Mentor Sahab's TCSMTC Reflection Diaries - Part 1
Disclaimer: God Almighty being my witness, I solemnly swear the following poetic script features zero use of AI.
Before you try to change the world, change your thinking
Dressed like a cross between a porcupine and an Oompa Lampa, Gen Z and Gen Alpha have a weird sense of dressing
To quote Fyodor Dostoevsky, your greatest sin is that you have betrayed and destroyed yourself for nothing
What do you think is the percentage of your life that you are really in charge of, approximately speaking?
Perfect opening day for Sportsfest at City School Muslim Towm marred by a fight in the evening
Dimagh ki batti shaat na karo – set hai us ki fielding
Calling that shawarma guy at Sportsfest was one of the great moments – truly momentum defining
Hard work for the volunteers; its like bowling on a flat pitch with no roughs appearing
Fellas referring to each other as n***or EC group; open season on racism and name calling
Limits matter after all; there’s a fine line between ragging and fooling
Sometimes, I wanna migrate to the countryside with no hustling
Life was simple two decades ago when weekends meant watching Lion King
You win some, you lose some; it’s a 50/50 thing
General complaint at Sportsfest is that participants and organisers should be more spot-on with their timing
Stepping out of the air-conditioned room, hazy glasses definitely need some cleaning
To hell with Darwin’s theory of evolution; its time for some arm wrestling
When asked about the one thing they would do on campus that they could get away with, majority of the Sportsfest participants talked about killing
Reading different types of waste; meanwhile the filter unit at the back side of HM office is malfunctioning
Apparently, delegates need some fine tuning when it comes to improving their listening
Interviewing Hafsah at the event (an unorthodox, private O’Levels nerd) at the event was truly a blessing
Great fires offer only a few moments of respite – secret lies in the timing
Mystics have said that out goal on Earth is not to summit to a metaphysical mountain of spirituality, but rather to return to our original childlike state of fitra and purity
Just as finding a hole in a leaking bucket is a blessing, because it shows us what needs to be patched, Satan’s hearts show us where our hearts are not in alignment with God; it’s a divine mercy
It is in experiencing distance from God that we begin to see the priceless blessing of divine proximity
Sins can veil our perception of our inner goodness just as clouds can alter our experience of the sunlight’s intensity
The rose felt the encouragement of the light against its being; hence, it opened its heart and gave to the world all its beauty
We are like photographs; our faith is developed in the dark room of the trials we face with the catalyst for self-discovery and growth being life’s difficulty
Distance between our head and heart is approximately 18 inches, but it is the longest journey we will ever take spiritually
When the divinely aligned heart is the king of the body and mind is his servant, the soul resides in peace and harmony
Happy to see JT and other school delegations featuring middle school students; signs are indeed promising
Which was better; Trinity MUN or Sportsfest? Sometimes, we can’t resist comparing
Middle finger in action – fighting over the appointment of ludo co-head; am so done with this petty fussing
Proud of Ehtisham and co for hi-octane crisis solving
Music sir cursing students for destroying the mics, meanwhile, everyone is excited about scavenger hunting
Badminton matches postponed on account of futsal; could surely work on the scheduling
Kids featuring at Cairo Crunch – don’t wanna share food; sharing is caring
Fellas vaping on campus; a lot of pods there for confiscating
Spiral and AB French fries taste delicious with slushes also doing some slushing
When asked about life regrets, one participant talked about betrayals and the need to stop trusting
Couple of sportsfest participants wanted to be at home instead, alternating between binge-watching The Mentalist and studying
The phadda was the perfect unplanned social for Friday evening
Never let go of your inner child while watching the iconic duel between Walter White and Gus Fring
Illuminating ‘O3’ Einsteins on ac generators, dc motors and specific heat capacity
A dirty window changes the view, not the world outside silly
Cheap chargers destroy phones, just like cheap people destroy standards slowly
Humans invented mirrors but later used filters because mirrors projected way too much honesty
Normal distribution has immense applications in financial and risk management, such as stock returns, asset prices and portfolio validity
It teaches us the acceptance of extremes and the danger of assuming normality
Not to mention the fact that order emerges from chaos as well as the beauty of central tendency
Its not a loop; it’s a spiral; wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
Eviscerating captivity of negativity in a sunlit village while resting underneath a Mango tree
Imagining golden fields of corn, wheat and mustard blooming, I want to teleport myself to the 15th century
I would be a gazillionaire If I got a dollar every time, I wanted to bludgeon some whack job motorcyclist in Lahore for coming the wrong way without offering an apology
Haunted by the desire for a different fate, books spread across the kitchen table, reading them out loud, blending knowledge with fantasy
Theres nothing to fear but fear itself, scared to close your eyes, scared to open them buddy
Over a passage of time, your life starts to mirror that of a butler with endless chores and responsibilities
The once-charming prince becomes more like a giant from his childhood tales as the magic begins to fade slowly
Losing sleep after watching ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, dreaming of being chased by Freddy
We stopped looking for monsters underneath our bed the moment we realized that they were living inside us most definitely
We can’t raise the white flag; the greatest fairytale is the one you write for yourself homey
In the end, we will all be judged: I cant lie to you about your chances, but you have my empathy
Welcome to the world of stories; we need some intriguing storytelling
Seeing Sir Nafees refereeing at Futsal match reminded me of Zidane’s headbutt in the Fifa World Cup Final; truly heartbreaking
Forest Music station at CSMT ground eerily strikes me as a venue for witchcraft rituals with Baal and Bellial Dajjal slam-dunking
Appreciation matters; seeing the boards for stars and employees of the month is truly delighting
Dear students, save water and trees, use paper bags, the world could honestly use more recycling
Miss the good old days when life priorities just amounted to having a place to sleep, a toothbrush, soft toys and clothing
Reading stories in kindergarten like the three wishes, wild swans, steadfast tin solder and three billy goats guff; they were truly interesting
Late Saturday night, story room looks like a garbage chute with the filth sprawling
Shawarma packets and empty water next bottles and cold coffee cups everywhere; my OCD is making me tripping
Doorbell ding dongs. I hear crying; maybe, I am dreaming
Caution! Caution! One meter pizza box has arrived in ICT lab, a feast right there for the devouring
I want to relax in a 98-storey treehouse while the demons in the Sportsfest loudspeaker are blasting
I am not poony, don’t call me floppy, that shirt is so badly pressed, so done with these kids and their wailing
Coffee is tasteless, hate these bossy pants; geez, why can’t people stop complaining?
Deliveries don’t usually come late on a school night. They don’t come in a speedy car and they definitely don’t sit crying
Lawn mover rumbles as I mow the lawn
Harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph, must always be switched on
Guess the night is darkest before dawn
So wanna take a sabbatical at Mandarin’s kitchen and eat those prawns
Hate it when you call your buddy from a new number and he says kon
Must practice optimism for a living; absolutely idealize Jim Ron
That brute of an inswinger was one of the great deliveries to Muhammad Yousaf by Irfan Pathan
Noone prepared me for coming in the 30s – lifestyle fully resembles that of a cyborg or automaton
Watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and relishing the trajectory of Metatron
Always envisioned the swag of a leopard but ended up relating more with the Black Swan
Illumination is when a wave realizes that it is the ocean; gotta pick up the pen and put down the baton
CMST kids waiting for Valentine’s Day to write love letters
Lots of shipments plus the confession pages are foaming to the brim with rumors
Question marks raised over ‘normal’ interactions between opposite genders
Campus peace plagued on account of intrusions by outsiders
Students complaining about fake friends and traumatizing experiences with their seniors
Campus boasts of egoistic tussles, often resembling the battleground of Mordor
Sir Shoaib playing the role of the Good Samaritan and intervening to diffuse the fight and restore some semblance of order
Hollywood is indeed the Devil’s industry; beware of the New World Order
Heading to DHA Head Office for the plantation activity, planning the World Peace Day as well as the anti-bullying procedure
It takes two to tango; let the divine perpetual bliss take over
Company of the righteous makes you righteous and company of the corrupt makes you corrupt to quote our pious predecessors
Sportsfests, IT hackathons and art galas being conducted by schools college and universities routinely
Ironically, we have yet to produce the next Imran Khan, Kamran Abdus Salam or Gulji
Exploring theory of multiple intelligence and wondering which strategy of Islam aligns with Maslow hierarchy
Call me a pragmatic with an OCD for castigating the bureaucratic filth, but we seriously need to step up our educational philosophy
The rudimentary education most children achieve nowadays is simply not sufficient enough to get them their desired salaries
Watching Bay Harbor Butcher go ballistic on the Ice Truck Killer generates some funky ideas, starring me and Asif Ali Zardari
80~85% of the country’s IT graduates deemed unemployable in a recent survey; to hell with CLO/PLO fraud and revised Bloom’s taxonomy
Everything we have in this world from satellites to skyscrapers to baby food is just an idea acted upon; start your mental engine mechanistically
Rana Sanaullah looks like a combo of Lady Gaga’s regrets and a shriveled onion
Some people also consider Australia and the Malay Archipelago to be Oceanian
Life balances out with its roller-coaster trajectory; out for a duck in the first innings whereas in second, you become a centurion
Glad to be done with those bureaucratic scumbags; can retire with blissful memories of the alma mater while looking to savor the alumni reunion
Noah’s ark was built by an old prophet in the desert, and it survived the flood that drowned the word whereas Titanic sunk on its first voyage – cant challenge God in his dominion
Life is not only about reaching Heaven after you die. It is about dwelling in palace of God’s eternal presence while you are living instead of being Satan’s minion
Revolutionary scientific studies performed at University of Helsinki in Finland have shown that DNA can be repaired through frequency and vibration, validating popular opinion
A single drop of water is seemingly powerless, but many drops together can create a current strong enough to carve stones as magnificent as the Grand Canyon
Boys emulating the homosexual nation of Lot in the Story room and appearing a touch uncouth
American hospitals add excess charges and erroneous amounts on 99% of their invoices; no wonder, things are going south
Meanwhile the ac’s flop show continues with the ICT lab being hotter than a crack ho’s mouth
Just like cricket, you get only one shot at life and have to gather ye rosebuds while ye may before you get out
Overwhelmed to see deliberate masses cheating for their own gain; need to retire and go back to fishing for trout
Mashrab and Ehtisham have been phenomenal and a profound blessing and revelation for us, give them a loving shout
The Holy Quran in Mecca symbolizes the fact that the road that leads to God is full of self-sacrifices and struggles and is a difficult route
Students getting pumped at the most minor thing; suffering from an insane bout
They say life is short, enjoy it but don’t tell you that Hereafter is long; prepare for it; indeed, the promise of God is the truth without any doubt
Sometimes, life makes you cross a snake pit, trudge through a haunted castle and lurch around a roller coaster
CSMT has its fair share of rough-and-tumble, spiky-haired, hole-at-the-knee tumble boys calling themselves brother from another mother
Drawing their imaginary cutlasses like pirates operating in the deep waters
Back pain is on the rise; gotta work on my posture
The Lord is our shepherd, and he will guide us through the pasture
We borrow the Earth from our children rather than just inheriting it from our ancestors
Ecstatic to see teachers like Mam Hina Meer and Mam Soha mentoring little explorers
Each day is a new trip full of discovery with amazing tiny passengers
If you won over each and every Tom, Dick and Harry, but you couldn’t please God, what did you really achieve at life’s critical juncture?
Indeed, Hell lies in wait for the criminals, a place of ambush for those who deny the truth; Chapter 78, Verse 21 of the Holy Scripture
Sometimes, the greatest tragedy is not divorce; its remaining in a marriage that destroys your ability to fulfill the right of God and one another
Gotta grind your way through; if you don’t build now, later becomes harder
Sometimes, your enemies cant swim, hence God takes you through troubled waters
Behind every problem is a rational solution; glad to be a chemical engineer
Teach your children to keep their promises, to treat everyone with respect, show gratitude daily and be kind to animals and nature
Not to mention being generous, making time for family, valuing time and keeping calm under pressure
Rejection means try again or go for a different route or procedure
CSMT lit by Qawwali night like a force of nature
Hope this event enables it to venture into uncharted territory in Lahore and augment its stature
Experiencing loneliness in a hyperconnected world, courtesy of social media, individualism and career pressure
People use filters on social media because they project less bitter honesty as opposed to mirrors
Anmol Pinky case serves as a timely reminder that a society which turns away from divine accountability will inevitably taste bitter fruit of spiritual bankruptcy, internal chaos and disorder
Jennifer Lopez releases ‘Aint’ Your Mama’ song in 2016, backed by ‘Free the Nipple’ movement, spearheaded by Miley
During 2nd wave of feminism, Gloria Steinem (founder of Miss Magazine) said to NY times that CIA’s biggest mistake was not supplanting it with private funds quickly
Kate Miller wrote ‘Sexual Politics’ and framed marriage as a form of oppression in the 1970s
Betty Friedan called home a comfortable concentration camp while Simone labelled motherhood a trap – someone save us from this Devilry
You would expect feminism to uplift women’s contentment levels yet in 2009, National Bureau of Economics published ‘Paradox of Declining Female Happiness’ surprisingly
The icing on the cake is that hocus pocus regularly features in our country’s university curricula for gender studies
Jennifer Lopez divorced Ben Affleck; said loneliness has been her biggest companion; fair to say that feminism is an imported ideology
Independence often arrives quietly not as a thunderclap, but as a small doorway you step through unknowingly
Super Duper Proud of the EC, fellow teachers, admin and staff members for ensuring the phenomenal success of the MTC Sportsfest and giving us a lovely weekend making us relish life splendidly
Super proud of you all my dear students; cheers for the exquisite memories
May the Good Lord confer an array of swashbuckling blessings upon all of you; God bless CSMT fraternity
Regards,
Mentor Hamza Nasir
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