TimeKill

7 Lovely Logics

2012-01-26T12:53:00.000+05:00

1) Make peace with your past so it doesn't spoil your present
2) What others think of you is none of your business
3) Time heals almost everything. Give the time, some time
4) No one is the reason of your happiness, except yourself
5) Don't compare your life with others, you have no idea what their journey is about
6) Stop thinking too much, its alright not to know all the answers
7) Smile, you don't own all the problems in the world

Activate your money flow!

2012-01-18T11:42:00.002+05:00

How to stop ignoring your goals

2012-01-18T11:39:00.002+05:00

Sir Salaar's advice

2012-01-16T13:45:00.000+05:00

Congrats to all who graduated...my advice for u:
a)KEY: Keep neutral expectations (manage ur expectations of future)
b)Stay Positive through tough times- ALWAYS love life!
c)Stay flexible (adjust to life as it unfolds, dont be rigid!)
d)practise PATIENCE...life moves at its OWN pace!...dont let that bother you...accept it! - you'll do just fine, keep trying & with a smile! ;)

REM...ONLY the NOW is real!! Passt & Future are thoughts only!!... Good Luck! :)
PLEASE try to optimize your ONE life.. & let me repeat... its a "beautiful life"... dont let anyone tell u otherwise!!!...happy discovery..optimize your trip...THE SATIFACTION IS ALL IN YOUR THOUGHTS & INTENTIONS... make it a GOOD one..best to ALL ;)

5 foods that nourish muscles

2012-01-10T22:32:00.000+05:00

http://www.fitsugar.com/5-Foods-Nourish-Muscles-2067703

Happiness Hormone!

2011-12-21T11:48:00.001+05:00

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, low levels of which lead to depression, bad mood, low self esteem, anxiety, chronic pain, panic, fear and phobias, obsession, pessimism, emotional behaviors, insomnia and various other negative moods.
Foods rich in carbohydrates lead to the concentration of trytophan which the body converts into serotonin. E.g. Bananas, chocolate, turkey, pumpkin and food rich in folic acid-cabbage, broccoli, spinach and beets are among the best well known serotonin foods.

A not so healthy way of inreasing serotonin levels is through nicotine. Nicotine increases serotonin levels and its absence has the opposite affect, this being one of the explanations why some of those who quit smoking gain a few pounds.http://www.whatisserotonin.com/

Ever wondered why reduced calorie diets affect mental mood and emotions. In just four weeks of low-calorie diets, the level of tryphotan is reduced significantly. This affects serotonin levels. It installs mood disorders, sometimes calmed by a meal high in carbohydrates.

Reasons for business success

2011-12-15T00:17:00.000+05:00

Frustration bohat hogai ChiLl KeRnE kO DiL KeRtA ha (fb group)

2011-11-10T23:51:00.000+05:00

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said, "When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,

yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

Buzurgon k Kisay

2011-11-08T13:54:00.000+05:00

Hazrat Ibrahim bin adhum. Un ke lia roz ana 250 ghulab ke patiyan aati thee. Un k lia 11 larkian atii then. Woh phr ek chun lete thay phr aglay din naye 11 atee theein. Ek kaneez atee thi us ne ek din socha k mein b dekho is pe so k yeh bistar kesa lagta hay. Badshah salamat ne dekha to us kaneez ko bohot maara aur aglay din bula lia mahal mein.

Kaneez aye to woh haste hoe aye. Jism maar kha kha k udhara hoa tha. Badshah ne poucha k kia baat hay hans kyun rahi ho. Kaneez ne kaha k mein to 10,15 min soe houn to mere sath yeh hoa hay to jo saal a saal se so raha hay is bistar pe us k saath kia hoga. Badshah pareshan hoa to bistar waghaira ka sara silsila khatam kr dia aur Allah Allah shuru ker dia.

Phr kabi, Us k baad, badshah ko apnay darbar k uper bandon k chalnay ke awaz aye. Badshah ne awaz dee k kon hay to jawab aya k ji hum baloch hein aur apnay unth dhoond rahay hein to badshah ne kaha k "Mahal mein unthon ka kia kaam hay" to balochon ne jawab dia k "Mahal mein Allah ka kia hay". Badshah phr bohot pareshan ho aur sab silsilay chor k jangal mein chala gaya

Wahan jangal mein gaya to pehle ek fakeer behta tha. Us fakeer k pas ek kulhari thi aur pathay puranay kapray thay. Allah ne badshah ka wohi silsila jari rakha aur khany shanay k silsilay chaltay rahay. Fakeer ne shikayat ke Allah se k yeh kia hai mein kab se betha houn aur badshah ko sab kuch mil gaya hay to jawab aya jo koi jo kuch chorr k aya hota hay us ko us k mutabik sila milta hay. Tm ek kulhari chor k aye thi woh wahan pari hay woh utha lo aur kam shuru ker do. Badshah apni hakumat chor k aya hay to us ko us k mutabik sila mila hay

Wasif ali Wasif sahab

2011-11-05T00:58:00.000+05:00

Timeless quotes of wasif ali wasif sahab:

1)Dua se hasil honi wali nehmat ke aisay he kadr kero jese k munin ke

2)ibadat us mukam tak nai pohancha sakte jahan gharreeb ke khidmat pohanchate hay

3)sab se barri quwat, quwat e bardasht hay

4)daulat izzat ni peda krte daulat khauf peda krte hay aur khauf peda krna wala moaziz (izzat dar) ni ho skta.

5)apnay haalat sanwaarnay k lia andar k ahwaal ka sanwarna ks kadar zarori hay is ke nishan dahee youn krte hein " pareshani haalat se ni khiyalaat se peda hote hay."

6)siraat e mustakeem par chalnay aur chalany k lia wasif sb yeh chahtay thay k neyke k safar per rawangee se pehle is jaga ko pur aman banana hoga jahan se yeh safar shuru kia jata hay. aur woh jaga hay ek ghar js mein ek kumba, ek khaandan basta ho. Dekha gaya hay k agr ghar beysukon ho to neyke ka safar ho he ni sakta. Ghar per itmanan aur sukoon ho to kese? Wasif sb (ra) hamesha kaha krte thay k apnay gharon mein sukoon rakho, is tarhah jese hadayat moujood hay.

Wasif ali Wasif sahab

2011-11-05T00:51:00.000+05:00

Daulat e sukoon k lia koi khaas nuska to nahi kyun k yeh daulat naseeb se miltee hay. Jese insan ko khoobsurat chehra naseeb se milta hay leken bil amoom daulat e sukoon hasil krne k 2,4 asool hein. Ap ghour kr lein.

1) Sukoon hasil krne se nai, ksi k sukoon pohnchany se milta hay.
2) is duniya k hangamon se nazar chura k duniya k hangaam per rakhni chahye.Anaay wala zamana aa k rehta hay. Janay walay ko janay do sakoon mil jaye ga.
3) sukoon apnay shouk aur apnay farz ko yak ja kerna mein hasil ho jata hai. maslan jo kam ap ka farz hai wohi kam khush ho ker kero majboor ho kernai...khush ho ker
4) Apni zindgi ksi insaan ki arzoo ke mutabik guzaro woh insan he hamar lia manzil e sakkoon hay
5) daulat e sakoon makanon mein ni. astaano (buzurgon ka tikhana) mein milte hay.
6) sukoon jagnay walon ke meeras hay. aur sonay walon ke hasrat. jo maal jama krta hay usay ginta hay woh sukoon ni payge. jo maal se mehroom hay aur sirf maal ki tamana rakhta hai woh b sukoon se mehroom hay. sakoon us ko mila js ne apni khwahish apnay hasil se kam rakhi
7) isi tarhah aur beesiyon andazz aur tareekay aur nuskay sukkon hasil krne k lia ho skte hein leken hasil to kisi aik nuskhay se hoga jese pahar ke choutee par janay k lia sankroon rastay ho skte hein leken musafir k lia sirf ek rasta hay.

Criticism is better than praise

2011-10-23T00:26:00.006+05:00

Criticism is to judge harshly or unfavorably or in simple words to find fault with

Criticism is either done to make someone feel badly about themselves or either to help them grow better.

Criticism is often looked upon unfavorably but that is usually not the case. Perception matters a great deal. How you perceive the criticism to be matters. Criticism can be in the form of positive criticism that helps you build upon present situation and improve it. Criticism, often like some truths is quite bitter and that is what earns it disapproval and objection. If we ignore these feelings and emotions of ours and see criticism in comparison with praise, it out weighs praise.

To say criticism is everything and praise does not matter at all would be wrong too. Therefore i am not saying criticizing everything is the way to go BUT when compared to each other criticism is better than praise.

As i said before the way you approach criticism is important. It is important that you be positive and optimistic. That you know that criticism no matter how harsh or cruel would end up improving the situation. Be it personal or professional, every piece of criticism can be turned around into something beneficial depending on how you deal with it.

There is in fact a need to view criticism as it has seldom been approached before. There is a need for students, teachers, and professionals at every level to conduct sessions of criticism just like brain storming sessions where everyone gets to sit around and criticize each other in a constructive manner so that you can iron out problems and kinks in your personal and professional life way before life teaches you through a practical lesson which is usually very tough.

Going back at the big picture and comparing criticism with praise is similar to comparing growth with stagnation. Where criticism helps grow, praise tells you thats it, you have done enough, no need to work harder. Criticism helps in development, praise stops it

Dua's

2011-10-16T01:15:00.006+05:00

Jism k jis hisay mein takleef ho us par angusht e shahadat (index finger) rakhiyay.

1 time "Darood sharif"
3 times "Bismillah hir rehman nir raheem"
7 times "Aaouz-ou-billahi wa qudra-tehee min sharrima aajido wa ou haziro"

*meaning: Mein panah mangta/mangtee houn Allah tallah ke aur us ke qudrat ke, har us sharr se jo mein (apnay jism mein) moujood pata/patee houn aur jis se darta/dartee houn-"

Yeh dua kitnay jamay hay aur kis tarhah sehat ban ker hamaray jism per jese nazil hote hai- Kuch bimariiyan to moujood hote hein leken is dour mein hum aap nafsiaatee tor per kitnee hee bemarion se khouf zada rehtay hein-Huzoor salalahu elehe wa aaleyhee wasalam k yeh kalamat hein is nafsiaate karb aur aazaab ko khatam ker dete hein.

Pictures of dua's in arabic with numbering in red on each page. (Open pictures in new window to ZOOM IN)

-Reference Syed Abul Kheir Kashfi

Sufi Barkat personally affirming what is written on page 3 and 4 about subhanallahi wabihamdihi

Sufi Barkat says "yeh jo aag lagi hoe hai duniya mein jis ka koi ilaaj ni na pata lagaya. woh subhanallahi wabihamdihi paray. har ek ghar mein, har ek pind men jo aag lage hoe hai na (jhagra, fisaad). Allah pak woh thandii kr de ga"

Amazing Qualities of Fruits and Vegetables

2011-09-19T15:34:00.001+05:00

Pakistani Fight Club

2011-09-05T22:01:00.008+05:00

What is this love for fighting in the subcontinent. I challenge you to find two parties fighting and fighting alone or with a moderate number of viewers. Whenever there is a fight there is almost always an unusually huge crowd accompanying it. No matter whether the people know the parties fighting or not, they would still gather around to view a good fight. This behavior is not limited to human fights. The other day i was on my way home from university on the ring road, i remember i was going back from the last class ever of my undergrad at LSE. As soon as i crossed the bridge i saw a huge mass and it looked scary, there were around 400 to 500 people standing in a huge semi circle which made its way all the way from the focal point to the center of the ring road and beyond. There were cars standing on the other side of the 6 lane ring road and yes you guessed it right, although they had no clue what was going on the other side of the road due to the huge crowd that was in the way, they had all stopped to see what was it that was attracting people to stop their cars on a highway considered nearly as quick as motorway and jumping up and across the huge six feet fences and into the rugged dirt terrain filled with junk on the other side.

Naturally, i stopped. Being a human with a slice of inquisition, i was curious to find out what was going on. I slowly made my way into the left lane and slowed the car down to a manageable speed to get me through and little clear of the crowd. I rolled down the car's left door window and inquired an equally engrossed in the moment by-stander "Ustad, ithay ke hoya hay?" (Sir, whats happening?)

Very calmy he replied "Bhansay lar rahay hein" (Bulls are fighting).

This huge a love for fighting, be it bulls or be it the local, regularly arranged cock fights or dog fights, be it two motor cyclists smacking each others brains out after an accident, or two car

drivers in an accident putting up a show, or extremist freaks spanking their females who have "wronged" in the middle of the bazaar so there are witnesses of the punishment, according to their own "shariah" , or a woman arguing with a shop keeper over inferior goods sold. You'll find a bigger than required crowd gathered around staring meaninglessly, completely absorbed in the live action.

Is this love for aggression hereditary? Can it be owed to the confrontation Muslims faced in the tumultuous history of the sub-continent? Can it be that the anger, love for fighting and tussle is travelling in our genes ever since we the learned the art of fighting during the bloodshed involved in the independence and 3 wars we've been through? Can it be owed to the violence we have been exposed to in the past through different mediums daily. Just like anger, many characteristics pass on through our genes and it can be seen there are a great deal of intangible qualities that travel through generations.

Can it be that the barbarous times that we have been through have left this mark on our actions and attractions?

Blame it on muslims. Thats not prejudice, thats probability

2011-08-22T02:11:00.006+05:00

22nd July '11, a bomb blast in Oslo, Norway.

Killer has been caught and has confessed and no punishment is too harsh for him. The horror he has wreaked is incomprehensible and words fail the civilized. But sometimes in a crisis true heroes emerge like the brave men and women of the Americas news rooms who identified the culprits long before the Norwegian authorities did.

News reporters took no time in blaming it on Muslims. Later, reports claimed otherwise. It was a Norwegian expressing his hatred against the Islamization of europe.

Some say a wide scale failure of the media but i say going with their guts these journalists were able to get the stories they wanted and scoop reality. And even if there was a rush to

judgement we must not make repeat that mistake by rushing to accuracy. Just because

the confessed murderer is a blonde blue eyed Norwegian born anti-muslim crusader does

not mean he is not a sworthy middle eastern mad man.

Another genius reporter came up with the idea that it could be a disguise that the terrorist looked like a Norwegian.

Which is more plausible that a non-muslim did this or Al-qaeda has developed poly juice potion?

Once the reports came in that it was actually done by a Norwegian christian named Bravick. the reports started pulling of retractions. Right so if your pulling news reports completely out of your ass it is safer to go with muslims, thats not prejudice, thats probability because the news business is all about guess-timating.

Inspiration. Perspective. Silver Lining

2011-05-20T19:52:00.002+05:00

Provides inspiration from time to time that one day. ONE DAY!

Salaar Gold

2011-05-10T22:05:00.013+05:00

It is important that one realize the importance of the quotations below. Below are all the quotes that i have been able to note in an on going lecture and there are some statements without the quotation marks which are an essence of what he said and not his exact words but the others in the quotation marks are his exact words.

-(Talking on nerds) "Although they score good, their common sense is out of whack!"

-On growth of businesses "Grow kerne k liay internally generated funds kabhi bhi kafee nahe hotay"

-"When Consumption-Oriented societies cannot buy what they want credit markets are set up."

-(On load shedding) "Always make the most of what you have. Look at the positive side. You get time to think and thank Allah for all the times you do have electricity"

-(On Stock Markets) "Nothing can go too fast up forever and one way up. There comes a point when even an F-16 cant go straight up because the air becomes too thin."

-Cheap and Easy credit started in 1990's on America which started Consumerism. Expected 30 years of income by an average american individual has been spent now, today in credit sales.

-"You will get used to the lingo we'll be using in this course"

-"Money, Reserves, Greed and Power is the fabric of change. Martin Luther King is all drama because what a corporation can do is much bigger than what an individual can do. Corporations caused the freedom of black Slaves." Reason being they needed these slaves to become a part of the working force and be the consumers too.

-What is the American Dream?

You want something and don't have money? We'll give you money. It starts from a house. Be a Home Owner. Buy a Car. Buy a TV. We'll make mortgage payments for the next 30 years.

-Uptil 1990's there somewhat used to be family system in America, now they have divided the -American family and created the need so that every member of the household feels the need of buying their own stuff. Every individual in a family needs his/her own car, own television etc.

-(On human nature) "A baby has been programmed to care. He has been cared about and it is therefore programmed in his genes"

-"Life ka texture aisa hay, life itself is a game of chance! Are you with me?!"

-"History doesn't repeat itself. It's the laws of nature that are constant. E.g characteristics of different elements that make up physics, chemistry, biology."

-"Stock markets give the market a chance to express itself"

-"Human beings are emotional and the stock market gives a platform to express yourself like in an interview"

-(On a student kicking the Aud 3 door, trying to say incognito) "Always do in life what you can own upto."

-(On Global Recession)"Being small has advantages. Jab aandhi chalti hai, a small brick like Pakistan doesn't get affected much. Its the big houses that fly away!"

-"The Dow Jones Industrial average and the Dow Jones Transportation average is basically a confirmation of sheyr aya!"

-"I believe Paisa kharch he sirf self development pe hona chahye"

-"Depth of understanding increases with knowledge.e.g How can you expect someone to understand the concepts of standard deviation when he hasn't studied Statistics"

-(On a quote from the book, Making Good Brain Great) "Mental health is kept through making new connections in the brain, therefore it is important to keep learning new stuff otherwise the brain starts disintegrating. e.g take guitar lessons or learn anything new"

-"Haan jeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"

*In quotation marks are the exact statements, word for word. Others are exact to the best of copying and writing ability since they have been copied from an on-going lecture and all the above quotations are from the discussions where we went off-topic!

Twelve Favorite Foods of Rasulullah SAW

2011-04-29T22:07:00.013+05:00

Twelve Foods of Rasulullah SAW

1) Milk:

"Milk wipes away heat from the heart just as the finger." It strengthens the back, improves the brain, renews vision and drives away forgetfulness.

2) Honey:

Honey is a remedy for every illness and the Quran is a remedy for all illness of the mind therefore i recommend to you both remedies, the Qur'an and honey (Bukhari).

3) Figs:

"If i had to mention a fruit that descended from paradise i would say this is it because the paradisacal fruits do not have pits. Eat from these fruits for they prevent hemorrhoids, piles and help gout." (Bukhari)

4) Dates:

"Whoever takes seven ajwa dates in the morning will not be affected by magic of poison on that day." (Bukhari)

Rasulullah (SAW) said that a house without dates has no food.

5) Barley:

Good in fever while used in a soup form.

6) Melon:

"None of your women who are pregnant and eat of water melon will fail to produce off spring that is good in countenance and good in character."

7) Grapes:

"It purifies the blood, provides vigor and health, strengthens the kidneys and clears the bowels."

8) Mushrooms:

Rasulullah (SAW) said that "The mushroom is a good cure for the eyes."

9) Pomegranate:

"Cleanses you of saitan and evil aspirations for 40 days"

10) Vinegar:

Rasulullah (SAW) used to eat with olive oil. (Thats now a fashion in elite italian restaurants).

11) Olive Oil:

Important for skin and hair treatment, delays old age and treats inflammation of

the stomach.

12) Water:

Rasulullah (SAW) said "The best drink in this world is water; when you are thirsty drink it by sips and not gulps, gulping produces sickness of the liver."

Note: As Muslims we are fortunate enough to obtain this knowledge and include these foods in our diet. Allash has blessed us with many good foods.

Qur'an (7:160) it reads "Eat of the goods foods we have provided for you."

Moin Akhtar, The Humble King

2011-04-24T13:33:00.010+05:00

One of the interviews of the all time great:

Question (Host): Youth has an element of Depression, Frustration, is lost and has no direction. What is the thing required to eliminate this element?

Moin Akhtar: They(youth) are correct. Parents spend money on them so they can achieve a status, so next generation makes them their role model. However when they step in real life, all doors close. Job, improvement, skills, promotion stops. what are we ? what is correct in us. You tell me. I don't like saying this because i live in this country but i will say this because i love this country.

I never thought what my country gave me. I always thought, what did i, in my capacity, give to my country? Come to think of it, I gave them smiles, laughter and shared their pains.

But we are fraudulent in every field. References in education, references in politics, politics in education, politics in politics. Bribe, lies, pain, share snatching, amassing everything for ourself, not passing onto others. If you read the Qur'an, those nations that keep going like this and go beyond the boundaries of disobedience, Allah does not like such nations. ALLAH says, i destroy such nations and bring in others to replace them, and it is not difficult for me. Everyone wants to become even richer, "jo Lakh pati hai woh crore pati hona chahta hai, jo crore pati hai woh arabo pati hona chahta hai aur jo arabo pati hai woh us se ziada paisay wala hona chahta hai."

Question (Host):But that happens everywhere?

Moin Akhtar: No. Everywhere in the world it is being followed with a discipline. Here a person with a salary of 12,000 has expenses of 80,000. When your costs exceed ur revenue, you will go for shortcuts.

And remember one thing, if u earn Haram and feed your off spring with Haram income you will never be able to save it. Even if you are able to save it, you will come across a disaster and all that would spill away.

We kill each other for a 1,200 rupees mobile. Those who kill don't they ever think how much much pain and processes the victim came through. A human being came from being a piece of meat, then comes into a human form then comes into the world without any support, mother keeps him in her womb for 9 months then he faces winters and summers, he grows older, gets hurt, goes through sun and rain and then someone comes and for a 500 rupees mobile, kills a person that grew through so much pain and hardwork. ALLAH Astaghfirullah. What is this junoon?

Why have we forgotten? One day, ALLAH says "jao ge kahan tm, Ao gey to tum mere pas na, aur mein tmko sab bata do gaa tum kia kia krtay thay." I quote quran "kisi ek begunah insan ka qatal aisay hai jaisay tmne pure insaniat ko qatal kr diya" aur ek jaga ALLAH ne farmaya hai aur agr ksi ek begunah ke zindagi bachaye goya tmne pure insaniat ko bacha lia."

Post Presentation Glee!

2011-04-08T19:25:00.020+05:00

In the four years of my undergrad, i neither realized nor captured the satisfaction, glee, the merriment one comes across right after a big presentation.

Oh, the relief!

Like a huge weight has been put off your chest. How ignorant of me, not to write about the exuberant moment all these years, whilst i experienced this delight numerous a times. After the question answer session, as soon as the instructor announces no more questions. Next group please!

You breathe a sigh of relief. Grab your belongings and step out of the auditorium. Cool wind starts blowing, embracing your triumph and owing much of its coolness to the anxious sweating earlier, however, in the lighthearted bliss, the trees sway smooth, spring leaves drop slowly, the ecstasy is unparalleled. University life feels better but for the most of it you don't want the blitheness to end, for it is heavenly. Perception of life changes at that very moment, even the people you hate the most, start to look good. As if they have adorned an invisible veil of beauty. An unusual radiance shows on their faces. All i know is, this verve, gaiety and vivacity is priceless.

How even the simple sunset looks surreal later in the day.The extra lively, slow motion exhilaration of the day pouring slowly past is extraordinary. You know this joy would only last a while but while your at it, you are sure to take pleasure at every elated moment.

So heres to, the next presentation!

Keeping your hopes low is the way to go

2011-03-30T22:51:00.012+05:00

Pakistan vs. India World Cup Semi Final on 30th March 2011. Pakistan Lost. As usual we expected to win but emotions clouded our judgement. A cautious and better approach would have been to understand that we are the underdogs but still, Afridi, i salute your brilliance in your bowling to your captaincy to your post match apology. Everything was perfect. You have provided us with unparalleled excitement, happiness and hope.

This is however not the end. More matches are to come. The need is to reposition the cricket viewing stance in Pakistan. Its just a game!

Great people are born in a hopeless environment because when the going is good then everybody is going but its only when the going gets tough, its the tough who get going. Pakistan team, while others were hanging themselves on the media's false accusations, dying to believe what they heard, i was staring straight at the shining glory ahead but i admit you have left me hurt and broken. We took a heavenly ride throughout our silence but now the waiting has begun. The moment has arrived for killing the past and coming back to life.

Bursting the Carefree Bubble!

2011-03-17T22:03:00.008+05:00

Lets face it

For some of us the crucial switch from the carefree university life to the rest of the life is going to come as a surprise to say the least. The friends, environment, atmosphere you thought would be with you till the end disappears all of a sudden leaving a strange sense of loss. The biggest challenge is that no one sees it coming, albeit knowingly. You start to get comfortable in the university life, slowly and gradually start getting tuned to the routine so much so that you cannot think beyond it. Finishing write-ups a day before the submission, pulling all-nighters, studying chapters for the first time before an exam, projects, presentations etc., you get so caught up in the challenging routine that you fail to realize how much is going to change.

Life after graduation can be tough and challenging in its own way. I for one have seen it unfold in front of my eyes not once, but thrice. I have seen my three siblings graduate from university life into "real life" before me with their own concoctions, ideas and goals of life but all that changed. Although all happened for the better, it all unfolded differently from the dreams they had. We have no idea whats in store for us out in the real world. Chances are that some of us MIGHT NOT get into universities for higher education or the careers or job that we always dreamed of after graduation. I have seen FOREIGN QUALIFIED graduates from "prestigious" universities, Queen Mary and the like, work in the worst of government offices in lahore.

Rarely does life go as planned. All that planning seems to laugh at you as it starts to crumble, chaos surrounds you and the artificial world, that you made in your innocence, swirls away. Life is tough.The truth is, some of us can not even work outside our usual group of people, our friends, our batch fellows. Some of us cant even go a day without our "dawgs".

I,however, followed a different path.

While others have been looking for friendly internships filled with people their age, people their type and cool companies with corporate atmospheres, i took a different approach, a real, closer to real life approach. One that involved experiences that other organisations just can not provide. I worked at a government office where i knew no one, where employees aren't familiar with the concept of internships, where you cant differentiate between a customer and a service provider on the first day because it resembles a road side Truck Hotel/Tea Stop except for the food, where air conditioners don't work (A.C. ducts have rats the size of a small cat running along the edges), where people use fans to cool themselves, where wearing full sleeve formal shirts results in as much sweating as in a football match, where you have to work on wooden/broken chairs and desks, where (i am not kidding) a meter wide registers and type writers are used instead of computers for storing data, where the cafeteria is built in the storage rooms and the biggest source of entertainment in the break is having tea, which is a little bit of tea in cup of sugar. There is evidence to support the claim that government offices are hideous, you can't find a single picture on Google.

Similar is the story when i worked at a Call Center on the 12P.M to 7A.M night shift which gave a real feel of the pain people take to earn it in the real world, where people make a living out of making phone calls. Although i was lucky enough to have a few cousins working alongside me but most employees at that mediocre call center were working alone. The tedious duty of making repeated calls which almost always resulted in refusals by the customers gets boring, frustrating and intimidating in the very first hour of the job. When your employers key for motivation of the employees is a Rs.1000 for every successful call in addition to the basic salary, it is self explanatory of how tough it is to make a sale of a product the U.S, a product that you have never seen and all the knowledge that you have about the product is the specifications sheet you have rote learned. Every time you dial a number and hear a "hello?" from the other end of the phone you had to open fire of the rote learned specifications at the "potential customer" and most phone calls resulted in slamming of the receiver while you were still in the middle of your speech.

The biggest moment of excitement came when they give you a break from 4A.M to 5A.M, a time at which you are about to drop dead and all you can think of is your bed to sleep, in complete tranquility but that is just the starting of the last two most crucial hours of the job when the manager comes in to supervise because that is when the employees slacked off the most.

I have worked at another private company but lets not talk about that!

The gist of the matter is, wisdom comes from over coming whatever comes your way and i believe those summer internships added REAL EYE OPENING experience that no university, school, college,MNC like P&G or Unilever or a prestigious Bank could ever add.

"The realization of how lucky we are, we forget those who are so much worse off."

The point is to open your eyes BEFORE the wave hits you, because this is not the same as going from a high school to college to a university. Things are about to change.

But the end of innocence is not the end optimism. Life is a mixture of what happens, which you can't control and what you do, that is totally in your control. There are its moments of joy, the memories that are sure to last forever. So relax, accept, move forward and be wiser and happier than before.

Shahbaz Sharif pumped up shakes the life out of the mic

2010-12-28T03:25:00.005+05:00

I admire Shahbaz Sharif for much of his hard work and for his pubilicity stunts too.

On a more serious note, shahbaz sharif and charlie chaplin have a great deal in common, besides the moustache. The style of speech for instance. Watch BOTH videos below:

Charlie chaplin version of a similar speech in a movie. All of it is worth watching but that part (starts 3:40 onwards):

Don't deliberate, DISTRACT!

2010-12-21T19:24:00.008+05:00

Thinking is a tool that has been granted to all human kind and of which all other animals have been deprived. Whereas all animals act on passion and instinct, we humans “ think” or so it is believed.

History has proven that although we have been given the gift of thinking, we have not yet learnt to use it for our good, let alone master it.

As is with young ones, when they fix their eyes on something, they holler and cry until their needs are met, so it is with us "GROWN UPS".

The best solution would be to DISTRACT yourself from it and get yourself occupied with something else. Say your hobby, for instance.

In no way am i hinting at giving up your dreams, goals and objectives and suffice with what you already have. Be positive and optimistic but accept whatever your situation is and solve the problem when the time is right, without deliberating on it in the present.

The idea is, this life is too short, life hereafter may be eternal but this one is too short for deliberating over aspects that are out of your control, detract yourself and get busy with something else that makes you feel better, laugh and be merry. There will always be things that bring upon hopelessness and dejection and when they do, DISTRACT. (

I am hoping that by typing this word in capital letters it would be imprinted it on my mind.)

For instance, If you come across a hurdle while driving that you know you would not be able to cross, you steer around or change your course, however when a similar situation arises in our daily process of thinking, goal setting and achieving we go for a head on collision with the obstacle keeping us from following our dreams.

Don’t deliberate, DISTRACT.

Young ones and grownups are all the same. We holler, cry and get annoyed when the world denies what we yearn for. When we come across something that bothers us, we just cannot get over it, we ponder over it persistently. That is our biggestproblem.

Just like we DISTRACT our little siblings to get them to stop crying and asking for things we know are not good for them, we need to DISTRACT ourselves when we come across something that is bothering us, to something that makes us happy. Don't deliberate, DISTRACT.