English got raped !!!

Hell yeah !!! When it comes to English pronunciations, we Pakistanis are master at raping them. Following are some examples of awkward pronunciations we do, mostly always.

Cricket = Kir kit
Biscuit = Bis kut
America = Amreeka
People = Peepal
Clear =  Kill-yer
Corn = Caarn
School = Sakool (mostly in Punjab)
Birthday = Bud day
Test = Taste
Manchester = Min Chaaster
Time = Tame
Very = Vary
Follow = Fallow (if you're on Twitter and following TheMeeraJee, you might be well aware of it)
Pronunciation = ProNOUNciation
Tell = Tale
Ball = Baal
Football = Fit Baal
Hockey = Haackey (mostly by old people)
Chocolate = Chaacklate
New Year = Noo Yer
Happy = Hay P
Hello = Hail O
Pizza = Peeza
Record = Re-cord or Re-card
Chicken = Chick-un
Cracker = Cray kar
Ladies = Lad-ice
Clinic = Clay-nic
Aunty = Aanti
Brush = Bee-roosh
Wednesday = Wed-nes-day
Stand = Stained
Jealous = Jay-lus
Bag = Baig
Gap = Gape
Fan = Fane
Fade = Fad
Pressure = Pray-shure
Customer = Custoomer
Order = Aarder
Gas = Gase
Irritate = Arritate
Racket = Ray Kit
Ready = Reddy
Film = Filum/ Filim
Colony = Kaa-loony or Koo-lony
Cost = Coast

To be honest, we are proud of ourselves !! At least we don't fake an accent (unless someone is a BURGER), we have an accent of our own and we proudly use it !!

May you all have a Vary Hay P Noo Yer :)

p.s. More words will be added to the list as I hear anyone using them. Bookmark the link of the post to keep updated :p

Randomness redefined !!!

This pic is mistaken, I don't have such biceps :p
That white thing is my Persian cat ♥

As the title says, this post is totally random. Main purpose behind this post is to show how I spend my time at home, in pyjamas or shorts.

I have been criticised many times and by many people about my dressing or fashion sense. I have a simple reply to it. I don't care about fashion or dressing, I just like myself the way I am. Its all easy for me in trousers and shorts. I wear jeans very less, mostly while going for classes or special gatherings. I've been criticised about colour combinations, I still don't care about it. I just take out a shirt, wear it and go out. Never ever think about it twice. Hairstyle, I've been fond of long hair always. Because of school and other restrictions, never had long hair but I did manage to grow them till my collar in June. And now, as you can see, my hair always remain messy or disturbed. Whenever I have to go out, I just put up my United cap and it all settles well.

I never liked wearing watches, bands or stuff. Cell phones made it easy for time checking, so the excuse for watch remained no more. People spend so much money on perfumes or deodorants, I wear them once in a blue moon, mostly when I'm going for a wedding or special gathering with friends. I know some people (guys) who spend so much on facials, beauty products and spend hours in salons, I don't care about oddly grown facial here or as said earlier, messy hairstyle.

Moving on to food, I'm a foodie but at times, I've strange taste. I don't like ketchup, mayonnaise or other sauces. When it comes to burgers or fried chicken, I like the original thing, I don't go for extras. I can have chocolate with anything. Just two days ago I was laughed at after I said that I'll be having Zinger with Hot Chocolate. My meal is incomplete without meat, any type of meat and when I've nothing to eat ( what I like), I just half-fry an egg and have it with bread. my day is incomplete if I don't have an egg.

Like me or not, I might remain like this forever.

I am what I am and I'm proud of what I am !! Problem?! Leave.

With all these weird facts about me, I'm proud of myself for the fact that I've never had a cigarette or a single puff of shisha. I've never had a single chhaliya or other bad stuff such as Gutka.

According to the title, I think mischief has been managed :p

p.s. Happy New Year :)

Fast and Furious

Let me first tell you that I'm the only driver at my home. I've been driving for more than 3 years now and I'm not yet allowed to drive alone. No one else knows a thing about driving at my home, but every time I drive, I've been consistently instructed on how to drive and what to do.

So coming back to the point, yesterday, late night my uncle suddenly called and we planned to drive to Clifton to Abdullah Shah Ghazi's Mazaar. Rather taking the normal route, we chose the Lyari Express Way. Clam and quiet, what a fast drive it was. Reaching 100 Kmph in a car that is unaligned was a great experience. The steering kept wobbling and the control was difficult.

Any ways, we reached our destination, did Fatiha, had a Qulfi and after it, the real thing began. Just as we touched Shahah e Faisal from Kala Pul, the race began. Shahrah e Faisal became a race track for us. I had my mother and grandmother sitting with me. All I heard during the whole journey was "Zain, Slow !!", "Zain, are you deaf??", "Zain, what's the point of going that fast?". But a driver can tell how much thrilling it was, cutting between the cars and buses, one hand on the horn and keeping up with the other car.

There were also moments when the car was bumping because of the road, some emergency breaks, and heart in mouth moments. Overall it was such a splendid drive with thrills and action. Loved every bit of it !!!

Dream Girl

Kabhi to milay gi, kahin to milay gi, aaj nahin to kal, Dream Girl !!!

Just for the time pass. This post may cross all the limits of lameness, so please keep your feelings inside yourself, I'd not like to be on their receiving end :D

As the title says, the post describes my dream girl. The features are set out below :

1. Waist long hair FTW.
2. Passion for education/studies. The girl who has been a high achiever in her school is the one in my dreams.
3. Wears Hijab <3
4. Foodie. If she's a good cook, we'll make a great couple because I like cooking too.
5. A girl who likes to be simple. The girl who's happy without makeup. (As a matter of fact, no girl in this world is happy without makeup :p). Girl who does what she wants.
6. Girl who can do shopping very fast. I hate it when I have to just roam around in the mall for hours and comes home without even a single bag.
7. Colour: I don't like milky, colourless blondes. Chocolaty colour FTW.
8. A girl who's cosy, isn't too much possessive.
9. The girl who's into the melodious music of 90s and 80s.

There were so many things but they're not coming in my mind at the moment.

Wanna lonely broken angel? Come and save me before I fall apart <3

Now you're allowed to call me Chhichhora, maila, flirt, despo, no lifer or whatever, I won't care. It was just for some fun and time pass

p.s. Ladies, do fill that form ;)

Politics

I don't really support any particular political party but it is a fact that I'd like to see anyone else other than Zardari in the President's office.

Everyone is well aware of the decade long dictatorships in the history of Pakistani politics and I liked Musharraf's tenure. Though, he lost it near the end, the Lal Masjid operation and issues with judiciary, but it was in his tenure that Pakistan started to develop. The CNG sector, telecommunication sector, development of Electronic Media and everything else.

It was Musharraf's idea of local bodies which revived Karachi. Mustafa Kamal surely deserve all the respect for the way he has made Karachi what it is today. The infrastructure he has provided, all the signal free corridors, the way he worked all night during the monsoon season, jobs he provided to Karahites and there are many more things to be described, for which he deserves respect. Karachi Tips explains it like this.

Back to the politics, MQM lost all the respect I had for them after they became part of the current government. Moreover, their resignations from the cabinet and then taking them back after a couple of months has made me flush all the respect I had for them.

Everyone today has been speaking of the change. The change can only happen if only fair elections are held.
As per my recent experience and what I heard, when my father voted last time, a person was standing beside the ballot box, advising him to mark the stamp on a certain box. While Musharraf held the referendum, my brother who was just around 5 years old, voted too.

To wrap it up, we've been tired of seeing these familiar faces again and again. We need change now, and for the change, we, the youth, are supporting Imran Khan all the way. It was Immy K who won Pakistan the Cricket WorldCup for the first time, now it'll be Immy K to rescue Pakistan from these corrupt and criminal rulers. Imran Khan FTW.

p.s. Guys, check this out. Here's a tip for you if you wanna impress a Karachite girl these days :p

The beautiful 90s

I feel lucky to have been born on the brink of the last decade of the 20th century. It gives me bragging rights to have lived in two centuries and two millenniums, but the beauty of the 90s were the simple and calm life. People were not dependant on machines and gadgets as they are now.

As I spent my childhood in the 90s, let me begin with cartoons. We had Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Ninja Turtles, Pink Panther, Loony Tunes, Captain Planet, SWAT Kats, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Fantastic Four, and many more. Kids today, are deprived of such classics. All they watch is the battling 'so-called' super heroes and the same thing is repeated in every other cartoon.

Moving on to the games, we were there to play Super Mario on Nintendo or Atari consoles and then SEGA came. For a Cricket lover like me, Brian Lara 96/99 was the perfect game to play. Who can forget Sonic, the Hedgehog? There were Snow Bros, Tekken, Street Fighter, one of the best games ever.

The SEGA Genesis console

If the games and cartoons were awesome, I am out of words to describe the TV shows. I grew up being a PTV kid, never had a satellite/cable TV connection at my home. In the 90s, PTV was at its peak. Everyday, I used to wake up for the school with the music of the cartoon. Back from school, the Pakistani version of  Sesame Street (Khul Ja Sim Sim), other children shows and Ainak Wala Jin was there everyday for the fun.

Ainak Wala Jin featuring Bil Batori (Top Left), Hamoon(Top Right), Nastoor(Bottom Left) and Zakoota (Bottom Right)

Movies now, I still remember how we watched the movies. We used to borrow the movie cassettes for the weekends and the whole family was up for it. Movies (Indian basically) were clean and enjoyable with families. I remember that every month or two, when we planned for a movie, the VCR was taken out from the closet, wrapped in clothes and the head was then cleaned. During the movie playback, sometimes the tape had to be removed and fixed because the VCR malfunctioned. Any ways, with all those difficulties, it was a fun to watch movies with the family and special gatherings were held for this purpose. Kuch Kuch Hota hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatain, Khal Nayak and Andaaz Apna Apna are my all time favourite movies.

For all those who don't know what a VCR was !!

I was always fond of Indian music and there'll be many people to second me that the music quality in the 90s was the best. They cannot make such melodious songs now. The romantic ones, the sad ones, they all were catchy. I don't really go for the music, I listen to the lyrics and those 90s songs had way better lyrics than today's. The lyrics were not vulgar and did justice with every age group.

Skipping to gadgets and technology, we witnessed the Windows 95 and the best operating software ever, Windows 98. No other operating software can beat Win 98 with its user friendliness. We didn't have mobile phones and fast internet but always kept in touch with our loved ones through telephone. We have saved data on Floppy Disks, we waited for the camera films to be developed after family gatherings such as weddings and birthday parties,  we didn't have Wi-Fi, we had Dial up Modems and we witnessed the first Pentium.

To sum up the discussion, the life in 90s was a simple and calm life. There was more fun in doing things because people were not very much dependant on machines and stuff, things were done with collaboration and together with families. Proud to be a 90s kid <3

Karachified !!

All credit to Swaleha Ahmed for the first report on the first meetup of KarachiTips Blog Team, now recognised as 'Karachifiers' as decided there. As a true Karachite, any one of the co-owners were not on time for the meeting. Any ways, we were soon joined by the two co-owners Abdullah, Bilal and the rest of the members of the team.

It began with Abdullah and Bilal telling us about how they started Karachi Tips and the difficulties they faced at the start. Soon we were also joined by the the 3rd and final co-owner, Baakh and the discussion really begun. After all the intro and the story of the establishment of Karachi Tips, we were also told about how to make the tips and the ideas behind them. Just for some fun and experience, we were divided in three teams and were asked to produce some tips, which were scheduled to be published on the page tonight.

The amazing trio of Baakh, Abdullah and Bilal.

 As the tips were discussed and short listed to be published, the team name was decided, and it was decided 'Karachifiers' as described earlier. Saad Saeed (The official photographer of the event) and Muhammad Ali were picked to be given free Tees for suggesting the team name.

All the suggestions that were put forward for the team name, read the first one as KUTAS :D

Continuing with the proceedings, we started sharing our ideas of how we could be different from anyone else and make Karachi Tips a brand. There were ideas of telling the world (and even Karachites) about Secrets of Karachi (the things still unknown to many people about Karachi), promoting the hidden talent in Karachi, organising events and how to raise awareness about this blog, the development of bumper stickers/notebooks, how Karachi Tips could be promoted by the team members in their institutes/universities and the current goal was decided to reach 40,000 fans by the end of January, 2012.

As for the long term goal, I suggested to make it such a brand that in 4-5 years' time, visitors from abroad or even when Pakistanis wants to search anything about Karachi, the first result on Google or any other search engine should be karachitips.com

So we had lunch (Pizza mufta FTW) after the ideas were shared and just as we were opening up the Pizza boxes, we were joined by the FM 100 RJ Umm e Kulsoom (what timing I must say :p) and shortly after, the guy from Oh Bhains !, Hammad Ilyas joined us too.

Pizza FTW

After the lunch, we began from where we left and the ideas were shared again. The screenshot of the website was revealed by Baakh and the layout was discussed too. As much as I remember, it had the KT traditional yellowish theme, designed mostly with the Truck art of Karachi. Speaking of Truck Art, Umm e Kulsoom started telling the names of the buses she has travelled in and was soon joined by others too. An idea was put forward to place the 'Naqaab Posh Haseena' (as seen on many Trucks, Buses or Rickshaws), lets see what the designers decide.

A glimpse of the website

After the website was revealed, we again broke into teams according to the roles we applied for to be part of the blog. My team, the writers', was headed by Umm e Kulsoom, photographers with Baakh and Designers and Marketeers were headed by Abdullah and Bilal.

The ideas kept coming and in the end, the writers' team had put up all topics related to Karachi that we can write articles on, into 6 separate categories. They were related to food, people, attractions, secrets, humour/comics and fashion trends.

So it all finished some 30 minutes before 4:00 PM and we had group photos then. The photographers tried their best to snap a crazy pic of the group, but no one was up for it. To wrap it up, we all signed a banner and shared free chocolates, thanks to Sadiya Azhar.

A glimpse of the banner that was signed at the end

It was quite fun attending the meetup because I learnt so many lessons from it. One being that I will never ever trust Facebook display pics again :p !!

There were a couple of awkward moments too, once when Bilal had a slip of tongue (mentioned in the group by Hira) and another when Abdullah fell off his chair while deciding the team name.

The awkward moment when Abdullah fell down :p

Overall, it was all fun and we're looking forward to work with them. First, lets just bring 40k fans to Karachi Tips and start the blog with a bang !

Group photo of all the attendants

p.s. Tried to compile the report in a serious and the most professional manner I can, but looks like I failed. Looking forward for your comments and suggestions :)

Random

While standing in front of a hospital  window enjoying the cool breeze, I thought of this post. Well its just a pointless post and I've no idea what I'll be writing. So as I continued enjoying the breeze, I was thinking about all the things I've heard and read about love, people being cheated or used for someone's purpose and then they are left sad, thinking about it all the night, listening to sad songs and doing things like their world has ended. Most of them are the friendships over the internet, they've never met each other and within months of talking, they think they are in love. Same goes for the SMS people, they somehow exchange numbers and within 2 to 3 months, they think they love each other.

On the contrary, there are people like me, who waste years on the person they have a crush on, because they are just too afraid to tell them about their feelings and wait for a better moment. Well, that being said, dude that moment will never come and you'll keep waiting for your entire life. What I've learned is that just do it. Don't think about the consequences or anything else, because if you don't do it now, you'll regret it for your lifetime !!

Back to the first one , this virtual love is mostly seen between teenagers who are yet to reach puberty and some grown ups who for the first time starts talking to a girl. You better spend something and go out with your partner and know them completely, this SMS or MSN won't work. Even if you do carry on for long term, there'll be one day when one of you will say 'you are not that old ****** now, I loved him/her.'

Advice: Please don't tame the beauty of the word 'Love' with your childish behaviour, the quantity of people is very scarce who knows what TRUE LOVE is !! 

I tried to keep this post serious but I think I failed because I've been turned into a Joker because of some people's love for good sense of humour.

p.s. All these analysis were done after solving atleast 5 relationship problems and because of that, never had time for myself to be indulged in one :P Forever Single B-)

KarachiTips All the Way 2 :D

This post is a sequel to KarachiTips All The Way :D.

Friday, 16th December, was not a very good day for me. I had a BBQ party at a friend's place next day and I wanted to go because I have been sitting at home, doing nothing in front of this screen for more than 4 months now, but my parents didn't allow me. I had a moment with them and was trying to indulge myself with some movie to shrug off the bad mood and then KarachiTips updated their status asking those who filled the form to be a part of their blog to check their emails.

Before I describe it further, it was on 8th December that they asked everyone on their page if anyone is interested. Just been back from my exam, I filled that form without any hope that I'll be selected, considering my English grammatical errors and lack of vocabulary. (Thanks to the person who designed the spell checker  :P)

Back to 16th December and as described earlier that I was all angry, I checked my mail box and it was a surprise. I was selected and was one of those first three people to join the group (created to bring all the people that have been selected and get them introduced to each other). Within two days, I became such good friends with some people in the group, it seems like I've known them for ages now. We are spending our nights on the chat, pulling each other's legs and doing other fun activities. Yes we are Karachiites and we roll like that (H)

If you're on Twitter, you should be following the Fantastic Four [Ali Yousuf, Saad Saeed, Swaleha Ahmad (She was my 100th follower too) and Zain Bin Imran (that's me :p)] You'd simply love to have our tweets on your timeline (=

Coming back to the point and the surprise that I got, I still don't know on what grounds I've been selected. Maybe because of this :p

On that same day, I realised that they have acknowledged my tip too :p 

Thank you Abdullah, Bilal and Baakh Nusrat for considering me a part of this group. Looking forward to work with you and make the best use of all the time spent in front of this screen :) Anxiously waiting for the meetup on Saturday.

100 Facts about me: Part 2

Read the first 20 facts here
No introduction, just continuing from where I left it last time.

21. The most weird one, I HATE TEA. Its scent or anything related to it, I simply hate it !!
22. I've been beaten so much in my childhood, specially by my mom.
23. I love poetry.
24. Another weird one, I get most of the best ideas or statuses in toilet :D
25. There was a time in my childhood when I was a cricket encyclopaedia.
26. Love to play guitar, although haven't yet learnt it.
27. I've never been able to ride a bicycle or a bike.
28. I still love to bunk classes.
29. My mum thinks that I don't use a single swear word :p
30. Never had an up to date PC or mobile phone.
31. I love watching movies, specially romantic comedies.
32. Not a very emotional person.
33. I keep my tensions to myself only, never let anyone else suffer because of them.
34. Don't believe in a single superstition at all.
35. I'm a JOKER, literally.
36. My all time favourite song is 'Woh Pehli Baar' (Indian) and 'Gotta be somebody' (English).
37. I'm the eldest grandson at my nani's and that's why, I distribute Eidi :p
38. I love kids and they love me too.
39. I call myself 'the great planner' and because of that, I've already planned my wedding :p
40. I've such a bad handwriting.
41. I never liked Arts/Drawing.
42. I'm a pragmatist.
43. I'm allergic to theory classes. I start yawning from the first word.
44. I've questioned my teacher's qualification once in front of whole class :p
45. While composing this, just got to know that my tip has been published by Karachi Tips. Feeling proud !
46. I've always achieved a position in my school time.
47. Was never able to take direct part in school's sports events, carried my campus' flag for 4 years.
48. Facebook, Twitter is my real social life.
49. 21, only driver at home, but isn't yet allowed to drive alone.
50. I'd love to be called a 'creepy stalker', only by a single person who is a master to use this phrase :p

Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal 28/8/2011 All goals

I just don't want to praise the English FA. I waited for four hours for my video to be uploaded, wrote that I have no intentions to infringe any copyrights but it was blocked soon as it completed processing :@

Here it is now, enjoy the goals.

1. Danny Welbeck makes it 1.0 after a beautiful chip from Anderson

There was no stopping after the first goal. Ashley Young scores his first goal in United colours, and what a beauty that was <3

Wayne Rooney started the match on 149 goals for United. What a way to bring up the 150th.

Arsenal got one back on the brink of half time through Theo Walcott. I think De Gea should have done better with this one.

At the half time, Arsenal would have thought that they are back in the game but United started the second half in the same way they did the first. if the first one from Rooney was good, this was the best.

Nani made it 5 with a sublime finish.

Its United vs Arsenal, how could Park Ji Sung miss the net? He gets his customary goal against Arsenal too.

After 6, Robin Van Persie got one back as a consolation and as a sympathy for his penalty miss.

But it was Rooney's day, and he completed his hattrick in style !!!

To put the final nail in Arsenal's coffin, Ashley Young ended the afternoon as he started it, in sheer style. 

FINAL SCORELINE 
MANCHESTER UNITED 8-2 ARSENAL

p.s. I hope no one blocks them here, spent almost 6 hours for them to edit first and then upload.

Defining Glory Hunter !!

Last week, the early hours of  Thursday were so bad for a Manchester United supporter. After winning a Champions League and playing in two finals in 6 years, United were knocked out from the competition after the matches for group stages were completed which was never thought after looking at their recent domestic and European form and were relegated to the second tier Europa League, regarded as Mickey Mouse league or you can call it with any other name, but the worst part were the glory hunters who came out of their shadow and started swearing at the players and the man who has been in charge for 25 years now.

That is a life of a Glory Hunter.

Let me define a glory hunter first. A glory hunter is the person who does not know a single thing about the 'beautiful game' and starts supporting a team that has been consistently winning major honours. And when the team lose, as United lost last week, they show their true colours.

Speaking of a United fan, the first thing they say is 'Its all Glazer's fault, LUHG.' No dude, its not the Glazer's fault. I hate them like all other fans because they are the reason why we have so much of debt upon the club but they are not the one who are playing on the field. They gave Sir Alex as much as he wanted to pay for the player in summer and we bought them.

Next up, I don't remember last time we signed a big player. United never bought a big player, it made them big. Playing for United has been a highlight for their career. You say about Ronaldo, it was United and Sir Alex who made Ronaldo what he is today and here's a proof of what Sir Alex said about him the first time we played against Ronaldo.
 "After we played Sporting last week, the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly, and on the plane back from the game they urged me to sign him. That's how highly they rated him."

Beckham, Van Nistelrooy, we made them all, we didn't buy them. The one's who buy big players can only buy trophies by spending millions of money, we win them by developing our youth. The class of 92 is the greatest example of it !!

No.3, Fergie's tactics are useless, the man in senile. Out with Fergie." For your information, that man has been there for the past 25 years and has won 12 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups, 2 Champions League, 6 Community shields, 4 League Cups, FIFA Club World Cup including a treble and became the first manager to complete a hattrick of Premier League titles. It was his tactics because of that we beat Arsenal 8-2 earlier in the season. I know he got wrong with the City one, but it doesn't mean he should quit now. He knocked Liverpool off their f**king perch and now he'll show City that money can't buy everything. Long live Sir Alex Ferguson :)

I cannot watch this any more: That's where the glory hunter starts to reveal. As a United supporter, we always believe that anything can happen in the dying minutes aka FERGIE TIME because of the United's 'never say die' attitude. Even the match against City, I didn't turn off my TV or change the channel. It was frustrating to watch but I love every single minute that my team plays.

I've always loved the way Barca/Real play: The glory hunter has completely revealed himself when he says that. Barcelona and Real Madrid are no doubt great teams, but the Spanish La Liga is not much competitive and physical as the Premier League. The competition is only between these two teams and because of their winning, a glory hunter is always pleased to watch them play and eventually at the end, the Glory hunter turns his loyalty to the team that has been consistently winning. The cycle starts again when United is back on winning terms.

It hurts to say this glory hunters, but the fans who have been supporting Liverpool and Man City since ages, they are much better than you. They have a belief that one day their team will win.

Enough with the glory hunters, there are some fans who call themselves TRUE FANS because they go to Old Trafford to watch there. You have every right to criticise United about their play because you work your ass off and pay to watch them there but we, living abroad, are as much passionate as you are. We leave all our work, fight with siblings and cancel our plans to sit and watch the match. Even where the time difference is too much, we sit whole night and watch every minute our team plays.

Scousers, don't be happy by reading the lines above, here's something that you'd always hate to read

19 TIMES AND THAT'S A FACT

100 Facts about me: Part 1

Looking at the Twitter hashtags for facts about, I decided to share those in a blog and just increase the amount of my meaningless posts. So here's the first one of the series, Facts 1-20.

1. I'm a Proud Muslim :)
2. Patriotic Pakistani :)
3. I use a lot of Smileys.
4. Proud to be a nerd 8-|
5. I don't have any biological siblings :'(
6. I LOVE Mathematics (weird, isn't it?)
7. I've a tiny part of my left ear cut, a broken knee and a broken little finger.
8. I had my first crush at the age of 10 :p
9. I'm Fat and courageous enough to accept it :)
10. My meal is incomplete without any type of MEAT #Carnivorous
11. Chocolate is my life. Can't live without it #Chocoholic
12. Love and supports Manchester United Football Club
13. Always wanted to be a Pilot and fly an Airforce Jet, now completing ACCA with not so many flying colours :P
14. Not a good teacher
15. Pathetic singer :D
16. Can't flirt (Confused about whether to be happy for that or is it my limitation)
17. Never been into a relationship. Forever single (H)
18. I never smoke (not even Sheesha) and never had a single Chhaliya.
19. Cricket fanatic, Leg Spin bowler and a reliable Batsman.
20. I love cooking. Perfect at doing household chores, babysitting etc :P

That is all with the first part, I'll be back in a couple of weeks' time after my exams. Please pray for me :)

Greatest ever Cricket match

Since my last post was related to Cricket, this one's also describing the greatest Cricket match (One Day International) ever played. It features the national teams of South Africa and Australia. I'm not a fan of these two teams but when in 2006 it was played, Australia were the top team in the world having won two consecutive World Cups and sitting at top of ODI rankings with a big margin. As always the South Africa vs Australia bilateral series has been nail biting, this final ODI was evenly poised. It was a series decider. Just for a brief summary, batting first, Australia made a massive 434 in their allotted 50 overs. That was the first time a team had crossed 400 run mark in ODI history. South Africa were required to chase 435, and the way their chase begin was disastrous. But then, it had everything to keep the Cricket lovers glued to their TV screens. Watch the highlights here.

Ricky Ponting cannot believe it. Who'd have thought that Australia will lose after scoring 434 runs.

I remember I had my O levels exams in a couple of weeks' time and my tutor was giving me extra classes. I made excuses every 15 minutes to come to my home to watch and witness this amazing victory by South Africa.
Download the torrent to watch full match.

Sharjah !!!

I've never been to Sharjah and I also do not have any intentions or plans to visit it in near future. The purpose of this post is basically, Cricket. The moment I'm composing this post, Sharjah Cricket Ground will be hosting first One Day International after more than a decade in a few hours (between Test playing nations) . In the 90s, every year people used to anxiously wait for the Sharjah Cup, a Tri nation series. The history goes back to late 1980s and Pakistan Cricket Team was a regular participant in it. Javed Miandad's famous six on the last ball of Chetan Sharma, Aaqib Javed's and Wasim Akram's hattricks and many more achievements have been accomplished at the Sharjah Cricket Ground.

As described earlier, there have been many moments at Sharjah. Afridi's long sixes to earn the prize if the ball hits the board, crunch matches but the memory that will always be in my brain goes back to 1999. It was a group stage match against Srilanka and they were well on top.  But as it is said 'Pakistan never do it the easy way', they proved it. The young Abdur Razzaq saved the match for Pakistan. Re live those moments here.

I still remember that I was screaming my heart out after that last wicket and nobody cared about it. I usually watched Cricket matches with my father but he was not there at that moment.

Sharjah was regarded as 'Second home of  Pakistan Cricket Team'. Lets just hope that current Pakistani team remember the history of Sharjah and wrap up the series against Srilanka today in an emphatic way.

Be Green, Feel Green, Bleed Green <3

p.s. Read full history of cricket in Sharjah, here

Bakra Eid !!!

Looks weird, isn't it?

 Bakra Eid, Baqra Eid or Eid ul Adha, whatever you call it, for me it'll always be 'Bakra Eid' because since the day I have gained my senses, I've seen my father bringing goats every year for slaughtering. preparations have been made for this Eid too. The main purpose behind this blog is to tell why its important to me. Look at my size (in older posts) :p, and you'll know why. My meal is incomplete without meat, any type of meat. As much as I like cooked meat, I like raw meat too. That is why, I turn into a butcher every year on Eid day. Because we have soft hearts, we call a professional butcher just to slaughter the goat. Once the skin is removed, me and my father deals with the rest. I take care of cutting Liver, Heart and Kidneys. After its done, the attention is turned towards cutting boneless pieces for roasted mutton. I could go a long way detailing everything that happens usually every year but I thinks its already so much boring.

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Eid Mubarak :)

P.s. I never re read or ask anyone to check if I've not made any mistakes Pardon me if there are grammatical, punctuational or spelling mistakes.

Manchester United Greatest Ever comebacks

Continuing with my last blog, Manchester United are remembered for their 'Never Say Die' attitude. There are thousands of videos on YouTube of Manchester United's comebacks over the years, here I have decided to share what in my opinion, are the best ever comebacks in MUFC's history.

5. Manchester United vs. Tottenham 2009 (at Old Trafford)
In the first half, United were down 2.0 after goals from Darren Bent and Luka Modric. What happened next, just watch it !!!

4. Tottenham vs. Manchester United  2001 (at White Hart Lane)
It was way before the last one and that too on Spurs' home. United were down 3.0 at the half time but they never gave up on their 'Never Say Die' attitude.

3. Manchester United vs. Arsenal 1999 (Fa Cup Semifinal replay)
After the first tie was drawn 0.0 after 120 minutes of play, United came into the second leg with an aim for victory and to continue towards their quest for the treble, but it wasn't as easy as it was thought.

2. Manchester United vs. Juventus 1999 Champions League Semi Final, 2nd leg
After a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford United traveled to Turin needing a win to see their way into the final. As always, it was not easy for United. They were down 2.0 after just 11 minutes in the game. Captain Roy Keane, who had received his Yellow card that had banned him from competing in the next match, gave his one of the best performance in the Red shirt.

1. Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich 1999 Champions League Final at Nou Camp

They say, 'Leave the best till the last'. Having won the League and FA Cup in 1999, there was only one match between united and the Treble but as said earlier, they never do it the easy way. I'll not describe what happened, the commentary tells everything about it

To wrap it up, here's a famous quote from Sir Alex Ferguson after the 1999 final. "Football, bloody hell !!!"

Manchester United

The title says it all. Manchester United is the only football team I support and will continue to support untill my last breath and the picture on the right are my bragging rights. Yes, the number 19 and CHAMP19NS. United are the most successful team in English Football history, eclipsing our rivals, Liverpool, who had won their 18th title in 1990.

I will not go much into United's history as Wikipedia can give you a detailed article on it, here. The basic purpose of this blog is to tell how I started supporting MUFC.

It goes back to 1999, I was never aware of United at that time but during the FIFA WC 99's promo shows, I became a fan of Peter Schemeichel, the then goalie and captain of United. Things moved on and I really started watching football in 2004. It hurts to say but I did start following football as a glory hunter. I started supporting United when they ended Arsenal's unbeaten run in the Premier League. I supported Liverpool in that famous 2005 Champions League final, because I have hated AC Milan ALWAYS!! it continued the way it was before I joined all these social networking sites and United fan pages. It was then when I became aware of United's history and the 'never say die' attitude, watching all their past videos. My respect for United increased more after reading about the 'Busby Babes' and how Sir Matt Busby took the team who lost its 8 players, finest players in the football world that time, after being relegated to the second division, back to winning the league. You can judge United's popularity from the fact that United's Facebook page has over 20 million fans

Manchester United Official Website

Manchester United Official Facebook Page

As I said earlier, I will support Manchester United till my last breath and now I think that 19 being my birth date, I was destined to be a Manchester United Supporter !!

Tips for guys

Here are some facts about a girl's profile pic on Facebook. They'll help you know if the profile is a fake one or if you have any chance with her :P

1. If she is very beautiful and has 1000s of friends, its a fake ID.

2. Her profile pic has an actress on it, she is either shy, ugly or both.

3. There is a guy in the pic, she's already committed.

4. There are more than one girl in the pic. She is the ugliest one.

5. the pic is taken from a side angle. She is fat. 

6. The pic is taken from far away. Definitely not a fake profile, just try to zoom in with your eye lenses to figure out more of her.

7. The pic is of a baby, cake, heart or any other stupid thing. She is a teenager who needs to grow up.

8. A pic with an ugly face, click Back or Home as soon as you can before anyone catches you red handed.

9. A pic with a beautiful face and all profile info hidden, she might be the one for you but don't be so excited, she won't accept your request.

10. If she is using the same profile pic for a long time, its a fake profile.

I hope it will help you while you're going to add a girl next time on Facebook :D

A history of my Best Friends

After the first one did not get much popularity it deserved, here is another piece of my life. A little history and description of all the Best Friends I had...

Before reaching my teenage, I trusted people so easily. I never thought in depth or appraised a person. The person who had been close to me for around 6 months, I ended up sharing all my secrets with him. Another reason for it is that I had no other siblings that time.

As described earlier, the person who had been close to me was regarded as my best friend. The first person so close to me was my classmate, Shayan. He was just an inch or two taller than me and I always used to argue with him on height, so that I can stand behind him in the assembly line. When my parents adopted my bro, I was told that it should be kept as a secret. Shayan was the first person to know that my brother has been adopted. From then on, our friendship had taken a step towards the next level. We were so close to each other, sharing our lunch, being together every time in recess, and I always favored him whenever I was appointed monitor of the class. Because we both had short heights, our classmates named us 'Chunni Munni'. It continued to be the same way when I was transferred to another section, and then we were reunited again in the 9th class. But that didn't last long, I had to leave my school, I had to leave my childhood school for O levels. Leaving the school created the communication gap between us and we never talked after it.

During this friendship, another person close to me, was a cousin of mine, Bilal. Every time we met, we used to sit alone from our families and discuss our issues, whether they were about girls or family problems. We used to make plans about how to insult our other cousins and discussed what they said against us in private to any one of us. He was the first one to know about my first ever crush. He used to tell me everything about the girl he liked, her other friends and asked for my advice whenever he had some problems with that girl. It was all going too well as we reached first stage of our mature life, when one day he stole my mom's cell phone. From that day onwards and up till now, we haven't yet spoken a word to each other.

Well all that happened when I was in my childhood school, as I changed it to do my O levels, I was all alone once again. My brother wasn't old enough to be told secrets or be used as an advisor. It took me some days to adjust at the new school, but by the end of first year, I made three good friends, Saad (Taxi)*, Osama (Chaddi)* and Shahool (Irshaad)* 
By the mid of second year, me and Shahool became close friends as I helped him talk to his crush and start their REAL friendship, but then some arguments arose between us and we were just classmates once again. During that period, I took tuition with Saad, we used to stay up all night on phone discussing questions during exam days. We had same majors, and thanks to my school's incapability, I had to take up the same optional as his, so we made our Computer project together. During those days, I regularly visited his place, and as usual,I started telling him all my secrets and in return, he did his. I still remember a thing he told only to me about his relationship. But what I realised on the last day of our exams is that he always used me for his benefit. He used me to take tuition cheaply, he used me as a convenience to the exam center, and I was always trusting him and thinking that he is a nice and kind guy...

After my O levels, I completely switched over from studying Pre engineering to Accounts, i.e. ACCA. For that I took up admission in Tabani's School of Accountancy, and there I met this guy.
Introducing Akhtar Ali :)
 

We met on the second day of our class, and our friendship started because of sports. He is an Arsenal fan, I support Manchester United, he was a fan of Lewis Hamilton, I used to like Ferrari. Three to four months later, we were merged with another section and had a crush on the same girl. Within 6 months, a bond was created between us. He was usually late for class, so I had to reserve a seat for him. We were separated for about an year because we took different study options but we continued to stay in touch through SMS, mainly because of Football. One year later, on the 2nd day of Eid ul Fitr, I recieved the magical words 'You are officially my best friend' from him. Our hearts were broken on the same day, but from then on, our relationship moved to the next level. We (especially me) have completely removed the words 'mutual respect' from our dictionaries. If it wasn't Ramazan, I would have shared the words we use to thank each other if ever needed. Any debt between us is settled by a treat. And for the last year, when we again started taking our classes together, it had been awesome. Cant remember how many ugly pics we took of each other. The best thing he ever told me to do was 'Hey, Hi. mein AUS mein parhti hoon'. I have never liked some of the girls he is still talking to, and nearly had a fight with one of them last week. These lines are dedicated to him

Kehne ko har sitam zindagi mein imtehan hota hai
Jis ka tujh jaisa yaar ho, woh naseeb wala kehlata hai

But I don't know what I was thinking when I introduced him to a person(discussed later). Ever since that introduction, I have been sandwiched between them. Akhter accuses me of favoring THAT PERSON whenever they had any fight or argument and because of it, our friendship has been tampered a bit.

Anyone still reading might be curious about THAT PERSON, without any further delay, that person is named Siham. She is my 'door ki' cousin and lives in Sharjah. She is yet to approve me as her best friend, and I think I know the reason why. It might be because her other best friends do not like me a bit and she just wont like to hurt or embarrass them in any way possible. It all started a little less than 2 years ago, trying to kick out boredom in our chat one day, I proposed an idea of the 'Truth or Dare' game. Obviously, you cant perform dares on internet, so we both started to reveal our things, and at one point I revealed almost everything about me. Since that day, I have started calling her my best friend and is being consistently disrespected. That's what she is like, never takes any one sweetly other than her best friends, but I have no problem with that.

Hamesha huay mujh ko dekh kar barham...
Kisi din zara muskura ker to dekho

The thing is that I know how much sweet she is from inside and I believe that some day she has cared for me even if it would have been only 0.1%. Anyways, I'm hoping to recieve an official declaration from her declaring me as her best friend this Eid, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks for reading such a long and boring blog, I'll make sure the next one will bore you more than ever :)

Exclusive update as on 30th September 2011: After taking so much of Siham's rude behavior, I have finally kicked her from my contacts and MashaAllah my relations with Akhtar are back on track once again :)

*(represents their nicks).
P.S. Pardon me for the English grammatical mistakes, I'm not so good at writing such long things and even at English itself.

A little study on girls

Counting on a little experience of two crushes which collectively lasted no more than 3 months and the experience of solving around 5 relationships, I think I have seen every type of girl in this world. They can turn from being sweet to being rude within a fraction of a second. I have divided them into three broad categories/types which are listed below.

Type 1:
This type of girls belong mostly to rich families. You can also call them money whores. Doesn't matter whether the guy is cool or not, if he has a big car and some credit cards, these girls will always be with him. They don't care about their education or career, just load them with money or precious things, they will do anything with you. No self respect at all. You can expect to see them smoking a cigarette or sheesha.

Type 2:
This type is divided into 2 sub categories.

Type 2a:
Well, I call these type of girls, PERFECT. As a matter of fact, its a description of my dream girl. So girls that fall in category 2a give highest priority to their education. They are usually high achievers in their school/college. No matter what the world says about them, they always listen to themselves or their best friends. They commit themselves to one person and expect that person to be the same, that is why they are very choosy in this matter. They care for their family a lot, they like to spend festivals or special days with their family. They are filmy. They get emotional very easily, their dressing is totally different from normal if they are depressed. Well I can write so much describing my dream girl, but I think its enough now.

Type 2b:
Well they are a mixture of both Type 1 and Type 2a. Not exactly money whores, but they want presents and like to travel in big cars. Nerds don't attract them, they like cool guys. Not cigarette, but you can expect to see them smoking sheesha. They never forget their first ever relationship, and that is the main reason why their other relationships don't work.

Type 3:
This type of girls can be found mostly in the sub continent region. Basically they belong to narrow minded families. They have restrictions imposed on them by their parents on the way they dress, where they go and what should they study. So just as they get a chance or some freedom, they don't think about anything. They like everything that gives them pleasure. They lie to their parents about who they are hanging out. They could be such dumb-ass, they can never get your sarcasm. Most of them are virtually engaged at the time of their birth or some years after it, so they just use other guys for fun.

So that was a little study/research I did on girls, and I hope it is not a very bad try for my first ever blog.