Dear All,
Today is Thursday, and I have just had 3 days off work for Eid and now I have a weekend to look forward to! Its not a bad life at the moment I'll tell u that!
Yesterday was Bilal and Shaminas bday, and thanks to Bilal Shamina managed to get her present so I was greatful of that, though obviously I would have loved to spend their bdays in England i was here in Qatar earning my Riyals to pay for their presents!! Also it would have been hard to decide whos Dinner to go to, lol, i aint saying who i would pick but im sure u all know who....!
Regarding Money its obviously Imperative to earn money in this commericalised world, however where do u think the trade-off between enjoying urself/life and earning money ends? some take the view of earning their whole lives and working hard throughout...these people tend to be americans, then there is some who take the view of lets work hard for the first 50 years of our lives and then enjoy life after (i would say this a fair reflection on the English) and then there is some who take the view of Lets work a little but lets have lots of fun at the same time(these tend to be the Medeterian people ie Spanish, Italien, Greek) and finally you have the people who just cant be arsed working because they dont need to and that unfortunantly for me is the Arabs.
I see it everyday how these lazy bums, are jus living off natural resources and not doing that much with their lives, its so upsetting, and though a large amount of displeasure is thru jealously, I still think it isnt really living life.
If anyone has seen the film 'Click' with Adam Sandler will know that work/family life balance is critical, i think the film portarys the balance well and though it has its usual Hollywood features especially the ending, it was enjoyable and enabled me to releate to the film now that I am working( though i dont have my own family, i have Shamina and My parents,sisters+nephew) and the balance I have to have between all the parties involved. Its certainly true with ages comes responsbility, because I am feeling it, I already feel the pressure to make somethign of the myself, push myself up the coporate lader, become more family orientated, become a better muslim, its all these things that constantly play on ur mind that gives you little time to enjoy life for what is it. Even on Holidays like I jus had, I am still thinking about work, I worry about this and that, there is never a end, when we were back at school or uni, there was always a end in sight, like you knew at the end of this term that was it for a month/3months, and u cud do this and that, and then go back eventually or you know another chapter in ur life, where as with work there is nothing to look forward to, i mean there is but its ur annual leave or the weekends, and it jus really suxs. However becuase I am on a international assigment i get extra holidays called R+R on top of my annual leave which is for 16days every year(2 sets of 8days every 4 months!) so i have that to look forward to, however right now im jus counting the days til im back in the UK for training in novemeber.
I still havent decided what I am doing when I am back for training or for my bday but will let u know over the next week or so!
Aneway that is it for me for right now but I will be back very soon for one on my views on current world affiars...LOL not one to be missed!
Take care
Sheikh Asif Mahmood
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