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Digger

Digger

Originally uploaded by lazy_urfa

I had watched him dig the whole morning and he had just sat down for a rest and I couldn’t resist taking a click!

Explosions in 25th World Performing Arts Festival Lahore Pakistan

Multiple, low intensity,  explosions in Gaddafi stadium. Inside the Gaddafi stadium we’ve got a hockey stadium {where a match was ongoing at the time}, the alhamra complex{which was hosting world performing arts festivals} and multiple restaurants.  Three reported injuries and no casualties reported as yet.

http://www.danka.com.pk/viewCenter.php?center=Alhamra%20-%20Gadaffi%20Stadium#Map

http://www.peergroup.com.pk/

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\17\story_17-11-2008_pg13_6

Wish List 3

And your intrepid non-shopper is back with another list of all things that have caught her eye recently.. I’ve  only just stopped gawking exclusively at Jimmy choo and expanded my list..  Mind you some of these brands are completely new to me.. So bear my excitement at finding these..

VBH Alligator compact clutch £2,315

I dream of linux

we’ve been pushed of the deep end of linux with no shallow end in sight or even paddling help gear.. Tis a nightmare trying to find any help on the internet. It’s vastly unhelpful and too convoluted to help. I’m been trying to find, make, conceptualize codes but alas..

I’ve been trying to figure out a simple echo server but there seems to nothing simple or echo serverish about my search results. I wish there was a nice tutorial that wasn’t completely insane..

Pakistan election..

Highly vague and erratic musings from the weirdo from weirdoland 

Um, we’re having elections.. seriously. this is the first time I’m seeing such fervour and intensity about anything political.. the local news channels are extremely excited and are oft found babbling over each small victory .. At 2am the live special election telecasts were still reporting..

Yes, yes, I’m ashamed to tell you I didn’t vote.. these are the first elections after I’ve turned 18. But eh? don’t want to participate really .. There isn’t a single candidate I would prefer to see elected.. . I find the political parties petty and inefficient with criminal records and dubious agendas. Not saying all members are collectively quite so tainted but my general perception is perhaps too jaded. I’d rather not support feudally backed parties and neither those that have infamously emptied our funds time and again.

The only political party worth any merit is perhaps Terheek-e-insaf [Imran Khan's party]. Bring him up in any political debate and we get to hear verse upon verse about his immoral past and the illegitimate children scattered all over the world.. I must deviate from my ramblings to point out how religion plays a part in pakistan.. This country is full of people who look and act like religious zealots[sp?] but don’t have a clue about their own religion, seriously.[time to mention that the last time I studied Islamic studies I 'd only gotten a C *blush* My only C for quite some time.. Anyway, there have been times when I've casually butted into discussions about religion and I've found my knowledge to be insignificant yet more then anyone's who look like they should know every thing about islam. *freaky*] Islam only crops up in arguments for convinience sake and nothing more. Imran Khan may never be forgiven for his playboy past but billions of dollars worth of fraudulent money gulped away is easily ignored.. Doesn’t the money grabbing ways get any religious criticism. Of course it does, technically at least.. Practically, nobody cares.

Religion is shoved towards the back seat and paraded about only for the sake of an irrefutable argument. Pakistan may be a muslim country infamous for all those fundamentalists but I find it hard labelling them as such.. ignorant is more like it [How can anyone be a fundamentalist when they don't have any fundamental knowledge!]. When the education system is so worn and tattered brim full of sterotype and inefficiency what do you expect..Burning up flags, effigys, mobbing around the country, in the decidedly anti-islamic behaviour[another case of religion ignored] but it persists because people have never been taught how or given a platform to express their views in any other way..

Coming back to the elections.. I’m still trying to ignore them.. They’re certainly not being held under the most democratic flavour especially with the judiciary so punctured.. Instead of boycotting, people, so hungry for power,are jumping into this struggle..

Whatever! They can all bite themselves silly..

Stopped caring a long time ago..

Turkey’s Head Scarf

To be totally honest, I find countries with this ban kind of regressive.. No better then countries who actually force women to wear them..  To me, countries that go head on at the same issue at different extremes always seem quite the same..

And it was such a travesty limiting women from education especially muslim women who may or may not be getting the kind of awareness they need at home.. Very bad move taking away empowerment from one of the most streotypically disadvantaged group.

And anyway isn’t education the first priority at universities anyway!? 

Happy New Year

Just what the title says.. I’m so down.. life sucks..

Hope 2008 is better..