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Hits and a lot of misses

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NED university's students prototype car has been on display outside the auditorium. Had a close look at it. I would say, that its pretty basic. We also learned that our department-wide T-shirt is under construction.  (Wasn't I suppose to design this one?). And a meeting with our chairman . .   (Will be updating with more insight on this day once I finish my pending schoolwork. Till then, catch the snapshot, and the story within.) Snapshots

An earthquake?

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An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck us. It struck at 1:30am. The epicentre lied in the Quetta belt, hundreds of kilometres away. Did we get the tremors in Karachi? I was dumbfounded. It was around this time while I was surfing the internet. There was not a hint of earth movement. No plate tectonics taking place. Yet Yet, when Ali arrives in the evening. He tells me of the horrifying earthquake of last night. And we live, just a kilometre away from each other; 2 minutes drive for a motor biking Ali. Ali has had a tough night. When the earthquake struck, he was socializing on Facebook. The sofa started shaking. The printer was moving to and fro. He shouted for his two sisters, and his brother, and logged out of facebook . From then onwards, there were hours of panic. They were now on the road, shocked, and scared. The girls weeping. In a matter of minutes, people started leaving their flats. It was so late in the night, but the road was congested. It was mayhem, all over. That

First Finish of 2011

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There sure is a lot of stitching going on out there in blog land. I've had fun watching all the new projects being started and seeing some lovely old WIPS being pulled out brought back to life. I can't wait to see all the finishes over the next year. I've been doing some stitching too ... between working on a few exchanges due in a couple of weeks, I finished Winter Row. I started this design on New Year's Day. I was a very quick stitch and I loved the fabric ... thanks to Mary Kathryn who changed the fabric and threads when she was stitching it ... love the changes! Winter Row by Bent Creek finished January 2011 Stitched on Blue Dynasty Cashel Stitched with CC threads ... Bean Sprout, Caterpillar, Cocoa Bean, Roasted Chestnut and Snowball I've been looking at the cup cozies that Staci has been knitting and selling on her blog. I ordered some that I'll be using in our Easter baskets this year ... I just love how colorful they are and how functional ... of c

Its birth day all over again

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January 16 has historically been a party day. It was January 16, on a Sunday. So today was fun, except that Junaid (the birthday boy) had a broken feet, the one he had been carrying for the last week or so. We started from McDonald's, then Millennium Mall Food court, and finally back to McDonald's. Ali was our CFO. We also had planned to go to the first Flood light test match at National stadium. But we were late, and the match was already over. Junaid got a gift as well.   Snapshots