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Did I mention this before? The Widget I made has been featured in an article online ;-), and it’s not like just a simple and un-popular Web site but the heart of such stuff. I was quite happy to see it featured there :-D, it was mentioned in the Weekly Gadget Report of 11th Dec – 18th Dec, the best thing is it was available on Internet on 14th Dec, so it made place in the article in just 4 days!

Which is sort of cool for me ;) & I just checked out the downloads of the thing I made, here see it for your self, http://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=670&LibID=34, it has got 2,369 downloads till then which is roughly like 100 downloads a day and it is damn cool and good for amateur like me! Man, I wish I had done better in exams last year and this too, I got Winter vacations, could have devoted full time to creating one of my own such things…I have to wait now.

I am kinda pissed off with what SPIDER (Pakistan’s Internet Magazine) has said about Windows Vista during 2005, it has been labelled “Disappointment of the Year”, and I have got a big problem with it, it was mentioned in December’s edition of SPIDER, I did not get time to read the magazine in December, I came across it 2 days ago and I was like what the HELL!!! It did improve through out the year and esp. when the last CTP build was released to testers it’s just rocking! SPIDER said it’s just sort of Windows XP with a little tweaked GUI…Idiots!!! I wish I had seen it before, I would have wrote them a big complaining letter about it.

Pissed off with something else too. There’s almost no reliable Online Payment Processor available for Pakistan, I mean like Paypal, they do not offer their services in Pakistan. The only options I am left is Storm Pay & e-Merchant accounts from Cyber Net + Citi Bank, but there’s no Citi Bank branch in my city + I bet their service charges will be something more than I can afford. I am still thinking about making money the HALAAL way. LOL. So if any body of you can help me please do :p. Right now I have to clear up a mess with my studies, I will think deeply about it later when this mess is cleared…*sigh*

Did Santa bring any thing for you people? Din’t bring any thing for me, I did not ask it for any thing though. I wish I were in USA, I would have rushed to Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas (is it the hub of gambling or something?) but anyways, I would have rushed there and attended it. There’s lot to see and experience, all about Computers, Electronics, Technology, Software and what not. I would have perhaps got a chance to see Bill Gates live delivering his ideas, could have seen live demos of Windows Vista being tested live for the folks, and man, if I had enough bucks, I think I would have returned with a truck full of electronics from this show ;-). Anyways, if I live and if I got enough resources, am specially going one day for this show insha’Allah, that is if my life allows me. I think I am copying someone’s blogging style but hey, I know that someone is not gonna mind :p. People, I need your comments not just dropping by!!! & hey, try to click on the Ads :p.

Back…

So we reached home last night. Enjoyed it on marriage. Did not do much though, you can actually say I did not do any thing. Hehe. It was quite cold in village. I started wearing 2 pairs of socks from 2nd night!!! Does that sound silly + funny? I missed my cell phone alot while staying at village since there is no reception in the village area where the marriage was, actually there was but very little, only one bar was visible for the signals. My cell phone service provider has constructed call it a tower in next village to ours. So we will get a good reception after it starts working. I was quite pissed off because of the electricity in village. First the village does not get full voltage in all places, you cannot run a heater fully in winters. Second, due to some mysterious and unknown reason, they are cutting our village’s power supply each and every day since a few weeks I think. I heard about it but during my stay in village I seen it my self. It would go around 10:00 pm and then no electricity until 8-10 am in the morning & yesterday it came around 8:00 am and was gone again around 1:00 pm or something, we were at village till 5:00pm and no signs of electricity till then! I was angry around 1:00 pm as I was surfing around, checking my e-mails and checking ShiaChat when shoo it went!

And a young man sentenced to death met his fate on 29th I think or 30th it was. I forgot. I forgot his name too. My bad I know! But I am actually thinking what he did was bad or good. The folks at village sounded like they respect him and consider him say “SHAHEED” or “A MARTYR”. He shot 7 men! Only Allah knows what happened in real. My friend told me on 28th Dec 2005 that the guy is his cousin, I was quite amazed at that. He told me something which is different that the version told to me by my uncle at village, I will take my uncle’s words in this regard. My friend said that a few men were cursing Imam Hussain (a.s.) and calling him real bad names, the guy asked several times to not curse Imam Hussain (a.s.) and stop calling Imam (a.s.) bad names, they did not stop. He reported it to the Base Commander, even he refused to listen to him. Then what did he do? He got his gun and shot all those 7 who were cursing the Imam (a.s.). He was sentenced to death…

I will believe my uncle since he told me an account heard by the man who took the guy’s relatives to jail and he met him in person too on the last day. My uncle told me that there was a bomb blast in Shia mosque at that time, lots of Shias killed. Three of the guy’s fellows, WAHABIS, were congratulating each other for it, the guy got angry and told them to stop it. The guy said don’t enjoy deaths of Muslims. We should not encourage such a thing, we should not enjoy death of any Muslim, be it a Shia or Sunni. They did not listen. They brought sweets and distributed it in happiness!!! (BULL ****!!!) The guy said, wait a minute, I will tell you the place of your sweets, grabbed his gun and shot the 3 at spot. Then he ran and hid, when they came searching for him and to rescue him he shot 4 there. Including his own Shias! Sentenced to death. Oh and I heard he was saying slogs of “NARA-E-HAIDERI”…calling “Ya Ali (a.s.)” & I heard from those who attended his burial, that his face was “lighted” and he was lieing so “calm”, which surely is a sign of…”Martyr”???

Oh and Intel has renamed it self from “Intel Inside” to “Intel Leap Ahead”, a very stupid move I call it. What kinda of a name is that? “Intel Leap Ahead”. I don’t know who on earth suggested that name to Intel! It’s just boring. “Intel Inside” was so cool, not this one…

Happy New Year!!! 2005 passed so fast. A hell lot happened in this year for me. A hell lot! I faced the happiest moment plus most depressing too but thanks to All Mighty Allah, I passed through it, with my bestest friends around me. Learnt alot of new things, had alot of dreams and aims. Let’s see how I accomplish them. I have seen people do something at the end of each year, resolutions or something they call it. Sounds good but I am not able to come up with one such of my own!

Umm, the best thing that happened to me this year. I was told about ShiaChat which is just cool place and I made new friends there too, cool and nice they are masha’Allah. They know who they are. I don’t need to mention their names :p. Do I? I think I am out of words now. See you later!

Happy New Year again!

Marriage!

So I will be going today to attend marriage of my cousin sister. I was not going but she threatened me that if I do not attend her marriage she won’t attend mine. *Ehm* & this is quite BIG threat. Hehe. Will get bored a bit since I am not taking my Laptop but never mind, there will be alot there to do plus alot of people around to listen to and chat (Listen I will not chat much).

A feeling is freaking me out. I will be insha’Allah in College after a few months. It’s freaking me out! Going away from home, which I want to but still…But nyways. I will have to go…

Insha’Allah…just trying on my studies. Nothing else.

Oh, Microsoft has invited me for another Beta too. MSN Mobile call it, I checked it out, sounds cool, I checked out from my cell phone through WAP. We will be able to check e-mails through cell phones plus do lots of other things like Chat etc. directly through MSN site then. I was not able to check it though :-(, it keeps giving me errors…I will report it to them soon.

I am still waiting for physical shipment of the new version of Microsoft Office. It’s so cool.

Happy Birthday Father of the Nation…

It is August 7th,1947, a viceroy’s Silver Dakota is standing on the Delhi airport, a slim, saintly, exhausted but firm figure, attired in a stainless white sherwani, walks towards the aircraft with his little court. Flight lieutenant Rabbani carries a cane basket full of documents, a servant carries a bundle of newspapers, as he moves towards the aircraft, his face is pale but glowing with emotions. He pauses for a moment, looks back towards the city in which he waged a crusade and won Pakistan. He waves his pale bony hand towards people, spell bound in his respect and regard. He said in a very low voice, “I suppose this is the last time I will be looking at Delhi.” As the aircraft taxies out he whispers, “and that’s the end of that, I never expected Pakistan in my life.”

It’s Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s Birthday today. Father of our Nation, father of Pakistan. A brilliant and bold person who worked day and night for Pakistan, who made the dream come true… He was just just brilliant. Even his enemies and rivals have praised him. He was called “A person whom no one can buy”. He was a man of principles, a person who respected and followed the rules. A great statesman. It’s no hidden fact that in his freedom struggle for Pakistan, the British’ idiots (I will call them that! who got a problem with it?) never got a single chance to get our beloved Quaid into Jail. In almost 40 years of struggle, the English idiots were never able to arrest him. Even Gandhi ji was arrested and sent to jail, many times. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Abul Kalam Aazad, Moulana Mohammad Ali Johar, all of them were arrested, sent to jail and they had to face the tough time in there but our Quaid was the only leader who was never arrested nor spent a single day in jail. It was not that he did not say any thing against Britain, he did criticize on them, very sharply in press and what not but the British fellas never held him. Why? Because Quaid had spent time in Britain and he was aware of their constitution and mood very well and whatever he said and whatever he did was within their constitution, what would those British fellas hold him for then? :-D

A grand ceremony was going to take place on the morning of 14th August 1947, to celebrate independence of Pakistan. Quaid had to attend it along with the last Viceroy Lord Mountbatten (a stupid fella). When they were about to leave, Viceroy gave an envelope to Quaid and said, “Read this first.” Quaid opened it, read the paper inside, put it back in the envelope and put it in his pocket. Then said, “Should we leave now?” Viceroy said, “Look, I have already warned you. Your life is in danger. The “SIKHS” have a plan to kill you, they are going to kill you in Assembly Hall today, if you go there, you will be killed.” Quaid replied, “If they kill me I will die as a Martyr and it’s a proud for every Muslim so don’t worry about it, should we leave now?” Viceroy continued the same again, “No, no! I care for your life and I want to protect you.” He asked Quaid again to post pone the program but Quaid insisted to go there. He attended the ceremony. All went fine. While returning, the Viceroy said, “Mr. Jinnah, a hearty congratulations for you are saved! Perhaps because I was sitting with you.” DUMB FELLA :-D haha! Quaid replies, “No! (dude :p), Allah is my protector and that’s why I am saved.” Viceroy must be like what the hell when he heard this. lol. Viceroy just wanted to show Quaid down, that your country is newly born, it still needs support of Britain but poor Viceroy, got rejected badly.

He was very careful about how the Government money was spent. Not like today’s leaders, who will even order their kids’ diapers from Government money. Who will send a special plane from a city to another to bring what they forgot. Who will…*sigh* Why am I talking about such idiots? Quaid…He was not like them. He took so much care in such things. He rejected to take the salary he was going to receive as Governer General of Pakistan. He only received One rupee per month as a Salary instead! He was a wealthy man, he was one of the leading barristers of India and used to have alot of income from his job there, he had invested in a few Companies too…He paid a part of Government expenditures of Governer General’s House from his own pocket. He personaly took care of Governer General’s House expenditures and was very strict with the staff about consumption of electricity and water! He was suggested by a few protocol officers that a new Limousine and an aircraft for his use should be bought. He rejected and continued to use his personal old car, which he brought from Mumbai! Those guys kept telling about getting a new car and aircraft and he did when he was told that they are being offered on very good discount. I have seen the things which he used personally in Karachi. Oh, I remember something. My father’s grand ma arr or say my grand grand grand ma went with us on the trip to Karachi, I was too little by then to understand things, she had actually kissed Quaid’s grave when we visited there. I was quite amazed and asked her why did she do that. She said the land you are standing on is due to his efforts, he deserves it. I think I will kiss it too when I visit there next time!!! Oh, and how can I forget. Quaid’s beloved sisters once bought something, from Government’s money, he was quite upset about it when he came across it while checking the month’s expenditures, he ordered the money to be deducted from her account to be given back to Government. *sigh* There’s alot to tell about him but the thing is this TIME! :-(

He was just great…I wish we have such a politician again. Not a single politician will be able to reach his place but atleast they can try to reach a little higher, near him. Every thing was “messed up” after he passed away, just a few years ofter him actually. Oh…we miss you! atleast I do! Forgive us our beloved Quaid…We even did not leave your party alone, the party which fought bravely and boldly for Pakistan. Even that’s divided into parts now…Forgive us…Forgive us…

May Allah have mercy on us and help us to bring back the Pakistan which was Quaid’s dream…which is my dream……

New movies…

Addition to my DVD list,

1. The Mummy
2. The Mummy Returns
3. Home Alone
4. Home Alone 1
5. Home Alone 2
6. Home Alone 3 (It’s name is something else. Not clear)

Rite now I feel like watching Home Alone…just want to have a good mood :(

Cricket…