Ye imports haye!

Just yesterday i bought a Gillete shave razor and the packaging said that it is made in Poland. What? Gimme a break! What rocket science is involved in making a shaving razor that it cannot be made in Pakistan? At the rate we are going, we are turning into a totally import based economy. We import all the expensive stuff; electronics, gadgets, machinery, plants, power plants, and what not. And what do we do mainly export in return? Natural produce such as cotton, fruits and textiles which give us back not even 10% of what we import. That coupled with the always unstable political and economic situation in Pakistan means that foreign companies (and multinationals) never invest much in building infrastructure and production facilities and always try to make a quick profit just by importing something and selling it in the local market . By the way, did you know that Minute Maid that you enjoy is actually imported from China as well?? Surprised? Yeah, thats true. And its pretty ironic too, since the one of the biggest and best quality "Kino" producer in the world is importing a Kino based drink from outside Pakistan! 

Hypocrites

This happened about a couple of years ago when I was listening to the Azfar Mani show on a radio station. Don't remember which station as they had changed so many channels that i don't even remember the name of the radio station. Anyway, i faintly remember a conversation which Azfar and Mani had with a caller which pretty much sums up the definition of a hypocrite. The topic that day was related to national spirit and loyalty i guess. The conversation went like this:

Azfar and Mani: Where are you from?
Caller : I am from United States.

Some random talk later where the caller discloses that he is was born in the USA but his parents were from Pakistan.

Azfar: So you are true American, right?
Caller: Yeah.
Mani: Suppose your were in the US Army and were ordered to kill your own relative from Pakistan in a war, would you have done it? (Don't exactly remember what relative)
Caller: I will have to. (Which is correct in terms of loyalty and national spirit due to his citizenship being American)
Azfar: Acha, can you sing the national anthem of USA?
Caller: Starts singing the national anthem of USA (Of course, he's born there, why wouldn't he?)
Azfar and Mani: Cut the line.

The call is dropped. 

A word of advice: RJs please limit your besuri singing to you bathrooms!

Just a moment ago I was listening to my favorite song on radio and all of a sudden the RJ decided to take the plunge and practice her vocal chords by singing along with track. And believe me, she was so besuri that it totally runied the whole experience of the song I was listening to. What's with these RJs? Can't they let us listen to a song in peace! You gotta show off your singing talents? Go off and sing at a singing talent show! Or limit it to your bathroom where only the walls and the fittings would gladly listen to your atrocious singing and won't even say anything!! Don't ruin the song, please!

Ever heard of a thing called Google???

I am a tech enthusiast and like to stay on top of "all things tech". So my friends and colleagues usually ask me about technology related questions and tips to help them out. And I really have no issue helping them with their genuine queries. But sometimes i get across some queries that really tick me off (and that also from people who I know are generally tech savvy) and at that time I want to scream at the top of my lungs and say "HAVE YOU HEARD OF A THING CALLED GOOGLE?" But somehow i never really am able to, due to my helpful and facilitative personality. :). But those questions are "really" of the type that even if you just type in the same question in Google you would usually get the solution on the very first page of results!

Questions like:

"Can you tell me email settings for settting up Gmail on my mobile?" I mean, come on!! Just do a search for the terms "Google Mobile Settings" in any search engine and you'll get a very detailed guide in a matter of seconds.

"How can i convert documents to pdf?" Again, just do a search for the term "convert documents pdf" and you'll get the required software usually in the first page of results.

Here, try these out yourselves:


Search for Gmail Mobile Settings

Search for Convert Documents PDF

"How can i stop pestering people for every little tech questions i have even though i know how to use a search engine?" That, I just told you :)

Cheers

Robin

Me: Merry Christmas! Them: Thank You! Huh??

Ever notice how people thank you when you wish them on an occasion or an event. It goes like:

Me: Hey. Eid Mubarak!

Guy: Thank You!

Huh. What?? What kind of a lazy response is that?? I mean the least a person can do is wish me back!! Something like "Hey, Eid Mubarak to you too". I mean i can understand that the if the greeting relates to your personally, like "Happy Birthday" then only you could say "Thank You". That makes sense.

But when someone wishes you on an occasion or at a religious event, you should wish them back. Is it that hard?? I mean if it keeps on going like this we could be having conversations like this:

"Guy 1: Hey. Good Morning. 

Guy 2: Yeah. Thank you"

"Gal 1: Happy New Year! 

Gal 2: Yeah, thanks"

:)

Cheers

RnB