According to some sources the custom of covering of face/body of females dates back to Jingiskhan. One of his wifes was flirting too much and that is why he ordered her to cover herself up. The custom was common among Jews, early Christians and of course also among Muslims. The difference is that in Christianity it stayed in usage only for nuns and in Islam it has been accepted as a common practice.
And now we are at the source of problem… What was just a common practice was transformed into a rigid rule. In the recent years it has become a symbolical issue. Right now hijab became one of the symbols of true Islam. We have been faced with conflicts that have been caused by wearing hijab (forbidden in schools in France; Egypt and Turkey are running an agressive campaign against Hijab - see cases brought up by Amnesty International that included violence on women) and cases where women were abused for not wearing it, or wearing it in a “unsifficient” way (common also in Pakistan)…
But my point was simple in the fact, that the women in Pakistan are a litle bit of mistery, showing only the face and You are not supposed to stare at them, but only catch a glimpse. Of course I am not talking about Burka (whole face cover), but about the scarfs around the heads and shoulders of girls. With combination of their love for traditional-alike patterns and bright colours it makes them look often very beautiful…
For those guys who are looking for girls who look innocent and precious, its very easy to fall in love here 
Good thing that I rather prefer lil crazy, smart, rather strong, impulsive girls that are ready to fight with anybody… 
This idea came to my mind while watching at the demolished house on the beach…
Its often the desolation of man`s creation that lets the beauty of work of nature stand out, the simple presence of a man makes the nature look weak and enslaved.
Or is it just that the beauty is in the eyes of beholder and its me who likes these views? Is it an accident that among my favourite movies are those that show the end of our days (Children of Men, 28 days later)?
So what kind of crazy thoughts come to my head these times?
Well the goals are:
- finish MC in Pakistan on 1st of July
- travel Pakistan for 2-3 weeks
- go back to Slovakia in an interesting way (I still dont know what it means)
- travel Slovakia and Czech republic for some month
- while being in Slovakia, walk/hike it from East to West (like 2 weeks?)
Now this is just to show what a person can do in Pakistan within one week… it was not my week, but I was there, so I can write about it
The girl is Anna a.k.a. Maya from Hungary… The tickets from Budapest to Karachi sounded expensive so she took a flight to India and from over there took a bus to Lahore - Pakistan, we picked her up right after crossing the Paki-India border…
Since her arrival till now she has:
- been to Shalimar Gardens
- been for a cinema show of a 3-hours long Punjabi movie called Gulabo (rosebud)
- took a ride on a rollercoaster for 0,5 USD
- felt sick because of all the spicy food
- bought her first Shalwar Kameez
- been to Badshahi Mosque, old city of Lahore and Food Street
- took with the MC a 23 hours long train ride from Lahore to Karachi
- got bitten by miriads of mosqitos and found the miracle of Repellent
- had the first day in company (Unilever) and was busy since first minute
- been to Mohatta Palace and the Beach park in Karachi
- organized an AIESEC+Hungary presentation for the company people
- on weekend suggested that we go to Thatta, so we did
…time limitations are only in Your head, maybe I should be little bit creative with my time too.
Quote of the day…
a Pakistani asking a new trainee what is different in PK from home…
her answer is exactly what was my though:
“its hard to say, there is nothing that would be similar :)”
Not sure if this will become a very short or very long post, it depends on what do I write about… I was on a conference… actually I organized it… what should I say…
I made a webpage for it here: www.aiesec.pk/nsc08
And have put some nice pictures here …I didnt make too many of general “people pictures” and actually have to put them online…
What should I write about the conference to give it sense for people who have not been there, consider it to be just an another conference or dont even care too much about AIESEC conferences?
Well, lets try it like this:
- each Local Chapter came with between 2 and 6 different dances to mostly bollywood songs but also random 70s disco.
- The conferences in Pakistan are officially decided to be without alcohol, but it was fully fine, because we had galons of Pakola and sheesha to socialize with.
- The conference was on the hills in Murree and thus sometimes we had been quite freezing.
- The hotel (Shangrilla) is a few star hotel that I would never be able to efford.
- On the last night a bunch of guys have decided to follow the tradition that on last night there is no sleep, they have been hanging on the swings till morning.
- The official night had more than 20 externals participating and was covered by Dawn TV.
- The conference made a profit that will finance the LC for at least half a year.
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See the footage here on YouTube:
AIESEC Pakistan, NSC 08, Dawn TV footage
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