The first day of the rest of my life

Today

2010-08-14T02:06:00.000+05:00

Today I turned 26.

2009-12-10T21:55:00.000+05:00

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more of Ghani Khan

2009-07-10T04:39:00.003+06:00

Not translation this time though, except for the last verse.

But this is the truth O Mighty God,

You do not get jokes.

But the whole poem is amazing.

Ghani Khan

2009-07-09T01:54:00.003+06:00

Ghani Khan is a famous Pashto Poet. Below is presented one of his poems. The video is from YouTube, and the lyrics and translation by me. (Hence prone to mistakes, Suggestions/Corrections welcome)

Lyrics :

Khudaya Akal che wo zru day walay rakro?

Pa yo mulk kay dwa khudsara badshahan

O God, why give me a heart when I had wisdom?

(Its like) two selfish Kings in a kindom.

baadchai au fakiri day walay yo kra?

da jwandoon pa hara saa kay marg pinha.

Why have you made Badshahi and Faqiri the same?

In every breath of life, death awaits.

walay gham laka asamman pa jahan khoor day?

khudaya walay khushalli day kra nayaba?

Why sorrow looms over the world like the sky?

Why have You made happiness so rare?

wala joor day kray nanage da gul da paaroon?

khudaya walay nasha bya ae da shahraba?

Why have you made (my beloved's) cheeks out of flower petals

and then Why its Nasha like wine

walaya rang au khaist day dwara khoor au roor kral?

walay walay day jahan kro dak pa rang?

Why have you made color and beauty siblings?

Why have You made the world full of color?

walay kurn day ze paida pa janan na kram?

khudaya walay day awaz kro post da chang?

Why was I not born deaf to the world?

Why is the voice of Chang so sweet?

walay mata day ata kro fikr aur khyal?

walay walay pa rana razay khoobna?

Why have you granted me thinking and imagination?

Why then all the day dreaming?

khudaya walay day zwani har cha la warkra?

khudaya walay day paida kral umeedona?

O God, why did you give youth to everyone?

O God, why did you create expectations?

walay joor day da yaar stargo kay jannat kro?

walay treekh day kro biltoon aur khoog wisal?

Why did you place heaven in my beloved's eyes?

Why have you made separation bitter and union sweet?

khudaya walay day spogmay la rarna warkay?

che zangai may da mastay pa maheen taal?

O God, why have you given the moon its shine?

It rocks me a delicate swing of Masti.

walay joor day kral azghi da gul pa khuwa kay?

walay zru main paak wo jism mai na walay?

Why have you created thornes near the flower?

Why my heart was pure by not my body?

walay ma la day da walay takat rakroo

khudaya walay, khudaya walay, khudaya walay

Why have you give me the ability to ask "why"?

Why O God, Why O God, Why O God?

--Ghani Khan

Wisdom Tooth

2009-07-08T00:27:00.002+06:00

A few weeks back I realized that one of my wisdom teeth (the lower left one) has a cavity. Of course I only found out when all the damage had been done. I went to the dentist and he agreed with me saying that they will have to take it out.

Yesterday was the day we had agreed upto for the extraction. I went in, the thing started and took about 1.5 hours, but at the end, I was left with 30 teeth. They had extracted two rather then one. Apparently, the second last tooth had managed to pop out on its own as soon as they started the procedure. It broke near the base and only the roots were left inside the gum. So they had to dig in and take the roots out as well. The wisdom tooth also broke during the extraction, so more digging in for the dentist.

It did not hurt as much as people had me scared. But I took a day off, relaxed and wasted time in general. There still is some swelling in the left side but that would subside soon (hopefully) and I will be able to eat everything that I want to once again. Currently I am unable to completely open my mouth, let alone chewing and swallowing.

Independance

2009-07-06T03:41:00.003+06:00

Source

Today I talked home for a very long time [~ 3 hours]. A lot of topics came up and some of them had to do with religion and how is it followed. In my view, there are two ways of doing something. You can either do it out of love ( or respect) or out of fear. So basically, if I ask you to do something for me, you can either do it because of the love/respect you have for me (or for our relationship) or because of the fear that if you don't I am capable of doing something bad to you. If you do it for the first reason, you will be happy and so will be I. If you do it for the second reason, you will still get the job done, but you will not be happy doing it as it will feel an extra burden on you.

Along similar lines, we can follow a religion for two reasons. Either we love our creator and will do good deeds in order to prove our love and get love in return. Or we can follow it cause we are afraid of eternal damnation without relief. The conclusions also carry over from the above argument about the reason that you follow. If one says I am afraid to die and hence I will do not such and such thing, then all they are saying is that I am more afraid than thankful. What do you think is the better way to follow? Is life pessimistic or optimistic in your view?

In all there is to life, I am sure that love (if it exists) is a far more powerful tool than fear. Love tames the wildest of animals and fear turns a coward into a rebel. They both have the power to change people for better or for worse. Love can change you to be a better person, fear can only take you to the negative side.

A new look

2009-07-04T20:42:00.001+06:00

I have worked on the new look of my blag since I got bored with the last one. I hope this one looks fresh and green.

Moreover, I have been blogging very infrequently which I realized last night when I was going through my blag. Will try to amend this from now onwards.

PS. Here is why it is blag (and not blog)

Lighter side of life

2009-05-08T03:51:00.002+06:00

Clouded by stress, tension and uncertainties, we lead our life in the form of a constant struggle. We love the past, curse the present and long for the future. But on happier note, there is a lighter side to life, where every day is a Sunday, every person is a gem and every thing that you want is yours. The only problem is that we have to look through all the worries to find that place in our hearts.

On a completely different note, all day long old (and I mean really old) tunes have been playing in my head and I have been singing along with it. Am I finally losing it?

Thanks Ahmar

2009-03-30T06:43:00.002+05:00

Thank you Ahmar for everything :)

Difference between fiction and science fiction

2009-03-06T19:35:00.001+05:00

Science fiction tells you not what is but what can be. Fiction is just a pack of lies telling you how good things will happen to you once the worst tragedies are over. Science fiction is imagination at its purest, fiction is hypocrisy.

A new Hitchhiker's Guide

2009-02-25T14:49:00.004+05:00

So that is what Kindle is all about .. dint know :)

source : xkcd

Happy 1234567890 day

2009-02-14T04:37:00.001+05:00

Hello all,

Our clocks just struck 1234567890 a few seconds back. Happy 1234567890 day.

This is the image that I took of the event :)

A poem

2009-02-10T04:07:00.001+05:00

A poem I picked up somewhere..

I know of a place,
Where the sun rises slow,
And the don't roosters cry,
So that people when they get up,
Are happy and in peace.

I know of a place,
Where the children still laugh,
Making fun of each other
And running for no reason.

I know of a place,
Where flowers live in homes,
And smile all day long,
Just looking at you.

I know of a place,
I think I remember.
There was love everywhere,
But I forget its name.

--by Anon.

Life

2008-11-06T05:31:00.001+05:00

One of my favorite topics is Life, always have been always will be. Its the small things in life that push me to write something. Life with its ups and downs is the bumpy road that we all travel each day, in parallel to each other , making our own paths. Some of these paths bring us closer to one another and some of these paths take us away from each other to such large distance that a return seems impossible. I think about lies, and how they makes these come back very difficult.

In myself, I have always though of myself as someone who does not consider "people" (an euphemism for society) as a factor when talking decisions or when forming my opinion about something. I take pride in such freedom. For me people are not even on the list of merit/demerit that I have to consider when I have to make a choice. People can go to Hell for all I care. But I hear that it is not like that for normal people ( yeah i am not normal, i get that alot). The fear of people, in specific the phrase "Log kia kahain gaye... " [translated : "What will the people say/think .. "] is the one which makes me lose my temper every time. To hell with people and to hell with their opinions. I hate people and I hate their opinions. If you are one of the normal people, let me tell you, its okay to be not normal. Break free, live for what you are and not what people expect of you.

We give more weight to those opinions which are inline with our thinking model or our opinion. We don't even stop to think for a minute about the person who is saying it. If its something that we like but comes from a person that we do not like, we gladly quote it anywhere that we want. But if its something that is not in line with our thought process and is said by someone very near to us, we simple choose to ignore it. What is this about? Does nobody see the inbuilt hypocrisy in that or is it called "just being human"? If this is the latter, I refuse to be labeled a human any more. I refuse to be a being who joys himself in the sufferings of other and denies help to them when they need it most. I hate to be the part of the gossiping circle that is called "family" these days. If you are family, act like one. This is not a Star Plus Soap Opera for God's sake !

Many times I have been told and I know for a fact myself that I am asocial. I don't mix with people that easy. I have my reasons for that, and I don't think that I have the need to explain them to anyone at ALL. This in no way means that I am "proud". Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you otherwise. Live and let, that's what I believe in.

Trying to make some sense of all these random thoughts? Well don't. At least I can't.

شام

2008-10-25T17:17:00.001+06:00

اس طرح ہے کہ ہر پیڑ کوئ مندر ہے

کوئ اُجڑا ہوا ، بے نور پرانا مندر

ڈھونڈتا ہے جو خرابی کہ بہانے کب سے

چاک ہر بام ، ہر اک در کا دمِ آخر ہے

آسماں کوئ پروہت ہے جو ہر بام تلے

جسم پر راکھ ملے ، ماتھے پہ سندور ملے

سرنگوں بیٹھا ہے چپ چاپ نہ جانے کب سے

اس ترح ہے کہ پس پردہ کوئ ساحر ہے

جس نے آفاق پہ پھیلایا ہے یوں سحر کا دام

دامنِ وقت سے پےوست ہے یوں دامنِ شام

اب کبھی شام بجھیگی نہ اندھیرا ہوگا

اب کبھی رات ڈھیلگی نہ سویرا ہوگ

آسماں آس لیے ہے کہ یہ جادو ٹوٹے

چُپ کی زنزیر کٹے ؛ وقت کا دامن چھوٹے

دے کوئ شنکھ دُہائ ، کوئ پایل بولے

کوئ بُت جاگے ، کوئ سانولی گھونگھٹ کھولے

فیض احمد فیض

English Translation by Agha Shahid Ali from The Rebel's Silhouette.

Evening

The trees are dark ruins of temples,
seeking excuses to tremble
since who knows when–
their roofs are cracked,
their doors lost to ancient winds.
And the sky is a priest,
saffrom marks on his forehead,
ashes smeared on his body.
He sits by the temples, worn to a shadow, not looking up.

Some terrible magician, hideen behind curtains,
has hypnotized Time
so this evening is a net
in which the twilight is caught.
Now darkness will never come–
and there will never be morning.

The sky waits for this spell to be broken,
for history to tear itself from this net,
for Silence to break its chains
so that a symphony of conch shells
may wake up to the statues
and a beautiful, dark goddess,
her anklets echoing, may unveil herself.

Found here.

Enough is enough!

2008-10-09T14:39:00.001+06:00

Enough! Enough is enough. Stop terrorizing our nation. Enough with suicide bombing and enough with blowing up schools. We, the people, are innocent. If you have anything against the government, why take it out on people. Find an outlet for your anger and your protest that does not involve killing people. If you think this is bravery I have news for you otherwise. If you think that you will enter Jannah cause of giving up your life for a noble cause then let me ask you, "What is so noble about killing innocent people?" If you kill one person it is like you killed the whole of humanity. May Allah condemn you to the worst part of Hell for committing such atrocities against our people. May God give you wisdom and intelligence to understand what is right and to realize that you are being manipulated, you hopeless fools!

A thinking mind

2008-09-04T05:10:00.001+06:00

We go about our everyday lives and we never stop to think, not even for a single moment. When I say "think" I don't mean "Let me think where I want to have lunch" but rather "Let me think why this is so". Life is suppose to mean something and make perfect sense. For a thinking man, it sometimes does.(It can never make perfect sense to anyone no matter how thinking). But lets first see what happens to a man who does not think, who takes life as it comes to him without noting down anything from it and without adding anything to it.

Meet Mike. Mike is a grad student like most of us. He wants to earn alot of money, fame and all the rest that the world has to offer. Mike also knows that in order to obtain these things, he will have to work real hard. Mike is a very normal person. Like most of us, he does not think. He assumes that life will someday offer him a path that will take him to the destiny that he does not know anything about yet but is sure that its there waiting for him. His life is governed by uncertainty and confusion. We are all like Mike.

One day Mike came across something that really puzzled him and forced him to think. Think! think! the problem said. Mike, being unaccustomed to the tradition, tried. But thinking did not come to him naturally and instead what he thought he was thinking and acting on was his gut feeling. Gut feeling is more related to emotions than to mind. Man is mind and emotions, the former being more emphasized. So Mike being an emotional man went with his gut feeling that he "thought" was the right thing to do. We are all like Mike.

Wiser men have described the path to God as being along the thinking road. Think and ye shall find God. Think and ye shall find yourself. Know thyself and thy shall know God.

Take a look around you and ask yourself, "Am I living in a place where people think?" If you happen to be a normal person who is not a part of philosophical and literary circles, you answer would most probably be no. You might as well ask "Why think?" or "What would change if I think?" or "What can I do I am only one man?" or God forbid " What should I think about ?"

Let me give you something to think about. Think about us. Think about what we are doing to our fellow human beings. Think about life not as you know it but as how other people experience it. Think about the world around you. Think about your body and what an amazing machine it it. Think about your parents about your children and how you can help them become better humans. ( better does not necessarily mean rich !) Think about the people who are losing lives just cause you did not pay attention when you were voting. Think about Africa, Asia and the Middle east. Think about life, about how short it is and about how would you like to be remembered. Think about doing something to make the world a better place. Think, not about people, but about ideas. Ideas are immortal, ideas change lives, people just help in the process. Think about why you are here and finally think about Life. Observe people as the pass you on the road or in the train. Think of their stories and their lives. Think, for the love of God, think.

On a similar note, thinking about things that do not matter is like thinking about Superman.(Superman does not exists by the way). Avoid any thinking that is not fruitful. Thinking about something that does not exists (this includes all the super heroes) is a waste of time and talent.

Life is very short. The moment that is passing will not come back. If you have to come up with a great idea, the time is now. Great ideas wont wait for you to take some rest a think anew tomorrow morning. Live you life to the fullest does not mean crazy driving and loads of girls. Live you life to the fullest means to explore all the potential that has been bestowed upon you. Human mind has uncapped potential, all that we have to do it to tap into it.

What are our options?

2008-08-29T21:53:00.001+06:00

Pakistan is a sovereign country. We are a proud, resourceful, independent nation. We have options. Zardari is not an option. Sharif is not an option. The army is not our one and only option. The mullahs have not become an option yet. There are close to 200 million of us: I'm sure we can think of something better.

Fatima Bhutto

ناصر کاظمی

2008-08-19T20:19:00.002+06:00

مسلسل بے کلی دل کو رہی ہے
مگر جینے کی صورت تو رہی ہے

میں کیوں پھرتا ہوں تنہا مارا مارا
یہ بستی چین سے کیوں سو رہی ہے

چل دل سے امیدوں کی مسافر
یہ نگری آج خالی ہو رہی ہے

نہ سمجھو تم اسے شور بھاراں
خزاں پتوں میں چھپ کر رو رہی ہے

ہمارے گھر کی دیواروں پہ ناصر
اداسی بال کھولے سو رہی ہے

Today

2008-08-14T18:53:00.001+06:00

Today, I turn 24.

2008-08-13T19:06:00.002+06:00

Revival of live2see.

Coming Soon...

of life, of time good and bad .. and of all else

2008-03-15T11:54:00.001+05:00

Remember the first time you went to school. Remember the first time that you started learning algebra and just turned a few pages forward to see whats up next, and how it scared the hell out of you. Remember when u looked back at it the next year you laughed and thought that it was silly of you to be scared of something like that, it was so easy, difficult things are still to come. Well, that pretty much sums up life. The only difference is that you can not just turn a few pages to see what it would be like in the future ( well not yet but may be some day ). Coping with life is one of the hardest things that one can do while one is alive. If you are dead, you no longer have to worry about stuff, or so i guess. Life comes, one day at a time .. and days turn into months, months to year and before you know someone would ask you ur age and you reply, I am this much years. Thats when it strikes you. Life has given you so much years already. The question that comes next to your mind it, what have i done with all this time. Am I where I should be? If I am not where I should be then why is it so?

We set out goals high, aiming at the stars in the hope of ending there. But instead, we end up on the tree top. Which is good, but not as good as the stars. Then you wonder that something it wrong. something somewhere doesnt feel right. There is something in your life that you want to change but only if you knew what it is. Time goes by and things only go worse after that.

Good times are those that are gone by, bad times are these and good times are still to come. So at any given time, it is more probable that you are complaining about it being bad. But if at any given time, the time is bad, then how can it be good once its passed by?

All else is as bad as any other time. I don't know what when wrong, I don't know how to correct it. I am stuck here for at least the next one and half year. I have been coding my fingers off and I am pursuing a degree in communication engineering. A word of advice "Choose your filed wisely" else you will regret it later on in your life.

Life goes on, every day there is something new to take on someplace new to explore and some other piece of code that needs to be written cause we all love reinventing the wheel.

Hope that I have depressed you enough for one day.

Small difference ...

2007-11-23T03:12:00.001+05:00

The only difference between real life and movies is that you have a background music in the latter.

The revolution will be wiki-fied.

Khwaab martay nahiN

2007-08-31T16:20:00.001+05:00

Khwaab martay nahiN
Khwaab dil hai na aaNkhaiN na saaNs k jo
Raiza-raiza huay to bikhar jaiNgay
Jism ki maut say yeh bhi mar jaiNgay

Khwaab martay nahiN

Khwaab to raushni haiN,nawa haiN,hawa haiN
Jo kaalay pahaaroN say ruktay nahiN
Zulm kay daur-khooN say bhi phuktay nahiN

Raushni aur nawa aur hawa kay alum
MaqtaloN maiN pahuNchkar bhi jhuktay nahiN

Khwaab to harf haiN
Khwaab to noor hain

Khwaab suqraat haiN
Khwaab maNsoor haiN

--Ahmed Faraz

need a translation? anyone? :P

Today

2007-08-14T00:10:00.001+05:00

I turned 23.

On the current situation

2007-06-12T14:35:00.000+05:00

Nisaar main teri galiyon peh ai watan, keh jahan
Chali hai rasm keh koi na sar utha keh chale
Jo koi chahane wala tawaaf ko nikale
Nazar chura keh chale, Jismo-jan bacha keh chale

Hai ahel-e-dil ke liye ab yeh nazm-e-bast-o-kushaad
Keh sang-o-khisht muqayyad hain aur sag aazad

Bahut hain zulm keh dast-e-bahana-ju keh liye
Jo chund ahel-e-junoon tere naam leva hain
Baney hain ahel-e-hawas muddai bhi, munsif bhi
Kise wakil karen, kis-se munsifi chahen

Magar Guzaarane walon ke din guzarate hain
Tere firaq mein yun subah-o-shaam karate hain

Bujha jo raozan-e-zindan to dil yeh samajha hai
Keh teri maang sitaron se bhar gai hogi
Chamak uthe hain salasil to humne jaana hai
Keh ab sahar tere rukh par bikhar gai hogi

Gharaz tasvvur-e-shaam-o-sahar mein jeete hai
Giraft-e-saaya-e-diwaar-o-dar mein jeete hain

Yuhin hamesha ulajhati rahi hai zulm se khalq
Na unki rasm nai hai, na apni reet nai
Yuhin hamesha khilaye hain humne aag mein phool
Na unki haar nai hai na apni jeet nai

Isi sabab se falak ka gilaa nahin karate
Tere firaq mein hum dil bura nahin karate

Gar aaj tujhse juda hain to kal baham hongey
Yeh raat bhar ki judai to koi baat nahin
Gar aaj auj peh hai taal-e-raqib to kya
Yeh chaar din ki khudai to koi baat nahin

Jo tujhse ahad-o-wafa ustuvaar rakhate hain
Ilaaj-e-gardishe lailo-nihaar rakhate hain.

Listen ...

2007-04-21T17:11:00.001+05:00

Listen .. I love you.
Listen .. I did tell you.
Listen .. did you?

All in good times, ma boy !

2007-04-02T23:41:00.000+05:00

I once asked someone to define me what real is. The reply at that time seemed a bit odd. But now I totally agree "Reality is a persistent illusion".

But the problem with us earth bound ape-descended life forms is that we can not keep things consistent. We are hypocrites. We are people who standards are like probabilities ... random and unpredictable. We behave like morons and angles at the same time. We .. and by we i mean all and me inclusive .. do not know what is was the actually way. We have lost our own selves in the glitter of social loveliness ... we have lost our souls to the modern media .. and our thinking to ... well we never used to think anyways so its better lost.

Time and again .. I have flashbacks to what used to be me a little while ago. I was different, people were different and times were different. This is not a fit of nostalgia .. no .. its just a lamentation ( if that is even a word) to the very perpetually changing and evolving standard that we all have.

Why I love my PC?
Because it never behaves the way it should not.
Why do I hate mankind?
Because they never behave the way they should!!!

This is my message to mankind .. or more particularly to myself ( we learn from the mistakes of others now .. dont we) be consistent.. be one .. make a unified standard for everything.. this on the spot decision .. this is not a good thing... not now .. not ever.

Life, The Universe and Everything

2007-04-01T15:59:00.000+05:00

Hiya all ... its been a very long time. A really long time ... of hope of despair .. or struggle ... success and failure ... well that life in general so .. its been a really long time of "Life".
Okay, whats been up with u ppl? I hope all is well. During the recent times, I got addicted to Douglas Adam's "The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy". I ended up reading all his books .. well actually is a trilogy with four parts and five books.. but none the less .. it was fun .. and then i went on to download the original radio series .. well it all started from there u know .. and currently I am listening to this series.

I wanted to write a really long post today. I am planning to starting to post on youtube .. but there is a problem ... i dont have a cam with me right now .. the inspiration would have to be yaiyasim i must say. Do check her out on you tube .. .she is smart .. funny and cute above all. :D

Okay .. so what next... are u still reading this randomly organized post? Well here is a little quiz for you then .. What is the answer to Life, the universe and everything? Think about it .. something that will solve all the dilemma of everything. Well I dont see you coming up with a answer in the next 7.5 million years .. coz it took Deep Thought this long to answer it .. and Deep Thought was only the second greatest computer in all of time and space.

Well the answer is simple ... read Hitch Hiker's :P

Okay .. i will break the suspense for you .. its 42. Yeap ! Forty two. Now if you are wondering what was the the question .. then let me warn you that it is still being calculated out there in the brain pattern of mankind as we speak .. coz Earth is the only computer superior to Deep Thought itself ...

If you find all the somewhat interesting .. do try The HitchHiker's Guide to the galaxy" out. You would love it.

Essay on Man, Alexander Pope

2007-03-26T14:11:00.000+05:00


Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate,
All but the page prescribed, their present state;
From brutes what men, from men what spirits know;
Or who could suffer being here below?
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason would he skip and play?
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
O blindness to the future! kindly giv'n,
That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n;
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar;
Wait the great teacher Death, and God adore.
What future bliss He gives not thee to know,
But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be, blest.
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

Its all an illusion

2007-02-12T03:52:00.000+05:00

Nowadays, GEO Tv is carrying out the recording of so called parliamentary debates called "Bolo / Bolo " ( Speak / Speak ) in the university campus. Made me rather have a more profound belief that everything that you see on the TV is as fake as fake can be. The things are not as they seem on that small screen. things can be and will be twisted / edited / tweeked as the person incharge wants them to be.

There was a lady today from Lahore School of Economics who was there to talk in Urdu on the topic of "The mighty writes the history". What is the first thing that is taught to you when u are about to start your debating career? Facing the crowd. The lady was so confused about taking in Urdu that she stopped in the middle of her speech cause someone had shouted from the crowd. She continued after a little catching breath .. and continued not on the topic .. but on the identity crisis that our nation faces and how private and government schools have to do with it . Ironic aint it. A person who is so crushed by her own identity crisis that she cant even speak her own national language went on lecturing the crowd to look into their identity crisis. At last .. she continued on her topic not having the faintest idea that Urdu actually has different words for Victory ( Fatah) and victorious ( Faat'aih).

Identity crisis arises when you don't know who you are. In some cases it arises when you start denying your origin in the fervor of chasing something more glittering and more glamorous. It is the worst when you start looking down upon your own country men as someone whom you least expect to be of any good.

DO NOT FORGET YOUR ROOTS !!!!!

It is when u forget them that u fall into the trap of identity crisis. Private school fill u in with all kinds of crap about how you should be and how you should behave. Screw them ! Be what you are .. not what you should be like. Give yourself a break.

To be yourself is all that you can do.

Knowledge

2007-01-22T18:36:00.000+05:00

There are people who know that they don't. But still hesitate to ask.
There are people who that they do, but hesitate to come forward.
There are people who don't know that they do, they live happily.
and there are those who don't know that they don't ... well lets not talk about them.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but no as dangerous as a lot of knowledge. Alot of knowledge can kill you for God sakes. The only word that is making the whole world angry is "WHY".

Night

2006-12-20T21:38:00.000+05:00

The night is such a beautiful thing. It secretive and gloomy atmosphere reminds one of many thing that have been long forgotten. Most of the time night is associated with a sense of depression ... but depression is good .. aint it ? Its good as long as u can come out of it in a single piece.

The best thing about night though is that it is followed by a bright and shining day. Its never been that the night lingered on for the day. I am waiting for my night to end.

I am sorry

2006-11-29T00:53:00.000+05:00

I am sorry. If u can forgive me it will be great. If u cant, at least u can stop cursing me .. that will help. I hope u understand.

Why dost thou cling fast to an existence so short and so filled with suffering? What is the meaning of thy struggle?

Say what u want ..

2006-11-12T23:42:00.000+05:00

I really dont konw whether i should have done what i have or not. But when u need to tell something like that to someone .. aint it always a good idea to go with it ..
May be its a good idea in another part of the world ... over here .. things dont go as u may think ..
but still ... aint this what someone would want to hear ... i mean .. who doesnt want that .. tell me who ...
there may be some ppl who may not want to hear such things ..
well than what choice do i have ... not saying wont do any good either ...
say what u have to say now ... or forever hold your silence ...

I am alive.

2006-09-12T23:20:00.000+05:00

I am alive.

Life is beautiful

2006-08-08T00:49:00.000+05:00

This Friday, I was invited to a dinner. I wasn't expecting much but at the end of the thing.. it was one of the best experiences of my life. Well if u think that the food was fabulous, then you are wrong. Lets begin at the beginning ...

There is some person that i know, who lives in a village near the place i work now. He invited me over to a dinner party that he had thrown for some reason. All that i knew before leaving was that i will be along the bank of river Indus. We left and it was about an hour long journey ... not because the place was far away .. but because the road was ... well there was no road at all :/ ... and my stupid ( yet beautiful ) car has such a low clearance that i would have been hit like a hundred times ( or so seemed to me) .

We reached the designated place just after sunset. The whole scene was captivating. The river at it full flow due to the current rains, the fog visible around the area .. and the setting sun ... it was all so magical. We walked around for a while .. and then it got dark and the moon came out. It was like a trip to some fairly land. Small lights shining at the far bank.. half lit moon ... the misty air .. the humming river. and just when i was thinking what can be more perfect than this .. our host invited us to sit down and then started the session of regional music ... i don't have words ( literally ) to explain what it was like .. but i can say only one thing .. I hadn't seen anything like that till now ... the good thing about the music was that it was traditional pushto music ( sitar and dholkay ) and the people singing/ performing were just the common people and not professional ... the music went on for a while .. and soon it was time to eat. It was mutton and rice .. but again .. cooked on wood in the open year ... wood rocks ! mutton rocks !

The after dinner session was again a long musical one .. better than then one before. It continued till like 11 pm ... and finally it was time to leave. The road that we took on return was a longer .. but clearer road .. so my stupid car was also okay with it .

Now .. time to draw conclusions ... firstly .. the more modern/sophisticate/busy that we get... the more we get away from nature .. and the more we become lame . Nature cheers one up as nothing else can .

The second thing .. know thy heritage. You will enjoy it .. but the more important thing is that u are nothing without it. Be modern .. but take your heritage with u .

A person in need of help

2006-08-01T21:36:00.000+05:00

There is a person that I have known for the last 20 years now ... all of a sudden i have started hating him. The problem with that person. He gives everyone so much space that ppl can literally walk all over him. A pushover would be the right word for him. If he is reading this i would want him to realize that there is fine line between being nice and being a carpet. Be nice .. thats a good thing .. but dont be a carpet. You never wanted to be a carpet did u?

Now, how am i trying to help this said person? Firstly, I plan on telling it onto his face what a loser he is.. may be it will awake him from his sleep and make him realize whats wrong with him. If i dont correct him now, he will end up ruining his whole life. Help me with any suggestions anyone.

Materialism

2006-08-01T15:55:00.000+05:00

"Its all about the money, isnt it?" I asked in a low disappointed tone.
"Well, money is what u need to buy even a matchbox. What are u without money in this materialistic world. "
"But what if i dont want to earn money to buy a mansion. What if all that i want to do is to earn a simple life." I inquired.
" There is no such thing as a simple life. We all run for money. Money makes the world go round. When u say such things, The society will treat you as a looser. Earn money, and taht too lots of it".
I could talk to myself no longer. The materialistic me is insane. I hope to beat the hell outta him someday.

listen !

2006-07-28T00:57:00.000+05:00

Listen to the MUSTN'Ts , child
Listen to the DON'Ts
Listen to the SHOULDN'Ts,
Listen to the IMPOSSIBLEs, the WONT'S
Listen to the NEVER HAVEs
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.

-- Shel Silverstein

WE talk !

2006-07-28T00:54:00.000+05:00

We talk about love and tranquility,
we talk about peace and prosperity,
we talk about giving and sharing,
we talk about humanity and life,
we talk about saying earth and nurturing greenery,
we talk about friendship and acceptance,
we talk about world peace and global villages,
we talk about the changing face of earth for ever .....

but do we do anything other than talking??

whats taking me so long...

2006-07-11T12:06:00.000+05:00

Well since the day i became and engineer .. i have been really busy .. so couldnt blog .. i konw you ppl would have been wondering where i went :D .. anywayz .. i will be back soon and then i can tell you whats been going onnn ..
chao

Today 6/6/6

2006-06-07T00:27:00.000+05:00

Six six six ... the number of the beast ... :S

Stop messing with my blog!!

2006-06-01T13:25:00.000+05:00

Whoever is trying to hack into my blogger account ... just let me konw what u dont like in it .. i will remove it myself .. but plz dont mess with my blog !

The Day I Offfically Became an Engineer

2006-05-24T21:10:00.000+05:00

Today .. is THE day. I am finally out of student life and stepping into what some say is the practical life .. although my life wasnt theoratical even uptil today .. oo wateva .... TOday was announced the result of our final semester .. i got a staggering 3.47 :s ending in a CGPA of 3.53 [ More that enough for me btw ].

But i wasnt as happy as i should have been . a few of my friends are staying back because they were unable to clear a course of two in the final semester ... i wish them luck and patience ... it will soon be over guys (Y)

Rest all fine ... all accomplised .. time to define new goals ... time to step towards new horizons .. not I am Engineer Yasir Latif :>
It might sound no big a deal to u, but it is for me .. sooooooooo

/me dances arnd shouting .. whose the ENGINEER :D

chao!

Freedom of speech and Internet !

2006-05-10T00:07:00.000+05:00

I got this mail a few days back ...there is only one thing that i would say :

If want I wrote is the truth then people should know abuot it, if its not .. then you dont need to worry about ur image being tarnished. If u are stopping me .. stop all of them first who put those stupid cartoon about our Prophet on their blogs. If google cant take them off and what we did was we blocked blogspot like silly cowards. No body .. i repeat NOBODY comes before the Holy Prophet Muhammad ( Peace be upon him)

Regards

the actual post that this mail refers to can be found here

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: rehan hussain <billasajda@yahoo.com>
Date: May 6, 2006 3:06 AM
Subject: Fwd: name slandering - illegal act - crime againts section 22-A under islamic law
To: yasir dot latif AT gmail dot com

Hello sir,

Kindly remove the article from your site as this is now a matter in legal departments of Google and violation within its jurisdiction is committed. We have this matter looked upon by higher authoroties and surely you would not like to get involve otherwise. Thanks

Rayhan hussain

Toronto legal Team

Arrahman-Arraheem

Note: forwarded message attached.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: rehan hussain <billasajda@yahoo.com>
To: abuse@google.com
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 20:57:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: name slandering - illegal act - crime againts section 22-A under islamic law

To GOOGLE,

Dear Sir / Madam

Trust all well on your side"

I Rayhan Hussain on behalf of www.Arrahman-Arraheem.com are at your disposal for the removal of such group " http://live2see.blogspot.com/2005/12/babar-razzaq-chaudry.html

It is effecting the credibilityy of the celebrities and very important and respected people that are affiliated with us in the promotion of "Peace and Universal brother hood" and this Peace effort is not only by one idividual its an effort that is in progress globally and steaks will be very high if these unlawfull acts from this group does not come to a halt. This matter is being looked upon by local courts and lawyers and currently have release subpoenas for their arrests.( court orders are in hand and can be presented upon request).

On behalf of Arrahman-Arraheem.com I Rayhan Hussain will one more time attach the document which consist of unlawfull act under section 22-A by this so called http://live2see.blogspot.com/2005/12/babar-razzaq-chaudry.html . It is against the law to bName Slander bwithout any probable cause or proof.

These people are committing a crime against Peace and Universal brotherhood and as you may know this by now that very important, respected politicians and celebrities are affiliated with this website and its cause to promote bPeaceb globally.

Kindly reply us asap with the approval of ARTILCLES removal from GOOGLEbs jurisdiction, Apprantly this customer of yours is unlawfully and illegally misusing your space for the distruction of our image and efforts through out the globe, the matter is SERIOUS!!

Please analyze the attached document and the article below very carefully as itbs a legal issue gone bad and we dont want this to go out hands towards disaster. This article below is a CRIME!!

And it consists of words such as Sex, Terrorist etc.

Awaiting your response.

Thanking you in advance.

I have pasted the contents below, thanks

RAYHAN HUSSAIN

www.Arrahmah-arraheem.com

Toronto Legal Team

416-721-1153

The greeat the water fight !

2006-05-07T16:39:00.000+05:00

a few of the cs12 ppl .. after the last class and the tea party
and that is where it started :D

at the end, we were all mud soaked monsters :D
Another view of the ENGINEERS :D

The last day of cs12

2006-05-06T00:01:00.000+05:00

Today was our last working day at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute. Today was a day when according to jay "I just realized cs12 is history". Yep, its here. Today was not a day like any other day. Today was the day we had all waited for but none of us was aware that it would be this hard.

The day started off with our compilers class , the last class. When we had come to GIKI as the freshmen, we had a quiz in our very first class i.e. MM101. Today was the last class and in it we had a quiz too. Following the class was a tea party by our instructor, Mr,. Usman Adeel. There was a small photoshoot that followed. It was after this photoshoot that boxer and bali filled jugs and attacked us unaware. Thus began a historical water fight. A water fight ( + mud of course) the likes of which GIKI had not seen. cs12 rocked GIKI. Anyone who came near was first given the special ritual that consisted of dragging in the mud and mud spraying. Following it was the cleaning ritual and the circle continued. We had a lil rain dance by Goalto. WE played rugby with sana's sandal and we followed the wierd spinning trick of zubair. The fun part was landing on the mud highway.. rather sliding. It was the best last day that could ever have been.

WE are the cs12. A group of techo freaks, chill pills and theetas. WE have lived like a family for four years and now the time has come to say our good byes . Saying Goodbye is never easy and is this case .. its seems like impossible. I LOVE YOU cs12 !!!

If i could go back in time and live this all over again .. i would be more that pleased to end up the same way.

My clock just moved over to 6th May 2006. Its over !

I surrender

2006-04-21T18:38:00.000+05:00

I surrender today ... I have fought a long war .. now i am tired and i konw i cant win
/me places his sword and shied on the ground

Open House 06

2006-04-14T01:13:00.000+05:00

Today was the open house. It was nothing like we had expected ... although it was the same tiring .. but we dint enjoy it as much as we shold have. Today was the open day for companies .. alot of companies came and we ( me shah azi and shadz) kept talking all the time. Tomoroow i have interviews ... around six of them .. but lets see what happens .. details later .. have to find a place to crash

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There should be a nice quotation here ... but i cant recall one at the moment :D

u can run but ...

2006-04-10T23:44:00.000+05:00

u can run ... but u cant hide ... thats the moral of the story ... i guess u can hide too ... but fringging who cares ... :D

Softec 2006, FAST NU Lahore

2006-04-06T00:30:00.000+05:00

A programming competition by the name Dynamoc Programming competition was held at FAST NU Lahore as a part of Softec 06. Me, Shah and Irfan competed and we ended up well. It was my first time in speed programming and it was fun.

5 am : Stuck with compilers ..

2006-03-07T05:37:00.000+05:00

Today we have compilers :/
Have been studying for it .. lets see what happens now :/

What has been happening ...

2006-03-03T21:56:00.000+05:00

Alot has been happening recently. Vicky went back to college on the 1st of March .. and although it the same whether he is home or at college coz i am at giki ... but still i miss him. Our mids are also hanging on the head like a naked swrod .. this time i am doomed .. but i will not complain to anyone coz that will make me look stupid .. infact more stupid that how much i actually am. The day after tomorrow comes Alogs ..or more formally, "The Design and Analysis of Algorithms". Crappy carp ! :/
Then there is a whole lot of other stuff that will be happening over the next week. Fortunately, this will be our second last exam here .. so doesnt matter ... anymore where i give it a full shot or just a lil less. I hope i dont fall.
This have been preety the same lately ... the same old me .. the same Red Hat 9 .. and NS2 and the same FYP lab .. hours after hours .. continuous work. I hope it pays off someday. The lab is a nice place .. quite and calm. I like working there ... but its still kinda cold. :/
Our yearbook is up .. and i have got 6 comments till now. will start commenting a lil later in time . The idea of us leaving hasnt struck me yet.
Dont u have anytime better to do? Go watch TV. See that world as THEY want u to see it and when the illusion lifts, dont come crying to me!
chao
can u see the text above?

Its been a long time ...

2006-02-27T21:56:00.000+05:00

There is some mess up with the blog recently and I couldnt post for such a long time ... Later then .. this lab needs to be closed now :/
tada

Basant '06

2006-02-19T03:12:00.000+05:00

Today was the [hopefully] last basant for us in GIKI. The event as always attrated alot of people. I as being the social freak that I am, was not as "happy" abuot it as i should have been. God i hate gatherings. I spent most of my time today in the damned FYP lab .. and that tooo alone. My compilers assignemnt is literally killing my brain. Well ... i will be posting about in my tech blog what i have learnt .. but that later.

Today was a day that start at arnd 12 noon.. a day when u dont want to get out of the bed coz u have nothing to look forward to ... but u have to get out of the bed coz what the hell .. u still have to do it. Today was a day like all other days .. something new dint happen. Gullo went back to england and i couldnt even say good bye :/ Damn .. I hate this place.

I will miss this place :S ... i will miss everyone everything ... more on that later as graduation comes closer. I currently have watto's Ipod and i am thinking about getting one for myself too ... well there are alot of things i need .. will add this one to the wishlist too

Meanwhile, outside GIKI ... protest continue. Men pitted against men .. only the uniforms make them shoot and kill. Civil war ??? nay .. its too early to say something like that. The protests represent the anger over cartoons, the anger over army rule, the anger over stupidity of Gen Pervaiz, the anger over well .. all the stuff that has been going wrong. We are not lambs that u may make us move into any direction .. all the anger had finally found an outlet .. lets see where it stops !
shocking images at this blog
http://voiceofarzoo.blogspot.com/2006/02/brave-army-beating-innocent-civilianz.html
sigh!

Clash of idealogy

2006-02-15T02:57:00.000+05:00

In the current row of protests over the cartoons, a lot is happening in Pakistan, which earlier was just a silent witness. All this is happening at the ppl level and the governmnet is yet to take a stand.
In pesh, angry mob has stoned the st. Patrick's church, the girls school attached to it and the boys christian school the name of which i dont remember at the moment. At the same time, the national tv and other Dubai based channel are giving full coverage to the Valentine's Day. Aint we going a bit wrong? We are stoning the church coz someone of their religion committed a crime against ours. If that is the case then the West is justified in suspecting every Muslim to be a terrorist. Assuming that by some freak logic, this can be justified .. then the same freak logic wont be able to explain the zeal and fervour with which Pakistanis celebrated the Valentines Day.
We have to choose. The choice will matter how we look at things. We should either have our sympathies with the EAST or the WEST. There is no way in between.

damn cupid .. dont u have an arrow for me :/

2006-02-14T00:07:00.000+05:00

Happy Valentine's Day ...
From me
To me.

Loads of love, mum ,dad , sis, lil-sis and vicky ... i love u all the most in this world. Love me back the same. I could use some at the moment.

Nan [Today]

2006-02-08T02:21:00.000+05:00

Nan yo deera ajeeba rwaz waa ... [Today was a very awkward day]
I got up at arnd 10 cursing my alarm clock and myself for not being able to
get up for my compilers class ... but i made it just in time to reach the
sat mob one and i came to konw that the compliers class dint take place ...
then we had a quiz of sat mob. ..which went really .... newayz .. it will be
a zero to open my account with . then came the real stuff ... i went to the
FYP lab at arnd 230 and stayed there will 10 .. except for half an hour in
which i had my dinnch [ dinner + lunch]. This FYP thing is really going out
of hand.

Two good things happened today
1) Shah got to the secong round of interview at microsoft .. Congrats man ..
once again .. aakahir FYP parter kis ka hai >:D
2) Someone got a lil sense spoken into them, making my life a bit easy.

Today was infact a very stupid day like all the others.. I dont get whats
wrong with u .. why are u reading this :P go read a manga .. that will be
more interesting that this :D

There are two things in life, reason and result. Reason is for satifying
yourself, result is what matters to everyone else. I found my reason, have
u?

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Sometimes all my ambitions nullify .... sometimes ..... i just thank God its
not for a long time .
O Mighty one, guide us onto the straight path. We are but lost sheep who
dont konw our way. Help us, have pity on us.

There is a time

2006-02-06T22:19:00.000+05:00

There is a time to let go .. i think its mine now

Today

2006-01-31T04:53:00.000+05:00

Today; a day wasted,
When tomorrow becomes today,
Yet another day!

I am a chicken

2006-01-23T16:13:00.000+05:00

I am a chicken ... I was afraid for no reason at all. No one in the interview bit me. :D

My day started at 5 and then at 6 coz i had slept again. I was thinking that the Fajr Prayers are at 5 45 so i will easily get a van arnd 630-ish. But the Fajr prayers are at 630. So i had nothing to do but to get up, get ready, pray and then leave and wait for the first Van to leave for Islamabad. To my bad luck, today was Monday, and all the Vans that arrived were full. Then out of nowhere came a taxi ... and it took me all the way to Islambad for the normal fare of a Van. From there i got hold of another taxi and reach the venue 15 mins before time .. howz that for quick ? :D
Then i was lost. I was sitting in the library while they looked at all the places for me. I was orginally the third person for the interview, but they took my interview at the 15th postion. Everything went well. :)
Now I am back and plan on sleeping.

And a special thanks to you for being so caring and concerned. I hope u always remain like that. :)

Thinking of whats coming up ....

2006-01-23T01:10:00.000+05:00

Tomorrow.. rather today .. i have this interview for a PhD scholarship in islamabad at COMSATS. I dont know why but i am pretty scared .. dont konw what they will ask .. dont konw what will happen .. but first thing is to reach there in time .. so i need to sleep ... will post later the detail .. plz pray for me.
Yasir.

listen !

2006-01-19T22:29:00.000+05:00

This sucks .. this really does ... why is the question i ask !
I dont know .. I dont even know how should i feel about it ... no senses .. no emotion ... just a lost path .. where thousands of roads cross each other at the same point .. and i am standing on the same point ... the sign boards give directions that make no sense .. where have i to go .. or all these paths lead to not the place where i want to go ... i am as lost as a sheep in a jungle full of wolves ... there is no light at the end of the tunnel ... we are all doomed .. as doomed can be

When someone talks to me of love .. i mock their innocence ... there is no such thing as love .. there is only one emotion .. hatred ... dark and deep rooted hatred ... the lesser version of which ppl term as love .. we all bear each other .. so that we may live on ...

Look happy now ... feel happy now .. concentrate on the present .. forget what was ... forget what will be ... let go ... let go !

but may be i dont want to let go ... i want to hold onto the past and drag it with myself into the future .. may be i dont want things to change .. may be i never wanted to ...

in life.... u go on ... u will heal what has been damaged ... but all u need to have is patience .. believe in things will get better .. just belive it

as if beliefs change nething ... from my side u can believe in urself ... i just belief in what is real .. what stands out to be real for me .. not what i optimistically assume would become true one day ... I hate u ... coz i loved u ... die ! *bang* *bang* *bang*

silence ....................

Human life is worth shit?

2006-01-16T01:33:00.000+05:00

The pictures show what happened after CIA carried out airstrikes in the Pak-Afghan border of Bajawar Agency. In hope of killing Al-Zawahiri, they ended up killing 18 innocent people including women and children ... can u guess how Washington reacted to this? here is a sample from Guardian Unlimited (Full story)
``We apologize, but I can't tell you that we wouldn't do the same thing again'' in going after Ayman al-Zawahri, said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
The cost of Human life , from what my little mind can conclude, is dependant on where u live. Its the land that determines if u can die in an airstirke out of no fault of your own or survive after carrying out a school shooting.

Politics is not my thing .. but what depresses me is the loss of life of these innocent people. One day Washington will get hold off ( or as they say "kill") Al-Zawahiri ... but how many innocent lives will be sacrificed ... only time can tell. I hope someone remains alive on the face of the globe to see the only super power in the world at its peak.

The New year celebrations

2006-01-02T02:00:00.000+05:00

My new year this time ... started in GIKI ... am stuck here for my FYP and Horizon work
On 31st December, we made a plan to go hiking ... but till the time everything was put to order .. it was very late .. night had already fallen .. so there was alil change of plans ... and we went to right bank instead .. after a tea and pakora session .. i floated the idea of celebrating the new year ... so we decided to get a fresh cake for the occasion ... but the place where we are ... its difficult to get one .. as there are no good bakeries here ... but we made a pineapple cake to order ... for which we had to wait for about an hour in Topi. This gave us time to wonder in the market place on the new year's eve ... but dont start thinking something alreadyy ... the whole place was closed like nething :D
At last we got the cake .. with which Zubair had done a lil mischief .. but still .. we walked back to GIKI.
The dinner consisted of chicken Karahi .. at cafe ... it was delicious ... followed by a DP [ the GIKI acronym for Doodh Patti] :D
then we went over to zubair's room and waited for the time to come ... just before the midnight .. we had again alil change of plans and we started the new year ahead of the whole nations ... but approx 25 mins ... cake and pepsi ... a wierd combination though
I stayed over at zubair's and watched a 1973 classic "The Sting" followed by "Bedazzled"... i like heather graham :D
then we watched the ever watchable Bleach till 8am and had our breakfast
so was the first night on the year
lets hope that this year is better that the one that has just passed
here is my checklist for this year

1- Complete my graduation
2- Go for MS .. if i get an admission and a scholarship
3- If not 2, Find a job
4. If not 3, Become a TA at GIKI .. but i dont like that as much
5- [Not Decided yet]

pray for me i get 1 and 2
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Hmmm Chicken
[Invader Zim]

Zim: Gir, I have been captured !!!
Gir: Yaaaaaaaaaaaay !!!
Zim: No, Gir thats a bad thing !!
Gir: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay !!
[Invader Zim]

The year ends ... yet another

2005-12-31T22:48:00.000+05:00

2005 is about to end ... in less than an hour now ... details later

Its over

2005-12-24T01:15:00.000+05:00

Its over at last .. today was DSP .. dint go that well .. but still ... ITS OVER ...at least for some time and that is what makes me happy :D

4 down ... one up

2005-12-21T21:18:00.000+05:00

blasted ANN .. and i hate it even more now :/
DSP left .. and i hope i am able to maintain my CGPA :/

The numerical analysis paper was a real tough one .. i will pray that everyone get through and noone graduation is delayed
IF u dint understand .. the above line is for u :P

Remeber there are two things ... reason and result .. its the result that counts

3 down 2 to go

2005-12-20T01:19:00.000+05:00

down by 3 now ... OPerations MANangement, Computer Graphics and Communication Systems ...

Today was OPMan ... went bad :/
and next up we have ANN .. which is my worst course for the semester :/

All will be fine .. i keep telling myself .. one day .. all will be fine

1 down .. 4 to go

2005-12-17T11:39:00.000+05:00

Communications Systems is over... they paper went okay .. but still ... i am not expecting nething outstanding .. expectations hurt u konw :)
now time to prepare for Computer GRaphics
damn !! i hate computer graphics :/

and it begins....

2005-12-17T03:25:00.000+05:00

today at 8 is my communications systems final and that of Computer Graphics at 530 ... after this is over .. i will be 7/ 8th of an engineer and a lil less human

A lil decipher

2005-12-15T19:47:00.000+05:00

37 32 001 501 001 23 011 111 611 23 911 79 011 611 23 611 111 23 89 101 23 611 401 501 511 23 911 97 121 64 23 37 23 79 901 23 511 111 411 411 121 64 23 66 711 611 23 501 32 99 79 011 611 23 611 23 611 101 801 801 23 711 23 611 401 501 511
white is black

-- Even if u find out... just dont write in the comment what has been written in it
-- If u cant .. u are dumb :/

A long day

2005-12-14T02:04:00.000+05:00

Today was a long day .. a really long day .. the finals are coming and all the stuff accumulates in these end days
this is my today's todo list:

1330: Computer Graphics Quiz
1730: Communications Systems Quiz
1915: Computer Graphics Presentation
2100: Communications Systems Lab final

well at the moment, its about 2025 so i have to finish this post later .. have to study :/

2038: i just realized that ... i dont want to study .. but i will take the exam anyway

0047: I just came back to the room ... the final went okay .. will get something arnd average grade ... and to add to this long long day .. i had to help some junoirs in thier Data Structures Project .. that is where i am coming from :/
and then ppl say "yasir tum kitnay fairgh ho" :/

0113: wating for the stupid net so that i might be able to publish this post .. its currently in notepad :D
0209: still waiting :/
0212: finallly :D

CDMA Worship @ GIKI

2005-12-12T16:25:00.000+05:00

Over the weekend, we had a worshop on CDMA conducted by Dr. Syed Ismail Shah .. one of the authorities in the field. It was an intensive 7 hours a day course and today we gave it final quiz on the basis of which we will [ or will not ] get the certification.
It was a hectic weekend .. there was alot to do .. so little time to sleep .. and the net was down ... so i couldnt even blog :/
the coming two days are as tough as nething ... alot of presentations .. lab final and blah blah :/
hope i get through in one piece
There are alot of confusion thats surround me at the moment ... and i cant tell anyone about them .. at least not at the moment .. i want to go for MS :/

The Four figures

2005-12-09T16:07:00.000+05:00

I am finally in the four figures
My blog has reached 1000 hits ...
thank u all my fans :D
i love u all :D

well ....

2005-12-07T02:48:00.000+05:00

Yas this one is a lil assignment for u .. if u dont mind plz

plz verify these

Tirmizi Narrator:- Hazrat Abu Saeed (R A)
The Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H) explained this Hadith-e-Qudsi that Allah says , he who does not find time to do Zikir and Duaâ (supplication ), because of his involvement in the Quran , I bestow upon him more than those who do Duaâ.

and

Tirmizi Narrator:- Hazrat Imran Bin Hussain (RA)
The Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H) said: He who reads the Quran should ask a question through the Quran from Allah. Soon such people will come who will read the Quran and will ask the questions with it from other people.

and plz explain em a lil if u can
thanks alot

Babar Razzaq Chaudry

2005-12-07T02:46:00.001+05:00

I really dont konw anything about this person for sure ... when I do, I will post it here again. Meanwhile, take ur time and check his site here.

Below is the Fatwa I found somewhere online

Allah knows the truth.

Thank You someone for opening my eyes.
Sorry Yas but I had to do this :)

Whats going on

2005-12-06T19:11:00.000+05:00

THe last time ... about 4 hours ago when i visited my blog ... i had 521 hits ... and now just in 4 hours they have become 701 .. whats going on .. will someone tell me ... should i check with the ppl who provided me with the counter :S

If u have visited my blog ... [ well u have how else would u be reading this] plz leave me a comment somewhere which will give me a clue about how my blog is makin jumps like that :S
thank u

The ACM Volunteers' dinner

2005-12-06T11:02:00.000+05:00

Last night was the ACM GIKI Chapter's volunteers' dinner for the ppl who had worked for the Softcom 2005. I was one of them too :D
The dinner was okay but what came as a surprise was the first there were a couple of speeches and then they started handing out certificates .... now this was a time to run .... me, Raptor and Watoo ran out of the cafe and waited there till the ceremony was over ....
Also Ratpor has learned "Te Khar aye" [ U are a donkey] and he keeps telling everyone he sees the same :D
Afterwards we ate more with shdman .... so last night was really an eating fiesta :D

okay back to ACM ... when the dinner ended .. i got hold of certificates and shields and ran to the hostel ... to eat the goodies shadman had brought

Last night i awoke just before the morning Aazan .. i had slept preety late .. and i was in those wierd dreams again ... but the moment i woke up it was still dark outside .. and after a min or so the Aazan started ... it was as if someone had woken me up for the morning prayers ... it was a very nice feeling

A page from the diary of hatred.. revisited

2005-12-05T12:39:00.000+05:00

earlier i had written a page from the diary of hatred but many things have changed now ... so i thought that i should revisit and make a few changes

well crap! i forgot what i had to write ... later may be .. have to run for the OPman [ OPerations MANagement] class and the net .. well it simply sucks .. i am here in the MM [Multimedia] lab .. just to write this blog .. and check a few comments on earlier ones :D

for the time being ... tada :)

the world's least fun thing to do

2005-12-04T04:23:00.000+05:00

the world's least fun thing to do is reinstalling windows :/
i went through the pain tonight and its about 5am but still i am not done
i hate Microsoft
Suse ROcks !! :>

Bleach Charater Test

2005-12-02T02:29:00.000+05:00

For all the bleach fans ... this is me ,,, remember me :D

A special mention

2005-12-01T14:30:00.000+05:00

Ppl check this blog out !! i found it really interesting and informative ... Yas(c) this one is for u

http://yas4never.blogspot.com

May God guide us both through a success life here and hereafter. Aamen

Binary .. We created everything in pairs

2005-11-30T17:19:00.000+05:00

We love binary... computers cant understand nething but binary, everything is represented as binary ie either 1 or 0. In our communication book there is a historical note given about the person who came up with the idea. His intentions were that 1 represents that God is one and zero represents nothingness. IF he could represent everything in the from of zeros and ones this would mean that God created everything from nothing. What a noble cause ! Thank u for giving us binary !

--
Remeber there are two things ... reason and result .. its the result that counts

The truth finally unveils

2005-11-28T22:41:00.000+05:00

to my utter surprise, astonishment and blah blah .. yesterday a few of my friends proved my worst fear to be real ..

"YOU DONT SPEAK!!!!"

in many books they have a saying that goes "Silence is gold" but for me silence is who i am. I cant talk .. its simple and it is like that .. it hasnt changed, it cant change and it wont change ... even if i try i cant help it .. talking makes the stupid man inside me come out and face me .. i am afraid of him ... he tells me to shut up even before i have said something ... the only time i can talk is infront of ppl who i konw will not take me for the words that come out of my mouth but for the person who i am ... but the such ppl can be counted on fingertips
any advice how can i come out of the slient Bob situation that i am in at the moment .. plz jolt it down in the comments
thanks
*sigh*

Today

2005-11-25T01:12:00.000+05:00

today was a hectic day in my life .... i left my room at nine in the morn and havent returned till now .. its past 1 am now... there were two labs today .. one lecture in between them ... one lecture before the first lab and one at 9 am ....
and why am i in the lab at this hour?
well i have a presentation of SIP (signal and image processing) tomorrow and its about ECG filtering .. as the net doent work in the hostels .. so i am here working on the presentaion ... shahji has left :(
so as i had nothing to do to take my mind off for a minutes , so i thought about writing something up

today was this wierd lecture about Paraigm shift .. by some dude ... dint get what he was saying :D
but the key to sucess is

U -> I -> V

U is bad
I is okay
V is the best

Hold me now, i'm six feet from the edge and i'm thinking
may be six feet aint so far down

i dont get u

2005-11-24T15:33:00.000+05:00

seriously i dont get u ... u are the words worst code ever ... impossible to decipher ... impossible to break

Science Marathon

2005-11-24T11:52:00.000+05:00

Yesterday was the science marathon... we decided to take part at the very last moment and reached the place just after the time... It was fun ... we reached the last round ahead of everyone else and there we had to make a model out of paper, icecream sticks, straws and tape. The criteria was to make such a model that would stay in the air longest. We managed to make something nice and something we were sure that would last in the air the most ..

Well then something happened ... we were third, second and finally fourth .. thanks to Science Society who have to care so much about transperancy that they dont even stick to their rules. We dint win ... that doesnt bother me ... what really bothers me is that S cube was third !!

Newayz it was loads of fun ... we enjoyed alot .. and by alot i mean alot
thats all fer now
chao :)

my mishtake

2005-11-23T09:31:00.000+05:00

Yesterday, we had the second mid term exam of operations manangement. The paper was a wreck. Two out of the three questions were such that there could be found no definate solution to. The MCQs part, well cant say nething about that till the scores have come.

The whole hall was talking in the end ... i also did "talk" on 2 MCQs but i am ashamed about it. This is not for the reason that its a sin .. but it is intellectual dishonesty. I hope not to pull such an act again.

and it happens ....

2005-11-20T23:28:00.000+05:00

well ... after a very long time .. about 8 monts .. i finally had a haircut :D .. yaa and now i look like a small school going kid :/
basically ppl tell me i look fine .. but i liked my previous look ... now i look more like a cadet than a student of the hot and happening CS engineering :D

Another Stupid Test ... but look at the result

2005-11-13T02:29:00.000+05:00

Which forensic investigation tool are you?

Lie detector

So it's only about 90% accurate and not admissible in court, but the polygraph is still a helpful tool to lead detectives in the right direction. Whether it breathes new life into a cold case, or simply helps investigators rule out yet another suspect it's certainly an important tool of the trade.

So be careful the next time u lie to me ... see .... i can tell ... lol

I am a STOP sign :D

2005-11-13T01:56:00.000+05:00

What traffic sign are you most like?

STOP!

You're just annoyed at everything around you. You wish you just had the power to make it stop.

Click Here to Take This Quiz
Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

Wierd .. but true :D i think i am rather a STOP Sign

Eid .. Holidays and the rest of the crap

2005-11-10T11:14:00.000+05:00

Eid came and went as usual ... nothing special this time as well ... eid used to be such an awaited event when we were kids .. but it no longer makes any sense .. the same ritual is followed each year ... the namaz and then the greeeting sessions ... that are really tiresome :/

i came back to giki on tuesday, the 8th of Nov .. to work on my final year project and a few other things that are still pending. I watched the 'Kindom of heaven' .. a really nice movies .. the thing i liked about it was that they have no tampered with the history much .. and i am reading Da Vinci too .. hope to finish it soon ... chao

--nothing else matters

talkative moron

2005-10-24T18:40:00.000+05:00

why do i talk so much .. i cant say .. its like i cant keep my mouth shut when i have to .. i just sometimes speak to make sound ... nothing else but to merely make sound ... tomorrow is my ANN mid and i dont feel like working for it ..
i need someone to talk to :/

Responsibility :/

2005-10-22T05:19:00.000+05:00

Someone once told me .. u are responsible for urself .. i dont remember why or how i am responsible for the actions of everyone that i know ..

and i hate 20th Oct .. for reasons that i may not remember after a few years .. but right now .. i am so pissed off

i hate the whole world and i guss the reverse might also become true very soon

i am the mirror on your wall .. talk to me all u want .. but dont expect a reply

pardon me O Lord .. i have done things that u might not approve of ... but give me the courage to face the world i abhor with decency and courage

There is a world and there are ppl .. abandoned places that i visit only in my dreams and the ppl there are like ghosts

there is a something somewhere that keep haunting me like nething

I may not seem to care .. but i cant care less

There is a river .. and there is a peaceful place on its bank .. there i will find peace and sleep like a baby .. no one will disturb us there

Celebrate life ... it may not be there for u long

2005-10-22T05:10:00.000+05:00

The sun rose on 8th October ... but for many ppl .. it would be the last sun rise they ever seee... arnd 9 in the morn .. there is an earthquake that changed the life of the whole nation ... not to mention changing the entire course for ppl who were directly afftected by it .

The time i was still in my bed .. i jumped out and ran out of the hostel in the fastest sprint i could sprint ... thank God it gave us time to save ourself ... although nothing fell ... but still it was a moment of mixed enthusiam and fear .... i went back to sleep ... and woke up arnd 2 unaware what the jolt might have done to so may ppl ....

My Conclusion: We havent signed a contract and thats the worst part of it ... we havent been given a date of return but we know we bought a return ticket ... we are planning our lives as if we will all live to be 80 or 90 ... cherishing life .... i dont object to that ... but lets take a moment of slience and ponder .. if we were to be lifted right now ... are we prepared ??

This was a preety old post but i managed to complete it now .. the lazy that i am :/

Today- 26th Sept 2005

2005-09-26T19:04:00.000+05:00

Today my blog completed 150 hits :S

Today we had a batch pic

Today i did nothing worth mentioning

Today i made a fool out of myself and believe me it was good :S

Today i did a signals assigment that i dint even have to do .. it was good too

Today i went for corrections in my Course Registeration

Today i spent a lot of time in the library .. a lil was spent sleepin though

Today i witnessed the Op Man mid being delayed

Today i found janan's usb i had lost

Today was just another day .. in the monotonous song of life

WTF?

2005-09-21T03:06:00.000+05:00

our senses are dead .. our lives meaningless .. our songs rhythless and our souls merciless
we do what we please
working job we hate to buy shit we dont need
we are the all singing all dancing crap of the world !!

Rubik's Cube

2005-09-13T03:36:00.000+05:00

The Rubik's Cube, for those dumbasses that dont know, is a cube ( as the name shows) which has a different color on each face and it can be rotated along two axis and blah blah

Well i was into solving one over the Naran Trip but i reached only 2 faces. I need a Rubik's cube :(