Halka Halka Suroor hai...

Although Nusrat Sb. sung this, with six-octave vocal range. I liked it earlier as well.
However Farhan Saeed Butt really did a great job in performing this delivery . I always liked
 the lyrics. Now they are more attractive :) . For those who understand and can read Roman Urdu/
Hindi enjoy !!!! 

YEH JO HALKA HALKA SUROOR HAI
YEH TERI NAZAR KA KASOOR HAI ,
KAY SHARAB PEENA SEEKHA DIYA
KAY SHARAAB PEENA SEEKHA DIYA......

TERAY PYAR NAY ,TERI CHAH NE,
TERI BEHKI BEHKI NIGAH NE,
MUJHE AIK SHAARABI BANA DIYA,
KAY SHARAAB PENA SEEKHA DIYA.....

SHARAAB KAISI , KHUMAAR KAISA
YE SAB TUMHARI NAVAAZISHEN HAIN

PILAAYI HAI KISS NAZAR SE TUNNE
KE MUJHKO APNII KHABAR NAHI HAI

TERE PYAAR NE TERI CHAH NE
TERI BAHKI BAHKI NIGAAH NE
MUJHE EK SHARABI BANA DIYA
 KE SHARAAB PEENA SIKHA DIYA....

MAST MAST MAST...SARA JEHAN MAST....
MAST MAST MAST.....KUL KAENAAT MAST....
MAST MAST MAST... MAST ..MAST... MAST...

I heard them saying " Why do you ignore me ? "

I slept last night around 2ish am and woke up at 5 am to catch a flight. What I was doing up so late probably was not a good thing. :/
I barely made to the airport in time and was the last person entering the plane, while everyone else was comfortably seated waiting to be air borne !. Although I was half asleep but the joy of gettting on time and catching the plane was enough to give me strength to find my seat.

I found a strong built redneck 6 feet tall guy already sitting on my seat I waited next to him without saying anything. He smiled and said "Do you have seat 14 A ? " I replied ," Yes , I have this number ".
"I thought everyone else is already boarded and I can take it as it was vacant" , he said. Rather than extending my approval to him so that he can continue sitting on my seat and I can sit on his instead, I was :| face. Not that I was not willing to sit on his seat instead, I was so tired and hundreds of other things running in my mind at that moment, did not allow me to search or care where his seat was. All I wanted was to get my seat.
Finally I got my seat, took off my sweater and started reading Chris Plekenpol's newly released book. I can read Chris even on an 18 hour non-stop flight too, his style and expression totally speak right deep inside to my head. (btw, thats what I did on my last International travel "Stumbling souls, Is love enough ?" this book kept me awake for whole 12 hours on the plane).

So here I am reading Chris' new book on my gifted kindle, I just finished 1.5 chapters and I hear this annoucement, "Please turn off all electronic devices, so that we can prepare for take off ".
Since I was tired from last night as well, I closed my eyes ,wanted to catch some sleep. For 15 minutes or so, weird dreams from last night kept on roaming around my mind. I could not sleep for a long time. I woke up drank some tomato juice..lol yes it is a fruit. It made me feel I am still alive and exist on this earth.

Now I knew I could not go back to sleep again , I had nothing to do other than sitting idle , listen to music or be bored, but I knew what I wanted to do. Since that afternoon when I heard , "Why do you always ignore me ? " These words were coming back and again in my mind since last week. So , here I ended up started writing some of my thoughts on this "Strange" behaviour of mine !

Words have power and written words become more powerful than spoken at times. So I feel its better to write rather than speak. Now in the following lines what I would like to present is another view regarding why and how a Person ignores another specific Person.
This view is popularly accepted in the game know as crush-crush as well, if you know what game it is !!!

This view is different from heuristic , socially accepted view of ignoring others where people ignore others only, if they have -ve emotions for others.


There is no simple way to explain this. We all are different ,look and treat things differently. However we all have more in common than differences when it comes to emotions.
Let me start off with an analogy, it can be weird but there is no best way to explain what kind of thinking go inside of our mind without using an analogy.

If you get something or find some one , what you always wanted what would you do ? Simple answer is: I don't know about you, but I will jump with joy :). But what if you find out, that the reason for which you are jumping with joy is short lived or it cannot be yours.
You can just see that subject but cannot have it. What would be a reasonable response then ??
I don't know about others ,what I would do is, I will say its better to think practically and keep moving try not to think much about your source of happiness too much, as you cannot have it therefore the more you will think it will cause more regret.

Now the same rule is applied to people and friendships as well. If you see some one and feel really happy and excited about ,but if you know it is just one way traffic/feeling . A fear takes place in your mind with this question, " If this happiness is short lived, why to go after it , why not to ignore and remain composed and stable".

Two people A and B know each other. A finds B , feels happy and excited but if A is aware of the fact , this happiness is short lived and fleeting and A cannot secure the happiness found in B as it is one sided. Then, A would try to avoid encounter with B as much as possible to keep itself strong and carefree. Because here we do not know and have not mentioned how much strong intention A may have for B.
Apparently A may ignore B at times. What is the real reason behind it, who knows ? You cannot tell or judge unless you know what are the intentions and emotions of A ?

How Engineering Education shaped by mind ?

I was driving back home the other day, while listening to Chunk Swindle, and during his sermon he mentioned one thing and the whole audience laughed. He said, and...." probably if your husband is an engineer he would not understand poetry " . Rather than laughing at his point. I was taken back to some old memories, the days when a good friend of mine used to say always, that I am engineering student I am practical I would not understand the feelings of some one else .
I always used to get away with the discussion, by making the point that its just my friend's assumption and thinking. However , once now as of today when I got a reality check , the situation turned out be different .
If you have come this far while reading this post, then make sure and understand, that the experiences shard in this blog reflect author's personal views and do no reflect a result in general.

Now coming back to the topic ,how engineering can change a mind ? Well, lets face the facts. Engineering students are always forced to think from mathematical perspective, logical extension of ideas. Some times it is very hard to make humanities and arts majors to understand the ideas of engineering and vice versa.

This way of thinking en- forces the mind to cross verify any information whichever is fed to the brain . This attitude lets you doubt your faith, fellowship discussion even the teachings your parents taught you.

To be continued ...for the next post part 2

PUSH !

I need to define a direction for myself. What do I want out of life ? :| The feeling of having everything and still having nothing is miserable. Everything we do in this world..some how or the other it relates or ends up to filling the stomach...If we don't fill the stomach , there is no use of doing that everything. (Stomach: Can be treated as a metaphor here and its meaning will vary ,depending on the subject)

I want to get rid of this feeling of good for nothing. In fact, when we use the term "conscientious" it is very good. But when things are not going well. Conscientiousness seems not to work as well according to its definition.

Some times at the back of your mind you do know the reason for your frustration and laziness. We know who is causing this stomach ache. But at the same time, we are so much obsessed with the circumstances or artificial lights...we try to go with the flow. But this practice can be dangerous especially for people who always require a PUSH for something. And specifically if you need a PUSH against the flow.

Think twice and be consistent to strive for, what you want out of Life !.

When you say Nothing at ALL.....

I heard it for the first time in 2006, and from then onwards I don't remember how many times I have heard it again and again over the years and still its fresh. I always experience the first time hearing kind of feeling. Lyrics are so well written, however the liveliness introduced by Ronan Keating (RK) in the lyrics is inexpressible.

Alison Krauss version for the same is also popular, however I never fell for that :|. I like the ups and downs of RK version. It feels like he is singing right from his own heart and is going through the same, whatever is expressed in the lyrics.

Enough being said, lets have a quick look about the song facts ,courtesy to www.songfacts.com

This was originally recorded by Country artist Keith Whitley in 1987.It was written by 2 leading country songwriters, Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. The latter also wrote and previously recorded Kenny Rogers' American #1, "The Gambler."

When Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz were originally not too impressed with this song, but when they played it to Keith Whitley, he told them that they had written a classic and it became the second of 5 consecutive US Country #1s for Whitley, the last one posthumous - Whitley died at age 34. It was a Country hit a second time in 1995 for Alison Krauss & Union Station, but neither version reached the UK chart.

Richard Curtis wanted a key song for his new film Notting Hill. He suggested this song to Ronan Keating, who was then still with the Irish boy band Boyzone. According to 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, Ronan Keating said, "As soon as he mentioned the title, I was hooked."

This song is popular at christenings, marriages and funerals. It was also a #1 in Ronan Keating's native Ireland. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for all above)

Now exaggerating a lot about the song. Lets read the Lyrics below.

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I can never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face let's me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud (oh…)
But when you hold me near (oh, hold me near)
You drown out the crowd (drown out crowd)
Try as they may, they can never defy
What's been said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face let me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all…oh

Oh, the smile on your face let's I know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all

You say it best, when you say nothing at all
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
(The smile on your face)
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
(The truth in your eyes)
(The touch of your hand)
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
(Let me know that you need me)
You say it best, when you say nothing at all (nothing at all)
You say it best, when you say nothing at all (nothing at all)
You say it best, when you say nothing at all (nothing at all)

And finally Notting Hill was the biggest reason , why I like this song a lot.
Hope you all will enjoy it too. Google or Youtube "When you say nothing at all by Ronan Keating" Enjoy !
and enjoy it :) .

Welcome to the power of Speaking !!!!

Mr. Mike is a great speaker, and he knows how to strike with words when the iron is hot. Reading his biography I learned he has been a mediocre student. He has not been a linguistics or language majors. But when he speaks no one can judge his background or biography. Welcome to the power of speaking, that's all I can conclude when I meet people like him. Welcome to the power of speaking. We all take it for granted and never wonder to improve or excel in it by following some guidelines or so, which can help us to do the same magic as great speakers and leaders do.

Although , humans start to speak fluently from the age of 2 years or so , however the art to speak words to make your point, make people follow you, can take forever if you never notice it.

Communication as much as it is important in our daily life ,  is neglected, since we assume as long as we can speak we are good that is true though. But on the contrary , lets have a look at history channel for moment.
Most of the leaders, political , social etc in the past and present , have one thing in common. They make people follow them , trust them based on their words and speeches. Although people do know, at times that leaders do not fulfill their words always. However they are always good at one thing, they can speak with boldness ,confidence and convince you with what they want. I think this is what make them stand where they are.

My point is , I am not suggesting that we all should follow this pattern of making false speeches and talks to get what we want.

Communication is the way to make hearts melt and make people understand your point. If  all speak the same language does not guarantee we can explain our point better than others. The point to learn is, we all need to train ourselves in the art of communication. Toastmasters is the platform to be.
THINK, PAUSE & PONDER.

Few words to share !

So, this afternoon ,while we all were having lunch a special person I know, shared the fear of getting laid off.
When I heard it, I wanted to share something or change this phase of mind. But, my bad, at the nick of moment ,all I could do was to crack some weird jokes.

We all come under different dilemma or risky situations.

One thing I have learned the hard way in life is, what has to happen it will be happen one way or the other , no matter how much I try to run away from it.
But if I already admit something in my mind that it has happend or will happen , then I have already invited the bad circumstances to come and take over me.

The negative thoughts are here to drain our positive energy and leave us with no option to chose from .

There are a lot explanations for negative words and thoughts , in different ways they effect us. At this moment, I would like to quote Troy Stende , he once explained about how expressions and words we use about ourselves can effect us.

Below are the words he said :

"The other day, my 5 year old was having a hard time tying his shoe. He said, “I can’t do this, Dad!” With a smile I reminded him we don’t say, “I can’t.” Instead we say, “Help please.”

“Can’t” is a word that takes all your power away. It leaves you with no options and feeling defeated. If you must say “can’t” then add the word, “I can’t, yet” There’s hope in that; things can change and you can and will do it eventually.

Here’s a phrase I don’t allow myself to say; “I can’t afford it.” Again, it takes my power away and leaves me feeling hopeless. I feel defeated and my life revolves around scarcity and lack. I simply change that thought into, “I choose not to spend my money on that right now.” This still lets me feel a sense of abundance. As if I could buy that (or anything I want) if I really wanted to but I have different priorities at this moment. Whether it’s true or not, I feel more empowered.

Are you up for the challenge of eliminating, “I can’t” from your language? And don’t tell me you can’t! "

Following the same pattern, some lines for the special person. Don't allow yourself to say I might be the next on the list ". Instead , if things dont seem going the right way as they should, always asure yourself good things are going to happen soon on your way.
Your career is going to take an uplift shift.
In order to take a long jump, you always have to go backwards from the position where you are standing , and then come back with full force to reach your goal. Same is the case for career steps as well. People switch from one step to the other, and some steps can be both downwards and upwards.

If you are standing in front of a concrete wall , we as humans cannot see what is going behind it.May be there is door to the treasure behind the wall. But standing infront of it , we can just imagine and be afraid of being lost.

Similarly, how can these negative thoughts rob you out of your joy of having the best waiting for you in store ?


We all have our days , and we cannot control the situations going good or bad our way.
But the good news is we can always acknowledge and face the negative circumstances with positive attitude and good thoughts.

Another aspect negative thoughts brings with it , they drag alot of our brain's attention towards it.
If you ever notice , good times always fly away so quickly , however hard and tough times, takes a while to fade away, even if the duration of hard times is short lived. The reason being , we feel so stressed and give much attention to hard times rather than focussing our attention on positive things in life.

In short , I would say, We people plan something else but the one UP ABOVE HAS something else for us in plan. At least , we can console ourselves that everything is done for the best.

So always be anxious and positive whatever is coming your way , thats the spirit !