6th March 2009, the day active bloggers in Karachi met again to discuss various issues affecting our nation online and offline, organized by Google Pakistan, CIO Pakistan and Wateen Telecom, turned out to be quite some resolutions and suggestions, thoughts and valuable brainstorming.

I reached the venue a little late, since I was coming straight from work, and particularly because the taxi driver took the longer route for some reason. *Curses the evil taxi wala * Any how as I reached that place I discovered most of the people were already there, I recoginized some faces instantly (Ali K. Chisti, Awab Alvi, Batool, Jehan Ara, Rabia, Badar, Salaina). It was a little surprize that most people know me, I m not much of a proper blog, I mostly write crapy stuff, but anyways..

I was delighted at the fact that this meet up was to discus activism issues, my blog isn’t about activism but what I do like about the idea of activism is that it gives people what’s rightfully theirs and they get their voices heard.

After my arrival, soon Imran Hussain and Umair K. Jadoon were there too,  it was the first time I met them properly, the first time I met them was at the First bloggers meet up, but I didn’t get time to get to know them properly, until obviously we had a great online blogger meet up. Great ppl.

The topic that we discussed was about how to get a better image back to Pakistan, since we’re getting all the negative publicity recently, be it the government or the militants, it’s just not good, so we thoughts it’s time for all the nerds to take the situation into their hands (j/k)

We discussed matters of importance, being it sponsoring bloggers from the outside world or setting up proper resolutions and following them, the sponsoring bloggers idea was brought int light by Badar Khushnood, while Salaina suggested that she could draft a national PR policy. Farhan was of the opinion that we could all put up Pakistan’s flag on our blogs to reflect our love for the country (I came up with that graphic, that I allow anyone to freely use on their blog, but please host it on your own).  I suggested that bring out the positive image, snap along the way and upload the beauties of the country, be it people, places, events or anything on the positive side.

After our discussions and all, we moved to the Bowling area, where some awesome refreshments awaited us..it wa already time my tummy felt the need to get a top up

So we had out tiny snacks, some coffee and then.. yes right then we bowled our heads off.. didn’t make for some good score but had fun.. I had Awab Alvi, Badar and Rabia as my competetors.. It had to be nice and surely it was.

The picture right at the begining was a snap shot that was taken while lights went out for a bit. Thanks to Rabia for the picture.

Related:

Blogap – Bloggers Association of Pakistan

‘Karachi Blogger’s Meet up’ [Highlights]

Highly energized Bloggers meet in Karachi

Tags: 09, activism, ali, ammar, awab, Badar, bloggers meetup, blogs, discussion, fun, Imran, karachi, plans, Rabia, resolutios, thoughts, umair

This is some of the text that was sent in to everyone from a guy “Ahmed” from our company’s Quality Assurance department. It’s worth a read.

Case 1 : NASA
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity (ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did the Russians do…?? They used a pencil.

Case 2 : Japanese cosmetics company
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X- rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral
Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems .
LEARN TO FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS NOT ON PROBLEMS.

Loved it

Tags: big, company, japan, moral, nasa, small, solutions, think, thoughts

Happy Valentines day to all !

I sent this card to my honey. Feel free to tell me the card is not that nice

Have a lovely day, and for all those single ppl out there.. enjoy life

Love you all !

Tags: day, emotions, expression, love, my love, thoughts, valentine

I am not really well, have flu and feel tired, had slept almost the half day ! When I woke up, the day seemed to have passed, besides it’s was our assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhuttos’ chelum, so I thought I had some free time..

Little did I think I would spend some of it designing a valentine card, and some of it for a small sticker kind of stuff I wanted for my room. The valentine card, is what you’ll not be able to see until the 14th, but just a hint, it has a nature theme attached to it !

Below is the sticker ‘kind of thing’ I was talking about:

Also I took the What does your writing say bout you quiz, here’s what it says :

What Your Handwriting Says About You
You are sometimes a very energetic person, but you are sometimes quite lethargic. You’re moody, prone to ups and downs, and you don’t have a lot of endurance.You range from very outgoing to very shy. You are a shape shifter who is very versatile. You adapt well, and you look at things from many angles.You are very detail oriented and meticulous. You are a careful thinker and a true intellectual.You need a bit of space in your life, but you’re not a recluse. You expect people to give you a small amount of privacy, and you respect their privacy as well.You are conservative, old fashioned, and a little stubborn. You are resistant to change.You are a good communicator. You work hard to get your ideas across effectively.

And I seriously have a very crappy handwriting !

Tags: benazir, crappy, design, firefox, hand, love, sleepy, stickers, thoughts, writing

I m here, right in my room right now, and concentrating on the important bit of the moment, missing my love, missing my family, even though they’re just a staircase apart, I do miss them, I miss the times I would spend long hours with them, I miss how I used to laugh like crazy with them, I miss my days as a kid with them. I miss my school life, where I found, whom I now love !

Yes, this is what I’ve become.. not to busy, but I pretend to be, or maybe that’s what I’ve become. I think I’ve transformed, into a mysterious being in my own self, laughing like crazy with the people around and sitting still in my room alone..

This is me, yes this is just me.. Times have changed or maybe I m the one who has.. the truth is I always wanted a change, and grow, now that I m growing, I miss the still happiness !

I m never happy, neither is mankind !

I m growing in my skill set which is good, Lord help me justify my time, let me be just with the people, that love me, and with the people I love. Amen !

Everything’s ok, no worries fella’s !

Tags: family, friends, life, love, mind, mystery, thinking, thoughts

I m feeling some goodness for no real reason, really, you see, I think I came out of the mini depression period, and it so seems that one of my friends is into one, yes this is my reference to H-N’s depression (This is what I mean). Oh and I just got to know, that H-N’s mom has been admitted to the hospital, pray for her, please.Najam (gr8najam) is also in town, on a break from work (Dubai), so things should be a little fun, or that’s what I m hoping.

H-N also has a gig coming up this Saturday, I hope his mom fees much better then, so that he can concentrate on his music !

I have also been thinking of re-doing my current website, which looks a little stale now, it deserves a make over, and that it should get !

As far as work is concerned, it’s going great, and it’s lovely to work around here ! Seriously, things can get not so nice some times, but mostly it’s awesome !

A couple of other things are also going through my mind, that I m due for a proper outing, seriously, I mean yes me, H-N went out with Najam yesterday, but that wasn’t really an outing, also since H-N wasn’t in a good mood. I m planning to go to India next year (Oh and thats for vacations, unlike some bithchy artists ). Let’s see what happens next.

And this post is written while I m in office

Other than that, prayers please

Tags: bad, emotions, feeling, good, h-n, happiness, me, nice, odd, superb, thoughts, wickedness, yeah so what ?

Hi everyone, welcome me back for another little while, my life has become a lot busy these days, which is good and bad at the same time.

The Goodness
I believe that being busy helps you forget all the painful and difficult time you’ve had, and takes you away from stuff you don’t want to get involved in, and for the most part it keeps me busy and really happy, and cheerful.

The badness
I think I missing a lot on the relations ! I m missing talking to my parents and my sis for long hours, it’s been ages since I had a long good laugh with them ! Then I missing my girl, I haven’t spoke to her in some time, a big sometime that is

I missing my friends outside my office box too, I had Asim come over to my place though, but I miss those long hours we spent together ! I miss having to chat long hours with my buddies online. I rarely get time for that now.

Other than those odd emotions burping inside my boing boing soul ! We have eid coming up in a few days, and my mom’s youngest bro is in the city too, which is kind of good, it’s been 5 years since he was last here !

He got me an iPod dock from icraig which is super awesome, and a travel charger too, which is nice ! and pretty handy

the other part belonging to the ipod thing is that my belt clip of the iskin is broken bad, now I have to buy another ipod protective casing, damn !

Any how, pray for me, for everyone !

(I seriously pray that every smoker quits smoking – Ameen)

Tags: bad, dock, emotions, family, friends, girl, good, icraig, ipod, life, love, mind, missing, parents, relations, relatives, rocks, sucks, thoughts