Credit Hours for Sports
PAF-KIET has introduced an 'Sports' course carrying 0.5 Credit Hours each semester, and it is a compulsory course to be taken by the students, and we have to pay the fees for these .5 credit hours. The sports facilities are provided by the PAF Base Korangi Creek. They do have a great football field, and good enough courts and fields for other sports.
Today it was my Sports class, and I've chosen Squash - something that keeps you away from dreadfully hot sun and at the same time makes you move yourself enough to call it as a decent physical exercise to make yourself feel young again =P
See how cool it is, I have to play sports or I'll be marked as absent, and failing to attend the Sports session 6 times entitles me for an F grade. So another addition to our list of courses, this time a different one!
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is Crap!
I went to the Capri cinema a few days back to see this movie with a fair bit of excitement as this is "Indiana Jones"... BUT I was utterly disappointed, and not just me but everyone around! This time the move makers try to be 'oh so cute' rather than focusing on something that makes sense.
One reviewer on IMDB got it right when he said:
When you come out of the cinema screen, turn around and look at the expressions of the people walking out behind you. I did, and it was a collective 'Has someone just farted?'
I went with Ahmed, Adeel and Hamid, and we had good fun together but we all were dissapointed with the movie.
OK, let's face it: Indiana Jones survives a nuclear blast just by hiding himself inside a fridge! and that fridge was inside the house where the nuclear explosion took place. Everything in that house literally melted of that massive nuclear explosion but here we go, our indi jones is well and alive and the fridge is just fine left after everything just vanished.
Here's another one: The enemies are an army of their own with advanced weaponry in their hands all the time and they're shown having machine guns firing with full flow onto the indi jones and crew, yet none of the indi jones members are hit by even a single bullet.. i'm pretty much sure those enemies weren't blind.. and they were soldiers so shouldn't miss a shot from 6 to 8 feet distance.
Now this one: In the end, out of no where does this UFO come into place and flies away.. i kinda laughed a lot at it.
There are so many other moments during the movie that you just literally get shocked to see: surviving three consecutive deadly waterfall jumps and landing safe in a boat in two of them and just safely in the water in the third (and most disasterous) one. That was so lame honestly.
well, i was so wrong when i felt that ppl like Lucas and Spielberg can't make stupid things.. actually they're humans and they just proved that! I'd still give it a 3 out of 10 for some eye candy/stunts and some funny moments...
Talked to Shoaib Mansoor on the phone! :)
Just a few minutes ago, I called Shoaib Mansoor, yes that very Shoaib Mansoor who is known for so many good things that I find it difficult to highlight any single aspect of his personality. Well, I mainly like him for his magical work done for the Vital Signs and Junaid Jamshed. Then I like him for his excellent tv shows such as 50-50, Sunehrey Din, Ankahi, Tanhaiyan, Alpha Bravo Charlie, Gulls & Guys, etc. Then I like him for his first ever movie Khuda Kay Liye, a really well made movie which I really liked!
I got his number after quite an effort I'd say. I'd been trying to call him on and off for a quite a few days now. But today he picked up the phone and well, we talked, and i was just so happy to talk to him. I was just kinda lost in thinking what to say hehe. He was cool, calm and casual and the calmness in his speech was mindblowing. I was so impressed and I guess success lies in being patient and calm.
Well, you might take it as anything, but talking atleast once to Shoaib Mansoor was a dream for me since I just love the lyrics he has written. I basically like all of his work a lot. I hope he can continue doing more of the great work he has been doing for all these years. I'm indeed feeling lucky that I've got to talk to him hehe.
Computer Graphics Project Progress: Badshahi Masjid Lahore
The time has come that we submit our course projects and I am kinda lost in these ajkal. I have to deliver this Computer Graphics project on Monday and I haven't started animation process. I had started working on this one way back but then left it as I had so much of everything else to handle 
Now when the time has arrived, I have no choice but to move on the path of 'jaan churaaying'... that's the art of just getting things done as soon as possible!
So, the model is ready, and now I am going to start animating it, during which I have to setup lighting, and then after all this, editing and composition of the final thing. It's been done entirely in Blender 3D, an open source 3d production package. So, thanks to them!
Prayers needed! I am also kinda slow on the Network Programming project.
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!
Why are Sundays so cool?
Man I must admit I had anotha ammazing sunday! I love you Sunday! I met Akram and Ahmed and we went to Noorani Kabad House and of course we didn't catch rabbits there! Then we headed to Ahmed's home for a nice coffee (thanks Aunty 
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We chatted about loaaaaaaadzzz of things for a looong time. It was so much fun, so much that we've decided to meet up next week as well. Adeel kameena and Amjad seth were busy so they couldn't come, no worries but we missed you guys!
I think it's really worth it, this meetup every sunday, so much fun and releases you of all the stress you've built up by working and studying.
I am coming closer Mr. Next Sunday!
Wake Up Call!
I got a wakeup call in the late afternoon when I slipped off my bike on main Karsaz. I was in full speed (just like everybody else) and then I saw some grease on the center of the road, it was covering quite an area of the road opposite to Maritime Museum. I knew I did not have to apply the brakes but a couple of cars ahead of me slowed down miserably and I had no choice but to try and slow down or I would've hit them!
End of story, I slipped like they do in the movies and as I was going through that moment, it felt as if i was in air... one of the freakiest moments of my life to tell you the truth... where I was somewhat alive and somewhat...duh. I was lucky as myself as I did not suffer from any major injuries. Some great people gathered around me and tried to help me get out of the situation. One person (Mr. Usman) was more than helpful and accompanied me to the place near my house and then I myself asked him (after thanking him) that it was alright and he should move on to his own destination.
Went to the hospital, got the (painful) treatment and called a friend (Ibad) who dropped me home in his car. So many things got back to me in the process, so many thoghts
Here I'm writing this post with my right leg straight and not willing to bend or move... I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to!
Saturday Roundup
I came back from office in the morning and brought halwa poori at home. My bhabi likes halwa poori; well everyone likes it but she likes it more.
Then I went to Bank Alfalah for some financial transactions. Then I went to my friend Saadi for we had planned for a number of days that we're gonna visit the market as I have to buy a guitar. Now Saadi is an excellent guitarist and an eternally cool guy and he just looks like a maestro when he is playing his guitar.
We went to the market but we were not able to find a guitar of good quality. The quality standards were set by Saadi himself and all the instrument evaluation was being done by Saadi, I was merely an spectator looking at things and trying to learn from them.
Saadi told me he is going to tell me in a day or two as he is going to look for a better guitar. After the market we went to the new (for me atleast) Eaton branch on Sindhi Muslim Society. We had a good khapa over there. It was a good deal that we had, a chicken roll, a quarter of steamed chicken, fries and a drink.
Then I dropped Saadi home. Having a bike really makes things easier especially when you're going to a crowded place like Saddar. I swiftly ran through the lean passages on the roads while the car owners looked at me secretly admiring my luck of owning a bike :P
On my way back I decided to go and meet a friend Ibad, its been some time since I met him. We had some good time and then I came home at 6 pm and slept like no other. I just woke up on Fajr and now writing this post.
While browsing, I came across this:
http://www.clay.smith.name/Parallel_Quran.htm
A file having multiple translations of the Quran in an organized manner (ayah by ayah). Maybe it would be useful for some. I know it will come handy to me for sure.
A Beautiful Mind
I saw 'A Beautiful Mind' yesterday, it was indeed superb. Russel Crowe, one of my very favorites does it again with amazing acting and i must say the others acted superbly as well. It is quite an old movie but it was one that I missed.
Now that I got the chance to see it (thanks to my friend Sarfoo again who pushed me to buy this DVD yesterday at Radio City), I have to declare that it is one of the movies in my favorites list.
Russel Crowe plays the role of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician, who actually won a Nobel Prize in 1994.
The movie revolves around John Nash's life from the university days to the end when he wins the Nobel Prize.
John Nash is pictured fighting with his inner thoughts; He sees things no one else does, the case of Schizophrenia is what he is shown affected with.
I think this Sunday was good, having to go out, having a good time at Dolman Mall's food court and meeting some of my good friends. And hey, I've the stock for this month's entertainment: 4 DVD's which includes Shoaib Mansoor's 'Sunehrey Din' series
Me at Work
Right, I'm officially posting my pic of how I look at work no, that's not a uniform. This is just how I looked like that day!
