and I've been tagged by abeeerrr again...

:D

Buying clothes:

1.Do you look at country of manufacture or quality of manufacture?
No, I dont look at the country. Most of the stuff is made in sweathops in Asian or Eastern European countries by underpaid labour. So, whereever it is made, exploitation remains the same across borders.

2.Do you make sure they are natural fabrics?
I prefer Khakis, Denim, Lycra. It doesn't make any difference to me whether fabrics are natural or not.

Generals:

3.Sunglasses, fashion or protection?
Not into sunglasses. I love the scorching heat. But if I wear them, they'll be for fashion.

4.If you were a dog, would you bark or bite?
I tend to ignore. I wont bark or bite, I'd just move on.

5.Do you turn your cellphone off before going to sleep?
Never. I rarely sleep. Living the chaotic 24/7 life.

6.You came home from out and have an hour to go before going out to meet a friend,what is the most probable thing which you’ll do in that hour?
I'll talk to mom. Recharge myself and my stuff.

7.What’s you favourite state of chocolate, liquid or solid?
Solid.

8.What would you choose..A noticeable pay hike or noticeable improvement in work environment?
Noticeable pay hike. Improvement in workplace environment is just another *management gimmik*. Improvement in environment cant change *people*, their attitudes, and blah blah blah, so its useless. The type of homosapiens will remain the same. I'll work whatever the conditions and I'll get the work done. No Excuses.

9.What do you enjoy more.. Staying indoors with friends talking meaningfully or hanging around with friends outdoors?
Both. Depends upon my mood. Meaningful talk can always take place outdoors.

10. If all the music artists come to a deliberate agreement to perform their last concert on the same day,whose concert will you attend?
Well, if Mozart can be brought back to life, then it'll be Mozart. Else the London Philiharmonic Orchestra or Guns N Roses.

and abeeeerrr has tagged meee...

Today

height: 5'5"
color: Fair
piercing: None
tattoos: none...though 2 broad stripes on my wrists are occasional

Right Now
Time: 1151 PST
Mood: So So. Have to do a lot of work in the next 2 weeks. And mood swings can screw things up badly.
taste: chicken patties
the weather: bearable
bad habit: anger.....getting emotional about petty issues....depression
current crush: not interested
biggest regret: none
Perfume(s): cK1
Thing I want to do: go to Pakistan Chowk, for printing purposes.

Favourite

TV show: Mythbusters, CSI:Miami, Mtv Classics
book: The Human Blueprint, No LOGO, Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab
non alcoholic drink: Coca Cola, COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE
milk drink: condensed milk
brand: Coke, adidas, UN
color: blue
emblem: section2
perfume: davidoff cool water
designer: Christian Dior
Chocolate: Toblerone, Bounty

Have I Ever

broken the law: many times
misused credit card: never
skipped school: many many times
fell asleep in the shower/bath: impossible
had children: No
been in love: never
been hurt: most of the time

Random

have a job: Yes. Teaching "n" hours a week
My CD player has what in it right now: I dont have a CD player, I have an iPod and its playing "Kenny Loggins - Footloose"
if I were a crayon, the color? electric blue
what makes me happy? when I attain self-actualization :p

When/What Was the Last

I got a real letter: from Bank Al-Falah, Credit Card statement
got an email: Dawn Internet News Alert
thing I purchased: The Venture Imperative; Its about venture capital firms
TV program I watched: World News Asia - CNN
movie I saw in the theaters: Mission Impossible 3, all alone in the theater with a friend.
Hugged: cant remember
Place I was: in the cafeteria having tea, tropicana and Tuc by LU.
song heard: Vital Signs - O Meri Raat Ke Pehle Sapneyphone call: Baba Black Sheep.
was depressed: last night

What Comes to Mind When I Hear

car: Alfa Romeo
murder: murder she wrote
cell: free txts, and 1gb of memory
fun: Absolut
shoe: nike classicsc
rush: its stupid
music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartlove: bullshit
chalk: 5th grade math class

I Tag; potential

1406 PST, 22nd October 2006. Just finished up GK class, whch went pretty good. Enjoyed it today, as I felt this sense of accomplishment, when my students were acting smart, and knew stuff ranging from the DPRK Nuclear Crisis to Mt.Aconcagua.

21st October 2006 was pretty stressful and tiring, school and then had to do a lot of shopping for *home*. From buying Oven, getting charcoal grey frosted glass for windows, to getting graves whitewashed. And all of the time continuosly thinking about how microcredit and venture capital can be linked together to make this world a better place for the not so lucky 3 bn people. And most of the time lucy was giving me company. Went for shopping, and got Kartography, and am kinda addicted to it for the time being, its probably the first fiction book I'm reading and loving it. But because of Kartography, I cant focus on Sceptical Essays by Bertrand Russel. The rest of the day was blah blah, but very very stressful.

The haves and have-nots of my lovely city were all out shopping for eid, bringing to life the city of lights. Yesterday I could say with pride that my city never sleeps, just like me.The eid is for the have-nots it is that time of the year, when they're happy and forget about the worries of life, not like most of the haves, who're just whining and complaining all the time, and are never happy with anything.

1427 PST, and I have to make a GK test and have to do a lot of other writing stuff as well. Have to write an essay on "Do Economic Growth & Environmental Conservation" for the ADB, write something on the development of microfinance in Pakistan, create a microcredit-venture capital model, and decide on what to do for Company Law. It'll probably be something intellectual rights or insider trading.

And strangely I am not depressed or anything crazy like that, probably because of the workload, and I hope it remains this way.

Enough of "The Ammar Show" now.

19th October, 1341 PST, at Anees Hussain N.Nazimabad campus, starting up GK class in 15 the day's been kinda so so, probably this month is a bit screwed up, totally screwed up mood since the morning, and attention lapse in Development Economics class.

I've been labelled as proud, arrogant, blah blah blah. Even a mentor of mine has labelled me as a *touch-me-not* commodity. Should I be happy about it or sad, I have no clue whatsoever.

Had an interview today, and it was just OK, the interviewee was my rival in the elections (details regarding the elections later), and I am quite sure that he wont select me for the post and some other loser with credentials and track-record not even comparable to mine will get the post, Its sad that even after having extraordinary credentials and a kickass record specially on the dramatics front, I am not confident about getting the post.

1348 PST, Lucy and butterfly making sure phoenix rises again ASAP, and thy're being successful at it. Thank You. :)

1356 PST, have to start up class and try to be happy.

Its 0228 PST and I am staring at a 14" TFT screen like a crazy insomniac who hasn't slept since the second world war. My laptop is totally screwed, the DVD/RW and WiFi not working which is a serious concern as I have to do a lot of work on it in the coming weeks, and if I want to claim a warranty I'll have to wait for 45 days, which is irritating. Currently am operating 3 laptops simuntaneously, my iPod has refused to work and is almost dead, and I'm also playing with my cell phone communicating with system for whom I've just finished a *design* job.

Its 0235 PST now, and my iPod has started working, and I'm losing control of my mind, and the crazy fits of depression that I get almost everyday are haunting me again. This depression is killing me, slowly and steadily, because of which my productivity level has decreased and have been acting like a fool lately, although not in public but whenever I'm alone or under pressure. The reason for this depression is just tooo vague and even I cant figure it out exactly.

No one's putting any pressure on me, but I'm taking undue pressure, I am allowing myself to be influenced by petty stuff, at which I used to laugh at not long ago. The pressure is immense and phoenix will rise again, probably in a couple of hours. With special thanks to the support group.

In around 10 hours I have an interview for the posts of Social Events Manager or Dramatics Manager at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. I'm dead sure that I'll ace the interview and have no worries nor am I afraid of anything except myself. I just might get a bit overconfident, start acting like superman and eventually screw everything up.

18th October 2006, had been a pretty good day, its been my Amma's birthday, the only person in the world whom I am absolutely dependent on and cant live without. Someone whom I can always trust no matter what.

Went for Iftar at a hot shot hotel, hated the food, and the way people were wasting money, it is sad that when half the population of this world cant afford to have 2 meals a day, we're simply wasting money, ignoring the harsh realities of the world, and how other unfortunate human beings like us are living their lives. It kinda reminds me of Marie Antoinette.

People are dying, resorting to cannibalism and we're acting like inconsiderate fools.

Optimistic blogs coming soon.....

Testing. Publish.