I made this blog as a class assignment. We were supposed to update it every day, but I forgot about its existence. Today I found it again. I Thank Gmail for the reminder.
I was just wondering; what do people blog about? I mean, there are millions of online blogs. Some are popular, and some are not. Mine isn't, and maybe that is what is giving me the courage to write. No one will read it, so I can write anything I want. I have read blogs about countries, languages, food, clothes, jewellery,war, peace, love and hate. I have read blogs about blogs. My point is that whatever word I think off, there's a blog about it. There must be blogs about words too.
I want to be heard, I want someone to listen to what I have to say. I also want to be the next President of Pakistan. I want to get rid of all the politicians, and build everything again. Re-write the constitution, make new laws, update old laws, listen to the people. unfortunately, like and politics are not that simple. For one I don't have the background to be in politics. No one knows who I am. I don't have a lot of money... OH wait, I dont have ANY money. I dont own weapons, I dont have a fake degree. Crap, I cant be a politician.
Pakistan is considered a terrorist state. It's sad, we do terrorize people. I don't know who exactly does, could be the taliban, or our own government. Who knows? I dont. DO you? Who are these people who go to a place wearing a suicide jacket? Have you ever seen them before? Are they related to you? Who trained them? Why is it that when they plot to kill innocent civilians they succeed but when the plot is to kill Yousaf Raza Gillani they fail? Why does America want to destroy us? I am sick of hearing the same answer, " it's because of the geographic significance of the country."
Even if this is true, I am sick of hearing it. People need to come up with more entertaining reasons for America wanting to destroy us. Although, if they really really want to.. who can stop them? Were we able to stop the drone attacks? Hmmmm.... let me think. NO!
The people in Pakistan are lazy, they want to be paid for not working. The idea that a person worked for 48 hours straight is not something they boast about. They boast about the fact that they get paid for doing absolutely nothing in their offices. I would bite my own tongue before saying this to someone. Whatever happened to self actualization people? Whatever happened to honesty and integrity? It died with Muhammad Ali Jinnah I suppose..
People have become so materialistic, recently a friend had updated his status. He had asked his friends if they would pick their pet or their computer if they had to choose between the two. Everybody picked their computer. Is that the worth we attach to life? Pick an inanimate object in a fire, while your pet burns to death. It made me angry.
A lot of things make me angry. The fact that I study in a crap university makes me angry. It's considered one of the best university, although we are also known for our charsis (stoners). Its sad.
For the first time in my life I am concerned about my future in Pakistan. But then it could also be because I am growing up, and not because of the fact that the country is going to the dogs because I seem to be the only one who gives a rat's ass.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Friday, July 11, 2008
Youth Icon
Youth Icons
There is no set definition of a youth icon. However, a youth icon is similar to a role model. A role model, according to Robert Merton an American sociologist, is a person who serves as an example, and whose behaviour is emulated by others.
True role models are those who possess the qualities that we would like to have and those who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be better people.
The question is; does Ali Zafar inspire you to be a better person? When we search the internet, and look for youth icons in Pakistan the only name that comes up is that of Ali Zafar. He is a singer, model and an actor. And he won a new award which was introduced by Lux last year, that of a youth icon. In his acceptance speech he said, “It is humility that takes you forward, not clothes and style.” Under the circumstances I can’t get over the irony of it all.
I attempted to contact the sponsors of this event, Unilever Pakistan, in the hopes of finding out what the criterion for the award was, and who the other nominees were. After calling and talking to the operator a number of times my call was finally put through. Only, no one picked up my call. The operator said that I was being connected to the production department, but no one was there. That came as a bit of a shock to me, because a department does not consist of one person only and it is not possible that no one came to work. I knew that I wasn’t getting any answers from them.
I searched the internet and found out the names of the judges of the event. Yousaf Salahuddin was on the panel for the first three years. I managed to get his number from a friend. On calling him I found out that the youth icon was chosen by the judges and there weren’t any nominees. He was unable to give me more information as he had nothing to do with the judging process. He then gave me Freiha Altaf’s phone number. I called her, and she told me to call her in the evening. When I called her in the evening she gave me her PR managers’ phone number, Ali Chaudhry. I was told that he will answer all my questions. I called him and asked if he could tell me the basis on which Ali Zafar was given the award. I assumed that he will know, as Freiha Altaf represents Ali Zafar. Surprisingly, he had no idea why Ali Zafar got the award for youth icon. He asked me to send him my email address and phone number. He also told me that he will find out the criterion and send me the information as soon as possible. Call me pessimistic, but I doubt I am getting any information out of him.
Since I was getting no information from the organizers and sponsors of the event, I decided to search the internet. (Yet again)
Just to find out if anyone in Pakistan had ever carried out a survey to find out who the youth of our country looked up to. I came up with nothing. There were countless fan clubs and online communities for Shahrukh Khan, but none for Jahangir Khan.
I then looked at the list of winners of the Lux style awards, from 2004 onwards. The same people had been awarded, either in the same category or in another one. So to consider Ali Zafar a youth icon after this little discovery would be most unfair.
Rizwan Beyg
Achievement in design 10 + years: won in 2006 and 2007
Creative team at Nabila
Best hair and make-up: won in2004, 2006 and 2007
Deepak Parwani
Best menswear designer: won in 2004 and 2007
Karma
Best Pret wear designer: won 2007
Best designer women’s’ wear 2004
Ali Zafar
Best music Album/singer: won in 2004
Youth Icon: won in 2007
Other names that came up repeatedly were,
Syed Noor
Saima
Reema
The youth Icon was chosen by the judges, in my opinion the youth should have been the one to select their icon. Most people I know dislike the feminine side of Ali Zafar. I do remember a time when women were crazy about him, but I doubt they ever wanted to ‘be’ him, or copy him for that matter. Ali Zafar admits openly that he is inspired by Kishore Kumar. How can one want to have his qualities, when he himself is a copy cat. Whatever happened to originality?
There is no set definition of a youth icon. However, a youth icon is similar to a role model. A role model, according to Robert Merton an American sociologist, is a person who serves as an example, and whose behaviour is emulated by others.
True role models are those who possess the qualities that we would like to have and those who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be better people.
The question is; does Ali Zafar inspire you to be a better person? When we search the internet, and look for youth icons in Pakistan the only name that comes up is that of Ali Zafar. He is a singer, model and an actor. And he won a new award which was introduced by Lux last year, that of a youth icon. In his acceptance speech he said, “It is humility that takes you forward, not clothes and style.” Under the circumstances I can’t get over the irony of it all.
I attempted to contact the sponsors of this event, Unilever Pakistan, in the hopes of finding out what the criterion for the award was, and who the other nominees were. After calling and talking to the operator a number of times my call was finally put through. Only, no one picked up my call. The operator said that I was being connected to the production department, but no one was there. That came as a bit of a shock to me, because a department does not consist of one person only and it is not possible that no one came to work. I knew that I wasn’t getting any answers from them.
I searched the internet and found out the names of the judges of the event. Yousaf Salahuddin was on the panel for the first three years. I managed to get his number from a friend. On calling him I found out that the youth icon was chosen by the judges and there weren’t any nominees. He was unable to give me more information as he had nothing to do with the judging process. He then gave me Freiha Altaf’s phone number. I called her, and she told me to call her in the evening. When I called her in the evening she gave me her PR managers’ phone number, Ali Chaudhry. I was told that he will answer all my questions. I called him and asked if he could tell me the basis on which Ali Zafar was given the award. I assumed that he will know, as Freiha Altaf represents Ali Zafar. Surprisingly, he had no idea why Ali Zafar got the award for youth icon. He asked me to send him my email address and phone number. He also told me that he will find out the criterion and send me the information as soon as possible. Call me pessimistic, but I doubt I am getting any information out of him.
Since I was getting no information from the organizers and sponsors of the event, I decided to search the internet. (Yet again)
Just to find out if anyone in Pakistan had ever carried out a survey to find out who the youth of our country looked up to. I came up with nothing. There were countless fan clubs and online communities for Shahrukh Khan, but none for Jahangir Khan.
I then looked at the list of winners of the Lux style awards, from 2004 onwards. The same people had been awarded, either in the same category or in another one. So to consider Ali Zafar a youth icon after this little discovery would be most unfair.
Rizwan Beyg
Achievement in design 10 + years: won in 2006 and 2007
Creative team at Nabila
Best hair and make-up: won in2004, 2006 and 2007
Deepak Parwani
Best menswear designer: won in 2004 and 2007
Karma
Best Pret wear designer: won 2007
Best designer women’s’ wear 2004
Ali Zafar
Best music Album/singer: won in 2004
Youth Icon: won in 2007
Other names that came up repeatedly were,
Syed Noor
Saima
Reema
The youth Icon was chosen by the judges, in my opinion the youth should have been the one to select their icon. Most people I know dislike the feminine side of Ali Zafar. I do remember a time when women were crazy about him, but I doubt they ever wanted to ‘be’ him, or copy him for that matter. Ali Zafar admits openly that he is inspired by Kishore Kumar. How can one want to have his qualities, when he himself is a copy cat. Whatever happened to originality?
Friday, April 25, 2008
I wish I studied at LUMS
It is sad, when someone dies. More so, when that person is young and it gets sadder when that person takes his own life. I did not know Hashir Munawer, although after reading about him I wish I did.
I found out about his death yesterday, when the official report was released. A few of my friends had joined a community on Facebook; In memory of Hashir Munawer. I googled his name and found out that a student in his final year, at LUMS, had committed suicide. This was the first time I had heard of a student committing suicide in Pakistan, really. Before this it only happened in movies in some other country. What I am trying to say is that it was never this real. So then I wanted to know the reason WHY. Why would a young man from LUMS, the ‘best’ University in Pakistan, decide that he did not want to live anymore? So I read a few more articles. All of them said that Hashir had not committed suicide because of his grades and he did not have any issues with his friends. He was an average student, who people loved. He was on probation and was an excellent volleyball player. No emphasis on the probation. Said in a matter of fact tone, there are many others on probation. Not all of them commit suicide. No one had mentioned the fact that he had been asked to leave the University and just that morning he had received his expulsion letter.
I don’t know why no one is bringing it up. Okay so LUMS is an amazing university and has the best teachers..whatever. They change their policies without informing the students, that’s an example of just how great they are. Also, the classes are so full that students don’t have chairs to sit on. Students don’t get to choose the courses, the courses choose them…based on their availability. I wish I studied in such a great university, where a fan and a table were more important then my life. Where stress was like oxygen. A university that received load of foreign aid, but they still sucked my parents blood for tuition fee. A university where the grade on my transcript would not change even if I took the course again. *sigh* A dream come true. I wish I studied at LUMS.
I found out about his death yesterday, when the official report was released. A few of my friends had joined a community on Facebook; In memory of Hashir Munawer. I googled his name and found out that a student in his final year, at LUMS, had committed suicide. This was the first time I had heard of a student committing suicide in Pakistan, really. Before this it only happened in movies in some other country. What I am trying to say is that it was never this real. So then I wanted to know the reason WHY. Why would a young man from LUMS, the ‘best’ University in Pakistan, decide that he did not want to live anymore? So I read a few more articles. All of them said that Hashir had not committed suicide because of his grades and he did not have any issues with his friends. He was an average student, who people loved. He was on probation and was an excellent volleyball player. No emphasis on the probation. Said in a matter of fact tone, there are many others on probation. Not all of them commit suicide. No one had mentioned the fact that he had been asked to leave the University and just that morning he had received his expulsion letter.
I don’t know why no one is bringing it up. Okay so LUMS is an amazing university and has the best teachers..whatever. They change their policies without informing the students, that’s an example of just how great they are. Also, the classes are so full that students don’t have chairs to sit on. Students don’t get to choose the courses, the courses choose them…based on their availability. I wish I studied in such a great university, where a fan and a table were more important then my life. Where stress was like oxygen. A university that received load of foreign aid, but they still sucked my parents blood for tuition fee. A university where the grade on my transcript would not change even if I took the course again. *sigh* A dream come true. I wish I studied at LUMS.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
love is blind?
I have friends who are in love, or claim to be at least. Then I have friends who say that they never forgot their ‘first love.’(Then turn and make out with their new boyfriend) It makes one wonder how many times have they have fallen in love. Don’t you fall in love only once? Isn’t that the general idea? I mean since we are learning all this from the tube, that’s what happens in movies. (Ignore Lollywood flicks, the Punjabi heroine or hero don’t really mind. very flexible people)
Love is blind? Have you ever fallen in love with your cook? Or a chaprasi? How come love at first sight is usually with this hot hunk and not your driver, who looks at you repeatedly in the rearview mirror? (I don’t have a driver, so don’t get any ideas)
When one falls in love you look at so many things. What the guy is wearing, what he drives, his accent (fake ones are such a turn off), his mobile phone, his wrist watch and the list goes on. The only way love can be blind is if the girl and guy are quiet literally blind. (Although I’ve heard that blind people also feel the face for any zits)
Then we see Jesse McCartney (or whatever his name is) singing ‘you and your beautiful soul.’ Have you seen the girl in the video? Why couldn’t he have taken a simpler looking model? Why this perfect little angel, who has this pepsodent smile, no zits and is a size -2?? Anyone would fall in love with her, I know guys who wouldn’t have given a shit if she was the spawn of Satan!!!
The heart just pumps blood to the entire body, so people who say you use your heart while making decisions are probably telling you that you need to start using your brain! And that the decisions you make SUCK! Because the heart can’t possibly think for you! (daffer) and no the heart we draw looks nothing like the real heart because that is pretty ugly! And now I must end this. I am sure most of you, who are in love are feeling sorry for me. You probably think that I have been hurt in love. That the guy I loved and trusted broke my heart and that I’m bitter because of that. (Psssst… BULL SHIT) what you are probably mistaking for love is your hormones jumping off walls. Let them settle down and see how fast ‘love’ wears off.
And then they say love is blind?*snorts* its as blind as a hawk!
Love is blind? Have you ever fallen in love with your cook? Or a chaprasi? How come love at first sight is usually with this hot hunk and not your driver, who looks at you repeatedly in the rearview mirror? (I don’t have a driver, so don’t get any ideas)
When one falls in love you look at so many things. What the guy is wearing, what he drives, his accent (fake ones are such a turn off), his mobile phone, his wrist watch and the list goes on. The only way love can be blind is if the girl and guy are quiet literally blind. (Although I’ve heard that blind people also feel the face for any zits)
Then we see Jesse McCartney (or whatever his name is) singing ‘you and your beautiful soul.’ Have you seen the girl in the video? Why couldn’t he have taken a simpler looking model? Why this perfect little angel, who has this pepsodent smile, no zits and is a size -2?? Anyone would fall in love with her, I know guys who wouldn’t have given a shit if she was the spawn of Satan!!!
The heart just pumps blood to the entire body, so people who say you use your heart while making decisions are probably telling you that you need to start using your brain! And that the decisions you make SUCK! Because the heart can’t possibly think for you! (daffer) and no the heart we draw looks nothing like the real heart because that is pretty ugly! And now I must end this. I am sure most of you, who are in love are feeling sorry for me. You probably think that I have been hurt in love. That the guy I loved and trusted broke my heart and that I’m bitter because of that. (Psssst… BULL SHIT) what you are probably mistaking for love is your hormones jumping off walls. Let them settle down and see how fast ‘love’ wears off.
And then they say love is blind?*snorts* its as blind as a hawk!
Pakistani Polictics
Pakistani Politics
I stay at home all day. I eat, sleep, laze around and then sleep some more. I am not really interested in what happens in Pakistan, as far as the political scene goes. As long as I'm getting three meals a day, I don’t complain. I belong to one of those families who speak out against atrocities and actually care who the president is. They go to protests and make huge banners to express what they feel
When, Nawaz Sharif was sent back my mother, cried. She cursed Musharraf and his policies. My 'sisters' were outraged when they heard that Benazir was coming back. When the emergency was imposed they wrote articles against it and distributed them knowing that they could get arrested.
I, on the other hand, did not move a muscle. In fact, I slept more because everyone was busy doing their own thing. I am glad no one even expects me to do anything. Maybe it’s because I can't speak. What do I think of the President? I don’t really mind him; he has not done anything to me personally.
I am good at one thing though, my sisters’ children are terrified of me. Their mother tells them that if they don’t eat then Uncle Sam will eat them. It does the trick all the time, and they stuff their mouth with whatever is left on the plate. I would rather have them leave the food, I could have gotten the leftovers but I am obese as it is.
The woman who calls herself my mother is nasty. She kicks me when she thinks no one is looking. Yesterday, she had a fight with her boyfriend and she was so angry that she tried choking me (wishing that I am him I suppose). I yelped and everyone came running, she lied of course, said she had accidentally stepped on my foot. How I wanted to bite her, but I knew they would throw me on the streets if I did.
If ever, I venture out on the streets the neighborhood kids throw rocks at me. Maybe because I look different and cant defend myself with words. The other day some neighborhood dogs attacked me, I haven’t left the house since.
The reasons why I am not interested in Pakistani politics:
I am more concerned about day to day survival
I am a dog.
I stay at home all day. I eat, sleep, laze around and then sleep some more. I am not really interested in what happens in Pakistan, as far as the political scene goes. As long as I'm getting three meals a day, I don’t complain. I belong to one of those families who speak out against atrocities and actually care who the president is. They go to protests and make huge banners to express what they feel
When, Nawaz Sharif was sent back my mother, cried. She cursed Musharraf and his policies. My 'sisters' were outraged when they heard that Benazir was coming back. When the emergency was imposed they wrote articles against it and distributed them knowing that they could get arrested.
I, on the other hand, did not move a muscle. In fact, I slept more because everyone was busy doing their own thing. I am glad no one even expects me to do anything. Maybe it’s because I can't speak. What do I think of the President? I don’t really mind him; he has not done anything to me personally.
I am good at one thing though, my sisters’ children are terrified of me. Their mother tells them that if they don’t eat then Uncle Sam will eat them. It does the trick all the time, and they stuff their mouth with whatever is left on the plate. I would rather have them leave the food, I could have gotten the leftovers but I am obese as it is.
The woman who calls herself my mother is nasty. She kicks me when she thinks no one is looking. Yesterday, she had a fight with her boyfriend and she was so angry that she tried choking me (wishing that I am him I suppose). I yelped and everyone came running, she lied of course, said she had accidentally stepped on my foot. How I wanted to bite her, but I knew they would throw me on the streets if I did.
If ever, I venture out on the streets the neighborhood kids throw rocks at me. Maybe because I look different and cant defend myself with words. The other day some neighborhood dogs attacked me, I haven’t left the house since.
The reasons why I am not interested in Pakistani politics:
I am more concerned about day to day survival
I am a dog.
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