The revered to-do list

It's September 1 today. There are four months left in this year. It has been a very important year for me. In fact, last couple years have been the most important of my life. I have become the person that I am in last four years. But this year has special significance.

I became most sure of my values in this year. I graduated this year. I made a tough decision this year. I came back home from Lahore, where I have been living for past 4 years, to my family this year. I came back home this year! I got a job this year. I started working this year. My work life started this year! I got another job this year, as an instructor. Anyway, enough to establish that this is an important year.

When I graduated, I had made a goal list. I made a list of things I wanted to do in the next six years of this year. Two months have passed since then, and I haven't started to do a single thing!

This list that I talk of, is very ambitious. I know now that I won't be able to do all of them. But there are some things that I have to do, and some that are bonus. So for example, I have to lost weight this year. The have to part is losing at least four kgs, and bonus part is losing twelve kgs. Let's see where I can go.
Here's the list that I am talking about, as modified by my current perception of what is reasonable. I do admit I was very ambitious when I made the list.

1. Spend some time in tableegh.
 Ideally and practically ten days, but I don't think I will be able to manage more than three day trips.

1. Make a facebook app.
 Now I am not really passionate about it, and there isn't really a point to it. And I have made one during my internship already, so the excitement isn't as much either. But still, just for the fun of it, I wanna make a facebook app. Though I don't have any good idea, but I do have one. More on that later. But if you have any, please share. 

1. Learn C and C++.
 C I will learn eventually, as my profession demands it. Meanwhile, I am planning to learn C++ as well. Again, just to expand my arsenal. To become a hardcore developer, I have installed Ubuntu, but it's coming all well. Let's see.

1. Write a compiler.
 Now this is definitely a bonus task. I don't think I will be able to do this one, but if time permits, I would definitely like to. The thing is, I took the compilers course, and I passed with a good grade too. But I never really enjoyed the designing and writing of a compiler, so I am planning I will do it from scratch now. The language I am planning to write the compiler for is Tiger.

1. Study Operating System concepts.
 Again, a bonus task. The installing of Ubuntu was motivated by this as well. The same reason as the last one. I took a course, didn't study properly. Now going to learn to make up for that.

1. Study Computer Networks and Network Security.
 All bonus :)

1. Learn to read and research.
 This I guess I have already started, as I am a research engineer by profession, so this is something I do for living. But I wanna get good overall, not just technical research.

1. Lose weight.
 I already talked about this.

1. Read books.
 Yeah, there are a couple of books that I would like to say that I have read. So I have to start reading them. Another post on them soon.

Well, that's all folks! Probably I will post about my progress or how I plan to do them in the next post. Till then, have dreams, work towards them, and enjoy yourselves!

S.

Movie with the Geeks

Today is the second Saturday after I have started working. Last Saturday, I planned to write this blog, which I am writing today. *meaningful expression* I guess I am just too lazy (or I was really busy? Latter one, it makes me appear more impressive) to post this one. Anyway, so when the first four days of my job ended, I heard my office was planning a movie screening.
So the party management committee (yes, an office of 30-35 people has one) planned that we should go for Transformers 3, at Atrium cinema in 3D. I was not excited. I have stopped watching movies, but I felt like going for two superficial reasons. First one, it was my first week, and whatever I did, will be seen as permanent; if I chose to not go, then I could have been considered a boring person and not invited to further outings etc. The things is, I wanted to be in the 'in' crowd. Not among those people who just come and work and are boring. I wanted to make myself known. I couldn't suppress the desire to say, I exist! Secondly, I myself wanted to socialize. To know people, to see who was what kind, learn their names, make some jokes. Though I wasn't getting that at the movie, I was definitely gonna get that that at the dinner after the movie.
Also, everything was free. A 3D movie screening with glasses and popcorn and a dinner, it was all free. I went.
I can't say I enjoyed the movie. I am happy I didn't miss the maghrib, which occured during the movie, thanks to some colleagues who were going to pray, and thanks to my beard, because of which they asked me to come along. SubhanAllah! I can't say I enjoyed the movie cause I got so bored during it, that I slept. I slept during the movie, well not through the entire movie. But to some parts. Reasons were many, I realized I had grown out of lame movies, the didn't have any realism to it, the action effects defied physical reality, the plot was shit boring, the hero seemed like a looser, the dialogues were ridiculous sexual puns, the 3D was abused... or perhaps the actual reason was that I had been in  front of a screen All day?
and my eyes were too tired for any more shit? I don't know.
Anyway, the movie ended, and on our way to Food Center, the supervisor asked (all guys who were sitting in his car were from Research team) how could that guy break a 128-bit encryption in 2 seconds! That Is All They Had To Talk About After The Movie! Those Geeks! and then from there onward, that's what the 'Research Team' talked about. About breaking 128-bit encryption quickly. I was almost expecting him to assign me that task!

Anyway, I loved the talk. I loved how my izzat was once again saved (nobody had known about my illiteracy) and I loved the food and loved the gelling together with all.
Thumbs up!
S. 

Enough!

Okay. There's been enough bullshit now.
I am bored! Man I am seriously irritated.
I needed a place to share all my activities with someone; an opportunity for me to just pour everything out and get somebody's comments on that. As it turns out, there never really can be a person who can comment. As in, there will always be people who would comment, and people who would want to listen. And good people too! Caring loving people. But those will be wrong kinds of comments. And people with right right kind of comments, advice, would Never have the time to listen to all of my bull-shit.
So?

Here I am. I have made this blog private, and instead of sharing stuff in here for people to see and comment and get engaged with, I will just get my frustration out here.

S.

It starts this Monday!

So, instead of taking up the job as a software engineer at Goodcore Soft (which is a very good company), I took one up at Wichorus, because my instructor suggested there'll be more learning here. And so, instead of July 4, work starts from July 11. I am really looking forward to it :)

So far, that's what's been up. Finding where to work. Giving interviews. Waiting for responses, giving more interviews, hehe. And eating so much in between that my sister who doesn't work out herself started telling me to work out. It's only a few days till my whole family starts to push me to gym too. And their next step, yeah I do think situation will go there, will be to stop feeding me.

That's up so far, in next post, I will inshallah write what I have been meaning to share for quite some time. My goals for this year. I hope if there's any problems with them, I find them out now.

S.

Just Graduated

So, I have just graduated. It was wonderful, not the heat and the sweat, but seeing my parents faces glow. It was  wonderful to introduce them to my teachers, and my teachers telling them how good their kid has been (no I didn't bribe them beforehand, I just took them to one who doesn't know me at all ;)

It was on 18 June, and today is 29th. I had found a couple of jobs on Lahore, and one of them was Alhamdulillah a decent company, but mother insisted I come to Karachi and live with her. So I looked harder here, and by the grace of God, found equally great jobs here at Karachi. 4 July is the starting date.

Let's see how it goes from there! I am excited..

S.

The First