The Stats, The Introvert and The Mini Cooper
by Waleed Ali Khan
It is funny how I closely monitor my blog hits. To me, it is very important that what I am writing is being read, why else would I write a blog? Also, it makes me incredibly happy when someone tells me to blog more or that they have missed reading my blog because I haven’t written a new entry. So, while I was looking at my blog statistics, I realized that this post got the highest hits ever. To my surprise, it is the one where i was supposedly suffering from writer’s block and did not have access to the internet. Moral of the story: make some posts personal!
The past four months have been intense, I think i discovered myself more then than the 3 years before that. While I was leaving Rwanda, I was asked by 
my team members what I had learnt from the trip; and before I could say anything, they said said one word: confidence. And that was precisely what I was going to say. I think I finally feel comfortable in my own skin, know where I want to see myself in the future, and feel a sense of purpose for my life. For one, I realized that if I ever make enough money, I want a Mini Cooper! I also want to continue to pursue my global development initiatives, and perhaps want to work for the United Nations if I ever get the opportunity.
I am proud to be an Introvert. While I was thinking about how awesome the past 4 months have been, I also realized how my trait as an introvert made my growth an internal process. I remember one of my relatives once said that I was incapable of even buying something from a shop (because I was quiet and shy). Because I was an introvert, I just felt that internal desire to prove him wrong instead of talking back to him. Alas! I doubt after Rwanda people can say this!
I think I am writing this very personal blog just because I am an introvert. My love for writing was born because I wasn’t really fond of talking to strangers. I prefer writing to professors than dropping by at their offices. I’ve always preferred writing because it can avoid social interaction. Writing is something I can do in solitude and it helps me clear my mind. As research suggests, introverts are thought oriented, and hence like to think instead of speak or take immediate actions.
The Bottomless Cup 
your mini cooper and my VW bug can have a race :D
hehe inshaAllah :)
yo bro, u rock, ur right,,write personal bro,makes others connect to you more since we all share the same ideas,,for example there r alot of introverts in the world,so they feel more connected to you, keep it that way,,love your blog bro,
Thank you soo much! your rock more! yeah you’re right, hopefully this will make my blog more original.
Yes, you should get a mini cooper! ;)
hehe InshaAllah some day!
i dont approve of your choice of car if you make enough money.
i love the banner at the top of the page. hibas drwaing is bloody amazing and i was the first to see it, hahaa. funny how you censored it though. :P
i really dont consider you an introvert. anyone might think that at first but that view drastically changes given some time, not a lot, but some….
well, you’ll have to bear with it lol. yeah that drawing is awesome! but what censoring are you talking about?
Just because I talk a lot with you guys doesn’t make me less of an introvert. Nor does it have to do with me not being THAT shy anymore. Its just that i prefer my own personal space and I appreciate my time alone. check my previous poston what makes an introvert.
ahm!
Well a project rwanda team member needs to have a say on this wall! :P
Waleeeed thanks for acknowledging us! A huge *bow* from me!
Jeez, Waleed I keep reading your posts and forget writing mine :P
Dude I want to visit pakistan, maybe one day!
yeah you should! don’t listen to the news! we’ll keep you safe here! We could plan an indo-pak trip with Josh! Aaaah seriously i miss you guys! thanks for making the trip so awesome
:) we should do tht!
and I’m expecting a post from you soon!
yup very soon once i get inspired :)
wrote a new post! :)
dude I haven’t had a proper cup of coffee since rwanda!
I’m In Pakistan and no one in my family drinks coffee here! But I manage to sneak into a cafe now and then
Cool! I don’t like Starbucks that much so I need to find a local place here……btw when I entered the starbucks here, I thought of you, cause I knew you would like the interiors and ofcourse coffee! Will try to take pics and send them to you this summer!
Lol I like it how we have a convo on this, but I should stop troubling your subscribers with coffee :P
hahaha .. yes please do! I’ll blog about my idea of setting up a coffee shop some day … btw, you should try gloria jean’s .. its an american chain and we have it in pakistan and qatar. It’s my favorite place, after bourbon of course.
You know people are always interested in personal posts. I used to write a lot about myself, my personality and my thoughts that I don’t usually feel comfortable sharing with anyone but there came a moment a year back when I felt lost and couldn’t really write anything and I feel exactly the same to this day. When I started wordpress blog, someone told me to keep on updating the other blog because personal stuff always incite people more than usual one and I totally agree. You might not be an honest person when you talk to someone about yourself, you might hide something, might even lie a little bit but when you are writing about yourself, it’s different because you always come honest. So I’d love to read more of such stuff from you because when I read your about me, it felt that I wrote it because I feel exactly the same.
P.S. if you want to see the other blog do visit http://bilal023.blogspot.com/ :)
yes, Bilal you’re very right. And you know, I was clicking on my tags and found that what others had to say was something i could really identify with.
And I read your blog! its awesome!
Yep, read your comment .. thanks bro!
I like this onee! :) I thought since we’re done i’d take some time to catch up on your blog. I love that your working for TED btw! I love them.
Thank You Munjid! Please explain to my roommate what TED is. Considering the amount of time he spends watching random stuff on the internet, its shocking that he doesn’t know what TED is about.
Nice post. I actually came across it when i googled introverts in Pakistan. You seem to be very well informed about the MBTI’s. Seems natural since we’re all very curious about our inner workings (INFP here). I guess I can relate to a lot of the stuff on your blog. Though one think I’d like to ask, are being shy and being introverted the same thing? You seem to use those two words that way and recently, from what I’ve read the two are not related. Which then leads to the question, why does it seem that social awkwardness is the curse of the introvert?