Its all a matter of time...

29 December 2010. Just two days left before this horrible year comes to an end and we all shall welcome the new year, year 2011. 2010 was a horrible year? Most people would say that. Yes. Inflation, fights, blasts, controversies, deaths. Yes, it indeed was a horrible year if we have a look at it on a large scale. But would you regard it as a bad year even on a personal level? Erm, I don’t think so. And if you will you are only being unthankful, that’s all I can say. Yes really. You might have had major fights with your close ones this year, many of your friends would have left you alone when you needed them the most, you might have been ditched by people you trusted but well. This is all because of you yourself. Yes you. You are responsible for everything. God gave you an awesome brain to deal with all the problems in the world but you just didn’t use it wisely, don’t you think so? Hah. You wont agree with me, I know, but well, I don’t write stuff to please you people. I write whatever I think is right.

Optimism. A thing which I think is lacking in our society. Even inspiration. People in our society are just bound to think negatively. We are rather slaves of these leaders running our country. Really. But now you would say there isn’t any other option, right? Don’t you remember the time when the judiciary was restored? I am not at all into politics (though my dad often scolds me to read newspapers and watch news regularly. He just did that last night, I am not lying) but I still remember this famous event where thousands of lawyers were out of their homes and protested against the lawlessness in the country. And well, what was the result? They got what they wanted!

Erm well, why am I even talking about politics when I don’t know a single thing about it? Maybe I am crazy. Heh. So I woke up at 11 today, had a nice breakfast, and proceeded upstairs to study. But something distracted me. What was it? Books again. It is this urdu novel I am reading these days, “Khan ki diary” by Muhammad Asghar Khan. I am just on the opening chapter but it looks good from the start. And when I say its good, I really mean it. And its because I am not a big fan of reading. Never was, my entire life. But it is these days that I have started to appreciate some specific books, so I think theres something captivating in these books which have caused to build an book-reading interest in me.

These were my English teachers who would always tell me to read good books so that I can improve my literary skills but like tell me, will a cow ever eat meat if you offer her some? I guess the answer is no, and so it was in my case too. Book-reading just wasn’t my thing. I would start reading some book diligently and end up doing something else after reading not more than 10 pages. The reason? Well books didn’t attract me the way it did to other people. And you can imagine how much I used to hate book-reading by the fact that I asked my parents for some books from the harry potter series on my birthday but never read them. I still have the first five of those books. They must be in the closet somewhere, but I haven’t read any of them. I remember reading some pages from the sorcerer’s stone back then when I bought it but I just left it as it is after that.

And then I had these people as friends who were book freaks. They told me they had read this harry potter series a number of times. A friend quotes he has read the whole series a total of seven times. I am pretty sure all you guys reading this must have read the whole series twice at least. Book freaks you all are. Heh. Anyways whenever I used to hear from them, I just wished god to give me a desire for reading good stuff. Reading stuff that helps me both academically and also in building up my personality. They say whenever you ask god for something, your requests are never turned down. That wish might now come true for the time being so you might think that god refused it, but I think its like theres a time for everything to happen. The right time. And only god knows about it, so he decides when to fulfill your wish.

This thing I am telling you, it dates back to 2004-2005 I guess. But you see, today god has fulfilled my wish and has sparked in me a love for reading books. I don’t know but its mysterious that I prefer reading these books over my course books at the moment. Haha, and now I think these textbooks are rather boring. And then there was a time when there was no better book than these coursebooks. Heh. Time changes the way people think, also bringing a change in their behaviours and their habits. This is true, and you all might have noticed it too, right?

Anyways, dad just called me and wanted me to go and get some work done at the bank. So I am back from the bank just now. Had to collect this chequebook for this new savings account my dad opened last week. Sometimes I think of this banking system, and I don’t think it is all correct. I mean yes. It doesn’t approve to regulations laid down by our religion. But I don’t want to get into this discussion right now. I will simply lie here and tell you that I am leaving this topic to be discussed in some other blogpost. I am sure that day will never come when I will be discussing about the banking system. Heh. It doesn’t even attract me in the slightest degree, why should I even waste a post on it? Or I think maybe I will write it when I grow old, when I am like forty or forty-five. Haha.

You guys are still reading this stupid post? Wow. Well done mate. You have got the guts to bear with this awful post I am writing at the moment. Haha. I have noticed my writings are never confined to a single topic. I start talking about one thing and end up discussing another. Haha, I am awesome, no? Heh. I don’t even care what you think of me, dude. I am awesome, I know this, and this is enough for me to be motivated and do all what I have to.

I think this is what we all need in our lives. A little bit of self-motivation, and the ability to be inspired by little things. Little things like, umm, let me tell you an incident. It is a bad example I know, but well it worked for me, so let me mention it. Heh, I am not even going to stop no matter how hard you yell or shout at me. I will simply keep saying what I have to, even if no one listens. You know why? That’s coz I know when I say these things, even if no one listens to it, the words echo back in my own ears and motivate me. Haha, I do this while studying. I can’t read silently. Whenever I am reading text, I read it aloud to myself so that I can hear it back, and well I understand it better when I do so. This is a fact. Strange much? Haha, and then you say I am normal. I am not normal dude. I am someone who is far above being normal. Okay, I am not making sense here, right? Lets talk about something else then.

You see this happens when I blog after a lot of days. I just keep on writing and writing and my stories never end. Haha. See. I am awesome. Erm, so this friend asked me to go on for table tennis today and I said yes last night. But something happened and I don’t feel like going now, so I just messaged him saying that I am not coming and they should go without me. Ofcourse, I didn’t want to miss a golden chance to write a post for my dull blog. I can play table tennis everyday, but I cant write a meaningful post just like that. It requires a special mood for me to write good things. But I don’t think whatever I wrote above was good enough. Don’t you think so?

Did you guys notice I have been trying to bring myself down in all what I have written above? By saying that I don’t write well, and I am not good at stuff and things like that? And then you would say I talk about being an optimist but I am talking pessimistically myself. Dude, no. You are mistaken. This was all part of a plan you know. I know I shouldn’t be disclosing it here but coz I am good and I want you to become clever like me (Am I really clever?) so well I will tell you. Yes, I am gonna tell it to you too, hater. Read it please and try doing sensible stuff from now on. I am sure my words won’t have any effect on you but well, who cares about you! When you don’t care about me, I too don’t.

So its like when you do something or make something and you want people to see it and ask them for their views about it, the most simple way is to go about and ask them how it looks. For example you made this handicraft yourself and you went to your friends to ask them how it looks. Some of ‘em will give their honest opinions and most of them will act sarcastic with you, not giving a response you expected. Now to gain compliments you think your work deserves, you need to go about with a different pathway. Just go upto this friend and tell them, look I made this. Tell me how it looks. And while saying all this you need to feel down and insist the fact that you don’t really like it. Haha, and it works like magic. I am sure people will award you with compliments like, oh it looks wonderful, and you did a great job. Haha. They would be doing it so that you can start feeling better about it, and there you will be, all motivated coz someone thinks your handicraft looks awesome. Haha, Good enough? No? Heh. I knew it. You don’t like it doesn’t mean I am gonna stop talking about it. Boo!

What I think is this world is already full of sorrows and we just need to find small things we can do to cherish ourselves. I mean yes, this person might be your best friend and you would claim that he has this thing to make you feel good when you are down but please stop for a moment and think. Do you think you are gonna continue living with this person your entire life? Is it possible that he will be there for you whenever you need him? I don’t think so. You guys might disagree with me, but this is what I think. And that’s why I need you guys to act sensibly at all times, and not do any such act which you might regret later.

And you know why I have all the right to talk about this? That’s coz I have been through such stages where I confronted these kind of problems and after that when I thought about it, there were the only things that came up my mind as solutions to get out of these situations. Haha. I just scrolled back and saw how much I had already written. Haha, I am awesome. I remember my O level days when we would have a 600 words limit for all our essays and I exceeded it everytime we wrote an essay in the class. Haha, thank god I didn’t do any such thing in my finals or I would have compromised on my bright and shining A grade.

So well, time to leave fellas. I think I have written enough to cause a headache. Most people might not even reach the end I am pretty sure. So lets see which ones of you actually manage to read all this and award me with some wonderful comments. Heh. I know all you guys hate me but I am pretty sure you have better English skills than me, so please try writing some words in glory for this meaningless post. I will be glad to know at least someone read it.

Umm, a small note for all those people who made it till the end, and didn’t find it boring at all. Guys, I LOVE you. Yes really. No matter how big of a stalker a person is, he won’t read such a long post just to know whats going on in someone’s life. I am a stalker myself so I know. Thank you for reading all this. You are the ones who motivate me to get up from my bed every morning and think positively. Yes dude, I am not lying. It is you people who I keep thinking about everyday while performing daily chores. So well, take good care of yourselves, you awesome-friends-of-mine. And keep smiling please. I want you grinning whenever I see you somewhere. So watch out for me. I might be behind you. Maybe. Toodles.

Biology is my Passion

Yesterday was just an awesome day. Like awesomely awesome. In the morning, I had to go somewhere with dad for some work. Then when it was done, he dropped me at school on his way back to office. I reached the school at around half past nine when I realized that none of my classmates had turned up to school. I was confused and texted them to ask if they would be coming for the biology class at 10’O clock. All of them replied in negative. At first I was angry because I was the only one there at school from my class but later on I decided to leave school early. I waited for some time, played a couple of table tennis matches and then left for home.

Reaching home at around 11’O clock, I opened up my computer to find a twitter friend online on MSN. Like, I have never talked to him so early in the morning because either I was in school or sleeping by this time. So I just grabbed some biscuits from the cabinet and came upstairs to talk to him. We talked for around 10 minutes when something interesting struck my mind.

“Hey. We have been talking like since so long but never got a chance to do a voice chat. Are you free? Can we do it today?” was what I said. And he was like, “Okay sure. Why not.” I was overwhelmed to hear this. So I just quickly went up to my closet and came back with the mic and headphones. Yes, I now keep my mic and headphones inside my closet coz just last week mum scolded me for keeping it on the table because it looked so messy then. Infact she ordered me to keep my table neat and clean and to keep all the books on the shelf when I am done with studying. I mean, this is not what I used to do before. All the books that I was using while studying used to be on my table, and they remained like that for weeks. However, times have changed now. Mom’s orders are the top-most priority so well I will try to keep my table organized and clean from now on.

So well back to the point again. We started off with the voice chat and it went pretty good Alhamdolillah. We talked about various things. We shared our stories from school and the extra-curricular activities we are taking part in. We also discussed about sending in university applications. It was such a great experience. And my favorite part was when we talked about biology. I mean biology can be boring at times and its difficult too when you just have to rote-learn the various terms used there, but on a whole, it is amazing because it just shows us how complex the human body is and how perfectly Allah is running our biological system without us having to do any conscious effort for all those processes going on inside our body. Biology shows us the greatness of Allah and has resulted in me being more closer to Islam than ever Alhamdolillah.

And this love for biology that I have, I would like to give half of the credit to my awesome biology teacher, Sir Javed. He has been an inspiration for me in all these years and I personally think he has been the best biology teacher who has ever taught me. Like seriously. His unique style of teaching, his funny way of pronouncing specific words, his particular pathan accent, and the way he scolds us. All these things have just attracted me towards him. It wont be wrong if I say that I love him!

So umm….we talked for around an hour that day when I noticed that the time for electricity breakdown was near. So I just bade farewell to him, said thanks for the awesome conversation, and went offline.

So friends, This is all for today. I totally enjoyed yesterday’s events. Everything went so fine and perfect. I hope everything in life just moves on as smoothly as it did yesterday. Life, I think, is better when you start expecting less from it. You enjoy your life more when you are happy with whatever you have, no matter how little it is. I think I did the same and now I am enjoying what life is offering me. Goodbye for now people. I hope to blog really soon again. Take Care!

Long time no see?

Hey guys. How have you all been? Its been such a long time since I last blogged. I know I haven’t been regular here and I am extremely sorry for that. Well, reasons? You want me to give reasons why I didn't blog in this period of 3 months? Ermm…as if I am gonna tell you! Hah. Actually, a lot of things have been going on in my life recently which have kept me busy and so I dint really get time to blog. I mean, I wasn’t that busy but still all these things had made my mind come to a halt.

And I thought that even if I blog I wont make sense. Seriously, I was going insane in those days. Thankfully, I have my brain back now so its all okay so far.

So well. Happy with the reasons are you? No? Haha. Who cares about you. Well, lets move on. So I will just give you a glimpse of what has been happening in these past months. Erm….so school started in August  and it has been driving me crazy since then. A2 is even harder than AS as suspected, with workload being twice as much as the previous year. Maths and Biology have been pretty okay but physics and chemistry. What the hell has happened to physics and chemistry I just don’t understand. They used to be so easy a year back and now see. I don’t even know what this man teaches in the physics class. I simply attend all of his classes, copy whatever he teaches and just rote-learn all what he has taught. And finally end up forgetting all that I learned. Hah.

I mean, I just cant bear this. I need some good teacher to teach me physics. To make me understand what they actually mean by all those definitions and theories and laws they tell in the class. Its pathetic. Really.

Well, enough ranting about studies. Now let me tell you about the inter-school table tennis competition that took place in our school a month back. I took part in it and  played well in the preliminary rounds but sadly after successfully winning 3 matches, I lost in the quarter-finals. It wasn’t a tough match. Really! I made some major mistakes and they proved to be fateful for me. Well, I just have this habit of being pessimistic all this time when I lose. Gaah. Anyways, let me tell you the positive outcome of this competition. Owing to my good performance in those matches, the sports teacher offered me a place in the school’s table tennis team. It was a moment of pride for me to accept it. That day I came back home and told all this to mom and dad and they were so happy to hear this. I am glad I made it into the school’s team. Its like, first milestone achieved and now more to come on.

Oh and I just remembered one more reason as to why I wasn’t blogging these days. Its like, recently I was phobic that I wont publish those posts of mine which aren’t well-written so like I used to write posts, re-read them after I was done with writing them and they seemed so bad to me that I actually ended up deleting them. Well, this is not gonna happen from now on Inshallah. I will just write stuff, edit it as per my needs, and will publish it no matter what anyone thinks of me and my writing skills. I don’t care about you. YES. I don’t.

Haha. I just noticed this is turning out to be one long post. I bet I have never written like that ever. This is miraculous. Haha. I will end it here I guess. Gotta go study now. Take care. Bye.

Finally, I realized it

Today was a pretty ordinary day except that I woke up way too early. Infact, I din’t sleep the whole night.

Last night, I was angry on some friend, and there it din’t let me sleep. I had some issues with this person and I wanted to clear them as soon as possible. So I came up online, emailed, and then was randomly surfing the net when this caught my attention.

Shagufta Abbas is a new friend from twitter, and it was really heart-rending to know that she din’t have her mother alive.

I mean I am not a big fan of poetry at all, but this one had simplicity in it and that’s what caught my attention.

Reading it all, a drop of tear dropped on my hand and I realized pretty soon why it was so. It was like, it made me realize how much we all take our parents for granted. My mom cooks for me, she does all the laundry for the house, cleans the house and everything in the world that I don’t know while I am still lying down on my bed, sound asleep. Dad takes me out wherever I want him to, makes me buy things mom won’t ever allow but NO !

I never realized their importance, Always took them for granted. Always thought that they are doing this coz it’s their responsibility. Always thought that I could just drop by saying “Thanks” for every effort they make, and that will be enough.

But it was today I realized, that I was infact WRONG. They were not here in this world to take care of me. They were born as free individuals to live their lives the way they wanted to. But they sacrificed a lot of their social activities just for me.

And so I think I need to do things to make them comfortable. I think what they want the most from me is my time. I have been pretty addicted to my computer coz of the internet but I will just try from today onwards to give ‘em more time and make them happy.

It’s 7.30 AM now so I will sum it up here. I think all parents in this world are unique but they do the same things for their children so that they don't have to worry for anything until they are alive. I guess it’s high time that we all learn to love our parents and show our affection towards them. And there’s no better way of doing this than to spend more time with them, and do things for them that make them comfortable. 

So just GO and give them a tight hug.And make them realize how much you love them !

I love my parents, and can’t even imagine my life without them. Can you ?

WIndows XP Installation Guide

Installing Windows is something that few would consider to be something to be actually TAUGHT to people since most of the people now are able to do it fine by themselves. Yes, installing Windows is really easy and since a large number of the people know how to install Windows, you, the people who still don’t know and are hesitant to do it without some guidance, should learn it too.  I am here for you, to provide the guidance you want. Let’s begin the Windows installation guide.

Do note I am covering Windows XP’s installation. The installation process for all XP editions is the same so no need to be fussy about that, we are covering a Professional edition installation but the process is absolutely identical to any other Windows XP version.

First of all, you would need:

1.        A bootable Windows XP Setup CD
2. .      A CD or DVD Rom

You would need to configure your CD Rom device as the first boot device in order to initiate the setup by booting from CD. You would need to enter the BIOS for this, to enter the blue/ purple world of BIOS, press the BIOS setup key(this is usually flashed on the screen immediately after the PC is turned on) when the PC is turned on. Once you have made sure that the CD Rom is your 1^st Boot device, you can exit the BIOS ( saving the changes ) and popping in the XP Setup CD.

A message would flash on the screen, something like ‘Press any key to boot from CD’. Well, as the message says, press any key to boot. After you press the key, you would see another message informing you that setup is inspecting your PC’s configuration. This would go shortly thereafter, to be replaced by a blue screen.

Drivers would be loaded, as you would see at the bottom of the blue screen. After a while, you would see a message on the blue screen saying ‘Setup Windows XP’. Press Enter to proceed. Agree to the license agreement by pressing F8. If your PC would be having an existing Windows XP installation at the time of the setup, you would see the setup offering you to repair the existing Windows installation. Don’t repair i.e. Press ESC, proceed to do a clean install. Choose a partition where Windows would be installed. Now, you would be prompted to format the partition, either with NTFS file system or FAT file system. It’s our recommendation that you format using NTFS file system since Windows XP is based on the NT kernel. Don’t take shortcuts, take your time and do not opt for the Quick Format method.

After the formatting is complete, the setup would immediately start copying Windows files to your Hard disk. When this is complete, you would be prompted to restart your PC. After rebooting, you would again see the ‘Press any key to boot from CD’ message. DO NOT PRESS ANY KEY, LET THE MESSAGE GO. If you make the mistake to press a button at the time, the setup would be restarted. Now, you would see Windows XP complete with the Windows logo loading.

The dark blue would be replaced with light blue. For some minutes, the setup would not show any progress bar but the ‘Windows is being installed’ text. After this, you would see the first progress bar, that of ‘Installing Devices’. Once the progress bar would be completed a window would appear, prompting you to configure some details. Fill in the details and proceed. You will see a new progress bar appear named’ Installing Network’ after your fill in the details required by the setup. The bar would soon be replaced by a new window appearing and asking you to configure your network settings. Again it is our recommendation that you simply choose TYPICAL SETTINGS and not to indulge in any other work except the main Windows installation. Face it, you can do it later when your Windows is finally installed.  This would be succeeded by a flurry of further progress bars appearing and finishing. Finally you would see a ‘Saving settings’ bar. When this bar finishes, your PC will restart.

You may think that you have almost completed the installation at this point. Again the message would prompt you to press any key to boot from CD but do NOT press any key, as it would restart the whole setup process. Let the message go away, you would see Windows XP loading now. Windows would now configure your resolution, click on OK when it notifies you about this. You are done with the installation at this point so relax, take a chill, the scary part is gone. Just fill in the details that it asks you (Your USER ID, password etc). You can skip the ‘Checking for Internet Connectivity’ phase, its useless as you can check for connectivity yourself after Windows is finally loaded. Finally, its your decision whether to register than or later with Microsoft. Once done with all of these press ‘Next’ and BOOM! You would see the familiar Windows XP welcome screen. Just a moment later, you would be seeing the hilly desktop background with the only icon on the desktop being recycle bin.

This would be the complete end of the installation. Your Windows would be successfully installed and now you can check if any of your devices need further software installation to make them fully functional; but Hey! That’s another story and I suppose that you can do all the rest by yourself now. In fact you should now be able to install Windows by yourself in the future.

Installing Windows is a piece of cake, isn’t it?

Video by Shaheryar Hasan. The above text is written by Hammad Hussain.

I was lucky

“Dad, where are we heading to?”

“Going to your nana’s house, he’s sick”

“Oh.”

Parking the car, my dad and family moved towards the main gate of Nana’s house. Just when I moved out of the car, I heard a sound. It was, however too low for me to even register the cause of the sound. Shaking my head, thinking it must have been some minor hallucination, I got out of the car to catch with my family. As we got in, my mamoon greeted us and escorted us towards the drawing room. Nana, when told we were there, stood up from his bed and came into the drawing room.

After the usual inquiring of health etc, my parents got involved into some discussion with my nana. Meanwhile, I checked out the new mobile phone my mamoon had bought a week ago.

We stayed there for like an hour. It is pretty funny that I didn’t even think about my cell phone the time we were there. As soon as we got out, I tried to find my mobile in each one of my pockets, but to my surprise, it wasn’t there. Tensed, I ran back into the house to have a look if I had accidentally dropped it somewhere in the drawing room. But, it was nowhere to be found.

Taking small reluctant steps, I came out of the house and started to walk towards my car to seat in and tell my parents the truth. Reaching for the car, I opened up the door, when suddenly I stepped on something hard. I found it weird and thought that it must be some stone on which I have stepped. I gave it a look, and what I saw was unbelievable.

It was my cell phone. Yes, my cell phone. I quickly picked it up and got seated into the car.

”What took you so long? We were waiting for you since the last 10 minutes.” Mom said.

The surprising fact however was that my mobile was still there, perfectly intact, although given the law and order situation in Karachi and theft becoming commonplace, it would have most likely been stolen. Now what I take it is that this was a blessing from God, which he intended to save me from trouble and pain. The experience nevertheless caused a marked change in my attitude. I am now more ‘Mobile-conscious’.

I guess guys that all for now. Care for your mobiles. After all money doesn’t grow on trees, or does it?

Alas, these effin Exams are Over =D

Finally, this exam marathon is over and now I have the perfect chance to blog. And the reason – well, my exams just finished 3 days ago and so I AM FREE =D Hmm, so I see that the last time I blogged was a month ago. Long time there.

So this last month, May, was one Hell of a thing. I din't do anything properly except studies. No proper food routine, no sports, no going out, no proper sleeping schedule, no nothing ! It was all going weird and seriously, it made me sick (not literally). I mean I was freaking out, and I had Actually started to eat less =P But still Alhamdolillah, days passed by quick (well, not that quick =P) and all exams went well (except Physics =P).

And so as I am finally free, I have plans to watch movies this summer (recommendations provided by friends) , go out and party (=P), and OFCOURSE !! TABLE TENNIS =D Seriously, I love this sport, and I am NOT gonna leave it at any cost.

Hmm ………. OH YEAH ! I forgot to mention one more thing. I have plans to work on a project, in the summers. A friend mentioned it to me during the exam days. I liked the idea, and told him that we should start work on it after these exams are over. He agreed.

Well, so ….. enough of it for this post.

Will try to tweet regularly from now on. =)

Views from an avid Pakistani Cricket Fan

It was an overcast day at London on June 21^st, 2009. Expectations were high and Pakistanis were saying their prayers all over the world for their team which had unexpectedly turned the tables in the later part of the tournament and had reached the final. Many people still remembered the memories etched into their minds of Pakistan's Worldcup victory in 1992 under the leadership of the great Imran Khan. Not surprisingly, people expected another Khan, Younis Khan, to lead Pakistan to that glory again. The world of cricket had crashed for avid Pakistani cricket fans ever since there was a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team at Lahore earlier that year. Elders and youngsters alike had the same enthusiasm for the final.

The match began with high hopes for Pakistanis. Straight into the fifth ball of the match's first over, the new rookie left arm pacemen Mohammad Aamir struck gold by dismissing Dilshan, the highest run scorer in the tournament for a mere duck.

Of course Pakistanis went into high spirit after the first attack. Their relentless attack crippled the highly skilled Sri Lankans and reduced them to a total of just 138 runs in 20 overs. Pakistan then set forth to chase that target. Although the batting lacked the 'smashing' part until the later part of the innings, Pakistanis' hearts thumped with each and every run taken and a wicket fallen. It finally came down crashing to a few overs. This is precisely when Shahid Afridi made the moment for the Pakistanis for years to follow. The six towering over the Lords stadium, was not only aimed to clear the boundary but to win the hearts of the Pakistanis who wanted nothing more but to have the privilege to bringing the Cup to their country. Just the moment when the ball crossed the boundary line, people sensed that something was going to happen, Of course Pakistan still needed some runs to win but they sensed it. It was, a feeling, that perhaps no word or adjective could define, but it did penetrate the hearts of the millions of people watching the match at home on large TV screens. No matter what the model of the TV they were watching the match on was, no matter where they were watching the match was, there was the same happiness engrossed in every single Pakistani soul. They smelled triumph even before it came.

Of course, millions more tuned in to see their national cricket team hold the Cup and run around the stadium overjoyed at the mere thought of winning the Worldcup.

That day, it was like every sins had been washed out. People phoned their friends and relatives and blabbed for hours about this and that players' performance. No one knew which player to praise more, whether the new Aamir who took the much prized wicket of Dilshan, or Boom Boom Afridi who hit a booming six into the crowd right in the midst of tension. The captain, Younis Khan found a good reason to retire on a good note from T20 Cricket.

I had only heard about the celebrations of the 1992 Worldcup victory of Pakistanis from my elders but that day, I witnessed the scene. The scene that must have happened in Melbourne, and in Pakistan, the people's gleaming faces. Yes indeed one commentator was right, “ The young ones watching would of course remember this and recount it to their younger ones later on”. I am proud to say that I witnessed a moment in Pakistani and cricketing history that I can always narrate with joy to other people who would never get the chance to witness that particular moment. The moment of joy, the moment of Pakistan winning the T20 Worldcup when it seemed like cricket had ended for Pakistan.

Now, another Worldcup tournament is just around the corner. For Pakistanis, it means the absolute need to win this tournament too to retain the title of being the 'T20 Champions'. Of course, there are cricket gurus and speculators who would say that the current Pakistani team lacks the players or the morale to win the 'big one' again too but I would say this, Pakistanis have proved themselves to be a really unpredictable team but when their high time comes, nothing can beat them, be it ordinary players from their own side or formidable ones from the competing side. This time, it can be their high time too, and of course if it is, then victory is certain. Rock on, Pakistan.

Written By Hammad Hussain

The ground breaking and cutting edge research into the 2012 Armageddon Conspiracy

Well the most shocking thing in this conspiracy, or as I say, a hole in the conspiracy, which is that, the conspirers say that the world'll end on 22 December 2012 on 11 PM, now the most shocking thing about it is that, how come the world'll end on 22 December 2012 on 11 PM just like that, because there is a time difference all over the world, i.e. first 11 PM in Australia and lastly in USA, so what type of Armageddon is it where the world ends in parts following 11 PM.

Research Done by Faizan Chaki

Mark Zuckerberg Uncovered

This script is based on Mark Zuckerburg, the founder of Facebook, wandering around, lost in the streets of Paposh. He is in rags but feels elated from within beacause of the news being relayed to him recently that the 'Guardian of Facebook' is returning back to Facebook!

Zuckerburg: Hey, you! Do you know about the Guardian of Facebook? I am Mark...

Theley waala: Arey kaun ho tum? Mujhe kia pata kaun hai ye guardian!! Bhai main to thela chalaata hoon aur is ki kamaai se roti khaata hoon! Mujhe kia pata hoga in baato ka? Aur tum bhi koi kaam karo, tum kia ye aesey phir rahe ho?

Zuckerburg: Actually I am looking for Shaheryar Hasan. I think he lives here, in Paposh.

Theley waala: Acha haan wo idhar hi rehta hai! Saamne waali galli mein jaao!

Zuckerburg is now at Shaheryar's doorstep.

(TING TONG)

Voice from inside: Kaun hai?

Zuckerburg: Mark Zuckerburg. The founder of Facebook. I presume this is Shaheryar Hasan's house, is it?

Voice from inside: Ji ji wo idhar hi rehta hai. Aap ko usse kaam?

Zuckerburg: I can only tell this to Shaheryar himself in person. He is really important to my cause.

( Zuckerburg is now led in the house. He is made to sit in the drawing room and to wait for Shaheryar. Half an hour passes after which Shaheryar enters the room)

Zuckerburg: Hello, Shaheryar.

Shaheryar: Hello Zuckerburg Bhaiyya!!!!

Zuckerburg: Bhaiyaa means?

Shaheryar: Brother.

(They hug each other now. Zuckerburg actually breaks into tears).

Shaheryar: C'mon now.

Zuckerburg: I can't!! ( He sobs unashamedly)

Shaheryar: Now, now there is no need to cry.

Zuckerburg: These are tears of happiness! Do you know how much I suffered?? How much pain did I withstand????

Shaheryar: C'mon. I am one guy. There are millions others perhaps on Facebook to generate income for you. What did you exactly have to go through?

Zuckerburg: But you are Facebook! Those millions are not the ones who sit on Facebook all day. They do not share videos! They are not the ones who write good statuses!! Most of 'em don't even open their accounts for months!

(Zuckerburg is now sobbing uncontrollably)

Shaheryar: Just relax. Put on some nice clothes.

Zuckerburg: Only if I had the money to do it! I have lost all my possessions. My house, my car. Oh for God's sake, they even took my toilet papers! And I don't have money to buy them now.

Written by Hammad Hussain
“Its just for a laugh (winks)”

A Day in the Life of Shaheryar Hasan

When we read history or infact do anything, we always learn about the 'greats'. No one ever gives importance to the 'averages. They are in essence always forgotten while the former have their names cemented in the annals of history forever. So here I feel privileged to write about a 'great' that I have met and with whom I also happen to be very best friends. Don't get me wrong, readers. The 'great''s name is Shaheryar Hasan. The boy who ended up with 10 As in his O Levels and sure is to break some havoc in the A Levels as well.

Now here the fun starts. You all readers with me? OK. So Shaheryar Hasan hails from Paposh, Karachi. Paposhis are known for their untapped potential and their eerie, albeit much-liked personalities. But Shaheryar is more than just one of those genius Paposhis.

Shaheryar, widely agreed upon by many people who witnessed him gain influence and practically create an aura of awesomeness of Facebook, is its guardian, its saviour, its protector. It would not be wrong to say that Facebook would have ceased to exist a long time ago had it not been for Shaheryar's jaw-breaking efforts to entertain all 'Facebookies'.

Wake up at 2 in the afternoon, earn some nice comments from your mum and daddy, sit grudgingly on your PC to cheer youself up and BOOM there you have it!! Shaheryar is online. You have a nice talk with him. You gotta do some work now. Your say BYE. Do your work. Turn back the PC after the work finishes and there you have it, Shaheryar is still online!! You may be allured into believing that he is a kind of mythical tech being who is always ready to embrace any tech and software-savvy personality. OK. Log on to Facebook at the dead of the night. When there is only the rustling of the leaves on the trees because of the blows of cool night air, when only the dogs bark in the distance, you would find Shaheryar still online to accompany you to another interesting night.

Shaheryar's love for celebrities, most notably singers and his teachers is perhaps unmatched by anyone. Miley Cyrus is one of Shaheryar's favourites and whatever his mood may be, he likes nothing better but to listen to some 'Miley'. Throughout his student life, Shaheryar has expressed his gratitude and respect for his teachers but there is one teacher of which Shaheryar is a die-hard fan of. His English teacher, Miss Nazish. Although deemed by many to be sarcastic, according to Shaheryar, Miss Nazish has a lot of hand in shaping him where he is. At least his language!! We all know after all the great 'statuses' set by Shaheryar in the 'Golden Facebooking Era'. Those statuses echoed someone's name. Yes!! Miss Nazish!! She was after all the one who taught him English! Had she not taught him, who would have written those statuses? Or an even more bigger question, who would have been the guardian of Facebook?

Friends, although I would like to talk about Shaheryar for as long as I live, I can't do it due to time and space constraints. So, I end this expository essay about Shaheryar here. While Facebook still craves for Shaheryar, the man who led it to glory, who doesn't seem for now to have any plans to return to Facebook, many people, including me, want him to. Clearly as long as Shaheryar lives, so would live Facebook and the virtual world as a whole. Salute to Shaheryar Hasan, the guardian of Facebook.

Written by Hammad Hussain

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