Umar Pirzada a.k.a UTP: About Me

Mayg & UTP

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:15:24 GMT

This is to announce the launching of Mayg & UTP - The Blog. It was something that me and my wife wanted to for quite some time which was to have a shared blog. We do have a story to tell and we think we are pretty good story tellers. So thats the inspiration and the result is the above blogspace. Direct your browsers to the above.

This is my wife's first try at blogging and honestly she is right at home with this stuff. Anyway, this is the latest update. I am not blogging Space very much.

I am currently blogging at the following addresses quite regularly,

http://maygandutp.blogspot.com

http://thesportingspirit.blogspot.com

http://umarpirzada.wordpress.com

Update blogrolls, feeds (get them at the above addresses) and hope to see you there. Thanks.

Feelings on EID this year...

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:40:28 GMT

hum to hain pardes mein des mein nikla hoga chaand
apni raat ki chhat pay kitna tanha hoga chaand

chaand bina har shab yoon beetee jaisay jug beetay
mere bina kis haal mein hoga kaisa hoga chaand

aa piya moray nainan mein main palak dhaanp tohay loon
na main dekhoon aur ko aur na tohay dekhan doon

raat ne aisaa paych lagaya chhootee hath se dor
aangan waalay neem mein jaakar atka hoga chaand

hum to hain pardes mein des mein nikla hoga chaand
apni raat hi chhat par kitna tanha hoga chaand

The GAP in between blogging...

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:52:22 GMT

Its been quite some time since I wrote and the only reason being that I shifted and was out of Internet access. Have revived the access and have created another blog also. Here is what I will do now.

umarpirzada.spaces.live.com will be the place where you will mostly find stuff about me. So no use visiting here again if you are not interested about knowing stuff about me. Over a period of time, this will become a place for family and friends only, I think. Or maybe Stalkers hehehe...

For all others who do not wish to know about me yet would like to see my other blog...add umarpirzada.wordpress.com in your blogroll.

See you somewhere...

UTP

Now I know...

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:41:34 GMT

I used to wonder how to get into an MNC....I am not kidding...I couldnt ever imagine myself joining a big shot company somehow...and I was always one step behind...sort of a loser....who wouldnt always look like somebody from outside the crowd....like never considered myself MNC material....

I wont tell anyone how...but I got some FAITH in myself from an inspiration...and things changed....

I am Alhumdulillah now working for a pretty good Multinational Company and leave MNC material...the aspirations in my head are going for the skies...I think I have reached a point where I am at a stage where I am thinking things I had only imagined I would think....frankly...I like it here.....and plan to stay here for a while...

Now I know what its like...now I know what happens inside MNCs woooh...sounds like such a special thing hehe....it was when I was on the outside...but now I know...it wasnt a big deal...if you were made to make it....you eventually do make it...and then even that is not the end...its another beginning....

I think thats how life is...you get awed by things you dont have...and when you get em you get awed by something else...have you ever thought if you could be someone else....who would you be? and how it would be like? Talk about being FARIGH...(free)

I am certainly not...these people make you work for every penny they pay you....and these past few weeks have been MUCH MORE than I have ever taken ever...so getting used to the load...cos I know if Allah has brought me to it...He will bring me through it as well....

and now that I know...I have just realized...I know a lot more just by knowing...this...

World Cup Trophy...and ME!!!

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:34:05 GMT

The advantage for working with the main sponsor of the World Cup Champions, you get to take a picture with the trophy...hehhe...Check out the pics...its just me and the WORLD CUP TROPHY...!!!

This is the closest a Pakistani can get to the trophy this year hehehe....man we sucked this world cup....we wouldnt have made headlines at all if we didnt have the woolmer tragedy...sigh....anyway...just thought of sharing...

Am uploading a picture for the first time on spaces...lets see how this goes...fingers crossed...

Officially a MISER...

Thu, 24 May 2007 19:38:05 GMT

Yes people. I have been labeled a miser finally. This comes from a vote which counts a lot in my life. After all the practical approaches to life and how not to spend more than what you earn and yet be able to live contented is gone. Umar Pirzada is a miser.

I cant breathe if I have a loan on my head. I guess people live with that, I will have to learn also. I guess thats the way of life. Leased car, leased house, credit card etc etc. Why should I not have what everyone else has? Why not spend on my child and family like everyone else does? Thats the standard of living that one should have. It doesnt matter how much you make, its how much you CAN make?

Sigh...after trying to do so much and killing myself and my WANTs for everyone, I realize that I have become a miser. I think a million times before spending that extra dime. I cant see money wasted. I just am left in a very confused state of mind currently. But there is a lot of good in this also... I realize....

This means that I can work on it. How to go about it? Make more? Spend a bit more? Can I spend that 'bit' more? Umm...lots to think about. I feel guilty of dragging everybody else who counts on me into this as well. I cant decrease the standard of living for my dependents...I stand confused...May Allah guide me to safety and a content soul...

There is a fine line between being a MISER and being SMART & Practical....where is that line? Lots of thinking to do...

As quoting from the Godfather...'Time to go back to the matrices..."

Its not about me...its about the miser...in me...

Switching Blog addresses...

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:13:45 GMT

I have decided to finally give up on BLOGSPOT. Like a lot of other bloggers, blogspot had enough problems especially while living in Pakistan that they switched to something else. It could be wordpress, spaces or have your own domain.

I have decided to not venture into experimentation and stick to old stalwarts, MICROSOFT heheh...

Yes I ve decided to activate UMARPIRZADA.SPACES.LIVE.COM

I have moved to Dubai and with such a big break in between blogs due to various reasons, I need a fresh start anyway. Maybe this is a better way to get back to it as well.

Lets see how this goes...