By Momekh on October 21, 2009
Freelancing in Pakistan is something that is very much underrated because it is very much misunderstood.
As per definition of the word itself, a ‘freelancer’ is one who:
… sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them
To be a freelancer, you don’t need a degree. Starting from the PKR 300 per day mazdoor [...]
Posted in Business, Life etc | Tagged Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship in Pakistan, pakistan, Pakistani startups
By Momekh on October 8, 2009
Every so often, I keep hearing about the partition of India. Not true. I also keep hearing about people who say that the partition of India was a wrong thing, and that the Two Nation theory is flawed. I’ll come to that. Pakistan’s partition from India never took place. All the history books in our [...]
Posted in Life etc | Tagged 1947, August, British India, British Raj, Independence, India, Nationalism, pakistan, Parition, Secularism
By Momekh on October 7, 2009
UPDATE: Thanks to this detailed post at the BlogKindle, I now know that the Kindle is NOT available in Pakistan. Anyone knows how to ‘jailbreak’ a Kindle? And does anyone know what exactly will NOT WORK when you turn on a Kindle, say in Karachi or Lahore?
It’s going to be about tablets. Apple still has [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, pakistan, Technology | Tagged Amazon, amazon kindle in Pakistan, Apple, books, Crunchpad, e-books, Kindle, notebooks, pakistan, reading, tablets, TechCrunch
By Momekh on November 27, 2008
When something’s named Intrepid Ibex, it probably is interesting, y’know.
I am already pleasantly surprised; LUMS (Lahore, Pakistan) hosts a mirror site to download Ubuntu’s latest release (Intrepid Ibex).
I am downloading the OS. Wish me luck.
Posted in Technology | Tagged download, host, intrepid ibex, linux, LUMS, mirror site, pakistan, ubuntu
By Momekh on November 22, 2008
I just love accents.
Accents to me, show character. Pride even. I love the ‘implications’ of accent. Nobody in his right mind will not enjoy the Jamaican accent, for example, just like you have to be very patient to understand a Scotsman (or an Irish) talking in English (I recall ManUtd manager Sir Alex Ferguson and [...]
Posted in Life etc | Tagged accent, Blaagars, Bloggers, english, Inzi, ManUtd, Obama, Oye, pakistan, Pakistani accent, Speaking, urdu, Writing
By Momekh on November 7, 2008
I really do not know if the title is written in correct English. I also don’t care.
And therein lies the problem; I, like you, do not care. Not about my grammatical prowess, but about pretty much anything. Yes, we complain and bitch about things that annoy and frustrate us and this may pass off as [...]
Posted in Life etc, Society | Tagged attitude, corruption, lahore, musharraf, pakistan, pakistanis, zardari