an enormous crater. After days of having it in his possession, he discovered that his sickness had gone. He never felt pain and didnt get any sort of injury no matter what happened. He realized that it was the stone that caused this; ever since he possessed it, he had become invincible. He decided to keep it; with zeal, he fixed it into a necklace and never took it off.

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I am his descendant. I, am the emperor of my kingdom and the Necklace of Immortality had been taken from my grandfather. It has been a century since it was taken, and our attempts to earn it back have all ended in failure. The man who wrongfully took it from my grandfather is still very much alive and kicking. He is still the ruler of his kingdom, and he has been emperor since before my grandfather's death.
I too, wanted to know how it felt like to be indestructible, to be incorruptible, to be the master of all. Most importantly, I wanted to regain my forefathers' glory. I wanted my family to be pompous of what we once had. Therefore I took an oath to spend my entire life trying to regain the glory we had in the past.
Our land, our empire, used to be more vast than any other, but since we lost the necklace, the empire shrunk to nothing but a few miles of land, which too was in danger.

Every morning, when my eyes opened, I woke up with determination to develop my grand plan to earn back the necklace. Unlike Zheng, the wrongful owner, I will not steal it. I will win it back, with honour, even if I die trying. My advisers kept telling me it was impossible, he was immortal and he forgot what death or even pain was.
I did not listen; I knew that nothing was impossible. If such a necklace could exist, and if it could be stolen, there was no reason why it couldn't be earned back.
Rumour had it that the only reason Zheng had not destroyed my empire completely was because he was in love with my sister, Julia. My advisor had shown me written evidence, and I couldnt resist but come up with the most brilliant plan. My secret agent had retrieved one of Zheng's old journals, which he took secretly from him. It had said that he only took off the necklace before his sleep, because if he wore it during his sleep, he would lose his sense of humanity. It had also said that he would only wish to die with Julia, because of his love for her.
Upon hearing this, Julia did not hesitate; she traveled to Zheng's empire. She too, was as determined as I was to earn our pride. She wrote letters every month, telling me the progress of how close she was to our goal. For six long months, I had my army ready. My whole army; the old, the young, the experienced and the new, were looking forward to give their contribution in establishing our old empire. It had taken her six months to earn Zheng's trust. She mentioned that even though he loved her more than anything in the world, he needed to see if she wouldn't betray him. She had told him that she ran away from my empire because she too, was in love with him. He believed her after six months of observing her and spending time with her, and now, I was extremely close to regaining the necklace, I could feel it...

One night, I found my agent breathless, knocking on my door. He informed me that Julia was planning to replace the necklace with an identical one that night. I made up my mind before he could continue speaking. I got my army ready in three hours, and I did not march, but I traveled quietly with my men, hiding our equipment. The element of surprise was all I had if my sister would fail.

It was very dark when we arrived. Everyone was asleep, the whole empire was silent. Taking out the night guardians secretly, was simple. As soon as we managed to climb the walls and infiltrate their palace,  I knew that we weren't going to fail. No one would have expected this... It was perfect.
We raided the rooms, my men started brutally killing everyone. I, on the other hand, waited patiently for Zheng to come out. His army tried to fight back, to resist, but the element of surprise was overwhelming. They were unprepared, and they wouldn't expect such an inferior empire to attack such a powerful one.
Finally, I heard the General, Kahn, scream, "Master Zheng! We are all saved!"
I saw him, standing in only his clothes for sleeping. What a fool he was, I thought to myself. I saw the brilliant replica of the necklace my sister had made, hanging from his neck, all the way down to his chest. With no hesitation, I lifted my spear, and threw it straight at him, with all my might. He smiled, and didn't move an inch, because he was so confident that the spear could do him no harm.
After the spear pierced his skin, his facial expression completely changed. He lost his facial colour, became pale and expressionless. In awe, he slowly looked down and saw the thick red liquid ooze out of his wound. He then slowly looked at his palace, and a tear dropped down from his eye. He fell, almost suddenly, and was lifeless.
With pride, glory and great self-motivation, I hurried up the castle. My mission was yet to be successful. As I opened Zheng's door, I saw Julia, sitting on the bed, smiling with a silver ornament in her hand. It was the necklace, the goal that I had achieved. My life's mission was over. I was now, finally, master of all.


Hope you like it :)

Friend #466325

I remember the first time I talked to you was back in '07 I think... It was when I randomly added you on Facebook, you were like 'um who r u' and I was like, 'someone :p' Lmao and I sorta freaked you out. But then I told you I was a guy from your class, and we started talking a bit. Then the funniest thing happened. A few months after I knew you, I sorta had a crush on you. And to be honest, I may say that it was a little crush but I like to sort of deny it :P Now that I remember properly, it was a huge crush hahah. Psh. But you rejectedd meee. Lol and it was mainly because at that time, I was sort of shallow. And you were super cute. Meh, who cares now though. We were kids rofl.
Anyway, upto around 2 years back, you werent so... idk, frank with me :P That was probably because well, idk, cuz we didnt know e.o for long. But now, well. I can say that I trust you quite blindly. I can and I do tell you everything without hesitation. You do too, I think :P I mean, Im so glad that you dont hesitate in telling me how you feel and your problems and stuff. I feel special, that you trust mee :), its been around 4 years now. So yeah, that was probably bound to happen. But see, the thing is, I knew loads of people back then too. But now, I dont even remember their names. You were one of the few who was a friend I was lucky to have, and thanks so much for being one <3
I just hope it would be possible for me to attend your engagement and wedding. It'll be such a special day for you AND me :') I'll be so proud. Lol, admit it or not, Ive ALWAYS been supportive throughout your relationship okay :P
And again, thanks so much for all the support you have given me too :/ I dont know if I would be the same, without you in my life :/ I just wish I was in Dubai again. I'd come to that sweet 16th you were planning. But I guess you couldnt call the people you wanted.
Oh and, COME TO KHI :P It'll be so awesome I swear. A levels with U know who hahaha. :) But oh well, life isnt that awesome :P
Anyway, I hope you like my blog about you. I meant every bit I said/wrote :)
P.S. you;re on the top 5 of the "awesomest people I know" which maakes you, pretty awesome.

Shhaaaalllzzzzz.

Wow, since that first ever MSN joint convo we had that I remember perfectly still, time has passed by SO quickly hasnt it? And there have been so many phases... Gah! I cant even imagine how retarded we used to be at a time. But we sort of grew up, didnt we? Now that we did though, we're so far away. Meh.

You know, I always thought of you as the only person who has me as a friend for no entertainment purposes. I mean, LOADS of my friends have usually spoken to me or hung out with me because I would've been of good use to them. Obviously, except my best friends, but you're one of them and thanks so much for that :') Thing is, over the last... 4 years? 3 and a half I think. Well whatever. Over the last few years, so much has happened, and im glad it has. It was so much fun wasnt it? You were kinda immature though before :P To be honest. Lol, but now, words cant describe. I cant even begin the count the number of times you made me feel better and I dont even know if I can repay that. You probably dont even know the times when you made me feel better when I needed it.
For those of you who dont know who im talking about, (Obviously you wont) do any of you have that "Best-Friend-Without-Whom-Life-Would-Suck"? Yeah thats who I'm talking about. And I mean what I say. Life WOULD really suck. Who would I text when I need to talk about something personal? Who would I talk to when im bored? Who's cute little laugh would always make me feel better? Yeah those questions will remain unanswered.
Lol and I remember before, you used to be like, "Sex channgeee ! D:" Lmao, are you stupid? "When you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while" Yeah, that could be used for your smile, but only when you do that sincere one, not the retarded one where you have your tongue out like an idiot. Now im not going to brag about how 'hot' or 'pretty' you are because you know what I think of you.

THATS the smile, right there. Awww. <3

Haha I miss those times when we used to be able to talk for hours. Life here has been so hectic, no time. If only we wudve both been in Dubai now, We cudve hung out and had a heck of a time. I really hope nothing gets in my way when I come in the summer :P Im exciiiteddd.
And you know, we have so many of your friends to which you simply cant say anything you want to. But you're not one of them, which is so relaxing. I only had a few of friends who are like that, now, maybe only one, or two. And it scares me to think that, where will we be in the next 10 years? Will we still know eachother? Will we be in contact? Would we still be close?
I promise you however, that I will try my level best to never let you go, because if I do lose contact or whatever, I would lose something very valuable and precious in my life. And we may have not met as often as we shudve, but that doesnt change anything. I still know a lot about you and I know things that you told me that perhaps a lot of your friends wouldnt. Same goes for you. Just that we never got the chance, did we?

I could go on and on and on for pages, but I know that you dont like extremely long articles, and neither you, nor I have the time to read and write one. Yes, time has been something which is sort of a barrier between us. Fucking O levels. Cant wait till they're over. D:

Hope now you realize how much you mean to me :) <3

Horrifying.

Ok, im going to say it flat out. Im shit scared for my O' levels. There said it. For some people, their exams could be in the form of A levels, SATS, TOEFL, IB or IGCSE's, but for me its the frikkin O' levels. Now dont be fooled by the abbreviation. The "O" stands for Ordinary. But these exams are EVERYTHING but ordinary. They create tension, stress and mental trauma for many. Sometimes, including me.
The only thing I worry about a lot is the fact that, the fee was so much, and if, GOD FORBID, but if I get poor grades, (Which for me is anything less than an A) i'll feel so guilty... I'll feel like I wasted the money. And especially after the problems my family had, (financial), im much more conscious of how I spend money. Yes, ofcourse education is worth it but these exams are really expensive, and the fact that my future depends on it makes it worse. I have to grow up to be someone who can take care of my family and my parents. I feel scared that what if? And people tell me to have faith and confidence in myself. Believe me, I do. But you cant possibly ignore the "What if's" of life.
And I KNOW I should be studying right now rather than blogging but its SO difficult sitting down and studing for an extended period of time. After some point, my brain stops functioning. Maybe I have ADD. I dont know. But whatever. I just hope everything goes well...

Foootballlllllllllll

You know, there's always something in our lives that makes us relax, feel better and it makes us enjoy ourselves quite a lot. Well for me, its football and blogging. Life's not at its best these days, and the only thing that does cheer me up is football and blogging. Mostly football. Dont get me wrong though, I LOVE blogging, but football's just different. Its an amazing game. Also because im a sports-a-holic, I like many other sports. But football's my favourite.
Just recently, I joined ZU. Its a football club in Karachi. Loads of fun. Thing is, whenever I'm angry, pissed off or upset, I play football or blog. Blogging kinda lets me let out all the anger/sadness and transfer it to the PC in text form. Football just makes me feel better all around. So yeah. OH and almost forgot, Music does that too :P I just plug in my headphones, and when my favourite music is on, the world doesnt matter.

Buuurrrrrrrrjjjjjjjj Dubaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiii

Highest point of the world. EVERYTHING IS ROUND OMFG YOU CAN SEE THE EDGE OF THE EARTH.

This man-made phenomena is something I wanted to visit SO BAD. I JUST HAD TO MOVE TO PAKISTAN. -___________-

Kartography

I know you guys may be going like, WTF? WHAT THE F**K? Is this guy demented? o: Its *CARTOGAPHY*, not Kartography psh o: Well, only people who’ve read the book, Kartography, would understand. You know, I wouldnt call it the best piece of Literature that I’ve had my hands on, but its definitely a book with which I can relate myself. For you people out there from Karachi, well, WOW, if you havent read this book, you should. No matter how difficult it may be for you to get it, GO OUT THERE AND GET IT. READ IT FOR GODSSAKE. No seriously, read it. Its just, all so true, so “OMG I KNOW THOSE PLACES THAT THE AUTHORS MENTIONING” or, “I KNOW THE SLANG WORDS SHES USING ! I USE THEM!” So yeah. A person who’s been to Karachi would like it too. Not just that though, the story itself is VERY interesting.
GO BUY IT !