MyLifeDumpMyLifeDumpMy twisted blog where I ramble about My Life, My Views and My Thoughts. I talk about My Life, SFSU, Politics, Islam, Books, News, Technology, Internet, Music, Movies and My Websites. Articles
My VITA Interview
2007-11-02 03:15:00 I interviewed today for VITA, Volunteer Income Tax Assistant program. It is basically tax preparation assistance for individuals who can’t afford paid professionals to do their taxes. Supposedly, SFSU’s VITA program is very well ranked and they have been awarded numerous times for this. Last year I wanted to go for it but then I ... More About: Interview , Vita , Personal life , Accounting
Shake That !
2007-10-31 19:37:00 Yesterday, another one of those jolts that make your heart beat faster, were felt by almost everyone in the bay area except for few prune beings. This was the 3rd time in 5 years. That scares me, maybe a big one is on its way. The sad thing though was that my midterm wasn’t cancelled even ... More About: San Francisco , Personal life
PageRank Update Currently Underway
2007-10-27 01:54:00 PageRank is Google’s way of determining a website’s worth. The higher your rank, the better your position in the Google search results. Google’s pagerank update is currently underway so if you run a website, you will see it in few days. When this blog was launched last year in September, I didn’t really concentrate on ... More About: Pagerank , Update , Ager , Gera
Celebrating Islamophobia-facism awareness week
2007-10-26 07:59:00 Joshua Micah Marshall from TPM analyzes the whole Islam o-Facism awareness week and summarizes it in this video, worth a watch! More About: Videos , News , Islamophobia , Awareness
Pakistani Bloggers Community on BUMPzee
2007-10-24 21:40:00 I recently joined a very cool social blog community website BUMPzee. It is basically a blog discovery website that helps you find blogging friends, create blogging communities and communicate with your readers. I decided to create a community there for Pakistan i Bloggers as I couldn’t find it initially. I have seen communities out there on other ... More About: Internet , Community , Blogs
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
2007-10-24 20:35:00 I watched Ghosts of Abu Ghraib on Monday at U.C. Berkeley. Nida told me about this documentary and it sounded like another eye-opener and it certainly was. As you can guess by the title of this documentary, it’s about the prison abuse that took place in the city of Abu Ghraib in Iraq. When the prison ... More About: Politics , Movies , Middle East , Issues
Resident Evil III was a Disappointment
2007-10-22 19:45:00 I am a big movie buff and so yesterday I watched Resident Evil III. I loved the game; I and my brother were crazy about it when it first came out on PlayStation. I think it gave a re-birth to the zombie genre. The last sequel in the installment though was a big disappointment. I really ... More About: Movies , Resident Evil , Disappointment , Sapp
What the heck is Islamo-Fascism awareness week?
2007-10-21 23:16:00 On facebook this thing has taken up some heat and at SFSU I saw some posters advertising speeches and discussions during the Islam o-Fascism awareness week informing the masses about the dangers of Islamo-Fascism. I started looking around and found out what actually is going on. Supposedly this guy named David Horowitz wrote an article in ... More About: News , Politics , Awareness
What?s Wrong with Pakistan?
2007-10-20 23:47:00 As soon as Benazir stepped on the Pakistan i soil, she was greeted by firecrackers that killed 120+ people and achieved misery. I really hate the whole concept of killing to achieve anything but when killing takes place and you don’t achieve anything, what did you exactly achieve then? Misery! Since the attack on Bhutto, I have ... More About: News , Politics , Islam , Wrong
Eid was good this time around
2007-10-20 21:57:00 For the past five years, my Eid has been like any other day… I remember being in school, listening to lecture and then coming home. The most that ever happened on my eid was calling people up and wishing them eid mubarak. I regretted being here in the U.S everytime eid came up. Not because ... More About: Time , Personal life , Good
I watched The Kingdom
2007-10-17 21:29:00 I finally got the chance to watch The Kindom. I think the reviews it got on Yahoo! Movies etc were not fair, Peter Berg did a very good job and the movie came very close to reality. I think what was missing from the movie was the other side of the story, there is always ... More About: Islam , Kingdom , The Kingdom
Empire State goes Green
2007-10-16 08:20:00 Empire State Building in New York recently went green for 3 days on the muslim holiday of Eid-ul-fitr. I found out about this through Nida so the credit goes to her. I think this was a warm gesture by the New York city officials marking the joyous occasion of eid for the many muslims around ... More About: Islam , Photos , Green , Empire
Happy Birthday Ali
2007-10-16 08:09:00 Today is my brother’s birthday, Ali. We all call him guddu but now as he is not that young anymore, he prefers the more formal Ali. There was a little surprise birthday party for him yesterday, the 2nd day of eid. He was very happy and that’s exactly what we both wanted (me and Nida). So ... More About: Birthdays , Personal life , Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Open Letter from Muslim Religious Leaders to Christian Leaders
2007-10-16 07:45:00 I am little late in posting this letter that was released on the occassion of Eid-ul-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan. This letter is from 138 Muslim leaders from various countries and branches of Islam . It is directed towards Christian leaders and calls for peace between the two faiths. Here is the link to the ... More About: News , Open
Eid Mubarak
2007-10-13 08:34:00 I will be celebrating eid-ul-fitr tomorrow. Will be attending few events, i’ll try to post some pictures if I can get everyone to stand together !Eid Mubarak ! More About: Islam
Exclusive 4-minute opening sequence from ?THE KINGDOM?
2007-10-03 21:42:00 Yahoo! movies now has an exclusive 4-minute clip of the opening sequence from the movie “The Kingdom”. It’s been showing in the U.S since the last weekend and is number 2 at the box office. It releases I believe in the middle east this weekend. This 4-minute opening sequence examines the history of U.S - Saudi ... More About: Videos , Politics , Movies , Islam , Exclusive
US Congress Passes Ramadan Bill
2007-10-03 20:06:00 Yesterday US Congress passed a bill H.RES.635 recognizing the commencement of Ramadan , the Islam ic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and expressing respect to Muslims in the United States and throughout the world on this occasion, and for other purposes. The bill was unanimously approved 376-0 on October 2, 2007. There are 2 versions of ... More About: News , Bill
New Eid Mubarak Stamp Released by USPS
2007-09-30 22:52:00 USPS just announced the release of new Eid Mubarak stamp for 2007. Eid is less then 2 weeks away so the timing seems to be perfect. I can’t recall how the previous Eid Muabarak stamp looked like but I am darn sure it was very similar to this one except for the 41 cents on ... More About: News , Islam , Stamp , Released
Kid on Crack
2007-09-25 07:45:00 This kid is laughing like it’s going out of fashion! More About: Videos , Funny , Crack
Music Video: Noor - All For You
2007-09-24 20:23:00 Nice video of a band called Noor. Song title “All For You” in Enlish/Arabic. More About: Video , Videos , Islam , Music , Music Video
The Kite Runner - Movie
2007-09-23 02:18:00 If there was a book that I wished be released as a movie, it’s Kite Runner . The book was a complete page turner and this is coming from someone who doesn’t like to read books. I didn’t really know that the movie was going to be out this November until Nida sent me an invitation that ... More About: Movies , Movie , Books , San Francisco
Meet The Firms this Wednesday
2007-09-22 00:12:00 This wednesday there is “Meet the Firms ” event planned at SFSU that will take place in Jack Adams Hall between 6 and 9 pm. This event is more dominated by Accounting /CPA firms but you do see other recruiters from different industries recruiting for most probably accounting related jobs. This event is sponsored by Beta Alpha Psi, ... More About: News , Wednesday
First Ramadan Tomorrow
2007-09-13 06:32:00 So tomorrow is officially the first day of Ramadan according to MCA. I am following MCA because my wife is following it, she is following it because her family is following it and they live in Santa Clara where MCA is…. It’s complicated as this time around they have decided to mark everything on ... More About: Islam , Tomorrow , Morrow , Tomo
SFSU Approves Edward Said Mural
2007-09-09 23:44:00 Almost a year ago I shared with you guys the story about “Edward Said Mural Controversy and Debate” at SFSU. I am happy to say now that the Mural that was long stalled has now been approved. Here is the official news release from GUPS @ SFSU: We are thrilled to announce that we have finally ... More About: News , Politics , Islam , San Francisco , Issues
Embassy City In Iraq
2007-09-02 21:36:00 I used to hear about the new U.S Embassy in Iraq on KGO when people who believed in conspiracy theories used to call in and talk about this huge embassy complex in Iraq. At first, I didn’t really think it would happen because I mean almost all the media outlets are there so someone would ... More About: News , Politics , Middle East , City
Swimming in a Burqa; Priceless!
2007-09-02 00:16:00 If there is something ridiculous, it’s this. I mean, hasn’t she heard of the new Burqini; Bikini for Hijabis? Oh, wait… it shows your face but she doesn’t wanna show her face, she prefers the Ninja type Hijab but she has to swim, so yeah, let’s jump in with the Burqa. God knows what country this ... More About: Islam , Funny , Swimming , Stupid , Priceless
First Day of School
2007-08-29 20:17:00 I wasn’t able to attend my first waitlisted class, ACCT 307 because the traffic on Bay Bridge was at stand still; I have to get that fasttrak thingy now! Better idea would be to just take the Bart. I attended my second waitlisted class, ACCT 301 and fortunately I got in. The class is Intermediate ... More About: School , Personal life
Honeymoon Over, School from Monday !
2007-08-26 22:44:00 So far everything was going good and it felt like I was honeymooning all along since I got married but that will end tomorrow as the schools start. Mine doesn’t start until tuesday but I can’t really be thinking about myself anymore… can I? Only if I wanted to get in trouble…. I am on a ... More About: School , Personal life , Honeymoon , Monday , Onda
Rush Hour 3 is Hilarious
2007-08-18 22:44:00 It’s been out for a week now but we finally got the time to go to watch this flick. It was just amazing and the movie is funny as hell. It’s been a long long journey for the 3 installments of these movies but the Carter and Lee characters still seem very fresh and lively. The ... More About: Movies , Hilarious , Rush , Hour , Rush Hour 3
So I Am Married Now :)
More articles from this author:2007-08-04 02:51:00 21st July was the Day I got married. So far, so good…. I wonder what’s stored for us in the future. I have been crazy busy lately, as you can imagine. First it was the move from Santa Clara to Berkeley, then came the wedding, then the trip to Vegas and now I can say ... More About: Personal life , Married 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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