My Logical Philosophy!

Just another awesome day!

2011-05-02T03:49:00.008-04:00

Writing:

Writing is so much fun that I sometimes forget how much fun writing is!

Elections:

Elections are here, though I don't partake in any sorta political entanglement whatsoever but I'll just go and vote Liberals; just because I like the thought of being 'liberal'. Plus, I'd vote NDP or Conservatives if they had cool names, as:

NDP - Notoriously Dependable Party
Conservatives - Commoners

Policies or no policies, I can't tell a taste difference between Coke or Pepsi, but I like coke just 'cause I find it cooler than Pepsi.

The Osama story:

When you don't watch TV, read newspaper, and don't keep up with the world, this comes as a shock to you, "Osama died? This is the Bin Laden dude we're talking about, right? Damn!!!" I guess when you don't need 'em, you kill 'em :)

Sources:

Elections - http://digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/8/i/8/6/2/o/federa-leaders-canada-election2011.jpg
Coke/Pepsi - http://adoholik.com/2008/11/26/pepsi-vs-coke-battle-royale/
Rest in Peace - http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/efi/lowres/efin1656l.jpg

Bright Ideas!

2010-05-28T16:51:00.004-04:00

Have you ever wondered how all those amazing thoughts, those ground –breaking ideas, the ‘how can I rule the world’ sorta scheme comes to mind at some of the most inconvenient moments?

Really, it’s like, sometimes you wish you could stop your thoughts and switch them on at a more fitting time of the day. Though that rarely happens as your thoughts are just flowing through like water; more like a Mozart symphony, really!

Suddenly, when you’re sitting there all by yourself, and waiting for those thoughts to flow, they just don’t. Like, it’s destined to be, like there’s this tenacious universal force that’s not letting it happen.

Wouldn’t it be an infinitely cool thing if all your thoughts would just automatically get stored somewhere in your brain and you could print them out whenever you’d prefer?

So I figured, since at present I’m not blessed with this super awesome futuristic printer to print out all my amazing thoughts, I’d have to work with some conventional tools. More like a pen and paper.

Then there’s another thing; your thoughts run through like a rollercoaster while your hand writes like a turtle. Really, you’re mostly filtering out stuff. So basically round about 40 percent of the real thoughts really get penned down.

But it’s a good start!

I think God (universal force) really is at work and it intrigues me that there has to be a mystery behind all this. Ever wondered why we think all the time? Abso-bloodly-lutely all the time our brain is thinking of something. I keep imaging that God has encoded some ‘awesome’ information in those thoughts.

One day when I find a way to decode those thought-encryptions maybe I’ll get my 1 Trillion dollar in a jiffy. One day!

S L E E P !

2009-02-22T10:15:00.007-05:00

V: I know you probably don't care, but I'm about to break my 30 hours of no-sleep record
F: WTF is wrong with you? dude, you need to get yourself a gf
V: no, I need to get a life
F: lol, that too!
F: you need a girl so that she can listen to your problems
V: I don't have problems, I just have too many things to take care of

... 5 minutes later!

V: Holy, I think I do need a girl, but it can't be M or K
F: It's okay, I'll take M and Sam can have K, you can take that asian chick
V: Why-T-F does Sam get K? No, he can't have her.
F: First you don't want her and then you don't want anyone else to have her, WTH is wrong with you?
V: Yeah, that's how I like her.
F: lol, you're messed up!

Friends are so much fun!

I did end up breaking my no-sleep-record, it's 31 hours now. It's sad how, out of 168 hours in a week, I only sleep about 35 - 37 hours (5 hours/day). How do people get time to blog?

I can do it

2009-01-03T13:57:00.006-05:00

I remember, long ago, it was a rainy day and I was getting late while driving to work.

I was speeding because I had to be there on time, and it was just one of those days - the road was blocked, I had to get my car fixed, I had to pay my school fee, I was running out of money, and so much more.

There was so much going in my head, I didn't realize and I was suddenly going the wrong way and I noticed that there was a tear in my eye.

I felt that no matter what I do, it just won't get better. I was trying my best but it never seemed to end.

No matter how hard I tried to think positive there was something in my head that kept telling me that 'you're just living on false hope and it will never work out'.

I wanted to cry and cry so much that all those problems would just go away.

Then, just like how it happens in movies, while I was driving, this guy I knew just came as a glowing light in my mind, and I remember he once told me that, 'Say it, if you want it to happen, just say it to yourself just the way you want it to happen, and it will happen'

I had nothing to lose, so I kept saying out loud of how I wanted everything to be without knowing how to get there.

I don't know if it worked or no, but my problems somehow got solved even when I thought they never will.

I noticed then that if you look at all those successful people out there, you see that they keep saying that while growing up they told themselves that they will be successful even without knowing how, and if you look at all those failures out there, they keep telling themselves that, “I’m a failure” and so they become one.

What you tell or show your brain how something needs to be done is how it’s going to register it. Do it by just thinking about it, saying it out loud, or writing it down.

Dwight Howard, an NBA player, once said that when he was in grade 5, or something, he wrote in his wish-list that he wanted to be an NBA player, and wanted to be the No. 1 draft pick. What are the odds, but he achieved it. I doubt he knew, in grade 5, how to get there.

The Law of Attraction

2008-12-29T21:24:00.005-05:00

"This law demonstrates how we create the things, events, and people that come into our lives.

Our thoughts, feelings, words, and actions produce energies which, in turn, attract like energies.

Negative energies attract negative energies and positive energies attract positive energies."

Imagine you force yourself to wake up in the morning after only 4 hours of sleep and something inside of you tells you that ‘it’s just going to be a shitty day’. You head towards the bathroom to get freshened up. You’re in the bathroom, minding your own business, and while reaching for the towel, boom, you slip. You really hurt yourself, but you manage. Then there you are, ready to take a shower and as soon as you open the tap, cold chilled water comes running down on you, you scream and look for escape. It just seems to be getting worse.

There you are, finally managing to get through the shower horror, you put your shirt on and notice that it’s missing a button, you look for another shirt but it’s not ironed properly. You manage to find one shirt, but it’s not your favorite. You comb your hair but sadly it’s one of those days where you’re just bound to have a bad hair day. You keep staring yourself in the mirror wondering if Nadia is going to notice you today with the ugly hair, messy shirt, and a deprived sleepy face. Obviously there isn’t a very optimistic thought to it but you carry on.

You are now ready to eat some breakfast, you pour yourself some tea and when you take a sip you notice that it’s a bit too sweet. Your taste buds are going all crazy now, and you don’t feel like eating anything. You become hasty and that’s it, you lose your balance and now the tea is all over the floor. You just hate it.

You are running late now, so you’re racing towards your car and on your way you just can’t help but think ‘why does it always have to be me? This is horrible, it’s going to be one of my worse days, it keeps getting worse … I hate my life’

Congratulations, you have just made your day one of the most horrible days in your life.

I don’t think, but I know and I believe that we make our own life, and even shape our own destiny. When you create those negative energies, they flow and create more negative energies.

The best way to fight a negative energy is to do something positive, and then another positive until your positive energies start flowing.

‘Good luck to you on living a beautiful life’

Things to do.

2008-12-19T07:27:00.004-05:00

- Get a new blog template. Done!

Edited: 29th December 2008

Running back to where you once loved being ...!

2007-03-02T07:48:00.001-05:00

'Look, he's back, oh my God, ... he looks so much better, aaaa!'

I am back and felt like making my presence being noticed. So we all need a reason, a wrong turn maybe, to get back to where we once use to be - and were happy about it.

Thanks to Faraz Anwar and his beloved Mizraab, they bothered to release 'Ujaloon Main', which eventually made me ponder again in stepping out the darkness, getting back to what I'm actually good at - writing.

Anybody who still didn't get a hold of the song - you can run here: http://mizraabianz.com/dusk/

sO YOU SEE ME?

2006-06-02T04:38:00.000-04:00

My Art 1

2006-04-23T17:42:00.000-04:00

... and what is hidden behind a picture may never unveil. It's a mere secret, ... of a creator!

Through A Child's Eye?

2006-04-12T17:17:00.000-04:00

So my cousin forwarded an email about What kids would want to ask God? A few images are below.

It made me wonder of my times as a kid. My mom use to always tell me that 'one day this world will end, and there will be a judgement day, where you'd have to give a major test on your whole life'. I actually thought that Allah (God) would evaluate us by giving a Short Answers&Questions Test. Being a bad kid I was, I couldn't come up with an honest way to think about how to prepare for the test - and the only think I could scheme was, how to make the best cheat sheet possible!

Yes, I actually believed that God will tell us to do a written test.

Charles Schultz Philosophy

2006-02-15T17:07:00.001-05:00

I got a mail from one of my friend on 'Charles Schultz Philosophy' which tend to state that:

"The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most
credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care."

... and a few questions in context, so I felt like actually making an attempt to answer them. I wanted this to be really my personal writing, but then again, this blog is my personal writings, so why shouldn't I put them here. There are some things that are too cheesy, but I guess ...

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

- Ms. Richardson ::: A lot of my friends thought I had a crush on her, and maybe I did ;) But if she wasn't there, I wouldn't have loved Physics so much!

- Ms. Lash ::: She taught me everything about school - Period! She passed away last year, it was sad.

- Mr. Futa ::: Obviously "Teachers are just not teachers, they can be friends"

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

- Arsalan a.k.a Sunny a.k.a Bon Jovi Sunny (BJS) ::: Partner In Crime is always there to help you through!

- Oh, my countless cousins and so-called cousins! Deserve to be mentioned here.

- Lost friends - Taha and Haroon a.k.a Laurel and Hardy ::: Remember saving me in a fistfight.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

- Firstly my parents ::: Enormous stuff

- Samir ::: "The worst of 'em people also got a good side - you just have to search for it"

- Zeeshan ::: In a way taught me, "No matter what, everyone can reach to the T O P"

- My wise Mamu (Mothers' brother) ::: In a way, "If girlfriend's an orange, then wife's an apple, and apple can never taste like an orange - vice versa"

- Aziz Uncle ::: Those childhood stories with a moral.

- Sana ::: In a way "Never accuse a girl even if she was doing the exact to you - bad things happen"

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

- Infinite amount of people really!

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Though there are a lot: cousins, familial, close friends, etc - but some exceptional few do come to mind.

- Murlizee ::: Just when we think we are going to get through something without a brick misplaced - things happen ;)

- Grandpa ::: A heteroclite character: you just can't tell what you're up for when you're with him - amazing!

- Mr. Mushtaq ::: He came from England and I from Canada, and where do we dropped in? Middle of Oman. A guy with gargantuan stuff to talk about.

- Tariq Bhai ::: I can count the amount of times I probably met him, because it hasn't been many. Though he's my cousin but makes the list: he's an exceptional character - I always had a rollercoaster time with him.

- Aaliya ::: My list may be gender bias but she covers up for all of the above. Things really happen when she's around, and she can be a weird character at times. We really have met each other at odd times, and places; while time spend with her has been a rollercoaster ever since! Yikes!

Conclusion:

We just forget how much people
around us mean - because they are the one who make a difference in our life, and
are surely the one who make us who we are.

Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H ...

2006-02-05T01:21:00.000-05:00

I'm sure we all must have heard about the "Jyllands-Posten Muhammad [PBUH] cartoons controversy" - Well, I don't have much to say, but my two cents:

"About the caricature; I don't know if those drawings were a right thing or a wrong thing to do, but what I can say is that the specified masses behind this dubious act probably don't understand what Islam is!

... and that's something what matters to me. We Muslims may have lacked somewhere to better delineate the populace of this world, what Islam is!

... and that's what hurts - a lot!"

Butchery Pakistan

2006-02-01T21:15:00.000-05:00

Picture is worth a thousand words, but ...

Pakistan beat India by 341 runs to register their biggest win ever in runs, and finishing a Test series win by 1 - 0.

I could've bet my life on the fact that Indians didn't bowl as such required. Couldn't also believe that more than half of the people thought, for good, about the pitch being dead. Bowling a scrambled seam of just the third delivery from the second new ball by Irfan Pathan ensured that Indians' were hopping on the wrong tracks. Rahul Dravid was extra tender-hearted towards his bowlers when they did such a crummy job on a pitch that always had something in it for everyone. To sum it all up: there was everything wrong about the Indian bowling attack.

Nevertheless, Pakistan deserved to have a win, after rattling on 39 for 6, not many would've thought that on the fourth day they'd stand head up! Especially after knowing that out of 20 wins in Karachi National Stadium, 17 wins came batting second and only T H R E E wins batting first. Props to Pakistan for shaking the record books.

some of 'em even talk!

Abnormal

2006-01-30T23:27:00.000-05:00

I know there's something not right about me, but I didn't expect all this! Got it off Asma's blog!

You Are 64% Abnormal

You are at high risk for being a psychopath. It is very likely that you have no soul.

You are at medium risk for having a borderline personality. It is somewhat likely that you are a chaotic mess.

You are at high risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is very likely that you are in love with your own reflection.

You are at medium risk for having a social phobia. It is somewhat likely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement.

You are at high risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is very likely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.

How Abnormal Are You?

Random Quote!

2006-01-27T01:44:00.000-05:00

"I just removed her from my life, because she dumped me"

-unknown-

An apple for meal

2006-01-26T20:01:00.000-05:00

Life's been so busy that even an apple sounds like a meal. 'What?' - Yeah exactly!

Dad's back in Middle East now - when I went to drop him at the airport, and while wrapping-up all the leave-taking formalities I glommed in his eyes and could heed how much he loved his children. It scares me, 'cause for all what he did for us, those sacrifices; I wouldn't want to disappoint him ever.

For some flaky reasons, I've been listening to a lot of Mozart these days. Beats me!

Photo Credit: http://www.hoursofdarkness.com/

Classic Movie I am!

2006-01-12T19:54:00.000-05:00

Since I have no time to write a constructive post and I thought this was interesting. Here's one more Quiz.

This one is surely me! All me!

What Classic Movie Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Kewl - Che G Rocks!

2006-01-08T00:22:00.000-05:00

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Lifes' Dilapidation

2006-01-07T01:45:00.000-05:00

So Omair asked me a great question which I think doesn't have a perspicuous answer to it - but I thought I'll still share it. I know life can sometimes be an acrimony to us but it never hounds us to be a gloomy or somber soul. Its we who choose to be that way!

So these are roughly very plain comments with a few mistakes in it, though I've tried to cover most of the typos' in [ ].

Omair: ... how happy are you in your life, if not personal question? like seriously, you have no tensions at all??????????????????? I mean you can get happiness by praying and stuff and I do but still there are some events in life that make you think about the reality of life, even though they dont make me sad, but they present a glooming atmosphere. what do you think?

Me: I have tensions. A lot of 'em. But I taken it as 'part of life'. I mean, nothings easy in life, and by being all depressed about it and listening to stuff that makes you even [more] sad - I think that's not a good idea ;)

My point is that, we should try to keep ourself happy even if we are not - because you have to be positive to achieve something. Listening to depressing songs and thinking that 'yeah maybe the guy is right, we are all sad, we are doomed, we live in an evil world', is the wrong approach.

Not getting good grades and becoming what you desired to be; Not getting the girl of your dreams and etc [is] stuff that really doesn't matter and we pay too much attention to it. That's our problem, we focus on things that are materialistic.

Ask yourself for a second what are you here to do in this world? Be a doctor and make your parents/friends/people happy that you are an intelligent person, or make your Allah [God] happy by doing what HE created you for?

Agree that you have to get knowledge, but to use it for the well-being of Allah's creation is what you are sent here for.

Think about it, you [don't have] a lot of problems around you. All you have to do is, pray, give zakat, Hajj/Umrah, a few more things, being nice to others, doing nice things for them, good to neighbors, obedient to parents and a little other things.

I always say it; Life's not hard, we make it look hard.

I already wrote a post on Music on this blog; it's something that's harmful, I listen to it too, but I try to avoid it as much as possible. I don't let it influence my thinking. Though it does, and that's something I should stop doing. Other than that, I also posted another [post] on 'Materialistic world' on my I SAY blog.

We just forgot how to live really, that's our problem - we need to relearn it again!

The posts I was referring to - they are all one liner or so:

So go on and have your say!

Photo Credit: http://www.hoursofdarkness.com/

Sajid and Zeeshan

2006-01-02T23:39:00.000-05:00

Maybe my music taste is an oddity - from Supreme Ishq by Riaz Ali Qadri to Amanda Marshalls' Let it rain. Even to some utter galling heights by listening to Dixie Chicks' Wide Open Spaces ...

Plus, I think it would be venturous enough for me to be carting my fondness for Country music! So I won't say much ...

BUT I think you guys, if haven't, should listen to SajidandZeeshan's 'My Happiness' and 'King Of Self'

Website: www.sajidandzeeshan.com

Who's next?

2006-01-01T22:32:00.000-05:00

So yesterday was my behemothic, but suave cousins' engagement. Not official, 'cause the girl's still in Pakistan, but the guy's under the knife now. It's very hard to ferret out if he's really feigning that smile or he actually intend to evince his true emotions through that tee-hee. It has always been his plus-point, that mysterious smile.

Unfortunately, I haven't met his fiancée, or even seen her picture. They say she's pretty, they all are, have to be - that's why she's the 'chosen one'. I'm sure she's equally an amicable, all hearted and loving person; 'cause I've met her two sisters and they sure are complaisant and sweet-tempered gals.

Though it was a great jollification but from other corners you could hear comments being bulldozed by family friends, 'You're next man, you're next'. I guess they've all given up on my elder brother who always brew new excuses to divert the matter. He's two years elder to my cousin, but still happily single! I'm sure this year around, the guy's going to be ambuscaded into a knot - my parents are serious this time. I'd love to pick my bhabi, but do they ever listen to me?

As for me, I'm still a free bird! Also glad to know that my parents are a good ally in such matters. They keep on pointing out those preferred girls for me, but I laughingly move aside. What scares me though, are those unforeseen engagement days, which gets you locked for a few years before you actually get married. Staggeringly my cousin had to just go through this - aww!

Big hand to another unfortunate cousin!

Sports: Around the World @ Clock!

2005-12-30T03:51:00.000-05:00

Roger Federer, the ebullient icon of Tennis world was named the 2005 Outstanding Athlete of the Year by the United States Sports Academy. The votes were piled through internet polling hosted by USATODAY.com

Lance Armstrong was named Male Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive time. Armstrong captured his seventh straight Tour de France. Close contender was Tiger Woods, golf, who became the PGA's career money leader winning Master's and British Open this year around.

Female Athlete of the Year was bagged by Danica Patrick, Indycar racing driver. In Female Athlete - Kim Clijsters, Tennis player, of Belgium was the runner-up for her emphatic performance in US Open and getting her first career Grand Slam.

Chelsea topping the English Premier League while Manchester United trailing them after staging one loss in last ten games. Liverpool not far behind Man Utd.

Ottawa Senators domineering the National Hockey League almost half-way through towards post-season. Sens registering 154 goals-for in comparison to 77 goals-against in a high-scoring NHL season. Big surprises of this year: Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes who are currently 2nd* and 4th* in NHL respectively.

Probably the most whimsical and fluctuating tables this season are of National Basketball League - NBA. Firstly, Detriot are cruising their way towards an NBA record breaking performance presently held by Chicago Bulls of '96 with 72 wins. L.A. Clippers the surprise package of this year, while MVP title is en route for Elton Brand.

Australia defeated the visiting South African's a.k.a Proteas, in Cricket Second Test match at MCG. Mike Hussey running away with the Man of the Match award while Andrew Symonds was close enough for snatching it from him. Australia get a 1 - 0 lead after two Test matches - one more to go!

Random Quote!

2005-12-29T20:10:00.000-05:00

"All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac."

Nobel prizewinning author - Saul Bellow

Mythical Beasts Quiz - Gryphon

2005-12-28T03:33:00.000-05:00

You're a gryphon. You're very powerful without
needing to brag about it. Creativity is one of
your strong suits. Your outward personality may
change drastically according to your mood,
which is not always a good thing. You're a
loyal guardian when you choose to be and you're
aligned towards *good*.

What mythical beast are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Cricket in the slower lane!

2005-12-24T14:42:00.000-05:00

Interesting column written by Chandrahas Choudhury "A Contemporary Sticker's XI" on the slow-mo's of Test Cricket. Talk about players who can last at the crease for days perturbing the opposition by refusing to give their wicket away on any cost. Being Brain Lara or Sachin Tendulkar is a different commodity as being firm at the pitch while scoring runs rapidly - But being Abdul Razzaq or Mark Richardson, who if vow to stay out in the middle, could be a toil for any opposition.

Mark Richarson is a given, who got four centuries in Test cricket and three of 'em were: 145 runs on 410 balls, 106 runs on 280 balls and 101 runs on 309 balls. A career strike-rate of 38 runs per hundred balls!

Marvan Atapattu himself would concur for being in the list; when he took his first ever gleeful trot to take the guard he would've never imagined that he'll score a total of only 1 run in his first six innings of Test career. Maybe that's what got to him, being 'slow and steady'. Nevertheless, six double-centuries by him is amongst those prestigious feasts.

Not much to talk about Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis who are a given for any cricket onlooker.

Jacques Rudolph making his present felt by exhibiting a career strike-rate of 42 runs per hundred balls. Soon to be the 'Mr. Reliable' for South Africa after Jacques Kallis.

Who can forget Abdul Razzaqs' unbeaten 4 runs on 76 balls against Australia, and that match-saving 71 runs on 260 balls against India at Mohali. Razzaq operates in Gear 1 when it comes to Test matches with a strike-rate of 40, a contrast to his ODI strike-rate of 80.

Jason Gillespie's another man who can make the opposition feel the heat when he steps in to bat.

No. 11 is not by any mean the least bit of a showman - Glenn McGrath who treasures' his batting as much as his bowling. I certainly would want to clean him up as fast as possible, though he may take his time showing his back strolling towards the pavilion.

Sticker XI line-up:

1 Mark Richardson
2 Marvan Atapattu
3 Rahul Dravid
4 Jacques Kallis
5 Jacques Rudolph
6 Abdul Razzaq
7 Tatenda Taibu
8 Anil Kumble
9 Matthew Hoggard
10 Jason Gillespie
11 Glenn McGrath

Urdu - Divine Revelation.

2005-12-22T17:37:00.000-05:00

اورد

I finally got the Urdu working. It was some tough work I tell you. Had to play around with the template a little.

Though I haven't written Urdu for almost 10 years I believe - so it'll be a good challenge.

Mind my spellings and rest.

Dil Se ...

2005-12-09T18:29:00.000-05:00

!بھائ صاحب۔۔۔ آپ کے پاس ماچس ہو گی کیا

Colours of Beauty!

2005-12-09T00:47:00.000-05:00

Karachi Beach, Pakistan - Summer of '05

Note: click image to enlarge

Music!

2005-12-07T02:09:00.000-05:00

How many of you listen to music? I bet most of y'all. So is music really good? Worth listening to? Well, through my logical percipience I think it has more cons than pros.

I mean, I listen to music and wonder how dull life would be without it - but at the same time I think music makes one astray from reality which itself is not a judicious act. It's like a kick, a wont, a practice you get accustomed to; sort of unwillingly. I always use to get tangled in a heated fued with my brother over this issue. He had a very implausible reasoning that his thoughts never went awry whilst listening to music. I still don't believe him, though he could be right.

All my life I listened to music when ...; well, when she left me, when I failed maths, when I got a mean physics teacher, when I disappointed my parents - I listened to music because I wanted to run away from reality. I listened to music because I was weak. I listened to music because I gave up. I listened to music because I wanted to forget the past.

Music degraded me, made me ignoable, worthless and miserable; Music made me despicable in my own eyes.

Music ... Music is bad - it alters its meaning to suit others. It gives you pleasure, but somewhere inside it also hurts you.

Well, I'm trying hard to give up on it, and someday I guess I might. Somehow though music keeps coming back to me - at least it made me realize how pathetic my Urdu is. My friends were writting a song and none of 'em could come up with nice Urdu lyrics; I thought I'll try my bit too, though now I know why I should've improved my Urdu.

Song is about 'Reminiscence' - of how a guy looks back in his life and well ... the good and the bad of life. It's a HipHop song, Urdu/English mix - though we are still struggling with the Urdu.

Here's what I wrote, don't laugh - I know it sounds miserable; it's incomplete as well:

Guzray howay woh din,

Jab yaad ayen gey,

Guzri howi yaadain,

Yun tarpa'aen gi

Ankhoon mai phir kuin?

Ansoo atey hain,

Hunstay howay chehray,

Num ho jatay hain

Toofan ata hai,

Sub ley jata hai,

Paani behta hai,

Sub mitt jata 'ai ...

"Jo meney chaha woh kabhi na paya"

"Jo meney socha woh kabhi na aya"

If someone really wants to take a stab at it, you can message me your email address and I'll send you the track. Good Luck! Though after exams I guess we'll finally sit together and get over with it.

P.S I say all this but somehow I still belie my thoughts when it comes to music - sad!

Wha?

2005-11-28T01:14:00.001-05:00

I really don't know how to start this post. I haven't been writing for a stretch time now; been hard going on what to write about. Though I read a few blogs here-there and noticed that girls, in general, easily get a chance to depict their day to day life. We guys, on the contrary, have to find a succinct argument to chalk about. This post however is not about 'guys and girls' - at least from what I contrived initially.

So what is this post about? Apparently nothing! A random scribbling of what has been wandering around in my perturbational mind. First off, people don't like reading long post; that has to be engraved as a certitude fact in my mind. One has to master the art of expressing their anomalistic thoughts in as fewer lines as possible. Though I won't be able to do that here!

Then, I was reading along this blog where someone quoted Jim Morrison, as J.M stated: "Most people love you for who you pretend to be ..." - it went on saying how you get to love your pretense and when you try to tell people who you really are, they start to hate you for it; merely because 'they love you for who you pretend to be'. I thought the quote was misleading and I went on to comment and chime in with my deviant views, which simply foresaid that: When you want the love of other people, you need to compromise, not pretend. I just checked the reply to my comment and noticed that the blogger opted for Morrisons' view instead of mine. Maybe Morrison was right, but I still think that it's about 'compromise' not 'pretense'. I think Morrison had a flamboyant fame which made him pretend all his life; but then he shouldn't bemoan about it 'cause he made enough loot from it. In my vision; someone who pretends to lure the love of other people is just, as poor as, a beggar wishing from a penny. You have to change yourself, compromise, be a better person to get their love - if those people are the one culpable, then they don't deserve to be the one you strive your life for. Don't get trapped in this demoniac materialistic world.

I came across another blog through my friend and was blanched to see how some people (Non-Muslims) really blamed the whole of 'Islamism' for the commotion created by terrorists. I couldn't see a single post there which didn't allude to so-called 'Islamic Terrorism'. Sometimes I wonder if the media has camouflaged the truth from them, but again, they say that Muslims can always bring forth such rinky-dink excuses. I'm sure of it that I was never taught to be contumacious to non-believers of Islam but they certainly have different views towards it.

On the lighter side, Pakistan is up 1 - 0 after two Test matches in Cricket. Shahid Afridi got what he deserved for eroding the pitch in Faisalabad, which always has been the city full of controversies. England were lucky they got through the match safely, and forcing a draw. Inzamam once again was the invincible one and did dug out Pakistan from the mess in the second Test match. Scoring century in each innings for the first time, Inzamam, also became the most century maker for Pakistan in Test Cricket.

The picture is of Ontario Lake in Toronto, Canada. Probably the best picture I ever took - my cousin is in the picture. Couldn't ask for a better view really.

Stellar Evolution

2005-11-17T17:35:00.000-05:00

"Neutron Star Discovered Where A Black Hole Was Expected"

A star 40 times the mass of sun collapsed to form a neutron star, instead of a black hole. Scientists' scratching their head now?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051103080649.htm

Theories going apocryphal? My omniscient knowledge about star is; when stars die, they form into White Dwarf , Neutron Star, or Black Hole. So one would ponder, 'Stars die? How?'. Well, stars are created when certain gases are pulled together by gravity. Basically, hydrogen atoms combine with other hydrogen atoms to produce an enormous amount of nuclear energy (which we know as fusion). This fusion creates a radiation pressure which balances out with the gravitational force keeping the stars intact. But over the years (that is billions of years) the hydrogen combine with hydrogen to give helium and so on until iron, the radiation pressure is lost over the time (unlike gravity). This is when the fusion process requires more energy than it releases and so gravity takes over. Right then the divine gravity crushes the star - and it dies.

White dwarf is produced when a small or medium-size star collapse. When nuclear fusion comes to cease in the core of the progenitor of a white dwarf, it collapse. They weigh about half of Suns' mass and could reach upto less than 1.4 times of Suns' mass. Though if they exceed the limit, known as the Chandrashekhar limit, they may collapse further. But white dwarfs consist of electron degenerate matter which provides pressure needed to prevent further collapse. In simple words, this pressure is based on Pauli Exclusion Principle which states that "two electrons cannot occupy the same energy state at the same time in an atom" - so basically when gravity crushes the atoms of the star the electrons in it repel from one another moving back and forth, creating that pressure. Though this back and forth movement is less than speed of light, and if the gravity is stronger than the speed of light the star will further collapse. Anyhow, size of a white dwarf is slightly bigger than Earth; so logically it is a very dense form of matter. Our sun which will die after about 5 billion years will eventually turn into a white dwarf.

Neutron stars, the one I'm most fascinated with, though I don't know why! They come into existence if the ancestral star of it happens to be no more than 25 times the mass of Sun. Neutron star follow the same Exclusion Principle; but instead of electrons the gravity crushes the nuclei of the atom permitting protons to combine with electrons to form neutrons; and hence, the name. Neutron stars are around 24 km in diameter; more than 1.4 times the mass of Sun and go upto 3 times the mass of Sun. There are three types of neutron stars; X-ray buster, Pulsar and Magnetar. If a neutron star break downs it creates a hypothetical Quark star which is still a mystery for scientists because it is theorized to contain a 'strange matter' unknown to human world.

Black Hole is a rather monopolizing subject nowadays but the search is still on to unveil the mystery. So how do black holes come into existence? There's a limit to Exclusion principle, if the gravity pull is strong than the speed of light, then the principle is abortive and a gravitational collapse occurs. It's because a sufficient amount of mass gets packed in a given region and the gravity becomes immeasurably strong and everything around the 'single point' is pulled inside - referred to as an 'event horizon'. The ancestral star of a black hole should be more than 25 times the mass of sun and black hole itself is more than 3 times the mass of our Sun. If our sun is packed four millionth of it's size, it will become a black hole. White holes are thought to be the correspondence of black holes, but experts have sufficient understanding to state they are impossible to exist. Black holes do die out as well, they shrink emitting radiation, Hawking Radiation; the more they shrink the more the radiation. Eventually they vanish though some experts say that there's a tiny remnant left of it. Intriguing!

Just a view of how they look:

Star formation - Triangulum Nebula

Fictional White Dwarf

Fictional Neutron Star

Fictional Neutron Magnetar

Fictional Black Hole

MLB World Series 2005

2005-11-01T02:52:00.000-05:00

The picture renders it all; Yes, the Chicago White Sox are the new MLB World Series champs. The 101st Major League Baseball championship was won without a sweat by the White Sox against this years wild-card entrance - Houston Astros. Winning the best-of-seven 4 - 0 maybe didn't add up to the spice as much, but knowing that the fortunes of accomplishing such a feast since 1917 undoubtedly would've invigorated and heartened the supporters of Sox. This one was for all the grandparents, parents, and all the kids who had to glimpse back and wait 9 decades to actually savor the feeling to be on top.

Chicago White Sox were the best AL, American League, team for 2005 regular-season with 99 - 63 record. The MVP award was for Jermaine Dye of White Sox with a stupendous series batting average of .438, with 1 home run and 3 RBI's. His RBI single in the final game of the World Series, Game 4, which was the only run, vouchsafed the White Sox with their third championship title after a long haul.

Some worthy notes:

Ozzie Guillen, manager of White Sox, became the first manager born outside of United States to win the Series.
White Sox won 16 of their last 17 games; the lone lost game was in the post-season.
Furthermore, White Sox were the first team ever to win two games in one calendar day; Game 3 on October 26 ended at 1:19 AM and Game 4 ended at 11:01 PM.

NHL Lockout and New Rules

2005-10-28T15:01:00.000-04:00

NHL lockout is finally over which lasted for 310 days. No Stanley Cup awarded for the first time since 1919, and for the first time a major professional sports league in North America had a wiped-out season due to labour dispute. Apparently the 2004-2005 season went down the drain, but maybe it was for the betterment of the game.

Whole issue in a compendious format; the league Commissioner Gary Bettman attempted to convince the players to negotiate for a salary structure linking player salaries to league revenues with guaranteed cost certainty. The prime reason for such modifications was that according to a report by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, NHL clubs spend around 76 percent of their gross revenues on players' salaries. The player association under Executive Director Bob Goodenow was presented with six concepts and sadly none of the concepts were welcomed by them. Though finally after all the hullabaloo, by late July 2005 both sides decisively came to an agreement in a tremor of losing another NHL season.

New rules are definitely praiseworthy which will make the game more exhilarating and bustling and allow the fans to get more involved. It will undoubtedly make the game more capricious and chancy. Whilst there will be more goal scoring opportunities and more goals on board.

Introduction of shootouts mean there will be no more ties in NHL, either you win or lose, but overtime-loss-point will still appertain. Shootouts will function in almost the same format as in soccer; after scoreless overtime each team will get three shots, furthermore if the score is still tied a sudden death format applies. This will certainly get the viewers guessing, though exceptional goaltending may take away the unpredictability.

Two-line passing is now allowed with the removal of red line for offside purposes. There will be shortening of the blues lines and goal lines. Offside tag-up rules still remains the way it was before, the offensive team playing the puck in the zone will have to return to blue line to tag it.

Goalies will have an uphill battle, in contrast to other players, where their equipment will be lessened by 11 percent; shortening of pads, blocking glove, upper-body protector. Furthermore, reduction in pant and jersey size; reduction in goalies trap-zone area also comes into play with less area to handle the puck. Breaching the rules will result in fines - to the goalie, plus the team.

Futile fights in crunch-game-time will not be tolerated and any player who instigates a fight in the final five minutes of the game will be penalized for misconduct and an automatic one-game suspension. Zero tolerance for hooking, interference, and holding-obstruction. While other small chances as unsportsmanlike conducts will be taken into account more seriously.

Nothing is flawless, and modifications should be methodized for the betterment of it. These mod rules will bring-about a new life to NHL, especially after the lockout.

For detailed explanation of new rules, you can visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8672777/

Earthquake 2005 ...

2005-10-27T23:54:00.000-04:00

"To know if there will be a tomorrow is to know if the next step you take is the right one"

On October 8, 2005 at 8:50 am (PST) the earth shook in the Northern part of Pakistan, and with that shook the life of many beings. Scarcely any second and one realized that the future is uncertain, probable or even asleep. Sometimes we live our life so blindly that we laugh off the genuine purpose of it, and sometimes we are prognosticating what may the future hold for us; but at times we stand alone with no earth beneath us. It's grievous to see someone drenched in blood, stumbling to settle, yelling with anguish; but what they, at that very instant, are going through is probably incomprehensible to us.

The Northern Pakistan Earthquake registered 7.6 on moment magnitude scale. Experts believe the shocks were felt on a wide spread scale with impeccable force and long duration over a large geographical area because of low-depth in earthquake's epicenter, about 10 kilometers. Approximate 79,000 deaths (maybe even more) in Pakistan and the Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Around 1,400 deaths in India and a few casualties in Afghanistan. According to UN the estimated population affected by the quake could be more than four million. A lot of students were trapped in school buildings as it was school-day for them; many fast asleep with minimal time to escape, and furthermore, here and there.

"...a second, massive wave of death will happen if we do not step up our efforts now", Kofi Annan said while referring to thousands of small villiages where there's a dire need of medical assistance, food, and shelter. Relief operations are being constrained due to heavy damages and rubble which has blocked many roads, and a lot of the remotely affected areas are inaccessible.

Before, 'a second massive wave' could come in, we should do all we can to prevent it from causing any more disaster. This is a humble request to all who are reading this, please be a part of it and donate with generousity. Maybe they need us today; but maybe we may need them tomorrow. Appreciated!

To get assistance on where to donate, you can visit: DesiPundit

ICC Super Series 2005

2005-10-17T23:45:00.000-04:00

Tardily, the dispirited series came to an end which was nevertheless predicted. Australia convincingly subjugated, pulverized and demolished the World XI in both format of the game. The Aussie browbeaters, who had certain agendas to demur merely to satisfy themselves and irrefutably the critics, lambasted the World XI side into shredded pieces in every single game and regained the respect they once held. Analytically if the whole notion of a Super Series is reassessed, one is bound to say that World XI was not a team, but a sorrowful assembly of great players in a group who looked a prodigious talent on paper, but a stupefied lot on a cricket field. Team consists of individuals who maneuver a certain task collectively; though such was not the case with World XI who frankly didn't know what was going on.

Glancing through the World XI ODI line-up any adequate cricket fan could peg the predicament that there was not a single proficient captain in the team to lead it forthright. Furthermore, the players seemed to have been picked upon their averages rather than for their sufficient role they imply in their respected teams. Such examples as - Rahul Dravid and Jacque Kallis enact the same role in their respected teams; Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pieterson, Andrew Flintoff and Shahid Afridi, more-so or not, executing the same role as a slogger.

Likewise in the Test line-up the team had limited resources in the field with deficient and impoverished players; An amiss captain who intuitively should have been sitting home and learning a few bag-of-tricks from the masters rather than leading it. On whole, it was a bundle of err.

Thankfully the series came to an end, and hopefully it may never happen again; merely because it mocks the true passion of the game.