Abdul's in UNSW

I express with sheer happiness that my study partner/ buddy/ chawal friend Abdul Wahab Bhatti got admission into UNSW in Telecom, i'm really really happy for him and that he pulled it off. 3 Cheers to Abdul.

I hopes he goes there and becomes a big man one day :D

Last Reflections in GIKI

Every passing day means one less day till freedom, or does it. Meeting some alumni just revealed the exact opposite. Life outside GIKI sucks. Quite funny though, the fact that before getting here a person cant wait to go to GIKI and enter university life, while at GIKI people cant wait to get out, and when they graduate, they are looking for every excuse to get back in, be it a drama competition(like this weekend) or an alumni reunion. Right now I'm utterly confused. Do I want to leave or do I want to stay, what if I( God Forbid) dont graduate, it'll be awfully hard covering a semesters course contents in 2 weeks. Are these last days to enjoy or should I put in one last half hearted effort to boost up my grades. What about all the activities (Sports, Gaming, events, shughal, etc), are these the last 2 weeks of the best days of my life. What would I do in the 3 months after my University life till October the 2nd. What if I dont get a visa. A thousand and one reasons make me really feel insecure right now.

Looking back at my life, did I turn out to be the mathematician I always wanted to be. Hmmm!!!! Not quite, but I did land an interesting job. In University the only thing that kept me going despite of all the laziness were remnants of my excellent performance during O and A levels. I hope slacking off at Uni doesnt have the inverse effect at Microsoft. I have however tried to do my best to be a good Computer Scientist. But then again its whats on this side of GIKI(the hostel side) that really turned me into what I am today. GIKI gets some of the most brilliant minds in Pakistan, and spending four years alongside them lets us grow and develop into one of the most interesting, energetic and spontaneous people in the world let alone Pakistan.

In the end, I'm really honored to have attended this institute, make all the friends that I made, gone through this <cliche>Roller Coaster Ride</cliche>, with the rest of my batchmates. GIKI has been a really entertaining experience, what felt like a decade in hell will one day feel like 4 years at a fun house.

Sprite Zero : Not just a funny tasting low calorie Carbonated Drink

Diet Sprite Zero is a clear, lemon-lime-flavored zero calorie beverage produced by the Coca-Cola Company. They say that its greatest benefit is that you can drink as much as you want to and still not get fat, but I came up with a better benefit of this drink when I accidentally spilled it on myself today. The usual feeling associated with spilled carbonated drinks is the stickiness, but Sprite Zero has none it just feels like water. No sugar means no stickiness which means no problem and that in turn leads to more convinient soda fights :D.

Open House & Career Fair 2006

Finally the moment that we had all been waiting for and the experience
was sheerly and utterly an enthrilling experience.

Well!!!! Not quite, open houses were not what I had expected, most
people were not what I had expected. Company representatives arent
really interested in the projects or a persons abilities(Most
Companies:: No offense intended), most of their descisions are based
on GPA and they only consider candidates that they have prematurely
shortlisted. I know, that sucks. Makes me repent that fact that I
wrote my GPA on my CV in the first place. Even though I have a job and
all, there must be a lot of poor little kids like me that dont get
that lucky, they shouldve studied harder.

The days before the Open house were equally hectic, finishing the
project, designing a poster, getting it printed, gettting brochures,
running between the room and the faculty, meetings with the advisors,
presentations to the faculty, a dozen reports and stuff, something
that has been burdening my shoulders since a long long time. And now,
quite frankly speaking I'm glad to get rid of it. Now I can
concentrate on the more important stuff in life, such as how to
graduate on time.

The Open house itself was 2 days of standing and presenting projects 8
hours each day and then carriying PC's 1.5 KM from the hostel to the
workshop so I really intend to sleep, A LOT!!!!!

Last three weeks at GIKI and from what info I'm getting from graduates
nowadays, this is the best that life gets, I'm not sure whether to
pray that it passes or wish that I get more of GIKI. What I will miss
though is the freedom till October the second, after that Seattle here
I come. Some tests by companies have made me realise that I really
need to brush up on my C++. Moreover landing a job kind of like makes
it harder to concentrate during job tests. :D

Anyways people are applying to microsoft round the clock this time and
I hope lots and lots of people make it, I'm going to need all the
company from GIKI in particular that I can get.