Coke Concert

Yesterday’s concert wasn’t something I expected it to be, it had Abrar, Ahmed Jahanzeb, Aatif and above all Junoon. But na it wasn’t worth it, whether it was the chill weather or too much security or seating arrangement or bad performances or just combination of all. Apart from Atif’s performance and little at times with Junoon where crowd really came to life, rest of time we were just going through emotions. Abrar I though was very disappointing, he could have lifted the tempo but he sang his songs at slow pace and only when he sang his all time hit “billo” that the crowd started bhangra. Junoon , although they played quite well but one they played all the similar songs they did in their past two concerts here , secondly I think damage was done already and it was bit too late and bit too cold for the crowd to act like junoonis.

Ok one last note my cousin Talha aka Zerocool is one die hard fan of junoon you will ever meet. And Junoons seems to acknowledge that as they wished him his birthday on stage, infect earlier on backstage sang a song too.

An experience

I hate it when people engage in worldly discussions during a funeral and I hate it more when they try to involve me, I just hope people learn to respect the seriousness of the incident.

Graveyards have always been the place where I have felt quite uneasy. Whenever I am in one, I feel certain kind of fear clenching me, coldness around me and certain darkness surrounding me. I just never want to stay there, it reminds me so much of the darkness. And I feel like giving up on everything which belongs to this world and go away far beyond the reach.

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There are many who have and are doing so much great stuff in theirrespective fields, some of them are quite younger to me and when Ilook at my own achievements its so disappointing. Sometimes I wonder ifI could have achieved similar results, am I really capable of all that? Have I missed the chance? The one and only chance I had? Can I still do it? Do I have it in me? And if not what is missing?

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Eid as usual was boring and was mostly spent sleeping, in front of PC or watching TV. First day was the typical family dinner which doesn’t appeal to me much these days. Second day was spent entirely at home. Third day after numerous phone calls and persuasion I was able to convince couple of cousins to go out for dine. Also that day I started the much awaited “haft-ai-safai” of my room(room cleaning). Have taken out too many useless CDs which I haven’t been using from past 4-5 years and now will throw all of them out, rearranged my book shelf and got rid of old computer’s peripherals boxes. So that was some busy activity, man the amount of dust we accumulate in this city its just unbearable. Ok I need a solution how you guys keep your CDs collection, I mean where where and how how how? I just cant seem to find a solution to this, my CD/DVD collection is increasing at a constant rate and I want to come up with some sort of a way to store them, so suggestions people?

Errrrrrrrrrr my dialup connections suck I don’t know is it my phone line or the ISPs have sold out connections beyond their capacity but its beginning to get on my nerves arghhh.

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I feel so lame.....must control mustt

Anaum holding Aadil 

Events of Last Few Days

Happy Eid Greetings to every one of you, May God bring peace and prosperity to this world and blessings in everyone’s life.

So much has happened since my last update. Death of Yasser Arafat, Resignation of Faraz who was my mentor and a good friend, Birth of a baby boy to my sister who is in Houston and last night victory. But I never felt like writing so this blog never saw those entries.

For me Yasser Arafat was a freedom fighter for the holy land, he might have used some terror acts initially to weaken the oppressors but later took the path of peace. Although both routes didn’t yield the required results. I guess there is still some time left for the peace in Jerusalem.

Faraz has now become the second team leader who has resigned, before him it was Irfan. Like Irfan, Faraz is a very good friend of mine. We often seek advice from one another whenever we were having issues, it is the sort of understanding and faith we have in each other. From many good qualities he has, the one which stands out most is his ability to absorb the pressure exerted by the management and never letting his own team suffer. That is the sign of a very good team lead. I wish him very best of luck in future and hope that we always stay in touch.

Ok so I am Mamoon (Uncle) for the sixth time now(getting used to it ;)), My sister in Houston gave birth to her second child and this time it is a boy, she already has a very cute daughter Anuam. So now Anuam has a brother, I haven’t got the pics yet but will upload whenever I get those. Infact I think they haven’t decided on name yet.

Cricket, Cricket and Cricket. If someone watches a cricket match which doesn’t involve his/her own country than that person is sure a big fan of this game and that’s what I am. Yesterday was a very special match and that involved Pakistan(my homeland) and our arch rivals India. We were playing in India after 1999 so it was a return after a long time and what a match we had, match between India and Pakistan always brings the best out of both teams and it surely produces a young star now and then. Yesterday’s match wasn’t different Salman Butt’s heroics have made him a star now, lets just hope he remains consistent and doesn’t become one match star(we seem to have quite a many in that category).

I was disappointed to see the behavior of the crowd, they hardly cheered our team and most of them have left the stadium five overs before the end. The only time I heard them roaring when Imran Khan came on to receive his medal during innings break interval, but then that is Khan Sahib and he has many admirers.

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There is something weird going on these days, whomever I am trying to call is either unavailable, too busy or in a hurry. It has now happened 15 times in 3 days, maybe I should stop try calling!!!!

One last note Silent Spring isn’t feeling well, do pray for his health.

And He Made It

E-gaming competition

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Part of the crowd
But feeling a lot alone.