Monday, April 30, 2007

Friends?

I wish i had these many in real as well :P

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Iran....Fashion...Hijab...Police

Very interesting article on BBC about recent campaign led by Iran police to enforce Islamic dress code across the streets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6213854.stm

Interesting comments in it as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6605487.stm

Something more for everyone.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

How Pakistani* are you?

Arey, you are 65% Pakistani!

Shabash puut, your score puts you in the ranks of the REAL Pakistanis! Have some lassi to celebrate - maybe it'll encourage your true character to come out more often.

How Pakistani are you? (first class number one!)
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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Me-Dubai-Environment

It's not that I don't want to write anymore, neither I am less creative than before (as if i ever was:|) regardless of these useless arguments, I wonder what may be the reason behind my absent blogliness. I can certainly blame the weather, its easy pick though, from soothing temperatures of average 15-20C, I am in middle of a desert having minimum temperature of 30C, with no where to go apart from some over rated and expensive shopping malls or go out and eat. It feels like when you are not working, either you go out and eat or just stay home and watch B4U movies....

Yes, I still have lot of time to get accustomed with the environment and leisure ways around...and with all this not-so-pleasant eventualities for me, I still want to write, about the things I notice everyday commuting to work. It is hardly 15 mins drive from where we stay but thousand thoughts would capture you in just few moments of time, how ridiculous it may sound, but I want to write about the cars! yes you heard it; It is the variety of cars I watch cruising on Dubai roads everyday, designed-made-manufactured-assembled in all different parts of the world, but sold in Gulf. You will be amazed to see to American cars, along with Europeans, Japanese, Koreans, Malaysian! and Chinese cars! with not so different outlook. Okay there is no harm about it, but when you see no car less than 2.8L (2800 c.c.) engine, you suddenly feel foul about the environmental issues people raise in European countries. In the UK, taxes for bigger cars were about to increase such as to discourage the use of heavy producer of harmful gases, and all those car manufacturers advertise their products as environmental friendly and all those hybrid versions etc. Where as cars from same companies have huge engines in this part of the world. It makes me scared, as If these people are living in a different planet? are we not sharing the same environment, the same ozone layer to look after? If it is the case, then I would request all the environmental concerned Governments not to worry much, let people decide what to do,let these car giants please their customers, as the efforts on the other part of the globe won't make any difference as long as such vehicles are being sold aggressively over here.