Strange what the modern communicative technology can do to you.
Yesterday as expected on my FB there was a host of messages for me wishing me happy birthday. one of my 'grand-children' being curious did put a question along with best wishes to which I answered "one short of eighty". Funny when you reach at such stage you do not mind telling in such terms but I have never felt uneasy telling my age when questioned. Frankly I have looked older than age for a long time and I enjoyed it as it helped my professional image.
I myself however being retired and somewhat disabled think back on my losses and achievements and what I had to go through. I dare not put such thoughts in my words here as I know it will not make a pretty story. When I look back I sort of enjoy my stay in England despite all the saddening things that happened to me there but just the romantic idea of 'good old England' stays with me. As once a year I go through those feelings when I was so eagerly looking forward to leaving Pakistan on this day. I remember clearly it was 6 o'clock in the evening when I completed all my paper work and such formalities to leave, my seat booked on 13th morning of October. The banks were closed/closing (after 5 pm) when my travel agent said, do not worry we can still get you English currency and sure enough he took me through the back door into the bank. The manager had not yet left so I got some English pounds and thanked the agent with a huge sigh of relief that I had finally succeeded in my 'mission' after a year-long struggle from office to office etc. to obtain the passport, NOC (No objection certificate) and going through all other formalities which were not only time consuming but very emotional frustrating anger producing etc. etc.
That is how my journey began for foriegn lands exactly fiftyone years ago.
Please visit my Urdu blog at http://saugoree-bsc.blogspot.com/
Yesterday as expected on my FB there was a host of messages for me wishing me happy birthday. one of my 'grand-children' being curious did put a question along with best wishes to which I answered "one short of eighty". Funny when you reach at such stage you do not mind telling in such terms but I have never felt uneasy telling my age when questioned. Frankly I have looked older than age for a long time and I enjoyed it as it helped my professional image.
I myself however being retired and somewhat disabled think back on my losses and achievements and what I had to go through. I dare not put such thoughts in my words here as I know it will not make a pretty story. When I look back I sort of enjoy my stay in England despite all the saddening things that happened to me there but just the romantic idea of 'good old England' stays with me. As once a year I go through those feelings when I was so eagerly looking forward to leaving Pakistan on this day. I remember clearly it was 6 o'clock in the evening when I completed all my paper work and such formalities to leave, my seat booked on 13th morning of October. The banks were closed/closing (after 5 pm) when my travel agent said, do not worry we can still get you English currency and sure enough he took me through the back door into the bank. The manager had not yet left so I got some English pounds and thanked the agent with a huge sigh of relief that I had finally succeeded in my 'mission' after a year-long struggle from office to office etc. to obtain the passport, NOC (No objection certificate) and going through all other formalities which were not only time consuming but very emotional frustrating anger producing etc. etc.
That is how my journey began for foriegn lands exactly fiftyone years ago.
Please visit my Urdu blog at http://saugoree-bsc.blogspot.com/
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