This is amazingly moving.
I can’t believe we’ve changed the world this much already. For example, according to this site, if all humankind were to vanish right now, it would take “hundreds of thousands of years” for plastics to break down.
Perspective? A lot of it.
The US Education Foundation in Pakistan has an event planned in Karachi this year. Most of their functions used to be held in Islamabad at their head office. It seems we Karahiites, are gonna get a piece of the action this time.
Here’s the text of a message (without the fancy editing), I just received from Zarene Malik, the Senior Educational Advisor at USEFP.
Dear Students,
The academic year has come around again and it is time for an entirely new group of students to begin planning for higher education in the United States.
In order to facilitate you and to ensure that you make the best possible decisions for yourself, we will be holding a seminar on Thursday 6th September at 2:30 pm in Karachi. The session will cover both graduate level study and undergraduate study in the United States.
The duration of the seminar will be one hour and will enable you to find and select universities in the US. The seminar will also cover material on the actual application procedure and our advisors will be present to address your individual concerns/queries regarding higher education in the US.
If you wish to attend this seminar on September 6th 2007, please write to us and book your seat. You can also call us at the number given below. Please make sure that you book your seat with your student ID number that has been given by USEFP. There is limited seating available and will be on a first come first served basis.
Please try and attend the seminar so that you are not under pressure of deadlines later in the year. Attendance at this seminar will ensure that your applications to universities are professionally prepared and outstanding in every sense. Early applications also give you a better chance at getting financial aid.
We look forward to hearing from you and in helping you find the right college or university for your interests and skills.
All USEFP services are free of charge. Please bring a photo ID or your passport to be allowed in to the seminar.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Zarene Malik
Senior Educational Advisor
United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan
Telephone:051-2877075-6
www.usefpakistan.org
If you’re looking to apply to US universities for Spring/Fall ‘08, you’d better attend. If you haven’t registered with their advising service, do so now and get your advising number. Seeing as they’re the only ones giving free advice on US universities, its a safe bet this would be a must attend event. Go mark September 6th on your calendar.
Turns out something important did happen today :)
Edit: I’ve just received the address where this seminar will take place.
F-47, Park Lane,
Block No. 5,
KDA Scheme No.5,
Clifton,
Karachi
Important Update: If you do not receive a registration number from USEFP, call their office and ask them about it.
Nature has a funny sense of humor.
I saw something today I thought was very amusing. There was this kitten that was trying to get at a crow. Now the kitten, being a new entry to the Life Club, didn’t know squat about hunters and prey. And the crow knew this. So the crow toyed with the kitten for a while. The kitten would lunge at the crow, but the crow would jump out of reach of the kitten just in time, and then land somewhere near. The kitten would again (try to ) pounce on it. This happened a few times.
The kitten soon lost interest and walked away. But the crow hadn’t had enough and called after it. It almost seemed like it was taunting the kitten.
A couple of seconds later, the mother appeared, and the crow promptly flew off.
Finally, we have a social networking site dedicated to bookworms. Yaaay!!! Here’s goodreads a really nice little book sharing utility. You can ask your friends to join up and share (force) reviews of books you’ve read (down their throats). You can even put books you’ve read up for sharing.
You dont have to go through the inconvenience of walking to your friend’s house to share a book, now. Nice!
PC Magazine has an article about great websites that have managed to stay unnoticed. They’ve got a list of a hundred or so of the best unknown sites on the web.
Really puts the scope of the Internet in perspective. If there are so many good sites that you’ve never visited before, how many more mediocre and downright stupid ones could there be?
Well, browsing this is gonna take some time. Time to dust off my del.icio.us button.
