WEEK SIX

Assalam-o-alaikum

And finally the sixth has arrived after which we are going to have a midterm examination. I am not well prepared for the exams so feeling a bit nervous. This time I haven’t done even any kind of homework to get lectures refreshed in my mind. This time it is going to be a bad deal I suppose. If I take just a jist of my preparation subject wise than I am prepared for Linguistics…okay fine. Next I am prepared for communication skills….that’s too good. As far as literature is concerned, I don’t have adequate information regarding things we have studied during session as much I should have. The reason is that I couldn’t attend three important lectures due to participation in a competition. I expect to attempt it well but not best. Then comes mathematics, of which I will do preparation exact the day before the paper because it is not that much difficult for me. The last two subjects are interior designing and philosophy of education. I have nill preparation of these two subject because from the start of the semester I am not able to grasp these two subjects and I am sure that I will fail in these subjects. This is how my preparation is all about midterm exams.

WEEK FIVE

Assalam-o-alaikum

The task of fifth week is an essay on the following topic;

How did you spend your Eid-ul-Adha?

This time my Eid was quite exciting as I had never done one thing I did this Eid.

This time I had fun with goat we brought for sacrifice. We named that goat as “FIERCER” because that goat was of fiercely active nature. We bought that goat before two days of Eid. Actually my father was abroad this Eid and we had to do everything by ourselves. Firstly we kept on looking for a wise man who could find out a goat with all essential physical features.

 As we found a man, my brother went with him to buy the goat. Then the goat was purchased. The goat was of off white color as evident from his picture. We kept on awakening the two nights to serve the goat. Fiercer was same like little jerry as he never became full of food. He kept on eating day and night and was always hungry. He was fraught of hungar. Whenever we went out of sight, the goat cried so loudly that at least one person from the street came to ask what happened to him. We took pictures with fiercer. We had a lot of chats with him. Firstly I was haggard to go near to him but I did when I felt I was completely impregnable.  This was the first time that I went near to goat ever in my life. It was really a nice experience. We exulted with him.

The day came when he had to be sacrificed. My brothers came after Eid prayer with a butcher to sacrifice Fiercer. He did it. At the time when he was cutting Fiercer’s neck, our eyes were full of tears that our beloved goat was going to breathe his last. Perhaps this is what we say sacrifice before Allah Almighty. As He has asked us to sacrifice our beloved things before Him to get many times heavy reward.

This is how my Eid passed. The other thing I did was that I ate too much this time on Eid. Its proof is that my weight increased from 48kg to 52kg. Moreover I did a lot of help of my mother in the kitchen. Guests came on visiting our home all the three days of Eid. Overall this Eid will always be memorable for us because of Fiercer.

Best regards,

SAira Iftikhar.

WEEK FOUR

Assalam-o-alaikum to everyone,

Fourth week of ours was very interesting and full of new things as we attended two lectures regarding Gestalt Psychology. These lectures were delivered by Sir Mariano Ackerman. Before discussing his lectures, let me introduce Who Is Mariano Ackerman.He is a German painter as well as a renowned lecturer.

 Mariano Ackerman was born in Buenos Aires in 1963. He studied at the School of Architecture of Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina), completing his formation with a prized graduation project on the limits and space in modern architecture (1987). Living abroad from 1991 onwards, he studies modern art and researches the paintings of Francis Bacon and the architectural projects of Louis Kahn.

He develops the educational series of lectures In the Spirit of Linnaeus; Discovering Belgian Art and Raisons d’être. Specializing in visual communication, Akerman is an experienced educator and lectures on modern art at renowned institutions. A painter himself, Akerman has exhibited his artwork solo or in group in Argentina, Spain, Japan, Philippines and Sweden since 1979 onwards. He has been awarded with more than twelve major international prizes.He has lectured on this topic at renowned institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila.

The both lectures we attended regarding gestalt were amazing and added much of knowledge to our minds. We were told the short history of different conditions of art at different times in Germany. Also we were told about different attitudes of people towards arts during different eras. 

Mr.Mariano introduced us from gestalt which means to perceive things as a whole. We were told about different laws of Gestalt psychology.

These were rather workshops rather mere lectures because it involved two way discussions because Sir Mariano also invoked us to participate in the session.

At the end, Marino Ackerman introduced us from collage work and invited us for participation in collage competition held by his alumni. Winners would get prizes in a ceremony at German Embassy.

Overall the lectures were very informative for all of us. Basically the main purpose of Mariano’s arrival to Pakistan and delivering lecture here is to promote healthy relationships between Germany and Pakistan. He wants to bring a harmony among the culture of Pakistan and Germany. No doubt his efforts will one day prove very fruitful for both countries especially for the students of both countries.