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Rawal Lake on July 17, 2010

Nauman Faridi — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:53:24 +0000

Have you been to the Rawal Lake lately?

Well, I have, but, I wish I hadn’t. I went to the lake to relax and enjoy the windy evening. What I saw was shocking and sickening. Do you know that now you have to walk for a full 10 minutes from the place where the water used to be to get to where the water is now? Most of the lake has dried.

Here are a few snaps of the lake.

This is where the lake was:

A sign reminding the visitors that swimming isn’t allowed in the lake. It fails to explain “what lake?”

This is where the lake “was”. Boats are now there for dogs to sleep in:

More boats, more dog houses:

Here is the walkway to where the remains of the lake. This walkway was underwater just a few days ago:

Oh look, there is some water there:

And there is hope, always:

May God bless Pakistan.

Why We (Shouldn’t) Hate HR

Nauman Faridi — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:16:26 +0000

“So the next time you, as an employee, get frustrated with HR, or you, as an HR executive, get frustrated with your role inside the company, stop sweating the small stuff and start asking the big questions: Why would great people want to be part of your organization in the first place?”

http://bit.ly/c6IHmH

The Top Recession-Proof Jobs

Nauman Faridi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:09:04 +0000

Planning for a career change?
Would like to know how secure it is to be in your current profession?

Find out from the list of The Top Recession-Proof Jobs.

Understanding Flow Charts

Nauman Faridi — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:50:31 +0000

As per IEEE ComputerSociety , a flowchart is a graphical representation of a process or the step-by-step solution of a problem, using suitably annotated geometric figures connected by flowlines for the purpose of designing or documenting a process or program.

Here is a much better explanation:

Very Happy Eid Mubarak to Everyone

Nauman Faridi — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:27:54 +0000

May you all have a very happy and blessed Eid. Enjoy these wonderful
days and remember those who need our help.

EID MUBARAK.

Are you that honest?

Nauman Faridi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:59:41 +0000

“Back in 2007 we had a customer who tried to pay for the download in Pakistan…” continue reading World’s Most Conscientious Customer Completes Botched Software Purchase Over A Year Later.

Pakistan, Forex and Musharraf

Nauman Faridi — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:28:26 +0000

With the current account deficit widening, inflation boiling at over 24% and foreign reserves dieing out at the rate of $1 billion a month. Pakistan’s economic indicators seem to have taken a nose dive. Where did it start and when will it end? Continue reading…

How to avoid recession!

Nauman Faridi — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:11:18 +0000

Here is what seems like the best suggestion among all the do this do that crap.

From: [snip] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:33 AMTo: [snip]Subject: How to avoid recession!Stock Index is constantly on the course down, many solid banks are on the edge of bankruptcy, Wall Street is down in panic, WHAT SHALL WE DO?!!!Just keep in mind that emotional stress would not help your health and take an antidepressant from our store, now twice as cheap as in any other one.P.S And let the crisis help himself!

I (almost) always delete SPAM without reading it. This is the one I am glad I didn’t miss.

Vietnam to ban small-chested drivers

Nauman Faridi — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:59:57 +0000

If you think we have strange laws in Pakistan, think again. Small-chested Vietnamese will soon be banned from driving motorbikes.

Cool, eh?

Debugging the specifications

Nauman Faridi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:13:51 +0000

“The hardest part of the software task is arriving at a complete and consistent specification, and much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification.”– Frederick P. Brooks, No silver bullet , 1987.�

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