tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65605492024-03-14T01:26:01.168-07:00Encapsulation of the MindHow the mind thinks no one knows for sure. What it thinks, some of it can be witnessed on this page.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-9850324950345535552008-12-16T18:18:00.000-08:002008-12-16T18:20:08.229-08:00Behold<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">What do I believe</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do I believe not</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The truth from the false</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The past or the present</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My dreams are they shattered</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My wishes were they accepted</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My everything, is it something</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The meaning of life</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Searching for that love</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is it something I possess</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Was it ever mine to hold</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Where to go from here</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I surely do not know</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lead me the way</p> <p class="MsoNormal">To my fate which you behold</p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-37248754690059178372008-12-03T01:50:00.000-08:002008-12-03T01:52:50.951-08:00Delicate<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; 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mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I picked a pretty flower<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From a lush meadow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To take as my own<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Little did I know about its upkeep<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Delicate and tender<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Needing care and affection<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Would I be able to provide?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For sure I know<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I would give my all<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To see it bloom<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-85474586980424243382008-05-28T04:04:00.000-07:002008-05-28T04:13:05.674-07:00Ambivalence<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">No more just love</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">No more just hate</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">What I feel is ambivalence</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Take a step forward</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Take a step back</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Seem to be headed nowhere</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Uncommitted to the atmosphere</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Not prescribing to a wish</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Not chancing a risk</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Bonds to which I won’t submit</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Things to that I can’t commit</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Let my mind wander free</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Let things just as they be</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">A no-gain no-loss scenario</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Status-quo being the de-facto</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-57288520211197798452008-04-12T02:04:00.000-07:002008-04-12T02:11:54.119-07:00Found<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been searching for you all my life</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why is it so that you haven't been found?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">There’s a loneliness I feel</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why is it you’ve never been around?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Maybe you don’t know my promises</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Everlasting love abound</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybe you don’t know I care</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Affectionately, I will to astound</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If my words to you have some meaning</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wouldn’t it all be ever so easy?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you say you’ve been found</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-57067521161060601122008-02-20T23:23:00.001-08:002008-02-20T23:23:39.904-08:00disarray<p class="MsoNormal">My thoughts are in disarray</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Emptiness I feel inside</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Feeling so incomplete</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Can’t you be by my side</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don’t you know how I feel</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Are you going to walk away</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Or be part of my life</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-32718713408424822332008-02-17T17:57:00.000-08:002008-02-17T18:05:25.056-08:00IT does matter!Saw a blog entry related to an article that we're debating in our Information Systems course. A very controversial paper that tries to discredit the importance of IT in companies. Causing many owners and CEO's of companies to think twice about investing in IT. The following blog aims to allay those fears.<br /><p><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=540" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink"> Does IT matter?</a> by <a href="http://zdnet.com/">ZDNet</a>'s Richard Stiennon -- As someone who has been accused of publicity seeking through grand pronouncements I can understand the motivation behind Nicholas Carr’s 2003 article in Harvard Business Review: “IT Doesn’t Matter”. His main thesis is: For a brief period, as they are being built into the infrastructure of commerce, [...]</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-16861598893237976982007-12-15T20:27:00.001-08:002007-12-15T20:27:40.775-08:00questions<p class="MsoNormal">I have my dream</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is it for keeps?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What the unknown holds</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is it what I seek?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know not for sure</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Are the chances bleak?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Certainly there are expectations</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is it something I can meet?</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-87326309668009275852007-12-13T19:35:00.000-08:002007-12-13T19:54:10.861-08:00memoriesIts so hard to forget<br />Memories in my mind<br />Fighting for them not to beset<br />I erased all I could find<br />Those conversations now gone<br />No longer will they remind me<br />Of what I never hadUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-12071252631842888522007-11-28T22:07:00.000-08:002007-11-28T22:09:53.502-08:00Catching a dream<p class="MsoNormal">Trying to chase a dream</p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s been stuck in my mind</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Persistent like a flowing stream</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Something that’s not mine</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Should I pursue?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Or let it be</p> It'll remain<br /><br />But just a dreamUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-75125025196812138832007-10-28T17:10:00.000-07:002007-10-28T17:18:23.778-07:00Tum Se HiWonderful song from the movie jab we met. Here are a few excerpts of the lyrics from the song tum se hi.<br /><br />Na hai yeh paana<br />Na khona hi hai<br />Tera na hona jaane<br />Kyun hona hi hai<br /><br />Tum se hi din hota hai<br />Surmaiye shaam aati hai<br />Tumse hi tumse hiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-4770764284716290132007-07-18T22:28:00.000-07:002007-07-18T22:29:43.443-07:00feeling<p class="MsoNormal">It happened that time</p> <p class="MsoNormal">When I first met you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Something that was mine</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I was deeply moved</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Too scared was I to say</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Expressed it not</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I had hid it every day</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Courage I had not got</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We then went our ways</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was lost but not forgotten</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It still lurks within</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yes it was a feeling</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A feeling unnamed</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-77337560185467824432007-06-21T18:11:00.000-07:002007-06-21T18:12:38.266-07:00wii!!Got a wii for my sis last week. It really fun to play with. Can't wait for a karaoke game to come out for this system.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1169055577207036922007-01-17T09:37:00.000-08:002007-01-17T09:39:37.226-08:00IndifferenceTo Love is something<br />To Hate is too<br />But Indifference is what<br />As if one had never existed<br />As if one was never bornUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1169054567825347812007-01-17T09:21:00.000-08:002007-01-17T09:23:25.986-08:00Mere haathon meinMere haathon mein tera haat ho<br />Teri baaton mein meri baat ho<br />Hum yunhi chalte chalte khojaain<br />Hum yunhi chalte chalte khojaain<br />Meri saanson mein teri saas ho<br />Aur tanhai apney paas ho<br />Sar rakhke teray kaandhe pai sojayein<br />Sar rakhke teray kaandhe pai sojayein<br />Mai jaago teray pyaar mein<br />Aur jeeton tujko haar kai<br />Tum rootho to manaon gunguna kay<br />Tum rootho to manaon gunguna kay<br />Saanse tumse poore<br />Tum na to yeh adhoori<br />Tum hi to mera pyaar ho<br />Tumse khiza bahaar ho<br />Ho to chain aaye <br />Na ho to ghum hai chaaye<br />Jaaneman bolo aur hum tumko kya kahe kya sunaye<br />Sab yunhi chalta jaaye<br />Hum yunhi milte jaayen<br />Magar aisa tub ho na jab tum yahaan ho<br />Magar aisa tub ho na jab tum yahaan ho<br />Tum yahaan ho<br />-Ali ZafarUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1166782725485729252006-12-22T02:15:00.000-08:002006-12-22T02:18:45.506-08:00Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowJK Rowling has revealed the name of the 7th Harry Potter book.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1166476165269140602006-12-18T13:02:00.000-08:002006-12-18T13:09:25.283-08:00Who is John Galt?Can't wait to see what they make of Atlas Shrugged. Anjelina Jolie is set to cast as Dagny Taggart.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1162477600181755512006-11-02T06:20:00.000-08:002006-11-02T06:26:40.183-08:00B'day eventsI was pleasantly surprised yesterday when a representative from wataniya telecom called to wish me a happy birthday. Seems they have some marketing guys doing some work.<br /><br />Making my way back to the salmiya petrol station I could sense I was dangerously low on fuel. The car sputtered to a stop right at the entrance of the petrol station. I managed to start it up again but only managed to make it a few feet before the pump. With a helping hand of a few people managed to push it to the pump. My mustang doesn't look as heavy as it actually is, I couldn't push it on my own.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1162477074145476112006-11-02T06:13:00.000-08:002006-11-02T06:17:54.160-08:00Ashtray of Doom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/60/360/1600/IMAGE_00011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/60/360/320/IMAGE_00011.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1160406221155642602006-10-09T08:02:00.000-07:002006-10-09T08:06:29.746-07:00tere bin<pre><font><span style="font-family:verdana;">tere bin main yun kaise jiya<br />kaise jiya tere bin<br />tere bin main yun kaise jiya<br />kaise jiya tere bin<br />lekar yaad teri raaten meri kati - 2<br />mujhse baaten teri karti hai chaandani<br />tanha hai tujh bin raaten meri<br />din mere din ke jaise nahi<br />tanha badan tanha hai ruh nam meri aankhen rahe<br />aaja mere ab rubaru<br />jeena nahi bin tere<br />tere bin main yun kaise jiya<br />kaise jiya tere bin<br />tere bin main yun kaise jiya<br />kaise jiya tere bin<br /><br />kabse aankhen meri raah mein tere bichhi - 2<br />bhule se hi kahi tu mil jaaye kabhi<br />bhule na mujhse baaten teri<br />bheegi hai har pal aankhen meri<br />kyun saans loon kyun main jiyu<br />jeena bura sa lage<br />kyun ho gaya tu bewafaaa mujhko bata de wajah<br />tere bin main yun kaise jiya<br />kaise jiya tere bin ...<br />tere bin main yun kaise jiya<br />kaise jiya tere bin ...<br /></span><br />Atif Aslam<br /></font></pre>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1159807655748023892006-10-02T09:44:00.000-07:002006-10-02T09:47:35.766-07:00toe injury<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/60/360/1600/30092006210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/60/360/320/30092006210.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1157625207254762802006-09-07T03:31:00.000-07:002006-09-07T03:34:00.376-07:00Fire and Ice<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > Some say the world will end in fire,<br />Some say in ice.<br />From what I've tasted of desire<br />I hold with those who favor fire.<br />But if it had to perish twice,<br />I think I know enough of hate<br />To say that for destruction ice<br />Is also great<br />And would suffice.<br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:#800000;"><b>Robert Frost</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1157384732891066392006-09-04T08:40:00.000-07:002006-09-04T09:11:32.850-07:00Petrol Prices WorldwideAn interesting look into the petrol rates worldwide. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/">http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/</a><br />Pakistan which is not listed has a rate of $4.32 per gallon. I was amazed to see Egypt having cheaper petrol at $0.65 per gallon compared to Kuwait which is $0.78 per gallon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1156872920291756232006-08-29T10:33:00.000-07:002006-08-29T10:35:20.303-07:00ToiletsToilets seem to flush counter-clockwise in kuwait.<br />Wonder how they work in other parts of the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1155304808510486382006-08-11T06:59:00.000-07:002006-08-11T07:00:08.510-07:00Curiosity<p class="MsoNormal">Curiosity got the better of us</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We sought and we discovered</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We listened and we saw</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We toyed and we played</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We quarreled we fought</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We thought and we contemplated</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For curiosity got the better of us</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560549.post-1155304256549472492006-08-11T06:49:00.000-07:002006-08-11T06:50:56.586-07:00Redemption<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">repost...</span></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal">An alluring allusion the causerie was not.<br />Phantasmagoria built on pity it was.<br />An austere obdurate of capricious nature.<br />A poignant denouement of a quixotic utopia.<br />Forlorn, yet with a fixity to regenerate.<br />Like Antares radiant in its celestial return.<br />Emancipating solitary sentiments into oblivion.<br />Tergiversating from the raptures bygone.<br />Desensitized to all endearment for futurity.<br />Penance for former infatuation unsought.<br />Nor any blame for instigation sought.<br />Desire for amiable consonance redeemed.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0