No Friend Blues

A friend (??) told me he could not imagine going to the Bryan Adams concert with anyone else other than me because of the fact that I used to share my Bryan Adams information with him. I told him about the affordability issue, he said no way; you are going no matter what…
Well, I am not going, and there is no sign of my friend (??). He came over the weekend to a restaurant next to Dads store and didn’t even come to say “hi”. Some Friend.
I am counting the days left for the 11th of Feb because that’s when it would have been a complete month without meeting any friend o mine.


I am so happy that I have this blog and thank each and everyone who reads this blog and comments (and I thank the non commentors, too).
Mars, Sadaf, Green Head, Insiya, TDH, Zag, Mayya, Extiinct , Subhana , Zeeshan and the two recent ones, Psyched and WaterSprite…
(Did I miss any other commentors’ name?)
It is due to the people who read my blog, that I blog….without any readers it would be like talking to myself.

Just for the record, this is my 3rd blog. The first one lost the host. The second one also had a similar fate, my friend who owned the domain name, lost the name and the blog went phatooey.
So here I am running Life Manual hoping that this doesn’t get sucked up. I made this blog a tad before my friend (who owned the second blog I used to write in) sent me an invite for a fourth blog. Piggsee. I accepted but later came to know that how hard it is to have more than one blog unless it is known how we will segregate the posts that go on each blog.

Coming back to the musical aspect of this post, I am waiting for the day Jal or Atif Aslam could come and perform in Qatar. When I went to Pakistan last year (Karachi being my first stop), I missed rock Karachi rock by just ONE day. I landed on 4th of July and there were billboards everywhere and there was one really big one advertising Rock Karachi Rock on the 3rd of July.Oppurtunity missed. The last time I went to a concert was to mark the independence day of Pakistan and if I tell you the artists I viewed I might be showered with chappals, shoes and all other kinds of footwear.

Maybe this post was better named as No Concert Blues but it’s all the same.

Saying Days

Insaan duniya mein marnay kay liyay aata hai.


Came up with this Quote O' Mine when (obviously) I wasn't in my Best O' Moods.

A JJ original.

A JJ original.
Originally uploaded by FOTOSHO-TO.

Liked this so much,but wasn't going to wear it anywhere and hence getting it for 5000 something rs. didn't seem worthy.

Goli Daina koi meray Doston(??) say seekhay.

The last time I met a friend was on Eid and that too for half an hour.
I have been left for the dumpster man to come pick me up.

But due to their absence an ex-classmate has appeared to become the best choice as an
activity partner. If that is any condolence, I have a choice activity partner but no activity.
Although I have a belly, I want this activity to be strenuous and physically difficult. So my belly goes and that I have an activity. ( and oh! not to forget my activity partner.)

Problems of the activity partner:

1. He already has one. ( both an activity and an activity partner)
2. He is Pakhtun. (so is his activity partner)
3. He is “into” something new for a few months and then is out of it.
4. He has not agreed (because he hasn’t been asked) to become an activity partner.

Okay, let’s just go through the problems quickly.

No.1, No.3 and No.4 are that he might be tired (noun and adjective) already from doing what he does.

No.2: A human naturally has a tendency to like that person more who is from his/her own community, so not a big chance of mine getting a preference over his already present activity partner (and yeah I missed another thing too, his activity partner is also his friend).

So, my activity partner might just leave me for the dumpster man too!

but not all my friends are goli firing ones.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

Liquids And Species

A perfume made for women is designed to touch a womans sense of smell in such a way that she is attracted to it (so that she will eventually buy it).
Now,here is a piece of advice for any boy willing to catch a girls attention.

Wear a womens perfume.

Okay now now, lets even things out here a bit.

Women do not need to wear a mens perfume to catch a mans attention thats because there is already a liquid flowing in men which makes em run after females,the tap of which has gone awry for quite some ages (and for ages to come) and the liquid is overflowing.

Testosterone.


Next Post: Dingle Days.

This "Dingle Days" has a subtitle too and it is plainly : The Leader.

Look it's me!

I am Famous.Fakely.
No no, don’t get the wrong idea; my name really is Hani Arif. It is just that I tend be "known", as in popular(famous),get it,get it?

What are the points to verify my claim?


The Eatery.
The Drink:

Well, if having a restaurant and a drink to my name isn’t enough there are lots of songs with my mention in them. But coincidentally or not almost always the times my name is preceded with a Ka.

Examples?

KaHani Mohabbat ki by Strings
Watan KaHani by Awaz.

and so on,they put the Ka so that it wouldn't be easy for me to detect what the artists were upto,laikin mein chota bacha nahin!!!
I might sound as a bit of a snob with this post but iss mein meri kiya ghalti hai? I didn’t force the respective people to use my name, they did it themselves,because they adore me???

Well anyone who was wondering what I look like will have to wait no more.As here below I post my pic...

Just scroll down a bit...

Cute,ain't I?

Slow & Steadily

thinking how to collect material for my next post.

Can anyone tell me...

iss mein hunsnay kee kiya baat hai???

image taken from a website on the internet.

A Stray Cats Life

born out of what we humans know as a wed-lock,come under a car and die.

The End

Hi Relative

We are all related.

My uncles-'wifes'- cousins'- husbands'-brothers'-wifes'-sisters'-husbands'-nephews' cousin could be you.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

Greetings.

Being where I am (Qatar) we the residents have a slight upperhand than most countries in celebrating events.This is a good thing? Maybe yes or maybe not but it does give a feeling that we the residents of Qatar (again??) are a little ahead ,timethetically (come into my brain,for more words that aren't found in dictionaries).

So even though it isn't Eid yet,I'll jump futher 7 hours ahead timethetically (again???) and wish everyone EID MUBARAK.
(Any one willing to give me hugs?)

Till we meet again (again,again,again???) (again??). TATA

NextPost:Dingle Days
and the special thing about this Dingle Days is that it has a subtitle ,SMART CHILD.

Quote

There are more people in this world than humans.

Blogging No More

Today I will talk about some pathetic people. Although I can easily be passed of as being pathetic myself but these people act as if they are the Sirs of being Pathetic.
People like these started to dominate Orkut some time back, forcing me to go out of the public eye. Chillax and other useless and cheap words started being used and the silly nature of the scraps in the scrapbook drove me off the wall.Also, this was not my scrapbook that was being used as a piece of sampling paper, these scrapbooks were those of my friends. I just got sick and tired of reading the silly language and nonsensical composition of the sentences. I just had to vanish. I’ve received a couple of requests to join, but I’ve ignored those.

And then there was blogging...

Yesterday, I was reading a blog entry on someone else’s blog and on going through the comments, the same picture of Orkut came in to my mind .Although I didn’t get to see any cheap words but I did get to see nonsensical comments .It shouldn’t be a surprise that the very thing that happened to me and Orkut ,could very much happen to me and blogging.

Message for an ex-blogger:
ReturnedtoSender.blogspot.com is no more but here is a message for its owner (if the owner still reads Life Manual) and that is:Your best friend can be happy now because Bryan Adams is going to hold a concert in Karachi, Pakistan. All she has to do is fly…and buy two tickets:one for the plane and one for the concert.

Tag Forwarding

Greeno Tagged me so:

UNIQUE
1. Nervous habits... Shaking legs.
2. Are you double jointed... What does this mean?.
3. Can you roll your tongue... Piece O’ (Yummy) Cake
4. Can you raise one eyebrow at a time…only my left one
5. Can you blow spit bubbles...Yep.
6. Can you cross your eyes... Yep.
7. Tattoos... Zero.
8. Piercings... Zero.
9. Do you make your bed daily... Nope

CLOTHES
10. Which shoe goes on first?... Right.
11. Speaking of shoes, have you ever thrown one at anyone... Nope.
12. On the average, how much money do you carry…200 Riyals(200 *16.5=3300 rs).(or that’s what I intend to carry)
13. What jewelry do you wear 24/7...leather bracelet on my right wrist.
14. Favorite piece of clothing... A t-shirt.

FOOD
15. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it... Slurp it.
16. Have you ever eaten Spam... uh-hugglu hugglu
17. Do you use extra salt on your food... Never.
18. How many cereals in your cabinet... 4.
19. What's your favorite beverage...Orange Juice.
20. What's your favorite fast food restaurant/chain...Pizza Hut (is it fast food?)If not,then,current favourite Mcdonalds.
21. Do you cook... nope.

GROOMING
22. How often do you brush your teeth... 2-3 times a day.
23. Hair drying method... Taulia.
24. Have you ever colored/highlighted your hair... Never.

MANNERS
25. Do you ever swear... No,I don’t (are you trying to accuse me?)
26. Do you ever spit... Nope.

FAVORITE
27. Animal... Iam terrified of them.
28. Food...chicken
29. Month...Useless Question
30. Day... Next question, please.
31. Cartoon... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Bionic 6
32. Shoe brand...Rockport
33. Subject in school...English.
34. Color... Green.
35. Sport... Table-Tennis
36. TV shows... Celebrity Online,Applause.
37. Thing to do in the spring... Idher ya to garmi hoti hai,ya,sardi.
38. Thing to do in the summer... Stay indoors in the ac.
39. Thing to do in the fall...bataya na,Idher ya to garmi hoti hai,ya,sardi.
40. Thing to do in winter...As always ,on the PC
41. In the CD player...in dads car,Ali Azmats : Social Circus
42. Person you talk most on the phone with...Mom.
43. Reading... Blogs
44. Do you regularly check yourself out in store windows/mirrors... Yes,magar aaj tak koi bhi sheesha nahin toota.
45. What color is your bedroom...White
46. Do you use an alarm clock... When Required.
47. Window seat or isle... Window.

DUMB
48. What's your sleeping position... on my right side,with my eyes closed.
49. In hot weather do you use a blanket... Yes.
50. Do you snore... pata nahin,mein uss waqt so raha hota hoon.
51. Do you sleepwalk...No!
52. Do you talk in your sleep...Pata nahin,mein shayad uss waqt so raha hota hoon.Aap kiya sotey waqt jaagey hotey hain?
53. Do you sleep with stuffed animals... No(Ernie is not an animal,ooops!!).
54. How about with the light on... Not of my room.
55. Do you fall asleep with the tv or radio on...No,this privilege belongs only to the cd player.
56. Last interesting person you met...umm sorry,meri yaadaasht zara kumzor hai.

BONUS
Q:How may fingers would I have if I have two hands?
Answer:Quite a lot,provided I have fish fingers in front of me.

TAGGING
Insiya
Subhana
Mars
I don’t want to trouble the others,as yet.