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of Winx Club, Naruto. Thanks God bless you all! Regards, Hafsa Ahmed The Educator Allama Iqbal Campus Dear edi, You are really great. I thank you for publishing my third letter from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I tell you what the first letter on the ‘Letter to the editor’ page was so much to add laugh. There was a new poet with his passions to become a poet that compelled him to write a letter and send you a poem. I don’t know what is his age but it looks like as if he is a teenager and very innocent. `I am still laughing at his letter. I showed it to my brother. We both laughed at it.
Dear edi, How are you and your whole team? I am fine by the grace of Allah. Your magazine is fabulous. Please publish my encyclopaedia about Winx Club. I hope you give some place to my encyclopaedia. Please forward my request to Cartoon Network to restart Beyblade, Bakugan, Blazing Teen and start new episodes
It was not a ‘jeer’ but it made us laugh I enjoyed the letter by going through it again and again. I request you to publish his poem so that I should be able to see the poem. Really I would love to see his poem published. Anyhow I am sending you my next poem. Please publish it. And yes is it possible to write the title of the poem on above the poem, the poet’s name and city at end. Best Regards, Ali Kamran Dear edi, How are you doing? This is my first letter to your magazine. It is very informative magazine. I love “Fun and learn” section. Please encourage me by publishing my letter. Your biggest fan, Safia Sharmeen Lahore.
Popular inventors Johannes Gutenberg (1394-1468) Johannes Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and inventor best known for the Gutenberg press, an innovative printing machine that used movable type. John Logie Baird (1888-1946) John Logie Baird is remembered as the inventor of mechanical television (an earlier version of television). Baird also patented inventions related to radar and fibre optics. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, the iron furnace stove or ‘Franklin Stove’, bifocal glasses, and the odometer. Henry Ford (1863-1947) Henry Ford improved the “assembly line” for automobile manufacturing, received a patent for a transmission mechanism, and popularized the gas-powered car with the Model-T. (Compiled by Umair Jamal) Young Nation-March 5, 2011
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By Sumaiya Syed Everyone is having a face of excitement and enthusiasm. People are making bets and buying huge LCD screens. The only advertisements coming on the TV are those related to cricket and Shahid Afridi. Somebody may ask the reason behind it all, and the simple three word answer will be.. WORLD CUP FEVER! Yup, finally the 18th of February has arrived and the world cup has started in a full bloom. What a wonderful addition to the spring season! Hmm... so the world cup has Young Nation-March 5, 2011
begun. The opening match between two host nations India and Bangladesh has already kicked off, and by the time you’ll be reading this, many of the group-stage matches would have been played. The major thrill of the world cup season is; which nation will be lucky enough to win the world cup trophy? The world stands on hope and we Pakistanis are hoping to win this mega tournament and Insha’Allah we will win it! After all, we cannot get satisfied on a nineteen year old
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world cup trophy that landed in our country. That’s one getting rusty. It’s time to bring a new one home! Our team is displaying best of their efforts down at the field by training hard. It’s our duty to help them. I see a question popping out of your heads that, “How can we help them?” Well, pray hard for their victory and Insha’Allah the result will turn out in our favor. So come on, let’s say out a big cheer for our team! GO PAKISTAN! PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!
ADVICE
By Nida Anwaar Sahu The biggest problem in Pakistan is traffic. All over Pakistan so many accidents are taken place daily just because of traffic. Every day on the news what do you see? Traffic
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which I am telling you is making Pakistan’s people selfish, rude, and greedy. Everywhere you see on the roads you see cars parked wherever they and where they have space.
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The quality that Pakistani people need is patience. Patience is the key to success. As you can see when people are backing up from the driveway and a car is just behind they just rush to get ahead of you. How far will that car get? Think about it, a world with patience is a world with happiness if there is no patience in the world there is no happiness, when the light is red and there is no police you just
ing, but what was the use if he already did so. Some type of incident could have happened to you. My suggestion to you is act the way you want to be treated. As an eleven year old I think someone in the world should
be able to act as I have written. I do not just want you to read this but also so what I have written. I do not just want you to read this but also so what I have written. If Pakistan listens to what I have written Pakistan would real change.
Road safety: While Walking to School: Always walk on the footpath only. On roads without footpath, walk on the extreme right hand side of the roads. Do not be impatient on the road. Do not rush or run on the road. Cross only at Zebra crossings, traffic signals, subways, foot over-bridges. Where such facilities do not exist, look for a safe place to cross. At the signal lights, cross only on a clear green signal. If an intersection is controlled by a policeman, traffic warden, cross only when he signals you to do so. When crossing between vehicles parked on the side of the road, remember that you are not visible to the moving traffic (because the parked vehicles may be taller than you). Stop as you appear from behind the vehicle and look for a safe gap before crossing. Remember, drivers need plenty of time to see you and to slow down and stop. While crossing wide roads that have central islands, always cross in two stages. Cross to the central Island , stop, and cross when the next section is clear. While crossing one-way roads, remember that the traffic will be moving at a higher speeds. Do not cross unless it is safe. Never cross a road at a corner/curve, as the motorist taking the turn will not be able to see you in time. Running across the road is a bad idea, as you may slip and fall.
cross it. When you see a car wanting to go in another lane you don’t allow him I have been through this experience many times. A few days ago two cars were fighting. The car in front of us was not allowing the other car to go in the other lane because of his anger; wherever the car would o the other car would follow. With no success the other car made am turn instead. The man in the car started scream-
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While going by bus: Leave home well in time, so that you won’t have to run to catch the bus. At the bus stand, always follow the queue. Board the bus only after it has come to a halt, without rushing in or pushing others. While in the bus, shouting or making a noise is definitely bad manners. Such behavior can also distract the driver. Do not board or alight at a bus stop other than the one decided by the school. Never board and alight at a red light crossing or unauthorized bus stop. Always hold onto the handrail if standing in a moving bus, especially on sharp turns. Do not sit, stand or travel on the footboard of the bus. Do not sit, stand or travel on the footboard of the bus. Do not put any part of your body outside a moving or stationary bus. Always adhere to the bus safety rules.
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By Zabreen Hasan
I scrabbled about happily in the sand, which felt so lovely and soft between my toes. Mina, Mehdi, their parents and I were on holiday in Karachi, visiting the twins’ aunt and uncle. The aunt and uncle had a hut on Sandspit beach, and we were there for the weekend. We were all playing on the beach: the grownups were playing ball, the twins were busily making a sandcastle, and I was just lolling about. It felt sooooo good to have the warm afternoon sun on my back. You see, we’d just come from up north where I’d met the snow leop-
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ard, and you remember how cold I told you it was up there? I nearly froze! So when we came down south, I was really happy to feel warm again. I lay down on the sand and sighed with sheer happiness. I fell asleep, with an ear awake because I wanted to keep an eye – er, an ear on the twins. When I woke up we had tea, then later dinner, and then everyone went to bed. That was when my adventure began. I was asleep with my right ear awake, when something went
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swish-swish, swish-swish. My other ear opened, then my eyes. I went outside, and on the moonlit beach I saw something dark, like a blob, making its way slowly up the sand from the water. I don’t mind telling you, at first I was scared. What was this thing coming up the beach towards the hut where my beloved Mina and Mehdi lay sleeping? But then, I am supposed to be their guard, so I gathered my courage and went to investigate. Trouble was, I couldn’t really see much, it was too dark. So I went closer.
it to the sea. It’ll take a couple of months.” “Er, can I do anything to help?” “Well, just see if there are any humans about, and keep them away from me, will you?” she said, sort of swimming up the soft sand with her flippers as I walked by her side. “I hate humans. Do you know, sometimes we turtles get tangled up in fishing nets even when humans aren’t fishing for us, and they just let us die? And when they ARE fishing for us …” she shuddered. “Can you imagine, they EAT us! Or make shoes and things out of our carapaces!” I was so unhappy I was practically shaking. Poor, poor turtle. I told her about Mina and Mehdi, and how much they loved animals, and their parents’ conservation work. She seemed a bit mollified at that, but not much. “Hmmm,” she said. “I suppose no species is ever completely good or completely bad.” I was with Mother Turtle for about three hours, sitting there guarding her while she dug her body pit, and then the egg chamber, and then laid her eggs. I felt something special for her, and wondered if my mother had loved me so much and worried so much about me. It was nearing dawn when Mother Turtle finished. She threw sand over the egg chamber and the body pit until everything was covered, then turned to me. “Thank you,” she said softly. “It was good to have a friend watching my back while I did something so important to me.” I sat there and watched her go, guarding her until she was back in the sea.
That was when the blob saw me. “Eeeeeek!” she said. “Gasp!” I said. We stood there looking at each other. “Er, hello,” I said. She just stood there, looking at me suspiciously. I decided she was harmless. “You’re a dog,” she said. “Er, yes,” I said. “I’m Blackjack. Who are you?” “You’re a dog, and you eat my eggs, and sometimes you even eat my babies!” I was shocked to the core of my be-
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ing. “No!” I cried. “I would never, never, ever do that!” “Humph,” she said. “Well, others like you do. Also crows, and oh, those awful human beings!” I was horrified. “But who are you?” “I’m a green turtle. I live in the sea, but I have to come to the shore to lay my eggs.” She sighed. “You look like a sympathetic person. Are you sure you’ve never eaten turtle eggs or hatchlings?” “I have not, and would not, EVER!” “Humph. Well, I have to be getting on.” She moved off slowly. I was fascinated by this beautiful creature from the sea, and I didn’t want her to go so soon. “Where are you going?” I asked. She looked at me. “I told you, silly. I’m going to lay my eggs. And then I hope nobody finds them until they hatch and my poor babies can make
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Green turtle facts •-The green turtle is named after its body fat, which has a greenish tinge; •-Green turtles spend almost all their time under the sea, but have to come up for air; •-A green turtle usually lays 6070 eggs at one time; •-After laying her eggs the turtle just leaves, and never even sees her hatchlings; •-The nesting season is September to March; •-A green turtle always comes back to lay eggs on the beach where she herself was born.
Story Time Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed next to the window could Young Nation-March 5, 2011
sit up, h he would the ld pass th h time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed would live for those onehour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every colour of the rainbow.
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By Hiba Nehal
Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Unexpectedly, an
alien thought entered his head: Why should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never get to see anything? It didn’t seem fair. As the thought fermented, the man felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He began to brood and found himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window - and that thought now controlled his life. Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the window began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs. The other man watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man by the
room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence--deathly silence. The following morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by the window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendant to take it away--no words, no fuss. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable,
window groped for the button to call for help. Listening from across the
she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one
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elbow to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. Moral of the story: The pursuit of happiness is a matter of choice...it is a positive attitude we consciously choose to express. It is not a gift that gets delivered to our doorstep each morning, nor does it come through the window. And I am certain that our circumstances are just a small part of what makes us joyful. If we wait for them to get just right, we will never find lasting joy. The pursuit of happiness is an inward journey. Our minds are like programs, awaiting the code that will determine behaviors; like bank vaults awaiting our deposits. If we regularly deposit positive, encouraging, and uplifting thoughts, if we continue to bite our lips just before we begin to grumble and complain, if we shoot down that seemingly harmless negative thought as it germinates, we will find that there is much to rejoice about.
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Achievers’ story School of International Studies in Sciences & Arts (SISA) has always had an impressive essive line of achievements both in academics and co-curricurricular activities. Their recent ecent achievements are further urther evidence of the strong programme they have at SISA. SA. To start with team SISA performed very well at the Punjab Interschool Games es (Punjab Olympics) that at were organized by thee Punjab Olympic Associaation. Rana Inzamam-ul-Haq won the gold medall in the Badminton (Juniors) s) Singles. Sameer Tanveer er and Rana Inzamam-ul-Haq aq won two gold medals in ouBadminton (Juniors) Douning bles. It is worth mentioning efendthat SISA successfully defended their championship title for a second consecutive year. aving While the boys were leaving dmintheir mark on the badminm SISA ton court, the girls from n the impressed everyone in averia track and field events. Javeria dal in Akhter won a gold medal shot-putt and Maryam Saln the eem won a gold medal in m did javelin throw. The team equally well at declamation ation tions. and marketing competitions. Team SISA participated at the All Pakistan Intervarsity Bilinmpetigual Declamation Competichool tion, held at Lahore School of Economics. Tamara Murat Khan Saleem participated ed in n and the english declamation This was soon followed up by their impressive performance mance at the Intercollegiate Brand Evolution, where Ramina amina Maripova, Shehryar Baig g and Hasaan Masood won thee 1st prize for the marketing campaign they designed. SISA students left their mark once again at the International Schools Educational OlymYoung Nation-March 5,2011
piad (ISEO) 2011, organized by the Karachi High School School. For the fourth consecutive
tation). In honour of the 100th bi thd i birthday off FFaiz Ahmed Faiz the poetry recitation w a s
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year team S I S A maintained their top position at the event. SISA also hosted the 3rd Intercollegiate Zia Muhayuddin Award (for Prose and Poetry Reci-
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limited to works of the great poet only. The event was attended by the top educational institutions of Lahore. Mrs. Moneeza Hashmi, daughter of Faiz Ahmed Faiz was the chief guest at the event and acknowledged the efforts of SISA in encouraging the Urdu language among the youth of today.
Maryam & Rahale
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Harris Abbassi
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Artist’s Corner
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