..of this and that
Posted by anas on Jul 19, 2009 in Life | 11 commentsThis is yet another random post of things that are just crossing my mind right now. I’m consumed in preparing for a theory test for my driving license on Monday. Its sooo stupid! Some questions are silly. Take this for example:
You are driving a car and some driver cuts harshly infront of you. What will you do?
A) Sound your horn
B) Accelerate and curse the driver
C) Stay calm
D) Show a hand gesture
Obviously the answer is C. But I’d rather do everything else than C 
Also I’ve to learn hundreds of traffic signs which are in use in this country, even for trams despite them not being in this region. And then there is this hazard perception test – which is actually good – where you are shown video clips and you have to identify hazards before they develop into danger. The early you sight them, the more points you get. A can of red bull before the test is a certainty 
Elsewhere I’ve had a lazy project week. Got some EEG data of epilepsy patients to work on. The data looks like rubbish. Seriously! Have a look at one of them:
I’m loving N97 and Nokia in general. They have made Ovi Files free which makes all my files on computer accessible via phone. Syncing via the new Ovi Suite is very cool too. N97 is really the step in the direction of future mobile computing. With the likes of iPhone, N97 and some others some people wonder what is to come next? Well, a lot more can come. What I’d like to see is an inherent USB connector on phone which can be just pulled from inside and connected to the USB port of computer rather than having a USB connector cable I know its gonna take valuable space on phone but maybe if we can reduce the size of USB ports on computer that won’t be an issue? Why have separate cables! This is one thing I dream of seeing in phones 
Jumping to Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif is acquitted of plane hijacking case. So now the CJ thinks hijacking can be forgiven – for the sake of democracy. He should’ve rather been hanged. The suspicions of Sharif’s investments in the lawyers movement have grown exponentially and ofcourse the truth will never come out. One of noon-leaguer was arguing that how can someone hack a plane from sitting outside, the hijacker needs to be in the plan…i think it was Hanif Abbasi (former Jamati who couldn’t stand that JI was boycotting elections and suddenly changed his Quaid from Qazi to Sharif). Well, in literal terms, that’s true. But then you can never blame the PM/President for anything. They don’t do it themselves – they always get someone to do it for them!! I was never a fan of CJ, but the way he was restored, I thought to myself that I was wrong about him – but now I’m forced to revert to my original thoughts.
Credit card fraud by an MPA in Pakistan has captured some space in news and despite the CCTVs recording the event, the lady is adamant and claiming a conspiracy is being hatched against her! And also got a pre-arrest bail from the court. What a great system of justice! This incident brings up two thoughts:
1) Why are credit cards so insecure? I mean, anyone can take my card and shop with it! Why aren’t there PINs associated with them? Even better idea that comes to my mind is fingerprint recognition on card readers – don’t tell me its hard to implement. Seriously, credit card security needs a complete rethink.
2) How on earth can she deny those charges? And why is she not in jail yet?
And finally, some cricket. Ashes is going in full flow and Aussies are set to lose the second test. Pak threw away two games against Sri Lankans. And why does Misbah even play in the team? Also I don’t think Fawad Alam can be a permanent opener. Shoaib Malik doesn’t deserve a test place. He doesn’t even bowl, not that he should. So why not have a pro batsmen instead? I won’t be too harsh though, the team needs time. And besides, we’re the champs 
LOL @ the driving test question
. I dont exactly remember but when I took the test, there were questions like “if the signals are out, will you obey the traffic constable” 
Does Red Bull work for you? Not for me :S
Nice random stuff
I’d go with coffee before the test though!
Um, CJ kay ooper people are real quick to put blame on, especially since he got restored..! I mean, when nobody knows what really happened..and who was responsible in the whole hijacking saga, how can we completely be sure that Nawaz should have been HANGED for it..!!!
Im certainly not saying he’s innocent
But there should be CONCRETE evidence that he’s…not!
A PM tried to remove the army chief (which he can only if the COAS is in the country) and while having one chief in air, he quickly decorated someone else (just like having two Chief Justices recently). And all that happened without the ceremony that takes place to honour the outgoing COAS. To avoid the sitting COAS reach while he was appointing a new one, the PM ordered the plane to stay in air or land somewhere else endangering the lives of all people onboard including the Army Chief. That’s what the news reported and that is what no involved party denies. What else do we want to know? Ofcourse, if we’re to believe the conspiracy theories then there are people who can completely exonerate the likes of Altaf Hussain!
Oh and I went with coffee – had red bull as a backup too!
Nobody is denying that he did wrong. But hanging seems to be rather a harsh consequence…considering (and this is important) WHAT the innocent chief-in-the-air DID. If person A trashed the law.. (no conspiracy, I’m just talking about the facts surrounding this decision — which we’re not completely aware of).. then person B didn’t do much better.
Point simply is… that if Nawaz isn’t being “dealt with harshly enough” for “breaking the law”..so ISN’T the person who was involved in the above mentioned trashed law… the person who was directly being affected. Jub dono hee araam say bethay hain.. so justice isn’t being served on BOTH sides.. and basically, the true stories aren’t known. If you really wanna go with what the media tells you…then it’s also reported Mustafa Kamal’s statements keh “baarish hee itni ziada hogayee…hum kia kartay” kinda bakwas. Would you exonerate him?
I dun think so (at least if I think you have even 2% intelligence:P)..
HANGING is my verdict – and i don’t really mean killing him
Anyway, if person B didn’t do much better then A, that doesn’t exonerate person A (nor B).
If the other party isn’t being dealt (the affectee), then again that doesn’t mean Nawaz is clean – and then why isn’t that person being dealt with the law? Why hasn’t anyone gone to the court against him? Nawaz was taken to the court, at least.
See you have to go what the media tells you – if not then who will believe the ‘sad stories’ of Iftikhar Chaudhry. I mean, you cannot agree with media for some news and not for others. BTW, I’d exonerate Mustafa Kamal for that rain statement….I remember when it snowed here, after few years, the whole rail network and road network were jammed for 2 days – and the mayor said the same thing! So on that scale, I will give the benefit of the doubt
u seem quite active these days….lagta ha redbull/coffee ka asar ha.
lol, i guess most pakistanis would do A, B and D all at the same time and would think doing C would be completely insane
as for Nawaz Sharif case, dude, it doesnt even matter any more. If everything goes in ur favor, adlia azad hai…if not, ek aamir hai jis ney adlia ko qaid ker rakha hai. as for all those who think nawaz sharif is really sharif, then i think they dont know wat a politicians means…at least in Pakistani terms.
@MAK: nai yaar…ive reduced caffeine..will increase it soon though
@Leena: true
Crazy man. Why in heaven’s name would you want to stay calm when you CAN accelerate, give a tight qism ki gaali as well as a hand gesture and sound your horn? oh right, you’re in england so you can’t. that sucks.
i thought the way the CJ was restored was a reason to think ill of him. The man owes too many people too much. there’s no way he could possibly be fair. Added to the fact that after reading up on the almost sale of steel mills i’ve begun to think of him as an idiot as well as an opportunist.