By Arooj Kohli of 2nd Year: TO THE WIND:Do you still wander upon his doorstep softly creaking the wooden stairs below?Does your breeze still rustle the leaves on the tree in his front yard?Or do you playfully jostle the swing set that his father so enthusiastically set up for him?Perhaps your whirlwinds of air still race across the sleek exterior of his car?Or just before rainfall your air mingled with dirt sneaks into the crevices...
I am glad to announce that the results of Pakistan Blog Awards have been declared, and I have won the Best Individual Blogger award for my personal blog A Myth in Creation! :D I am glad to announce that the results of Pakistan Blog Awards have been declared, and I have won the Best Individual Blogger award for my personal blog A Myth in Creation! :D ...
I have never seen a bigger procrastinator! Yes dear reader, it’s I who I am talking about. Every day since the inception of this blog, I have been willing myself to cough up a para or so of my own to contribute to the well-publicized blog as the charts said that writing for the blog will all of a sudden change me from the dull boring personality I am to a sensational and witty, full...
By Shakeel Ahmad Tabish from 3rd year. THE VERY BASIS OF OUR SOCIETY I hate hypocrites.........Yes I hate hypocrisy and those who are hypocrite either to themselves or others. I do not understand why people deny the things they do in their routine or even despise them. Why be so hypocrite?They do things in their private lives and deny them openly in front of other fellow beings. I have such anger against them that i...
It was 4 o’clockish. I was comfortably settled on a rug in front of our tele today watching an episode of Grey’s Anatomy (uhhh not that I’m a die-hard-fan-who-can’t-LIVE-without-watching-every-epi of Grey’s, House and Bones when they’re on *ignore the loud cough and as if! snigger from my sis who’s reading this) –when I felt this really weird feeling…*****You know there are definitely some characteristics that you can’t help inheriting. Certain knacks that you get all...
I've never given my clothes to a Tailor. I have a 'Darzan', or Seamstress, if you will. Her name is Rani.Now Rani happened to have an angina attack two days ago. She called me after returning from the DHQ emergency, and told me she'd wanted to come to Mayo, but couldn't. I sympathized with her, and reassured her that if she ever needed me, she could call me and I'd do whatever I could to...
By Raza-ul Mohsin of 2nd YearYesterday was a day of fun and frustration. Like the last year the hostel authorities again succeeded in ragging us .The students didn’t agree to their ragging and did a mock demonstration at the hostel office. Student representatives were chosen who talked to the authorities, but the authorities failed to convince them. Slogans were chanted. A resolution was passed that nobody will participate in this allotment and so the hostel...
By Ihtisham Tahir of 2nd Year.The Heart The wide world of the heart is like a maze but no matter how much the paths look like a hotchpotch, they lead to four regions; not atria and ventricles but hell, heaven, self and graveyard. Hell is for our hatred, ,jealousy and other such bad habits and wicked things. It is the store-house of the destructive ideas (for oneself and the world as well). Heaven is the...
Yes, We Rock! :)Photographers:Remisha ZahidTalha Saleem ...
KELS Intercollegiate Mastermind Quiz Competition reported in Daily Times. KELS Intercollegiate Mastermind Quiz Competition reported in Daily Times. ...
A Case of Tangled Spaghetti“Their cause I plead – plead it in heart and mind…”At the risk of sounding pathetically gluttonous, I have to admit that I seldom think of anything with more earnestness than food. It turns me on, the wholesome goodness of a fine meal.So it also pains me when things to eat are subjected to unwarranted injustice.Exhibit A: the spaghetti abuse during the five days of bake sale.From the 12th century to...
By Jawad Haroon from Beaconhouse National University.This little team from Beaconhouse National University appeared out of nowhere. Invited graciously and warmly at just about the last moment, four literature students from BNU unassumingly turned up at the King Edward auditorium to participate in the Intercollegiate Mastermind Quiz Competition organized by the King Edward Literary Society, on 17th May, 2010, and walked away with the cup. Just like that, just about. A number of School of...
A few days back, I got an email from Mr. Jehangir Mohammad, which i think is worth sharing, so here it is:Salaam o Alaikum,I have been visiting your blog pages recently. Masha Allah, the thought process and the language are admirable. Not too long ago I was a student of KE. Would I like to come back there. No. Never. The worst thing was the immense waste of time during the wards in third and...
By Zara Naveed of First YearTHE FIRST ANATOMY STAGE I told 'em all, all I knew, I even tried to mime, I wrote it down, I drew it up, They said,"You're wasting time." I blushed, I grinned,what a clown! Held the femur, upside down, And when I finally got it right, They said,"Doc sab! It's down side up" So next time there comes a stage, I won't even bother to try, Why do they even...
What I’ve learnt from surgery: • Why it’s important not to leave any loose ends.• Always keep track of what you put and where…and whether you remove it or not.• Chains and saws may break my bones, but words…are no use, especially if you’re addressing the ot staff!• After air, water and food…sleep is the fourth basic need.• You’re not a good surgeon till you’re over-worked, under-fed and sleep-deprived.What I still don’t understand: why people...
My (first ever) column 'Our Intolerant Youth' which was published in The News on 8th May 2010.http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=238000 ...
Dr Yasmin Rashid, Professor of Obs and Gynae, was taking our morning lecture on 7th May. The next day, 8th May, was International Thalassaemia Day, so, quite appropriately, her lecture was on beta-thalassaemia, the type of the disease most prevalent in Pakistan. Just a little detail for orientation: Thalassaemia major is an autosomal recessive disorder, with no treatment except repeated blood transfusions, iron chelation therapy, and splenectomy or bone marrow transplant, if possible. The main...
LOVOFLOPA: the basic ingredient in every unsuccessful love story.TANTALIZERS: the teachers promise of ending the class early if we behave well.SEDUCTIVES: the "not-always-correct" hints and options passing around during and mcq test.HYPNOTICS: the hypnotizing techniques/tactics used by professors to keep the students spell-bound in their classes. ...
By Asmah Mahmood of Final YearThe Shattered DreamlandSooner or later, everybody has to step into the world of practical life. People in the state of euphoria, being ambitious, having certain goals, with dreams to have a joyful and contended life when come to face this world, moments of realization of factual status of this world with jolts of thousands of volts make them see that this is a world full of suffocation, making people sensitive...
By Mariam Baig of Second YearHITTING SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN!No matter how you define each, fundamentalism and liberalism somehow belong to each other. Getting nurtured in the lap of extremism, with a “not-too-considerate” motto no matter what, highly criticizing each other while continuously revolving around their own orbits and having no idea what the other side has got to say.There is no line of demarcation or a single justified definition for either of them. Everybody seems...
By Fatima Rumesa of First YearHer!she has her face set in a frown,it seems as if she were about to drown.although consumed by bouts of helplessness,she tries to smile nonetheless.she suppresses the need to scream,and poses as if in a dream.she wants to fly high as a dove,but she's bound to the ground by her own love.her life, to her, seems like hell,she still wishes everyone well.the person who tried not to make anyone cry,leaves...
