BackToDesh Moved back to PKLand, specifically Karachi, in Jan 2003. Had some interesting experiences before and after the move. Here's to other expats in similar positions who would like to see home through desi return eyes. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771073 2004-10-19T06:33:09Z Blogger
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 DesiBackToDesh 2004-10-19T15:31:17+05:00 2004-10-19T04:23:17Z 2004-10-18T10:21:40Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771073.post-109809490004235342 Day One
The three Farids (Jawwad, Fawzia and Amin) headed back home on 30th December 2002. We landed at Karachi Airport just past midnight on 1st Jan 2003, this time for good. In a way this blog is two years late in coming since we have already gone through some interesting adjustments since our arrival back home. Part of the delay could be blamed on the thought that there was a book hidden somewhere in
 DesiBackToDesh 2004-10-19T10:00:09+05:00 2004-10-19T06:33:09Z 2004-10-19T05:11:36Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771073.post-109816269699196676 Day Two - The Move Back Home
First reaction to the announcement that we were packing up and heading back home - disbelief. Are you out of your mind? People take ages to get here and you want to head back now?Show your spine dude? Stick it to the INS. Give it time and things will work out? If they don't just go underground.Exactly what do you plan on doing when you get back home? Do you have any firm offers? How does Amin
 DesiBackToDesh 2004-10-18T16:20:11+05:00 2004-10-18T11:32:11Z 2004-10-18T11:30:58Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771073.post-109809905872070397 Day One - Part Two
So how do you move a family of three in two weeks across 13,000 miles. You don't since it takes a lot longer than two week. Fawzia and I decided on 28th November 2002 to head back home after some serious thinking. We thought it would take two weeks but the project managers in us aimed for the 30th of December just in case our moving estimates were just as optimistic as the dev and project