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Lahore Photo walk

October 9, 2015

So, I went to a photowalk put together by the Walled City Authority. It was exhausting, but so much fun!

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Work you do and don't

October 8, 2015

The other half of the work will have to be done another day. I didn’t have the energy to suffer through more of that for today.

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Process of design

October 7, 2015

Umar and I are trying to figure out a design for the outer section of Raja Rai Diyach’s fort.

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To see the light of day

October 6, 2015

I went early to Checkpost and digitized the problem DV tapes, over and over until I got the bits I needed to piece the rest of the music together.

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Exhaustion of goodwill

October 5, 2015

My friend Ustad Anb Jogi (composer and music director of “Risalo”) was supposed to come to Lahore, but I had not heard from him.

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Do I really need that bit?

October 4, 2015

I have to listen to each bit of music and see where I can trim a bit, but not destroy the flow and then match that in the Urdu version as best I can.

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Editing and back to Landa

October 3, 2015

We looked over a king’s court design I had made and then head to the Landa Bazaar to pick up cloth so that Umar can start sewing it.

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Editing all day

October 2, 2015

This is it. I have to get each of these many steps done before I can go home and I can’t lose momentum or sacrifice on quality now.

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A delcious meal

October 1, 2015

All I did was wash some cilantro and pluck the leaves, and we had a delicious meal.

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Printing...

October 1, 2015

I needed to print out her ticket information. Sometimes simple tasks like this can be very challenging.

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Nankana Sahib

September 30, 2015

We started at the Janamashtan Gurdwara, situated on the site of Guru Nanak’s family home, and the place of his birth.

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Shahdarah

September 27, 2015

A visit to Mehboob and his family in Shadrah.

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Bhatti at night

September 25, 2015

After some rest, we visited our friend Mohsin whose eye was injured a while back.

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Qurbani

September 24, 2015

Qurbani is an annual thing here, and a lot of the meat is distributed to those in need as well as relatives. It is a huge spectacle here because it is done out in the open like this.

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Random adventure

September 21, 2015

It was raining this morning. Kristeen stayed home. I grabbed the umbrella and head out after breakfast. As usual, I crossed the street and waited to flag down a passing Qing-Qi

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Digitizing tapes, but here's a "New" Anarkali Bazaar

September 20, 2015

Digitizing tapes, but here's a bazar

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12 down, 13 lingering and 10 to go

September 20, 2015

13 tapes need to be patched and 10 need to be digitized completely. Well, that’s a start.

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Saturday

September 19, 2015

I went back and digitized some more tapes on Saturday. This is my life until I finish this step.

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Express card to nowhere...

September 18, 2015

The process is, walking from shop to shop, asking about the items I am looking for and usually spending a while to explain what those things are, followed by a quick shake of the head ‘no’ or being directed to some other shop.

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Qing Qiiiiiiiiiiiiii

September 17, 2015

I woke with some energy and a renewed excitement to take this piece forward, even if only an inch at a time.

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