We are a very special family. I have four grown up daughters and a husband who left us nearly ten years ago. But we come together for each Christmas eve and give presents, and we enjoy each others.
As I joined to the Skype session, I was asked who I was, and I talked a few minutes about myself but very soon I went back into the kitchen after realizing all people were non-christian. Some were muslim, some hindu, some russian who don't celebrate Christmas. It was strange to notice Christmas was not so important all over the world.
The event itself wasn't very interesting. I didn't learn anything new. But I got two Skype invitations by two of the participant boys. One was Hameed from Pakistan, the other was Sandeep from India.
Very soon I was a very close friend of these boys. Both were wanted to get married but none of them had an arranged financée yet.
One day I was chatting with Hameed when he got a phone call from Pakistan. She was a girl who asked him to marry her because she had loved him for a long time since they were in the same class in a course. Otherwise she would be given to another boy. Hameed was shocked. Me too. What a brave girl! I asked Hameed what he would do. He wanted to wait until he would go home (he was working in Dubai) and see if he wants to marry the girl or not. I told him 'You're stupid! The girl can't wait for half a year! She wants to get an answer right now!' But Hameed was shy. He didn't know what to say or write. He didn't want to write anyway. At last I suggested him some very short messages and forced him to send a text message. I really had to force him. 'I'm shy, I'm shy' he whined. But at last he sent the text. And very soon after he invited me for his wedding with this girl...
Slowly I got to know his family too. I started teaching his cousin, his nephew, and talked to other members of his family too. He became a part of my life. If I don't hear about him for 2 or 3 days, I call him or he calls me. Yes, sometimes we use mobile as well, because internet connection is not very stabil there.
But I wasn't sure to go. I couldn't rely on him fully. He lives in Dubai and I have to go to Pakistan for the wedding. What if I'm left at the airport? Who will help me if he is busy at his wedding?
I've got the answer at the end of June.
I've got a new LinkedIn friend, called Tahir Rafique. He signed me and asked if we could be friends. Yes, sure, we might be friends after talking some time... And we became. He lives 2 hours of driving from Hameed's home. He is a 43 good at English, self employed, has 3 kids. One day he just invited me to visit him in his home and stay there. He promised me to be my guide if I wanted.
Just a few days after I first met Tahir somebody signed me on LinkedIn. I accepted his invitation. He wrote me a few lines saying 'Do you think that we can interact positively to learn from each other?' Signed as Dr Muhammad Shabhaz. Where from? Just about 2-3 hundred kms from Hameed and Tahir. He is 29, and has a little daughter. And promised me to help me if I need while being in Pakistan.
Now, I really want to go to Pakistan. I still don't know why. It just has a magnetic power on me.
I was talking to an Indian friend of mine about going to Pakistan. He asked: 'What can you lose?'
Yes! What can I lose? My life? Or a great turning point of my life if I don't go.
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