Something about Pakistan
Hello everyone
It was interesting to read about the christening of Sophie and she is very beautiful, looks like a little angel. I woul say about you Jo that you are very pretty. I read you brother’s (Neil Kent's) comment in your blog, what I figured from that , he must be Sophie’s father.
Here children are named usually by their grandparents, aunts and sometimes by parents. Father or any member of a family says call of prayer in a baby’s ear. I was named by my father's sisters.
It seems you like strawberries. I will also give a try with cream. There was a time when we used to dream of strawberries but for the past 8 or 9 years, they have made their permanent place on the markets. In some regions of Pakistan, strawberry farming has been successful and they are hot favourite just as any summer fruits.
I am going to learn from you so much as a student and I will also pay attention to the mistakes I have made. From now on, I will learn more words coined by Shakespeare and will try to use them in my everyday English. I’ve got your explanation really well. I've also tried some sentences here.
Yesterday the pigeons ruined my beautiful climber plant, they took away the entire stem with leaves, all in one fell swoop.
At a fish market: Oh! This place smells to high heaven. I can’t bear to stand here at all.
When Venus failed her driving test, all her efforts to learn driving came to full circle and she was very disappointed.
Beef and chicken are rather strange bedfellows, they will not get you good taste if cooked together.
The day when I will finish this project, which I’ve been working for ages, the world will be my oyster.
Here are the adjectives relate to the nouns you have given me:
Britain (British)
France (French)
Spain (Spanish)
The Philippines (Philippine / Filipino)
Taiwan (Taiwanese)
This time I am writing something more about myself and the life in Pakistan. We are four sisters and my parents, we are a happy family. About my daily routine, I am an early riser. I wake up for prayers in the morning and go for a walk which I usually do 7 days a week. I also do yoga and I love this form of exercise very much. I throw (Jo I can't find any better word here) grains for pigeons which I love to do every morning. I like pot gardening since I have no space for land gardening. Next time I'll write only about gardening.
I like sketching, decorating terracotta pots and making beautiful henna designs (a herb which is used to paint hands and feet) on hands. In my future blogs, I will post some pictures of my sketch work and my hand painted pots.
Here’s something about Pakistan:
The official Name is Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The name Pakistan means Pure Land.Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan. Urdu is our national language and the basic unit of currency is the Rupee. Pakistan has four provinces: Balauchistan, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Punjab and Sindh. As I had mentioned in my first blog, that I come from Karachi, which is one of the biggest cities of Pakistan and a centre of commerce. It is the capital of Sindh. It’s a city where you will see people from all races and languages and it’s a good thing I will say. People usually like to eat spicy food. Karachi is famous for its beaches and for the past year, reconstruction of the infrastructure of roads is in progress. Life in Karachi is nice but you know, sometimes due to some political issues, the weather changes!
Some of the readers have asked about my education, I am studying for CIMA’s qualification. It is a qualification of the UK and global too. People living in any part of the world can take this qualification. All one has to do is to get registered with them, and find a centre which is registered with CIMA and conducts their exams. It offers Certificate in Business Accounting (CBA) and Professional qualification which comprises Managerial level, Strategic level and TOPCIMA. Currently, I am preparing for CBA and I am intending to take my exams in July, so that I could start preparing for Managerial level exam for November sitting. CBA can be taken any time of year, the exam is computer based and one gets the result as soon as the paper is done. Of my five papers, I’ve taken the one and passed it too. Anyone interested to know further can visit:
To all the readers who have sent their lovely comments:
Thank you so much for reading my blogs and I am very pleased that you all liked the description of mangoes. Next time I will post some mouth watering pictures of mangoes and I hope you will like them. I may not be able to reply to you all but, I read all the comments.
James, you are right, Urdu is our national language. However, the provinces, which I have mentioned above, have their languages too. As you asked about English in Pakistan, people want to learn it and be good to it. Many people you will find here, who speak English fluently and also write very well. You will see all types of learners here, from beginners to advance learners.
KIrsti, black salt is a kind of salt just as white salt but the black salt used in a very little quantity.
Tomo, raw mangoes are used for making pickles and they are sour in taste so the pickle never tastes sweet. It's tangy and spicy.
Katy I like pears very much.
Pary, Naheed is a Persian name (which means planet Venus) and is usually given to females.
Take Care
Naheed
Comments
Thank you, Naheed. I wish I could taste the pickles! It sounds nice to me because I like spicy food! I can see you've been making big effort to write your blog. Way to go!
Hi Naheed! I am sedning warm greetings to your happy family to Pakistan. We are three sisters and parents in my family. Are you the youngest one? I feel like a small child comparing to your wide range of knowledge, seriousness and brilliancy in using English and the dignity of your appearance. I saw more of your comments here or on Stephen`s column. Yesterday even I discovered that you was commmented in June 2006 while I started reading student`s blogs in September only. Best wishes!
Hi Naheed!I don't know how is the other Pakistanis English level, but I can say that yours is great! In my country the majority of the people study English from their primary studies to their adult life. And I don't know why is difficult to find people who have a good grasp of English. I am one of this unlucky students. I never have stayed in an English speaking country and I don't use English in my everyday life. I think this can be one of the reason of my poor English, specially speaking English. I would like to make you a question; ¿How do you pronounce your name? Maybe /na:ed/ or /na:id/ or /naed/... I love reading your blog everyday. Thanks a lot ;)
Thank you for your wonderful letter.When I was reading it I feel like being in your country.I presume you are very strong-willed,artistic and have green fingers.Good luck for the exam and take care!hyoshil
Hi, Naheed. Thank you for your explanation of black salt. I also looked for information on the web and found that it's used as a condiment because it has a strong sulfuric flavor. As there was already salt in your recipe I should have guessed that it wasn't there because it was salty...
Hello Naheed. I envy you because you live in a city where tall palm trees throw their shadows on the soft sandy beaches where you can walk every morning barefoot, while the waves of the sea are splashing on your ankles . I feel a pang of nostalgia because I was born and grew up in a town on the Adriatic coast, but because of my work, I live in an inland city now. Write more about the beautifil salt sea and the warm sandy beaches! Please!
Naheed your description of Pakistan was so vivid, thank you. We are as sisters, as my name, Leila, also originates from Persia. I have been fortunate to have some connections with Pakistan in the past; when I worked in London very many years ago, work mate of mine came from Karachi. Also once flying from England to New Zealand we stopped at the Karachi Airport. I am looking forward learning more about you and the country you live. Yours very femininely
Hello Naheed! I think henna design so beautiful. However, it seems very difficult to paint such delicate figures in the skin. I´m looking foward to seeing the pictures of your artistic work. Best wishes, Ana Paula.
hello . your contry is nice and butiful place .
Dear Naheed; Hi!Thank you so much for your blogs, and your kind responses to comments. It's great to get to know nice friends like you on this cyber-community. You have beautifully depicted a sketch of your life, your happy family and your daily routine. Would you please put the address of the corresponding website you mentioned again? It hasn't appeared on this page. Then I'd like to know if English is widely spoken in Pakistan? I mean do people use it in their everyday conversation? And what about Persian? Do you yourself know Persian too? You know the meaning you have given for "Pakistan" is the same as it means in Persian, as "Pak " means "pure and neat" and the rest is a suffix which represents a place. I will be happy to read your next interesting blog. Best wishes! Katy/Iran
Hello Naheed!!! Nice to hear from you again.It is a good habit to get up an early. Your are absolutely right!! Due to my one friend,he usually get up late. It does not mean he take class late ,but I feel like he does not fresh on the whole days.Thus I try to suggest him to get up earlier. After that he get better and do everything quickly. And another one in your routine regarding yoga. How long you practise yoga ? You are getting many advantages from yoga, aren't you ? I hear from TV that yoga can reduce weight, can't it? Please give me more the information - I am not chubby but some of my friends seem to be chubby . Maybe your advise can give a lot of special things. The last but not least I would like to know more about Pakistan food. If you talk more ,I will give you a big warm smile .Better luck next time.
Dear Naheed,, congratulations for being the blogger this month. I do really think BBC has has a great idea by creating this blog, and a the evidence are quiet your interesting commentaries. On the other hand, I´d like to say that your name is really beautiful and suggesting. Well good luck and go ahead with your writings; this is my first day on the BBC blog and I´m really excited about it. Greetings, Marco
Dear Haheed, I'd like to write something about my hometown, Taipei City, which is also the capital and the centre of commerce of Taiwan. However, Taipei is not the largest city in our country considering the mearsure of area. And in contrast to other metropolises in the world, the amount of citizens in taipei are merely approximate to three millions people. How many citizens are there in your city Karachi, Haheed? Taipei is famous for its various types of food, and you can easily find food stands everywhere from day and night. In taiwan, night market is a must-go place where no one can hardly have their stomach get saticified and the most well-known night market, Shih-Lin night market, is in Taipei. I always enjoy myself in the Shih-Lin night market by eating lots of diverse kinds of snacks from everywhere in Taiwan. I guess tourists comes to here just because of its specialties from every cities. Best wishes, David All the best. David
Hi, Naheed. I'm interested in your country's mangoes. It sounds wonderful.Your writting's so attracted me because it refered to food I like eating mango. Please to read your blog and wish you a good exam. Bye!
Hi Naheed :-) You may find it strange that a few day ago I knew nearly nothing about your country. But because reading and writting comments to teachers' and students' blogs has become my newly discoverd pastime I was forced to learn a bit about Pakistan. And what I have learned! A lot: your country is very big and very beautiful with a lot of very fantastic landscapes, and very beautiful and oryginal architecture. You've got the sea and mountains, the uplands and plains, territories with forest and deserts. Fantastic, just fantastic! Maybe one day I'll visit your country. I'm looking forward to your next blogs. See you... oops, sory; read you!
Hi Naheed, Good to know about Mangoes variety yo u mentioned. It was really informative. I like the king of fruit, as you said it. In part of India i am coming from, we also do lot of dishes with mangoes, Mango lassi being my favourite. This year I am missing all the mango season, as i am away from home in Switzerland for work. Feeding piegon is really good and nice thing to do. I would like to share with you about terrific result my friend got because of yoga. He was almost broke down, or depressed because of some reason, and he was suggested to do yoga, sort of breathing technique. It helped him a lot. Now not only he is normal but doing really great, I think his concentration levels have gone up. I am so inspired by looking at this wonderful effect in him, that I am planning to take lessons about it. It is really wonderful and worth doing thing. Cheers Manas
Hi Naheed I have visited this site befor as well but I have seen blogs for the first time and believe me I am so glad to read the information about the life in Pakistan.It is almost similar as in India.Please keep writing more about your country I would be glad to read it. Regards sujata
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