Rational Disorders

Quick Cure for Cough

2008-12-02T15:53:00.001+05:00

Here is a quick cure for cough which has really proved to be effective for me. Here are the details.

Take a clove.
Burn it on the stove (on a flame)
Crush it.
Mix with a tablespoon full of honey
Have it all in small sips

Best to take just before you go to bed at night. I have had peaceful nights due to this on a number of occasions including yesterday.

May - Month of Mayhem

2007-06-20T13:41:00.000+05:00

Emails recieved: 689
Emails sent: 292

Need i say more?

Karachi - Summer 2015

2007-05-09T14:55:00.000+05:00

Just another day in the busy city. Two friends overheard.....

Tufail: Yar its got hot these days. I am glad our area has got a quota for 8 hours of electricity.
Aslam: Really! Man you are lucky. We have been sending continuous requests to increase our quota to same 6 hours which we had last year. Our Nazim says that we should be able to have that before the local elections. Lets see.

Tufail: I think the government has done a fine job by having the markets open at 6AM and close at 3PM
Aslam: Well i am not too sure about that, i guess it was a better impact when they asked the factories to run at nights a couple of weeks back.

Tufail: Yes, the situation has really improved after that.
Aslam: (grimly) Not for us.

Aslam: I am planning to get a small scale solar powered power generation for my house. I've heard that the new technology can help running a couple of fans and lights for hours.
Tufail: Yes, that's the new solution. The UPS solutions are no more feasible as the batteries never get charged. But do you know this solution would cost you over 50k ?

Aslam: Yeah, i have saved some money from the competition victory last month. We were the lowest electricity consumers in the whole neighbourhood!
Tufail: Really?

Aslam: Yup.
Tufail: Do let me know when you go to buyout the solar solution. I might also get one.

Aslam: Sure. Will let you know.

Tufail: OK great. Allah Hafiz
Aslam: Allah Waris.

Getting into the kitchen

2007-05-07T10:57:00.000+05:00

Ammi and bhabhi always kicked me out of the kitchen.

"Bilal! please let us work"
"But i want to learn how to make things"

"JUST LEAVE!"

and i never got a chance. After marriage, i had to battle though yet another level of resistance.

"Why do YOU want to do it when WE do it BEST !"

Winds of change
Last month, a friend of mine told me how he had made a strawberry dessert during one of his business trips. Starved with the passion to make it myself i took the recipe from him.

It wasn't as difficult to make it as convincing people that i could make it. Even tough i wasn't given a place inside the kitchen, permission was granted to do my stuff on the dining table after making military grade security arrangements to insure i wont break anything.

I HAD to bear all that with a rather BIG smile.

Anyways it took me an hour of hard work and patience to make the thing. My wife was the first one to taste it and said that it tasted good. She was rolling her eyes when she said that so i wasn't sure what would happen at dinner.

I borrowed a crystal bowl for the first impression to be good and my left artwork to chill in the freezer till dinner time.

At dinner.
After the main course was over, came the time i was waiting for. Dessert.

I went to get the bowl and when i was coming towards the table, all eyes were on me. Everyone was smiling as if saying "What in the world will he make us eat now"

Everyone took a little of it initially. But when Abbu asked for a refill, bhai and i went "Pass ho gaya !" almost instantly.

It was a big success and everyone enjoyed. The whole bowl was over in less than 15 minutes and everyone appreciated all aspects from the presentation to the taste.

Conclusion
Even though i still cant make it to the kitchen to actually cook, but my "Strawberry Delight" certainly helped me getting closer.

Al Khan.

2007-05-07T10:49:00.000+05:00

A khan saab works as an assistant at my local grocery store. Bearing all the other qualities of being a pathan, he also just loves to talk and not listen. I usually try to avoid him as it takes me twice the time to do my grocery if he is the helping hand.

A few days back i went to the store for the morning bread. I saw Khan standing close the bread aisle with a red nose. It seemed that Khan wasn't well so i asked him how he was.

(try and think khan talking in the usual pathan accent)

me: "kia hoa khan? tabeeyat kharab hai kia"
Khan: "yar kia bataey halat bohot kharab hai"

me: kia ho gaya?
khan: "lamba story hai....kal raat hum ko jaldi sona ta aur hum ko hamary sar main darad ta. naaak bi band ta. Hum bot pareshan ta"

and he continued...

"hamara dost nay bola sar aur naak par balm lagao. Abhi hum patahan hai na kia karay, darad par itna gussa aaya k hum nay naak k andar balm laga dia"

me: "phir??"
khan: "bus phir poori raat hum so nahin saka! Pathan hai na kia karay!"

Yes he was right, "Pathan hai na kia karay!"

2006 and 2007

2007-04-30T13:06:00.000+05:00

2006

February:

Karachi Visit

Infamous car accident

Interiew at Folio3

March

Hired as PM @ Folio3

Sickness, Tests, Medicines, Recovery

April

Got me car back! (overhauled)

June

Got Married

August

Plan for Hajj

Rejoined MBA classes

September

Hajj plan confirmed

Suspending MBA again

December

Me wife drops out of the Hajj plan

I leave for Hajj with Ammi

2007

February:

Arrival in Karachi

Got promoted to Director of Engineering

Managed 9 projects in parallel

March:

Enough !!

Cant handle anymore!!

April:

Lots and lots of expences.

yeh tay howa tha....

2006-02-06T21:36:00.000+05:00

muhabatton main har aik lamha wisal hoga
yeh tay howa tha.

Bichar k bhi aik doosray ka khayal hoga
yeh tay howa tha.

Wohi hoa na, badalti rut main
tum nay hum ko bhula diya.

koi bhi rut ho, na chahaton ko zawal ho ga
yeh tay howa tha....

Electromagnetic Pulse [EMP]

2006-02-05T22:48:00.000+05:00

[One night...]
CN was showing Swat Cats. This reminded me of the time 5 years back and i sent an sms to ibbi about it.

[Next morning....]
WOW, i feel fresh this morning, i thought. First time in weeks that i got up before the alarm rang and i feel fresh.

Whats the time i thought.

Picked up my cell... the screen was blank.

No wonder the alarm didnt ring. But what happened to it?

Now i am thinking this as i got up from the bed.

Ok so what might have happened to my cell ? No!! Check the time first bozo or you'll be late again for the office.

I pick up the digi clock on the dresser and thats not working too!!

What ?!!! EMP ??!!???. No no no, that cant be.Then why the shit is nothing digital working?? EMP??? [Second thought]

Well, i found out later that the clock had its batteries consumed. At the office i pluged in the charger and took it out in a minute and the phone started to work. It was something weird which i couldnt gifure out.

But EMP!! Shoot me. :) Sometimes, fiction gets your carried away.

Muhaabat

2006-01-25T13:47:00.000+05:00

Nice piece of poetry from Amjad Islam Amjad.

muhaabat ki tabyat mein yeh kasa bachpana
qudrat ne rakha hai
ke yeh jitni purani jitni bhi mazboot hojaye
isse taaeed- taza ki zarorat phir bhi rehti hai

yaqeen ki akhri haddon tuk dilon mein lehlahati ho
nigahon se tapakti ho, lahoo mein jagmagati hon!
hazaron tarah ke dilkush , haseen halay banati ho!
isse Izhar ke lufzon ki hajat phir bhi rehti hai...

zameen se asmaan tuk jis qader diskash nazaray hain
muhabaat ke kinaray hain, wafa ke istiaray hain
Humaray Hain...
Humaray wastay yeh chandani ratein sanwarteen hain
sunehra din nikalta hai
muhabaat jis tarf jaye, zamana sath chulta hai

kuch asee besakooni hai wafa ki sarzameenon mein
ke jo ahl-muhabbat ko sada be chain rakhtee hai
ke jasay phool mein khushboo, ke jsay hath mein para
ke jasay sham ka tara!
muhaabat kerney walon ki seher raton mein rehti hai
guman ke shakhchon mein ashyan banta hai ulfat ka
yeh ain wasl mein bhi hajr ke khadshon mein rehti hai
muhabat ki tabyat mein yeh kasa bachpana qudrat ne rakha hai!!!!

so what do you say ??

Have you lived ?

2006-01-24T14:06:00.000+05:00

I got this from a fellow and left an impression on me, thought it might refresh you as well with something……..

Good old days.......

Go back in time....

Before the Internet, VCD and DVD. Before semi-automatics machine guns, joyriders and crack ....

Before SEGA or Super Nintendo or Video Games...
Way back....

I'm talking about Hide and seek (Chhupan Chhupaee) in the park or on streets. The corner shop, Butter Scotch Candy, Mitchells Milk Toffee, Jubilee, football with an old can, jumping in enormous puddles, building dams.

The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass. Mayfair bubble gum. A POLKA ice cream pop cone on a warm summer night,

Wait......Watching Weekday 5pm evening or Saturday Morning cartoons... short commercials, The Tom and Jerry, He-Man, Captain Caveman, Waltron, Walligator, Danger Mouse and Pink Panther.

Staying up late for Night Rider, Air Wolf or Power of Methew Star.

Watching nice Urdu Plays like Un Kahi, Tanhaiyaan, Sunehray Din, Aangan Tera.

When around the corner seemed far away, and going into down town or Liberty Market seemed like going somewhere.

A million mosquito bites, wasp and bee stings.

Sticky fingers.

Walking to school, no matter what the weather.

Running till you were out of breath. Ringing doorbells for no reason. The old ill-kept house down the street being haunted.

Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. Climbing trees, building igloos Ice Lolies out of tiny amounts of snow.

Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for the giggles.

Being tired from playing...Remember that?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. or your mom showing up at school to pick u up and kissing u infront of your friends.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

I'm not finished just yet...

Remember when...

You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents! It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

You didn't sleep a wink on EiD Chaand Raat.

When 100 Rs. was decent pocket money.

When you'd get both a coke and a slims for 5 Rs.

When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there from School.

When dad was better than superman!

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at real restaurant with your parents.

When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of them!!!

Didn't that feel good?

Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when....

Decisions were made by going "eeny- meeny-miney-mo."

"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly".

The worst thing you could catch from other person was germs, and the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to opposite sex.

Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.

Nobody was prettier than your Mum.

Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.

Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.

Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.

Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dare".

Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors. When did life become SO complicated!!!

what happened to times when having rubbers and pencils made us feel rich?????

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!

Odd ppl

2006-01-20T17:13:00.000+05:00

Ajeeb log hain yar i am lost at finding out why ppl change their minds for no reason. Poora U turn yar.

You have them advocating one aspect with such force that it seems unreasonable, and then in the next hour they are doing the same for an entirly different aspect.

I have seen this happen very closly. VERY. aur ab meri hat chuki hai. Just because another person says one things which he himself is not sure about, should you change your mindset so abrubtly?? NO

What about the things which you were defending earlier on ? and moreover, all of a sudden the previous idea is not feasible at all.

Shooot yar. Shoot.

The entire group lands up at a no decision point and the energy spent previously goes down the drain.

And stupid me! knowing that this will happen yet again, i go on and give in my efforts to find a new feasable solution.

Aaaaggggghhhhhhh !!!!

Here we go....

2006-01-17T11:02:00.000+05:00

I dont know if i should be taking this much tension but i dont know how things will turn out There is so much to do..... Help me Allah, give me the strength to withstand all the responsibilties and to make decisions that are good for me in this world and the life ahead.

Sem results.

2006-01-14T11:00:00.000+05:00

I got the news yesterday about clearing 2 of my 3 courses at the university with good grades, couldnt hit a four but me doesnt wants it anyways. Me hopes to have a similar grade in the third one.

Next sem starts on 23rd Jan, lets see what this one has for me.

Karachi Trip

2006-01-14T09:58:00.000+05:00

I am off to fly on monday morning at 5. This has been an important trip as my marriage date has been finalized and there has also been a lot of discussion about staying in isb or coming to khi and i guess that isb will be my home for the next 2 years inshallah. Bhaijan added a lot of his experiences to help me make this dicission, i know that it will be a very learning experience for both of us. I had talked to her about it 2 3 months back and we were ready for this type of arrangement.

The thing which was the most helpful and at the same time annoying was my familly's viewpoint that i should be the one who should decide what has to be done and they will accept it. It was good to have their trust but the fear of being all alone in this was make me shake a bit. Never been through this you know :p

Tonight bhaijan is hosting a gettogether at the mini hall. Expecting to meet a lot of ppl.

I know my blog doesnt have the same spark as before but life has gone so hectic that i dont get the time to jot all the happenings which are happening at a far more freqency.

Oh yes, bhaijan gave me his 9210i communicator and am writing this on the very gadget. :)

Call center or PCO

2005-12-27T20:41:00.000+05:00

A batchmate at the university works at a very reputable call center after his classes. We also have an "afridi" in our class.

On friday when the class got a bit longer than usual, Afridi asked the call center guy "O yar tera PCO nahin khul gaya ho ga?".

The look on the guys face was like "I'll kill you afridi".

Afridi: "So isnt that what you call these places? You guys make calls right?......"

Where was I, what happened, what is making news

2005-12-13T22:04:00.000+05:00

Ahem. I was here all the time. Came back from Karachi on November 14th and since then it has been so very hectic that i have not been able to write anything.

[Karachi]
Outclass spending was the essense of vacations. Bills and more bills welcomed me in Islamabad. Couldnt make the most important decision with my family. They gave me the toughest time saying that it was up to me and they were happy with anything that i think was best for me.

[Islamabad]
Both office and university are at full throtle. Tension everywhere and 24 hours seeming not enough sometimes. I have missed a lot of classes due to the immense presure of work. Dont remember when i last went home on time. 11PM seems the usual thing now.

MCSD finally got over, with the final paper clearing.

Tahir and i have planned something for our own & company's good. Details later.

Most importantly, Ashar is leaving tonight. yes, for good. He has resigned to join a firm a Karachi and is heading home. I think it was this event which made me talk to Blogger again.
Wajih bhai and me are the only ones left in the group and i am a bit worried about being lonely.
Pata nahin kia hota hai

Currently, i wait for Scott Bloomer to complete the PX demo taking place in Texas. The last 5 days have been worse, with me working on this demo and taking care of the conversion project iteration 3. Missed my class of Mangement Principles once more and i bet that the project team at the unversity wont be the same in the next semester.

And oh yes, last night was another quake which woke us up at 3 in the morning and with extreme cold we had to stand out in the open with no protection and plus i left my glasses inside the room during the rush. We decided to get back to the room within 5 minutes of staying outside and prefered a chanced death by an aftershock rather than a confirmed death by the cold. :)

As the university management plans to start semester 2 in the second week of Jan, me also planning for my next leave on eid :p

They say Karachi is a happening city, well think again.......

A visit home

2005-10-28T00:49:00.000+05:00

Will be leaving for home tonight for vacations and I hope to spend some good time with the family.
There are some crucial decisions to be made as well and i am looking forward to it. Also expecting to have a lot of fun with my nephews and nieces.

Plan to be back after eid and if the government grants a holiday on November 09, then the leave may be extented by another 4 days :p

Lets see what the future holds.........

Allah Waris
MA.

Working Hard

2005-10-28T00:35:00.000+05:00

Yes indeed, its true.
They have been flying for long hours.

Why Ramadan?

2005-10-21T16:20:00.000+05:00

Many people including me were very disturbed on the fact that the quake had hit us in Ramadan. Many elders fail to remember a large scale destruction in this month. Its the month of blessings and the first ten days are more close to the blessings of Allah. Why Ramadan then ??

Did this mean that we were getting negative blessings from HIM. Was this what HE had for us as his blessings ?

I was stumped and so were many others. Until I fell in a discussion at the university. A batch mate made said something which cleared many doubts.

"It was good that it came in Ramadan" he said. "The effects were mild. The blessings of Ramadan may have made it cause much less damage than we deserved or that could have happened if it would have been any other month." he said.

Although this is no more than a theory which my friend had but it was enough to convince me and some others.

Maybe its a blessing that it came in Ramadan. But if this theory is correct, then I fail to describe the degree at which Allah is cross with us.

Maybe it was a warning. Maybe its a test. [But I don't think that we are pious enough to be tested]. Whatever be the case, may HE guide all of us the right path and may make us learn from our mistakes. Aameen.

Quake day!!! [Worst diaster for Children]

2005-10-20T21:33:00.000+05:00

Was watching Aaj TV when an interview of a Russian doctor was telecasted. He said that he had been to numerous countries in similar situations and that his organization has been involved in such operations from the last 50 years. He said that this has been the worst disaster for children that they had ever witnessed.

A whole generation was lost according to many and all agree that children suffered the most.

It got many in schools and colleges. Many.

400 were under one school's rubble in Balakot alone. I personally got to hear the survival of only 4. Countless such cases were reported.

Daily Jung published a poetry on October 14 which literally made me cry

[Aik basta hai jo baaqi hai - Dr.Hilal Naqvi]

Kahan kho gayee school ki ghanti
k jo chutti ka ik ailaan ban kar un thakay chehron ko mehkati

Faqt ik moat ki aawaaz hai jis nay
abadi neend kay saaey main sab to lay leeya

Na ab school ki ghanti
na wo boorha sa chokidaar baaqi hai

To phir aay dosto !!
kia ab koi aasaar baqi hai?

Nahin, koi nahin.
Faqt aik pencil hai, aik basta hai jo baaqi hai

To aaao ik naya school phir kholain

Magar pencil say bastay say kahan school kultay hain

To jaao, phir zara jaa kar naaey bachon ko lay aao
Gaya to tha

Magar is gaaon main koi bhi ab bacha nahin baaqi
Faqt aik pencil hai, aik basta hai jo baaqi hai

Magar pencil say bastay say kahan school kultay hain......

May Allah shower his blessings upon us....

Quake day!!! [What made it worst]

2005-10-20T21:09:00.000+05:00

A lot has happened since October 08. Although the collapsed towers were a tragedy but it appeared to be nothing when reports started coming in from northern Pakistan. As i write, casualty speculations have gone passed 100,000 mark with Mr.Edhi claiming it to be a further multiple of 3.

May Allah shower his mercy on all.

The countrymen have shown their feelings and what appeared to be a group people living together have expressed their nationalism. Wrong are the people who say that Jinnah was able to get a country but failed to make a nation.

Everyone i know has contributed whatever they could. Time, money, food stuff, ideas....everything.

However, the situation is still grim. A UN spokesman excepted that the task is far more intense and tough than the Tsunami which hit far east earlier this year. The reason is that it was coastal area through out and whatever damage done was by nature in one go. People who lived the incident had better chances of living as aid was reaching fast with the areas being accessable. [ I dont mean to say that it was a samll incident by any means]

Here on the other ther are numerous issues.

One is that the road access has either been blocked or completly damaged due to the land slides which occoured as a result of the quake. So it took a lot of time to open those up. Meanwhile the source of any effort was limited to the army choppers.

Two. The army has a limited supply of cargo hilos as per their requirement. Plus tension is Waziristan and on the Afghan border has also kept the army busy on the western side of the country. It is also said that the army itself suffered serious losses in Kashmir due to the quake and the first thing done was to secure the border once again. [With the distruction magnitude there are reasons to accept this theory as well]

Three. I have been to these places and there are villages where no road leads to. People have to walk there and one who has been doing this since birth takes around 2 hours to reach on foot. Imagine someone belonging to Karachi or Lahore trying to reach there in these conditions where even the paths which the locals followed are not available. Plus there are a lot of places with only a few hundred people living in very remote areas.

Four. There are such valleys where even choppers cant reach. There are!!!

Five. The weather is getting severe day by day. By getting colder it has helped in the prevention of deseases but survival has become even more tough for the injured. UN has said that 300000 tents are required for the effected people but i think that by the time they arrange for that conditions will make those tents virtually ineffective.

Six. It rained heavily there almost the same day. And belive me when it rains there in this weather its not easy to live there in the open. Let alone the fact the you are injured and have most probably lost a family member.

Seven. The administration has also been wiped off. No one would expect an officer to camp and try to manage situation where his wife and 2 children are under the rubble and assumingly alive. This is just one case. Almost everyone faced similar tragic cases.

I am not defending the government in any sense. Just trying present facts which have made it a challange not only for Pakistanis but for the entire world community.....

Quake day!!!

2005-10-08T23:40:00.000+05:00

It was like someone shook my bed with awesome power. Up I was, my eyes met with WB's eyes and we were like "ZALZALA!!!". "Ashar, getup its a quake!!!" and we were out in the open a matter of one second. (never managed to get up this fast for the office)

We couldn't stand without support of the stair railing. It sounded like heavy gears of a big slow machine. "GRRRRRRRR. GRRRRRRRR." I couldn't think of anything. Nothing.....

Everyone was reciting the Kalima "Laa ila ha illal llah"

Our room is in the basement and intensity we witnessed there would have been more than I nightmare to anyone living in a high rise.

Imagine the stupidity, that we didn't move up and out of the house!!

After it was over, we did do that to see scores of ppl out already. We go down again after commenting on our experiences. Choudhry saab said that this was the worst quake he had experienced in his life.

Minutes later, it strikes back. This time we move out for good.

We are told that a building has collapsed in sector F10. Boss takes out his car and we get on to confirm the news. It wasn't fun at all, but I don't know why no one of us sounded or looked very scared.

But this didn't last for long. It was true!! Choppers were flying over the surviving high rise towers and we saw the rubble of the collapsed one.

I called home and informed about the jolts. I wanted them to know this after I couldn't inform due to any reason.

Boss didn't want to stay there at all and threw us back at the hostel. We found a party heading towards F10 to assist in rescue. We hoped in and were back at the scene. It was frightening. A multi story changed to an old "story". Fear was on every face, the roads were getting blocked, the civilians were in control of the rescue operations.

The police was there, but obviously they are not trained for this. Ambulances were making a lot of noise. Military personnel were getting into position.

We head back to F11 and go to the park. All were being advised not to get back into buildings. We stayed there for around an hour. After shocks were striking on the average of half an hour. A lot were out in the open and the park was getting crowded with time.

We get back to the hostel with the hope that the TV cable was back on and it was! The world was talking our experience.... and it came back!! We rushed out again.

We all felt very sorry about the collapsed tower residents. It was Saturday and everyone would have been home. Old, young, men, women, children. We soon got to know that the quake had struck Northern parts of the country and conditions there were far more intense and severe.....

[End of part 1]

Happy Ramadan

2005-10-07T19:07:00.000+05:00

Ramadan 1426H is here. Yet another year is passing by with great pace.
Hope this month brings everlasting joy, happiness, ease, comfort and peace for the entire world. Aameen.

One year at Blogger.

2005-09-26T01:02:00.000+05:00

Today, its been an year with blogger helping me place my odd thoughts on the web.
Thanks Blogger. Thanks Google. Thanks readers.....

A quick tour.

2005-09-26T00:40:00.000+05:00

This was being planned for two weeks, but it was finally made reality on September 17. It was three of us heading for Naran on an Alto VXR we rented out.

Images on Trope

Here are the main highlights.

We had only 2 days and a lot to travel. Saturday morning it was when we left islamabad for Naran and whereabouts.
A major misunderstanding made us take the wrong route. We drove about 200 Km (to Mardan and back) for nothing.
On the right track we witnessed the glory of nature which our eyes had never envisioned.
During an adventurous photo shoot, i fell in the river and had my cell phone in coma.
Had our evening tea at Kiwai. Its a beautiful place with a resturant right over a small waterfall.
Raced with 2 diesel Corollas on the way and overtook them inspite being on a Suzuki :)
Reached Naran around Maghrib prayers. Quarrelled at a few hotels and finally managed to get a (good) room at Rs 250 !!!
Loitered around till midnight.

We were at Lake Saiful Mulook at 6 am after a 45 minute breath taking drive on a jeep track. Circuled around the lake, which included crossing the ice cold water barefooted. We stayed at the majestic lake for around two hours.
We head back for Kiwai, and had lunch there.
Now was the most dangerous route of all. Shogran. With our machine converted back to petrol, it was the first gear which took through the steep road of 6 km. It was either upwards or down thousands of feet but no stopping. But it was worth it !
Next we take the jeep for "Siri Paye", a heaven on earth. Lush green meadows with a beauty beyond explaination. Really amazing, astonishingly outclass !! (what was that i just wrote!?! (phew))
The roads were extremly well maintained and in top condition. During the entire tour the accumulation of bad pathes wont exceed 2 Km which too was due to landsliding.
We head back for islamabad around 4:30 pm and reach home around 10:30 pm still fresh to keep awake for the next 2 hours and reach office on time the next day.

Cost

Jeep tracks(Saif ul Mulook & Siri Paye): Rs.700 each.
Fuel (Petrol and CNG): Around Rs.1800
Car rent with driver(2 Days): Rs.2400
Food and other stuff" Rs. ????

Total Cost per banda: Rs. 2575/- (Rs.600 extra for cell phone repair.)

Sunflowers

2005-09-10T00:41:00.000+05:00

An odd type arent they? always staring at the sun as if asking "hey dude, isnt that the same thing which came up on the sky yesterday??"

The scene is even more hilarious at the night when a plant is located on the road side with a lot of lights. With so many lights around, the plant seems to be like "What???!!!!??" "Where!!" "How??". Every flower gets hold of its "own" sun and the sight is quite wild.

Jokes apart, i think science has enabled us to make intelligent solar cells as well. Ones which can shift their focus as the sun changes position (yeah i know that its not the sun which changes its position) just like the sunflowers.

This reminds be that once me and my brother made plans of installing solar cells on our remote conrolled car as we were spending hell lot of money on the batteries. The project never made itself into a reality but still it was worth giving a thought.

I switch to Warid.

2005-09-08T20:22:00.000+05:00

Finally i got tried of Mobilink's stupid service and got a Warid connection for me.

Mobilink GSM - Pakistan's stupid cellular service.

Life gone BUSY!!

2005-09-08T20:16:00.000+05:00

Have taken admission in MBA at SZABIST and thus making my life a lot busier. A 90 credit hour course it is.

The classes are 6pm to 9pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Since i miss about 90 minutes of work these days so i have to come back at the office after the class to complete my working hours.

Tuesday is also the day when i deliver my lecture at the same university.

All this leaves me less time to worry about non issues but i still manage time to do that. As per Ali, "Abdullah!, no one thinks this way. What is with you!!!"

Khair anyways.......

Another nice article by Javed Chodhry.

2005-09-05T17:05:00.000+05:00

For those who can read urdu, this article will give an idea of the biased view in the world.

Here it is

and i think that he is right.

Khala Jaan.

2005-08-25T12:46:00.000+05:00

She is the aunt of my mom and holds the senior most position in my "nanihaal".

Just remembered an event which occoured about 6 months back. It was my cousin's marriage and i had the camera. Khala Jaan was was at a table with some other members of the family.

Passing by, i focused her and was about to take her photo when

khala Jaan: "Bilal, meri yeh koi umar hai tasweer banwaanay ki?"

me: "wo khala jaan aap kay kaalay balon kay sath jo thoray say safiad baal hain na un ki tasweer lay raha hoon"

Now since she is in her 70s, there is not a single black hair on her head and i think that even if a black hair is implanted it will turn white in one day :p

khala Jaan: "acha? kitnay safaid baal hain meray sar par??"
me: {thinking....} "N" !

cousins: {a very loud} "mmahahahahhha...."
khala Jaan: {confused look}

I Took her photo immediatly and got away before somebody explained to her the N and got me into a possible court marshal :)

Relationship Graph

2005-08-21T22:20:00.000+05:00

I usually fall into discussions with Ali which are very odd in nature; it was one such conversation in which Ali introduced me to an interesting theory. Itâ€™s called the relationship graph.

The relationship graph between any two ppl has two variables namely your actions and his (her) actions. Itâ€™s a very volatile graph he said, just like the usual stock exchange graph. Please bear in mind he emphasized, it just canâ€™t be a smooth path for long. Hiccups will come along the way and this is not related to a specific type of relationship. This goes for every type.

Donâ€™t think that you can keep a close loop with everyone there will be glitches, there will be misunderstandings, there will be friction but donâ€™t take this over your head just be the way you are try your best and you will see things coming back to the place where you want them to see. Yes, there may be times when this wonâ€™t happen but it wouldnâ€™t have lost its momentum from your side.

The graph should move on in the positive direction either from your axis or form the other side. Itâ€™s a straight line graph. A boost may be witnessed when both the concerned parties give it out their best. Itâ€™s then when it speeds its way to touch the sky.

I was convinced by this theory, what about you???

An instructor.

2005-08-16T15:00:00.000+05:00

Today was my first class as an instructor and i wasnt very comfortable before making the entry. But by the grace of Allah the first 3 hour session went out to be a success. I felt very happy that i was able to conduct it without much issues.

The class of first semester students in the ungrad program so they are a little unfimiliar with the system as yet. Its a good mixture of every type of students and it wasnt very different from FAST. Same way of responding, same manner of answer and the same level of confusion :)

I hope to be more comfortable with the class as the time passes and ofcourse i do want the class to be comfortable with me as well. Lets c how things proceed.....

What I got for free @ home

2005-08-13T21:25:00.000+05:00

Now all of these are like ahhhhhhhhh .

Brakefast at 1pm.
Washed and ironed clothes.
Didnt got to know in the morning that i used up the soap and shampoo yesterday. Some "super natural force" (maaa !) knew it and had the replacements already. Its the worst torture to go to the market and get these in the morning.
Food cooked by Ammi ( maaa teray hath ki rotian !!!!)
We dont have a weekly menu at home. (Menu @ Choudhry house wont change till eternity and i am HELL tired of eating the same things over 52 times in the last year :( )
Having fun time with my nephews and nieces.
Dinner at 1 am.
The refrigerator had something that i could stuff in.
Hot baths all year long.
I HAD THE TV REMOTE !!!! (cant watch Cartoon network regularly now)

and lots more.....

August 9, 1981

2005-08-09T00:02:00.000+05:00

Happy birthday to me.

Yes, it was this day 24 years back.

Whats your opinion?

2005-08-06T18:31:00.000+05:00

Bizzaro is one of my favorite comics. Today, in DAWN the following was depicted.

Office of Acme Polling Services.
The operator is on the phone with someone as asking:

"Which of the following statements best describes you
A. The President is always right.
B. The President is never wrong.
C. I dont watch FOX news channel. "

I havenâ€™t left

2005-08-04T15:43:00.000+05:00

Its just that i dont have anything interesting to write. Strict quality control you see. :)

England's tour of Pakistan.

2005-07-29T17:08:00.000+05:00

Well how about it!! Amazing isnt it that there is no change in the Australian tour when London was rocked by bombs. And the players are showing concerns touring pakistan.

It seems that the Asians dont have any value in the ICC although they contribute most towards the joy of cricket.

Aussies refused to tour SriLanka when there was little threat in Colombo and played on in the battle field showing their greatness to the english crowd.

It was a joke with pakistan playing its home series on forgin venues.

ICC would have banned any asian team having the attitude of provoking the feeling of cricket fans, but no sir, since its the "owners" of the game we are talking about such an action is out of question.....

Meter position @ Safari.

2005-07-28T00:23:00.000+05:00

Saturday it was when we planned to go to the long delayed Safari trip. Heard about it last year and eventually we were going there. It was a long drive up to the primesis and we had to drive even further to see what i wanted. LIONS!!

A pair was lazily having a nap when we reached. Being so close to free roaming lions was something i never thought would happen. Khair anyways, it was thrilling but not enough until a lioness proudly marched to joined the pair.

Now that was something i cant explain. Yes, i've seen these kinda scenes on NatGeo a zillion times but this was totally different.

Later on we moved on to the other side of the lion den where there was an angry fellow in the cage. This one was imported recently and obviously wasn't very happy about it.

I snapped a lot of photos of the beasts and one bold lioness has her photo as my desktop. Also made a movie clip of around 4 minutes. Have uploaded the a few images on Trope.

365 days @ excels.com

2005-07-25T17:48:00.000+05:00

This is it. One whole year marking my longest tenure at any organization.
This also marks my one year in the beuatiful city of islamabad. Dont have much to say except that it went pass like whooosh. Time flyes. It really does.

Regrets? NO! Thank you GOD for making my stay here a very stable and growing one.

and i now present....

2005-07-24T17:04:00.000+05:00

Today, i lanuched my photo blog. Thanks to blogger for helping me do so.

I shall be putting up the images that i capture. Details within Trope

My School

2005-07-21T16:33:00.000+05:00

St. Patricks High was the name. 6 huge buildings seperating the primary, secondary, techincal, cambridge, F section and labs. We had a hockey ground and a footbal field as well.

Now?? Squeezed in one residnetial unit, i dont understand why do they even call those things by the same name. Not even a play field let alone other things.

My school was like a schoooooool with requiring time to know what is where and these are mere schools. One glance and its all over. Khatam ho gaya bhai.

I remember of having my 10th grade fee as Rs.700/month and for students not studying science, it was Rs 650. Analyze that!!!

My 4 year old niece goes to "The Educators" and her playgroup grade fee is around Rs.1500 already!! Talk about getting "quality" education in reach of the common man.

Its Never Enough

2005-07-17T16:38:00.000+05:00

Long long ago there was a blind begger in Baghdad who had a very odd condition of accepting anything which someone had to offer.

'Hit me on my head with a shoe' he would say and would not accept anything if the other person refused to do so. It was very odd for all but one bothered to ask the old man the reason behind it. He was denied the permission at first, but after the young man insisted he was told what was told never before.

I wasnt always blind, he said. I once served a saint for a long time and he then presented me with a gift which was about to change my life. Before giving it to me he took my word that i would not ask for more and accept what was being granted.

He had a bottle with some potion in it, a drop from which was poured into my right eye.......

I couldnt belive what i was seeing. I was able to see treasures of the world, it was amazing. Then a second thought came into my mind. I would be able to see more if had some drops poured into my left eye as well.

The saint was furious at my request and reminded me of the promise that i had made. He told me it wasnt good for me and that i would loose my sight, but oh no, how could have i believed that. He warned me that there would be no going back and i agreed to face the consequesces.
A single drop was enough to take it all away..... I pleaded, apologized and appealed but all in vain. Now i tell ppl to bang me on my head so that i may always remember my foolish wish.

EOS (End of Story)

Now, i dont know if this was true at all. I read it some 12 years back. But i like it in the sense that one should not always ask if 'yeh dil mange more'.

Ammi and Abbu

2005-07-12T23:55:00.000+05:00

Today i discussed a lot about how parents take care of us. the hardships they face, the affection they have, the patients they have for our stupid questions.

Its tough, very tough!

Ammi and Abu, I love you very much!!! Thanks a lot for contributing 200% to what i am today. Thanks a ton.

Murphey's Law.

2005-07-12T23:47:00.000+05:00

The law says that when something has to go wrong it will, no matter what you do to stop this from happening. I have something to add, that when this happens, more than one thing goes wrong.Here is what happened today.

I got a mail from the US office that the deployment guide that i sent didnt help them setup the first itteraton.

An error was reported in my code. Continued for hours to get it reproduced and later i was told that this is an inconsistancy in client data and not our problem.

Later in the day.

Wajih Bhai wanted to buy a pair of shoes and Islamabad didnt have his size. One shop to another we searched. Firstly no design would inspire him and if it did the pair wouldnt fit. Blast!!

I saw a great wrist watch and withoug thinking much bought it, only to realize that i looked more of a clock on my wrists. (IDIOT).Told the hawker to take it back and he refused (obviously) and i was forced to choose another one. Now this one didnt have its strap in a proper shape so the guy began to change it. After watching his efforts for 15 minutes, i decieded to take back the old one.

Now we couldnt find a cab!!! What the ..!! Where did they all go? Finally got one and paid him more than we would have under normal circumstances.

Phew!!!! some day.

Pirates.....

2005-07-10T23:13:00.000+05:00

Johnny depp's dialog in pirates of the caribbean just came to my mind.

Me? I'm dishonest,and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest...Honestly.It's the honest ones you want to watch out for,because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid.

Ulta Meter.

2005-07-09T21:24:00.000+05:00

After requesting for about 2 weeks, we finally had our sub meter installed for the airconditioner at Choudry House.

"beta reading note kar lain" choudry saab told me and i did that. Lets say that it was N.

Next Morning.
I thought that i should see as to how much we utilized in one night.
To my astonishment, it was N - 7 units!!!! Now how did that happen??

Did we produce electricity by running the AC? WOW!!! :D

Later i was told that the wires were switched while installing the meter. While this was a relief to choudry saab, it broke all my plans for running the AC and helping the country overcomming its energy needs :D

Almost done.

2005-07-09T20:57:00.000+05:00

Successfully clear the fourth paper alhamdolillah and become MCAD. Was planning to be done with it by the end of this month but i dont think it will materialize.

Khair anyways.

Lots of Work

2005-07-04T21:05:00.000+05:00

A ton of work has been assigned to me for July. Yes, its PX again.
I wont be able to update the blog regularly as the working hours have been increased and saturdays are on as well.

The brighter part is that as soon as this project is over i plan to visit home.

ESII goes to picnic.

2005-07-03T15:24:00.000+05:00

Atlast, the picnic plan becomes a reality. I was very much waiting for this so that i may test my camera :p
As per the route, we were to go to donga gali and walk one of the most beautiful tracks of the world. Then move on to Khanaspur for the waterfall etc. etc.

First Stop: Aabpara.
We had paraths here for breakfast and bought mangoes and not to forget the batteries which turn out to be faulty later.

Second Stop: Somewhere on the way.
Javed is victumized by nausea on a very good location (lucky for us). We hop out of the car and have a good time enjoying the view.

Donga Gali:
A brief stop and we move on to the track. It truly was amazingly beautiful. It took us around an hour to walk the 4 kilometer track, with me and rahat taking snaps all the way.

Khanaspur. (small town at Ayubia)
The track ended at Ayubia, the driver was waiting for us there and then took us on a qeust to find the waterfall which according to the locals was very near down the road. 'Yar nahin hai yahan par koi aabshaar wapis chaltay hain' someone said after we were through numerous dangerous turns and cuttings. But we continued and just when we were about to give up the search, we saw it.

Iced water was flowing through. The mangoes were freezed in the very water and then the mango party began. This is when the orignal batteries of my camera said goodbye and i switched to the new battereis i bought from aabpara. Pooof !! and they expire. :(

Ayubia.
We came back to have lunch and then moved for the chairlifts. Hmmmm nice view.
After spending a lot of time chatting at the upper end of the world. We plan to leave back only to realize that it would only be possible after standing behind a loooooooooooooooong line of other visitors. Khair... it happens.

Somewhere on the way back.
I demand tea loud and clear with only one other supporter, and we manage to find a place where we had 'pakoraas' and tea. It had started to get cold with breeze blowing. We eyed F11 Islamabad at around 2230 hrs.

Those who didnt turn out for the trip, Guys you really missed it....

Finally got it !!!!

2005-06-24T23:09:00.000+05:00

Ok ppl so i dare and make the decision. Me is now a proud owner of a Sony S40.
Wish List item 1 is reality now. Yeyyyyy.

Specs:

4.0 Mega Pixel
3x Digital Zoom (upto 10x smart zoom)
1.5 inch TFT Display
Movie recording with sound.
32MB buitin memory (i bought a 128 MB stick as well)

Ok, since you are already getting just too jealous i think that i should stop describing it more.

Its a Sony. ( ding ding)

The new face

2005-06-24T23:00:00.000+05:00

Weather has shown its beauty in this week with the temperature touching 46C and the forcast in the paper saying "very hot and dry" yesterday.

This will continue for Islamabad for the next few days as per the forcast while the residents of the city say that this will change in the next month with week long showers as i have witnessed in the winter.

Although, having the air conditioner at choudhry house (hostel) makes nights sleepable but many a times the machine just pleads for mercy.

Well i wont complain much about the weather as i have seen it being real nice for a long time and gettting not so good for 2 months can certainly be permitted.

Operated.

2005-06-23T23:34:00.000+05:00

Waqas has been operated today. As far as i know, it was a 4 hour task for the surgeon and it was a success. A rod has been planted in his leg to provide his bones some support.

Now he will be having physiotherapy for a couple of days then shifted home if the support helps him the way it should.

i hope that things turn out to be better.

Bad news

2005-06-22T16:50:00.000+05:00

My cousin Waqas has had an accident in karachi. Real bad it was as far as i have been told. His bike was crushed and his left leg has been hurt seriously.

He is to be operated today. May Allah help him through this.

Born in the year of the rooster.

2005-06-19T22:27:00.000+05:00

Blogger was the first one to tell me that i was born in the year of Rooster. Well, i didnt search anything on it until today and this is what i have been told by the web.

Resourceful and practical, you are a quick thinker.
You are very observant - and it's hard to get anything past you!
A total perfectionist, you are especially picky about looking your best.
You're a big dreamer - such a big dreamer that reality can disappoint you.

Now with most of it being true (be it by chance) the last one really got me in fits of laughter.
How really true. VERY true :D

Just a theory

2005-06-19T22:10:00.000+05:00

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
- Douglas Adams.

Social drought

2005-06-17T23:20:00.000+05:00

Not one of the best days of my life. Two good friends left me today.

Matin ur Rehman and Umair Ahmed Hassan have resigned and today was their last day at work.

Yes, its a technical drain for ESII but more than that its the fear of social loneliness that is talking most of my CPU cycles.

It was a year full of learning and fun and althoughi hope to stay in touch with them but it still hurts on the left side of my chest. I wonder why......

I hope get it soon

2005-06-16T22:33:00.000+05:00

Ok, so the thirst to buy a digicam has raised to its optimum level.

I cant wait any longer buy one. Looking for something between the 12k -15k range.

Today i went to Blue area with Ali to my first search for the best and wasnt that thrilling. We had to leave during the lunch hours when it was blazing hot outside and adding to it we did not have much time.

The high level options were Sony Cybershot and Olympus and i wasnt getting something good for the price range that i had in these brands. Now i remember that i batch mate of mine had a Cannon when he came to visit us about 4 months back and he told me that with the memory sticks, rechargeable batteries and the charger all cost him 15k. I was the one who had the camera with me throughout the trip and the machine really impressed me.

So if anyone of you would like to guve me a suggestion, be quick :)

Post marital issues :D

2005-06-14T23:58:00.000+05:00

We were invited by Ali on a dinner on Sunday. After the khaba we went on the roof as someone wanted to smoke.

When asked about how life has changed after marriage he said

"Watching TV has changed. Now, Star Pareewar has a lot to play in my life."

"When i used to get home in the early days i wanted to have dinner first and then watch TV with her. But if we had dinner first, she was not able to watch the soaps on Star plus" he added.

"But now," he continued "i watch TV first. Because if i donâ€™t, i am made to be awake till 1:30 in the morning until the soaps are re-telecasted. "

Oh Ali i really feel sorry for you.

HAHAHAHAH. ahem.
Whatever, hhaahahahahahahahhhahhaaahaha

PS. Bhabi i have no offence against you.

Janay kion

2005-06-12T19:48:00.000+05:00

Janay kion
Kabhi kabhi na janay kion
Dil jo chahta hai wo poora
Nahi hota....
Janay kion

[Ali Haider - from the times of MCC]

Hello World

2005-06-10T19:08:00.000+05:00

void main void
{
char* strComments;

cout << "This is to inform you..... << endl ;
cout << "that i have cleared my third MCSD paper" << endl;
cin >> strComments;
cout << "yeah whatever !! :) " << endl;
}

Important Data.

2005-06-04T20:24:00.000+05:00

Now this is a true story.

Person1. Sir, I have some very important data.
Person2. Ok.
Person1. I have it copied in my hard disk. Its very important.
Person2. Ok.
Person1. I have it burnt on 2 CDs, since its very important you know.
Person2. Ok.
Person1. And, I have it on a Flash drive as well.
Person2. Ok.
Person1. Now sir, I need your help to have a backup of this data. I mean how should I take it?
Person2. huh !!!!!!!

Believe me, its a true story.

Good answers for good questions.

2005-06-04T20:10:00.000+05:00

CNN's 25 years celebrations. President of Pakistan was called upon by CNN for a brief meeting with journalists from world over.

Question from Dr. Shahid Masood (ARY)
Nearly all the muslim countries of the world support the stance of the US govt. on the war against terror. But the situation seems opposite from the reaction of the people of these countries if you consider pakistan for instance, there are rallies against the US every now and then. So why is there this difference of opinion ?

Answer by the president.
Well, i cant say anything about any other country of the world, but as far as pakistan is concerned i can tell you that all i am doing is for the best interest of pakistan. I am not doing anything for the US. I am doing this for my country. Now if something good for pakistan turns out to be good for anyone in the world then this is not an issue.

Question from ???
Why doesnt pakistan hands over Dr A Q Khan to the IAEA(International Atomic Energy Agency) for interrogation?

Answer by the president.
Well, this quesiton has been coming up from sometime and whenever i am asked this question i
say that why should we hand him over? If someone wants to ask something, tell us. We will ask him and let you know.
Now if they still insist then there are two things. Either they think that we are not capable. Now this is not acceptable to us. Or they dont trust us. This is unacceptable as well. So i must say that
there is no reason that we should hand him over to the IAEA.

2 down

2005-05-20T11:50:00.000+05:00

I cleared my second MCSD paper (ASP.NET) last satuday. 3 more to go.....
Ashar has scored 100% this time. heheheheh.

Nameless

2005-05-13T23:40:00.000+05:00

Its been a long time since i have been in this state and have had this feeling.

Ahhhhh, long silence with nothing in my mind. I dont know why i like it so much. It used to happen itself earlier on. This is the first time that i have gone into it myself, just half an hour of shutting my mouth and thinking nothing and i was there.

Now i want to write. Write something that i have wanted to but wasnt able to due to the noise within. Its gone now but for sometime.

Fears and concerns of the alien city are no more. I still remember how tough it was for me to come to islamabad this time. It was never this tough to leave my family, i dont know what got me this time. I felt like telling bhai to take me back home when he was driving me to the airport but didnt do that. All that i could remember of what i told ammi during a rather not so very warm conversation that we had had the other day. I couldnt belive that i said that.

"Main wahan par khush hoon" were the exact words "Wahan par yeh panchaatain nahin hain" I continued.

I reached the airport got my boarding and again got into thinking the same thing. Same was the senario during flying. My eyes were full of guilt, i knew that if i were on a train i would have got off at the next station. "To hell with my job" were the thouhgts which came next and in a matter of no time i was thinking how to stand by my decision in front of the company management let alone reconsidering it right now.

Alghough i didnt do that but i dont know what made to not to. I never knew that i was such an emotional person. Hyper, yes i am but this much emotional ? no not me.

The whole week was very tough, i called home almost everyday and things cooled up with time. It gave me chils when i thought about going abroad Pakistan. Man, how tough would that be for me !

Cricket Rankings

2005-05-06T18:53:00.000+05:00

Love cricket ?
here is a website that me and my friend (Bilal Ahmed) have worked on.

http://www.ikrankings.tk
(IE is recommended)

Much needs to be worked upon it but still i think that i gives a pretty decent show.

There is ranking for 2005, 2004 and the careers of teams, batsmen and bowlers. Do have a look at it and post your comments on the blog so that we can make it the way you like it.

Nice shairs

2005-05-01T01:26:00.000+05:00

1. muft bik jatay hain agar kharidar milay tau
aik halka sa tabassum bas meri qeemat hai.

2. saqi sharaab peenay day masjid main baith kar
ya woh jaga bata day jahan par khuda na ho

3 Badshahat ka aytebaar hi kia
Ehtiyaatan faqeer rehnay do

Nice arent they ?

A statement from Mr. Shaukat Aziz

2005-05-01T01:13:00.000+05:00

Yesterday, i read a very odd statement from the Prime Minister in the papers.
He had stated that the government was trying to make a reduction in the petroleum prices and further that the prices were still lower than the "neighboring" country.

What I donâ€™t seem to understand is that why we only compare ourselves with India in terms of the factors we are better than them and why is false impression always given to the ppl by comparing ourselves with India.

The PM is a very good financial analyst and I personally respect him a lot, but these statements donâ€™t help. The ppl are not fools my dear PM we all know that the Indian rupee is much stronger than ours so this makes the price of petrol near equal does it not? Furthermore, Pakistan produces about 15% of its requirements in terms of these products which India does not. So if itâ€™s said that the price of petrol is $50/Gallon it only applies to the rest of the 80% that is bought from the international market and certainly not of what is sucked up from our own soil.

Adding to this, any person who has the slightest interest in the economy of the country knows that we donâ€™t buy oil from the South American states, our major sources are in the Middle East and Baluchistan gets some from Iran as well. So how come we buy oil at the rate which is in the London market? And not at the rates of the Middle East market?
We all know that the Pakistan gets discounted oil rates from Saudi Arabia as per its aid for Pakistan.

Its amazing, isnâ€™t it that we only compare the prices of oil. The ex factory price of the cars in Pakistan and India have quite a difference between them

And why just go for the price thing, have we ever compared ourselves with India in terms of education? Have we ever compared their railways with ours? NEVER.

I am more than proud to be a Pakistani but for god's sake realize that such stupid statements should not come from such a responsible person. Realize that we are not the same ppl who trusted words without action, realize that we can differentiate between right and wrong.......

Where have i been

2005-04-28T19:05:00.000+05:00

Yes, its been quite a long time since i blogged anything.March and April were quite opposite for me this year.

First let me tell you about March.

Well it was all work and no play with me working on Assurity and PX (never mind the names), being at the office for 12-15 hours on average and having no days off. UFFFFF!!

The whole of the month passed by cropping the binary fields.

Then came April (hurrah). I got a 9 day leave in compansation of the off days i worked in march and off i went to karachi on the ont the 9th to return on the 21st making it about 15 great days. Now i am back in Islamabad and trying to adjust (again).

I have a lot to write about how the days were spent in karachi.
See you around.

The 5 rupee note story

2005-03-06T18:04:00.000+05:00

Sir change hoga aap k pass.
Bhai 50 ka change kia doon. Dekho ho ga tumharay pass.

The taxi fare from F10 to F11 usually is Rs.30, and since it was a usual day, we were waiting for the cab guy to give us 20 bucks back.

Sir, nahin hain mere pass. Sirf 15 hain. He said.
Spotting another 5 rupee note, i said yar hain to sahi

Nahin sir, yeh mera lucky note hai. he said, guarding his old and torn note.

Wajih bhai and I were like kia matlab lucky note?
Nahin sir aap yakeen nahin karain gay magar yeh mera lucky note hai. main yeh nahin day sakta. sorry

Acha to kia yeh 500 ka ho jaey ga? i asked.

Nahin sir wo to doosra hai ! and he opened up his wallet and showed me that.

I was like acha yar aik minute

We scanned ourselves to find any change to give the cab guy and finally we were able to search the money which included two 5 rupee notes which were in very ugly condition.

Wajih bhai said Yeh mere lucky note hain. Rakh lo

I'll be back

2005-02-27T20:38:00.000+05:00

Hey there.
Long time no me !! Yes, i know that. Had been a bit busy and not in a mood to write. But..... I'll be back.

Expect more nonsense soon.

Walk @ night.

2005-02-13T21:16:00.000+05:00

As you may know, it rained for about 8 days non stop in Islamabad. But the amazing part of this city is that even less than 8 hours later no one can say that it had rained cats and dogs here.

Khair anyways, it was the 6 of us from the hostel headed for the F10 markaz to eato something. We walked our way since it was no use to wait for the wagon (6 wouldnâ€™t have fit in a cab and taking 2 cabs was not feasible). It wasnâ€™t raining at that time, but it had rained before that and it rained after that.

If you donâ€™t know, herds of pigs often make public appearances here and most of the time, they mean business. Last time i saw a group on the same path that we had taken for F10. On this very route there are some areas on both sides of the road where they were known lo live. Well to be honest, no one was really comfortable walking the track and even the slightest sound from the bushes took out attention but Umair was the one who was most uneasy.

Mischief came into Ashar's and my mind when I waited for him on the road as he tied his shoelaces. The others by then had walked a few yards ahead.

Then we did it...... Both of us sprinted and rushed passed the others trying to shout "BHAGO!!" in a fainted tone. I could see the others following from the corner of my eye but me and Ashar couldnâ€™t hold long before bursting into laughter. I was told later that Umair was like blanked up for a while until he was told what had happened.

Despite of the cold, most of us had milkshakes and rest preferred to have burgers. We sat there for some time before the 3 of us expressed the interest of walking back home. Umair was like "pagal ho tum log".

Khair Sachal, Samid and Me walked back talking about nothing and deciding that such an event should be made at least monthly if not bi-weekly with all 3 sure that I wont happen

Somehow it seemed that the way back was shorter......... I wonder why.

Baby tossed out of the car (Report Changed)

2005-02-11T18:59:00.000+05:00

"Can you belive it, a baby less than an hour old, tossed out of the car in the US.
Shit !!!. Stupid idiots.

Cnn website reports it.

What is happening to this world. Stupid animals!!!!"

I wrote this, and now when i clicked on the link, the same page tells me that the baby wasnt tossed out at all and this was all made up by the lady who brought the baby to the hospital.

What to belive now ??? Well whatever was done, it was done in the best interest of the american nation ( @#$%@#$^*#$%^) . If something far more less severe has been misreporterd from Pakistan, one can imagine what would the western media had done.

I wish to write more on this, but i can foresee my loss of ehtics here. So i wont write more.

Rule of thumb

2005-02-08T13:09:00.000+05:00

If something is difficult to do, its not worth doing - Homer Simpson

Cats!!

2005-02-04T20:16:00.000+05:00

Yes, i adore cats and really really want to have one. But ammi wont allow me to have one even when i give her all the confirmations "k yar i'll keep it under control, kuch bhi nahi ho ga" but the answer has always been negative with no reasons.

Sometime back when i insisted very much, this is what i heard:
"Bilal" (i am called Bilal in my family) "billi ya tum, donon main say koi aik reh sakta hai is ghar main". This is when i thought k i am more deserving to live with my family rather than the cat.

The hopes of having a cat were further weakened when i got to know that my fiancee doesnt like cats at all. heheheehhee.
Listen O cats of the world !!! you will have to wait a little longer to be owned by me. :D
(dont worry i am trying to device a way.)

Wish No.6 added

2005-02-04T19:55:00.000+05:00

Just added item number 6 to my wish list.

Planting a chip in the brain

2005-02-04T15:44:00.000+05:00

In the flight from karachi to islamabad sitting next to me was a neurologist named Dr.Adeel Rehman who serves as a consultant in Shifa hospital Islamabad.

Among the various things that were discussed was planting a chip in the brain. This one started from placing smart chips in a child's brain which may contain the information which today's child takes months to understand. However i was made to realize the disadvantages that the body would face.

Next we discussed the paralysis caused due to the blood clots in the brain.
[paralysis reason here = failure of contact b/w brain and the organ. very much in relation to the nervous system]

We discussed that it was very much possible to plant a "dumb" conductor which would act as a bridge on the clot and transmit the signal from one part of the clot to the other, thus enabling a contact between the brain and the organ that has been disabled due the fact that the brain signals were not reaching it.

You see its very much possible. Its all electric current inside our body in the nervous system. The brains communicates with other parts of the body through electric signals so the communication gap will filled up by the conductor which will transmit the signals whenever it gets them, hence this option doesnt require and admin to control it nor a battery to keep it alive.

Although i know that there are many complications involved, but hey the idea is already functional around the globe. I found this out after i performed a research on this. There are companies which work on the brain chip that have transformed peoples' lives.

References:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3632855.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2843099.stm
www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/20/explorers.braingate/

How true can this be ?

2005-02-03T16:26:00.000+05:00

A hell of a prediction this has, i wonder how true can this be ?

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jan2005-daily/01-01-2005/editorial/col6.htm

Bad Joke

2005-01-27T13:50:00.000+05:00

Question: Bhatti, is that you ?
Answer: No, this is Tandoor. (hahahahahahaaha, ahem)

Why try to convience everyone ?

2005-01-24T18:15:00.000+05:00

Question: So does this mean that i do this ?
Answer: well, YES ALWAYS.

But now i have decided that why should i be correcting everyone in this world at the sake of my prestige. By the way, this is not related to religion, its only about the things that i know and the information that i have about these worldly things and i give out my heart so that the other person will have the correct understading or atleast i try to convince him in cases where i KNOW THAT I AM CORRECT.

However in doing so i usally end up in developing a misunderstanding with the other person, irrespective of the result of the argument that i was having with him. Yes, this is me.

Question: Ok, so what have we learnt today ?.
Answer: Try to make the other person understand your point of view ?

NO YOU IDIOT!!!! Just present your point of view!! Thats it.

Question: Understood ?
Answer: Understood !!

Register Here !!!

2005-01-13T11:18:00.000+05:00

Why do i have to signup everywhere in the world to do something here.Want to upload picture, get registered here. Want to do this get registered there.

Kia bakwas hai.

A trip to the north.

2005-01-11T16:28:00.000+05:00

3 Last Bytes came from karachi to make the total count 6. The plan was to go to Nathiagali on saturday morning and we were to return by Sunday night.
Khair, we had a great time on the way, feeding monkeys, sliding on the snow, teasing one another and witnessing the majestic sights.Upon reaching Nathiagali, we booked a room, left our belongings there to have more fun.

It was like heaven, the entire area covered with snow, and our feets digging it up for about 5 inches (not to mention the super dig by umair when more than 2/3rd of his leg disappeared), the snow slides, the slush slips and the energy drain in getting back to go again were all full on fun.

Most of the clowning was performed by Farhan Huda, who always wanted to climb up and was afraid to get down and always wanted to slide down but feared to climb back, and on three occassions a rescue squad gave him a new life.

All this, including lying down on the natural white blanket and having snow fights made us soak in liquid ice and later in the evening the locals were having a nice time watching us dry our bottoms with our backs facing the fire.

I considered myself to be very lucky when i was enjoying the first snowfall of my life, i looked up to envison the flakes to appear from nowhere at a distance of about 2 feet and land on my face. Simply amazing it was.

In the moring we visited another paradise, by the name of green spot. The 4x4 jeep was unable to move through the thick layer of frozen water so we decided to make it on foot. It was like walking in siachen (although i have never been there). The 90 minute walk was worth it, never had i witnessed such a view. Absolute beauty.
I wanted to make a snow man there, but it was getting late as we were to head for another spot, Ayubia.

At Ayubia we boarded the chair left to reach the highest point where we couldnt stay for long due to the cold breeze getting to our bones. Here a monkey snatched a packet of "pakoras" from me after i offered it a single piece clearly idicating "Hey,one piece wont do, i want MY SHARE!!!"

Next we came to Muree as some wanted to see the Mall road. It snowed there as well but not that much.

It was about 5:30 in the evening on Sunday when we reached Choudry house in Islamabad. The end of the journey which i enjoyed the most.

I score 100% to become MCP

2005-01-03T17:00:00.000+05:00

Today i scored 1000 out of 1000 in the Microsoft certification paper 070-306 (Windows applicaiton development using vb.net).

i dont know how many have this distinction around the world, but i certainly dont know anyone else having scored this much in this paper.

ok, dont be jealous.

koi jal gaya, kissi nay dua di :D

Saturday 7 @ 8

2004-12-25T13:43:00.000+05:00

Its not easy to get up early in the morning on saturday. And when you have slept at 2 am then its near impossible to get up at 7 to be at the meeting spot by 8.

Playing cricket at these early hours may get tough but mostly it has been made possible by someone of the group. But the temptation is not just playing cricket its the Halwa Puri, Nihari and Paaey that we have after that.

In the winter season the Lassi part has been taken out, otherwise after having Lassi with Halwa Puri, it felt like all of us were drunk. Madhoshi ka alam hota tha.

Getting back to cricket, a lot of venues have been changed, but the direction has been positive and the current one is as yet the best. The Senven of us named ourselves the saturday 7 at 8

Playing here i have realized and accepted that i am not a good player of cricket and that few can beat me in the art of eating.

How would i like to die

2004-12-24T18:48:00.000+05:00

How would i like to die?
Interesting question isnâ€™t it. Ok, letâ€™s make it brief.

It should be when Allah is happy with me; I should be weak and helpless at that time but have not lost hope in HIM, infact be very hopeful from his side.

Then I would witness seventy thousand angles coming my way, each with a bouquet with him that has a fragrance I never smelled before. Each one giving me good news about the other world, telling me that Allah wants to meet me, informing me that the tests are over and I have succeeded, assuring me that I shall never ever experience grief and sorrow.

I am shown my paradise, my palaces, the beauty of the place that no one has ever seen, heard and thought of. My soul becomes restless to leave the body.

The angle of death places silk under my chin, I recite the Kalima and he begins to slowly extract my soul from the body. Aaaah, it would feel so soothing and the refreshing. My body and soul thank each other for the assistance in bowing down in front of HIS word. Smoothly and painlessly, the once one become two.

Every angel wants to take me to the world I was promised by Islam, the one that I believed in my whole life, the world of eternity.

I am accompanied by the angels as I pass through the seven heavens to meet my creator, my teacher, the almighty, the ONE who loves me more than anyone. At the same time, I am afraid, feeling feeble and ashamed.

Afraid that I wont be able to justify the blessings he showered upon me, afraid that I may not be able to answer the questions regarding the responsibilities HE bestowed upon me, afraid that I may be declared guilty by the most just of the judges.

As I approach his highness the fears and hopes grow exponentially, as I reach there to meet him He smiles at me and asks me how it felt to meet him. Out of words and speechless I remain half standing, half bent, still unable to believe the reality of the situation.

He tells me that he knows about the fears that I have and he tells me that he loves me, that he is pleased with me, that he has forgiven my mishaps, and that he has decided to bless me the life which if would been brought before my eyes in the world would have been enough to cause my heart to explode and that I was to be sent to the promised land, beauty of which human words fail to explain.

Outspoken I still remain, but this time because of being overjoyed, tears come out of my eyes. Oh, I feel so ashamed. With all that I did in my life, my Lord has forgiven everything. I donâ€™t know what to do. If I could only go back in the world, get one more chance, I would spend my entire life bowed before him. Oh Allah, I am ashamed.
I am ashamed.

Denish pastries

2004-12-21T17:57:00.000+05:00

Now go mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yes they are that good. Lemon or Pineapple filled, cold, fresh and soft.
Yaneee k simply mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

My wish list

2004-12-17T18:06:00.000+05:00

hazaron khawhishain aaisii k har khawhish pay dum niklay.
bohot niklay mere armaan magar phir bhi hain kam niklay.

yes, i know you had a hard time reading it but whatever.
I also know that after reading this you will be saying k kaisi sasti khawhishain hain but thats the way it is.

1. A 4.0 mega pixel digicam
2. Santro Club
3. Fly an F16 (yes i know this wont ever happen in this world)
4. More money than i can count ( by this i dont wish to be a cashier in the bank nor i am wishing to lose my counting skills)
5. Visit England and Australia atleast once.
6. A platinum ring.

There's more to come on this.....

Best cars

2004-12-17T17:42:00.000+05:00

Overheard:

"Dunya main sirf do garian achi hain. Aik Ferrari aur doosri Sarkaari"

Limits of being absent minded

2004-11-29T15:52:00.000+05:00

ME: Yar, whats the 25% of 100 ?
AHSON: 25 !
ME: ok.
AHSON: so ?
ME: what ?
AHSON: O bhai kia pooch raha hai ?
ME: o acha !! heheheheh

Great Expectations

2004-10-08T19:57:00.000+05:00

Heading towards the office today, i beautiful car passed us. the suspiration wasnt over when another one followed.

Suhail said, "yar i always have noticed one thing, such beautiful cars are mostly driven by a 'budha' or by a 'chick bachhi'.

javed's reply to this was, "If the situation is analyzed more closely then the 'budha' is envolved in either of the cases, because the bachi is always his daughter. And dont worry suhail, you will have similar cars when you grow old enough and someone will talk the same thing about you and your daughter's car"

Mazebaan

2004-10-08T17:52:00.000+05:00

There was some guy at the office who asked for ahson. The peon might have been told by the guard to inform ahson.

The peon slams open the development room and said "Ahson saab, aap ka mazeban aaya ay". A confused look on everyone's face and then a roar of laughter followed.
The guy had no idea what happened. Next came "sir, hor kia hota ay. Mazeban theek to bola ay". After having some more jolly moments with him. He was sent by the mehman to get his mazeban.

The peon still has no idea as to where he went wrong.

Snorting

2004-09-28T14:46:00.000+05:00

khrrrrr..... khrrrrrrr..... and then a long khrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........

I was praying and hoping at the same time that it would stop now but
there seemed to be no end to it. krrrrr.... and another session started.

It might have been about half an hour like this, finally I picked up my
cell and saw the time, it was 4:15 am. Only 4 more hours left, 'GOD, i want to sleep'.

It was too much, 'i have to wake him up'.

"WB! WB! wake up"
"huh !!. what ?"
"i am having problems in sleeping"
"huh ?!??!" [blank stare...]
"your snorting has got pretty powerfull, i cant sleep"
"oh!, sorry yar, bata dia karo"
"its not your fault either"

snorting stopped, and it took me nearly half an hour to get back to where i might have left it.....

Although there was this disturbance but I thank GOD that I share my room with only one roommate :)

I found it

2004-09-27T17:39:00.000+05:00

its all because...... I AM MISSING MY FAMILY (very much)

stumped !!

2004-09-27T16:43:00.000+05:00

Yet another dead day... I seem to have lost the purpose of my life here.Maybe its because that i am missing my family or that i am not enjoying my work since the last week, but maybe its related to what has been happening since the last 4-5 months... I dont know whats the reason but i certainly have something missing, i lost something, my faith ?, my family ? direction ? pata nahin yar

Although I dont have anything that I can present to HIM I still expect HIM to guide me through.

why am i here

2004-09-27T15:54:00.000+05:00

Finally a place, where i can have my weird thoughs written down. I dont know if i will be to come here regularly and post.

The reason that i have named my blog as rational disorders is not onlythat the other better names were not available but also that it reflects my mental disorders ;)

So expect the unexpected.

More nonsence coming soon.