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Day: January 8, 2008

Light up the darkness

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Jawwad

“It is better to light     a candle         than to rant             about the darkness”                     (Chinese proverb)   I have done my bit for today, go on and light a candle, before you go to sleep tonight…

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Baan Deva Montra, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Jawwad

Finally, vacation time… On 22nd December, the six members of the combined Farid and Salahuddin families packed up their bags and trucked all the way down to Karachi airport to catch a plane to Thailand. Despite an empty flight and Thai’s silky smooth service, the flight was an interesting nightmare on account of one simple…

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What is it about orchids?

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Jawwad

You decide…

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Murphy’s law

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Jawwad

On the eve of the day before making the single largest pitch in our history as a company, in a different city, I find out that I am booked to travel the day after the pitch is supposedly being made. How is that for timing. These are the days a great travel agent is made…

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Beat that Ms. Project Manager

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Jawwad

Having trained for the last five years with our aggressive technology project schedules at Alchemy Technologies, Fawzia Salahuddin our resident, in house, PMP, had no problems at all in taming and feeding a fully grown tiger cub in less than 15 seconds. If you want a similar job, please perform a similarly outrageous feat and…

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