I just met Asif

I usually visit this saloon for hair cut. It is quite a famous barbershop in DHA Lahore. After my hair cut was finished, I saw this guy sitting in the chair behind me. He had this whole straightening cream on his head and had his arm all strapped up. I recognized him and made sure its Asif before going towards him. Sorry for the roman urdu typing though.

me: Asif ?

Asif: ji?

me: oh tu yeh waqai aap hain. aap ki elbow ka kya haal hai?

Asif: Theek hee hai! (He was looking genuinely bothered about something)

me: Asif, team worldcup mai aapko bohut miss karegi aur saaray fans bhi.

Asif: Woh Gul aa gaya haina, inshaAllah acha perform karega.

me: Lagta hai aap ko shoaib bhai ko aur Gul ko aik saath bowling kertay kabhi
nahi dekh sakain gay hum log.

Asif: Nai inshaAllah zaroor.

me: Acha Asif bhai mai journalist tu hoon nahi, aap se pooch sakta hoon k sirf injury ka concern tha ya dope test ka bhi?

(Barber who was applying cream on his head, chuckled)

Asif: yar mera dope test clear ho jana thaa.

me: waqai?

Asif (grinning): haan ji. but injury dubara ho jati tu ICC nay mujhay replace nahi kernay dena tha Board ko. Pehlay hee mai itna lamba arsa khail gaya unn ki marzi k baghair. Board nay iss liye yeh decision liya hoga.

me: Hmm, Acha Asif bhai bus yeh k pehlay tu shayd semi final khail jaatay aap aur shoaib hotay tu magar ab tu itni umeed bhi nahi. oopar se Razzaq bhai bhi nahi hain.

Asif: nai ji inshaAllah Semi final khailain gay. aur Allah ki marzi hogi tu jeet ker aayain gay.

me: inshaAllah. Acha asif bhai aik picture le loon?

Asif: Iss haalat mai? choro yaar, log dar jayain gay.

me: Acha get well soon. aur thanks for your time.

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you should have mentioned to him about Cricketnama and Gupshup… should have offered him to join :dixsi:

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Insha Allah he'll be fit very soon and will play for Pakistan.

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Great chit chat. :k:

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Asif bhee cricketers ko bata raha ho ga k "i just met saby" :D

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^^ :hehe:

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Oh I forgot to mention. When he mentioned Gul, I asked about Rao. He was like ke yaar bara unlucky bowler hai wo but bari fit bowl kerta hai kabhi kabhi :rolleyes:

AQ: Yeah Mention kerta tu uss nay jounalist samajh ker bilkul bhi lift nai karani thi :

Decent: Oh of course he will mention that. You know I also met Gul two months back In isb and when I met him again at pc couple of days ago, he recognized me :stuck_out_tongue: I am a popular person :snooty:

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Barber shop mein bhi Asif goli fit kara giya aap ko, sir ji!

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aakhir maiN bataa detaY naa yaar kaY hum yahaaN aap sub ko discuss kartaY haiN .. specially dhobhi bhai kee sami kay saath daastaan-e-ishq kee lazawaaL daastaan tau pahunch jaati :p

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hahahah. Haan I also thought so. His grin said it all. LoL!

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haan ji taakay woh iss ko koi gay forum samajh leta :smack:

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braadrana mohabbat… :rolleyes:
pata naheeN loug kiyaa kiyaa sochtaY rehtaY haiN

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pehli 2-3 line parke i thought this is a joke :cb:

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very nice yar!
Thanks for sharing.

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Ab itna he Asif bhai say pooch liya tha to yeh bhi pooch lay tay ke "mardon kay saloon main kya kar rahay hain or "school say kab drop huway hain?"

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**Asif:* Woh Gul aa gaya haina, inshaAllah acha perform karega.*

That's what I like about Pak players...they don't create an air of sophistication around them and talk mostly as if they were still representing their college/mohalla team.
I could never expect to have this kind of conversation say with Pathan or Zaheer ( not to talk of Tendulkar or Dravid) in a barber-shop or any other place for that matter.

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^ blame it on....
(1)huge money
(2) fame --billion plus Indian followers
(3) Indian media (tabloid?)
These things make any ordinary individual feel "special" and our players are no exception...at the moment I can't see any other cricket nation having all these together.

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i thought it said atiff

:( wat a joke...

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Nice conversation Saby. I would have giggled like a little girl if I were you (Maybe you just edited that part out :o ).

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Aww :D

While you were at it, you should have gotten some hair tips from him. :p