Jaffer M.

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And I'm finally off to get married…

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Jan 25, 2012, 2:54 am
Dear Friends: Some of you know that I have been engaged to be married for a little more than two years. In my last post, I wrote how my wedding was planned for December but it was postponed as my passport from the embassy did not arrive. And it did arrive but somewhere in the middle of January. T...
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Rolliam

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2011, 10:29 am
[roʊlɪəm] verb. To be kidnapped by an alien and later find out that you are the chosen one to save Planet Earth and your life forever changed. From the Book: There Goes the Galaxy. ex. A lonely professor wakes up one morning to find himself Rolliamed. Related: kidnapped, saviour, alien, space,...
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Lamp

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2011, 2:50 pm
So the other day, I came home, had lunch and thought I’d take a little nap. A quick look at the watch said it was 16:45. When I woke up, it was all dark … no surprise as the sun sets earlier every day this time of the year. And I looked at the watch again. It said 23:00. I slept straight from ...
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Of Rubbing Lamp and Wood

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 6:00 am
Happy Friday ! And yes, the title is means exactly what you are thinking Last Sunday, I was taking a morning walk on my way to my favourite Timmy’s when I came across this happy fellow. Pinocchio ? Nah ! This Pinocchio still had his wood on … out in the open I tell you ! My man-brain even ha...
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Turkish Sufi Music

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2011, 7:00 am
The video above, is Sufi devotional music – which comes from Turkey. The spinning men are called “Dervishes”. Their white frocks symbolize death, their caps symbolize gravestones. They spin in orbit around their “Shaikh” or Master who himself spins slowly on one spot. They belong to the ...
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Lubith: Create your wordpress theme without writing code

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 10:29 am
I finally got around to making my blog look like my blog. Since I am pressed for time and I have minimal resources, I decided to explore options other than coding a theme from scratch. And I did find something that I really like and it’s called Lubith From the information that I have found, Lu...
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Goodbye Steel Town

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2011, 5:06 pm
Dear Visitors: I know my site looks all different and my feeds in your RSS readers looked fucked … err … funny. Read on… Sometime ago, I wrote a post mentioning that I had landed a job – but the commute was a bitch … err… burden. After four months of taking the trains and buses, I fina...
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[Monday] Safety Tip

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2011, 9:00 am
Every Monday morning, our team holds a meeting at work to discuss the previous week and the upcoming week. A safety tip is the first order of the agenda. This was my contribution for today: Whether we are at home or at work, safety must transcend Safety is far more important when we are outside on...
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[Monday] Safety Tip

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2011, 8:00 am
Every Monday morning, our team holds a meeting at work to discuss the previous week and the upcoming week. A safety tip is the first order of the agenda. This was my contribution for today: Whether we are at home or at work, safety must transcend Safety is far more important when we are ou...
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When my World Stopped

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2011, 11:41 pm
This afternoon, Diane Bjorling wrote a piece on BlogBloke.com about “collective memory” – where certain world events can shatter even your everyday life and have a profound effect on you. Diane sets out to detail 4 specific events in her life that stopped her world. I highly recommend that yo...
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When my World Stopped

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2011, 10:41 pm
This afternoon, Diane Bjorling wrote a piece on BlogBloke.com about “collective memory” – where certain world events can shatter even your everyday life and have a profound effect on you. Diane sets out to detail 4 specific events in her life that stopped her world. I highly recommend that ...
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Where have I been ? And most importantly …

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Jul 1, 2011, 12:05 pm
Good Morning, Happy Canada Day for those of you across Canada. I’m going to hold off the barbecue today as we had a a barbecue at work last Wednesday and I’ll be having one with the guys tomorrow and possibly the day after too ! So, I guess I’ll spend the day today watching Bugs Bunny cartoo...
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Where have I been ? And most importantly ...

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Jul 1, 2011, 11:05 am
Good Morning, Happy Canada Day for those of you across Canada. I’m going to hold off the barbecue today as we had a a barbecue at work last Wednesday and I’ll be having one with the guys tomorrow and possibly the day after too ! So, I guess I’ll spend the day today watching Bugs Bunny cart...
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And so, Green Party Candidate didn't prove too hard to crush in the largely Conservative riding

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Apr 5, 2011, 1:00 am
With a Federal General Election Canada next month on May 2 nd, I couldn’t help but think in those terms when choosing a caption for this picture. Two representatives from elections Canada were at our door only this morning to confirm our names and dates of birth. We should be getting our voter i...
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And so, Green Party Candidate didn't prove too hard to crush in the largely Conservative riding

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Apr 5, 2011, 12:00 am
With a Federal General Election Canada next month on May 2 nd, I couldn’t help but think in those terms when choosing a caption for this picture. Two representatives from elections Canada were at our door only this morning to confirm our names and dates of birth. We should be getting our voter...
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Keep Religion the way it is – Straightforward

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Mar 23, 2011, 10:53 pm
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Dear Girlfriend

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Mar 16, 2011, 1:00 pm
I know we are going through a quiet patch… And things do look a mess from here… But I’ve won two tabs with an equal match … Will you join me for coffee my dear ?
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The silent fugitive

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Mar 9, 2011, 1:43 am
In primary school, I kicked a soccer-ball across the noisy classroom. The ceiling fan over the teacher’s desk took quite a blow and we expected it to fall. Miraculously, it survived. But now, it would never be able to run at speeds acceptable for the Saudi Arabian heat. That didn’t bother me. ...
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The silent fugitive

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Mar 9, 2011, 1:43 am
In primary school, I kicked a soccer-ball across the noisy classroom. The ceiling fan over the teacher’s desk took quite a blow and we expected it to fall. Miraculously, it survived. But now, it would never be able to run at speeds acceptable for the Saudi Arabian heat. That didn’t bother me...
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Bad dubbing ? That's a paddlin !

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Dec 17, 2010, 11:37 pm
Background Information This is Jasper Beardly – a senior citizen of Springfield – who is a popular choice for a comic relief in the Simpsons “That’s a Paddlin” is one of his most popular monologues. It comes from The PTA Disbands episode from Season Six, where he volunteers as a Lisa...
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New Logo: The process and Calligraphy

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Dec 9, 2010, 11:00 pm
If you have been here within the last day, then you may have noticed calligraphy boldly displayed on top of the page and its variations elsewhere. Earlier this week, I was telling one of our friends, how I can’t even come up with a logo for this blog. Later, I decided to add an entry to my jou...
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Jojo in the Stars (2004 - UK)

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Dec 5, 2010, 9:00 pm
Watch on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irm6E_UbaZA Directed by Marc Craste Winner of the 2004 BAFTA award for the best short-film IMDB listing One of my favourite websites to visit (almost) every weekend is Short of the Week. Although I don’t watch every film listed, I do howe...
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Dona Nobis Pacem - 2010

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2010, 12:00 am
Peace Globe #1817 Get your Peace Globe and join us in plea for peace at blogblastforpeace.com Blogblast for Peace was started by Her Royal Highness Mimi, Queen of Memes in 2006 when recalling the ongoing death and destruction worldwide. With the power of their blogs, Mimi called out to her pee...
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The Rebirth of Lister Block

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2010, 10:36 am
A few years ago, I wrote a university paper about the Lister Block, a historic 86 year old building located in downtown Hamilton, which was in a state of disrepair and awaiting eventual demolition for over 15 years. Later, I turned it into a blogpost, Lister Block which so far has been my most su...
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Hello ? Is someone there ?

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2010, 12:00 am
“I don’t mean to intrude … but I’ve lost my horse …” Oh wait … ehheheh … that’s not my part to say ! It is however one of my favourite scenes from Beauty and the Beast Anyway, I think it may be safe to say that I am back. It was approximately a year ago that I decided to cl...
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I hate you Canada Post - but only sometimes

Jaffer M. posted an article on - May 30, 2009, 1:53 am
You are the envy or numerous postal systems around the world. Your Letters to Santa campaign have earned you a Guinness World Record as the holder for most letters received and replied to by land mail. I talked about you for days when you successfully delivered my package to a prisoner – in Nun...
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Off to Temiskaming Shores for two weeks

Jaffer M. posted an article on - May 3, 2009, 6:00 am
Source: Wikipedia, Temiskaming Shores At the end of 2008, I wrote a New Year’s post in which I said I had made a career move and would discuss it later. Well, it’s later now, and it’s time to tell you that since September, I have been going to Mining School (over the Internet). Don’t ...
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5 point 1 Me

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Nov 22, 2008, 6:00 am
I’ve been a tad busier the past week to blog with an intelligent mind — So, I am going to meme this week. I don’t do memes a lot because they come with “rules” to tag people and I don’t like to tag people ! Tag is only fun when you run behind another person and you reach your hand to ...
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The viscious 'face' of Poverty - as seen in India

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2008, 3:37 pm
Today is Blog Action Day. It is a non-profit event where bloggers unite to to post about the same issue on the same day. This year’s theme is Poverty. I did not see myself participating earlier but I was tagged by Amy of the delicat journal, who wanted to hear about something global from me. ...
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I ♥ Fall ! (2008)

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Aug 29, 2008, 11:52 pm
Fall is definitely my favourite time of the year. The weather is great, the colours are gorgeous and I find myself to be most productive. Looking back over the past few years, I accomplished many things I am still proud of between Labour Day and Christmas Day. There definitely is magic happening dur...
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The Mosaic Picture Meme

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Jun 14, 2008, 12:38 pm
This is the coolest meme I’ve come across thus far, and I found it in Kathy’s Junk Drawer This meme is about creating a collage, that is to be built by answering a few questions, but by using pictures ! Here are the rules: Type your answer to the questions below, into Google Image Search...
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Lister Block

Jaffer M. posted an article on - May 26, 2008, 12:00 am
Foreword This post was inspired by a fact-finding report I did in college. Finding historical information about the Lister Block was not easy because it is not a famous structure like the CN tower or the Château Frontenac for example. Most information came from local sources such as authors from...
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The 123 Book Meme

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Feb 17, 2008, 7:28 pm
I’ve been tagged by Lee of Tar Heel Ramblings for this meme which requires me to do the following: Open the book that you are currently reading or pick up a nearest book. Open to page 123 Find the fifth sentence Post the next three sentences This meme couldn’t have come a...
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Anon and You

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Jan 21, 2008, 11:34 pm
When used right, the Internet can be a perfect way to anonymously voice your concerns and opinions. There are many people who blog anonymously – assuming a pseudonym and a cartoon for their picture – and they have been quite successful at it. Women are more likely to assume a pseudony...
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'tis the season to look up for an answer

Jaffer M. posted an article on - Dec 22, 2007, 6:00 pm
As I write, I am going through a career situation. It feels like I’ve been derailed from tracks leading to my career goals but I know it’s only a track-switch. As the new year draws closer, I’m quite clueless where these new sets of tracks are leading to. I am still thankful that I have a r...
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