Hello Everyone! This post is my first post which I have written with least short gap between previous one. This time I am only going to give a true picture of an issue which is highlighted as negative for image of a retired General. I was supposed to do it early but few reasons halted me and later I forgot about this important issue.
General Mirza Rant Against Journalist:
General (retired) Mirza Aslam Baig was harrased by a journalist of Dawn News. Those who know me also know that I am studying Media and Mass Communications. Being student of this degree I can easily differentiate who was wrong and where he/she was wrong. Unfortunately Pakistanis are a nation who always decide and support wrong if it is shown them that way. They make quick decision and spread out wrong inforamtion to everyone and every channel they can reach.
Here the topic of discussion in General and the journalist. Journalist was from Dawn News and he got permission from General to ask questions about the Balochistan issue, which he must have done, but he acted strangely and started asking questions which he was not given permission and this was a clear voilation of Media Ethics which journalist did not follow.
I have met few working journalist and as far as my experince of meeting them is not so good. I met a journalist of Geo TV network and on asking about his degree he told me that he is MBA . What MBA qualified person is doing in this field and this guy is notthe only one, I am sure you will find many other media perosonels who are actually not qualified for this field but are working at different positions.
Here is the video which you all can watch and know that Journalist was wrong not the General. My request is that never miss use your authority and power. To readers I request to share this with other and give clear picture to the people in your circle.
Movie Suggestion:
The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, its wonderful movie about the secrets girl kept and few mysteries.
Not only movie but there is something cool for my readers to watch this time and it is a video of new record that is set few weeks back.
Regards
Moazzam Ali
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Its been long since I am not on the radar, even I planned to do a daily post but I couldn't make it. I hope all of my readers are doing well.
Street Photogprahy:
I have finally started doing some street photography. The best thing about it is you don't know what you will get and from where. All you need to do is to move around in the markets and streets and have to discover. I am not good but if I do it more my eye will train and will find hot spots and unusual activity itself.
Despite the fact that I posted months back about starting street photography here, but, I was not not able to start it. Reaosn were that I wanted someone else with me. I don't enjoy alone and partner makes things more interesting. As promised I will be writing about my endeavours in the streets of Pakistan and what awaits us and what are diffculties that can come in way of a photographer. Streets can be dangerous, especially when we talk according to the scenario and turmoil state of people here, there are lot chances you can be stopped by a police or army personnel on gaurd if not then tackling is easy. People actually like being captured and will ask themselves for it. But beware there are people who don't like the camera and yes don't photograph things which harms someone's privacy.
Here is the first picture from the streets that I capture and you can view entire album here. As I get new logo and few other things done in my blog I will take street Photography to my blog.
I photopgrah at slow pace compare to others and now I have also plans to photogrpah what everyone else don't photograph and obviously everyone is buying a DSLR these days so its important to stand out from rest and be different.
As I do more street Photograhy I will share my experience with other photograhers so they know what lies in there for them.
Movie Suggestion:
Sherlock Holmes series in quite famous detective series and if you read it then its like a nostalgiac for you. You must have gueesed it already, Its Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows in today's suggestion.
By the way if you don't know Rachael McAdam, worked at McDonalds, before she was actress and her elder brother and sister were there too and her sister was some manager there and she was waitress.
Have fun watching the movie.
Regards
Moazzam Ali
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Hello! to my readers, actually to only those wo read it attentively. This time I will be giving some thoughts on a subject of 'reincarnation' accroding to my own philosophy a bit of religion and ofcourse science. Other than that, I will be telling usual things regarding my photography and some cool suggestions.
Reincarnation:
Before I start, it is necesarry to give you guys meaning of the word, it will make easy for you to understand the concept. Reincarnation simply means 'Rebirth of the soul in another body' or 'A reappearance or revitalization in another form; a new embodiment'.
What made me think and came upon developing this concept, which is my own, was reading of the where author has used the word two to three times. I will be taking some examples from religion and will use those facts to prove my point and wil try to give clear picture of how i developed this concept.
As I have already wrote the definition/meaning of the word. When after completing the paragraph. I gave a quick thought to the concept of reincarnation and we have missed to understood it or never tried to gave thoughts on it. Everyone of us has atleast once heard the phrase from elders that' "never say thatthe person has died, people don't die." usually it is asked not to use word mar (dead) or foat again english translation will be 'dead' but use word 'intekal' or 'muntakil' (english translation will be transfer) for people who die of any thing. The Islamic belief for the dead people mentioned in our Holy Book is known by everyone of Muslim said that martyrs are not dead and don't call martys dead and almost same is used to non-martyrs. Almost same goes with the scientific which I assumed, you must remember one of the starting definition from your chemistry book, if not let me quote it here. "Matter is niether created nor destroyed, it only changes from one form to other". I think same is applied with the word reincarnation. We are once created and we only change our form from soul to human when we are born and main matter which we are made of (soul) is not seen and when death comes it aparts soul and other part just like a simple chemical process on burning converts the matter.
After giving thoughts on the Islamic beliefs and comparing them with the scientific ones, I came to the conclusion that same is happened with us and not one time we are born many times and have been born before. I don't know that how many of you are aware about the 'Alam-e-Arwah', I have to tell this to you also, Alam-e-Arwah is in skies, it is when Allah (God in English) created all of souls they were then living in place known as Alam-e-Arwah. It is also said to be once that all souls were created together and after that no more souls will be created. have you ever thought seeing someone that you have seen this person before? And you can't remember when but you have strong felling and it is before that person when in Alam-e-Arwah was actually standing infront of you. When all souls were created they were actually asked to fall in to two lines facing each other. For clear understranding I am attaching a picture of how lines probably be arranged.
Here you must also remember that none of person remembers about his/her life in Alam-e-Arwah before when he/she is reincarnated on earth.
Now here is a point that how many times posibly one person is reincarnated? According to me first soulds were made and first incarnation was on earth. Second will be when we will die and souls will leave our bodies. Third will be in grave when souls will again come and will be there until doomsday, as, there will be punishment of sins in grave until judgement day. Fourth will be wich is also part of belief that Allah will reincarnate us on judgement day and I think there will be fifth when we will enter the janat (paradise)
Discliamer:
1. This post was written to give bit understanding of reincarnation.
2. Exapmles have been given from religious and scientific belief are geniune.
3. People have to right to not agree with what is written in post in reincarnation part.
4. No debate is needed on religion so don't ask me anything, if you agree you can reshare it else no comments about religious beliefs on what is right or wrongs will be accepted.
News:
First and important news is that on 14th of February 'Forever Alone Day' is coming, it is a day when all people who are alone celebrate this day.
Photography is going fine but a bit slow do check my page Moazzam's Photography to check street Photography which I recently started (will be uploaded tonight). And yes my new semester has started, finally reached in 6th semester.
I want to know places in Islamabad and Rawalpindi which needs to be photographed yet. It is for my website. You can either tell me on my twitter handle or reply to this thread on fb.
Suggestions:
Movie suggestion: what about a horror movie this time. I remember watching this movie after midnight, it was fun.
Song suggestion its a new song from band called Club Caramel
Regards
Moazzam Ali
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Hello everyone! I am back to waste some of your time again. I am good but had the worst trip of my life ever. It was last Thursday and when i came back I wrote about it to tribune blogs but they rejected it. I know that I am bad at english but I actually don't know the reasn of rejection.
"Photography is one of most expensive habits and I am fond of it. September 2010 was the month when my father agreed to buy me a DSLR I started my Photography journey. But things are not the same as they were a few years back. People, especially photographers had freedom. But now it's either our Armed forces and other security enforcement and intelligence agencies or the terrorists, one will be always there to ruin your plans. I love wildlife, architecture and landscape photography, but what if you are not allowed to do it. Its been over a year and now it seems to me that I have no future in Photography, especially if I have to travel to Photograph architecture and scenic beauty of different cities. But still fashion, wedding and product photographers do have a good future.
I remember an instance about two years ago when a fellow blogger of mine was stopped by MP (military police) guard in Rawalpindi Cantonment when he captured a bill board with his cell phone camera. His discussion with that soldier lasted less than 5 minutes with usual questions about his name, checking his I.D etc and resulted in deleting the picture he had captured. Almost similar thing happened with me when on last Thursday I reached Abottabad on a planned tour to photograph its vistas and some of historical places including 'Ilyasi Masjid', which is pretty much close to infamous Bilal Town and PMA. I had feelings that same could happen with me that happened with my friend and I will be allowed to photograph Ilyasi Masjid. And I even knew that they don't possess that right to question anyone unless he/she seems to be a threat and also that photography is not banned by any law in Pakistan unless the owner of some place and person doesn't want to be photographed and these are also 'Ethics of Photography' which every photographer knows. But shooting public or historical place is not forbidden by any law in Pakistan.
I reached in evening on 26th i.e Thursday. When I reached my friend was there to pick me. We went to his house and enjoyed time and planned the tour and chose places to Photograph. After the dinner and some gossips till late night we slept with the excitement that Friday morning was about to bring. We were set to Photograph Ilyasi Masjid in the morning but I was woken up by the call of my father who gave me terrible news of incident that happened in night of Thursday and that crushed all of my plans and made me come back to my city in Friday evening. But its not all what if I was there on Thursday to photograph the Masjid and same incident have happened at night, I would be in jail or prison of some agency proving that I have nothing to do with rocket firing at the Walls of Pakistan Military Academy.
Now when I look back at what has happened the only thing came in my mind is to get the cell numbers of PR officers of Terrorist Organizations and before planning any outside city trip I check up with them if they have any plans which are intercepting my plans. It will help me to postpone or pre-plan my tours so our timetable doesn't collide."
Oh yeah if you don't know Ayesha Umar aka Khobsorat from acclaimed sitcom of ARY Digital is now hosting morning show at Samma TV. She is cute is not she?
In other news many friends know about my puppy. He is doing good and I am teaching this bad fella how to rip and tear apart enemies.
"Seems you missed some important points to tell about you.
- what thing make you optimistic, the inspiring thing that put you in this energy - what you believe what is the purpose of your existence - what things you believe you are serious about and can freak out - what are the things that attracted people towards you - do you remember faces or names"
Answers:
1. I take my inpiration from many things which can be books of my favorite authors Paulo Coelho specially. Also some songs, these songs gave me energy and urge to do something. one of them is 'We are Young' (Mika versus Redone) from movie Kickass.
2. I am still figuring it out but I want to do something amazing and marvelous before I die.
3. Sleeping hahaha.. Actually Photography and my camera but that doesnot mean that one can not criticize my work I actually love criticism, infact I am my own critic, and in that I sometimes leave very good photos in PC and don't upload i feel like they are not worthy and later someone sees it and ask me to upload and i get good response.
4. My extreme confidence and enerygy that I put in thing or task I do.
5. Yeah thats one of my best quality, I do remember full names of persons i met in my life more than 5 times or so. Exceptions are there some people are there whom I met one time and I still remember them.
Here is song and movie suggestion guys.
Movie: The Greatest Game Ever Played, based on true story, tells how Francis Ouimet beat his 1900 US golf idol.
Anyone else with the question is welcome. Post them in comments and these will be answered in my nest post.
Regards Moazzam, sitting in a part with my puppy so that when Maya appears I puppy can have his meal ;).
Before I start i just want to tell you I bore a lot and boredom kills me its my declared enemy. Today evening when coming back from Sialkot I was going through same and that time I thought about myself. And then thought how many people know me how much? And I came to the fact that hardly many people know me and planned to do a post in which I will tell people about me. This about me will be a lot different compared to the facebook one.
Born This Way:
Title sounds more like a song of 'Lady Gaga' the singer who really don't know how to dress :s but here I am telling you something else. There are two things that I got by birth, nah not what you are thinking, these are humor and quality to talk loud yes my volume is always high when i even whisper. So all those who have issues with it just stfu.
I Am What I Am:
I am stupid, idiot and foolish but I am optimistic, Spontaneous, fun personified and adventorous. I am quiet moody, my mood swings exactly like a girl changes clothes. Well whatever you think of me I actually don't care. Oh wait I am also humurous :) Whatever you do or think just be amazing when I am around don't let me get bored thats best you can do for me.
Few Things You Need to Know About Me:
As a photogrpaher, I actually hate taking portraits of people all the time. So don't come to me when I am having my camera and ask me for a good portrait. I love all other photography exept taking photos when someone is eating. I can even take picture one something worthy if it is not allowed to take.
My writing is pathetic so don't tell me that.
I am blunt and straightforward. I don't cae if it makes you angry what I have to to I will say in any case.
I don't hold grugdes so don't worry.
I am huge fan of art. I respect artists a lot and their work.
I hate people who still follow old culture and fashion and don't update themselves with time and age.
Believer of giving chances to new faces.
I never had a gf in my life that's true.
I actually love using explicit and vulgur language but don't use it infront of everyone. (this is what I hide from others.
I am too much private, keep v.less friends and share very few with friends.
This is about me that I wanted people to know. Ican't tell more than this you need to be close to me to get to know and discover yourself.
Last week I watched 'Bol' a feature film by none other than a renowned director of Pakistan, Shoaib Mansoor.
Before I start the review let me tell you here that I am fan of ShoMan and he has always inspired me, his work is always great. I have always admired his work. The art, direction and cinematography of Bol movie is again marvelous but this time I am a bit unhappy. Not with his art and other work i.e direction but with the subject.
Whoa whoa! wait fans. I don't really want to piss off his fans even I call myself his fan but what I think is that he actually tried best to arouse such matters which still needs to be known and acted upon by the people. Here I got my reservations, subjects he tried to lit up really needs awareness.
Going deeper in movie what I noticed was that he actually got too far or too less. He actually can have portrayed it in a better way. Especially the issue of a lot of children that is so common in Pakistan. At times while watching I actually laughed hard and though that he could have shown same thing in a better way.
Another thing that I didn't appreciated was pointing of a Syed family as the too much extremists in religion, but it is not like that I do belong to a Syed family we do have a T.V and so do many of my relatives have and we do not try hard to have a son or restrict our daughters from school. Also there are many examples of Suni Syed marrying a Shia Syed. And 99.99% syed I know are not like the one showed in movie I felt like being stereotyped in movie.
Overall I appreciate the try to get people change their minds towards allow Shia and Suni marriages, let daughters study to the higher level of education and last having less children so that one can give better future to his/her children.
Disclaimer: this was my pov on movie you are free to keep yours please don't start a religious debate in comments.
This is my first post and is related to nothing else but photography. I made this space on posterous.com to share about different things according to my POV. I have been reading a lot about street photography and now I think I am ready for this.
Street photography is one of amazing you don't know what are you going to get, its telling of stories that never came to surface, emotions, values, culture and many other untold things.
As I will start it and see it going great I will be posting tips about it and how to get shots of people, how to ask them and other things that are technical and can't be done without proper guide. Remember its not only people that are part of street but there are many other things, just keep fingers crossed.
