Archive for March, 2008

Optimism, Hope and Motivation

When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb; he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, ‘I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.’ Wilma Rudolph was the 20th [...]

Subway deal

If you feel like having Subway and live in PECHS, head over to their newest branch in Dolmen Mall food court where they have a deal where you buy 1 and get 1 free for Sundays. There are some other deals as well, such as Sub of the day, where they give discount on a [...]

Desktop Wallpaper: Spring Bloom, Petunias

This is a picture from my garden. I was a little late in taking the pics because of busy schedule and also because of laziness, and therefore most of the annuals I planted weren’t in good shape, but this I was able to salvage for Wallpaper. Resolution: 1024 x 768 For all previously posted Wallpapers, [...]

Not another exhibition!!!

If I ever get license to kill, I swear I’ll hunt down and shoot these so called Lawn designers. They are making my life miserable. Not only are they making a big dent in my wallet but also are the cause of constant friction between me and wife come every weekend. Whatever happened to the [...]

Random blog hopping

While random blog hopping I came across this blog and I really liked his/her about page, especially the part where he/she writes ………I’m Pakistani. Pakistan lives here. It’s rather bigger than it looks on the map you’re seeing there, but, then again, not bigger than its neighbouring country, India, which I will not link, because [...]

Changing Times

You know times are changing when a woman in Karachi who’s been married for over a decade files for a divorce and doesn’t want the custody of her sons. You know times are really changing when a woman in Karachi who’s been married for almost forty years files for a divorce. The fact that both [...]

AHRC Statement on the rape case

The Asian Human Rights Commission has issued a statement on the Rape case that occurred in the premises of Mazar-e-Quaid. This statement tells of a different story and also the guard who has been arrested is apparently a part of the cover up to save the real perpetrators. I don’t know what their sources are [...]