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Saturday, April 21, 2007

The Rules for Being Human

When you were born, you didn't come with an owner's manual; these guidelines make life work better.

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a fulltime informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."
4. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here." When your "there" has become a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you. The answer to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10. This will often be forgotten, only to be remembered again.

(From the book "If Life is a Game, These are the Rules" by Cherie Carter-Scott)

Friday, April 20, 2007

Shoaib Malik, Is it beginning of a new Era for Pakistan Cricket.

Cricket is my passion and as an ardent follower of cricket around the world especially my team Pakistan I am writing my views on the recently formed tides after the world cup debacle.

Yesterday it was finally announced that young and gutsy Shoaib Malik would be the next captain of the Pakistan team. This is certainly a bold step taken by the board because Pakistanis have a history of not accepting a younger captain. But as a matter of fact I think it would mark a great move and Pakistan Cricket team will enter a new level InshaAllah.

There are a few things that the cricket board has to understand and discourage among the players. Malik has been made captain and in addition to this also hangs a sword over his head by announcing the evaluation on series to series basis. In simple words they are planning to change him with someone else if he doesn't do well. I think if it happens as I fear it would be a very unfortunate step for the development of cricket in Pakistan. Everybody is busy quoting that we are following the steps of South African Cricket who made G Smith the captain after their really disappointing performance in the WC2003, and say that because of that decision the South African team climbed to No. 1 in the ranking. I strongly disagree with these people because most of them clearly forgets one main point which was the basis on which South African team became successful. They dont even remember what happened soon after Smith was made captain. The South African team performance was declined to their worst and their ODI ranking slipped to their worst. There was also a run of 11 defeats in 12 one-day internationals back in 2004-05. There was no sign of improvement but their cricket board didn't lose confidence and trust on Smith and they bounced back ultimately to become the world beaters.

By saying all this I didn't mean that Pakistan will play like that. I pray for the success of Pakistan team under Malik but we should analyze carefully about all the possibilities. It is indeed a possibility that Pakistan may not start winning straight away. In order to see our team as a world class team we should put trust in Malik. The captain's skills can never be judged by only a couple of chances. He needs trust as well as guidance from the greats of Pakistan cricket and we should groom him to be the another legend in the list of Captains of Pakistan.

I hope that the World Cup debacle would prove to be the turning point for Pakistan Cricket on road to great cricket team. All the best to Shoaib Malik for his yet another role in Pakistan Cricket team.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Friend far away

"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?"
Khalil Gibran

Convocation 2007

Starting with the news of the convocation 2007 at our University; University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan. Finally our convocation is held two and half years after graduating.

http://web.uettaxila.edu.pk/uet/UETsub/news/convocation07.htm

All the best for the fellow engineers who are honored with degrees in this convocation.