Education Expo and Hi Tea
Went to DAWN Education Expo (held at Expo Centre Karachi) today. It wasn't as big as it was when it happened last time. It occupied a relatively less area. One hall was entirely occupied by the universitues in the UK and Australia. The other hall had the universities from Pakistan and from the USA. The folks from Goeth Institute and EduFrance were also there.
I was with the 3 A's: Akram, Ahmed and Adeel. We got done with the exhibition so early that we decided to sit and talk about our plans for the future 
BUT the day was so hot that we thought it would be a nice idea to go and sit together at a decent place to discuss our million dollar ideas: here comes Ahmed with a suggession that we should all go to the Hi-Tea at Hotel Mehran. Ahmed told us its a nice deal with Rs. 200 something per head. So we headed to Hotel Mehran and had some time spent there. It was nice I guess with a good number of items to try.
During our time there, we decided to go to the cinema to watch the indian movie RACE which we all heard good things about (and the trailer looked fantastic to me). Lekin as soon as we were about to head to the cinema, I got a call and I had to leave for home 
So the movie plan has been cancelled and we might go for the movie tomorrow in the evening show.
Envy
Please justify
the reason you lie
when you and I
are just the same
you look towards me
with passionate eyes
looking to survive
searching for fame
i am just me
so please keep me free
you work hard and win
just play your own game
time ticks by
and you'll fly so high
just don't envy
and you'll make your name
Digital Eyez Creative Media Competition
FAST-NU Karachi is organizing a mega event for the emerging new media artists who are studying in the various universities of Pakistan. The name of the event is DigitalEyez and it's one of those competitions which caught my eye straight away: I am somebody who can design web pages so I think I do have a bit of chance 
The competition is not just for the web designers out there. It's also offering photography and short film/animation challenges for those who are skilled at these mediums.
The official web site for DigitalEyez is www.digitaleyez.pk where you can find each and every bit of information you might need to have, including links to register yourself in any of the competitions there.
A neat thing that I noticed was that the competition was FREE for all i.e. no entry fee was mentioned anywhere at all afaik on their web site.
There are a few more competitions which are part of this event (such as a quiz competition) which are definitely going to help make the event more interesting.
I've registered on their web site and I sincerely wish this competition gathers huge success as this is the first of its kind competition at the university level in Pakistan.
Us Rah Per
This is one of my most favorite songs, just too pure a representation of thoughts. I love this song, I love everything about it, the lyrics, the music, the singer, the lyricist!
The great Shoaib Mansoor along with Junaid Jamshed are just so wah wah! So here we go:
Ham Kyun Chalain Us Rah Per
Jis Rah Per Sab Hee Chalay
Kiyon Na Chunain Woh Rasta
Jis Per Naheen Koi Gayaaa
Dil Udas Nazrain Udas
Dilbar Naheen Gar Aas Pas
Din Raat Aah Bharna
Aur Beqarar Rehna
Yeh Khel Hi Bekar Hain
Kuch Bhee Naheen Angar Hain
Is Aag Main Jalain Kiyon
Pal Pal Jeeyain Marain Kiyon
Ham Kyun Chalain Us Rah Per
Jis Rah Per Sab Hee Chalay
Kiyon Na Chunain Woh Raasta
Jis Per Naheen Koi Gayaaa
Bas Dekhnay Ki Baat Hai
Ik Ishq Kia Hain hazar Ishq
Lakhon Sanam Chupain Hain
Aur Raah Dekhtey Hain
Chalo Ishq Ka Kaha Man Kar
Apna Sanam Pehchan Kar
Kisi Aisey Rang mein Rang Jayain
Sab Se Juda Nazar Aayain
Ham Kyun Chalain Us Rah Per
Jis Rah Per Sab Hee Chalay
Kiyon Na Chunain Woh Rasta
Jis Per Naheen Koi Gayaaa
101 Reasons Freelancers Do it Better
UT posted a really cool link on his blog, and I thought it was so cool that I decided to steal it for my blog
You can find the article here: http://www.hrworld.com/features/101-reasons-to-freelance-091007/
The article highlights some nice points. Freelancers will already be familiar with most of them though but definitely some food for thought for those nine-to-five'ers!
The disarray
it never was alright
but it seemed like so
I was searching for the light
and it felt so low
pain and sorrow came around
all my comforts laid to ground
i was dying and i was lost
i was nowhere to be found
but it showed me how to live
and taught me how to nest
and think about the life
to live it at its best
the ride into the hell and back
i'm ready for the next!
F5′ed :)
Yes I do! I do feel refreshed. I went to Malir Cantt last night to attend a Nikah (wedding) ceremony of one of my friends' brother. The larki's dad is in the Army and they had their house built inside that interesting area where I saw people were so concerned about security.
It was nice there as I met a person named Bilal who gave me good company while my friend (Ibad) was busy in other important things (guests se milna milana etc.)
I was not going to this daa'wat but it was my best buddy's (Ibad) brother and I was especially invited in this family-only gathering. I think it's a good habit to attend the parties you are invited to. Ibad would have been furious for sure had I not opted to go to this da'wat. I was not going because I had some work at home, but I'm glad I went there in the da'wat.
Talking about Malir Cantt, I didn't feel great there. I was like 'Man they've built such a big empire of their own!'. See, this feeling of calling the Army walas 'they' is so evident. I no more feel they are something close to us. I'm not 100% sure if I'm right though, but it seems so.
Bilal is a humble person and it was a pleasure to meet him. And I feel good that I did go in the Nikah. These parties are like the 'Disk Cleanup' utility I think!
I’ve got a new digicam: Olympus Stylus 760
I've got a new digital camera guys! It's so much fun thinking of yourself as a big gun in photography cute tools like the Olympus Stylus 760 along with Paint Shop Pro surely make the job of becoming a cool photgrapher easy.
I've liked everything about the camera so far, the functions, the quality and the looks of the camera itself
I bought it on the advice of Hamza Azeem, a really good photographer and a student from the Engineering Department at PAF-KIET.
The 'One Step Photo Fix' filter inside of Paint Shop Pro did the trick of further improving the picture quality.
Now that I've got a nice digital camera, I think it's time for me to join Flickr!
Emotions vs Logic!
I had a loooong chat with Munir, a travelling geek from some (almost) boys only university 
We "discussed" about the situations when we have the option to select either of the two: emotions or logic. Look at the way I enclosed the word 'dicussed' in quotation marks; that means it was an interesting discussion ;P
I was in for logic and Munir was in favour of emotions. We kept putting up examples in favour of our beloved items and we ended up without agreeing to each other.
In between we discussed about why we should not work at Axact and how to go about toont toont tooooooont! when we're upset.
It was a nice gup shup, he gave me a nice couple of things to help me unfold the thing called life. We talked about Apple Mecca and how some people interpret the same things differently.
I am still in favour of not favouring the emotions but the rest of you might have different ideas!