Sleepin in the Bus

Have you ever fallen asleep in a Bus. It seems so odd. Apart from the noise, the pollution & the uncomfortable seat, there is always the feeling of insecurity, of strangeness, of sleeping in a foreign place.A few days ago, I travelled in a UTS series bus. It was very much crowded and I had to stand at the back of the bus during the whole trip. Since I had nothing to do, I started looking over at the other passengers.The AC was on & the weather inside was quite good. I noticed the most unusual thing. I have seen people sleep in buses but this was a sight to see.Almost 70% of the people sitting on the seats were asleep.That is about 15 people.and you wouldn't believe how mad one of the passengers got when the conductor asked for his ticket. It was as if he was there to sleep. I couldn't stop smiling the whole trip seeing those people sleep so soundly, falling here and there, waking for a brief moment then going back to sleep after adjusting themselves. It really amused me.and the interesting thing is that I started yawning but before I could get a seat, my stop came. I never have slept in a bus.How about you ?

Another Chain

I know this is getting kinda weird, but believe me not all my posts are going to be answers to the different chains floating in Blogistan. I will inshaAllah post something different. Anyways, I got tagged by VL [ I think ].

Total number of books owned, ever:
I really don't know, maybe over a hundred.

Last book I bought:
Beginning Java 2 by Ivor Horton.

Last book I read:
Blogging for dummies geniuses by G3nu1n3, H., VL :). Well not exactly, last book I read would be Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix. I am a only-buy-a-book-when-you-dont-find-it-online kinda guy. So I do most of my reading on the PC & last eBook I read was The Partner by John Grisham & it was a great book.

Five books which mean a lot to me:

The Holy Quran:

Do I need to give a reason ?

Qasus-ul-Anbia

I haven't read this book but I have heard much about it, & have heard many stories from it from my friends. It contains stories of different Prophets.

Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:

I wasn't much of a HP fan and was ignorant of Harry's world, It was not until I saw the first movie that I got curious and got the books and now I'm a die hard HP fan. One thing I noticed is that in Harry's world you can call a girl a witch and she won't get mad, rather feel proud on being called a witch :). Waiting anxiously for the sixth episode which is coming out on 16 July.

LOTR 1, 2, 3

I saw the movie first and it was so good, I had to read the books.

The Da Vinci Code

Great book, a must read for everyone.This book made me read all of Dan Brown's work & all of it is great.

Recommend a book/author[one of my own]:

J.K Rowling, Dan Brown, John Grisham

I tag G3nu1n3, Pseudo Genius, Aay Deeand everyone else who read this post.
And here's a special offer for my Blogistan friends, if you need an ebook(academic, fiction etc), just tell me & I'll try and find it for you

HOT HOT HOT

Its boiling here in Karachi.I don't know what to blame it on, my deeds or global warming. It is so hot today. Add the weather to a 10 min walk to the stop plus a 1 hour ride in the bus & you'll get the idea. I'm so much praying and hoping that it would rain. It has been so long since it rained heavily in Karachi. And I just love the smell of mitti when it rains.
God I hope it rains.

Why Blog ?

Why do I blog ? Why should I blog ? Maybe I want to know if others also think that I'm (not)normal, maybe I want to communicate with more people, maybe I want to share my ideas & thoughts with people of the virtual world who don't really know me, maybe I'm using a lot of maybes today. I came to blogistan by way of the Spider blog. Most people I know in blogistan, I found them through the same blog. I used to just comment on the blogs of other people but sometimes I had more to say on the topic but couldn't because then it wouldn't have been a comment, it would have become a post so I thought of starting a blog and posting my thoughts there. But now I realize its not as easy to write as it seems and maybe I'm a better blurker than a blogger.
Anyways I think this is not going anywhere so here is my link to the "If I could be.." thingy

If I could be a mime:
.................

If I could be a doctor:
I would try to find the cure to every incurable disease and I would definitely ban smoking.

If I were a linguist:
I would translate as many books in as many languages as possible.

If I could be a videogame designer:
I would create the best videogame ever, a combination of Mafia, Splinter Cell, Metal Gear Solid, Max Payne etc.

Now for one of my own
If I could be genie:
I would be no ones slave and you would get just one wish coz I don't believe in second chances.

Now I pass this "If I could be.." to everyone else who hasn't got it yet. And I would also like to pass one of my own which goes like this:
"If I had one wish, I would wish for...."

Here's my answer
World Peace - Nah, too cheesy
Lots of money - Nope, too greedy
I would wish that every wish that I make from now on should come true. :-)

Blogs - not permissible in Islam

Going to websites like these will not be permissible, because they contain personal matters and also they specify names/identities which can create a path for bay-hayaai (shamelessness), and unlawful relations, and It is a source that may leak out the faults/kharaabiyan "aayb" of muslims. It will not be permissible.

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The month of May

Ah the sweet month of May signalling the end of Spring and the start of a beautiful Summer. Yeah Right.May and sweet, surely.May is probably the most dreaded month of the year.Almost everyone has their exams, tension, hope, desperation & failure..all these can be seen in the eyes of the people around you.Last year in May, I fractured my leg...long story, will tell it later.Anyways this year May has brought more sadness to me than happiness. My best friend is immigrating to Canada & ain't gonna be back for 3 three years, plus this is my last semester in uni so that has me down too.Four years is a long time and now when you think of it that all that time is going to end in just a few days....well you get the idea.
Anyways on a happier note, I've decided to try and blog weekly if not daily, and I owe it to this person.So you can thank/blame her for this.Ok then,thats it for now.Take care people.

Just an update

Alright an update as I promised.Although it took me a long time but hey I'm busy so bear with me.Anyways I've enabled Haloscan comments as well just to check it out, and I couldn't remove the blogger comments although I didnt try to do so but shouldn't they get removed by themself if you enable some other commenting syatem.Anyways to all those visitors who dont visit take care people.