January 2011
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Tracks
went down to the tracks today and snapped these pictures. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Sri Lanka Cancer Society - Life is for Living
Sri Lanka Cancer Society - Life is for Living I recently attended a very heartwarming speech by a lady from the Cancer Society. They have launched (a very successful campaign I must say) a campaign to sell bands (shown in the photo) where the proceedings go to the Society. Our school alone sold over 1300 bands and raised over 100,000SLR. Here are some interesting facts from the Life is for...
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Red Rice
Red Rice, unique to Sri Lanka? Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
December 2010
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True Blood: A blood drive and important...
Blood is an integral part of the human body. So why should you donate something that’s important to you? What is blood?Blood is made of 2 important components: Cellular components and plasma. The cellular components consist of red blood cells (carry oxygen to your cells), white blood cells (fight diseases and infections) and platelets (help blood to clot so that you don’t bleed...
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Why you shouldn't skip breakfast
Dinner is normally eaten between 6-8pm and lunch at 12-2pm. If we skip breakfast that’s nearly 18 hours between both meals. That can’t be a good thing can it?Think of it in this way, your flight is from Singapore to London and there is a stopover in Dubai for refueling purposes. If your flight skips that stopover and just decides to go on with whatever fuel it has, the airport in...
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Prithipura 2010
Here is a write up on my experience at Prithipura home for the differently abled:On the 9th of November, the Interact Club of AIS gave me the fantastic opportunity to experience something that would change my life forever: Prithipura. A home on the outskirts of Colombo with some of the happiest children I’ve ever seen. A few weeks earlier I h….. Continue reading it on the interact AIS...
November 2010
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smudge
instead of just uploading the final edited picture, i decided to smudge the picture to make it smooth. without smoothing you could see the noise of the pic. good move? See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
just sitting there...
who could that be? Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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overhead this afternoon
overhead this afternoon i found myself lost in this view… Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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letters to everything
letters are used to make words that shape our world. they help me write, they help navigate my lands they help me think, they help me learnthey are special. Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
October 2010
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Taxi
A cab awaiting his customers in Mumbai, India Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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shades
At a Sunglasses shop in Mumbai, India See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Grass [Textures]
Grass texture… Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Concrete [Textures]
How does concrete feel when you brush it? Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Wood [Textures]
Photo of wood, edited of course :) Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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valid for one fare
i miss the TTC. Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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random items
random items that i took at home… See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Multicoloured nights
Editing I did with my iPod to make my other photo “this is speed my friend” look a tad bit multicolored. Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
first step in motion ((tag:photo, colombo)
a moving red trishaw/rickshaw/tuktuk/three-wheeler taken from my moving vehicle Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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more things that happen at night
Some more experiments at night… See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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thisisclubday
@ Bolgoda, Sri Lanka See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Things that Happen at Night
Who new these things show up at night? Took the camera for a spin just now, rain and some really random pictures of lamps and cars. I picked out these gems :) comment on how much you like them on flickr See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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Sunset over the city
with a few “minor” edits “major” results can be achieved :) See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
September 2010
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rain railing
morning after heavy rains… again just playing with macro Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
August 2010
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I Really Love T.O. [Part 3]
and some more… See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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I Really Love T.O. [Part 2]
More pictures from my trip. Come to think of it I never posted any pictures from my Montreal Trip. Will dig them up and see what I find. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
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I Really Love T.O. [Part 1]
In April I visited Toronto, and I fell in love. The tallest tower, busiest highway in North America, the longest street in the world, and fabulous architecture with really friendly people. Here are some photos from my trip, See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
July 2010
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NEW Skype for my iPod
Skype. God knows how many months ago you showed off the NEW iPhone application which makes use of the built in apple API’s to conduct VOIP calls in the background and I fell in love with it immediately. It made me get a brand new shiny iPod Touch. Currently as of writing this all I see is a post on Skype’s Blog dated 21st of June saying that the app was “Coming soon” and...
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Transit Colombo [Subway/Light Rail Transit/Bus...
With Colombo booming its only certain that we will soon need a LRT/BRT plan for us. Here’s a little idea: There are 2 LRT lines connected to 6 Bus lines making a grand total of 8 Rapid Transit lines in our city. The Light Rail will connect residential areas like Dehiwala and Rajagiriya to Downtown Colombo, Galle Face, Hospitals, Shopping Centers, Colombo University and multitudes of...
June 2010
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Will the iPhone 4 blend?
Classic. I didn’t realize this guy was still around! Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
Blogging from my iPod touch
Just trying it out cause this is how I’m going to post when I’m on the move It’s gonna require lots of proof reading because my touch changes words to whatever it likes and doesn’t change some words. This may get a bit annoying and so you won’t see many posts from my touch :) Sent from my iPod Touch Posted via email from zafars blog | Comment »
New Windows Live Messenger Beta: My experience
Today was the release of the much anticipated Windows Live Essentials Beta. As usual i rushed and downloaded it. It look as good as the blogposts everywhere said it would be. However it didn’t work that way. Unlike the previous Essentials Installer it didn’t ask me what Applications I wanted to download, it just installed everything: I was only interested in installing the new...
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March 2010
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The Boy in Blue
Play slideshow Save all photos Want to save all these photos at once? Learn how Online pictures are available for 30 days Complete album is here. Scroll down for the track listing: Introduction (ft. AT&T Natural Voices) Go! No Tomorrow Chill This World Big and Bad Welcome the Rains enjoy and tell me what you think of it in the comments Get Windows Live Mail to create your...
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Big and Bad
Big And Bad by Zaf! Download now or listen on posterous big and bad.mp3 (2289 KB) Its big. Its bad. Drums. Posted via email from ShortStorysFromZaf | Comment »
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Welcome the Rains
Slow and calming. Posted via email from ShortStorysFromZaf | Comment »
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This World
This World by Zaf! Download now or listen on posterous this world.mp3 (2833 KB) Discover what’s on your mind. Posted via email from ShortStorysFromZaf | Comment »
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No Tomorrow
No Tomorrow by Zaf! Download now or listen on posterous no tomorrow.mp3 (1534 KB) Posted via email from ShortStorysFromZaf | Comment »
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Introduction (Featuring AT&T Natural Voices)
Introduction (Ft. At&T Natural Voices) by Zaf! Download now or listen on posterous the boy in blue intro.mp3 (192 KB) Track One. Introduction Featuring the many AT&T Natural Voices available at their site. Thank you so much Posted via email from ShortStorysFromZaf | Comment »
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Rockin That Thang - The Dream
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DeadWater
A small part of my upcoming story… He looked over and saw the men dragging the others one by one. Screams after screams. He heard noises of water splashing everywhere. I’m next. I know it. Then he felt his legs being dragged out the door. He opened to shout, but he made no sound. He closed his eyes, everything is over now
Then there was water. It rushed down his nose and burned...
February 2010
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Jones on the Run
Here is my first “short” story folks. Here’s a little ‘taster’ to appeal to your taste buds. Download the .doc file so that you can enjoy the whole awesomesauce of this story. Enjoy Jones on the Run by Zafarali Ahmed Thomas Jones was on the run. Just moments before, he had escaped from his kidnappers. The desert air was cold. The wind was blowing against his...
January 2010
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Stuff
so yeah. Happy new year everyone, Merry Christmas and happy birthday to me. A new year means I have to start working on an animation for the school competition and I decided to make a PART TWO of my older animation which won last year. Wish me luck :D anyways I’ve recently started writing a few stories and reading Dan brown books, like deeply. Stay tuned for that. The blogs been dead for...
October 2009
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America's Largest Solar Plant
via engadget.com “Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business. For nearly a year, construction workers and engineers in this sleepy Florida town of citrus trees and cattle farms have been building the nation’s largest solar panel energy plant. Testing will soon be complete, and the facility will begin directly converting...
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America's Largest Solar Plant
via engadget.com “Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business. For nearly a year, construction workers and engineers in this sleepy Florida town of citrus trees and cattle farms have been building the nation’s largest solar panel energy plant. Testing will soon be complete, and the facility will begin directly converting...
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I Automatically Hate the New Facebook!
Pure Genius.Whenever Facebook changes people hate it. This group essentially shows how dumb the world is. Half the people don’t even know they are admitting their mistakes. So go ahead Join it. But now know what your joining :) Posted via email from Zafar’s posterous | Comment »
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OMG CAPS LOCK IS RUINING MY LIFE!!!!! (tag: lol,...
via makeuseof.com :) Posted via web from Zafar’s posterous | Comment »
Whats this?
via designunder.com What do you think that is? The world map upside down it will never be the same ever again. Posted via web from Zafar’s posterous | Comment »