Youth - Pakistan to English Dictionary Supplement III

This is one of my favorite photos taken in Pakistan. They are two of the many Afghani boys found in the market asking to help in carrying the purchased items to make a living. Some of the boys are even much younger and smaller. When we asked to take a picture of them, they happily agreed.

Ironically, adults' arms aren't strong enough to carry their own bags that they pass the burden onto the juveniles who need jobs to live on without any sign of getting an education.

We often forget how lucky we are. Look at their smile and ask if we ourselves have postponed the happiness we deserve?

Bhutta at Clifton - Pakistan Trip III

Third day was a relaxing day. In the morning, we visited the Empress Market, built by the British to commemorate the Silver Jubille of Queen Victoria's reign designed in the domestic Gothic style. From its centre rises a tall clock tower shown in the first picture.

One difference that I would notice immediately from the traditional markets in Taiwan is that there were more men than women in the market. Those men are not necessarily loving husbands, but some of them were doing their daily job purchasing the groceries for their employers. There's not much to talk about on a market really, rather more interesting to walk around to explore. As what I mentioned, they have a general curiosity toward foreign people. The second picture shows those friendly and curious faces and also how high they can stack up their stocks. :)

While we drove along the beach, we saw a monkey mimicking human being. It was really cute. I took videos of this cute fellow acting actually like a gentleman. If anyone is interested I can send the short clips (how to put a movie clip on Blogger?). I showed the video to some Indian friends, and they can't be less impressed. It must be pretty common to have the monkey performance in India as well. We got to catch the sunset of Cliften beach. The beach itself is one part of the city, so it is a great spot to hang out. But people don't get themselves wet: they walk along the beach or sit on the bench watching people. I guess that they don't feel comfortable wearing swim suits in public or maybe people shouldn't jump into water in winter? Despite it was really really warm during all my stay in Karachi in December.

As usual, you see all kind of stuff there - people, bikes, horses, and camels. I actually got on one camel which was upset by me that I was kind of clumsy getting on it and caused its imbalance. It is a pity that I forgot to take a picture of me and the angry camel.

Last thing, they sell grilled corn (Bhutta) at the beach (photo on the left). I am a corn lover and of course I got one for myself. It is grilled with chili and lemon juice. It tastes great. Spicy and sour.

(to be continued...)