February 2012
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“sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2)...”
– If you are a closet-nerd like me and do not completely understand wisdom of Valentine’s day, copy paste above in Google Search for a plot of butt.
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2:58 pm // Mother of all video conferences!
Yes, this goes in the future “autobiography”!
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“…in Asia we live within our means. So when we are poor, we live as poor...”
– Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian Prime Minister’s tough message to Europe. (Complete news)
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goodbyeblighty replied to your post: Replies
Keep it up at the gym and I’ll check out some of your writing now. It’s Waqqar :P With 2 Qs :)
:) got the two qs now!
helpmeflyyy replied to your post: What are your detailed views on Imran Khan?
This is exactly what I say! No joke. Glad we’re on te same page. It’s one of those “best of the worst” situations. I’m still holding out some hope for IK...
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“Oh you people from Birmingham, which language do you speak in?!?!”
– Me being confused at gym!
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5:11 pm // Poverty in Lahore
Just went through an Asian Development Bank report on Rapid Transport System for Lahore and came to know some very disturbing facts.
There are over 300 katchi abadis (slums or basic unplanned brick-mortar housing areas) which hold 50% of all Urban Lahore population.
35-50% of people in Lahore are classified as poor.
Majority of those Katchi Abadi dwellers are below poverty line.
That is...
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whispermelies asked: What are your detailed views on Imran Khan?
Anonymous asked: I just want to see how you look....
Anonymous asked: Could you post a picture of yourself?
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goodbyeblighty replied to your post: 11:39 pm // Realisation!
Don’t let it be the start of an existential crisis! I’m sure you look better than you think you do and stamina is a wonderful thing in how quickly it comes back. Stay positive and stay focused and working out will get you all the results you want!
Thank you Waqar! It does feel good to be back in gym but only thing is that I hope...
Anonymous asked: get over yourself.
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“Only thing I hate about Pakistan is how much I have to control an anger out...”
– Me
Note to self: deep breaths, calm down.
(mobile)
January 2012
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Short Fiction: Love of my life
He stands silent, distant and unaware of the mayhem around him.
His fists are firmly clinched, his face is stern, his posture tall and strong. He stands there silently as dust lines his expensive black designer suit. Patiently staring at this beautiful shoe lying in middle of the road.
In his eyes there is fire, pain and dawn of reality. One of his ears is still slightly bleeding since he just...
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“To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.”
– Going back from funeral of a very kind and humble man.
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WatchTedTalks: Moral psychology and the its matrix.
(via zushan)
From video: Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
My add: This is what I am going to refer anyone who asks me again,...
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Girl's fight for justice breaks silence on incest...
After her father began raping her, Mariam felt scared, ashamed and vulnerable.
The Pakistani teenager, who was around 13 or 14 when the attacks began, couldn’t have known her case would lift the veil on an explosive issue long-shrouded in stigma and bereft of justice in her country – incest.
In 2009, the year the attacks began, a trio of human rights organisations took up her case: international...
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“Thank God for the overwhelmingly large number of “pot belly Uncles”...”
– Me (mobile)
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11:39 pm // Realisation!
Yesterday I accompanied Uzair to shops so I can help him look for a new camera. Apart from the fact that the salesman treated me like I am a total noob at photography and that Uzair thoroughly enjoyed this treatment, I realised how much I haven’t been taking care of myself! What happened was that this “over-efficient” salesman took a picture of me to prove there are no grains in...
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WatchCOLD - TRAILER
From video: For the past 26 years 16 expeditions have tried and failed to climb one of Pakistan’s 8,000 meter peaks in winter. On february 2, 2011, Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and cory richards became the first. cory is now the only American to summit any 8,000 meter peak in winter. The journey nearly killed them. Cory carried a small camera and filmed the ordeal...
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“Which leads some critics of Ijaz to raise the question: If Ijaz was acting on...”
– David Ignatius of Washington Post in Mansoor Ijaz, instigator behind Pakistan’s ‘Memogate’.
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nedispersonne replied to your post: 2:59 pm // No Spring festival for me!
“who said Pakistan and China are best friends willing to stand through every challenge” In most Chinese diaspora communities, anyone who is politically informed and honest will say Chinese diplomacy is all talk and fake photo ops. But good luck!!
agreed! I should have known better!
Thank you :)
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“The superior man comprehended righteousness; the small man comprehends gain.”
– Analects of Confucius, 4:16
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2:59 pm // No Spring festival for me!
Thanks to the absurd amount of rules for visa to China from Pakistan, rude Chinese embassy staff and general/chronic bad luck - I haven’t got my Chinese visa yet. Therefore wouldn’t be able to be in China around the Chinese Spring Festival.
Am thankful to all the friends who really helped me with getting all the required documents in time by going to great troubles, but it seems now...
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Al Jazeera: Is Pakistan heading for disaster in...
Pakistan must end its policy of killings and kidnappings of Baloch people and recognise the importance of the region.
by Akbar Ahmed (Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington).
(Complete article)
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My comments to Prof Akbar for whom I have tremendous amount of respect and admiration (as posted under the...
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Italian coast guard angrily ordered the captain of...
As translated by Reuters, the entire conversation went as follows:
Coast Guard: Hello.
Captain: Good evening, chief.
Coast Guard: Listen, this is De Falco from Livorno. Am I speaking with the captain?
Captain: Good evening, Chief De Falco.
Coast Guard: Tell me your name, please.
Captain: I am Captain Schettino, chief.
Coast Guard: Schettino?
Captain: Yes.
Coast Guard: Listen, Schettino. There are people trapped on board. Now, you go with your lifeboat. Under the bow of the ship, on the right side, there is a ladder. You climb on that ladder and go on board the ship. Go on board the ship and get back to me and tell me how many people are there. Is that clear. I am recording this conversation, Captain Schettino.
(Captain tries to speak but Coast Guard can't hear him clearly. Voices in the Coast Guard room.)
Coast Guard: Speak up! (captain tries to speak) Captain, put your hand over the microphone and speak in a louder voice!
Captain: At this moment the ship is listing.
Coast Guard: There are people who are coming down the ladder on the bow. Go back in the opposite direction, get back on the ship, and tell me how many people there are and what they have on board. Tell me if there are children, women and what type of help they need. And you tell me the number of each of these categories. Is that clear?
Listen Schettino, perhaps you have saved yourself from the sea but I will make you look very bad. I will make you pay for this. Dammit, go back on board!
(Noise can be heard in the background. Apparently other Coast Guard officers are shouting to each other in the same room about "the ship, the ship")
Captain: Please ...
Coast Guard: There is no 'please' about it. Get back on board. Assure me you are going back on board!
Captain: I'm in a lifeboat, I am under here. I am not going anywhere. I am here.
Coast Guard: What are you doing, captain?
Captain: I am here to coordinate the rescue...
Coast Guard (interrupting): What are you coordinating there! Get on board! Coordinate the rescue from on board! Are you refusing?
Captain: No, I am not refusing.
Coast Guard: Are you refusing to go aboard, captain? Tell me the reason why you are not going back on board.
Captain: (inaudible)... there is a another lifeboat...
Coast Guard (interrupting, yelling): You get back on board! That is an order! There is nothing else for you to consider. You have sounded the "Abandon Ship." Now I am giving the orders. Get back on board. Is that clear? Don't you hear me?
Captain: I am going aboard.
Coast Guard: Go! Call me immediately when you are on board. My rescue people are in front of the bow.
Captain: Where is your rescue craft?
Coast Guard: My rescue craft is at the bow. Go! There are already bodies, Schettino. Go!
Captain: How many bodies are there?
Coast Guard: I don't know! ... Christ, you should be the one telling me that!
Captain: Do you realize that it is dark and we can't see anything?
Coast Guard: So, what do you want to do, to go home, Schettino?! It's dark and you want to go home? Go to the bow of the ship where the ladder is and tell me what needs to be done, how many people there are, and what they need! Now!
Captain: My second in command is here with me.
Coast Guard: Then both of you go! Both of you! What is the name of your second in command?
Captain: His name is Dmitri (static)"
Coast Guard: What is the rest of his name? (static) You and your second in command get on board now! Is that clear?
Captain: Look, chief, I want to go aboard but the other lifeboat here has stopped and is drifting. I have called ...
Coast Guard (interrupting): You have been telling me this for an hour! Now, go aboard! Get on board, and tell me immediately how many people there are!
Captain: OK, chief.
Coast Guard: Go! Immediately!
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WatchMission: Impossible Theme Song (Tiesto remix from Rio Premiere)
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nedispersonne replied to your post: 11:10 pm // You just blogged my picture without…
That’s a major issues for beauty bloggers. I agree, if you borrow someone’s work, what’s 10 seconds and copy and paste their name/website?
Exactly!
goodbyeblighty replied to your post: 11:10 pm // You just blogged my picture without…
People are so stupid/inconsiderate!
Sometimes they...
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