Discussion with friends:
Everyone in this world wants to be praised in-front of other because this is the nature of human being. You may call it a bias as everyone is deviated to himself/herself. This time, I was given an activity which is more like a challenge, that is to ask my friends and relatives some questions about their well beings.
I started this activity from my best friend “Danial Ahmed” as usual because that it comes to do any experiment, I always choose him because he always gives bitter but true answers.
I still remember that Psychology courses “Human Behavior” and “Decision Behavior” and its all concepts that I applied on him and got interesting responses.I took him to a near by restaurant to make him fresh after his exams. Now following is the conversation between him and myself,

Me: Danial! How are you?
Danial: Alhamdulillah, I’m fine. just stressed up due to exams.
Me: How were your last papers and how many left?
Danial: I already told you. How many time will you ask it. Not even a single paper went well. Teachers make the most tough papers only to prove themselves that they are so much qualified. You tell about your internship going!
Me: Same case with me too yar. Acha how many papers left now?
Danial: Only two papers are left now. One is “Critical Thinking course” tomorrow and other is Math app on Friday.
Me: Alright: So what’s the plan after exam?
Danial: Aswad..! Are you okey?
Me: Yes I’m. why?
Danial: You are asking a lot of questions in suspicious way I feel like you are interrogating me. Criminal smjh rakha hy mujhy? (ask while smiling)
Me: No yar. just asking wesy hi. Now tell na.
Danial: OK. I’m planning to go home for 2–3 days then will come back and continue study and wait for finals so that I may get relaxed with some vacation. Now don’t ask any other question and let me watch Kapil Sharma show :P
He uses such a frank accent with because we have been best friends for last 3 years and are comfortable with each other.
Now I asked the same question with another guy who is “so-called” my family member and is in LUMS senior year, Haseeb Ashfaq. He is a DHL (Dean’s honor list) guy and we have a formal attitude with each other. I met him today in PDC (Pepsi dining Centre) while he was doing lunch and I started asking him questions. His accent remained flat and formal and he answered all my questions. Following is the discussion in-between us,
Me: Hi Haseeb.. How are you? Where you had been? and how are your studies?
Haseeb: Oh Aswad, yar how are you? I’m fine and Studies are going with constant pace.
Me: Alhamdulillah I’m fine. I haven’t seen you from last week, where were you?
Haseeb: Yar I was at home.
Me: Home! during internship?
Haseeb: Yes bro. Actually I had to attend the marriage of my close friend therefore I spent 4 days there.
Me: Alright. So how was your time there? How was uncle and Anti?
Haseeb: They were fine. Yar this tour went very well if we see protein-wise.
Me: Hahahaa.. You and your GYM. At least forget it when you go home.
Haseeb: No yar. Actual protein is provided at home. Every time Mummi says that Mera bacha kitna kamzor ho gya hy, chehra hi utar gya hy. :P She fed me up a lot and everyday chicken and meet, O my God. Everyday was like Eid for my body
Me: Hahahaaa.. Yes every mother is like that. Good to hear that everyday was like Eid for you.
Me: And how about your Internship?
Haseeb: Only ten days are left. Inshallah ace it as I have already done the project on my own.
Me: Wow Mashallah. That’s brilliant. It means this internship will be an A for you just like your courses at LUMS..
Haseeb: Hahahaa Yes Inshallah. Its all because of the mercy of Allah
Me: So what have you decided for next week?
Haseeb: Next week… Hmmm.. Yar I have a lot of work left for my RAship project on Supply chain with Sir Adeel Zaffar. I’ll work on that and try to complete it on time.
Me: Wow yar. In everything you are at your best. Keep it up Mashallah
Haseeb: Thank you bro.
Apart from these two, I also asked questions to 3 more persons and got the almost similar answers.
Now I have observed two learning points from my interactions and asking questions,
- The persons who were frank with me, took my question lightly and responded in non-serious way and even started questioning on my questions. but the persons who had slightly formal or distant interaction with me, conversation with so smoothly with them and they remained quite calm while responding all the questions
- I noticed that everyone had a typical satisfaction on their face when they were talking about themselves and no one was annoyed from telling about himself, rather they were looking happy and contented when they were describing their situations and problems. I didn’t over-reacted on that Because I know that it was the human nature.