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In my travels around this world, I have come across some cities with really funny names for areas, and even themselves and their towns. For example I have had the unfortunate pleasure of witnessing a town called, Shamrock in Texas because of the single structure in it, the diamond shamrock gas station. However Karachi or…
The third edition of The Laidback Show – UpShorts, by Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi. Enjoy the discussion but would love some feedback on how we can improve this casual discussion podcast Show Notes after the jump Cricket debacle, Champions trophy ‘09, Pak vs New zeland semi final, India’s badua Meeting FQ, his down to…
Hello Hello! I’ve been on a bit of a sabbatical lately, partially cause inspiration hasn’t struck recently… but mostly because winter-weddings have been taking up most of my time! I mean we’re talking 8-10 weddings a week – and you’re expected to be at all three weddings on the same night- this includes eating greasy…
FROM DAWN “An award winning American magazine Foreign Policy, has chosen Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal as second among the three best mayors in the world for the year 2008. The magazine has included the names of Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit and Wang Hongju, Mayor of Chongqing as the other mayors of the moment, said…
Two figures walk in the dark night. The crunch of gravel defies the heavy stillness in the monsoon air. Crawling creepers outline vacant garages, their open doors resonate the echo of crickets in the lush surroundings.. The walls continue, on and on, the empty pitch black panels make them like gaping toothy smiles on the…
The only fact in this book – is that General Zia’s plane took off , and crashed four minutes later. The rest is a delightful tale of fiction, with a humourous version of zia’s character, of the mangoes in the plane…the imagery is delightful, the author has painted many a vivid picture of army life…the…
An interesting quote from Iqbal… I dont know the exact words – but it basically said.. The heart is best, when often controlled by the faculty of the mind… But there are times when the heart should be left to its own devices…. This was based on the theme of love/hate in Shakespearean tragedy.. Only…
Today’s Review is plastered with stories about being single, unmarried and…*gasp*… HAPPY!!! I almost cried at the fact that people are finally realising that you dont need to be married or seeing anyone to be happy… The two things that struck me most in the different articles were… 1. When comparing marriage to eternal bliss,…
In Pakistan, giving people bouquets of flowers and mithaiee or chocolates, is the norm for any celebratory event.. But did you think about bouquets of FRUIT?!!!! Check out Edible Arrangements The concept is so funky. Everything from chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate bananas to pineapple flowers and melon leaves and cherries on a stick! They…