A Day in the Life of Shaheryar Hasan

When we read history or infact do anything, we always learn about the 'greats'. No one ever gives importance to the 'averages. They are in essence always forgotten while the former have their names cemented in the annals of history forever. So here I feel privileged to write about a 'great' that I have met and with whom I also happen to be very best friends. Don't get me wrong, readers. The 'great''s name is Shaheryar Hasan. The boy who ended up with 10 As in his O Levels and sure is to break some havoc in the A Levels as well.

Now here the fun starts. You all readers with me? OK. So Shaheryar Hasan hails from Paposh, Karachi. Paposhis are known for their untapped potential and their eerie, albeit much-liked personalities. But Shaheryar is more than just one of those genius Paposhis.

Shaheryar, widely agreed upon by many people who witnessed him gain influence and practically create an aura of awesomeness of Facebook, is its guardian, its saviour, its protector. It would not be wrong to say that Facebook would have ceased to exist a long time ago had it not been for Shaheryar's jaw-breaking efforts to entertain all 'Facebookies'.

Wake up at 2 in the afternoon, earn some nice comments from your mum and daddy, sit grudgingly on your PC to cheer youself up and BOOM there you have it!! Shaheryar is online. You have a nice talk with him. You gotta do some work now. Your say BYE. Do your work. Turn back the PC after the work finishes and there you have it, Shaheryar is still online!! You may be allured into believing that he is a kind of mythical tech being who is always ready to embrace any tech and software-savvy personality. OK. Log on to Facebook at the dead of the night. When there is only the rustling of the leaves on the trees because of the blows of cool night air, when only the dogs bark in the distance, you would find Shaheryar still online to accompany you to another interesting night.

Shaheryar's love for celebrities, most notably singers and his teachers is perhaps unmatched by anyone. Miley Cyrus is one of Shaheryar's favourites and whatever his mood may be, he likes nothing better but to listen to some 'Miley'. Throughout his student life, Shaheryar has expressed his gratitude and respect for his teachers but there is one teacher of which Shaheryar is a die-hard fan of. His English teacher, Miss Nazish. Although deemed by many to be sarcastic, according to Shaheryar, Miss Nazish has a lot of hand in shaping him where he is. At least his language!! We all know after all the great 'statuses' set by Shaheryar in the 'Golden Facebooking Era'. Those statuses echoed someone's name. Yes!! Miss Nazish!! She was after all the one who taught him English! Had she not taught him, who would have written those statuses? Or an even more bigger question, who would have been the guardian of Facebook?

Friends, although I would like to talk about Shaheryar for as long as I live, I can't do it due to time and space constraints. So, I end this expository essay about Shaheryar here. While Facebook still craves for Shaheryar, the man who led it to glory, who doesn't seem for now to have any plans to return to Facebook, many people, including me, want him to. Clearly as long as Shaheryar lives, so would live Facebook and the virtual world as a whole. Salute to Shaheryar Hasan, the guardian of Facebook.

Written by Hammad Hussain