2020......

The last moments of 2019 were so beautiful that I wished it could be freezed or last longer than ever. Those happy moments welcomed 2020, a year that was bringing many trials for every creature, whether humans, animals, plants or virus. The strat of the year was amazing, the journey of 2020 looked exciting and breathtaking. I was expecting it to be the best year of my life because I had planned many things, like flying to UK for scholarship, having someone beside to have a sincere relationship, completeing mphil thesis, and leaving this current job with hope to rejoin it again after a few years.

Those pretty wishes remained unsaid, because I was looking for acomplishing them.

The start of January was cheerful and the weather partenered with it beautifully. The combination of waether and people arround made it exceptional.

I travelled to mutiple places from Sukkur to Lahore for the TCF's teachers biannual test invigilation. That one week was extraordinary for me. I was traveling for one week to North Pakistan without my family. I had my colleagues with me but still there was some hesitation. We left for Sukkur and then Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore and finally back to Karachi. The anxiety and hesitations were left behind. I was travelling to these cities for the very first time. I did explore Sukkur and Multan a bit, took ride in Matro bus, visited shrines in Multan, had local food and Multani special Halwa. Although we had shortage of time and money at that time too but we were trying to minimize the expenses and maximising the adventures.


Then there came the time when our project needed some clarity of design due to which we designed a simulation. I, Adeel, Asma and Kamlesh traveled to Tharparkar to pilot some part of the design and see which works well and which needs improvement. Adeel is our manager, but in that travel period we named him as our Panadol (always helpful in any situation). We had tough routines but still we laughed loudely, we had long conversations, played games in the night. Febraury went also so beautiful. I was still there when I recieved the rejection email from Chevening scholarship. I was tormented. But this is life, you have always an oppertunity to lose something and gain another. I gained beautiful relationships, adventureous experiences and grooming in my personal and professional life, what if I did not get selected for the scholarship. Let the peace prevails in your heart.