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Of Child-Birth And Pre-Adolescents

Yesterday, a friend of Omer’s came over to our place. Omer’s my little brother by the way. And let’s just call his friend: Bilal. The two did their usual stuff. Bilal stayed over for the night… doing what they call a ‘sleep over’.

The two decided to watch 3 Idiots, the movie that is currently sweeping the entire subcontinent.

Now, 3 Idiots is a great; nay, a phenomenal movie! It has a message for the youth and it delivers the message really well. And it’s a family movie too! Or at least, it would’ve been had it not been for that god-awful childbirth scene. You knowwww, the scene that raises many a pre-adolescent eye-brows? Yeah, that one!

And here’s the thing: I caught Omer and Bilal just when the child-birth scene was kicking in. ZING!

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Never Look A Goose In The Eye

Here’s something new I experienced: getting chased by geese. Written below is my account in the form of a short news article that you’d expect to be hidden in the corner of the 15th page of your daily newspaper. :P

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I Bubbled My Name

Slurp!Differentiating your bubblegum product from the ka-jillions of different chewing gums available in the market is a tough task. Wrigley’s, Extra, Boop!, BubblePop, Ding Dong, Tiger are just some of the many MANY types of gum available today in local stores.

They’ve tried everything: slap-on tattoos, lucky draw-like schemes, exotic car stickers, hot babe stickers etc have all been done to death. So what could be done now to secern a gum product?

Dan Pak of Pakistan came up with a new idea. Read about it, after the jump!

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The Beggars of Murree

child beggars pakistanMurree is a beggars paradise. Most of them have a more hands on approach to begging than the common brand of ’de de na’ people. These people are trained professionals and have evolved various new techniques.

A dangerously retarded baba and cheap bubblegums, after the jump.

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Waqt Nahi

Time Waqt ClockHar Khushi Hai Logon Ke Daman Mein,
Par Ek Hansi Ke Liye Waqt Nahi.
Din Raat Daudti Duniya Mein,
Zindagi Ke Liye Hi Waqt Nahi.

Moving, innit? Read ahead. It gets mov-ier.

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My First Bike Ride – And How It Ended Up Being A Scene From A Jason Bourne Flick

jason bourne ultimatum conspiracy supremacy identity“Sorry beta, but I just can’t let you start driving the car yet. At least, until you get into a professional college. I don’t want you growing wings just yet. ” - Baba

That’s how it is and I don’t mind it one bit. Driving is like that thing you’ve wanted to do all your life, but once you learn it or do it, and once the novelty wears off, it becomes more of a boj than anything else.

I learned this earlier than most other people, because I’ve seen my poor dear uncle getting ordered to pick up groceries from the local market every day of the week just because he was the only one home who could drive a car without crashing it butt-first into a tree.

One epic story, coming right up!

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You Are The Hope Of Tomorrow!

Pakistan Flag Independence Day Zindabad

This poem I wrote is dedicated especially for all those who think they can change the fate of Pakistan! That’s you!!

Read on ahead, the poem that has been described as “Sounds like Iqbal all over again!” by Waisybabu.

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Counter-Cockroaches: WIN

huge disgusting cockroachYesterday, Maria was minding her own business, prancing in her bedroom singing a Star World advert song which she had recently rediscovered, when out of the corner of her eye, she sees a huge brown cockroach moving around all the suitcases in her room.

She screams and runs for cover. Then, behind the door, she morphs into Super Maria. And this is how the battle started.

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The Hajification of Me

Hajj Saudia Arabia Makkah MeccaThe time us Imrans spent in Saudia had to have some Hajji action in it, and lo and behold! All of us are Hajjis.

Today three years later, I’ll be going through the whole story at the occasion of this year’s Hajj. Try being interested. And keep saying mashallah throughout the read. Mashallah ;)

If you or any of your relatives are Hajj-ofying this year, congratulations to them! They’ll have a thoroughly amazing time!

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Stop Motion

Stop Motion

Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Beggars of Murree had to be taken off. It will be back up in a while (just not today or tomorrow, this week or this month [which is about to end anyway!]).

So till it’s back up, why don’t you go enjoy Stop Motion? It’s a disturbing little stop motion animation thing I made while the bijli was out and all I could do was sit on my laptop and take weird photos of myself. So go ahead and check it out, that’s our post for the week!

Remember to let the photos load first (it shouldn’t take more than 1 minute if you’re on a reasonably fast connection) and then go through them FAST!

LINKITY LINK LINK.

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