16th July 2007 - 16th July 2008…..1 year completed Alhamdulilah…yay yay yay!!
Any guesses as to what I’m talking about? 
Those who already know about it are requested to Ssshhhhhhhhh!!!
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So, Faysal Bank’s love for me continues 
and a friend told me that if i make one more post to praise them, they will sue me but u know me….I’d rather get sued, fight the case and win then refraining to talk against them 
Yesterday, I went to ask them if my account has been reactivated and they very confidently nodded their heads in assertion. I came back hop dancing because I knew now the amount that I had been dying to get could be transferred to my account and I’d be able to withdraw it.
However, today morning I got a call from the bank and they very innocently gave me this good news that "we think" (Note that they had still not confirmed….they were assuming) your account is still inactive. They took the pain to call me only when the money that was being transferred to my account got bounced back and the sender contacted them.
I once again went to see them in person and confirm if the account is still blocked and just then I noticed huge ads hanging from the ceiling. These ads said:
"Sahulat Current Account
Sahulat har wat aap k saath"
However, I thought of sincerely suggesting them to change these ads to this:
"Musibat Current Account
Musibat har wat aap k saath"
I read a meethi khabar in dawn yesterday. Here’s the link to it: "Sweet Candy Week"
I wish I could travel on motorway at least twice a day every day and get lots’n'lots of candies and Oh…somebody just told me "I’m too old for all this" . Bhaeeeee…..yeh kiya baat hui 
…I need candies and that’s it!
On a serious note…I really appreciate this effort and ‘am glad that our traffic police is moving away from traditional ways of imposing traffic rules which btw people are not much fond of following
I just felt too bad to have been told that I don’t know how to write an "O" i.e. the English letter pronounced as "oh" or "ow" or whatever… God…I’m a Software Engineer and I have still not learned how to write an O….feel ashamed FARIHA!!! Yesterday, a lady at Faisal Bank told me that you should write O as O and not 0 i.e. zero. She further added to my knowledge that an "O" has to be oval shaped (too bad…i thought it’s the zero which has to be oval shaped…my bad I follow wikipedia ). All this happened when I went to get my address corrected (check out my previous post if u don’t know the entire story ) and btw who says, "The Customer is always right" ? At least at Faysal Bank…it’s their staff who is always right!
PS: If u r wondering what’s written in the title of the post…it’s Oh and Zero :)
Faysal bank has been ticking me off right from the beginning of my banking relationship with them. The first day when I handed over my filled form to them, they returned it saying that the Internet banking and Telebanking services are currently not available so, you need to cross the options you selected regarding these services. Moreover, you have checked the option to get an ATM Card as well but we have a separate form for that so, cancel that out as well as this doesn’t need to be specified here. I was just wondering how much time would have been saved(of both mine and their) had they themselves canceled those sections out before giving away the form to me.By the time all this happened I had already got a very bad impression of them but was still hoping they’ll do better next time, however, to my utter disappointment they have just irritated me more after that.
A day or two after I submitted my form, they called me on my cellphone asking me to deposit Rs.500 as opening balance and for ATM card charges(note that this was the first time they were calling). But I was away from my desk and couldn’t receive their call so instead of trying to call again on my cellphone they directly called on my home number telling my mother that Ms.Fariha hasn’t given so and so amount and that she needs to do it ASAP. I got to know about it only when my mother called me asking me in a surprised tone, "Fariha, you haven’t paid some amount of bank and they are calling at home asking for money." I felt nothing but ashamed of myself as mummy never likes any delay when it comes to money matters. Neway I deposited that money the very same day.
Then after about 15 days I was notified that my cheaque book is ready and I could collect it from my branch. I collected the cheaque book with my name printed on all the cheaques but got ticked off again to notice that they had misspelled my middle name. I ignored that and remained quiet because I didn’t want to present myself as a girl who gets irritated of every single thing but Faysal bank had some more plans to annoy me.
When I called them Saturday morning to check if a certain amount that had to be transferred to my account has been deposited or not….they said it hasn’t been. However, I got a call from them in the afternoon and they said that the letter of thanks that they had mailed me has returned probably because of some problem in the address and hence my account has been temporarily blocked. This could possibly be the reason why that certain amount didn’t get transferred. When they verified the address, I came to know that they have written my apartment number incorrectly….arggg…how could they be so sO SO careless! They have now requested me to visit their branch again to get the address corrected(even though IT IS THERE MISTAKE THAT THEY HAVE ENTERED INCORRECT ADDRESS IN THEIR DATABASE) and to get my account unblocked. Idiots!! I seriously will ask them to send me an apology letter rather than the thanks letter. I’m surprised to see how can someone from a banking sector where every letter every digit is extremely important, make so many typing mistakes….don’t they have anyone to proof read what they type? If not then they badly need to have one.
They probably need to learn something from Bank Al-Habib as well which ever since I have opened an account with them, has not given me even a single reason to complain. Excellent customer service, ability to do online banking and pretty efficient services.
I wish Faysal Bank in the future gives me some reason to make another blog post about them which says that even though my earlier experience was not good but now I’m quiet satisfied with their services.
I have been tagged by Woman in men’s world and it’s interesting to see that this time the tag’s in urdu. Nice! However, since I’m not very well-versed when it comes to typing urdu 
so, I’d do it in roman urdu.
ا) کھیل کے قوانین جوابات دیتے وقت ارسال کرنا ہوں گے ۔
ب) جِس نے آپ کو اس کھیل سے منسلک کیا ہے، اُسکی تحریر کا حوالہ دینا لازمی ہے ۔
ج) سوالات کے اخیر میں آپ مزید پانچ لوگوں کو اِس کھیل سے منسلک کریں گے، اور اس کی اطلاع متعلقہ بلاگ پر نئی تحریر میں تبصرہ کر کے دیں گے
اِس وقت آپ نے کِس رنگ کی جرابیں پہنی ہوئی ہیں؟
Iss garmi main jurabain…na baba!
کیا آپ اس وقت کچھ سُن رہنے ہیں؟ اگر ہاں تو کیا؟
Ji haan …Shaan ki awaaz main "Gum Sum ho kyoon"
سب سے آخری چیز جو آپ نے کھائی تھی کیا تھی؟
Biryani Meray bhai sahib ko aaj bahir ki biryani khanay ka shauq charha tha tu main ne bhi soocha zara chakh loon laikin uff mirchain itni theen k aik chaamchay se ziyada nahi kha sakki
آپ کا پسندیدہ قول کیا ہے؟
Waisay tu kaafi saaray hain laikin iss waqt aik shair zehin main aaraha hai jo nasarf main aksar istimaal karti hoon bulkay iss pe yaqeen bhi rakhti hoon, "Surai sar nigoon hokar bhara karti hai paimaana Jo aala zarf hotay hain hamesha jhuk ke miltay hain"
کل رات بارہ بجے آپ کیا کر رہے تھے؟
Ghaliban sonay ki tayyari jis main kitab parhana lazmaan shamil hota hai tu kal main Norman Vincent Peale ki "The Power of Positive Thinking" parh rahi thi
کِس مشہور شخصیت زندہ یا مردہ سے آپ مِلنا چاہیں گے؟
Waisay tu zehin main bohot se naam aarahay thay laikin jinhoon ne mujhe tag kiya hai unn ka jawab parh k lagta k aik musalmaan k liye iss se barh kya khushnaseebi hosakti hai k roz-e-qayamaat k din uss ki mulaqat Hazrat Muhammad(S.A.W.S.) se ho.
غصہ میں اپنے آپ کو پرسکون کِس طرح کرتے ہیں؟
Khoob rau dho k
فون پر سب سے آخر میں کِس سے بات ہوئی؟
Meray pyaaray aur chootay se cousin Abi se.
آپ کا پسندیدہ تہوار کونسا ہے؟
Eid ka. Allah(SWT) sub ko hamesha khushiyon se bharpoor Eid naseeb karay
Aakhir main main unn tamaam loagon ko tag karna chahti hoon jo iss tag ko continue karnay k khawhishmund hain
So, Hina sent the flame of friendship my way. Thanks Hina!
The Flame of Friendship.
A symbol of spirit of unity.
And now it’s your turn to flame yourself! Meet new friends. Discover friendship. Make bonds.
Copy this post starting from the PICTURE ABOVE to the end and add your blog on the list below. Let’s start FLAMING!
+ The People Who Accepted The Flame of Friendship +
Tiklaton: We are the witness
Janeth Vicy’s Life Journey
My Precious
Jean’s Live it Up…
Sharz - Pangit’s Journey In The States
JAM-Life:Thoughts & Inspirations
The Sweet Life
Me and Mine
D’ Cooking Mudra
A Mother’s Stuff
Housewife @ Work
Host
SAHB
Dexie
Laila
Vhiel
Hina
Fariha
OOOPSS!! Don’t forget to invite your friends!
{END COPY HERE}
I pass this flame to all the readers/visitors of my blog
My message for all those friends who have been with me through thick and thin:
"You made me understand the meaning of friendship…Thanks!"
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Once upon a time there was a lovely couple who gave birth to a cute lil’ baby girl and gave her a beautiful name "Fariha" which means "Joy and Happiness". However, the meaning they came to know about then was "Paak Daaman" (Could neone plz help tell me the english for Pak Daaman? ) and since it’s a very good meaning so, they decided to call the little one by this name. Days passed…years passed, the baby girl grew up and started going to school. She had always heard her parents calling her "Fariha" pronounced as "Fur-ree-hA" but now she was quite surprised to hear everyone calling her by different names such as Faria (pronounced as fareeAa….very similar to "chariyaa"…an urdu slang word for crazy), Farha, Faryal, Farheen and hardly anyone called her by her real name. When she started her high school aka college, she was hopeful as she was part of a group of grown ups now, who she mistakenly thought to be intelligent enough to call her by her actual name that is FARIHA…but the situation was actually worst there. People not just called her by different defaced versions of “Fariha” but also spelled her name incorrectly. She spent all her college years in trying to correct them but all in vain . Then she started her undergrad studies and was hopeful that at least the people in her university would be wise enough to spell and pronounce her name properly but ahhh…there she came across some newer versions of her name, Freeha being the most common …..Haan…Freeha ?
Sounds like a name of some place where people could laugh freely ..Free Ha as in ha ha ha! Silly people 
During the entire course of her bachelors….her coordinator kept calling her Fareha (pronounced as Faarayha) as if she was a ray coming from somewhere far…Far ray HA…HUH! She kept requesting everyone to call her Fariha but nobody listened.
Then after her bachelors, she started working and was pretty much sure of being called FARIHA as per rules of the professional environment, which require everyone at office to be called by his/her proper name but how wrong was she. At office also people kept calling her by the twisted versions of her name and even by different nicks, the most common being Fari/ Fari Pari (which till 2-3 years ago only the close friends were allowed to call her by)…sigh
. She excused everything but then one day she that noticed her boss has renamed her resume to “Fareeha_Athtaar” OMG both the spellings incorrect! At that very moment she decided to SUE not just her boss but also everyone else who doesn’t call her by her actual name i.e. FARIHA and spell it correctly too i.e. F A R I H A (any other spelling and pronunciation no matter how appropriate it may seem to be is totally UNACCEPTABLE).
Being called by his/her name is everyone’s birth right and people have been depriving a little girl who btw is a young lady now 
, of her right for the past so many years. This can also be taken as the violation of human rights and hence needs to be strongly condemned. So, I PROTEST!
Sometimes you are just feeling down without any perceptible reason. Seemingly u may be laughing, enjoying yourself out but deep down inside u have this feeling that something is missing or perhaps something is going to go wrong. One reason for this downheartedness could be fear…..the fear of losing something or someone beloved. Sometime back I commented on someone’s blog that “worrying needlessly brings in more problems” but I feel now I myself ‘am falling victim to “needless worrying”. Apparently everything seems to be going pretty well in my life Alhamdulilah but I have got this feeling of void…there is a lot more that I want out of my life not in terms of materialistic wealth but definitely in terms of knowledge and social service. I want to gain more and more knowledge about my field and about deen.
The other thing that is disturbing me is the fear of losing my loved ones and my values and principles in search of satisfaction….in search of knowledge…good job….better education……I’m just feeling weird….I hope things get better with time
Also I’m feeling guilty…..what my family has done for me up until now can simply not be put into words…..they have done everything they could to comfort me and to give me a bright future….they still are doing , however, will I ever be able to repay even the smallest part of what they have done for me??
With such thoughts going inside my small head…i want to cry out loudly like this baby in the pic and wish my father comes…picks me up to calm me and hugs me tightly….miss u baba…I miss u :’( 
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