Its getting hot in South Asia!

Posted by anas on Nov 30, 2008 in Pakistan | 19 comments Blaming Pakistan, directly or indirectly, for the terrorist attacks in India is nothing new and not something to become a cause of concern. Similarly, blames have been directed from Islamabad for the unrest in Pakistan, and it is as banal as waking up in the morning. The major contributor this time in the escalation of tensions is the Indian media and the government of Pakistan, to an...
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I Need Divine Help!

Posted by anas on Nov 25, 2008 in London Diary | 18 comments I always anticipated a situation like this before embarking on this masters course, but not so soon. I have already complained about lack of time because of the design and implementation of certain filters. But last week I got a cherry on top of my world of problems. The cherry is so heavy that everything below it crashed (whatever that means!). But yeah, that cherry is a new coursework of...
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Blog Gender Analyzer

Posted by anas on Nov 22, 2008 in Uncategorized | 32 comments I found this link from Tazeen’s blog of an analyzer that determines whether a certain blog is written by a man or a woman. So, I keyed in my blog address and out came the result: We think http://blog.anasimtiaz.com is written by a man (88%). I found it quite amusing and interesting, and so I decided to test it further with certain other links from my blogroll, and here are the results. The...
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Sleep Or Not?

Posted by anas on Nov 21, 2008 in Life | 12 comments How often does it happen that you feel sleepy, eyes closing every minute and you know you can’t do anything in this state of mind but you still don’t WANT to sleep? This is my current state right now. 1:23 AM, I can’t hear a single sound, not even clocks (I don’t keep clocks in my room, I hate their sound in the night). It is like a strong battle between heart and mind or...
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What Am I Doing?

Posted by anas on Nov 19, 2008 in London Diary | 11 comments It seems like everyone is spending quite a lot of time online these days, especially my blogging friends. I just checked out some of the regular blogs that I visit and almost all of them are abuzz with activity: regular posts and a high number of comments associated with them. And what the hell am I doing? Oh, I’m busy trying to make a decision at 1 a.m. on a Tuesday night. I’m trying...
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