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Food
Best places to eat at
Travel & Tour
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5 Breezy destinations
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yellO’s guide to wedding photography
Spotlight
Movies
20 Movie Reviews and listings 14
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21 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Samir Feroze
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Tofiq Pasha’s view of Karachi
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Food
Chili Wili A real discovery!
Address: Shop # 1, Green Palace, Plot # 359, C.P. & Berar Society, Dhoraji Colony, Karachi Phone Number: 021-34122973/74 Url :www.yello.pk/32852
Reviewed by Saba Kamran
Having heard about Chili Wili from
would have preferred it a little sweet
size as a pan pizza and thicker than
some friends, a couple of people
but nonetheless they were a good
a Big Mac. The thick juicy patty with
from work and I decided to raid the
start to an even better lunch.
tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, and pickles
place for lunch (they have 50% off
was fulfilling on its own. The fries
on 2nd entrĂŠe). Tucked away in an
the waiter brought us our Chili
were long and yummy and coleslaw
unexpected locality of Dhoraji where
Wili Platter appetizer, which had
really chilled and fresh. As soon as I
you mostly expect gola gundas and
mozzarella sticks, finger fish, hot
took a bite, the juices started flowing
gol gappays, Chili Wili was a real
chicken wings, and crispy ones
from the steak and I forgot all about
discovery.
along with three dips. finger fish
cheese sticks and nachos. It was
It is a small cozy restaurant with
were by far the best items in the
better than any Big Mac or even beef
bright orange and yellow walls,
platter. Crispy wings were nice but
burger of Mr. Burger and barely cost
which makes the place look really
hot n spicy wings were average. The
Rs300. At this point, our drinks (Blue
cheerful. First, we were served
quantity of this platter is enough for
Colada, Strawberry Margarita, and
Nachos with salsa and they were the
two and just costs Rs240.
Fruit Punch) were also served which
crispiest nachos I’ve ever had. Salsa was a little towards the tangy side, I
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While we enjoyed the nachos,
Then arrived our Chili Wili Beef Burger, which was almost the same
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were refreshing. My favorites were the fruit punch and blue colada.
Travel & Tour
Beat the heat
Five breezy destination where summer is fun!
Charna Island To reach Charna Island you can either contact ‘Karachi Diving center’ who will take you to the Mubarak village (about 45 minutes away) from where you need to take a speed boat to Charna Island or you can consult Google map to take you there. The village is quite charming and the countryside is beautiful. Once you arrive at the beach, a wooden boat powered by diesel engine takes you to the island. The boat is open so sunscreen, hat/cap/ umbrella and sunglasses are a must. Once you reach the Island, you can enjoy Scuba Diving, Barracuda Fishing, Swimming, Boating, The sight, The Greenery, Bar B.Q. and a lot more.
For Scuba Diving, the water near the Island is still, visibility is good and there was lots of marine life. Corals are limited, but appear to be growing. If you are a swimming enthusiast than for you Charna Island is the place to be.
Dog Island Can you believe we have water sports in Karachi and many of us didn’t even know about it! Dog Island is situated near Korangi Industrial Area, about 10 minute ride from CBM, though the boat ride to the Island is painfully slow (takes about 45 minutes) but definitely worth it! You can plan the trip through “Adventure Water Sports” an entrepreneurial venture. AWS package includes Jet ski ride,
Parasailing and tubing, crazy 8, speed boat, mangrove tour, boat house and beach stay. Lunch is available for a reasonable cost of Rs.500 and also tastes good. Complete packages start from Rs. 999 and if you take up all the activities listed above the package will cost you Rs.4500 per person. Overall the trip is perfect for friends or family get together and excitement filled day at a very low cost.
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Spotlight
Ten Things to do
with your Wedding Photographer before you say “I Do”...
Wedding day is probably the most important day of a girl’s life. Girls start planning for it since their date is fixed. However, when your wedding is over, what remains with you are the wonderful memories and some photographs to preserve those memories. So among the preparations being done for the wedding, finding the right photographer who is able to reflect those memories through his photographs is very important. One must think it can’t possibly be that hard... I live in Karachi; there must be hundreds of photographers to choose from. However, it is not that simple, to preserve such a special and unique day, you just cannot trust anyone. So we have devised a list of 10 things you need to check before selecting a photographer:
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Find the photographer with the style you are looking for
photography business since 41 years,
of your life is most important. Kashif
suggests that it is essential to find a
from K. Bridals regarding his style says
photographer who is professional and
it really depends on the mood and the
Finding “the One” photographer can be
talented. A relatively new photographer,
genre of photography that he does.
very overwhelming. The photographer
Faahema concurs that being comfortable
When it comes to bridal photography, he
you choose must have the style you are
with the photographer and someone
prefers to keep it as natural as possible.
looking for and should be a pleasure to
you think you can trust to preserve the
work with. As Sam, who has been in the
memories of the most important day
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Movies
Transformers
long before the Autobots mission and intentionally left Sentinel and five Pillars behind to lure the Autobots
‘Trans-Arrival!!’
into a trap. But Sentinel betrays the Autobots, as he had made a deal with the
by fATIMA aLI
Decepticons to ensure the survival of the Cybertronian race.
Transformers 3- The much awaited
I’m not a Transformer’s geek so I liked
movie for this summer’s was a big success as it captures every guy’s
the movie. Bumble Bee was so lovable
dream; fighting robots, fast cars, square
he made me cry! Also, the mini-Autobots
parents were uncalled for, where the
jawed Soldiers, lots of action and an
were cute and hilarious. The story line
humor was a bit below the belt.
exceptionally hot chick!
was much better than Transformers
• Jealous interaction between Carly’s
2 - Revenge of the Fallen. But many
boss Dylan (Patrick Dempsey) and Sam
diehards saw major flaws like:
over Ms. I can only manage a pout, was
It kicks off with President Kennedy authorizing a mission to put a man on
Rosie Huntington made Megan Fox
the moon to investigate Cybertronian
look like Charlez Theron.
spacecraft crash in 1986.
over-rated. • Carly going to the Megatron trying
Towards the end, the movie became
to trick him into saving Optimus Prime
cell; he then travels to the moon where
headache-inducing visually (especially
made me roll my eyes all the way to the
he discovers a comatose Sentinel Prime
if you watch it on 3D), and needlessly
back of my head that I ended up with
– former Autobot leader – and ‘The Five
noisy.
vertigo!
At present, Optimus Prime finds a fuel
The movie was punishingly long and
Pillars’.
Overall the movie is designed to
it could have done without the useless
amuse and entertain, not provoke an
found photos of hundreds of Pillars
relationships that had nothing to do with
in-depth analysis. You have to be the
stockpiled on the moon which made
the movie.
kind who enjoys gigantic robots blowing
Sam and retired Seymour Simmons
them realize that the Decepticons raided
• Sam Witwicky’s (Shia LaBeouf)
things up to really enjoy this movie.
confrontations with his annoying
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Books
Vince and Joy Love story of a life time Author: Lisa Jewel Reviewed by by Ayesha Khan One of my favourite books of all times! Vince and Joy is a must read for anyone who enjoys British chick-lit novels. I guess it’s the sarcastic yet clever tone British novelist use, which makes it a pleasant read. Every character is so well explained and easy to visualize. The book is a reminiscent of British life style like going to the pub any time of the day, roommate culture even for people in their late thirties and horrible, horrible jobs. The book starts out with both Vince & Joy as teenagers, on holiday with their parents. Vince is a shy boy and Joy a Goth;
with disturbed parents, both falling in love for the first time. Sigh, such sweet, innocent love…But before they could further their relationship, Joy’s father made a go on Vince’s mom which made Vince’s dad extremely mad obviously and he punished her dad with well deserved punches. Both Joy and Vince unaware of what happened were torn apart when Joy had to leave the next morning. Fast forward 20 years the book accounts the details of each of their adult lives. How they meet other people, fall in love with them and discovered how inappropriate they were for them and at the same time thinking about their first love. It was very frustrating when both of them took ages to realize HOW wrong their choices were. The book’s main theme revolves around
finishing the novel, I couldn’t stop smiling and day dreaming for that whole day!
life, love and destiny. I don’t want to give
Despite its 500 pages length it was an easy
out too much especially if you do plan to
and enjoyable read and a must read for
read it. The best part of the book is that
those who want to just sit back and relax
it has a very satisfying ending and I must
with a book and a box of chocolates.
add the cat character at the end of the book gave the book a very cheeky touch. After
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Blogs
Fun facts about CID by Junaid Akram Here are some fun facts of our
SOCIALACTIVISM, POSITIVE CHANGE & PROMOTING PEACE
favorite show (favorite not for the
Pradyuman.
right reasons though).
1. Socho Daya socho.
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Daya has the world record
2. Tumhain tou zaroor faansi
of breaking most number of
lagegi.
doors.
3. Daya, humain us jagah per
CID bureau has 1 Tata Sumo
wapis jana chahiye.
for the past 15 years.
4. Yahan chappa chappa chaan
In entire 20 storey building,
maro.
only 7 people work.
5. Daya, Abhijeet, poori jagah ko
There is no police. CID
achi tarah search karlo.
handles all cases.
6. Larki tou bari rangeen hai per
CID has success rate of 100%
maamla bara sangeen hai (ACP
solving all cases and bringing
likes to rhyme).
criminals to justice.
7. Kuch tou garbar hai Abhijeet.
Daya’s one slap is enough
8. Abhijeet, aakhir laash gayee
for criminals to confess their
tou gayee kahan?
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July’s poll Do you think Talk Shows are really solving any problems?: Yes, talk shows always solve problems No, they only create more problems Some of them
crime saying “batata hun, sub kuch sach sach batata hon”. • •
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Rangers killing that person was justified?
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hahahaha, I cannot stop
years.
laughingg!!!!! This description fits
None of them ever got a
to a T. I mean that is exactly what
promotion, not even ACP
happens!!! :D But you forgot to
Pradyuman.
mention “Dr Salunke talks about
Forensic specialist Dr.
a microchip like its the latest,
Salunke just presses
most unknown chip he has ever
CONTROL + ALT and gets
had his hands on”!!
fingerprint matches. •
Comments
ACP Pradyuman has been wearing suits for the past 15
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1. Yes, all mobile snatchers must be killed like this 5% 2. No, they do not have the right to kill anyone 27% 3. Depends on what actually happened 24% 4. Yes, it was okay to shoot him but not to bleed him to death 27%
None of them ever got married.
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Last month’s Poll
Some memorable quotes of ACP
Good one man, good one!!
People remember the faces of people they saw only once and give exact sketch of the criminal.
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The Great Book of University Life
in University, WOW! This was liberating
could punch your face. Learn the etiquettes
to know. Most of my creed would excuse
to ask for something nicely in the first
themselves mid-class, never to return. A
place an at least bring all the components
proud tradition we preached practiced and
of circuit.
passed on.
Teachers
by Rana Usman
Met all kind of teachers, some were extremely funny, some extremely serious, some considered teaching as a punishment to them. Students are always innocent and brave enough to make a stand in front of teacher. Similarly, a friend when not convinced with the science of Differentials Equations, asked “Sir Book mein tou Aisay likha huwa tha” “Which book do you read?” teacher asked. “Erwin Kreyszig ki Advance Engineering Mathematics” “He is wrong, I’m right! He was only PhD, I’m Post Doctorate” the teacher replied. I wish I could tell you with due respect that, Sir Erwin Kreysig is known to be pioneer of mathematics, He authored 14 books, including Advanced Engineering Mathematics, he is not wrong, but your ego is not letting you accept your mistake. Just few more days to go! And the
Semester Projects
graduation will be done. Looking back
Ding Ding! “Net pe search kiya Project?”
at four years I still cannot believe, how
Ding Ding ! “Yaad se Bold aur Underline
furiously time passed. For me, it was like
remove karleyen, pichli baar bhe pata lag
a blink of eyes. Everything is done; I will
gaya tha k Wikipedia se uthaya hai”
be a graduate Engineer. WOW! Sounds
Oh Okay! I learned the art of copy/paste in
great? The journey was turbulent, full of air
university, it was never an issue unless you
pockets and memorable. Just to post few
don’t remove the bold and underlines.
thoughts on how it went! I made a plan to write this.
First day of University!
Electronics Lab – A day before semester project submission Almost everyone working in lab all
A guy raises his hand and asks “Sir May
panicked and hurried. A guy starts running
I go to washroom?”, “This is university,
and more like dancing goes to everyone
stop this school trend, you may leave class
and asks loudly just near your ear
anytime for anything” the teacher replied.
“1K ka resistor hai?”
So this is how the washroom rule works
No I don’t have 1K resistor but I wish I
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Seniors If I don’t talk about the seniors today, it will be injustice to the love they gave us. I was amazed to see that students respect seniors here like they respect their fathers, it’s unbelievable but true. Seniors are complimented for no reasons, they are flattered for no reason, and they are told that they are handsome for no reason. It was a trend to ask seniors about the teacher before registering his course. At most of times they suggested “Beta iss se course na parhna! Pichli baar 25 logo ka ‘F’ aya tha” Most of them were always looking for a guy having “Maachis”. At the end of the day! Seniors helped us a lot with everything
What’s on in the city
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IMPACT- a 36 hour Public Speaking Program for ages 14 - 24 When:
Festivals & Fairs
Start: 4 Jul 2011 - 9:00am End: 23 Jul 2011 - 1:00pm
Donate a bucket of paint When: Start: 18 Jun 2011 - 5:00pm End: 18 Jul 2011 - 7:30pm
Where:
School of Leadership Business Executive Center F-17, Block 8, Clifton Karachi
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Where:
sms code: E33360
http://yello.pk/33468
Summer Camps
Commune Artist Colony Miskeen Gali, off old queens road Karachi
sms code: E33026
Expo Center, Karachi
http://yello.pk/33295 sms code: E33295
Start: 8 Aug 2011 - 9:00am End: 12 Aug 2011 - 5:00pm
Children’s Cancer Hospital - Family Carnival When:
Where: Karachi
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Conventions
Start: 29 Jul 2011 - 10:00am End: 31 Jul 2011 - 9:00pm
Where:
Parha Likha Pakistan When:
sms code: E33585
Karachi Shopping Festival 2011 When:
Nickelodeon Summer Camp 2011 When: Start: 1 Jun 2011 - 10:00am End: 31 Jul 2011 - 5:00pm
Where:
Shahra-e-Faisal Regent Plaza Karachi.
Start: 9 Jul 2011 - 3:00pm End: 9 Jul 2011 - 10:00pm
Where:
Clifton CBC FORUM PARK Adjacent Forum Shopping Mall Karachi
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http://yello.pk/32498 sms code: E32498
Kreative Kids When: National Scholars and Leaders Conference When:
sportSs
Start: 1 Jun 2011 - 11:00am End: 31 Jul 2011 - 5:00pM
Where:
Defence Housing Authority (DHA) House no 54/1, Main 26th street, Phase 5 Karachi.
Start: 22 Jul 2011 - 9:00am End: 25 Jul 2011 - 5:00pm
Where:
Shahra-e-Qaideen Fatimiyah Education Network-Karachi, Bhojani Hall, 174-Britto Karachi.
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First Flying Drone Contest @ Royal Rodale Club When: Start: 15 Jul 2011 - 5:00pm End: 15 Jul 2011 - 10:00pm