The FASTian Awards – Let’s Have A Look At The Maestros Amongst Us!

Before the aliens and UFO’s take over the humans and the Japanese Robots devise our lives, it’s high time we celebrate and appreciate the human talent around us! The idea behind the FASTian Awards was to bring out the heroes amongst us-the ’07 batch and the maestros within. So that, we get to know the sheer talent and exuberance that dwells within the FASTian sphere. This was both an activity of merriment and a chance to bring the champs-in-arms to the haul of fame.

So here we go on announcing the winners!

Category14-The Silent Assassin

Two individuals had a neck to neck competition for the Silent Assassin Award and they both ended up with equal votes! The two individuals to share the Silent Assassin Award are Mehwish Kanwal and Ali Maisam! [Both got 11 votes each]
[Muhammad Zohaib (7 votes), Sadaf Masroor (4 votes), Umer Farooq (2 votes)]

Category13-The Best Friends

Arifa Batool and Farrukh Zafar turned out to be the best friends to name this year! [14 votes to Arifa & Farrukh]
[Ali Maisam & Junaid Yousuf (7 votes), Sakeena Talat & Faryal Mukhtar (5 votes), Osama Khalid & Tasmiyah Iqbal (5 votes), Taha Rafiq & Ali Qasmi (2 votes), Tasmiyah Iqbal & Anum Batool (2 votes)]

Category12-Speed Programmer of the Year

The man who came on a helicopter, Taha Rafiq, flew away with the Speed Programmer of the Year award! [11 votes for Taha]
[Osama Khalid (9 votes), Oun Abbas (7 votes), Usama Jabbar (6 votes), Umer Farooq (1 vote), Ali Qasmi (0 vote)]

Category11-Blogger of the Year

Farrukh Zafar took the lead by securing 28 votes!
[Tasmiyah Iqbal (5 votes), Taha Rafiq (1 vote), Mustafa Hanif (1 vote)]

Category10-The Paramount Graphics Designer

Mr. Tabish Ahmed Syed had a landslide victory with 21 votes!
[Osama Khalid (7 votes), Usama Jabbar (6 votes), Mustafa Hanif (1 vote), Shoaib Saleem (0 vote)]

Category9-Speaker of the Year

The winner of the TLC Declamation ’08, Amna Ali, stole the show with 14 votes!
[Salma Hanif (9 votes), Arifa Batool (7 votes), Taha Rafiq (5 votes), Tasmiyah Iqbal (0 vote)]

Category8-Musician of the Year

Ali Riaz turned victorious with 18 votes!
[Fayzan Ul Haque (12 votes), Mustafa Hanif (2 votes), Adil Bawany (2 votes)]

Category7-The Best Outlook – Male

Boy, oh boy! Farhan Ul Haque and Junaid Yousuf ended up on a tie! 16 votes each!
[Usama Razzaq (4 votes), Ali Riaz (2 votes), Ahsan Abbasi (1 vote)]

Category6-Athlete of the Year

Whoops! Ali Iftikhar with 14 votes turned victorious by a lead of ONE vote! What a victory!
[Farhan Ul Haque (13 votes), Moiz Ali (5 votes), Hamza Abdul Majeed (3 votes), Amna Ali (3 votes), Arqam Gadit (2 votes)]

Category5-Web Developer of the Year

Another category with a narrow margin victory result! Farrukh Ahmed won by 5 votes and became the Web Developer of the Year!
[Taha Rafiq(9 votes), Osama Khalid (8 votes), Mustafa Hanif (5 votes), Usama Jabbar (4 votes), Tabish Habib (0 vote)]

Category4-The Finest Writer/Poet

Farrukh Zafar ended up winning with 32 votes!
[Taha Rafiq(5 votes), Tasmiyah Iqbal (2 votes), Salma Hanif (1 vote)]

Category3-The Best Gamer

Osama Khalid with 23 votes turned victorious unrivaled, unchallenged!
[Shoaib Saleem(9 votes), Asim Hassan (5 votes), Mustafa Hanif (2 votes), Bassim Basheer (0 vote)]

Category2-The Prodigy

Farrukh Ahmed took the award away from Amna Ali by mere 3 votes!
[Amna Ali (15 votes), Taha Rafiq (4 votes), Arqam Gadit (3 votes)]

Category1-The Programming Geek of the Year

Osama Khalid defeated Taha Rafiq after a solid encounter and a margin of mere 4 votes!
[Taha Rafiq(10 votes), Oun Abbas (9 votes), Mustafa Hanif (4 votes), Usama Jabbar (2 votes), Abdul Basit (1 vote)]

I, Farrukh Zafar, along with my co-organizer, Tasmiyah Iqbal, wish these winners a hearty congratulations!

We also thank YOU from the core of our heart, to make it an event worth a happening.

*Our Special Thanks to Mustafa Hanif, Osama Khalid and Usama Jabbar for proposing logos with such professional flair and sheer creativity!

Thank you!

This NEW YEAR’s Eve, the FASTians are watching out for the paprazzis!!-The FASTian Awards ’08.

FASTian Awards: The Red Carpet Moments

The first to reach, Usama Jabbar, steps out of his Porsche Carrera and replies to the journalists, “Oh Yeah! I’m hopeful.”
Then comes Amna Ali on her Bat pod and the whole swarm of media persons clings to Amna, as soon as her shiny long boots land on the red carpet.
Then comes Arqam Gadit on his Arabic race horse. He walks into the ceremony hall waving a victory sign.
Then comes a big bus carrying Abdul Basit, Oun Abbas, Farrukh Ahmed, Ali Iftikhar, Hamza Abdul Majeed, Zohaib and Umer Farooq, all dressed Hip Hop style.
Then comes Mustafa Hanif on his BMX bicycle, studded with gears and a bang bang horn! He, after disembarking his bicycle, waves at his driver, who takes his bicycle to the parking lot. Mustafa replies to one of the media men, “People say, I’m a loser. I gotta prove ‘em wrong tonight”
Next are Junaid and Ali Maisam on their Harley-Davidsons.
After a gap of three to four minutes, Arifa, Salma, Sadaf and Mehwish, step out of a Mercedes Benz SLR. Arifa and Salma can’t help waving at the photographers-This is what people think, but the truth is that, they try to cover their eyes from the tearing flash lights of the cameras!
Next is Usama Razzak in his limo, as cool and calm as ever.
Then comes a gang of 6 punks, namely Moiz Ali, Sakeena Talat, Faryal Mukhtar, Adil Bawany, Bassim Basheer and Ali Riaz, who face their way out with confidence through the sparkling camera flashes.
Next are Farhan Ul Haque and Ahsan on their Suzuki Sports motorbikes. Farhan says, “I think I’ll win tonight!”
Then pops out Tabish Ahmed Syed, alongwith his girl friend, from his Mclaren. He enjoys his brief photo session with the paprazzi-cum-photographers!
Next comes Fayzan Ul Haque in his China-check tinted Foxy with a gun and a cigar in each of his hands! He tells the media men, “I’m on a mission tonight- A mission, not to go back with empty hands! ”
Another entry is Anum Batool in a Nitrous Oxide equipped Rickshaw with alloy rims and tinted glasses! Out comes AB in a white elegant Saari!
Then we witness Osama Khalid stepping out of his Lamborghini and a girl from the other door. No surprises, it’s his sister! Osama utters, “Why so serious???”
Last, but certainly not the least, comes a man who is seen coming out of the helicopter but soon rushes into the ceremonial hall, for he intends to bypass and avoid the photographers. No surprise, its Taha Rafiq.
Lastly, Farrukh Zafar dressed in a black three-piece, and Tasmiyah Iqbal in a red maxi, make their way onto the stage to say the welcome note of the FASTian Awards ’08…

So are you geared up for the polls tomorrow?

Goodluck to all the nominees!

This NEW YEAR’s Eve, the FASTians are watching out for the paprazzis!!-The FASTian Awards ’08.

FASTian Awards: Category 14 – The Silent Assassin

This category belongs to people who seem silent on the outside but are serious tattlers from the inside! They talk less. They seem unsocial. They just differ to chatterboxes in the frequency with which they use their tongues; otherwise they turn out to be even more social than the ones who talk more. That’s why they have been named, “The Silent Assassins”!

The nominations are:

Nominee i-Ali Maisam

[
The “Talk less. Act more” guy but he’s got his fortified sense of humor that breaks out once in a blue moon!
]

Nominee ii-Sadaf Masroor

[
Doesn’t like to burn her calories by moving her tongue that often but she can be friendly whenever she plans to burn ‘em!
]

Nominee iii-Muhammad Zohaib

[
The nerd with whom, the more you talk, the friendlier he gets!
]

Nominee iv-Umer Farooq

[
This guy is seen pretty less on the social scene and prefers to do it on his own.
]

Nominee v-Mehwish Kanwal

[
Another girl who seems scared about her words, but can answer a joke with great humor hub level and presence of mind!
]

Voting Starts: 3oth December 2008 at midnight! [Revised]

Don’t forget to watch the Red Carpet Moments of the FASTian Awards ’08 tomorrow on this blog! The moments surely are the best segment of this whole event. Stay tuned!

This NEW YEAR’s Eve, the FASTians are watching out for the paprazzis!!-The FASTian Awards ’08.

FASTian Awards: Category 13 – Speed Programmer of the Year

Programming is a skill. And the tendency to do it quick can make your skill even more killing. It’s not just the 90 wpm typing speed that all it takes, it’s more about the Giga hertz of processing speed in which your upper chamber can make the logic transitions!
Let’s get to these people then:

Nominee i-Usama Jabbar

[

Quick Stats:

Web Developer/Designer, TheWebMasters
The highest scorer of the Speed Programming Challenge of DS (Mid 3)
]

Nominee ii-Taha Rafiq

[

Quick Stats:

Web Developer, TheWebMasters
Runner up of Programming competitions at GIKI and ProCom
Participated in Speed Programming Competition at PAF-KIET
]

Nominee iii-Umer Farooq

[

Quick Stats:

Another programmer who’s got good control over his logics.
He’s another quick problem solver from ’07 batch.
]

Nominee iv-Osama Khalid

[

Quick Stats:

System Administrator, TheWebMasters
Runner up of Programming competitions at GIKI and ProCom
Participated in Speed Programming Competition at PAF-KIET
]

Nominee v-Oun Abbas

[

Quick Stats:

One of those speed programmers who make it look so easy.
A quick problem solver.
One of Sir Rafi’s favorites!
]

Nominee vi-Muhammad Ali Qasmi

[

Quick Stats:

This guy also possesses a multi core processor in his head!
Participated in the recent Quiz competition at GIKI
]

Voting Starts: 3oth December 2008 at midnight! [Revised]

Stay tuned for more puzzles as things get to unfold…!

This NEW YEAR’s Eve, the FASTians are watching out for the paprazzis!!-The FASTian Awards ’08.

FASTian Awards: Category 12 – The Best Friends

When you find your world’s crashing down, a friend’s worth can be known to the highest degree, as he/she picks you up when you’re down in the dumps.
Now it’s you who has to decide, which two seem to be GFs and BFs! [Here GF stands for Great Friends and BF stands for Best Friends. ]

Nominee i-Osama Khalid<->Tasmiyah Iqbal

[

"She’s the only girl I talk to and the only girl I opened up to in my life."

-Osama’s words for Tasmiyah.

]

Nominee ii-Arifa Batool<->Farrukh Zafar

[

"The person who either takes me out of trouble or puts me in ultimate trouble !He’s actually my BF[best friend ], the most irritating and irresistible person on planet Earth.”

-Arifa’s words for Farrukh.

]

Nominee iii-Ali Qasmi<->Taha Rafiq

[

"Taha is no doubt, a very very great friend of mine."

- Qasmi’s words for Taha.

]

Nominee iv-Faryal Mukhtar<->Sakeena Talat

[

"He[some person] can’t tear us apart. Faryal and I are best freindsssss!”

-Sakeena’s words for Faryal.

]

Nominee v-Ali Maisam<->Junaid Yousuf

[

"Junaid is my wife!"

- Ali Maisam’s words for Junaid.

]

Nominee vi-Anum Batool<->Tasmiyah Iqbal

[

"This lady is one of the few people that I call my very good friends. She’s like a book whose pages are full of melodious poetry!"

-Tasmiyah’s words for Anum.

]

Voting Starts: 30th December 2008 at midnight! [Revised]

Stay tuned for more chilly winds as things get to unfold…!

This NEW YEAR’s Eve, the FASTians are watching out for the paprazzis!!-The FASTian Awards ’08.