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Posted by anas on Oct 8, 2009 in London Diary | 34 commentsI have sprung out of the depressive mode that I was in yesterday with some resolutions to help myself and make my life a bit purposeful. The reason for my last post was perhaps the emptiness I [always] feel whenever free from academic responsibilities. The other reason was probably my 23rd birthday, and the feeling of getting old and having nothing great on my plate of achievements. Some may contradict that, but it is obviously more important what I feel for myself rather than what people may think of me. Thirdly, it was a routine (scheduled) task of self-check to analyse my one-year performance. And finally, and importantly, on such occasions I miss my family and close friends who have always made the day special for me.
Back to normal, I have list of things to do in my spare time and I had a look at it again today. I have radically modified it and some of my huge shower plans (the plans I make while showering) have been shelved in favour of more realistic and important aims. Lets see how it goes, but I hope of achieving something in these 2 months.
The past week I have been tinkering with digital photography. A couple of pics are shown here, and more will be added soon to my flickr stream. I need to learn a lot to be good in this field and I am already finding faults with my work. This is another of my problem. I really want to excel in any thing that I do (that’s not the problem though) – but if for some reason I believe that I can’t reach the highs I will not even venture in the field – and this is bad.
The two pics are both a reminder of a wonderful time I had at Imperial College 
Finally, I will be working on a wordpress personal blog theme from scratch next week. Any input about what a theme should or shouldn’t have will be appreciated.
Time for me to leave – and finish off my chocolate fudge cake!
Happy birthday, dude!
In my opinion, digital photography is perfect for learning the general ideas of photography. Why? Because you can keep on taking pictures and view them instantly (and delete the ones you don’t like and try again and again and again and again… until you are satisfied).
WordPress themes are fun! (That is, until you get frustrated by a CSS bug in IE6 *pukes*). But anyway, on the technical side of things, you might want to consider what parts of the WordPress Template hierarchy you wish to support (like, e.g., the Attachments). Further, you may want to support widgets in your theme. (I never do, because I mainly make WordPress themes for personal use, and break many WordPress conventions in the process.) Do search for a plugin first if you intend to do something out of the WordPress core — chances will be that what you want is already out there developed by someone else. On the design/usability side, you have to make choices like displaying the blogroll on every page or dedicating a separate page for it, what goes and does not go into the sidebar (please, for God’s sake, don’t push a calendar into your design), the way you want to display the archives, the “look and feel” of your whole design (colors, typography, all that jazz)…
As I said, WordPress themes are fun!
thanks mate
and where r U? LOST!
yep u had ur birthday on the day of earthquake or rather it was earthqauake on ur birthday….what ever ….sorry dude forgot ur birthday so belated happy birthday
Best of luck with ur plans and i hope u do 100% in them
thanks bro
ok so you are basically 28 days younger than me…you can call me pinky aapi..
and you are eating the cake ALONE?! may you get a headache in your stomach
oh so now we know ur age
and no thanks..ive enough sisters
I want chocolate fudge cake!
first BB, now cake?
Why so serious? Enjoy ker na… aik to cake kha raha hey aur oper sey nakhray b
serious cuz cake khatem horaha tha
Tu yeh cake khatam honay ka ghusa hey
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happy birthday dost… enjoy it while it lasts… dont think about OLD age …u r only 23…
Sitaaron say aagay jahan aur bhee hain…
Abhee ishq kay imtehan… aur bhee hain…
do u give motivational seminars?
Oh, I am late. But still, Happy birthday!
thanks
oops! sorry bro…happy birthday! aur akeley akeley cake kha lia!!!!?
thanks…nai akele to nai khaya
oooofffff KILLER pic @ DSC_0608_e1.jpg
which place is this?
thank u
thats wormwood scrubs….jahan per i sit down to think
Dude! You are almost the same age as me!!! What the heck!!!
dude thats such a gay comment from u! guys dont do that!
It came as a surprise… I thought you were younger.
I thought I ‘d get to your level, I heard you are very insecure about your gayness!
I know I will get no cake on my birthday .
Happy birthday anyways.
Late but yeah.
And you’re 5 years and a few days older than me! Haha this increases my list of October borns. It keeps on growing and growing.
ohh too young
and thanks
Happy Birthday! mA you’ve achieved a lot! be happy
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P.S. you’re just 18 days older than me… lol
thanks…for a minute or so I thought y on earth wud u mention mA (milliAmps) here!
mA (miliamperes) …. lol…u deserve this two month break.
wasay mA ?????
masha-Allah (i think)
oye! happy belated birthday! ab tak to fudgy chocolaty potty bhee kar chakay hogay! muahahahaha
“if for some reason I believe that I can’t reach the highs I will not even venture in the field”
Is that why you’re not getting married?!
potty k ilawa kch aur bhi soch lia kar!!
and im ignoring the second part
Hmmm…not that young, are you?
kyun..tu kya chah raha tha ?
Happy belated birthday Anus. May you have many……..fudge cakes