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2007 - 2008

Few more minutes and officially we would be in 2008, no doubt 2007 was one of the best years of my life, I met many wonderful people, I saw many dreams and tried to fulfill them, live them with my loved ones, tried to give them more love, share some moments of joy and grief with them too. I did face some difficult times too, but tried to learn from them, and not to give up hope. I thank all my readers who read my blogs continuously, I did made you smile sometimes, sometimes laugh and sometimes I made you cry, I just tried to give you hope which is the best I could have given to you. I especially thank my loved ones who always encourage me to write for myself. I thank God for what ever he gave me and what ever he is going to give me may he bless us all, give us all which is best for us, may he guide us and open our hearts, give us all patience and give us the knowledge to guide others also. May he bring true happiness to all my loved ones, and let me share those moments of joy with them

Feared nothing and served her country with valor...

From Moscow to Washington to New Delhi and points in between, dismay and condemnation poured forth Thursday over the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, along with concern for the stability of the volatile region. World leaders lauded her bravery and commitment to democratic reform. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the killing. In India, which has fought three wars against Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Bhutto is irreplaceable, and noted she had striven to improve relations between the two nuclear-armed countries. "I was deeply shocked and horrified to hear of the heinous assassination," Singh said. "In her death, the subcontinent has lost an outstanding leader who worked for democracy and reconciliation in her country." In Texas, a tense-looking President Bush demanded that those responsible be tracked down and brought to justice. "The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous ex

If tomorrow never comes..

Sometimes late at night I lie awake and watch her sleeping Shes lost in peaceful dreams So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark And the thought crosses my mind If I never wake up in the morning Would she ever doubt the way I feel About her in my heart If tomorrow never comes Will she know how much I loved her Did I try in every way to show her every day That shes my only one And if my time on earth were through And she must face the world without me Is the love I gave her in the past Gonna be enough to last If tomorrow never comes cause Ive lost loved ones in my life Who never knew how much I loved them Now I live with the regret That my true feelings for them never were revealed So I made a promise to myself To say each day how much she means to me And avoid that circumstance Where theres no second chance to tell her how I feel So tell that someone that you love Just what youre thinking of If tomorrow never comes

Everything I do and I would do...

Look into my eyes - you will see What you mean to me Search your heart - search your soul And when you find me there you'll search no more Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for You know it's true Everything I do - I do it for you Look into your heart - you will find There's nothin' there to hide Take me as I am - take my life I would give it all - I would sacrifice Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more Ya know it's true Everything I do - I do it for you There's no love - like your love And no other - could give more love There's nowhere - unless you're there All the time - all the way Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more I would fight for you - I'd lie for you Walk the wire for you - ya I'd die for you Ya know it's true E

Resume Oriented Development (Tech Blog)

Ever heard of "Resume Oriented Development"? It's a common concept in the IT world where teams consider their future career prospects while choosing technologies. It's not a bad approach, but in recent times, it has contributed to project delays. Teams invest significant effort in mastering new technologies just to make their resumes stand out. While this doesn't cost them anything, it does incur extra expenses for stakeholders. Unfortunately, there's little we can do about it. However, focusing more on research-oriented development activities would be highly beneficial. For instance, opting for XFire over Axis, transitioning to JSR-181, choosing Spring over Seam, and embracing Rich Faces instead of MyFaces along with adopting Maven over Ant in the new project are strategic decisions. Call it "resume oriented development" or "enhancing efficiency," I know I have a lot to learn now! LOL. Believe me, integrating aspects into an application

Listen!!

Two of my team members were really mad at each other last night, well common working place issues, I just kept quite last night and listened to their arguments, I just noticed that both of them were not willing to listen to each other at all (Defensive Mode), and they really needed someone badly to interfere between them someone to whom both of them can listen, someone whom both of them trust. Well unfortunately or fortunately I jumped in the argument, and then I have to listen to them LOL, well what amazed me was both of them are married and having kids now, but they really fight like kids :). As soon as I started listening to them one by one they calmed gradually, and did settle the matter in a pleasant manner also. Sometimes in life we really want someone to listen and understand, I am lucky to have my dear friend around me :).

Advertisements

All of us love YouTube, well until we become parents of course and have our kids who have exams next day, well Everyone loves YouTube. As going through some videos last night just an idea came in my mind, well for the benefit of YouTube and not for the users. According to the user agreements Term of Uses 6. Your User Submissions and Conduct Section C which clearly states that YouTube can nearly do anything with the video users submits. Well the idea is, Put the banners in the videos for the advertisements, there are 36 Million views to one video only, millions of hits every day people concentrate more on the video contents rather than on the advertisements which are popping up on left side of the panel, in a way if the banners are displayed inside the videos, users would be forced to view them.. Idea.

Genuine

Some of you have posted some comments that they have heard of the ideas I post in my blogs before, but trust me guys I am not the only brain in this world, people do think, they do propose the ideas like I do, they even work on those idea. But the thing is I try to stay genuine as much as I can and I will stay like that in the future also :). Thanks allot for letting me know some great blogs ;). I really enjoyed reading them also.

Christmas

Just thought today different ways to say Merry Christmas, well just wanted to share it with you guys :) Antarctica: - Merry Christmas, Felices Pasquas, Hristos Razdajetsja Argentina: - Feliz Navidad! Australia: - Happy Christmas Austria: - Frohe Weihnachten Bangladesh: - Shuvo Baro Din Barbados: - Merry Christmas Belarus: - Winshuyu sa Svyatkami Belgium: - Zalig Kerstfeest Brazil: - Feliz Natal Chile: - Feliz Navidad China Sheng Tan Kuai Loh Colombia: - Feliz Navidad para todos Chile: - Feliz Navidad China Sheng Tan Kuai Loh Croatia: - Sretan Bozic Cuba: - Feliz Navidad Cyprus: - Eftihismena Christougenna, Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yili Czech Republic: - Vesele Vanoce Democratic People's Republic of Korea: - Sung Tan Chuk Ha Denmark: - Glaedelig Jul Egypt: - Mboni Chrismen El Salvador: - Feliz Navidad Fiji: - Merry Christmas Finland: - Hauskaa Joulua France: - Joyeux Noel Guatemala: - Feliz Navidad Guinea: - Joyeux Noel Guinea-bissau: - Boas Festas Guyana: - Merry Christmas Irel

Connectivity

We are in age of socialization, age of change where only one thing is certain and that's uncertainty, people and organizations have to adapt fast to the situations and new business models. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. I thought today to take socialization to next level, well I can't tell you the ideas exactly, but I can just tell you the core of the ideas, and it connectivity, people would be connected and would be close more than ever before... I thought of implementing the idea, I started researching about them also, but what make me wonder today was, all these "Social Gadgets" are making world a small place, well on one end its really good for the businesses but on the other end the "One" factor as I shall call it is coming into play where military won't be required to rule the people, it would be the cultural. Anyways, the idea is simple "Everyone should

Linguer

Conversation between different people of different languages is always difficult, just a tech thought came in my mind to create a small device which can translate the language the person we are having conversation with to the desired language, in that way if both the persons are having that device, we don't have to worry about learning the language. Question: We communicate more with gestures, how will that device know the gestures well don't worry Microsoft is going to steal this idea also and modify it to the next level, Microsoft is a great artist LOL , they don't copy they steal. Question: Why do I create a device, Why don't we modify the genome of the humans to know all the languages? Well the idea is also good, but this idea don't focuses on the existing user base. Question: How will this service work? At the time of conversation we have to set the modes, which will call the services which would translate. Question: Why do I have to carry another device, wh

Calculations

Calculative people really annoy me, they really make me angry, but today it was not like that, one of my college, who calculates nearly everything, time, energy and money you name it..today he really made me feel angry and then made me laugh so hard when he told me that he gave his friend a treat and he spent (certain amount which he also remembered) on him, the thing which made me fed up of him is that he calculates and remember the amount he spent on his friend and his loved ones but the thing which made me laugh was, he remembers such small things, he wastes his memory for those things...always calculating. Well allot of us are calculative in life, in general, but sometimes people are even calculative in emotions also. I hope he doesn’t count how many times he have exchanged emotions with her wife I doubt he also do that LOL. I really wanted to write a tech blog here today, as all day long I was working, reading and writing about technology, but really my college made my day after m

Group Study...

Well it have been long time since I did that, but really it was fun to study in a group, today I remembered one of the group studies, when 4 of my class fellows kidnapped me from my place and kidnapped another guy (Shoib) from his place also and forced us to teach them whole night for the paper next morning...well funny thing is all of them slept only Shoib and me were up studying hard all night long..well next day not to mention the paper was one of the hardest we gave in 4 years and by prediction of Shoib all of them failed....I felt so bad that day when I saw the results as it was my responsibility to teach them for the trust they gave me...I still feel sorry for them that but how can I teach someone who is sleeping, this is what Shoib always told me.. Anyways now I see them all 4 of them married and having kids It really makes me feel happy about them all..but still I don't get that, why did all of them slept :)).

Looks!!

I did got out of the bed at last these holidays, and went to take the sun bath on the beach as I can't find any appropriate movie in the cinema , I just went alone there and lay down on the beach under the trees, well you might be wondering hmm beach ;), but I really noticed something interesting there, most of the people didn't came there on the beach or take the sun bath, well most of them are there to just "Look Around", I mean "Look" around, watching other people half naked and just watch them play....well its really interesting observation, observing people who are observing others LOL. I wondered later on, most of people around us are also like that, they are never really helping us or even helping them selves, they are just there to "Look Around" and talk....well who cares :). Work Hard, Play even harder :).

Babel

I am sitting in the bus going to another city nearby, in the bus I heard people speaking many languages, for instance right now I can hear Arabic, Panjabi, Pilipino, Panjabi, Tamil, German, Urdu, Hindi and off course English and Chinese..Are we in Babylon?

Sea Man

I talked today with one of my very old friend who is a sea man, he is a friend of my childhood, I wished him with blessings of Haj and Eid, I asked him about his job as currently he is sailing in Nigeria, suddenly he burst up and asked me he don't want to go back to sea any more, he is horrified by sea now, as by his words "There is no love, there is only fu***** water, I hate that life, I am all alone, I have no one to talk to, no fu***** internet, nothing to interact to anyone, I wait for days to reach the land, and make a call back home, do you call it a life, I earn money, but for whom?, I never ever spend them, khaled you don't know what I go through, you don't know how i feel, I keep my self busy, make my self tired to death, so I don't have to think before I go to sleep"...... I asked my self, “Do you call your self lonely?”... Life is all about choices…

16 Signs that you like someone

SIXTEEN: When you're on the phone with them late at night and they hang up, you still miss them even when it was just two minutes ago. FIFTEEN: You read their Texts and Ims Over and over again. FOURTEEN: You walk really slow when you're with them. THIRTEEN: You feel shy whenever they're around. ELEVEN: When you think about them, your heart beats faster but slower at the same time. TEN: You smile when you hear their voice. NINE: When you look at them, you can't see the other people around you, you just see him/her. EIGHT: You start listening to slow songs while thinking about them. SEVEN: They're all you think about. SIX: You get high just from their scent. FIVE: You relize you're always smiling when you're looking at them. FOUR: You would do anything for them, just to see them. THREE: While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time. TWO: You were so busy thinking about that person, you didnt notice number twelve was missing ONE: You jus

Conversation with GOD

God : Hello. Did you call me? Me: Called you? No.. Who is this ? God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat. Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something. God : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too. Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time. God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it. Me: I understand. But I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat. God : Well I wanted to resolve your! Fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with. Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now? God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated. Me: why are we then constantly unhappy? God : Your today is the tomorrow that you

Reason, Season or Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experie

I read this today.......

It was raining heavily outside. Dark clouds gathered in the sky and nature was in its ominous best. I took a break from my work and went to the pantry to grab a cup of coffee. I had a sip and went near the window to see the rain pouring down heavily outside the glass structure. I was inside our huge office building, unruffled by even the fierceness of the nature. Through the heavy transparent glass, I could see a small girl trying to hold on to her umbrella which the wind was snatching away from her. I felt sorry for the girl, and was happy that I was not in a similar pathetic situation. Yes. I take pride for the fact that I am a software engineer. . I have everything which a common man would envy; money, status, respect, you name it I have it. I always wanted to be software professional and here I am, working for one of the best firms in the world. But then, am I really happy? Now, I could see an imprint of my palm on the other glass window, through which I reminisced my past, basked

Abi..

(The contents of this blog might be a bit disturbing) Eid-ul-Azha is the festival when we sacrifice animals in path of God, in remembrance of Abraham Sacrifice of Ismail. I just wanted to share a smile with you today… We had a goat we called him Abi, our uncle gave it to me as a gift...Abi and me were good friends, I use to come back from my collage and went out to bring something for him, before I ate anything, before even I drink something, my father loved him like a son..He use to make Abi sleep by his side...took I remember once he was sick as he fell off the stair my father took him to the hospital with me, I couldn’t believe how much love he had for the animal. When once my mother asked my dad, why do you love him so much he is just animal, my father said, he is also a should right? But as he grew up one day of Eid we have to sacrifice him…you might say why didn’t we bought other animals and sacrificed them? Why you sacrificed Abi? Why you sacrificed the lovely goat? All yo

Tom and Jerry

I was going through my new TV software when I saw a news which said that Japanese scientist have taken out the fear from the mind of the mouse, disabling some reactors in their head…, it’s not yet confirmed that cats hunger for mouse have been disabled or not..Which by the way is more important than mouse’s fear LOL, cat must be very happy with this news, easy prey is on their way now :). Here is the link to the news http://www.physorg.com/news116739098.html http://www.showchina.org/en/Gallery/Odd/200711/t133358.htm

comedy of errors..

I am a software engineer by profession and to be a good at our profession we have to always think lazy which is a blessing sometimes but sometimes it makes our life really difficult...well today is really a funny day for me, I had a meeting in another city in the morning which was at around 8 am, so I have to start off at around 6 am in the morning to reach on time, unluckily I lost my mobile phone somewhere on the way back home yesterday night.....which by the way taught me how much dependent I am on my mobile phone :). As I haven't had my mobile phone I couldn't put on alarms to wake up in the morning, so I have to buy a buzzer to wake me up in the morning..as I have no mobile phone I can't contact my college who would have guided me where to go for the meeting in the morning, as I am lazy I never ever remember the numbers LOL. Now imagine in the morning you wake up, not knowing where to go, you are totally cut off from the world...:), luckily I went to another city I ro

26 Years1 Month 2 Days...

Life: L “IF” E, Its all about Attitude? Love: Everyone should have someone in his or her life who says, "I will love you no matter what...if you fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being -- I will love you no matter"…. Family: People who give us birth and look after us, and then we leave them when we are on our own and then we have our own family and the process continues… Friends: People in need? I remember I had few Books: Technical? TV : What does it stands for Sports and Exercise: I guess they keep us healthy Health: I would Exchange it with money I would earn when I am young I am only missing one thing out of my life I guess life itself…..

Unified Communication..

I wonder the next generation technologies for communication and locating people..would it be the same technology angles use like genetic codes recognition of every human for localizing them and knowing their locations , especial machines for identifying the humans using their genes, no passports required..telephones would be embedded in our brains so would we be connected to huge base of knowledge, to talk to someone all over the world we don't need to have their telephone number we just need to have their genetic code. Disconnected but invisibly connected. Biology would make wonders in this century the wonders which Physics and Information Technology made in the 20th century.. it will revolutionize our thought process...I wish I can live till that day to see it coming or I would start it off on my own LOL. (Blog was written in August)

Diffrences...

Sitting on the bus stop waiting for my friend to pick me up..i see many people come and go, different colors, different race, different belief, different values..Nearly everything is different if we are searching for the differences....I wonder when we are born or we die we are all equal...I wonder when we love someone or when we hate someone we are all equal..I guess our emotional states are equal but our rational states makes us different, out environmental states makes us different we are born different so we can be recognized so we can compete and love and live with the differences of people around us...I wonder if all of us were same we would have got so bored then may be all of us would have been angles :).

Distribution

I love object orientation, aspect orientation, concept orientation for the sake of it all I love distribution, distribution of responsibilities, distribution of concerns, distribution of control and also distribution of entities at the level of dependencies. I wonder what if we don’t have the frameworks we are having today, or we haven’t come through times where we got to know that hard coupling between the objects and entities is not easy to maintain and change, I also wonder distribution by nature, distribution to perfection and nothing interferes with anything else. Nature for me is a perfect framework, objectivity matured to perfection. This is not a coincidence.

30 Minutes Bike Ride...

10:45 I thought to go to the Cornish I used to go and sit there for a while…just listen to the sound of the sea…see the quite waves coming and hitting the shores…I reached the Cornish sat there for a while…felt boring actually, as there was no one, sat with myself for a while… 12:30 I came back home to an unknown place…a small room, a ceramic floor waiting for me to sleep..I laid down to sleep, thinking about the day I spent the day if it comes tomorrow how is it going to be.. 1:45 Surprisingly I am still up, how the time passed I never knew…thought of so so many things in between….about my loved ones, my family, my friends, myself..... 2:15 I can’t sleep today it seem, so I stay up today, tried a new tool for development, read some books and articles regarding concept oriented programming. Well what do you expect from a technical guy? 3:00 Felt hungry…nothing to eat in the room…lets go out and check…found something on the petrol pump… 3:40 Came back home…..walked a little t

Mapping technology to emotions..

Well I was thinking for allot of days to write about this, I was studying a new technology in which coupling between the objects (Dependency between the objects) is controlled by the framework and workflow inject the dependency...well I wonder in life we are dependent on people (objects) and we are coupled with them also. What is the workflow and what is the framework. How people collide in life. How do the couple with each other together :) Life is not accident we are for sure components of a greater framework…well that’s life

Walk...

I was not writing so frequently the last week as if we are not stable or mindset is changed we don't sometimes get time to think over the things which surround us and so do we don't get time to write about them...I learn allot last week..can't write that all in a single blog, but I must thank my dear friends for always being there with me....giving me courage and telling me that worries are there to teach us the lessons I should feel lucky to have them....friends and loved ones are really a blessing in life..its hard to find them..even sometimes its a miracle how we find them...they are gift of life to us...

Besame....

Besame, besame mucho como si fuera ésta noche la última vez Besame, besame mucho que tengo miedo a perderte perderte después Besame, besame mucho como si fuera ésta noche la última vez Besame, besame mucho que tengo miedo a perderte perderte después Quiero tenerte muy cerca mirarme en tus ojos verte junto a mi Piensa que tal vez mañana yo ya estaré lejos, muy lejos de ti Besame, besame mucho como si fuera ésta noche la última vez Besame, besame mucho que tengo miedo a perderte perderte después Besame, besame mucho que tengo miedo a perderte perderte despues que tengo miedo a perderte perderte despues... (gracias a Yolanda por esta letra) The magic of this song still surrounds me..................

Writing Something....

I thought what to write today...I shall not write just for the sake of writing...as we say, we shall not speak just for the sake of speaking...I just remembered the diffrence between a clever and a fool...clever person thinks before he speaks...fool speaks before he thinks :))...

Politics..

I asked one of my friend yesterday how is our country doing these days...(Just for the sake of discussions ) he was shocked to know that I didn't knew anything :), I told myself, who cares about the worrying factor of a country when people are not happy individually, when people are worried about them selves, about their living, about their children, about their next meal even. why will they worry about the country and why do they care who comes and who goes....so as we are a poor country I think no body gives a damm to what happens :)). I will find a place to live in few days now, hope to get regular news by then..which by the way will never affect my life LOL .

Worries...

I am a bit worried these days, may be because of that I have lost weight also :), (don't try this at home)..I thought in the morning today may be I am worried emotionally, politically, financially, and also socially but these worries would be with me for all my life, I would always care for my loved ones, I will always be worried about them, I will always strive to become financial sound, socially and politically people would try to look better than me, they will always pressurize me to be better than what I am. Worries and sadness is the part of life khaled, they complete our lives. Your loved ones are supporting you in these times, they will always support you, till the time you don't give up and even if you give up they will help you to get back on your feet, you are lucky to have them....

Fear

My father is armed forces officer, and so is my grand father. They fought few battles also. I wonder today I have not fought a battle, I have never seen my enemies but may be I have seen my enemy, my fear, my fear is my enemy, fears of the unknown, fear of loosing, fearing of having nothing, fear of having fear….fear is the greatest enemy, and I have to fight my self to get over it…

Priorities...

Our priorities in life change..but one thing sometimes really amazes me, some or shallI say most of the peoples priority in life is "Me" selfishness you might call thatkeeping your self first no matter what..some people priority is their loved ones..other prefer carriers, their money or time...for some the life after, and trust mefor some people nothing is important :)

Crack

I got the new pc from my office, frankly speaking I never like the defaultwallpapers or default mouse or keyboards... :), so habitually I will change them all now. I went to one of my favourite sites http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/desktops.php to downloadsome reasonable wallpapers...I find one of the wallpaper which is now on my desk..its a crack on the wall...made me think that there is a crack in civilizations now..no matter how much we try to paint it this crack can't disappear..people and generations have diffrences, diffrent beliefs, diffrent understanding of lifeand them selves..diffrent priorities in life which change from time to time...

Favour...

I met someone in front of whom I did a small favor to some one....the guy got so so furious he said...was the other person willing to do the favor to you? I said No, then he asked me, why did I did the favor, and what did I got from that...I told him I don't do things to get something...Do Good..Goods would happen to you.... he got more furious :D...well later on I told him, its not that people can return you good...fate also returns you in a good manner...

New life...

I am standing where my life is going to take a turn....new job, new faces around me, new commitments, new pressure, new routs, new desk, everything physical thing is going to be new around me....I did made mistakes earlier on...as one of very close person to me said "our life is the art work of our own hands" ....I can't change my past, but I can make my future better from here on wards...mistakes are beautiful, we are lucky that we make mistakes if we learn from them...else its mere stupidity... I hope I get what I want... Khdhee ko kar buland itna......

Point to Point....

My new friend really made me angry today, as he was explaining something to me, and I asked him why does this thing do that (Reasoning) but my friend was unable to provide me any reasons....for a moment off course I did get angry as I thought he might be hiding something from me, or he is reluctant from me....but then I thought may be he also didn't knew "WHY" may be his learning is also point to point.......then I thought of those extremist people around us, whose thought never know why...they are not open to reasoning, they act to what they believe....others beliefs can never make a difference to them....their intentions are their beliefs or may be their beliefs are their intention...the way you like it :) At last Musharaf is gonna take off his uniform..its not a strip show :).

First Day...

Its hard to catch a taxi here, I stood for 15 minutes after which I found one, he was a new driver on job, it was his first assignment, all the way he called me Sir, I was amazed by that, as he acted more like a scoffer, he later on told me, I was his first customer ...later on when he dropped me, he asked me not to pay, but I told him, that I would be glad if he accepts this payment...he took the payment, shock my hand, and with respect put them on his head............said good bye to me in a very very pleasant manner.......I hope he would remain that way..I hope..........

eBlog...

There are million and millions of blogs around the world, we can read what ever you want to , we can see what ever we want to, its not like the old good days when the truth was imposed on us, we were told to belive what was shown but not actully what was the truth....today with the age of communication and collaboration truth can't be hidden, I wonder the new form of propogandas now...new form of information hiding, new form of lies, or shall I say new form of enforcment of truth....user generated contents do make a diffrence but I still feel it has allot to do......

Think Simple....

As architects our responsibility is to create a sustainable architecture which not only fulfil the needs on the basis of customer request but also highlights the functional, technological, operational and marketing requirements, which can focus not only in the present state of the requirements but which can also pass the test of time as it comes, architecture is also an art by the way, solving certain problems (creating certain problems too), making things easier…I wonder today what is the theme behind the design of everything, is there a formula to solve all the problems? I know thinking simple is the solution to every problem, but how to learn the art of thinking simple……………..

Misfortune

The king was in the same boat with a Persian slave who had never before been at sea and experienced the inconvenience of a vessel. He began to cry and to tremble to such a degree that he could not be pacified by kindness, so that at last the king became displeased as the matter could not be remedied. In that boat there happened to be a philosopher, who said: "With thy permission I shall quiet him" The king replied: "It will be a great favour" The philosopher ordered the slave to be thrown into the water so that he swallowed some of it, whereon be was caught and pulled by his hair to the boat, to the stern of which he clung with both his hands. Then he sat down in a corner and became quiet. This appeared strange to the king who knew not what wisdom there was in the proceeding and asked for it. The philosopher replied: "Before he had tasted the calamity of being drowned, he knew not the safety of the boat; thus also a man does not appreciate the value of immunity

What are they doing?

Rawalpindi, Pakistan after a bomb blast, evidence are washed :(( what are they doing?

Meno

Meno . Can you tell me, Socrates, whether virtue is acquired by teaching or by practice; or if neither by teaching nor practice, then whether it comes to man by nature, or in what other way? Socrates . O Meno, there was a time when the Thessalians were famous among the other Hellenes only for their riches and their riding; but now, if I am not mistaken, they are equally famous for their wisdom, especially at Larisa, which is the native city of your friend Aristippus. And this is Gorgias' doing; for when he came there, the flower of the Aleuadae, among them your admirer Aristippus, and the other chiefs of the Thessalians, fell in love with his wisdom. And he has taught you the habit of answering questions in a grand and bold style, which becomes those who know, and is the style in which he himself answers all comers; and any Hellene who likes may ask him anything. How different is our lot! my dear Meno. Here at Athens there is a dearth of the commodity, and all wisdom s

Se7en...Deadly Sins

Vice: Pride Virtue against which it sins: Humility Seeing ourselves as we are and not comparing ourselves to others is humility. Pride and vanity are competitive. If someone else's pride really bothers you, you have a lot of pride. Vice: Greed Virtue against which it sins: Generosity This is about more than money. Generosity means letting others get the credit or praise. It is giving without having expectations of the other person. Greed wants to get its "fair share" or a bit more. Vice: Envy Virtue against which it sins: Love "Love is patient, love is kind…" Love actively seeks the good of others for their sake. Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy is almost indistinguishable from pride at times. Vice: Wrath/Anger Virtue against which it sins: Kindness Kindness means taking the tender approach, with patience and compassion. Anger is often our first reaction to the problems of others. Impatience with the faults of others is related t

Fate is coincident with choices.........

"Life is a box of chocolate Forrest, you never know what you are gonna get"... I never forget this line......I don't know why

Technology......

It’s all around you, before you thought it can't be in your lives, it embraced your life, it filled up everything around you, got you connected to the whole world, made your problems universal, help you make your life easy and simple, think simple, do things quickly and easily....I wonder today about the level of technology God is using, It must be something really extra ordinary....how he mange all the things, what is the standard of his technology, can we hack in his system also.....hmmmm interesting

Pain.....

Lying in bed for three days now, due to my back pain, wow!! its really hurting me , I ask myself do I value my back or any other part of the body when they are functioning fine, may be illness is sometimes good for us, it really tell us to value what we have....

Listning to you......

I called my father today, after a long time it seems, we talked for a little bit of time, he asked me how am I doing and I asked him how is he....thats all what we talk about thats all we will talk........

I am alone.........

I close my eyes and I let my body shut itself down and I let my mind wander. It wanders to a familiar place. A place I don't talk about or acknowledge exists. A place where there is only me. A place that I hate. I am alone. Alone here and alone in the world. Alone in my heart and alone in my mind. Alone everywhere, all the time, for as long as I can remember. Alone with my Family, alone with my friends, alone in a Room full of People. Alone when I wake, alone through each awful day, alone when I finally meet the blackness. I am alone in my horror. Alone in my horror. I don't want to be alone. I have never wanted to be alone. I f***ing hate it. I hate that I have no one to talk to, I hate that I have no one to call, I hate that I have no one to hold my hand, hug me, tell me everything is going to be all right. I hate that I have no one to share my hopes and my dreams with, I hate that I no longer have any hopes or dreams, I hate that I have no one to tell me to hold on, that I c

Global Resources

I am sitting in my office attending a small presentation, where I have to deliver something regarding the global development strategies ( Globally team Coordination together to perform Some Work)...off course my aim was to define strategies and communication mechanisms so the interaction between the global teams is seamless and transparent.....oops too much technical stuff :).. While I was giving the presentation I figure out that, people from third world countries ( me also :) ) sit together , although country wise they have differences, culturally, socially, religiously they are different, but still to earn the living they are similar..I said to my self at that moment, all the fingers are not equal, but they become equal when we hold them together to eat....... I realized the fact that regardless of the fact that we are different, we become similar when we are earning our livings.....

Intelligence ....

I was reading some articles few days back, regarding artificial intelligence at its best, according to which now robots can also fall in love with each other and even with humans if asked to, that really amazed me :), I mean if we can have life with robots, what it would be like, we go to the shop find the robot we like and ask "it" to fall in love with us and walah the wonder would happen ...... but does love require someone to force or to order someone to fall in love, I wonder..........

Creation....

Have you ever noticed someone creating something in front of you, small little details people create with ultimate professionalism and perfection, it can be a artist or an architect or pianist or even a worker on the road, lost in their own worlds while they work... Sometimes I feel, watching the art in making is more fun then watching the art it self.....

Chocolate.....

I love chocolate, may be you like them too, I wonder today which chocolate was the best I have ever had, the one with the pure sense of the chocolate or the one mixed with nuts or mint or some honey, one with the ice cream or one on the cake, one which my father bought for me, or one I shared with my brothers and sisters, one which gave me a new energy while I studied whole night or the one which I used to start up my fast and break them. For me I remember the best chocolate was the one I shared with my friend, the purity of it and the taste of it still remains with me, and the moments and the smiles we shared are in my memories other chocolate's taste might have been with me for that moment but this chocolate's taste remain with me for my life...

You still have hope

If you can look at the sunset and smile,then you still have hope. If you can find beauty in the colors of a small flower,then you still have hope. If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly,then you still have hope. If the smile of a child can still warm your heart,then you still have hope. If you can see the good in other people,then you still have hope. If the rain breaking on a roof top can still lull you to sleep,then you still have hope. If the sight of a rainbow still makes you stop and stare in wonder,then you still have hope. If the soft fur of a favored pet still feels pleasant under your fingertips,then you still have hope. If you meet new people with a trace of excitement and optimism,then you still have hope. If you give people the benefit of a doubt,then you still have hope. If you still offer your hand in friendship to others that have touched your life,then you still have hope. If receiving an unexpected card or letter still brings a pleasant surprise,then y

Movies......

I am not a movie critic as the title might suggest but I do watch movies, I remembered today two of the very famous movies "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The English Patient". If any one of you have watched them they might agree with me that they are long movies, span over three and a half hour, actually for me now they have span over 3 years :), especially The English Patient.......never watched it completely, still remember last time I was at the point where the nurse let a pocket picker in the house and our beloved patient argued with her..... :), well that's the effort I have to put to remember :) the point I stopped and what have happened till now. May be I get bored by these movies, or they are too long to digest for me, or maybe they are too detailed......no doubt they are the greatest movies ever made, I thought today that sometimes saying a simple thing in a simple way makes a greater difference then writing complex words with gold on a golden plate......but

Mistake......

We Fast, from the morning before the sunrise to the sunset, we don't have to eat or drink anything, well today I did ate (by mistake or habitually) :), but then I remember God forgives us if we do eat or drink something mistakenly, as he is merciful and forgiving, he sees our intentions he knows whats in our heart, we can make others fool, but we can't make ourselves fool. We believe that reward is for the intentions and the attitude. Beginning something with the right spirit off course would also give results.... Enjoying my feast now, after breaking fast.

Ahmadinejad at Columbia University.

Well I won't speak anything regarding the holocaust or the state of Israel, or why Jews are taking revenge from the people of Palestine if the holocaust happened in Europe and Germans were responsible, or I shall also not speak about homosexuality and the women’s right in Iran, or uranium enrichment which is for the purpose of the destruction of the world, I would only like to say few words regarding the ethics which are taught to us in our daily lives, to respect others to be respected, I agree with Mr. Bollinger over the comments he made as the head of Columbia University for Mr. Ahmadinejad, but I think the timings to make those comments was not right, he showed the utmost height of unethical behavior, especially being the president of such a prestigious university. I shall say to Mr. Ahmadinejad, to admit what’s wrong in you, you won't get shorter in height....... Well politics, politics....it’s everywhere now.

My Mother Tongue...

My Mom can't speak English, so can't my grandfather, unluckily they were not born in the age when education especially in English was common. My mother like to watch sports sometimes too, especially when national teams are playing. Now what makes me feel odd about those sports shown on the television is that commentary English is spoken such that 100 percent of the nation speaks English, which by the way is not true, only 10% to 15 % people can speak and understand it....then why are these channels not translating them to the national language....why are they taking away the real entertainment from people by imposing language barriers between them...... How can a nation grow if they don't respect for their language...I wonder.

Shortest Poem....

WE : ME

The Song.....

Sometimes we sing, without music, without any partner, without words, without rhythms, without consistency, without plan, sing with our souls, Sing with the rhythm divine, sing with angels, sing with our selves, yet there are few people who can listen to these songs of life, who can see our souls dancing with us, who know the exact words we are going to sing next, who know meaning of every word we sing, who know the meaning of silence we give while singing too, who knows our next step as we dance, who knows why we dance when we dance when we stop. Singing with our soul may be easy, sing for life may also be easy but finding people like these is very hard in life……………. Its hard to find two people who love each other and understand each other so well........

Anger....

I remember a famous quote which says, "Anger is one letter short of Danger".....I wondered why do we get angry?....most of the time it is the conflict of interest which gives birth to anger or is it the fear which give birth to anger as we become more protective and more possessive, as anger grows our hatred also grows and in the end, hatred leads to fights and sufferings for both ourselves and others too, I shall say anger is like a wild horse, we can keep it under control or it controls us, taking us to destinations which we can never imagine.......

Perfume

We all love good smells, smell of perfume, smell of good food or good flowers and sometimes smell of each other also. I wonder today, which smell last long, which smell never goes out of our mind, it sticks to our brain for the whole life, off course it’s the smell of our words, Words have smell too, they have long lasting effects on our minds, good or bad that’s another question. The bitterest thing and the sweetest thing in the world is our tongue, the words we deliver reflects the thoughts we have. My mother always use to tell me when I was young, your tongue is my reflection use it well to tell people about me.

Fasting.....

Well as a Muslim we are bound to fast for a whole month, this month is called Ramadan, well most of the people might know about Ramadan and its blessings too, but trust me its not a blessing in my country, well you might like a old school teacher ask for examples, well here are few of them, "You can't find wheat or rice, all chickens are golden egg laying hens :), oil, vegetables you name it, and its expensive :), well I forgot to mention that after Ramadan there is a day called " Eid ", on which people make new cloths, well it has been a long time since everyone made new cloths too... I wonder in west if Christmas comes everything becomes cheap, but here in my country everything becomes expensive, I wonder when will the mean mentality of people would go, when would government take control of supplies and prices.... I shall go and open my fast now, we are all use to the system now :).

Family Creature........

I have a Spanish friend, his mother is visiting him these days, I asked him why don't you call your mother here as she is old and there is no one in Spain to look after her too, he said no its my "private" life, I can't share it with any one else ....... I was really shocked at that moment, I said to my self, when he was young and his mother looked after him, she never said to him "son you are disturbing my private life"......when she took him to the hospitals, she never said that too, when she cooked for him, when she washed his cloths, clean his room, take care of him, work hard for him for his studies as in Europe women work too...........she never said those words, I am not saying let your mother or your parents decide your life or let them do what they want to do with it, but I am just saying that at least respect them for their hardships, their efforts....I guess, we know our parents when we become parents too...well he is 38 now, I don't know when

A Gift.......

Sometimes in life, we see miracles around us they are miracles if we believe they are miracles off course, like for example life is it self a miracle , so is everything around us, but I am not talking about life today, I am talking about the life of a lady whom we met, as she was very old, had no hands she had her body burnt when she was a child and she had a son to feed too, we asked her too take some money, but she felt disrespect, I remember that when we asked her to sell us water and gave some extra money to her, she said I won't take the money like this, and she ran on her bicycle to get something for us,a gift, well she did gave us the gift....I call it gift of will, will to struggle, will to go on..........we never asked her name, we tried to meet her on the same place again too....but we never would, but luckily we did met her, but she forgot all about us, as her memory was short. On the same day, we met another lady also, she was doing the most difficult thing in life,

Eggs, Carrots and Coffee.....

You might have heard this before, if you put eggs in water they come out hard, if you put out carrots in water they come out soft, if you put out coffee in water it changes the color of the water it adds the taste of it to the water, it produces smell....I wonder sometimes we humans are also like those three, some people become hard when they become under pressure and heat, others become soft and some change the things around them for positive...they leave there smell, they leave there tastes, they dissolve in the system to change it, just like coffee..

Stand up meeting.....

I am taking a coffee break in the morning, with my colleagues in the pantry, we are discussing what we did last week, where we are heading this week, over all these small meetings are for brain sync... technically these 5 minute meetings are called Stand up meetings, which are intended to communicate problems, solutions, and promote team focus. Believe me and you can try it your self these meeting are far better then the long discussions every day. It makes me wonder I can do it to my self too, 5 minutes a day in the morning, 5 in the middle and 5 at the end just to stop running for a while, meet my self and communicate.

I learn.....

I lay down on my floor watch the little ant worker crawling, unaware of me she crawls in search for food, as she never rest and never lean, she never said anything to me, but she thought me allot , I am amazed by their navigation and communication system, but more then that the loyalty with her family, she sees a drop or water as a sea, she sees a small stone as a mountain, but she never fears to cross or climb them, she helps her self then God comes to help her too, I wonder if she have emotions, she can feel, she can think, she knows off course there is God to help her.....she hums his name when she works.... I said to my self, I can learn, I can learn, I can learn from any thing that exists, everything has a reason to be there. I remember a story now, of a conqueror who sat out side a city after being defeated after trying many times but he can't conqueror , he saw an ant trying to get over a stone, she kept trying unless she succeeded, off course the conqueror also succeeded

Writing....

I wonder today what to write about , We feel empty some times yet we feel the burden over our heads..... I wonder my body and soul running in different directions...I am standing in the middle... Life is like a train ride . . . we take the train we ride for a while. we get out of it for a while too. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents also and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will translate at moments of joy, some will result in profound sorrow. Crying can't help me but crying let me meet me ...... We exist because we think......we think why we exist also ... Watering the flower is easy.....keeping it beautiful for ever is a question... Flowers don't care they are beautiful or not.......they like to makes others beautiful... Nothing is immortal except God, God is closer to me then my nerves... Trick is not to live forever, but to live it by your self... Choices makes us what we are today... Everything that glitter is not g

A Smile....

on the way back to Dubai , we were served by a air hostess, she was really upset at something, so like us all humans, she got her frustration out by serving us in a bad manner, off course , she have to smile, but not from heart as I saw, her eyes were never in sync with her expressions, any ways she served me like that too, she threw what ever she had, and then went on with another passenger....but when she came back to collect things I said to her that she was really great at serving me, and I am very happy about it ( Off course I was happy, a person not in a good mood, doing its job, everybody can't do it :) ), so she smiled back to me...all the sudden I saw a shift in her attitude...her face became red..:), and off course after that it all went well.... I said to my self, how much does it take us to thank others for what they do for us? do we become shorter in size or status if we thank or praise someone?... Any ways the apple juice and the sweets she served me after that wer

Rose....

This is a story about a rose. A rose grows under the sun. Day by day,she is becoming more and more beautiful. Many people say I love u,rose, A boy came one day, saw the rose, fell in love with her and asked her: would you let me hold you tight? Rose was so eager to be hold tight Since she had never been held tight before, she wanted to know the feeling. So she said to the boy: yes, please, hold me tight The boy did hold her tight,saying:now you belong to me,only me.But the thorns stabbed deep in his fingers. He was bleeding all the time He cried but he would not give up his beloved rose. Rose was happy at first to be held tight. but later she felt breathless.Petals are falling One day,the boy suddenly realized something and throwed rose on the road. He refused to bleed for his love any more. It is not worthwhile, he said Rose lay on the road,shocked and sad to death.she felt abandoned by her lover,felt useless of herself,wanted just to die......... man came, picked up the rose and plan

Observer.......

I wonder why do we observe things and why don't we observe them sometimes? why do a small thing make us cry hard while big things don't make a difference to us....are we sometimes dead? or are we some times alive? Why do we ask questions? Why do we search for answers? Why do we go on the top? Why do we fall? Why is earth moving? Where will it take us? Why am I asking these questions? What am I thinking?

She didn't let me sleep

I was with my father last night in intensive care unit, cries of a lady asking for help, calling God didn't let me sleep for a second.....she was in terrible terrible pain...I don't understand the pain...but one thing I understood was that when we are in pain we call our beloved to help us out of it as she was calling God all the time.....I thought what if our beloved one give us pain then who do we call? whom do we share our pain with..... I use to read a popular logo, called No Pain No Gain when I was a kid...I wonder was it right both physically and emotionally? I am still hearing her......calling God :((, I can't stop crying my self....

Golden Rules of Traffic..

Well no no, I am not gonna tell you to look in the back mirror while you turn, or give indicator or stop before the zebra crossing or stop when police ask you to stop, or don't bribe police, or the people walking on the road are also humans and you have to respect them this does not all happen here in this country. See the rule is simple "There is no Rule", You have to break the signal, unless you don't break it you don't feel that you have done any thing in a day, see the police please don't run, it wont cost you more than a dolor for any traffic violation...if it is one way road and you need to cross it please watch on both sides of the road because there is no concept of one way in this country also....Don't trust zebra crossing trust your instincts..Zebra Crossing by the way 90% of the drivers don't know what it is made for, oh yeah I forget to tell you, they don't have license also :)....but I am amazed to see that these same guy drive taxis a

I met someone.......

On my way back home one day, as I was walking through a very difficult path I met a old blind man, I asked him where did he wanted to go he smiled and looked at me and said you are lucky to find me today people spend all their live to find me but never do, he said he just wanted to go across the road, So I asked him if I can help him, he replied yes, but he insisted he would sit in my heart, as soon as I was about to ask him how, he disappeared, I heard his voice calling me as if really he was sitting in my heart...for the first time in my life I started listening to my heart instead of my mind, suddenly the path looked very easy to me.... I asked him who is he? he said find it your self I asked him where can I find him? he said hearts I asked him, can I buy him? he said you can't buy me with trillions of dollars but yes I am the cheapest thing in this world I asked him will you live with me forever? he said only If you want to I said how did you became blind? he said go ask Adam

City of God.....

I had a flight for Dubai to Karachi, It took me around 1 hr 35 minuets to reach Karachi, but It only took me 2 hrs to get my passport stamp :), no no, it was not the state of emergency at all, I thought to write this blog before I get normal to abnormality :), any how I reached Karachi, as like always flight was late, and as like always no body took the blame also, met a single serving friend in the flight, he was crossing 60's so his thought did shake me a little, I'll write about him some other day :), my journey was comfortable, until I kept my feet on the land of miracles, on the land of 4 seasons at a single time, on one of the most beautiful places on earth. When I reached the passport stamping office, the business class counter was close, by the way it was the only reason I usually take the ticket, so I stood in the long long Que, saw allot of new faces and read allot of new stories, wondered God's calculations....of these people colliding me in life.. It all went

Children..

I was talking to one of my very dear friend I asked her about her daughter, she is only 3 years old, I wondered at that time that the best age is our age before schools "NO WORRIES" :), we do what we want to do,we eat what we wanna eat, we play and sleep when we want to :), but..we never remember that time of innocence at all... My Sister also have a kid, he is only 9 months old, he loves the keyboard, I don't know he always type encrypted messages let me ask him to type few words for you wfi'hgdphwg'wg'hwghoewqowhbrobq ;bi42h13[ iq ; skdfnklvsm , nd ; lfaweg 4 goj 3g If any one of you understand this 512 bit AES Encrypted key do let me know :)... I Love kids They come straight from heaven :)... I wish Americans can be more sensible on Sudan and let China help them to live and survive these tough times

Fear...

Today I talked with one of the religious member of our society,we talked on allot of aspect of religion and society, but over one thing I disagreed with him and that was for me the whole base of the religion , according to him, its the fear which should stop us from doing wrong, as if we are gonna do any thing wrong we are gonna be punished disagreed with him, I told him that Why Fear, can't we stop doing things for the love also, I mean if I don't do something wrong only by thinking that if I do this what will the person I love think of this, Isn't it Fear? Fear not of the punishment, instead fear of the shame we are going to face if our love finds out we did that? What if I also say that for God?

Electrons....

11:50 in the night, writing this down on a piece of paper, as there is no electricity at my place, not to mention its monsoon season, water all the place, telephone lines also dead, no no no, I am not talking about hurricane here, its just a normal drizzle but yeah, its reminding me that I AM Home :), I am enjoying every second of it though when my president is sleeping, or drinking nice hot soup along with crackers not to mention that too...I wonder how are peoples living in this country in the places where they don't even have somethings over their heads, they don't have some thing in there stomach, and also they don't have something under their feet also....we are on;y 60 years old you might say that to me, but China is 59...they are the third biggest economy of the world, is it the population or is it the passion they have...I wish we also have government like China or Russia ...I remember once Hazrat Ali ( RAA ) said, If a dog sleeps hungry in my kingdom, I am respon

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence...

I wonder today after watching Marth's stuff toy which she left here, that this is the evidence that she was here, I wonder what is the evidence that I was here in this world, my children? why do I have to give evidence that I exist, my life exists but with out evidence it don't exists at all, Evidence, what is the proof that I am alive, ohh my birth certificate , what is the proof that I have done my school or collage or bachelors or masters or marriage or having money or immigration or even death? "PAPER", Paper is the evidence that I exist..its also the evidence that I don't exist....So I will not waste papers now :) else they have to cut another jungle for that :) I still haven't got any evidence that Mr. Bush can say the word "terrorism" right lol ..I love to see him in this new Comedy Central program "Lil Bush"...by the way he have extraordinary claims but no evidence....hehehe