Syed Ahmed

Extended Warranty/Gap Insurance

Buying a car is more difficult than buying a house, and if you are not careful the accountant of any car company will sell you something that you may never be able to use it. One of such products is Extended Warranty. Another one that I heard for the first time last year was GapContinue reading “Extended Warranty/Gap Insurance”

Trip to China

I was searching my backup flash drive for unpublished stories, and I found this story about my trip to China. Except for a minor editing I will share this story today with you. A Trip to China, where everything is “fair” and “normal” I have been teaching Computer Science in North Georgia College & StateContinue reading “Trip to China”

Short-short stories

Recently I was searching for one of my unpublished columns in my flash drive, I found this document that I wrote as two assignments when I was a graduate student of Creative Writing course that I was I started in Kennesaw State University (KSU) of Georgia more than ten years ago. This class was fromContinue reading “Short-short stories”

Wisdom

There is no correct answer to this question, which means that different people will define this word in different ways. Many years ago, I bought a book that has no writer’s name, and it is titled 100 Ways to Freedom. This book must have been compiled by a group of writers who selected some famousContinue reading “Wisdom”

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Desire, if you deserve

I wrote a column with this title, and it was published in the weekend Magazine of daily Dawn, Karachi, Pakistan, on 13th November, 1992. The reason of writing such a column was to convey to a young man, that I knew was suffering from schizophrenia, and was always demanding luxuries of life from the familyContinue reading “Desire, if you deserve”

Making most of the sky miles rewards

Most of the airlines offer incentives to travelers to make them their permanent customers by offering rewards known as sky miles. You earn 1 or sometime more miles for every mile of the distance you cover on each flight. For example, if the flight covers 4,500 miles, you will earn 4,500 reward miles. Air linesContinue reading “Making most of the sky miles rewards”

Free Money

Although the common belief and experience of most of the persons in USA is that “there is no free lunch” and any offer from a company for “Free Cash” always comes with a catch. Either the company wants to agree for auto renewal of their services or buy their products or offer points/rewards that willContinue reading “Free Money”

Can Honesty extend your job contract

I don’t know about you, but it happened to me. Let me share my story. I was working in an American company in Pakistan as a Seismic Surveyor. The company was given a one-year contract to complete a seismic survey in the province of Sind. So, I was also given a one-year contract. Every weekContinue reading “Can Honesty extend your job contract”

Does Dreams Have a Message?

For many dreams may be just dreams and may not be worth paying any attention. Today I was reading a book title 1001 Ways of Wisdom and I found a very interesting quotation about dreams: When you wake up after seeing a dream, don’t immediately dismiss it as nonsense. Think about it. Ask yourself, whatContinue reading “Does Dreams Have a Message?”