A Letter to Mr. Sarmad Khurram

Mr. Sarmad Khurram,

This isn't bravery or "political maturity" or even a protest. This is sheer ignorance mixed with hypocrisy. So how come you are still attending Harvard? Why don't you quit and make a statement?

I think you are a disgrace !

I hope you prove me wrong after you graduate from Harvard and unlike every other money mongering prick, you actually do something for this country ... something other than making a fool out of her just to get your 15 seconds of fame !

Thank you.

The Day

Probably

The best day of my life !

I got my diploma, invited George W. to come and stay with me and got to find the Thunderbirds through a myriad of hats !

A little sun would have made it perfect !

4 days

After years of early wake ups and late caffeinated nights and morning PTs and afternoon beat downs and yells and screams and mandatory formations and uniform inspections and checklists and room inspections and competitions and tests and homeworks and projects and being away from home ...

My day is finally here. Years of hard work has earned me my shiny engineering diploma and my 15 seconds of fame with the leader of the free world. 28th of May ! I cannot wait !

The Dark Knight

I just realized that I going to miss one of
the movies that I have been waiting for over a year now.
I didn't think it could get any better than "Batman Begins" but then I saw Heath Ledger playing joker and I realized that I really want to be convinced otherwise. Now, I have to wait longer and I won't be able to see it in theaters.

What the fuck !

I Will Always Love You

I think I have fallen in love with this song over again.

There is something about this little girl singing that just gets to you.

There are better versions out there but the fact that she is 6 years old is really inspiring.

Check it out

Connie Talbot: I Will Always Love You

She is adorable.

Tanzania

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Originally uploaded by docnico.

There are somethings that just don't break.

For everything else, there are African Monsoons.

(Details and pictures to follow shortly after I am done spring break-ing)

The Pretender

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender

~The Pretender by Jackson Browne

Whatever life throws at you, no matter how hard it gets, despite all the turmoil and the hate and the war, its still worth it. It will always be worth it because when that "morning light comes streaming in, I'll get up and do it again. Amen".

Beauty of life is in the struggle, the sweat and the satisfaction of trying.

PS: If you haven't heard this song, you are missing out ... !

Chance

Pakistan Elections 2008
Originally uploaded by Raja Islam.

And as we wait in anticipation, we hope that who ever gets elected atleast gives our country a chance. She has endured many a misery we send her way and has ridden out many whose greed was insatiable. Yet she hung in there and it is about time we give our tired country a break.

Give her a chance. She deserves it. Please !

Taare Zameen Par

I love kids.

I love movies.

Put kids who can act in a movie with a touchy topic and you have yourself a winner.

This movie is definitely worth watching, unlike all other Indian movies !

The Dare

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Originally uploaded by chelly-egg.

"Holy Shit Saad, truth is an illusion, all you have to do is bend it and twist it and use it to your advantage", a friend criticized my utter inability to fabricate "stuff" to save my life. What he failed to understand was that his "smart" friend happens to forget what shape he morphed the truth into, and then happens to get busted fairly easily. Its remembering what you said, and then covering it up that sucks. Hence I tend to stick to what I know and believe (even if its just a figment of my imagination), as long as its what I believe, I'll do alright because I'll tell the same story to everyone !

One of the major reasons I tend to be a bad liar is that I actually think of the consequences of my lies as I tell them, which, trust me, is not the smartest thing to do. Trust is perhaps the most important thing as far as my life is concerned. I like to respect people and along with the respect clause, comes the trust clause, which completely annihilates any possibility of the lie clause to sneak into the picture. As shallow as it might sound, my ultimate concern is not what my lie would do objectively perhaps, it is actually the fear of the person finding out about my less than honorable act and the loss of trust resulting from it. I cannot face a person I lied to, in case my lie is unveiled. The solution : I don't lie !

A world void of lies, full of trust : What a wonderful choice, you might think ! I have to say that its perhaps not the best seat to be in, because no matter what you believe in or resolve to do, it does not buy you a guarantee that others will tend to you the same way. No matter how much you trust people, or how much you resolve to the truth, liars will still lie. No matter how hard you try to comprehend, the answer to the "Why" question will always be a blank, because maybe for some people, its food for their soul.

Does that, by any chance mean that you revert to the filthy ways? Not at all. Because people like me believe that 8 out of the 10 people I come across are good and trust worthy and no matter how many times I trip due to traps set by one of those 8, i still believe there is some good in them and if I can get one of those 8 to quit setting traps, I have made a difference.The rest of the 7 might find someone else to make a difference in their lives.

The two of you, however, are on your own.

"Change", shout the people trying win the reins to the strongest country of the world.

"Change" , I say, not to win a prize, but to sleep satisfied with yourself.