Refresh August 20, 2009

It has been a while since I blogged.

Because at some point there was too much happening, with my final year and then the numerous good byes *IBA, Saudi Arabia, Karachi, Friends, Lahore, Islamabad, Family* before I moved to what my friends lovingly call America’s Wasteland.

This is me going on a tangent, but I don’t think that Canada is that crummy. Yeah the job market sucks, but with this economy, tell me where it DOESN’T! Also, it isn’t the best place in the world. Still looking for that little stretch of heaven on Earth last I checked! So anyhow, moved here, looking forward to living with my own family after 4 years. Knowing that it was a risk career wise, *who wants to hire a fresh grad from a foreign country of pretty miserable repute*.

But I guess I am on some sort of track to where I want to be eventually. Studying HRM at York University. If I get done with all my courses this fall, I should be able to the first exam of CHRP (Certificate for Human Resource Professionals). My biggest peeve right now is the fact that there are barely any jobs out there right now. And they all want you to have lots of experience. And there’s already a lot of experienced, recently laid off people out there.

Being an ultra faarigh person and various technologies at hand *blackberry, iTouch, laptop, PCs at work and school* and then this sudden mushrooming in friends’ blogs *note to self, update blogroll* I decided I have really no excuse anymore.

So this time, lets do it right!

thinking revival January 26, 2008

you know what..after a very very very long time i decided to check up on my blog…considering that i’ve managed to attract so many hits i think i should start blogging again..

after all..i havent stopped thinking =)

so from now on…i will post..maybe not every day…cz the truth is that i dont have the time…but yes i will blog =)

and who ever’s been reading my blog..thank u for hanging by =)

sid’s tag June 10, 2007

something that i shdve read and done a log time ago!

three things that scare me:

1. being alone
2. being helpless…that is, not being able to be myself, losing control of my body
3. knowing too much

three people who make me laugh:

everything makes me laugh…but since the tag asks for three people specifically..the list is actually endless

1. ammar *i can always count on him to cheer me up*
2. sarah *suddenly we become giggly teens*
3. murtaxa *all that innuendo*

three things i love:

i know its vague of me…but thats how i’d put it..theres so much to each one!

1. life
2. friends
3. places

three things i hate:

1. people not realizing their potential
2. people not being able to mind their own business
3. hypocricy..in thought and action

three things i don’t understand:

1. why do things happen the way they do
2. why do people act the way they do…why do they treat themselves so badly and make life miserable
3. why arent people honest to themselves

three things on my desk:
too many things here

1. folder
2. cell phone
3. post its

three things i am doing right now:

1. talking to rafiqa online
2. filling out this tag
3. txting ammar

three things i want to do before i die:

1. make sure me and people around me are happy *naive, but thats been my dream forever*
2. make a difference in someone’s life (in a big way)
3. live my life to the max without causing too much collateral damage

three things i can do:

1. be creative
2. cook
3. connect with people *in some bizarre way*

three things you should listen to:

1. music *all kinds*
2. yourself
3. perspectives

three things i’d like to learn:

1. latin
2. salsa
3. how to draw *still cant make a circle*

three favourite foods:

1. ammi’s
2. mediterranean
3. bakery goods and desi junk

three beverages i drink regularly:

1. water
2. water
3. water

three tv shows/books i read as a child:

1. enid blyton
2. the smurfs
3. sesame street

three people i would like to tag:

1. sarah
2. yasir
3. mariam

although all my friends blogs seem to be dead!!

life etc June 10, 2007

why are there limits…u know the thought crosses my mind every calculus class…sucha boring course that is, but apparently i have to get thru it to get my BBA…and the irony of it is that we have just one HR course in the whole bachelors program…as if i give a crap about why a line is curved the way it is and whats stupid function if applied would result in such a line…if it were upto me , i’d just pick up a piece of paper and draw squiggles…why complicate life needlessly

*sigh* mathematicians needa life…all that intelligence wasted away on the functions of a particular curve..yeesh

im still internship less..purely becasue i applied to a cpl of top notch companies and assumed that merit would reign supreme..so much for idealism..all that u really need for a job in pakistan is one good contact!

the heat is unnerving…and im lucky enough to have electricity most times of the day…my heart goes out to the poor souls who dont even have an operational fan in their homes..no thanks to the hyperefficiency of KESC…

budget’s out…and OUT  it really is…see a lot of idealism there…i guess the GOP prefers to ignore the corruption that makes every strategy void! the one thing they should really zero rate is power generating machinery…and they should lather a 200% duty on all the luxuries…cell phones, cars, air conditioners….if u want em, either pay the duty or buy local! or else sell your nation to the dogs…you know people whine all the time about what they are to do to get pakistan about this rut….how about u stand up for whats right! its infantile logic really…sach bolo! be true to yourself and be honest in whatever you do! defend the pakistani economy by buying local! why expect the government to do everything…try paying for your electricity bills instead of taking it illegally!

i saw for the first time in my life, riots, rights in the heart of elitist karachi *schon circle*…just because of electricity outages…and politicians have the nerve to harp about prosperity…

im getting too worked up. so fullstop to that.

im going to be more regular in my blogs now…purely because i need some sort of catharsis every so often. im all the more glad if reading my catharsis brings relief to others!

i have a philosophy final tomorrow May 6, 2007

the course is called philosophy of islam…i don’t pay attention is class (like everyone else). but yet am getting a good grade in the course….there was that brief threat of an F after i got a 7th absence organizing a seminar….but the teacher has promised me that i won’t get an F…theres nothing worse than an F for a lameass course like philosophy of islam on your transcript….that too when you’re one of the better grades in the course in the semester

to those who are a bit lost, my University has a regimented attendance policy, one that says that if in the duration of the semester, you are absent for more than 6 times in a course, you are awarded an F, and thus bring your GPA down marginally…plus you have to repeat the course…

i have a bad headache, its really hot, i cant be bothered to study financial management cz the exam is on Wednesday and i only have one chapter left to do

and yes im not studying philosophy bcz the teacher is a kind old soul who tells us the questions beforehand, along with the answers…as long as we know them, and can bullshit about them, we’re good….you’d think everyone gets As….but see theres a catch…no one really knows what he grades on….even when two people have identical answers, he chooses to give one an F and the other an A….and its not related to class participation, or how chummy you are with him out of class…indiscriminate marking in every sense of the word

oh and i’ve booked my tickets with the new budget airline , air arabia…their tickets are computer printouts, they don’t serve meals on board *so yeah u grab a value meal before u get on board*…and their tickets are realllllyyy cheap

i really should be studying!!

http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/the-effectiveness-of-self-imposed-deadlines-on-procrastination/

guess who’s back in blogging action May 1, 2007

*yayy*

my blog’s back after a friggin 5 months

pakistani servers are weird…anyway…i dont have much tiem to blog…have lots of updates….but here’s the bulletin for the time being:

• semester almost over. ends in a week….projects still pending! i submit my last one on Thursday!
• finals start Monday….and i have a really spread out schedule…so hopefully I’ll get lots of studying done
• i leave for Saudi on the 16th hopefully…going for just 10 days..to get my iqama paper work in order
• get back end may, start with my summer course *calculus…which i conveniently dropped last year*
• still haven’t got an internship…then again..I’m not the only one…about 90% of my batch *including the top 10%* don’t have jobs to their name….

and in other news: ADP had a great gig that i missed once again…courtesy of the 80′s themed farewell dinner at IBA* which was a resounding FLOP and a tribute to the 8 people in asad khalil‘s life…yeesh! *i mean fine your the BASC (Business Administration Students Club…think of it as a student council) VP but hello, public servant, can u PLEASE stop harping about your friends, how you won in the elections, and how generally you and the rest of your outcast friends are ALL that..no one gives a crap!*

find gig reviews, and links to the gggrrrreeaaat Aunty Disco Project on my sidebar

today just happens to be Labour Day..and its a public holiday in Pakistan…its ironic that the white collared people get to enjoy this holiday, but the true laborers: the farmers in the rural areas, the domestic help, the drivers, the construction workers….all of them are still working!

upid stay *pig latin* February 10, 2007

my server’s blocked wordpresss…*sniff sniff*

i miss blogginggg..trying to find a way around it!!

shift and add January 21, 2007

blogroll has been updated!!

n theres a couple of new hovertags or whatever u call them..the little baloons that pop up when u hover over them