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OMG Road Rage :O
theOriginal
08/04/05 at 12:05:10
[slm] How is everyone?  I hope things are going well with everybody, inshaAllah. Okay, so recently, I have had to drive around town quite a bit...and I've realized that I'm not as patient, calm, or even law-abiding as I once used to be.  Quite the opposite -- I've become a MONSTER on the road.  The other day, some guy on a motorcycle was smiling disgustingly, and he followed me for three blocks, then happened to touch my car..which is a serious no-no.  So I ended up tailgating him for about ten minutes until he pulled up on the side of the road, and then I honked at him, rolled down the window and said "YOU'RE SO STUPID .. I HATE YOU"  (It was the only thing I could think of at the time)... Anyway, driving in Pakistan is an absolute outrage...even though this is Islamabad...the easiest city to drive in.  But it's driving me CRAZY...and every time I get into the car, I pray that I don't get angry...but it isn't working. How do you guys deal with road rage?  I don't want to roll down my window and yell out anything again...because that's dangerous. Wasalaam.

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jannah
08/04/05 at 12:15:33
hahahaha you're so funny justone... i didn't think you'd be the one with road rage!!! maybe try playing some soothing music or lecture while in the car and leave for stuff ahead of time so ur not in a rush and getting angry at ppl in the road for driving slow or whatever or yeah how bout those little sound thingies they used to sell awhile ago for stress in the car that makes sounds like a machine gun :P

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bhaloo
08/04/05 at 21:43:40
[slm] [quote author=JustOne link=board=madrasa;num=1123171510;start=0#0 date=08/04/05 at 12:05:10]  "YOU'RE SO STUPID .. I HATE YOU"  (It was the only thing I could think of at the time)... [/quote] How did you say that in Urdu?  "BATAMEEZ!  Mujse tum say naraaz hoon: ??? How bad can Islamabad driving be?  Now Karachi driving is seriously bad.  Here in Cali I try to avoid rush hour and traffic.  Just remain calm and have sabr.  :)  Lately while I've been driving I've been listening to a tafsir of the Quran put out by Farhat Hashmi's student, its up in mp3 format on their website.

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Fozia
08/05/05 at 02:45:26
[quote author=bhaloo link=board=madrasa;num=1123171510;start=0#2 date=08/04/05 at 21:43:40][slm] How did you say that in Urdu?  "BATAMEEZ!  Mujse tum say naraaz hoon: ??? [/quote] [slm] I was trying to work that out and this is what I have come up with [i]Tum sab sey barey Ghade ho May tum sey nafrat karte ho[/i] Do tell us what you said Sr. Jo, I may not be able to sleep otherwise...... Wassalaam

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theOriginal
08/05/05 at 05:31:07
[slm] Haha...that was SO funny, Fozia.   Unfotunately, I haven't mastered the language to the degree where I can have an outburst in Urdu.  It was in English... Next time, though....I'm going to use the "ghada" line. And yeah, I agree...driving in Islamabad is a walk in the park when you compare it to Karachi.  But at least people in Karachi DON'T STARE.  And if they are staring at you, you know it's time to run, because you're prolly going to get mugged. In Islamabad everyone stares.  From the guy who collects our garbage, to the Senior Vice President at my ex-job.  (lol...ex-job).   Wasalaam.

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Caraj<+td>
08/09/05 at 21:38:34
Soooooooooooooooothats why  Pakistan is considering banning women drivers  :o Some crazy woman pulled off and yelled at a poor biker, an innocent man.  :o I just heard it on the news.  8) :D    :-/    ;)     :-/    :D
08/09/05 at 21:39:31
Caraj

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timbuktu
08/10/05 at 08:31:37
[slm] bhaloo, how long have you been away from Pakistan? "BATAMEEZ!  Mujse tum say naraaz hoon" wrong :) The correct Urdu is: "BUD-TAMEEZ! Mein tum sey nafrat karti hoon" (for a girl saying this, of course. Looks like I have to start giving lessons in Urdu even to ex-pat Urdu walas. :)

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WhatDFish
08/11/05 at 14:42:05
[q] "BATAMEEZ!  Mujse tum say naraaz hoon[/q] and i thought my urdu was BADDDD, and here comes this chap and gives me a lifeline! :D

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theOriginal
08/11/05 at 15:50:24
[slm] We should form a "Bad Urdu" club.   Actually let me share a story: Back when I was 15 or so, I went to Karachi for the summer...and everyone was around at the time....like all of my cousins and aunts and uncles under one roof.  So some little child found it amusing to crush up a bag of chips and scatter it like confetti in my grandmother's room.  When she walked in, she looked like she was going to be really sick (she reeeeeally likes everything clean).  SO I made her sit down, while I went in search of a broom.   A BROOM -- IN KARACHI ... that's like hard to find, because no one does their own brooming in Karachi.  So I went looking for the "maasi" (housecleaner)....and when I found her, I put on my best urdu, "Batool, aap like please like woh jhuraa bata dain kidhar hai?"  And she's like "say wha?" And I'm like "you know...a jhuraa!!!"  And she's like "ummm...no?"   It went on for like five minutes, until my cousin walked up the stairs, put her arm around me and said "uhuh...righttttt....sarah I think you're looking for a JHAAROOOO"     Then she proceeded to laugh and inform EVERYONE in the house of what happened. I have never been able to live it down. And in case anyone is wondering...my nani had already cleaned it up by the time I got back with the jhuraa. Wasalaam.

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theOriginal
08/11/05 at 15:52:25
[slm] Oh I have another one.  My sister goes, "Meri zindagee mein in sab cheezon kay liye kamra nahi hai" ... HAHAHAHAHA.  (She translated from "I don't have room (as in a bedroom) for these things in my life") Wasalaam.

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theOriginal
08/11/05 at 15:54:25
[slm] While I'm making fun of my family... My brother sat me down two years ago and asked me to say the word "finger" in urdu.  So I go "oh you know...UNGLI."  And he's like "no way!!!  I've been saying UMLI my whole life." LOL. Wasalaam.

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Fozia
08/12/05 at 07:33:53
[slm] Sr. JO were you born in the States??? We had a really strict policy in our house where all of us have to speak Urdu in the house. So our urdu or rather Hinglish (Hindi/Urdu/english) is passable.....just!!! Wassalaam

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bhaloo
08/16/05 at 00:54:28
[slm] [quote author=`Uthmaan link=board=madrasa;num=1123171510;start=0#7 date=08/11/05 at 14:42:05][q] "BATAMEEZ!  Mujse tum say naraaz hoon[/q] and i thought my urdu was BADDDD, and here comes this chap and gives me a lifeline! :D [/quote] Your Urdu is bad, and Timbuktu's might not be much better.  :D   If you google the word "Batameez" you will find over 1,000 occurences of it.  Guys, your talking to the official jannah.org 2003 Urdu contest champion.  That would be a good thread to visit.

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Fozia
08/17/05 at 09:40:31
[quote author=bhaloo link=board=madrasa;num=1123171510;start=10#12 date=08/16/05 at 00:54:28][slm] Your Urdu is bad, and Timbuktu's might not be much better.  :D   If you google the word "Batameez" you will find over 1,000 occurences of it.  Guys, your talking to the official jannah.org 2003 Urdu contest champion.  That would be a good thread to visit.[/quote] [slm] It's not the Batameez that's wrong. Must say that if you'rs was the championship winning entry the Madina contest must have had very thin pickings..... :P Wassalaam

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timbuktu
08/17/05 at 10:07:48
[slm] no attempt at trying to be one up, so no offence meant, right :) but here are a couple of words. Can you tell the difference, and how would you write them in Roman Urdu (the sort that is popular here at jannah.org) :) ÈÇÊãíÒ ÈÏÊãíÒ

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theOriginal
08/17/05 at 11:16:04
[slm] HAHAHA Fozia.  That was funny, lol. I think it's "Mein tumsay naraaz houn".... Oh and timbuktu, I can't read those foreign looking letters. Wasalaam.

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timbuktu
08/17/05 at 11:34:53
[slm] foreign characters, you must be joking :) [size=8] ÈÇ ÊãíÒ ÈÏ ÊãíÒ [/size] don't you read Urdu or Arabic?
08/17/05 at 11:36:18
timbuktu

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theOriginal
08/17/05 at 13:03:25
[slm] Dude, they're just a bunch of e's, i's, a's o's and c's with weird hats and dots all over them. Seriously...foreign letters. Wasalaam.

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bhaloo
08/17/05 at 19:42:54
[slm] Guys, I turned on my Yemeni Arabic on my computer, and Timbuktu's Urdu looks like the Greek Alphabet and then some!!!

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Fozia
08/18/05 at 03:44:57
[slm] OK first one reads Ba-tameez, second reads Bad-tameez. At last those hours spent learning Urdu come to the fore......(unless I'm wrong obviously, in which case I think my parents ought to ask for a refund). Wassalaam

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timbuktu
08/18/05 at 11:23:34
[slm] OK JO, here is a lesson: Internet Explorer 101 If you have foreign looking characters that ought to read Arabic, or Urdu, look for the menu at the top. SOmewhere it says, "View"; click there. Then in the drop down menu you will see spmething called "Encoding". Go there. Another drop-down menu appears. Select the one language you suspect it is in. If not available, there will be an option called "more". Go there. Yet another drop-down. Select again the one nearest to the language. In this case it will be "Arabic Windows". Click there. Let us know the results :) Fozia, right on. and the meanings are: [size=8] ÈÇ ÊãíÒ[/size] = with (good) manners and[size=8] ÈÏ ÊãíÒ [/size] = with bad manners

Kewl!
abdul_aziz
08/18/05 at 13:51:52
[slm] Now that was an exercise worth doing. The Arabic encoding stuff was too cool.. Jazak Allah! brother Timbuktu. [wlm]

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readagain
08/18/05 at 18:58:09
[slm] wowww that was sooo cool...thanks bro timbuktu now i can read urdu on my computer... :) oh and i know what those mean..but then i wasnt born here so i shldnt compete. man sister JO..i think i remember you from that story..yes you have posted that before and i cld never forget it ..its ok, dont worry abt posting it twice now..i enjoyed it the same  ;).. mann i have a LOT of these bad urdu stories from my husband..but for some reason cant think of one now..as soon as he comes back from work and says somehting smart in urdu..ill post it inshallah  :-[
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