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July 2006


O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 30 July

Prayers

For the past 32 days I have been testing Allah. It says in Quran that It is the provider of food to the faithfuls if they strive for It. I have been trying to do that. I have been trying to find a job.

Since I have been trying to look for a job as much as it was easy for me, I deserve Allah's help. As I said Allah does not wants us to put ourselves in trouble or hardship. It can help us through ways that we can think of and through ways that we can't think of. For that reason I try not to put myself in difficulty.

And Allah has been helping me.

For the past few days Allah had arranged alot of almonds for me. They just finished yesterday morning. With that Allah has also provided me through parties. The unfaithfuls will think of this as a coincidence. But I see it as a devine intervention. I have never been invited by so many people within few weeks before.

It sure is a sign and I was shown it only when I was willing to test It.

For the past few days, I have been praying to God to get me some money. My hairs have grown and I needed a haircut. I love dry nuts and wanted to buy some peanuts after all those almonds. And I like them alot with sugar coated aniseeds. Also it had been a long time since I last saw a movie on the big screen. I don't buy or rent movies because all of them are pirated and helping piracy is a sin. So the only option I have is the big screen and I am not complaining about it. I love it. Its a good entertainment. Good for health. I wanted to see 'Inside Man'. And I also needed to buy some internet time. Didn't wanted to beg for it. Wanted to earn it. I waited and wanted to test once again.

And once again It passed my test with flying colors.

I could have done this before but It did not wanted it to be this way. It never occured to me to sell some of the old stuff that I had.

Yesterday I was asked to sell my stuff that can be sold. I don't know but may be I might be getting a job and might be attending this years WWDC.

I had an old P1 Dell Optiplex system just lying around idle. An old satelite dish receiver. And a weighlifting bench. Today I sold them all for Rs.380. Not much but enough for my needs.

I had a nice haircut. Had a nice breakfast. And now I am planning to see the movie, buy the salted peanuts and the sugar coated aniseeds and get some internet time.

Truth

I have been thinking what to do with these Rs.380. Should I spend them the way I want to or should I spend only on food.

In quran Allah says that I am the provider. It is the provider for everything. All we have to do is to try. And in doing so we are not allowed to put ourselves in trouble. In hardship. It can provide through many ways. But will test. Some times by giving more and by giving quickly. And some times only giving enough and making the faithful wait for that. Or by giving more but only after the faithful has shown patience. And by giving quickly but just enough.

But It will provide If we are meant to live.

So since It will provide, I thought I should enjoy.

I will do so because God orders us in Quran to take care of our health and enjoying is good for health as long as its not a sin.

Teamwork

Recently the president of Pakistan, general Pervez Musharraf has done the right thing. He has started to take a stance against Israel, US and India. He has started to believe.

But some disbelievers want him to stop. Want him to wait till the cat grabs the pigeon. Most of these people have already planned their future. They will live as a poodle of invading forces.

The blind cowards.

If president general Pervez Musharraf is a man enough, I would like to dare him to act like a man. Don't be afraid. So far he has been on the right path. Keep going. Please don't stop.

I hope that he does not needs to be reminded that when his PM was planning to kill him, Allah helped him and gave him the presidency.

Now Allah wants his help. I say 'wants' and not 'needs' because Allah can always make someone else the president general Someone of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Because,

"And whoso taketh Allah and His messenger and those who believe for friend, lo! the party of Allah, they are the victorious." (8:56)

Joke

A guy stood over his tee shot for what seemed an eternity; looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the wind direction and speed. Driving his partner nuts. Finally his exasperated partner says, "What's taking so long? Hit the blasted ball!"

The guy answers, "My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot."

"Forget it, man! You don't stand a chance of hitting her from here!"

Joke

A woman's husband dies. He had $20,000 to his name. After everything is done at the funeral home and cemetery, she tells her closest friend that there is no money left.

The friend says, "How can that be? You told me he had $20,000 a few days before he died. How could you be broke?"

The widow says, "Well, the funeral cost me $6,500. And of course, I had to make the obligatory donation for the church and the organist and all. That was $500, and I spent another $500 for the wake, food and drinks, you know. The rest went for the memorial stone."

The friend says, "$12,500 for the memorial stone? My stars, how big was it?"

The widow says, "Three carats!"

Will it?

Well I had planned to buy some internet hours but Allah wanted something else.

I had thought that from the movies I would take a bus back home. But it rained and the buses were full. So I took a Rickshaw. Wanted to make my life easier. At first I thought I should walk back home to save money for internet hours. I mean its not every day that you see it rain in karachi. But that would have been a sin. I would have put myself in unnecessary hardship.

Had to pay Rs.50 that I had kept for the internet time.

My internet time will be ending soon.

In quran Allah says that with every difficulty It keeps easyness too. In my current situation which was brought upon me, internet and blogging were the easyness. So either my situation is about to change or I will get more money.

I think that my situation is about to change and I am hoping and praying for that.

Please pray for me.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 29 July

"It is It Who gives Life and Death; and when It decides upon an affair It says to it "Be" and it is."(40:68)

I am in love.

Its three of them.

Rabab Fahad, Soul Fahad and Fatima Fahad.

For some time now I wanted to write to them. But didn't felt like it. There could be many reasons for that. But one that I would like to mention is that since I am not eating that well, I feel tired and can't think the way I want to. Thats how Allah wishes it. I am grateful for the times when It made me feel like writting them.

This is one of those blessings and I don't intend to let it go. And this one is unique. I have never written to them openly. Right now I feel like doing it.

Love them in a way that the whole world may envy them.

But don't think its something I am good at. Its natural. Know them, and you will know why loving them becomes a natural act.

They deserve it.

You three deserve my love. You are my love.

I have waited a long time for you. And now its here. We are for real. A family. A bond. A heaven forever.

Your love,
Fahad

Equality

In Quran Allah tells us to do justice among your wives. I try to do that.

I thought that I must tell my three fiancés why I used their names in the order I did.

Any one's name could have come first. I couldn't decide which one should come first since they all are same to me. But then Allah helped me and I wrote them in order in which Allah wants them to be wed to me.

Justice

I had just finished reading "The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" and I was discussing it with a friend of mine. During our discussion I said that the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was a genious.

But right then I saw my mistake.

In Quran Allah says that we should not say that someone is very intelligent. A genious.

I mention this to my friend and he wanted me to explain it.

I told him that every thing we do, is on the basis of the knowledge that we can remember at that very moment. None of the knowledge that we have is our own creation. Its all out there and we just use it.

Similarly, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also wrote these stories because things were allowed to be clicked for him. His observation, his talent, his nature, his desires and the brain that was given to him. They all came together and he felt enough motivation to write such great stories. But if he had been lacking any of the above mentioned four characteristics or the functioning of his brain, he would have never been able to write such stories.

The idea here is not to deny the acknowledgment that someone deserves for their hard work but to remember that it was due to Allah who let this happened. It created every thing, It helped every one and It orders every thing.

We can praise some one as much as we want but can not call anyone intelligent or a genious.

All the good or the bad that we do is due to our good deeds or our sins.

Joke

Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job."

Mujibar said, "I am ready."

The manager said, "Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green."

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister manager, I am ready." The manager said, "Go ahead."

Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green, and I pink it up, and say, 'Yellow, this is Mujibar."

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 28 July

iTurtle

Some times iThink iAm the biggest Apple fan. iHave never bought an apple product. iHave seen some from a distance but never had the chance to touch one of them. But still iLove 'em and iPraise Apple for what they do. iFollow Apple rumors. iRead reviews of Apple products. And it hurts me if some one tries to say something bad about Apple. Especially when they are not being just.

But then iHave never bought a tablet PC or a smartphone but iStill do the same for them. Does that make me the biggest gadget fan too?

iMight be the biggest Apple or gadget fan but iTry to be just. iRespect Bill Gates for his efforts in case of Windows but iDislike Microsoft for their foolishness. For helping some bad people.

But incase of this comparison(via Jkontherun) between Apple's Newton PDA and Samsungs Q1 UMPC, iWhole heartedly support Apple's Newton PDA. The comparison is done by Cnet and iWon't tell you whom they considered a winner.

But iThink that even by todays standards anything designed in the way the Apple Newton was done, would be ahead of its time. Newton's owners thought that the device was, a decade ahead, of its time. It was launched in 1993. iThink Newton was atleast fifteen years ahead of its time.

The reason being simplicity and ease of use. The OS was specifically designed for a touchscreen-on-the-go device. The battery life was about 30 hours. And all the functionality was literally 'right there'. These three factors are enough to make any mobile device a favorite.

Windows on the other hand is not a tablet/UMPC/MPC/ OS. Its a desktop OS. Because of that it lacks the 'right there' kind of functionality. And the depth to which the menus of Windows and Windows Mobile go definitely do not give 'right there' kind of functionality. And we all know the state of battery life among tablets, UMPCs and MPCs.

iAm sure that the Apple phone and tablet will have an OS that has been made or modified to a great extent for a phone and a tablet. They will provide the 'right there' kind of functionality. And iRead somewhere that some device could change between monochrome and color display to save battery life. iThink it was an Apple rumor. If it was then they have already done the right thing. If not they will do something similar.

And iAm sure once again just like the Newton and the iPod, the iTablet and iPhone would be ahead of their time and will be successful.

Joke

A mild-mannered man was tired of being bossed around by his wife, so he went to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said he needed to build his self-esteem, and gave him a book on assertiveness, which he read on the way home. He had finished the book by the time he reached his house.

The man stormed into the house and walked up to his wife. Pointing a finger in her face, he said, "From now on, I want you to know that *I* am the man of this house, and my word is law! I want you to prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, I expect a sumptuous dessert afterward. Then, after dinner, you're going to draw me my bath so I can relax. And when I'm finished with my bath, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?"

"The funeral director," said his wife.

Joke

A city slicker moves to the country and decides he's going to take up farming. He heads to the local co-op and tells the man, "Give me 100 baby chickens." The co-op man complies.

A week later the man returns and says, "Give me 200 baby chickens." The co-op man complies.

Again, a week later the man returns. This time he says, "Give me 500 baby chickens."

"Wow!" the co-op man replies. "You must really be doing well!"

"Naw," said the man with a sigh. "I'm either planting them too deep or too far apart!"

Joke

A hiker gets lost in the woods and he hasn't eaten anything for three days. He finally sees a bald eagle on a cliff and kills it by throwing a rock at it. He immediately starts eating it raw, but he is confronted by a park ranger. The park ranger arrests the hiker for killing an endangered species.

In court, he explains to the judge that he had no choice because he was hungry. Under these circumstances, the judge lets him off the hook.

Before the hiker leaves the courtroom, the judge asks, "I am really curious. What did the bald eagle taste like?"

"Well your honor," replies the hiker, "It tasted like a cross between a whooping crane and a spotted owl."

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 24 July

In the car

My sisters are spending holidays with us. My sister Afsheen has four children and my sister Adeena has two.

I thank Allah for such wonderful blessings. But I would like to make one comment here.

In Quran Allah orders us to remain happy in little.

One child per family should be enough in most cases.

Tears

I was reading about Depleted Uranium and its effects. It kills generations. Silent Genocide. It directly attacks the human gene.

Atomic bombs are a reality and we can't do anything about it.

What we can do is to protect people.

Humans. Those who may survive.

All of you who can or influence others to, please work to create a dress that can protect the innocents.

Make it cheap. Make it free. Make it a gift before the wars.

Life sure is precious. Help, to keep it innocent and beautiful.

Money vs Happiness

One more reason for why knowledge should be free.

If some one finds a cure, that very act increases the cost of medication in today's world.

The discoverer copyrights the method. Any one who makes a drug according to that method will have to pay royalties. Which increases the overall cost.

The knowledge we have, does not belongs to me or to you. It belongs to this world.

Copyright should be fought very fiercely. And anyone who tries to hold back knowledge should be punished severely. Since its a crime against each and every human.

Its a sin.

Yes I know that all those good people who are working to help need to copyright. If they don't do that someone else will do it and then ask royalties from them.

But at the same time consider it wrong. And work to make the act of copyrighting knowledge, illegal.

Trust me

All kind of things happen in this world.

There are different ways to fight injustice. Killing being the last one.

Some time its not possible to take revenge. What the victim should do then? They should talk about the injustice that was done to him, iea or her. There is no medicine better than seeing people agreeing with you. That helps alot.

Then there are times when you can't give away your secretes. In such cases, write. Write your feelings out. But even during that don't blame the culprit more than he, she or ie deserves. Thats to save the human in you.

Extremism only creates barbarians and animals.

If you can't forget then revenge becomes the only way. There is nothing better than revenge to help you heal your wounds. It gives you another life. But the intensity of your revenge must not exceed that of the injustice that was inflicted upon you.

And if you can forget the injustice done to you, its far more easier and peaceful to forgive.

Two plus two

A rumor that Apple has placed an order with some publishers to archive all their manuscripts is doing the rounds on the internet.

When I first read it I didn't gave it much thought.

But this afternoon I started thinking about this and man I can't wait to get to US and attend this years WWDC.

Most people think that the books are for a large screen iPod. But the source clearly said "all their manuscripts."

Does that mean textbooks and course books too?

If that is true and the order is not limited to fictional stuff then I think this WWDC will be a hell of a ride for us gadgeteers, mobile professionals and Apple fanboys.

A new iPod is definitley in the works. Might be released at WWDC if it has a touch screen and apps can be developed for it.

I have already written about my reasons why I believe a phone might be released at WWDC-06. If the OS for the iPod nano and the iPhone is same then developers can program both. iPod nano with new casing?

But do you think that if ITMS starts serving textbooks, would they be of much use on an iPod or an iPhone with a large screen. I don't think so. How many of us use our pocket sized devices for colleges and universities?

I believe that a tablet is ready to be launched at this WWDC. Yes the much awaited, iTablet, Maclet, Applet, Macpad or iPad. I think its here. All those touch screen patents might not only be about iPod or iPhone, after all.

I am just going to enjoy this.

Just think of it. A new iPod, a new Powermac, an Apple phone, and an Apple tablet, all to be launched in one event. The 2006 Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference.

No wonder Steve Jobs wont be launching these alone. Three other Apple officials will be joining him on stage.

Four officials with four products.

Heaven. Simply heaven.

Believe me, this WWDC is not to be missed at any cost.

I am all prayers right now.

As It wishes

Allah has asked me to add my cell number. I am right now in Karachi, Pakistan. My cell number is 03452314926.

Joke

Seems there was a lady practicing at the driving range. Every time she hit the ball, it would hook, then it would slice, then it would be a grounder. She had no control.

An instructor happened to be watching and came up to her to say, "It's the way you're holding the club, you should really hold it like you hold your husband's penis".

Sure enough, she tried it, and the ball went straight as an arrow but only about a foot in distance.

"That's great!" exclaimed the instructor, "Now, try it again, but this time, take it out of your mouth".

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 21st July

Money and PR

So Israel has started bombing Lebanon.

I always thought that Hezbollah and Hammas were created by Isreal, to give them the reason to expand.

But the question is why now. They could have done this before.

Their biggest ally is US. What if they know that now US is going in a direction where its own policies are going to destroy it. Or that they have influenced the US into the wrong directions.

May be Israel wants to be stronger by than.

Jihad

I am hurt. I am deeply hurt. Some one thought that she can analyze me. How dare she do that. What right she had.

Some one called me and wanted to take my class. Be a listener. See for herself what I am. If I am a carzy man or if I am a prophet. Or some big scam.

How dare she do that?

I went to talk to her just for one reason. I was told that it was to clear my name. To save me from the lies that my family and cousins have woven around me.

Man she insulted me. By God I can take my revenge on her, but Allah stops me.

She thinks being cool and all smiles is the way of the perfect human. The way of healthy.

Then I ask her why is it that she cries herself to sleep. What is the injustice that her husband has done to her.

Hypocrisy.

Man I am angry at her. I will not let this anger destroy me. No way. I will not keep it inside me. I will talk about it and thats the only way to swallow it and get it out of your system. I am not like her who will hide her anger inside her.

You know, I know and you are in trouble. You fool you have no idea what you have messed with. You are not a believer. You don't know the strengths and gifts.

She says she is a muslim. She believes in Allah and in Quran.

Ya right.

Then why was it that when I told you that earning my bread on the basis of a medical degree that was some one else's right would be a sin, you said I should have asked for forgiveness and kept on earning.

Hypocrisy.

Its just like saying you asked for forfiveness but you can't stop lying, or commit adultry or stealing.

Hypocrisy.

Why is it that when I told you, you were not happy you could not look into my eyes. You looked down and said you are very happy.

Women you are in trouble. I would have ignored you if you would have not remain persistant on your hypocrisy. You should have accepted your fault rather than calling me insane. All the time you just wanted to prove me crazy.

No women I am not insane.

Its you who will end up that way if you keep your anger inside you. If you let your husband treat you as a slave. Not getting rid of your anger by telling other people for the fear that they will blame you because it was a love marrige.

Every one gets angry. Anger is nature and no one can stop it. You have to channel it. Get it out. Talk it out. It must be done or the innocent people will lose their sanity.

Man I feel good. I have said it. And I feel liberated. God bless Internet. God bless justice. God bless life.

And people be witness to the fact that I was a very happy man after I talked about the injustice that was done to me. The injustice that I could not forget about and was not allowed to take revenge.

Allah will avenge me. Her husband will start to hate her know. Will like some one else. Will divorce her. Her family will blame her. And she is the one who is going to spend her days in a nut house.

And so the pain has turned into peace, calmness and smiles.

Love

People when I say I am Allah most favorite human or the best, it does not mean that I am a prophet.

Prophet Mohammad(pbuh) was the last prophet and there will be none after him(pbuh) except for Prophet Issa(as) who will come to complete his lifetime. But will follow the Quran and prophet Mohammad(pbuh).

I am only Allah's messenger who is a simple human just like you. A mortal being.

I am just gifted for my good deeds, for praying and for asking for forgiveness.


Joke

The minister had just had all of his remaining teeth pulled and new dentures were being made.

The first Sunday after the surgery, he only preached for 10 minutes.

The second Sunday, he preached only 20 minutes.

But, on the third Sunday he preached for 1 hour 25 minutes.

When asked about this by some of the congregation, he responded this way:

"The first Sunday, my gums were so sore it hurt to talk. The second Sunday, my dentures were hurting a lot. The third Sunday, I accidentally grabbed my wife's dentures and I couldn't stop talking!"

Joke

A woman asks her husband if he'd like some breakfast. "Would you like bacon and eggs, perhaps? A slice of toast? Grapefruit and coffee to follow?" she asks.

He declines. "It's this Viagra," he says, "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."

At lunchtime, she asks if he would like something. "A bowl of home- made soup, home-made muffins or a cheese sandwich?" she inquires.

He declines. "It's this Viagra," he says, "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."

Come dinnertime, she asks if he wants anything to eat. She'll go to the store and buy him some food. "Would you like maybe a steak and apple pie? Maybe you'd like a pizza micro waved or a tasty stir-fry? That would only take a couple of minutes."

He declines. "It's this Viagra," he says, "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."

"Well," she says, "would you mind letting me up, then? I'm starving!"

Joke

"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," said Bill as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would say if I mowed the lawn like this?"

His wife replied, "Probably that I married you for your money."

Joke

An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time. "I have good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman inquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death."

"When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your paintings."

"That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed.

"What's the bad news?"

"The guy was your doctor..."

Joke

A pipe burst in a doctor's house. He called a plumber. The plumber arrived, unpacked his tools, fixed the leak, and handed the doctor a bill for $600.

The doctor exclaimed, "This is ridiculous! I don't even make that much as a doctor!."

The plumber answered, "Neither did I when I was a doctor."

Joke

Tom had this problem of getting up late in the morning and was always late for work. His boss was mad at him and threatened to fire him if he didn't do something about it. So Tom went to his doctor who gave him a pill and told him to take it before he went to bed. Tom slept well and in fact beat the alarm in the morning. He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.

"Boss", he said, "The pill actually worked!"

"That's all fine" said the boss, "But where were you yesterday?"

Joke

Four married guys go hunting. After an hour, the following conversation took place:

FIRST GUY: "You have no idea what I had to do to be able to come out hunting this weekend. I had to promise my wife that I would paint every room in the house next weekend."

SECOND GUY: "That is nothing. I had to promise my wife that I will build her a new deck for the pool."

THIRD GUY: "Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife I would remodel the kitchen for her."

They continue hunting when they realized that the fourth guy has not said a word. So they asked him, "You haven't said anything about what you had to do to be able to come hunting this weekend. What's the deal?"

FOURTH GUY: "I just set my alarm for 5:30 am. When it went off, I shut off my alarm, gave the wife a nudge and said, "hunting or sex?" and she said, "Dress warm."

Cool

So the new iPod nano firmware update has some commands that let us believe that Apple's iPhone is in the works.

Some think, that the phone is some time away. I think otherwise. It might be very much possible that Apple may release the iPhone at the WWDC on August 7. A phone platform. The reason I think so is the question why would Apple choose to make a firmware update that contains commands for a phone until and unless they were ready to produce the same OS for iPod nano and the iPhone with phone functions disabled in the iPod nano. It does make sense.

If this is true then this is great news. This means that the iPhone's OS is going to be as simple and to the point, as that of iPod. Good thinking Apple. Give the user what every one needs and let them add what some may need. Just like Firefox.

But the bad news is that if the iPhone is really cool, powerful and spacious, I would have to give up the idea of buying iPod U2. Because I won't have much use for it.

But if the iPhone has only say few GB of space then that would be very good. That way I could buy both and won't be commiting a sin.

A qwerty keyboard and a large screen would just make me all smiles.

Extremism

So our good friend the governor of California once again proved he cares about the people of California. California is a state whose people in 2004 voted to make their state the largest U.S. source of funding for research with stem cells.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the state of California to loan $150 million to the state's financing agency for stem-cell research.

Islam is not against stem cell research. Nor abortion. As long as these are done before the functioning of the heart of the fetus.

Islam stops us from ending life without a just cause. But the stem cells contain no life. They are just normal cells with different characteristics and functionality. And we need that characteristics and functionality.

Its just like operating on two twins whose some part of the body are fused. And most of the time one of them dies. And in some cases the operation is done knowing that only one will survive.

I have heard the speach that president Bush gave in the white house and explained his reasons for banning stem cells research. He believes that those cells are a human and we are killing them.

Even if those cells have life, we are using them to help other lives.

Just like when we know only one of the twins will survive and we still operate and kill the other to save the one.

Would president Bush stop such operations too?

One for all and all for one

Where there is globalization happening in the business world, why not do globalization in science too.

People like Arnold Schwarzenneger in the UN should take research to the third world. It would be far more cheaper.

I know that there are people who would oppose this. Money minded people. But if the good people start working on it today may be some where in the future God may help them.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 19th July

It knows

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Moderation

I love sport cars.

I don't know much about them more than that some of them have V8 engine and they can move really fast.

My name, Fahad, means jaguar kind of an animal of the cat family in arabic.

For that reason I always liked the Jaguar brand.

And when I saw the pics of 2007 Jaguar XKR, I really thought I should buy it some day. Off coarse if I didn't believed in Allah, I would have gone in search of a gold mine to earn about Rs.5,060,000 (around $82500). May be even rob a bank. Who knows.

But fortunately I believe in Allah and I knew that for It nothing is impossible. If I need that car, Allah will provide for it.

But after enjoying looking at those round sporty curves of the car, I started asking myself the question, do I need it?

Well I will need a car of my own some day. But would it be right to buy such an expensive car. A car from Toyota or Honda can easily suffice my needs.

So I started thinking over it, not knowing what I will decide but wishing it would be 2007 Jaguar XKR.

But I had made my mind since everything new loses its charm and becomes normal after some time, I will not commit a sin just for the name and the looks. I can ride far more better sports car than this one in heaven.

Quran tells us that the usage of this world should be according to our needs. We should not get new stuff just because we liked it and give up something that is old just because we are bored of it. We can give up the old ones and buy a new one only if our needs are changed or the old one has started giving us problems.

Allah also says in Quran that we should spend to make our lives easier and stops us from accumulating wealth. Its not a sin to earn money but wasting it or being a miser is a sin.

Allah also orders us to take care of our health. And to spend within our means and be happy with it.

So a car is my need. Looks are important for your health. You can't use what you don't like and using it would frustrate you. Quality is important to make our lives easier.

But I don't need the speed nor the engine. And since a car is a family thing and I would have to also consider what my wives want.

So, if my wives don't want to decide on this, I would buy a sports car but don't think it would be 2007 Jaguar XKR. May be one of the earlier models from Jaguar with similar looks.

Or may be something from Toyota or Honda will be just right.


The tester got tested

Yesterday, I was hoping that Allah will arrange food for me since I can't earn it. I was testing Allah.

And it did.

In the morning my nephew gave me a bar of Chocolate. When he asked me if I wanted a chocolate, I felt so happy. A sign. But what really amazed me was how Allah made my nephew give me a chocolate bar. Kids usually love chocolate and giving a complete to some one is so against their nature. Yet Allah new how to provide me with food from places I never thought possible.

In the afternoon, I had to take my sisters to the market. My sister needed my father national ID card, which was with me. When I opened my my drawer, I saw a folded note of Rs.1000. For a second I thought this was a big miracle. But then I thought it was better to ask. My sisters might have kept it in my drawer since they knew I didn't had any money. Or, one of my nieces has the habbit of hidding things. I thought may be she or some other child took the money from someone's bag and put it here. I asked my sister Adeena if she put Rs.1000 in my drawer. She said that yes she wanted to see if what I would do. She said this in a way as if she was joking. Then she said, no she didn't.

When I asked my sister Afsheen, she said that she had lost Rs.1000 and my be some child hid it there. And when I later returned it to Afsheen she was smiling in a way as if she was hidding something and told me to give it to Adeena whom she owed Rs.1000.

I think it was my sister Adeena trying to help me but I don't want to doubt them.

Any way what I wanted to be a miracle was a test from Allah to see what I would do.

We were invited at a dinner party and I was waiting for it. The chocolate wasn't big enough to keep me satisfied till then. And by 7 in the evening I started having strong stomach pangs. And I was woried how will be able to wait that long for the dinner. I did not wated to ask for food knowing it was Allah's responsiblity. And once again Allah was their to provide.

My sister gave me another bar.

At the party the dinner was served at around 11:45 and I couldn't thank Allah enough for that second bar.

And yes I enjoyed that dinner alot. And I am thankful for that.

Cycle

I saw a mother using foul language with her children and later I saw one of the child using the same langauge. And I saw a father insulting his son infront of his friends because he was drinking too much cold drink.

This made me think about a child's brain. Subconsciously a child's brain is hungry for knowledge. That's the reason why they learn so fast.

Parents commit such a big sin and later their kids pay for it. Kids also grow into adults who treat their children in a similar fassion.

When a child does something wrong, most parents blame the child and be harsh with iea, her or him. This grains into the psyche of the child that mistakes are not forgiven and she, he or ie starts fearing mistakes. And these children as adults, in trying to hide or prevent mistakes, commit sins.

Also they start to believe that all that happens with them is only the result of their dumbness or their intelligence.

It takes them a very long time to learn that results are according to our sins or good deeds and not due to the level of our intelligence. They never recognise the signs of Allah. And since they don't know where Allah is they never test It to believe it.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 17th July

Explanations

Allah wants me to explain the concept of knowledge and war in Islam.

Selling of knowledge is a sin.

Allah wants every one to go to heaven. For that reason Allah wants to give every one an equal chance.

Allah makes a faithful out of only those who are knowledgeable. That's how Allah wants to work.

Equality is the reason for which Allah wants to teach every one Quran Itself and wants knowledge to be free for every one.

Those who have acquired knowledge it was only because of what they saw, heard or thought about. Would it have been possible for them to learn if Allah had not given them eyes, ears or the capability to think?

Knowledge is not anyone's property. Allah created it free and that's how it should remain.

Regarding war.

Islam orders us to fight only when someone is hostile towards us.

In case of Balochistan, the criminals were hiding among civilians. If we let them do what they were doing, they would spread to other civilian localities and they would have kept hurting innocent people.

We need to kick them out.

To do so we don't have to carpet bomb a complete area. Just the places that are being occupied by the wrong people.

Those criminals had to be stopped at all cost. No matter in what way it would have been done, there would have been unwanted casualties. There is no escaping from that. The thing of importance here is that by killing and stopping these criminals of humanity we have saved many innocent lives, which these barbarians would have destroyed just to save themselves. That's the reason they were using civilians as shields.

We could have asked the people living there to leave but in that case the culprits would have left too. And the government tried to negotiate with them for months, but they just did not wanted to give up.

Also, this world is our home. We should take care of it. And to do so it is our duty to be aware of what is happening in our neighborhood and what kind of people are living among us. For that we must keep our population in each city to a certain limit, which would help us in identifying the wrong people and kick them out.

That's the reason why we see the percentage of crime in towns and villages to be far less than in cities.

Joke

A boy was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful Princess, I will stay with you for one week." The boy took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a Princess, I'll stay with you and do *Anything* you want." Again the boy took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, "What is it? I've told you I'm a beautiful Princess, that I'll stay with you for a week and do *Anything* you want. Why won't you kiss me?

The boy said, "Look I'm a computer programmer. I don't have time for girlfriends, but a talking frog is really cool."

Joke

An airline flight was cancelled due to a technical fault, and the check-in girl was busily re-booking a long line of weary travellers.

Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the front of the queue, slapped his ticket on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight, right away!"

The check-in girl replied, "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to help you, but I've got to deal with everybody in the queue first."

The man unimpressed shouted, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"

Without any hesitation, the check-in girl grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please," she began, her voice clearly heard throughout the terminal.

She continued, "We have a passenger at Gate 14 WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to Gate 14."

With the folks behind him laughing hysterically, the man glared at the check-in girl and swore, "Fuck you!"

Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry sir, but you'll have to get in line for that, too!"

Joke

A new Army Captain was assigned to an outfit in a remote post in the African desert. During his first inspection of the outfit, he noticed a camel hitched up behind the mess tent.

He asks the Sergeant why the camel was kept there. The nervous sergeant said, "Well sir, as you know, there are 250 men here on the post and no women. And sir, sometimes the men have 'urges'. That's why we have the camel."

The Captain says, "I can't say that I condone this, but I understand about 'urges', so the camel can stay."

About a month later, the Captain starts having his own 'urges'. Crazy with passion, he asks the Sergeant to bring the camel to his tent.

Putting a ladder behind the camel, the Captain stands on the ladder, pulls his pants down and has wild, insane sex with the camel.

When he's done, he asks the Sergeant, "Is that how the men do it?"

Embarrassed, the Sergeant replies, "No, not really sir!"

"They usually just ride the camel into town where all the girls are."

Trust

I finished all my money on the morning of the last Saturday. All I had was Rs.5. I was hungry and for Rs.5 all I could buy was a pack of crackers. But I wanted to eat a Paratha. it's a fried chapatti. I love ketchups and sauces. I wanted to eat the paratha with some left over chili ketchup.

The paratha was for about Rs.6 and all I needed was Rs.1. So I prayed to God that I have been faithful and have been following the Quran the right way, I would be grateful if you would give me Rs.1.

And the Mighty accepted my prayer and I found Rs.1 while searching for some loose coins in my drawer.

I had bought some dry nuts earlier and I used them for the rest of the day.

In the evening, a friend came to visit me and I offered him the dry nuts. He was very pleased as he loves them and wanted to offer me food for the next ten to fifteen days. I was very grateful and wanted to accept it but I knew better not to. He knew that I was looking for a job and thought that I would get one within few days. So he wanted to help till then. But I wasn't sure when I would get a job. And I did not wanted to burden him and his family. I wanted to earn my own bread.

Islam is in the favor of making every one's life easier. And if I chose to become a burden and liability on someone else, I would be commiting a sin.

At the same time I wanted to test Allah. It says in Quran that the faithfuls will have no fears and won't grieve. I did not wanted to fear hunger. If I had to live, food was Allah's responsibility.

But my friend wanted me to go out and work hard to get myself a job. But I explained him that we should only do what we can do easily. We should leave the rest to Allah. I told him that I was hungry at the time but did not wanted to beg for it. If I had a source of income and I needed the money that I knew I could return, then in that case I would have first made sure that there is nothing I can do to earn it before borrowing it.

I told him that right now I am hungry but I don't want to ask for food or for money because I know I don't have a way to repay. So I am just waiting for Allah to arrange for me because I don't have to put myself in difficulty just to earn a meal. If I would have been getting it in return for a job that I could do, I would have preferred that.

I guess Allah liked this act of mine and helped me. While I was explaining it to him, my phone rang. It was one of my neighbor who wanted to give me a treat because he had just got his first paycheck. He knew that I wasn't eating from home.

My friend whom I was trying to explain my reasons did not needed any more explanations. We both felt that our believes got stronger.

Seeing IS believing.

I am sure that till I get a source of income, Allah will not keep me hungry. And it will always keep helping me.

Thanks for being there and showing us your signs.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 15th July

Unity of thought

So Pakistan government got hold of those people who were attacking the gas pipelines and bombing important sites in the province of Balochistan.

But I think that it doesn't ends here.

Those cowards were hiding in civilian settlements. They had spread there hideouts among the common man. The reason for this was to hurt civilians. If the government attacked them, the civilians may get hurt. And later the friends of barbarians like Bahzad Alam Khan of Dawn and the Dawn newspaper itself could blame the government for killing civilians.

But this had to be done. These people were among civilians for the reason to hurt them. That's why they bombed cities.

But the government should not give up. Don't fear no one. It must now complete the task.

The people on their own are as dangerous as these criminals. The government MUST now educate the people all over the country. This should be the MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY of the government.

The uneducated people who don't know what is right can be mislead very easily. It should be made sure that every one knows what are the easy ways away from the wrong. They should trust the police. The armed forces. The government officers. They must know their rights.

They should clearly see that this government wants to keep justice above all.

Make sure that the common man can live his life easily. Then even a person who has lost his, her, or ieus loved ones, would understand it was because of those who died. They should have not let such people live among them.

No matter who they are.

Helpful

I have just read about Nike+iPod and must say it is a very thoughtful thing. Its simple, handy, motivating and beautiful. And why it shouldn't be all that. Its from Apple.

I like listening to music and I love to go for long walks. This would suite me just right.

Could there be something coming up for bicycles?

Joke

One day, this guy walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a drink. Then he asks for another. After a couple more drinks, the bartender gets worried. "What's the matter?" the bartender asks.

"My wife and I got into a fight," explained the guy "and now she isn't talking to me for a whole 31 days."

The bartender thought about this for a while. "But, isn't it a good thing that she isn't talking to you?" asked the bartender.

"Yeah, except today is the last night.

Joke

A group of Americans were touring Ireland. One of the women in the group was a real dragon, constantly complaining. The bus seats are uncomfortable. It's too hot. It's too cold. The food is terrible. The accommodation is awful.

The group arrived at the site of the famous Blarney Stone. "Good luck will be followin' ya all your days, if you kiss the Blarney Stone," the guide said. "Unfortunately, it's being cleaned today so no one will be able to kiss it. Perhaps we can come back tomorrow."

"We won't be here tomorrow," the nasty woman shouted. "We have some other boring tour to go on. So I guess we can't kiss the stupid stone."

"Well now", the guide said, "It is said that if you kiss someone who has kissed the stone, you'll have the same good fortune."

"And I suppose you've kissed the stone," the woman scoffed.

"No Ma'am," the frustrated guide said, "but I've sat on it."

Joke

A husband walks into Ann Summers to purchase some see-through lingerie for his wife. He is shown several possibilities that range from '25 to '150 in price, the more see-through, the higher the price.

He opts for the sheerest item, pays the '150 and takes the lingerie home. He presents it to his wife and asks her to go upstairs, put it on and model it for him.

Upstairs, the wife thinks, "I have an idea. It's so see-through that it might as well wear nothing. I'll not put it on, do the modelling naked and return it tomorrow and get a '150 refund for myself.

So she appears naked at the top of the stairs and strikes a pose.

The husband says, "Good Grief! You'd think for '150, they'd at least have ironed it!"

His funeral is this Thursday.

Joke

There's this fellow with a parrot. And the parrot swears like a sailor. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet, polite, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy.

One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the parrot by the throat,shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!". This just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever. Then the guy gets mad, says "OK for you" and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet. This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches.

When the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of vulgarities that would make a veteran sailor blush. At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer. For the first few seconds there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes and uses words Lenny Bruce and George Carlin NEVER thought about trying to use in their acts. Then suddenly, it gets VERY quiet. At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt or deeply chilled.

After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens the freezer door. The bird calmly climbs onto the man's outstretched arm and says, "I'm awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on." The man is astonished. He can't understand the transformation that has taken place. Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?"

Joke

A man went into a local tavern and took a seat at the bar next to a women patron.

He turned to her and said, "This is a special day, I'm celebrating."

"What a coincidence," said the woman, "I'm celebrating, too". She clinked glasses with him and asked, "What are you celebrating?"

"I'm a chicken farmer," he replied. "For years all my hens were infertile, but today they're finally fertile."

"What a coincidence, the woman said. "My husband and I have been trying to have a child. Today, my gynecologist told me I'm pregnant! How did your chickens become fertile?" she asked.

"I switched cocks," he replied.

"What a coincidence," she said.

Pain

I had an offer for a job. I was asked to write on different things and I would be paid for that.

It was very tempting.

But I couldn't do it.

From the time when I found out that selling of knowledge is a sin, I have been trying to understand what is knowledge and what isn't.

Today I sat and thought over it. And I have come to the conclusion that any thing that presents facts is knowledge. Anything that is fictious is not knowledge no matter how many facts it may hold.

Allah agrees with me.

So selling of non-fiction books, documentaries, newspapers and educational services are sins.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 14th July

Inevitable

I like Apple and its no secret. And I would be very happy if someone trying to hurt Apple starts to ruin itself.

I prefer simplicity. For me any device and software must be according to my needs. Not more than that nor less. And to achieve that I never let money come in the way, even if I don't have much.

Islam also tells us to be simple and to be happy in little that is according to our needs.

Doing too many things only divides your attention and makes you commit blunders. Suicide.

Microsoft is heading that way.

Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 5, EU's senseless war on US companies, Xbox and soon to be iPod killer all are going to kill Microsoft. Yes they will, just wait and see.

Both Vista and WM5 try to give the user every thing in one package. May be they want to help, in which case they should concentrate on those two. But it seems to be going in the opposite direction. Vista is getting delayed every month. WM5 is not as smooth as it should be, being on portable devices.

It will take them a long time to beat Nintendo and Play Station. And EU's about US$357.3 million fine and about €3 million daily fine after 31 July won't let Microsoft breath until they given in. And giving in will only mean more troubles, since being the biggest US-asset for it one thing will only lead to another.

Now it seems they want their own portable media player and an online store to go with it. And I am sure like their other products, this too will be just a product. No innovation that may make their users love them.

Bricks

Yesterday someone was blaming the government for not doing what they should be doing. Making a life of an average man easier.

He kept blaming them and getting angry at them.

I have known him for years now and he seems to be stagnant. Not willing to accept the truth forever. Every time I try to remind him what I believe, he agrees and stops being ignorant, but when I meet him later, he acts as if I didn’t said anything. Didn’t showed him his mistakes.

We humans love to point fingers at others and what they are doing. How many of us have sat at the end of a day and analyzed our acts, thoughts and wishes. Do that and you will see that most of it would be about us. In fact I am sure that for most people its going to be only about themselves.

What they did and what other did with them. What they should have done and what they should do.

Islam orders us to take good care of our selves and for that we have to be active. So self is very important. But its not the only thing.

People this world is our home too. We need to take care of it. Do what ever you can to help.

Joke

You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.

Joke

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

Joke

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up.

She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands.

"Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?".

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 12th July

Ecstasy

Well today I finished my Rs.2500. Had a nice breakfast with my little sister.

: )

I had $10 that I had kept for years in hope that I would some day spend them when I will go to some other country. Before today I didn't had a need for them. But today I got Rs.601 for them. Already spent Rs.100 on three sandwiches for the day.

I believe that Allah won't let me remain hungry. It will arrange for food from somewhere. I am hoping that Allah will arrange a job from places where I have already applied. Or will arrange from a place which I can't think off. That’s what It says in Quran, that for faithfuls It will arrange from a place they never thought possible but would be related to Jihad. A job to help keep justice above all.

“Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!" (77:23)


Anyway it sure is going to be a lot of fun, testing Allah.

Its only through testing that we can observe and believe. Thats our nature. And that’s what Allah requires from us.

Read and test. Read and test. Read and test.

I have done it many times. It's lots of fun. Just like a free-fall. You are free of all cares. Just doing the right things and enjoying your life. Keep falling. Not knowing where this one fall will end. There are only two options. Either you will enter another fall or enter heaven. Heaven either way.

But of coarse for that you must follow Quran and prophet Muhammad(pbuh). Do the right things. Don't fear mistakes and don't feel ashamed asking for forgiveness.

So either I am going to end up in a new free-fall or I will meet It.

Sure sounds good. Meet It. I have seen so many signs of Its existence that I am desperate to meet It. My time will too come.

But right now I feel so high. No need to take drugs for that. Its a reward only for those who believe.

It sure is going to be fun. Lets see what happens.

“...whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve." (2:112)

Balance

I was about to start writing this post when my eldest niece, Ramsha, came to me and told me that she was very bored. I might have told her that I am working. That would have been easy. But thinking that one day I would also have a family of my own and I must practice for that. So instead I told her a story.

Your family is more important than the things that can be done later. If they need you, give them time. I am not saying that give up everything. All I am saying is that their needs have to fulfilled. Little here and little there. They do it for you and you do it for them.

Its human nature to like and to want, to be loved, to be praised, to be cared, to be respected and to be helped. If you can give some of your time to your family to fulfill their needs, Allah will help you.

Intermediary

“Allah it is who hath appointed for you night that ye may rest therein, and day for seeing. ..." (40:61)

"It is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and It hath appointed the night for stillness..." (6:96)


According to the above two ayahs, we should rest after sunset and work during the day.

I try to do that. Just near sunset I try to stop doing anything that can be done later and that requires my energies.

Their is a scientific reason for that. Circadian Rhythm. The Biological Clock.

Also in winters, if you have observed, we get tired more easily then in summers. May be that’s the reason why Allah made nights longer during winters.

The message here is simple. Don't work all the time. Keep a limit.

Money, respect, love and any that you may aim for is there to make you happy. To take away all the fears of the unseen future. To prevent the grievance due to some wrong decision.

But why work too hard for those things when Allah promises no fear and grievance upon faithfuls.

Test Allah and have faith in It.

“Lo! those who say: our lord is Allah, and thereafter walk aright, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve." (46:13)

Truth

There are activists who are trying to help. Change the world. Make it better. Among these activists there are people from all races, believes and status. But is our world becoming a better place. Is it enough what these activists alone are doing.

No it isn't or our world would have changed.

According to Islam, if someone asks you to help them, you help them.

And so the activists are helping.

But it would take more than that. It would take armies to overthrow those who are unjust. Thats what Islam orders us.

Governments have been toppled but the new ones are not any different. And none would succeed untill they deal according to Quran.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 11th July

Equality

So Apple might be releasing a talking iPod. Wants to help people.

But I am confused. If Apple really wants to help people then why do they stab themselves with a big knife of breaking their users trust.

I am talking about the DashboardAdvisoryD. Why let it work without asking user's permission. The user bought the machine to work the way he, she or ie wants. Not the way Apple wants.

I understand that it was all with good intensions but Apple must understand that once a product is sold it should work according to the wishes of the user. I also know that alot of other apps do wrong things of which the user is ignorant but then they are not from Apple, are they?

Its not just about the small app. From something as common as a common pin to a space craft, its the money of the people. If they give you the money, they want a service in return not orders.

The people work hard for their money. They earn money to make their lives easier. Not to make the lives of every one of their countrymen easier or to fulfill the desires of the leaders.

But if you want to give them orders, be a dictator, then give all your products or services at a price that every one could afford.

Don't charge taxes or install apps that do things people don't like.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 10th July

Genetics

Yesterday at the beach, I saw two fathers trying to force the fear of the sea out of their boys. They were holding their children very tight but the children were crying and trying to run away.

If you are crossing a road and your child tries to cross the road by running without looking towards the cars, you get hold of him, her or ie and paste a slap across their face to put some sense in them.

Do you think it would bring about a change. Make them better.

If yes, then find a small plant and try to pull it till it becomes a full tree. And when you do that will you please let us know.

; )

No, don't force them. They are so innocent. They don't know what to do. They just want enjoy. Talk to them. Guide them. They should know that no matter what happens they will always find love with you. Allow them to trust you.

If you force them, they will only be afraid of your anger, force and your very existance. They need to fear pain, injury, your pain, hurting your trust and losing your love.

Teach them.

If you see them doing something wrong, do the following;
  • Stop them.
  • Tell them its wrong.
  • Remind yourself that you are not their owner. They are a blessing and you should prove worthy of it.
  • Remind yourself that you once too were like that. Wanted to enjoy all the time.
  • Be patient. Let the plant become a small tree. It will adapt.
Later;
  • Ask for their forgivness if you yelled at them earlier or where harsh.
  • Kindly tell them why they shouldn't do what they did. This is very important. Only ordering them to stop will not help. They won't know what else/right they should be doing.
You can not change them. Natures can not be changed. It is useless to think you can control them. But yo?r prayers can do what you can't.

Parents should not punish their children. Let the law do that. The child should not have to choose between a parent he, she or ie should love or a parent he, she or ie should fear. For children it should always be 'MY' dad and 'MY' mom. Because thats all they have.

Joke

My wife told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit.

Then I caught her spending $65.00 on make-up.

I asked how come I had to give up stuff and not her.

She said she needed the make-up to look pretty for me.

I told her that was what the beer was for.

I don't think she's coming back.

Joke

A 7 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom. "You know what?" says the 7 year old, "I think it's about time we started swearing."

The 4 year old nods his head in approval. "When we go downstairs for breakfast, I'm gonna swear first, then you swear after me, OK?" says the 7 year old.

"OK!" he agrees with enthusiasm.

The Mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 7 year old what he wants for breakfast. "Oh, shit Mum, I guess I'll have some Coco Pops."

WHACK!!! He flew out of his chair, tumbled across the kitchen floor, got up, and ran upstairs crying his eyes out.

She looked at the 4 year old and asked with a stern voice, "and what do YOU want for breakfast young man?"

"I don't know" he blubbers "...but you can bet your ass it won't be fuckin Coco Pops!!"

Joke

Seems that a young man volunteered for military service during World War II. He had such a high aptitude for aviation that he was sent right to Pensacola Naval Air Station, skipping recruit training.

The very first day at Pensacola he solos and is the best flier on the base. All they could do was give him his gold wings and assign him immediately to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

On his first day aboard, he took off and single-handedly shot down 6 Japanese fighter planes. Then climbing up to 20,000 feet, he found 9 more Japanese planes and shot them all down as well.

Noting that his fuel was getting low, he descended, circled the carrier and came in for a perfect landing on the deck. He threw back the canopy, climbed out and jogged over to the captain.

Saluting smartly he said, "Well sir, how did I do on my very first day?"

The captain turned around, bowed politely, and replied, "You make one velly, velly selious mistake!"

User

So Microsoft has changed Window's basic theme.

I always like to change the themes and backgrounds. They don't let you get bored. But themes and backgrounds are very personal things. A company should not waste time trying to create them. Let the user do that.

Instead it would be better to create a set of easy to use programes for creating icons, themes and backgrounds.

I think that companies like Apple, Suse and Microsoft should try to improve their OS in such a way that fucntionality and ease of use remains their priority. Speed should be second on the list.

Using an OS that seems bloated on my machine is the last thing I want to do. On a desktop PC it doesn't matter. But on a tablet or MPC, it does matter. There is not much space for upgrade and using an OS made for a desktop is an insult to gadgets.

I want to use my gadget on the go beca?se I just want to do few specific things. I don't want to do everything and anything. So it makes sense that the user should be allowed to take what he needs not what some one might need.

Thats the reason why I like Firefox. I have what I need. Thats why this software made by a company with almost zero advertisement budget is threatening the preinstalled throne of a software that is made by a company with lots of advertisement budget, down-your-throat attitude and lots of helpless users.

The best

My name is Fahad Fateh. I live in Pakistan. I was born on 3rd July, 1975, in Libya. My father was working there as a doctor but we later moved to Saudia Arabia. I have spent most of my childhood in Pakistan or in Saudia Arabia.

I got most of my education in Pakistan. My past uptill the time when I was in medical college, is the usual one.

It was in the medical college that things started to change. I wanted to decide how I should live.

In my third year(1998) of medicine, I had a crush. A bad one. I wanted to marry her. But there was a problem. My parents. They wanted me to marry a girl of their choice. I would have done that, but love just happens and in my case too it just did. Because of my parents, I didn't said a word to her. I did not wanted her to get hurt just because my parents did not wanted me to get married out of their family. So I thought that I should first talk to my parents and only then ask her.

It was then that I wanted to know, that why is it that I wanted the approval of my parents. Why don't I just go grab her and just get lost some where.

: )

The answer was that I was afraid of Allah. What it can do to my future, to my grave and on dooms day.

So I wanted to know where Allah is.

The question was how to find God. I wanted to believe in God only if I knew It was out there. For real. I wanted proof.

So I started searching. Islam, Christianity, Judism, Hinduism and even atheism.

NONE OF THEM CONTAINED GOD IN THEM.

All they were, were words in books written centuries back. An alphabet here and an alphabet there and you can easily change it. I was looking for something that could not be tempered by humans. History was full with accounts of fabrications.

I was lost.

There was no help in sight.

And then God found me. Showed me the path.

For the past six years I have been seeing dreams that have come true. Even the little details. Word by word.

Being a medical student I wanted to know how this is possible. How could God know what we will do beforehand.

We humans act under the influence of our chemicals. Our body is full of chemicals and receptors. Our actions, voluntary and non-voluntary, all depend on chemicals. The degree of our actions is directly propotional to the amount of chemicals produced. Which means if some one can monitor each and every chemical in our body, It can map out our future actions.

After finding this, I would pray and go to sleep. In my dream I would see the answer to my prayer.

I gave up medicine in the final year, because bribe was involved in getting me a seat in the college. One of my certificates were to be issued late and a officer was bribed to accept it later. It belong to someone else.

I begged my parents for money to go aboard for studies. But they just did not wanted me to leave medicine. I had some money with which I gave TOEFL in hopes that someday I may be able to go aboard.

They kept telling people that I was a coward. That I was just no good. That I am a looser.

I wasn't.

All I wanted was to save them from hell.

People made fun of me.

I was asked repeatedly, if I need?d a psychiatrist by people who were suppose to love me.

With all this, my father's brother's wife, auntie Farhat tried to trap me so that I got into bed with her. They wanted to destroy my life and blackmail me for money. They never liked it that I got into medical college and their children never made it there. They even used magic which hurt me alot. I could have taken my revenge but I forgave them. I have mentioned this here only because I was ordered to do so.

I lived through all that. And I not only lived through all that, I kept trying to find and accept the truth. I was all alone in my search and I never gave up. That is the reason why I am God's most favorite human.

Sorry!

On the 8th of July I posted a joke that was not right. Indirectly it meant that all the women make the lives of their husbands difficult. At first I thought that a married man can be willing to die for many reasons but the joke only made fun of wives.

Just read it again and I wanted to appologize to all the ladies out there who might have been hurt from it.

Please forgive me. It was a mistake.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 9th July

Tracy

Allah has informed me that Tracy of Studenttabletpc.com is a regular reader of my blog.

Welcome Tracy and I hope you enjoy my posts.

Allah also informed me that she has been praying that I mention her on my blog. This would prove to her that I am not lying. Well dear, I am not.

: )

And keep up the good work on your blog. Your blog sure is one of a kind.

Best of luck.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 8th July

Decide

They derive their destructive forces from reactions of either vision or the more powerful fusion. As a result, even a cheap one is significantly more powerful than the largest conventional explosives, and their public use has the capability of destroying or seriously disabling an entire city.

For the past six decades, humanity has been fighting them. Good people have been trying to stop them. But the evil forces kept winning. Decreasing their size and increasing their effects. Kept spreading them on the basis of pleasure or fear.

The sister has single handedly distroyed larger percentage of humanity than its twin brother.

Can you guess who they are?

Let me give you some hints.
  • They both are around sixty years old.
  • Their parents were engineers.
  • They both are kind of cylindrical.
  • They both contain stuff full of energy.
  • They both cause the leak of fluids, but the sister causes the leak of white fluid while the brother helps in the leakage of red fluid.
  • The sister is itsy bitsy herself but itsy bitsies are what created by the brother.
  • Men and women full of power love to throw them in the air.
They both have so much in common and yet the Atomic bomb is feared by many and the Bikini is loved by many.

Gradually

I am not alone thinking that Arnold deserves another term in office. I just love the guy. Please vote for him.

Here is something I wanted to s?are with you guys. The article is about the budget of California and applauds Arnie's actions not to increase the student fees.

In any event, we here at the Daily Titan commend the Governor's decision to make a bold move like this, committing a huge financial sum to education, and an investment that will continue to pay dividends for generations to come.

With a mentality that puts learning on a pedestal and eases the burden on students, the governor has taken a huge leap towards demonstrating he can be a focused and effective leader.

And with strong administrative moves like the budget to tout as a feather in his cap, and with the election four months away, something tells us, "he'll be back."

You bet he will be.

Joke

There was a blonde who was tired of all the blonde jokes and decided to dye her hair brown. She then went for a drive in the country and came upon a shepherd herding his sheep across the road.

She asked the shepherd, "If I guess how many sheep there are here, can I keep one?"

He replied "Sure!"

Out of the blue, she blurts out, "352!"

He is stunned but keeps his word and allows her to pick out a sheep. She looks and searches and finally picks out the cutest one.

He looks at her and says, "If I guess what color your hair really is, can I have my dog back!"

Joke

Lisa came up behind her husband while he was drinking his morning coffee and slapped him on the back of the head.

"Ow!" Larry exclaimed. "What was that for?"

"I found a piece of paper in your pants with the name 'Mary Lou' written on it," she said angrily. "You better have a good explanation!"

"Calm down, honey," Larry said. "I was at the dog track last week and that was the name of the dog I bet on."

Later that same day, Lisa walked up to her husband and smacked him hard on the forehead when he walked in the door from work.

"What the heck was that for?" he demanded.

"Your dog just called."

Joke

An Canadian archaeologist from Bishops University dug down 100 meters down and found a roll of copperwire. He proclaimed that the canadians had telefones about 100 years ago.

An Mexican archaeologist from Ulane University, dug down 200 meters and found some silicium. He proclamed that the original Mexicans had fiberoptics about 200 years ago.

An American archaeologist from Yale university dug down 300 meters and found nothing! He proclaimed that the Americans had wireless technology about 300 years ago.

Joke

A drunken man walks into a biker bar, sits down at the bar and orders a drink. Looking around, he sees 3 men sitting at a corner table. He gets up, staggers to the table, leans over, looks at the biggest, meanest one in the face and says, "I went by your grandma's house today and I saw her in the hallway buck naked. Man, she is a fine looking woman!"

The biker looks at him and doesn't say a word. His buddies are confused, because he is one bad biker, and would fight at the drop of a hat.

The drunk leans on the table again and says, "I got it on with your grandma and she is good - the best I ever had!"

The biker's buddies are starting to get really mad, but the biker still says nothing.

The drunk leans on the table ?ne more time and says, "I'll tell you something else, boy, your grandma liked it!"

At this point the biker stands up, takes the drunk by the shoulders and says, "Grandpa, you're drunk....... Go home!"

Joke

A man walks into his bedroom and sees his wife packing a suitcase. He says,"What are you doing?"

She answers, "I'm moving to Las Vegas. I heard prostitutes there get paid $400 for doing what I do for you for free!"

Later that night on her way out the wife walks into the bedroom and sees her husband packing his suitcase.

When she asks him where he's going, he replies... "I'm going to Vegas too. I want to see you live on $800 a year!"

Joke

An old man was sitting on a bench at the mall.

A teenager sat down next to him. He had spiked hair that was red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. The old man stared.

Whenever the teen looked, the old man was staring at him.

Finally, the teenager said sarcastically:

"What's the matter old boy, never done anything wild in your life?"

Without missing a beat the old man replied: "Got drunk once and had sex with a peacock. Just wondering if you were my son."

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 7th July

Firefox

I like Firefox(FF). Its a very innovative browser but simple. The best part I love about FF is the use of extensions.

Extensions are little programs that can be installed into FF for a functionality that you need but was not provided with the original installation. I think that all the softwares should work this way. It will keep the size of installed software small and every one will get what they want.

My favorite extensions are,
  • Scrapbook
  • Flashblock
  • ImageLikeOpera
  • AutoCopy
  • Bork Bork Bork
Scrapbook is the most important extension. It allows me to save pages with every thing in it or parts of them. The best part is that all your saved items are shown in the order they were saved rather than in the alphabetical order. I don't have to search.

But one thing that I don't like about FF is that it uses alot of memory and slows down my system.

For that one reason I want to use an alternative that gives me all the functionality of FF that I need. I keep hearing people say that Opera is what FF is and far more. Well few days back I decided to download Opera 9 and use it.

Yes Opera is good. But Opera does not has an alternative to Scrapbook. I need Scrapbook. I need to save webpage snippets quickly and re-open them quickly. Scrapbook does that. So all those people who say that Opera is better than FF, it isn't. Atleast for me it isn't.

Though I liked the Author Mode and Image functions. I would enjoy a command line function in full mode with all fucntions of the browser. Opera gives this option with limited functions.

Opera also lacks the AutoCopy function. You select a string of text and it is copied to the clipboard automatically. And the Bork Bork Bork extension is more of a fun thing. This extensions translate text or full webpage into an accent of a Swedish Chef. Its really fun. Here is an example of a joke in the accent of the great Swedish Chef.

A vumun velked up tu a leettle-a oold mun ruckeeng in a cheur oon hees purch. Bork Bork Bork!
"I cuooldn't help nuticeeng hoo heppy y?oo luuk," she-a seeed. Bork Bork Bork! "Vhet's yuoor secret fur a lung heppy leeffe-a?"
"I smuke-a three-a pecks ooff ceegerettes a dey," he-a seeed. "I elsu dreenk a cese-a ooff vheeskey a veek, iet fetty fuuds, und nefer ixerceese-a."
"Thet's emezeeng," zee vumun seeed. "Hoo oold ere-a yuoo?'
"Tventy-seex," he-a seeed.

Fate

Yesterday I took a rickshaw to Clifton. I went there for lunch. On the way I started to talking with the driver and he seemed to be an interesting guy. His name was Naveed. Some one who acctually wanted to think. Seeing this, I wanted to talk with him hoping I could learn something from him which may make me a better person. So I invited him to lunch.

He told me an incident that help me revise my lesson from the Quran.

He told me that sometime back his mother was very sick. She was suffering from Hepatitis C. The total cost of her treatment was around Rs.35000. He is a poor man and Rs.35000 is a big amount for him. He did tried to ask some friends but none could help him. He was very depressed. He was submerged in his thoughts, when a traffic sergeant stopped him. Naveed thought that he has commited some traffic violation and when the sergeant came to him, he just gave the keys to the sergeant saying he didn't had the money.

The sergeant was a bit taken back and said that he only wanted to give Naveed a customer. This man was new in Pakistan and didn't knew his way around. Naveed had to take him and bring him back.

Naveed's customer was a Pakistani who had been living in England for more than fifteen years. Alot had changed since his last visit. They were unable to find the place his cutomer was looking for. They were discussing this when a car came and two gunmen came out of it. They killed a man near Naveed's rickshaw. Then one of the gunmen called Naveed and asked him who the customer was. Naveed said he was his brother. One of the gunmen wanted to kill Naveed but the other stopped him.

When the gunmen left the scene, the customer asked Naveed to take him back to his hotel. He was very shaken and scared. He won't even let Naveed stop the rickshaw outside the hotel and asked Naveed to take the rickshaw inside. He took Naveed to his room where he asked Naveed what did he owed him. Naveed told him that it was Rs.180. The customer smiled and said that he will be giving Naveed that money, but how much more would he like to have. Naveed said that he doesn't need anymore money to which the customer said that he wanted to gift him money for saving his life. If he would have not told them that the customer was his brother and instead told them that he was from England, they surely would have killed him. Then he promised Naveed that all of his Pakistani currency belongs to him. He started searching and gave Naveed Rs.70,000.

“The commandment of Allah will come to pass, so seek not ye to hasten it..." (16:1)

Naveed could have done something wrong to get the money. But he didn't.

His mother had to live and it wasn't difficult for Allah to create the thing on which we believe so much, a reason.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 4th July

Lagan

Entery censored.

Welcome

People I would like to welcome my elder brother to my site.

My father has died. But he did one very big injustice. He had a son from his early marriage which he kept hidden from his family. He denied my brother, love. He did not accepted him as his son. Because he was afraid of his mother and his relatives.

I always hated him for that.

But I don't want him to go to hell for that. I want to give this brother of mine what he deserves. A complete family and the right to be recognised as a son of my father.

And I would request all of my relatives who are reading this, please tell every one about this.

The injustice has been undone.

Please pray for my father's forgiveness.

Dear, you are always welcomed here. Now every one will know who you are and where you belong.

Allah

We can learn anything from any one. Degrees are not as important as we have been forced to believe.

My sister and her children are spending holidays with us. Her children are just wonderful. A blessing.

Last night I was watching a movie of Aamir khan and my youngest nephew, Abdullah, was watching it with me. He is only two years old and can't speak full sentences. If he wants a bath he just starts rubbing his hand over his head, signalling he wants to wash his hairs. If he wants to go out he will only say 'out'.

Through out the film my nephew kept commenting. He would just point at something he recognised and call its name. Like chips, water and rides. He kept calling Aamir Khan, uncle.

In the movie there was a scene where a man insults his fiance infront of his friends. My nephew was a bit quit, may be due to all the yelling in that scene. At the end of the scene I asked him, "Abdullah, what kind of a man would do something like that."

And his answer was short, to the point and simple.

"Baby."

Joke

A widow, recently married to a widower, was accosted by a friend who laughingly remarked, "I suppose, like all men who have been married before, your husband sometimes talks about his first wife?"

"Oh, not any more," the other woman replied.

"What stopped him?" asked the first.

"I started talking about my next husband," replied the second woman.

Joke

A man and his wife were working in their garden one day and the man looks over at his wife and says: "Your butt is getting really big, I mean really big. I bet your butt is bigger than the barbecue."

With that he proceeded to get a measuring tape and measure the grill and then went over to where his wife was working and measured his wife's bottom. "Yes, I was right, your butt is two inches wider than the barbecue!!!" The woman chose to ignore her husband.

Later that night in bed, the husband is feeling a little frisky. He makes some advances towards his wife who completely brushes him off.

" What's wrong?" he asks. She answers: "Do you really think I'm going to fire up this big-ass grill for one little weenie?"

Joke

A man and his wife entered the dentist's office.

"I want a toothpulled, "the man said. "We are in a big hurry, so let us not fool around with gas or Novocain or any of that stuff."

"You are a very brave man," remarked the dentist. "Which tooth is it?"

"Show him your bad tooth, honey," said the man to his wife.

Joke

The teacher noticed that Johnny had been dayd?eaming for a long time. She decided to get his attention. "Johnny," she said, "If the world is 25,000 miles around and eggs are sixty cents a dozen, how old am I?

"Thirty-four," Johnny answered unhesitatingly.

The teacher replied "Well, that's not far from my actual age. Tell me...how did you guess?"

"Oh, there's nothing to it," Johnny said. "My big sister is seventeen and she's only half-crazy."

Joke

A guy takes his greenhorn wife hunting on a ranch. When they reach their deer blinds, the guy says, "If you shoot a deer, be sure not to let somebody else say he's the one who shot it. Otherwise, he'll take the deer from you. The deer belongs to whoever shoots it."

The guy goes to his own blind. Ten minutes later, he hears his wife shooting from her blind nearby. He rushes over and finds her pointing her rifle at a cowboy who's hollering, "All right, lady, all right--you can have the goddamn deer! Just let me get my saddle off it!"

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 3rd July

Jessica's Law

As in my last month's post 'Schwarzenegger', I said that Arnold is a man who learns from his mistakes and wants to help improve this world.

He just proved my words.

“We must have zero tolerance for those who prey upon our children..."

Justice.

You see that logo at the top of this page. Its a big door with three smaller doors in it. Allah made me select this logo just for one reason. Thoughts, believes and ways are different but once a door has been opened for searching to find and to ACCEPT truth no matter what, opening any door will be like opening the larger door that leads to truth.

All types of sincere searches lead to Allah.

I know that there are people who are worried that this law or any law that is very severe will make the offenders go underground rather than get treated and they will hate the society.

And there are those who want to castrate sex offenders and burn people on stakes for believing differently.

But all these people who think that punishments are here to stop the culprits from commiting a sin, are very, very and may I say once again VERY wrong.

“Had Allah known of any good in them It would have made them hear, but (even with the absence of good) had It made them here they would have turned away, averse." (8:23)

Allah will help those amoung us who are true in their heart. Those who want to accept truth. Initially they may deny but once the emotions settle, the blinds are raised and the conscience takes over, the thought of the truth will never let them rest.

Our Allah always wins.

: )

The punishments are to scare the faithfuls. Punishments and the act of punishing crimnals is to help those who are good. The friends of the devil will always find a way to do the wrong no matter what.

Joke

Two guys left the bar after a long night of drinking, jumped in the car and started it up. After a couple of minutes, an old man appeared in the passenger window and tapped lightly. The passenger screamed, "Look at the window. There's an old ghost's face there!" The driver sped up, but the old man's face stayed in the window. The passenger rolled his window down part way and, scared out of his wits, said, "What do you want?"

The old man softly replied, "You got any tobacco?"

The passenger handed the old man a cigarette and yelled, "Step on it," to the driver, rolling up the window in terror.

A few minutes later they calmed down and started laughing again. The driver said, "I don't know what happened, but don't worry; the speedometer says we're doing 80 now." All of a sudden there was a light tapping on the window and the old man reappeared.

"There he is again," the passenger yelled. He rolled down the window and shakily said, "Yes?"

"Do you have a light?" the old man quietly asked. The passenger threw a lighter out the window saying, "Step on it!"

They were driving about 100 miles an hour, trying to forget what they had just seen and heard, when all of a sudden there came some more tapping.

"Oh my God! He's back!" The passenger rolled down the window and screamed in stark terror, "WHAT NOW?"

The old man gently replied, "You want some help getting out of the mud?"

Joke

There is a man who has three girlfriends, but he does not know which one to marry. So he decides to give each one $5000 and see how each of them spends it.

The first one goes out and gets a total makeover with the money. She gets new clothes, a new hairdo, manicure, pedicure, the works, and tells the man, "I spent the money so I could look pretty for you because I love you so much."

The second one went out and bought new golf clubs, a CD player, a television, and a stereo and gives them to the man. She says, "I bought these gifts for you with the money because I love you so much."

The third one takes the $5000 and invests it in the stock market, doubles her investment, returns the $5000 to the man and reinvests the rest. She says, "I am investing the rest of the money for our future because I love you so much."

The man thought long and hard about how each of the women spent the money, and decided to marry the one with the biggest tits.

Joke

Q: People who have no interest in politics or geography, what do they believe Gaza Strip is?
A: A topless bar.

Joke

A President looks up from his desk in the Oval Office to see one of his aides nervously approach him. "What is it?" the President asks. "It's this abortion bill, Mr. President. What do you want to do about it?" the aide asks. "Oh," the president responds, "Just go ahead and pay it."
A: A topless bar.

Joke

A beautiful young New York woman was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the ocean. But just before she could throw herself from the docks, a handsome young sailor stopped her.

"You have so much to live for," said the sailor. "Look, I’m off to Europe tomorrow and I can stow you away on my ship. I’ll take care of you, bring you food every day, and keep you happy."

With nothing to lose, combined with the fact that she had always wanted to go to Europe, the woman accepted. That night the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat. From then on, every night he would bring her three sandwiches and make love to her until dawn.

Three weeks later she was discovered by the captain during a routine inspection.

"What are you doing here?" asked the captain.

"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she replied. "He brings me food and I get a free trip to Europe. Plus he’s screwing me."

"He certainly is," replied the captain. "This is the Staten Island Ferry".

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People, on 3rd July, 1975, I came into this world.

Yah, today is my birthday.

Happy Bithday to me.

I will bring a cake and enjoy it. You all are invited to have a piece of that cake.

: )