Monday, February 28, 2005

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Lounging back on chair. Stretching my arms. Look right and left. yawn. Scracth ears, head. Staring at the screen.

Last time i wrote a blog was back on 16th february and since then just did no get enough motivation, time, idea, mood to do an update. Awfully boring , i know. Terribly lazy i am and this just proved the point. Even right now, i am writing coz i promised few people and it was some sort of embarrassment to me that everybody is writing on my tag urging me to post up and here i am , doing ZILCH, NOTHING and still not updating the blog.

Anyways, here it comes the belated entry. Past few days have been most ordinary, run of the mill usual stuff for me. Last semester is turning out to be a complete bore, as a matter of fact its a HUGE task to get out of bed in morning knowing when you have just couple of classes all day and nothing else. Most saddest thing is that instead of doing ANYthing constructive ever since this semester started, i have been using Uni net, rather SUCKING it for downloading U2. As usual, my ghar ka net is fucked up big time and i am not going to say anymore on that, i just use the uni net and its AS GOOD AS I VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ! 8 Concerts i downloaded in a week, cant get any better than that. Along with it loads of htdaab performances along with video, special mention must be made to Grammy performance as well as Brooklyn Concert Video. So yeah, academically, not a most happening time despite the fact i hve my midterms from 7th. Lets see if i do enough to keep my gpa over 3 [ which i fear i might not the way i am going this semester ]

Aside from that, nothing special going on at home front either. I realized i am a super good conversationalist , esp on phone. Spend a huge amount on buying credit this week and for whatever reasons, i consider myself a nawab ka baccha and talk to my friends on MOBILE instead of land line. Though, i talk to only 3-4 friends on phone [excluding my best friend Ali ] these talks can EASILY last in excess of 2 hours. Its not that only I whos wasting credit, i make sure others do that too :D But point is that i went to bank to check out my balance and realize i am running short on finances, not exactly short but i need to get my priorities and straight and save up the money. Lately, Dividends arent coming regularly plus since Abbu moved all our shares to Ammi's account in CDC, we get less money which means mazeed ghurbat.

I curse myself for missing out the most golden opportunity to work last year after my iternship at E-Commerceateway. I applied to Mobilink call center and got thru three departmental Interviews with flying colors, with the director dude highly impressed. After completion of my 3rd interview HE congratulated me and asked me to visit the HR department and confirm the appointment . I went there, gave another interview to that lady Ms Sheeba, and she gave me the heart breaking news that since i am NOT an undergrad as yet, they wont be able to accomodate me. That was MOST shocking. One of the very few times in my life that "I" was depressed, upset and absolutely furious. But well, life moves on and i am looking at my options what to do next.

On a side note, we booked ourselves a Cultus and i am SO NOT in favour of that ! We already have a Baleno and i have serious grudges against that car , because its NO WAY WORTH its pricetag of 750,000 + Rs/- ! But its too hard to convince daddy dear to move to Toyota/Honda. He thinks us brothers are helluva reckless driver and will be smashing car around the town, plus CNG reasons also give Suzuki an edge. Except abbu, all of us were rooting for Santro [ since we are going for hatch back ] but when we went to showroom, the guy said it will take 8-9 months for that which is totally , unacceptable. Our current 2nd car, a Toyota Starlet `83 [older than me by 8 months ] is nearing its death bed and it will be end of an era for us.

Biggest news for me this week was that i FINALLY was able to buy myself a new mobile [not exactly DABBA PACK NEW :p ] . Since i got mugged on the morning of 15th December `04 at 7am while going to uni, i have been using this old, worn out 3210 which i couldnt carry withmyself due to its battery dieing in 30 minutes flat :p . Anyways, got myself Nokia 6610i, my same phone which got robbed, only this time i got it in Black color instead of silver, with 5 months warranty. Me is REALLY, REALLY happy at this deal :D


Sports Update - Pakistan cricket is leaving today for India and God Bless our team !

My test playing 11 is [in batting order]

Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Inzamam ul Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Asim Kamal
Kamran Akmal
Muhammed Sami
Rana Naved ul Hasan
Danish Kaneria
Arshad Khan

Shahid Afridi - 12th man.

Although, i am the biggest afridi fan you can ever meet, i Even WANT him to play test matches, but with current situation, i dont think he deserves a place in team right now, at most if HE HAS to be included, it can only be done in place of Arshad Khan.

Football - CL

Man Utd lost, nistelrooy's magic did not work :( But i REALLY hope that he rises to the occassion at San Siro in return leg and kick some major ass. Real JUST sneaked ahead of Juv and i see some serious fight going on , since suddenly, real's domestic form slightly dipped with consecutive losses and Juve is getting its touch back thanks to Del Piero. I WANT A REAL/MAN UTD FINAL !


Thats all for now folks. I HOPE to come back REALLY sooon next time and wont take this long for the blog update. Thanks to everybody for their concern and asking about it. Have a good time reading :)


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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Weird Title. Yeah i know that. But cant help that because the changes my blog went thru, all the reveamped and renovated look which you see now is only because of Sidrah and Misha ! Former for the blog and latter for comment and that tag conversation. Love yah both, my 2 shezaadies ! :D

2nd part of the title is obviously in relevence to the new Noori track on air 'Kuttay (te tau uttho) ' . My love for noori goes back nearly 5 years when i first heard Manwa Re and I Love You for honda city ad. I fell in love, instantly. I got both of them from a friend of my brother's who eventually gave me the earliest bootlegged recording of Noori which included Manwa Re, I Love you, Khalla, Ooncha, Saree Raat Jagga and Mujhe Roko. Those were te days of audiogalaxy and NO ONE had heard of noori, manwa re wasnt even on air during that time. Noori boom exploded and i vividly remember the time when i actually did NOT play u2 for a whole week, all of it was dedicated to Noori. Brilliant. I dont care whatever people might say about them, i will almsot always defend the band. I have this kind of emotional attachment with them which i have with U2. Despite the fact that noori undertook loads of stupid decisions and rubbish , but none of it will deter me from not loving the band. Met with the guys few times and Lord of the Bass, Jafri sahib a few other times as well. As sidrah will put it, claiming i seriously need some nooragra but i say, keep them away. i AM a Noori groupie :p

Back to the song. At first listen, i found it a most lame and crappy ass song because of name. Finally got to hear it week and a half back and it took me THIS saturday to finally make a conclusion whether i like the song or not. I do.
At first listen, song comes out as a very wanna be attempt to be rock and whatever, but it actually grows on in a while and the solo , despite being a very short one is awesome !! The fact that hamza is also sharing vocal chords is a very nice change but the best thing about the whole scene is that ALi Noor himself finally got bck to his lead Guitar. That itself will improve noori's performance tenfolds ! Lyrics are still the achilles heel of noori and this one , despite having a very ambiguious and somewhat abstract meaning , people arent able to much understand the song because of its fast pace and hardcore Punjabi !! They can only hear words which are usually considered expletives. My take is that you need to play this song LOUD, and just rock on this number ! its that kind of adrenaline pumping song. Definitely not the best noori effort but not as bad as people are calling it.

Chawani dey chuwarey Khao mitthay piyaraaarey !!!!!!!!!!


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Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Finally, after almot a week and half - i get enough motivation and a good enough internet connection to make this belated blog update. Despite making several appearances and commenting on various blogs, i just wasnt able to take out enough time to make a proper, elaborate kind of blog. besides, there wasnt much interesting happening to to mention per se.

Pakistan lost the finals despite playing wonderful cricket, alot of frustration came because of that. Oh, on this sunday had a Super Brunch at our place which had some of the most sumptous dishes, a mixture of bihari and arabic cuisine. Special mention goes to Sambakh Lebnani , Bihari Kabab and baer Khani Roti. I also made humous too and that was YummmmmYyY !!

Been busy with university as well where i am having some problems due to administration and i just dont know how to kill them OR to make them realize that before rejecting my registration process, for heaven's sake check up with their account records ! Only saving grace all this while has been the university internet which is lightning fast, only that i dont get enough time on it. My own cabla wala has got a monopoly in my area and either i use HIS service or else i dont. Cant go to dialup because of some problem with my USR modem, which works on every computer, with every phone line, except MY COMPUTER and MY ROOM's Phone connection !

Moving on, I had planned to write various stuff on my blog, my opinion over different stuff or whatever, but since its been so long, i just cannot recall them. May do so some other time. For today, i will present my U2 Top 10 for all of those U2 loveers who visit my blog and SPECIALLY for all those who think U2 sucks and fail to fulfill promises sincerely [ hint sidrah hint ! ]

There it is .... my top 3 is FIXED FOR LIFE. PERMANENT. Rest 7 positions often move around.
I may as well write a commentary on all of them, but that is for some other time.

1) With or Without You [Joshua Tree]
2) Bad [Unforgettable Fire]
3) So Cruel [Achtung Baby]
4) Where The Streets Have No Name [Joshua Tree]
5) One [Achtung Baby]
6) Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own [How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb]
7) Running to Stand Still [Joshua Tree]
8) A Sort of Homecoming [Unforgettable Fire]
9) Mysterious Ways [Achtung Baby]
10) All I Want Is You [Rattle&Hum]



Honourable mention must go to -

I still havent found what i am looking for [JT]
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me [Batman Forever ST]
Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses [AB]
Electric Co. & Out of Control [Boy]
Tomorrow [October]
40 & Sunday Bloody Sunday [War]
Beautiful Day & Walk On [ATYCLB]
Please & If God Will Send His Angels [Pop]
Dreaming With Tears in My Eyes [ Rare]
Be There [ Rare ]
Ground Beneath Her Feet [ MDH ST]

Will mention other songs as they come to my mind , because with U2, i can really go wild and spoiled for choices. There are still SO many songs i can write down but then ... Enjoy these for now .

P.S: Sidrah, this above mentioned list SHOULD be your guide to an introduction to U2. You need not to download or buy all the albums at once, just give these songs time and soon you will belong to Us . Muwahhaahh !



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