IFTARS and the TANTRUM for a STEAK

BITS managed an iftar at BBQ (though the entry of outsiders for strictly prohibitted, which included alumni). ESF and BASC did theirs at Arena. Commendable efforts in terms that they managed to do it quickly. A definite respite from the usual Rodale and IBA centric events. The student councillors also visited the events. though the tantrum at ESF by S.M. Saeed was childish and unwarranted. As student councillors they need to realize that the student body gets a certain level of indenpendence so that they learn to be responsible. So if the councilors are present it should be to look not to fix problems. and word of advice to the wise. if you want a steak for free, dont throw a tantrum. it doesnt look reflect good on IBA. we are looking for long term relationships with places like Arena and BBQ tonite so we dont and i repeat we dont want to throw tantrums there. They will accomodate us, because we are a lot of people and they need business too. so let it be a mutually beneficial relationship. not of the angry guests.

EXEC Farewell

“After a lot of fighting with the administration and God knows what, and an external audit the funds were released and now a farewell for the executive Batch of 2008 is happening. Plans arent final but its on June 22, 2008. Sorry to all those who cant make it”   – read something like this,  the cell phone message.

=)

Good Job Haider.  hope it turns out well

Farewells 2008

BASC held their farewell at uni campus.

BITS farewell will be held on May 18, 2008

ESF farewell – the student body is trying to get a date for the farewell approved.

Event Slaughter

the all hyped up event of bake sale for which the CWS society had been working so hard for the past few weeks was slaughtered. yes, it was very bloody yellow and green spilt on the floor. The remains (read chairs and tables) left carelessly from the previous night’s event caused a lot of problems to the affluent class (read us) while we were parking our cars. The yellow and green tent at the back also took up a lot of space ( the contractor’s container and his office dont occupy space and hence dont take up parking space ).

the students had booked stalls and had committed donations to the needy and were ready to start off a smashing bake sale with a lot of people dressed up too. but You-Know-Who was not very happy since there was not a lot of parking space, as in how can there not be enough parking space. So, there was a storm, or well an order, which was to take down the tent and all the preparations done for the bake sale regardless of the fact that it was being done for a good cause. i mean who, really who cares, whether the money from the bake sale was promised to some patient in need of it in ICU or for some kid’s education. Like we would rise above ourselves and do something for someone else. Anyways the tents were brought down and it looked like not like war, rather slaughter as Beowolf would say.

The golgapays were sold in the canteen, the brownies given off , Cake Alaska was shared. The students managed to scavange some sort of a bake sale after the slaughter, even though it was skimpily thronged in the small cafeteria. the charts were torn, the decorations were lying on the ground, the petals and flowers and leaves adorned the tarnished platform of City Campus rather than hands of fair maidens.

The storm lingers on. No further events would be held and no one should approach You-know-who regarding them. i wonder what he will do after reading this? ban events? impose martial Law? do something more unpredictable?

my point, the chairs and tables in the morning were wrongly left, but i dont think it was entirely the fault of the student bodies, the event was long and hectic so a little leeway could be granted. A stern warning should have done the job. But to take away an event which is the only event held in IBA which contributes to some form of charity by the students just seconds before its scheduled to start is inhumane, not only to those who spent hours and days preparing for it but to those who had hopes attached to the little, i mean very little that we had promised to contribute. Some people did manage to get money across to those whom they had promised. we dont break our word. we just dont.

[for those who arnt getting my twisted sarcasm, when i say we dont really care, i dont mean that we dont really care, its my twisted sarcasm which has taken a more twisted turn than usual]

2nd Prize Battle of Minds

We got the second prize at the battle of the minds conducted by PTC. UET bagged first and LUMS on third.

Details on The News page

Main Campus Beach Trip

The main campus beach trip is scheduled for tomorrow. The students are requested to reach the city campus by 9:00 a.m. sharp. It’s a surprise where we are going but it’s definitely not Gadani as one of the posters clarified! Turn up tomorrow and find out what it is!:)

BITS manages to hit the beach

well, finally after a very long time BITS manages to hit the beach. From the reports i hear regarding the events it was pretty well managed and people had fun. They even had a lovely boat ride among other things to keep them engaged. A review for the beach will be up shortly.

any recommendations to make it better people?

‘Aatank hi Aatank’ (Intizamia) – Review

‘Atank hi atank’ was one of the main coming attractions of the Talentopia all of last week. With the posters of Mirza and Bilal all over the Main Campus, the prospective audience was thrilled at the prospect of a direct assault by the “Intizamia”. Before I review the play, let me introduce to you the concept of the Intizamia.

The Intizamia came into being in the Fall 2006 semester. It comprises of a group of BBA-VIII people who believe it is their sole responsibility to establish peace and prosperity at the Main Campus. Moreover, they believe in Islamization, though none of their attempts at trying to wake up the sleeping conscience of any freshies has worked. This is in no way a disrespect to this gang. They (think they) are very funny and a lot of people (mostly their own lot) laugh at their posters.

Anyway, the Intizamia came up with a play for the Talentopia. Credit must be awarded where it is due and I will emphasize that most of that play was very instinctive and hilariously so. Bilal Azhar’s phone bell was the highlight of the show. Bilal was running a one-man show while attending calls as ‘Mustafa Kemal’. His memon, Karachiite tone was absolutely flawless. Mirza also did a very interesting Amir Liaquat and sang a ‘Naat’ to which Bilal responded by standing up in reverence. The crowd added their support by shouting out pro-Muttahida slogans.

Shakir, the guy from Azizabad, and his bicycle were again quite a hit. The naive Azizabadi role was well-executed by another talented Intizamia member. ‘Mustafa Kemal’ came to Shakir’s rescue and Auto, the defenc-ite, was beaten up horribly by the CDGK. Auto has probably learnt his lesson to not mess with street-smart people from Azizabad.

I believe the Intizamia play was a relief to most Iba-ians as the juniors are always dreading an attack from the Intizamia on their characters in some way. For a change, the Intizamia used the politics of the bigger scenario as their topic and did not talk about any IBA issues, whatsoever. All in all, it was good entertainment. We shall never hear the end of that phone ring tone till Bilal graduates.

Exec Movie today

Guess the event ball is finally rolling. Exec have a movie today at eleven. I dont remember the name of the movies but i am pretty sure there could be a change at the last minute if everyone in the audi wants to watch something else.

Talentopia

Talentopia, University Campus’s event of the year took place last night and proved why the auditorium needs to be expanded. It just cannot hold people inside it. The whole show will be reviewed later but the best play, according to me was by the “intizamia”. Held the audience captive, people were more silent than they would ever be in IBA, and made them laugh the hell out of themselves.

Telenor Djuice had sponsored the event and even had an MNP kiosk outside. the menu was Papa John’s pizza and had a huge amount of rush at dinner time.

We’ll probably post a review soon and the backdrop was simply awesome.