memories from the past- Posted July 27 of 2025
A vlogger on youtube was praising the city she was visiting for its natural beauty and the other objects around. That reminded me of 1981 when I went to Eindhoven Netherlands from Karachi Pakistan as Philips Scholarship student. Everything looked different as compared to Karachi, pretty and perhaps I had the simiar feelings as the vlogger. Youtube and vlogging did not exist at that time, so I used photography to document memories. During my student life in Karachi I used public transport buses (in 60s, 70s public transportation vehicles) which were very ancient. In Eindhoven I got the opportunity to travel by luxury coaches with PII students, teachers and Staff group, coaches were like air plane interior, city buses in Eindhoven were different. After completion of my study period in Eindhoven I went back to Karachi via Jeddah and when I was taking to someone about mode of transportation in Netherlands I mentioned that I liked the buses they were not able to understand why I would like ...