ThursdayTunes: Our Favourite song picks of the week
After a busy Valentine’s Day [week] with your loved ones, we are back with our usual hustle, basic routines, and usual music playlists for the week. With this as we are on the edge of the weekend, we have lined up a few song-picks so you could enjoy in your car and blast your speakers at home [please don’t let the neighbors knock on your door].
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Women Empower Wednesday: Brick Smashing Guinness Record Holder Neelofar Shirazi
Standing in presence of 1,000 cement bricks, Shirazi was a bit hesitant before attempting that had been unachieved for so long.
Shattering 150 bricks the previous year, she showed interest in attempting to break a 1,000. “My family, Master Chen, friends and sponsors are all in attendance to support me and their presence is quite supportive” said Neelofar.
A Name In the Guinness Book of World Records folklore
Wearing a dark shirt with a Pakistani flag imprinted on it, Neelofar positioned herself to unleash her powers and at the first shout of her coach, she started shattering bricks one by one. With a flash of her right hand, she completely smashed the initial pair of bricks. Then with successive strikes, the pair of bricks snapped into four and Neelofar focusing on the pivot of the bricks went on shattering them in half.
Thousand bricks broken, a Thousand more to go
It took her almost half an hour to reach the tally and soon, with the final blow, the thousandth brick tumbled down and was praised by her family members and all those in attendance. The crowd soon gathered from the nearby market cheering and encouraging the woman from Battagram, who might never have imagined such a reaction from the crowd. Shirazi, 32, also took home a big paycheck of totaling PKR 50,000.
Sponsor, Imtiaz Ahmed said it was a matter of great pride to host the event which particularly showcased Neelofar Sherazi’s talent to the world. “We shall send the complete video recording of the event to the Guinness Book team so that they could include her name as the world record holder in the brick breaking category,” he said.
Neelofar, an odd case has also broken down societal taboos associated with women in society. Hailing from an underprivileged state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, she successfully set an example for girls who are reluctant to pursue their dreams fearing backlash from society.
Neelofar Shirazi An Inspiration to Many
Currently living in Islamabad, she holds a masters degree in Chemistry and works as an online teacher. However what makes her different from others is her passion for learning the art of brick breaking. Starting to train formally for the event in November 2018, Neelofar spends almost two hours practicing her skills daily, which is still uncommon in Pakistan.
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Friday Flix Movie Review: Vertical Limit
If you are passionate about climbing or trekking you know, it’s all about survival, it’s the man against nature, imagine the whole situation on high altitudes! It is not easy, definitely not easy. One storm or one blizzard over the steep mountain and you are all under the atrocity! The movie we are going to review today is all about climbing the “Savage Mountain” Godwin Austen K2!
Godwin Austen K2
K2, at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain in the world. The mountain also is occasionally known as Chhogori or Mount Godwin-Austen. Other nicknames for K2 are ‘The King of Mountains and The Mountaineers’ Mountain.’ Located on the border on the Pakistan-China border between the Gilgit Baltistan region. K2 is also known as the Savage Mountain after the climber George Bell in 1953 told reporters, “It is a savage mountain that tries to kill you.” One of the five highest mountains, K2 is the deadliest. K2 is the only eight-thousand meters peak that has never been climbed from its eastern face. The northern location makes it more susceptible to inclement and colder weather. The peak has almost been climbed from all its ridges. Approximately out of every four, one dies while descending from the summit. K2 was climbed for the first time by the Italian climber duo Lino Lacedelli and Achille Comagnoni in 1954 led by Ardito Desio. In January K2 became the final eight-thousander to be summated in winter by Nepalese Sherpas team.
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??? (@raamu_kaka)The movie Vertical Limit is also all about survival when the mountain was being savage and trying to kill them.
Cast And Crew
Vertical Limit is a 2000 Thriller/Drama. The movie is written by Robert King, and directed by Martin Cambell. The movie cast includes Chris O’Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco, Temuera Morrison. The cinematography was done by David Tattersall and the screenplay is by Robert King and Terry Hayes.
Vertical Limit Plot
While moving in Monument Valley, kin Peter (Chris O’Donnell) and Annie Garrett (Tunney) lose their dad, Royce (Stuart Wilson): After two falling climbers leave the family hanging, Royce powers Peter to cut him free to save Peter and his sister. After four years, Peter has resigned from climbing and become a National Geographic photographer; however, Annie has become an eminent climber. Their relationship is stressed, as Annie actually reprimands Peter for the demise of their dad. Peter reunites with Annie at the K2 headquarters, where Annie is arranging a highest point endeavor on K2. The undertaking is subsidized by well off industrialist Elliot Vaughn (Paxton). Their group incorporates Annie, Vaughn, prestigious climber Tom McLaren (Nicholas Lea), mountain dweller Ali Nazir, and one other.
The Battle of Life And Death
The night prior to the ascension, Vaughn arranges a party. The celebration is hindered by isolated Montgomery Wick (Glenn), supposedly the preeminent K2 expert, who verbally challenges Vaughn. It’s subsequently uncovered that Wick’s better-half, an undertaking guide, died during Vaughn’s past endeavor.
Vaughn claims they were hit by a blizzard and Wick’s significant other died of aspiratory edema since she failed to remember her stock of dexamethasone. Wick has never accepted that story and has gone through years attempting to discover his wife’s body. During the current ascension, Vaughn powers McLaren to proceed notwithstanding a radio admonition from headquarters of moving toward the storm. A torrential slide happens, and Annie, Vaughn, and McLaren become caught in a crevasse, while the other two died. Radio contact is lost, yet Peter hears Annie utilizing static and Morse code to flag that they are alive.
Miscalculations of Egos and Judgements
A very evident part of that movie that how it shows the Storm that depicts the egos and misjudgments of the characters. How wrong decision making can cause DEATH in mountains! Nature is pretty brutal when angry. Vertical Limit shows that deaths happen on the mountain with slight misjudgment. One way or another, people die!
The Introduction of Nitroglycerin
One thing that became an interesting part of the plot was where the plot introduces nitroglycerin. It detonates according to the requirement of the plot. The movie introduces nitro to rescue Annie and the team who got trapped in the crevasse. The lead actor gathers the group of climbers to [mainly take them to a suicide rescue mission] over K2 near Bottleneck. They bring Nitro with them. Which personally I thought was a very bizarre idea, because this could harm or possibly kill the ones who are trying to survive minute by minute [trapped] under kilos of snow! Explosives are used on the mountains to break-lose avalanches. But the movie took awful turns with nitro as its exposure to the sun became an issue!
The Nitro used in Vertical Limit was not a sincere element and definitely a very silly addition to have taken by every member to the rescue mission. But the movie throughout connects with you and hook you with the thriller. The sibling care and love was the most special part of this movie and the love and bond they share became a connecting highlight!
Pakistan proudly owns K2, It is a gorgeous mountain. Climbers like Nazir Sabir, Samina Baig made everyone proud of their achievements; it’s not just them we have also lost gems like Ali Sadpara on the way to summit somewhere in the snow… Since it was all about mountains, snow, and sadness this week. You can watch this movie this weekend in honor to present a tribute to their massive accomplishments.
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On World Radio Day it is all about evolution, innovation and connection
Radio a Ground Breaking Medium
Radio is a ground-breaking medium for praising and celebrating humankind on the whole. Its variety comprises a stage for any kind of discussion. At the worldwide level, radio remains one of the most important and entertaining mediums. This novel capacity to connect the largest audience implies that radio can shape a general public’s encounter of diversity and shapes it differently. Radio remains as a field for all voices to stand up, be addressed, and heard. Radio broadcasts serve assorted networks, offering a wide assortment of projects, perspectives, and content, and mirror the variety of crowds in their associations and tasks.
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ThursdayTunes: Valentine’s Day Special
Since Valentine’s Day is around the corner, lovers are on a full swing [not like us – single and sad] sending wishes, roses, and teddy bear sales have gone up the roof, since the Covid pandemic is also here, so there might be some long-distant meet-ups that will happen over Zoom or video calls, we lined up 5 love songs that will aid your dates nicely!
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Women Empower Wednesday: Reaching Summits with Pride Samina Baig
We believe every woman has their own hurdles their own struggles in their lives and they all have different problems to face. Sometimes we say, “Yaar yeh mushkil to paharh jesi hougayi hai” [Man, this problem has become a mountain for me] and sometimes that problem is wee. Have you ever considered doing a comparison of your problem with the tallest mountain peak in the world? Say, the Mount Everest? And we say now you have to climb that mountain and leave your problem behind, you might think twice or maybe more than that… We have a woman here today whose passion for leaving her trouble behind for one goal, one big goal, to achieve the badge the honor of becoming the youngest woman to reach summit and not just one, SEVEN! [Yes, we are as proud as you might be right now] that woman is Samina Baig and today it’s all about Samina and her achievements!
The new single by Abdullah Qureshi is an ode to heartbreak
Pakistani music has evolved in every genre over the years, whether it’s Soft pop, rock, qawwali, semi-classic, hip hop, and now Indie and RnB too. And to add more into music new artists are working their way up to make music what it is today!
New music artists also include Abdullah Qureshi and he has come back with his new single now “Fasana” which is an ode to sadness and heartbreak!
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