Much awaited post

Hey guys! :) So after my exams ended, like right after.. I don't think I even got a one day break, the wedding at my dad's best friends house started. His son's wedding to be exact. Well, like I said, dad's best friend so there was no way to skip it! Not even one day!

Today, I'm going to share with you guys what I wore to the wedding, actually what my sister's and I wore to the wedding. Now let me tell you, us 3 sisters, almost always have the same outfits. Sometimes the colors are different but mostly, same! Yes, we get a lot of different names for dressing the same always, but who cares!

So first day was dholki! For those of you who don't know, dholki is just a little get together where the family celebrates and dances! It's fun and isn't dancing the best part of the wedding? Especially desi wedding! We danced a lot at my cousin's wedding but this one, we just sat and watched. Actually, danced a little! :P So our outfits for dholki were cotton white and green outfits! Comfortable for the summer!

Dholki!

 

 Second day was the Mehndi! It was a big event. They had a combined mehndi, that means the girl's and the boy's side did the mehndi together. There was amazing food. Dad's friends truly thought of us before deciding the menu! :P First, I will share what I wore to the mehndi event and then the yummy food that we had there. Unfortunately I couldn't get the pictures for all the items on the menu there but I got some of it.

Sorry for the bad picture quality and also ignore the background. My room gets so messy when I am getting ready for a wedding! lol... So we wore simple outfits, beige plain dresses with just borders on the daaman (botton) and colored chundari duppatas. Mine was red as you can see, One of my sister's was red and green and the other one was blue and maroon.

Now the food:

So there was Pani Puri and Kulfi as you can see in the pic. There was also Gola Ganda (how cool is that), Halwa Puri, Dahi Barey and so much more! It was probably the most fun event through out the whole wedding.

Third was the actual wedding day! Let me just say that I was NOT comfortable. I was not up to wearing this outfit! It was uncomfortable and it was extremely hot so yeah. But here it is:

This is a Hyderabadi bridal outfit. If you can't handle 2.5 yards duppata, don't wear this. The dress I am wearing has double shirt and 6 yards duppata! So yeah, and I don't know, I just wasn't a fan of this outfit personally. I was uncomfortable throughout the event. I just sat in one place and did not want to get up!

Last day finally, was the Reception! This outfit is like my favorite outfit yet, but for winter weddings. It was not a summer wedding outfit! OMG, we were like boiling up in these outfits. First time, we wore this outfit was in March, so it was nice and cool weather. Anyways, this is the outfit:

 

Angarkha's with Dhaka Pajama's (Pulazzo's) with customized clutches! :)

 

Flower my niece gave me at the Mehndi! :)

yayyy!

Yayy! Exams are finally over! So happy! I cannot even describe it! :P Now praying for good results, Insha'Allah!

So summer is here for all the summer lovers. I don't like summers, and summer is definitely here in Karachi and man, can we feel it! lol! It's HOT! Like bad hot and humid! I mean I can cover up in winter but what the hell am I supposed to do in the summer? lol! But there is one thing I absolutely love about summer and that's the flower bangles we get! They smell amazinggggg!! I wear them all the time! They're absolutely love!

Flower bangles!

Anyways, so I have no plans for going out of Karachi yet again this year. But what I have on my agenda is lots of Pretty Little Liars (yes I am obsessed with it), movies and friends (I hope)! Summers are pretty boring around my place! There's a wedding to attend and unfortunately, I fell on the stairs and now my leg is swelling up. Pray for me  peoples!

On the bright side, it rained today! The weather is beautiful right now and what can be better than to have Jalebi (desi sweet) in this lovely weather? I loved it! Hope everyone is enjoying the weather here in Pakistan today! :)

I enjoyed each and every bite :)

 

Friends

I don't know what is the exact definition of "friend" but to me, they mean the world to me. They are the ones I go to with my every problem, everything. Whether I need to cry or laugh, I know they'll be there for me.

Honestly, I don't mean to be crying over all my friends like my last post, this is a happy post. Today, I want to write about a friend who's been there for me for as long as I can remember being here in Pakistan. He was my sister's PE Coach and he added me on Facebook and we just started talking. His name is Kumail. We became great friends in such a short time. We would be texting each other all day and all night, like 10 pages texts each (I'm not kidding).

He was there for me when I had no one to rely on, no one to talk to about my problems, when I was extremely depressed. Despite of all of that, he made me laugh. He's such an amazing person, I cannot even define him because I don't think there are enough words in the world to define Kumail. The best part, he is an AMAZING dancer, like on the highest level of amazingness!

We laughed, we talked and no guys, we didn't fall in love! We were best friends, like bestest (I know that's not a word) friends.

We had our downs and didn't talk, one time, for a year. After that, we made up and talked and it was like nothing ever was wrong. I love this quality of his, he doesn't keep grudges. He won't bring back the past. He'll be hurting himself but won't ever show it. Only the person who truly knows him will see it right through him. That's how close we were. We would meet up at a mutual friend's birthday party. One year, at the party, we acted like complete strangers and after 2 weeks or so. I got a call from him and we made up.

Ever since, we haven't had a big fight, little arguments, all the time. I can say for real that I have seen him at his worst and he's seen me at my worst, when I was completely broken. We've helped each other through our bad times and been with each other through the good times, and Insha'Allah in the future, we'll continue to do so. It's been just about 5 years since me and K, as I call him, have been friends.

I know we don't get to meet up as much as we'd like to and it's hard. It really is. It's easy to lose touch when you're not meeting a person often but it really doesn't matter. We're friends now and I hope with all my heart, we'll stay friends in the future too. I mean every girl needs a guy bestfriend right? I have mine.

Today, I just want to say "Thank you" to K. For being there for me, for making me laugh, for helping me with literally everything. When I cry and I text him because I know he'll do everything in his power to actually make me smile. I have no idea where I would be without you. Also, for helping me find a teacher, Armana (his sister), for my exams. A big thank you for the birthday surprises! The surprises truly made my birthday all that special. I am so happy for you. I always told you, you could get back up and face everything. I love to see you smiling and I pray every day that you get all the happiness and success that I, myself truly know you deserve. :)

 

Congratulations!

This is going to be an extremely emotional post, just a warning!

Okay, so an old friend of mine got married last weekend and well I am so happy for her. Shahira looked stunning Masha'Allah!

We became friends when I moved to USA in 2001. Now obviously, she had lots of friends from before and we didn't really get along from the start. After some time, we became friends that we were inseparable since then. We went everywhere together, did everything together whether it was bad or good! We barely ever fought but I remember one time when we did, I don't remember what we fought about and we didn't talk. Which was very rare, let me tell you! At that time though and with her especially, it didn't matter because we always made up! She was there for me through the good and the bad! We talked about our future, how she would become a journalist and we would find our dream boys and live next to each other in Beverly Hills and stay best friends forever.

She wasn't like my sister, she is and always will be. We cried together, we laughed together. We did stupid stuff together.. but it was all fun! I don't regret one moment we spent together! Her and her elder sister introduced me to hip hop music and then to country! We went from gangsters to preps over the years and the Tupac shirts! lol! It was crazy fun!

We had lots and lots of sleepovers which included staying up all night, computer, video games and talking! Lot's of talking! One night, we had a sleepover at my house and me and her talked all night long like till morning and then we went to gym with mom! lol! We went to movies together.. and the mall and oh did Saba (the elder sister) get annoyed every time we mentioned the mall because all we did was either walk around the mall or sit at the food court eating chili cheese fries! Oh and I can never forget Wendy's frosty and fries they introduced to me!

Then came the day when we had to move back here (Pakistan), It was like the whole world was collapsing for us! :( It was just horrible! I cannot explain in words what we felt. The three didn't need anyone else in our group, it was just us 3 and that's all that mattered. We talked about how we were going to e-mail each other every single day since living there, we texted 24/7 when we weren't together!

Shahira wrote me a poem too! (She's an amazing writer) It was so sweet and she wrote this lovely message on my yearbook. Before I left, she dedicated "Here's to the nights" to me! It's such a beautiful song!

Anyways the night before I had to leave, they came over and surprised us (me and my sisters). I can never ever forget that night. Saba played the song "Save Tonight" for us and we did not sleep that night. It was just impossible to sleep! Then at the airport, Shahira cried a lot! The moment, I sat in the airplane and played "Here's to the night", it hit me! OMG did I cry?! A LOT!!!! I realized that we weren't going to be able to see each other everyday, how we weren't going to be able to talk anytime we wanted.. or go to dinners or the movies! It was so bad!

Now 6 years later, Shahira got married last weekend and Masha'Allah I cold not be more happier! We don't talk anymore even though, each day my heart aches knowing how much things have changed and how I wish they didn't! We planned so much together and I wish we could've done all of that together. I cried a lot on the weekend because I couldn't believe I was missing her wedding. I doubt she'll read this, since she doesn't know about my blog but even then..

Congratulations Shahira. You have no idea how much you still mean to me. All the best wishes to you and your husband for your new life ahead. May you always be happy! I love you a lot! You'll always be my best friend, the closest to my heart from all my friends.