Apr
Our mornings at office would start with a conversation, which we had as religiously as most people have tea or coffee. This conversation would later continue on a messenger (usually gtalk) till the end of the day. We’d, of course, meet for lunch too. For table tennis. For foosball. For ice-cream or chocolate. For a short shopping trip to the mall. Or some place else. For one crazy thing or another. Meet the best buddy one can ever ask for: Lubna of Naqsh-o-Nigaar and this is my tribute to her as she celebrates her birthday over 7000 miles away.
She’s a wonderful person. I can’t stress this enough. Beautiful, creative, compassionate, kind, intelligent, elegant and if she’s ever clumsy, then she is so in a very graceful manner.
She is still the most popular girl at the workplace. Unarguably. I must add. And why shouldn’t she be? It’s so easy for her to win hearts with her kind, generous smile and caring ways. Arranging birthday parties for her friends and bringing together everyone with luncheons. Making really beautiful cards and showing appreciation for smallest of things.
Plus, she has her own special way of untangling the most complex personalities and making them feel at ease. All her friends would agree that she’s always there for them!
I’ve had such good times with her that I still find myself smiling occasionally thinking about the moments we shared at university and workplace. We’ve shared many adventures, which I really can’t mention. I miss her a lot here because she’s such a rare gem of a person. I used be the type who kept everything inside but Lubna taught me to trust people. This is perhaps her greatest gift to me, and I’m forever grateful.
As I write this, I remember how I once made a very healthy meal, which smelled awful and tasted like cr*p. During lunch time, I just sat there staring at my food perhaps expecting it to transform into something else. Something better like butter chicken. But no. It did transform into a sandwich though. Lubna swapped her lunch with me and to this day, I don’t understand how she could stand it and her face didn’t show any trace of disgust as she devoured the yucky meal (of boiled vegetables). I just looked on in amazement. Needless to mention, that was the end of my resolve of cooking and eating healthy meals.
There’s so much to say but not all can be said. She’s an amazing person, which is the essence of everything that has to be said. I wish her a very happy birthday and I hope I will be celebrating the next one with her. And before I end the post, I’ll just make a small request to Lubna: Please, pick up the pen again. You’ve the most amazing ideas and it’s always a treat to read your writings, which we all miss doing so.
May she have beautiful beautiful life ahead Inshah ALlah 
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.. May Allah bless you with every kind of happiness…my TT tutor.. we all love you. There are many people who can care about others more than themselves but only a few who would actually do things to make them happy with such creative ideas and organized event management skills…always be the same or surprise us with getting even better 
Happy Birthday Lubby Lubz. Lubna is indeed most amazing person and her personality makes her shine in millions.