Randomness Infinite

Going on…

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:35:00 +0000

I have moved to Oxford. My family is not happy and I have had a fair bit of grief from them. But then again that was expected.

I do quite love Oxford… I am settling in well and I am still awe struck by the old buildings, the architecture, and the fact that there is everything from a Halal KFC, Nandos, Subways to Spanish and Chinese take away, a Chicken Cottage, a Kebab Kid, and all that within walking distance. The area also seems to be a big centre of Italian stuff. In fact central Oxford actually has Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant as well. Not been there yet though.

I went on a scrounge to find a Sheesha place in Oxford, but apparently it has closed down now. If anybody knows of any, do tell.

Confession. I pretend to use the force on automatic doors and wave them open.

Confession. I am the broodiest man you will ever meet. I have been meaning to read Alice in Wonderland again for ages, but from a philosophical point of view. I have read a couple of chapters, and all I can think about is reading it out aloud to somebody. Obviously somebody being a kid! I mentioned it on Twitter and apparently nobody likes that! LOL!

I quite like soups. I have not yet made one though Cup-a-soups rock!

I am absolutely in love with this song right now. I do not have proper internet at home yet, and the moment I do I will download their album!

I have been to Cambridge twice this week. Its a 200 mile round trip. I am not amused.

I hope to get my broadband tomorrow. At least that is what the text from the broadband company says. Apparently the line here should be about 20 meg. Beats the barely 1 meg I had back when I lived with the folks.

My house mate cooks a mighty fine pasta. He has spent a few months in Italy.

I have still not blogged about my trip to Rome. That is because I have not been able to upload the pictures. I did upload them to facebook ages ago.

I am yet to blog about the Sailing trip too.

And yes, just down the road from where I live, you can see pretty much a good aerial view of Oxford because our home is on top of a hill. I’ll try to get a day and night shot there soon :) .

Can you meet me half way?
Right at the borderline…

I do not know many party places here in Oxford. Any tips?

Since moving, I have been sleeping properly. That is a great thing. Something I deemed impossible. I do have to buy a bed though. I have a mattress I sleep on, and in good university hostel boy style it is sat in a corner of the room. I will buy it soon… Just have not bothered yet!

I have taken a few days off since I had a few to spare. Only in work for 6 days after tomorrow but sadly the holidays are scattered. Need to find things to do.

Do you want me to visit you? Do something? I need ideas !!!

Oxford has a great bus service, and busses from Oxford go to London round the clock. So I should not have to drive to London like I used to!

And well yeah that is it really… a few random facts and things about and from me! I hope to post a lot more in the near future.. till then Au Revoir!

Monologue

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:18:00 +0000

I don’t deserve you…

I have heard that way too much in my life. I wish I didn’t.

It is not like I am a great person.

It only ends up in tears. I wish it does not this time!

Shorthand

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:23:00 +0000

I came across this in the news today… The miraculous wonder that is short hand!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8356000/8356176.stm

The first ever time I came across short hand was when I was a wee child. I happened to be at my dad’s office and he had called in this guy and I cannot remember why but given him a bit of a scolding.

Once done, he took to dictating something he wanted him to type out for him.

So there I was sat, next to this guy, and my dad was talking while he scribbled these funny things on his notepad.

And I wondered… is he taking the mick?

Later I mentioned it to my dad where he told me what shorthand was.

It was one of those OOOHHHH moments for me!

Fireworks

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +0000

I know I have not been around for ages but then again I am without a broadband connection and have been generally busy!

Here is a picture I took with my mobile during the bonfire weekend in Milton Keynes.

I love it because it is not about the fireworks, but about the people.

Love how everybody is just totally enthralled by what they see. It could very well be brain washing.

The ultimate geek chart

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:07:00 +0000

I came across this on xkcd.com recently. I think this is the ultimate geek chart. I already have printed this out on A3 !!!

Click the picture for the link to the comic, where you can get a full sized version if you click on the image!

Monologues

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +0000

It is funny...

How going through a set of pictures,

A bunch of notes, some words, some memoirs,

A video, a song, a drink, a dance...

And most of all... during a conversation...

For a very brief moment

A small instant

You fall in love

And you want the moment to last forever

And then the instance passes

The moment is gone

And then you forget all about it...

Last Seven Days

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:06:00 +0000

In the last seven days, I have been to Rome and back, sailed from Portsmouth to Brighton and back to Portsmouth, and moved out of my folks to my own place.

The curious case of the news that never happened

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Last night, first time since Michael Jackson's death, a new hit the world of internet and media by storm. CNN was doing a live coverage, and within an hour or so BBC caught up with what was going on.

Apparently a 6 year old boy, called Falcon, had climbed into his fathers experimental helium filled balloon aircraft and floated away, without any ability to control the craft. There was no knowledge whether the said balloon would even make a safe landing. Soon the media helicopters had the balloon on a live cam, you had maps showing the balloon's path and exact co-ordinates. Twitter as usual jumped in on the action and 8 of the leading 10 trends on twitter were related to the young lad.

And then the balloon landed, and there was no Falcon inside.

In fact he had been hid in his garage while the whole world was trying helplessly to find him.

Makes you think really! A drama that went on for a good two hours. Was it staged? Is that bad parenting? The family had already been on a popular show called Wife Swap. Did they miss the attention? Though they deny all such charged, you have to think. And if it was a genuine case, what about the two searches the forces had done of their house. So it was the brother who claimed he had seen him crawl into the balloon as it took off. Why was the not so intelligent intelligence services able to catch that lie, of a little child, when they claim to be able to break down even the hardest criminals. I may be exaggerating matters a bit here, but you have to think. The world we live in, is changing rapidly. Where hoax news is more important than actual issues, and a bit of fun has more importance than the value of life itself!

Monologues

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:06:00 +0000

I want to hold onto you
For my own selfish purposes
To fulfil my hunger and lust
To leech upon your soul
To leech upon your body
Till I need you…

And then let you go!

Oxford

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:55:00 +0000

I just cannot be arsed to write much about it. So I will just post some photos I took…

That is a brand if there was one!

Just love this photo for so many reasons.

I have even done an edit for it which is my desktop now :D

How amazing is the naming of these two shops eh!!!

Some old building!

YUM… ME!

Christ Church… known to the world as Hogwarts

And some more OLD stuff…

Capturing the moment! Also reminds me of a story I read ages ago Readers Digest, about a jackhammer man!

We have one of these in Lahore, and I am sure the one in Lahore is better than this! LOL

More hot stuff found in the centre!

Blackwell… one of the oldest bookshops in Oxford. And everything was well expensive in there!

Oxford also has a massive cycling culture!

Once I was too tired with it all I thought it is time to have one of these. I just love Shake Away, if you have one near you go try it… NOW! If not, find one near you! Or come to MK! (this was of course in Oxford)

Another shot I just love! Maybe when pigeons take over this is what the world will look like!

Also, is it just me, but these also seem to be staring at me.

Have animals just learnt to pose?

These are the books those pigeons read before they took over the world!

Umm… there were more pics too.. but I think I have had enough… Lol…

So yeah.. enjoy :D

Stony Stratford

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:17:00 +0000

Stony Stratford is a village which is part of Milton Keynes, but in itself a very historic town. It has existed since the 12th century, and formed the path between Birmingham and London, and used to host travellers. As far as history goes, many kings have visited this town. Formed around River Ouse, this has the famous movie Cock and Bull story attached to it, based on the two very famous inns located here, The Cock and the Bull. A smart little town now, it is clean and I found the locals very friendly :).

The area is just full of flowers and old buildings. Those who live in Milton Keynes know that we may have flowers in abundance, we lack in old buildings, something which is very un-British about Milton Keynes.

I seem to have some sort of fascination with doors!

This building was of course born in 1863.

After going through the town a bit, I decided to walk a bit further. Now the River Ouse is the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. Right on the bridge you have a sign saying welcome to Northamptonshire, and a bit on distasteful graffiti on it!

The River Ouse Valley as the area is called, seems to have lots of sheep around it. And wherever they saw you, they stared hard at you!

I am quite proud of this shot actually. It was very windy and very hard to keep this lil bugger in focus! This tree just seemed so enchantingly mysterious!!! I actually quite like this shot too. Says so much! I walked a bit further down. I was hoping to find the Secret Garden, which is somewhere in Wolverton, but never got to it. But I ended up in the area next to Wolverton Railway Station and took a few more shots there.

This is me walking under a bridge. I have no idea why I like it, but I do.

Another one of those go down on your knees to take it shot. Seems mysterious and nice to me :) Another example of sheep staring at you!

Street performances at the Hub:MK

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:52:00 +0000

So Milton Keynes is perhaps a dull city, or so is the impression. But it does offer things if you look out for them. Last Saturday there were street performances in the Hub, which is the restaurant galore of Milton Keynes. It went on from 11 – 3, and me being me, I only got there for about 1 I think, and just saw three performances. I mainly went for Titan the Robot, but all of them were equally good, though Titan was no doubt the star of the show.

First up was this couple of performers from Portugal. Oh yes, we had some international stars here!

This was their set. One was a short guy (okay he was a midget, but that is so politically incorrect!), and another thin normal guy, who somehow I have missed pictures of. I took a few, but I think they may be in the mobile.

This was their back drop. You can see the kids were really there!

The headless midget seriously freaked some of the kids out. But then again, who can blame em!

This was followed by a jump into a cup, and I still cannot believe I have no pictures of it.

This was followed by Mr Midget doing a mime.

Once those guys had gone, this British chap came up. I think his name was Steve Ballmer, but I maybe wrong. He started off by making everybody clap like crazy, because that attracts crowds, and so it did. He was a funny chap, and you may notice, bit of a poser!

We also had a statue man in the corner. And then, they all gave way for Titan the mighty. I have never seen such an act before. Seriously! I do not know whether there is a guy inside him or whether it is all machines, but man he is good!

He even cried if he got emotional. And I don’t know why but this aunty next to him smiling towards the camera features in a lot of photos I took of Titan. I also made a couple of videos. :D Let me see if I can upload them :D

There you go.. this shall be the first of oh so many blogs that are coming your way!

Enjoy!

Mile high blogging...

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Though I may not have become a member of the mile high club, I could do something different, at leats something i have not done before... Blog while in flight.

I got back to work today after a week. And the month before had been one spent fasting and all that. So I get back and my manager asked me if I could do this lil trip to Zurich. As usual I said yes. And here I am, a few hours later, about ten minutes from landing!

Now I have actually not flown for a long time. Last I flew was actually to Zurich, about six months back, and it was a one day return trip. At least today I get to sleep there!

One thing that always gets me is the adrenalin rush I get right at take off. Love that feeling!

Today is a great day for flying. I was lucky enough to get a window seat and its absolutely beautiful out there! The moment I took off from Luton I spotted the Luton Hoo Hotel, which I have actually written about before. It looks lovely from above.

I also noticed windmills in the sea between us and France. Never noticed them before.

Funnily, it is dark night over Zurich as we prepare to land. Quite a sunny day when I left UK about an hour ago!

Its time I shut up n prepare to land...

(Insert ten minute pause here)

So yeah, we have landed... I think my ears have gone immune to the whole pressure buildup thing!

The moment we landed I heard a bit of applause from back of the plane... Always good to have a few happy chappies in the plane.

We are slowly shifting towards the taxi area.

I wonder when i'll be able to send this, tonight ot when I finally get back! We'll see!

The girl next to me was reading a german book. They speak german in Zurich. Which is funny because they speak french in Geneva. People from Zurich communicate with people in Geneva in english. She would break into bit of a smirk every now n then between her book. Must be funny!

I think we are finally approaching the taxi area...

So yea... I should stop this blog ala plane and bid you fairwell!

Way back...

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:30:00 +0000

1925 swiss time... I am sat at a self service restaurant at zurich airport...theres an under 20s footie match between USA and Cambodia on. I have never seen so many players get hurt on the football field. Also I don't think I have seen such clumsy football skills in a long time. Or such sympathetic referees! Just dance by lady gaga on in the background!

1955 swiss time... Gone through security and passprt control Unlike other airports zurich airport has passport n security check just before the gate. As a result if you did buy a swiss knife in the airport you most probably have to give up on it at security. So beware!

Was wondering what to occupy my mind with on the flight back.... Have a laptop, this phone, a nintendo ds lite and the ipod touch. Will go with the ipod touch. There are a few games i would like to try on there, and of course i can actually keep up with the blog there.

The original plan was of course a book, but my occampanying book, 'This is not a book', finished soon after I boarded the last flight. Hence how the mile high blog came into existence.

In front of me is boarding a flight towards moscow. I have never been to moscow. I think that would be a really cool place to visit. People goin to moscow are having their passports stamped... I love having stamps on my passport! All i have is Japan, Canada and Pakistan!

FYI, you have to pay extra on sleazy jet for musical and sports equipments!

2018 hrs british time... Just taken off... Zurich, or the city one tends to see as one takes off, is lit quite pecularly. You see lit patches, almost arrranged in different shapes. I think i spotted a chicken as well as an almost dragon.

The beauty of travelling across timezones is of course how one gains time when travelling west. Of course what you gain is what you lost originally when you travelled east... Which of course implies that using the correct air/travel speeds one may travel in time (sort of) by going east or west.

And if not, atleast a good way to kill time would be to keep going east, till suddenly you find yourself in the west and the only time you have killed is the time you spent travelling. Which is not a bad way to spend time mind you!

Talking of time travel, theres one thoery which i heard on QI which sounds the most plausible. For if time travel is ever invented in the future, why have we not had any coming back to us in their past. The theory takes time travel and puts it in the same category as phones or faxes. That is to make a call to a certain number/fax you need to have one their already. You cannot just call aunt Sue if she does not have a means to a phone. Also you do have the fact that there is actually no law in physics which makes time travel impossible.

Time travel is often associated with the theory of relativity. Though one may say that Einstien was the Einstein behinf the theory of relativity, it was actually Galileo who discovered it originally. He also seemed to have discovered the force of gravity much before Newton blamed it for a bruise on his head.

Apple was the answer to the last riddle in 'The Da Vinci Code'. I have not yet read the Lost Symbol. However, i have an app on the iPod which goes through some of the stuff in the National Gallery in London. Just gone through an artistic appreciation of Virgin on the Rocks by Da Vinci.

Leonardo from the Ninja Turtles was named after Da Vinci. Funnily he was not called Da Vinci, for that is what Mr Vinci is most famous for.

The turtles, have been stuck in the whole 'teenage' for the last 20 odd years. Then again Bart Simpson has been a 10 year old for the same time. Though i suppose Maggie is the worst one off, being in diapers that long.

2112 hrs british summer time. We descend towards luton and the night gives us the pleasure of a clean beautiful view, i can see quite a lot. Our cities are more scattered compared to what I saw in Switzerland, as far as night lights were concerned, where I saw clusters, almost forming shapes and patterns.

I have been ordered (sort of) told to switch this off so i suppose i'll just hit send now, and see you next when i am back in the world of internet!

Au revoir!

Teachers...

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:10:00 +0000

I do not know why I have a sudden urge to write about this, but I do.

Teachers... they are absolutely great, and it is quite noble what they do.

But a lot of us are not good at many things, science, mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry and many others, while others are!

I think it comes down to teachers. I have had some really great teachers in my life, but some absolutely shite ones too!

I know a lot of people who hate mathematics, or do not like physics, and have the concept that they just cannot do it!

Well I say, give me something you are good at, and most probably you are good at some aspect of science without realizing it.

Go on... tell me!

I shall blog

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:49:00 +0000

So there are a few things I shall be blogging about sooner or later…

I may have done it today but I left the camera in the car and just cannot be arsed to bring it in and download the photos!

But hey, what a win by Pakistan in cricket today eh? I have not seen cricket in a long time, and wow… just loved it… it maybe streamed and on a tiny resolution, still courtesy of Geo, but it was amazing :D … I went so excited I put myself in Twitter Jail ! And that has not happened in a long time!!!

My nightmares are on a high again. The night before I was having micro nightmares and kept waking up. That only minutes into when I had decided to go to sleep. Eek.

I had mega ones today. The ones where you are just hung in a whole depressed state. It was themed around my family moving homes, but finding hard letting go. The home that I have lived the most time in my life in. The one in PU. 16 years I lived there… which for 25, is a lot!

There there were others based around shouting and fighting matches *shudders*…

On the high note, I went to the Hub:MK today and they had street performers there as well as Titan the Robot. Who was amazing! I shall post up videos and pictures up soon. The videos are already up on YouTube so if you are among the 3 odd who have subscribed to my videos, you would have already seen them.

There was also my trips to Oxford and Cambridge during the week. Totally amazing.

And yes Pizza Hut in Cambridge have an amazing happy hour deal. Maybe they have it all around UK. I do not know! LOL… but yes for 4 pounds you get a pizza, garlic bread, and a drink!

Also, here is some food for thought…

Your bodily cells die and change once every 7 years, so much that you pretty much have a new body every 7 years. So are you a same old brand new you every 7 years, or just same old same old you?

Also, imagine a soap opera scenario, where you are a sinner and have an accident, loose all memory, and recover into a good person… do you go straight to heaven… or do you get punished for the acts you do not remember? Some would say yes, for forgiveness is great, there is the matter of Tau’ba (the act of giving up all sins in hope of forgiveness) and all that. Now look at the opposite scenario… same happens to a good guy, and he wakes up bad… would his good deeds hold any weight?

You think therefore you are… but if you are who you think you are… then why are you what other people think of you!

And this was a very like me post which I have not done in some… :)

Dreams...

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:20:00 +0000

Awake and trying to sleep...
I seem to remember all the dreams I am yet to see...

Mama-se Mama-sa Ma-kossa

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:54:00 +0000

Ages ago I posted a question, as to did anybody know what this term means, which featured originally in Michael Jackson songs and later taken on by Rihanna.

I just received a comment which gives the best explanation so far…

Courtesy of Mr/Miss Force, who sadly did not leave a link/blog address, here it is:

In the African Duala language, MAKOSSA means the TWISTING and SHAKING MOVEMENTS of the DANCER. KOSA means to PEEL or REMOVE and TEAR AWAY.
Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma can be words with MA made up to fit the rhythm and rhyme of the song about dancing. Ma Coo Sa is the dancing and peeling away. So combined in the ad-lib verse it basically means DANCE AND PEEL AWAY.
Michael Jackson danced with amazing twisting and shaking movements. Some people tried to peel away at his life. So Michael is symbolically saying, They peel away at my life but I dance above it.
The meaning of Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa,Ma Ma Coo Sa is:
I DANCE I DANCE THEY PEEL AWAY, I DANCE THOUGH THEY PEEL AWAY

The Holiday

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +0000

So yes, as I was saying, I shall be on holiday all this week, and I plan to do something everyday that is worth blogging about, and hence those who have missed me, may get to read some of me, and those who do not really care much for me, may get to see that I do get up to exciting stuff sometimes, no matter how geeky it is, and those that are neither of all this, may get something to read.

My original plan was to hit Barcelona. But I plan to move nearer to work sometime this year and thought I should hold onto some of that cash.

So here I am.

I have plans.

Wednesday, which was formerly Thursday, is booked with a friend of mine. He is leaving to go back home (Pakistan) for good this Saturday. But meeting him will not hinder any plans. The plans stick!

I have planned to do a few things which are nearby, and around me, and may not mean going away, but should still provide some fun.

There is the little matter of going and visiting Oxford. I have worked near it for ages now but have still not explored the city properly.

Same is the case with Cambridge.

I actually have a book which I hope shall guide me through them, and make two good days out.

There is the matter of Woburn Abbey and Woburn Safari Park being quite close to my city. So most probably a day there is also on the menu.

Milton Keynes in itself has some to offer, and I plan to go about walking, discovering the ART in and around Milton Keynes, going to the MK Museum in Wolverton, going to Stony Stratford for a town walk, and if I get time, fit in the Bletchley Park Museum for another fun day and finally explore the things I missed out on, on my last visit. This should in itself constitute another day.

Of course the joy is that there is plenty of stuff available on going about these walks/adventures, as long as one is willing to!

I originally also planned to throw in a visit to Peak District, Lake District, and Cornwall, but seems like I am running out of days. However, the fun begins tomorrow as today I still have commitments with my family.

But this is where the good bit comes in… I still have ten days of holiday left this year, and take two out for the next Eid, I still have about 8 to play with, so I can easily fit in those whenever :D.

Eid… and the return of me…

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:09:00 +0000

So blimey and crickey and all of that, but here I am. Taking the first holiday I have taken all of this year. Which if you look at your calendar, is quite late into the year! Which also means even though I have taken this week off I have another ten days at my disposal, or two weeks, whichever way you may look at it, till November the 30th. That means I have been working a bit too hard at work, and though I have been posting random blurbs onto the blog I have had some people (you know who you are, *raises fist and shakes it in the air*) ask me why I have not been posting.

So hello, here I am, posting.

It was Eid yesterday, and though it was spent in the usual drag of driving family around places and had started off with a wonderful family fight (though a bit controlled one), it went okay in the end. We went to certain relatives where cricket and gizmos were the main discussion, mixed with footy, so it all went good.

Food was courtesy of the most posh un-posh desi restaurant in MK, Al-Kebabish Netherfeild, and after a whole day of practically not eating anything, went down quite well!

And such was Eid…

For the first time ever, or at least for me, Eid was celebrated on a single day all over UK, and most probably Europe.

And it is Eid today in Pakistan, so that lovely rosy Eid Mubarak thingy is dedicated to you :D All of you… Yes YOU TOO !!! :D

I now have a week off, all of it, and I plan to go out and about, but that is the discussion of my next blog.

Dream

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:48:00 +0000

I had a strange dream last night.

Amongst an ‘almost’ war happening between two states, to exams, and being back at my university, something kept echoing again and again.

You are good at this, do you write lyrics?

No, I just work on and around them.

Maybe you should… you really should write lyrics!

Return of the sophists!

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:15:00 +0000

The term Sufi, or Sophie even, or Sophists, they all stem from ancient Greece, the first intelligent civilization among the humans. The Egyptians before them, we do not know much about, so cannot really go there!

There were the days, when the Greeks were giving up mythology and getting into the world of logic, another word of Greek origin. You had the wise, who got paid to impart their wisdom, who did so happily, and who claimed to know.

These were the Sophists.

One of these, however, differed from the concept.

Socrates. He was the one to openly admit that all he knows is that he knows nothing. He even felt surprised when the Oracle of their era claimed him to be the wisest of them all.

He said that he was not a Sophist, not a wise man, not a knowledgeable person, but a mere lover of wisdom and knowledge, a philosopher.

And hence generations and generations of philosophers were born. The guys who gave us mathematics and algebra, physics and trigonometry, chemistry and the state of matter, medicine and biology.

Funny how the mother of all sciences is now considered an art in the world of education.

Then there came the Sufis. They were not philosophers anymore! They once again became the wise, and not just mere lovers of wisdom.

Smug? Proud? Or just another label?

Sometimes there is a lot in a name, and sometimes it is just a name…

Failing and passing!

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:08:00 +0000

Here’s a test I would most definitely fail:

Express yourself through the medium of sleep…

Whereas this is one I would most definitely pass, in fact score a lot in. Extra credit for creativity and imagination:

Express yourself through the medium of dreams!

Bletchley Park!

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Wow… the fact that I have lived next to this place for almost 4 years now and not visited seems really odd to me now!

So Bletchley Park, Britain's best guarded secret as it was called back in the 1940s, was where the German Intelligence was deciphered during the second world war. The place exhibits the Enigma machines (the ones used by Germans to code stuff, the Bombe machine, which was used to decode it by the Allies, and other random stuff from those days.

The place also has a section in Ian Fleming, famous for writing James Bond novels. He was a secret agent in real life and apparently he had close ties with the Bletchley Park staff during his time in WW2.

There is also the Bletchley Park Mansion, which was home to the owner of the place at that time. Also there is a old Rail works museum, British museum of computing history, amateur radios, and so much more. I have taken a few pictures from my mobile…

The worlds first integrated circuit !!! Oh how technology has moved on !!!

Posters from the war!!!

Remington type writers… for those in the know, these are precious!

TOP SECRET ULTRA, what was the level of SECRET for everything WW2!

Amateur Radios!!!

The pilot forgot where he parked this methinks!

The Bombe! It deciphered everything!

Alan Turing, the brains behind all this!!!

Just something I saw in the shop!

Of course then there is the ‘park’ in Bletchley Park!!!

Hater alert…

noreply@blogger.com (Sami Mughal) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:33:00 +0000

I seem to have a hater leaving random weird comments on my blog.

Needless to say… I have ARRIVED!!!

Thanks my friend from St Albans!