tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203787612011-04-21T16:09:07.471-07:00Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-85887134696807252672008-06-15T22:54:00.001-07:002008-06-15T22:57:16.915-07:00

A 25 years old single wakes up next morning as 26 years old married man – quite a transition, init? – from being young to being old and from being single to being married. :)

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Being a mother is the hardest and the most un-thankful job I have ever known. No perks, 24/7 duty, selfless dedication, unadulterated love and commitment and what you get in return is a child like me - total unthankful, rude and cranky (well, some moms are luckier than mine but still ...)To all the moms out there ... no matter how much do we take you for granted, deep down we know that we cannot

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“I am so sorry to hear about the situation in your country. Is your family alright?” is a common response I get when I introduce myself as a Pakistani to anyone here. Similar was the response from a barber who was doing my hair the other day. She was an old lady from an east European country who had settled down in Canada a long time ago. She, then, sprang a political conversation in a manner

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-26735246015480399742007-12-31T17:14:00.000-08:002008-11-15T03:10:18.610-08:00

The fact that these Christmas holidays were falling in line with a weekend provided me with a perfect opportunity to make a road excursion to California. Zeeshan, a friend of mine in Redmond, was the instigator of the plan. So I went to Seattle last Friday (Dec 21st) where on the same day, we (I, Zeeshan and two other friends) set off for a road trip to California. After nearly 15 hours of long,

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Nearly four months ago what appeared to be a remote possibility is now a reality - Yup! I am here in Canada to work for Microsoft. Canada but you got an offer for USA? you would ask. Well, it's a result of H1B saga of 2007. I spent nearly 4 months in limbo waiting to hear an update on my H1B application. It was a painful (read horrible) experience but as they say what doesn't kill you, only makes

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-11733672612086455642007-11-02T07:17:00.000-07:002007-11-05T14:09:28.773-08:00

Okay, so this post comes straight from a transit hotel in Taipei, Taiwan where I am staying en route to Canada from Pakistan. What I am going to do in Canada is a discussion for another post. Right now, I just wanted to say goodbye to all my friends in Pakistan. Shortage of time meant that I could not call everyone to say goodbye - so, this is a goodbye post to all of you.Good luck everyone! Take

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Recently I stumbled across this beautiful piece of writing called 'The Starfish Story'- short, simple and mighty inspiring. Here it is for you to get inspired.Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-77721130559587216112007-06-14T08:00:00.001-07:002007-06-15T00:12:51.507-07:00

Today marks the silver jubilee of my arrival in this world. It has been a fascinating period of my life. I am thankful to God for whatever I have after these 25 years.Now that most of the childhood targets are met, it's time to set new goals and to start thinking and doing something for those who haven’t had the same amount of luck that I have had. It's time to work for less privileged class of

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You didn't have to be a political pundit to predict what was going to happen on May 12 in Karachi. Even a novice like me knew that the bloodshed was on but surprisingly the Sindh and the Federal government was too naïve to know it. Funny!Back in 1999 when Gen. Musharraf took over the charge of the country as the Chief Executive of Pakistan, I wasn't particularly concerned. I had earlier seen the

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-16653494238534539392007-05-07T02:41:00.000-07:002007-10-19T04:16:42.640-07:00

Life is surely weird. You never know what's coming next. When I last posted on this blog, I pretty much had an idea of what I wanted to do next in life. Things have changed so much since then. The situation is fuzzy again. Now I am waiting on the "spin-of-the- wheel" to decide my fortune.I am writing it on the onset of probably the decisive week. It's a make or break situation. One thing I am

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-83194209589059704752007-04-02T00:00:00.000-07:002007-04-02T00:21:23.824-07:00

We are towards the end of an action packed March. There has been some happening. First in the series was the deplorable duel between the "state" and the judiciary. It was followed up with news that the federal prime minister had a "big-arm". The media was then taken to the task by the police for their blunt coverage of the said duel. Amid all this, the cricket team of Pakistan had reached

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-58308118037511284772007-02-27T09:14:00.000-08:002007-02-27T09:34:22.572-08:00

The day before yesterday, the residents of Lahore along with thousands of tourists celebrated the 'Basant' festival. Last year, the Punjab government had imposed a ban on kite flying - a rare commendable step. This year the kite flying was allowed for two days on 24th and 25th February. Many objected the relaxation in the ban knowing that it would attract several accidents risking many human

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I have shifted to HaloScan.com for the comments on this blog. The default commenting system provided by Blogger is not accessible from Pakistan. I'll have to manually copy-paste all the comments from Blogger to HaloScan whenever I feel like doing it. I guess I'll probably keep all the nice comments and do away with not-so-nice comments ;)So 'Comments' section is up and running - give it a shot.

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Last year I had an opportunity to attend an open house session with the final year class of my undergraduate school, FAST-NU. The session was aimed to provide an insight to the students about the employment and the higher education opportunities available after they graduated. Alongside me, there were several other alumni mostly from local software industry and graduate business schools. One

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It is exactly a year ago when I started writing this blog and it is such a shame that I was able to update it only twice throughout this period. Although I have not been an active blogger but I refuse to accept that it was a bandwagon effect that brought me to blogging. I was purposefully here. Anyways, It's a new year and I plan to give a brand new start to my blogging life. Hopefully I'll be

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Time is surely riding a roller coaster. Almost two years ago, at this time of year, I was subjected to a great deal of confusion and uncertainty. Should I continue doing job? Should I accept PhD offer from LUMS? Should I go to Sweden for masters? Should I or Shouldn't I. These were the questions I was asking myself. All the options, I had, were quite good from their own standpoints:The job was

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-1143724990043678702006-03-30T05:04:00.000-08:002006-03-30T05:23:10.096-08:00

First of all excuse me for not updating this blog for so long now. There are whole host of reasons for not doing so; laziness and business may be the prominent ones. Anyways, better late than never.I’d use this post to summarize what I have been really upto for the last couple of months. I mentioned in my last post that I was nearing graduation and would soon be getting back home. By the grace of

Adnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305509778181913858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20378761.post-1137615552176926202006-01-18T10:38:00.000-08:002006-01-18T12:31:00.853-08:00

A good old ”hello” to all of the readers. For the details about me, please take a peek at my profile.Owing to the ubiquitous spread of blogging, I thought that it was a nice idea to start my own blog where I could write about myself and my experiences, could share some tech knowledge and the most important of all, could get some feedback from you, the readers.In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing

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