For those of you that are not aware Saad A Khan is an old buddy from the days of yesteryears when Mr. Vain was the hit song at parties and the running man was a cool dance move. This was in fact reminded to me by my buddy who has come into town on a short stint to visit the motherland.
It’s good to reminisce about days one has either placed in a memory jar at the back of the daily dealings. Old flames, bad haircuts and even worse shirts can bring a good smile to the dreary routine of work-home-work-weekend and its repeat performance played one time to many!
Saad’s a stand up guy with an exellent sense of humour; an investment banker by profession based in Calgary. Dealing with the oil moguls’ of the western world has added a deep sense of worldy economics to this young guy who was one of the dude’s when I knew him back in school (that’s Froebel’s for the Islooites). His lightneing quips, blunt remarks and the views on peoples personalities are a fresh change to the usual diplomacies one has so gotten used to in the Islamabad social circuit.
Rifi’s was the dinner joint where we all met up at and exchanged some good old stories (and some that were locked in vaults till someone spilt the beans – being Saad in this case!!) after merry laughs and a few wine glasses the evening came to a pleasant close and the routine started all over again.
Im glad for these moments that we get. It will be these times that we will ponder upon and smirk when we’re old and gray with our thoughts that will be our companions more so than these days of social chaos that seem to be our ‘hectic’ lives.
On the flip side this chaos will add to the thoughts that too will make us smirk eventually!
P.S. the Thai green curry (chicken) at Rifi’s is divine!! Definitely recommend an evening there.
It’s good to reminisce about days one has either placed in a memory jar at the back of the daily dealings. Old flames, bad haircuts and even worse shirts can bring a good smile to the dreary routine of work-home-work-weekend and its repeat performance played one time to many!
Saad’s a stand up guy with an exellent sense of humour; an investment banker by profession based in Calgary. Dealing with the oil moguls’ of the western world has added a deep sense of worldy economics to this young guy who was one of the dude’s when I knew him back in school (that’s Froebel’s for the Islooites). His lightneing quips, blunt remarks and the views on peoples personalities are a fresh change to the usual diplomacies one has so gotten used to in the Islamabad social circuit.
Rifi’s was the dinner joint where we all met up at and exchanged some good old stories (and some that were locked in vaults till someone spilt the beans – being Saad in this case!!) after merry laughs and a few wine glasses the evening came to a pleasant close and the routine started all over again.
Im glad for these moments that we get. It will be these times that we will ponder upon and smirk when we’re old and gray with our thoughts that will be our companions more so than these days of social chaos that seem to be our ‘hectic’ lives.
On the flip side this chaos will add to the thoughts that too will make us smirk eventually!
P.S. the Thai green curry (chicken) at Rifi’s is divine!! Definitely recommend an evening there.
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