Posted on March 19, 2008, 10:39 AM, by ReallyVirtual, under
Books,
Death,
Scifi.
Yesterday, I started reading 'Time's Eye' – the first book of the 'A Time Odyssey' series written by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. I went to sleep after reading 22 Chapters, woke up, checked my emails and RSS feeds, and found out that Arthur C. Clarke passed away some time today at his home […]
Posted on March 12, 2008, 7:03 PM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Death,
Pakistan.
My son will not go to school today, or tomorrow. When we discussed this in front of him today, he immediately said, "Coz there is a bomb". The school administration have received specific bomb threats and have decided to keep the school closed for the next two days. Of course, the topic must have been […]
While searching for updates regarding the bomb blast in Lahore today, I couldn't help noticing the top two links on Google News were from the Associated Press of Pakistan, a 4 hour difference between the two releases. The titles are linked to the APP pages – I'm just copy pasting the two 'releases' one after […]
My wife normally picks up my son from school at 1:30AM. She had forgotten her cell at home today, and at 1:40PM I receiving a call on her cell from my son's friend's mother who had heard a couple of blasts on her way home, and wanted to confirm my wife was okay. She told […]
Posted on September 22, 2007, 5:27 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Books,
Death,
Scifi.
"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose… […]