The Journeyer

Since yesterday, I have started reading Marco Polo's biography Description of the World translated by Gary Jannings entitled as The Journeyer.

I have come to know that this biography was actually written by a fellow prisoner of Marco Polo, Luigi Rustichello. One day, in prison, Luigi came to Polo and said,

Messer Marco, I am Lugi Rustichello, late of Pisa, and I have been a captive here since long before you arrived. I have listerend to you telling that hilariously ribald story of the Hindu with his ahem caught in the holy rock hole. I have heard you tell it three times now. Once to your fellow prisoners, again to the warder and yet again to the visiting almoner of the Brotherhood of Justice. You will soon be weary of the telling. Many more persons will want to hear that tale and all the other tales you have told, and any others which perhaps you have not told yet. Before you tire of the telling, or of the stories themselves, why do you not simply tell to me all your recollections of your travels and adventures? Tell them only the once and let me set them down on paper. I am a writer of some facility and much experience. Your tales could make a considerable book, and multitudes of People then can read it for themselves.

And so Marco did, and so Lugui did, and so the multitudes have done. Though many other journeyers before Marco had written of their travels, none of those works ever enjoyed the immediate and continuing popularity of his Description of the World.

So you too want to enjoy that book? Check the following links...

Encrypted Mobile Address Book (EMAB)

I have developed a method with which I have created an Encrypted Mobile Address Book (EMAB).

The encryption is very easy. Just replace your contacts' names with their qualities. I show my Encrypted Mobile Address Book (EMAB) as an example.

Aflatoon [Plato/Moazzam]
Amrican Bhains [American Buffalo/Name Disclosed]
Amrican Murghi [American Hen/Name Disclosed]
Dentist [Talha Ashar]
Desi Bhains [Local Buffalo/Name Disclosed]
Desi Bakri [Local Goat/Name Disclosed]
Fast Tech Geek [Harris]
Guddu [Ahmad]
Khushia [Wajid]
Mota Haathi [Fat Elephant/Umair]
Prosecuters [Home phone]
Pappu [Ammar]
Taiz Gaam [Yasir]

Pioneers in Asia

I am very proud to announce that we (Pakistanis) are the pioneers in Asia in Digital Payment of Utility Bills.

NADRA (National Database and Registeration Authority of Pakistan) has setup digital machines in every city of the country, which accept utility bills. Now anyone can pay his/her utility bills at NADRA Kiosk centers very easily. The most prominent part is that there are No Extra Charges for this digital payment and you can pay your bills anywhere in Pakistan.

There are machines installed which require your free registeration for the first time. If you are already registered, then you just insert your Identity Card in Machine and your bills are shown at the LCD screen of computer. The instructions are displayed in two languages, Urdu and English. Put your thumb at machine's scanner to identify yourself. Then touch the screen to select your desired options. Select your Electricity or Telephone bill and insert money in the machine. You bill is paid and a receipt is printed out for your record.

NADRA is going to exapnd its KIOSK centers. It's planning to use these machines for the purposes other than just bills' payment. Currently the machine only accepts Currency Notes, in the near future it's going to accept Cheques/Checks and Credit/Debit Cards too. They are planning to use these machines for booking of Bus/Air/Railway tickets, admission forms of Universities/Colleges, etc.

We should wait for a near bright digital future of Pakistan...

9/11

11th September is a very important day for us (Pakistanis). On September 11, 1948 our beloved Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah died. Mr. Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, is my ideal. He was a great man who always walked along the right path and never left his mission. He bowed before none except Allah Almighty. He was acknowledged by great persons of the world. He worked for the independence of India and Pakistan. May his soul rest in heavens, in peace and at high place.

Five years ago, on 11th September 2001, World Trade Center and The Pentagon were attacked by some unknown people who banged their aero planes right into the WTC and Pentagon buildings. Soon the United States' government got the 9/11 phobia and worked her best to spread terror across the world. It attacked Afghanistan in search of Usama Bin Laden and Mulla Umer, but unfortunately/fortunately, the US army couldn't find Usama, yet they gave Afghanistan gifts of wounds, destruction, anarchy, terror, etc. People say that US govt. herself attacked WTC to find a lame excuse for attacking Afghanistan, some people say that George W. Bush attacked Afghanistan because he was sponsored by some Pharmaceutical companies, I don't know if it's true or not.

Meanwhile the world got the fever of Terrorism and the dictionaries were amended. Now the term terrorism defines Muslims, the word terrorist means a Muslim and a Terrorist Religion directs to Islam. Pakistanis and Arabs are seen with a biased eye that takes them to prison/death.

News media plays an important in this world. The western media has a significant control over the world and this media is controlled by some people who want to remake the world according to their desires. So the media spread Terror in the world with the help of US and some other governments. When brain washing of people completed, the US government got the support of its people and attacked Iraq. Now Iraq is in worse condition than Afghanistan. Daily several people die in bomb blasts and in attacks of unknown people. Again people say that US government is sponsored by some Oil companies that want to capture the oil of Middle East.

I want to clear one thing. I am not against of American or any other people, I blame those governments who want to run the world according to their wishes. When I say US, it means United States' government, not its nation.

What we can/should say in this scenario, is a vast topic. I will try to write my thoughts here in different posts. Because the discussion can be longer and longer, I have to talk about it, until I get some solution, or die like my ancestors, who couldn't stop the WAR.

My New Old Mobile

Finally I got a mobile (Nokia 3310). Actually I have not bought it, it's gifted, instead it should be called "donated" :) My sis bought a mobile, but it was not according to her desire, so she thought of dumping it :D