I didn’t grow up in a “comic following” environment but like any other kid I had a thing for these comic characters; Superman, Spiderman etc. Despite the fact that all these characters don’t exist in the real world but no one can deny their relation with the real life heroes and villains. Too bad there is no such thing like a superhero in the world of super villains but then that’s another debate and I will whine about it in another blog post.

But today’s hot topic is the new sequel of Warner Bros ‘The Batman’ series; ‘The Dark Knight’. The film that grossed over $158.4million during its opening weekend was rated above ‘The God Father’ on IMDB. Damn! Is it that good? Well I have to watch it before answering this question.

There are several factors involved that makes ‘The Dark Knight’ this huge. And the major factor is Heath Ledger’s take on the role of Joker. He completely transfixed the viewers with his performance. Too bad his best performance proved to be his last as the actor died last year. Some believe that the film is jinxed as the stuntman of this film also died this year and some days before the day of the release actor Christian Bale was arrested on assault charges made by his mother and sister. Boy oh boy this is just getting spookier or interesting in a strange way. Maybe fiction is not that fictional.

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You heard the lady, apparently we are Pakistan’s largest Tea house (Chaai Khana). Now thats a compliment eh?

Bits and Bytes is a Technology program produced by Samaa Television. If you’re wondering what’s going on with Information Technology  in Pakistan, Bits and Bytes is the program you need to be watching. And if I am not wrong among hundreds of Pakistani Channels Bits and Bytes is only program that exclusively covers IT industry in the country.

There is a little funny story behind this video as well. For those who don’t know this Bits and Bytes episode went on air last week and  none of the Teabreak team member had a clue that our site will be featured on it. So we were totally taken by surprise. And boy was it a good one.

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Just because I’m losing
Doesn’t mean I’m lost
Doesn’t mean I’ll stop
Doesn’t mean I will cross

Just because I’m hurting
Doesn’t mean I’m hurt
Doesn’t mean I didn’t get what I deserve
No better and no worse

I just got lost
Every river that I’ve tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Ooh-Oh, And I’m just waiting till the shine wears off…

You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn’t mean you’ve won
‘Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you’ll be lost

Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off

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Those who follow Pakistani news are aware of a certain individual by the name Samad Khurram. Yes, the same Harvard Student who refused to take an honorary certificate from the US Ambassador; Anne Peterson. Samad stance was simple, he was protesting against the recent air strikes in the Northern Pakistan and American support for Musharraf.

This came as a surprise to many, some made Samad a hero and the rest found his act foolish. I find it a fair protest, should we be proud of a guy who recorded his protest by making things difficult for himself. Yes, why not. We were raised in an environment where freedom of speech was tabooed by parents, teachers, political leaders and military dictators. Some believe that it will make things difficult for the students who are studying in USA. But I think Samad has given courage to the Pakistani youth and gave them a platform where they can protest non violently.

We are not against any country. But you cant expect us to behave normal after bombing our houses and breeding

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The 3 very basic necessities of anyone’s life; we can’t imagine a life without them or can we? A man or a woman can go to any level ensuring that they are not deprived of any of these basics from their lives. Even something as important as “education” looses its priority before these important items. For those who don’t follow the politics of this country where I live in the slogan of Roti Kapra and Makaan was used again and again to earn votes.

This election it’s a bit different, this time the poor Awam is desperate for a relief. The prices of daily usage items are sky high and if the people in charge don’t take any necessary action the coming budget would proof to be a death sentence for the masses that are living their lives in poverty.

The current situation makes me wonder, where the hell we went wrong. For the past 8 or more years we were told that Pakistan is a prosperous country. We have tons of foreign reserves, every guy on the street has a cell phone (that explains the increase in street crimes), People in the Stock Exchange business are making money (Yaaay! ), in short we were made to believe that in these 8 long years under the umbrella of Musharraf and Shortcut Aziz’s our country is a Khushaal country (Prosporous).

But the so called credit card and (everything on) lease culture pushed us into a dead end. Will we be ever able to break on through to the other side? One can only wish.

For those who wonder what our great ex Prime Minister, along with our dearly beloved President used to do after working day in and day out for the poor awam of Pakistan. The following video answers a lot. If the Chairman CBR is this excited during the day what these guys do when the sun is down

Hmmm…….

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