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June 2006

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 30^th June

Faithful

In Quran Allah says that I help those who search for my blessings. It orders us to choose the easiest path to fulfill our needs and to follow It's orders. It tells us to stay firm against those who like infidelity. It also tells us that we are not tested beyond our patience.

For the past four or so years I have been trying to find a job or get higher education. None happened so far. I can understand that I had to learn Islam during that time, which I did. And for that I am thankful. I am still learning. I was told that I will earn most from Computer animation. So far Allah has been arranging money through my grandmother, but now she is also asking me to do things that I consider wrong.

I have always tried to find the easiest way to fulfill my needs. Never worried about the money. Always believed Allah will arrange for me. And It did. Now I have about Rs.2500, which will last me few days. But I can't eat from the market for too long. Already been doing that for a day and feel bloated due to all that oil.

I have to stay firm. Thats what I believe in. Never to give in to injustice. So far I haven't went out to look for job, shop to shop and office to office. It is very difficult. Not easy. If I am right and if Allah really doesn't tests us more than what we can take, then before the money ends, I will get the news of a job from the places I have already applied/worked for.

I have tested Allah many times. This is also a test. It should not fail. I have followed It the way it taught me through Quran. If It passes, this will become one more of It's signs of which I have seen too many due to which I can never turn my back to It.

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

Before the money ends I will get a way of income, and then I will marry my girls.

Help me Allah.

MPC: UX

I prefer slates over convertibles and Micro PCs over other tablets all because of compactness.

Yesterday I saw some pics of Sony's Vaio UX Micro PC.

It looks nice but is a bit thick. The photos compare UX with OQO, another MPC. I like the futuristic looks of UX but I am not sure if it's buttons and their placements are as intuitive as its predecessor's, the U, because of, that rounded surface. U was both slim and easy to use. But the thinkness of the UX won't bother me if it feels solid.

The screen compared to OQO is far more better. UX has a 4.5” WSVGA (1024x600) display with XBRITE™ LCD technology compared to OQO's 5" WVGA(800x480) display. Just like U but unlike OQO this baby has the optoin of a larger battery with which it can remain juiced up for about nine hours. And the best part is that UX has two cameras. The one in the front is for self portrait and has a 0.3MP of resolution. While the one at the back has 1.3MP resolution. But the cool part is that you get an LCD view of 4.5".

I read that the sliding keyboard of the UX wasn't that good. Looking at the keyboards of both OQO and UX, I think I would have to agree. First of all the keys on OQO are more separated from each other. May be because the keyboard area on UX host five rows of buttons while the OQO has four. The UX has a back lit keyboard due to which the transparent characters on the keys are not as visually prominent as those black ones on OQO. It also seems to me that the keys of OQO are more raised than UX's. Raised keys are helpful during moving your thumb and not accidently pressing the wrong key, since the range of motion is greater.

But both come with stylus. But I prefer using finger on the screen or the keyboard for input. Its a hassle to take out and place back the stylus in the slot and the thinness makes you want to hold it thigter or it may fall.

Now I am waiting for two things. Some one to port OS X to UX and for Apple to enter this game. I am sure that Apple can teach these players a lot of things. Lets see what happens. I am very much hopeful.

The beginning

I was very happy when I was told that one of my readers has decided to put the fire out. Now I am waiting to meet him and tell me all about it. But please mail or call first. I have to keep my promise.

Now there is a lot of hope.

And people keep praying. One day we all will meet.

Mute

Please promote Apple products. If you trust me then use Apple products. If you trust me, give Apple products as gifts. If you trust me, help people to decide to start using Apple products. If you trust me, then promote Apple in what ever way you can.

Joke

A brunette, a redhead, and a blonde were on their way to Heaven. God told them that the stairway to Heaven was 1000 steps, and that on every 5th step He would tell them a joke. He told them not to laugh at any of the jokes along the way or else they would not be able to enter Heaven.

The brunette went first and started laughing on the 45th step, so she could not enter Heaven.

The redhead went next and started laughing on the 200th step, so she could not enter Heaven either.

Then, it was the blonde's turn. When she got to the 999th step, she started laughing.

"Why are you laughing?" God asked. "I didn't tell a joke."

"I know," the blonde replied. "I just got the first joke."

Joke

Walking into the bar, Harvey said to the bartender, "Pour me a stiff one, Eddie. I just had a fight with the little woman."

"Oh yeah," said Eddie. "And how did this one end?"

"When it was over," Harvey replied, "she came to me on her hands and knees."

"Really? Now that's a switch! What did she say?"

"She said, "Come out from under that bed, you gutless weasel!!!"

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 28^th June

“Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not, aggressors." (2:190)

There was a time when I wanted to do alot of things. But Allah helped me understand that everyone is here to do what Allah wants he, she, ie or it to do. Talents and natures. Choose a profession according to that. So I choosed guiding people and computer animaiton. I like to help and I enjoy colors.

I want you guys to learn.

I just fought with my mother.

She was being very unjust with me. She was fighting with me and was banging on my door. I was trying to ignore but she just won't stop. She wanted me to live my life her way. The wrong way.

So I fought for my right. To live. To make a choice.

I have forgiven them for lying to me, for lying to others about me, for hidding their faults and blaming me, for calling me names and for questioning my sanity for wanting to understand Quran rather than blindly following their elders and scholars.

I have forgiven them for not letting me have the money to do anything because they wanted me to finish medical studies and marry a women of their choice. I would have done it, but the problem was that some officer was bribed to get me into medical college because one of my certificate was to be issued late. It was some one else's right. And all the girls they selected were like them.

Its my right to fight and to protect myself and my sanity.

Now they want me to leave. Get out of their lives. Like as if I was happy being with them.

Fine, I will not take food from them and will not talk to them. This house belongs to my grandmother and until she tells me to leave, I am not going anywhere. My mother is recieving money from my grandmother, from my father's inheritance. The money is to be divided among us all and I am going to let my mother keep it in return for the electricity and water I use. Fighting for the rest of the money is not worth it.

I will help them only when they will ask for it.

I want to be nice to them but I had enough. I will not stop fighting them untill they follow the Quran the right way.

For the past eight years I have been fighting injustice. And I don't intend to stop.

Base-camp

People, if you want to change and become better humans, start from your home. Do not accept injustice in any form. Usually we ignore, hoping they may stop or fearing they may become worse.

They won't stop because they know you are a goat willing to be sacrificed.

Show them you too can be worse if they start it.

“And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth..." (5:45)

The bad people should fear the human in you.

If you can't fight for yourself, how can you take care of your loved ones?

The teaching of humanity begins right inside the place you call home. Since you have to live there and face them most of the time.

Allowing injustice to happen and turning your back is not the way of a true muslim. It will take time to build confidence but always believe in never accepting injustice.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 27^th June

Net

I was reading about net neutrality and I have to agree that every one should have the option of using the net the way they want as long as they don't hurt someone's feelings just for fun or money.

But the problem is with the big companies who have created the infrastructure of the net. They are there for the money. And they allow only those businesses to use their services as long as they are happy. So if a company A allows a new service/idea but company B doesn't likes it and stops it from reaching its userbase, many good ideas die right out of the box, just because of that.

I think that UN should provide infrastructure for the net rather than private companies or governments.

Words

Unlike net neutrality, freedom of speech should not be allowed to be practiced by every one. I am very much in the favor of partial freedom of speech. Say what ever you want to say as long as its not back bitting. Discussions bring about innovation and solutions. But insulting someone or making fun of someone becomes the reason of disappearance of unity.

“And incline not the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their noxious talk, and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee." (33:48)

I see many governments stooping people from complaining. Like through shuting down or blocking sites. Like through torture and death. What do they think that they can achieve through this. Do they think that they can stop the public from saying things they don't like. They are wrong. If someone is speaking against them, it is only because he, she or ie thinks they are wrong. Its their right to do so.

According to Islam back bitting is allowed only under one condition, to fight injustice. If some one is not back bitting then let them speak their heart out, you trust Allah for help. Thats what is expected from us, not to waste our energies in shutting the mouths full of noxious talk.

Knowledge

As you all know compcatness is a characteristic that fascinates me. Thats the reason why I like smartphones, pdas, tablets, Apple and sports cars.

And I don't like it when some one bashes a good compact device just because of ignorance.

On the Jkontherun blog, I read about people having problem with Motorola's Q. People who bought Q, some of them were retuning it because it didn't fulfilled their needs. After reading the complains I couldn't help but blame the customers for their ignorance. All the complaints were either against Widows Mobile 5 or something that the Q was never meant to do.

I believe that if you are about to do something new, its better to first learn about it from those who are knowledgable about that thing. Trying to find out, own your own is very frustrating and is a sin.

Joke

You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.

Law

I was coming home and on the way I saw two police cars standing side by side on a main road. It is illegal to stop your cars like that just for conversation.

This made me think what else is it that some of them don't consider wrong. Because they are in a position to consider, if they will, anything from a small traffic violation to murder, to be the right thing.

And all over the world, some of them do use their authority the wrong way.

The system has to be changed.

Give more salary to those who are well educated. After one warning they should be relieved of their duties and black listed from any governmental institutions. In case of crime they should be punished infront of the public.

Joke

Grandma, what is it called?

Little Tony was staying with his grandmother for a few days. He'd been playing outside with the other kids for awhile when he came into the house and asked her, "Grandma, what is it called when 2 people are sleeping in the same room and one is on top of the other?"

She was a little taken aback, but decided to tell him the truth. "It's called sexual intercourse, darling."

Little Tony just said, "Oh, OK" and went back outside to the other kids.

A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily, "Grandma, it is not called sexual intercourse! It's called Bunk Beds! And Jimmy's Mom wants to talk to you right now."

Joke

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

Joke

A girl from Texas and a girl from New York were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from Texas, being friendly and all, said, "So, where y'all from?"

The New York girl said, "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."

The girl from Texas sat quietly for a few moments and then replied, "So, where y'all from, bitch?"

Joke

The officer shouted orders to a nearby soldier. With considerable bravery, the GI ran directly onto the field of battle, in the line of fire, to retrieve a dispatch case from a dead soldier. In a hail of bullets, he dove back to safety.

"Private," the officer said, "I'm recommending you for a medal. You risked your life to save the locations of our secret warehouses."

"Warehouses!?" the private shouted. "I thought you said whorehouses!"

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 26^th June

Hell

I feel tired today. I want a change. I am sure it will come. I just want to know when. But no one knows that, except Allah.

I also miss friends. I don't have any true friends. The people I call friends, they laugh at me behind my back. Knowing this I still choose to be with them because I know they know that I am telling the truth. They just don't want to accept it. They are afraid of the consequences. And Quran orders me to keep the weak ones, those with little purity levels with me. With time they will become better. Gradually. Sometimes I don't want to see them. But when I am alone, I don't like that. Its better to be with someone than being alone. Its then that my patience are tested. And today I am tired.

I miss both of my fiances. I just want to hold them. True friends they are. But so far away. Once again I trust Allah to know when. Thats all I have.

And to make things worse, I read a story of a women who has to go to the city from her village to get educated. She has to cross a river walking over a tree trunk. A little balance lost and she may never get educated. And I see budgets that make rich people richer and poor people poorer.

The condition of all the muslim world makes me sick. The name OIC is enough to make me laugh. Or make me cry and ask for help. They are all pigeons waiting for the cat. Waiting for their house to catch fire.

I am sure alot of my readers are older than me. And I am sure you have alot of experience. And I am sure you can answer a couple of questions for me.

What do you do if you see a fire.

Do you wait for the fire to reach you house and only then will you try to control it?

Or do you make yourself stronger by controling the fire where it has come so far? Do you slow it down and call for help? Do you collect water and sand and through at it?

But then who cares. Those who have to die, they had it coming. They just need to save themselves. Who cares what Quran says. Who wants to find Allah's signs.

“None argue concerning the revelations of Allah save those who disbelieve, so let not their turn of fortune in the land deceive thee. The folk of Noah and the factions after them denied (their messengers) before these, and every nation purposed to seize their messenger and argued falsely, (thinking) thereby to refute the Truth. Then I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment. Thus was the word of thy lord concerning those who disbelieve fulfilled: that they are owners of the fire." (40:4-6)

Well then let the word of the lord be fulfilled.

I am here to wait not to achieve, and I will keep waiting. Help me Allah.

Joke

A farmer in the country noticed that a gentleman would fish at the lake (close to the farmer's house) and would always leave with a stringer full of fish.

The fellow had a boat but a fishing pole was not to be seen. The farmer mentioned the situation to the game warden. The warden then started watching this man and all that the farmer said was true! The man would arrive at the lake in the morning and by early afternoon, he had a stringer full of fish.

The warden dressed like a fisherman one day and approached the man. They exchanged pleasantries and the stranger asked the warden in disguise to come fish with him. They boated for 45 minutes and arrived at a secluded spot.

The stranger then pulled out a stick of dynamite. The warden said, "I'm going to have to place you under arrest--I am a game warden and you are fishing illegally!"

The stranger calmly lit the stick of dynamite and handed it to the warden. The stranger then said, "Are you gonna talk or fish?"

Joke

At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., that each had an "A" so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the University of Virginia and party with some friends there.

They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the final and explain to him why they missed it. They explained that they had gone to UVA for the weekend with the plan to come back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back, didn't have a spare, and couldn't get help for a long time. As a result, they missed the final.

The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up the final the following day. The guys were elated and relieved. They studied that night and went in the next day at the time the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet, and told them to begin.

They looked at the first problem, worth five points. It was something simple about free radical formation. "Cool," they thought at the same time, each one in his separate room, "this is going to be easy."

Each finished the problem and then turned the page. On the second page was written: (For 95 points): Which tire?

Joke

"I was born by Caesarean section, but you can't really tell... except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window."

Hope

The whole day I was a bit low. Not that full of fun as I am usually. And Just now I saw some one using a Treo and man just looking at the device I was so happy. I am not that big fan of Windows devices but this device right know was like a ray of hope. As if it was the solution to the problems of the world.

I sure love gadgets.

I can't stop smiling. Since morning I needed a reason to smile. Just saw one.

: )

Thankyou Allah.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 25^th June

Justice

My little sister just gave her class ten exams and she has applied for class eleven in a school run by navy. Acctually the school is in an area that belongs to navy and all the navy personals have residence there. Just like every Armed forces's facility, this one too is different from the rest of the city. Its far more better and worth living in. You can't just go in there, you have to give a reason and submit some form of ID. Its very clean. Very green. It has its own hospital, schools, college, mosques, supermarket, gardens and trashcans. While you are in there you do get the feeling of unity, faith and discipline.

While its great, its injustice.

Armed forces are there because people of a nation pay for that. They are there to serve the people.

Then why is it that people are not given such treatment? Why is it that our neighborhood is not that protected, not that clean, not that taken care off?

Being in that neighborhood, I feel degraded.

I want this changed, all over the world.

And its only nature to live like that. Everything from a single cell to human beings, have a similar system. They are divided in different parts and all parts have a seperate function but similar style of living. They are well protected. They are clean. And they work as a unit.

Why can't we humans live like that? Why can't the cities have different parts or cells? Each part will have a set number of residents. Each cell is surrounded by big walls and will have its own entry and exit. Every year the locals of the cell will choose from among them people to represent them at the government. They can have their own police, doctors, teachers, gardeners, reporters and drivers.

Each city can have such parts surrounding the city center. The city center is where there are governmental and private offices, shoping mals, cinema mals and the general Hospital. And in the center of this should be the city mosque.

Equality for all.

Joke

Two fellas are fishing in a boat under a bridge. One looks up and sees a funeral procession starting across the bridge. He stands up, takes off his cap, and bows his head. The procession crosses the bridge and the man puts on his cap, picks up his rod and reel, and continues fishing.

The other guy says, "That was touching. I didn't know you had it in you."

The first guy responds, "Well, I guess it was the thing to do - after all, I was married to her for 40 years."

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 24^th June

It

I know some one very nice. She is an angel. She is an artist. A free soul. Some times she gets angry with me but I know that she knows I am just trying to help.

She is sad. She is crying. She had a bad news.

Her son is sick. And she has lost hope.

But we haven't. Me and my readers are hopeful. No we don't care if the medical science can't find a cure. We know that prophet Essa(as) was born without a father. Does medical science accepts that? No. Prophet Zakriya(as) and his wife were old and his wife was barren, but still the Mighty gave them a boy, prophet Yahyah(as). We know that some biggies in the field of medical science would ridicule it. But does that mean Allah will turn away and stop helping? No.

“So have patience; Allah's promise is the very truth, and let not those who have no certainty make thee impatient" (30:60)

Yes we will be patient and we will keep praying for his health. We all love him. No matter what anyone says we will not loose hope. We will tell ourselves that if Allah can feed an insect inside a rock to save a life, we will wait for It to save him and to bring laughter to her just like when she used to read the jokes on this blog.

Amen

Gift

I would like to dedicate todays posts to that sweet women I know. May you always remain happy

Amen

Joke

Defence Attorney: What is your age?

Little old woman: I am 86 years old.

Defence Attorney: Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened to you on the first of April of this year?

Little old woman: I was sitting in my swing on the front porch on a warm spring day, when a young man comes creeping up and sat down beside me.

Defence Attorney: Did you know him?

Little old woman: No, but he sure was friendly.

Defence Attorney: What happened after he sat down?

Little old woman: He started to rub my thigh.

Defence Attorney: Did you stop him?

Little old woman: No, I didn't stop him.

Defence Attorney: Why not?

Little old woman: It felt good. Nobody had done that since my Abner passed away some 30 years ago.

Defence Attorney: What happened next?

Little old woman: He began to rub my breasts.

Defence Attorney: Did you stop him then?

Little old woman: No, I didn't stop him.

Defence Attorney: Why not?

Little old woman: Why, Your Honour, his rubbing made me feel excited, and I haven't felt that good in years!

Defence Attorney: What happened next?

Little old woman: Well, I was feeling so spicy that I just laid down and said to him... Take me young man...Take me!

Defence Attorney: Did he take you?

Little old woman: Hell no! He just yelled, April Fool. And that's when I shot the little bastard.

Joke

Three very macho mice are standing around trying to outdo each other.

The first mouse says, "You know those little pellets they put out around the house trying to poison us? I love those things. I eat 'em like candy."

The second mouse, not to be outdone says, "Oh yeah? Well, you know those mousetraps they put out to try to catch us? What I do is get on the trap, grab the cheese, and then flip over onto my back, and when the steel bar comes swinging down I grab it and do bench presses with it."

The third mouse says, "You guys are really a couple of tough mice, and I'd love to keep hangin' out with you here, but I gotta go fuck the cat."

Joke

A very shy guy goes into a pub on Valentine's Day night and sees a beautiful woman sitting alone at the bar.

After an hour of gathering up his courage he finally goes over to her and asks tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I brought you a drink?"

She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't sleep with you tonight!"

Everyone in the pub is now staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table totally red faced.

After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologises. She smiles at him and says, "I'm really sorry if I embarrassed you just then. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations."

The man responds, at the top of his lungs, "No I will not pay $200!"

Heaven

Last night while reading Quran I read something that made me very happy. I still think of it and I smile.

“Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed, They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining; Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all that they ask);" (36:55-57)

I love both of my fiances and I would love to have them there, in heaven. But how to make sure they are going to be there. Well, Islam makes it easier for me. Its Allah's promise that only pure men are for pure women. Also in Quran Allah says,

“The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress, and the adulteress shall not marry save an adulterer or an idolater. All that is forbidden unto believers.” (24:3)

So if you have decided to be good and pure before you are married Allah will arrange a spouse for you who will be as good and pure as you are. Which means both will be together in the same level of heaven. In my case it would be three of us.

: )

And I also hope that my friends are also there. Quran is the way.

Keep praying.

Extremism

“O prophet: Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them. That will be better, that so they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.”(33:59)

I just read that in Norway a law has been passed that allows school administration to ban the use of veils through which girls hide their face.

In the above verse Allah orders muslim women that when they go out they should cover themselves in such a way that they are recognised and so not annoyed by on-lookers.

Due to this verse I consider hiding one's face a sin untill and unless there is a need. Here is why.

If you study Islamic history, you will find that the Arabs in the time of holy prophet Muhammad(pbuh) were divided into tribes. And each tribe protected its people regardless of their believes. If someone was attacked, the whole tribe was willing to take revenge and these even grew into wars for years. Due to this people were very cautious when it came to intertribe relations. And same goes for the people of the same tribe.

Now the above verse says that women should be recognised and 'so' not annoyed. Those who believe that it means women should hide their faces, say that it means women should be recognised as muslims.

The non-muslims in that time wanted to annoy and hurt muslims whenever they can. Then do you think it matters to them if the muslim women hides her face or not. In either case they would want to annoy the muslims.

But if history is to be taken into account with logic, this verse teaches us something else. That by not hiding their faces, the women will be recognised as a mother, wife, sister or daughter of a particular muslim man belonging to a particular tribe or family. Wouldn't that stop the men from other tribes annoy the women of a known man.

If the face would have been hidden, couldn't the culprits could have easily said and gotten away that they didn't knew who she was?

Translation

I must learn arabic. Its a matter of heaven and hell forever. And I can't trust others to guide me. Since Allah has taken the responsiblity of teaching it to who ever is willing to read it, I want to learn arabic so that I could understand it best.

I just can't risk my heaven. What if one perect of this translation is wrong. And I urge all of you, not to trust me when it comes to Quran. What if I am wrong? Try to study it yourself. Because if the person you are following is wrong, in your grave you will be questioned that since you could have read it yourself why you followed someone else.

“And no burdened soul can bear another's burden, and if one heavy laden crieth for (help with) his load, naught of it will be lifted even though he (unto whom he crieth) be of kin." (35:18)

Keep trying and keep praying, only Allah will show you the light and only Allah will make it easy for you. Just do what is easy for you.

My prayers are with all of you.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 23^rd June

Gradually

Its better to accept your mistake and ask for forgiveness than to be afraid.

I have made a mistake. I feel I owe an apology. Yesterday in my post WWIII, I said "It doesn't matter if you are a man, woman or child." I forgot to mention the other sex. They are a part of us too. They should also be mentioned. They should also take part in saving humanity.

I am sorry.

Help me God.

And Allah, will you please give a nice name like man and woman, to the other sex. Calling them 'the other sex' makes them looks like aliens. Please unite them and help them reach UN for a name and recognition.

They deserve that.

Amen.

Fish

I have been thinking about fishes for the past few days. Since killing them by suffocation is not right and capturing one by one and killing them with a knife is not that easy and does nof fulfill our needs, I wanted to think of some other way to kill them. Kept thinking but could not find an answer.

“...and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.(17:85)”

So I asked Allah what to do. I mean I love fish but there has to be an easy way to catch them. The Greatest told me a very easy solution. Catch the fishes and keep them in water. Once on land, drug them so that they become slugish. And then kill them in the name of Allah.

Nib the bud

A teenage girl has sued an online service because she met a guy online, after becoming friends, she met him after school, went to a restaurant, movie and to his apartment where according to the girl she was raped. She blames the service for letting this man reach her.

Many little girls and women get raped all over the world. And sometimes boys and men are raped by women. And sometimes teenage children are 'just having fun' with an adult and the wrong types of adults take it seriously.

The Australian government is spending AUS$120 million to provide australian families with a free Net Filtering software so that they could prevent their young ones from watching porn.

Those who are willing to commit a sin, they find ways no matter what. Todays younger generation is far more technologically aware than their parents. Most of the times their partents think they have secured their children from pronography and the children find way around the filtering softwares. There are many cracking tools out there.

While I feel sorry for all the victims of rape and of injustice, I would blame the girl, her parents and her government too. And I think that Net Filters alone are not enough.

I think it would be wise to nib the evil in the bud.

This is what Islam tells us.

No friendship between boys/men and girls/women
Don't go near adultry
Don't wear tight or revealing dresses
Don't reveal your body to others
Don't enjoy looking at others bodies
Punishments should be given infront of the general public
Government should punish those who commit adultry with lashes
Freedom of speech is not allowed
Government should punish those who promote sin
Government should punish those who help others in promoting sin

If they are afraid of the punishment then they would think twice before doing wrong. And if all wrong people fear severe punishments and death, they would think twice before promoting sins. The rate of crime and sin will go down. Because then very few people will be willing to find, and to select, the least difficult way among few ways possible, for commiting a sin.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 22^nd June

Hypocrisy

Islam is a religion of justice. Nothing in the history of Islam is not, as prominent as justice. Pick up Quran and all you will see is justice, one way or the other. Don't eat this, why because justice has to be done to your body. Don't drink alcholic drinks because justice has to be done to others. Don't lie, so that justice can be done to the people. Don't bribe to take away someones property, to prevail justice. Take revenge and help others to take revenge, so that justice is done to the word humanity. Forgiveness is better than revenge if you can forget the injustice done to you, justice to the word unity. Topple governments if they stand against Allah, justice to Allah Itself.

Yet I see people, and among them are muslims, who are against Jihad.

It is considered the right thing or an honorable thing to forgive everytime, even if you insanely curse them and want to kill them when you are alone.

Man there is so much hypocrisy in this world. Lying is considered to be an art in todays world. I see people talking about a world with no bad people. I hear 'humanitarians' talking about making love and not war. If they would have been right than why is it that history is full of stories of good and evil. Why is it that only the weak became the victim of injustice. Why is it that we can't clap with just one hand.

I will tell you why, because it will always take two hands to clap. Good will always come with evil and they will always fight with each other to take over.

Revenge is a positive way of life. Either in the form of Jihad or war or law.

I respect Mahathir Mohamad for what he has done for Malaysia. But I am disappointed after what he has to say regarding wars.

“We need to work in the long-term for war to be made a crime. People who wage war should be treated as criminals,”

No sir we don't need to work for war to be made a crime. We need to work for injustice to be made a crime.

WWIII

People world war three is just round the corner. I don't know exactly when but we have few years. Or may be it has already started. May be it is going on with intervals. May be the interval thing will go on for a few years. But it is here. And this time it would change the face of the world. Atomic bombs.

If I were you, I would travel around, see the world before it gets destroyed. With that I would prepare. Be strong. Be a part of something bigger. Money won't help. Weapons, will. The knowledge how to use them, will. Knowledge of First aid, will. Strong willpower, will. Knowledge of any aspect of war, will. So I would train for these.

Yes we can't fight atomic bombs. But if we survive them, we may have to fight the enemies. We may have to defend. It doesn't matter if you are a man, woman or child. Just train to learn whatever you can easily. Start from reading history. And don't forget Quran. You do what is easy for you and leave the rest to Allah.

Joke

Two deaf people get married. During the first week of marriage, they find that they are unable to communicate in the bedroom when they turn off the lights because they can't see each other using sign language.

After several nights of fumbling around and misunderstandings, the wife decides to find a solution.

'Honey,' she signs, 'Why don't we agree on some simple signals? For instance, at night, if you want to have sex with me, reach over and squeeze my left breast one time. If you don't want to have sex, reach over and squeeze my right breast one time.'

The husband thinks this is a great idea and signs back to his wife, 'Great idea, Now if you want to have sex with me, reach over and pull on my penis one time.'

'If you don't want to have sex, reach over and pull on my penis..........fifty times'

Joke

Three desperately ill men met with their doctor one day to discuss their options. One was an alcoholic, one was a chain smoker and the other was a homosexual.

The doctor, addressing all three of them, said, "If any of you indulge in your vices one more time, you will surely die."

The men left the doctor's office, each convinced that he would never again indulge himself in his vice. While walking toward the subway for their return trip to the suburbs, they passed a bar. The alcoholic, hearing the loud music and seeing the lights, could not stop himself. His buddies accompanied him into the bar, where he had a shot of whiskey.

No sooner had he replaced the shot glass on the bar, he fell off his stool, stone cold dead.

His companions, somewhat shaken, left the bar, realizing how seriously they must take the doctor's words. As they walked along, they came upon a cigarette butt lying on the ground, still burning. The homosexual looked at the chain smoker and said, "If you bend over to pick that up, we're both dead."

Joke

The Indians asked their Chief in autumn if the winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the winter was going to be cold and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?"

The man on the phone responded, "This winter was going to be quite cold indeed." So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared.

A week later he called the National Weather Service again, "Is it going to be a VERY cold winter?"

"Yes", the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."

So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again: "Are you absolutely sure, that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely" the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!"

Joke

Three men who were lost in the forest were captured by cannibals. The cannibal king told the prisoners that they could live if they pass a trial. The first step of the trial was to go to the forest and get ten pieces of the same kind of fruit. So all three men went separate ways to gather fruits.

The first one came back and said to the king, "I brought ten apples." The king then explained the trial to him. "You have to shove the fruits up your butt without any expression on your face or you'll be eaten."

The first apple went in... but on the second one he winced out in pain, so he was killed.

The second one arrived and showed the king ten berries. When the king explained the trial to him he thought to himself that this should be easy. 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8... and on the ninth berry he burst out in laughter and was killed.

The first guy and the second guy met in heaven. The first one asked, "Why did you laugh, you almost got away with it?" The second one replied, "I couldn't help it, I saw the third guy coming with pineapples."

Joke

A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead all work at the same office for a female boss who always goes home early.

"Hey, girls," says the brunette, "let's go home early tomorrow. She'll never know."

So the next day, they all leave right after the boss does. The brunette gets some extra gardening done, the redhead goes to a bar, and the blonde goes home to find her husband having sex with the female boss! She quietly sneaks out of the house and returns at her normal time.

"That was fun," says the brunette. "We should do it again sometime."

"No way," says the blonde. "I almost got caught."

Moderation

One of my fiances, who lives in USA is a blond. I love her alot.

I was reluctant to post the above joke. I thought that it might hurt her feelings. Hurting her feelings would have been a sin.

But I was wrong. I am not making fun of her. Or if I tell a joke saying or trying to give the impression that all blondes are stupid, that would have been a sin. The above joke does not uses any names. Does not makes fun of one particular person or group. It talks about a blond, which could be anyone.

Similarly, some of the jokes are related to sex. In a conservative society, like as in Pakistan, this would be considered unethical. But its not a sin to tell a joke related to sex.

According to Islam this is what moderation is. Everthing is ok if its according to ones needs and is not sin. Stopping yourself from something that is not a sin but is somehow related to it, is extremism. As most muslims don't use alcoholic perfumes. Drinking of alcoholic drinks is not considered good by Islam, not the use of alcohol in other forms.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 20^th June

Profession

I know two brothers who are studying ACCA. They both are very nice and I enjoy their company alot. The elder brother, Noman likes to talk about religion and the current affairs. The younger, Adnan, is different. He is more of an artist. Some one who wants to make his own path to walk on. And he loves to laugh.

But Adnan is not happy. He is not satisfied. He knew that but didn't knew what it was that he wanted.

Yesterday morning, we started talking about this. It was obvious that he wanted to do something. He said to me that sometimes he gets this feeling of a void in him. As if he is missing something. But just can't explain what he wants.

I have also observed this in him. It seems to me as if he is lost and wants to find the right path.

But after discussing it we came to the conlclusion that he was not happy with ACCA. He wanted something creative. Some thing where he could create his own path.

Knowing his love for dictionaries and encyclopedias, I suggested him the field of Archeology. History fascinates him and he likes to solve puzzles and I thought that he could be happy as an Archeologist.

This is a case of just one individual. There are many out there who are lost. Who are not happy. And since they are not happy, they can't work with a team and be productive.

In Quran Allah says that it has created every one different. Thats the reason why Allah took the responsibility of teaching Islam to who ever understands the words he or she or ie(the other sex) reads in the Quran. Because only Allah knows what we need. Who is at which level of purity. And who can understand what, at a particular time. A human teacher can never guess that. And its every ones right to be taught the path to heaven that is perfect for him/her/iea.

But unlike religion, choosing of a profession requires human teachers. Some one who could study children, their talents and their nature. And then decide what professions a child should select.

I am not talking about one or few families. I am talking about countries. I think that the government should help their people when they are young in deciding what they want to do.

Habits can be changed but nature remains the same. Talent can not be taught. Studying these two traits, can help parents guide their young ones. Families, communities and countries are made of people. Leaders who know how to lead, start at the grass root. They study and should study their little followers. Help them do what they do best. Help them in being happy and they would help by being productive.

Sexes

For the past few years I have been asking myself one question.

The other sex. Those who are neither male nor female. Don't they have their rights. I mean everywhere you go, you see washrooms for male and females. In buses you have two compartments, male and female. In forms you have two boxes, male or female. Any survey done, it specifically says that it was done on this many number of men and this many number of women.

Why?

Aren't the people from the 'banned' sex, humans? Don't they have feelings? Why is it that they are considered an anomaly? Defected?

Why do we use 'it' for them?

They are human. They are a part of our society. They deserve to be educated. To be recognised. To be given an oppurtunity to live like a human. They have brains and among them are people who can bring about a change, if they are guided.

Among them are also those who are loved by Allah.

So I have taken the liberty to add few words in the english dictionary.

He, her and ie.

Him, her and iea.

His, hers and ieus.

Fish

Today, I saw a group of fishermen protesting. I love fish but I have not eaten one in years. I will tell you why.

In Quran Allah says,

Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swine flesh, and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and he dead through falling from a height, and theat which hath been killed by (the goring of ) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by the death stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols. And (forbidden is it) that ye swear by the dividing arrows... (5:3)

Here Allah clearly says that we can not eat an animal that has died due to suffocation.

Fishes now adays are caught with the aid of nets. The lack of air kills them. Eating a fish that has not been bled to death, is not allowed. It is haraam. A sin. A very big sin.

So, if you are like me and if you love to eat fish, then I would suggest you get a living fish and put a knife through it to kill it. And only then cook it and eat it.

And all the people who are earning money through selling of the dead fishes are earning haraam. From the fishermen to the government, every one.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 18^th June

Evolution

Everything can be improved over time. Every person has his or her speed of learning. The speed may depend on your interest in a particular subject, your talent for that subject and the way it is taught.

The speed of learning does not depend on how hard you work. Your body is not a machine, so don't expect it to work like one. Your body is like everything in the universe. Everthing evolves gradually. Allow your brain to mature gradually.

Quran is also in the favor of gradual learning. In the following verse from the Quran, Allah says that it teaches Quran to people who are at different levels of purity. And the amount of purity is directly propotional to the amount of practice of what Allah made you understand from the reading of Quran.

Then We gave the scripture as inheritance unto those whom We elected for our bondmen. But of them are some who wrong themselves and of them are some who are lukewarm and of them are some who outstrip (others) through good deeds, by Allah's leave. (35:32)

Work according to the amount of energy your body can produce at the moment. Stop if you feel tired.

Quran orders us not to put ourselves in difficulty.

Let me give you an example.

Its human nature to forget. The reason is not that we are made that way. Its just that we forget things that we don't concentrate on.

My family sometimes get our clothes washed at a nearby laundry. Every time I go there, the thing that impresses me most is how well the laundry man remembers where he keeps whose clothes. He doesn't uses any kind of tags. Its all in his memory. Today I asked him about it. I asked him, was his memory the same way when he first started in this job. He said no, it happened over time.

And I kept thinking about this. Before this I didn't thought that improving once memory was that important. You can always use aids like dairies and mobile devices. But this made me realise that if we can improve our memory without making this process of improving a burden, it would make our lives easier.

Similarly we can also improve our habits or our lifestyles. All you have to do is allow yourself to change out of a particular style, slowly. If you make a msitake, let it be. But the important thing here is not to give up. And always work with a teacher to learn something new.

Quran orders us to learn new things only from a teacher and not own our own. But Allah takes the responsiblity of teaching you Quran if you read it in the language you understand. You don't need a teacher to learn Islam.

So please be a part of this universe and move gradually and allow others to do so.

Joke

Little Johnny grew up in the city, and went to visit his Uncle Joe on the farm. For the first few days, his uncle showed him the usual things, chickens, cows, crops, etc. After three days, however, it was obvious that Little Johnny was getting bored, and his uncle was running out of things to amuse him with.

Finally, Uncle Joe had an idea. "Why don't you grab a gun, take the dogs, and go shooting?"

This seemed to cheer Little Johnny up, and with enthusiasm, off he went, dogs in trail. After a few hours, Little Johnny returned.

"How did you enjoy that?" asked Uncle Joe.

"It was great!" exclaimed Little Johnny. "Got any more dogs."

Joke

Hung Chow calls in to work and says, "Hey, boss I not come work today, I really sick. I got headache, stomachache and my legs hurt. I not come work."

The boss says, "You know Hung Chow, I really need you today. When I feel like this I go to my wife and tell her give me sex. Makes everything better and I can go to work. You try."

Two hours later Hung Chow calls again: "Boss, I do what you say and I feel great. I be at work soon. You got nice house."

Joke

A man joins a Tibetan temple. He takes a vow of silence but is allowed to say two words every year. After an arduous 12 months of eating rice, sleeping on a wooden bed with a raggedy blanket, and working 14-hour days in the field, the man goes to the head monk and says, "More blankets."

Another year passes, and he visits the head monk and says, "More food." The man goes through one more year eating good meals and sleeping well, but he's drained by the long days of work. He calls on the head monk and uses his two words to say, "I'm leaving."

"Good," the head monk replies. "You've done nothing but bitch since you got here."

Greenland

One of my regular readers is from Greenland. Greenland has a population of about 56,500 and out of that someone comes to my site. Regularly.

Ya, I know its something to be very proud of.

Anyway, since I have been unable to update my website for the past few days, Allah told me she is wondering what was I upto. I don't know what her name is but I have been told she has been to Pakistan and Karachi, where I live and she is thinking that since Karachi is not such a place for some one to be that busy to be unable to post to one's blog, what were my reasons.

: )

Well dear, my website is hosted at a free service and being free its not that good. Sometimes it gives me an error while uploading. Last few days I have been facing that problem.

But thats not the only reason for me not to blog. I try to enjoy my life. Thats what we have been ordered in Quran. To act only when Allah has made it easy to do so. So I blog when I feel like and its easy to do so or when its my main priority. I don't force myself to do something until and unless not doing it would be a sin.

BTW I would love to see Greenland some day. May be in summer.

: )

Success

As was expected from Apple, they have promised they would look into the accusations that were made by some UK paper.

Lets see what happens. As I said earlier that Apple's effort alone won't be enough. It will be very good on the part of Apple but still not the solution. Other companies and the organisations like ILO, HR, WTO and above all UN, have to work togther to bring about a change which has to start from our educational intitutes, like Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and the Accel day care center in my neighborhood.

Let me explain.

Today a carpenter is working in our house. He is repairing the front windows. In the morning he asked me to get some stuff for him. And later in the afternoon I saw him resting and smoking rather than working.

I had two options here. Either I measure my success by the amount of time and money I or those working for me, spend . Or by the amount of happiness, peace of mind, love and respect from others in my life.

I could have bargained at every shop and could have waited to find the shop that sold me the stuff that the carpenter needed for the lowest price. That way I could have saved little money. And I would have had the sense of saving alot since its little that adds up to make alot. And later in the day I could have scolded the carpenter for wasting time and not doing his job. He is being paid on daily basis which means that if he does not finishes his work on time, he will have to do that work the next day. Which means I will have to pay him more. And that meant I would not have the sense of saving little to have alot.

What do I do?

I choose the second option.

I just go and buy the stuff from a shop that I just think would not steal from me and just say to the salesman that if he can decrease the prices, I would be thankful. No I don't bargain more than that and I don't try to find the cheapest shop. When I found the carpenter resting, I wanted to scold him but that didn't felt right. Why? Because I asked myself, that if I would have been working in this hot weather since morning, won't I be tired? And the little money that I would have to give him tomorrow, that is if he doesn't finishes work today, will be like spending money to beautify my heaven. So instead of scolding him I get him a bottle of cold water.

Now wasn't that easy on me? I didn't had to walk around and DECIDE which shop is cheap. And I saved alot of time. And the weather was hot too.

I didn't had to argue with him. I would have said some and he would have said some. That would have only created tension for both of us. And we all know tension is not good for our health. And on that I would not have had this man's respect if I would have scolded. Because he knew that I let it go.

Peace, love, happiness and respect is all there. And money, well Islam tells us that if you let go of your money in the name of Allah, according to your needs and to make your's and other's life easier, Allah will give you far more.

Now, in big educational institutes like Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, the students are taught to measure their success by measuring their bank balances and properties. We all accept that and work, work and work most of the time to be successful. The work keeps us away from our families. From our loved ones. Or from the ones who love us. Those little ones, in the Accel day care center in my neighborhood would later realise their parents didn't had enough time for them.

The more money you have, the less satisfied you feel. Because money, no matter how much, may end one day.

Allah is there forever.

Trust me

Q

I like smartphones and touch screen devices. Every time I find out about some new device that is either a smartphone or a touch screen device and has some nice innovative features, I want to play with it. Since its my job to work with these type of devices and with computers, I try to find more about them.

The device that I really liked as a phone was the HTC Universal. It had nice qwerty keypad. Had a touch screen. And it looked and worked like a mini convertible tablet. And it was available in black. So in simple words, it rocked for me. Only once I had the chance to see it being used by someone else. And I was very happy and thanked Allah for giving me that chance. But unfortunately that sweet baby had a price tag of $900-$1000(about RS60,000).

I don't carry a wallet. The reason being is that I know I don't have to carry an amount as THICK as RS60,000.

: )

The second device that I liked(or had to like after knowing HTC Universal wasn't meant for me) was one of the Nokia's E-series model. The one with qwerty keypad and a large screen. But after looking at the price I was glad I didn't carried a wallet.

But now it seems that things are going to change. I have just found out that some one believes that Motorola's Q may get sold for as cheap as $50(RS3000). Now that is really cheap for a smartphone with qwerty keypad. No it doesn't has a touch screen but still I like it. The keys are well seperated and look better then Treo's. The screen looks good. Its thin, only 0.45". But its not that slim. Infact its wide. Almost like a thin brick. Most probably its for the technology buffs.

But what I really liked was the use of a jog dial on the side. Now I have used this dial in one of the Sony's model, it works well for scrolling and selecting. I thought that was a nice feature.

So all of you out there who are looking for a cheap but average quality smartphone will have to wait till the end of this year. I am sure you are going to enjoy the Q.

Fear

I love to watch movies. And I love to watch them on the big screen. And I enjoy it even more if some friend of mine is with me. Usually I go with my friend Mr. D. Yes I don't want to tell his real name.

But he has one problem, he is way to scared of his mother. She doesn't considers going to cinema an honorable thing. And she has a very bad temper.

I just met him and asked him if he would like to go with me to MI:III. I loved the first two installments and I am sure I am going to love this one too. Mr. D just gave his exams and was happy to go. But as usual was afraid of his mother.

He knows that I don't care what others think. I just do what is right. He told me that I should not tell people that we go to cinema. He thought that since people don't consider it a good thing, they won't respect us.

And as usual I told him that we should not live like that. Its our life and we deserve to live it and enjoy it. Because no matter what you do and how you do it, there will always be a percentage of people who would not like it and others who would respect you for that very act. In the end it all comes down to the fact that every one thinks differently due to which you can never please every one. Thats why Islam tells us to please only Allah which is far more easier than pleasing many people.

I also asked him that for how long he thinks he can allow his mother to live his life for him. He will have to some day stop letting her control him.

To which he asked, that should he fight with her. I said, no. He doesn't has to fight, just respectfully tell her to stop being his owner. And if she gets angry, just stay quite and don't answer any of her statements or questions. As quran tells us that we can't make deaf poeple hear the truth.

I see alot of parents hurting their children through selfish or stupid desires. Many parents either because of love or because of ego try to control the lives of their children. Which destroys the confidence of the child.

If your parents are like that, then I would suggest you stand against them. Quran tells us to respect, to be thankful, to be good to our parents and not to shout at them. But Islam does not expects every one to love their parents. Islam orders us to kindly and respectfully tell parents what is right and what is wrong. And if they insist on following the wrong, Islam orders you not to obey them and stay firm.

My friend laughed and said what if they kick me out of the house. I smiled and said then let them. You can leave them if they insist on doing the wrong. Thats what prophet Ibrahim(as) did. All that is expected from us is that if they come to us for help, we should help them and thats what being nice is. If they want you to help them in commiting a sin, don't.

I know that its not easy. It takes time and patience for confidence to get strong, but it is only possible when you know that you should not fear your parents, your teacher, your relatives and friends. You are not anyones slave nor are you anyones owner.

You should only fear Allah.

Rat

I just came from the market. On my way to the market in one of the streets I saw a dead rat. Its body was swollen and there was a very bad smell around it.

Now I can't help think of our own deaths.

What do I want my body to be like and to be surrounded by which smell. Do I want to be lying there helpless, while insects feed on me and a smell from which I just can't escape.

Or do I want to be with with my friends in the gardens of heaven and with the smell of happiness.

I know what I want and it has a small price. Read and understand the Quran and then bring about changes in your life as teaches you. In Quran Allah says that you just read this book and I will teach you. So its better to learn arabic, but if you don't want to do that get a translation and read.

Will you be there? I hope so.

Joke

Two old ladies were outside their nursing home, having a smoke, when it started to rain. One of the ladies pulled out a condom, cut off the end, put it over her cigarette, and continued smoking.

Lady 1: "What's that?"

Lady 2: "A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet."

Lady 1: "Where did you get it?"

Lady 2: "You can get them at any drugstore."

The next day, Lady 1 hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The guy, obviously embarrassed, looks at her strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years old), but very delicately asks what brand she prefers.

"Doesn't matter son, as long as it fits a Camel."

The pharmacist fainted

Food

Islam orders us to take care of our health. Its must that we try to keep ourselves healthy or we will be punished for not doing so. Good health is Allah's gift and we should protect it.

Where ever you will go, you will see families eating three times a day. They all sit together and eat. While this is good to bring the family together but this is a very unhealthy practice. And I am amazed that no one has ever done anything to help people see its effects. With this I also see mothers telling their little ones to completely clean their plates. And I see alot of people deiting in a very unhealthy way. They would eat little for two to three weeks and then give up and start eating to make up for all that was lost.

Anyway our bodies has a natural system of alarm when it needs food. You feel hungery and acid is released into your stomach which brings about a burning sensation. The feeling of hunger is also elicited by the thought or sight of food.

Making body wait for food till its family meal time, remaining hungry to loose weight or filling your stomach completely with food are not good for your health.

The best way is to eat whenever you feel hungry. But stop when you start to get the feeling that now your stomach is about to get full.

For children, its better to let them eat whatever healthy food they like to eat. Don't force them to eat food of your choice. Let them be happy. Keep fruits, raw vegetables, sandwiches and milkshakes for them to have when ever they feel hungry. And repeatedly but with love keep telling them that they should not eat if they feel they are full. But trust me you won't have to do that alot as most kids play alot and ask for food when they are hungry. Its nature. Let nature take over.

This practice of eating when you are hungry and not to full your stomach is also good to keep your weight under control. You will loose all the extra fat and with clothes you will look really lean. Trust me on that. I have been practicing this on myself for quite some time now.

Also with this keep moving around. You don't have to do extra exercise. Just walk and do your daily chores. And remain happy. Just do what you want to do and enjoy it. You will remain healthy.

I know alot of dietitians won't agree with me. They would tell you about vitamins and minerals and nutrients. This terminology thing will alone make a healthy man sick with confusion. I am not saying that science is not right. I am very much in the favor of science. I am just saying that not every one needs to get into the maze of science when there is an easy alternative. And also remember the science of diet has been commercialized alot. Fact and fiction has been mixed for years to earn money. So all I am saying is that be careful, you can't buy good health from the market.

Please don't try to control what is not in your control. Let Allah do what you can't do. You will remain alot happier this way.

Schwarzenegger

I am a big Arnold Schwarzenegger fan.

Yes for me Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Arnold Schwarzenegger. I don't agree with his ways of life during his youth but what he is now is wonderful. He has changed so much. Now he likes to help. Wants to improve our world.

Anyways I just wanted to write about him. He is currently trying to get re-elected. I hope he does get elected. The reason I favor him is because he is so brave. He has the guts to change and improve himself. He also knows how to lead. He knows that to win the hearts of people he has to help them and be an example himself. Though I hope he does not helps homosexuals in anyway.

I just thought he should be given another chance. I am sure this time he will do things that would definitely be in the interest of the general public.

I am sure he has learned his lesson.

I would like to make a request to anyone reading this, please vote for him. He lost the first Mr. Universe but he then learned and conquered and proved to every one he was the right choice.

And I am really waiting for True lies 2 and Terminator 4 to be released. And I hope he keeps making good movies. He looks so cool on the screen. He has this warrior mentality which has been very much evident through out his life.

To achieve the right thing he just won't give up.

Joke

The LAPD, the FBI, & the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.

The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.

The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.

The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay, okay, I'm a rabbit, I'm a rabbit."

Joke

A pirate walked into a bar and the bartender said, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!"

"What do you mean? I'm fine."

"What about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."

"Well," said the pirate, "we were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the doc fixed me up, and I'm fine, really."

"Oh yeah? Well what about that hook? The last time I saw you, you had both hands."

"We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was cut off but the doc fixed me up with the hook, and I feel great, really."

"Oh," said the bartender, "what about that eye patch? The last time you were in here you had both eyes."

"One day when we were at sea some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up and one of them crapped in my eye."

"You're kidding," said the bartender, "you couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird crap!"

"Well, I really wasn't used to the hook yet."

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

Justice

I had some really nice jokes to post today but I read something that brought tears in my eyes and was painful. Weakness of many humans is being exploited by few strong humans. It makes me very sad and brings the urge in me to help the weak take REVENGE. Because revenge or as in arabic, jihad, is a positive way of life. It is the victory of humanity over injustice.

A few days back a report was published in one of the newspapers of UK. The report talked about the conditions of workers in a couple of Chinese factories that were mostly making products for western companies.

The name that was repeated in the report was Apple. It did say that other companies were involved but still used Apple's name repeatedly. That hurt me too. Why just Apple. I agree Apple should do something about this with others. But don't blame Apple for the system that is run by politicians.

And I would like to request Steve Jobs to do something in this regard. Meet the right people and convince other companies to force these factories to change the condition of their workers. Or convince them all to find some other manufacturer in the same country or in some other countries. I know its not conceivable but atleast try.

It has to be a group effort. Because Apple alone can't do anything. First of all its a government who is allowing these factories to operate in such a way. And Apple alone can't convince Chinese government, who are the main culprit here.

Secondly, if Apple asks these factories to improve the conditions of their workers, that will create problems for Apple. Because the improved conditions of workers will cost money and this will be billed to Apple. This will cause Apple to do one of the two things. Either to increase the prices of its products or decrease its profits.

Increasing prices will help Apple's competitors who are not helping in this cause. And that is not fair. On the other hand if Apple does not increases the prices but decreases it's profits, this will create problems for Apple's shareholders.

So you see one company can't bring about a change. Even if all the companies got togther on this, which I doubt will ever happen, it won't be the solution. Fine no more such factories. But then what. Will the life of these people improve. No. They will have to work and these governments will keep exploiting them.

I also don't favor the notion that we should stop using products that are made in such countries. As was done by most muslims after that danish paper and its artists insulted prophet Mohamma(pbuh). Or damage the properties of international companies. Or using suicide bombers. This is not the way. This is the act of a coward. A looser. This is like taking revenge from devil with just one needle.

Its not only China, there are many countries in which either the government or some parts of it use weak people for their selfish acts. For greed of money. And I don't think I would be wrong if I said that all the countries are commiting crimes against humanity in one way or the other. The strong is crushing the weak. Thats the reason I love jihad. Islam orders us to fight such people or animals and help the weak. Sadly, organisations like Al-Qaeda, Nation of Islam and Hammas have given jihad and Islam a bad name.

Its time someone got up and changed all this. Someone who would unite us and rather using a needle, uses all the force that is at his disposal to destroy what needs to be destroyed once and for all.

May Allah help us all.

Hope

The above post really left me sad. But the following news made me really happy.

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was fined for illegal parking and speeding. The PM wasn't driving but he owned the three cars, so the tickets were issued in his name. The tickets were for a total of eleven offences.

But this is not what made me happy. I am sure this is usual in the west. But what I like was Mr. Badawi's response.

"The last time I had summons, I paid them all. Thank you for letting me know. I will find out who were driving the cars on those days."

This is very unusual in countries that are not considered developed or the first world countries. Most would won't give it much importance since they are the rulers.

This reminded me to remain hopeful. There are people out there who know how to set a good example of humanity and then rule.

Way to go Mr. Badawi and way to go Malaysia.

Now I think I can post those jokes.

: )

Joke

A man walks into a bar one night. He goes up to the bar and asks for a beer. ''Certainly, sir, that'll be 1 cent.''

''One penny?!'' exclaimed the guy. The barman replied, ''Yes.'' So, the guy glances over at the menu, and he asks, ''Could I have a nice juicy T-bone steak, with fries, peas, and a salad?''

''Certainly sir,'' replies the bartender, ''but all that comes to real money.''

''How much money?'' inquires the guy. ''Four cents,'' he replies.

''Four cents?!'' exclaims the guy. ''Where's the guy who owns this place?'' The barman replies, ''Upstairs with my wife.'' The guy says, ''What's he doing with your wife?'' The bartender replies, ''Same as what I'm doing to his business.'

Joke

A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, "I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir."

The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60 perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.

Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: "Now don't be silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control."

As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, "Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?"

The wife smiles demurely and says, "You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did."

As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, "Darn it, woman, can't you keep your mouth shut?"

The officer frowns and says, "And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic $75 fine."

The driver says, "Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket."

The wife says, "Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving."

And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, "WHY DON'T YOU PLEASE SHUT UP??"

The officer looks over at the woman and asks, "Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma'am?"

"Only when he's been drinking."

Joke

A company, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he wants to let them know he means business! The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?"

A little surprised, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $300.00 a week. Why?" The CEO then hands the guy $1,200 in cash and screams, "Here's four weeks pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"

Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?" With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 13^th June

Absurdity

Apple is Apple. No doubt about that.

But what is wrong with the European countries.

First France wanted to bend ITMS terms and conditions the way they wanted. Then Norway. And now Sewden.

Lets put everything in order.

Apple makes a player that is definitely some where from the future. Then Apple starts a service through which 'iPod users' can download music. And since its only for iPod users, the music is to be played only on iPods. Apple did not, DID NOT, forced the iPod users to buy music from it. They always have the option of buying CD's and ripping them to their iPods. On that Apple lets you keep the music forever just at the price of 99 cents each. The record companies wanted Apple to sell music on subscription basis just like the rest of the online stores or charge more money for the hot/new songs, so that their wallets could become even more fattier. But Apple said no.

Apple has done so much for the consumer. Every body in the market is there to earn but if with that they make the life of the consumer more easier then why complain? No one is forcing anybody to buy anything from Apple. If you or I or they go to Apple, we do so because we know what we need is available from Apple. And let me remind you, quality always comes with a price.

Let me give you an example of how Apple helped the consumer. If you go back in time, in the first quater of 1999, Diamond introduced the Rio PMP300. It had a 64MB of space and it could hold only 16 songs and could transfer data from the computer at a speed of 100KB per sec. Rio was considered to be the best player at that time. For the next 20 months it remained the best, until Apple joined the game. In the October of 2001 Apple introduced iPod. It had a 5000MB of space compared to 64MB of Rio and it could hold 1250 songs. It could transfer data from the computer at a speed of 50,000KB per sec. Thats 500 times what Rio was capable of. On that Apple worked really hard to produce a very innovative iPod interface which was very user friendly. Now all this change was brought about within one year and eight months of time. And now after five and a half years, Apple holds about 90% of the digital audio players market. Many companies have tried to bring innovation to beat Apple's iPod but none have succeeded so far. And talking of innovation, Apple's iMac is an another example.

Now we hear that some EU coutries don't like the ITMS's EULA. They want Apple to allow people to play the music they bought from ITMS on other players.

There are so many other things these countries could have done. For example,

Unite EU and other countries to achieve all or some of the following.
Directly take on DRM and the record labels. Thats the main problem, not Apple's ACC format.
Force other online music stores to sell music like ITMS.
Request or help rival companies to be more creative.
Kindly tell the consumer that there is no need to buy players from different manufacturers. iPod can go anywhere, can be hooked to anything and has one of the coolest interface.
Kindly tell the consumer that if they want to own players from different companies then they can buy CDs and rip them as many times as they want and whenever they want.
These countries can start their own online music service and sell the songs in different formats, 99 cents each.
If they care so much about their people, why don't they buy the music from record companies and give it away either free of cost or at a very low price. Of corse only to their own people. Not to us or Apple.

But they choose to climb on the bandwagon and blame Apple. Even in case of Windows and Microsoft I am against EU.

Joke

It's Saturday morning and John is just about to set off on a round of golf when he realizes that he forgot to tell his wife that the guy who fixes the washing machine is coming around at noon. So John heads back to the clubhouse and phones home.

"Hello?" says a little girl's voice. "Hi, honey, it's Daddy," says John. "Is Mommy near the phone?"

"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Fred."

After a brief pause, John says, "But you haven't got an Uncle Fred, honey!"

"Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy!"

"Okay, then. Here's what I want you do. Put down the phone, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout in to Mommy and Uncle Fred that my car's just pulled up outside the house."

"Okay, Daddy!" A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone. "Well, I did what you said, Daddy."

"And what happened?"

"Well, Mommy jumped out of bed and ran around screaming, then she tripped over the rug and went out the front window and now she's all dead."

"Oh, my God! What about Uncle Fred?"

"He jumped out of bed too, and he was all scared, and he jumped out the back window into the swimming pool. But he must have forgot that last week you took out all the water to clean it, so he hit the bottom of the swimming pool and now he's dead too."

There is a long pause. "Swimming pool? Is this 555-3097?"

Joke

Bill and Marla decided that the only way to pull off a Sunday afternoon quickie with their 10-year-old son in the apartment was to send him out on the balcony and order him to report on all the neighborhood activities.

The boy began his commentary as his parents put their plan into operation. "There's a car being towed from the parking lot," he said. "An ambulance just drove by." A few moments passed.

"Looks like the Anderson's have company," he called out.

"Matt`s riding a new bike and the Coopers are having sex."

Mom and dad shot up in bed. "How do you know that?" the startled father asked.

"Their kid is standing out on the balcony too," his son replied.

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

The Chronicles of NARNIA

Boy! what a film. When I bought the ticket and was waiting for the doors to open, seeing all those posters and photos I thought that it won't be interesting. I thought it was more of a kid movie. But man was I wrong. I had forgotten my inner child was alive and rockin.

I love computer animation and I have a very wild imagination due to which I enjoy fantasy alot. Thats the reason why I like movies like X-men, Matrix, Batman, Ice Age and now I am waiting for Superman.

The movie was great. It was all about the fight between good and evil. Most of the movies are like that but here you actually see them fighting.

If you like CGI, nature and battle fields, I would highly suggest you go and enjoy this film.

I love sowrds and hand to hand combat. Due to that my favorite scene in the movie is when the boy is presented with his first sowrd. Man at that time I felt as if I was getting one too.

Simply marvelous.

Mistakes

We all make mistakes. We don't indtend to make a mistake, it just happens. But what to do after that.

Most people get afraid and blame others for their mistakes.

I don't.

I believe that mistakes are there to strengthen us. But that is only possible if we accept our mistakes and amend the damage caused by it.

For instance recently I wanted to guide my sister. She was commiting a sin and I had requested her many times before to take care. But this time my tone wasn't that friendly. The moment I ended my second sentence, I realised I have made a mistake. Blaming her or forcing her won't do no good. If she is not ready for the change she won't do it. My job is only to inform her.

I knew I had made a mistake. I could have just left it. She is younger than me and being an elder I could have easily acted as an elder. Because most elders believe they should always be right. Or since she is persistent on repeating her mistake, being her elder I can punish her. But I know she is trying and she just dosen't have enough confidence to change. And confidence only comes with time and patience.

But Islam tells us that we should always ask for forgiveness after our sins. Allah's help only comes after that.

So I went to her and asked her forgiveness. I also got her a gift.

Now how it made us strong. Well, it made me a better person. I know that I can make mistakes. So now I am more tolerant to others when they make mistakes. Others who know that if they make a mistake I will forgive them, that feeling brings them closer to me and me to them. We are not afraid of each other. We are more tolerant. Its better to amend then to be afraid. Don't fear mistakes. No matter what you do, they will always be there. Just don't keep commiting them, because in that case you will be commiting a sin and sins are always punishable.

Cordoba

I was searching Flickr.com for some good pics when I had the idea of trying to find some good pics of the Cordoba Mosque of Spain.

This mosque was constructed some 12 centuries back.

What really made this mosque important to me was the fact that being a mosque it was not being used by muslims. Infact a part of the mosque was converted to a church.

That hurts me.

Quran tells us that we should respect the places of worship of people from other faiths, if they are not being used against Islam. Even in countries that muslims take over. Here is a mosque that is not being allowed to be used for prayers. Its kind of a tourist attraction.

I think now that this building hosts both a mosque and a church it should be opened to both the muslims and the christians. I am not trying to bring the people of two faiths closer. I am just saying that the houses of God should be full of worshipers and not just tourists.

Joke

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself is it a hostage situation?

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

iPod

Man that iPod U2 is so cool. I always wanted the 4th gen iPod U2. The red on black is so... red on black.

: )

This morning I campared all the new iPods. Nano, Video, Shuffle and U2. And definitely iPod U2 wins the race to the eye. And I think 30GB would be enough for me. I would be thankful if its 60 or 80. But if 30 is what I can have then 30 is what I am going to go for. And of corse the phone will be coming out soon.

One thing I really want to see in iPods is an FM tuner/recorder and a in-the-ear wireless headset.

God when will be I able to buy one of these.

Patience Yagoo, patience.

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

Ants

I live with alot of ants and a pair of spiders. They reside in my bathroom. The ants have dug themselves a cozy little valley in one of the corners of the bathroom door. The spiders seem to reside under my washbasin or behind my shower. We try to live our lives peacefully. Atleast thats the case between me and the spiders. We respect each others privacy.

: )

But its the ants with whom I have a problem. First of all if they encounter my slipper during their morning walks, they try to climb it. And some time rather then getting off on the other side of the slipper they just keep climbing. And that irritates me alot. And some time they even bite me.

Now this causes an all out war between us.

Jihad.

Ah! ha!

: )

I push them off and sometime kill them, but man they don't give up that easily. They just keep coming at me. It looks like as if they are running to save themselves. But I have noticed that I get busy stopping them from the front and they get busy attacking me from the sides and the back. Very ingenious.

: )

So I got tired of playing games. Since yesterday I have been thinking of closing the mouth of their valley. But today I realised one thing.

Would they stop? I mean even if I use cement to close the hole they will dug a hole around it.

So what else to do.

I got my answer today. If my feets are in the line of their duty, I should just put a feet their, shoo them a little and they would just go away.

I will continue doing this for two reasons.

First of all we human make mistakes and keep doing them to commit sins just because we are afraid of the unseen future. I could have killed them all just because some day they all may bite me. Or the spider may jump on me and bite. I might turn into Spiderman but I am afraid of the pain of the bite.

: )

What I have learned from Quran is that when people fear other people with whom they live, they try to control the ones who are weak, to get the sense of security. That, atleast these weak humans wont hurt us in the future.

We should not fear. If something or someone tries to hurt you take action against it right then or after that. Not before. Don't punish someone or something just because you are afraid of the mistake they may make which they wont.

I will hurt and kill the ants only when they will hurt me. Other than that I would let them live and pray to Allah for them to go away.

Thats the teaching of Quran. Work according to your needs. Not according to your plannings. Because when we plan we try/want to achieve things we don't need. Planning is good but it should be done only of the task at hand. Not of the unseen future.

Second, its nature. Let it be the way it is. Mess with it and it will mess with you. Change it only according to your needs. Not to control it.

Music

Songs are truely Allah's blessing. They give us so much peace. But I don't consider them food for the soul. I consider remembering Allah and praising it food for the soul. That what Quran says. Worship, praise and remember Allah alot daily but not to the extend that you start ignoring the rest of your life or put yourself in difficulty. Every thing in this world has a right and you will be questioned about that.

Anyway, I was talking about songs. They are a blessing. With iPod U2 back in action, I am almost dying to get my hands on it. And I am praying that by the time I am able to spend $500 or so, before that Apple may release all their black ones with colored click wheels. I will be all over it.

Amen.

: )

I want to thank Allah for something else too. I don't have the money to buy songs online. I don't want to support piracy. I can't buy CDs just for one or two good songs. But Allah was kind enough to show me an alternative. I record directly from the radio. FM.

The quality is not that bad. And hey why complain when I can hear and get to keep all the new remix tunes right away for free. I feel so good. Thanks Allah.

I wonder what I would have done without these songs.

Joke

Mr. Johnson had been retired for a year when his wife of 50 years suggested they take a cruise: "We could go somewhere for a week, and make wild love like we did when we were young!" He thought it over and agreed. He put on his hat and went down to the pharmacy, where he bought a bottle of seasick pills and a box of condoms.

Upon returning home, his wife said, "I've been thinking. There's no reason we can't go for a month." So Mr. Johnson went back to the pharmacy and asked for 12 bottles of seasick pills and a box of condoms.

When he returned, his wife said, "You know, since the children are on their own, what's stopping us from cruising the world?"

So back to the pharmacy Mr. Johnson went, and he brought 297 bottles of seasick pills and the same amount of condoms up to the counter. The pharmacist finally had to ask.

"You know, Mr. Johnson, you have been doing business with me for over 30 years. I certainly don't mean to pry, but if it makes you that sick, why the hell do you do it?"

Joke

One day a frightened homeowner called the zoo and said, " There's a huge gorilla in my tree in the front yard!".

The zoo keeper new of the escape and had already prepared for the capture. The zoo keeper arrived in no time flat.

He said to the homeowner, " Stay calm. I know what to do, but I need your help." With that he went to his van and retrieved the gorilla capturing tools: one pair of handcuffs, 45 automatic handgun, and a German shepherd named ROSCO.

The zoo keeper said to the homeowner," I'm going to climb up the tree and shake that gorilla down. When he falls, ROSCO will bite him in the balls. The gorilla will grab for his balls, and you handcuff him."

He then starts to climb up the tree when the homeowner yells up to him," what do I do with the gun?" The zoo keeper yells back down," If the gorilla shakes me out the tree, SHOOT ROSCO!!"

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

Mine

After my posts on Apple and my love for their toys, I got a bit worried about what my fiances would be thinking. Are they jealous? Or do they think I may not give them enough time.

Well, to both of you. Love is more important to me. They are just toys. They are our need. We have to work with them. But tell you what, we are going to set time everyday for ourselves. During that time its going to be just you.

You.

; )

iPhone

Sorry girls, couldn't resist it.

: )

Ok. I was thinking what I would like the iPhone to be. So here is my wishlist for iPhone.

I want the iPhone to be some where between Nano and Video.

The phone remains your main device. Everything in it. Music, photos and data. But should be really light.

The phone should be able to talk to iMac, Powermac, Macbook Pro, Cinema display and iPod wirelessly.

Should come with wireless in-the-ear headsets.

Should have a good batter life.

Should have alot of customization features.

Should have a nice cradle.

Should be in different colors. Not only black and white. Though I would go for a black one.

Should work with all the major OSs. Mac, Unix, Linux and Windows. But the Windows version of the software should say right in front, HAVE MERCY ON YOURSELF.

: )

Should come with an SDK.

Should have a Flash card app. I love to learn and there is nothing better than flash cards that help you learn and revise.

Should have atleast a two mega pixal camera.

A nice photo editing app. May be a little brother of Aperture. Say Little Appie.

There should be an FM radio. So that I could record all the new tunes and if I like them, I could buy them for my iPod.

Love

Congratulations people.

I have literally started to believe that my family really acctually hates me. For some, money is more important and for some, public relations are more important.

I am being punished for following Quran the right way.

Thank God I have Allah on my side who didn't left me alone. Kept showing me its love.

In return I don't hate them. Never did. But now I have started to force myself to stop showing my love till they start following Quran the right way.

Of coarse it were my sins that brought this pain upon me. And I am glad that the pain stabbed me repeatedly right to the core. Every one gets punished, the difference is that I was way too young for it. Too much was brought upon me in too little time and I still managed to find the right path.

The memory is there but it doesn't hurts any more.

The good news is that my sins have been forgiven. All of em. The ones from the past and the ones from the future. That I have reached to a status no one has ever reached before. And I am still thirty years old.

Joke

The man noticed that the chicken had three legs. So he followed the chicken down a road and ended up at a farm. He got out of his car and saw that all the hickens had three legs.

He asked the farmer, "What's up with these chickens?"

The farmer said "Well, everybody likes chicken legs, so I bred a three-legged bird. I'm going to be a millionaire." The man asked him how they tasted. The farmer said, "Don't know, haven't caught one yet."

Joke

A women comes into the kitchen to see her husband stalking about with a fly swatter. She asks what he's doing, and he promptly replied "Killing flies." She asks "Well, did you get any?"

"Yeah," he says, "three males and two females."

"How'd you know what gender they are?" his wife asked.

"Oh, it's easy," he said. "I killed three on a beer can and two on the phone."

Joke

John came back from a safari in Africa. Upon arrival, he went to his friend, Mark, and told him of his adventures.

"I was out in the jungle," he said, "when all of a sudden I heard a noise in the bush behind me. Looking back, I saw a huge lion, licking his chops and smiling at me. The lion started coming my way and I started running, with the lion not far behind. When the lion was almost at my neck, he suddenly slipped, and I got ahead a bit. The lion started gaining on me again, and as he got closer, once again he slipped. I happened to see a house not far away, so I made toward it. I got close to the house with the lion almost on top of me when he slipped for a third time. With my very last bit of strength, I ran into the house and closed the door in the lion's face."

"That's some story there, John. I would have crapped in my pants."

"Well, what do you think the lion kept slipping on???"

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 6^th June

Firefox

Ok. I just became the reason of the conversion of two Internet Explorer users to Firefox users.

Cool.

I don't like Microsoft and it gives me a lot of pleasure to think that two more people are going to stay away from IE.

Bad IE and bad MS.

: )

Allah helped us alot. My friends didn't had much internet time left. But Allah wanted them to use Firefox and we were able to use the net for almost an hour. They were still online when I left.

The reason I was able to show them what Firefox was, was that they were unable to open a page in IE. Windows was giving the illegal operation error. So I told them that there was a more secure and better alternative to IE. At the time their concern was to open that page, and for that they were willing to wait and download about five mb of Firefox. I was really happy and excited when they said yes. Infact I have been praying to get them to use Firefox. Today I got the chance.

They really liked the tab and the search engine bar thing. They thought it was cool and easy.

Man I am so happy. HHHHAAAAPPPPPPPPYYY.

: )

Joke

Some cool machine answers.

"My wife and I can't come to the phone right now, but if you'll leave your name and number, we'll get back to you as soon as we're finished."

Hi. Now you say something.

Hi, I'm not home right now but my answering machine is, so you can talk to it instead. Wait for the beep.

Hello. I am David's answering machine. What are you?

(From my Japanese friend in Toronto) He-lo! This is Sa-to. If you leave message, I call you soon. If you leave sexy message, I call sooner!

Hi. I am probably home. I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.

If you are a burglar, then we're probably at home cleaning our weapons right now and can't come to the phone. Otherwise, we probably aren't home and it's safe to leave us a message.

(Direct approach:) "Who are you and what do you want?"

Hello, you've reached Jim and Sonya. We can't pick up the phone right now, because we're doing something we really enjoy. Sonya likes doing it up and down, and I like doing it left to right . . . real slowly. So leave a message, and when we're done brushing our teeth we'll get back to you.

Joke

An African village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to Marriott-Smalley, the great white hunter, to come and kill the beast.

For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never showed up. Finally, he told the tribal chief to kill a cow and give him its hide.

Draping the skin over his shoulders, Marriott-Smalley went to the pasture to wait for the lion.

In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw Marriott-Smalley lying there, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion.

"What happened, bwana? Where is the lion? Asked the chief.

"Forget the damn lion!" The hunter howled. "Which of you idiots let the bull loose?"

Sins

I was just reading some comments at a website. Many people were complaining about how the first generation of any device mostly has problems. Many gave examples how they bought Apple's first gen products and had problems with them.

Now, seriously, I am an Apple fanboy and this got me a little scared. What if I bought the frist iPhone and it stopped working. Ofcorse I will have the warranty but it will shatter Apple's image for me.

But then Allah came to help me.

No Apple will always remain Apple that knows how to bring innovation and make people's life easier.

First of all being a muslim I believe that bad things only happen because you are being punished for you sins. Just don't commit sins and you won't be punished. Since I try to stay away from sins, my apple products won't give me any pain. My little problems will be easily solved without giving me any pain. Apple will remain my favorite computer company.

: )

Secondly, first generation defects also occur in other feilds of life too. Think of the catastrophy they cause through aeroplane, construction, transport and drug industries. First gen defects in computers wont look that bad.

: )

Decieved

Some pictures have appeared on the Engadget site and claim to be of an iPod-killer from Microsoft.

I know that people at Microsoft want Apple to be wiped off from the face of the earth as it is evident from their satellite imagery program.

I know that rival companies want to beat Apple.

: )

Do they really thing they can defeat Apple. Apple has been around for thirty years. And Steve has been bringing lots of innovation in his products. No wonder Walt Disney wanted to own Pixar. Now Steve can use his imagination in Walt Disney to give life to it.

But do Apple's rivals really think that its Steve who is doing all this. They are so mistaken. Its not Steve. Its the God almighty up there who is doing it. And only Allah knows all the reasons for Its actions.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 5^th June

I was just reading about Jemima Khan and Hugh Grant. It was a news item about their relationship being in trouble.

I didn't finished the article. Its personal. Their lives are personal. We have no right to assume or narrate what we hear about people we don't know.

We should not even talk about what we saw untill and unless we make sure that our assump tions are right. And even then we should not make some one's life the talk of the town. Would anyone do that to themselves? Then why do it to others?

I think that in the 21st century we should be ashamed that we are making things worse for these people. This is very sad. Some treasure of dead stone idols is blasted by some mislead people in Afghanistan and the whole world started crying over it. Even the head of UN wanted to stop that. Where is every one now. I want to question their defination of humanity.

The media should not be allowed to do this. There is a limit to everything and I think that the media and all those free-speech-advocators are crossing the line here.

THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED. I HOPE THAT SOME ONE DOES THAT OR ALLAH GIVES ME THE STRENGTH TO DO THAT.

It surely is very very sad.

It seems to me that there is some thing wrong with my camera. I can't see the view in LCD. All I see are lines and more lines. I have changed the batteries but no good.

I found out about this today when I was trying to take a picture at an Electronic show. I was taking a picture of an iPod. A 1GB iPod nano. I have never seen an iPod that closely. And this one was brand new.

The show was useless for me. The only things I like were that iPod and those cool LCD TVs. I didn't knew you can hook up your USB devices and your computers directly to LCD TVs. Thats cool. I liked Sony's Bravia series.

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

A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit her ball into the woods.

She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes."

The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish or, your husband will get ....... times ten!"

The woman said, "That's okay." For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man that ever lived, an Adonis whom women will swoon over and flock to". The woman replied, "That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful Woman and he will have eyes only for me."

So, KAZAM!!! - She's the most beautiful Woman in the world!

For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.

The frog said,"That will make your husband the richest man in the world by far. And he will be ten times richer than you." The woman said, "That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine."

So, KAZAM!!! - She's the richest woman in the world!

The frog then inquired about her third wish, and after careful consideration she answered, "I'd like a mild heart attack."

Little Tony was staying with his grandmother for a few days. He'd been Playing outside with the other kids for a while when he came into the house and Asked her, "Grandma, what is that called when 2 people are sleeping in the same Room and one is on top of the other?"

She was a little taken aback, but decided to tell him the truth. "It's called Sexual intercourse, darling."

Little Tony just said, "Oh, OK" and went back outside to talk and play with The other kids. A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily, "Grandma, it is not Called sexual intercourse! It's called Bunk Beds! And Jimmy's Mom wants to talk to you!!"

I am an Apple fanboy. No I have never bought any of their devices or softwares.

: )

But some day I hope to own some of their cool devices. And I am sure iPod or let say iPhone will definitely be one of them.

And HiFi.

And iMac.

: )

Anyway, till then I will enjoy what I can about Apple.

iLounge has released The iPod book v.2 . The link is for 21mb print version. There is a smaller version too. Don't have the link for that. Sorry.

I have been through some of the first few pages and it seems that it would be worth blogging about. I know that I won't be buying 99% of that cool stuff in there but I am sure their is a demand for each and every item out there.

I love technology and science and I love to help people. So I will blog about this book with only one purpose, to try to understand what is usefull and what is not. I don't want anyone to be blinded by gloosy, sexy, colorful and out of the world the world advertisement. At the same time I will be enjoying talking about technology.

The iPod Bood: part 1

Introduction.

The introduction starts with the following line.

Four Years, 50 Million iPods, 1 Billion Songs. Next?
As Apple shatters sales records and slays domestic and foreign competitors, fans impatiently await new products

But after the first page it kind of leaves you with the feeling of wanting to know what poeple at iLounge think Apple would release in future. The next six pages of introduction are all about how iLounge has changed over the years.

But if you ask me, I would say that Apple should definitely take the iMac to the next level. May be release a black iMac.

And how about updating their keyboard. Something better than MS Ergonomic keyboard.

iPhone may be, or infact definitely since Sony is already trying to combine phone and music in one. And it seems that Sony is going in the right direction. Nokia is right behind them. But I am sure that poeple at Apple are capable of creating a master piece. Something you can fall in love with. And I would love to get my hands on an SDK and develop apps for that sweet baby, the iPhone. Oh! and I want iPhone with a in-the-ear wireless headset.

A tablet. But not what is already available on the market. Battery life has to improve. I trust Apple to come up with some solution to improve battery life. I know that Apple can be far more better than Microsoft when it comes to designing software. I want a tablet specific OS with good hand writting recognition.

And I also think that they should update their Powermac. Bring more innovation in it. Right now its only Power, no 'Mac'. Mac/Apple is all about innovation and making people's life easier. I think its time Powermac lived up to its name.

And how about making me their most important tester. I can test all their new devices. Even the ones that are in the pipeline. I can test their betas and not-so-betas softwares mostly on their hardware.

; )

Ya! most of their hardware is very sexy.

And how about a bluetooth iPod. I really don't like wires. Wires are weird. I think its the 21st century and some one should have the guts to make the weird world of wires, wireless.

: )

In quran Allah tells us to hide our private parts as much as is possible easily. For the past few days I have been thinking about this. Men and women have started wearing very tight clothes. And in case of women tight clothes make their breasts very prominent. And it seems to me that to make their breasts even more prominent women wear bras that raise their breasts and make them look fuller.

I think that we should not wear tight clothes. The bras should be designed to hold the breasts not raise them or make them prominent. Or atleast not raise them too much. Quran also orders women to wear an extra garment over their chest infront of men whom these women can marry.

If we cover ourselves in a more appropriate way, by wearing lose and non revealing clothes, it will help us fight the devil. Promote humanity.

After my last post, I noticed that when I see a women who has covered herself in the right way, I don't stare at her. I don't want to do that because I respect the fact that she is trying to protect herself. And this thought helps me to remember that I should not enjoy looking at someones body. I also get the feeling that she seems to be a nice person and I want to be better than her. This further helps me in staying away from sins commited through eyes.

Not every one is bad. Its only the persistance on commiting sins that makes us worst than devil.

O'TanoKey, its my blog's life. 1^st June

Many times I have wondered why is it that we enjoy looking at people other than our spouses?

Why can't we automatically ignore them?

I don't want to look and enjoy the looks of other women. I have two of mine and I am very happy with them. Then why is it that when I see a women I can't ignore her right away. It takes few seconds before I realise I should not look at her. Especially if she is looking good.

For instance I know this girl. I meet her every day. She doesn't know that I am engaged. I don't become frank with new people, especially women.

She stares at me alot.

Now what I want to know is why is it that I like it when she looks at me. I try not to be near her or return her looks so that she doesn't gets any wrong message. But at the same time I like it.

Why?

I know that if she would ask me to be her friend, I wont do that. Friendship between men and women is not allowed in Islam.

So why do I like it?

Allah helped me see the answer to this question through one of my mistakes.

Recently I wanted to share some jokes with my fiances. It a one sided thing where they never reply. One of the joke was about PMS. I pasted it without thinking much of it. Later when I was thinking about it, it struck me that I have made a mistake. Islam does not allow us to make fun of others. Not to make fun of Allah's creations. PMS is nature. Hormones. Its our need. We should learn to accept it and how to live with it. Not to blame someone or make fun of someone.

This was the answer to my question.

We men have testosterone. Which makes us want to have sex. If I see a women and if she is looking good, after praising her the second thing that comes to my mind if I continue looking is to have sex with her.

I try not to stare at women. And usually men enjoy looking at women who are not properly dressed or covered. And if I see one like that my chemicals start to boil.

So the way I see it, its normal to see, enjoy and want to have sex with a women. Its our chemicals. Like PMS.

But here is what to do. Its ok to think about the ones with whom you intend to marry but the thoughts of other women are not allowed. The moment you remember that you should not enjoy other womens, you should stop. It will take few seconds for the thought to appear but it will happen and one should stop there or would be commiting a sin

There is no wrong in prasing someone. But looking at someone other than your fiance or your spouse to enjoy their private parts, praising them and enjoying the thought of touching them is a sin.

For me thats what humanity is. You can enjoy your spouses but if you start enjoying other people, than there is no difference left between us and the rest of the animal world.