Mirrored Envy

Pakistan

Everyone is jealous of it.

There is a direct relationship between the development of Pakistan (and eventually its people) and some countries dislike for it. More development means more dislike forwarded towards (the people of) Pakistan. THEY can’t see a country like Pakistan developing and mastermind the hindrances to Pakistan’s development. The country has been indebted by foreign loans (sweetly named as financial aid) and the loans are so much in amount as to keep Pakistan in debt forever. How?
Pakistan needs to pay more than four billion US dollars in loans; the interest of the loans gives the amount to be paid a hamster wheel effect. With what Pakistan earns, it is only capable (or not even that) to just pay the interest that has amounted on the loans.Ok, one year over, the interest paid …* abracadabra*… the result of not paying anything on the original amount makes the interest re-appear and then Pakistan will be paying the interest again the next year too and so forth.

Very-so-not cool.

Insult to Injury.


The mastermind(s) of the 9/11 attacks were very clever. The execution and consequences in front of them, they enacted. Giving heavy trouble to the Muslims.Now, how does this relate to the situation of Pakistan?
With restrictions placed on geographical movement of Muslims, country by country the list of next-to-total movement barring countries is becoming longer. That means what?
That Muslims who want to immigrate (Pakistan being an Islamic country) would not be able to do so easily resulting in stagnation of economy due to the lack to foreign currency that could have been earned.


What Can Be Done?

All it takes is 5 billionaires to donate one billion each.
The debt is gone. The remainder is infused into developing the infrastructure of the country. The big MNCs’ earn much more than this in one financial quarter.
The establishing of a foreign headquarters for a particular region can be easily delayed into the next year. With the HQs the only people who will have a direct impact are the people that are working or going to work for it, they still can benefit the next year. But in the other case, all of the country will benefit. Compare a few thousand to hundreds of thousands….think rich fellows think…It can be done, it really is as simple as that.A 1, a 2, a 3, a 4 and a 5 ,as simple as that.

I will consider it enough proof that Pakistan has some friends in its road to development.


p.s: Pakistanis are so enviable that even fellow compatriots envy each other,they envy the wealth,they envy the style ,they envy the place and what not ....

Ain't I so right?

My Tribute to Vital Signs

I felt I didn’t give full justice to explain why Vital Signs didn’t bring about the biggest change in the Music Industry in Pakistan; hence I am posting a whole entry in this regard.
It was the 80’s dudes. A guitar would have been scarcer in Pakistan than water is in Balochistan now (and this isn’t a joke!).Obviously, the parental sentiments were leaning away from such acts of noise and “marasi-pun” that was the much highlighted point of Vital Signs, that they completely changed parents’ perception of people playing music.
They were the good guys. Nice clean image, non-shushkali lyrics, a certain maturity in tunes and sound.
My fanaticism for Vital Signs remained up until the third album, after that my taste got a little divergent and I began to listen to some other stuff. And I think Junaid put up a solo album before Hum Tum which got going my liking for Vital Signs a little shaky. But Junaid came back with Us Rah Par and gained a lot of affection again. Vital Signs had proved their mettle and they had decided to call it quits.
Dil Dil Pakistan was again surely a representative of Pakistan and Pakistanis. It was a vocal “landmark” of Pakistan.Yay for Vital Signs.
Present day situation, there was talk about some new band claiming to be the NEW Vital Signs; I am still passing it off as a joke. I don’t even remember whether I heard what they were presenting or representing to be.

Aaroh…Ajnabee
is what I believe to be the best remake done in Pakistan, so far. Any doubts of this one?

A fact about Vital Signs, their tunes are, as some people believe, lifted from western ones
One such song in Samjhana, from Vital Signs 1, which sounds similar to Red, Red Wine by UB 40…

Let’s move a little away from Vital Signs, shall we?
But still within in a decade less, out came a band called Awaz.
Featuring Haroon, Fakhir and Asad Ahmed.Sound wise the album was much ahead of its time. Bravo to them for being what they were.

This is supposed to be one of the most unstructured post I’ve ever written, so forgive me for that.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

Pick A Song

Which one of the following songs do you think brought the biggest change in the Pakistani pop music industry?

1.Dil Dil Pakistan by Vital Signs
2.Sayonee by Junoon
3.Duur by Strings
4.Aadat bt Jal



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School days (not related to dingle days)

School: Pakistan Education Centre, PEC
I thought it was time to remember the school I studied from and
remember one particular thing about it.
Being a student of English medium, the books were in English and the
students studied in English (of course, what else would one expect us
to study in, French?)
Anyway, the particular thing was to in grow fluency in English
speaking, which I think was somewhat influenced by the running of
Indian schools (in which students used to speak ENGLISH..OOOOH).
We interrupt this programming for a short message
(Message for P.E.C
They NEED to speak English because they don't have a choice. Most
people from the south part can't speak HINDI, their National Language.
So the only medium they have is English.
Us we don't have that problem.)
And now we return to our regular programming.
And since they spoke English our school wanted us to speak English
too. In order to do this, our school Pakistan Education Centre
(P.E.C)(I am sure you have the name up in your mind by now) had an
initiative:
The teachers will instruct in English, the students will speak to each
other in English. Any student caught voiding this rule would have to
pay. Upon hearing this notice, the students would look at each other
and would have the same thought in their mind,"AB KIA HO GA,?"
And by next period we would be back to Urdu.
Mr.Bhatti.
One teacher was able to build up on this and I would now say "clap
clappity clap"…you did it, how long was he able to manage that is
irrelevant, but he did it, his name was Mr.Bhatti. (the key initiator
of extra curricular things in school)..one teacher who I still remember..so far :)

Marriages and Attendees

Today, I would like to talk about marriages in the Indian
subcontinent. We all know the money spent on these
occasions is just alot. Most of the time, life – savings
 of a lot of parents are put up for this purpose
(especially in the case of daughters.)But today I won't
talk about the money aspect, but another angle or aspect.
Here it is:

The dress of the bride and that of her spouse,
the grooming, the sajna sawarna…..
The bride does it because she wants to remember the day
and for this day is a turning point for her.
Once-in-a lifetime.
But is that all?

The family of one has selected the other one.
So the parents know whom their grown-up offspring is going
 to marry and also the one to undergo marriage
(in today's age) knows what the other looks like.
So basically the heavy dresses, jewellery and everything else
are not for each other (they don't get to see each
other much during the marriage day, anyway) but rather for
the guests, relatives that come
to the wedding.

I don't like that.
Why?? Are the guests the one going to live with the to
be married person. Why does the couple need to dress up for them?
Is it a show going on? Is it a movie, a film, a picture?

I cannot(WHAM)… (Thud)

*Hani knocked unconscious by a guest.*

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

ponda ova this

If a person who isn't maried is known as SINGLE
so a person who is married should be known as .......


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I give you precautions for my post today because I wouldn't like it
that sick feelings are nurtured
I wouldn't read this post if I:
1.wasn't old enough for a driving license
2.don't read much of non-fiction books.
3.have just eaten food.

I wouldn't say that the depiction given below will be effective in
rightfully presenting what is to be presented, but nevertheless it
involves death in a not-so-good-manner.

Read at your own risk.



He knew he wasn't going to live.

Roger, was feeling uncomfortable. He had committed numerous sins
throughout his life, his eyes had seen, his hands had done. He was
getting flashbacks of what he had done, the weapons he had used, on
whom he had used them, it was all coming back to him now/
He felt the blood rushing with in him; his eyes were expanding and
slowly turning red. The tips of his fingers on both hands were being
filled up with blood. His vision started to get blurry and his eyes
were almost bulging out now.

One last thought, I wish I hadn't done what I did.

At that very instant, his eyes gave way to the blood build-up in his
eyes and they ruptured, the blood began pouring all over his face on
to his clothes….

From my never to be released book UNNATURAL DEPARTURES.

Weekly or more?

So far I had been posting quite regularly,  2-3 times in a week.
But I am trying to make a decision of actually reducing it to once a
week.
I need the people who read me to decide whether I should go for once a
week, intentionally keeping myself on hold from writing posts or
should I just post as they occur.Your comments will eventually make me think
and the final decision will be mine,keeping the comments in mind.

Hey, What for?

Of late, I have been feeling a pressure within me to post, but I am
finding it really hard for myself to give in to the pressure within
me.

{"Jo khana khata hoon ya kuch peeta hoon.who haazmay tak pressure ko
daba daita hai"(whatever I eat or drink, makes the pressure inside o
me subside till digestion).}


[Hint: More of me don't-want-no once-a- week post.]

hmmm…where was I?? Oh yeah…till digestion.

What am I doing now?

Me, I am contemplating.

people,visit 
pigsee
 ,a very,very interesting
and surprising article awaits your readership

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

The phone I couldn't get

The phone: Motorola Razr V3
Color: Black

The User: Me

It began a few days back and I was given an
opportunity to test it out.
The Look: Straight out of a fashion magazine:
The Usage: As easy as 1-2-3.
The verdict (of others): The price is too much for a
phone with such less features.
The verdict (of mine): There cannot be a phone as
stylish and as cool as this.

This is the first time I got to try a Motorola and I
was really impressed, maybe I was overwhelmed by the
look, and I undermined the other things, but even If I
did I can’t say it was my fault but rather the fact
was that the phone was breathtakingly beautiful.

The result: I returned it because it was not my money
that was going on the phone and if I knew the persons
money is going to get wasted on the phone, I would
have felt guilty, because is would have been wasted
due to me.

But someday, I will be able to make choices devoid of
others

Moral of the story: Listen to others, until you don’t
have to.

Alright,update on the story of the saleslady.Anyone who has moved from my boat to hers will be dying to jump back into my boat after I end for today.
Day before yesterday,I was chatting with my cousin (note=my) and she began to
read that conversation too.
She hasn't got any manners..burps on her own command.She makes no move to
retain the burp.It would have been fine if there were a bunch of friends sitting together.
She is totally skipping her work in the morning,maybe she found some other job for
the mornings,and since my dad isn't here to question her ,she can do what she pleases.
She gets food into the store and knowing very well that the food leave an odour in the place
still munches there. Bari hee dheet nasal ki aurat hai........
Iam wanna wanting revenge.
Can I have voting?

What shall I do next time Iam on the PC and she decides to spy on me?
1.Turn the pc off
2.Get up from the chair and ask her to sit in my place
3.take my Pc and hit it on my head

Vote now,operators are sitting by

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I consider it not dat funny,but you'll decide.

Sales & More

Keeping more than one aspect is mind is vital for
sales. The stock, the place where the stock is kept,
the margins to be kept for each product etc etc. Most
of this can be made easier by systematic placement of
stock. But sometimes its not you who makes a mistake
in retuning products to the right place, its your
co-workers and all the same.
All of which results to a loss in making a sale and
in case of a first time customer ,losing a customer.
The theory being that once a customer gets a product
and on getting satisfaction, returns.
Nothing bought, no product satisfaction, no returning
customer.
That’s it for sales.

Dads’ location: Pakistan for all of this week.

Meaning: I have to look over the boutique sales all by
myself. That’s no problem; I’ve done it before. The
problem is this staff hired who openly spies on ME.
Can you believe that? She keeps an eye on whatever I
do. I was writing a letter day before yesterday and
she suddenly sprung up from behind saying>”I thought
you were on the computer”. After uttering the words
she started to read the letter I was writing.
AAAAAHHH.
Even if I am on the pc, you don’t get the right to
infiltrate my privacy.
Gosh! Where are your manners, where is the trust?
Supposedly, I am supposed to be in charge.
She pretends to be innocent acting as if she knows
nothing but inside her are floors of complex and
dangerous master plans, only God can decipher. May God
save me from her wrath.

Nothing but the truth

me
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