1 to 1 Conversation

 

                      26 NOVEMBER 2022      

 

Sometimes what can be better than 1to1 conversions of father and daughter.

Today it was my sister friend birthday at chop chop wonk and my sister wanted to go so my sister said to my dad that can you drop me at chop chop wonk and go to dunkin my dad said ok. So I ask my dad can I go with him he said ofcourse.

 I was really happy we droped are sister and went to dunkin. but She had my dad money so we went back to chop chop wonk and she went to dunkin but we met in the road then she returned the money.

 we odered an American hot coffee, 2 donots and 1 caramel cold coffee we sat on the second floor near to a window.

 

First my dad started writing in his journal and I was eating. The environment was peaceful after I ate I thought that is anything free I noticed NO so I challenged my dad if anything is free after thinking for so long he quit and said NO. we talked about this for a while my dad said it is an economics question that every thing has a cost for example if you want a to plant a tree we have to buy seeds,fruit like in a reastruant they always want profit to pay the rent , their worker and many thing else.

Then I asked if everything was free than what will be the disadvantages, my dad replied everyone will take everything for granted. There will be no one to invent things because there will be no profit for them. Think about it will you do a job for someone and get nothing back exactly you won’t.

Then my dad told me when he was a kid if he wanted to buy a drink it will be in a glass jar and he would have to also pay for the jar or return it.

Then we observed the beauty of silence for ten minutes, it was really fun. Then Nawaal came with her friends and I gived my leftover coffee to a poor kid. My dad wanted to pray so my dad asked if it was okay that he pray in a place where a petrol pump seted a place where people can pray so my dad prayed over there then we went home. It was an amazing trip.

Love you daddy   

A Trip on Green Line Bus Service

 4 May 2022

Yesterday me and my family sat in our car and drive to my sister to Bahadurabad. We dropped her there and then we went to get some money from ATM. I saw some helium balloons. So, I got one helium balloon and then there were women selling bracelets of flowers so my brother took two of them for mama and went to Bask and Robbins and bought ice cream and I also got a ice cream. Then we went to Quade Azam ka Mazar and parked our our car. We thought we were going to Quaid Azam MAzar but then we walked towards Green Line station and got the ticket from Numaih to Board office. We went downstars and went to the bus, it was crowded because of Eid and I was standing near the door watching outside at then we crossed many stations in five minutes. We reached Board office but we went going to Abdullah Chowk the last station after that we went to get the ticket to Numaish from Abdullah chowk. I sat on a seat beisde a random woman and felt nauseate and wanted to drink water. 

We went ourside of Numaish station and bought another icecream just for me and my helum balloon flew away and I also got the cotton candy. Then we went to our car sat and picked my sister and then we reached home. 

By Maryam Masood

Askew : A story of the word

Tonight when Maryam came to show the Wordle game that she was unable to find the word today , I told her that she can convert this little failure into a success by thinking that wow I would now find the meaning of this word. 

The word was "Askew". 

We then find out out the meaning of the word askew as : Not in a straight or level position. 

Then we find out some sentences that use the word askew.

One of the sentences was " The painting was askew." 

Another sentence was his tie was askew. 

The picture hangs askew on the wall. 

Why do I Like Slime?

Why do I like slime? First of all why won't I like it? It's sticky, fun to play and has such a relaxing sound (asmr). I love poking it for I love those wholes. Slime can be turned into different textures which make me feel comfortable and it also releases my stress of studying. My favorite texture is cloud slime because  the drizzling look and effect of it is so coo and butter slime looks so delicious and also has the shine like leather which makes me want to eat it. Bubble gum slime also looks to be delicious though. Another good thing is that stiff slime like floam can be molded into shapes and can be used for crafting and as I love to meet aliens thus to be prepared I play with slimes for as seen in science fiction aliens are slimy creatures. (By Nawaal Masood)

Joining Words: Story

I gave Bilal and Rafay a task to make a story by using the following ten words.
1. Car 2. Paper. 3. Tough. 4. Journey. 5. Sharp. 6. Childhood. 7. Angry. 8. Similar. 9. Fake.
10. Cooking

The following story they made.

Once I and my family were heading of towards Samoa camp in Headingley in our car. It was a long tough journey. When we had traveled half way a clever and sharp policeman along with his guards interrupted us. He asked my father to show the driving papers. My father instantly show them the papers. They mocked and jeered at us and said these  papers were fake. My father got angry and fought like a hero then the police let us go. My father told that similar situation happened with his father during his childhood. When we reached the camp my mother started cooking.  It was a good time at camp and a different experience.  

Fire outside Askari IV

We will get a better view from on top of that ladder Bilal,  I’ll go first you come next, ok?  Fine,  he replied. Thus off I went climbing that ladder and yes as expected I could see the fire in those slums. It was a Sunday night I remember clearly me and my family came from our nani's house while returning home we saw it. 

A big large fire in the slums right behind the wall separating Askari with the empty ground. Smoke covered the sky and the long tongues of the flames licked the ground. A fire brigade will be needed to extinguish this fire said my father and he was absolutely right. I rushed upstairs and shouted Bilal come down there is a large fire near the park oh I know he replied ok really its now much brighter if you want to come, come or else don’t I am going ok I am coming  he replied we rushed down the stairs and went down don’t go near my father said.ok we both said and paced towards the end of the park it was a devastating fire for what we saw was that the electricity had gone in the houses next to the fire the fire had come onto the walls and a fire brigade came to the fire in front of me and it was a very huge one and kinda had all the necessary provisions in it and then another one came and then another one and another one then came two water tankers  and a truck filled with sand to extinguish it but something was missing thus I went home fetched a pair of binoculars and came down now I went towards the door from which anyone could go to the fire I went so near that I could pass my hand through the door and then I looked through the binoculars the flames were hungry for more and more land and covered almost all of it I over heard a few people talking and asking the guard what happened one man asked why is it taking so long to extinguish he replied a fire brigade had already gone and now 5 more were called then another man asked what had caused this to which he replied someone burnt the garbage and forgot about it  through carelessness it spread and went out of control another man asked how much more time would it take and the guard replied an hour or two then a woman asked if it was a danger for us who lived within the premises of Askari and his reply was maybe because there was an electric station near the fire if the fire reached that place a huge explosion would happen causing the fire to come to askari

Next me and bilal went to the starting of the street and saw a girl younger then me climb a ladder she gave me the courage to climb it thus I handed my binoculars to Bilal and climbed it I went to the top and could see fire men throwing water on it.    

If I would be a monster by Maryam Masood

If I would be a monster I would look like a funny monster. I have five red eyes. I had four legs, four hands, four ears and five noses. I would come from a bathroom. I scared everyone. I would make scary noises. I would be scared from sunshine.

Red Car by Maryam Masood

Once upon a time there was a boy named Abid. He was a bad boy. He always played with his red car. One day I invited him to my party. He came with with his red car. He played and played and played with his red car and then he lost it. He looked everywhere and spoiled everything and he even checked the car in the cake and the cake was also spoiled. I told him to go out of my party and my party was spoiled. I was very angry. One day I found his car and I threw it out of my window. He was passing by and he took it. He was very happy but I was sad.

A visit to Manora

It was Sunday after noon  of  18th March 2018 that we visited Manora. We left the society office around 4:30 pm  and reached Keamari. There we parked our car in the parking area. There we got a parking receipt of Rs. 50. The person at parking area note down the number plate of car.
After that we entered the Keamari port. In the waiting area there were pigeons and the sellers were selling caps and glasses. After waiting for a while we boarded a boat. The boat had a place to sit in the upper side as well.  We all went up and sat there. The air was cool and the weather was very pleasant.
Then we started moving towards Manora Island. The boat needed fuel so we first went to get the fuel from another ship. After that started our journey towards Manora. We reached the Manora island. There we had to pay the entry fee. The entree fee for adult was Rs. 100 and for a child was Rs. 20. After entering the Manora premises we tool a Suzuki van where all of us sat inside to take us to the beach of Manora. In the middle there was a military check post. We had to get off from the suzuki and passed through the checking door. There were checking of both males and females visiors in seperetae check post. No foreigners is allowed. The security personnales may ask for the CNIC card from the visiots. So it is important to keep CNIC card while visiting MAnora. After crossing the check post we reach Manora beach. The sun was about to set. We went near the waves and played there,
I went to see the temple at Manora. The temple was locked. I took many pictures from outside. The temple was renovated recently. I asked the shopkeeper of a nearby shop that is there any way I can go inside temple. He told that there is a chokidar names Kishan who has the keys. Well, then I thought lets plan it for some other day as the sun was already set and then we have to go/ back as well. In the meanwhile kids had got all their clothes wet. So tries to find out dried clothes for them/ There in the market there was a shop selling fried clothes. Each cloth was of Rs. 50. I purchased the fried clothes for children, Then we went back to Keamari after the boat ride from Manora.
Then we went to parking lot. Kids changed their clothes in the car. Then we went to the fish market and purchased the fish. Red fish that was of Rs. 1000/kg also we bought prawns for Rs. 1600/kg.
The fish was very good. After eating food we came back to home. The boat ride was of Rs. 3500 round trip.

A new year trip

An unexpected Trip

1^st January 2017

By Naveen Masood

It was 12 in the noon, My father said let’s go for a long drive. We did our breakfast and change our clothes. When our Phuppo went for her home , we sat in our car and went out for the long drive. My sister Maryam was continuously asking where are we going, where are we going. We went to Guru Mandir. My father, mother and grandmother ate Chat at Delhi Chat House and all our siblings ate ice cream. Oh I loved the pineapple ice cream. My sister and I saw fishes then we sat in a car and went to Native Jetty bridge. We saw mangroves forest. We also saw Bahria Icon Tower. When we reached Kemari fish smell was coming. Then we went to Boat Basin, Over there my father asked the price of the fish it was too expensive so we did not buy it. When my father started the car it did not start. Then, thanks God it started. My father bought French fries from Tipu Burger and Broast and a large bottle of cold drink. I loved the taste of french fries but they were not spicy.Then I drank cold drink. Then we started going back to home. Recently in Regent Plaza there was fire , we saw Regent Plaza all the windows were broken, I felt sad. My father told it was closed because there was no security. Then we came back. I loved this trip.  

Canoeing

Today Bilal showed me the passage of comprehension that came in his examination. The comprehension was about a boy who had attended a summer camp that he did not enjoy much earlier. However after sometimes he told the counselor of summer camp what he wanted. There he told him that what he wanted in canoeing. I asked Bilal if he knew about canoeing. He said no. There in the passage it was mentioned that the boy did not want to sit in the bow of the canoe and that he would try to sit in the stern and take the role of stern paddler.

What we found out was that the bow is front part of the canoe while stern is the back of canoe.

So, we decided to find out more about the canoe. The following picture was very useful that was found from the website.




The video also shows a girl doing stern paddling.

The website has a lot of information on canoeing.

Bilal's write up on Keti Bandar

I was sleeping; a voice came; Nawaal, Naveen, do you want to go to Keti Bandar, I woke up and saw that Maryam was sitting on the sofa. My father was praying Namaz. I saw the clock it was 6:09 am. I changed my clothes. My cousin Afrin Adil Shaikh was with us. Everyone was changing clothes but I was done. I was going down as I remembered my hat. I wore my hat and went down. My father gave me a cloth to wipe car's window. Then we began to move. First we stopped at a Shells's petrol pump. Then we went to Malir. It was traffic as we dont expect as it will be. Then we reached National Highway. We take a picture. I was too foggy that something white was coming out of our mouth. Then Maryam said I wanted to do "potty". Then we stopped at the petrol pump. My father asked to a man is there any washroom. He said yes. Then my mom took Maryam with her. But Maryam didn't do anything. Then we reached to a town. It was too much foggy, we took photos. I remember the towns that we reached : Gharo, Sakro, Buharo, Garho and the last we reached Keti Bandar. We sat in the boat first. First I was scared. We also saw dolphins. We stopped at an island. It was too much deep when we were going my father went for washroom. Then we went back home.

Oh Moon

Oh moon, can't you give your own light

Field trip planning

1. Lunch
2. Costume
3. Camera
4. Extra cloth
5. Medicines
1. ORS
2. Pedilites
6. Drink
7. Sunglasses
8. Bat
9. Ball
10. Toys
11. Glasses
12. Plates
13. spoons
14. bags
15. caps
16. sunblock
17. umbrella
18. Icescating
19. fishing rod
20. worms
21. hair brush
22. watches
23. sanitizer
24. 3-4 bottles filled with water
25. Notepad
26. Pen
27. Towel
28. Wet tissues
29. Some jewelry
30. Battery Storage

Lahore

Naveen is very keen to visit Lahore. So I thought let's write down about Lahore.

Lahore is the capital of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the second largest city. It is located on the banks of River Ravi. It was once the capital of Mughal Empire during the time periods of King Akbar and King Jahangir.

Lahore has many famous places.

My father when he came to Pakistan after migration in September 1947 also lived in Krishan Nagar in Lahore.

Ceres : Dwarf Planet

Nawaal has a lot of interest in astronomy. So one day she asked me to find out about dwarf planets.

The day started with Nawaal asking frome me to sit on net. We discoved about asteroid ceres that is the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that exists between Mars and Jupiter.

We read about dawn mission that has sent pictures of Ceres after passing from Vesta (another large asteroid). I also found out about the discovery of Ceres by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi in 1 January 1801.

Further I read that Vesta has a large crater that can fill Pacific Ocean. There has been long search for the missing planet between Mars and Jupiter as the gap was too large between them for any plant not to exist.

Dawrf Planets do not have a clear orbit.

Then we search and found out that the space craft Dawn has sent pictures of the dwarf planet Ceres. (Listen its pronunciation). The planet lies in the asteroid belt.

Dawn Mission is desognated as " A journey to the beginning of the Solar System".

The planet Ceres was discovered by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi (his full name was Geoacchino Giuseppe Maria Ubaldo Nicole Piazzi) on 1 January 1801.

The four largest asteroid of the asteroid belt are

1. Ceres
2. Vesta
3. Pallas
4. Hygiea   

Vesta has a large crater that can fill Pacific Ocean. . 

Read more about Dawn Mission on Dawn Blog

Safa Marwah

Tonight Bilal asked me about Saffa and Marwah. I told him these are two hills near Kaaba in Makkah. These hills are famous in Islam because a very lesson giving story of the love of mother for her child is linked with this. According to the Islamic tradition Hazrat Hajra, wife of Hazrat Ibrahim, was left in the desert by Hazrat Ibrahim along with her infant son. In in search for water for her infant child Hazrat Ismael she ran to and fro for seven times between these two hills in the desert of Makkah. God then liked her endeavor (saii) so much that now every Muslim has to perform the similar act running to an fro between two hills during Hajj.

Presently a the thorough-way is constructed between these two hills.

In Quran Saffa and Marwa are called landmarks of Allah.

“Verily Safa and Marwah are among the landmarks (distinctive signs) of (the Deen of) Allah.” [2:158]