Ravings: November 2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

I am having some really terrible nightmares these days. Don't know when will they end but i
hope they better end soon otherwise i will be seriously thinking about not sleeping at
nights. I mean its no fun when every night you go to sleep and you either see some scary
zombies, major earthquakes destroying everything around you and also some damn UFO's bombing the shit out of the human race (and the list goes on).
Its been over a week now but hopefully GOD will have some mercy on me and these nightmares will end soon, till than i'll have to work through them. Sigh!

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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Although she looks sort of bubbly some times, but she is damn too hot!

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Friday, November 25, 2005

Finally White Ninja is back!

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Thursday, November 24, 2005

2nd Test match drawn. "Holly Shit", this mean England now can only level the series. (I wish they do)!

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

THAT SCENE

the best scene ever

"
Ricky Fitts : It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.

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From one of my all time favorite movie "American Beauty"!

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

"Most people love you for who you pretend to be... to keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretense... It's so true, we're locked in an image, an act. And the sad thing is, people get so used to their image; they grow attached to their masks; they love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it. They feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession."
-Jim Morrison

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Saturday, November 19, 2005

2nd test is starting tomorrow in Faisalabad. Hopefully England will pull out a win with all the troubles they are having.
* Hopefully Michael Vaughan will be playing tomorrow.

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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Waqar got married, just came from his 'waleema'. Did i ever mention how good it feels to meet most of your school and college friends. You just can't put that feeling into words. And then sitting with them talking about our other class mates, i get to know that most of these dudes are now out of the country. "Lucky Bastards". Most of them are in UK, while others are in US, South Africa and Dubai.
Sigh, waqar is now a married man and well fly back to England next month. I think i am the only one left among my friends to be still safe. Wishing you a very happy married life waqar and may GOD guides you throughout with the very best of luck till the end.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005

kayi dinon ke baad, koi khwaab nazar aaya hai
- the best way to get over an old crush is to find someone new.A friend told me this years ago, in a whispered conversation during a very boring class at college, and its just so true ;)
my night is colored headache grey - the line from an rem song that kept repeating in my head tuesday night, while i tossed and turned, and prayed for sleep, death, sleeping pills, pain relief, anything.
'you need therapy' - m's take on my life after i told him just one of the countless reasons why i can never be happy.
sometimes random thoughts make the most sense.

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Friday, November 04, 2005

To all my Muslim friends around the world I wish you and your loved ones Eid Mubarik.

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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Quake orphans sold into sex trade
Daily Times Monitor
Girls and boys orphaned by the October 8 earthquake are being targeted by gangs intent on turning them into prostitutes or street beggars, says a report in The Sunday Times.
Dean Nelson of the British newspaper traces the story of six-year-old Aisha, whose parents died in the quake. He reports that the woman who now takes care of her is a prostitute named Kausar who bought her from relatives for Rs 50,000. The Pakistani government has placed armed guards at all hospitals and ordered that no child is released to anyone until proof of kinship has been verified.
A complete ban on adoption was announced after hospitals and emergency shelters were besieged by people offering to take Kashmiri orphans. Staff at the PIMS hospital in Islamabad say a number of people posing as relatives were caught trying to abduct children.
But according to Manan Rana, a child protection officer working for UNICEF in Muzaffarabad, local government in Kashmir has collapsed and officials are unable to provide protection. After her home in a village called Arja was wrecked, Aisha was taken to her grandmother’s house in the nearby city of Bagh. Kausar, who claims the little girl is a distant relative, heard about her plight from family members.
“Her grandmother was too old to look after the girl. I went to Bagh on October 12 and I got her very cheap. A pimp from Lahore might have paid Rs 100,000,” she said.
“I will provide a good education for her. I would not like her to be a cheap, third-class prostitute. I do care about the girl. I will take good care of her, and then reap the benefit. I’m providing for her protection and I don’t care what Allah thinks.”
Kausar said she was earning about Rs 20,000 a month from prostitution, but could earn thousands more from Aisha. She will sell the girl’s virginity to the highest bidder when she reaches puberty and expects to get up to Rs 200,000 for that alone. “She could start work as soon as she has her first period,” Kausar said.
If Aisha refuses to work as a prostitute, she will be sold to a pimp, Kausar said. She may sell Aisha sooner if she is offered Rs 100,000, but she would not pass her on to whites or non-Muslims, she said, and she would not consider any intervention by The Sunday Times.
“After being interviewed, Kausar vanished into Islamabad’s vice world, taking Aisha’s future with her,” says the writer. Other children are being sold for adoption by their parents in acts of desperation prompted by the destruction of homes and livelihoods, the paper reports. The family of Summaya, 7, managed to escape the destruction of their house in Muzaffarabad, but her parents now plan to sell her for adoption so that they can buy a new one.
Her mother, Rafia, 38, said they were hoping a good family would pay Rs 250,000 for her and would allow them to visit her.
“My husband is a daily wage labourer and he’s been selling blood for Rs 400 a pint,” said Rafia. “If our problems are resolved, we will not sell the girl. I love her. I know another family will never be able to give the love a real mother can, but we have to compromise.”
Mohammad Hassan Mangi, director of Pakistan’s National Commission for Child Welfare and Development, said the government had set aside funds to make sure every family affected could rebuild their home. He asked to be put in contact with Summaya’s family.
“The government is giving $10,000 (about Rs 56,500) compensation for each person killed in the quake. If this woman is affected, she will definitely get a home,” he said.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C10%5C24%5Cstory_24-10-2005_pg7_9

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