7 feb 2015... Uzair Iqbal, me.. AKA Doctor sahab . thought to fully enjoy the full-week PREPARATORY LEAVE for the upcoming exam .
i had 10 days for it ... i said to my friend ' abay purey 10 din parhega kia?' .
he replied 'nahi bey .. thursday se shuru karenge'
'yar tou phr cahlo ... saturday ... '
'where?'
'gorakh hill!!! .. near dadu."
'haan sahi he .. phr match ka kia hoga babu?'
i replied that ..saturday ko chalenge .. sunday subah subah wahi pandi to gorakh .. wahan dekhlena
'sahi he yar krte hen'
days passed by .. at till friday night no confirmation from my medical boring friends..
so i msged all my inter good friends.. and thought that tym .. agr koi nhi gya tou akele hi chale jaonga .. we get NO VACATION except ramzan .. jis din exam khtm hota he uske dosre monday next year shru... aur it was the end of sardiyan.
i already have my abbu's friends in johi .. who were cosuins of juman jamali (JJ). ada!! phr tou koi masla hi nhi .. locals ke sath chala jaunga. but 2 of my friends replied that they r going .. 'FIT he!!'
saturday .. 14 feb 2015 .. first period of The last day of 4rth year .. still no plans ..
at 10 30 returned to my home .. and talked to abbu .. he hastily called to A R jamali .. his friends then JJ and other local guys and within an hour or so, the program was ready .
preparation preparation ........ till 6.00 , when 1 of my friends said ke yar tum chale jao me not going.
1 friend left .. obaidullah
obaidullah and me .. departed from Sohrab goth at 1.00 am
dadu 6.00 am .. my abbu's SPO abdul waheed was waiting for us . he's from a local village between dadu and bhan
prayed fajr namaz at nearby mosque and nashta at dhaba.
'wahi wahi wahi wahi , johi wahi johi' shouted a wagon-service conductor
deprated from dadu at 8.00 ... wahi pandhi .. 10.00
i had callled JJ from dadu .. so he already sent the jeep at wahi ... the jeep driver was waiting for us
reached KHAWAL LAK ... 'haan bhai obaidullah ... zara khai k neeche tou dekho ...' ... 'nahi bhai .. halat khrab horhi he..'
WARNING!!!!! .. Khawal is not for kamzor-dil people
reached gorakh at 12.00 .. JJ waiting for us .. while watching Pak- Ind match , for which at start obaidullah was giving galiyan to me .. but aftrwrd he said 'pak nhi jeeta ge ' ...
well .. soon our room was cleaned and we 3 falled asleep as we had little sleep (i had not slept at all) since sat morning.
3.30 .. woke up .. zuhr prayers then had daal and roti..
asar parh kar .. towrads Benazir Point.. till mghrb..
khatarnak strong winds were blowing there .. thanks to allah and then my above 80kg weight .. otherwise i had to tie a rope to control my self ..
obaidullah was also being push here and there by those winds ...
shukar he yar !! aneeb nhi aya .. warna usko rassi se band k chalna hota ..
aftr mghrb .... taaron ke jhurmat k neeche we descent down and had tea .. and talked abbu via vptcl..
obaidullah said 'abay yar me shikaar karne se pehle khi jaunga hi nhi .. shikar shikar shikar'
as i already mentioned that i had my papa's friend in johi .. A R jamali (cousin of JJ) . papa talked to him .. and we were expected to have reach johi the next aftrnoon..
aftr this talk we had more chai ... then dinner
and then mast wala bonfire with locals ..
alhumdolillah i recited hazrat hakeem muhammad akhtar shb db 's ashaar there and locals were so glad and enlightened from it..
acha .. ik baat tou batana bhool gya .. thanks to PK Govt. there was NO ELECTRICITY !!! 'baba faaalt (fault) hogya he bijli ka'
and NO HOT WATER !!!! ..
'aap saturday ko atey tou sahi rehta ' .. ab me kia baton k JMDC (my college) ne kitne sitam dhae hen.
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andheri night me sleep + kirki se 'zooooo zoooo' hawa ki **** awazz... + no electricty .. only 4 of us in rest house
mere ko tou neend nhi arhi thi .. bhoot agya tou kia hoga !!
alhumdolillah neend agyi ..
subah fajr pe uthey .. thande paani se wuzu ..
full wind me namaaz .. then trek to benazir point
snaps snaps snaaps
wapsi to the restaurant .. only had chai biscuit
wapsi to wahi .. wahi to johi in local wagon .
----- THE JOHI---
reached A R jamali's shop at 12.00
'baba baba .. daactar (doctor) sahb aya he ,
ahlan wa sahlaan , marhaba! , acho saeen acho"
chacha shikaar karna he ..
'baba abi is dhoop men kahan jaoge , baba daactar sahb ke liye chai ya thadda le ao'
(sarcastic!!)
chacha nestle ka red-grape chalega...
Johi ki kahani apko agli kist men bataunga...