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2006-12-16T03:45:00.000+03:00

Dear readers do not ever come to this blog again,to know why I am saying this please click

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-12-08T12:41:00.000+03:00

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2006-12-02T11:50:00.000+03:00

This Post: Nothing

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by the way, the question put forward in my last post still remains
unanswered.Please enlighten.

Translate

2006-11-21T19:17:00.000+03:00

Can anyone give me a one letter word in English for the urdu word "Chuttee"?

Who am I?

2006-11-10T11:36:00.000+03:00

while playing pool yesterday online (it has become my favourite pastime) I came to play
with someone and here is the little conversation I had with him.

Him: Where are you from?
Me: Pakistan,what about you?
Him: England
Him:You must be rich you have a PC
Me:No, I am not rich, computers are cheap.

(seems like he has yet to meet a seth/saith from Pakistan)

Death by chocolate

2006-11-03T10:25:00.000+03:00

Death by chocolate
Originally uploaded by FOTOSHO-TO.

defines how sweetness can kill you be it in the form of chocolate
or the fake human form.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif

2006-10-31T17:00:00.000+03:00

My Turn

2006-10-28T02:32:00.000+03:00

This is my first tag creation, although it isn't that interesting but it surely is different.

here goes.

Buying clothes:

1. Do you look at country of manufacture or quality of manufacture?
A:Quality.

2.Do you make sure they are natural fabrics?
A:Other than the winter stuff, yes.

Generals:

3.Sunglasses, fashion or protection?
A:Protection

4.If you were a dog, would you bark or bite?
A:Bark

5.Do you turn your cellphone off before going to sleep?
A: I don't turn it off but I keep it away from me so even if it rings I won't be
able to hear the sound.

6.You came home from out and have an hour to go before going out to meet a friend,
what is the most probable thing which you'll do in that hour?
A: Surf the net.

7.What's you favourite state of chocolate, liquid or solid?
A: Solid

8.What would you choose..A noticeable pay hike or noticeable improvement
in work environment?
A: Noticeable Improvement in work environment.

9.What do you enjoy more.. Staying indoors with friends talking meaningfully
or hanging around with friends outdoors?
A: Staying indoors with meaningful talk.

and finally,

10. If all the music artists come to a deliberate agreement to perform their
last concert on the same day,whose concert will you attend?
A: The underground artist not known to many.

I tag Mayya,Samar,Psyched,Subhana, GreenHead, Insiya, Fizza, TDH and Zag.

Next Post: Dingle Days

Tagged

2006-10-25T00:23:00.000+03:00

By Samar

Today

height: 5'8"

color: Wheatish

piercing: Zero

tattoos: Zero

Right Now

Time: 12:42 pm

Mood: Enjoyable

taste: chocolate

the weather: sunny with warm breeze

bad habit: correcting others to the point of being an itch sometimes

current crush: movies

biggest regret: the chocolates (that will be) consumed over eid

Perfume(s): Starwalker by Mont Blanc

Thing I want to do: watch more movies

Eid Mubarak

2006-10-23T07:18:00.000+03:00

It's eid and I've wished.

issi maukay par aik shair ho jaye.. yeh aik sha'iri wala shair bhi hai aur jungle wala shair
bhi hai.

Arz hai...

Duur say daikha to shair laga
Duur say daikha to shair laga

Paas jaa kay daikha to billi nay meow kaha.

Ramadan Musings

2006-10-13T11:33:00.000+03:00

Ever since ramadan started my sleep has been forced out of my body through
the back door and this is the very same reason I want to end up with ramadan asap.
Just a teeny more than a week to go.

Yesterday, my work place had a ramadan tent up in a leading hotel.The setting was
traditional arabic with live music, people sheesha-ing and an open buffet.Naturally,
the only thing of these three which was of interest to me was the open buffet.
Buffets have gotten boring over a period of time due to a similar nature of food that's
available but the reason could be that I have had 3 buffets in the same hotel within
3 months time.

Two incidents which happened with me in the ramadan get together were

1.I asked for milk and the waiter said they didn't have any, this remark coming from
an employee of one of the best hotels in Qatar wasn't saisfying.So I asked another waiter
and she got me milk right in front of the waiter I asked before.

2. I asked for a glass so I could have some water and after drinking some I find
something fishy with the taste.A glimpse on the glass revealed why,it had lipstick on it.

I don't wish it to be, but I think this will be the last post before eid for me.

LATE

2006-10-06T11:24:00.000+03:00

1.when a teacher gets late from school we can say
teacher late
2.when a student gets late from school we can say
student late
3.when a chalk gets late from school we can say
chalk-late

Yummy, no wait a second ,YUCKY!

Tagged

2006-10-06T10:50:00.000+03:00

hello people, I was tagged by Mayya and here is me doing the tag

I am thinking about.. taking a bath

I said.. that it english

I want to .. take a bath

I wish.. not upon a star

I miss.. my easy life

I hear.. foot steps

I wonder.. how a month has 30 days that equals 28 days (4weeks x 7 days)

I regret.. whenever I do a mistake

Iam .. Hani Arif

I dance.. when I feel stressed

I cry.. with my eyes

Iam not always.. awake

I write.. words

I need.. to sleep for 48 hours continuously

I finish.. what I start

I tag.. Fizza , Ark, Misha , Mars

Dingle Days by Hani Arif

2006-09-28T04:15:00.000+03:00

False Teeth

2006-09-23T15:07:00.000+03:00

Daant kis kay giray
Boor'hay kay

Glass mein Pa'rey
Sheeshay kay.

Next post will be Dingle Days and that too with in the next 9 days.

First Basis

2006-09-22T00:05:00.000+03:00

NoW a DaYs I barely get time to do things which I really enjoy
doing, like blogging for example, I want to have more posts than one during a
week but it just dosen't seem possible any more.It is all due to work. My classes for
my BBA degree have also started taking the spare free time available on class days.

I am putting in more pics on to the Flickr account,the link to which you will find on the
sidebar just to keep the readers occupied,hope you like 'em.

Dingle Days will be coming up shortly hope to post it within the first 10 days of Ramadan
yes,ramadan,

Blessings.

What To Do

2006-09-18T16:40:00.000+03:00

As I get older by the days, more and more things appear to me as
useless.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif

2006-09-14T18:01:00.000+03:00

Saying Days

2006-09-10T23:18:00.000+03:00

The guy who I had an accident with came to the police station
much to my relief,he turned out to be a really decent
and polite fellow.He called me to inform me that he had left for the police station
and even
reached before me .He was sincerely very calmed down. I am thinking , agar accident ho
to aisey he bandey kay saath ho.
See this is how the good word spreads about people from a country,when you meet someone
who is as polite as him,you get a good impression of the whole country,and it works
in the opposite way too,when a bad behaving person disgraces the whole country,
so BEHAVE!

One thing which i learnt from the accident was that "never presume in practicality"
In theory you can do all the assumptions you like but not when actually enacting.

Random Conversation with a co-worker:

Co-worker:The numbers are 036243,036242 and 036241
Me: Arey waah Dimagh hai ya Guantanamo Bay.
Co-worker:Woh Kaisey?
ME:Jo aik baar ander chala jaaye,woh kabhi baher nahin aaye.

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Series of Events

2006-09-08T01:41:00.000+03:00

Dingle Days has been postponed for the reason which occured today (that in a while),
I felt I had to release the pressure in by writing about it , so Dingle Days takes the
boot temporarily.

I had a car accident which was my fault.Assuming the car in front of me had left the
roundabout I made for the accelator and WHAM! A Pajero was what I rammed in and its rear hook for attachments went into the bumper.Now begins the procedure for the police and getting it fixed.

Today, I have to go and meet up with the other guy in the police station hoping he comes so that
I can get this thing over and done as fast as I can because I can't get the car fixed until a police report is made which is not possible until the guy comes and shows his car in the police station.
(main uss ke aamad par atka hoon ab)

I went to play Squash day before yesterday and I am feeling cramps through out my right arm and hand and my legs, I plan to take up Squash as the only resort to lose my ever increasing weight.

Dingle Days will come soon.

Kiya Bakwaas Hai

2006-09-05T21:27:00.000+03:00

During the three day weekend which just passed I felt very bored because there was
no one to talk too (other than my family).Even my messenger contacts didn't come
online and the couple that did come on, didn't even reply back.
The ones I e-mailed didn't mail me back too..

Kiya Bakwaas hai!!!

on a lighter note

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Dingys Poetry

2006-09-03T09:56:00.000+03:00

Arz hai..

Apni Tamanna woh apni Aarzoo
Khaye Kaila aur khay aaruh
Miliyay to daikhiyay woh khaati jaayey
Naam apna woh Khaansuri baatayey
Motee to nahin,par ussey patla bhi nahin kaha ja sakta
NaKaara woh bilkul,ussey nuksaan bhi kaha ja sakta
kaam ka bolo to woh,wahiin baith jaayey
Mun uska magar kuch na kuch chubata jaayey
Ussey Khana na do,to woh soney na day
Bhook kay bawajood,baan baan karti jaayey
Woh insaan ki aulaad nahin
Aap samajh jaa'iyay
Chaliyay bohot ho gayee uss ki taa'reef
Ab zara bura'ee bhi ho jaaye

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-09-01T10:22:00.000+03:00

Makes Sense?

2006-08-30T00:40:00.000+03:00

Excess population is what the country of Pakistan suffers from.With no strict policy against the number of children in a household,Pakistanis sure are making a lot of babies.Although, the "Bachay do hee achay" is a good scheme but I don't think it is being implemented by the people on a large scale.I am in total agreement with the scheme because it makes logical sense to me.I mean why would someone need more than 2 kids in the first place.

With education,living costs going up the wall it is getting increasingly difficult to raise families decently,so the less the children the more attention they will get in school,at home and will become resultingly better human beings.
Instead of putting 4 children through normal schooling,put 2 children in better schooling with the same amount and then tell me who the winner is?
We the people need to realise that we are burdening our own country and ourselves too! With resources becoming scare by the day,the mouths to feed are multiplying with mathematical ease.

We have to wake up and take action,after all if we don't help ourselves (not just in eating), we can forget about others helping us.

Next post: Dingle Days

Musical

2006-08-25T09:24:00.000+03:00

I haven't written a decent sized blog post since quite sometime but that may be due to lack of readership that I have now.I knew that my taking such a long gap for my exams
would yield this very result. People who used to read me regularly would feel that they don't get any void if they don't read me anymore (since there was no update to be read)
and hence no coming back.

It's all my fault.

I want to talk about music today and I want to ask the readers that what do they think
is the most important part of a song.For me it is the lyrics (leaving the instrumental tracks out).
Although, I know that the most important part is not the lyrics but the melody.I want major feedback on this ,alright?

By the way, I am in a major love relationship with the song "Kitni Sadiyaan" by Mizraab (do check it out) and an affectionate relationship with "Alvida" by Salman Ahmed,I like the way it flows ( I wonder why it got such a bad response).

Remember,Feedback!

Dingle Days by Hani Arif

2006-08-18T13:46:00.000+03:00

Whos Who

2006-08-14T17:49:00.000+03:00

Iam me.

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Salesman

2006-08-12T11:53:00.000+03:00

copy & paste the link given below into your browser to see a few seconds clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV0p9R9A3dg

Enjoy.

Definition

2006-08-10T17:25:00.000+03:00

A professional is someone who has committed most possible mistakes in his field.
(and possibly learnt from them)

Dingle Days by Hani Arif

2006-08-06T17:28:00.000+03:00

Saying Days

2006-08-05T13:46:00.000+03:00

We just don't need inspiration only, we need innovation alongside it.

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Oldie

2006-08-04T10:51:00.000+03:00

I am the oldest 22 year old in the world.

Far Away and Personal.

2006-07-29T14:23:00.000+03:00

In order to connect to my readers more, I am launching another first on this blog.
I have decided to give a call to one of my readers no matter where they live, that will last 1 minute only and will be cut off automatically after a minute.
So anyone who is willing to receive a call may e-mail me the cell phone number, and I shall be making a call after 10pm PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

My e-mail address is

at gmail.com and it is the name of my comic strip with a dot in the middle of the two words that comprise the name.

Only one person.First come First serve basis.

The Hidden Post

2006-07-28T10:09:00.000+03:00

"You and I had more luck than a Cajuns blackjack winning streak
You and I had more luck that we would ever further really need
You and I had good times and left happiness on its knees
But I guess it didn’t mean to you much, so you got up and left next week"

From the best musician in the world.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif

2006-07-25T23:29:00.000+03:00

Tag, I am it.

2006-07-20T06:34:00.000+03:00

Got tagged by Gr8 chingari aka Psyched aka Paranoid Anony ..(refer to side links,to find psyched)

Best, Worst, Last, First, Today, Tomorrow, Favorites, Currently, and True & False

BEST:
1. Male friend: No taking sides here.
2. Female friend: Zero
3. Vacation: Last one . (in Pakistan)

WORST:
1. Time of day: any time which goes bad.
2. Day of the week: None
3. Color crayon: green

LAST:
1. Person you talked to that goes to your school: can't really remember
2. Talked to on the phone: mom
3. Text: brother
4. Person who Instant Messaged: Ark (co-blogger in Piggsee,see side links)

TODAY:
1. What are you doing now: having breakfast
2. Wearing: Kurta with pyjama

TOMORROW:
1. Is: Saturday
2. Got any plans: nope
3. Goal: be helpful
4. Dislikes about tomorrow: Work

FAVORITE
1. Number: 1
2. Song: so many
3. Color: green

CURRENTLY:
1. Missing Someone: no
2. Mood: Lowly
3. Wanting: to sleep

TRUE/FALSE:
I am a cuddler: don't understand
I am a morning person: true
I am a perfectionist: true
I am an only child: false
I am currently in my pajamas: false (it was a pyjama I was in, not pajamas)
I am currently pregnant: true (2months)
I am currently suffering from a broken heart: false
I am left handed: False
I am addicted to Blogging: true
I am online 24/7: false
I am very shy around the opposite gender: True
I can be paranoid at times: true
I currently have a crush on someone: false
I currently regret something that I have done: false
I enjoy country music: true
I enjoy smoothies: True
I enjoy talking on the phone: False
I have a hard time paying attention at school/work: False
I have a hidden talent: Tralse
I have a lot to learn: True
I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal: True

ANGER
1. Are you currently mad at someone?: no
2. Which of your friends has the worst temper?: maybe umair.
3. Have you ever thrown something at anyone: yes, a ball. (playing maram)
4. Ever had something thrown at you: yes
5. When you’re mad do you prefer to stare angrily or yell and scream?: Stare angrily

EXCITEMENT
1. Has anyone ever thrown you a surprise party for you: No
2. Are you easily excited: Yes
3. What you’re most excited about: every time I plan to post a new post on my blog
4. If you won a million dollars what would be your first thought?: buy an Infinit FX 45
5. If you could have anything right now what would it be?: Sleep

SELF-DISCOVERY
1. Name: Hani Arif
2. Where were you born?: Doha-Qatar
3. What’s your main goal in life?: Be Someone
4. How do you want to die?: in my sleep

OPINIONS
1. Sex before marriage?:Marriage before sex
2. Gay Marriage?: Useless
3. Lower the Drinking age?: No,increase it to above 180
4. Recycling?: Cool thing if it works

DREAMS
1. What was your latest dream?: DayDream or a sleep dream?
2. Have any of your dreams come true?: ha! yes ...I have an ipod (daydream)
3. What was the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?: of me flying

1. Straight, Gay, Bi?: Mayya read carefully..totally straight
2. Do you have a bf/gf?: No
3. Do you have a crush?: No

Q: How many beds did you lay in yesterday? One
Q: What color shirt are you wearing? Kurta is royal blue

Q: Name one thing that you do everyday?
A: wake up

Q: What color are your walls? White

Q: How much cash do you have on you right now? 700 riyals (you do the math..100 riyals are 1630 rs.)

Q: I can’t wait till…? My next Pakistan visit
Q: When was the last time you saw your dad? one hour back
Q: What did you have for dinner last night? Chicken Shawarma
Q: What’s the last pieice of clothing you borrowed from someone? None
Q: What website(s) do you visit the most during the day? Blogger.com, Flickr.com
Q: Does anything hurt on your body right now?A: Yeah

HAVE YOU EVER.
1. Have you ever failed a class?: nope
2. Have you ever sung in front of a crowd?: 3 is a crowd? yes
3. Have you ever not taken a shower for 3 days?: no
4. Have you ever slept with a night light?: no
5. Have you ever danced in the rain?: no,but played in the rain, last year in Lahore
6. Have you ever lied?: Yes
7. Have you ever had contacts?: Never
8. Have you ever tripped over something stupid?: My own feet

PICK ONE.
1. Samosa, Pakora, Kebab: Kebab
2. Bollywood, Lollywood, Hollywood: Hollywood
3. Love marriage, Arranged marriage: Lovranged
4. Honeymoon, no moon: No moon
5. How many kids would u like 1,2, 3+ : 1
6. Kulfi, Ice cream : Ice cream
7. Shah ruk khan, Orlando Bloom : Orlando Bloom
8. Meenar-e-Pakistan, Eiffel Tower : Meenar-ePakistan,because it is lighter ( as the question asks,PICK ONE)
9. Lahore, Khi, Islmbad : Lahore
Aah! Finally done

I tag: no one, anyone who wants to do it,should,by putting me as the tagger.

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2006-07-13T18:04:00.000+03:00

Aaloo aik sabzi hai.

Yeh carbohydrates say humein fauri taqat daita hai.

Issey mukhtalif andaaz say khaya ja sakta hai jaisey keh

Aaloo mattur,Aaloo palak, Aaloo gosht aur Aaloo chips waghaira.

Yun to aaloo meri pasandeeda sabzee-aun mein say aik hai,laikin aik kisam ka aaloo mujhay bilkul pasand nahin..

Aaloodgee.

Backitty Back

2006-07-07T00:07:00.000+03:00

Since you all might have heard the news about my
non-attendance of the Jal/Call/Ep/Euphoria concert
that took place in Qatar, here I plan to explain why.

Despite being told by my parents that I could attend
the concert, I knew that I would not be able to do so
fully because I had to be at the store by 11 and there
was no way that Jal would have performed by then. (Dad
had to make arrangements for traveling.)

Let’s talk about the “sour grapes”, shall we?

The concert ended at about 3 am in the morning. I in
my life (being the shareef bacha that I am) have never
stayed out this late with any friend of mine. Next
day, I also wanted to get an (over) due haircut at 8 o
clock in the morning. If I had slept that late I would
have never got up at that time and my haircut would
have become overer due.
Just for the record, the latest is 2 o clock. ( wajah
poochain gay app?
Kiyon keh, itna bhi shareef nahin hoon na!).

Next Time.

The organizer mentioned on the jal forums that if he
were to announce the next concert our “jaws would
drop”. That made my mouth all juicy juicy in wonder
and one name came to my mind.

Atif Aslam.. (billi ko cheechron kay khuwab?)

I never went anywhere.

I was always ready to reply to any blogger who
commented on my blog during my stoppage of publishing
new posts, had never stopped reading blogs of my
bloggies and controlled my utmost desires to post a
comment (read: distractions from studies) because some
very interesting posts were put up.

One such post is a MY BLOGGIES post by Mayya.
I have a feeling inside o me that she considers me as
Gay.
So to dispel that thought of hers (and anyone else who
would have conjured up that image of me), I will tell
you about this really really hot chick I saw in
McDonalds. Wasn’t actually the hottest one I had ever
seen in my life but was still rather inviting.

Mc Chick(en).

Excused Break.

2006-04-06T09:55:00.000+03:00

This posting has been automatically put up as the final (real) post before the 30th of June 2006.

You might also ask where is the Dingle Days that was supposed to start my break instead of this silly post. I’ve been told to study, study and study by the bloggers. It feels like I am not welcome in the blog world any more. Well here is what you wanted.

Whatever events happen-or-not in my life they will not be posted about or will be delayed until I am back. One such event will be the Jal and Call concert that’s supposed to happen this month.

It also means that there will be no post from my side on 06.06.06.

Also, it means my 100th post will be delayed till my return. Although, it isn’t of any significance but just for the sake of it am I highlighting it.

Could it also mean that spending 2 ½ months away from blogging would lead to a total blogging void in me. But that would have been better if I had already made 100 posts and never have returned.

If there are any people who just can’t get enough of Life Manual, then they could go through the past archives. One post a day and hopefully I will be back before you would have completed the 99 posts (this included).

And yeah not to forget a message:
Don’t blame me for ignoring my readers.

Next Post: In July 2006.
(See you then)

Saying Days 3

2006-04-04T14:14:00.000+03:00

phew, I am just going on and on and on this time around. Here, my quote takes a comic side.
Without much time wasting let me go straight to the quote.

It doesn't really matter if the gold is of 18 , 22 or 24 "carat" , the rabbit still can't eat it.

Saying Days 2

2006-04-01T20:49:00.000+03:00

I feel much better now than I did when I made the previous post. So here I am getting thoughtful in a more general way. Usually when one is not in the best-o-moods, the expression is influenced by a negativity (i.e. stress) and does come out in a very refrained and very pin-pointy manner but as I said I feel better now I can get back to usual business and so my thought for the day is:

People, who buy things with only the notion of re-sale value, aren’t buying the things for themselves; they are buying them for others.

Saying Days

2006-04-01T10:04:00.000+03:00

This world isn't for me.

Personal Date Upped.

2006-03-30T22:48:00.000+03:00

Okay, so one teacher is going on vacation and he was teaching us two subjects leaving us with a substitute teacher for the next couple of months.

Mrs. Intelligence Agency who left work with us didn’t turn out that bad. She brought a couple of her colleagues and we made a little sale. Also she informed another lady that the vacancy was unfilled for the job with us. So she is nice but still I will never be able to get used to her guts.

The referred-to lady was hired and she is a dentist by academics. So I have a doctor working under me, how nice would that look on my resume.
I have an incident to tell regarding her, she calls me by my name Hani (which to people not familiar with the name, as I have said before sounds like honey).
One day her work hours got over and we had two customers, she said, “bye Hani” and I said bye, one of the guy who is looking at something else un tilts his head and looks at me. Seeing this action of his and knowing that he thought she said honey, I quickly retorted “that’s my name by the way”. People having misconceptions about you are one of the worst silent enemies you could have.

The last time I met my future activity partner was on the 1st of March making tomorrow one complete month of not meeting anyone I could hang around with. If anyone of you could have come to Qatar, I would have bought you an edible treat to celebrate the completion of a month.

Furthermore another saddening thing is my decision to have one more Dingle Days (which will also be the last post) before I call it quits for the excuse of studying for my exams. So say for example I publish a Dingle Days comic strip tomorrow that would be my last post before the 30th of June. Whether I study or not during the break is another matter.

Should I be happy?

Jal The Band in Qatar.

2006-03-29T10:38:00.000+03:00

Okay, Jal the band might perform in Qatar.
When? March 31st. similar news came up a few months back on the Jilawatan website. This time around it is officially mentioned on the Jaltheband.com, but has been labeled as Not Confirmed. This will be in years that a Pakistani band is to perform in Qatar. The last one in my memory is that of Junoon (which I didn’t attend). I am in doubt whether strings have already performed in Qatar or not.
Last year to commemorate the independence day of Pakistan there were a few artists that were called up namely Ali Sher, Rabbi Perzada (if that is her name) and Hamid Ali.
I don’t know of anyone who listens to either of the 3.Hamid Ali could have some fans in Qatar though. But we would be unthankful if we complained because the entry to that function was free.

Speaking realistically today is the 29th and still I have not seen any advert or mention anywhere, I doubt that the organizers could publish a message through a newspaper today, tomorrow or the day after to attend the Jal concert on the 31st.That is not possible or maybe it is considering the organizer to be bad. None of the bands/artists whose debut albums were released in 2004 have performed in Qatar. I guess the options are few, there is not much demand. Still hoping that Jal does perform in Qatar!

Now, a golden question, the amount we paid to see Bryan Adams was 170 Qrs.
I wonder how many Pakistanis would be willing to pay 100 Qrs. to attend a concert by Atif Aslam or Jal in Qatar. Let’s broaden the horizons here and take the situation to Pakistan.

People paid 2500 rs. to see Bryan Adams in Karachi, but how many would pay 1100 rs. to see Atif Aslam. Okay, so Bryan Adams is an internationally established artist or close to becoming /already is a legendary artist. Yes, but I am not saying to pay 2500 rs. for a Pakistani artist, I am asking less than half that amount.
Are we deteriorating the value of our artists ourselves?

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-03-27T12:01:00.000+03:00

Am I Lonesome Tonight?

2006-03-24T09:49:00.000+03:00

If God wants me to be lonely, I am making sure that I stick to this situation.
(I am not calling my 2 friends residing in Qatar,unless they let me know that they think that I am alive).

Next Post: Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

Saying Days.

2006-03-21T09:37:00.000+03:00

Insaan ko agar woh sab kuch milnay lagey jo who chahey to yeh zindagi, zindagi na rahey.
Aur agar woh maut chahey aur ussay maut miley toh uss kay liyay to WAQAIEY zindagi, zindagi na rahey.

Arz Hai.

2006-03-19T16:34:00.000+03:00

Aaj kal waqt ka hee pata nahin chalta,
kahan say aata hai kahan chala jaata hai.
Kuch saansein lo, idher udher daikho
din khatam ho jaata hai.
Aisey lagta hai kissi cheez ka intezaar hi nahin karna parta
Waqt khud bakhud ussey lay aata hai.

I have been meaning to post for sometime now but haven’t been quite getting the time.
If this remains the situation I may not pass my exams, I wouldn’t know when they come and go: giving me only time to hang on the underside of passing marks.
Also, I didn’t know what to post, so this is a post about not being able to post anything and also having nothing to post. Pretty good, eh?

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-03-14T11:06:00.000+03:00

MOTAPA

2006-03-11T20:16:00.001+03:00

I am feeling quite lethargic. My sleep got over at 7 am and I was about to go back to sleep when I forced myself to get up and go turn on the PC.
I dragged myself, checked the e-mails, read blogs and had breakfast.
Took a shower and now sitting at my Dads store writing my blog entry.
For the past couple of days I have been in love with sleep.
Sleeping at 1:00 am and waking up at 6:30 am and then sleeping again from 2:30 pm to 3:55 pm. This love for sleep has undeniably given me another layer of bulge because I have my lunch at 1:30 pm and my dinner at 11:30 pm giving the food only time to cover the existing fat deposited in my body. Also, as an added benefit I don’t do any type of physical exercise.

I brought my bag out of the car to study ,but I am sure of being snoring if I manage to take those books out of the bag.
Also for the record, I can get to sleep within 15 minutes of opening my textbook/notebook at a time when I am feeling completely charged and ready for study. Today it won’t take me longer than 5 minutes to be in Dream Land.

This Just In: “Mrs. Intelligence Agency” will be officially ending her work with us today. She has without notice been absent for 4 days and she has found work some at some other place. GOOD-BYE.

Next Post: Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

oh by the way, this post I couldn't post in the morning so I am posting it now,so read it in that perspective.

Kit Kat Finished.

2006-03-08T18:57:00.000+03:00

Okay, okay. I know it isn’t supposed to be like this, but how was I supposed to know that two weeks is to be such a long period. I had taken a break because there was a very vital thing that was troubling me.

My studies.

It so appears that I am in a position where I am the worst student in my class, just because the teachers ask a question I couldn’t answer and someone else can. With exams due in June I am still to get a grasp on “what’s going on”. The teachers for three subjects have been changed this year (2 subjects being taught by one teacher). But the change is positive.
Anyhow, I do want to study but how, I don’t know.

Also, I would like to say that the break has given me more depression due to the feeling of being left out. At the moment other than my immediate family there is no one I can relate to.
The two friends who live here in Qatar, have totally forgotten that I live in Qatar. (Ab to mujhay lagta hai kay) It isn’t their fault. Because they have friends and I don’t.

For the past few days, depression is the most prominent feeling running inside of me. So as a getaway I decided to post.

Hurry up! Welcome me back.

Have a Kit-Kat.

2006-03-02T16:56:00.000+03:00

I am taking a break.Due to the ban put on blog access from Pakistan.Since most of my readers are from there I guess it ain't no use for me to keep ranting when almost no one will be able to read.I guess I can safely call for a break from my side.Till I make a new post which won't be before two weeks, you can ponder over another saying of mine

"expectations are never limitations".

I hope this virtual kit-kat is tasty!

Saying Days.

2006-03-01T14:30:00.000+03:00

"The human perception is extremely biased."

3 Friends.

2006-02-28T11:19:00.000+03:00

There were 3 friends.
Me, Friend (??) and Friend 1.
Friend 1 had named ourselves the 3Ms.

M stands for mathematicians.
Since our skills with mathematics was nothing to brag about.
{So 3 mathematicians would be the full form of 3Ms which in its full form is nothing less than original but in its short form infringes with the copyrights of 3M (the maker of the POST –IT NOTES)}.

Anyhow, what a friendship it was.
It was a friendship which really came to light after high school. I had known Friend 1 since grade 8th and befriended the friend (??) in high school. Friend 1 and friend (??) were friends from 8th or 9th grade, due to their common passion for cricket and were in very minute way family friends.

Since after high school with no considerable option for studying in Qatar, Friend 1 left for Karachi, Pakistan for continuing his studies. Friend (??) and me stayed.
Friend (??) had gotten a driving license and was driving. He would do the picking up and dropping back for which I am utterly grateful for.

Anyhow friend 1 would come every year and the 3Ms would hang about together.

We had among ourselves eating rituals every time friend 1 would visit.

For his stay of a month we would have to have at least once the following items.

Kfcs ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT lunch.
Pizza Huts SuperSupreme Pizza
Tcbys’ Chocolate Yoghurt ( with chocolate chips topping)
Dairy Queens large chocolate milkshake.
No trip of his would have been complete without us having the above mentioned items.

We would sing songs in the car mostly Vital Signs and the 90’s movie songs.

Those were the days.

Friend (??) and me had a rift once and he commented that once something happens to a friendship it can never be brought back together like before. If friend 1 wasn’t here during those days we would have never talked ever again but friend (??) was right,things never did come back to what they used to be.

Friend 1 left for the states, and there are lots of things which have accumulated that I want to share with him and chatting to him on the internet for 5 minutes after 2 weeks doesn’t help either.

Friend (??) has his own set of friends now and if I don’t go and meet him he can easily be absent for a month before showing up.

Although I am not friendly with everyone once the connection is struck, my mouth will sustain hours of talk.
My record for talking on the phone is 3 hours and that too with a friend whom I would talk to for an hour daily on the phone.

I wouldn’t be wrong if I said 3Ms are a has-been.

News Break

2006-02-27T09:41:00.000+03:00

This just in....

Hani Farhani didn't know that the place he went to for an exile is given a "real" exile complete with a caged cell (and that too a completely empty one ... talk about exile) plus a free photo.

Me being the only known relation of Hani Farhani was sent his photo in his own private cell.
(no complaining because thats exactly what he wanted...Exile)

I know,this picture could have been better but the last thing the jail authorities have in mind is a "cool" picture.

The Death Of Self

2006-02-25T17:20:00.000+03:00

I had given you the Drs take on my name which was his too.

But I will tell you the meaning of my name from my side.The meaning which I grew up with and that is Celebration=Hani.

Farhan = Happy
Or Saeed would also be Happy
But Hani wouldn’t.

Since Dr.Hani isn’t that fluent with English and he told me the meaning in English, I suppose he wanted to say Celebration.

Hani is a derivative of the word “Tahnia” meaning greeting.
Now you decide the rest.

Oh by the way I have some bad news.
Hani Farhani went on a lifelong exile.Due to the utter rejection of Dingle Days.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-02-24T08:03:00.000+03:00

Mayya Asks.

2006-02-22T11:06:00.000+03:00

What is the meaning of my name?

Hani is someone who is happy.
(This meaning I asked from the GP I visit Dr.Hani, on what his name meant)
Arif means “to know”.
So Hani Arif would mean someone who knows how to be happy.
Although Hani is a very rare name in Pakistan, it is just as common in Egypt.
In primary school, my nickname among my class fellows (non friends) used to be Honey Bee because the first thing people not familiar with the name get in their minds is honey.

How did I get the inspiration for Dingle Days?
There was no inspiration for me to create Dingle Days.
I didn’t even know I would end up making comic strips.

How it started?

One day while studying for my one of my exam papers last year, out of no where the narration of the first Dingle Days popped up. (Shows how much I focus on my studies!!!). Along with the popping up of the narration another popping up came forward and that was what to do with it. At that very instant somehow I had an idea for the comic strip. But how was I supposed to draw the characters, my drawing being really childlike made me decide against drawing it. Thinking if I was to make it on computer how would I be able to create a character. The most favored option came of the Dingle. I would be able to replicate Dingles without any problem. And since the Dingle were the creatures of choice, hence the name Dingle Days.
I wasn’t totally satisfied with having Dingles, because I didn’t create Dingles myself.
I was afraid it wouldn’t be original. But as far as I’ve looked, I haven’t seen any other comic strip which uses Dingles.

And guess what?? I managed to pass in that paper too.

Next Post: Dingle Days
For the first time in Punjabi.
My condolences to my non-punjabi readers .
Another First for Dingle Days... Hani Farhani.

Questionable.

2006-02-21T09:34:00.000+03:00

I have been around the blogging world for quite some time, and one aspect of me that of ,"What I look like" has been put out in the open.
Similarly some questions might have arisen inside of yourselfs about me and this post I would like to dedicate to those questions (if any?)

So if there are any questions that you want to ask about me,feel free to do so.
Answers will be answered as per my discretion.
And some answers (if applicable) will come in the form of separate posts.

With my body Armour intact,may I say...

Ready,Get Set,Fire!

Doodh Ka Doodh aur Paani ka Hani ho gaya!

2006-02-19T09:51:00.000+03:00

Disclaimer: this stunt was performed by a professional,Kids,Don't try this at home,not even at school.Do you understand?

Wisdon Re-thought.

2006-02-17T18:38:00.000+03:00

If we take things which are available today, they have become less durable than their predecessors. Products are more likely to loose their life if they meet with an accident.
This occurs partly due to the fall in price. The manufacturers would want to recover profit by selling more or by keeping the consumers more in need of repairs.
Take the car industry for example, where fixing has shifted from repairs to replacement. Making the payers’ pocket lighter by taking cash out or heavier by receipts of credit cards (whatever is applicable).
And if what we use is “crap” compared to what our parents used, we can and would relate to the saying, “OLD IS GOLD”.
But the next question is, if the future generations would still relate to the OLD IS GOLD saying.
Would our “crap” be their gold?
If yes, then would it mean more “crappier” products in the pipeline?
If no, would they then change the saying to?
OLD WAS GOLD.

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-02-15T16:17:00.000+03:00

okay,I know it isn't "next week" yet,but I wrote that so I could stay away from blogging,but as now all of you can see that it is not possible for me to do so.Therefore Iam posting Dingle Days this very week and this Dingle Days might seem a bit abrupt as it is only a single image comic.

Believe it or not!

2006-02-13T12:11:00.000+03:00

Teacher:"CIMA,England defines cost accounting as………."

After a while

Teacher:"CIMA , London defines ………"

Teacher : before it was England now it is London (small laugh)
A student: what is the difference between England and London
Teacher : there is no difference, but you write London,that’s better.

WHAA?? WHAA??

Another teacher….

Teacher : Pizza Hut is from …..Italy?
Me: America
A student : Italy
Me: America
A student : no, Italy

WHAA?? WHAA?? (again!!)

do these people live on planet earth or what??

Next Post:Dingle Days (next week)

Identity Revealed,Look it's me part 2

2006-02-13T10:37:00.000+03:00

My not coming of the closet properly has left an after affect with me and I myself want to end this suspicion I will be coming out within this year (properly, I promise!!) but as we all have heard the saying that slow and steady wins the race (and there is still a lot of year left in this year) , this post is for me to maintain my steadiness , half in the closet, half out of it.
Thanks to the people who played along the first post with my picture.
Now, to the moment of truth….

Who could this be??

if the previous picture was one of us,that means this is one of us too!

To give another hint proving me is me,here is another image..

You decide the rest...

A poet is born.

2006-02-10T21:26:00.000+03:00

Check the minutes on the watch pass by
We will never know when each of us will die
And if we die today
I assure you we will simultaneously die on the day after yesterday.

Hani Farhani
(1983-still present)

Hani Farhani:A poet that makes you wish 1984 was preceeded by the year 1982.

Connection

2006-02-09T22:54:00.000+03:00

Our commonalities do not end with having blogs. That is just the start.
We have the same vital organs, made of the same particles, just so many things to count. To be not lying, that is, to be speaking the truth we have more of in common than in not-common.
So why do we consider each other so different than the other? Why the gap? Why the space?

Are our personal tastes that culprit who is always out on bail for life?

Now shoo –shoo, am I getting more than just serious? I am, I am.

Talking about commonalities, there is another aspect of the internet through which we are specifically related. Almost all of us have Gmail accounts and now we will be able to chat to each other while being signed in out respective Gmail accounts. Wonderful Google guys, now I am totally hooked on Gmail.
now only if I can sign in through my laptop!

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-02-08T16:10:00.000+03:00

Identity Revealed / A BAD post

2006-02-06T10:29:00.000+03:00

This is going to be a really unique post, why?
Because it will have ...nah!! Read to find it out yourself.

This is the Bryan Adams post that I’ve been talking about.

The tickets we bought were standing ones. 170 Qrs. (2805 Rs., 46 USD approx.)
(Mom chocolate chipped the dough, so all the thanks goes to her)

Venue: Soccer Stadium (there is more about the venue, I’ll get back on it)

My friend (??) did show up and we went to the concert together. In actuality, he brought another friend of his and we went threegether. The traffic situation in Qatar has gone really really bad due to the sudden (over)flow of wealth in the country and the night of the concert wasn’t any different. He parked the car say 3 kilometers away from the stadium. So we ran a bit, walked a bit and reached the venue pretty much on time, the opening act had already played and we just had to wait about fifteen minutes before Bryan came and started to play. Those fifteen minutes passed easy thanks to forcing our way through the tiny gaps available between the people.

Getting back on the venue.
What were we doing forcing our way between people?
The authorities had placed the stage on one end of the pitch and the standing persons were to be located right in front of the stage (as reported in the newspaper), hence the squishing.

The next level of tickets 250 riyals SITTING (4125 Rs., 68 USD approx) were located where the spectators sit in a stadium, on the seats. They were seated on the other end of the stadium. Too bad.

The final level of tickets 300 riyals (4950 Rs., 82 USD approx) were way up in enclosed boxes at the top of the stadium. Too very bad.

Now this price seating ratio is good for a football match where the person would need to get a good view of the action on the pitch but no way for a concert. I don’t think I noticed a projection screen anywhere but even if there was one I consider that not weighty, because one only looks at the screen, we might as well do that in our homes.

Anyhow, after we reached the farthest point within a few minutes the lights went low and Bryan came running with his crew.

They started to perform, here is a track listing: (not complete and out-of-order)

Run to you
Open Road
Cloud No.9
A couple of new songs

Kids wanna rock
Everything I do
When you’re gone
[For this song he wanted to choose from the crowd and the arms were raised
, Bryan made a comment on the people knowing the words or dropping down their arms,
he chose someone who coincidentally didn’t know the words but then they got a lyric sheet, I began to shout cheating cheating but unfortunately Bryan was way too far to hear me and fortunately my voice was confined to 6 people around me, but she still couldn’t sing AAAHHH!!
He stopped after some playing asking for another candidate ….
Me*shouting again*: I can cheat too
Me (again): I can sing like Pamela Anderson (Pamela being the one who sang the latest version)
*A guy in front turns back and gives me a very weird look*, Bryan still chose someone else but she did know the words and…lets go back to the track listing, shall we?]
Heaven
18 till I die
The only thing that looks good on me

Without straining my brain anymore, this is the most I can recall.

Somewhere in between Bryan said names of the band members and they left the stage with the lights dimmed and the crowd demanded more but they came back in within a minute did a few more songs and Bryan almost went into the crowd taking a camera off a person and photographing himself with that person. Two or three songs later the rest of the band really went signified by the band bowing and the drummer throwing the drumsticks into the crowd.

Bryan didn’t leave the stage and then he sang “All for one” and after each song the crowd would ask for more forcing Bryan to say, ‘haven’t you got any place to go tonight?”

And then he finally left signaling the night as over.

My judgment: I did enjoy going there but I am better off attending an unplugged sort of concert where I can actually see and hear the individual contributions of instruments and vocals into making the song.

Here are some pictures…

You see the people in the background,they are the sitting ticket ones.

Bryan Adams,the man.

.

Out of his darkness...

Looking at me??

You must be wondering what Identity Revealed has to do with Bryan Adams ,well wonder know more as I am about reveal my own identity by publishing a picture of me with my friend(??).What was a deciding factor for me to put my picture on the blog was that various female bloggers had done so, I thought if females being more reserved can do so,why can't I?

Anyone who has seen me or my friend(??) better not comment about the picture above,otherwise there will be a gift of love that's bound to give a black eye!!!

Next Post: Dingle Days

Me Tagged.

2006-02-04T09:46:00.000+03:00

Mayya tagged me so I surrender myself to the tagging

Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life
1.Salesman x4.
I’ve completed four years :)

Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over
1. The Matrix
2. Matrix reloaded
3. Dil Chahta hai
4. Finding Nemo

Four Places I Have Lived
1. D
2. O
3. H
4. A
That spells Doha altogether.

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch
1. Ulta Seedha
2. Celebrity Online
3. Applause
4. Khuda ki basti

Four Places I Have Been On Vacation
1. U.S.A
2. England
3. France
4. Pakistan :)

Four Websites I Visit Daily
1. Blogs
2. Gmail
3. Yahoo mail
4. Hotmail
(boring ,aight?)

Four Favorite Foods
1. Pizzas
2.Seekh Kebabs
3. Almost anything to do with chicken
4. Almost anything to do with chocolate.

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now
1.Lahore
2. Karachi
3.Swat
4. Dubai (just for the sake of it)
I’ve heard too much about it and I want to make sure it’s all hype.

Four Peope I Tag Next
1.Psyched (I got the hint !!)
2.Watersprite
3.GreenHead
4.Zag

And if it makes things easier,I’ll may not do any other tag from now on..so I suggest to anyone who reads me is to think twice before they tag me.

Next Post : BA post entitled Identity Revealed

Saying Days (again??)

2006-02-01T09:53:00.000+03:00

Pyar woh hi theek jo shaadi kay baad ho.

Next Post:Dingle Days

No Friend Blues

2006-01-31T11:28:00.000+03:00

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

2006-01-29T17:56:00.000+03:00

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.

2006-01-27T14:39:00.000+03:00

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.

2006-01-23T18:54:00.000+03:00

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.

2006-01-21T11:52:00.000+03:00

Liquids And Species

2006-01-20T15:22:00.000+03:00

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!

2006-01-18T00:52:00.000+03:00

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

2006-01-17T10:53:00.000+03:00

thinking how to collect material for my next post.

Can anyone tell me...

2006-01-15T14:52:00.000+03:00

iss mein hunsnay kee kiya baat hai???

image taken from a website on the internet.

A Stray Cats Life

2006-01-14T10:17:00.000+03:00

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

The End

Hi Relative

2006-01-13T10:18:00.000+03:00

We are all related.

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

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2006-01-11T12:32:00.000+03:00

Greetings.

2006-01-09T16:41:00.000+03:00

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

2006-01-06T16:11:00.000+03:00

There are more people in this world than humans.

Blogging No More

2006-01-04T10:11:00.002+03:00

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

2006-01-01T17:24:00.000+03:00

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.

Mirrored Envy

2005-12-30T17:48:00.001+03:00

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

2005-12-27T12:20:00.000+03:00

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.

2005-12-25T08:11:00.000+03:00

Pick A Song

2005-12-23T01:07:00.000+03:00

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)

2005-12-20T22:31:00.000+03:00

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

2005-12-18T07:30:00.000+03:00

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.

2005-12-16T08:12:00.000+03:00

ponda ova this

2005-12-13T08:20:00.000+03:00

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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2005-12-12T08:39:00.000+03:00

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?

2005-12-11T00:46:00.000+03:00

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
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and surprising article awaits your readership

Dingle Days by Hani Arif.

2005-12-08T07:31:00.000+03:00

The phone I couldn't get

2005-12-06T07:27:00.000+03:00

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

2005-12-04T07:37:00.000+03:00

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

2005-12-02T11:14:00.000+03:00

me
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