Softec - begining of its end

Softec event was 'held' here in FAST-NU lahore campus on 30th and 31st of August. I attended a few softec events in past. Despite not being a great of fan of softec, i must say that a few of those events were pretty good. Having said that, this particular event was such a waste of time. Most boring event i've ever attended. It was even worse than the events conducted by VOICE!

I belive softech is dying its own natural death now. This particular events was nothing more than the start of the end of softec.

These are my opinion about this event. You are free to have yours.

eFQue

Time and Space - Republication

Time and Space

October 16, 2007 by farhanqureshi

it is all matter of time and space… everything that we see, we feel, we experience for ourselves and for others is a matter of time and space.

Though these two things that have been made the topic for this particular piece, are the most vital (read as important) things in anyone’s life, none of these things is something that one can control. Sometimes it seems to be a great pity that we as human beings have been given potential to do unlimited tasks yet very limited time. Similarly, we have limited space at our disposal to accompolish things.

I really can’t control time and i can’t determine the space where i currently am. The time at my disposal and the space around me has been already determined and decided for me. I would be tested according to the allotted time which is unknown to me at the moment, and according to the space which i really didn’t decide for myself.

Factious Rights - Republication

Factious Rights

December 5th, 2007

Every individual has rights and has a right to exercise them. A system runs fine as long as it ensures the rights of individuals involved in the system are being protected. However there are places where expression of one’s rights is factious. It not only deteriorates individual relationships, it poses a threat to the complete system. One such example can be seen in the relationship of an employee and employer. Employee has a right to leave his job for good. Similarly, Employer has a right to fire his employee for any reason. However, just a mere mild expression of this right in front of one by the other creates a great rift between the two. There may be no intention to actually practice his right, yet its expression does an irreversible damage to the mutual understanding and relationship. The same is true between the relationship of wife and husband. Both have rights to quit living with the other. However expression of this right often dents such relationship to a point which cannot be removed. Just like my other post, this piece of writing has no conclusion. It didn’t have any start and there is no point in the above paragraphs which can be pointed out as the climax. These are just random thoughts put into words; thoughts based on my experiences. Experiences - where I had no wish nor had any intention to practice my rights. Experiences - where those above me had no wish nor had any intention to practice their rights. Yet, they were Factious Rights and they were expressed

Breaking the Ice - RePublication

Breaking the Ice

November 28th, 2007

It has been a long time since I was granted permission to write here in an open and free manner. However, despite several attempts, I wasn’t able to do so. Nevertheless, I on my way to office today decided to one thing. That one thing is to break the ice. And that is what i am doing it right now. I am breaking the ice. On a glacier, if a crack is able to make its path through the face of the ice, it is very likely that the whole glacier will break soon. I have several topics to write on in my mind but have no words. I kept on trying to take one topic and save it in form of my words but to no avail. Several things contributed to this condition. Last year has been quite tough on me. Perhaps broken hearts are the most difficult things to repair (read as mend). To those who have read any/all of my previous work, this post may seem to be quite wayward-having very little or no format or flow at all. Yes, this is quite unruly. It is just my thoughts that are coming to my mind. I am just expressing them here with very little or no thought being given to my thoughts. i’ll end my first post here. A few may like it, others wont… I just remembered a beautiful saying by someone written in the start of one of shafiq-ur-rehman’s book… i am presenting it here with a little modification. “Wo jo iss kisam kay posts ko pasand kartay hain, wo iss post ko waisa hee pa-yain gay jiss qisam ki posts wo pasand kartay hain” adios.

Received a Present - Really Happy.

I have received a gift from a friend of mine. It may be a trivial thing for most of people but very special for me. I rarely get a present from anyone and it is one of those few occasions-hence i am very happy. It is a key chain of Royal Bank of Scotland sent by my cousin.

New Home for eFarhan

this is the new home for "eFarhan".

I'd be blogging here from now onwards...

i'll collect my previous posts from other blogging sites and unpublished blogs and publish them here...

Most of my blogs are not for public digestion, hence i'd not suggest anyone to wait for them..

till then i'll take care of myself, you are free to do so too..

eFQue.

It takes 50 years to be a 50 year old.

"It takes 50 years to be a 50 year old guy.."

This thought came to me yesterday when i was just sitting around, doing nothing with thoughts wandering around here and there. Suddenly I thought, I am 25 years old and It took me 25 years to be 25 year old. Frankly put, achieving this endeavor really didn't involve any of my skills... No sir, not a single one.. I have been moving alongwith time which ofcourse didn't require any effort from my side. As i thought about improving this achievement of mine, and taking it to the next level, I came to this conclusion that it will take me 50 years in total to be a 50 year old guy.

In order to have wisdom and experience of a 50 year old guy, i have to be a 50 year old guy. If i'll somehow gain experience and wisdom of a 50 year old guy before actually being a 50 year old person, world will still not treat me as a person having 50 years of experience. I may be regarded as person having great intellect and ability, but never a person having 50 years of experience.

Hence the statement, "It takes 50 years to be a 50 year old".

PS: This post is not for public digestion.