The K Word: May 2011

King Edward Medical University is Pakistan’s oldest and the most prestigious seat of learning in the field of medical sciences and research. The King Edward English Literary Society prides itself in having a rich tradition of literary excellence. In accordance with our aim of encouraging healthy extra curricular activities in Pakistan, we take great honour in organizing our 2^nd Annual KELS Intercollegiate Quiz Competition, on Thursday 9^th June,2011 at 9:00 am at Auditorium,KEMU, Lahore.

Register at eng.kels@gmail.com

Rules and Regulations

· Each team will consist of 2 participants. Only one team can particirate from one institute.

· The teams will be questioned from the following categories:

Current Affairs

Arts & Literature

Entertainment

Sports

Geography & History

Religion & Mythology

· There will be an initial Preliminary Round from which 6 teams will be selected.

· In the Final Round, these 6 teams will contest against each other.

· There will be six rounds in the Final, with one team being eliminated after each round

Team Round

Category Round

Multimedia Round (Buzzer)

Rapid Fire Round

Final Team Round

· Unless stated otherwise, each team will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.

· In case of a tie, the match shall move into a sudden death situation.

· The quiz will be conducted in English.

· Th decision of the quizmasters will be final.

· KELS reserves the rights to disqualify any participant or expel any audience member upon failure

· to maintain the decorum.

· The purpose of this contest is not to see how an individual is at textbook knowledge. We aim to bring forth and test general knowledge, common sense, wit and teamwork of the participants who take the stage.

· Please email your confirmation with names of participants at eng.kels@gmail.com. Thank you!

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By Zara Naveed
     Of 2nd yr.

      The water motor at my house gave up working the other day.It had started to cough protestingly some weeks ago,but we didn't pay much attention.Who listens to the mechanical gurgles of an aging motor anyway?But It had worked for many years,pumping up groundwater so we could use it with abandon.So we called in a motor mechanic.He pronounced the motor officially dead.And NO....this is NOT an obituary of the motor,people.This is much more serious.

      You know what that mechanic said?"You need a deeper bore."A bore is the misnomer used to explain the depth to which your motor can pump up groundwater.And every two or three years,we keep hearing those ominous words,"You need a deeper bore."

There's a tube well in the Village my grandparents hailed from.And every year,my relatives there have had to call in huge machines to dig up more earth and DEEPEN their "bore".Every year,the groundwater keeps slinking down.And this year,they had to dig a very deep bore.And someone asked worriedly,"How much deeper can we go?".The rains don't come on time,either.So all the farmers depend on groundwater.The rains USED to come on time.Tube wells USED to be rare.Now every farmer has one to keep his wheat crop alive.

   My point is-the groundwater level is going down.I hope the recent rains serve to mitigate the situation,but I'm not sure they were bountiful enough.And the bit of ground water that's nearer the surface in Lahore is way too contaminated.I don't know what keeps us so oblivious to our surroundings.I do not want to live a world where I'll have to run around to get a pint of muddy water.

   There are things we can do to make things better.We could stop wasting too much water in our homes while washing up,doing the laundry etc.Everybody know about these water-conservation steps,so I won't bore you with the details.I just hope to raise some iota of awareness on the topic :).What bothers me is that maybe ten years from now,we'll have to adopt these measures as a matter of Necessity-we won't have a choice!

   Our planet's way over-used.And the Earth Alarm keeps ringing.But we use the snooze button every time.We just don't want to be bothered about being resource efficient.But one day,even that snooze won't work.What then?

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Quiet. Everything’s quiet after a huge storm.

I guess that’s how one could aptly describe the state… or should I say ‘status’ of KE’s virtual world. If you’re a Kemcolian (or a Kemcolian’s friend… or a friend of a Kemcolian’s friend –whose fb account was recruited to perform the much-in-demand task of ‘liking a photo’) you’d know that a crazy storm in the garb of the KELS-held Photo Competition recently hit KE.

Aye Caramba! Creativity and humour knew no bounds as students from every year raced to send in their photos, all at the eleventh hour! KELS’s inbox, feeling awfully neglected at the week’s start, was close to bursting at the end. Frantic calls to extend the dead line were answered by the powers that be with an almighty ‘OK!’ and a 2pic max was changed to 4. The theme was ‘KE through my Eyes’ that brought in pics ranging from hostel cats to Sir Akram’s bat, pigeon flights to DH-sights, building scenes to well umm Manno the garbage Queen.

Coming to the wackiest part of this hit event -the photo ‘likes’… Eager participants sent messages to every cell they could asking, requesting and later begging on bended knee for ‘likes’. KEMUNITED got it’s own fair share of likes, as people began to call in friends, foes and possibly distant aunts for voting. The wackiness was amusing and all in good fun… though when names like Thali Ka Brinjal began liking pics things miiiiiight have toed the line!

Some of the comments during the whole episode were:

‘Koi deen iman hai aap logon ka k nahi?’

‘Like ma pix,all ov u’

‘Were r my pix????i sent em em agez ago n still u guyz hvnt uploaded dm...’

‘Yar ye voting kab khatam hogi’

‘Haha..ala caption..!’

’Ise kehte hen level ki photo’

Judged by Literary Experts Remisha Zahid and Mussab Ahmad and tech-whiz Tauseef Omer, it was Bilal Mazhar’s fantastic fountain of knowledge that won First prize, with Nida Rauf’s charging pigeon coming Second and Amna Altaf’s Staircase to Success winning Third. Laiba Khalid’s photo that mocked the state of our dear class rooms won sure votes and likes, to bag the Fourth place as did Abdul Rehman’s never-before-seen dream office snap, that came Fifth.

But in tribute to the many photos that didn't win, a random mention of what we've learnt from them:

Our Rise towards fame, could be a Downfall of our Khudi

How nostalgic a Single picture can be, for so many

That Sozo Water Park could have an arch Rival :P

That B.D. induced Air headedness can take you places

That once in a blue moon, Physio can seem pretty too!

That you can still be a prisoner, even if the door's open!

That strong will and courage always earn praise

That despite whatever we say, our atrial chambers still have room for KE

And that Anam Naz is one hell of a photographer! :D

And so that rounds up the happenings of the KELS-held Photo Captioning Contest. Kudos for such a successful event to the mastermind Faiza Hameed who didn’t stress a bit ( ‘Uff No entries till the 29^th!! I kept pulling on my inexistent hair and biting my nails to smithereens... People need to learn to be more punctual! I mean I could've had a heart attack these past few days!), event incharge M. Bilal (sees rising ‘likes’… pumps fist in air… yells ‘PartAy!!!’ :D ) and KELS President Remisha Zahid (umm no jokes about my President :P )

So yes the storm is over, and all is quiet…

Don’t forget to spot the winning entries in this year’s KEMCOL.

Let’s end on how some of the pets reacted to the results...

Stay tuned for further exciting reviews, including the KELS-quiz!

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A kitchen is perhaps the last place a monstrous-study-stricken MBBS student would like to be. Seriously, who wants to bear the sweltering heat emanating from within its four walls and trapped below a roof, with an exhaust fan, by the way aptly named so, trying to belch out whatever wafts it can, while still leaving a significant volume of steam and sweat for you to bathe in! BUT that’s the stereotypical kitchen you measure up while standing in the doorway. To understand the true potential of this realm, an adventure in its true sense is essential.

So first things first... Define the purpose of your visit. Do you intend to wreak havoc in your kitchen just for the sake of it, or do you want something productive out of that havoc you’re going to be wreaking? If its your first time in there, keep it simple. If you’ve been there a bit too often (unsuccessfully), recall the points where you went wrong. Do not hesitate from asking for guidance… mums can’t banish you from kitchens forever!

Next, line up the ingredients. Its best to have everything you’re going to be using at hand. Otherwise when you’re in the middle of tasting-mixing-simmering-adding-subtracting-sweating and meanwhile rummaging for spices, you may cause the dish to burn, or even change its taste to something you can’t go back from. A very simple example: finely chopped garlic if not kept stirred around while it is sautéed, go over a couple of seconds and let it change color, that incredible garlicky flavor gets totally converted to a strong, unpleasant one that persists throughout; and this is a number one step in most of the dishes!

Now you’re ready to begin. Follow your recipe, engage your senses. Olfactory and gustatory on high alert! Do not let things overcook themselves… you lose lots of nutrients that way! If you’re opting for Chinese, go for sautéing veggies at high flame; keep them crunchy... they’re not to be made into a saalan! It goes for everything... French Fries over-fried, you burn them and get them gritty; preparing a spicy masala sprinkled with coriander, green chilies and julienne ginger… overcook it and you lose the fresh springy aroma of these divine ingredients; even a simple cup of tea… leave it to boil, boil and boil, and it turns into this dark mush! Bottom-line, keep it fresh… retain the true inbred flavors every spice and herb has to offer. The longer you leave them on the flame, the more homogeneity in terms of flavor you add.

Another point: herbs and certain other ingredients work best when added at the end. You may even try to add them to your dish while its still in process, so that some of the original flavors permeate it at that point, but later on just before taking the dish off, sprinkle them on top, cover with lid and turn off your flame. Fresh coriander, mint, julienne ginger, thyme, oregano, freshly squeezed lemon juice… all fall in this category. Add the entire quantity beforehand… say bye-bye to their savory delights!

Experimenting is an extremely important key… and no, not all of them end in disasters!! You never know what you may discover, that’s why practice is so essential. Add your tid-bits to the recipe. Go for some spice whose aroma fascinates you or a herb whose freshness intrigues your senses. As I said before... it's all about the co-ordination of olfaction and gustation! At the end of the day, this way, you may even narrow down dishes or options that do not work with you. I remember baking myself for a certain dish that seemed entirely simple to prepare, but after 45 minutes of stirring and boiling and what-not, I realized it was just not my dish for it never changed its consistency, nor color, from the dark liquidy thing it had started from! But on the other hand, I discovered a very simple way for preparing fried chicken by tukka considering I’d never bothered to even look up a recipe. Snacks and salads are a very safe place to experiment if you’re apprehensive of messing up the proper, cooked dishes.

So that’s a rough sketch of a kitchen from my eyes. I just claim to have a thing for cooking, and yes, even in summers. For me, it provides a certain pleasure that perhaps is not easy to describe. But in the simplest terms stated, it helps take my mind off the routine and plunge into a world where I’m allowed to play around with ingredients the kitchen graciously presents me with, and where the magnificent world of spices and herbs never ceases to marvel me.

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KELS KEMUNITED PHOTO CAPTIONING COMPETITION RESULTS

Sr. No	Name	class	Total(100)
1	Shahab Qadir	3^rd yr	61
2	Amna Altaf	1^st yr	87…. 3rd
3	Amna Altaf	1^st yr	78
4	Anam Naz	3^rd yr	71
5	Ejaz ul Haq	4^thyr	78
6	Ejaz ul Haq	4^th yr	81
7	Faran Karim	2^nd yr	72
8	Gohar Rasheed	3^rd yr	75
9	Gohar Rasheed	3rd yr	60
10	Hina Anwer	1^st yr	67
11	Hina Anwer	1st yr	73
12	Junaid Alvi, Moeed Ahmed	1^st yr	56
13	Junaid Alvi, Moeed Ahmad	1st yr	57
14	Namra Tauqir	3rd yr	60
15	Nida Rauf	1st yr	89 ….2^nd
16	Nimrah Siddique	3^rd yr	59
17	Rabia Jamil	3rd yr	78
18	Rabia Jamil	3rd yr	67
19	Shahab Qadir	3rd yr	58
20	Talha Saleem	2nd yr	78
21	Tooba Jalees		78
22	Tuyiba Ilyas	3rd yr	67
23	Fatima Akbar	3rd yr	74
24	Fatima Akbar	3^rd yr	66
25	Rabeah Faiz	1^st yr	77
26	Laiba Khalid	1^st yr	85…4^th
27	Abdul Rehman	3^rd yr	83….5^th
28	Laiba Khalid	1^st yr	67
29	Shahrukh Hasan	5^th yr	59
30	Abdur Rehman	3rd yr	79
31	Shahrukh hasan	5th yr	68
32	Omer naseem	3rd yr	65
33	Omer Naseem	3rd yr	61
34	Nida Fatima	2nd yr	63
35	Rabeah Faiz	1st yr	65
36	Hira Shuja Khokhar	1st yr	70
37	Hira Shuja Khokhar	1st yr	72
38	Rameez Irshad	1st yr	68
39	Munis mehboob Ahmed	1st yr	67
40	Ayesha asim		71
41	Amna Naz	3rd yr	83
42	Shafaq Tabassum	3rd yr	63
43	Shah bano Salman	1st yr	65
44	Shah Bano Salman	1st yr	66
45	Sadaf Hafeez	3^rd yr	65
46	Tuyiba ilyas	3rd yr	80
47	Sharmeen Gondal	1st yr	74
48	Saman ejaz	5th yr	77
49	Moaz Zia	3rd yr	79
50	Iqra Ahmed	3rd yr	65
51	Iqra Zafar	3rd yr	70
52	Iqra zafar	3rd yr	72
53	Mubin Tahir	1st yr	60
54	Mubin Tahir	1st yr	75
55	Saad Ullah	3rd yr	63
56	Usama Bin Tahir	4th yr	71
57	Syeda Tamkanat Qasim	5th yr	72
58	Saad Ullah	3rd yr	66
59	Sadaf naseer	5th yr	60
60	Sadaf Naseer	5th yr	62
61	Amna shafiq	2nd yr	68
62	Shafaq tabassum	3^rd yr	59
63	Sadaf Hafeez	3rd yr	74
64	Asma Masood	5th yr	78
65	Moeed Ahmed	1^st yr	75
66	Anam Asad	3rd yr	64
67	Anam Asad	3rd yr	61
68	Rabia Zia	3rd yr	64
69	Rabia zia	3rd yr	61
70	Fatima Saleem		64
71	Fizza Khan	4th yr	65
72	M.Bilal Mazhar	2^nd yr	90….1st
73	M.Bilal Mazhar	2nd yr	80
74	Abdur Rehan	3rd yr	72
75	Fatima Saleem		71
76	Saima Ghaffor	3rd yr	68
77	Saima Ghaffor	3rd yr	63
78	Kanwal Mubeen	3rd yr	62
79	Zunaira Mehmood	3rd yr	80
80	Zunaira Mahmood	3rd yr	79
81	Kanwal Mubeen	3rd yr	63
82	Javeria Khaleq	5th yr	63
83	Jaweria Irshad	3rd yr	62
84	Momna Iqbal	2nd yr	63
85	Momna Iqbal	2nd yr	60
86	Amber Ilyas and Fizza Mobasher	3rd yr	62
87	Sobia Yaqub )		62
88	Sobia Yaqub		59
89	Tayeba Mumtaz	3rd yr	67
90	Tayeba Mumtaz	3rd yr	58
91	Ayesha afzal		67
92	Ayesha afzal		60
93	Faran Karim	3^rd yr	80…Consolation
94	Nida fatima	2^nd yr	62

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