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Earthquake in Pakistan- 8th October 2005

• God must be Crazy... Sure He is. But People, there's a God inside everything. Make Him Alive!!!
• What's done is done; And what's happening, can we try to make it better?
• If you can't help the Sufferers, No need to watch TV either.
• It could happen to YOU - Every Life is a Single Soul.
• Do you really Love Someone???
• ...

[Some lines about the event that killed around 79,000 people.
Originally written on 11th October, 2005.]

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PEPSI - What's in a name...?!!!

This term "Pay Each Penny, Save Israel" is quite common in many countries as the origin of that cola drink name Pepsi.

Wow... So ingenious!!!

I've been barking saying since ages that it's mere a propaganda. This cola drink got its name from Pepsin Enzyme in Stomach... Peptic Acid.

I think this idea is only common is Pakistan. I'm quite sure that people outside Pakistan don't have any info about "Pay each penny..." stuff.

As I have already mentioned the association of Name PEPSI with Pepsin Enzyme in stomach, some reference to support my point:

"Pepsi-Cola was first made in New Bern, North Carolina, in the early 1890s, by pharmacist Caleb Bradham and was originally called "Brad's drink". [...] As Pepsi was initially intended to cure stomach pains, Bradham coined the name Pepsi from the condition dyspepsia - stomach ache or indigestion. It was later named Pepsi Cola, possibly due to the digestive enzyme pepsin and kola nuts used in the recipe. The name was trademarked on June 16, 1903."

And,

"In 1893, pharmacist Caleb Bradham (USA) created a beverage called "Brad's Drink" intended to alleviate the ailment caused by peptic acid* unbalance in the stomach. Five years later this beverage became officially known as "Pepsi Cola" due to the association with peptic acid."

[*Peptic Acid - Found in Human Stomach that helps in Digestion]

So I'd like to know any official saying from someone about this "Pay Each Penny..." name. Also, Pepsi-Co has some other products as well, such as Mirinda, Frappuccino, Slice, Sierra Mist, Tropicana Twister Soda, Mountain Dew and many more. Does anyone know the origin of these words?!

No! They are only brand names.

And let me quote someone's comment:

>> in US PEPSI n Coke r used to clean blood spots frm the road after accidents ... tht means it is tht much acidic ..

Being Acidic doesn’t mean that this thing is unfit for food consumption. Lemons and Oranges are Acidic [Contain Citric Acid] but they are so good for health. Vinegar contains Acetic Acid. Also, all these cola drinks contain almost same ingredients. If Pepsi is Acidic, then please note that Amrat Cola and Mecca Cola are Acidic as well. In the end, it's all about Commercialism. Many local brands want people to use their low-quality drinks, so they create propaganda like these, blended with some religious and emotional factors, just to increase their own market.

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[Originally written on Aug 8, 2005]

References:

Soda Museum - The History of Pepsi Cola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi-Cola

http://peace-action.inbyron.com/p-pepsi.html

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Poor Mars - Poor Earth...!!!

Oh No... Not That Mars Chocolate... It was about that Red Planet - Mars.

See what's been shared through internet:

!!!!!! NO ONE ALIVE TODAY, WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN !!!!

The Red Planet (MARS) is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. By August 27, Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.

At the beginning of August it will rise in the East at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.

Mars is going to be a second moon of earth for a day.

So you can see the style of writing, especially those points I did in BOLD.
Some technical details and mathematical figures are enouogh to make it look real... and people thought it's true and they spreaded it all over... Because "There's no harm in spreading it"

That's why we should at least try to get something from any valid source. No Space Website, No T.V Channel said that... but FWD emails said that.

Anyway, then this specified date came and nothing happened, no one bothered to look for that "One in a life time sight" either...

I received this very email for consecutive 2 years...

"Giant Mars rumour is an internet hoax
Boffins amazed that people can be that dumb" *
*[http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25788]

Yes, WE ARE DUMB, while talking about Spam eMails...

Those email guys should remove the "Forward" feature from their email systems...

[Originally written on Aug 30, 2005]

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Ricky Martin is... Umm... Not Straight...

And there's that hot news in Media where the Pop Star Ricky Martin says he's Gay...

Well, after this news, many fans are not feeling much happy and comfortable, and I'm still unable to find the exact reason of their disapproval...

To me, if there's some singer, and we like to enjoy his music, we should remain concerned with his music only. Personal life of any artist is separate from his Arts or Public Life. An opera singer can still sing in her high notes even if she's been divorced twice. An architect can design fascinating buildings even if he cheats his wife. Michael Jackson kept entertaining the audience with his wonderful performances even when he was accused and humiliated quite a lot of times by press.

We must only be concerned about these personal things of others when:

• Their Arts, or any kind of work, preach others and ask everyone to follow their personal life. If some singer is gay, it's his personal life. But if he asks everyone to be gay, in his song, then you have got a reason not to like him, if you're not comfortable with this.
• You have a very direct concern with that person, like if you are the wife of Tiger Woods, and you come to know that he has an affair with another girl. If you are just a Golf fan, then don't worry if he's dating another girl. He's not marrying you anyway...

So, we are only concerned with the Public Life of the Artists and other figures. How they use their personal life is their own life and choice, so it's always better not to peep anyone's bedroom...

"I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't."

– Kurt Cobain

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Push me... Please!!!

'Come to the edge', he said.
They said, 'We are afraid'.
'Come to the edge', he said.
They came,
He pushed.
He pushed them....
And they flew.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

This is one of the finest lines I've ever read. I really like the theme behind this. Sometimes. We are not aware of the things we can do until someone make us do that.

Yes, I have Wings... I have Energy... I just Need a Push!!!

[This post originally written on Sept 30, 2005]

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"This is Peace" -- Broken, Hidden, Illegible...

"This is Peace"
Originally uploaded by knonie

We all need Love, Cooperation, Humanity, Trust, Truth...
All of them are fading away
Becoming extinct...

Realize it before it's too late...
Nature never gives a second chance...

Start from your own inner self-- Bring a Revolution!

The Over-Reacted Reaction

The Issue:

Some blasphemous caricatures having Anti-Islamic subject were published in Danish Newspaper... then reprinted in several other countries...

The Response:

They said it's just because "Freedom of Press", which causes a wave of anger and hatred among Muslims.

The Reaction:

Many people protested... in the form of Rallies in various parts of the world...

BUT

Rallies in some cities of Pakistan turned out to be something else... including setting buildings on fire... burning lots of buses... destroying shops and looting properties...

It might be a chance that those people have some other intentions...


Here's a collection of some comments from some of my friends on this REACTION:

...Our [Lahore] Mall road is different now.... Lots of destruction... You cant imagine what was going on... those vandals... i think its all is the result of social descrimination, the increasing class distances... Nothing else. Those who couldn't afford to shop from those big stores found an opportunity and looted the goods; Those who couldn't afford a Car smashed and burned other cars parked there... And so much more. I'm thinking on a pattren...

[...apni mall road to badal hi gayee.... tabahi barbaadi... You cant imagine kay kia ho raha tha... those vandals... i think its all is the result of social descrimination, the increasing class distances... aur kuch nai, jo log bari shops say shoppin nai ker saktay thay, unhon nay moqa milnay pay unhain loot liya, jo nayee gari main nay bethtay thay, ussko jala diya, aur bohat kuch... i'm thinking on a pattren... ]

- Cashif [2/16/2006]


well ya...all we can see is jahalat [illiteracy, ignorance], and the actions are pretty justified as well. One can never understand the meaning of a state if he has never been cared or nurtured by the goverment. One can never understand the meaning of institutes and education, if one is illeterate. We are a poor lame nation. we are suppose to suffer like that. I think we absolutely deserve it. The goverment, the nation , the authorities... all comprise of one kind of people... we.... the pakistanis... the shameless, the inefficent...

- Waqas Ahmed [2/17/2006]


"The physical exhaustion leads to numbness of mind. I dont bother about the stuff going on, I have many things to solve within me, but you know the intermittant outburst of mind yeilds alot in these circumstances. :)

Social frustration needs channels to vent, and in our country what can be the best occasion than blaspheme, profane incidences. Pour out your anger [over] fellow-men, wreck destruction, cause chaos, afterall they say violence lets the anger subside.

He [the Artist] might be happy somewhere in the world, his work has got recognition."

- Faraz [2/18/2006]

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There is no pain, you are receding...
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I got that feeling once again.
I can’t explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

- Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb.

I'm not Insane...!!!

What you say now???
Do I look insane???

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