The Creative World of Anne McCaffrey

Today I would like to talk about a very interesting series of books written by the amazing author Anne McCaffrey.

These three books are set in the planet "Pern", they have imaginative characters from dragons and runner beast to a completely new species called the fire-lizard.

The whole point of these dragon series is to tell the reader how an ordinary person, animal or thing can move forward and make a name for themselves without being afraid of the injustice from the world.

The first two books "Dragonsong", and "Dragonsinger" focus on a young girl named Menolly. The main purpose of these two books is to let the reader know that there are many times when you face discrimination based on gender, race, orientation, interest etc. But what is important is for the person to move beyond all that and strive to succeed and finally let the world know that you are not a loser.

The author has hidden these subtle messages among dragons, fire-lizards, music, romance and anything else. All this makes sure that the reader is interested not only to read but also to learn something without it sounding preachy at all.

I recommend everyone of you to go for this series.

Not only will you love it because it is a fantasy bu trust me when I say this you will end up learning loads about life.

In case you are wondering Dragonsong is the first, Dragonsinger second and Dragondrums the third.

American Idol's Marketing Strategy

Today I would like to share with you guys a very interesting piece of article for which I did a literature review in my marketing course.

Thorugh this article I found out that Idol is perhaps one of the best marketers of today.

Some of the major reasons why that is the case include:

• amazing publicity through television
• free talent available for record labels to exploit
• large revenue collection in terms of calls and ther voting methods
• ready made stars for the music industry without any effort

http://www.preneurmarketing.com/advertising/american-idol-marketing-strategy/

If you want to read the whole article go to the above link. Its a worth while read especially for people who are interested in marketing.

A Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Recently our Management Information System's teacher Mr. Waseem Arain (whose blog you can visit through RSS feed) arranged a very interesting seminar on the above said topic. The lecturer was Dr. Syed Zahoor Hussain of LUMS.

Although the speaker talked about many different aspects of innovation on that occasion but the most important thing that I learned was how change can occur and its impacts on country's welfare. Some highlighting points of his lecture included:

• How to bring change in organizations
• Youngsters are the real innovators
• Technology gives a further boost to these changes
• Innovation creates new products
• A quest for technology, processes and resources always support change

In many ways the lecturer was rightly pointing out the fact that change is a gradual process which can only take place if we are fully aware of our surroundings and remember that all our actions can result in serious repurcussions.

Here's hoping to the fact that Pakistan will also change with the time and soon we will become one of the greatest nations of the world.

My Wishlist

What can a person wish for? Hmmmm. That's a tough one. Ok here it goes. Let's play a little game of Aladdin and The Magic Lamp.

I rub the lamp and there appears a genie in its full fledged form. "How may I help you, My lord?" he asks me and all I can think of is one thing.

I say "Dear Genie I don't want anything else except perhaps you making it possible for me to travel the world. Can you do that for me because right now I have not even gone beyond my country. I want to see te world. I want to feast my eyes on the beauty of nature."

Travel is all I probably wish for because its something I haven't done a lot. But perhaps a day will come when I will have the time and the resources to put my plan of world tour into action. Having said that I'll leave you guys with a great song by Pearl Jam and their view on what a person can or cannot wish for in this world.

Instead of that for the time being I'll share with youy guys some of the places I wish to travel someday in my life.

My Hobby or rather my Hobbies

Most people have certian very distinct hobbies such as stamp collection, photography, cooking etc.

Am I one of them? Not at all.

My hobby is plain and simple entertainment through television. Frankly I find myself hooked onto the US American shows of TV so much that not only do I closely follow each and every episode but also I blog about them constantly.

My all time favorite show called "Brothers and Sisters" airs on ABC and since I am its huge fan therefore I am part of the www.brothersandsisters-tv.com/forums. There I chat about the show's episodes, the future, movies, books simply anything.

Some other all time favorite shows of mine include Top Chef, Ugly Betty and even According to Jim(I know may peple hate it but I love it).

So today I am inviting you guys to find out about these shows from youtube. Just look at the right hand site of my blog. You'll find a youtube search engine. Just type your required object and VOILA..... Also checkout the Brothers and Sisters videos on the right side of the page.

Check them out, you'll fall in love. Trust me.

The State of Pakistani Politics

In this post I would like to chare my political views with everyone.


Frankly there is not much to discuss when it comes to Pakistani politics. Corruption, feudalism, bribery are all rampant in most of our government positions. The thing needed at this point is that someone breakout and for once forget their own personal benefit and think about the benefit of the nation.


Yesterday we saw a historical landmark taking place: The freedom of Supreme Court Judges. What does it mean for us? Does it mean that our future may be secure? I don't think so. Our judiciary seems to me to be as corrupt as our politicians.


In my opinion if we the youth of Pakistan take charge of this situation we can one day eradicate all these evils from our country.


Looking forward to a better future.....

An Author Par Excellence

Today I am going to talk about one of all time favourite authors of English language :Jeffrey Archer.

The best thing about his work is that he is not inhibited by any particular writing style. There is something for everyone in his portfolio. For instance if you are a Novel fan you can try "Shall We Tell the President?" or "As the Crow Flies." On the other hand if you like to read series then you have "Kane and Abel" and its amazing sequel called "The Prodigal Daughter."

If you ask me personally I am a big fan of his short story collections. These include "A Quiver Full of Arrows", "A twist in the Tale", "To Cut a Long Story Short" and "Twelve Red Herrings."

Each of them contains true masterpieces. One story that I read recently was called "One Man's Meat." Here Archere shows diversity where the reader has four alternate endings. He or she can choose to read either one or all of them.

Personally I recommend you all to read these collections. Trust me you'll never regret it.

My Friends

As you can see this is a collage of my amazing friends over the years. These include friends from the time when I was 12 years old till the time I graduated from college. If you look at the extreme right there is a guy wearing a cap. His name is Monis. He is one of my friends from my school B.V.S. Parsi High school. If you look right below his picture you will notice a guy grinning from ear to ear. That is me or to be more precise that is how I used to be in my second year of college.

Anyways back to my friends. I have had some amazing time with all of them. This picture is actually a present which we all gave to Asghar (the one on bottom left) on his 18th birthday. I still remember the day clearly.

One thing I would like to point out here is that it is so amazing what our friends can do. You laugh with them, you cry with them, you can have some of the best and worst times of your life with them. In times like these where chaos is rampant all of us need real friends to share our joys and our sorrows.

I wish all my friends the best of life. May all your wishes come true. Always remember that all of you who are in this picture and all others who are not in this picture made me who I am today. I am thankful to all of you for your support, your criticsm and your love but most of all I am thankful to your friendship.

Love you all.

An Introduction To Myself and My Blog

Hello Everyone,

My name is Adil Majid. I was born in Pakistan, in the city of Karachi. I am a student of Institute of Business Administration Karachi. Currently I am in my second year of BBA. Through my studies I plan to make a difference in the lives of the unfortunate Pakistanis. If Allah wishes then one day I intend to open my own Non Governmental Organization which will be focused towards improving the health standards.

In this blog I intend to share my different interests with all of you. You will also be able to view my political views, as well as my take on the future of Pakistan. Moreover I also will be sharing some of my most memorable time that I spent with my friends.

Stay Tuned........