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The TRUTH behind the LIES!

Oct 10

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By Umair Jaliawala (Published in YLC Supplement (The News) on July 1, 2010)

How many times do you get to hear ‘ajkal ke nujawan suntay nahin’ or ‘…‘apni marzi chalatay hain’ followed by ‘pehlay waqton mein to…’ and the complaints and comparisons are unending. From parents to preachers, events to media, and institutions to organizations; everyone, everywhere and anytime is aroused to jibe the youth.

So here I am, a 23-year old, presenting a hard-to-believe, but an honest account of my 4 years with approx 30,000 youth. And I am not exaggerating when I say that the following compilation is an underestimation of what our youth is and has always been!

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(image via Jeff Epp)

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Mobilink Motorola Milestone Launch Event

Aug 6

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motorola milestone Moblink invited people from the blogger’s community yesterday (30th July, 2010) to the Mall of Lahore for the launching of their first non-Blackberry smartphone: the Motorola Milestone. The event was deemed as a success by the bloggers who attended the meetup (including yours truly). The community appreciated Mobilink and Google Pakistan’s efforts in finally bringing an Android smartphone to the local market.

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Now We Can Finally Buy an iPhone Without Selling A Kidney

Jun 8

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iPhone 4Apple just announced the latest iteration of their smartphone: the iPhone 4. And it is, as expected, much superior to the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Steve Jobs is on stage talking about it as this is being typed. Now of course, he has already announced the all-new design, the microSIM only format (not available in Pakistan), the new so-called “retina display”, a faster processor, a better battery, a gyroscope for better motion-sensing, a much better camera, inclusion of the iBook Store and iAd advertisement system and blah blah blippity blah blah that you can read about here or here or here.

It’s going to cost well over 900$ in Pakistan. So what is there to rejoice about?

You’ll have to read on ahead for that!

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The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

Jun 4

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I had a weird dream yesterday. I started in a forest where a fat merchant was having a yard sale. From the clothes, I knew the dream took place in medieval times. As I was looking through the items for sale I came across a small cat cage. In the cage, there was a dirty grey angel with a missing wing. The angel was about my size, but it was stuffed in the cat cage like in cartoons.

For some reason, I needed the one winged angel, so I used the oldest trick in the book. I said to the merchant, “Look over there”. While he was busy looking over there, I picked up the cage, jumped on my horse and rode away.

Read on ahead. It gets weirder!

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20th May: Draw Mohammad Day and Facebook Boycotts [UPDATE]

May 17

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Drawing a picture of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is considered by most, if not all, Muslims to be simply wrong for a couple of elementary reasons: a. It may promote idolatry b. It’s just not allowed! This very concept has, in the past recent years, caused quite a lot of controversy. Remember the Danish cartoons? Or the documentaries? Or South Park’s depictions of Mohammad? Oh and, what about the recent “Draw Mohammad Day”? Read on ahead!

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Taalib-e-Ilm ki Awaz: Chemistry Paper – HSSC-I 2010

May 11

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Chemistry HSSC-II am a student of HSSC-I (Session 2010) and I was one of the many students who gave the rather unbalanced paper of Chemistry on the 30th of April, 2010. Most, if not all, students were strongly against the paper stating how the paper was “totally L” or “totally P” (for male and female gender respectively) due to the following reasons:

  • Too many numericals in Section B (which were very time-consuming)
  • Too many questions from Chapter 8: Chemical Equilibrium (5 short questions totaling 20 marks in Sec B, 1 long question totaling 13 in Sec C)
  • Questions were said to be "dodgy" (which they honestly were!)

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A Mathematical Fallacy

Apr 23

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What’s a Mathematical Fallacy, you say? According to Wikipedia: In mathematics, certain kinds of mistaken proof are often exhibited, and sometimes collected, as illustrations of a concept of mathematical fallacy.

I didn’t get it either. But that doesn’t really matter, cause you’ll have fun watching this video anyway!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…. I learned about this mathematical fallacy where you prove that ’2′ is numerically equal to ’1′… Recently, a friend of mine (dude named Sikandar) asked me to prove it to him and recorded me proving it.

“Why not upload it and share it with the great readers at artsyHANDS?”, I say.

A Mathematical Fallacy from Awais Imran on Vimeo.

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Of Child-Birth And Pre-Adolescents

Feb 26

Posted by Waisybabu in Experiences and Views, Movies | No Comments

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

Feb 5

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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

Jan 10

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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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