Monday, March 13, 2006

My Heart is in Karachi

M left yesterday for Karachi for 3 weeks.

I am already missing him but I am also so happy that he will finally get to go home to see his family. He has not been back to Pakistan in 8 years! He has not seen two of his sisters since then either.
His youngest sister was 17 when he left and she is 25 now. I can't
imagine what it must be like to leave someone as a child and meet
them again for the next time as an adult. It must be like re-
"meeting" them all over again. It was a very emotional day for us
both with mixed feelings of my happiness for him in finally going
back and sadness that he is gone.

He did not tell anyone that he was coming because he wanted to surprise his family. I just hope that he does not give his parents a heart attack when he shows up on the doorstep! He is also going to surprise our dear friend Yasir who lives in Atlanta, but has gone to Karachi to get married. I think that he is just going to show up for the wedding on Friday and say Surprise! I think that it is pretty funny and I hope that he has a good time. :)
Posted by Southern Masala at 9:40 PM

8 comments:

  1. otowiMarch 14, 2006 6:10 AM

    Please tell us what happens when they see him!

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  2. AishaMarch 14, 2006 3:34 PM

    aww I hope it goes well for him. If you need a friend to hang with you can count on me! Btw- Yassir is his family from Augusta?

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  3. wayfarerMarch 14, 2006 4:10 PM

    Yasir is gonna freak! That's awesome. Why don't you and Aisha come over to my house for lunch. :-)w

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  4. Southern MasalaMarch 14, 2006 4:31 PM

    Otowi- I will post an update soon

    Aisha- Yasir used to live in Birmingham and thats where we met him. I don't think he has any other family stateside. BTW, what are you doing on Thurs.

    Wayfarer- I know, I think that it is hilarious.

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  5. pixieMarch 14, 2006 8:13 PM

    That is so sweet. I can't imagine living that far away from my family! I complain that mine are just a couple of states away!

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  6. AishaMarch 14, 2006 9:00 PM

    I have class from 10 - 9pm :(

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  7. AnonymousMarch 15, 2006 11:41 AM

    is this the same Yasir who went to Georgia Tech and was engaged to a girl who left him for another guy and got engaged to the new guy within a month? if so i'm happy for him that he's finally moved on..

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  8. Southern MasalaMarch 15, 2006 11:51 AM

    nope, not the same Yasir, but I hope that the other Yasir has moved on too!

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