This morning as we were Skype-ing with Waliya, my youngest sister, with a big loving smile on her face Anya suddenly took the laptop and hugged her Walu and left me and my sister both teary eyed. With a lump in my throat, I thought of this road we have ended up upon, a lifetime…
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Conversations with Anya : Pakistan Edition
A bilingual household means a bilingual kid! I’ll try to translate most of the conversations but sometimes its not that easy. Hope you’ll excuse that 🙂 Bilal talking to my sister-in-law and discussing the order for dinner Bilal: Bas saath wings mangwado (Just order the wings with it.) Anya, panicking: I don’t want you to…
Read MoreOur Backyard Eid Dinner
Except for a few pictures in the beginning, most of these taken by the amazing photographer and my good friend, Sumera Naveed. Here is a picture story of our simple celebration for Eid. It was the perfect example of everything going wrong initially but ending up just right. I ended up with just some simple crepe…
Read MoreAROUND PAKISTAN: Fun City in Centaurus Mall in Islamabad (& some thoughts)
Pictures from our trips to Fun City in the Centaurus Mall, Islamabad’s premier mall that opened last year. Probably the first of its kind in the city, it was so nice to have an indoor play area we could take Anya to. The carousal is the main attraction for kids but they have quite a…
Read MoreRaising a bilingual kid – Part 1
Many around me have commented on Anya’s Urdu (our native language from Pakistan) and I wanted to share my thoughts on raising a bilingual child. We are still in the beginning of this journey but I hope that she continues to learn Urdu alongside English. And for that will continue to find ways to encourage…
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